The Counting Game

[Jamiet99uk]

The Act of Settlement of 1701 was an Act of the English Parliament, which provided that only a Protestant could succeed to the English (and Irish) throne.

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

1702 AD On October 12, Sir George Rooke fails in his initial attempt to take Cadiz (he will succeed 11 days later) but captures a Spanish treasure fleet and destroys French and Spanish warships.

[DarthPorg36]

COSMOS 1703 (NORAD ID: 16262)

Has a perigee of 510.9 km and an apogee of 521.7 km. Has an Inclination: 82.5°
and a period of 94.8 minutes. Launched November 22, 1985, by the Soviet Union.

When I started this post COSMOS 1703 was over southeastern Iowa, as I post it has crossed north into the Hudson Bay

[JustAGuyNamedWill]

There have been 1704 posts on this page. Based on the statistics of the last 30 posts, about 60% of all posts on this forum are year-related. I personally do not like this as it is boring and it is more fun to find a non-history related thing to correspond with the number

[DarthPorg36]

This 1705th post disagrees with the 1704th post. Although I do agree history posts can get boring after a while, it is interesting to see that we're having a sort of "forum tells world history chain" on the site.

Plus, you just have to wait 318 posts and we won't be able to do history :)

1705/56 = 30.45. This has no purpose. But this is what it equals lol

[Hanging Rook]

Maybe we can just switch to a different calendar then. For exemple in 1706 AUC (ab urbem condita= in the year since the city’s (Rome) founding) Liudolf, duke of Swabia, and his brother-in-law Conrad the Red rebel against King Otto I. Otto and his army fail to capture the cities of Mainz and Augsburg. He declares Liudolf and Conrad as outlaws in absentia. His brother Bruno I, archbishop of Cologne, restores royal authority in Lorraine, but some of the rebellious dukes receive support from the Hungarians. They seize the opportunity to invade Bavaria.

[JustAGuyNamedWill]

Post 1707 is an intermediary. I feel as though important events should be notated, but not every post.

Lobos 1707 is a tequila brand. Idk why this is important

[Jamiet99uk]

Post 1707 is an intermediary. I feel as though important events should be notated, but not every post.

Thank you for clarifying your view.

[burner]

1709 is the number of years that had passed by year 1709.

[JustAGuyNamedWill]

Jeremiah 17:10
English Standard Version

“I the Lord search the heart
and test the mind,
to give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his deeds.”

A random Bible quote I found when looking up 1710

[DarthPorg36]

Following up the bible verse theme

Luke 17:11
"Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee."

There isn't much interesting stuff on [Book] 17:11 except for maybe

1 Chronicles 17:11
"When your days are over and you go to be with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom."

[JustAGuyNamedWill]

In 1712, New York City's Slave Insurrection results in nine whites being killed, and 21 slaves and other blacks being convicted and executed.

[DarthPorg36]

1713 AD

The Second Treaty of Utrecht between Great Britain and France ends the War of the Spanish Succession. France cedes Newfoundland, Acadia, Hudson Bay and St Kitts to Great Britain.

In the Great Northern War, a fleet of the Russian Navy, transporting 12,000 soldiers, sails from Kronstadt to attack the Swedish Army at Helsinki.

Ottone in villa, the first opera by composer Antonio Vivaldi, is given its initial performance, debuting at the Teatro delle Grazie in Vicenza

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

1714 AD On March 7th, the Treaty of Rastatt was signed between Austria and France, concluding the War of the Spanish Succession between them. On April 11
France signed five separate treaties— with Great Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Prussia and Savoy— to end hostilities in the War of the Spanish Succession following the negotiations of the Peace of Utrecht (1713).

[JustAGuyNamedWill]

Around midday on 01/07/15, gunmen raid the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people.

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

I remember this. I hadn't realised that so many years had passed.

1716 Ottoman Forces failed to capture Corfu in Greece during the war with Venice.

[JustAGuyNamedWill]

1717 is not divisible by 6152739463783. Most numbers are not, however, a notable exception is 6152739463783.

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

1718 The Treaty of Passarowitz, ending the Austro-Turkish War, is signed.

[JustAGuyNamedWill]

In 1719, Sweden and Denmark sign an armistice, halting combat in the Great Northern War between them, with final terms agreed to in the Treaty of Frederiksborg on July 3, 1720.

[burner]

1720 is not my favorite number! However, chances are that it's someone's favorite number.