Timeline August 1717

Events in August 1717 3

• 1717 Mississippi Company chartered John Law's venture to develop French Louisiana In August 1717, financier John Law obtained a royal charter establishing the Mississippi Company to colonize and trade in French Louisiana. The company later absorbed France's other overseas trading monopolies and became central to Law's scheme to finance the French state through paper money. Speculation in its shares would fuel the Mississippi Bubble of 1719-1720.
• 1717 Battle of Belgrade Prince Eugene of Savoy defeats the Ottomans and takes the city On 16 August 1717, Habsburg forces under Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated a larger Ottoman relief army outside Belgrade during the Austro-Turkish War. The city's garrison surrendered days later, handing Austria control of Belgrade. The victory paved the way for the 1718 Treaty of Passarowitz.
• 1717 Spain invades Sardinia Cardinal Alberoni's offensive opens the War of the Quadruple Alliance A Spanish fleet and army seized the Mediterranean island of Sardinia from Austria beginning in August 1717. The attack, orchestrated by chief minister Cardinal Giulio Alberoni, violated the Treaty of Utrecht and provoked the formation of the Quadruple Alliance against Spain. Fighting continued into 1718 with a further Spanish invasion of Sicily.