the Kingdom of Great Britain, led by John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, halt the Jacobite advance, although the action is inconclusive. November 14 – Battle of Preston: Government forces defeat the Jacobite incursion, at the conclusion of a five-day siege and action. November 15 – The Third Barrier Treaty is signed by Britain, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic. November 28 – The application of the Nueva Planta decrees, in Majorca and the other Balearic Islands (formerly under the Crown of Aragon), bring them under the laws of the Crown of Castile. December 22 – James Edward Stuart rejoins Jacobite rebels in Scotland, but fails to rouse his army. December 24 – Swedish troops occupy Norway. Date unknown Karlsruhe Palace is built, resulting in the town of Karlsruhe growing up around it. The ancient right to evaluate royal decrees publicly, before they are given the force of law by the Parliament of Paris, is restored. Filippo Juvarra starts working on the previously postponed construction of the church of Santa Christina in Turin. Filippo Juvarra starts rebuilding the church of San Filippo Neri, Turin, in which the roof had collapsed, during the siege of Turin, during the War of the Spanish Succession. Coffee is first grown in the French colony of Saint-Domingue. Around this year, a breech loading firearm is made for Philip V of Spain. Births January 9 – Robert-François Damiens, French domestic servant, executed for the attempted assassination of Louis XV of France (d. 1757) January 10 Christian August Crusius, German philosopher, Protestant theologian (d. 1775) Johan Sparre af Söfdeborg, Swedish general, nobleman (d. 1791) January 12 – Jacques Duphly, French composer (d. 1789) January 23 – Jean-Olivier Briand, French-born Catholic bishop of Quebec (d. 1794) January 24 – Ōkubo Tadaoki, Japanese daimyō (d. 1764) January 25 George Hay, British politician (d. 1778) Thomas Walker, distinguished Virginia physician, explorer (d. 1794) January 29 – Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian composer (d. 1777) January 30 – Jean-Baptiste Lestiboudois, French botanist (d. 1804) January 31 Giovanni Fagnano, Italian mathematician (d. 1797) John Wayles, American lawyer and planter (d. 1773) February 4 – John Hamilton, British politician (d. 1796) February 5 – Baltazar Adam Krčelić, Croatian historian and theologian (d. 1778) February 11 – Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland, British duchess (d. 1785) February 12 – James Grenville, British Member of Parliament (d. 1783) February 22 Charles-Nicolas Cochin, French artist