calendar) – Battle of Klissow: Charles XII of Sweden decisively defeats the Polish–Lithuanian-Saxon army as part of the Great Northern War. July 23 – The first performance of the opera Médus, roi des Mèdes by François Bouvard takes place at the Paris Opera. July 24 – Camisard hostilities begin in France with the assassination at le Pont-de-Montvert of a local embodiment of royal oppression, François Langlade, the Abbé of Chaila. A total eclipse of the sun is visible on a path crossing the northern Pacific Ocean and Central America. July 30 (July 19 O.S.; July 20 Swedish calendar) – Great Northern War: Russia defeats Sweden during the Battle of Hummelshof. August 11 – Częstochowa, Poland, is captured by Swedish army during the Great Northern War. September 19 – Jupiter occults Neptune. September 25 – General John Churchill forces the surrender of Venlo on the Meuse River. October–December October 1 – The founding deed of the University of Wrocław is signed by the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I of the House of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia. October 12 – Sir George Rooke fails in his initial attempt to take Cadiz, but captures a Spanish treasure fleet and destroys French and Spanish warships. October 14 – The Battle of Friedlingen takes place between France and the Holy Roman Empire. October 18 – Battle of Flint River: Spanish and Apalachee Indian forces fail in their attack against Creek Indians, supported by English traders, in what is now the state of Georgia. October 19 – The opera Der Sieg der fruchtbaren Pomona by Reinhard Keiser is premiered at the Hamburg Opera for the birthday of King Frederick IV of Denmark. October 23 – Battle of Vigo Bay: English and Dutch forces capture the defended harbor of Cádiz. Churchill forces the surrender of Liège. October 27 – English troops plunder St. Augustine, Spanish Florida. October 28 – Sieur Juchereau, Lieutenant General of Montréal, establishes the first trading post on the Wabash River in order to trade Buffalo hides with American Indians. The site of the trading post may be the modern-day location of Vincennes, Indiana. November 7 – The first performance of the opera Tancrède by André Campra takes place at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. November 10 – Queen Anne's War in North America: The Siege of St. Augustine opens; English forces besiege St. Augustine, Spanish Florida. November 15 – The