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=== July–September === * [[July 19]] (July 8 O.S.; July 9 [[Swedish calendar]]) – [[Great Northern War]]: [[Battle of Klissow]] – [[Charles XII of Sweden]] decisively defeats the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|Polish–Lithuanian]]-[[Saxony|Saxon]] army. * [[July 23]] – The first performance of the opera ''[[Médus|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.<ref name=Lynn/> ** 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]]: [[Battle of Hummelshof]] – Russia defeats Sweden. * [[August 11]] – [[Great Northern War]]: [[Częstochowa]], Poland, is captured by the Swedish army. * [[August 15]] – [[War of the Spanish Succession]]: [[Battle of Luzzara]] – Forces of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] fail to break through the French-Savoyard position in Lombardy. * [[September 12]] – The [[Siege of Landau (1702)|Siege of Landau]] (War of the Spanish Succession) ends after 3 months with forces of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] capturing the fortress town in the [[Rhineland-Palatinate]] from a French garrison. * [[September 19]] – [[Jupiter]] occults [[Neptune]]. * [[September 25]] – General [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough|John Churchill]] forces the surrender of [[Venlo]] on the [[Meuse River]].<ref name=Lynn/> * [[September 30]] – [[War of the Spanish Succession]]: [[Battle of Cádiz (1702)|Battle of Cádiz]] – A month-long Anglo-Dutch amphibious operation under English Admiral Sir [[George Rooke]] fails to take the Spanish port.<ref name=Seapower>{{cite book|first=Richard|last=Harding|title=Seapower and Naval Warfare, 1650-1830|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2002|page=169}}</ref>
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