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=== July–September === * [[July 11]] – [[Russia]]'s [[Baltic Sea]] fleet is first spotted from the Swedish coast, starting the [[Russian Pillage of 1719–21]] as part of the [[Great Northern War]]. * [[July 16]] – The [[Carlsten|Carlsten fortress]] in Sweden surrenders to a Danish and Norwegian force [[Attack on Marstrand|after a siege of seven days]]. Colonel [[Henrich Danckwardt]], who surrendered the fortress to [[Peter Tordenskjold]] after being away from it while it was still defensible, is beheaded on September 16. * [[August 13]] – In the [[Battle of Stäket]], Crown Prince [[Frederick I of Sweden]] leads the successful defense of [[Stockholm]] from Russian Admiral [[Fyodor Apraksin]]'s [[Baltic Fleet]] during the [[Russian Pillage of 1719–21|Russian Pillage]]. * [[August 19]] – [[Siege of San Sebastian (1719)|Siege of San Sebastian]]. The Spanish garrison surrenders to the Duke of Berwick. * [[August 20]] – Princess [[Maria Josepha of Austria]], at one time the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria's [[Habsburg Empire]], marries [[Augustus III of Poland|Frederick Augustus]], [[Elector of Saxony]] ten days after renouncing any claim to the Austrian throne. * [[September 3]] – The three-story tall ''[[Opernhaus am Zwinger]]'', one of the largest opera houses in the world at the time, opens in [[Dresden]] by staging [[Antonio Lotti]]'s ''Giovi in Argo''.<ref>Fritz Löffler, ''Die Wiederholung der Orangeriebauten nach der Stadt und die vierte Zwingerseite in Der Zwinger in Dresden'' (E. A. Seemann Verlag, 1976) p. 35.</ref> * [[September 29]] – [[Muhammad Shah]] is crowned as the 12th [[Mughal Emperor]] of India at [[Shahjahanabad]] (now [[Delhi]]), 12 days after the death of [[Shah Jahan II]] from tuberculosis.<ref>Zahir Uddin Malik, ''The reign of Muhammad Shah, 1719–1748'' (Asia Publishing, 1977) p. 407</ref>
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