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Project 500 Years
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Project 500 Years
Helena Cobban looks at seminal developments in world history, from 1415 till today, with periodic musings on what it all means.
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May 9, 2021
1649: Cromwell consolidates at home, colonizes Ireland, revamps English Navy. Etc.
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May 8, 2021
1648: Peace of Westphalia sets inter-state rules for >370 years. (Etc.)
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May 6, 2021
1646: Parliament wins 1st round of English civil war, Dutch challenge Spain in E. Indies, etc
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1645: Portuguese start to re-take Dutch Brazil, English Parliament founds new army, & more.
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May 4, 2021
1644: Upheavals in China, a Powhatan rising in Virginia, etc.
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May 3, 2021
1643: English civil war continues, has wide effects. Dutch poke Spain in Chile. France, China, etc.
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May 2, 2021
1642: England in civil war; Irish declare independence; News from China, etc.
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May 1, 2021
1641: Four empires try to reset their balance after 1640
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1640: Portugal secedes from Spain; England & Scotland head into civil turmoil. Etc.
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Apr 29, 2021
1639: Dutch beat Spain in key sea-battle. English in Madras (Chennai). Massacre in Luzon.
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