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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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Jun 24, 2021
1695: Sketchy English pirate loots Mughal treasure ship, rapes & abuses passengers.
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Jun 23, 2021
1694: Brazil destroys large maroon community. English slavetrader documents his work. Some news from Europe.
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Jun 22, 2021
1693: Europe’s war of all against France continues. Dutch take Pondicherry from France. Etc.
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Jun 21, 2021
1692: Many developments worldwide on 200th anniversary of 1492!
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Jun 20, 2021
1691: Spanish Inquisition leads pogrom in Mallorca.
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Jun 19, 2021
1690: EIC grovels to Aurangzeb, founds Calcutta.French Navy grabs a surprise win. Spanish Texas founded.
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Jun 18, 2021
1689: War of 4 empires against France (in Europe & N. America.) Mughals hire & use a fleet. The Iroquois’s take…
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Jun 17, 2021
1688: William of Orange invades England, topples King James. France bombards Algiers. Etc.
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Jun 16, 2021
1687: Ottoman Sultan deposed, French Huguenots expelled, English Anglicans threatened.
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Jun 15, 2021
1686: England’s EIC starts a war. Russia loses terrain to China, wins against Ottomans.
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