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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 21, 2021
1661: Portuguese princess brings fab colonial dowry to England. Koxinga beats Dutch in Taiwan.
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May 19, 2021
1659:News from China (mainly), South Africa, New Spain, The Hague
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May 2, 2021
1642: England in civil war; Irish declare independence; News from China, etc.
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1626: Genocide & strategic hamlets in Americas. Spanish on Formosa.
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1582: Zhang Juzheng, Matteo Ricci, Cossacks in Siberia, & more
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Key developments of 1556
Whoa, another big year, 1556 CE:
In January, Charles of Spain, having divested himself of…
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