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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 19, 2021
1690: EIC grovels to Aurangzeb, founds Calcutta.French Navy grabs a surprise win. Spanish Texas founded.
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Jun 10, 2021
1681: Charles II gives Wm. Penn a huge colony amid religio-political unrest in England. Etc.
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May 31, 2021
1671: Quaker founder George Fox in Barbados
We’ll take a bit of a detour today, since in 1671 CE there were no big new…
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May 20, 2021
1660: Restoration of English monarchy sparks royal slave-trading venture. France does genocide.
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