Jonathan Stephen Harry RileyThe Origins of the English EmpireFor this narrative of history to make any sense to a reader unfamiliar with the history of England, it is first necessary to set the stage…Aug 30, 2023
Helena CobbaninProject 500 Years1695: Sketchy English pirate loots Mughal treasure ship, rapes & abuses passengers.The biggest news of 1695 CE was the capture by a small English pirate flotilla in the Bab al-Mandeb strait of a heavily laden Mughal…Jun 25, 2021
Helena CobbaninProject 500 Years1685: France introduces its ‘Code Noir’. England has a succession crisis.Two big developments in the history of Western imperialism in 1685 CE. France’s Louis XIV introduced his infamous ‘Code Noir’ to regulate…Jun 14, 2021Jun 14, 2021
Helena CobbaninProject 500 Years1680: Pueblo Uprising vs. Spanish in today’s New Mexico. A census in Barbados.The major development in the history of imperialism/anti-imperialism in 1680 CE was almost certainly the large-scale uprising that members…Jun 9, 2021Jun 9, 2021
Helena CobbaninProject 500 Years1663: English empire in Africa, Carolinas, Caribbean, etcIn 1663 CE, just three years after Charles II was “restored” to the English throne, he, his advisors, and his parliament took several…May 24, 2021May 24, 2021
Jonathan Stephen Harry RileyThe Origins of the English EmpireFor this narrative of history to make any sense to a reader unfamiliar with the history of England, it is first necessary to set the stage…Aug 30, 2023
Helena CobbaninProject 500 Years1695: Sketchy English pirate loots Mughal treasure ship, rapes & abuses passengers.The biggest news of 1695 CE was the capture by a small English pirate flotilla in the Bab al-Mandeb strait of a heavily laden Mughal…Jun 25, 2021
Helena CobbaninProject 500 Years1685: France introduces its ‘Code Noir’. England has a succession crisis.Two big developments in the history of Western imperialism in 1685 CE. France’s Louis XIV introduced his infamous ‘Code Noir’ to regulate…Jun 14, 2021
Helena CobbaninProject 500 Years1680: Pueblo Uprising vs. Spanish in today’s New Mexico. A census in Barbados.The major development in the history of imperialism/anti-imperialism in 1680 CE was almost certainly the large-scale uprising that members…Jun 9, 2021
Helena CobbaninProject 500 Years1663: English empire in Africa, Carolinas, Caribbean, etcIn 1663 CE, just three years after Charles II was “restored” to the English throne, he, his advisors, and his parliament took several…May 24, 2021
Helena CobbaninProject 500 Years1656: Dutch in China, Gold Coast as Cromwell makes war on Spain. Etc.The year 1656 CE saw several developments in the ongoing history of West European empires. Let’s look at a small news item from Istanbul…May 16, 2021
Helena CobbaninProject 500 Years1650: News from Netherlands, England, Scotland, Ireland, Bengal, West Indies- and HarvardLots of shortish news this year, 1650 CE. Throughout the year, the politically and religiously complex Commonwealth vs. monarchist conflict…May 10, 2021
Helena CobbaninProject 500 Years1632: Portuguese expelled from Hooghly, India. News from Americas, Europe, Ethiopia.In 1632 CE, we see Portugal’s once large and robust-looking empire around the shores of the Indian Ocean continuing to crumble a little…Apr 22, 2021