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Year
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Hint
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Answer
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1701
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This exiled king of England and Scotland dies in France
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James II
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1702
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This number of ronin commit seppuku after avenging their master
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Forty-seven
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1703
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This mysterious prisoner dies in the Bastille
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The Man in the Iron Mask
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1704
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Anglo-Dutch forces capture this territory from Spain in the War of Spanish Succession
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Gibraltar
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1705
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This English scientist is knighted by Queen Anne
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Sir Isaac Newton
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1706
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The Treaty of Union is agreed between England and this country
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Scotland
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1707
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The last recorded eruption of this Japanese volcano
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Mount Fuji
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1708
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Construction is completed on this London landmark
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St Paul's Cathedral
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1709
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Defeat at the Battle of Poltava marks the beginning of decline for this European power
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Sweden
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1710
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The Royal Society of Sciences is founded in this Swedish city
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Uppsala
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1711
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The Quebec Expedition fails when eight of its ships are wrecked in this river
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St Lawrence
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1712
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John Arbuthnot creates this fictional national personification of Great Britain
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John Bull
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1713
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The Treaty of Portsmouth brings an end to this war
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Queen Anne's War
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1714
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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit develops the first reliable prototype of this instrument
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Thermometer
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1715
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The first major uprising in Scotland by these supporters of the House of Stuart
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Jacobites
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1716
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George Seton, Earl of Winton, escapes this London prison
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Tower of London
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1717
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Spain invades this Mediterranean island
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Sardinia
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1718
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This infamous pirate is killed in battle off North Carolina
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Blackbeard
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1719
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Daniel Defoe publishes this novel about a castaway
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Robinson Crusoe
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1720
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This economic bubble collapses
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South Sea Bubble
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1721
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This man becomes the de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain
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Sir Robert Walpole
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1722
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Dutch explorers land on this island on Easter Sunday
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Easter Island
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1723
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The Treaty of St Petersburg concludes a war between Russia and this country
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Persia
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1724
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The Treaty of Hanover joins Hanover, Prussia, France and ______________ into a defensive alliance
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Great Britain
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1725
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The first publication of these violin concerti by Antonio Vivaldi
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The Four Seasons
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1726
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Gulliver's Travels is published by this Irish satirist
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Jonathan Swift
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1727
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King George II of Great Britain dies while visiting this electorate of the Holy Roman Empire - his place of birth
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Hanover
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1728
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The Bering Strait is discovered by this Danish explorer
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Vitus Bering
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1729
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Consumption of this drug is criminalised in China
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Opium
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1730
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This Russian emperor dies of smallpox
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Peter II
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1731
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The sailor Robert Jenkins' ear is cut off by Spanish privateers, sparking this war
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War of Jenkins' Ear
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1732
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Benjamin Franklin publishes the first edition of this long-running almanac
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Poor Richard's Almanack
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1733
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The death of this Polish king sparks a Europe-wide war of succession
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Augustus II
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1734
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This famous explorer and frontiersman is born in Pennsylvania
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Daniel Boone
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1735
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This Swedish zoologist introduces modern taxonomy in Systema Naturæ
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Carl Linnaeus
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1736
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Russia invades this country
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Ottoman Empire
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1737
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The News Letter, the oldest English-language newspaper still in circulation, is founded in this city
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Belfast
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1738
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John Wesley experiences a spiritual rebirth on Aldersgate Street, the foundational moment for this Christian movement
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Methodism
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1739
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This English highwayman is hanged in Yorkshire
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Dick Turpin
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1740
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Austrian-held Silesia is invaded by this kingdom
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Prussia
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1741
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This infamous American Revolutionary War officer and traitor is born in Connecticut
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Benedict Arnold
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1742
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A translation by Charles Jervas of this Spanish novel is published in English
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Don Quixote
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1743
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The last of these animals in Britain is shot near Killiecrankie, Scotland
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Wolf
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1744
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Construction begins on this famous building in Texas
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The Alamo
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1745
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A Jacobite uprising begins in this country
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Scotland
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1746
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Following last year's failed rebellion, this Jacobite pretender flees to France
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Bonnie Prince Charlie
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1747
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James Lind conducts experiments to see if citrus fruits prevent this disease
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Scurvy
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1748
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This Scottish economist begins lecturing at the University of Edinburgh
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Adam Smith
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1749
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The comic novel Tom Jones is published by this English writer
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Henry Fielding
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1750
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This city, under the control of the Qing Dynasty, is swept with riots
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Lhasa
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1751
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George Washington contracts smallpox while visiting this Caribbean island
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Barbados
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1752
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This American scientist flies a kite in a lightning storm
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Benjamin Franklin
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1753
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A law is passed in Britain permitting adherents of this religion to become citizens
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Judaism
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1754
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This war begins in North America
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French and Indian War
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1755
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First publication of this London writer's dictionary
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Samuel Johnson
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1756
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Most of the prisoners held in this overcrowded Calcutta prison die of suffocation and exhaustion
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Black Hole
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1757
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The works of this astronomer are removed from the list of texts banned by the Vatican
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Galileo Galilei
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1758
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Russian troops capture this Prussian city
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Konigsberg
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1759
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The satire Candide is published by this French philosopher
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Voltaire
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1760
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Tacky's War, a slave rebellion, takes place in this North American colony
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Jamaica
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1761
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Likely the bloodiest battle of the century is fought between Maratha and Durrani forces in this modern-day country
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India
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1762
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This woman ascends to the Russian throne after orchestrating the overthrow of her husband in a coup d'etat
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Catherine the Great
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1763
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This lost Roman city is identified
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Pompeii
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1764
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This 8-year-old child prodigy performs a private concert for British royalty
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Mozart
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1765
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This unpopular tax is introduced in Britain's thirteen American colonies
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Stamp Act
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1766
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This famous Italian womaniser is injured in a duel in Warsaw
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Giacomo Casanova
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1767
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Adherents of this Christian religious order are expelled from Spain's South American colonies
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Jesuits
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1768
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A peace agreement is concluded between Great Britian and this Native American nation
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Iroquois Confederacy
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1769
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This island is partitioned from Nova Scotia, becoming a separate colony
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St John's Island
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1770
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Over 10 million people starve to death in a famine in this Indian region
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Bengal
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1771
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An outbreak of bubonic plague in this European city reaches epidemic levels
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Moscow
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1772
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This British customs vessel is attacked and burned by Patriots off Rhode Island
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Gaspee
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1773
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This act of protest occurs in Boston
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Boston Tea Party
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1774
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This prince becomes the King of France at age 19
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Louis XVI
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1775
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The first battles of the American Revolution are fought in these towns in Massachusetts
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Lexington and Concord
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1776
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The US Declaration of Independence is signed in this city
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Philadelphia
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1777
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This region, which will eventually become a US state, declares itself an independent republic
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Vermont
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1778
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This British prime minister collapses during a speech, and later dies
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Pitt the Elder
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1779
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Captain James Cook is killed in a dispute with indigenous people on this island
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Hawaii
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1780
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The first running of this English horse race
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Epsom Derby
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1781
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This celestial object is first identified as a planet, not a star
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Uranus
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1782
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King Taksin is overthrown and executed in this Asian country
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Siam
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1783
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The first manned hot air balloon flight takes place in this city
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Paris
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1784
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More than half the livestock in this country die from the effects of ongoing volcanic eruptions
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Iceland
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1785
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This newspaper begins publication under the title of the Daily Universal Register
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The Times
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1786
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The first ascent of this European mountain
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Mont Blanc
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1787
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The foundation of this English cricket club
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Marylebone Cricket Club
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1788
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The First Fleet completes its voyage and founds this city
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Sydney
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1789
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An infamous mutiny occurs aboard this Royal Navy ship in the South Pacific
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HMS Bounty
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1790
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Tam o' Shanter is published by this Scottish poet
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Robert Burns
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1791
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An ultimately successful slave revolt begins in this French colony
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Saint-Domingue
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1792
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is published by this feminist writer
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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1793
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Louis XVI of France is executed by this method
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Guillotine
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1794
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William Blake publishes "The Tyger" as part of his collection Songs of __________
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Experience
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1795
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Following the French occupation of the Netherlands, the British seize this Dutch colony
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Cape Colony
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1796
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Edward Jenner conducts his first test of a vaccination against this disease
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Smallpox
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1797
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Napoleon conquers this city, ending its 1100 years of independence
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Venice
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1798
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The Royal Navy defeats the French Navy in the Battle of the _____
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Nile
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1799
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This American politician dies of unclear causes in Virginia
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George Washington
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1800
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A Christmas Eve assassination plot fails to kill this European ruler
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Napoleon
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