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Second Northern War
Military conflict in which Russia, Denmark-Norway, and Saxony-Poland challenged the supremacy of Sweden in the Baltic area. The war resulted in the decline of Swedish influence and the emergence of Russia as a major power in that region. -
Yale University
An Act for Liberty to Erect a Collegiate School in Saybrook is passed by the Colony of Connecticut. It would become Yale University. -
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War of the Spanish Succession
Conflict that arose out of the disputed succession to the throne of Spain following the death of the childless Charles II, the last of the Spanish Habsburgs. -
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Queen Anne's War
Second in a series of wars fought between Great Britain and France in North America for control of the continent. It was contemporaneous with the War of the Spanish Succession in Europe. -
Newspaper
The first regular newspaper publishes its initial edition in Boston, the News-Letter. It was begun by John Campbell, the postmaster. -
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War of the Emboabas
Conflict in the Captaincy of Minas Gerais, Brazil, between the original settlers from São Paulo (Paulistas) and new settlers called emboabas, who were mostly European immigrants -
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Yamasee War
In British-American colonial history, conflict between Indians, mainly Yamasee, and British colonists in the southeastern area of South Carolina, resulting in the collapse of Indian power in that area. -
Theater
The first theater in the colonies to open for business in Williamsburg, Virginia, when contract is signed to build theater. -
War of Quadruple Alliance
War of the Quadruple Alliance: The French, British, and Austrians declare war on Spain after Spanish troops land on Sardinia and Sicily -
Russo-Persian War
Russo-Persian War: Russian troops embark for an invasion of Iran -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin buys an interest in the Pennsylvania Gazette, founded one year earlier by Samuel Keimer. -
Flying Shuttle
John Kay invents the flying shuttle. -
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War of the Polish Succession
General European conflict waged ostensibly to determine the successor of the king of Poland, Augustus II the Strong. -
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War of Jenkins' Ear
War between Great Britain and Spain that began in October 1739 and eventually merged into the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48). It was precipitated by an incident that took place in 1738 when Captain Robert Jenkins appeared before a committee of the House of Commons and exhibited what he alleged to be his own amputated ear, cut off in April 1731 in the West Indies by Spanish coast guards, who had boarded his ship, pillaged it, and then set it adrift. -
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War of Australian Succession
A conglomeration of related wars, two of which developed directly from the death of Charles VI, Holy Roman emperor and head of the Austrian branch of the house of Habsburg, on Oct. 20, 1740. -
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King George's War
American phase of the War of the Austrian Succession, third and inconclusive struggle between France and Great Britain for mastery of the North American continent. -
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French and Indian War
American phase of a worldwide nine years’ war (1754–63) fought between France and Great Britain. -
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Seven Years' War
The last major conflict before the French Revolution to involve all the great powers of Europe. -
Spinning Jenny
James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny. -
Lord Dunmore's War
Virginia-led attack on the Shawnee Indians of Kentucky, removing the last obstacle to colonial conquest of that area. -
Rohilla War
In the history of India, the conflict in which Warren Hastings, British governor-general of Bengal, helped the nawab of Oudh (Ayodhya) defeat the Rohillas by lending a brigade of the East India Company’s troops. -
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American Revolution
Insurrection by which 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies won political independence and went on to form the United States of America. -
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First Maratha War
Three conflicts between the British and the Maratha confederacy, resulting in the destruction of the confederacy. -
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War of the Bavarian Succession
Conflict in which Frederick II the Great of Prussia blocked an attempt by Joseph II of Austria to acquire Bavaria. -
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Cape Frontier Wars
100 years of intermittent warfare between the Cape colonists and the Xhosa agricultural and pastoral peoples of the Eastern Cape, in South Africa. -
Power Loom
Edmund Cartwright patents a power loom. -
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French Revolution
The revolutionary movement that shook France between 1787 and 1799 and reached its first climax there in 1789. -
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George Washington
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French Revolutionary War
Title given to the hostilities between France and one or more European powers between 1792 and 1799. It thus comprises the first seven years of the period of warfare that was continued through the Napoleonic Wars until Napoleon’s abdication in 1814, with a year of interruption under the peace of Amiens -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney patenets the cotton gin. -
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John Adams
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Quasi War
Quasi-War: The US Congress rescinds all treaties with France beginning an undeclared naval war
