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Europe - Russia
Catherine the Great of Russia issues a manifesto prohibiting freed serfs from being returned to serfdom. (Photo courtesy of en.wikipedia.org) -
Europe - England
James Cook departs on his second voyage. (Photo courtesy of jamescooktheexplorer.weebly.com) -
Europe - France and Great Britain
Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain. (www.historyorb.com) (Photo courtesy of www.smithsonianmag.com) -
Asia - India
Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur. (http://en.wikipedia.org/) (Photo courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org/) -
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Africa
Africa experiences their First War of Dispossession, or the First Frontier War, between the AmaXhosa and Dutch colonists. It is the first of a series of nine wars waged by various colonial administrations against the AmaXhosa in attempts to dispossess them of their land and livestock, to settle colonists there and to safeguard the frontier farmers against raids by the AmaXhosa. (www.sahistory.org) -
Australia
British establish their first permanent settlement in Australia, sending shiploads of convicts to colonize the territory they claimed. (www.edu.gov.com) (Photo courtesy of en.wikipedia.org)
