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| from 1517 |
| | From Bosnia to Egypt and Arabia, the Ottoman Turks now rule the largest Muslim empire since the early caliphate - and will frequently use the title of caliph to assert their authority within Sunni Islam | |
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| 1577 |
| | Francis Drake sails from Plymouth, heading west for the Pacific and the East Indies | |
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| 1621 |
| | The Dutch West India Company is chartered to trade and found colonies anywhere along the entire American coast | |
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| 1664 |
| | Colbert founds East India and West India companies to ensure a supply of raw materials for France's factories | |
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| 1750 |
| | Horace Walpole begins to create his own Strawberry Hill, a neo-Gothic fantasy, on the banks of the Thames west of London | |
| | Strawberry Hill admission ticket Richmond upon Thames Local Studies Collection
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| 1761 |
| | John Harrison's fourth chronometer is only five seconds out at the end of a test journey from England to Jamaica | |
| | Harrison's 1st Marine Timekeeper National Maritime Museum
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| 1763 |
| | American artist Benjamin West settles in London, where he becomes famous for his large-scale history scenes | |
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| c. 1770 |
| | The triangular trade, controlled from Liverpool, ships millions of Africans across the Atlantic as slaves | |
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| 1774 |
| | In the treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji, ending the recent Russo-Turkish war, the Ottoman empire cedes the Crimea to Russia | |
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| 1793 |
| | Britain joins other European nations in war against France, mainly in naval engagements in the West Indies and Atlantic | |
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