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| 1720 |
| | | The Dalai Lama in Lhasa accepts Chinese imperial protection, which lasts until 1911 | |
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| 1728 |
| | | The Danish explorer Vitus Bering sails into Arctic seas through the strait between Asia and America known now by his name | |
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| 1746 |
| | | French forces capture the British East India Company's fort of Madras | |
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| c. 1780 |
| | | Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro is a master of colour woodcuts, often depicting the courtesan district of Edo | |
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| 1792 |
| | | George III sends Lord Macartney on an embassy to the Chinese emperor Qianlong | |
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| 1830 |
| | | Hokusai begins to publish his famous colour-printed views of Mount Fuji | |
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| c. 1835 |
| | | English artist Edward Lear begins a series of travels, sketching around the Mediterranean and in the Middle East | |
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| 1837 |
| | | Zanzibar becomes the main place of residence of the sultan of Oman | |
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| 1839 |
| | | British troops invade China after the Chinese authorities seize and destroy the opium stocks of British merchants in Canton | |
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| 1839 |
| | | British forces capture Hong Kong, which is subsequently ceded to Britain by China at the end of the first Opium War in 1842 | |
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