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Events relating to asia
The Dutch expel the Portuguese from the last of their trading posts in Sri Lanka
England's East India Company is granted a lease on Bombay by Charles II, who has received it from his Portuguese bride
Members of the Sakaida Kakiemon family are producing exquisitely decorated porcelain ware in Japan
The Mughal emperor Aurangzeb begins building the great Badshahi Mosque in Lahore
Dutch traders purchase Kakiemon wares in Japan for import to the Netherlands
The Qing emperor orders all Chinese men to shave their heads, leaving only a long pigtail
France by now has six fortified trading settlements around the coast of India, of which Pondicherry is the most important
Chinoiserie becomes the new craze in Europe, after Jesuit reports of the Chinese civilization
Fort St William is built by the East India Company in the Ganges delta, and subsequently develops into Calcutta
The tenth Sikh guru, Gobind Rai, commits his people to the five Ks, which become the outward signs of their group identity
The tenth Sikh guru, Gobind Rai, names as his successor the sacred book known as the Granth
The death of Aurangzeb introduces the long period of decline of the Mughal empire
The Dalai Lama in Lhasa accepts Chinese imperial protection, which lasts until 1911
The Danish explorer Vitus Bering sails into Arctic seas through the strait between Asia and America known now by his name
The leader of a gang of tribal brigands seizes the Persian throne and takes the name Nadir Shah
The Persian ruler Nadir Shah enters Delhi and removes much of the accumulated treasure of the Mughal empire
Muhammad ibn Saud begins the expansion of power that will lead eventually to the establishment of Saudi Arabia
The Muslim reformer Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab makes an alliance with Muhammad ibn Saud, of significance to the later Saudi dynasty
French forces capture the British East India Company's fort of Madras
A tribal leader, Ahmad Shah Abdali, is elected king of the Afghans in an event seen as the foundation of the Aghan nation
Robert Clive prevails over the French after holding out during the seven-week siege of Arcot in southern India
122 people die after being locked overnight in a small room in Calcutta, in an incident that becomes known as the Black Hole of Calcutta
Robert Clive defeats the nawab of Bengal at the battle of Plassey, and places his own man on the throne
In the treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji, ending the recent Russo-Turkish war, the Ottoman empire cedes the Crimea to Russia
The treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji grants Russia special rights in relation to the Christian Holy Places under Ottoman control
