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Hace 1 día · 1750s. 1752: Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod. 1755: William Cullen invents the first artificial refrigeration machine. 1760s. 1760: John Joseph Merlin invents the first Roller skates. 1764: James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny. 1765: James Watt invents the improved steam engine utilizing a separate condenser.
Hace 3 días · The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe and the Americas. One of the opposing alliances was led by Great Britain and Prussia. The other alliance was led by France, backed by Spain, Saxony, Sweden, and Russia.
- 17 May 1756 – 15 February 1763, (6 years, 8 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
Hace 1 día · During the 1750s, the colonies began collaborating with one another instead of dealing directly with Britain. With the help of colonial printers and newspapers , these inter-colonial activities and concerns were shared and led to calls for protection of the colonists' " Rights as Englishmen ", especially the principle of " no taxation without representation ".
29 de abr. de 2024 · Sir Henry Morgan (born 1635, Llanrhymney, Glamorgan [now in Cardiff], Wales—died August 25, 1688, probably Lawrencefield, Jamaica) was a Welsh buccaneer, most famous of the adventurers who plundered Spain’s Caribbean colonies during the late 17th century.
Hace 4 días · Russian Empire, historical empire founded on November 2 (October 22, Old Style), 1721, when the Russian Senate conferred the title of emperor (imperator) of all the Russias upon Peter I. The abdication of Nicholas II on March 15, 1917, marked the end of the empire and its ruling Romanov dynasty. Michael, detail of a mid-19th-century coloured ...
2 de may. de 2024 · Led by prophecy and driven to bloody battles, he overcame colonial threats and local rivals. Standing in Wailoa River State Park, a 14-foot-tall statue of King Kamehameha watches over Hilo, the ...
Hace 1 día · Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, ISBN: 9780230203402; 288pp.; Price: £55.00. The Land Question in Britain, 1750–1950, is that rare collection of essays which is more than the sum of its parts; 14 essays by different authors, all of which connect with each other to reveal a hidden picture of a topic that has inexplicably dropped from view.
