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1 giorno fa · The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. Grievances against the imperial government led the 13 colonies to begin uniting in 1774, and expelling British officials by 1775. Assembled at the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, they appointed George ...
While he leaves open the intriguing question regarding the existence of an ‘occult enlightenment’, he has surely made the case for further exploration of the potential importance of the relationship between the various strands of occult thinking in the 18th century and those which dominated the thought of the ‘disciples of reason’ in the same period.
2 giorni fa · The East India Company Military Seminary was founded in 1809 at Addiscombe, near Croydon, Surrey, to train young officers for service in the company's armies in India. It was based in Addiscombe Place, an early 18th-century mansion. The government took it over in 1858 and renamed it the Royal Indian Military College.
1 giorno fa · The resurgent Maratha Empire launched brutal raids against the prosperous Bengali state in the 18th century, which further added to the decline of the Nawabs of Bengal. During their invasions and occupation of Bihar [56] and western Bengal up to the Hooghly River [57] and during their occupation of western Bengal , the Marathas perpetrated atrocities against the local population. [57]
20 ore fa · Colombia's culture ministry begins exploring 18th Century wreck. On Wednesday Colombia's government officially started the first phase exploring the galleon San Jose which sunk in the Caribbean ...
5 giorni fa · It was a custom that persisted until the end of the 18th century, and even beyond (p. 50). This startling incident, sandwiched between a quotation from an 18th-century jest book about fork being a ‘spoon with slits in it’, and a Huguenot commentary on the English penchant for belching, gives an excellent snapshot of Thomas’s lively, engaging and perceptive book on the topic of civility ...
5 giorni fa · 18th Century Women and Gender Studies Sources. The following resources are major tools for finding digitized texts related to the history of women and gender. A collection of books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies, documenting the multiplicity of women's reform activities.
