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3 giorni fa · After a year of resistance the EIC surrendered in 1690, and the company sent envoys to Aurangzeb's camp to plead for a pardon. The company's envoys had to prostrate themselves before the emperor, pay a large indemnity, and promise better behaviour in the future.
4 giorni fa · With it new cultural institutions came to the fore. The Academy of Arcadia, founded in Rome in 1690, exemplified the channeling of energies for rationalism and innovation.
4 giorni fa · Out of this fiasco came both the foundation of Calcutta (now Kolkata) by Job Charnock in 1690—a mudflat that had the advantage of a deep anchorage—and the age of fortified factories surrounded by satellite towns.
2 giorni fa · After progress stalled, William personally intervened to lead his armies to victory over James at the Battle of the Boyne on 1 July 1690, after which James fled back to France. Lieutenant-General Godert de Ginkell successfully commanded the Williamite forces in Ireland after William left.
2 giorni fa · Search the largest and most accurate independent site for today in history. Learn which important and interesting historical events happened on today in history. Hundreds of events, facts and photos from history, film, music and sport.
2 giorni fa · The Restoration had a dramatic effect on the political landscape at Gloucester. The government and royalist landowners moved decisively to bring to an end the city's fiercely defended autonomy, its extensive jurisdiction over the inshire, and the puritan ascendancy on the corporation.
4 giorni fa · New Caledonia Indigenous independence leader transferred to mainland France for pretrial detention.
