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1 giorno fa · In 1672, the Royal African Company received a new charter from Charles II. It set up forts and factories, maintained troops, and exercised martial law in West Africa in pursuit of trade in gold, silver and African slaves. In the 1680s, the RAC transported about 5,000 slaves a year to markets primarily in the English Caribbean across the Atlantic.
- William III & II
William III (William Henry; Dutch: Willem Hendrik; 4...
- William III & II
1 giorno fa · Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great ( Louis le Grand) or the Sun King ( le Roi Soleil ), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign. [1] [a] Although Louis XIV's France was emblematic of the Age ...
- 14 May 1643 – 1 September 1715
- Anne of Austria
1 giorno fa · Stede Bonnet (1688 – 10 December 1718) [a] was a Barbadian-born pirate and military officer, known as the Gentleman Pirate [1] because he was a moderately wealthy landowner before turning to a life of crime. Bonnet was born into a wealthy English family on the island of Barbados, and inherited the family estate after his father's ...
2 giorni fa · The Culture of Nature in Britain 1680-1860. Peter Harman. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2009, ISBN: 9780300151978; 400pp.; Price: £45.00. Reviewer: Professor Fredrik Albritton Jonsson. University of Chicago. Citation: Professor Fredrik Albritton Jonsson, review of The Culture of Nature in Britain 1680-1860, (review no. 931)
3 giorni fa · Chasing Spanish treasure galleons in the Pacific in the 1680s, he wrote to his father in England asking him to assure his wife of his enduring love and care. The relations between pirates and women became even more unstable with the increasing criminalisation of maritime plundering and prosecution of pirates in the late 17th century.
3 giorni fa · Settlement and building: From 1680 to 1865, Chelsea Park to Blacklands. A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 12, Chelsea. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 2004. This free content was digitised by double rekeying.
3 giorni fa · They were major benefactors, paving the streets in 1714, building the town hall in 1766, restoring the church in the 1780s, building almshouses in the 1790s, and providing land for the National schools of 1854. Their influence was sometimes resented and an anti-Blenheim group was usually active in local affairs.
