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1 giorno fa · Seven Years' War. 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)
6 giorni fa · Major conflicts of this era include the Italian Wars and Thirty Years' War in Europe, the Kongo Civil War in Africa, the Qing conquest of the Ming in Asia, the Spanish conquest of Peru in South America, and the American Revolutionary War in North America. Based on statistics from Our World in Data (starting in 1400), 1525 (the end of the German ...
22 apr 2024 · The century from 1750 to 1850 was a period of dramatic transformations in world history, fostering several types of revolutionary change beyond the political landscape.
16 apr 2024 · Large-scale transportation of slaves by the company was prevalent from the 1730s to the early 1750s and ended in the 1770s.
16 apr 2024 · The political importance of the Jacobite movement extended from 1688 until at least the 1750s. The Jacobites, especially under William III and Queen Anne, could offer a feasible alternative title to the crown, and the exiled court in France (and later in Italy) was often frequented by disgruntled soldiers and politicians.
30 apr 2024 · 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.
2 giorni fa · Parenting in England 1760-1830: Emotion, Identity, and Generation. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, ISBN: 9780199565191; 296pp.; Price: £65.00. This is an outstanding book, which will open up a new area of research for historians of the family. We have so many good histories of children and childhood, but Joanne Bailey’s book is the ...
