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1700
May 13
| 1700 • Russia begins numbering its calendar from the birth of Christ (Anno Domini) instead of since the Creation (Anno Mundi). |
1710
Jul 2
Age: 10y
| 1710 • In Sweden, the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala is founded as the Collegium curiosorum. |
1722
Aug 15
Age: 22y
| 1722 • Battle of Gulnabad in Persia: Pashtun people of Afghanistan led by Mahmud Hotaki decisively defeat forces of the Persian Safavid dynasty, precipitating its fall. |
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Age: 32y
1733
Age: 32y
birth of childSusannah Chapman New London, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1733 • The election of Augustus III to succeed his father as King of Poland sparks the War of the Polish Succession. |
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Age: 49y
1749
Jul
Age: 49y
| 1749 • The first official performance of Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks in London finishes early due to the outbreak of fire. The piece was composed by Handel to commemorate the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle which ended the War of the Austrian Succession in 1748. |