Meanwhile…

Qianlong Emperor and the territorial heyday of the Qing empire

circa 1760

The American and French revolutions

1775 – 1799

Independence of Mexico

1821

The Battle of Plassey and the beginning of British colonial rule in India

1757

Conquest by French revolutionary troops

1794

Latin American wars of independence

1810-1825

The Enlightenment

ca. 1715 – 1789

Opstand van de Witte Lotus daagt het Qing-gezag uit

1794-1804

Robert Owen advocates for 'eight hours' labour, eight hours' recreation, eight hours' rest'

1817

agricultural revolution in Europe

ca. 1700 – 1770

The Canton System and the Macartney Mission

1793

industrialization and urbanization

ca. 1800 - 1900

Diverse reef fauna colonizes coral ecosystems

from around 485 million years ago to the present

Invention of the Smallpox Vaccine

1796

Galois and the birth of group theory

1832

Invention of the Spinning Jenny

1764

Invention of the Electric Battery

1800

steam on the rails: the railway revolution

1825-09-27

Corsets and Panniers Define the Rococo Silhouette

circa 1750

Composition of 'Ka Mate' by Te Rauparaha

around 1820

Birth of tap dance and African-American vernacular rhythm

around 1850

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

Great Tenmei famine and peasant uprisings

circa 1782-1788

The eruption of Tambora and the 'Year Without a Summer'

april 1815