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| South America & Caribbean:Spanish missionaries move into Texas to stem the expansion of the French in Louisiana. An East India Company ship ship of 650 tons arrives at Portobello with permission to trade. |
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| North America:Virginia colonists cross the Blue Ridge mountains to begin settlements in the Shenandoah Valley. | |||||||||||
| Europe: John Law is in France to create a bank based on gold believed to exist in Louisiana. English Jacobites are dispersed and their leaders beheaded. Vivaldi on violin. | |||||||||||
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Charles III of Spain Antonio De Ulloa François Valle |
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