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| North America:Benjamin Franklin experiments with electricity. The College of New Jersey is the beginning of Princeton University. | |||||||||||
| Europe:The pacific policies of Ferdinand VI and the diplomatic abilities of Britain's minister to Madrid Benjamin Keene will keep Spain out of conflicts until late in the Seven Years War. The Marques de Ensenada is minister of Marine, Finance, War and the Indies who works hard to maintain the French Alliance and his own standing. Don Ricardo Wall is the Spanish ambassador to London, although he hailed from Ireland and was actually born in France. French Troops free the Netherlands from Austria and Madras from Britain as the War of Austrian Succession continues. Philip V dies and Ferdinand VI continues the Bourbon dynasty in Spain. Jacobites claim victory at Falkirk but lose the war at Culloden Moor. Charlie Stuart escapes to France but the tartan is banned. Doudenal ulcer described in Germany. Nonfiction by Diderot; painting by Francois Boucher and Joshua Reynolds |
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