1772
Birmingham Canal
The Birmingham Canal opens under James Brindley, linking the town to wider canal traffic.
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The Birmingham Canal opens under James Brindley, linking the town to wider canal traffic.
Captures Cracow
Captures Czestochowa
Lucio Silla premieres at the Regio Ducal Teatro in Milan.
The East India Co goes bankrupt so mercantalist burdens are lifted. The East India Co can sell directly, competing with American smugglers
Within 5 years 14,000 slaves in Britain gain their freedom. Ends the legal status of slavery in England
Leaves Plymouth on HMS Resolution with HMS Adventure to search the far southern oceans during his second voyage
Ahmad Shah dies near Kandahar after ruling Afghanistan for twenty-five years.
Death of James Brindley
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