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| 1644 |
| | | The last Ming emperor hangs himself, and China acquires a new and final dynasty - the Qing | |
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| 1683 |
| | | The Qing emperor orders all Chinese men to shave their heads, leaving only a long pigtail | |
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| c. 1690 |
| | | Chinoiserie becomes the new craze in Europe, after Jesuit reports of the Chinese civilization | |
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| 1720 |
| | | The Dalai Lama in Lhasa accepts Chinese imperial protection, which lasts until 1911 | |
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| 1792 |
| | | George III sends Lord Macartney on an embassy to the Chinese emperor Qianlong | |
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| 1810 |
| | | Chile begins four years of untroubled independence, ruled by a junta introducing liberal reforms | |
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| 1811 |
| | | John Jacob Astor establishes Astoria, a settlement on the Pacific coast to develop his fur trade with China | |
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| 1814 |
| | | Spanish forces at Rancagua defeat a Chilean army commanded by Bernardo O'Higgins, who escapes across the Andes into Argentina | |
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| 1817 |
| | | San Martín and O'Higgins lead an army through the Andes into Chile and capture Santiago | |
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| 1817 |
| | | O'Higgins is elected the 'supreme director' of independent Chile after San Martín declines the post | |
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