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| 1751 |
| | Robert Clive prevails over the French after holding out during the seven-week siege of Arcot in southern India | |
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| 1756 |
| | 122 people die after being locked overnight in a small room in Calcutta, in an incident that becomes known as the Black Hole of Calcutta | |
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| 1757 |
| | Robert Clive defeats the nawab of Bengal at the battle of Plassey, and places his own man on the throne | |
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| 1774 |
| | In the treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji, ending the recent Russo-Turkish war, the Ottoman empire cedes the Crimea to Russia | |
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| 1774 |
| | The treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji grants Russia special rights in relation to the Christian Holy Places under Ottoman control | |
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| c. 1780 |
| | Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro is a master of colour woodcuts, often depicting the courtesan district of Edo | |
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| 1792 |
| | George III sends Lord Macartney on an embassy to the Chinese emperor Qianlong | |
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| 1798 |
| | The British acquire a foothold in the Persian Gulf by making Oman a protectorate | |
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| 1799 |
| | Napoleon, in Syria, orders 3000 captured defenders of Jaffa to be killed by bayonet or drowning to save ammunition | |
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| 1799 |
| | A Sikh maharajah, Ranjit Singh, captures Lahore and makes it his capital in his campaign to unify the Punjab | |
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