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1736
 
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The leader of a gang of tribal brigands seizes the Persian throne and takes the name Nadir Shah      
Portrait of Nadir Shah, 19th c.
British Museum

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1737
 
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Florence loses her independence when the last Medici duke of Tuscany dies      
1738
 
    
In the Treaty of Vienna, France accepts the Pragmatic Sanction of Charles VI – the last of the European powers to do so       
1739
 
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Britain declares war on Spain, partly in a mood of indignation over Captain Jenkins' ear      
1739
 
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The Persian ruler Nadir Shah enters Delhi and removes much of the accumulated treasure of the Mughal empire       
1739
 
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David Hume publishes his Treatise of Human Nature, in which he applies to the human mind the principles of experimental science       
David Hume, glass medallion by Tassie, c.1761
National Portrait Gallery, London

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1740
 
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Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador become the Spanish viceroyalty of New Granada, with Bogota as the capital      
1740
 
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Frederick II, inheriting the throne in Prussia, establishes a cultured and musical court      
c. 1740
 
    
A charismatic leader, Baal Shem Tov, develops Hasidism in Poland as an influential revivalist movement within Judaism       
c. 1740
 
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Italian dramatist Carlo Goldoni makes a success of plays in the ancient commedia dell'arte tradition