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  2. Adams Synchronological Chart or Map of History - Wikipedia

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    The design may have inspired later 'Maps of World History' such as the HistoMap by John B. Sparks, which chronicles four thousand years of world history in a graphic way similar to the enlarging and contracting nation streams presented on Adam's chart. Sparks added the innovation of using a logarithmic scale for the presentation of history.

  3. Timelines of world history - Wikipedia

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    These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history

  4. Timeline of the 18th century - Wikipedia

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    1769–1770: James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia. 1769–1773: The Bengal famine of 1770 kills one-third of the Bengal population. 1769: French expeditions capture clove plants in Ambon, ending the VOC monopoly of the plant. [17] (to 1772) 1769: Court Factor title gained by Mayer Amschel Rothschild.

  5. List of famines - Wikipedia

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    1832–1833: Guntur famine of 1832: India: 150,000: 1833–1837: Tenpō famine: Japan: 1837–1838: Agra famine of 1837–1838: India: 800,000: 1845–1857: Highland Potato Famine: Scotland: 1845–1852: Great Famine killed more than 1,000,000 out of over 8.5 million people inhabiting Ireland. Between 1.5–2 million people were forced to ...

  6. Timeline of New York City - Wikipedia

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    October 10: New York Yankees won their third consecutive World Series title, and 14th overall in franchise history, defeated the New York Giants in six games. New York State law takes over from World War II era Federal laws regarding Rent control. At the time over two million rental units are impacted. 1952

  7. List of years - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 24 February 2025, at 18:54 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  8. 1798 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Soltow, Lee (1987). "The Distribution of Income in the United States in 1798: Estimates Based on the Federal Housing Inventory". The Review of Economics and Statistics. 69 (1): 181– 185. doi:10.2307/1937921. JSTOR 1937921. Ray, Thomas M. (1983). ""Not One Cent for Tribute": The Public Addresses and American Popular Reaction to the XYZ Affair ...

  9. Timelines of modern history - Wikipedia

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    For a timeline of events from 1801 to 1900, see Timeline of the 19th century; For a timeline of events from 1901 to 1945, see Timeline of the 20th century. For 1914–1918, see Timeline of World War I; For 1939–1945 see Timeline of World War II