World 1700-1725 (Chaos)

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1702: makes a strategical alliance with the ns against .
1703, silvester: Earthquake of (OTL Tokyo). More than 100,000 victims.
1707: (S Vietnam) stops paying tribute to Hong, with impunity. The example is soon followed.
30,000 Nipponese killed by Tokaido-Nankaido tsunami.
1714-25: . (backed by ) fights (backed by , , ).
1721: Sea island. Corean-Russian fleet defeats Nipponese. Nipponese piracy restricted.
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Early 18th century: introduces the Printing Press, getting help from Seljuk .
1701-04: After a plague hits Southern Russia, the use the opportunity to strike against the Dvoryan / Dosor republics. Although - supports them, the Seljuks (who have the better medical science) defeat them several times, re-establishing their rule in many cities at the Black Sea.
1708-15: . finally takes Seljuk Italy back. In the following years, they start resettling the wasted and depopulated (by war, Seljuk slave-catchers and emigration to and ) parts of Southern Italy. The city of also becomes Italian. South Russia finally kicks the Seljuks out from OTL Ukraine, this time including .
1717-23: France uses the opportunity, allies with Persia and strikes against the Seljuks in the . The French again occupy the and , while Persia takes the prestigious Holy Cities of Islam. This time, is left alone.
1720s: Rebellion of the ns and ns against Seljuk rule begins.
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Early 18th century: At the university of , the Russians make several progresses concerning electricity (knowing galvanization and the voltaic pile from ), even a primitive telegraph (not ready for use, though).
1702: Threatened by the Seljuks, the Dvoryan republics make a closer alliance with Kiev-Chernigov. The Czar founds a Duma, representing old and new Russian lands.
1707: Paper-based currency introduced in for the first time.
1708-17: Anti-Czarist uprisings in the area of .
1715: Novorossiya enters the fights between Novgorodians and the Czar. After defeating the Czarist troops in the , the whole North of is ceded to Novorossiya. Old Novgorod becomes a honorable Old City of Novorossiya.
1720s: Novorossiya has to fight down an uprising of the / Nuzhen, finally successful.
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~1700: The Bronze Age of the Netherlands. After the won war against France, the country can rebuild its former strength - although other powers, like England, France, Italy and are now active in trade too. Fortunately, at least Sweden with its colony (South Africa) and the Indian trade is Dutch-friendly.
1701: Margrave and elector takes power in Brandenburg-Silesia, ending the collegial government of Sweden, and - over his country.
1712: Charles / becomes king of . During his long reign, he reforms Hungary - taking many ideas and technologies from Russia (thus indirectly, China).
1722: After the death of king (and Roman emperor) , the Netherlands are united in personal union with Sweden--. France objects the unification.
1724: France finds an ally in ; (also called Dutch Unification War) begins.
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1703: ends again with a compromise. The Catholic church stays formally united, but the pope has become a mere figurehead. The kings and princes are even allowed to change the doctrine in their lands, "as long as those changes are justified by the special character of their countries" and don't contradict the bible too much.
1709: King killed by court members after trying to force the church to canonize him while alive. Other kings, however, like the kernel of the idea and declare their birthday, coronation day and so on national holidays in the next decades.
1715: Sweden enters the war against Vladimir-Suzdal, to get the once lost parts of and Estonia back. Poland also enters the war, for the former princedoms and .
1718-23: conquered by England.
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Since ~1700: Poor Italians (mostly from the South), often with differing religious ideas, settle west of the Appalachians, in the (yes, OTL Tennessee) area.
Many French settlers leave upper Mississippi area, go to .
1700: Denmark- founds the ninth land, at the shores of Lake Erie.
1706: King Piero / Pedro of Italy has a third son, whom he appoints "" (the other two being prince of [OK, + ] and prince of the Islands [ , , ] respectively).
1706-14: War against the Five Nations (actually seven nations meanwhile, the historical five ones and the Monacan and Connestoga in addition, being displaced earlier by European settlers). Historians agree that this war helped the mixed German-Danish-English-Dutch-Polish population very much to become a community. The war proves to be very hard, since the French left the Five Nations equipped with guns and boats.
1707-10: Uprising of Aymara defeated by (the Inca empire), Aymara displaced to the Southern tip of Atlantis.
1709: Last free Maya cities conquered by Spaniards.
1718/19: Inca lose border war against Spain, have to pay a big tribute in silver (which is more important for the Spaniards than gaining land).
1723: Inca make first trade agreement with Russians.
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Early 1700s: After the defeat of the Portuguese makes the waters of West Africa safer for Muslims ships, sends ships to the kingdoms, starting trade and cultural exchange.
Britain and Sweden try to lure the Congo kingdoms on their side, away from France and Portuguese-influenced Guinea.
1704: English ships go west from Cape Hoorn, (re-)discover Australia and New Zealand, which are called and respectively. England takes claim of these lands, but for quite some while they stay in the shadow of the English colonies in North and South Atlantis.
1710s: Uprisings in suppressed. Many Portuguese flee to Guinea.
1712: , son of a fled Portuguese nobleman and his African mistress, becomes self-proclaimed king of the Ijaw people in the Niger delta.
1716-18: Britain makes further discoveries in the Pacific Ocean, claims many islands. As a surprise comes the rediscovery of the island Tahiti, finding a Christian, mostly English-descended population who believe that the dynasty still reigns in the .
1717: Sherbro people (coast of OTL Sierra Leone) united.
1721: Kingdom of (OTL Togo) established.
1722: Joao de Gouveia conquers the Ibibio people.
1724: Kingdom of (OTL Guinea) established.
1725: France and Persia make an agreement about . Both nations are allowed to trade with the land, it's not forced to switch religion in any way, but has to pay tribute to both of them.
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