Vision And Views

An Overview of Current Life Events

By Dr. Purushothaman Kollam

Sunday 10 March 2013

Major World Events [8]


  
Sweden Emperor was exiled to Ottoman by Peter The Great of Russia (1700)
The war between Ottoman & Empire Russia occured in 1711
In North America, New Orleans was founded by the French (1718)



Slavery was abandoned in Russia in 1723

The British was failed in the attempt to capture St. Augustine (Florida) (1740)

The first cotton mill in the world was started in England (1742)

India was ruled by the British before independence

Spanish Missionaries started their activities in Florida in 1769


The present United States declared independence from Great Britain in 1776

The great famine in Iceland (1783) was due to Laki volcano eruption

In Sydney, Australia the first settlement was established

The first stock exchange was started in the New York (1792)

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