InProject 500 YearsbyHelena Cobban·Jun 25, 20211695: Sketchy English pirate loots Mughal treasure ship, rapes & abuses passengers.The biggest news of 1695 CE was the capture by a small English pirate flotilla in the Bab al-Mandeb strait of a heavily laden Mughal…
InProject 500 YearsbyHelena Cobban·Jun 21, 20211692: Many developments worldwide on 200th anniversary of 1492!So here we are, at 200 years after the fateful “contact” year of 1492 CE and all around the world there are developments that help…
InProject 500 YearsbyHelena Cobban·Jun 16, 20211686: England’s EIC starts a war. Russia loses terrain to China, wins against Ottomans.1686 CE was the year in which a confrontation against the Mughal Empire sought by the relatively new head of English East India Company…
InProject 500 YearsbyHelena Cobban·Jun 13, 20211684: Not much happenedIn 1684 CE, honestly not much happened that was worth recording here. Previously, during the 163 days I’ve been running this project to…