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Outline Narrative (30:50) John Law Promotes the Mississippi Scheme, AD 1716, by Louis Adolphe Thiers (38:44) Prince Eugene Vanquishes the Turks, AD 1717, by Prince Eugene of Savoy (15:44) Bursting the South Sea Bubble, AD 1720, by Louis Adolphe Thiers (28:15) Bach Lays the Foundation of Modern Music, AD 1723, by Henry Tipper (33:46) Settlement of Georgia, AD 1732, by William B. Stevens (28:21) Rise of Methodism, AD 1738, by William E.H. Lecky (46:56) Conquests of Nadir Shah, AD 1739, by Sir John Malcolm, part 1 (45:04) Conquests of Nadir Shah, AD 1739, by Sir John Malcolm, part 2 (42:45) First Modern Novel, AD 1740, by Edmund Grosse (20:29) Frederick the Great Seizes Silesia, AD 1740, by William Smyth (24:20) Defeat of the Young Pretender at Culloden, AD 1746, by Justin McCarthy (28:02) Benjamin Franklin Experiments with Electricity, AD 1747, by John Bigelow and Benjamin Franklin (36:28) Voltaire Directs European Thought from Geneva, AD 1755, by John Morley (43:21) Voltaire Directs European Thought from Geneva, AD 1755, by George W. Kitchin (17:42) Braddock's Defeat, AD 1755, by Winthrop Sargent (39:10) Braddock's Defeat, AD 1755, by George Washington (6:38) Braddock's Defeat, AD 1755, by Captain de Contrecœur (4:37) Exile of the Acadian Neutral's, AD 1755, by William H. Withrow (10:53) Clive Establishes British Supremacy in India, AD 1756, by Sir Alexander J. Arbuthnot, part 1 (29:38) Clive Establishes British Supremacy in India, AD 1756, by Sir Alexander J. Arbuthnot, part 2 (30:58) Seven Years' War, AD 1756-1763, by Wolfgang Menzel (37:36) Seven Years' War, AD 1756-1763, by Frederick the Great (29:51) Conquest of Canada, AD 1759, by A.G. Bradley, part 1 (30:13) Conquest of Canada, AD 1759, by A.G. Bradley, part 2 (25:57) Usurpation of Catharine II in Russia, AD 1762, by W. Knox Johnson (57:19) Conspiracy of Pontiac, AD 1763, by E.O. Randall, part 1 (26:54) Conspiracy of Pontiac, AD 1763, by E.O. Randall, part 2 (29:19) American Colonies Oppose the Stamp Act, AD 1765, by James Grahame (27:26) American Colonies Oppose the Stamp Act, AD 1765, by George Bancroft (7:39) Watt Improves the Steam-Engine, AD 1769, by Francois Arago (31:14) First Partition of Poland, AD 1772, by James Fletcher, part 1 (24:55) First Partition of Poland, AD 1772, by James Fletcher, part 2 (25:53) The Boston Tea Party, AD 1773, by George Bancroft (19:28) Cotton Manufacture Developed, AD 1774, by Thomas F. Henderson (13:54) Intellectual Revolt of Germany, AD 1775, by Karl Hillebrand (45:51) Pestalozzi's Method of Education, AD 1775, by George Ripley (34:19)
