what was happening in the world between the years of 1676-1754, especially in latin America?

Answer 1

1670s
* 1676: Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.

1680s

* 1682: Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).
* 1682: La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
* 1683: China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
* 1685: Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France.
* 1687: Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
* 1688-89: After the Glorious Revolution, England becomes a constitutional monarchy and the Dutch Republic goes into decline.
* 1688-97: The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
* 1689: Nerchinsk Treaty establishes a border between Russia and China.

1690s

* 1692: Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
* 1700-21: Russia supplants Sweden as the dominant Baltic power after the Great Northern War.

1700s

* 1701-1714: War of the Spanish Succession
* 1703: Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
* 1707: Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments, thus establishing The Kingdom of Great Britain.
* 1707: After Aurangzeb's death, the Mughal Empire enters a long decline.

1710s

* 1715: Louis XIV died leaving France deep in debt.
* 1718: City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America

1720s

* 1720: The South Sea Bubble
* 1721: Robert Walpole becomes the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto).
* 1721: Treaty of Nystad signed, ending the Great Northern War.
* 1722-23: Russo-Persian War
* 1722: Afghans conquer Iran, ending the Safavid dynasty.
* 1722: Kangxi Emperor of China dies.

1730s

* 1733-38: War of the Polish Succession
* 1735-99: The Qianlong Emperor of China oversees a huge expansion in territory.
* 1736: Nadir Shah assumes title of Shah of Persia and founds the Afsharid dynasty. Rules until his death in 1747.
* 1739: Nadir Shah defeats the Mughals and sacks Delhi.

1740s

* 1740: Frederick the Great crowned King of Prussia.
* 1740-48: War of the Austrian Succession
* 1741: Russians begin settling the Aleutian Islands.
* 1745: Second Jacobite Rebellion in Scotland begins.
* 1747: Ahmed Shah Durrani founds the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan.

1750s

* 1750: Peak of the Little Ice Age