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Possibly introduction of rats and cats, although it is not attested by the time they arrived in the 18th and 19th centuries. [185] 1670-1950 [73] [186] Larger Malagasy hippopotamus: Hippopotamus laloumena: Eastern Madagascar Increased human and cattle pressure after the introduction of prickly pear farming. [111]
However, by end of the 18th century, comparably-easy access to rifles increasingly allowed peasants and servants to poach. [14] Hunting was used in the 18th century as a theatrical [ clarification needed ] demonstration of the aristocratic rule of the land and also had a strong impact on land use patterns. [ 15 ]
1796: Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination; smallpox killed an estimated 400,000 Europeans each year during the 18th century, including five reigning monarchs. [23] 1796: War of the First Coalition: The Battle of Montenotte marks Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander. 1796: The British eject the Dutch from ...
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Richard Turpin (bapt. 21 September 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft.Turpin may have followed his father's trade as a butcher early in his life but, by the early 1730s, he had joined a gang of deer thieves and, later, became a poacher, burglar, horse thief, and killer.
Women in Plymouth, England, parting from their lovers who are about to be transported to Botany Bay, 1792. Penal transportation (or simply transportation) was the relocation of convicted criminals, or other persons regarded as undesirable, to a distant place, often a colony, for a specified term; later, specifically established penal colonies became their destination.
Western historians have occasionally defined the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the "short" 18th century may be defined as 1715–1789, denoting the period of time between the death of Louis XIV of France and the start of the French Revolution, with an emphasis on directly interconnected events.