Question

5. Summarise the incidents from the dates mentioned below:
(3)
(1) 1803 CE
(ii) 1717 CE:
(iii) 1720 CE:
(iv) 1760 CE:
(v) 1724 CE:
(vi) 1782-1799 CE:​

Answer 1

Explanation:

1. The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France at a price of $15 million, or approximately four cents an acre.
2. The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends, with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire.
3. The Great Plague of Marseille.
4. Afghan forces defeat the Marathas.
5. Joseph Blake (alias Blueskin), English highwayman, is hanged in London.
6. Tipu Sultan dubbed as the tiger of Mysore