BOOK 1. UNMASKING THE HIDDEN. N. LEVASHOV'S «SVETL BROOM» IN A. KHATYBOV'S «BATH SCHOOL» AND A LABOUR SPADE.

Book 1. Unmasking the Hidden. Content 390 1736 The invasion of Nadir Shah in India. The beginning of the twenty-year raids and disorder in India 1740 Ascent of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. Maria Theresa begins to reign in Austria. As a woman, she can not be an empress. Her husband Franz I – the emperor from 1745 to 1765, when he is succeeded by his son Joseph I. 1741 Empress Elizabeth of Russia starts reigning 1755- 1763 Wars between Britain and France in America and India. France – in alliance with Austria and Russia against Prussia and Britain; Seven Years' War. 1757 The battle of Plessis. 1759 British general Wolff conquers Quebec. 1760 George III is the King of Britain. 1762 The Empress of Russia Elizabeth died. The murder of Tsar Peter III and the ascent to the throne of Catherine the Great (reigns until 1796). 1763 The Paris Peace Treaty; Canada's transition to Britain. British supremacy in India. 1764 Battle of Buxar. 1766 Malthus was born. 1769 Napoleon Bonaparte is born 1774 The beginning of the reign of Louis XVI. Suicide of Clive. 1775 Beginning of the War of Independence in North America. Battle of Lexington. Turner was born. 1776 Declaration of Independence of the United States. 1780 End of the reign of Maria Theresa. Emperor Joseph inherits the possessions of the Habsburgs. 1783 Peace treaty between Britain and the United States. 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia establishes the federal government of the United States. France faces bankruptcy; collection of notables. 1788 The first federal congress of the United States in New York. 1789 General states in France. Storming the Bastille. 1791 Unsuccessful attempt of the royal family to escape. The Jacobin Revolution. 1792 France declares war on Austria. Prussia declares war on France. Battle of Valmy. France is proclaimed a republic. 1793 Louis XVI is beheaded. 1794 The execution of Robespierre and the end of the Jacobin Republic. The rule of the Convention. 1795 Directory. Bonaparte suppresses the mutiny and enters Italy as the head of the troops. 1797 Under the conditions of the Campo-formian treaty, Bonaparte destroys the Venetian Republic. 1798 Bonaparte arrives in Egypt. Battle at the Nile delta. 1799 Return of Bonaparte. He becomes the first consul with unlimited powers. 1800 Napoleon campaign against Austria. The battle of Marengo in Italy and Hohenlinden (Moro’s victory). 1801 The Parliamentary Union of Ireland and England comes into force on January 1, 1801. A truce between France, England and Austria. 1803 Bonaparte occupies Switzerland, which makes the war inevitable.