Saudi–Wahhabi pact at Diriyah
An emir and a preacher create the first Saudi state
Emir Muhammad ibn Saud allied with the preacher Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. This pact of political power and strict religious doctrine created the first Saudi state, forerunner of modern Saudi Arabia.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1755 Lisbon earthquake — 11 years later
- 1756–1763 Seven Years' War — 12 years later
- c. 1760 Start of the Industrial Revolution — 16 years later
- 1769 Watt's steam engine — 25 years later
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1721 Proclamation of the Russian Empire — 23 years earlier
- 1762 Accession of Catherine the Great — 18 years later
- 1764 Founding of the Hermitage — 20 years later
- c. 1768 Extinction of Steller's sea cow — 24 years later
Asia
- 1757 Battle of Plassey — 13 years later
Oceania
- 1768–1771 Cook's first voyage — 24 years later
Alive at the time
- Johann Sebastian Bach (aged 59)
- Voltaire (aged 50)
- Benjamin Franklin (aged 38)
- Mikhail Lomonosov (aged 33)
- James Cook (aged 16)
- Catherine the Great (aged 15)
- George Washington (aged 12)
- Tokugawa Yoshimune (aged 60)
- Nader Shah (aged 56)
- Carl Linnaeus (aged 37)