Great Northern Expedition
Bering maps Siberia's Arctic coast and reaches America
In 1733–1743 an expedition led by Vitus Bering mapped Siberia's Arctic coast and the Kuril Islands. In 1741 the ships of Bering and Chirikov reached the coast of north-western America.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1755 Lisbon earthquake — 22 years later
- 1756–1763 Seven Years' War — 23 years later
Middle East
- 1747 Ahmad Shah Durrani founds the Afghan state — 14 years later
Asia
- 1757 Battle of Plassey — 24 years later
Alive at the time
- Johann Sebastian Bach (aged 48)
- Voltaire (aged 39)
- Benjamin Franklin (aged 27)
- Mikhail Lomonosov (aged 22)
- James Cook (aged 5)
- Catherine the Great (aged 4)
- George Washington (aged 1)
- Ahmed III (aged 60)
- Vitus Bering (aged 52)
- Tokugawa Yoshimune (aged 49)