Nader Shah sacks Delhi
The Peacock Throne goes to Iran as Mughal power wanes
Iran's ruler Nader Shah defeated the Mughal army at Karnal and took Delhi, where his troops carried out a massacre. Enormous treasure, including the Peacock Throne and the Koh-i-Noor diamond, went to Iran; the Mughal Empire never recovered.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1755 Lisbon earthquake — 16 years later
- 1756–1763 Seven Years' War — 17 years later
- c. 1760 Start of the Industrial Revolution — 21 years later
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1721 Proclamation of the Russian Empire — 18 years earlier
- 1762 Accession of Catherine the Great — 23 years later
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Middle East
- 1747 Ahmad Shah Durrani founds the Afghan state — 8 years later
Alive at the time
- Johann Sebastian Bach (aged 54)
- Voltaire (aged 45)
- Benjamin Franklin (aged 33)
- Mikhail Lomonosov (aged 28)
- James Cook (aged 11)
- Catherine the Great (aged 10)
- George Washington (aged 7)
- Vitus Bering (aged 58)
- Tokugawa Yoshimune (aged 55)
- Nader Shah (aged 51)