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In the early 18th century, the industries established during ... coke rather than charcoal in the smelting of iron, was one of Europe's leading ironworks. By 1830 Monmouthshire and east Glamorgan ...

In the eighteenth century, from opposite ends of the world, a debate raged between two scholars over a seemingly esoteric question: did Chinese ...

Eighty-two skeletons found in a mass grave in the Dutch city of Vianen were mainly British soldiers who died of illness in an 18th Century field ... and several other European powers including ...