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 1733 - 1734 (0 years)
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| 1 | 1733 | - 1733: Great Britain - The Excise Crisis occurs and Walpole is forced to abandon his plans to reorganise the customs and excise
- 1733: Europe - Further cementing of relations between Austria and Spain
- 1733: Great Britain - John Kay invents the flying shuttle.
- 1733: CA/US - Vitus Bering's second expedition, with George Wilhelm Steller aboard, the first naturalist to visit Alaska.
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| 2 | 1734 | - 1734: Great Britain - Walpole returned to power with smaller majority, power weakened
- 1734: CA - Jean Baptiste de La Vérendrye establishes Fort Maurepas (Canada) on the Red River about five leagues south of Lake Winnipeg, third of the main La Vérendrye posts. (St. Pierre on Rainy River; reactivated; Fort St. Charles on Lake of the Woods.)
- 1734: CA - A Montreal slave named Marie-Joseph Angelique learns that she is to be sold to someone else. In an attempt to escape, she sets a fire in her mistress's house. The fire can not be contained, causing damage to half of Montreal. She is caught, tortured and hanged, bringing attention to the conditions of the slaves.
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