<info>During this time Japan lived in a self-isolation called "sakoku," or national seclusion. This period ended when Commodore Matthew C. Perry sailed to Japan with a fleet of U.S. warships.
#e <t>battle<n>Battle of the Boyne<d>1690 Jul 1<c>/*Boyne River*/Ireland<info>William II defeats James II
#e <t>period<n>The Classical Period<d>1700(25)<e>1800(25)<c>Europe<aka>the Enlightenment<info>Europe's Classical period is nominally the 18th century. The Romantic period is nominally the 19th century, and the Modern period refers to the 20th century.
#e <t>war<n>War of the Spanish Succession<d>1701<e>1714<c>Europe
#e <t>treaty<n>Treaty of Utrecht<d>1713<c>Utrecht
#e <t>war<n>War of the Austrian Succession<d>1740<e>1748<c>Europe
#p <nat>North Vietnamese<o>president<n>Ho Chi Minh<sur>Ho Chi Minh<b>1890<d>1969
#p <nat>Ethiopian<o>emperor<n>Haile Selassie<aka>Tafari Makonnen<b>1892 Jul 23<ac>1930<depo>1935<ac>1941<depo>1974<d>1975 Aug 27<c>Addis Ababa<info>Haile Selassie was exiled from 1935 to 1941 during the Italian Fascist occupation of Ethiopia.
#e <t>decree<n>Sweden cedes Finland to Russia<c>Finland<d>1809
#e <t>war<n>War of 1812<d>1812<e>1815<c>North America
#e <t>decree<d>1844<n>Dominican Republic secedes from Haiti<c>Dominican Republic
#e <d>1845<e>1847<n>Potato Famine<c>Ireland<info>About one million people perished in Ireland, and an equal number emigrated, when the potato crop failed.