The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c23.s1.2

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| | A.D. |
| Greenwich observatory founded . . . . . . . . | 1675 |
| Jai Singh born . . . . . | 1686 |
| Newton's *Principia* published . . . . . . . . | 1687 |
| Jai Singh succeeds to the Amber Gadi . . . . . | 1699 |
| Halley's *Synopsis of Cometary Astronomy* . . . | 1705 |
| Death of Aurangzeb . . . . . | 1707 |
| Jai Singh invests Thun . . . . . . . . . . . | 1712 |
| G. D. Cassini dies . . . . . | 1712 |
| Farrukh-Siyar . . . . . | 1713 |
| Jai Singh displaces Budh Singh of Būndi . . . | 1718 |
| Muhammad Shāh . . . . . | 1719 |
| Jai Singh appointed the Emperor's deputy at Agra and Mālwa . | 1719 |
| Great earth-quake at Delhi . . . . . . . . . | 1720 |
| Flamsteed dies . . . . . | 1720 |
| Jai Singh's expedition against Jāts of Bharatpur . | 1722 |
| Delhi observatory built . . . . . . . . . . | C. 1724 |
| *Historia Cœlestis Britannica* published . . . | 1725 |
| Isaac Newton died . . . . . | 1727 |
| Jaipur city built . . . . . | C. 1728 |
| The *Zij Muḥammad Shāhī* finished . . . . . . | C. 1728 |
| Aberration of light discovered by Bradley . . | 1728 |
| Observations recorded at Delhi . . . . . . . | 1729 |
| Jai Singh resigns the province of Mālwa to the Peshwā | 1734 |
| Jaipur observatory built . . . . . . . . . . | 1734 |
| Benares observatory built . . . . . . . . . | 1737 |
| Nādir Shāh sacked Delhi . . . . . . . . . . | 1739 |
| Halley died . . . . . | 1742 |
| Jai Singh died . . . . . | 1743 |