Resultado de búsqueda
Hace 1 día · The Qianlong Emperor in his study, painting by Giuseppe Castiglione, 18th century The Qianlong Emperor Viewing Paintings. The Qianlong Emperor, like his predecessors, took his cultural role seriously. First, he worked to preserve the Manchu heritage, which he saw as the basis of the moral character of the Manchus and thus of the dynasty's power.
Hace 1 día · The Duchy of Venice was born in the 9th century from the Byzantine territories of Maritime Venice. According to tradition, the first doge was elected in 697, but this figure is of dubious historicity and comparable to that of the exarch Paul, who, similarly to the doge, was assassinated in 727 following a revolt.
Hace 1 día · 17th century. 1669 - In his book De solido intra solidum naturaliter contento Nicolas Steno asserted that, although the number and size of crystal faces may vary from one crystal to another, the angles between corresponding faces are always the same. This was the original statement of the first law of crystallography (Steno's law).
Hace 2 horas · In mid-18th century Britain there was assistance available for women who were not able to raise their children. The Foundling Hospital opened in 1756 and was able to take in some of the illegitimate children. However, the conditions within the hospital caused Parliament to withdraw funding and the governors to live off of their own incomes.
Hace 1 día · After the 18th century With the onset of the Industrial Revolution , living standards amongst the working population began to worsen, with cramped and unsanitary urban conditions. In the first four decades of the 19th century alone, London 's population doubled and even greater growth rates were recorded in the new industrial towns, such as Leeds and Manchester .
Hace 2 horas · In the 18th century, the philosopher David Hume came in to refute this very wave of positivism by introducing the concept of probability. Do you remember Hume? He is the philosopher who brings disquiet, and as Immanuel Kant would later say of him, he is the one who “woke him up from his dogmatic sleep”.
