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Hace 4 días · The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). It was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas.
Hace 4 días · The 1830s (pronounced "eighteen-thirties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1830, and ended on December 31, 1839. In this decade, the world saw a rapid rise of imperialism and colonialism, particularly in Asia and Africa. Britain saw a surge of power and world dominance, as Queen Victoria took to the throne in 1837.
Hace 1 día · 1810s Karl von Drais on his original Laufmaschine, the earliest two-wheeler, or hobbyhorse, in 1819. 1810: Nicolas Appert invents the canning process for food. 1810: Abraham-Louis Breguet creates the first wristwatch. 1811: Friedrich Koenig invents the first powered printing press, which was also the first to use a cylinder.
Hace 1 día · From the mid-1810s to mid-century the overwhelming tendency was to move away from those early schemes. With different regions and elite factions battling against each other, the first liberal constitutional governments had failed.
Hace 1 día · The wars of independence, 1808–26. The final victory of Latin American patriots over Spain and the fading loyalist factions began in 1808 with the political crisis in Spain. With the Spanish king and his son Ferdinand taken hostage by Napoleon, Creoles and peninsulars began to jockey for power across Spanish America.
Hace 3 días · The congressional decision to charter the second Bank of the United States (1816) was explained in part by the country’s financial weaknesses, exposed by the War of 1812, and in part by the intrigues of financial interests.
Hace 5 días · Europeans had made some contact with Australia as early as 1606, however there was no significant attempt at settlement until the late eighteenth century. By 1800, the population of Australia was...
