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Hace 2 días · At the beginning of 1810, new juntas appeared across Spanish America when the Central Junta fell to the French invasion.
- Spanish America
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Hace 3 días · By the end of the 1810s, some Cubans were inspired by the successes of Simón Bolívar in South America. Numerous secret-societies emerged, most notably the " Soles y Rayos de Bolívar [ es ] ", founded in 1821 and led by José Francisco Lemus .
Hace 2 días · 1850–1899. 1900s. 1910s. 1920s. 1930s. 1940s. 1950s. 1960s. 1970s. 1980s. 1990s. 2000s. 2010s. 2020s. See also. Notes. References. List of revolutions and rebellions. The storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789, during the French Revolution.
Hace 5 días · Amanda Vickery's new book is largely based on several rich collections of women's letters and diaries, most notably those of Elizabeth Parker Shackleton, whose family belonged to the lesser gentry and mercantile elite of Lancashire in the eighteenth century. These women's voices -- in turns passionate, pious, sentimental and sardonic, resentful ...
Hace 5 días · The reason for the sudden spurt in the 1810s may lie in the agricultural economy of the hinterland. Inclosure in Cheshire was limited by comparison with other parts of England, and only small and gradual changes took place in farming practice. Even so, farming in the county was affected by the Napoleonic Wars and their aftermath.
Hace 2 días · On 13 May 1740 John Tull was granted a patent (No. 570) for a sedanchair fixed on a wheel carriage for horse draught. Many years earlier (in 1691) John Green obtained a patent for coach springs, but these did not come into general use until the latter half of the 18th century. William Felton, coach-maker, of 36, Leather Lane, Holborn, in his ...
Hace 2 días · The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, stands upon the site of the theatre erected by John Rich in 1731–2. It is the third theatre to occupy this site, both its predecessors having been destroyed by fire. The first, designed by Edward Shepherd, was burnt in 1808, and the second, designed by (Sir) Robert Smirke, was destroyed in 1856.
