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Hace 3 días · The California gold rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. [1] . The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. [2] .
Hace 3 días · 19th century. An 1835 illustration of power loom weaving, as part of the Industrial Revolution. The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval.
Hace 2 días · By the late 1840s, Senator Jefferson Davis from Mississippi stated that the new Northern majority in the Congress would make the government of the United States "an engine of Northern aggrandizement" and that Northern leaders had an agenda to "promote the industry of the United States at the expense of the people of the South."
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Hace 2 días · Railroads were an English invention, and the first entrepreneurs imported British equipment in the 1830s. By the 1850s, the Americans had developed their own technology. The early lines in the 1830s and 1840s were locally funded and connected nearby cities or connected farms to navigable waterways.
Hace 1 día · The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48,000 years ago, during the Paleolithic era.
Hace 3 días · First practical means of collecting energy from the Sun and turning it into a current of electricity. 1955: The hovercraft is patented by Christopher Cockerell. 1955: The intermodal container is developed by Malcom McLean. 1957: The laser and optical amplifier are invented and named by Gordon Gould and Charles Townes.
Hace 3 días · 8 January: The first soup kitchens are opened in London. [1] 13 January: The Royal Institution is granted a royal charter. [2] 22 March: The Company of Surgeons is granted a royal charter to become the Royal College of Surgeons in London. [2] 15 May: George III survives 2 assassination attempts in London.
