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Hace 2 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 2 días · Australian gold diggings, by Edwin Stocqueler, c. 1855. When the rush began at Ballarat, diggers discovered it was a prosperous goldfield. Lieutenant-Governor Charles La Trobe visited the site and watched five men uncover 136 ounces of gold in one day. Mount Alexander was even richer than Ballarat.
Hace 2 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 · The Republican Party traces its roots to the 1850s, when antislavery leaders joined forces to oppose the extension of slavery into the Kansas and Nebraska territories. The party ultimately stood for slavery’s complete abolition.
Hace 5 días · In 1851 he acquired both the leasehold and freehold of the remaining five acres. (fn. 20) By September 1851 Blake had granted building leases of Nos. 49 and 51 Lansdowne Road (fig. 54), Nos. 68–78 (even) Clarendon Road, and Nos. 153–117 (odd) Elgin Crescent, most of these houses being occupied by 1854.
Hace 3 días · On January 24, 1848, James Wilson Marshall was working as a carpenter for John Sutter, a Swiss citizen who had migrated across the globe to build a mill in Colima, California. Marshall was busy building a water-powered sawmill on the American River when he spied gold flakes in the water. “It made my heart thump,” he would later recall, “for I was certain it was gold.” It would have ...
Hace 3 días · Camden Town, we may here remark, was commenced towards the close of the last century, Lord Camden having, in the year 1791, let out the ground on leases for building 1,400 houses. The houses in Camden Road and Square have perhaps the most aristocratic appearance of any in the district.
