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Hace 2 días · 1880s. 1881: Nikolay Benardos presents carbon arc welding, the first practical arc welding method. 1884: Hiram Maxim invents the recoil-operated Maxim gun, ushering in the age of semi- and fully automatic firearms. 1884: Paul Vieille invents Poudre B, the first smokeless powder for firearms. 1884: Sir Charles Parsons invents the modern steam ...
Hace 1 día · The 1880 United States presidential election was the 24th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1880, in which Republican nominee James A. Garfield defeated Winfield Scott Hancock of the Democratic Party. The voter turnout rate was one of the highest in the nation's history.
Hace 4 días · c From 18 January 1871. The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, [b] often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia. Lasting from 19 July 1870 to 28 January 1871, the conflict was caused primarily by France's determination to ...
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.
Hace 3 días · By the 1880s, families began moving out of Aliso Street near Chinatown to more upscale neighborhoods which transformed residences into boarding houses or parlor houses otherwise known as brothels occupied by prostitutes.
Hace 5 días · French colonization. The first French settlement in what is now the Southern United States was Fort Caroline, located in what is now Jacksonville, Florida, in 1562. It was established as a haven for the Huguenots and was destroyed by the Spanish in 1565. Later French arrived from the north.
Hace 2 días · Houses in Belsize Avenue halved in value between the 1880s and the 1920s and 1930s. (fn. 86) The number of houses let in lodgings had increased to 1,295 by the end of 1930 (fn. 87) and a drab existence in bed-sitting rooms, described by George Orwell, (fn. 88) became more common during the 1930s.
