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The 1500s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1509, BC to December 31, 1500, BC. Events and trends. 1506 BC — Cecrops, legendary King of Athens, dies after a reign of 50 years. Having survived his own son, he is succeeded by Cranaus. c. 1506 BC — Thutmose I (Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt) starts to rule.
The 1400s BC is a decade which lasted from 1409 BC to 1400 BC. Near East in 1400 BCE. Events and trends. April 16, 1409 BC Lunar Saros 38 begins. [1] 1400 BC — Palace of Minos destroyed by fire. 1400 BC—Estimation: Thebes, capital of Egypt becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Memphis in Egypt. [2]
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Napoleonic Wars
The European political landscape was dominated by the Napoleonic Wars, a series of conflicts declared against Napoleon's First French Empire and changing sets of European allies by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionized European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to the application of modern mass conscription. French power rose quickly, conquering most of Europe by the...
Other wars and political upheavals
1. End of the White Lotus Rebellion (1796–1804), an uprising against the Qing Dynasty in China. 2. Beginning of the Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) between Russia and the Ottoman Empire. 3. The First Barbary War (1801–1805) is fought between the United States and the Barbary Statesof North Africa. 4. End of the Quasi-War(1800). 5. The Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–1805) is fought between the Maratha Peshwa on one side and minor chieftains of the Maratha Confederacy Sindhia, Bhonsle and Holkaro...
Slavery
This decade marked the greatest increase of the Atlantic slave trade to the United States. During the period of 1798 and 1808, approximately 200,000 slaves were imported from Africa to the United States. Still, the abolitionist movement began to gain ground in this period. Britain enacted the Slave Trade Act 1807, which barred the trade of slaves in Great Britain (though slavery was still legal). The United States enacted a similar ban in 1808. However, Napoleon revoked the French Empire's ba...
Electricity
This decade contained some of the earliest experiments in electrochemistry. In 1800 Alessandro Volta constructed a voltaic pile, the first device to produce a large electric current, later known as the electric battery. Napoleon, informed of his works, summoned him in 1801 for a command performance of his experiments. He received many medals and decorations, including the Légion d'honneur. Also in 1800, William Nicholson and Johann Wilhelm Ritter succeeded in decomposing water into hydrogen a...
Astronomy
1. The first known asteroids are discovered in this decade: 1.1. Ceres (1 January 1801). Ceres is reclassified as a dwarf planetin 2006. 1.2. Pallas(28 March 1802) 1.3. Juno(1 September 1804) 1.4. Vesta(29 March 1807)
Other advances
1. Invention of the Jacquard loomin 1801. 2. Ultraviolet radiation is discovered by Johann Wilhelm Ritterin 1801. 3. Flag semaphore is gradually adopted by various naviesof the world. 4. Morphine is isolated from opiumfor the first time in 1804. 5. Nicolas Appert develops a method to preserve food by means of canningin 1809. 6. John Daltonpublishes his atomic theory 1803.
Adams, Henry (1889–90). History of the United States During the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson . New York: Charles Scribner's Sons – via Wikisource.History that in part contains six chapters o...
Sir Thomas Blount is hanged, drawn and quartered at Oxford on January 12. Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester is captured and executed by a mob in Bristol on January 13. The Earl of Huntingdon is beheaded at Pleshey on January 16. February 14 – The deposed Richard II of England dies by means unknown in Pontefract Castle.
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e. The 1900s (pronounced "nineteen-hundreds") was a decade that began on January 1, 1900, and ended on December 31, 1909. The Edwardian era (1901–1910) covers a similar span of time. The Scramble for Africa continued, with the Orange Free State, South African Republic, Ashanti Empire, Aro Confederacy, Sokoto Caliphate and Kano Emirate being ...
June 1 – Zhu Quanzhong (Zhu Wen) usurps the throne and proclaims himself the first emperor of Later Liang. China is controlled by successive short-lived kingdoms (until 960 ). June 8 – The Chu Kingdom is founded by the warlord Ma Yin (Prince of Chu) in Changsha. Present-day Hunan and Guangxi provinces ( Southern China) are under his control.
