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The 1800s (pronounced "eighteen-hundreds") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on 1 January 1800, and ended on 31 December 1809. The term "eighteen-hundreds" could also mean the entire century from 1 January 1800 to 31 December 1899 (the years beginning with "18"), and is almost synonymous with the 19th century (1801 ...
v. t. 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 term "nineteen-hundreds" is sometimes also used to mean the entire century from January 1, 1900, to December 31, 1999 (the years beginning with "19").
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.
1800s (decade) The Madrilene rebels who fought the Napoleonic invaders on 2 May 1808 were executed there on the morning of 3 May, as painted by Francisco de Goya. "As early as Napoleon's campaigns into Egypt the Orient fascinated Europe. It was Vivant Denon 's Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt that would kick start Egyptomania ." --Sholem Stein.
804 BC— Adad-nirari III of Assyria conquers Damascus. c. 800 BC— Greek Dark Ages end. c. 800 BC— Archaic period in Greece begins. (It ends in 480 BC with the invasion of Xerxes.) From c. 800 BC – The Upanishads are composed. c. 800 BC– 700 BC —Pre- Etruscan period in Italy. Etruscan civilization. The Olmecs build pyramids.
October 6 – The Battle of Arausio, where the Cimbri destroy two Roman armies on the Rhône, is the most severe defeat of Roman forces since the Battle of Cannae. Gaius Marius, together with the consul Publius Rutilius Rufus, initiates sweeping reforms of the Roman army. Lucius Cornelius Sulla secures the capture of Jugurtha.
The Persian King Darius II dies of an illness in Babylon. He is succeeded by his son Artaxerxes II (Memnon—'the Mindful'). Darius II's younger son, Cyrus, is accused by Tissaphernes, the satrap of Caria, of plotting his brother Artaxerxes II's murder. On the intercession of Artaxerxes II and Cyrus's mother, Parysatis, however, Cyrus is ...
