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14 hours ago · The 19th century saw rapid technological development with a wide range of new inventions. This led Great Britain to become the foremost industrial and trading nation of the time. [90] Historians have characterised the mid-Victorian era (1850–1870) as Britain's 'Golden Years', [91] [92] with national income per person increasing by half.
- Edwardian Era
In the United Kingdom, the Edwardian era was a period in the...
- Georgian Era
The Georgian era was a period in British history from 1714...
- The Victorian Society
The Victorian Society is a UK charity and amenity society...
- Women in The Victorian Era
Women's legal rights made slow progress throughout the 19th...
- Hurrier
A hurrier and two thrusters heaving a corf full of coal as...
- Edwardian Era
14 hours ago · 16th through 19th century European cities witnessed a large change in urban design and planning principals that reshaped the landscapes and built environment. Rome, Paris, and other major cities were transformed to accommodate growing populations through improvements in housing, transportation, and public services.
14 hours ago · Zionism (/ ˈ z aɪ. ə n ɪ z əm / ZY-ə-niz-əm; Hebrew: צִיּוֹנוּת, romanized: Ṣīyyonūt, IPA:; derived from Zion) is a nationalist movement that emerged in Europe in the late 19th century that aimed for the establishment of a homeland for the Jewish people through the colonization of a land outside of Europe, with an eventual ...
14 hours ago · Since the 19th century, the United States government has participated and interfered, both overtly and covertly, in the replacement of many foreign governments. In the latter half of the 19th century, the U.S. government initiated actions for regime change mainly in Latin America and the southwest Pacific, including the Spanish–American and Philippine–American wars.
14 hours ago · A stained-glass panel from Canterbury Cathedral, c. 1175 – c. 1180. It depicts the Parable of the Sower, a biblical narrative. In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD, although some prefer other start and end dates. The Middle Ages is the second of the three traditional divisions of Western ...
14 hours ago · The death of Aeschylus, killed by a turtle dropped onto his head by a falcon, illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini. This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources.
14 hours ago · 19th century and earlier. The woman forged out of gold in Finnish myth The Kalevala (prehistoric folklore) From 600 BC onward, legends of talking bronze and clay statues coming to life have been a regular occurrence in the works of classical authors such as Homer, Plato, Pindar, Tacitus, and Pliny.
