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3 days ago · The 19th century was an era of rapidly accelerating scientific discovery and invention, with significant developments in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, electricity, and metallurgy that laid the groundwork for the technological advances of the 20th century. [4]
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21 hours ago · Ludwig van Beethoven [n 1] (baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire and span the transition from the Classical period to the Romantic era in classical music.
1 day ago · What did Vincent van Gogh accomplish? What were Vincent van Gogh’s jobs? How was Vincent van Gogh influential? What is Vincent van Gogh remembered for? Vincent van Gogh: The Starry Night.
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1 day ago · 1800s. 1800: Alessandro Volta invents the voltaic pile, an early form of battery in Italy, based on previous works by Luigi Galvani. 1802: Humphry Davy invents the arc lamp (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until the invention of efficient electric generators).
5 days ago · Pseudonym of: William Sydney Porter. Original name: William Sidney Porter. Born: September 11, 1862, Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. Died: June 5, 1910, New York, New York (aged 47) Notable Works: “Heart of the West” “Houston Post, Postscripts” “Letters to Lithopolis” “O. Henry Encore” “O. Henryana” “Roads of Destiny” “Sixes and Sevens”
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5 days ago · Born: June 2, 1840, Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, England. Died: January 11, 1928, Dorchester, Dorset (aged 87) Notable Works: “A Changed Man” “A Pair of Blue Eyes” “Desperate Remedies” “Far from the Madding Crowd” “A Group of Noble Dames” “Jude the Obscure” “Life’s Little Ironies” “Poems of the Past and the Present” “Tess of the D’Urbervilles”
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3 days ago · Footnotes. THE AGE OF REFORMS, 1800–82. In the early decades of the new century the University continued in its traditional ways, small in numbers and parochial in outlook.
