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Immigration to the United States over time by region. The 1850 United States census was the first federal U.S. census to query respondents about their "nativity"—i.e, where they were born, whether in the United States or outside of it—and is thus the first point at which solid statistics become available.
The term " century of humiliation " is used to describe the period in Chinese history beginning with the First Opium War (1839–1842), and ending in 1945 with China established as a great power and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council or alternately the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.
1952: The first thermonuclear weapon is developed. 1953: The first video tape recorder, a helical scan recorder, is invented by Norikazu Sawazaki. 1954: Invention of the solar battery by Bell Telephone scientists, Calvin Souther Fuller, Daryl Chapin and Gerald Pearson capturing the Sun's power.
October 15 – Henry I, duke of Burgundy, dies and is succeeded by his stepson, Otto-William. He inherits the duchy; this is disputed by King Robert II of France ("the Pious"). Fall – A revolt organized by Bohemian nobles of the rivalling Vršovci clan, forces Duke Boleslaus III ("the Red") to flee to Germany.
A rarer approach groups years from the beginning of the AD calendar era to produce successive decades from a year ending in a 1 to a year ending in a 0, with the years 1–10 described as "the 1st decade", years 11–20 "the 2nd decade", and so on; later decades are more usually described as 'the st, nd, rd, or th decade of the st, nd, rd, or ...
1920s fantasy novels (11 C) 1930s fantasy novels (11 C) 1940s fantasy novels (11 C, 1 P) 1950s fantasy novels (11 C) 1960s fantasy novels (11 C) 1970s fantasy novels (12 C, 3 P) 1980s fantasy novels (12 C, 11 P) 1990s fantasy novels (11 C, 15 P) 2000s fantasy novels (12 C, 18 P)
The 1800s (pronounced "eighteen-hundreds") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1800, and ended on December 31, 1809. The term "eighteen-hundreds" can also mean the entire century from January 1, 1800 to December 31, 1899 (the years beginning with "18"), and is almost synonymous with the 19th century (1801–1900).