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    2 days ago · The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas.

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      The 20th century began on 1 January 1901 (MCMI), and ended...

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  2. 2 days 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).

  3. 1 day ago · 1999–2003: The Second Liberian Civil War against the government of Liberia. 1999–2009: The Second Chechen Rebellion against Russia. 1999: The Iran student protests, July 1999 were, at the time, the most violent protests to occur against the Islamic Republic of Iran. 1999–2000: The Cochabamba Water War in Bolivia.

  4. 6 days ago · Chicago - History: Chicago’s critical location on the water route linking the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River shaped much of its early history. It was populated by a series of Native tribes who maintained villages in the forested areas near rivers. Beginning with Father Jacques Marquette and French Canadian explorer Louis Jolliet in 1673, a steady stream of explorers and missionaries ...

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  5. 1 day ago · The percentage of children who went to no day school but nevertheless attended Sunday school increased from 37.28 in 1826 to 55.83 in 1843. There had been, as was pointed out, a 'gratifying' increase in school attendance 'though there is still room for further exertions'. (fn. 18) The improvement between 1826 and 1843 had come as the result of ...

  6. 3 days ago · Social Life 1800–39. The demands of the gentry living in and around York still helped to determine the nature of the city's economy in the first few decades of the 19th century. The races and the assizes still attracted the gentry.

  7. 4 days ago · 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. The census returns of 1801 and 1811 show only about 800 members in residence, (fn. 1) but after 1807 numbers began to rise, and after 1819 Cambridge went ahead of Oxford.

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