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2 days ago · Between 1802 and 1810, it nearly doubled, which meant that there were insufficient numbers of experienced sailors in the United States to man it. To overcome this shortfall, British seamen were recruited, who were attracted by the better pay and conditions.
5 days ago · Henry Clay was an American statesman, U.S. congressman (1811–14, 1815–21, 1823–25), and U.S. senator (1806–07, 1810–11, 1831–42, 1849–52) who was noted for his American System (which integrated a national bank, the tariff, and internal improvements to promote economic stability and prosperity) and was a major promoter of the ...
4 days ago · In 1810, the French Empire reached its greatest extent. Napoleon married Marie-Louise, an Austrian Archduchess, with the aim of ensuring a more stable alliance with Austria and of providing the Emperor with an heir (something his first wife, Joséphine, had failed to do).
5 days ago · What was the Battle of Austerlitz? Which armies fought in the Battle of Austerlitz? How many casualties occurred in the Battle of Austerlitz? Battle of Austerlitz, (December 2, 1805), the first engagement of the War of the Third Coalition and one of Napoleon ’s greatest victories.
2 days ago · 1810: Nicolas Appert invents the canning process for food. 1810: Abraham-Louis Breguet creates the first wristwatch. 1811: Friedrich Koenig invents the first powered printing press, which was also the first to use a cylinder. 1812: William Reid Clanny pioneered the invention of the safety lamp which he improved in later years. Safety lamps ...
4 days ago · The stock market crashed, and thousands of businesses failed. The first successful oil well in the U.S. was drilled on Oil Creek near Titusville, PA. John Rockefeller founded the Standard Oil Company. By the late 1800s, Rockefeller’s empire controlled about 90 percent of U.S. oil refineries and pipelines.
3 days ago · While parliamentary reformers focused on institutional reform, the promotion of a reformation of manners from the seventeen-nineties onwards, explicitly in reaction to revolution, offered an alternative lineage for reform, aiding its rehabilitation and sanitisation.
