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4 days ago · Year Without a Summer – 1816 volcanic winter climate event; Younger Dryas – Time period with a return to glacial conditions c. 12,900–11,700 years ago
- River Thames Frost Fair
Thames Frost Fair, 1683–84, by Thomas Wyke. The River Thames...
- 1257 Samalas Eruption
In 1257, a catastrophic eruption occurred at Samalas, a...
- River Thames Frost Fair
2 days ago · In 1923, the United Kingdom and Nepal formally signed an agreement of friendship that superseded the Sugauli Treaty of 1816. The Hindu practice of Sati, in which a widow sacrificed herself in the funeral pyre of her husband, was banned in 1919, and slavery was officially abolished in 1924.
2 days ago · Columbus, city, Franklin, Fairfield, and Delaware counties, capital (1816) of Ohio, U.S., and seat (1824) of Franklin county. It is situated in the central part of the state on the relatively flat Ohio till plain, at the junction of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers. Columbus is at the centre of a.
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1 day ago · In 1816, the United States Congress passed into law an "Act for the gradual increase of the Navy" at a cost of $1,000,000 a year for eight years, authorizing nine ships of the line and 12 heavy frigates. The captains and commodores of the Navy became the heroes of their generation in the United States.
2 days ago · Seal of Indiana. The cardinal is the state bird of Indiana. The peony is the state flower of Indiana. Capital: Indianapolis. Population: (2020) 6,785,528; (2023 est.) 6,862,199. Governor: Eric Holcomb (Republican) Date Of Admission: December 11, 1816. U.S. Senators: Mike Braun (Republican) Todd Young (Republican) Recent News.
5 days ago · John Randolph (born June 2, 1773, Prince George County, Virginia [U.S.]—died May 24, 1833, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American political leader who was an important proponent of the doctrine of states’ rights in opposition to a strong centralized government.
5 days ago · Additionally, this was a period of social unrest, pillaging, rioting, and criminal violence, all of which erupted across Europe, reaching climax in the year 1816. 7 These events were all partially attributed to the degrading climatic patterns in Britain which greatly amplified the sociopolitical struggles happening concurrently. While the ...
