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2 päivää sitten · 1817: Baron Karl von Drais invents the dandy horse, an early velocipede and precursor to the modern bicycle. 1818: Marc Isambard Brunel invents the tunnelling shield. 1820s. 1822: Thomas Blanchard invents the pattern-tracing lathe (actually more like a shaper).
1 päivä sitten · t. e. The Declaration of Independence, formally titled The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America (in the engrossed version but also the original printing), is the founding document of the United States. On July 4, 1776, it was adopted unanimously by the 56 delegates to the Second Continental Congress, who had convened ...
- June–July 1776
- July 4, 1776; 247 years ago
2 päivää sitten · 1816–1817: Year Without a Summer: Europe: 65,000: 1830–1833: Claimed to have killed 42% of the population: Cape Verde: 30,000: 1832–1833: Guntur famine of 1832: India: 150,000: 1833–1837: Tenpō famine: Japan: 1837–1838: Agra famine of 1837–1838: India: 800,000: 1845–1857: Highland Potato Famine: Scotland: 1845–1849
2 päivää sitten · The Rush–Bagot Treaty between the United States and Britain was enacted in 1817. It demilitarized the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain, where many British naval arrangements and forts still remained. The treaty laid the basis for a demilitarized boundary. It remains in effect to this day.
- 18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815, (2 years, 7 months, 4 weeks and 2 days)
- Inconclusive
2 päivää sitten · George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with George as its king.
- 25 October 1760 – 29 January 1820
- Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
1 päivä sitten · The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1899 (MCM). The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its British ...
5 päivää sitten · Classic explanations include yellow fever, bubonic plague, influenza, smallpox, chickenpox, typhus, and syndemic infection of hepatitis B and hepatitis D. 1,143,000–3,429,000 (estimated 30–90% of population) [68] [69] 1629–1631 Italian plague (part of the second plague pandemic ) 1629–1631. Italy. Bubonic plague.
