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Bookmark or Share- An introduction to 19th-century China | British MuseumDespite this, the 19th century was an era of extraordinary cultural creativity and of political, social and technological innovation. In the shadow of these events lie stories of remarkable individuals – at court, in armies, among artists, in booming cosmopolitan cities and on the global stage – which this exhibition brings to life. ...
- U.S. 19th Century | Department of History - Princeton University19th Century. United States. Americanists who study the nineteenth century ask questions about a wide variety of topics, including U.S. foreign policy, Chinese migration, visual culture, philanthropy, gender and sexuality, African-American working class women, the Civil War and Reconstruction, global imperialism, and Mexican-American history.
- 19th century - WikipediaNapoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the First French Empire.. 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.The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its ...
- 19th Century | Smithsonian American Art Museum19th Century. 19. Century. Asher B. Durand, Dover Plains, Dutchess County, New York, 1848, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Thomas M. Evans and museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, 1978.126.
- Victorian era - WikipediaThe 19th century saw rapid technological development with a wide range of new inventions. This led Great Britain to become the foremost industrial and trading nation of the time. [69] Historians have characterised the mid-Victorian era (1850–1870) as Britain's 'Golden Years', [70] [71] with national income per person increasing by half.
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