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1769 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths 1769 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). 1769 - Events. Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen exhibits the "Mechanical Turk", a chess-pla ...

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1830 - Month/day unknown. Mary Hunt, American temperance movement leader (d. 1906) Harriet (Galápagos tortoise), the world's oldest known living animal alive today, and purported inspiration for Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Winter of the Deep Snow (1830-1831) in Illinois. ...

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). 1830 - Events. February 3 - Greece gains full independence from the Ottoman Empire as the final result of the Greek War of Independence. Negotiations for the borders between the two states continue until 1832, under the supervision of Russia, France and Britain. April 6 - Founding of the Church of Jesus Christ of ...

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Common law originally developed under the auspices of the adversarial system in historical England from judicial decisions that were based in tradition, custom, and precedent. Such forms of legal institutions and culture bear resemblance to those which existed historically in continental Europe and other societies where precedent and custom have at times played a substantial role in the legal process, including Germanic law recorded in Roman historical chronicles. The form of reasoning used in common law is known as casuistry or case-based r ...

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1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar]]). Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1859 - Events. 1859 - January. January 2 - Erastus Beadle publishes The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette. January 24 - Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza under the name Romania ...

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). 1851 - Events. January 23 - The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in Oregon is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning. March 1 - Victor Hugo gives spee ...

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As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800 in the Gregorian calendar. European history scholars will sometimes specifically refer to the 18th century as 1715-1789, denoting the period of time between the death of Louis XIV of France and the start of the French Revolution. 18th century - Events. 18th century - 1700s. 1701-1714: War of the Spanish Succession 1703: Saint Petersb ...

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(1st millennium – 2nd millennium – 3rd millennium – other millennia) 2nd millennium - Events. European crusades in Middle East Mongol Empires in Asia The Black Death The Renaissance in Europe The Protestant Reformation The agricultural and industrial revolutions The rise of nationalism and the nation state European discovery of the Americas and Australia and their colonization European colonization and decolonization in Afri ...

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 1839 - Events. January 9 - The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process. January 19 - British East India Company captures Aden January 20 - In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats a Peruvian and Bolivian alliance. February 24 - William Otis receives a patent for ...

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). 1835 - Events. January 1 – Ole Pedersen Hoiland breaks into the Bank of Norway and steals 64.000 dollars January 7 - HMS Beagle anchors off the Chonos Archipelago. January 30 - Unsuccessful assassination attempt against President Andrew Jackson in the United States Capitol - first assassinatio ...

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A koan (pronounced /ko.an/) is a story, dialog, question, or statement in the history and lore of Chan (Zen) Buddhism, generally containing aspects that are inaccessible to rational understanding, yet that may be accessible to Intuition. Koans are often used by Zen practitioners as objects of meditation to induce an experience of enlightenment or realization, and by Zen teachers as testing questions when a student wishes to ...

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1796 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. (see link for calendar) 1796 - Events. January 16 - First Dutch (and general) elections for the National A ...

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1797 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths 1797 (MDCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). < ...

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Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, Baron von Humboldt, (September 14, 1769, Berlin–May 6, 1859, Berlin), was a German naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt. Alexander von Humboldt - Introduction. Alexander von Humboldt - Brief description of Humboldt's travels. Between 1799 and 1804, von Humboldt travelled South and Central America, exploring and describing it from a scientific point of view for the ...

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This page indexes the individual year in architecture pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point. 21st century in architecture: 2000s 20th century in architecture: 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 19th century in architecture: 1800s - 1810s - 1820s - 1830s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s ...

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13 April is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). There are 262 days remaining. It is also the Ides of April. April 13 - Events. 1055 - Victor II is consecrated pope 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor 1180 - Frederick Barbarossa issues the Gelnhausen Charter 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople 1598 - Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the HuguenotsIncluding:

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April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). There are 255 days remaining. April 20 - Events. 1653 - Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament. 1657 - Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City) granted freedom of religion. 1689 - The former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry. 1770 - Lieutenant James Cook's expedition (first voyage) makes first sighting of eastern Australian ...

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April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. April 3 - Events. 33 - Crucifixion of Jesus (traditional date) 1077 - Creation of the first Parliament of Friuli 1559 - The treaty, Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis, is signed, ending the Italian Wars. 1860 - The first successful Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California begins, and is completed on April 13). ...

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April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). There are 271 days remaining. April 4 - Events. 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. 1721 - Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I. 1812 - U.S. President James Madison enacted a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom. 1814 - Napo ...

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April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). There are 264 days remaining. April 11 - Events. 1241 - Batu Khan defeats Bela IV of Hungary at the Battle of Muhi 1512 - Battle of Ravenna 1713 - War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht 1775 - Last execution for witchcraft in Germany 1803 - French Foreign Minister Charles Talleyrand offers to sell all of the Louisiana Ter ...

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