1778 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths 1778 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). 1778 - Events. The term thoroughbred was first used in the United States in a ...

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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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1861 - January. January 1 - Benito Juárez captures Mexico City January 2 - Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by Wilhelm I January 3 - American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States January 9 - Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union, preceding the American Civil War. January 10 - American Civil War: Florida secedes from the United States January 11 - American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the U ...

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1850 - January - April. January 4 - Frederick York Powell, English historian and scholar (died 1904) January 6 - Eduard Bernstein, German social democratic theoretician and politician (died 1932) January 6 - Xaver Scharwenka, Polish-German composer (died 1924) January 10 - John Wellborn Root, U.S. architect (died 1891) January 11 - Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (died 1917) January 14 - Pierre Loti, French sailor and writer (died 1923) Janu ...

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1850 - Unknown Date. The United States Republican Party is founded Foundation of the University of Sydney, the oldest in Australia The American System of Watch Manufacturing starts in Roxbury, Mass.U.S.A. Waltham Watch Company Bingley Hall, the world's first purpose- built exhibition hall, opens in Birmingham, England. Pinkerton Detective Agency France begins to transport colonists to Algeria Modern acoustic guitar created in Spain Rifling becom ...

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1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1861 - Events. January 1 - Benito Juárez captures Mexico City January 2 - Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by Wilhelm I January 3 - American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States January 9 - Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union, preceding t ...

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). 1854 - Events. January 4 - The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang. January 13 - The accordion is patented by Anthony Faas. January 21 - Loss of the Tayleur - 380 drowned, later dubbed "the first Titanic" February 11 - Major stree ...

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Catherine the Great (April 21, 1729—November 6, 1796 (O.S.)), born Sophie Augusta Fredericka of Anhalt-Zerbst, reigned as Empress of Russia from June 28, 1762 to her death. A cousin to Gustav III of Sweden and Charles XIII of Sweden, Catherine is referred to as an "enlightened monarch" (also referred to as an "enlightened despot"), though some argue that this title is exaggerated. A German Princess, Sophie Augusta Fredericka (nicknamed Figchen) was born in Stettin to Christian Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, ...

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 1850 - Events. January 4 - The first American ice-skating club is formed (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). January 29 - Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress February 28 - University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City, Utah March 7 - United States Senator Daniel Webster giv ...

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). 1820 - Events. January 1 - Constitutionalist military insurrection at Cádiz leads to summoning of Spanish parliament (March 7) and restoration of 1812 Constitution (March 8) by king Ferdinand VII. (See Mid-nineteenth century Spain.) January 28 - Russian expedition lead by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and M ...

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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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Augustin Pyrame de Candolle (February 4, 1778 - September 9, 1841) was a Swiss botanist. Candolle was born in Geneva. He was descended from one of the ancient families of Provence, whence his ancestors had been expatriated for their religion in the middle of the 16th century. Though a weakly boy he showed great aptitude for study, and distinguished himself at school by his rapid attainments in classical and general literature, and specially by a faculty for writing elegant verse. He began his scientific studies at the college o ...

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August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. August 9 - Events. 48 BC - Roman Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. AD 378 - Battle of Adrianople: A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths in present-day Turkey. Valens is killed along with 2/3 of his army. 681 - Bulgaria is founded as a ...

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August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. August 5 - Events. 642 - Battle of Maserfeld - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia 1100 - Henry I crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey 1305 - William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution. 1583 - Sir Humphrey G ...

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Ancient Hawaiʻi refers to the period of Hawaiian history preceding the unification of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi by Kamehameha the Great in 1810. Ancient Hawaii - Polynesian Triangle. To understand Hawaiian native history and culture, one must understand the greater Polynesian phenomenon. Hawaiʻi is the apex of the Polynesian Triangle, a region of the Pacific Ocean anchored by three island groups: Hawaiʻi, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and Aotearoa (New Zealand). The many island cultures within the Polynesian Tr ...

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The history of Athens is the longest of any city in Europe: Athens has been continuously inhabited for at least 3,000 years. It was the birthplace of democracy and it became the leading city of Ancient Greece in the first millennium BC. Its cultural achievements during the 5th century BC laid the foundations of western civilisation. During the Middle Ages, Athens experienced decline and then a recovery under the Byzantine Empire. Athens was relatively prosperous during the Crusades, benefiting from Italian trade. After a long period o ...

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Banat (Romanian: Banat; Serbian: Банат or Banat; German: Banat; Hungarian: Bánát or Bánság; Slovak: Banát) is a geographical and historical region in Southeastern Europe divided among three countries: the eastern part belongs to Romania (the counties of Timiş, Caraş-Severin, Arad, and Mehedinţi), the western part to Serbia-Montenegro (the Serbian Banat, mostly included in the Vojvodina, except for a small part included in Central Serbia), and a small ...

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Anders (Andreas) Dahl (March 17, 1751 - May 25, 1789) was a Swedish botanist and student of Carolus Linnaeus. The dahlia flower is named after him. In 1770, Dahl entered Uppsala University as a freshman (Carolus Linnaeus died in 1778). After receiving the bachelor's degree, he worked in Gothenburg as curator of the private natural museum and botanic garden of Claes Alströmer. In 1786 he received a medical doctor's degree at the University of Kiel, Germany. In 1787 he started to teach medicine and botany at the university in

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Augustus Montague Toplady (November 4, 1740 – August 11, 1778), Anglican divine, was born at Farnham, Surrey, and educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Dublin. Although originally a follower of Wesley, in 1758 he adopted extreme Calvinist opinions. He was ordained in 1762 and became vicar of Harpford with Fenn-Ottery, Devon, in 1766. In 1768 he exchanged to the living of Broadhembury, Devon. He is chiefly known as a writer of hymns and poems, including "Rock of Ages", and the collections entitled Poems on Sac ...

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August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 141 days remaining. It is the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. It is also known as the "Glorious Twelfth" in the UK, as it marks the traditional start of the grouse shooting season. August 12 - Events. 490 BC - the Battle of Marathon, in which Athens defeated an invasion army of Persians, may have been fought on this date in the proleptic Julian calendar - but see 12 Septe ...

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