Encyclopedia - 1850: Encyclopedia - 1850
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1850s: Encyclopedia - 1850s
1850s - Technology. Production of steel revolutionised by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1850: Encyclopedia Ii - 1850 - Events
1850 - Unknown Date. The United States Republican Party is founded Foundation of the University of Sydney, the oldest in Australia The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1850: Encyclopedia Ii - Births
1850 - January - April. January 4 - Frederick York Powell, English historian and scholar (died 1904) January 6 - Eduard Bernstein, Ger...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1850: Encyclopedia Ii - 1850 - Births
1850 - January - April. January 4 - Frederick York Powell, English historian and scholar (died 1904) January 6 - Eduard Bernstein, Ger...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Compromise Of 1850: Encyclopedia - Compromise Of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a series of Congressional legislative measures addressing slavery and the boundaries of territories acquired d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Copley Medal: Encyclopedia - Copley Medal
The Copley Medal is a scientific award for work in any field of science, the highest award granted by the Royal Society of London. It is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attention: Encyclopedia - Attention
Attention is the cognitive process of selectively concentrating on one thing while ignoring other things. Examples include listening care...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canterbury New Zealand: Encyclopedia - Canterbury New Zealand
The New Zealand region of Canterbury is mainly composed of the Canterbury Plains and the surrounding mountains. Its main city, Christchur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1850s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1850s - Events And Trends
1850s - Technology. Production of steel revolutionised by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Compromise Of 1850: Encyclopedia Ii - Compromise Of 1850 - Issues
Compromise of 1850 - Texas. The main impetus for the Compromise of 1850 was the dispute over the western boundary of Texas. The Republi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1850 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1850 In Rail Transport - Events
1850 in rail transport - November events. November 20 - The first train operates on the Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, a pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Compromise Of 1850: Encyclopedia Ii - Compromise Of 1850 - Clay And Douglas Craft Compromise
Congress convened on December 3, 1849. On January 29, 1850, 72-year old Whig Senator Henry Clay gave a speech which called for compromise...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Donation Land Claim Act Of 1850: Encyclopedia Ii - Donation Land Claim Act Of 1850 - History
The law was largely the result of Samuel R. Thurston, the Oregon territorial delegate to Congress. The act, which became law on September...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1850 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1850 In Rail Transport - Births
1850 in rail transport - February births. February 27 - Henry Huntington, nephew of Collis P. Huntington and executive in charge of Pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss San Jacinto 1850: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss San Jacinto 1850 - East Indian Squadron 1855-1859
Recommissioned on 4 October 1855, the screw frigate, now commanded by Captain Henry H. Bell, departed New York on the 25th and headed for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1850s In Fashion: Encyclopedia Ii - 1850s In Fashion - Women's Fashion
In the 1850s, the domed skirts of the 1840s continued to expand. Skirts were made fuller by means of flounces (deep ruffles), usually in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Instrumental Temperature Record: Encyclopedia Ii - Instrumental Temperature Record - The Quasi-global Period: From 1850
The period for which reasonably reliable near-surface temperature records exist from actual observations from thermometers with quasi-glo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Australia 1788-1850: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Australia 1788-1850 - Economy And Trade
The colonies relied heavily on imports from England for survival. The official currency of the colonies was the British pound, but the un...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vicar Apostolic Of The London District: Encyclopedia Ii - Vicar Apostolic Of The London District - List Of Vicars Apostolic Of England And Of The London District 1623-1850
... See also:Vicar Apostolic of the London District, Vicar Apostolic of the London District - List of Vicars Apostolic of England and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss San Jacinto 1850: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss San Jacinto 1850 - European Service 1852-1854
No record of San Jacinto's commissioning ceremony has been found, but her first commanding officer, Captain Thomas Crabbe, reported on bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Canadian Jews - Early History 1760-1850
Before 1760, there were officially no Jews in New France because when King Louis XIV made Canada officially a province of France in 1663,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Australia 1788-1850: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Australia 1788-1850 - The Penal System
Convicts were usually sentenced to seven or fourteen years' penal servitude, or "for the term of their natural lives". Often these senten...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Australia 1788-1850: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Australia 1788-1850 - Population
The primary split in the population during this period was between convicts, free settlers, and Indigenous Australians. The vast majority...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Australia 1788-1850: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Australia 1788-1850 - Religion Education And Culture
As a British colony, the predominant Christian denomination was the Church of England, however the high proportion of Irish convicts mean...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Australia 1788-1850: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Australia 1788-1850 - European Settlement And Expansion
The first European settlement in Australia was at Sydney Cove in New South Wales. In 1787 the First Fleet of 11 ships and about 1350 peop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fugitive Slave Laws: Encyclopedia Ii - Fugitive Slave Laws - 1850 U.s. Statute
Main article: Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 The demand from the South for more effective Federal legislation was voiced in the second fugiti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Geelong: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Geelong - 1850 -
By 1850, buoyed by the gold rush, Geelong was the fifth largest town in Australia, but as the gold petered out, so did Geelong. In the pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comanche History: Encyclopedia Ii - Comanche History - 1800-1850
With the Louisiana Purchase (1803), the Americans acquired territory that included a portion of Comancheria, but during the next twenty y...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sam Houston: Encyclopedia Ii - Sam Houston - Houston In The 1850s-1860s
He ran for governor of Texas, unsuccessfully in 1857 and successfully against Hardin R. Runnels in 1859 as a unionist, making him the onl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Canadian Jews - Growth Of The Canadian Jewish Community 1850-1939
However, with the beginning of the pogroms of Russia in the 1880s, and continuing through the growing anti-semitism of the early 20th cen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Evolutionary Thought: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Evolutionary Thought - From Ancient Times To 1850s
See also History of creationism and Evolutionism. The idea of biological evolution was supported in ancient times, notably among Hellenis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Cape Colony From 1806 To 1870: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Cape Colony From 1806 To 1870 - The Eighth Frontier War Of 1850–1853
The anti-convict move had scarcely ended when the colony was once again involved in a war. The Xhosa bitterly resented their loss of inde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Slavery In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Slavery In The United States - 1750s To 1850s
Some of the British colonies placed restrictions on the practice of slavery, others banned it completely, such as Rhode Island in 1774. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Slavery In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Slavery In The United States - 1850s To The Civil War
After the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, border wars broke out in Kansas Territory, where the question of whether it would b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Free Soil Party: Encyclopedia Ii - Free Soil Party - Collapse Of The Whig Party And The Compromise Of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 helped the party to gain supporters who feared slavery was spreading and wanted to stop it, but this was not enoug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Free Soil Party: Encyclopedia Ii - Free Soil Party - Collapse Of The Whig Party And The Compromise Of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 helped the party to gain supporters who feared slavery was spreading and wanted to stop it, but this was not enoug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Evolutionary Thought: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Evolutionary Thought - 1850s - Early 20th Century: Darwin's Theory
Main articles: Inception of Darwin's theory, Development of Darwin's theory, Publication of Darwin's theory, Reaction to Darwin's theory ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arundel Castle: Encyclopedia Ii - Arundel Castle - Changes To The Castle — 1850 To The Present Day
Soon after the Royal visit the 14th Duke began re-structuring the castle once again. Dying before its completion, the work was overseen b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Das Judenthum In Der Musik: Encyclopedia Ii - Das Judenthum In Der Musik - The Original Article Of 1850
The first version of the article appeared in the NZM under the pseudonym of ‘R. Freigedank’ (R. Freethought'). In a letter to Franz L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hobo Nickel: Encyclopedia Ii - Hobo Nickel - Early Altered Coins 1850s-1913
The altering of coins dates to the 18th century or earlier. Beginning in the 1850s, the most common form of coin alteration was the "pott...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Hosking: Encyclopedia Ii - William Hosking - Architectural Designs Of The 1850s
William Hosking - contributing to the British Museum Reading Room. During the 1830s and 1840s the British Museum had been extensively r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry David Thoreau: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry David Thoreau - After Walden: 1850s
In 1851, Thoreau became increasingly fascinated with natural history (what we would now call science) and travel/expedition naratives. In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Instances Of Use Of United States Armed Forces Abroad: Encyclopedia Ii - Instances Of Use Of United States Armed Forces Abroad - 1798-1850
1798-1800 -- Undeclared Naval War with France. This contest included land actions, such as that in the Dominican Republic, city of Puerto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Labor Unions In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Labor Unions In The United States - 1850s
Timeline of labor unions in the United States - 1851. July Two railroad strikers were shot dead and others injured by the state militia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - Sectional Battles Over Federal Policy In The Late 1850s
Origins of the American Civil War - Background. Dating back to the conflicts pitting Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson against ea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Das Judenthum In Der Musik: Encyclopedia Ii - Das Judenthum In Der Musik - The 1869 Version And After
For whatever reason, in 1869 Wagner republished the essay with an addendum as long as the original, and under his own name. With a pompou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - Sectional Battles Over Federal Policy In The Late 1850s
Origins of the American Civil War - Background. Dating back to the conflicts pitting Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson against ea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - Sectional Battles Over Federal Policy In The Late 1850s
Origins of the American Civil War - Background. Dating back to the conflicts pitting Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson against ea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Das Judenthum In Der Musik: Encyclopedia Ii - Das Judenthum In Der Musik - Recent Reception
Das Judentum was an embarrassment to the early Wagnerites and was rarely reprinted in the early 20th century, except as part of his ‘Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Geelong: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Geelong - 1900 - 1950
The town of Geelong officially became a city on December 8, 1910. Electric trams began operation in 1912. Between 1922 and 1925 Geelong's...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Geelong: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Geelong - Early 1800s
The first non-aboriginal person recorded as visiting the Geelong region was Lt. John Murray, who commanded the brig Lady Nelson (Refer ex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lehman Brothers: Encyclopedia Ii - Lehman Brothers - History
Lehman Brothers - Under the Lehman Family 1850-1969. In 1844, twenty-three year old Henry Lehman emigrated from Rimpar, Germany to the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comanche History: Encyclopedia Ii - Comanche History - Fighting 1700-1800
Between 1700 and 1750, the Comanche mostly resided in the central plains of eastern Colorado and western Kansas, between the Platte and A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chesterfield Railroad: Encyclopedia Ii - Chesterfield Railroad - History
Coal mining in the Midlothian area of Chesterfield County began in the 18th century. By 1824, Midlothian coal mine owners were frustrated...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Toyo Kanji: Encyclopedia Ii - Toyo Kanji - Reform
After the Japanese defeat in the war, rejected traditional values and a state of general confusion allowed scholars to bring about writte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attention: Encyclopedia Ii - Attention - History Of The Study Of Attention
Attention - 1850s to 1920s. In James' time, the only method available to study attention was introspection. Very little progress was ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Canadian Jews - Post War 1945-
After the war, Canada liberalized its immigration policy. Roughly 40,000 Holocaust survivors came during the late 1940s, hoping to rebuil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Canadian Jews - Canadian Jews Today
Today the Jewish culture in Canada is maintained by both practising Jews and those who chose not to practice the religion. Nearly all Jew...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Toyo Kanji: Encyclopedia Ii - Toyo Kanji - History
Thousands of kanji characters were in use in various writing systems, leading to great difficulties for those learning written Japanese. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Canadian Jews - Famous Canadian Jews
See List of Canadian Jews Some of Canada's leading figures are Jewish, and many have become household names. Several of Canada's leading ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Toyo Kanji: Encyclopedia Ii - Toyo Kanji - Applications And Limitations
Rather than being a simple list of the kanji, the reform published by the Ministry for Education also contains clear rules for the use of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Australia - Taxation
As a Federation, the political power between Commonwealth and State Governments is evenly spread out. That is why both the Commenwealth a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attention: Encyclopedia Ii - Attention - Human Attention
What members of a species will pay attention to is a function of their evolutionary and cultural history. In the case of humans there are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chesterfield Railroad: Encyclopedia Ii - Chesterfield Railroad - Design Features
Operating its entire lifetime without any locomotives, Chesterfield Railroads moved it railcars loaded with coal mostly by gravity downhi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Slavery In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Slavery In The United States - Introduction
Slavery, the practice of keeping people in servitude against their will and owning them as property, had a previous history in the area t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Schumann: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Schumann - Biographical Information
Robert Schumann - Early life. He was born on June 8, 1810 in Zwickau in Saxony. His father was a publisher, and it was in the cultivati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Slavery In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Slavery In The United States - Background
History of slavery in the United States - Slavery in North America. It is unclear whether the first Africans in North America were chat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wollaston Medal: Encyclopedia Ii - Wollaston Medal - Laureates
Wollaston Medal - 1831. 1831 William Smith 1835 Gideon Mantell 1836 Louis Agassiz 1837 Proby Thomas Cautley 1837 Hugh Falconer 1838 Ri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romantic Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Romantic Music - Trends Of The Romantic Period
Romantic music - Musical language. The Romantic era established the concept of tonality to describe the harmonic vocabulary inherited f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romantic Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Romantic Music - Brief Chronology Of Musical Romanticism
Romantic music - Classical roots of Romanticism 1780-1815. In literature, the Romantic period is often said to begin in the 1770s or 17...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canterbury New Zealand: Encyclopedia Ii - Canterbury New Zealand - Colonisation
In 1848 Edward Gibbon Wakefield and John Robert Godley established the Canterbury Association to plan a Church of England colony in New Z...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canterbury, New Zealand: Encyclopedia Ii - Canterbury, New Zealand - Colonisation
In 1848 Edward Gibbon Wakefield and John Robert Godley established the Canterbury Association to plan a Church of England colony in New Z...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - San Francisco Police Department: Encyclopedia Ii - San Francisco Police Department - History
The SFPD began operations on August 13, 1849 during the gold rush and under command of Captain Malachi Fallon. Chief Fallon had a force o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sam Houston: Encyclopedia Ii - Sam Houston - Children
With Tiana Rogers 1. Joseph Luther Houston (1832-1911) With Maragaret Moffette Lea 1. Sam Houston, Jr. (1843-1894) 2. Nannie (1846-1920) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attention: Encyclopedia Ii - Attention - Current Research
Attention remains a major area of investigation within psychology and neuroscience. Many of the major debates of James' time remain unres...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hm Prison Pentridge: Encyclopedia Ii - Hm Prison Pentridge - History
HM Prison Pentridge - 1850s. As a result of a greatly increased crime rate during the Victorian gold rush, the government decided to es...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arundel Castle: Encyclopedia Ii - Arundel Castle - Changes To The Castle — Mediaeval Period
The current Duke of Norfolk, Edward Fitzalan-Howard, is a direct descendent of the d'Albani family. The castle and titles have passed alm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Free Soil Party: Encyclopedia Ii - Free Soil Party - Genesis
The party was formed around the Wilmot Proviso, failed legislation requiring all territory taken from Mexico in the Mexican-American war ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fugitive Slave Laws: Encyclopedia Ii - Fugitive Slave Laws - Sources
This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, a publication in the public domain. See also Republican party ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Free Soil Party: Encyclopedia Ii - Free Soil Party - Genesis
The party was formed around the Wilmot Proviso, failed legislation requiring all territory taken from Mexico in the Mexican-American war ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Australia - Microeconomic Reform In The 1990's
Other key reforms include unilaterally reducing high tariffs and other protective barriers; floating the Australian dollar exchange rate;...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fugitive Slave Laws: Encyclopedia Ii - Fugitive Slave Laws - 1793 U.s. Statute
Main article: Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 The first specific legislation on the subject was enacted on the 12 February 1793, and like the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Australia - Future Economic Progress
The ultimate goal is for Australia to become a competitive producer and exporter, not just of traditional farm and mineral commodities, b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Australia - 1974 To Present
Economy of Australia - Federal Taxes. Income Tax This will be the amount of tax that people will have to pay on their income from Jul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Australia - Other Economic Indicators
Industrial Production Growth Rate: 2.6% (September 2005) Agriculture - Products: wheat, barley, sugarcane, fruits; cattle, sheep, poultry...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - San Francisco Police Department: Encyclopedia Ii - San Francisco Police Department - Operations
The head of the SFPD is the Chief of Police. The current Chief is Heather Fong. Chief Fong works with four Deputy Chiefs, two field comma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canterbury New Zealand: Encyclopedia Ii - Canterbury New Zealand - Geography
Canterbury is New Zealand's largest region, with an approximate area of 42,200 km2. The region is bounded in the north by the Conway Rive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canterbury New Zealand: Encyclopedia Ii - Canterbury New Zealand - The Province Of Canterbury
The Province of Canterbury was formed in 1853 from the part of New Munster and covered both the east and west coasts of the South Island ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canterbury, New Zealand: Encyclopedia Ii - Canterbury, New Zealand - Geography
Canterbury is New Zealand's largest region, with an approximate area of 42,200 km2. The region is bounded in the north by the Conway Rive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canterbury, New Zealand: Encyclopedia Ii - Canterbury, New Zealand - The Province Of Canterbury
The Province of Canterbury was formed in 1853 from the part of New Munster and covered both the east and west coasts of the South Island ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Free Soil Party: Encyclopedia Ii - Free Soil Party - Positions
Free Soil candidates ran on the platform declaring "...we inscribe on our banner, 'Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor and Free Man,' and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Free Soil Party: Encyclopedia Ii - Free Soil Party - Legacy
The Free Soil Party was a notable third party. More successful than most, it had two Senators and fourteen Representatives sent to the th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Feminism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Feminism - Late 19th Century
The movement is generally said to have begun in the 18th century as people increasingly came to believe that women were treated unfairly ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Feminism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Feminism - 20th Century
Many countries began to grant women the vote in the early years of the 20th century, especially in the final years of the First World War...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Feminism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Feminism - Recent Activities
In many areas of the world women are still paid less than men for equivalent work, hold much less political and economic power, and are o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Free Soil Party: Encyclopedia Ii - Free Soil Party - Positions
Free Soil candidates ran on the platform declaring "...we inscribe on our banner, 'Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor and Free Man,' and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Free Soil Party: Encyclopedia Ii - Free Soil Party - Legacy
The Free Soil Party was a notable third party. More successful than most, it had two Senators and fourteen Representatives sent to the th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Compromise Of 1850: American History Dictionary - Compromise Of 1850
Definition and meaning of Compromise of 1850:   Compromise of 1850 The Compromise of 1850 was Congress's attempt to settle se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1850: Encyclopedia Ii - Events
1850 - Unknown Date. The United States Republican Party is founded Foundation of the University of Sydney, the oldest in Australia The...   » Read the article