19th century - 1840s - Article Index

Encyclopedia - 19th Century: Encyclopedia - 19th Century
The 19th century lasted from 1801 to 1900 in the Gregorian calendar (using the Common Era system of year numbering). Historians sometimes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Management Techniques: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Management Techniques - 19th Century
developed by innovators like Eli Whitney, James Watt, and Matthew Boulton middle of the 19th century - human element with theories of wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of England - Recent History
The Act of Union of 1800 formally assimilated Ireland within the British political process, and created a new country "The United Kingdom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rapture: Encyclopedia Ii - Rapture - History
Little attention was paid to these verses before the Protestant Reformation, and consequently most Christian denominations who have belie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexandre Dumas Père: Encyclopedia - Alexandre Dumas Père
By category Medieval 16th Century - 17th Century 18th Century -19th Century 20th Century - Contemporary Chronological list Writers by cat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 19th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 19th Century - Europe
In 1801, the Irish parliament voted to merge Ireland with England, thus creating the United Kingdom. Ireland remained under total British...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of New South Wales: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of New South Wales - Foundation And Growth
In 1770 Captain James Cook sailed along the east coast of Australia, the first European to do so. On 22 August, at Possession Island in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bicycle: Encyclopedia Ii - Bicycle - History
No single time or person can be identified with the invention of the bicycle. Its earliest known forebears were called velocipedes, and i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Birmingham: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Birmingham - Medieval Birmingham
After the Norman conquest of England the area passed into the hands of the Norman De Birmingham family (sometimes spelt De Bermingham) wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - Ireland - Culture
Ireland - Literature and the arts. Main articles: Irish literature, and Irish art, and [[]], and [[]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tamil Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Tamil Language - Sounds
The Tamil alphabet has 12 vowels and 18 consonants. These combine to form 216 compound characters. There is one special character (aaytha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tarot: Encyclopedia Ii - Tarot - Psychology
Carl Jung was the first psychologist to attach importance to the Tarot. He may have regarded the Tarot cards as representing archetypes: ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christianity In China: Encyclopedia Ii - Christianity In China - History
Christianity in China - Earliest period. For a fuller account see Nestorianism in China Traditional Christian thought suggested that St...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thomas Carlyle: Encyclopedia Ii - Thomas Carlyle - Writings
Thomas Carlyle - Early writings. His first major work, Sartor Resartus (1832) was intended to be a new kind of book: simultaneously fac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Costa Rica: Encyclopedia Ii - Costa Rica - Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Costa Rica Costa Rica has a population of 4,016,173 persons (July 2005 est.) In the central part of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brighton: Encyclopedia Ii - Brighton - Early History
While any British history predating the first mentions by literate Romans is, by definition, consigned to an obscured landscape known int...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mullet Haircut: Encyclopedia Ii - Mullet Haircut - History
The mullet became popular in the 1970s, and was greatly popularised by English pop star David Bowie but was known to have been worn long ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reform Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Reform Judaism - Reform Judaism In Britain
Reform Judaism - History. In 1836 several members of the Synagogue of Bevis Marks in London requested the introduction of such alterati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tomte: Encyclopedia Ii - Tomte - The Modern Tomte
In the 1840's the farm's "nisse" became the bearer of Christmas presents in Denmark, and was then called "julenisse". In 1881, the Swedis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brighton: Encyclopedia Ii - Brighton - Piers
The Brighton Marine Palace and Pier, generally known as the Palace Pier before being unofficially renamed by its current owners as Bright...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battleship: Encyclopedia Ii - Battleship - World War I
A naval arms race had been ongoing between Germany and the United Kingdom since the 1890s. The building of Dreadnought actually helped Ge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beer: Encyclopedia Ii - Beer - Varieties Of Beer
There are many different types of beer, each of which is said to belong to a particular style. A beer's style is a label that describes t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dandy: Encyclopedia Ii - Dandy - Later Dandyism
The gilded 1890s provided many suitably sheltered settings for dandyism. The poets Algernon Swinburne and Oscar Wilde, Walter Pater, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexandre Dumas, Père: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexandre Dumas, Père - Literary Career
While working in Paris, Dumas began to write articles for magazines as well as plays for the theatre. In 1829 his first solo play, Henry ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Sui Dynasty: Reunification
The Sui Dynasty (隋朝) managed to reunite the country in 589 after almost 300 years of disjunction. The unification is the second short...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Costa Rica: Encyclopedia Ii - Costa Rica - Economy
Costa Rica's economy is mostly based on agriculture (coffee, bananas, pineapples, ornamentals), but in recent times ecotourism,electronic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piano: Encyclopedia Ii - Piano - Role Of The Piano
The piano is a crucial instrument in Western classical music, jazz, film, television and electronic game music, and most other complex we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur Schopenhauer: Encyclopedia Ii - Arthur Schopenhauer - Bibliography
Arthur Schopenhauer - Major works. Über die vierfache Wurzel des Satzes vom zureichenden Grunde, 1813 (On the Fourfold Root of the Pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Anti-semitism - The 9th Century
807 Abbassid Caliph Harun al-Rashid orders all Jews in the Calipate to wear a yellow belt, with Christians to wear a blue one. 820 After ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Windhoek: Encyclopedia - Windhoek
Windhoek, Namibia Windhoek (pronounced «VINT hook» or «VUNT (h)ook») is the capital of Namibia, 22.56 S 17.09 E. It has a population ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blenheim Palace: Encyclopedia Ii - Blenheim Palace - Design And Architecture
Vanbrugh planned Blenheim in perspective, that is to be best viewed from a distance. As the site covers some seven acres (28,000 m²) thi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Anti-semitism - The 11th Century
1008-1013 Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah issues severe restrictions against Jews in the Land of Israel. All Jews are forced to wear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Centre Province: Encyclopedia Ii - Centre Province - Geography
Centre Province - Land. The Centre's soil is primarily composed of Precambrian deposits of metamorphic rocks, such as gneiss, mica, mig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Qing Dynasty
The Qing Dynasty (清朝, 1644–1911) was founded after the defeat of the Ming, the last Han Chinese dynasty, by the Manchus (滿族). T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pocahontas: Encyclopedia Ii - Pocahontas - Life Of Pocahontas
Pocahontas is said to have stopped her father from executing colonialist John Smith in the year 1607. The truth of this story cannot be v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buenos Aires: Encyclopedia Ii - Buenos Aires - Internet
Buenos Aires ISPs provide dial-up, cable, satellite-based and ADSL connections to the Internet. In 2004, a major ISP introduced download ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gangtok: Encyclopedia Ii - Gangtok - Culture
Major Indian festivals, such as Diwali and Makar Sankranti (the popular Hindu festivals) along with the Buddhist festivals like Losar, Lo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ľudovít Štúr: Encyclopedia Ii - Ľudovít Štúr - The General Situation In Slovakia At Štúr’s Time 1830 – 1860
Ľudovít Štúr - The situation before Štúr. Slovakia had been a part of the Kingdom of Hungary since the 11th century. At the turn ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brooklyn: Encyclopedia Ii - Brooklyn - Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 2,465,326 people, 880,727 households, and 583,922 families residing in the County. The population ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Jin The Sixteen Kingdoms And The Northern And Southern Dynasties
Though these three kingdoms were reunited temporarily in 280 by the (Western) Jin Dynasty (晉朝), the contemporary non-Han Chinese (Wu ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Ancient Histories
Archaeological sites such as Sanxingdui (三星堆) and Erlitou (二里頭) show evidence of a Bronze Age civilization in China. The earl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Han Dynasty: A Period Of Prosperity
The Han Dynasty (漢朝) emerged in 202 BC. It was the first dynasty to embrace the philosophy of Confucianism, which became the ideologi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Dowager Cixi: Encyclopedia - Empress Dowager Cixi
The Empress Dowager Cixi (Chinese: 慈禧太后; Hanyu Pinyin: Cíxǐ; Wade-Giles: Tz'u-hsi) (November 29, 1835 –November 15, 1908), po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bicycle: Encyclopedia - Bicycle
A bicycle, or bike, is a pedal-driven land vehicle with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. First introduced in 19th-ce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 19th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 19th Century - Europe
In 1801, the Irish parliament voted to merge Ireland with England, thus creating the United Kingdom. Ireland remained under total British...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 19th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 19th Century - Significant People
19th century - Anthropology. Franz Boas Edward Burnett Tylor Karl Verner Brothers Grimm Nicholai Miklukho-Maklai Johann Jakob Bachofen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 19th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 19th Century - Significant People
19th century - Anthropology. Lewis H. Morgan Franz Boas Edward Burnett Tylor Karl Verner Brothers Grimm Nicholai Miklukho-Maklai Johan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 19th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 19th Century - Inventions Discoveries Introductions
Main articles: Timeline of invention#19th_century and Timeline of scientific discoveries#1800s Research became institutionalized at resea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 19th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 19th Century - Events
19th century - 1800s. 1801: The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom. 1801-15: Barbary...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 19th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 19th Century - Americas
The United States began expansion across the North American Continent, beginning with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. This expansion was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 19th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 19th Century - Other Regions
For the rest of the world, there were few places not influenced by the West in some fashion, whether through colonialism, imperialism, or...   » Read the article