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Alessandro Volta invents the Electric Battery in Italy (Technology)
Alessandro Volta was born in Como, Italy in 1745, to a wealthy noble family. He was very interested in physics and chemistry.When a wire was connected to both ends of the pile, a steady current flowed. Volta found that different types of metal could change the amount of current produced, and that he could increase the current by adding disks to the stack. In a letter dated March 20, 1800, addressed to Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society of London, Volta first reported the electric pile. -
The battle of Copenhagen (Event)
The Battle of Copenhagen occurred on 2 April 1801 during the War of the Second Coalition when a British naval fleet under the command of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker defeated a Danish fleet anchored just off Copenhagen. -
Beethoven Symphony no.5 (Art)
Beethoven symphony no.5 stands for V as the roman number 5 and V also as victory during war. The date of this song is not certain but we do know the fact that it was written between 1804 and 1808. -
Napoleon Invades Russia (Event)
The French invasion of Russia, known in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 and in France as the Russian Campaign began on 24 June 1812 when Napoleon's Grande Armée crossed the Neman River in an attempt to engage and defeat the Russian army.[9] Napoleon hoped to compel Tsar Alexander I of Russia to cease trading with British merchants through proxies in an effort to pressure the United Kingdom to sue for peace. However, The Russians used the Scorch Earth tactic and the french lost. -
British troops burn down Washington D.C (Event)
British troops enter Washington, D.C. and burn the White House in retaliation for the American attack on the city of York in Ontario, Canada, in June 1812. -
The first plastic surgery was done (Technology)
Joseph Carpue, a surgeon at Duke of York’s Hospital in Chelsea, England introduces cosmetic surgery to western medicine as he reconstructs the nose of a young soldier. The operation was considered a great success. Because the flap of skin for the new nose came from the patient himself, his body accepted the graft and there was little scarring. -
Battle of Waterloo (Event)
The Battle of Waterloo, which took place in Belgium on June 18, 1815, marked the final defeat of French military leader and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte who conquered much of continental Europe in the early 19th century. -
Mary Shelley writes the book "Frankenstein" (Art)
We don't know when this book was exactly published. We only know that it was published in 1818. Frankenstein is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a grotesque but sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition of the novel was published anonymously in London in 1818 -
Greek war of Independence (Event)
During the Ottoman control, Greek thought that it was necessary to rage war and earn their freedom back. Great Britain, Russian empire, and France helped out Greece to make the Ottoman empire fall in Contantinople -
Napoleon dies on Saint Helena (Event)
After losing the wars in Waterloo and Russia, Napoleon was exiled to Saint Helena where he died in peace on May 5th, 1821. -
Beethoven writes Symphony 9 fourth movement (Event)
Beethoven's symphony 9 was best known for chorus because it was his first song with his orchestra and chorus together.he words are sung during the final movement by four vocal soloists and a chorus. They were taken from the "Ode to Joy", a poem written by Friedrich Schiller in 1785 and revised in 1803, with additions made by the composer. Today, it stands as one of the most performed symphonies in the world. -
France invents photography (Technology)
Nicéphore Niépce was a French inventor, now usually credited as the inventor of photography and a pioneer in that field. Niépce developed heliography, a technique he used to create the world's oldest surviving product of a photographic process: a print made from a photoengraved printing plate in 1825. However, the first picture he took was in 1827. -
Britain invades Hongkong (Event)
After the Chinese civil war, Britain invaded Hongkong and took over the land. -
David Brewster introduces the Stereoscope (Technology)
David Brewster was a Scottish physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, writer, historian of science and university principal. He is well-recognized for being the inventor of the kaleidoscope and an improved version of the stereoscope applied to photography.He called it the "lenticular stereoscope", which was the first portable, 3D viewing device. -
Realism is introduced to the art world (Art)
Realism was an artistic movement that began in France in the 1850s, after the 1848 Revolution. Realists rejected Romanticism, which had dominated French literature and art since the late 18th century. Realism revolted against the exotic subject matter and exaggerated emotionalism and drama of the Romantic movement. -
Joseph Gayetty invents toilet paper (Technology)
Joseph Gayetty is widely credited with being the inventor of modern commercially available toilet paper in the United States. Gayetty's paper, first introduced in 1857, was available as late as the 1920s. Gayetty's Medicated Paper was sold in packages of flat sheets, watermarked with the inventor's name. -
Johan Barthold Jongkind draws A Roadside Tavern (Art)
This was a drawing of realism. The artist of this painting, Johan Barthold rejected romaticism and drew this picture. Today, this is one of the best works in Europe for showing Realis -
The typewriter is created in the US (Technology)
The first typewriter to be commercially successful was invented in 1868 by Americans Christopher Latham Sholes, Frank Haven Hall, Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soule in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. -
Women in Great Britain win the right to own some property (Event)
There is not an exact date for when this occured. We only know it occured during 1870s. Because there were lots of rebellion, especially women stating freedom, Great Britain decided to give women to win some rights to own some property. -
The Franco-Prussian War
The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire of Napoleon III and the German states of the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia. -
Alfred Sisley draws A turn in the road (Art)
This drawing shows the best quality of realism. It destroys the concept of romanticism. -
Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone (Technology)
This was one of the major changes. The telephone was invented in 1876 and now people didn't need to write letters. They could call each other and talk on the phone. -
Thomas Edison invents sound recording (Technology)
The phonograph was invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison.While other inventors had produced devices that could record sounds, Edison's phonograph was the first to be able to reproduce the recorded sound. His phonograph originally recorded sound onto a tinfoil sheet wrapped around a rotating cylinder. -
Thomas edison invents incandescent light bulb (Technology)
In 1878 Edison began working on a system of electrical illumination, something he hoped could compete with gas and oil based lighting.[45] He began by tackling the problem of creating a long lasting incandescent lamp, something that would be needed for indoor use. -
Steam engine is created (Technology)
Jerónimo de Ayanz y Beaumont created the steam engine in 1883. A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. Steam engines are external combustion engineWhen expanded through pistons or turbines, mechanical work is done. The reduced-pressure steam is then condensed and pumped back into the boiler. -
Vincent Van Goh draws A Peasant Woman Digging in Front of Her Cottage (Art)
Unlike the other 2 drawings, this art shows romanticism. It shows how desperate the peasant is and there is a tiny little angel next to her as if there will be another life after you die. -
The Eiffel Tower is built (Event)
The Eiffel Tower, was the main exhibit of the Paris Exposition — or World's Fair of 1889. It was constructed to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution and to demonstrate France's industrial prowess to the world. -
Post impression (Art)
Several artists rebelled against the limitations of impressionism, and created post-impressionism. -
Rudyard Kipling wrote "Jungle Book" (Art)
The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by English author Rudyard Kipling.A principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. Other characters include Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear. The book has been adapted many times for film and other media. -
The diesel engine is invented to move more heavier vehicles (Technology)
In the 1890s, Rudolf Diesel invented an efficient, compression ignition, internal combustion engine that bears his name. Early diesel engines were large and operated at low speeds due to the limitations of their compressed air-assisted fuel injection systems.
