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Há 1 dia · The 1880 United States presidential election was the 24th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1880, in which Republican nominee James A. Garfield defeated Winfield Scott Hancock of the Democratic Party. The voter turnout rate was one of the highest in the nation's history.
Há 4 dias · Opposition to Chicago's skyscrapers began to grow during the late 1880s and early 1890s. Even before the development of the skyscraper, some criticized large buildings in Chicago for dominating churches and private houses, and this sentiment strengthened.
Há 4 dias · The causes of the Franco-Prussian War are rooted in the events surrounding the gradual march toward the unification of the German states under Otto von Bismarck. France had gained the status of being the dominant power of continental Europe as a result of the Franco-Austrian War of 1859.
- France and the Rhine Province, Prussia
- German annexation of Alsace-Lorraine
Há 2 dias · 1880s. 1881: Nikolay Benardos presents carbon arc welding, the first practical arc welding method. 1884: Hiram Maxim invents the recoil-operated Maxim gun, ushering in the age of semi- and fully automatic firearms. 1884: Paul Vieille invents Poudre B, the first smokeless powder for firearms. 1884: Sir Charles Parsons invents the ...
Há 5 dias · The Kingdom of Italy ( Italian: Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 2 June 1946, when civil discontent led to an institutional referendum to abandon the monarchy and form the modern Italian Republic.
Há 1 dia · Between the 1850s and 1880s many were built : Vienna (1865), Budapest (1866), Brno (1869), Trieste (1876). Steam trams appeared in the late 1860s. The electrification of tramways started in the late 1880s.
Há 3 dias · The complex of buildings at its present location in Central Park opened in 1880. Queen Mother Pendant Mask: Iyoba, ivory, iron, and possibly copper pendant mask of the Edo people, kingdom of Benin, 16th century; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. Height 23.8 cm.
