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1 giorno fa · In 1842, the Qing dynasty was forced to sign the Treaty of Nanking—the first of what the Chinese later called the unequal treaties—which granted an indemnity and extraterritoriality to British subjects in China, opened five treaty ports to British merchants, and ceded Hong Kong Island to the British Empire.
3 giorni fa · Gold was discovered in California as early as March 9, 1842, at Rancho San Francisco, in the mountains north of present-day Los Angeles. Californian native Francisco Lopez was searching for stray horses and stopped on the bank of a small creek (in today's Placerita Canyon ), about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of present-day Newhall , and ...
2 giorni fa · Napoleonic Wars - Wikipedia. Contents. hide. (Top) Overview. Background. Prelude. War between Britain and France, 1803–1814. War of the Third Coalition, 1805. War of the Fourth Coalition, 1806–1807. Peninsular War, 1808–1814. War of the Fifth Coalition, 1809. Subsidiary wars. Invasion of Russia, 1812. War of the Sixth Coalition, 1812–1814.
3 giorni fa · The Wagners settled in Paris in September 1839 and stayed there until 1842. Wagner made a scant living by writing articles and short novelettes such as A pilgrimage to Beethoven , which sketched his growing concept of "music drama", and An end in Paris , where he depicts his own miseries as a German musician in the French metropolis ...
2 giorni fa · December 1, 1834 – December 4, 1842: Preceded by: Achilles Morris: Personal details; Born February 12, 1809 Sinking Spring Farm, Kentucky, U.S. Died: April 15, 1865 (aged 56) Washington, D.C., U.S. Manner of death: Assassination by gunshot: Resting place: Lincoln Tomb: Political party
4 giorni fa · References. Further reading. External links. Franco-Prussian War. The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, [b] often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia.
5 giorni fa · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: May 23, 2024 • Article History. Frederick Douglass. Original name: Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey. Born: February 1818, Talbot county, Maryland, U.S. Died: February 20, 1895, Washington, D.C. Founder: “The North Star” Notable Works: “Life and Times of Frederick Douglass”
