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4 giorni fa · a Until 4 September 1870. b From 4 September 1870. c From 18 January 1871. 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.
- 19 July 1870 – 28 January 1871, (6 months, 1 week and 2 days)
- German annexation of Alsace-Lorraine
- France and the Rhine Province, Prussia
- German victory
2 giorni fa · In United States history, the Gilded Age is described as the period from about the 1870s to the late 1890s, which occurred between the Reconstruction Era and the Progressive Era.
3 giorni fa · First practical means of collecting energy from the Sun and turning it into a current of electricity. 1955: The hovercraft is patented by Christopher Cockerell. 1955: The intermodal container is developed by Malcom McLean. 1957: The laser and optical amplifier are invented and named by Gordon Gould and Charles Townes.
31 mar 2024 · Overview of the Gilded Age, the period of monopolistic industrial expansion, gross materialism, and blatant political corruption in the U.S. during the 1870s that gave rise to novels of social and political criticism. The period takes its name from a novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- What was the Gilded Age?The Gilded Age was a period of flashy materialism and overt political corruption in the United States during the 1870s.
- Who were some of the key figures of the Gilded Age?Among the best known of the entrepreneurs who became known, pejoratively, as robber barons during the Gilded Age were John D. Rockefeller, Andrew C...
- Who coined the term Gilded Age?The Gilded Age took its name from the novel The Gilded Age, written by Mark Twain in collaboration with Charles Dudley Warner and published in 1873
28 mar 2024 · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: Mar 28, 2024 • Article History. Franco-German War. Category: History & Society. Also called: Franco-Prussian War. Date: July 19, 1870 - May 10, 1871. Location: France. Germany. Participants: France. North German Confederation. Prussia. Major Events: Battles of Mars-la-Tour and Gravelotte.
23 mar 2024 · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: Mar 23, 2024 • Article History. Franco-German War. Category: History & Society. Date: September 19, 1870 - January 28, 1871. Location: France. Paris. Participants: France. Prussia. Context: Franco-German War. Key People: Helmuth von Moltke.
6 giorni fa · As early as the 1870s 12% of active revolutionaries were women and they featured in the two major trials of the period, the trial of the 50, of which 16 were women, and the trial of the 193 of whom 38 were women.
