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1 giorno fa · The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas.
2 giorni fa · Rutherford B. Hayes. Republican. Elected President. James A. Garfield. Republican. 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.
2 giorni fa · Marco Minghetti lost power in 1876 and was replaced by the Democrat Agostino Depretis, who began a period of political dominance in the 1880s, but continued attempts to appease the opposition to hold power. Depretis began his term by initiating an experimental political idea called Trasformismo (transformism).
18 ore fa · The Statue of Liberty's original torch (1886–1984) displayed in the Statue of Liberty Museum on Liberty Island. The statue, including the pedestal and base, closed on October 29, 2011, for installation of new elevators and staircases and to bring other facilities, such as restrooms, up to code.
2 giorni fa · Strikes organized by labor unions became routine events by the 1880s. There were 37,000 strikes between 1881 and 1905. By far the largest number were in the building trades, followed far behind by coal miners.
4 giorni fa · 1825: William Sturgeon invents the electromagnet. 1827: John Walker invents modern-day matches. 1827: Charles Wheatstone invents the microphone. 1829: W.A. Burt invents the typographer, the precursor to the typewriter. 1829: Louis Braille develops his eponymous method of raised printing to be read by the blind.
1 giorno fa · The gold standard was the basis for the international monetary system from the 1870s to the early 1920s, and from the late 1920s to 1932 [1] [2] as well as from 1944 until 1971 when the United States unilaterally terminated convertibility of the US dollar to gold, effectively ending the Bretton Woods system. [3]
