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1 giorno fa · Consumption of Javanese opium rose in the 18th century, and after the Napoleonic Wars resulted in the British occupying Java, British merchants became the primary traders in opium. The British realised they could reduce their trade deficit with Chinese manufactories by counter-trading in narcotic opium, and therefore efforts were made to produce more opium in the Indian colonies .
- 4 September 1839 – 29 August 1842, (2 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 4 days)
- Hong Kong Island ceded to Britain
- China and South China Sea
1 giorno fa · During the 16th century and on into the 18th century, Commedia dell'arte was a form of improvisational theatre, and it is still performed today. Travelling troupes of players would set up an outdoor stage and provide amusement in the form of juggling , acrobatics and, more typically, humorous plays based on a repertoire of established characters with a rough storyline, called canovaccio .
5 ore fa · Judaism. Based on the number of copies found in the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Book of Enoch was widely read during the Second Temple period.Today, the Ethiopic Beta Israel community of Haymanot Jews is the only Jewish group that accepts the Book of Enoch as canonical and still preserves it in its liturgical language of Geʽez, where it plays a central role in worship.
5 ore fa · Mexico. c. 400 – c. 200 BC [32] [33] Toluca, in the State of Mexico, has been continuously inhabited at least since the 8th century BC. [34] [dubious – discuss] The oldest sedentary remains ( Calixtlahuaca) date from around the 600 BC to 400 BC. [citation needed] Monte Albán - Zaachila - Oaxaca City.
5 ore fa · Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the early 20th century. As the events listed here occurred before routine instrumental recordings, imaging technique using seismotomography and later observations and detections using space satellites from outer space, they rely mainly on the analysis of written sources, observations of shaking objects ...
5 ore fa · The year 1789 would bring the coming of the Antichrist, according to this 14th-century cardinal. 1792, 1794 Shakers: The Shakers, a Christian sect founded in 18th century England, predicted the world would end in 1792 and then in 1794. 19 Nov 1795 Nathaniel Brassey Halhed
1 giorno fa · In the late 18th century the potato was introduced from South America and became a staple food by 1800. In the early 19th century, while the rich could eat what they desired, the working population ate bread ( rye bread in some areas) and potatoes (often eaten at every meal of the day [27] ), pancakes in some areas, occasionally herring and other fish, fruit and vegetables, but usually little ...