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Vor einem Tag · The California gold rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. [1] . The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. [2] .
- January 24, 1848–1855
- 300,000 prospectors
Vor einem Tag · 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.
Vor 3 Tagen · Bismarck built on a tradition of welfare programs in Prussia and Saxony that began as early as in the 1840s. In the 1880s he introduced old-age pensions, accident insurance, medical care and unemployment insurance that formed the basis of the modern European welfare state. He came to realize that this sort of policy was very ...
Vor einem Tag · 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.
Vor einem Tag · The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48,000 years ago, during the Paleolithic era.
Vor 2 Tagen · During the 1840s and ’50s, however, the Democratic Party, as it officially named itself in 1844, suffered serious internal strains over the issue of extending slavery to the Western territories.
Vor 4 Tagen · By the 1840s, New England writers such as Child, Sedgwick, and Sigourney became respected models and advocates for improving and expanding education for females. Greater educational access meant formerly male-only subjects, such as mathematics and philosophy, were to be integral to curricula at public and private schools for girls ...
