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Feb 19, 2020 · T he fashionable silhouette of the 1850s was defined by a small waist, drooping shoulders, and a voluminous skirt that steadily grew in size through the decade. By far, the most important characteristic of 1850s womenswear was the dome-shaped skirt with its fullness evenly distributed (Severa 96).
- 1850-1859 | Fashion History Timeline
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- 1850-1859 | Fashion History Timeline
The People's Charter advocated democratic reform on the basis of six points: one man, one vote; equal electoral districts; payment of members of parliament; elections by secret ballot; removal of...
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January 29: The Compromise of 1850was introduced in the U.S. Congress. The legislation would eventually pass and be highly controversial, but it essentially delayed the Civil War by a decade. February 1: Edward "Eddie" Lincoln, a four-year-old son of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, died in Springfield, Illinois. July 9: President Zachary Taylordied ...
May 1: An enormous exhibition of technology opened in London with a ceremony attended by Queen Victoria and the event's sponsor, her husband Prince Albert. Prize-winning innovations shown at the Great Exhibition included photographs by Mathew Brady and the reaper of Cyrus McCormick. September 11: In what became known as the Christiana Riot, a Maryl...
March 20: Harriet Beecher Stowe published "Uncle Tom’s Cabin." June 29: Death of Henry Clay. The great legislator's body was taken from Washington, D.C. to his home in Kentucky and elaborate funeral observances were held in cities along the way. July 4: Frederick Douglassdelivered notable speech, “The Meaning of July 4th for the Negro.” October 24:...
March 4: Franklin Pierce sworn in as President of the United States. July 8:Commodore Matthew Perry sailed into Japanese harbor near present day Tokyo with four American warships, demanding to deliver a letter to the emperor of Japan. December 30: Gadsden Purchasesigned.
March 28: Britain and France declare war on Russia, enteringThe Crimean War. The conflict between was costly and had a very confusing purpose. March 31:Treaty of Kanagawa signed. The treaty opened Japan up for trade, after considerable pressure from the United States. May 30: The Kansas-Nebraska Actsigned into law. The legislation, designed to less...
January 28:The Panama Railroad opened, and the first locomotive to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean traveled on it. March 8: British photographer Roger Fenton, with his wagon of photographic gear, arrived at the Crimean War. He would make the first serious effort to photograph a war. July 4: Walt Whitmanpublished his first editio...
February 18: The Know-Nothing Party held a convention and nominates former president Millard Fillmoreas its presidential candidate. May 22: Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts was attacked and beaten with a canein the U.S. Senate chamber by Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina. The nearly fatal beating was prompted by a speech the an...
March 4: James Buchanan was inaugurated as President of the United States. He became very ill at his own inauguration, raising questions in the pressabout whether he had been poisoned in a failed assassination attempt. March 6: The Dred Scott Decisionwas announced by the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision, which asserted that Black people could not b...
August–October 1858: Perennial rivals Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln held a series of seven debates in Illinoiswhile running for a U.S. Senate seat. Douglas won the election, but the debates elevated Lincoln, and his anti-slavery views, to national prominence. Newspaper stenographers wrote down the content of the debates, and portions that wer...
August 27: The first oil wellwas drilled in Pennsylvania to a depth of 69 feet. The following morning it was discovered to be successful. The modest well would lead to a revolution as petroleum taken from the ground would propel the rise of industry. September 15: Death of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the brilliant British engineer. At the time of his ...
- Great Exhibition. Designed to be a showcase of everything the British Empire had to offer, the Great Exhibition of 1851 was hosted at the Crystal Palace and had displays of science, industry, and the arts from throughout the empire.
- Dr. David Livingstone Begins Exhibition of Zambesi. The man for whom the phrase “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” was created, Dr. David Livingstone, was a physician, missionary, and explorer.
- Crimean War Begins. The Crimean War was quite possibly the seminal conflict of the Victorian Period. The war resulted from Russian expansion into Europe and Turkey, which led to a coalition of the Ottoman Empire, France, Sardinia, and the United Kingdom opposing Russia.
- Dr. Snow Discovers Cholera Origins. Dr. John Snow is most well known for his discovery of the origins of a cholera epidemic in London in 1854. By tracking the source of the outbreak to a tainted well in Soho, he helped to establish cholera as a waterborne virus.
Mar 1, 2023 · During the Industrial Revolution (1760-1840), textile production was transformed from a cottage industry to a highly mechanised one where workers were present only to make sure the carding, spinning, and weaving machines never stopped.
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Feb 15, 2014 · This Chronology presents important dates in the history of social change and social reform in Britain in the 19th and early 20th centuries including parliamentary reform, industrialisation, urbanisation, industrial disputes, advances in technology, labour rights, sanitary conditions and health protection, education, social welfare, female ...
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Calderdale history timeline 1810 - 1850AD Industrial Revolution. From the late eighteenth century, technological innovation in the textile industry advanced. It led to the proliferation of more...
