1884 Brussels Term "art nouveau" appears in print for the first time‚ describing the Belgian artists’ group "Les XX." The first subway system opens in London. 1885 Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz invent the first automobile run by an internal combustion engine. 1889 The Eiffel Tower is built for the Paris World’s Fair. 1892 New York Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company established. 1893 Great Britain Paris Japanese prints exhibition organized by Siegfried Bing. Aubrey
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HISTORY TIME LINE OF BASKETBALL 1891 Basketball is invented by Dr. James Naismith‚ an instructor at a YMCA in Springfield‚ Massachusetts. 1895 The backboard is introduced to prevent fans from interfering with play (baskets were often hung on balconies). 1898 The first professional league‚ the National Basketball League‚ is formed in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 1908 The dribbler is permited to shoot the ball‚ and the NCAA eliminates the double dribble. 1914 NCAA‚ Amateur Athletic Union and YMCA
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Ptolemy introduces Geography. He assigned coordinates to all the places and geographic features he knew‚ in a grid that spanned the globe. Latitude was measured from the equator. (1406) John Wycliffe was an English Scholastic philosopher‚ and translator. His English version of the bible was published in 1408. The Bible he created‚ the first literal translation of the Latin Vulgate Bible into English‚ was more a work of his followers than him but tradition still tends to attribute it to Wycliffe
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1876 – 1910: Porfirio Diaz is president (causes of fall: economic recession/US depression‚ food crisis/crop failures‚ workers’ strikes‚ agitation of middle class reformers‚ dissatisfaction of large landholders/capitalists) 1910: Francisco Madero (reformer‚ not revolutionary) attempts presidency‚ Diaz arrests him and he flees to Texas 1910: Written in jail and published in Texas‚ Madero created the Plan of San Luis Potosi‚ assuming provisional presidency‚ calling for free elections‚ and vaguely
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Brief Biography of Abraham Lincoln Date of Birth: Born on February 12 1809 Place of Birth : Kentucky. Parents: Father: Thomas Lincoln Mother: Nancy Hanks Background : Grandfather was Samuel Lincoln who originated from from Hingham‚ England to Massachusetts in 1637. 1809 February 12: Abraham Lincoln is born in Nolin Creek in Kentucky. 1819 December 2: Thomas Lincoln marries a widow‚ Sarah Bush Johnston who becomes stepmother to Abraham Lincoln 1831 Abe settles
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1950 July 26‚ 1950- President Harry Truman authorizes $15 million in military aid to the French. This event is important because it begins the United States military involvement in Vietnam. 1953 January 20‚ 1953- Former five-star Army general‚ Dwight D. Eisenhower‚ becomes the 34th U.S President. This event is important because he becomes America’s new President and because he does a lot with the Vietnam War. 1954 April 7‚ 1954- President Eisenhower introduced the Domino Theory in response to
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300 Cast • King Leonidas‚ King of Sparta. • Queen Gorgo‚ Queen of Sparta • Pleistarchus‚ son of Leonidas and Gorgo • Theron‚ a fictional corrupt Spartan politician • Dilios‚ narrator and Spartan soldier. • Captain Artemis‚ Leonidas’ loyal captain and friend. • Astinos‚ Captain Artemis’ eldest son. • Daxos‚ an Arcadian leader who joins forces with Leonidas. • Ephialtes‚ a deformed Spartan outcast and traitor. • King Xerxes‚ God-King of Persia • The Loyalist‚ a loyal Spartan politician
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The Penny Press was developed during a very dynamic and colorful period in American history. In the early 1800s‚ newspapers were biased and controlled by political parties that only reported on political news. Social‚ economic‚political and cultural conditions created a new form of journalism which began during the penny press. For once readers were able to read a newspaper and not just view it. This new press refelcted the new politics going on in America. Many historians believed that the nations
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obstructed foetuses. The most influential early man-midwife in Britain was William Smellie. He was a leading teacher of obstetrics‚ midwifery and forceps use. Despite growing professionalisation‚ man-midwives only found real respectability in the early 1800s‚ when they gained approval among the upper classes. Families who could afford their fees increasingly ‘called for the doctor’‚ invariably male. Female midwives became unfashionable‚ outmoded and associated with the poor. This gradual shift was criticised
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Hannah Lambach Miss Johnson American Literature 14 May 2014 Child Labor Children today should be very grateful. They have school‚ sleep‚ and parents that give them almost next to no chores. Children in the 1800s and early 1900s worked in factories sometimes as young as 4. They received very little pay‚ as having children work in the factories was easier for the factory owner‚ for they did not have to pay as much and children were easier to manage. Many children were hurt in many ways from working
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