For a brief overview, see the V&A's "Introduction to 19th-Century Fashion" and "History of Fashion, 1840-1900."For more in-depth information, see the decade overviews and bibliographies below.

210 AD: Negative numbers are accepted as numeric by the late Han-era Chinese text The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art. Later, Liu Hui of Cao Wei (during the Three Kingdoms period) writes down laws regarding the arithmetic of negative numbers. 499 AD: Aryabhata gives a new symbol for zero and uses it for the decimal system Algebra. 499 AD: Aryabhata discovers the …

Oct 27, 2009 · The civil rights movement was a struggle for justice and equality for African Americans that took place mainly in the 1950s and 1960s. Among its leaders were Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, the ...

Jun 02, 2019 · History of 20 th Century Fashion. 4th ed. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 2001. ... In 17th century, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, A, Africa, BIPOC, term definition. Twitter. Tweets by FITfashionstory ... The Fashion History Timeline is a project by FIT’s History of Art Department.

Jan 20, 2021 · Joe Biden (1942-), a man who spent nearly a half-century in public service as a senator and vice president, and who endured profound family loss, became the 46th president of the United States on ...

In America, late 18th century architecture and early 19th century building designs were typically based on Roman or Greek architecture - known as 'Federal style' or 'Greek Revival'. Exponents included Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), William Thornton (1759-1828), James Hoban (1762-1831), Charles Bulfinch (1763-1844) and Benjamin Latrobe (1764-1820).

The history of the Jews in the Netherlands began largely in the 16th century when they began to settle in Amsterdam and other cities. It has continued to the present. During the occupation of the Netherlands by Nazi Germany in May 1940, the Jewish community was severely persecuted.. The area now known as the Netherlands was once part of the Spanish Empire but in 1581, the …

Jul 23, 2021 · That was the mindset under which the U.S. government forced tens of thousands of Native American children to attend “assimilation” boarding schools in the late 19th century.

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 to AD 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.People from this period left behind …

Aug 21, 2018 · The automobile was first invented and perfected in Germany and France in the late 1800s, though Americans quickly came to dominate the automotive industry in the first half of the twentieth century.

The history of Cuba is characterized by dependence on outside powers—Spain, the US, and the USSR.The island of Cuba was inhabited by various Amerindian cultures prior to the arrival of the Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus in 1492. After his arrival on a Spanish expedition, Spain conquered Cuba and appointed Spanish governors to rule in Havana.The administrators in …

The history of the United States from 1865 until 1918 covers the Reconstruction Era, the Gilded Age, and the Progressive Era, and includes the rise of industrialization and the resulting surge of immigration in the United States.This article focuses on political, economic, and diplomatic history. This period of rapid economic growth and soaring prosperity in the Northern United …

Notre-Dame de Paris (French: [nɔtʁ(ə) dam də paʁi] (); meaning "Our Lady of Paris"), referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité (an island in the Seine River), in the 4th arrondissement of Paris.The cathedral, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture.

Oct 29, 2009 · Vietnam, a nation in Southeast Asia on the eastern edge of the Indochinese peninsula, had been under French colonial rule since the 19th century. During World War II , Japanese forces invaded Vietnam.