WebA military dictatorship is a dictatorship in which the military exerts complete or substantial control over political authority, ... Although Napoleon's nephew eventually re-established the Bonapartist monarchy for a time, ... (1835–1846; 1913–1914) ...

WebDaguerreotype (/ d ə ˈ ɡ ɛər (i.) ə ˌ t aɪ p,-(i.) oʊ-/ (); French: daguerréotype) was the first publicly available photographic process; it was widely used during the 1840s and 1850s. "Daguerreotype" also refers to an image created through this process. Invented by Louis Daguerre and introduced worldwide in 1839, the daguerreotype was almost completely …

WebCharles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, KG, PC (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805), styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762 and known as the Earl Cornwallis between 1762 and 1792, was a British Army general and official.In the United States and the United Kingdom he is best remembered as one of the leading British generals in the …

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WebMexico, (Spanish: México) officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico covers 1,972,550 square kilometers …

WebA master's degree (from Latin magister) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice. A master's degree normally requires previous study at the bachelor's level, either as a separate degree or as …

WebMay 13, 2021 · This is the web site of the International DOI Foundation (IDF), a not-for-profit membership organization that is the governance and management body for the federation of Registration Agencies providing Digital Object Identifier (DOI) services and registration, and is the registration authority for the ISO standard (ISO 26324) for the DOI system. The …

WebEugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (French: [øʒɛn vjɔlɛlədyk]; 27 January 1814 – 17 September 1879) was a French architect and author who restored many prominent medieval landmarks in France, including those which had been damaged or abandoned during the French Revolution.His major restoration projects included Notre-Dame de Paris, the …

WebThe Second Opium War (Chinese: 第二次鴉片戰爭; pinyin: Dì'èrcì Yāpiàn Zhànzhēng), also known as the Second Anglo-Sino War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, [full citation needed] was a colonial war lasting from 1856 to 1860, which pitted the British Empire and the French Empire against the Qing dynasty …