Sep 02, 2022 · Historical events for the 2nd of September. See what famous, interesting and notable events happened throughout history on September 2. Menu. Channels On This Day. Calendar; ... 1856 Tianjing's struggle Incident in Nanjing, China. 1859 A solar super storm affects electrical telegraph service. 1859 Gas lighting introduced to Hawaii;

Historians who debate the origins of the American Civil War focus on the reasons that seven Southern states (followed by four other states after the onset of the war) declared their secession from the United States (the Union) and united to form the Confederate States (known as the "Confederacy"), and the reasons that the North refused to let them go. . Proponents of the …

The Crimean War was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 in which Russia lost to an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia.The immediate cause of the war involved the rights of Christian minorities in Palestine (then part of the Ottoman Empire) with the French promoting the rights of Roman Catholics, and Russia …

Mary Jane Seacole (née Grant; 23 November 1805 – 14 May 1881) was a British-Jamaican nurse and businesswoman who set up the "British Hotel" behind the lines during the Crimean War. She described the hotel as "a mess-table and comfortable quarters for sick and convalescent officers", and provided succour for wounded service men on the battlefield, nursing many of them back …

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Oct 08, 2022 · Historical events for the 8th of October. See what famous, interesting and notable events happened throughout history on October 8. Menu. Channels On This Day. Calendar; Search; ... 1856 The Second Opium War or second Anglo-Chinese War: begins with the Arrow Incident on the Pearl River;

Oct 19, 2022 · Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal is key to the company’s mobile gaming efforts. Microsoft is quietly building a mobile Xbox store that will rely on Activision and King games.

A nine-part series chronicling the turbulent history of one of the most extraordinary landscapes on earth. Beginning when the land belonged only to Native Americans and ending in the 20th century ...

Oct 19, 2022 · 1853 First flour mill in Hawaii begins operations; 1856 James Kelly and Jack Smith fight bareknuckle for 6h15m in Melbourne; 1859 Wilhelm Tempel discovers diffuse nebula around Pleid star Merope; 1863 Battle of Buckland Mills, Virginia; 1864 Approx 25 Confederates make surprise attack on St Albans, Vermont; 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, Union beats back …

A historical event can be defined as any occurrence from the past regardless of significance, with the term "history" an umbrella term relating to past events and any associated memories, discoveries, collections, organizations, presentations, and/or interpretations of them. This differs from a historic event which is often less inclusive, and stands out as having made a significant …