WebHistory (from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía) 'inquiry; knowledge acquired by investigation') is the study and the documentation of the past. Events before the invention of writing systems are considered prehistory. " History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and …

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WebFranklin's lost expedition was a failed British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and was assigned to traverse the last unnavigated sections of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic and to record magnetic data to help determine whether a …

WebIn the broader context of racism against Black Americans and racism in the United States, mass racial violence in the United States consists of ethnic conflicts and race riots, along with such events as: . Racially based communal conflicts between white Americans and African Americans which took place before the American Civil War, often in relation to …

WebLynching was the widespread occurrence of extrajudicial killings which began in the United States' pre–Civil War South in the 1830s and ended during the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Although the victims of lynchings were members of various ethnicities, after roughly 4 million enslaved African Americans were emancipated, they became the …

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WebAugust 22 is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 131 days remain until the end of the year. ... 1851 – The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America. ... "Historical Events on August 22". OnThisDay.com. "Today in Canadian History". Canada Channel.

WebEvents Pre-1600. 141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China.; 1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.; 1226 – Khwarazmian sultan Jalal ad-Din conquers the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.; 1230 – Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of …

WebThe Tiananmen Square protests, known in Chinese as the June Fourth Incident (Chinese: 六四事件; pinyin: liùsì shìjiàn), were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing during 1989. In what is known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, or in Chinese the June Fourth Clearing (Chinese: 六四清场; pinyin: Liùsì qīngchǎng) or June Fourth …

WebThe Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Great Britain, continental Europe, and the United States, that occurred during the period from around 1760 to about 1820–1840. This transition included going from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes, the …