Company rule in India effectively began in 1757 after the Battle of Plassey and lasted until 1858 when, following the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the Government of India Act 1858 led to the British Crown assuming direct control of India in the form of the new British Raj. The East…
Passed with bipartisan support in 1973, the law allows individuals and organizations to petition to have a species listed as endangered or threatened. In 1973, the Endangered Species Act was signed into law. This was the most comprehensive legislation protecting endangered species to be established in the United States. When…
The Renaissance period: 1550–1660. The Renaissance was a period of European cultural, artistic, political, and economic rebirth. The Renaissance started in Italy in the 14th century, spread across Europe, and lasted until the 17th century. The English Renaissance started either in 1485 or around the 1520s, depending on historians’ views.…
The first wave of feminismfirst wave of feminismFirst-wave feminism was a period of feminist activity and thought that occurred during the 19th and early 20th century throughout the Western world. It focused on legal issues, primarily on securing women’s right to vote.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › First-wave_feminismFirst-wave feminism – Wikipedia took…
The Fillmore is a historic music venue in San Francisco, California. Built in 1912 and originally named the Majestic Hall, it became the Fillmore Auditorium in 1954. The Fillmore reopened on April 27, 1994, with the band The Smashing Pumpkins playing an unannounced surprise show, and Primus playing the first…
Battle of Issus, (333 bce), conflict early in Alexander the Great’s invasion of Asia in which he defeated a Persian army under King Darius IIIDarius IIIDarius III (Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavaʰuš; Greek: Δαρεῖος Dareios; c. 380 – 330 BC) was the last Achaemenid King of Kings of Persia, reigning from…
Play Wild Beta (also called the Beta Stage, or in this case Beta Testing) was the first stage of the Animal Jam timeline. The stage began on December 18th, 2014 until it officially ended on May 13, 2015. The open beta allowed anyone to test out the game without restriction…
The British Empire began in its formative years in the sixteenth century and flourished and grew dramatically, lasting until the twentieth century. Key Events: 1497 – John Cabot is sent by King Henry VII on an expedition to discover a route to Asia via the Atlantic. The first tentative steps…
Anglo-Afghan Wars, also called Afghan Wars, three conflicts (1839–42; 1878–80; 1919) in which Great Britain, from its base in India, sought to extend its control over neighbouring Afghanistan and to oppose Russian influence there. Britain Invades Afghanistan . The British resolved to invade Afghanistan, and the Army of the Indus,…
So arguably, the actual invasion into North Carolina began on the afternoon of 25 September 1780 while the British Army marched towards Charlotte along Steele Creek Road, and as it passed by Clems Branch campground and over the state line into Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Surprisingly, it is not so…