The short twentieth century — The short twentieth century, defined by Eric Hobsbawm, a British Marxist historian and author, refers to the period between the years 1914 and 1991.That period begins with the beginning of World War I, and ends with the fall of the Soviet Union.… … Wikipedia
19th century — For other uses, see 19th century (disambiguation). Millennium: 2nd millennium Centuries: 18th century · 19th century · 20th century Decades: 1800s 1810s 18 … Wikipedia
19th century philosophy — In the 18th century the philosophies of The Enlightenment began to have a dramatic effect, the landmark works of philosophers such as Immanuel Kant and Jean Jacques Rousseau influencing a new generation of thinkers. In the late 18th century a… … Wikipedia
19th century in literature — See also: 18th century in literature, other events of the 19th century, 20th century in literature, list of years in literature. TOC Literature of the 19th century refers to world literature produced during the 19th century. The range of years is … Wikipedia
19th-Century Music — is a triannual music journal published by University of California Press, in Berkeley, California, dealing with musical life in Europe and the Americas during the era of the long century, ca. 1780 1920. The journal embraces a wide variety of… … Wikipedia
The Morning Star (19th century U.S. newspaper) — The Morning Star was a weekly newspaper owned and published by Freewill Baptists in 19th century New England, which campaigned vigorously for the abolition of slavery long before such a political stance was widely considered to be respectable in… … Wikipedia
Latter Day Saint polygamy in the late 19th century — Possibly as early as the 1830s, followers of the Latter Day Saint movement (also known as Mormonism), were practicing the doctrine of polygamy or plural marriage . After the death of church founder Joseph Smith, Jr., the doctrine was officially… … Wikipedia
First European colonization wave (15th century–19th century) — The first European colonization wave took place from the early 15th century until the early 19th century, and primarily involved the European colonization of the Americas, though it also included the creation of European colonies in India and… … Wikipedia
American election campaigns in the 19th century — In the 19th century, the United States invented or developed a number of new methods for conducting American Election Campaigns. For the most part the techniques were original and were not copied from Europe or anywhere else. In every state the… … Wikipedia
Western use of the Swastika in the early 20th century — adopted the symbol in the 1920s, it continued in use in Western countries with its original meaning until the Nazi association became dominant in the 1930s. The term swastika is first attested in English in 1871, and first refers to the Nazi… … Wikipedia