Meanwhile…

Arrival of Commodore Perry and the end of Sakoku

1853-1854

Haka During the New Zealand Wars

1845–1872

Suppression of Māori Culture Under Colonial Assimilation Policies

1840–1900

Bahá'í Faith Emerges from Persian Bábism

1860s

industrialization and urbanization

ca. 1800 - 1900

California Gold Rush

1848-1855

Diverse reef fauna colonizes coral ecosystems

from around 485 million years ago to the present

Invention of the sewing machine adapted for shoes

around 1850

India's first railway line: Bombay-Thane

1853-04-16

Lyman Blake's sole-sewing machine patented

1858

Capoeira develops among enslaved Africans in Brazil

around the 16th to 19th century

Birth of tap dance and African-American vernacular rhythm

around 1850

Rise of the Parisian Haute Couture House

c. 1858

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden