Meanwhile…

The Waterstaatsstijl: sobriety and state authority

circa 1840

Meiji Restoration and rapid modernization

1868

The Berlin Conference divides Africa

1884-1885

The Opium Wars and the decline of the Qing

1839-1842

Haka During the New Zealand Wars

1845–1872

Haymarket affair in Chicago

1886-05-04

Suppression of Māori Culture Under Colonial Assimilation Policies

1840–1900

industrialization and urbanization

ca. 1800 - 1900

Rise of the American shoe factory system

1860s-1880s

Charles Darwin publishes theory of coral reef formation

1842

Édouard Lucas names the sequence after Fibonacci

1877

Fibonacci numbers in natural science

eind 19e eeuw

Invention of the sewing machine adapted for shoes

around 1850

Bazalgette completes London's sewer system

1875

Irish riverdance evolves from folk roots to global phenomenon

from the 18th century to 1994 and beyond

Rise of the Parisian Haute Couture House

c. 1858

Founding of the Carnival Association and the name Oeteldonk

1882

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

Move to Munich

1880

First long car journey by Bertha Benz

1888-08-05

The Great Stink forces London into action

1858

the catastrophic eruption of Krakatoa

augustus 1883