19th century

The 19th century (1 January 1801 – 31 December 1900) was the century marked by the collapse of the Spanish, First and Second French, Chinese,Holy Roman and Mughal empires. This paved the way for the growing influence of the British Empire, the Russian Empire, the United States, the German Empire, the Second French Colonial Empire and the Empire of Japan, with the British boasting unchallenged dominance after 1815. After the defeat of the French Empire and its allies in the Napoleonic Wars, the British and Russian empires expanded greatly, becoming the world's leading powers. The Russian Empire expanded in central and far eastern Asia. The British Empire grew rapidly in the first half of the century, especially with the expansion of vast territories in Canada, Australia, South Africa and heavily populated India, and in the last two decades of the century in Africa. By the end of the century, the British Empire controlled a fifth of the world's land and one quarter of the world's population. During the post Napoleonic era it enforced what became known as the Pax Britannica, which helped trade.

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Medicine bottles, fine china preserved in the walls of 19th century Sleeping Bear Inn

Michigan Live 27 Oct 2024
The bowl sat unchipped in the walls for more than a century ... To keep these snapshots of history alive in the inn, the renovation team gathered 19th-century furniture and dinnerware to match what would have originally been there ... Sleeping Bear on a mission to save rare 19th century apples from extinction....
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Still reeling from Ian, South Daytona couple faces long recovery after Milton flooding

News Journal - Daytona Beach 24 Oct 2024
A week after the storm, the Mosses had two U-Haul storage units in their front yard full of what they could salvage as well as fans attempting to dry out clothes and other furniture ... Besides irreparable damage to their furniture and appliances, they lost photo albums of their grandchildren and even a 19th century Bible....
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Pancake breakfasts, the Milky Way and Lake Michigan: A stay at Sleeping Bear Inn

Michigan Live 20 Oct 2024
Built in the 19th century and operational through the 1970s, the inn has been a permanent fixture in Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore, before it was even a park ... They gathered 19th century furniture and fine china to bring the inn’s original history to life ... Sleeping Bear on a mission to save rare 19th century apples from extinction....

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