Most noticeably, the British industrial revolution occurred. Which was arguably the most notable event in human history since the neolithic revolution
Most noticeably, the British industrial revolution occurred. Which was arguably the most notable event in human history since the neolithic revolution
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In the 19th century
Some confine the Little Ice Age to approximately the 16th century to the mid 19th century.
The 'Age of Reason' is a term for 17th century philosophy. Impressionist painting was 19th century.
1873 was the 19th century (1800-1899).
From the late 19th century to 1940s.
18th century
Perhaps the most famous 'rejector' of progress-enlightenment values and viewpoints in the 19th century was Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900). Based on his anthropological and linguistic studies of past and present cultures, as well as his own observations and reasonings, Nietzsche argued passionately for a re-evaluation (in fact, transvaluation) of contemporary morality and science -- and popular cultural notions of 'progress'.
Mark Twain called the late 19th century the "Gilded Age." By this, he meant that the period was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath. In the popular view, the late 19th century was a period of greed and guile: of rapacious Robber Barons, unscrupulous speculators, and corporate buccaneers, of shady business.
The age of iron is the 19th century when it became possible to make iron and then steel in large quantities.
Queen Victoria reigned from 1837 to 1901, which was in the 19th century.