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The 19th century began on January 1, 1801, and ended on December 31, 1900.
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Did c.1900 France have a law against foreign government resisting its conquest?
It was somewhat more complicated. According to Wikipedia France conquered Madagaskar in 1895 and sent
the royal family into exile on Réunion Island and to Algeria.
(Wikipedia, "Madagaskar", chap …
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Where and how did scientists of the 18th and 19th century learn foreign languages?
Most of them learned languages at school. Or more precisely in a lyceum or gymnasium as these schools were called in French and German/Russian, respectively.
They gave a strong training in languages ( …
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Did Japan ever retaliate for the Russian attacks of 1806?
In 1811 they captured a Russian captain and some of his crew. Captain V. M. Golovnin
was on a reconaissance mission, officially disguised as a cartography expedition.
The Japanese managed to capture …
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How long did it take for a letter to arrive in England in the 1830s?
"Early-to-middle 19s century" is a bad time interval for this question, because it is evident that dramatic changes occured DURING this period, with the introduction of trains.
It is not surprising t …
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Two ships named "Mary Celeste" -- concidence or not?
Maria Celesta is translated from the Latin as Heavenly Mary. This could mean a woman's name in a Catholic country or Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ. In Catholic countries, naming ships in thi …
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1900s Vacation between Germany and America
Vacationing from Germany to the US in 1900 was rare, but not for the reasons you suggest. Most middle class people simply could not afford the crossing. Those who emigrated to the US from Europe spent …
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Was the Empire style of fashion adopted in Russia?
I suppose that you can trust Soviet movies on War and Peace. Unlike the US movies they show the clothing correctly. Especially the War and peace by S. Bondarchuk. They employed professional historians …
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Pushkin's daguerreotype and catalogues of early 19th century photographs
Dagerrotype was publicly announced at a meeting of the Academy in 1839.
Pushkin died in Sanct Peterburg in 1837. And Pushkin never traveled to Paris,
or anywhere outside the Russian empire. So I suppo …
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Why the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55) was "the last of the old sieges"?
C. G. Gordon died in 1885, so what was "last" for him is not necessarily last for us. So it is not clear what exactly you are asking. In what context he said this, and what he did exactly mean is also …
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Was the Times of London available for sale in 19th century Singapore?
Before the cable communication, and long time after that, newspapers from England were available in colonies only by subscription, and they arrived long after their publication. There is ample evidenc …
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In Tolstoy's War and Peace, one character is captured after the Battle of Austerlitz and is ...
There is an ample evidence that prisoners of war in Napoleonic wars were treated in a humane fashion by all sides. (This can be seen from memoirs and other literature).
And of course, an officer and a …
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