End of the Century

native of England. All people know … DIAPO 1 … Halloween, which is a national party in United States, where people dress her most horrible suit to collect candy in a mortuary ambiance. DIAPO 2 To explain entire subject, we can see the origins of Halloween, his development, and the commercial aspects nowadays. DIAPO 3 The History of Halloween - The beginning More than 2500 years ago, the Gauls were the richest and the most numerous of Celtic peoples. Her year finished at the end of the summer

small branch library in the Seacroft area of Leeds. [edit] 17th century In the early years of the 17th century many famous collegiate and town libraries were founded throughout the country. Francis Trigge Chained Library of St. Wulfram's Church, Grantham, Lincolnshire was founded in 1598 by the rector of nearby Welbourne.[13] Norwich City library was established in 1608[14] (six years after Thomas Bodley founded the Bodleian Library, which was open to the "whole republic of the learned"[citation needed]

EDINBURGH Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. Due to its neo-classical architecture, Nicknamed Athens of the North because it was a major centre of the Enlightenment. The Old Town and New Town districts of Edinburgh were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. Until the late 18th century, Edinburgh consisted, almost exclusively, of what is now known as the Old Town (the area where you'll find the Castle, Royal Mile and Grassmarket). 1707 saw the Act of Union, which joined Scotland

indefensibility. Unlike the core of most states that are relatively defensible, core Russia is limited to the region of the medieval Grand Principality of Muscovy. It counts no rivers, oceans, swamps or mountains marking its borders — it relies solely on the relatively inhospitable climate and its forests for defense. Russian history is a chronicle of the agony of surviving invasion after invasion. Traditionally these invasions have come from two directions. The first is from the steppes — wide open

Afghanistan in the 19th Century In the early 19th century, three great powers seek to acquire Afghanistan: The France, Russia and the United Kingdom. 1.First contact with Afghans. The first time that Afghans came into contact officially with the British, it was in 1809 when Mountstuart Elphinstone was sent to nearly Shah Shoja then on the throne of Afghanistan. This event precipitated the entry of Afghanistan into world politics. The reason for the British mission was to secure the alliance of the Afghan

20th-century American painter and illustrator who was born on the third of February eighteen ninety-four in New York and died on the eighteenth of November nineteen seventy-eight in Stockbridge, so he was 84 years old when he died. He was a naturalist painter of American life in the twentieth century. Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over more than four decades. Norman went to high school to the Chase

1st chapter The Plantagenets 1327-1377 It's a hero of a national feeling. Edward III of the Plantagenets family was king in the Middle Age (The Norman  Conquest, Magna Carta, Hundred Year War, the war of the Roses, Feudalism, king  ship and church). This period is one of the most glorious in UK history.  Edward appeared as the most powerful monarch in Europe and his court as the most  brilliant in the Christendom. It's when the England began to see themselves as one nation and a unique leadership

2004 Textile workers in the Netherlands. Part 1: 1650-1810 Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk International Institute of Social History Amsterdam, The Netherlands enm@iisg.nl Introduction Until 1568, the northern Netherlands had belonged to the Habsburg Empire. A combination of economic crisis, power struggle between the Dutch gentry and the Spanish king over his policy and taxes, and religious differences, led to the revolt of several provinces in the north against the Spanish Crown. This revolt

Demographics 1) Population Growth The European population knows, from the 19th century, unprecedented growth. The peasants began to leave the countryside to the city. The urban population is multiplied by seven. In 1850 the population is concentrated on the coal basins that have attracted new industries: Lancashire (Manchester), Midlands (Birmingham), Yorkshire (Leeds), Northumberland (Newcastle), Cumberland, South Wales (Merthyr). Have also attracted the population port areas like Bristol, Plymouth

12/05/2010 Gauthier UBI-BA2 Spring Semester 2010 “Families in the 21st Century – The Responsibility of Government in Maintaining a Successful 21st Century Family.” Objective: “To propose new concrete ideas that could be the base for government to think about new laws. In particular, I will propose new ideas on how the government could act in a way that benefits the traditional Belgian family of the 21st century from external and/or cultural influences.” Lecturer: D. Daenen