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12 小時前 · Pub. A thatched country pub, the Williams Arms, near Braunton, Devon, England. A city pub, the World's End, Camden Town, London. The Ale-House Door (painting of c. 1790 by Henry Singleton) A pub (short for public house) is a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises.
2 天前 · In the 19th century, Giovanni Vialardi, chef to King Victor Emmanuel II, wrote Trattato di cucina, Pasticceria moderna, Credenza e relativa Confettureria (English: A Treatise of Modern Cookery and Patisserie) with recipes "suitable for a modest household".
19 小時前 · At the beginning of the 19th century, Russian foreign policy was essentially concentrated on the three western neighbour countries with which it had been preoccupied since the 16th century: Sweden, Poland, and Turkey. The policy toward these countries also, .
2 天前 · The fall of Edo in the summer of 1868 marked the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, and a new era, Meiji, was proclaimed. The first reform was the promulgation of the Five Charter Oath in 1868, a general statement of the aims of the Meiji leaders to boost morale and win financial support for the new government.
1 天前 · The Wesleyan Methodist Church grew rapidly, numbering 450,000 members by the end of the 19th century. Its growth was largest in the expanding industrial areas, where the Methodist faith helped workers—both men and women—to endure economic hardship while they alleviated their poverty.
3 天前 · History and geography of the Byzantine Empire, the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived for a thousand years after the western half had crumbled into various feudal kingdoms. In the 14th century the Ottoman Turks began to encroach on Byzantine territory, and the empire fell to them in 1453.
4 天前 · The site offers visitors a brief history of the building of the transcontinental railroad as well as information on the history and technology of 19th century railroads. Most important, it offers full text access to the Linda Hall Library’s extensive collection of 19th century railroad periodicals.
