Searching in History: Richard Arkwright: Father of the Factory System
A blog about history covering various topics from cultural history, to economic history, diplomatic history and so much more.| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
A blog about history covering various topics from cultural history, to economic history, diplomatic history and so much more.| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
A blog about history covering various topics from cultural history, to economic history, diplomatic history and so much more.| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
What happened during the Franco-Dutch War of 1672 to 1678?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
Who were the Le Telliers?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
Who was Cardinal Mazarin?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
How did the Edict of Fontainebleu brought France down?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
How did King Louis XIV rose and fell?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
A blog about history covering various topics from cultural history, to economic history, diplomatic history and so much more.| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
What did Herodotus wrote about Cambyses stay in Egypt?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
"In Batangas the 'idle lady' does not exist" opened Tarcila Malabanan's essay written in 1916 that became part of the Beyer Collection. It celebrated the industrious women in Batangas, Philippines enumerating the role they play in education and business. How some women charted their path even besting their "good-for-nothing husbands."| Searching in History
The famous Kesong Puti, a kind of cottage cheese, being sold in Laguna, Philippines turned out to be an endeavor that existed even a century before. Teodulo Agus described the cheese making process on a paper published on October 20, 1919. It found a spot in the Beyer Collection.| Searching in History
The Panay Railway started operation in 1911 connecting Roxas City of Capiz to the port city of Iloilo. Along its route laid vast farm and sugar lands which Ismael Colez assessed if its farmers benefited from the brand new infrastructure. His findings included in the collection of H. Otley Beyer.| Searching in History
What did Joel Edson Rockwell wrote about Lyon during his visit in the 1850s?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
A blog about history covering various topics from cultural history, to economic history, diplomatic history and so much more.| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
Coming from a family of illustrious soldiers, John Byng, the later 5th Viscount of Torrington, decided to add a sideline to his resume, that of a traveller and a diarist. He toured England in a time of breathtaking changes in landscape of the country courtesy of the Industrial Revolution. One of his entries described Cromford the facilities owned by the celebrated inventor and businessman Richard Arkwright.| Searching in History
How did railroads started in France from 1815 to 1848?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
A towering figure that held no crown, nor office nor led armies, yet his handling of wealth brought him influence and contributed in changing the landscape of France in the 19th century. He inspired both admiration and a conspiracy of “space lasers.” Here are 10 things to know about James Mayer de Rothschild.| Searching in History
Kings and Prime Ministers sought his advice and bow to him for loans and investments. Vast lengths of railroads and landscapes transformed by rising factories came as a result of his confidence. James Mayer de Rothschild commanded great respect within the banking world of his time driving forward France’s industrialization. How did he achieve it without holding office nor leading armies?| Searching in History
“Bird of the same feather, flock together.”| Searching in History
Queen Isabella II reigned in a tumultuous century for both Europe and Spain. Thrusted into politics as a toddler, she grew up to controversial monarch. Here are 10 things to know about Queen Isabella II of Spain.| Searching in History
While Queen Victoria enjoyed a nation riding high in imperial glory, her contemporary in Spain found her nation in disarray, plagued by political instability. Thrust into the position at a young age, others ruled on her behalf. She must find her position and role in the country or face dire consequences.| Searching in History
In 1836, then Spanish Prime Minister Juan Alvarez Mendizabal unleashed his decree that targeted the privatization of lands owned by religious orders with the aim of winning the ongoing Carlist War and improving agricultural production as well as overall economic situation.| Searching in History
How impactful was the Mendizabal Reform?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
When Isabella took the crown of Castile, what was her kingdom like?| Searching in History
PIGS - a convenient and sarcastic abbreviation for Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain, EU’s top economic troublemakers in the early 2000s. Surprisingly, most of these countries also entered industrialization late. While the burgeoning Germany’s industrial output surpassed Great Britain’s by the start of the 1900s. Spain in particular remained reliant on agriculture and ore exports. What did Spain experience during the tumultuous Industrial Revolution of the 1800s?| Searching in History
Thomas Newcomen (1663 - 1729) introduced to the world his invention at work in 1712 in Dudley Castle. His invention inspired others to develop it further allowing man to muster power bigger industries dawning the industrial revolution. But who was this fellow? Here are 5 things to know about Thomas Newcomen:| Searching in History
The Baptist preacher and iron monger Thomas Newcomen and his partner John Calley held their breath as they watched and waited for the beam of their new strange device to swing up and down. Newcomen betted 10 years of their lives, hardwork and experimentation on this device. Its result dictated not only if this bet paid off but also the fate of England’s mining industry and even beyond.| Searching in History
A woman that towered over a patriarchal society and period. Isabella of Castille transformed her Kingdom from a divided society into a great power in Europe. Her reign saw the establishment of an Empire where the sun never sets.| Searching in History
Isabella gazed upon the foreign navigator in his presence pondering on the cost and rewards of this person’s proposal, crew and ships for an expedition to China, the Spice Islands and India through a journey via west. Her defined the faith of her beloved kingdom of Castille and its newly formed union with the Kingdom of Aragon.| Searching in History
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A blog about history covering various topics from cultural history, to economic history, diplomatic history and so much more.| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
The Histories by Herodotus painted the most fascinating, colorful and BS stories considering his work meant to be non-fiction. Herodotus diagnosed Cambyses with madness and in his work Histories, he wrote events which supported his claim.| Searching in History
From the devastation of the Spanish Succession War that the 18th century introduced, Catalonia emerged with a flourishing economy that exploited the reforms of Spain’s new Bourbon Kings. Here are 10 things to know about Catalonia's economic revival during that century:| Searching in History
How did Catalonia developed from a warn-torn region to a beacon of development in the 18th century Spain?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
How did the Persian Achaemenid Empire rose and fell?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
What did Herodotus wrote about Cambyses II?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
Who is King Darius the Great of the Persian Empire?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
Who was Cambyses II?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
Who is Cyrus the Great?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
How did a Culhuacan led to 32,000 became nose-less?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
How did Japan's authority replied to the Letter of President Filmore?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
What are things to known about the early leaders of the Aztecs?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
How did Huitzihuitl served as the 2nd Tlatoani of the Aztecs?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
How did the early leaders of the Aztecs steered their people to become a great power?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
How did the Aztecs overcame challenges and rose to become one of the largest empires in the Americas?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
What are chinampas and how did they play a key role in Aztec history?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
How did Acamapichtli consolidated Tenochtitlan?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
A blog about history covering various topics from cultural history, to economic history, diplomatic history and so much more.| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
What are 10 things to know about the rise and fall of the Aztec Empire?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
Who is Louis-Philippe?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
Who is the man behind the development in food preservation via canning or bottling?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
How did the Napoleonic Wars and the French Revolution brought the innovation of canning?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
Who is Joseph Marie Jacquard?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
