The 19th century began on 1 January 1801, and ended on 31 December 1900. It was the 9th century of the 2nd millennium. It was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Eu
An 1835 illustration of power loom weaving, as part of the Industrial Revolution
Official portrait of Queen Victoria, 1859
Arab slave traders and their captives along the Ruvuma River, 19th century
Illustration of the Battle of Konya of the Egyptian–Ottoman War (1831–1833)
The 20th century began on 1 January 1901, and ended on 31 December 2000. It was the 10th and last century in the 2nd millennium and was marked by new models of scientific understanding, unprecedented
19th century
…Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Catholic Church, in response to the growing influence and power of modernism, secularism and materialism, formed the First Vatican Council in the…
Earthrise, taken on 24 December 1968 by the American astronaut William Anders during the Apollo 8 space mission. It is the first photograph taken of Earth from lunar orbit.
Dutch colonial officer with Papuans in the Baliem Valley, Dutch New Guinea, 1958
The mushroom cloud of the detonation of Little Boy, the first nuclear attack in history, on 6 August 1945 over Hiroshima, igniting the nuclear age with the international security dominating thread of mutual assured destruction in the latter half of the 20th century.
Martin Luther King Jr., an African American civil rights movement leader (Washington, August 1963)