Lives of the Great Gardeners by Stephen Anderton

Lives of the Great Gardeners by Stephen Anderton

Author:Stephen Anderton
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780500518564
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2016-02-23T16:00:00+00:00


FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED

Designing for urban life and public enjoyment

1822‒1903

1822

Last major outbreak of yellow fever in New York.

Brazil declares independence from Portugal.

Egyptian hieroglyphs first deciphered via the Rosetta Stone.

Charles Babbage publishes his proposal for a ‘difference machine’, forerunner of the computer.

1903

Cuba leases Guantanamo Bay to the USA in perpetuity.

A Chicago dentist becomes the first owner of a Ford Model A automobile.

Death of frontierswoman and scout Calamity Jane.

First east–west transatlantic radio transmission.



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