Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1570 Germany In this period Italian and Flemish painters such as Paul Rubens and Caravaggio were at the height of their power and influence.

Fashion & Costume - line art c. 1870 In this period British Columbia joined the Dominion of Canada (1871); Stanley met Livingstone at Ujiji in what is now Tanzania (1871); Korea became an independent nation (1876)

Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1645 In this year Oliver Cromwell defeated Charles I (who is later beheaded) and establishes a Republic in England; Rembrandt and Teniers are at the height of their artistic expression.

Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1630 Dutch In this period Rubens and Hals are both active; the first public advertising appears in Paris and the first coffee shop opens in London (1632)

Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1665 England The Restoration period (after the restoration of the Monarchy to England in 1660) saw a flowering of arts and science under the patronage of Charles II.

Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1797 German In this year Napoleon defeated the Austians at Rivoli, Thomas Bewick published his landmark woodcut collection, "British Birds" and Edmund Burke, Anglo-Irish, political philosopher and statesman died.

Fashion & Costume - line art c. 1550-1570 Female headresses In this period Italian and Flemish painters such as Paul Rubens and Caravaggio were at the height of their power and influence.

Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1808-1809 Germany In this period extensive excavations begin at Pompeii (1808); Beethoven wrote the "Emperor" piano concerto; Napoleon divorced Josephine (1809) and Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the U. S. was born (1

Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1815-1820 In this period Humphry Davy, inventor of the miner`s safety lamp, published his "Elements of Chemical Philosophy" (1812); Napoleon lost the Battle of Waterloo to the Duke of Wellington (June 16, 1815); Mary Shel

Fashion & Costume - line art c. 1890`s Straw hat "boater", "skimmer" In this period Cuba fought Spain for its independence (1895); H. G. Wells published "The Time Machine"; King Gillette invented the safety razor(1895) and the first modern Olympics

Fashion & Costume - line art c. 1895-1900 In this period Cuba fought Spain for its independence (1895); H. G. Wells published "The Time Machine"; King Gillette invented the safety razor(1895) and the first modern Olympics were held in Athens (1896). dr

Fashion & Costume - line art c. 1895 Ladies quilted slipper In this period Cuba fought Spain for its independence (1895); H. G. Wells published "The Time Machine"; King Gillette invented the safety razor (1895) and the first modern Olympics were held i

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