First was the foundation of Edo ( in 1603 ) to whole inland economical developments, second was the Meiji Restoration ( in 1868 ) to be the first non European power, third was after the defeat of World War II ( in 1945 ) when the island nation rose to become the world's second largest economy.

It was the premiere of A German Requiem, his largest choral work, in Bremen, in 1868, that confirmed Brahms's European reputation and led many to accept that he had conquered Beethoven and the symphony.

Zula was the place where the British expedition of 1867 – 1868 against Tewodros disembarked, Annesley Bay affording safe and ample anchorage for the largest ocean-going vessels.

The nursery had stood in Kingston Lane since 1868 and was the largest producer of cut flowers in the country.

Once among Idaho's largest counties in area and population, a portion was stricken to Dakota Territory in 1864 and additional territory was included in Wyoming Territory at its formation in 1868.

By 1868, both iron and zinc operations were in progress at Sterling Hill, but the numerous companies and claims were embroiled in continuous legal battles, the largest of which was a 12-year dispute between the New Jersey Zinc Company and the Franklin Iron Company over rights to mixed ores, each company having purchased the right to mine zinc and iron, respectively.

The Foxglove: The largest public house in the village, it was built in 1868 in a mock Tudor style at the same time as the branch line.

By 1868, it was considered one of the largest banks in the United States, and in 1897, it became the first major U. S. bank to establish a foreign department.

The largest manufacturer, Johnston Harvester Company came into being in 1868.

The train shed, completed in 1868 by the engineer William Henry Barlow, was the largest single-span structure built up to that time.

As the demand for kerosene and a new byproduct, gasoline, grew in the United States, by 1868, what was to become Standard Oil was the world's largest oil refinery.

The Ives Manufacturing Company, an American toy manufacturer from 1868 to 1932, was the largest manufacturer of toy trains in the United States from 1910 until 1924, when Lionel Corporation overtook it in sales.

From 1868 to 1912 under Count Oliver Rességuier de Miremont and his family, the village grew to become one of the largest estates in then Austrian Galicia.

He had already created the world's largest book in 1868, the Tipitaka, 729 pages of the Buddhist Pali Canon inscribed in marble and each stone slab housed in a small stupa at the Kuthodaw Pagoda at the foot of Mandalay Hill.

Mount Saga has been used for narcissus cultivation at least from the Edo period 1603 – 1868, and Kyonan remains one of the largest producers of the flower in Japan.

Situated north and east of the Royal Docks, the area was formerly heavily industrialised, and was the location of Beckton Gas Works, the largest gasworks in Europe, which served the capital ; the area itself was named after Simon Adams Beck, the governor of the Gas Light and Coke Company when work began on the site in November 1868.

Towards the end of the 19th century Thames was the largest centre of population in New Zealand with 18, 000 inhabitants and well over 100 hotels and three theatres in 1868.

His largest work was Lives of Illustrious and Distinguished Irishmen, and his last publication The Idolatress ( 1868 ).

Howe Bridge Spinning Mills, the largest complex in Atherton was started in 1868 and the last mill built in 1919.

* Ichabod Washburn ( 1798 – 1868 )-Owner of the world's largest wire mill, the Washburn and Moen Manufacturing Company, in Worcester, Massachusetts.

The museum of the Technical University of Munich started with a donation of King Ludwig II of Bavaria for the newly-founded university in 1868 and is today the largest one in Germany.

With the corporate name Scott & LaDue, they built a sawmill in 1868 and a grist mill in 1870.

A sawmill was erected ( 1866 ), the railroad reached Long Lake ( 1868 ), a school district was organized ( 1869 ), a general store was started ( 1870 ), the Freethinkers Hall was organized ( 1874 ), a flour mill was established ( 1875 ), and a hotel was added ( 1875 ).

A cotton mill was established here in 1868 and was one of the first industries in Mississippi.

The lifeblood of the town from 1868 until 2002 was the cotton mill which operated as Burlington Industries from 1962 onward.

With the growth of a rubber mill and other factories in neighboring Butler beginning about 1868, Bloomingdale's economic growth became associated with its more industrial neighbor.

In 1868, Thomas Holt's brother-in-law, Adolphus " Dolph " Moore, became partner in the mill and the operation was called Holt and Moore.

It was founded by Robert Lee Stowe Sr. ( 1866 – 1963 ), his brother Samuel Pinckney Stowe ( 1868 – 1956 ), and Abel Caleb Lineberger ( 1859 – 1948, son of Caleb John Lineberger, who had founded Gaston County's second textile mill, the Woodlawn, or " Pinhook ," Mill in Lowell, North Carolina in 1852 ).

Originally called Freeport, when the construction of a mill was proposed about 1868, the community changed its name to Milltown, which became Milton by 1873.

Joseph established the first woolen mill in Oregon, and in 1868 shipped wheat to England in the first instance of Oregon wheat being sent around Cape Horn.

In 1868, J. P. Locke purchased the mill and of land and began laying out a settlement of 30 lots, which he called Lockeville.

It was replaced in 1868 by a limestone mill, which was eventually converted to the electric power plant that provided the first electricity for Clifton homes.

After the Jekyll family left in 1868 the house was considerably extended and the lane to the mill now became a driveway to the house with a third Mill Lane ( the present one ) put through in 1871.

The Ten Years ' War () ( 1868 – 1878 ), also known as the Great War and the War of ' 68, began on October 10, 1868 when sugar mill owner Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and his followers proclaimed Cuba's independence from Spain.

The sugar industry became established by 1868 in Mackay which was a mere four years after the first commercial sugar mill was opened in Cleveland, south of Brisbane.

* John Bright ( 1811 – 1889 ), Rochdale mill owner, Anti-Corn Law League leader, President of the Board of Trade, 1868 – 1870, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1873 – 1874, 1880 – 1882

In 1857 the land on which the city of Oelwein now stands was purchased, and in 1868 he purchased a tract of land about two miles south of the present city and erected a flour and feed mill, which he operated for some time.

By 1868 the capitalization of the company jumped to $ 2, 000, 000 and a fourth bigger mill was built.

So it was that when Mr. Brown and Mr. Sharpe first saw the French tool on exhibition in Paris in 1868, they brought a sample with them to the United States and started Brown & Sharpe in yet another field where it retains its leadership to this day.

In 1868, however, a truce was called between the companies, and the partnership of Darling, Brown & Sharpe was formed.

The Essex bridge was a toll crossing until 1868, when the County Commissioners laid out all the Merrimack bridges as highways.

The first productive period came when he was considering poetry as a vocation, before he had decided to write fiction for a living ( in his note for Who's Who he wrote that he `` wrote verses 1865 - 1868 ; ;

" On July 27, 1868, the day before the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted, U. S. Congress declared in the preamble of the Expatriation Act that " the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness ," and ( Section I ) one of " the fundamental principles of this government " ( United States Revised Statutes, sec.

Their second was Louisa May, who fictionalized her experience with the family in her novel Little Women in 1868.

The turning point for Ainu culture was the beginning of the Meiji Restoration in 1868.

The island of Hokkaido was known to the Ainu as Ainu Moshir, and was formally annexed by the Japanese at the late date of 1868, partly as a means of preventing the intrusion of the Russians, and partly for imperialist reasons.

One of Johnson's last significant acts as President was to grant unconditional amnesty to all Confederates on Christmas Day 1868, after the election of Ulysses S. Grant but before he took office in March 1869.

The dethroning of queen Isabel II meant a vacuum that was profited by the Bank of New York and some Cubans opposed to the projected extension of the 1837 Abolition Act to finance a Texas style " independence " revolution known as the Cuban 10 Years War ( 1868 – 78 ) lost by the Cubans.

August Horch ( 12 October 1868 – 3 February 1951 ) was a German engineer and automobile pioneer, the founder of the manufacturing giant which would eventually become Audi.

In Japan armour continued to be used until the end of the samurai era, with the last major fighting in which armour was used happening in 1868. Samurai armour had one last short lived use in 1877 during the Satsuma Rebellion

Salieri's music slowly disappeared from the repertoire between 1800 and 1868, and was rarely heard after that period until the revival of his fame in the late 20th century.

The general account of the travels of the two brothers was published by Arnaud in 1868 under the title of Douze ans dans la Haute Ethiopie.

In 1868 Pertevniyal was living in the Dolmabahçe Palace.

New administrative districts ( vilayets ) were set up in 1864 and a Council of State was established in 1868.

Bahá ’ u ’ lláh and his family were – in 1868 – exiled to the penal colony of Acre, Palestine where it was expected that the family would perish.

In 1868 a Michaux cycle was brought to Coventry, England by Rowley Turner, sales agent of the Coventry Sewing Machine Company ( which soon became the Coventry Machinist Company ).

She also was a great-grandniece of Giovanni Schiaparelli, an Italian astronomer who believed he had discovered the supposed canals of Mars, and a great-grandniece of art expert Bernard Berenson ( 1865 – 1959 ) and his sister Senda Berenson ( 1868 – 1954 ), an athlete and educator who was one of the first two women elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

This was brought about by Palmerston's death in 1865 and Russell's retirement in 1868.

After a brief Conservative interlude ( during which the Second Reform Act was passed by agreement between the parties ), Gladstone won a huge victory at the 1868 election and formed the first Liberal government.

As prime minister 1868 to 1874 he headed a Liberal Party that was a coalition of Peelites like himself, Whigs and radicals ; Gladstone was now a spokesman for " peace, economy and reform.