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1900s

1900s: 1900 - 1909  

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2012
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History, modern history (1700 to 1945)
Daimler cars develop a new brand using the name Mercedes, that of the ten-year-old daughter of the investor and distributor Emil Jellinek
1910s

1910s: 1910 - 1919  

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D.W. Griffith directs In Old California, the first film shot in the California village of Hollywood
1920s

1920s: 1922 - 1929  

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James Joyce's novel Ulysses is published in Paris, by Sylvia Beach, because of censorship problems elsewhere
1930s

1930s: 1930 - 1939  

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René Clair blends satire and surrealism in his film Sous les Toits de Paris, a dark comedy about a Parisian street singer
1940s

1940s: 1940 - 1949  

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American Ballet Theatre, directed by Lucia Chase and Richard Pleasant, begins its first season in New York
19th century

19th century: 1800 - 1900  

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Napoleon appoints a commission to prepare a code of civil law, which becomes known as the Code Napoléon
20th century

20th century: 1900 - 1999  

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Daimler cars develop a new brand using the name Mercedes, that of the ten-year-old daughter of the investor and distributor Emil Jellinek
Edwardian era

Edwardian era: 1901 - 1910  

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Edward VII is already 59 when he succeeds his mother, Victoria, as Britain's monarch
Italian Renaissance

Italian Renaissance: c. 1300 - 1600  

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The Italian communes employ powerful leaders, or signori, in a trend which leads away from oligarchy and towards princely rule
Napoleonic era

Napoleonic era: 1797 - 1847  

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On 18 Fructidor (September 4) Napoleon organizes, from a distance, a coup d'étât in Paris on behalf of three of the Directors
Victorian era

Victorian era: 1837 - 1901  

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History, modern history (1700 to 1945)
The 18-year-old Victoria comes to the throne in Britain, beginning the long Victorian era

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