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Verdi’s Don Carlos, composed in 1867, is a significant work of romantic grand opera. The opera examines complex tensions between Catholicism and Protestantism during the reign of Charles V in Spain. It features dramatic characters and explores themes of political intrigue and personal struggle. Prim...
The Alaska Purchase Treaty, signed in 1867, formalized the transfer of Alaska from Russia to the United States. This bilateral agreement secured approximately 2 million square miles for $7.2 million, significantly expanding U.S. territory and fulfilling Secretary Seward’s ambitions for American expa...
This pamphlet excerpts Karl Marx's foundational 1867 critical analysis of capitalism, "Das Kapital," which profoundly shaped socialist economic theory and international labor movements.
RMS Rhone was a British Royal Mail steamship that sank near Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands during a hurricane in October 1867. Driven onto rocks while attempting to escape the storm, the vessel broke apart and went down with heavy loss of life. Its remains lie in relatively accessible Car...
"Roméo et Juliette" is a five-act opéra lyrique by French composer Charles Gounod, adapting William Shakespeare's tragic play of the same name. It premiered at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris in 1867 with a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. The opera is a staple of the French romantic...
La Grammaire is a one-act vaudeville comedy by French playwright Eugène Labiche, first performed in 1867. The play centers on an obsessive grammar enthusiast whose pedantic preoccupation with linguistic rules creates farcical situations disrupting those around him. Labiche was renowned for his bourg...
No Treason No. 1 is Lysander Spooner's 1867 pamphlet arguing after the Civil War that the U.S. Constitution could not bind people without consent.
No Treason No. 2 is Lysander Spooner's 1867 continuation of his anti-constitutional argument, denying that voting created valid political consent.
