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The "Potato revolution" (in German, Kartoffelrevolution) is the name given to the food riot that took place in the Prussian capital Berlin between April 21 and April 22/23, 1847. [ 1 ] This was triggered by failed harvests due to potato blight , which also caused the Great Famine in Ireland as well as famine crises and increased food prices in ...
Potatoes comprised about 10% of the caloric intake of Europeans. Along with several other foods that either originated in the Americas or were successfully grown or harvested there, potatoes sustained European populations. [47] The potato promoted economic development in Britain by underpinning the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century. It ...
The European potato failure was a food crisis caused by potato blight that struck Northern and Western Europe in the mid-1840s. The time is also known as the Hungry Forties . While the crisis produced excess mortality and suffering across the affected areas, particularly affected were the Scottish Highlands , with the Highland Potato Famine and ...
Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (UK: / p ɑːr ˈ m ɛ n t i eɪ,-ˈ m ɒ n t-/, US: / ˌ p ɑːr m ə n ˈ t j eɪ /; [1] French: [ɑ̃twan oɡystɛ̃ paʁmɑ̃tje]; 12 August 1737 – 13 December 1813) was a French pharmacist and agronomist, best remembered as a vocal promoter of the potato as a food source for humans in France and throughout Europe.
Potato crop failure in Ireland in 1830 led to food riots in Limerick on 25 June. [1] Flour riot of 1837 – occurred in New York City in 1837. The riot was caused by a combination of poverty and the rising cost of flour. Potato riots – the mass anti-serfdom movement of peasants (1834 and 1840–44) in the Russian Empire.
An adorable video of a Vizsla dog named Mendo cosplaying as Ariana Grande from her recent visit to Tokyo, Japan, has melted the hearts of many on social media. On February 20, the video was posted ...
Try these easy, delicious Super Bowl snacks for your game day party this year. These appetizers include wings, nachos, so many delicious dips, and more.
The Agricultural Revolution in Scotland was a series of changes in agricultural practice that began in the 17th century and continued in the 19th century. They began with the improvement of Scottish Lowlands farmland and the beginning of a transformation of Scottish agriculture from one of the least modernised systems to what was to become the ...