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This is a list of wars involving Germany from 962. It includes the Holy Roman Empire, Confederation of the Rhine, the German Confederation, the North German Confederation, the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, the German Democratic Republic (DDR, "East Germany") and the present Federal Republic of Germany (BRD, until German reunification in 1990 known as "West Germany").
This article provides a list of wars occurring between 1800 and 1899. Conflicts of this era include the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the American Civil War in North America, the Taiping Rebellion in Asia, the Paraguayan War in South America, the Zulu War in Africa, and the Australian frontier wars in Oceania.
There are several historical forts in the U.S. state of Florida. De Quesada states that there have been more than 300 "camps, batteries, forts and redoubts" [1] in Florida, since European settlement began. More than 80 "blockhouses, forts, camps and stockades" [2] were used at one time or another in Florida, during the Seminole Wars.
After the Austro-Prussian War, Prussia led the Northern states into a federal state called the North German Confederation (1867–1870). The Southern states joined the federal state in 1870/71, which was consequently renamed the German Empire (1871–1918). The state continued as the Weimar Republic (1919–1933).
In 1900, Florida was largely agricultural and frontier; most Floridians lived within 50 miles of the Georgia border. The population grew from 529,000 in 1900 to 18.3 million in 2009. The population explosion began with the great land boom of the 1920s as Florida became a destination for vacationers and a southern land speculator's paradise.
The population of the area around Sarasota grew from 3,000 in 1920 to over 15,000 by 1926. By the late 1920s, Sarasota was the largest city on the Gulf Coast south of St. Petersburg and Sarasota County was one of the wealthiest counties in the United States. [49] John Ringling was the most prominent real estate developers. [48]
1955 Gulf Coast Highway (U. S. Highway 19) opens to St. Petersburg providing a direct route from Pinellas County to Tallahassee, Florida. [3]: 5 1956 Redington Shores and Indian Rocks Beach incorporated. [4]: 184 1957 Clearwater is the fastest growing U.S. City. [5]: 259 1960 The Howard Frankland Bridge provides third link across Tampa Bay.
The Royal Poinciana Hotel in 1900. Around 1900, West Palm Beach had electrical and telephone service, a library, a sewer system, a pumping station, and paved roads. The census recorded a population of 564 in West Palm Beach. [30]: 23 The Breakers Hotel burned down on June 9, 1903. After realizing the futility in attempting to save the building ...