<span>Ancient Egyptian women had nearly the same legal rights as men. They were able to acquire, own, and dispose of real and personal property in their own name. They could enter into contracts, initiate civil court cases, and be sued.</span>
On January 7, 1839, members of the French Académie des Sciences were shown products of an invention that would forever change the nature of visual representation: photography. The astonishingly precise pictures they saw were the work of Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (1787–1851), a Romantic painter<span> and printmaker most famous until then as the proprietor of the Diorama, a popular Parisian spectacle featuring theatrical painting and lighting effects. Each daguerreotype (as Daguerre dubbed his invention) was a one-of-a-kind image on a highly polished, silver-plated sheet of copper.</span>
Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador, or conqueror, best remembered for conquering the Aztec empire in 1521 and claiming Mexico for Spain. He also helped colonize Cuba and became a governor of New Spain.
"Like many explorers we know about today, Hernán (also known as Hernando) Cortés's role in the Age of Exploration was influential but controversial," said Erika Cosme, Administrative Coordinator of Education and Digital Services at The Mariner’s Museum and Park in Newport News, Virginia. "He was a smart, ambitious man who wanted to appropriate new land for the Spanish crown, convert native inhabitants to Catholicism, and plunder the lands for gold and riches."
The Congress of Vienna was considered a success because it was the first time in history that on a continental scale national representatives came together to formulate treaties, instead of relying mostly on messages from the several capitals. The Congress of Vienna was a conference headed by the monarchs of Austria and it was to provide a long-term peace plan for the superpowers of Europe and to have stability in Europe.
