19th century --- Portrait of Alexander III (1845-1894), Czar of Russia who succeeded to the throne upon his father's assassination and cancelled reforms begun by the previous Czar. --- Image by © CORBIS
1889, Paris, France --- Gustave Eiffel (left) and a friend explore the newly built Eiffel Tower in Paris in 1889, the year of the Centennial Exposition for which it was built. The controversial tower was the wo More