England was the leading European colonial power and had already established much of its overseas empire by the beginning of the 19th century. France was second, with its holdings in Southeast Asia and in North Africa, both. of these being established during the 19th century.
Thomas Edison married Mary Stilwell on December 25, 1871 (he was 24, she was 16).   She died on August 9, 1884.   He was married a second time, on February 24, 1886, at â¦the age of 39. His second wife's name was Mina Miller.
Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor, scientist and a businessman who invented the first practical bulb. He got the patent for his invention in 1879 in U. S. But records tell us that Joseph Swan, a British inventor got his invention for the same patented a year prior to Edison in Britain.e too started his power company like Edison. The idea of using high-resistant filament which he used was Edisonâs. So Edison sued him for the same. At last they resolved and joined hands to form the biggest company for producing light bulbs in the world called Edison-Swan United.