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Period: to
1800's
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Napoleonic wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of major conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon -
Napoleonic wars end
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Napoleon defeated at waterloo
Napoleon lost his last battle -
Congress of vienna
Meets to restore stability in europe -
Italy unifies
Rome joined with Italy -
Greek Independance
Greek fought the Ottoman Empire for independence in a decade long war -
Liverpool Manchester Railroad Opens
Longest railroad of it’s time -
Greek Independence wins there independence
the greeks won the war and independence -
Potato Famine in Ireland begins
A shortage in food that killed 1 million people, and a million people flee the country -
Revolutions of 1848
A series of revolutions against european monarchies -
Marx and Engels publish the Communist Manifesto
Marx published his book in London. -
Years of Major European Revolutions
A time when everybody revolted for more government participation -
Bessemer process invented
Process to make iron products -
Crimean War
When Russia broke from Sardinia, France, Ottoman Empire, Britain -
Crimean War ends
Crimean War ends -
Charles Darwin publish the “Origin of Species”
Charles Darwin published his book. -
Dual Monarchy of Austria Hungary
Austria and Hungary began their dual monarchy. -
Dynamite Invented
Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel made dynamite -
Franco Prussian War
French feared german expansion would give them more power -
Germany unifies
Germany got more territory -
European Nations carve up Africa at the Berlin Conference
European Nations gathered at the Berlin conference to discuss African territory -
Dreyfus convicted of Treason
Dreyfus gave the Germans secrets of the French military