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The Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts featuring Napoleon 1 of France against a variety of European powers.
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The major powers of Europe met in Vienna to discuss rewriting the map of Europe.
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After returning from exile and resuming control of France, a French force led by Napoleon was defeated by the Seventh Coalition near modern day Belgium.
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Spurred by revolutions throughout Europe, Greece sought independence of the Ottoman Empire. They were supported by Russia and other major powers of Europe.
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This revolution saw the overthrow of King Charles X and the ascent of the "citizen king" Louis-Phillipe. Lasted from the 26th to the 29th of July.
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It was the first railway to rely exclusively on steam power, it launched Britan off into a leading spot in the Industrial Revolution
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Queen Victorias reign from 1837-1901 is the longest reign of any other British monarch at 63 years and 7 months
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England forced Ireland to grow one type of potato which was devastated when a blight hit. Over 1 million people died and a million more emigrated from the island.
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The pamphlet by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels is published in England by The Communist League
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Often called the "Spring of Nations". A revolution that started in France to start the Second Republic soon spread across Europe and involved over 50 countries
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An invasion of the Ottoman Empire by Russia spurs a conflict pitting Russia vs The Ottomans, British and French. The resulting conflicting is incredibly bloody and wasteful as no nation is prepared for it.
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It was created by English inventor Henry Bessemer, who took out a patent on it in 1856
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Called the British Raj, the colonial empire of India lasted from 1858 to 1947
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A work of scientific literature that formed the basis for evolutionary biology. Went against all doctrines of the church and was thus banned.
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Also known as the "Emancipation reform of 1861", Czar Alexander II finally releases the many people trapped in serfdom. He is known as "czar liberator"
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In 1861 Italy was declared a unified nation state under the Sardinian King Victor Immaneul II.
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A constitutional union between the Empire of Austria and the Kingdom of Hungary, lasted until its defeat in WWI
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Invented by Alfred Nobel as the first safely manageable explosive stronger than black powder
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A conflict between the Second French Empire and the states of the North German Confederation led by Prussia. Centered on attemps by Prussia to further German unification.
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Germany officially unifies as the Versaille Palace's Hall of Mirrors where all the German princes met to establish Willhelm of Prussia as Emperor Willhelm of the German Empire
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A bomb was thrown at his heavily guarded carriage in a narrow street.
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Also known as the Congo Conference, European powers met in Berlin to discuss colonization and trade in Africa.
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The wrongful conviction of Alfred Dreyfus split France during the 1890s and 1900s.
