AP EURO TIMELINE #2 By lorcan_stack Feb 13, 1765 Spinning Jenny invented Feb 13, 1769 Modern steam engine invented Period: Feb 13, 1780 to Feb 13, 1851 Population boom in England Period: Feb 13, 1780 to Feb 13, 1830 Industrial Reveloution Feb 12, 1789 Oath of the Tennis Court is sworn Feb 12, 1789 Estates general convene at Versailes Feb 12, 1789 Storming of the Bastile Feb 12, 1789 Great fear ravages the countryside Feb 12, 1789 National Assembly confiscates church land Feb 12, 1792 Frances declares war on Austria Feb 12, 1793 Louis XIV is executed Feb 12, 1794 French armies victorious Period: Feb 12, 1795 to Feb 12, 1799 Directory rules Feb 13, 1798 Malthus writes Essay on the Principle of Population Feb 12, 1799 Napoleon overthrows Directory Feb 12, 1800 Napoleon founds bank of Germany Feb 12, 1802 France signs treaty of Amiens with Britain Feb 12, 1804 Napoleon crowns himself emperor Feb 13, 1807 Napoleon redraws the map of Europe Period: Feb 11, 1809 to Feb 11, 1848 Metternich serves as Austrian foreign minister Feb 13, 1810 The Grand Empire is at its hight Feb 13, 1812 Napoleon invades Russia Feb 13, 1812 Napoleon retreats from Russia Feb 13, 1814 Napoleon abdicates the throne and is exiled Feb 11, 1815 Holy Alliance formed Feb 11, 1815 Revision of Corn Laws in Britain Feb 11, 1819 Carlsbad Decrees issued by German Confederation Feb 11, 1830 Greece sucessfully earns freedom from the Turks Period: Feb 11, 1830 to Feb 11, 1848 Reign of Louis Philppe in France Feb 13, 1830 Rocket railroad built Feb 11, 1832 Reform Bill in Britain Feb 13, 1841 List writes National System of Political Economy Feb 13, 1844 Engels writes The condition of the working class in England Period: Feb 11, 1845 to Feb 11, 1851 Great Famine in Ireland Feb 11, 1848 Reveloutions in France, Austria, and Prussia Period: Feb 11, 1850 to Feb 11, 1914 Condition of working class improves Period: Feb 11, 1850 to Feb 11, 1870 Modernization of Paris Feb 13, 1851 Great exposition at the Crystal Palace Dec 2, 1851 Napoleon III seizes power from the National Assembly Period: Feb 11, 1852 to Feb 11, 1871 Reign of Napoleon III in France Feb 11, 1854 Pastuer studies fermentation and develops pastuerization Period: Feb 11, 1859 to Feb 11, 1870 Unification of Italy Feb 12, 1859 Mill's "On Liberty" Period: Feb 11, 1860 to Feb 11, 1900 Industrialization of Russia Feb 11, 1861 Russian seefs freed Period: Feb 11, 1861 to Feb 11, 1865 U.S. Civil War Feb 11, 1866 Austro-Prussian War Period: Feb 11, 1870 to Feb 11, 1871 Franco-Prussian War Period: Feb 12, 1870 to Feb 12, 1878 Bismark attacks the Catholic Church Period: Feb 11, 1880 to Feb 11, 1913 Birthrate steadily declines in Europe Feb 12, 1880 Educational reforms affect French Catholic schools Feb 12, 1883 Germany initiates first social security laws to help workers Feb 11, 1890 Electric streetcars introduced in Europe Feb 11, 1905 Russian "Bloody Sunday"
