Important events

  • 1464

    George de Bohéme : attempt to secure peace with Rome

  • 1492

    Reconquista

  • 1529

    Siege of Vienna

  • French revolution

    Napoleon's expansion : spreading ideas and institutions = breeding ground for natioalist movments
  • Holy alliance

    Europe on a christian basis under leaderhsip of old legitimate rulers including Russia in Europe
  • Europe of the liberals

    Demand for Democracy and social reforms, Europe as a federation of nations, excluding Russia
  • Rise of nationalism 1848-1914

    1860: Italian unification
    1871: German unification
    Growing competition between the European states (colonies)
  • United stated of Europe by Victor Hugo

  • Franco-Prussian war 1870-71

  • German unification

    petite Allemagne: Sans l'empire de l'Autriche
    Grande Allemagne: dominance de l'autriche
  • Balkan wars 1912-1913

  • WW1 1914-18

    Gagnée par la triple entente (FR, UK, RU) = assassination archduke Franz Ferdinand = Austria-Hungary against Serbia
  • MittleEuropa- Friederich Naumann

    Central Europe under German leaderhsip- Economy would be driving force for integration- central european common market
  • Russian revolution

    • URSS BORN
  • Woodrow Wilson's 14 points

    Versailles peace conference
  • Pan-Europa _ Coudenhov Kalergi

    Union des états-Europeen after WW1
  • Astride Briand : Memorandum for a confederal European Union

    The establishment of European Union to coordinate economic and political policies = idea of a permanent political committed
  • WW2 1939-45

    opposés les alliés et les puissances de l'axe
  • Franco-British UNION

    planned by Monnet
  • Belgium in Exile 1940-44

  • Resistance movement - Spinelli

    Ventotene manifesto; federal Europe
  • Monetary convention

  • Resistance movement - Geneva declaration

    Geneva declration of European resistance
  • Customs union convention

  • Yalta conference- Cold war

    UK, US, URSS = partage de Berlin et de l'Allemagne en 4 zones d'occupation
  • European movements- Congress of Europe in the Hague

    premier fondement du federalisme europeen = unionists vs federalists
    discuss about the futur of council of Europe,
  • Berlin Blockade

  • NATO

  • QMV in council 1958-73

  • Fouchet plan for political union

  • Empty chair crisis 1965-66