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waterloo battle
The Battle of Waterloo was a battle that took place on 18 June 1815 near Waterloo, a town in present-day Belgium about twenty kilometres south of Brussels. -
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Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna was a meeting of European nations that set out a strategy to maintain peace and stability throughout the continent. -
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Louis XVIII, king of France
Luis XVIII de Franciafue rey de Francia y de Navarra entre 1814 y 1824, siendo el primer monarca de la restauración borbónica en Francia, -
Independence of Greece
The Greek War of Independence of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. -
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Charles X, king of France
Charles X was King of France from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. An uncle of the uncrowned Louis XVII and younger brother of reigning kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported the latter in exile -
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Louis Philippe, king of France
Louis-Philippe I (6 October 1773 - 26 August 1850), nicknamed the Citizen King, was King of France from 1830 to 1848, the penultimate monarch of France and the last to hold the title ‘King’. -
The Zollverein
The Zollverein was the first German customs union created on 1 January 1834, eliminating tariffs between the 39 member states of the German Confederation, with the exception of Austria. -
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Revolution of 1848, the Spring of Nations
The revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the springtime of the peoples or the springtime of nations, were a series of revolutions throughout Europe over the course of more than one year, from 1848 to 1849 -
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France Second Republic
The French Second Republic , officially the French Republic was the second republican government of France. It existed from 1848 until its dissolution in 1852. -
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France's Second Empire: Napoleon III
Second Empire, period in France under the rule of Emperor Napoleon III (the original empire having been that of Napoleon I). -
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Spanish Liberal Biennium
In the history of Spain, the "Progressive Biennium" was the two-year period from July 1854 to July 1856, during which the Progressive Party attempted to reform the political system of the reign of Isabella II, which had been dominated by the Moderate Party since 1843 in the so-called década moderada. -
Independence of Belgium
Following this rising Belgium separated from the Northern Netherlands. A provisional government declared independence on October 4th, 1830. -
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Battles of Magenta and Solferino
The Battles of Magenta and Solferino were key victories for France and the Kingdom of Sardinia over the Austrian Empire, paving the way for Italian unification. -
Garibaldi conquered the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
The king of the Two Sicilies was overthrown by Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1860, after which the people voted in a plebiscite to join the Kingdom of Sardinia. -
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Victor Emmanuel II King of Italy
Victor Emmanuel II became King of Italy in 1861, after the successful unification of most of the Italian peninsula, becoming the first monarch of a united Italy since the 6th century. -
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Danish-Prussian War
The Duchy War or Second Schleswig War was a military conflict that pitted the Austrian Empire and Prussia against Denmark in 1864.