World History

  • Start of the French Revolution

    Bastille day.On this day the people of France started to use common sense and stormed the bastille for gunpowder.
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    Toussaint L ' Ouverture leads slave revolt

    Toussaint L'Ouverture lead the slave revolt from 1791 to 1804.He saw that there was way more slaves then there were french so by common sense they fought for their independence and won their independence due to the french being outnumbered.
  • Haiti wins independence

    On January 1st Haiti won its independence from France led by Toussaint-Louverture
  • napoleon becomes emperor of France

    On December 2,1804 Napoleon had crowned himself the emperor of France because of all his accomplishments and how the people loved him for everything he has done.
  • simon bolivar liberates colombia

    Simon bolivar gained Colombias independence from Spain.His men marched into Spanish territory and won.
  • Father Miguel Hidalgo inspires revolution in Mexico

    On september 16,1810 father Miguel had made a speech that started the Mexican war for independence.
  • jose de san martin liberates Argentina and chile

    Jose de san martin liberated Argentina and Chile in 1816 when he defeated the Spanish and royalists
  • Bolivar liberates Venezuela

    On this date Bolivar liberated Venezuela meaning they gained their independence from Spain.
  • Simon Bolivar liberates peru

    Simon Bolivar and his men took Peru from Spanish control in 1821 and bolivar keeps getting closer to a revolution.
  • Mexico Gains indepndence

    On september 16,1810 mexico had gained its independence from spain.Also on this day Miguel hidalgo started the mexican war.
  • Simon bolivar liberates Ecuador

    On this day Simon bolivar defeated the Spanish royalists and now liberated part of Ecuador.This was one of the stops Bolivar made to keep gathering people the revolution.
  • Simon bolivar liberates Bolivia

    Simon Bolivar liberated Bolivia gaining their independence from Spain.
  • Guisseppi Mazzini creates "young Italy"

    Guisseppi Mazzini created the young Italy organization to work towards a united, republican Italian Nation.
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    Zollverein

    The Zollverein was a union that was a group of german states that came together to talk about tariffs between them and economic policies.The Zollverein was a economic idea.
  • Camillo Cavour becomes Prime minister

    Camillo Cavour becomes prime minister of Sardinia and created a united Italy from Austria.
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    Italian role in the crimean war

    Italys role in the crimean war was to create a united Italy from Austria
    and to take control over small states in central Europe.Britain and France were allies to Sardinia.
  • Garibaldis Red Shirts capture sicily

    This was an expedition to liberate southern Italy.
  • Victor Emmanuel the second is crowned king of unified Italy

    On this date Victor Emmanuel the second was crowed king of unified Italy after he worked to help Italy from foreign control.
  • Bismarck becomes prime minister

    King Wilhelm of Prussia appoints Bismarck to become Prime minister after Bismarck served Prussia for many years.
  • Blood and Iron Speech

    On september 30,1862 Bismarck read one of his most famous speeches that people call his "blood and iron speech".Bismarck was known for fighting many wars/battles.
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    Prussia vs Denmark

    Austria and Prussia joined together against Denmark to fight over Schleswig-Holstein.Prussia and Austria won and know have control over Schleswig-Holstein.
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    Austrian-Prussian war

    The Austrian-Prussian war was Prussia attacking Austria in order to have control for a united Germany.Prussia beat Austria and Germany was now more behind Prussia than austria.
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    Franco Prussian war

    The Franco Prussian war was that Spain did not want Prussia having peace with Spain so France started the war.It ended up with Prussia winning.Bismarck also needed some french states anyway so he wanted to get the french mad so that they would attack him first and it worked.
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    2nd Reich

    The 2nd reich took place from 1871 to 1918 at the end of world war one.The 2nd reich was a war involving many European states and countries.