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Bastille Day
This day celebrates the storming of the Bastille and was a turning point of the French revolution. -
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Toussaint L'Ouverture leads slave revolt
Toussaint was a slave in Haiti and lead the slaves into battle against the French troops since there were so little amount of troops on the island. -
Haiti wins independence
One of L'Ouverture's general Jean-Jacques Dessalines, declared the nation independent and renamed it Haiti. -
Napoleon becomes emperor of France
Napoleon is emperor of France and now controls the armies as well. Napoleon successfully waged war against various coalitions of European nations and expanded his empire. However, after a disastrous French invasion of Russia in 1812, Napoleon abdicated the throne two years later and was exiled to the island of Elba. -
Simon Bolivar liberates Columbia
Columbia is now under the control of Simon Bolivar -
Father Miguel Hidalgo inspires revolution in Mexico
Miguel Hidalgo inspired the Mexicans to revolt against their leaders. -
Jose de San Martin liberates Chile
Spain lost control over Chile -
Simon Bolivar liberates Venezuela
Venezuela is free from Spanish control -
Jose de San Martin liberates Argentina
San Martin Liberates the Spanish control on Argentina -
Simon Bolivar liberates Peru
The Spanish do not control Peru anymore -
Mexico gains independence
Mexico is controlled by its own ruler and is now independent -
Simon Bolivar liberates Ecuador
Spanish control over Ecuador is now lost -
Simon Bolivar liberates Bolivia
Simon Bolivar now also controls Bolivia and owns more territory now -
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Guisseppi Mazzini creates "Young italy"
A political movement for Italian youth founded in 1831 by Giuseppe Mazzini. Mazzini later wrote a letter to King Charles Albert of Sardinia, in which he asked him to unite Italy and lead the nation. -
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Zollverein
Dissolves trade barriers between German speaking states. It was also the customs union of German states in the 19th century. -
Camillo Cavour becomes Prime Minister
Camillo Cavour improved agriculture, He built railroads, And he also believed in realpolitik. After Cavour became prime minister, he did a lot of good things for his people -
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Italian Role in the crimean war
The success of the allies in the Crimean War confirmed the prestige of Cavour. The immediate cause of the war involved the rights and the privileges of the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholics in the Holy places in Palestine. -
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Garibaldi's Red shirts capture Sicily
The project was an ambitious and risky venture aiming to conquer, with a thousand men, a kingdom with a larger regular army and a more powerful navy. The expedition was a success and concluded with a plebiscite that brought Naples and Sicily into the Kingdom of Sardinia, the last territorial conquest before the creation of the Kingdom of Italy on 17 March 1861 -
Bismarck Becomes Prime Minister
On September 23, 1862, Bismarck is crowned Prime Minister of Prussia -
Blood and Iron speech
A speech that was given by Otto von Bismark about the unification of the German territories. -
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War with Denmark
The war began on 1 February 1864, when Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig. Denmark fought the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire. -
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War with Austria
Prussia wiped Austria just enough for them to not be destroyed so that they could become friends in the future. -
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War with France
France declares war on Prussia and In 1870, France is week but England is still the top country in Europe. -
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2nd Reich
The Second Reich began in 1871 when Kaiser Wilhelm II was crowned the king of Prussia -
Victor Emmanuel II is crowned king of Italy.
He was the first king of Italy. After the Revolution of 1848, when war broke out with Austria, Victor Emmanuel was given command of a division.