General Flashcards
7 years war
1756-1763
American war of independence
1775-1783
Declaration of independence in Philadelphia
July 4th, 1776
US Constitution implemented
1789
Summoning of the Estates general
1788
«Oath du jeu de paume» and National Assembly
July 1789
Prise de la Bastille
Juillet 1789
Declaration des droits de l’homme et du citoyen
August 1789
Marche sur Versailles
5 and 6 october 1789
Oath of Loyalty of the Clergy
1790
France 1st Constitution
Septembre 1791
End of the monarchy
August 1792
France 2nd and never applied Constitution
1793
Terror
1793-1794
France 3rd Constitution The Directoire
1795
18th of Brumaire
November 9, 1799
France 4th Constitution The French Consulate
December, 1799
Napoleon coronation
1804
Concordat
1801
Napoleonic code
1804
Battle of Trafalgar and victory and death of Admiral Nelson
1805
Contiental system
1806
Prussian campaign, battle of Jena : confederation of the Rhine
1806-1807
Treaty of Schönbrunn that resulted on the marriage with Marie Louise
1809
Polish campaign
1809-1810
Penal code
1810
Iberian War
1807-1813
Russian campaign
1812
Napoleon is facing the whole Europe
1813
Battle of nations : Leipzig
1813
First Napoleon’s abdication
April 1814
The 100 days
March - June 1815
Waterloo, defeat of France
June 1815
Vienna Congress
September 1814 - June 1815
Charter of Louis XVIII
1814
Charles X on the throne
1824
Reactionary Jules de Polignac president of the assembly
August 1829
July ordinances (no press, dissolution of the assembly,
July 1830
«3 Glorious»
27-30 July 1830
Louis Philippe is offered the crown
1830
Banquet are forbidden by Guizot
January 22, 1848
2nd French Republic and Louis Philippe abdication
1848
June day uprising and violent repression
June 1848
Louis Napoleon is elected President
december 10 1848
Coup d’état de Napoléon III
2 décembre 1851
First series of attempts to independence in Latin America
1806-1816
Chile, Peru, Gran Colombia independence
1818-1822
defeat of the Spanish troops in Latin America
1824
Monroe doctrine
1823
Fontainebleau’s treaty to allow French troops passage in Spain
1807
Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favour of his son Ferdinand VII
1808
Abdication of Bayonne, Napoleon appoints his brother Josep king of Spain
1808
Violent uprising crushed by Murat in SPAIN
May 1808
French troops out of Spain thanks to Wellington
1813
Liberal revolts against Ferdinand VII conducted by liberals
1820
French military intervenes in Spain « hundred thousands Sons of Saint Louis»
1823-1827
Students uprising in German universities
1831-1832
March governments in Germany (liberals)
1848
1st meeting of the German National Assembly
1848
Declaration of the basic rights of the german people
1848
« Possible» german Constitution failed
1849
Society of friends in Greece whose goal was to overthrow the Ottoman Empire’s occupation
1814
Greek war of independence
1821-1832
Revolt in Turkish Moldavia
1821
Massacre of Chios
1824
London treaty establishes Greek’s borders
1832
Vienna Congress creates « Congress Poland»
1815
Carbonari revolution in northern Italy (after the occupation by Murat)
1821
Holy Alliance and Austria crushed the revolts in Italy
1821
Uprising in Lombardy, Venetia and Papal States
1848
Provisional government in Italy
1848
Poor harvests + political and social demands in the UK
1818-1819
Abolition of the combination act that forbidden trade unions in the UK
1824
People act to enlarge electoral body in the UK
1832
Poor laws repealed in the UK
1834
State visit of Edward VII in Paris
1903
Fachoda’s Crisis
1898
Qui était Jean Baptiste Clément?
A french song writer and communard, author of Le temps des cerises et Le Capitaine «au mur»
What was the main reason behind the health improvement during the early 19th century ?
A marked increase in the food supply
The last great European famine
1816-1817 after an Indonesian volcano explosion in 1815
Famine in Russia
1891-1892
proportion of the active population engage in manufacturing, mining or building in 1850
17% in France, 48% in Great Britain
Proportion of the active population engaged in agriculture in France in 1850
more than half
Cholera epidemic had an impact on working class ghettos
1832
What was the goal of the Corn Laws ?
To keep out cheap foreign grain for the benefits of home producers.
Anti-Corn Law League led by R. Cobden denounced the Corn Laws as a rampart for Aristocracy
1838
PM Robert Peel repeals the Corn Laws
1846
Ireland Great Famine
1845-1852
What did the railways mainly replace ?
road and canals to transport materials more effectively
percentage of female workers in Paris in 1840’s
60%
execution of the Duc d’Enghien
1804
Concordat
1801
the difference in administration between the revolution and the Napoleonic Era
during the Revolution its was the work of committees whereas under Napoleon it was the work of all-powerful individuals
Karl Marx publishes The Capital
1867
Proportion of of the population living in towns over 10.000 inhabitants in 1870 in England and France
England 57% France 21%
less than 10% in Russia
Opening of the Suez Canal
1869
tonnage of Britain’s iron exported in 1845 and in 1870
1 million to 320million
Crimean War
1854-1856
Treaty of Nankin
1842
Consequences of the treaty of Nankin
- China must open its harbours to western ships
- give Hong Kong to Great Britain
First Opium War
1838-1842
Second Opium War
1856-1860
Traité de Francfort
1871
Sickness Insurance Law in Germany
1883
Factory act in Great-Britain
1875
What did Metternich said about Italy in 1815 ?
A geographic expression
Italy unified
1859-1861
Germany Unification by Bismarck
1871
Rome becomes the Capital of Italy
1871
Who largely controlled Italy after the fall of the French Empire
Austria and Habsburg
What did Mazzini wished for Italy ?
A federal republic
Cavour is appointed PM of Italy by Victor Emmanuel II
1852
2nd War of Italian Independence helped by Napoleon III
1859
Zollverein
1834
