Important dates Flashcards
When did Frederic Sorrieu prepare ‘The Dream of Worldwide Democratic and Social Republics?
1848
Which year saw the first clear expression of nationalism?
1789 (French revolution)
When did the French armies move into Holland, Switzerland, and much of Italy?
1790s
In which year was the Napoleonic Code introduced?
1804
When was the battle of Leipzig?
1813
When did Napoleon invade Italy?
1797
Which years saw the fall of Napoleon?
1814-1815
When did industrialisation begin in England?
Second half of the 18th century
When did industrialisation occur in France and parts of Germany?
19th century
In which year was the zollverein formed?
1834
In which year was the Treaty of Vienna signed?
1815
When was Giuseppe Mazzini born?
1807
When was Giuseppe Mazzini sent into exile for attempting a revolution in Liguria?
1831 (24 years)
When was the July Revolution?
July, 1830
What period could be called the Age of Revolutions?
1830-1848
When was the Greek war of independence?
1821
When did the English poet, Lord Byron die?
1824 (Fever)
When was the Treaty of Constantinople signed?
1832
When was young Europe founded in Berne?
1833
Write the birth year and death year of Johann Gottfried, the German philosopher.
1744-1803
When was ‘The Massacre at Chios’ painted by Eugene Delacroix?
1824
In which year did an armed rebellion take place against Russian rule?
1831
When was Louis Phillipe forced to flee?
1848
When did a National Assembly proclaim a Republic?
1848
When was the Silesian weavers’ uprising?
4th June, 1848 (2 p.m.)
Which year saw the revolution of the liberals?
1848
When was the Frankfurt parliament convened?
18th May, 1848
When were the Hungarians granted more autonomy by the Habsburg rulers?
1867
When was William I proclaimed German Emperor?
18th January, 1871
During which years did Giuseppe Mazzini seek to put together a coherent plan for a unitary Italian Republic?
1830s
When did Sardinia-Piedmont succeed in defeating the Austrian forces?
1859
In which year, were the Bourbon kings of Spain in South Italy defeated by Sardinia-Piedmont?
1860
When was Victor Emmanuel II proclaimed king of united Italy?
1861
In which year did the English parliament seize power from the monarchy?
1688 (Magna Carta)
When was the Act of Union passed?
1707
When was the revolt by Wolfe Tone and his United Irishmen?
1798
When was the ‘Germania’ painted by Philip Veit?
1848
When did Julius Hubner paint ‘The fallen Germania’?
1850
When did Lorenz Classen paint ‘Germania guarding the Rhine’?
1860
Nationalism, aligned with imperialism, led Europe to disaster in what year?
1914
When did the Grimm brothers publish their first collection of tales?
1812
In which year did Slav nationalism gather forces in the Habsburg and Ottoman Empires?
1905
Write the period in which Italy was unified.
1859-1870
Write the period in which Germany was unified.
1866-1871
