Important dates

Question 1

When did Frederic Sorrieu prepare ‘The Dream of Worldwide Democratic and Social Republics?

Answer 1

1848

Question 2

Which year saw the first clear expression of nationalism?

Answer 2

1789 (French revolution)

Question 3

When did the French armies move into Holland, Switzerland, and much of Italy?

Answer 3

1790s

Question 4

In which year was the Napoleonic Code introduced?

Answer 4

1804

Question 5

When was the battle of Leipzig?

Answer 5

1813

Question 6

When did Napoleon invade Italy?

Answer 6

1797

Question 7

Which years saw the fall of Napoleon?

Answer 7

1814-1815

Question 8

When did industrialisation begin in England?

Answer 8

Second half of the 18th century

Question 9

When did industrialisation occur in France and parts of Germany?

Answer 9

19th century

Question 10

In which year was the zollverein formed?

Answer 10

1834

Question 11

In which year was the Treaty of Vienna signed?

Answer 11

1815

Question 12

When was Giuseppe Mazzini born?

Answer 12

1807

Question 13

When was Giuseppe Mazzini sent into exile for attempting a revolution in Liguria?

Answer 13

1831 (24 years)

Question 14

When was the July Revolution?

Answer 14

July, 1830

Question 15

What period could be called the Age of Revolutions?

Answer 15

1830-1848

Question 16

When was the Greek war of independence?

Answer 16

1821

Question 17

When did the English poet, Lord Byron die?

Answer 17

1824 (Fever)

Question 18

When was the Treaty of Constantinople signed?

Answer 18

1832

Question 19

When was young Europe founded in Berne?

Answer 19

1833

Question 20

Write the birth year and death year of Johann Gottfried, the German philosopher.

Answer 20

1744-1803

Question 21

When was ‘The Massacre at Chios’ painted by Eugene Delacroix?

Answer 21

1824

Question 22

In which year did an armed rebellion take place against Russian rule?

Answer 22

1831

Question 23

When was Louis Phillipe forced to flee?

Answer 23

1848

Question 24

When did a National Assembly proclaim a Republic?

Answer 24

1848

Question 25

When was the Silesian weavers’ uprising?

Answer 25

4th June, 1848 (2 p.m.)

Question 26

Which year saw the revolution of the liberals?

Answer 26

1848

Question 27

When was the Frankfurt parliament convened?

Answer 27

18th May, 1848

Question 28

When were the Hungarians granted more autonomy by the Habsburg rulers?

Answer 28

1867

Question 29

When was William I proclaimed German Emperor?

Answer 29

18th January, 1871

Question 30

During which years did Giuseppe Mazzini seek to put together a coherent plan for a unitary Italian Republic?

Answer 30

1830s

Question 31

When did Sardinia-Piedmont succeed in defeating the Austrian forces?

Answer 31

1859

Question 32

In which year, were the Bourbon kings of Spain in South Italy defeated by Sardinia-Piedmont?

Answer 32

1860

Question 33

When was Victor Emmanuel II proclaimed king of united Italy?

Answer 33

1861

Question 34

In which year did the English parliament seize power from the monarchy?

Answer 34

1688 (Magna Carta)

Question 35

When was the Act of Union passed?

Answer 35

1707

Question 36

When was the revolt by Wolfe Tone and his United Irishmen?

Answer 36

1798

Question 37

When was the ‘Germania’ painted by Philip Veit?

Answer 37

1848

Question 38

When did Julius Hubner paint ‘The fallen Germania’?

Answer 38

1850

Question 39

When did Lorenz Classen paint ‘Germania guarding the Rhine’?

Answer 39

1860

Question 40

Nationalism, aligned with imperialism, led Europe to disaster in what year?

Answer 40

1914

Question 41

When did the Grimm brothers publish their first collection of tales?

Answer 41

1812

Question 42

In which year did Slav nationalism gather forces in the Habsburg and Ottoman Empires?

Answer 42

1905

Question 43

Write the period in which Italy was unified.

Answer 43

1859-1870

Question 44

Write the period in which Germany was unified.

Answer 44

1866-1871