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Napoleonic wars
Napoleon goes to war with many countries -
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Congress of Vienna
Conference of ambassadors meet to discuss peace between countries -
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Italy unifies
Italy combines all their states into one single state of Italian Kingdom -
Napoleon defeated at Waterloo
Napoleon is defeated after many tactical errors -
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Greek independance
Greek fight a huge war for independance -
Liverpool Manchester railroad opens
First modern railroad is opened in Britan -
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Queen Victoria begins her reign on Britain
Queen Victoria rules over Britain -
Potato famine of Ireland begins
Potato crops become infected and everyone starves -
Revolutions of 1848
A series of republican revolts against the monarchy -
Marx and Engels publish the communist manefesto
Carl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish the communist manefesto -
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Years of major European revolutions
A major revolution mostly involved with political upheval -
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Crimean war
War between Russia and allied France, Britain, Ottoman empire, and Sardinia. -
Bessemer process is invented
Henry Bessemer invents a way to make steel from pig iron -
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Britain begins rule of India
A period where Britain ruled over the subcontinent India.The rule of the east India company was handed over to Queen Victoria -
Charles Darwin publishes "The Origin Of Species"
Charles Darwin publishes his book on natural selection -
Czar Alexander frees the serfs
Czar Alexander abolishes serfdom in Russia -
Britain grants Canada self rule
A greater freedom was raised in colonies starting in Canada allowing taxation and other laws to be made to their liking with only a permanent tax to Britain the home country -
Dual monarchy of Austria Hungary
Austria and Hungary share a monarchy -
Dynamite is invented
Dynamite is invented as an alternative to black powder explosives -
French built Suez Canal opens in Egypt
100 mile canal known as the Suez opens in Egypt after being built -
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Franco Prussian war
War between France and Germany -
Germany unifies
Germany integrates as a union state -
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European nations carve up Africa at the Berlin confrence
The nations split up Africa to rule over smaller nations -
Czar Alexander is assassinated
Czar Alexander is assassinated via explosive attack in St.Petersburg -
Dreyfus convicted of treason
French officer Alfred Dreyfus is convicted of treason