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IND: Steam Engine
pattented by James Watt -
NAP: Napoleon's coup d'etat
Beginning of Napoleonic Ear -
NAP: Concordant
Agreement (with conditions) between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII -
NAP: Napoleon made "Consol for Life"
Napoleon gains then most-powerful in the French government -
NAP: Start of Napoleonic Wars
France's peace with Britain ends -
NAP: Coronation of Napoleon I
Napoleon is made emperor -
NAP: Defeats of Austria and Prussia
Battle of Ulm (Austria), Battle of Austerlitz (Russia) -
NAP: Continental System & Defeat of Prussia
Embargo on British goods, Battles of Jena and Auerstadt -
NAP: Napoleon's Invasion of Russia
Napoleon's ill-fated invasion begins -
NAP: Napoleon's exile to Elba
Napoleon is exiled after failure in Russia -
NAP: Congress of Vienna & Battle of Waterloo
Concert of EUrope established, Napoleon exiled to St. Helena after Battle of Waterloo -
NAP: Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle
Meeting of Allied powers under COncert of Europe -
NAP: Peterloo Massacre in England
In reaction to Corn Laws -
NAP: Decembrist Revolt in Russia
Crushed by Nicholas I -
NAP: Treaty of Adrianopole
Serbia and Danubian Territories gain independence from the Ottoman Empire -
NAP: July Revolution
overthrow of Charles X -
IND: Stephenson's Rocket
Used on first public railway line; fastest of its time -
NAP: Reform Act in Britain
gave representation to previously underrepresented urban areas -
IND REV: Factory Act
Limited amount of work hours for children -
TOC: Beginnings of German Unification
Zollverein formed -
TOC: Abolition of Slavery in all British colonies
creates oppurtunities for missionaries -
NAP: Poor Law in Britain
led to creation of workhouses, actually hurt the poor -
TOC: Great Trek
Dutch Boers pushed out of South Africa by the British ->establish Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State -
TOC: Opium War begins
Chinese officials destroy a shipment of British opium-> results in a British blockade of Chinese ports. Ended by treaty of Treaty of Nanking in 1842 -
TOC: London Straits Convention
Held among “Great Powers” (Russia, Britain, France, Austria, Prussia), re-establishing “ancient rule” of the Ottoman Empire -
IND: The Great Hunger
Famine hits Ireland & decimates population; ends around 1851 -
NAP: Repeal of Corn Laws
Cheaper grain for poor -
IND: Factory Act of 1847 (Ten Hours Act)
restricted the working hours of women and children in British factories to 10 hours a day -
NAP: Revolutions of 1848
Failed revolutions in German States, Italy, Austria, and France -
IND: Britain's Great Exhibition
Showcased the skill of British Engineers -
TOC: Cavour comes to power
becomes prime minister -
NAP: Crimean War truly begins
France and Great Briatin declare war on Russia -
TOC: Four Points of Vienna
Agreed upon by powers of Europe & included:
1) Russia should renounce any claims to occupied territories
2) The 1841 Straits Convention would be revised
3) Navigation in the mouth of the Danube should be internationalized
4) Russia should withdraw any claim to having protective role for the Greek Orthodox residents in the Ottoman Empire -
TOC: Piedmont-Sardonia's involvement in Crimean War starts
Cavour sends 15,000 troops to Crimea -
NAP: Treaty of Paris ends Crimean War
made black sea neutral territory -
TOC: On the Origin of Species
published by Charles Darwin -
TOC: Treaty of Turin
Napoleon III agrees to Piedmont-Sardinia’s annexation of north and central Italy -
TOC: Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed
Victor Emmanuel II crowned King of Italy -
TOC: Otto von Bismark appointed prime minister
Alters course of modern German history -
TOC: Danish War
Prussia and Austria side against Denmark and are victorious -
TOC: Austro-Prussian War ends
Austrians defeated -
TOC: Austro-Prussian War begins
Italian armies align with Prussia -
TOC: Opening of Suez Canal
British controlled canal allows for very convenient transportation route from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea -
TOC: Franco-Prussian War begins
Starts b/c of the Crisis of Spanish Succession -
TOC: End of Franco-Prussian War
French admit defeat, German Empire declared -
TOC: Law of Papal Guarantees
reduces holdings of Pope to Vatican City -
NAP: Paris Commune
Briefly rules until May -
TOC: Treaty of San Stefano
ends Crimean War -
TOC: Treaty of Berlin
agreed upon by major powers & revises treaty of San Stefano, restricting Russian expansion -
TOC: Belgium gains control of the Congo
during the "Scramble for Africa"- proves to be valuable colony -
TOC: Berlin Act
attempts to regulate imperialism in Africa -
NAP: Boulanger Affair
threatens the government's stability in France -
NAP: Beginnings of Dreyfus Affair
Alfred Dreyfus sent to prison -
NAP: Zoinist Conference
held in Switzerland -
TOC: Boer War
erupts between British and Boers in Southern Africa -
TOC: Russo-Japanese War starts
happens b/c Japanese encroached on Russia's control of Port Arthur; ends in 1905