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Marriages between countries
Since the beginning of monarchies, a way in which the relationships between countries were reafirmed, is the forced marriages between the future generations of both royal families. One important marriage which started a lot of the european history we actually know, is the one of Mary from Scotland and Franscis from France. -
30 year war
The Thirty Years' War was a war fought in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, in which most of the great European powers of the time intervened. -
United States Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America is a document drafted by the second Continental Congress.The Declaration of Independence states the principles on which the government, and identity of Americans, is based. -
Beginning of the French Revolution
The French Revolution was a social and political conflict, with various periods of violence, that convulsed France and, by extension of its implications, to other nations of Europe that faced supporters and opponents of the system known as the Old Regime. -
Vienna Congress
The Congress of Vienna was an international meeting held in the Austrian capital, convened with the objective of restoring the borders of Europe after the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte and reorganizing the political ideologies of the Old Regime. -
Unification of Italy and Germany
After Napoleon fell, the Congress of Vienna restored the pre-Napoleonic patchwork of independent governments. Italy was again controlled largely by the Austrian Empire and the Habsburgs. The Italian States were given back to their former rulers. -
Triple Alliance
The Triple Alliance was the name received by the coalition initially made up of the German Empire and the Hungarian Austro Empire at the initiative of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, to which Italy would later join. -
Triple Entente
The Triple Entente was a pact signed in 1914, consisting of the Franco-Russian alliance, the Franco-British Entente Cordiale of 1904 and the Russian-British agreement of 1907. -
World War I
World War I was a very big international conflict. It divided the world into the "Central Powers" side and the "Allied Powers" side. -
League of Nations
The League of Nations or League of Nations was an international body created by the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. It was proposed to establish the basis for peace and reorganization of international relations after the end of World War I. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. -
World War II
World War II was a global military conflict that developed between 1939 and 1945. It involved most of the world's nations, including all the great powers, grouped into two opposing military alliances. -
Creation of the United Nations
The name "United Nations" coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt was first used in the Declaration by United Nations of 1 January 1942, during the Second World War. -
Cold War
The Cold War was a political, economic, social, military, informative confrontation that was initiated after the end of World War II between the Western bloc led by the United States, and the Eastern bloc led by the Soviet Union. -
North American Free Trade Agreement
NAFTA stands for the North American Free Trade Agreement, which was negotiated between the United States, Canada and Mexico, and was initially created to help lower costs of trade and bolster North American trade. The agreement eliminated almost all tariffs and taxes on imports and exports. The agreement also rid the three countries of trade barriers. Although, nowadays the agreement has changes.