History Rise of Nationalism in Europe

  • French Revolution

  • Napoleon invades Italy

    Napoleonic war begins
  • Napoleon looses Battle of Leipzig

  • Period: to

    Fall of Napoleon

    Vienna Peace Settlement
  • Greek Struggle for independence beings

  • Death of Lord Byron

    Died of fever
  • Bourbon king overthrown

  • Giuseppe Mazzini exiled

    Giuseppe Mazzini (1897-1831), born in Genoa
  • Treaty of Constantinople

    Recognized Greek as an independent state
  • Zollverein Formation

    A Custom Union
  • Frederic Sorrieu Painting

  • REVOLUTION

    Revolutions in Europe; artisans, industrial workers & peasants revolt against economic hardships.
    Middle classes demand constitutions & representative governments.
    Italians, Germans, Magyars, Poles, Czechs, etc. demand nation-states.
  • Period: to

    Unification of Italy

  • Period: to

    Unification of Germany

  • Ernest Speech

    Ernest(1823-92) delivered a speech at University of Sorbonne about "What makes a nation"
  • Slav & Ottoman

    Slav nationalism gathers force in the Habsburg and Ottoman Empires