Isms and Revolutions Timeline

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    Louis XVIII reigned FRA

    Louis XVIII, known as "the Desired", was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a period in 1815 known as the Hundred Days
  • The Sorrows of the Young Werther by Goethe

    The Sorrows of the Young Werther by Goethe
    Autobiography of Johann Wolfgang Van Goethe that influenced the romantic movement
  • Robert Owen opened New Lanark

    Robert Owen opened New Lanark
    Bought by Robert Owen to establish cotton mills
  • Reflections on the Revolutions in France

    Reflections on the Revolutions in France
    Burke argued that revolution only kept tradition in the pamphlet
  • Essay on the Principles of Population by Malthus

    Essay on the Principles of Population by Malthus
    Malthus wrote a pamphlet stating that a growing population would lead to poverty and hunger
  • Britains Act of Union

    Britains Act of Union
    It joined Ireland to Great Britain creating the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland.
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    Alexander I reigned in RUS

    Alexander was the first king of Congress Poland and the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland.
  • Bourbon Restoration

    Bourbon Restoration
    After Napolean failed, Louis XVI came back to throne following tradition
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    Congress of Vienna

    The Congress of Vienna was a meeting of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens von Metternich
  • Concert of Europe

    Concert of Europe
    Made up of Prussia, Russia, Austria, and Britain. France was later added in
  • Britains Corn Laws

    Britains Corn Laws
    tariffs on grain. caused anger among consumers of grain and growers of grain
  • 'Iron Law of Wages' by Ricardo

    'Iron Law of Wages' by Ricardo
    The iron law of wages is a proposed law of economics that asserts that real wages always tend.
  • Congress of Aix-La-Chapelle

    Congress of Aix-La-Chapelle
    A high-level diplomatic meeting of France and the four allied powers had defeated it in 1814. The purpose was to decide the withdrawal of the army of occupation from France and renegotiate the reparations it owed
  • Peterloo Massacre

    Peterloo Massacre
    Cavalry charged into a big crowd who had gathered to demand the reform of the parliamentary representation
  • Carlsbad Decrees

    Carlsbad Decrees
    The Carlsbad Decrees were a set of reactionary restrictions introduced in the states of the German Confederation. They banned nationalist fraternity, removed liberal university professors, and censored the press.
  • Prometheus Unbound by Percy Bysshe Shelly

    Prometheus Unbound by Percy Bysshe Shelly
    Prometheus Unbound is a four-act lyrical drama by Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • Congress of Troppau

    Congress of Troppau
    A conference of the Quintuple Alliance to discuss means of suppressing the revolution in Naples of July 1820, and at which the Troppau Protocol was signed on 19 November 1820.
  • Congress of Laibach

    Congress of Laibach
    the decided attempt of the Great Powers to settle international problems after the Napoleonic Wars through discussion and collective weight. A result of the Congress was the authorization of Austrian intervention in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
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    Congress of Verona

    The Congress of Verona met at Verona on 20 October 1822 as part of the series of international conferences
  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine
    President Monroe signed a document stating that any European interference with South America would be considered a threat
  • Frankenstein by Mary Shelly

    Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
    story of a scientist creating a 'hideous ' creature
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    Charles X reigned FRA

    A very conservative ruler that got overthrown and replaced with Louis Napolean
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    Nicholas I reigned RUS

    Nicholas, I reigned as Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855
  • Decembrist Revolt

    Decembrist Revolt
    The Decembrist revolt (took place in Imperial Russia on 26 December. Led soldiers in a protest against Tsar Nicholas I's assumption of the throne the day before. Because these events occurred in December, the rebels were called the Decembrists
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    Louis-Phillipe reigned in FRA

    Louis Philippe I was King of the French from 1830 to 1848
  • July Revolutions

    July Revolutions
    Led to the overthrow of King Charles X after 18 years on the throne, would be overthrown in 1848. It marked the movement from one constitutional monarchy, under the restored House of Bourbon, to another, the July Monarchy.
  • Young Italy created

    Young Italy created
    A political movement for Italian youth created in 1831 by Giuseppe Mazzini
  • Greek Independence

    Greek Independence
    A successful war of independence waged by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire
  • First Belgian Revolution

    First Belgian Revolution
    A conflict that led to the secession of the southern provinces from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the establishment of an independent Kingdom of Belgium.
  • Second Belgian Revolution

    Second Belgian Revolution
    A linked revolution to the last one
  • Britains reform bill of 1832

    Britains reform bill of 1832
    An Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales. The Act was designed to "take effectual Measures for correcting divers Abuses that have long prevailed in the Choice of Members to serve in the Commons House of Parliament"
  • The Zollverein created

    The Zollverein created
    A German union. Created to manage tarrifs
  • Young Germany Created

    Young Germany Created
    Young Germany was a group of German writers with a youth ideology.
  • The Peoples Charter

    The Peoples Charter
    A working-class male suffrage movement for political reform in Britain
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    Frederick William IV reigned in Prussia

    Frederick William IV the eldest son and successor of Frederick William III of Prussia, reigned as King of Prussia from 7 June 1840 to his death.
  • Flora Tristian published Worker's Union

    Flora Tristian published Worker's Union
    She made a different solution to the suppression of not only the proletariat but the working women as well. She was the first to connect the freedom of the working class with the women's rights.
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    Irish Potato Famine

    The Great Famine was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland from 1845 to 1849.
  • The Communist Manifesto

    The Communist Manifesto
    Written in support of communism. Saying that the exploitation of class could be eliminated by eliminating class itself
  • Third French Revolution

    Third French Revolution
    The French Revolution was a period of social and political upheaval in France and its colonies. The Revolution overthrew the monarchy, established a republic
  • Louis Napolean comes into power in France

    Louis Napolean comes into power in France
    He was the first President of France and the last French monarch First elected president of the French Second Republic
  • Revolution in Italy

    Revolution in Italy
    Italian nationalists sought to eliminate reactionary Austrian control
  • Frankfurt Assembly

    Frankfurt Assembly
    The Frankfurt Parliament was the first freely elected parliament for all of Germany
  • Second French Revolution

    Second French Revolution
    It brought Louis Napolean to the throne and kicked Charles X off the throne
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    June days

    The June Days uprising was an uprising staged by French workers
  • On Liberty by Mill

    On Liberty by Mill
    He wrote the essay 'On Liberty' yearning for democracy
  • Das Kapital

    Das Kapital
    He wrote it to explain his theory about capitalism and to force workers to work more hours to meet their economic needs