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Start of French Revolution (Bastille Day)
Bastille day is a holiday celebrating the storming of the Bastille which was the start of the French Revolution. -
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Toussaint L'Ouverture leads slave revolt
Toussaint L'Ouverture a slave in Haiti realized that his people outnumbered the slave owners in Haiti. He eventually got everyone together to revolt and Haiti and the people there got their independence. -
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War with Austria
It was a war with a series of military conflicts lasting from 1792 to 1802 were results of the French Revolution. This war put the French against Great Britain, Austria, and several other countries. -
Haiti wins independence
The Haitian Revolution freed all of the slaves that worked on the islands in plantations and Haiti gained independence from Spain. -
Napoleon becomes emperor of France
The coronation of Napoleon as Emperor of France took place in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, on Sunday December 2, 1804. -
Mexico gains independence
On September 16, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla launched the war of Mexican War of Independece. -
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Jose de San Martin liberates Argentina & Chile
Jose san Martin was an Argentine soldier and states man. He helped lead Revolutions against Spanish rule in Argentina, Chile, and Peru. -
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Simon Bolivar liberates Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, & Bolivia
Simon Bolivar was a Venezuelan soldier and states man who led the revolutions over Spanish rule. Bolivar worked to liberate Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. -
Guisseppi Mazzini Creates "Young Italy"
Young Italy was a political movement for Italian youth founded in 1831 -
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Zollverein
The Zollverein was a union of German states formed to manage tariffs and economic policies in Germany. It lasted from 1834 to 1853. -
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Italian Role in the Crimean War
The Crimean war was fought between the years 1853 and 1856. The war led to the unification of Italy. -
Garibaldi's Red Shirts capture Italy
Garibaldi leads a 1000 man militia into Sicily and defeats Sicily and Naples and gives them to Sardinia. -
Bismarck becomes Prime Minister
Otto von Bismarck becomes prime minister of Prussia in 1862. -
Victor Emmanuel II is crowned King of unified Italy
Victor Emmanuel II was crowned king of unified Italy in 1861 after being king of Sardinia from 1849 to 1861. -
Blood and Iron Speech
Otto von Bismarck prime minister of Prussia gave the Blood and Iron speech at a meeting of the budget commission of the Prussian Parliament on September 30, 1862. -
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War with Denmark
This war was called the Second Schleswig War. It was fought between Denmark, Prussia, and Austria. -
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War with France
This war was called the Franco-Prussian war. This war consists of German states led by Prussia defeating France. -
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2nd Reich
The second Reich was the German nation state that existed from the Unification of Germany in 1871 until Wilhelm II was abdicated in 1918 after the end of WWI. It was founded in 1871 when the south German states, except for Austria, joined the North German Confederation.