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The book will have 20 6-page-sections, each consisting of

• 1 timeline

• 1 single page „Historical Figures“

• 1 double-page „Historical Events“

While the focus lies on the western world all sections will tie in important events and persons from the rest of the world.

Title, half title, table of content

–3000 BCE Prehistory

3000–1000 BCE First Empires

1000–500 BCE Ancient World I: early Greek and Roman empires

500 BCE–14 AD In Focus: The Classical Period – Hellenistic Greece and the Roman Empire

14–500 Ancient World III: Late Antiquity and Great Migrations

500–1054 Early Middle Ages

1054–1250 High Middle Ages

1251–1492 Late Middle Ages

1492–1555 Early Modern History: Renaissance

1555–1648 In Focus: Reformation and Religious wars

1648–1750 Absolutism

1750–1815 Era of revolutions

1815–1848 Restauration

1848–1900 Industrialization, Civil War in America

1900–1920 Decline of old empires, World War I

1920–1939 Interwar period

1939–1945 In Focus: World Wor II

1945–1973 Postwar order of the world and Cold War

1973–1989 Political globalisation

1989–today The contemporary world

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Simón Bolívar lead the Wars

of Independence in South America against the colonial rule of Spain.

1815–1817 In the Second Serbian Upri-sing, Serbia wins its autonomy from the Ottoman Empire.

1812/1813 Napoleon’s campaign in Russiaends with an expensive retreat for the French.

1830/1831 After the declaration of independence of Ecuador and Venezuela, the Republic of Great Colombia, founded by Simón Bolívar in 1821, is dissolved, thus finally ending Bolívar’s dream of a unified Latin America.

1836 Formulation of the People’s Charter and the founding of the Chartist movement.

1821–1829 In the Greek War of Independence,Greece wrestles its independence from the Otto-man Empire with the help of the European powers. In the sea-battle of Navarino in 1827, the Egyptian fleet, allied to the Ottomans, is defeated.

Invention of the first by Briton Ed-

1829 The Roman Catholic Relief Act in Britain culmi-nates in the Catholic Emanci-pation movement.

1830/1831 Rus-sian troops defeat a Polish uprisingPoland becomes incorporated into

1816–1828 The campai-gns of the Zulu king Shaka cause the collapse of the social and political order in southern Africa; hundreds of thousands die as they flee.

1835–1841 In the Great Trek, the Boers migrate into the interior of South Africa and found a number of republics.

1822 Brazil declares its independence from Por-tugal.

1821 Spain re-cognises the in-dependence of Mexico.

1830 Belgium declares its independence from the Netherlands; the country draws up a liberal constitution in 1831.

1823 In the so-cal-led Monroe Doc-trine, US president James Monroe criti-cises European colo-nisation in the we-stern hemisphere.

1825 Decembrist uprising of liberal-minded officers and intellectuals against the new Russian Tsar Nicholas I.

1815 Napoleon leaves Elba and seizes power in France again, ruling for one hundred days. He is ultima-tely defeated on the 18th of June at the Battle of Waterloo.

1814/1815 After the fall of Napoleon, Europe is re-arranged at the Congress of Vienna. The Ger-man Confederation is created as a result.

1830 French troops occupy Algiers.

“Liberty guides the people”

(Eugène Delacroix, 1830)

1835 The fairytales of the Danish author and poet Andersen are published.

1825 The Stockton and Darlington Rail-way in north-eastern England is the first public rail service designed for passen-ger travel.

1831 Realist French author and playwright Honoré de Balzac publishes La Peau de chagrin as part of his novel sequence La Comédie hu-maine.

1835 Felix Mendelssohnconductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

Bieder- is culturally

1820 1830

1848 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish the Communist Manifesto; they call on the proletariat to rise up in revolution in order to create a classless society.

1830/1831 Rus-sian troops defeat

Polish uprising;Poland becomes incorporated into

1862–1890Prussian minister president and German chancellor from 1871, BismarckGerman unity under Prussian leader-ship.

1848 The February Revolu-tion in France overthrows King Louis Philippe. The Se-cond Republic is proclaimed.

1851 The Great Exhibition in London is the first world fair of culture and industry. The Crys-tal Palace is constructed out of cast iron and glass by Joseph Paxton.

1849 The Califor-nian gold rush reaches its high point.

1837–1901 During the reign of Queen Victoria, called the Victorian era, the British Empire stands at the zenith of its powers.

1830 The July Revolution forces the reactionary French King Charles X of Bourbon to abdicate. Louis Philippe of Orléans becomes King of the French (until 1848).

1840 The Treaty of Waitangi between the British and the native Maoris establishes British rule in New Zealand.

1847–1874Carlist Warsseries of civil wars between liberals and con-servatives, en-gulf Spain.

1840–1842 First of the Opium Wars of Britain against China; Hong Kongbecomes a British colony.

1848/1849 Beginning in France, a series of revolu-tions unsettle all of Europe. New social classes demand a share of power. In most states, including Germany, the uprisings are brutally suppressed.

“Liberty guides the people”


1835 The fairytales of the Danish author and poet Hans Christian Andersen are published.

Felix Mendelssohn appointed conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

1845–1849 A devastating potato blight leads to an extended famine in Ireland and a wave of emigrationto the United States.

1840 1850

1861 Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia-Piedmont, from the

House of Savoy, becomes the first king of a united Italy.

1852 Napoleon III. Bona-

parte, French president

since 1848, founds the

Second Empire (until 1870).

1859-1861 With the support of

France against Austrian opposition,

Italian nationalists manage to unify

Italy, called Risorgimento (The

Resurgence).

1867 Das Kapital, a critique of the political

economy and one of the most significant

works of Karl Marx, is an analysis of criti-

cism of capitalist society with wide-ranging

consequences in the workers’ movement

and in the history of the 20th century.

1848–1850 The German-Danish

War consists of minor military con-

flicts over Schleswig-Holstein and

particularly the Duchy of Schleswig

between the German Confederation

and the Kingdom of Denmark.

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish

; they call on the

proletariat to rise up in revolution in order to

1856–1860 In the Second

Opium War, the British force

the Chinese market to open

up, resulting in the collapse

of the internal market.

1853–1856 During the

Crimean War, British, French,

and Ottoman armies stop

the Russian expansion in the

regions around the Black Sea.

1867 The Austro-Hungarian Compromise

transforms the Austrian Empire into the

Austro-Hungarian double monarchy.

1862–1890 As

Prussian minister

president and German chancellor

from 1871, Otto von

Bismarck imposes

German unity under

Prussian leader-

ship.

1854 US warships land in

modern Tokyo to force Japan

to open up to trade with the

west.

February Revolu-

in France overthrows

King Louis Philippe. The Se-

cond Republic is proclaimed.

1861 The abolition of

serfdom in Russia.

Great Exhibition in

is the first world fair of

culture and industry. The Crys-

tal Palace is constructed out of

cast iron and glass by Joseph

1857–1858 The British suppress

an uprising in India against colo-

nial rule and depose the last

Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah II.

He was exiled to Burma, where he

died in 1862, thus bringing the

Mughal dynasty, reigning since the

16th century, to an end.

“A spectre is haunting

Europe, the spectre of Communism”

(The Communist Manifesto, 1848)

1847–1874 The

Carlist Wars, a series of civil wars between liberals and con-

servatives, en-gulf Spain.

First of the of Britain

Hong Kong

becomes a British colony.

series of revolu-

unsettle all of Europe. New social classes

demand a share of power. In most states, including

Germany, the uprisings are brutally suppressed.1871 After the fall of Paris, the radical socialist

and communist forces seize power in March

1871, and form the “Paris Commune”, which

was brutally suppressed in May.

1863 The Swiss Henry

Dunant founds the Inter-

national Red Cross.

1869 The Suez Canal is constructed.

1859 English scientist

Charles Darwin pub-

lishes Origin of Species

by Means of Natural

Selection, laying the

foundations of the

theory of evolution.

1860/1861 After the election of Abraham

Lincoln, an opponent of slavery, as president,

the slave-owning southern states (the confe-

derates) secede from the USA. The American

Civil War begins and lasts until 1865.

1868 The Meiji restoration ends the rule

of the shoguns in Japan. Under the Meiji

emperor, who ruled until 1912, the

modernisation of Japan begins along

western lines.

1870 Italian troops occupy Rome on September

20th; end of the Papal State. Pope Pius IX beco-

mes a prisoner in the Vatican.

1873–1874Spanish Republic

1861–1872 President

Benito Juárez implements

liberal reforms in Mexico; he

manages to drive out French

troops after a civil war (until

1866/67).

1870 John D. Rockefeller

founds the Standard Oil

Company.

1871 King Wilhelm I of

Prussia is proclaimed

man Kaiser at the founda-

tion of the German Reich

under Prussian leadership.

18601870

, a critique of the political

economy and one of the most significant

works of Karl Marx, is an analysis of criti-

cism of capitalist society with wide-ranging

consequences in the workers’ movement

and in the history of the 20th century.

“A spectre is haunting

Europe, the spectre of Communism”

(The Communist Manifesto, 1848)

After the fall of Paris, the radical socialist

and communist forces seize power in March

“Paris Commune”, which

was brutally suppressed in May.

Dunant founds the Inter-

is constructed.

1875 The Ottoman Empire, the “sick man of the

Bosporus”, is forced to declare state

bankruptcy as a result of mismanagement.

1870–1871 In the Franco-

Prussian War, the Germans

defeat France; the new Ger-

man Reich becomes a power-

ful force in Europe and wins

Alsace and Lorraine.

Italian troops occupy Rome on September

. Pope Pius IX beco-

1870 After the defeat at Sedan

on September 1st, Napoleon III,

Emperor of France, is captured

by Prussian troops; on Septem-

ber 4th, the Third French Repu-

blic is proclaimed.

1881–1884 In Russia there are a series

of pogroms against the Jewish population.

The government passes laws against Jews.

1873–1874 First

Spanish Republic.

1877 The British Queen Victoria takes the title

“Empress of India”.

1870 John D. Rockefeller

founds the Standard Oil

Company.

1871 King Wilhelm I of

Prussia is proclaimed Ger-

man Kaiser at the founda-

tion of the German Reich

under Prussian leadership.

1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War: Serbia declares

war against Bulgaria but is defeated in the

Battle of Slivnitsa. As a result of the war, Euro-

pean powers acknowledged the act of Unifica-

tion of Bulgaria

1882 Britain secures its con-

trol over the Suez Canal and

the whole of Egypt.

1885 Karl Benz

builds the first au-

tomobile, which is

driven for the first

time in Mannheim

in 1886.

1879–1884 In the War of

the Pacific, Chile, with

European aid, secures the

control of saltpetre

against Peru and Bolivia.

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1861 Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia-Piedmont, from the House of Savoy, becomes the first king of a united Italy.

1852 Napoleon III. Bona-parte, French president since 1848, founds the Second Empire (until 1870).

1859-1861 With the support of France against Austrian opposition, Italian nationalists manage to unify

Italy, called Risorgimento (The Resurgence).

1867 Das Kapital, a critique of the political economy and one of the most significant works of Karl Marx, is an analysis of criti-cism of capitalist society with wide-ranging consequences in the workers’ movement and in the history of the 20th century.

1848–1850 The German-Danish War consists of minor military con-flicts over Schleswig-Holstein and particularly the Duchy of Schleswig between the German Confederation and the Kingdom of Denmark.

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish ; they call on the

proletariat to rise up in revolution in order to

1856–1860 In the Second Opium War, the British force the Chinese market to open up, resulting in the collapse of the internal market.

1853–1856 During the Crimean War, British, French, and Ottoman armies stop the Russian expansion in the regions around the Black Sea.

1867 The Austro-Hungarian Compromisetransforms the Austrian Empire into the Austro-Hungarian double monarchy.

1862–1890 As Prussian minister president and German chancellor from 1871, Otto von Bismarck imposes German unity under Prussian leader-ship.

1854 US warships land in modern Tokyo to force Japan to open up to trade with the west.

February Revolu-in France overthrows

King Louis Philippe. The Se-cond Republic is proclaimed.

1861 The abolition of serfdom in Russia.

Great Exhibition in is the first world fair of

culture and industry. The Crys-tal Palace is constructed out of cast iron and glass by Joseph

1857–1858 The British suppress an uprising in India against colo-nial rule and depose the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah II. He was exiled to Burma, where he died in 1862, thus bringing the Mughal dynasty, reigning since the 16th century, to an end.

“A spectre is haunting Europe, the spectre of

Communism” (The Communist Manifesto, 1848)

1847–1874 The Carlist Wars, a series of civil wars between liberals and con-servatives, en-gulf Spain.

First of the of Britain

Hong Kongbecomes a British colony.

series of revolu- unsettle all of Europe. New social classes

demand a share of power. In most states, including Germany, the uprisings are brutally suppressed.

1871 After the fall of Paris, the radical socialist and communist forces seize power in March 1871, and form the “Paris Commune”, which was brutally suppressed in May.

1863 The Swiss Henry Dunant founds the Inter-national Red Cross.


1859 English scientist Charles Darwin pub-lishes Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, laying the foundations of the theory of evolution.

1860/1861 After the election of Abraham Lincoln, an opponent of slavery, as president, the slave-owning southern states (the confe-derates) secede from the USA. The American Civil War begins and lasts until 1865.

1868 The Meiji restoration ends the rule of the shoguns in Japan. Under the Meiji emperor, who ruled until 1912, the modernisation of Japan begins along western lines.

1870 Italian troops occupy Rome on September 20th; end of the Papal State. Pope Pius IX beco-mes a prisoner in the Vatican.

1873–1874Spanish Republic

1861–1872 President Benito Juárez implements liberal reforms in Mexico; he manages to drive out French troops after a civil war (until 1866/67).

1870 John D. Rockefellerfounds the Standard Oil Company.

1871 King Wilhelm I of Prussia is proclaimed man Kaiser at the founda-tion of the German Reich under Prussian leadership.

1860 1870

1804–1810 The Fulani War in present day Nigeria and Cameroon. Islamic reformer Usman dan Fodio assembled a Fulani army to lead in jihad against the Hausa kingdoms of the north and established his Fulani Empire.

1811 With the extinction of the Mameluk military aristocracy, Muham-med Ali Pasha secures his rule over Egypt.

1804 Napoleon Bonaparte decrees the Code civilon March 21st.

since 1811/1812 Simón Bolívar and José de San Martin lead the Wars of Independence in South America against the colonial rule of Spain.

1815–1817 In the Second Serbian Upri-sing, Serbia wins its au-tonomy from the Ottoman Empire.

1805 British admiral Horatio Nel-son defeats the French fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar.

1801–1809 Thomas Jeffersonbecomes third president of the United States of America.

1809–1848 Klemens Wenzel Prince von Metternich, as the chancellor of Austria, shapes the political landscape of Europe in the first half of the 19th century with his conservatism. The ‘Met-ternich System’ is based on an extended network of diplomacy and

1804 Imperial coronation of Napoleon, on the 2nd Decem-ber.


1808–1813 The struggle against Napoleon’s troops in Spain develops into bloody guerrilla warfare.

1807/1810 The author Germaine de Staël-Holstein, who had been forced to leave France because of her opposition to Napo-leon, writes her most significant work, “On Germany” (De L’Allemagne). She shapes the image of the ‘country of poets and thinkers’.

1830/1831 After the declaration of independence of Ecuador and Vene-zuela, the Republic of Great Colom-bia, founded by Simón Bolívar in 1821, is dissolved, thus finally ending Bolívar’s dream of a unified Latin America.


1821–1829 In the Greek War of Independence,Greece wrestles its independence from the Ottoman Empire with the help of the European powers. In the sea-battle of Navarino in 1827, the Egyptian fleet, allied to the Ottomans, is defeated.



1859-1861 With the support of France against Austrian opposition, Italian

nationalists manage to unify Italy, called Risorgimento (The

Resurgence).

1867 Das Kapital, a critique of the political economy and one of the most significant works of Karl Marx, is an analysis of criticism of capi-talist society with wide-ranging consequences in the workers’ movement and in the history of the 20th century.

1822 Invention of the first power loom by Briton Edmund Cartwright.

1848–1850 The German-Danish Warconsists of minor military conflicts over Schleswig-Holstein and particularly the Duchy of Schleswig between the Ger-man Confederation and the Kingdom of Denmark.

1848 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish the Communist Manifesto; they call on the prole-tariat to rise up in revolution in order to create a classless society.


1829 The Roman Catholic Relief Act in Britain culminates in the Catholic Emancipation movement.

1830/1831 Russian troops defeat a Polish uprising; Poland becomes incorporated into the Russian Empire.

1853–1856 During the Crimean War, British, French, and Otto-man armies stop the Russian expansion in the regions around the Black Sea.



1867 The Austro-Hungarian Com-promise transforms the Austrian Empire into the Austro-Hungarian double monarchy.

1862–1890 As Prussian minister president and Ger-man chancellor from 1871, Otto von Bismarck imposes German unity under Prussian lea-dership.

1822 Brazil declares its independence from Portu-gal.

1821 Spain recog-nises the inde-pendence of Mexico.

1830 Belgium declares its independence from the Netherlands; the country draws up a liberal constitu-tion in 1831.

1823 In the so-called Monroe Doctrine,US president James Monroe criticises European colonisa-tion in the western he-misphere.

1825 Decembrist uprising of liberal-minded officers and in-tellectuals against the new Russian Tsar Nicholas I.

1854 US warships land in modern Tokyo to force Japan to open up to tradewith the west.

1848 The February Revolution in France overthrows King Louis Philippe. The Second Republic is proclaimed.


1857–1858 The British suppress an uprising in India against colonial rule and depose the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah II. He was exiled to Burma, where he died in 1862, thus bringing the Mughal dynasty, reigning since the 16th century, to an end.

1849 The Californian gold rush reaches its high point.




1814/1815 After the fall of Napoleon, Europe is re-arranged at the Congress of Vienna. The German Confederation is created as a result.





1847–1874 The Carlist Wars, a series of civil wars between liberals and conserva-tives, engulf Spain.


1848/1849 Beginning in France, a series of revolutions unsettle all of Europe. New social classes demand a share of power. In most states, including Germany, the uprisings are brutally suppressed.

1851 The Great Exhibition in London is the first world fair of culture and industry. The Crystal Palace is constructed out of cast iron and glass by Joseph Paxton.

“Liberty guidesthe people”



1835 The fairytales of the Danish author and poet Hans Christian Andersenare published.

1835 Felix Mendelssohnappointed conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.1831 Realist French author and

playwright Honoré de Balzacpublishes La Peau de chagrin as part of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine.

1825 The Stockton and Darlington Railway in north-eastern England is the first public rail service designed for passenger travel.



1859 English scientist Charles Darwin publishes Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, laying the founda-tions of the theory of evolution.

1815–1848 The Biedermeier style is culturally dominant.

1860/1861 After the election of Abraham Lin-coln, an opponent of slavery, as president, the slave-owning southern states (the confederates) secede from the USA. The American Civil Warbegins and lasts until 1865.


1845–1849 A devastating potato blight leads to an extended famine in Ireland and a wave of emigration to the United States.

1875 The Ottoman Empire, the “sick man of the Bosporus”, is forced to declare state bankruptcy as a result of mismanagement.

1870–1871 In the Franco-Prussian War, the Germans de-feat France; the new German Reich becomes a powerful force in Europe and wins Alsace and Lorraine.

1870 Italian troops occupy Rome on September 20th; end of the Papal State. Pope Pius IX becomes a pri-soner in the Vatican.

1873–1874 First Spanish Republic.

1870 After the defeat at Sedanon September 1st, Napoleon III, Emperor of France, is captured by Prussian troops; on September 4th, the Third French Republicis proclaimed.

1881–1884 In Russia there are a series of pogroms against the Jewish population. The government passes laws against Jews.

1877 The British Queen Victoria takes the title “Empress of India”.



1871 King Wilhelm I of Prus-sia is proclaimed German Kaiser at the foundation of the German Reich under Prussian leadership.

1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War: Serbia declares war against Bulgaria but is defeated in the Battle of Slivnitsa. As a result of the war, European powers acknowledged the act of Unification of Bulgaria

1882 Britain se-cures its control over the Suez Canal and the whole of Egypt.

1885 Karl Benz builds the first automobile, which is driven for the first time in Mannheim in 1886.

1879–1884 In the War of the Pacific, Chile, with European aid, secures the control of saltpetre against Peru and Bolivia.

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1805 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”) is performed for the first time in public.

1815 Janes Austen’s novel “Emma” is published.

1816 “The Barber of Seville”, an opera by Gioachino Rossini,is premiered in Rome.

1825 Louis Braille devises the Braille system as a method for blind people to read and write.

1842 The opera “Nabucco”is Giuseppe Verdi’s first great success.

1848–1874 “The Ring of the Nibelung”,a cycle of four epic music dramas, is written by the German composer Richard Wagner.

1863 The Football Association is formed in the United Kingdom, paving the way for football to become the world‘s predominant spectator sport.

1856/57 The novel “Madame Bovary“ by Gustave Flaubertis published.

1872/73 “Impression, Sunrise” (Impression, soleil levant) is a painting by Claude Monet, for which the Impressionist movement was named.

1818 After the fall of the Durrani Empire the Barakzai tribes found a new dynasty which rules Afghanistan until 1973.

1812–1814 In the War of the Sixth Coali-tion a coalition of Austria, Prussia, Rus-sia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom fi-nally defeated France and drove Napo-leon Bonaparte into exile on Elba.

1815 Prussia, Aus-tria and Russia sign the Holy Allianceas a bastion against revolution

1814 The Papal Statesare restored.

1806 1806 Napoleon issues the Berlin Decree forbidding his allies and conquests from trading with the British “The Continental System”).

1812–1814 Anglo-American Warof 1812 between the United States of America and the British Empire.

1803–1805 The Second Anglo-Maratha War between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India.

1804–1813 First Serbian Uprising aganist Ottoman rule.

1801–1805 The First Barbary War is fought between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa.

1804 After a successful slave revolt Haiti gains independence from France becoming the first black republic.The leader of the Haitian Revolution, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, crowned himself Em-peror of Haïti in 1805.

1811–1820 In Britain the Prince of Wales, future George IV, becomes regent in place of his mentally ill father King George III. The Regency period is characterised by distinctive fashions, politics, and culture.

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In March , Napoleon escaped from exile in Elba and reassumed rule in France, the “Hun‑dred Days” reign. The allied nations reacted swiftly to his return and faced Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in June in Belgium. The troops under the Prussian Field Marshal von Blücher (1742–1819) and the English Duke of Wellington (1769–1852) defeated Napoleon’s

army. He was exiled to St. Helena where he re‑mained until his death in remained until his death in . King Louis‑XVIII, who had fled during the Hundred Days, returned to France and resumed his reign. In March , Napo‑leon escaped from exile in Elba and reassumed rule in France, the “Hundred Days” reign. The allied nations reacted swiftly to his return.

.

Fighting against an allied army of Austria, Russia and Prussia, he was decisively defeated. Napoleon retreated back to Paris after which he was deposed and exiled to Elba by the allies. In March , Napoleon escaped from exile in Elba and reassumed rule in France, the “Hundred Days” reign. The allied nations reacted swiftly to his return and faced Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in June in Belgium. The troops under the

Prussian Field Marshal von Blücher (1742–1819) and the English Duke of Wellington (1769–1852) defeated Napoleon’s army. Napo‑leon was exiled to St. Helena where he remained until his death in . King Louis‑XVIII, who had f led during the Hundred Days, returned to France and re‑sumed his reign. The troops under the Prus‑sian Field Marshal von Blücher (1742–1819) and the English Duke.

The number of voters was still very small—about four percent of the population. In a London workers association presented the House of Commons with a “People’s Charter.” The Chartists demanded universal male suf‑frage, with elections to represent the actual proportions of the population, secret ballots, and the payment of MPs so that poorer mem‑bers could afford to stand for Parliament. The Chartist reached its climax at a mass meeting on Kennington Common in . The Char‑tists demanded universal male suffrage.

Czar Nicholas occupied Crimea for the pur‑pose of gaining access to the Mediterranean. The Ottomans allied with Great Britain and France who were decidedly against the Rus‑sian expansion. They launched a naval attack against the Russian fleet at Sevastopol in

. The new czar, Alexander II, ended the calamitous war in . They launched a na‑val attack against the Russian fleet at Sevas‑topol in .

The Congress of Berlin In June and July of , Austria‑Hungary, Great Britain, France,

Italy, Russia and the German, Austrian and Ottoman empires met to discuss the escalat‑ing situation of the Balkans and their opposi‑tion of Russian expansion on the Black Sea. They declared the independence of northern Bulgaria and southern Rumenia from the czarist empire. Romania received parts of Bessarabia while Serbia and Montenegro be‑came independent. Bulgaria and southern Ru‑melia from the czarist empire.

The conflict deeply divided the nation; the war waged bitterly on both sides and split whole families apart. After initial victories by the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee, the momentum changed in with the victory of the Union troops led by Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman at the Battle of Gettysburg. April Civil War begins with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter (Charleston, South Carolina)

July Battle of Gettysburg ends with a Union victory; Turning point of the war in favor of the Union July Union military forces under General Grant take Vicksburg November .T he burning of Atlanta by Sherman’s Union troops December Sherman takes Savannah April Southern states surrender at Appomattox

Last Confederates surrender to Sherman at Durham.

The seizure of large amounts of opium by the Chinese government in Canton led to the First Opium War in . China was totally defeated by the British and, in , was forced to allow the importation of opium as well as give Great Britain the city of Hong Kong. With the Second Opium War in , China was forced to open additional ports to the Eu‑ropeans in . With the influx of cheaper Eu‑ropean products. into the Chinese market the domestic economy was destroyed.

The Carlists, who wished to bring Ferdinand’s brother Charles to the throne, waged war against the followers of Isabella’s mother, María Cristina. The Carlists, whose strength was in rural northern Spain, fought against the more urbanized south. In , the Carlists were defeated, but Isabella’s corona‑tion in triggered a second Carlist war. Isabella remained in power until the “glori‑ous” revolution of . In Amadeo, the son of the Italian king, came to the throne, but was forced to step down in . After the First Republic, a military coup in placed Isabella’s son, Alfonso XII, on the throne and brought an end to the Carlist wars in . The Carlist wars stemmed from the disputed succession of Ferdinand VII, who had designated his daughter Isabella II as heir to the throne. The Carlists, who wished to bring Ferdinand’s brother Charles to the throne, waged war against the followers of Isabella’s mother, María Cristina. The Carl‑ists, whose strength was in rural northern Spain, fought against the more urbanized south. In , the Carlists were defeated but Isabella’s coronation in triggered a second Carlist war.

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In March , Napoleon escaped from exile in Elba and reassumed rule in France, the “Hun‑dred Days” reign. The allied nations reacted swiftly to his return and faced Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in June in Belgium. The troops under the Prussian Field Marshal von Blücher (1742–1819) and the English Duke of Wellington (1769–1852) defeated Napoleon’s

army. He was exiled to St. Helena where he re‑mained until his death in remained until his death in . King Louis‑XVIII, who had fled during the Hundred Days, returned to France and resumed his reign. In March , Napo‑leon escaped from exile in Elba and reassumed rule in France, the “Hundred Days” reign. The allied nations reacted swiftly to his return.

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Fighting against an allied army of Austria, Russia and Prussia, he was decisively defeated. Napoleon retreated back to Paris after which he was deposed and exiled to Elba by the allies. In March , Napoleon escaped from exile in Elba and reassumed rule in France, the “Hundred Days” reign. The allied nations reacted swiftly to his return and faced Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in June in Belgium. The troops under the

Prussian Field Marshal von Blücher (1742–1819) and the English Duke of Wellington (1769–1852) defeated Napoleon’s army. Napo‑leon was exiled to St. Helena where he remained until his death in . King Louis‑XVIII, who had f led during the Hundred Days, returned to France and re‑sumed his reign. The troops under the Prus‑sian Field Marshal von Blücher (1742–1819) and the English Duke.

The number of voters was still very small—about four percent of the population. In a London workers association presented the House of Commons with a “People’s Charter.” The Chartists demanded universal male suf‑frage, with elections to represent the actual proportions of the population, secret ballots, and the payment of MPs so that poorer mem‑bers could afford to stand for Parliament. The Chartist reached its climax at a mass meeting on Kennington Common in . The Char‑tists demanded universal male suffrage.

Czar Nicholas occupied Crimea for the pur‑pose of gaining access to the Mediterranean. The Ottomans allied with Great Britain and France who were decidedly against the Rus‑sian expansion. They launched a naval attack against the Russian fleet at Sevastopol in

. The new czar, Alexander II, ended the calamitous war in . They launched a na‑val attack against the Russian fleet at Sevas‑topol in .

The Congress of Berlin In June and July of , Austria‑Hungary, Great Britain, France,

Italy, Russia and the German, Austrian and Ottoman empires met to discuss the escalat‑ing situation of the Balkans and their opposi‑tion of Russian expansion on the Black Sea. They declared the independence of northern Bulgaria and southern Rumenia from the czarist empire. Romania received parts of Bessarabia while Serbia and Montenegro be‑came independent. Bulgaria and southern Ru‑melia from the czarist empire.

The conflict deeply divided the nation; the war waged bitterly on both sides and split whole families apart. After initial victories by the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee, the momentum changed in with the victory of the Union troops led by Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman at the Battle of Gettysburg. April Civil War begins with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter (Charleston, South Carolina)

July Battle of Gettysburg ends with a Union victory; Turning point of the war in favor of the Union July Union military forces under General Grant take Vicksburg November .T he burning of Atlanta by Sherman’s Union troops December Sherman takes Savannah April Southern states surrender at Appomattox

Last Confederates surrender to Sherman at Durham.

The seizure of large amounts of opium by the Chinese government in Canton led to the First Opium War in . China was totally defeated by the British and, in , was forced to allow the importation of opium as well as give Great Britain the city of Hong Kong. With the Second Opium War in , China was forced to open additional ports to the Eu‑ropeans in . With the influx of cheaper Eu‑ropean products. into the Chinese market the domestic economy was destroyed.

The Carlists, who wished to bring Ferdinand’s brother Charles to the throne, waged war against the followers of Isabella’s mother, María Cristina. The Carlists, whose strength was in rural northern Spain, fought against the more urbanized south. In , the Carlists were defeated, but Isabella’s corona‑tion in triggered a second Carlist war. Isabella remained in power until the “glori‑ous” revolution of . In Amadeo, the son of the Italian king, came to the throne, but was forced to step down in . After the First Republic, a military coup in placed Isabella’s son, Alfonso XII, on the throne and brought an end to the Carlist wars in . The Carlist wars stemmed from the disputed succession of Ferdinand VII, who had designated his daughter Isabella II as heir to the throne. The Carlists, who wished to bring Ferdinand’s brother Charles to the throne, waged war against the followers of Isabella’s mother, María Cristina. The Carl‑ists, whose strength was in rural northern Spain, fought against the more urbanized south. In , the Carlists were defeated but Isabella’s coronation in triggered a second Carlist war.

Then yet further into the political arena, aided in part

by his marriage to the aristocratic Joséphine de Beau

harnais in ; and finally to his zenith as Emperor

of France, stands as one of the most astonishing ca

reers of the modern age. His military genius, skillful

tactics and sense of mission were greatly admired.

It was also characterized by the conservative,

almost prudish lifestyle that she and her Ger

man husband, Prince Albert, had. By virtue of

her nine children, Victoria became the “Grand

mother of Europe”. The German Emperor Wil

liam II, for example, was her grandchild. In

, she took the title of Empress of India. Rul

ing for almost 64 years, Queen Victoria charac

In he pushed King William I of Prussia

to become the leader of the German Empire

and he himself became German chancellor

(until ). He centralized the government

through socialist laws () and the

Cultural War (). He tried to take

the wind out of the sails of the socialist

movement through the socialist legislation

(from ) and to unify the workers in the

country, but could not hinder the strength

ening of the social democrats as far as

foreign affairs were concerned, he tried to

achieve balance between the European

powers. As far as foreign affairs were con

cerned, he tried to achieve balance between

the European powers.

During the Civil War, he struggled to preserve

the Union by leading the defeat of the seces

sionist Confederate States. Lincoln issued the

Emancipation Proclamation in to free the

slaves in all Southern states and promoted the

passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the

Constitution, which finally abolished slavery

throughout the nation in . Lincoln was as

sassinated by John Wilkes Booth, a Confeder

ate sympathizer, on April 14, , shortly af

ter the northern victory. Upon becoming the

16th president, Lincoln was the first elected

candidate from the new Republican party

which had formed in as an opponent to

slavery. During the Civil War, he struggled to

preserve the Union by leading the defeat of the

Even with his constant need for attention

and unmoderated extremism, he was revered by

his soldiers. Napoleon had overestimated the

strength of his warweary army. In , nation

alist movements within the subdued countries, as

well as his failed invasion of Russia.

terized an entire epoch. The “Victorian Age”

displayed great progress in economic prosper

ity and expansive Imperialism it was also char

acterized by the conservative, almost prudish

lifestyle that she and her German husband,

Prince Albert, had. Victoria

became the “Grandmother of Europe”.




















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