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The July Monarchy (1830-1848)

New Structure The main result of the revolution was the provision of parliamentarism, the rights of the individual, and minor expansion of the ruling class....

History and Formation of The Holy Alliance

The Holy Alliance is a conservative union of Russia, Prussia and Austria, created to maintain the international order established at the Vienna Congress (1815)....

The July Revolution and the Decline of the Bourbons

Consequences The conservative government under the leadership of the well-known reactionary Count Polignac, who succeeded  the moderate cabinet of Martinjak in the summer of 1829...

The Second Bourbon Restoration (1815-1830)

Fall of Napoleon The allies entered the capital of France for the second time and again after them - in their luggage, as they said...

The First Bourbon Restoration (1814-1815)

First Restoration On April 6, 1814, the Senate, acting on the instigation of Talleyrand and at the request of the Allies, proclaimed the restoration of...

The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71

The population of the annexed lands, with the exception of the Danish-speaking inhabitants of northern Schleswig, loyally perceived the annexation of Prussia by their...

German Unification – The Austro-Prussian War of 1866

Unification of Germany was bound to lead to the war between Prussia and Austria, Bismarck anticipated this in 1856. Fight for Hegemony Deleuz Schleswig and Holstein...

The Birth of German Unification

In the era of the Great Migration of Nations, the migrating German tribes from the north of Europe dispersed throughout the continent, creating barbarian...

German Unification – The Danish-Prussian War of 1864

Introduction October 7, 1858 to power in Prussia came 60-year-old prince Wilhelm I, brother of the demented King Frederick William IV. After his death on...

Formation of a Single Italian State – The Last Wars

The Piedmontese ruling circles tried to prevent the convening of an all-Italian Constituent Assembly and to unite through a simple territorial expansion of the...

Expedition of the Thousand – The Mille expedition by Garibaldi

In the summer and autumn of 1859, when Cavour's policy was at an impasse, Mazzini began to call for revolutionary action in the papal...

Second Italian War of Independence – The Secret Deal

Diplomatic Relations with France One of the tasks of Napoleon III's foreign policy was the ousting of Austria from Italy and the affirmation of the...

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