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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...

The Cyprus Crisis

Cyprus was plunged into Chaos on the 15th of July, 1974 when the Greek Junta of Ioannides staged a successful Coup and took over...

The Revolution of 1848-1849 in Italy – First Independence War

Situation In the 30s-50s of the XIX century, Italy was economically backward and politically fragmented, burdened with many feudal survivals by an agrarian country. Its...

First Opium War (1839-1842)

Background We have an in depth article about the background of this war and how the whole situation started. Follow this link: https://about-history.com/?p=4876&preview=true The immediate cause...

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