Congress of Vienna
England
1819-Grants universal suffrage to males
1821-Introduces electric motor
1822-Capital crimes reevaluated
1830-doubles its manufacturing output
1837- Queen victoria
her uncle William IV abolished slavery
victoria created perfection/reforms in 1839
childlabor laws, union laws, all liberal under victoria
1854- Clock Tower (Big Ben) represents industrialization
1854-cholera epidemic, a British scientist finds the source in a central London water well
1863-The first subway system
potato famine
people flee to ireland
Industrial revolution starts
rights acts
conservative vs liberal
congress of Vienna wants sea trade
Austria
1823-send troops to Spain to reestablish the monarchy of Ferdinand VII
1827-Austria versus Britain,Russia,France re: Greek Independence
1831-Crushes I uprisings in Italy
1835 A Francis I dies (Austria, Hungary, Bohemia, and 1st German Confederation
1835 A Ferdinand rules Germany, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia and parts of Italy
1848 A Ferdinad dies
1848 A Franz Joseph I Austria/Hungary
1867 A The Austria/Hungary Compromise. Hungary is separate.
Austria gained parts of Italy
1871-independent of Germany
Klemens Von Metternich was oppressive
Had to flee to Great Britain
France
1821-Napoleon dies
triggered German states to unify
since he was very set to unity all of europe
Napoleonic code was still used
growth of nationalism
Napoleon was devoted to his country
taliran comes late
1825-Louis XVIII dies -> Charles X
1830-Invades Algeria for insulting a diplomat
1852-Louis Napoleon consolidates conservatives, ends parliament, crushes an uprising, establishes a dictatorship
1853-Joseph Gobineau writes about racial “superiority”
1862-Victor Hugo write Les Miserables. Hugo wants to inspire humanitarianism and wants freedom and justice for all
1863-Cambodia become a French protectorate
1868-Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan
1869-Suez Canal opens
1870-Bismarck unites the independent German states with Prussia. France opposes, Bismarck wants a showdown with France and tricks the French (Ems) into starting war. The Franco-Prussian War begins.
1871-Avaria agrees to unify with Prussia. France cedes to Germany Alsace and Lorraine
won crimean war
Italy
divided after 1815
1831-Mazzini creates the “Young Italy” movement
1834-Garibaldi has an uprising and he is sentenced to death. Garibaldi escapes to South America
re-establishing monarchies
Italy = unhappy
1848-unsuccessful revolutions
began to form governments
middle class was rising and helping more
1849-Garibaldi and Mazzini are in Rome with King Victor Emmanuel
1855-Allies with Great Britain, France in Crimean War
1857- Giuseppe Garibaldi / the Italian National Association to fight for the unification of Italy
1858-Young Italians try/fail to assassinate Napoleon III
1859-Cavour allies with Napoleon III to defeat the Austrians
Prussia
1823-send troops to Spain to reestablish the monarchy of Ferdinand VII
1849-passes an education bill
1850-frees peasants
1861-King Wilhelm I of Prussia (1861-1888) is a militarist
He defeated anarchy in 1848
Became Kaiser at the age of 63
1862-Bismarck becomes minister-president. Representing Kaiser Wilhelm I, he declares that his government is to rule without the bundestag (parliament). Bismarck is a Junker (elite nobility)
bismark knew he was going to take everyything
1866-Bismarck Wars for Unification (Denmark and Austria). In Austria, Bismarck uses “blitzkrieg”.
declairs war on austria
1870-France Bismarck unites the independent German states with Prussia. France opposes, Bismarck wants a showdown with France and tricks the French (Ems) into starting war. The Franco-Prussian War begins.
1871-, France Bavaria agrees to unify with Prussia. France cedes to Germany Alsace and Lorraine
1879-Bismarck joins his Germany with Austria-Hungary in a defensive alliance.
Fredrick the great
Germanic kingdom
Use the military to remain strong
Militaristic aristocrat
For Prussia, militarism is the key
Wilhelm I (1861) and Bismarck sought greatness through militarism
Promoted Otto Von Bismarck
Fredrick the great uses military to remain strong
When Wilhelm II became Emperor at 28, he was highly militaristic and autocratic.
Wilhelm saw the navy as the key to Germany: “Germany needs a place in the sun”
Russia
Czar Alexander wanted more land and a warm water port after defeating napoleon
crimean war
france won
1823-Send troops to Spain to reestablish the monarchy of Ferdinand VII
1825-Czar Alexander I died, Czar Nicholas I reigns
1825-Decembrist Rising against the Czar
1853-Tsar Nicholas I of Russia goes to war against the Ottoman Turks to defend Orthodox Christians in Turkey and in Jerusalem. Crimean War lasts until 1856
1855-Tsar Nicholas I dies. Alexander II, makes peace with Britain and France. The Crimean War ends.
1855-Czar Alexander II reigns
1861-Tsar Alexander II issues his proclamation emancipating serfs
1861- emancipated serfs
Only Russian spoken as well as Russian orthodox was the religion
1865-captures Uzbekistan
1866-student tries to assassinate Tsar Alexander II
1879-Widespread strike by industrial workers
1881-Czar Alexander II dies, Czar Alexander III reigns
Mobs attacked Jews; Jews fled Russia as refugees
Great Britain
1830-King George IV dies
1824-Britain and US write a law to suppress slavery; the US legislators undercut the law and it fails
1820-King George IV reigns
1830-King William the IV reigns
1831-writes liberal consitution
1832-"Reform Bill" is passed
1834-"Abolition of Slavery Act"
1835-Mandatory Vaccinations
1837-King William IV dies
1837-Queen Victoria reigns
1840-occupies Yemen
1847-passes 63/hr work-week for woman and children
1850-Public Libraries begin
1850-5% of ships are powered by steam not sail
1852-brings opium from India to Burma
1852 – in Cape Colony (South Africa) Cape Colony Boers must end slavery
1854 – British declares war, Queen Victoria calls R sinful for staring the Crimean War
1855 – I allies with GB, F in Crimean War
1855 –Siam signs a trade agreement
1856 – GB, F Second Opium War
1859 – GB Charles Darwin “Origin of Species”
1860 – GB Taiping Rebellion
1863 – GB legislators respond to air pollution
1865 – GB crushes a rebellion in Jamaica
1867 – GB The Reform Act of 1867
1868 – GB, F Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan
1870 – GB Diamond deposits have been discovered in southern Africa
1871 – GB Life expectancy at birth in England has risen from 36 years in 1700 to 41 years
1875 – GB part ownership of the Suez Canal
1876 – GB Queen Victoria is named Empress of India
1877 – GB to protect the Boers in S. Africa (Afrikaners of Dutch, French and German descent) from the Zulus and to repair the Boer Republic financially. GB “assumes” that a majority of Boers favor British rule and they annex the republic
1879 – GB Using Gatling guns, the British overpower the Zulus in S. Africa
1884 – GB Maxim Gun (used in every colonial war in Europe, Africa, Asia)
Balance of power doctrine
lasted 40 years
German unification
Germany is made up of 30+ separate states
A powerful economy … but not unified
Germans saw themselves as one group
had many nationalities
Prussia and Austria are strongest German states
As Germany grew in power, European countries supported either England or Germany
1848 – The Frankfurt Assembly
1848-nationalism is the focus
Prussia uses “liberalism” in its economics”: laissez-faire trade
A laissez-faire northern trade alliance inspires people to trade more, the government gains taxes through trade and individuals get wealthy through trade
1848: German flag
Danish War – 1863
Prussia attacks Denmark along with the Austrians, Austrians gains Holstein and Prussia gains Schleswig
Austro-Prussian War – 1866
Drive the Austrians out of the “unified Germany”
Austria declares war on Prussia
Austria was crushed by Prussia in just seven weeks
Prussia was demonstrating the importance of militarism: wars are easy, quick and victorious. Countries remembered this going into World War On
Wilhelm was told he had to agree that no Hohenzollern/Bourbon will ever wish to become the King of Spain (Alfonso XII is made King)Wilhelm wrote up notes about the conversation. The notes were edited by Bismarck. The notes were then published. Outraged, the French demanded immediate war against Prussia.
When Prussia troops formed, they were joined by men from every other German state.
The Franco-Prussian War changed the political landscape of Europe, Bismarck then secured peace treaties with both Austria and Russia
German Confederation
independent states, a “loose alliance”
rivers, natural resources, coal
set up zollverein
Today: BMWs, Audi Motors