Category: European history

Europe 1844

Franco-Moroccan War

By 1844, the French had consolidated their...

Europe 1847

Sonderbund War

In the early 1840s, Switzerland was still more...

Europe 1848

Year of Revolution Begins

By 1848, Europe was already experiencing...

Europe 1848

March Revolutions

The success of the French and Italian...

Europe 1848

First Italian War of Independence

When news of Metternich’s flight reached...

Europe 1848

German Question

The call for German unification had led to...

Europe 1848

June Days

The apparent success of the European...

Europe 1848

First Battle of Custoza

By July, the Austrian forces in Italy had...

Europe 1848

Truce of Malmö

In Northern Europe, international pressure...

Europe 1848

Vienna Uprising

Having imposed peace on the Sardinians,...

Europe 1848

Rise of Napoleon III

In France, the new republic held the first...

Europe 1849

Battle of Novara

Revolutionary feeling was still strong in the...

Europe 1849

Hungarian War of Independence

Austria’s success in Italy was not...

Europe 1849

May Uprisings

In Germany, the National Assembly in Frankfurt...

Europe 1849

Alliance of the Three Kings

Prussia responded swiftly to the uprisings in...