Category: German Confederation

Europe 1820

Revolutions of 1820

Following the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the...

Europe 1840

Second Egyptian-Ottoman War

The Ottoman army attempted to reconquer Syria...

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 1848 call for German unification had led...

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 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...

Europe 1849

Fall of the Last Roman Republic

The formation of the new Roman Republic and...

Europe 1850

Humiliation of Olmütz

The Erfurt Union did not last long. In autumn...

Europe 1852

Second French Empire

While the King of Prussia was backing down in...

Europe 1866

End of the German Confederation

Prussia responded swiftly to the German...