Category: Russia

Europe 1833

Convention of Kütahya

The 1832 Egyptian victory over the Ottoman...

Europe 1833

Liberal Wars

When King João VI of Portugal died in 1826, a...

Europe 1840

Second Egyptian-Ottoman War

The Ottoman army attempted to reconquer Syria...

North America 1842

Texas Incursions

Conflict with the Comanche did not stop Texas...

Europe 1847

Sonderbund War

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

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

Vienna Uprising

Having imposed peace on the Sardinians,...

Europe 1849

Alliance of the Three Kings

Prussia responded swiftly to the uprisings in...

Europe 1849

Restoring the Old Order

The French capture of Rome effectively brought...

the Arctic 1850

Search for Franklin

In 1845 the renowned British explorer Sir John...

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 1854

Outbreak of the Crimean War

In 1853, Russia occupied the Ottoman vassal...