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Waterloo Battle
On one side, the French army, commanded by Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, and on the other, the British, Dutch and German troops led by the Duke of Wellington, who won the battle. -
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Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna was an international meeting held in the capital of the Austrian Empire, convened with the aim of reestablishing the borders of Europe after the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte. -
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Louis XVIII, king of France
He was King of France and Navarre between 1814 and 1824,[b] being the first monarch of the Bourbon Restoration in France -
Independence of Greece
It was the armed conflict fought by Greek revolutionaries between 1821 and 1830 against the rule of the Ottoman Empire. -
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Louis Philippe, king of France
He was the last king of France but the penultimate of its monarchs -
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Charles X, king of France
Was King of France, Charles's reign of almost six years proved to be deeply unpopular amongst the liberals in France -
Independence of Belgium
Following this rising Belgium separated from the Northern Netherlands. A provisional government declared independence on October 4th, 1830. -
The Zollverein
It was a free trade zone created through which tariffs were eliminated between members of the German Confederation. -
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Revolution of 1848, the Spring of Nations
were a series of revolutions throughout Europe over the course of more than one year -
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France's Second Republic
The republican government of France coup by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte that initiated the Second Empire -
France Second Republic
The Second French Republic was the republican political regime established in France. -
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Victor Emmanuel II King of Italy
He was the last king of Sardinia and the first of Italy -
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France's Second Empire: Napoleon III
The empire was authoritarian but enjoyed economic growth and pursued a favourable foreign policy. -
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Spanish Liberal Biennium
In the history of Spain, the "Progressive Biennium" was the two-year period from July 1854 to July 1856, during which the Progressive Party attempted to reform the political system of the reign of Isabella II, which had been dominated by the Moderate Party since 1843 in the so-called década moderada. -
Battles of Magenta and Solferino
The French blundering into the Austrian forces who themselves had not yet left their bivouacs -
Garibaldi conquered the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
After which the people voted in a plebiscite to join the Kingdom of Sardinia. -
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Wilhelm I, Kaiser of the II German Reich
He was King of Prussia and the first German Emperor. He was the first head of state of a united Germany. -
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Danish-Prussian War
It was a military conflict that pitted the Austrian Empire and Prussia against Denmark -
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Austrian-Prussian War
It was a military conflict fought between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, both with the help of various allies within the German Confederation. -
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French Prussian War
It was a war that took place between the Second French Empire (after the fall of the regime, by the Third French Republic) and the Kingdom of Prussia