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A map of Europe as it appeared in 1815 after the Congress of Vienna. This article gives a detailed listing of all the countries, including puppet states, that have existed in Europe since the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to the present day. Each country has information separated into columns: name of the distinct country, its lifespan, the ...
The list of national border changes from 1815 to 1914 refers to the changes in international borders since the end of the Napoleonic Wars until World War I.This period of time saw the fall of the Spanish colonial empire to the United States and the progression of European colonial efforts.
The Concert of Europe began with the 1814–1815 Congress of Vienna, which was designed to bring together the "major powers" of the time in order to stabilize the geopolitics of Europe after the defeat of Napoleon in 1813–1814, and contain France's power after the war following the French Revolution. [16]
Foundation of the federal state after Sonderbund war: 1291: Traditional founding 4 August 1815: The canton of Valais joins the Swiss Confederation, following the cantons of Neuchâtel (19 May 1815) and Geneva (6 April 1815). 7 August 1815: Restoration of the Ancien Régime , reverting the changes imposed by Napoleon Bonaparte. Ukraine: 24 ...
Over 40% of the world’s borders today were drawn as a result of British and French imperialism. The British and French drew the modern borders of the Middle East, the borders of Africa, and in Asia after the independence of the British Raj and French Indochina and the borders of Europe after World War I as victors, as a result of the Paris ...
A historical sovereign state is a state that once existed, but has since been dissolved due to conflict, war, rebellion, annexation, or uprising. This page lists sovereign states, countries, nations, or empires that ceased to exist as political entities sometime after 1453, grouped geographically and by constitutional nature.
The national boundaries within Europe agreed upon by the Congress of Vienna Frontispiece of the Acts of the Congress of Vienna. The Congress of Vienna [a] of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. [1]
Napoleon crossing the Alps before the Battle of Marengo, 1800 Battle of Austerlitz, 1805 Battle of Waterloo, 1815 Battle of Malakoff, 1855 Prussian troops quarter just outside Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1871. 1803 Irish Rebellion of 1803; 1803 Souliote War; 1803–1815 Napoleonic Wars; 1804–1813 First Serbian Uprising; 1804–1813 Russo ...