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The Sonderbund War (German: Sonderbundskrieg, French: Guerre du Sonderbund, Italian: Guerra del Sonderbund) of November 1847 was a civil war in Switzerland, then still a relatively loose confederacy of cantons.
Ongoing – Great Famine (Ireland): this summer's potato crop is free from blight, but inadequate due to the small area sown. [20] The British Relief Association is founded and raises money throughout England, the United States and Australia to relieve distress, with the help of the "Queen's Letters", two letters from Queen Victoria appealing for assistance.
This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of England before the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain by the Acts of Union 1707. For dates after 1708, ...
from 1801: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: Spain French Republic: Inconclusive or other outcome: Kandyan Wars (1796–1818) Great Britain from 1801: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: Kingdom of Kandy: British victory: War of the Second Coalition (1797–1802) Holy Roman Empire (until 1801) [a] Tuscany Bavaria [16] United ...
Pages in category "1847 in England" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
The final map in 25 sheets on the scale of 1⁄100000 was published at intervals between 1842 and 1865. [ 4 ] [ 1 ] In 1847 the Catholic cantons of Switzerland attempted to form a separate alliance of their own, known as the Sonderbund , effectively splitting from the rest of the country.
An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and to extend the Time limited for those Purposes respectively until the Twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight. (Repealed by Promissory Oaths Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 48))
The British Empire refers to the possessions, dominions, and dependencies under the control of the Crown.In addition to the areas formally under the sovereignty of the British monarch, various "foreign" territories were controlled as protectorates; territories transferred to British administration under the authority of the League of Nations or the United Nations; and miscellaneous other ...