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Since World War I, there have been many changes in borders between nations, detailed below. For information on border changes from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to 1914, see the list of national border changes (1815–1914). Cases are only listed where there have been changes in borders, not necessarily including changes in ownership of a ...
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.
In Italy, the Congress restored the pre-Napoleonic patchwork of independent governments, either directly ruled or strongly influenced by the prevailing European powers, particularly Austria. The Congress also determined the end of two millenary republics: Genoa was annexed by the then Savoyard Kingdom of Sardinia, and Venice was incorporated ...
Fixed Serbia-Montenegro border. Added Kosovo (using dashed border, since it is not a universally recognised nation, and left the lan; 2011-04-10T15:55:02Z Alphathon 680x520 (524980 Bytes) Tweaked Ukraine and surrounding countries based on data from "File:Up-map.png"
Italian nationalism had been stoked during the Napoleonic period but dashed by the settlement of the Congress of Vienna (1814–15), which sought to restore the pre-Napoleonic conditions: most of northern Italy was under the rule of junior branches of the Habsburgs and the Bourbons.
The scale of warfare dramatically enlarged during the Revolutionary and subsequent Napoleonic Wars. During Europe's major pre-revolutionary war, the Seven Years' War of 1756–1763, few armies ever numbered more than 200,000 with field forces often numbering less than 30,000. The French innovations of separate corps (allowing a single commander ...
Pre-Napoleonic Era 1482-1493: Flag of The Kingdom of France: A Square Blue Field with 3 Fleur de Lis: 1499-1512: Flag of The Kingdom of France: A Rectangular Blue Field with 3 Fleur de Lis 1604–1790: Flag of The Kingdom of France: a white banner with several Fleur de Lis and the royal coat of arms in the center. 1790-1794
The Confederated States of the Rhine, [a] simply known as the Confederation of the Rhine [b] or Rhine Confederation, was a confederation of German client states established at the behest of Napoleon some months after he defeated Austria and Russia at the Battle of Austerlitz.