Grade 10 - Nationalism in Europe Timeline
Grade 10 - Nationalism in Europe Timeline
Grade 10 - Nationalism in Europe Timeline
NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
1707 – Act of Union – Between England and Scotland- resulted in the formation of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain.
1804 – Napoleonic Code or the Civil Code was introduced, abolishing privileges based on
birth. Upheld equality before law and secured right to property.
1815 – The European powers met at Vienna to draw up a settlement for Europe. The treaty
of Vienna was signed.
1830 – The July Revolution sparked an uprising in Brussels, which led to Belgium breaking
away from the United Kingdom of Netherland.
1830s – Giuseppe Mazzini had sought to put together a coherent programme for a Unitary
Italian Republic. Economic hardship in Europe.
1832 – Treaty of Constantinople was signed and Greece was recognized as an independent
nation.
1848 – 831 elected representatives marched towards the Frankfurt parliament and drafted
the constitution for a German nation.
1852-1860 – Chief Minister Cavour became the Prime Minister of Piedmont of Italy.
1866-1871 – Unification of Germany. (An assembly comprising the princes of the German
states, representatives of the army, important Prussian ministers (including the Chief
Minister Bismarck) gathered in the Hall of mirrors at Versailles to proclaim the new German
Empire headed by Kaiser William I of Prussia.)
1905 – Slav nationalism gathers force in the Habsburg and Ottoman Empire