USA > Michigan > Kent County > Standard atlas of Kent County, Michigan : including a plat book of the cities, villages and township. . . reference business directory, 1907 > Part 40
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46
1850 Birth of the Queen's first child; it dies
31.
tacked by cholera 82,619 had died, Aug.
Alexander and Napoleon meet at Tilsit,
June 26.
restored.
Death of Pope Pius IX., Feb. 7.
immediately.
1886
Alfonso XIII. King, with Maria Christina
1850 Ecclesiastical jurisdictions abolished in
Leo XIII. elected Pope, Feb. 20.
Treaty of peace signed, July 7.
Sardinia.
1880
Elections favorable to the ministry of
Attempt of Lopez to wrest Cuba from
Spain.
as Regent, May 17.
1891 Reciprocity between Cuba and the United
1808
The Milan decree published, Dec. 17.
Arrest of the Archbishop of Turin.
Cairoli.
New nobility of France created.
1851 Count Cavour Minister of Foreign Af-
The monster ironclad Italia successfully
1851 Opening of the Madrid-Aranjuez railway.
launched.
1852
Merino, a Franciscan monk, attempts to
kill the Queen, and slightly wounds her
1893
States, May.
Riotous demonstrations of Republicans
The beginning of the Peninsular war.
suppressed by the police.
Abdication of Charles IV. of Spain.
1853 Revolt in Milan subdued.
fairs.
Resignation of Garibaldi as Deputy, and
retirement to Genoa.
1853
with a dagger.
1809
Napoleon defeated at Aspern and Essling.
Narvaez exiled to Vienna.
Cargo of dynamite explodes at Santan-
1855 Sardinia joins the alliance of France,
England and Turkey against Russia,
Cairoli ministry overthrown and a new
der, killing and wounding several hun-
Victorious at Wagram.
1881
Entry of Napoleon into Vienna, May.
and takes part in the Crimean war.
one founded by Depretio.
1854
Espartero organizes a military insurrec-
Treaty of Vienna, Oct. 14.
1856 Unsuccessful revolt in Sicily.
Reform Bill passed by the Senate, Dec.
tion at Saragossa and succeeds in mak-
dreds of people.
ing himself prime minister.
1895 Cuban patriots rise again in arms to free
their native land.
Marshal Campos
Divorce of the Emprese Josephine, Dec.
1857 Diplomatic rupture between Sardinia and
15.
Austria.
1882
Electoral law passed.
21.
The queen-mother impeached, and com .
pelled to quit Spain.
sent with a large army to suppress the
insurrection.
1810 Napoleon marries Maria Louise of Aus-
1859 Quarrel between Sardinia anu Austria,
Death of Garibaldi, June 2.
Death of Don Carlos.
tria, April 1.
caused by former power refusing to dis-
1883
Discovery of site of the celebrated An-
1855
Union of Holland with France.
1811
Birth of the King of Rome, afterward
arm.
1889 Statue of Bruno unveiled at Rome, June
1884
trium, at Rome, Nov. 6.
1856 Insurrection at Valencia.
The cholera rages in Naples.
Espartero resigns.
France espouses the cause of Sardinia,
A new cabinet formed, headed by Mar-
and sends an army to her assistance.
shal O'Donnell ..
1812
Napoleon II.
War declared with Russia.
The Austrians cross the Ticino, April 27.
1890
Statue of Victor Emmanuel unveiled,
Insurrection in Madrid quelled by the
Napoleon invades Russia.
The French army reaches Genoa, May 3.
Great victory of the French at Borodine,
Battles of Montebello, May 20; Palestro,
Sept. 20.
government.
Disbandment of the national guard.
Sept. 7.
May 30, 31; Magenta, June 4; Maleg-
1891
Crispi Resigns the Premiership and Ru-
Insurrection at Barcelona and Saragossa
Disastrous retreat of the French from
nano, June 8; Solferino, June 24.
dini appointed, Feb. 9.
quelled by O'Donnell, as Dictator.
FRANCE.
Moscow, October.
Total defeat of Austrians.
Baron Fava, Minister to the United
O'Donnell forced to resign,
1813 The Concordat treaty with the Pope.
Revolutions in Tuscany, Parma, Modena,
1893
States, recalled, March 30.
Pope Leo XIII. celebrates his 83d birth-
Navaez is made prime minister.
Beginning of the power of Madame du
Alliance of Austria, Russia and Prussia
Bologna, Ferrara, etc.
against Napoleon, March 16.
Peace of Villefranca, July 11.
King Humbert and Queen Margaret cele-
day.
1857 Birth of the prince royal.
1859
War with Morocco.
1769
Battle of Leipzig.
Western Lombardy annexed to Sardinia.
Protest of Tuscany, and declaration for a
brate their silver wedding.
O'Donnell commands the army in Africa.
1860 Moors defeated at Tetuan and Guadelras.
1770
The Dauphine marries Marie Antoinette,
Barry.
Napoleon defeated, Oct. 16-18.
1900
Treaty of peace signed, March 26.
of Austria. .
The Allies invade France from the Rhine;
United Kingdom.
King Humbert assassinated, July 29.
Coronation of King Victor Emmanuel III.
Unsuccessful efforts of Ortega to over-
1774
Death of Louis XV .; accession of Louis
the English from Spain, under Welling-
The people incited to arms by Garibaldi.
ton, Oct. 7.
The Pope appeals to Europe against the
Aug. 11.
1904 Death of Pope Leo XIII.
throw the Queen and make the Count
1776
Dismissal of Turgot from office.
XVI.
1814 Surrender of Paris to the Allies, March
King of Sardinia, July 12.
The Italian Duchies declare in favor of
Pius X elected Pope.
de Montemolin king, as Charles VI.
1777
30
Ortega shot, April 19.
1781
Necker becomes Minister of Finance.
Necker resigns as Minister of Finance.
Abdication of Napoleon I. in favor of his
annexation to Sardinia.
New constitution for Sardinia.
The Emperor Napoleon III. proposes to
recognize Spain as a first-class power.
The torture abolished in legal proceed-
son, Napoleon II., April 5.
Alliance between Tuscany, Modena, Par-
SPAIN.
The project abandoned, owing to the re-
1783
Treaty of Versailles; peace with Eng-
ings.
Napoleon goes to the Island of Elba, May
3.
ma and the Romagna formed, Oct. 10.
fusal of England.
land and Spain.
Louis XVIII. enters Paris, May 3.
Peace of Zurich, Nov. 10; part of the
The Bourbon dynasty restored.
Papal States and the Duchies of Parma
1861 The annexation of St. Domingo to Spain
ratified.
1785
"Diamond necklace affair" occasions in-
Spain joins England and France in the
tense excitement.
Meeting of the Assembly of Notables;
The Constitutional Charter established,
and Modena ceded to Sardinia.
June 4-10.
The Emperor Napoleon advises the Pope
controversy over taxes.
Elba and lands at
to give up his revolted States, Dec. 31.
1771
1767 Jesuits expelled from the kingdom.
Falkland Islands ceded to England.
Mexican expedition.
1787
1815 Napoleon leaves
1860 The Pope refuses the Emperor's proposal
1775 War with Portugal resumed.
1863 Don Juan de Bourbon renounces his
1788
The Second Assembly of Notables.
Reappointment of Necker.
Cannes, March 1, and proceeds to Paris,
1777
where he is joined by all the army.
and denounces him, Jan. S.
War with England renewed.
right to the throne.
A new ministry formed by Cavour, Jan.
1783
France and Spain besiege Gibraltar.
England cedes Balsaric Isles to Spain at
O'Donnell resigns the premiership.
Insurrection in St. Domingo.
1789
Meeting of the States-General, May 5.
Louis XVIII. 'leaves Paris; restoration
1864 Spanish quarrels with Peru.
The Deputies of the Tiers Etat organize
of the empire.
Tuscany, Parma, Modena and the Ro-
16.
peace of Versailles.
1794 French invade Spain.
General Prim exiled for conspiracy.
themselves as the National Assembly,
The Allies form a league for his destruc-
June 17.
tion, March 25.
Copyright, 1905, by Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
SUPPLEMENT XVII.
ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND MODERN HISTORY.
1815 Napoleon abolishes the slave trade, March 29.
Leaves Paris for the army, June 12. He invades Belgium, June 15. Final overthrow of Napoleon at battle of Waterloo, June 18. Napoleon reaches Paris, June 20. Abdicates in favor of his son, June 22. He reaches Rochefort, where he intends to embark for America, July 3. Entry of Louis XVIII. into Paris, July 3. Napoleon goes on board the "Bellero- phon" and claims the "hospitality" of England, July 15.
Upon reaching England he is transferred to the "Northumberland," and sent a prisoner to St. Helena, Aug. 8, where he arrives Oct. 15.
Execution of Marshal Ney, Dec. 7.
1816 The family of Napoleon forever excluded 1820 from the throne of France. Assassination of the Duke de Berri, Feb.
13 1821 Death of Napoleon I. at St. Helena, May 5.
1824 Death of Louis XVIII., Sept. 16. Charles X. becomes king. 1827 National Guard disbanded. War with Algiers. Serious riots in Paris.
Seventy-six new peers created.
1829 The Polignac administration organized. 1830 Chamber of Deputies dissolved, May 16. Capture of Algiers by the French, July 5. Revolution and barricade of streets in Paris, July 27.
Flight and abdication of Charles X., July 31.
Unpopular ordinances passed regarding the election of deputies and the press, July 26. Duke of Orleans becomes King Louis · Phillipe I.
Polignac and the ministers of Charles X. sentenced to perpetual imprisonment.
1832
1859
Conference, at Paris, respecting the con- dition of the Danubian principalities. France declares war against Austria, and sends an army to the aid of Italy, May.
The Empress declared Regent
The Emperor takes command of the ar- my in Italy. Arrives at Genoa, May 12. Battles of Montebello, May 20; Palestro, May 30, 31; Magenta, June 4; Maleg- nano, June 8, and Solferino, June 24; the allies victorious in each. Armistice arranged, July 6.
Meeting of the Emperors of France and Austria, at Villa Franca, July 11, Pre- liminary peace effected, July 12. The Emperor Napoleon returns France, July 17. to Peace Conference meets at Zurich, for arrangement of treaty between France and Sardinia and Austria. Peace signed, Nov. 12.
1860 France adopts a free trade policy.
Commercial treaty with England signed Jan. 23.
Annexation of Savoy and Nice to France. Meeting of the Emperor with the Ger- man sovereigns at Baden, June 15-17. Visit of the Emperor and Empress to Savoy, Corsica, and Algiers. The public levying of Peter's pence for- bidden, and restrictions placed upon the issuing of pastoral letters. Napoleon make: concessiena the to Chambers in favor of freedom of speech.
The Pope advised by the Emperor to give up his temporal possessions.
1861 The principality of Monaco purchased for 4,000,000 francs by France.
Troubles with the church about the Roman question. Sardinian Boundary treaty, March 7. The government issues a circular for -. bidding priests to meddle in politics, April 11.
Commercial treaty with Belgium ratified. Neutrality declared in the American con- flict.
France recognizes the kingdom of Italy, June 24.
Meeting of the Emperor and King of Prussia, at Compiegne, Oct. 6.
Great Convention between France, Britain and Spain concerning interven- tion in Mexico. .
Embarrassment in the Government finances.
1862
Achille Fould made minister of finance. The Mexican expedition begun.
The French conquer the province of Bienhoa, in Annam. Six provinces in Cochin China conquered and ceded to France.
The British and Spanish forces withdraw from the Mexican expedition. War declared against Mexico.
Peace effected with Annam.
New commercial treaty with Prussia, Aug. 2.
Great distress in the manufacturing dis- tricts in consequence of the civil war in the United States.
1863 Commercial treaty with Italy.
Convention with Spain for the rectifica- tion of the frontier.
Growing power of the opposition in the Chambers and throughout the country. The elections result in the choice of many opposition deputies, including Thiers, Favre, Ollivier and others. Napoleon proposes a European Confer- ence for the settlement of the questions of the day, Nov. 9.
England declines to join the proposed Conference, Nov. 25. The French ar- my conquer Mexico and occupy the capital.
1864 Treaty between France and Japan. Commercial treaty with Switzerland. Convention with Italy respecting the evacuation of Rome, Sept. 15.
Establishment of the Mexican empire, with Maximilian, of Austria, as Em- peror.
Death of Marshal Pelissier, Duke of Malakoff.
1865 The clergy prohibited from reading the Pope's Encyclical in the churches. Treaty with Sweden signed.
The plan of Minister Duruy, for compul- sory education, rejected by the Assem- bly.
Death of the Duke de Morny. Visit of the Emperor to Algeria.
The English fleet visits Cherbourg and Brest.
The French fleet visits Portsmouth. The Queen of Spain visits the Emperor at Biarritz.
Students' riot in Paris. Napoleon expresses his detestation . he treaties of 1815, -May 6.
Proposed peace conference in conju. tion with England and Russia for the settlement of the troubles between Prussia, Italy and Austria, Austria re- fuses to join in it.
France declares a "Watchful Neutrality" as to the German-Italian war.
Napoleon demands of Prussia a cession of a part of the Rhine provinces. His demand is refused.
Austria cedes Venetia to France, who transfers it to Italy.
The French occupation of Rome termin- ated, Dec. 11.
Congress at Paris on Roumanian affairs. 1867 Settlement of the Luxemburg question by the London Conference.
The great international exposition at Paris opened April 1. Visit of many crowned heads.
Attempted assassination of the Czar of Russia, June 6.
1868 Riots in Bordeaux and Paris, in March and June.
1868 Treaties with Italy, Prussia and Meck- .lenburg signed.
1869 Serious election riots in Paris.
Great radical successes in the elections. The Emperor makes new concessions in favor of the constitutional government. Celebration of the one hundredth birth- day of Napoleon the Great. Death of Lamartine, Feb. 28.
Resignation of ministry, Dec. 27.
187 Victor Noir shot by Prince Pierre Bona- parte, Jan. 10.
Great riots in Paris, Feb. 8, 9. Discovery of plots against the Emperor's life
Trial and acquittal of Prince Pierre Bon- aparte.
The Plebiscitum on change of Constitu- tion; affirmative vote secured for Ple- biscite, May 8. Nomination of Prince Leopold for Span- ish throne creates warlike feeling. Prince Leopold withdraws.
Refusal of Prussia to give guarantees to France.
War with Prussia declared, July 15. English mediation refused, July 20. Prussians blow up bridge of Kehl. The Emperor takes command of the ar- my
Severe and undecisive engagement at Saarbuck, Aug. 2-4.
Defeat of the French at Woerth and For- bach, Aug. 6. Strasburg invested, Aug. 10.
Battle of Courcelles, Aug. 14.
Decisive victory at Gravelotte, Aug. 18. Bazaine's army shut up in Metz, Aug. 24. Repulse of Germans at Verdun, Aug. 25. Great victory of Prussians at battle of Sedan, Sept. 1.
The Emperor Napoleon and the French army made prisoners of war, Sept. 2. Revolution in Paris, and fall of the Empire. Flight of the Empress Eu- genie, Sept. 7.
The Republic proclaimed in Paris, and the Provisional Government organized, Sept. 7.
Paris invested by the Prussians, Sept. 19. Strasburg surrendered, Sept. 27. Metz and French army, under Bazaine, surrender, Oct. 27. Defeat of the French army of the North, Dec. 23.
1871 Rocroy capitulates, Jan. 6. Alencon surrendered, Jan. 17. Paris bombarded by the Prussians. King William of Prussia proclaimed Em- peror of Germany, at Versailles, Jan. 18
The armistice and peace signed, Feb. 27. France agrees to give up Alsace, a fifth of Lorraine, with Metz and Thionville, and to pay five milliards of francs. Meeting of the Assembly at Bordeaux. Formation of a provisional government. Prussians enter France, March 1. Peace with Germany.
Revolt of the Commune, March 18. The second siege and capture of Paris, Thiers elected President of the Third Re- public. March 28.
1872 Reorganization of the government in France.
A large part of the war indemnity said. Death of the Duke de Persigny, Jan. 12. Commercial treaty with Belgium and England abrogated, Feb. 2.
1873 Death of Napoleon III., at Chiselhurst, England, Jan. 9.
New treaty of evacuation signed with Germany, March 15.
M. Thiers resigns the presidency, May 24. Marshal MacMahon chosen President - of the Republic, . May 25.
War indemnity paid in full, Sept. 5. Germans avacuate Verdun, Sept. 15. Presidential term fixed at seven years. Bazaine sentenced to twenty years im- prisonment for surrender of Metz, Dec. 12.
1874 Execution of communists.
Escape of General Bazaine, Aug. 11. Payment of the German debt, September. The legislative body reorganized, and two Chambers created.
Passage of a bill for the construction of a tunnel under the English channel. 1876 Meeting of the new Chambers, March 7. Amnesty for communists.
New ministry formed by Jules Simon. Death of M. Thiers, Sept. 8.
1877 MacMahon dissolves Chamber of Depu- ties, June 25.
Gambetta prosecuted, Aug. 25.
1878 International Exposition at Paris opened May 1.
1879 Resignation' of President MacMahon, Jan. 2.
M. Jules Grevy elected President by the Senate, Jan. 30. Gambetta becomes President of the Chamber. Waddington forms a new ministry. Communist amnesty bill passed, Feb. 21. Bill to abolish Jesuit colleges introduced by M. Ferry.
Prince Louis Napoleon killed in Zululand, Africa, June 1.
M. De Freycinet forms new ministry, to succeed Waddington's, Dec. 21.
1880 Rejection of educational bills of M. Fer- ry, March 9. Jesuit, and other orders, dissolved by national decree. General amnesty bill passed, July 3. New ministry formed by Jules Ferry, Sept. 20.
1881 Elections favorable to the government. $200,000,000 loan taken up three times over. " France invades Tunis, and treaty with Bey signed, May 12, by which the republic gains virtual Suzerainty. Ratification by Senate, May 23. Great excitement produced in Italy. Gambetta enthusiastically received at Cahors, May 25.
Rejection of semtin de liste, May 9. Gambetta premier on resignation of Fer- ry's cabinet.
1882 Resignation of Gambetta's ministry, Jan. 30. Freycinet Prime Minister; resigns, July 29 Rejection of vote of credit to protect Suez Canal. Disastrous floods in France, Aug. 6. Duclerc succeeds in forming a new min- istry, Aug. 7.
Death of Louis Blanc, aged 71, Dec. 6. Death of Leon Gambetta, aged 42, Dec. 24.
1883 Arrest of Prince Napoleon charged with sedition, Jan. 16; released, Feb. 9. Resignation of the Duclerc ministry. M. Faillieres Prime Minister, Jan. 29. Death of Gustave Dore, aged 50, Jan. 23. Passage of the expulsion bill, Feb. 1. Jules Ferry forms a new ministry, Feb. 21
Commencement of hostilities with Mada- gascar; bombardment of Majunga, May 16; bombardment of Tamatave, Mada- gascar, June 13.
Blockade of Tonquin by French fleet, September.
Apology offered by President Grevy to King Alfonso Sept. 30.
Gen. Thibaudin resigns office of Minister of War, Oct. 5.
1884 Treaty between France and China signed, May 11.
France . commences hostilities by bom- bardment and capture of Kelung, Aug. 6.
Serious outbreak of cholera at Toulon.
1886 Langson, China, captured by the French, Feb. 12.
Peace concluded with China, April 6, and treaty signed of Tientsin, June 9.
1885 Death of Victor Hugo, aged 83, March 22.
1887 Burning of the Theatre Comique, 100 lives lost, May 25.
Fall of President Grevy, Dec. 2.
1888 M. Sadi Carnot elected President, Dec. 3. Remains of Napoleon III. and the Prince Imperial removed to Farmsborough. 1889 Centennial of French revolution cele- brated, May 5.
Paris Exposition opened, May 6.
1890 1891 Cabinet, with M. de Freycinet, March 16. Russia bestows decoration on Pres. Car- not, March.
1893 Panama Canal frauds exposed, many prominent men imprisoned.
Court of Cassation quashed the sentence of the Panama Canal swindlers, and all released from jail, except Chas. de Lesseps.
France gives Siam an ultimatum, which was accepted, June 29.
Marshal McMahon, ex-president, died, Oct. 17.
1894 President Sadi Carnot assassinated at Lyons by an anarchist.
Casimir-Perier elected president, but re- signed shortly after and was succeeded by Felix Faure.
1895
French army succeeds in capturing Madagascar.
1899 1900 1901 Dreyfus case creates great excitement. Capt. Dreyfus pardoned, Sept. 19. Emile Loubet elected President, Feb. 18. Theatre Francais, Paris, burned, March 8. Santos-Dumont wins prize for steerable balloon, Nov.
Austria-Hungary.
1772 Austria acquires Galicia, and other prov- inces, from Poland.
1785 Vassalage abolished in Hungary.
1792 War with France begins.
1793 The Austrians victorious at the battles of Neerwinden and Quesnoy.
1795 The Austrians defeated at the battle of Loano.
1796 Disastrous defeats sustained against Bonaparte at Montenotte, Lodi, Bad- stadt, Roseredo, and elsewhere.
1797 Treaty of Campo Formio.
The Emperor surrenders Lombardy to Napoleon, and obtains Venice.
1799 Additional defeats at Zurich and Bergen. Defeat of Austrians by the French at 1800 the battles of Engen, May 3; Monte- bello, June 9; Marengo, June 14; Hoch- stadt, June 19; Hohenlinden, Dec. 3; and Mincio-
1801 Treaty of Luneville; loss of more Aus- trian territory.
1804 Francis II. of Germany becomes Francis I. of Austria.
1805 War with France declared by Francis. chingen and Ulm. General Ney defeats Austrians at El- Capture of Vienna by Napoleon. Battle of Austerlitz.
Complete defeat of Austrians and Rus- sians. .
1805 Treaty of ze šaty
Austria surrenders ne Tyrol and Venice. The French evacuate Vienna. The Germanic Confederation dissolved. The Austrian King abdicates.
Battle of Ahensberg; defeat of Austrians. Second captare of Vienna, by the French the city restored Oct. 24.
1810 Marriage of the Archduchess Maria Louise, daughter of Francis II., to Na- poleon I., April 1.
1814 1815 Downfall of Napoleon. Congress of Sovereigns at Vienna. Treaty of Vienna.
Austria regains her Italian provinces, with additions.
The Lombardo-Venetian kingdom estab- lished.
1825 Hungarian Diet assembles.
1835 Death of Francis I .; Ferdinand I. suc- ceeds him.
1838 Treaty of commerce with England.
Ferdinand I. crowned Emperor at Milan. Insurrection at Vienna.
1848 Flight of Prince Metternich, March 13. Insurrections in Italy, which are crushed. Another insurrection at Vienna. The Emperor flees to Inspruck, May 15- 17.
The Archduke John appointed Vicar-Gen- eral of the Empire, May 29.
A Constitutional Assembly meets at Vienna, July 22.
Third insurrection in Vienna.
Count Latour murdered, Oct. 6.
War with Sardinia. Revolution in Hungary.
Imperial troops capture Raab and defeat Hungarians, at Szikiszo and Mohr. The Emperor Ferdinand abdicates in fa- vor of his nephew, Francis Joseph.
1849 Sardinia forced to make peace. Constitution granted.
Hungary declares independence, April 14. Kossuth proclaimed Governor. Total defeat of Hungarians at Szegeden. The revolution in Hungary suppressed, after a severe struggle. Count Bathyany executed.
1850 Convention of Olmutz.
1851 The Emperor revokes the Constitution of 1849.
185° Trial by jury abolished in the Empire. Libenyi attempts to assassinate the Em- peror.
Commercial treaty with Prussia.
1854 The Austrians enter the Danubian prin- cipalities.
1856 Amnesty granted to the Hungarian po- litical offenders of 1848, '49, by the Em- peror.
1857 Quarrel with Sardinia, and diplomatic relations suspended. The Danubian provinces evacuated. Visit of the Emperor and Empress to Hungary.
1859 War with France and Sardinia.
Austrians cross the Ticino and enter Piedmont.
Austrians defeated at Montebello, May 20; Palestro, May 30, 31.
Napoleon III. declares war with Austria, May 31.
Battles of Magenta, June 4; Melegnano, June 8, and Solferino, June 24, in all of which Austria suffers defeat. Death of Prince Metternich.
Armistice between the Austrians and the allies agreed upon, July 6. Meeting of the Emperors of France and Austria, July 11.
Peace of Villa Franca, July 12.
Austria surrenders Lombardy to. Sar- dinia.
Further troubles in Hungary; fears of a revolution.
The Emperor grants increased privileges to the Protestants.
Treaty of Zurich, Nov. 10; permanent peace with France and Sardinia. 1860 The Emperor removes the disabilities of the Jews.
The meeting of the Reichsrath, the great imperial council or diet, May 31.
Austria protests against the annexation of the Italian duchies by the King of Sardinia.
The liberty of the press further re- tained; renewed troubles in Hungary. The Reichsrath granted legislative pow- ers, the control of the finances, etc.
1861 Amnesty granted for political offences in Hungary, Croatia, etc.
Great disaffection throughout the Em- pire caused by the reactionary policy of the court.
The new Constitution for the Austrian monarchy published.
Civil and political rights granted to Protestants throughout the Empire, ex- cept in Hungary and Venice.
1861 No deputies present from Hungary, Cro- atia, Transylvania, Venice, or Istria, at meeting of the Reichsrath, April 29. The Hungarians demand the restoration of the Constitution of 1848. The new liberal Constitution for the em- pire fails to satisfy Hungary. Military levy taxes in Hungary. Entire independence refused Hungary by the Emperor, July 21. The Diet of Hungary protests, Aug. 20, and is dissolved, Aug. 21. The magistrates at Pesth resign.
Military government established in Hun- gary, in December.
1862 Amnesty granted to Hungarian revolu- tionists.
Cessation of prosecutions, Nov. 19. Ministry of Marine created.
The principle of ministerial responsibility adopted in the imperial government. Great reduction of the army. A personal liberty (a kind of habeas corpus) bill passed. Serious inundations throughout the em- pire.
1863 Unsuccessful insurrection in Poland. Transylvania accepts the constitution and sends deputies to the Reichsrath. German sovereigns meet at Frankfort. Federal Constitution reformed.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.