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1864 Galicia and Cracow declared in a state of siege.
War with Denmark, about Schleswig- Holstein; meeting of the Emperor with King of Prussia, June 22; peace with Denmark, Oct. 30.
Austria supports the German Confedera- tion in the dispute respecting the duchies.
1865 Great financial difficulties in the empire; reforms resolved upon.
Concessions made to Hungary, and a more liberal manner of governing the empire introduced.
Convention of Gastein with Prussia for the disposal of the Danish duchies. Austria receives the temporary govern- ment of Holstein, and the promise of 2,500,000 Danish dollars from Prussia. Rescript of the Emperor suppressing the Constitution for the purpose of grant- ing independence to Hungary.
1866
The Emperor visits Pesth, Hungary. Dissatisfaction in the rest of the empire. Quarrel with Prussia, Bavaria, Hesse- Cassel, Saxony, Hanover, Wurtemburg, Hesse-Darmstadt on the Holstein ques- tion.
Nassau and Frankfort allied with Aus- tria
The German-Italian war between Austria enters Silesia. The Italians defeated by the Archduke Albrecht, June 24, at battle of Custova. The Prussians occupy Saxony and in- vade Bohemia.
Defeat of the Austrians at battle . of Nachos, June 27.
Battle of Skalitz; decisive defeat of the Austrian army, under Benedek, at Sa- dowa, July 3.
Venetia ceded to France, July 4, and in- tervention requested.
Great victory by the Austrian fleet over the Italian fleet, at Lissa, July 20. An armistice agreed upon between Aus- tria and Prussia, July 22; peace of Nicholsburg, Aug. 30.
Hanover, Hesse-Cassel, Nassau and Frankfort gained by Prussia.
Austria retires from the German Cor- federation.
Baron Von Beust made prime minister. The Emperor makes great concessions to Galicia.
1867 A new and very liberal Constitution for the empire adopted.
Hungary constituted an independent kingdom.
Andrassy elected President of Hungarian Diet
The Emperor and Empress of Austria crowned King and Queen of Hungary, at Pesth, June 8.
1868 The clergy of the Roman Catholic church made amenable to the civil law. Civil marriage authorized.
The State assumes the control of secular education.
1869 Serio.º outbreaks in Dalmatia against conscription.
1870 The Concordat repealed.
Neutrality declared in the Franco-Prus- sian war.
Bitter contest between national and fed- eral parties.
1871 Further reforms in the government in- Measures adopted looking to the repre- stituted. sentation of all the nationalities em- braced in the empire.
Austria recognizes new German Confed- eration.
Old Catholic movement at Vienna. Rivalry between Slavonian conservatives and German constitutionalists; over- throw of Beust.
Andrassy appointed Minister of Foreign affairs.
1872 Change in the Electoral Law.
Meeting of the Emperors at Berlin.
1873 Visit of the Emperor of Germany and King of Italy to Vienna. International Exhibition at Vienna, opened May 1.
The federalists defeated in the elections.
1874 Reforms in the empire. Visit of the Emperor to Russia. Ecclesiastical laws of Austria condemned by the Pope.
Death of Ferdinand-, ex-Emperor.
1875 Visit of the Emperor to Italy. Great financial crisis. Change in the bed of the Danube
1876 New marriage law proclaimed. Austria takes a leading part in the east- ern question. Neutrality declared in Servian war.
1877 Austria remains neutral in the Turkish war.
1878 Andrassy represents Austria in the Ber- lin Conference.
Occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and war with the former.
1879 Resignation of Count Andrassy.
1883 1881 The Archduke Rudolph marries the Prin- cess Stephanie, Belgium, Raab, Hungary, inundated by the rising of the Danube; many lives lost, Jan. 9.
1884 Burning of the Stadt Theatre, Vienna, , May 16.
1885 Meeting of the Emperor and Czar of Russia at Kremsier, Aug. 25. Meeting of the Emperor with the Em- peror of Germany at Gastein, Aug. 6. Crown Prince suicides, Jan. 30. Emperor Francis Joseph visits Berlin, Aug. 12.
1890 The Rothschilds protest against the per- section of the Jews, May 11. 1891 Austro-German new commercial treaty. April 2.
1904 Members Hungarian House wrecked Chamber in riot, Dec. 13.
SCANDINAVIA.
Most of Norway was united under Har- old Haarfager about the end of the ninth century.
136 Albert of Mecklenburg became king of Sweden ..
1385 Margaret, the Semiramis of the North, became Queen of Denmark. This great princess died in 1412.
1838
1839 Insurrections in Paris.
1840 M. Thiers becomes Prime Minister. Prince Louis Napoleon, General Monthol- on, and others, attempt an insurrection at Boulogne, Aug. 6.
Prince Louis Napoleon sentenced to im- prisonment for life, and confined in the castle of Ham, Oct. 6.
Darmes attempts to shoot the king, Oct. 15.
Removal of the remains of the Emperor Napoleon I. from St. Helena to Paris, Dec. 15.
1842 The Duke of Orleans, the heir to the throne, dies from the effect of a fall, July 13.
1848 Queen Victoria, of England, visits the royal family at the Chateau d' Eu. Extradition treaty with England.
1846 Lecompte attempts to assassinate the king at Fontainebleau, April 16. Louis Napoleon escapes from Ham, May 25.
Joseph Henri attempts to kill the king, July 29.
1847 Jerome Bonaparte returns to France after an exile of thirty-two years. Death of the ex-Empress Marie Louise. Surrender of Abd-el-Kader to the French. "Reform banquet" prohibited.
Revolution of February 22, and barricade of the streets of Paris.
Flight and abdication of the King, Feb. The second republic proclaimed, Feb. 26. The provisional government succeeded by an executive commission, named by the Assembly, May 7.
Louis Napoleon elected to the National Assembly from the Seine and three other departments, June 13.
Outbreak of the Red Republicans in Paris, June 23.
1849 Severe fighting in Paris, June 23 to 26; 16,000 persons killed, including the Archbishop of Paris. Surrender of the insurgents, June 26. Gen. Cavaignac at the head of the gov- ernment, June 28.
Louis Napoleon takes his seat in the Assembly, Sept. 26. The Constitution of the republic solemn- ly proclaimed, Nov. 12. Louis Napoleon elected president of the French Republic, Dec. 11 He takes the oath of office, Dec. 20.
1850 Death of Louis Philippe, at Claremont, in England, Aug. 26.
Freedom of the press curtailed.
1851 Electric telegraph between England and France opened. The Coup d'Etat.
Napoleon dissolves the Assembly and proclaims universal suffrage.
Calls for an election of President for ten years.
Declares Paris in a state of siege. Arrest of the prime minister, Thiers, and 180 members of the Assembly. The President crushes the opposition, with great loss of life, Dec. 3, 4. The Coup d'Etat sustained by the people at the polls, and Louis Napoleon re- elected President for ten years, Dec. 21, 22; affirmative votes, 7,473,431; negative, 644,351.
1862 President Louis Napoleon occupies the Tuileries, Jan. I.
The new constitution published, Jan. 14. Banishment of 83 members of the As- sembly, and transportation of nearly 600 persons for resisting coup d'etat. The property of the Orleans family con- fiscated.
The birthday of Napoleon I., Aug. 15, declared the only national holiday. Organization of the Legislative Cham-' bers, the Senate and Corps Legislatif, March 29.
The President visits Strasbourg.
M. Thiers and the exiles permitted to re- turn to France, Aug. 8.
The Senate petitions the President for "the re-establishment of the hereditary 'sovereign power in the Bonaparte fam- ily," Sept. 13.
The President visits the Southern and Western Departments, September and October; at Bordeaux utters his fa- mous expression, "The Empire is Peace."
The President releases Abd-el-Kader, Oct. 16. Measures for the re-establishment of the empire inaugurated, October and No- vember.
The empire re-established by the popu- lar vote, Nov. 21; yeas, 7,839,552; nays, 254,501; the President declared Emper- or, and assumes the title of Napoleon III., Dec .. 2.
1868 Napoleon marries Eugenie de Montigo, Countess of Teba, Jan. 29. The Emperor releases 4,312 political of- fenders, Feb. 2. Bread riots in Paris, and other cities ..
1853 Death of F. Arago, the astronomer, Oct. 2. Attempt to assassinate the Emperor.
1854 Beginning of the Crimean war. Treaty of Constantinople, March 12. War declared with Russia, March 27.
1855 Emperor and Empress visit England, April.
Industrial exhibition opened at Paris, May 15.
Pianori attempts to assassinate the Em- peror, April 28.
Bellemarre attempts to assassinate the Emperor, Sept. 8. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visit France, August.
1856 Birth of the Prince Imperial, March 16. Close of the Crimean war, and the treaty of Paris, March 30.
Terrible inundations in the Southern De- partments.
1857 The Archbishop of Paris (Sil ur) as- June 3. sassinated by a priest named Merger, Conference on Neuchatel . difficulty, March 15.
Conspiracy to assassinate the Emperor detected, July 11. Visit of the Emperor and Empress to England. Death of Gen. Cavaignac, Oct. 28.
The Emperor Napoleon meets the Em- peror of Russia, at Stuttgart, Sept. 25.
1858 Orsini and others attempt to kill the Emperor by the explosion of three shells; two persons killed and several wounded, Jan. 24.
Passage of the Public Safety Bill. Trial of the Count de Montalembert. The Empire divided into five military de- partments.
Republican outbreak at Chalons crushed. Orsini and Pietri executed for attempt- ing to assassinate the Emperor. Visit of the Queen of England to Cher- bourg.
1831 Great riots in Paris, Feb. 14 and 15. The hereditary peerage abolished. Insurrection in Paris suppressed. Death of Napoleon II., Duke of Reich- stadt, July 22.
Attempted assassination of the King, Dec. 27.
1834 Death of Lafayette, May 20.
1835 Fieschi attempts, with an infernal ma- chine, to kill the King, July 28, and is executed, Feb. 6, 1836.
1836 Louis Alibaud fires at the king, June 25; is guillotined, July 11. Death of Charles X., Nov. 6. Prince Louis Napoleon attempts an in- surrection at Strasbourg, Oct. 30; is banished to America, Nov. 13. The ministers of Charles X. set at liberty and sent out of France. Meunier attempts to kill the king. Death of Tallyrand, May 14. War with Mexico.
1875
Copyright, 1905, by Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
1889
SUPPLEMENT XVIII.
ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND MODERN HISTORY.
1387. Norway and Denmark became confed-
1863 The Lower House closed, for the sec-
1798 Prussia seizes Dantzic and acquires Po-
der command of King William, of Prus-
erate kingdoms, under one ruler, and
1816 Agricultural and Weaver riots
remained so until 1814.
ond time, by William_I.
German states, except Prussia, meet at
1795 Warsaw ceded to Prussia in the partition
sen.
sia
(See Germany and France.)
1817
Specie payments resumed.
1407 By the Treaty of Calmar, Sweden joined
The king of Prussia elected Emperor of
Habeas Corpus act again susp- ded.
Death of Princess Charlotte, Noy- 6.
the confederacy or Scandinavian king-
Frankfort, and approve a plan of fed-
eral reform.
of Poland.
1797 Frederick William III., of Prussia, be-
Germany.
1871 King William proclaimed Emperor of
1818
Trial of Lord Howe and acquittal.
1864 The quarrel with Denmark results in
Birth of J. Anthony Froude.
1448 Christian I. of Oldenburg became king
dom.
war with that kingdom.
The Danes are defeated and forced to
1801
comes Emperor of Germany.
Prussians seize Hanover.
Germany and crowned at Versailles,
1819 Queen Victoria born, May 24.
and added Schleswig and Holstein to
1805
Treaty of Vienna.
Jan. 18.
Peel's Currency Act.
the kingdom.
Downfall of the German Empire.
1520 Sweden revolted from the foreign yoke
surrender the duchies.
Peace restored, Oct. 30.
1865 The Gestein convention.
1806
Prussia seizes Hanover, Posen.
Trouble with the Roman Catholic clergy.
Birth of Ruskin
Prusste joins the alliance against France.
1872 Creation of the new peers by the govern-
1820 Death of George III., Jan. 29.
and under Gustavus Vasa, her future
ment to carry its measures in parlia-
It gives great offence to the German
ment.
Cato Street conspiracy discovered, Feb.
king. . became independent in 1523.
20.
1523
Gustavus Vasa died in 1560.
Lutheran religion established in Den-
Prussia and Austria called upon to give
Diet.
Battles of Jena and Auerstadt.
Prussia succumbs to Napoleon.
1873
Troubles with the Roman Catholic bish-
Napoleon issues the Berlin Decree.
ops. The stamp Tax.
Trial of Queen Caroline.
mark.
Peace of Tilsit.
1874 Troubles with the Roman Catholic bish-
Birth of Herbert Spencer.
Birth of George McDonald.
1537 Catholicism suppressed
"and
church
up Holstein, which they refuse.
1866 War between Prussia and Austria, and
1807
The Old Catholic bishops given salaries
·ops.
lands annexed to the crown.
their respective allies.
Napoleon restores one-half of his do-
Death of Queen Caroline, Aug. 7.
1808
minions to the King of Prussia.
Convention of Berlin.
by the government.
Great outrages in Ireland.
1611 Gustavus Adolphus, The Lion King of
Austria defeated.
the North and Bulwark of Protestant-
Saxony and Holstein invaded by Prussia.
Attempt to assassinate Bismarck, July
1821 George IV. crowned, July 19,
ism in Germany, became king of Swe-
Prussia makes peace with the several
1812
Serfdom abolished in Prussia.
1822 King George IV. visits Scotland.
den. He was an important factor in
German states.
Prussia concludes an alliance with Rus-
1875 Conference of the Roman Catholic bish-
13.
"Whiteboy" outrages in Ireland.
Suicide of Castlereagh.
the Thirty Years' War and was killed
North German Confederation formed,
sia and Austria.
1813 The French evacuate Berlin, March 4.
The war of Liberation begun.
ops at Fulda.
1823
Aug. 18.
Religious agitation in Prussia.
First Mechanics' Institute held.
at the battle of Lutzen in 1632.
Agitation about tests and corporation
1664 Charles XII. became king of Sweden,
1867 Formation of the new Zollverein in-
Uprising of the people.
Government aid withdrawn from Cath-
acts.
after engaging in successful war with
cludes Bavaria, Wurtemburg, Baden,
Hesse, Darmstadt, and Prussia.
The "Landwehr" formed.
olic clergy.
Russia he was defeated by Peter the
1868 South German military commission ap-
New Constitution adopted by the Prot-
1824
English-Burmese war.
Battle of Leipsic, Oct. 16.
Great at Pultowa in 1709 and became
pointed.
1814 The allies invade France.
estant State Church.
Death of Lord Byron in Greece.
1876 The German made the official language
1825 The great commercial crisis.
a fugitive.
First railroad in England.
1792 Gustavus III. assassinated and succeed-
1870
France declares war against Germany.
Complete defeat of Napoleon.
ed by Gustavus IV. The latter being
Munich, Stuttgart, and other cities, de-
The Prussians occupy the French capital.
in Prussian Poland.
Thames tunnel commenced.
Treaty of Paris.
insane, was dethroned.
clare for union with North Germany.
1815 Congress of Vienna; Germanic Confed-
Deposition of Catholic bishops in Mun-
ster and Cologne.
Birth of Wilkie Collins.
1809
Charles XIII. succeeded to the throne of
Bavaria, Wurtemburg, Hesse, Darmstadt
eration formed.
and Baden support Prussia.
Prussia enters the Holy Alliance.
Great inundations in Prussia.
1827
Lord Canning Prime Minister.
Sweden.
Battle of Navarino.
Invasion of France by the Germans. Un-
(See Germany.)
Lord Palmerston Foreign Secretary.
1828
1810 For want of a legitimate heir, Berna-
1817
Establishment of the Ministry of Educa-
The allies defeat the Turkish and Egyp-
dotte, prince of Ponte Corvo, one of
paralleled success
the
German
tion.
tian fleets. .
Napoleon's marshals,
crown prince of Sweden.
was 'elected
The Emperor, Napoleon III., and two
troops.
1818
Formation of the Prussian Zollverein.
Congress of Carlsbad. Death of Marshal
1829
Roman Catholic Relief Bill passed, April
1819
13
1814 Norway taken from Denmark and given
French armies made prisoners by the
Germans. .
Blucher, Sept. 12.
to Sweden as indemnity for her losses
1830
Great Riots in London.
in Finland by the allies, and Lauren-
North German Parliament opens at Ber-
1840
Accession of Frederick William IV., of
Death of George IV.
lin, Nov. 24.
Prussia.
William IV. mounts the throne, June 26.
berg was given to Denmark in ex-
1844
Attempt to assassinate the King of Prus-
Great Britain and Ireland
Ministry of the Duke of Wellington.
change.
The German empire formed.
The Imperial Crown offered to the King
1848 Revolution of 1848.
sta.
Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester
1818 Bernadotte ascended the throne of Swe-
of Prussia, Dec. 10.
1765 American Stamp Act passed, March 22.
railway.
den and Norway, where his descend-
Berlin declared in a stage of siege, Nov.
Death of the Pretender, at Rome.
1831 The new London bridge opened.
ants are still seated.
1871 King William I., of Prussia, proclaimed
The reform bill rejected by the Lords,
1863 Insurrection' in Schleswig-Holstein and
Emperor of Germany at Versailles.
Prince Bismarck becomes Chancellor.
The Constituent Assembly meets in
12.
Percy's Reliques published.
The
1766
Oct. 7.
Laurenberg, assisted by Prussia and
Successful close of the French war.
Brandenburgh Castle, Nov. 29.
King dissolves the Assembly, and is-
1768
Birth of Isaac Disraeli; died 1848.
Austria, resulted in the loss of these
Bruce's travels.
Riots in Bristol, Oct. 29.
provinces to Denmark.
The Germans occupy Paris, and deprive
Earl Grey's ministry.
Christian 'IX. crowned king of Denmark.
France of Alsace and Lorraine.
sues a new Constitution, Dec. 5.
1769
Academy of arts founded.
Letters of Junius.
1832
Passage of the English Reform Bill,
June 1.
1872 Oscar II. ascended the throne of Swe-
Treaty of peace with France ratified,
1849 The German National Assembly offer the
Imperial Crown of Germany to the
Watt's engine.
den' and' Norway.
Arkwright's Jenny.
Death of Sir Walter Scott, Sept. 2.
May 16.
1898 Viking ship built at Christiana, Sweden,
Triumphal entry of the victorious Ger-
King of Prussia, March 28. He de-
1770
Birth of the painter, Lawrence; died 1830.
1834
Passage of the Irish Reform Bill, Aug. 7.
Slavery ceases in the colonies.
and sailed for the World's Fair at
Chicago, April . 9. Dr. Nansen, the
man army into Berlin, June 16.
clines it, April 29.
Lord North's ministry.
German Parliament opened by the Em-
Martial law declared throughout the
Arctic explorer, sailed from Christi-
peror, Oct. 16.
kingdom, May 10.
Cook's voyages in the South Sea.
Trades union and repeal riots.
Occupation of Carlsruhe by the Prus-
1771
English debates reported.
1835
Lord Melbourne's ministry.
ana, Sweden, June 24.
1872 The Jesuits expelled from the empire,
sians, June 23.
Corporation Reform Act passed, Sept. s.
July 5,
The revolution in Baden completely
1772
Birth of Sir Walter Scott; died 1832.
1774
Warren Hastings in India.
Meeting of the Emperors of Germany
1837
Sir Walter Peel Prime Minister.
Suicide of Lord Clive.
Death of William IV.
Russia, and Austria, at Berlin, Sept. 6.
Victoria succeeds to the throne, June 20.
Bismarck resigns the premiership of
1850 The King takes the oath to the new Con-
crushed.
1775
Commencement of the American Revolu-
tion; (see United States.)
Hanover separated from Great Britain.
Prussia.
stitution, Feb. 6.
Attempt to assassinate the King, May 22.
Birth of Charles Lamb; died 1835.
1838 Queen Victoria crowned, June 28.
1873 National Liberals succeed in the elec-
177
"Wealth of Nations" decline and fall.
Irish Poor Law bill passed, July 31.
GERMANY.
Troubles with the Roman Catholic
tions.
Treaty of peace with Denmark.
Prussia refuses to join the restricted Diet
1777
Royal Marriage Act.
1º39
Viscount Melbourne's ministry.
England at war with China.
church.
of Frankfort.
Birth of T. Campbell; died 1844.
Death of the Earl of Chatham.
1785 Joseph II. becomes Emperor.
Monetary reform law passed, June 23.
Prussia warns Austria of her intention
1778
Assassination of Lord Northbury in Ire-
1840
land.
to uphold the Constitution in Hesse-
Relief bill for Irish Catholics passed.
Penny postage inaugurated.
1766
Lorraine ceded to France.
Germany receives the last payment of
Cassel, Sept. 21.
Birth of H. Hallam; died 1859.
Rodney's victories.
Germany shares in the partition of Po-
1874 . Civil marriage bill passed.
The Prussian army occupies Hesse, Nov.
1779
The Queen marries Prince Albert of
1769 Convention between Prussia and Austria.
the French indemnity, Sept. 5.
1772
12.
Eliot at Gibraltar.
Saxe-Coburg, Feb. 10.
1780 Lord George Gordon's "No Popery" riots,
land.
New military and press laws.
1841
Oxford's assault on the Queen, June 10.
Attempt to assassinate Prince Von Bis-
The Prussian troops withdraw from Ba-
den, Nov. 14.
in London.
Birth of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales,
1788
War with Turkey.
Nov. 10.
1790
marck, July 13.
The Convention of Olmutz removes the
Birth of Channing; died 1842.
1781
Trial and acquittal of Gordon.
Ministry of Sir Robert Peel.
1791
Leopold II. becomes. Emperor.
Conference between the Emperor' and
Bismarck resigns Chancellorship, Dec.
cause of the trouble, and restores peace
1842 John Francis attempts to kill the Queen,
Frederick of Prussia,
16. Resignation withdrawn upon re-
to Germany, Nov. 29.
1782 England acknowledges the independence
1792
Accession of Francis II. of Austria.
celving a vote of confidence.
1851
Visit of the King to Russia.
of the United States, Nov. 30.
May 20; a second attempt by Bean,
Lord Rockingham's second ministry.
June 3.
1793
Revolt in the Rhenish provinces.
1875 The Imperial Bank bill adopted.
Visit of the Emperor to Italy, Aug. 17.
1852
Prussians seize Dantzic and acquire
The King re-establishes the Council of
Grattan's Irish Constitution.
Income tax established, Aug.
Peace with China, Dec.
Posen.
Government aid withdrawn from Cath-
1863
the state as it existed prior to 1848.
Plot against' the government discovered
1783
Coalition ministry.
1843 Queen Victoria visits France.
1795
Warsaw ceded to Prussia in the division
olic clergy.
in Berlin.
England wars with Tippoo-Saib.
Settlement of Upper Canada.
1844 The Emperor of Russia and King of the
of Poland.
1876 Germany takes part in the Eastern ques-
1854
Wavering policy of the government re-
1784
Birth of Sheridan Knowles; died 1862.
French visit England.
War, with France.
Visit of Queen Victoria to Berlin.
tion.
specting the Eastern question.
1797 Accession of Frederick William III., of
Prussia remains neutral in the Crimean
1785
Birth of De Quincey; died 1860.
Trial of O'Donnell, at Dublin, for sedi-
1786
Attempted assassination of the King by
tion, his conviction, fine and imprison-
Prussia.
Trouble with Roman Catholic church.
1801 Prussians seize Hanover.
Inundations in Prussia.
war.
Margaret Nicholson, (insane).
ment, and subsequent release from
Treaty of Luneville ;. Germany loses the
The Czar of Russia visits Germany.
prison, Sept.
1877 Code of laws enacted March 21.
1855
Prussia enters into treaty with Austria.
Prussia not allowed to take part in the
1788
Birth of Dr. Chalmers; died 1842.
Netherlands, the Italian states and ter-
Second resignation of Bismarck; resig-
Conference at Vienna.
Trial of Warren Hastings.
1845 Sir Robert Peel's new tariff.
Great famine in Ireland.
ritories west of the Rhine.
nation again withdrawn.
1856
Takes part in the Conference at Paris.
Birth of Lord Byron; died 1824.
Puseyite or Tractarian controversy.
1804 Francis II. renounces the title of Em-
1878
Attempt to assassinate the Emperor Wil-
Crown Prince becomes Regent in Prus-
London Times founded.
sia.
Birth of Sir H. Davy; died 1829.
Anti-corn law agitation.
peror of Germany, and assumes that of
1790 Boswell's Johnson published.
Great railroad speculations.
Emperor of Austria,
liam by Hedel, a socialist, May 11. A
second attempt to assassinate the Em-
Quarrel with Switzerland about Neufcha-
1846 Repeal of the corn laws, June 26.
1805 Treaty of Vienna.
peror, who is wounded.
Prussia relinquishes her claim for a pe-
tel.
1791
Birmingham riots.
Napoleon establishes the kingdoms of
Paine and "People's Friend."
Great commercial panic.
Wurtemburg and Bavaria.
The Crown Prince takes charge of the
Empire.
cuniary compensation.
1792
First coalition against France.
Food riots in Tipperary.
Russell forms new ministry.
1806 Dissolution of the German Empire.
Death of King George of Hanover, June
1857
Serious illness of the King.
1793 England begins war with France.
The Prince of Prussia, Emperor William
1794
Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act.
1847 Death of O'Connell, May 15.
Formation of. the Confederation of the
Rhine.
12.
$50,000,000 expended by the government
The Berlin Conference of the Great Pow-
I., made Regent.
English expedition to Dunkirk; Lord
Prussians seize Hanover.
1858 Prince Frederick William, son of the
Howe's victory over the French fleet.
for relief of Irish sufferers.
1848 Chartist demonstrations in London.
War declared against Napoleon, Sept. 24.
ers.
Crown Prince, married to the Princess
1795
Acquittal of Warren Hastings, April 23.
Birth of Carlisle; died 1881.
Irish-
rebellion,
headed by Smith,
Battles of Auerstadt and Jena; French
Suppression of many newspapers and
clubs.
Royal of England.
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