Napoleon Bonaparte was born on 15th of August 1769 in Corsica. Educated at military school‚ he served in Valence and Auxonne until after the outbreak of the Revolution in 1789. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general at age of 24 because of his strategy in the siege of Toulon and subsequently appointed as the commander of French Army in Italy. France now faced a new coalition - Austria and Russia had allied with Britain. Napoleon returned to Paris‚ where the government was in crisis. He
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triumph over Russia and Austria at the Battle of Austerlitz‚ which led to the elimination of the thousand-year-old Holy Roman Empire. In 1806‚ the Fourth Coalition took up arms against him because Prussia became worried about growing French influence on the continent. Napoleon quickly defeated Prussia at the battles of Jena and Auerstedt‚ then marched the Grand Army deep into Eastern Europe and annihilated the Russians in June 1807 at the Battle of Friedland. France then forced the defeated nations
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The movement to unite Italy into one cultural and political entity was known as the Risorgimento (literally‚ "resurgence"). Giuseppe Mazzini and his leading pupil‚ Giuseppe Garibaldi‚ failed in their attempt to create an Italy united by democracy. Garibaldi‚ supported by his legion of Red Shirts-- mostly young Italian democrats who used the 1848 revolutions as a opportunity for democratic uprising--failed in the face of the resurgence of conservative power in Europe. However‚ it was the aristocratic
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Born on May 2‚ 1729‚ in Stettin Prussia‚ Catherine was the daughter of German royalty‚ her parents being Christian August and Princess Johanna Elisabeth. She was described as an intelligent‚ ambitious child by her governess Babette‚ who taught her about religion‚ languages being German ‚ Russian‚ and French‚ also learning about history and music. She would later spend most of her time learning by herself‚ making herself a very intelligent‚ enlightened ruler when she took the throne. In 1744
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If one looks at Europe in the mid 1900s and the entire world today‚ one can see a mirror image of the old big 5 countries. In the 19th century it was Great Britain‚ France‚ Austria‚ Russia‚ and Prussia‚ but today it is China‚ India‚ United States‚ the European Union‚ and Russia. Today’s United States could be compared to 19th century Great Britain‚ in terms of economic dominance and world influence. China could be considered the modern day France/Russia because of its gigantic population and sheer
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Napoleon Bonaparte was born on 15th of August 1769 in Corsica. Educated at military school‚ he served in Valence and Auxonne until after the outbreak of the Revolution in 1789. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general at age of 24 because of his strategy in the siege of Toulon and subsequently appointed as the commander of French Army in Italy. France now faced a new coalition - Austria and Russia had allied with Britain. Napoleon returned to Paris‚ where the government was in crisis. He
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The French Revolution 1769: Aug 15: Napoleon born 1785: Napoleon becomes Second Lieutenant 1789: May 5: The French Estates-General meets at Versailles Jun 17: The Third Estate meets separately and declares itself National Assembly Jul 14: Storming of Bastille Aug 14: Nobles and clergy in the National Assembly renounce their privileges thus ending feudalism Aug 26: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen Franco-British relationship (1789-1815)
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a significant element of the imperialist or expansionist ideologies of several nations throughout history. Prominent examples include the Ancient Assyrian Empire‚ the Greek city state of Sparta‚ the Roman Empire‚ the Aztec nation‚ the Kingdom of Prussia‚ the British Empire‚ the Empire of Japan‚ the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (which would later become part of the Soviet Union)‚ the Italian Colonial Empire during the reign of Benito Mussolini‚ Nazi Germany and American Imperialism
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influence weighed heavily on the development‚ maintenance‚ and purpose of the military. The conflict and diplomatic ties between two powerful alliances‚ Prussia and Great Britain versus France‚ Austria‚ and Russia‚ saw the rise and fall of historical figures such as Frederick II of Prussia (“Frederick the Great”) and the internal collapse of France‚ Prussia‚ and Austria. During the Seven Years’ War‚ the “face of battle‚” or detailed experiences of the battlefield‚ transformed in tandem with social evolution
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The Edict of Nantes was put in on April 13‚ 1598 by Henry IV of France. The Edict of Nantes gave the huguenots or the Calvinists protestants basic rights in a majority Catholic state. In the Edict of Nantes‚ Henry tried his best to push unity among the people. The Edict of Nantes treated some of the people with tolerance‚ and the Edict opened up a way for secularism to creep in. Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes and he also demanded all the Huguenot churches and all of the protestant schools
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