66.1 Congress of Vienna 1814, Post Napoleonic War Period

66.1 Congress of Vienna 1814, Post Napoleonic War Period

The Congress of Vienna 1814 at the end of the long Napoleonic Wars led to a period of relative peace on the continent of Europe. A network of institutions was established known as the ‘Concert of Europe’ where differences could be thrashed out before leading to war.


After the French Revolution, the basis of sovereignty shifted from individuals and families as leaders to nations and states. Throughout Europe a generation of individuals from the educated elite took the lead in developing movements of national liberation and liberal reform. But for more than thirty years the leaders of the Great Powers of the continent successfully managed to suppress these movements and clamped down on any signs of internal unrest or revolution


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Picture: Congress of Vienna watercolour etching by August Friedrich Andreas

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74.16 War of Attrition on the Western Front 1917

74.16 War of Attrition on the Western Front 1917

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74.15 The Russian Revolution 1917

74.15 The Russian Revolution 1917

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74.14 Battles of Verdun and The Somme 1916

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74.13 Eastern and Western Fronts 1915

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74.12 Turkey and Italy Enter the War, 1915

74.12 Turkey and Italy Enter the War, 1915

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2 Jun 202320min

74.11 The Eastern Front 1914

74.11 The Eastern Front 1914

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74.10 The Western Front 1914

74.10 The Western Front 1914

The first main clash of the First World War was on the borders of France and Germany and in Belgium. The Belgians put up more resistance than the Germans expect. However, the Battle of the Frontiers, ...

12 Mai 202317min

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