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THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY
| A.D. | |
|---|---|
| 1800. | Napoleon's campaign against Austria. Battles of Marengo (in Italy) and Hohenlinden (Moreau's victory). |
| 1801. | Preliminaries of peace between France, England, and Austria signed. |
| 1803. | Bonaparte occupied Switzerland, and so precipitated war. |
| 1804. | Bonaparte became Emperor. Francis II took the title of Emperor of Austria in 1805, and in 1806 he dropped the title of Holy Roman Emperor. So the "Holy Roman Empire" came to an end. |
| 1805. | Battle of Trafalgar. Battles of Ulm and Austerlitz. |
| 1806. | Prussia overthrown at Jena. |
| 1807. | Battles of Eylau and Friedland and Treaty of Tilsit. |
| 1808. | Napoleon made his brother Joseph King of Spain. |
| 1810. | Spanish America became republican. |
| 1811. | Alexander withdrew from the "Continental System". |
| 1812. | Moscow. |
| 1814. | Abdication of Napoleon. Louis XVIII. |
| 1815. | The Waterloo campaign. The Treaty of Vienna. |
| 1819. | The First Factory Act passed through the efforts of Robert Owen. |
| 1821. | The Greek revolt. |
| 1824. | Charles X of France. |
| 1825. | Nicholas I of Russia. |
| 1827. | Battle of Navarino. |
| 1829. | Greece independent. |
| 1830. | A year of disturbance. Louis Philippe ousted Charles X. Belgium broke away from Holland. Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha became king of this new country, Belgium. Russian Poland revolted ineffectually. First railway (Liverpool to Manchester). |
| 1832. | The First Reform Bill in Britain restored the democratic character of the British Parliament. |
| 1835. | The word socialism first used. |
| 1837. | Queen Victoria. |
| 1840. | Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. |
| 1848. | Another year of disturbance. Republics in France and |
