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41 matches to Rhine Uprising
Rhine Uprising. 1301-2. Vs tolls.
Alsace-Lorraine. Iron rich region along Rhine. 1C BC Rome. 5C Alemanni. 496 Franks. 870 German. 1648(A)/1766(L) French 1871 Prussia. 1919 France 1940 Germany. 1945 France.
Arnhem, Battle. 1944. Unsuccessful Allied attempt to cross Rhine.
Basel, Treaty. 1795. Prussia, France exchange Rhine territories.
Germany. HRE. 1806 Confederation of Rhine. 1815 German Confederation. 1818 Zollverein. 1866 -Austria =North German Confederation. 1871 German Empire. 1919 Weimar Republic. 1933 Third Reich. 1949 German Democratic Republic(E), Federal Republic of Germany(W). 1990 re-united.
Liechtenstein. 5C Alemanni. Franks. 1342 Independent. 1396 HRE. 1719 Principality «HRE. 1806 Rhine Confederation.1815 German Confederation. 1852 Customs Union with Austria 1923 Customs Union with Switzerland.
Locarno Pact. 1925. Non-aggression treaty in Europe. Germany, France, Belgium, et al. Broken when Hitler occupied Rhineland,1936.
Lorelei. Rhine river cliff. Siren lures sailors to death.
Nassau. German family which controlled the Rhine from 12C. One branch was House of Orange.
Porte St-Denis. Paris. 1672. Celebrates Louis XIV’s victories on the Rhine.
Rhine, Confederation of. 1806-13. Bavaria and German states with constitution in French model.
Rhineland. German Rhine bank. Hitler defied Treaty of Versailles by militarizing area 1936.
Vienna, Congress. 1814-15. Redrew map of Europe after Napoleon. Prussia gains Rhine, Westphalia. Swiss borders and neutrality confirmed. Netherlands created from Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg. Malta and Cape Colony ceded to Britain. Russia gets Poland. Austria trades Netherlands for north Italy. France reduced to 1792 borders. Metternich.
West Wall. 1934-9. German illegal fortification of Rhine frontier.
Autumn Harvest Uprising. 1927. Failed Chinese peasant revolt led by Mao.
Beer Hall Putsch. 1923. Hitler’s unsuccessful Munich uprising. Wrote Mein Kampf while imprisoned 8 months.
Blanqui, Louis. 1805-81. French militant socialist. Coined: “Dictatorship of the Proletariat”, “Industrial Revolution”, 1837. Unsuccessful uprising 1839. Commune leader. Secret societies.
Bulgarian Horrors. 1876. Brutal Ottoman suppression of uprising. 15,000 killed in reprisals.
Cadiz Uprising. 1820. C. Constitution reimplemented.
De Valéra, Eamon. 1882-1975. US/Irish mathematician. Led Easter Uprising. Led Sinn Fein, 1917-26. Founded Fianna Fáil 1926. Prime Minister of Irish Free State, 1931~59. President 59-73.
Emmet, Robert. 1778-1803. Leader of failed Irish nationalist uprising. Executed.
Fitzgerald, Edward. 1763-98. Irish rebel. Sought aid from France for 1798 uprising.
Harper’s Ferry. 1859. John Brown raids arsenal to start slave uprising.
Huang Hsing. 1874-1916. Led Chinese uprising 1911, with Sun Yat-sen.
Hungarian Uprising. 1703-11. Ferenc Rákóczi II led vs Hapsburg centralism. No real change achieved. 1956. Student-led revolt crushed by Russian troops. Kádár puppet government established. Nagy executed.