Timeline of the 19th century Isms and Revolutions
1815-1914
Cultural events
Social events
Political events
Economic events
1760-1825: Henri de Saint Simon, socialist, advises to let scientists, engineers, and industrialists plan the economy
1815: Britain revises corn laws, prohibiting importation unless home prices became impossibly high
1819: Metternich issues Carlsbad Decrees to uphold conservatism
1830: Greece wins independence from the Ottoman Empire
1839: Working class people join with middle class manufacturers Manchester and the Anti-Corn Law League in protest of financially harsh corn laws
1840: Worker wages rise substantially in Britain
1845: Great Famine occurs in Ireland killing 20% of its population
1848: Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx co-write The Communist Manifesto
1853-1856: Crimean war
1859-1871: Unification of Italy
1861: Serfs in Russia are freed
1867: Britains second reform bill 1867, extending the vote to more males
1867: Britain and France sign a laissez-faire free trade treaty
1870: Countries take interest in raw resources outside of Europe, Imperialism begins
1880-1900: European "scramble for Africa"
1880-1900: Importance of public education grows in France
1882: Full property rights for women in Britain
1899: Rudyard Kipling writes "White Man's Burden"
1900-1914: Women's Suffrage movement in England
1912 1913: Balkan wars
Social events
Political events
Economic events
1760-1825: Henri de Saint Simon, socialist, advises to let scientists, engineers, and industrialists plan the economy
1815: Britain revises corn laws, prohibiting importation unless home prices became impossibly high
1819: Metternich issues Carlsbad Decrees to uphold conservatism
1830: Greece wins independence from the Ottoman Empire
1839: Working class people join with middle class manufacturers Manchester and the Anti-Corn Law League in protest of financially harsh corn laws
1840: Worker wages rise substantially in Britain
1845: Great Famine occurs in Ireland killing 20% of its population
1848: Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx co-write The Communist Manifesto
1853-1856: Crimean war
1859-1871: Unification of Italy
1861: Serfs in Russia are freed
1867: Britains second reform bill 1867, extending the vote to more males
1867: Britain and France sign a laissez-faire free trade treaty
1870: Countries take interest in raw resources outside of Europe, Imperialism begins
1880-1900: European "scramble for Africa"
1880-1900: Importance of public education grows in France
1882: Full property rights for women in Britain
1899: Rudyard Kipling writes "White Man's Burden"
1900-1914: Women's Suffrage movement in England
1912 1913: Balkan wars