1848 1849 The Italian War
The Italian War Of Liberation 1831, 1848-1849, 1859 And 1866-1867 Belligerents : The States Of Italy. Austria. France. Cause : Italy, After The Fall Of Napoleon, Was Divided Into Separate Ill-governed Small States, With Venice And Lombardy In The Hands Of Austria. The Idea Of Uniting Italy Under One Government ...
1851 The Burmese Wars
The Burmese Wars 1823-1826, 1851, 1885 Belligerents : Great Britain. Burma. Cause : The Expansion Of The British Empire In India In Volved The Subjection Of Neighbouring States. In Addition To This There Was Fear Of The Rivalry Of France In Burma. Occasions : (r) The Conquest Of Assam, Which ...
1899 1902 The Boer War
The Boer War 1881, 1899-1902 Belligerents : Great Britain. The Transvaal And Orange Free State. Cause : The Premature Annexation Of The Transvaal In 1877 Was Resented By The Majority Of The Boers. In X88o A Formidable Rebellion Broke Out, A Small British Force Was Sent Out Which Met With ...
Acquisitions Of Territory
Acquisitions Of Territory To The British Empire 187o–p9oo 4,754,00o Square Miles ; 88,000,000 Population. To France 1884-1900 : 3,583,58o Square Miles ; 36,553,00o Population. To Germany 1884-1900 : 1,026,220 Square Miles ; 16,687,10o Population. But Perhaps The Chief And Most Frequent Cause Of War Is War Itself. In The Balkan ...
American Civil War 1861 1865
American Civil War 1861-1865 Belligerents : The Northern States Of North America. The Southern States Of North America. Cause : The Cultivation Of Cotton Progressed Under Very Different Conditions In The North And South. In The North The White Man Had To Work Vigorously To Over Come The Disadvantages Of ...
Austro Hungarian War 1848 1849
Austro-hungarian War 1848-1849 Belligerents : Hungary. Austria, The Southern Slays And Russia. Cause : The Fall Of Metternich, Who Had Been The Champion Of Despotism And Reaction Throughout Europe, And The Revolutionary Spirit Which Ran Through Europe In 1848, Created Great Unrest In The Austro-hungarian Empire. The Emperor Ferdinand Was ...
First Balkan War 1912 1913
First Balkan War 1912-1913 Belligerents : Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro. Turkey. Cause : Even After The Deposition Of The Sultan, Abdul Hamid, And The Tritunph Of The Young Turks In The Revolution Of 19o8 The Misgovernment Of Turkey Did Not Cease, More Especially In Macedonia, Where The European Powers Had ...
French Expedition In Mexico
French Expedition In Mexico 1862-1867 Belligerents : France. Mexican Republicans. Cause : From 1789, The Date Of The First Conspiracy Against Spain, Down To 1857, When A Constitution Was Promul Gated, Mexico Was In A State Of Permanent Warfare. In 1861 France, Spain, And Great Britain Adopted Joint Measures Against ...
Important Treaties
Important Treaties The Treaty Of Vienna, June 9, 1815. Second Treaty Of Paris, November 20, 1815, Signed By Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, Russia, France At The Conclusion Of The Napoleonic Wars. France Gave Up Certain Fortresses On The Frontier But Retained Alsace-lorraine. Payment Of 70o Million Francs Was Exacted From ...
Russian Campaign In Poland
Russian Campaign In Poland 1831 Belligerents : Russia. Poland. Cause : By The Three Partitions Of 1772, 1793, And 1795 Poland Ceased To Exist As An Independent State, And Polish Territory Was Divided Up Between Russia, Prussia, And Austria. But In 1814 The Grand Duchy Of Warsaw Was Established As ...
Russo Turkish War 1828 1829
Russo-turkish War 1828-1829 Belligerents : Russia. Turkey. Cause : By The Treaty Of London, July 1827, Great Britain Russia, And France Undertook To Put An End To The Conflict In The East, Which Had Arisen Out Of The Greek Struggle For Independence. After The Victory Of Navarino, Canning Died And ...
Russo Turkish War 1877 1878
Russo-turkish War 1877-1878 Belligerents : Russia. Turkey. Cause : The Persecution And Oppression Of Christians In The Ottoman Empire Led To A Revolt In Herzegovina In 1875. Andrassy, On Behalf Of Austria, Presented A Note To The Turkish Government Demanding Reforms, And This Was Followed By The Berlin Memorandum, Signed ...
Second Balkan War 1913
Second Balkan War 1913 Belligerents : Serbia, Greece, Montenegro, Roumania. Bulgaria. Turkey. • Cause : In February 1912 A Treaty Was Concluded Between Bulgaria And Serbia, Whereby It Was Agreed That North West Macedonia Should Go To Serbia, Another Part To Bulgaria, And The Zone Lying Between These Two Should ...
The Ashanti War 1873 1874
The Ashanti War 1873-1874 Belligerents : Great Britain. The Ashantis. Cause : The Ashantis, A Very Fierce And Warlike Tribe On The Gold Coast Of Africa Had Repeatedly Caused Trouble Owing To Their Treatment Of The Fantis, A Tribe On The Coast Under British Protection. In 1824 They Defeated A ...
The Austro Prussian War 1866
The Austro-prussian War 1866 Belligerents : Prussia And Some Of The Smaller North German States And Italy. Austria And The Other German States. Cause : From 1848 Onwards In All The Projects For A United Germany There Was Keen Rivalry Between Prussia And Austria. Each Resisted The Domination Of The ...
The Boxer Rising In
The Boxer Rising In China 1899-1900 Belligerents : Great Britain, Russia, Germany, France, And Japan. China. Cause : The Humiliating Results Of The War Of 1894-5 (p. 72) Killed The Reform Movement In China And Brought The Reactionary Party, Headed By The Dowager-empress, Back To Power. A Society Called The ...
The Chile Peruvian War 1879 1882
The Chile-peruvian War 1879-1882 Belligerents : Chile. Peru. Bolivia. Cause : After The Blockade And Bombardment Of Their Ports By A Spanish Squadron In 1865, On Account Of Their Sympathy With Peru In A Quarrel With Spain, The Chileans Were Impressed With The Necessity Of Possess Ing An Adequate Fleet ...
The Chinese War 1857 1860
The Chinese War 1857-1860 Belligerents : Great Britain, France. China. Cause : The Increasing Commercial Ambitions Of Western Powers In The East Led Great Britain And France To Insist On The Establislunent Of Fair And Equitable Terms Of Trade. The Chinese Government Was In The Hands Of The Tatars Known ...
The Chino Japanese War 1894 1895
The Chino-japanese War 1894-1895 Belligerents : Japan. China And Korea. Cause : Japan Adopting Western Ideas Developed Into A Powerful State With Surprising Rapidity During The Last Fifty Years Of The Nineteenth Century. The Growth Of Her Armaments And An Ambition For Expansion Necessarily Followed. China, On The Other Hand, ...
The Crimean War 1854 1856
The Crimean War 1854-1856 Belligerents : Great Britain, France, Turkey And Sardinia. Russia. Cause : From 183o Onwards There Was A Growing Estrange Ment Between Great Britain And Russia. The Czar Nicholas Believed That The Dominion Of The Turk In Europe Was Nearing Its End, And Cherished The Am Bition ...
The Danish War 1864
The Danish War 1864 Belligerents : Denmark. Prussia And Austria. Cause : The Strong Revival Of Nationalism In Germany After The Napoleonic Wars Spread To The German Inhabitants Of The Duchies Of Schleswig Holstein, Who Desired In 1848 To Be Incorporated As A Single Constitutional State In The German Federation. ...
The Egyptian War 1882
The Egyptian War 1882 Belligerents : Great Britain. Egypt. Cause : Since 184o, While Egypt Had Been Virtually Indepen Dent, Great Britain Had Been Regarded As The Special Champion Of Turkish Suzerainty ; France As The Pro Tector Of The Viceroys Of Egypt. The Construction Of The Suez Canal, Chiefly ...
The Franco German War 1870 1871
The Franco-german War 1870-1871 Belligerents : France. Prussia And Ten Other German States. Cause : For Some Years Previously There Had Been Increasing Friction Between France And Prussia, Owing Chiefly To Louis Napoleon's Apprehensions As To The Possibility Of Closer Union Between Prussia And The South German States, His Repeated ...
The Greek War 1821 1828
The Greek War 1821-1828 Belligerents : Greece And Later Russia, France And Great Britain. Turkey. Cause : Nationalist Aspirations Had Been Growing In Greece Ever Since The French Revolution These Were En Couraged By An Intellectual Revival And Commercial Development. The Tyranny And Cruel Oppression Of Turkish Misgovernment Under Sultan ...
The Indian Mutiny 1857 1858
The Indian Mutiny 1857-1858 Belligerents : Great Britain. Native Indians. Cause : The East India Company Had Engaged In Constant Wars And Employed An Army In Which Native Troops Outnumbered The British By Eight To One. The Sepoys Especially Became Aware Of Their Strength And Impor Tance. In Many Ways ...
The Italo Abyssinian War 1895 1896
The Italo-abyssinian War 1895-1896 Belligerents : Italy. Abyssinia. Cause : Having Become A United Nation, Italy Soon Developed Imperialistic Ambitions. She Looked Towards Tunis, But Was Forestalled There By France In 1881. In 1884, Being Secure From An Attack By Land, By An Alliance With Austria Concluded In 1882, And ...
The Opium War In
The Opium War In China 1840-1842 Belligerents : Great Britain. China. Cause : The Chinese Still Held The Doctrine That No Political Relations Or Dealings Should Be Held With Any Foreign Country. The British Government Under Palmerston Decided To Place Trade Relations With China On A More Satisfactory Basis, Confusion ...
The Russo Japanese War 1904 1905
The Russo-japanese War 1904-190.5 Belligerents : Russia. Japan. Cause : When Port Arthui Which Japan Had Been Forced To Surrender In 1895, Was Seized By Russia There Was Deep Indignation In Japan. In 1902 A Treaty Of Alliance Was Concluded Between Great Britain And Japan. Russia Undertook To Evacuate Manchuria, ...
The Second Afghan War
The Second Afghan War 1878-1881 Belligerents : Great Britain And Indian Troops. Afghanistan. Cause : In I868 The Expanding Power Of Russia In Asia Resulted In Bokhara Becoming A Russian Dependency. In 1873 Russia Conquered Khiva. Shere Ali, Now Ruler Of Afghanistan, Became Alarmed, But Failing To Come To An ...
The Serbo Bulgarian War 1885
The Serbo-bulgarian War 1885 Belligerents : Bulgaria. Serbia. Cause : The Treaty Of Berlin Of 1878 Left Abundant Material For Future Conflict In European Turkey. Bulgaria Was Confined To The North Of The Balkan Mountains, And Eastern Roumelia Was Still Under The Sultan. Prince Alexander Of Battenberg, The Ruler Of ...
The Spanish American War 1897 1898
The Spanish-american War 1897-1898 Belligerents : Spain. The United States Of America. Cause : The Decline Of The Spanish Colonial Empire (which Had Reached Its Highest Point Under Philip Ii At The End Of The Sixteenth Century) Continued Throughout The Seventeenth, Eighteenth, And Early Nineteenth Century, And Was Hastened By ...
The Turko Egyptian War 1832 11341
The Turko-egyptian War 1832-11341 Belligerents : Turkey And Later Prussia, Austria, Russia, And Great Britain. Egypt. Cause : The Ambition For Extension Of Power On The Part Of Mehemet Ali, Viceroy Of Egypt. Occasion : Unsatisfied With The Island Of Crete Given To Hirn For His Services To The Ottoman ...
The Turko Greek War 1897
The Turko-greek War 1897 Belligerents : Turkey. Greece. Cause : Crete, Which Formed Part Of The Ottomon Dominion, Had Been Granted A Constitution In 1868. A Revolt In 1889 Caused The Sultan To Limit The Powers Of The Assembly And Supersede The Christian Governor By A Mussulman. Disturbances Broke Out ...
The War In The
The War In The Soudan 1896-1898 Belligerents : Great Britain—egypt. Arabs And Dervishes. Cause : The Soudan Had Fallen Into The Hands Of Rebellious Tribes Under The Mandi. In 1883 On Egyptian Force Under General Hicks Had Been Defeated At El Obeid, And General Baker Was Also Defeated In His ...
The Zulu War 1879
The Zulu War 1879 Belligerents : Great Britain. The Zulus. Cause : The Warlike And Threatening Attitude Of The Zulus Under Cetywayo Constituted A Perpetual Menace To The Safety Of The British Possessions In South Africa. The Policy Of Sir Bartle Frere, Governor Of The Cape And High Commissioner, Was ...
Turko Italian War 1911 1912
Turko-italian War 1911-1912 Belligerents : Italy. Turkey. Cause : After The Agreements With Regard To North Africa Between Great Britain And France, Italy Made Up Her Mind That The Time Was Favourable For A Decisive Move With A View To Expansion, And Proceeded To Make Careful Preparations For Military Action ...
War Between Holland And
War Between Holland And Belgium 1830-1839 Belligerents: Holland. Belgium, France, Great Britain. Cause : The Kingdom Of The Netherlands Was Set Up By The Congress Of Vienna In 1815, But From The First There Was Discord Between The Two States Of The Kingdom. King William Was A Dutchman And A ...
War In Portugal And
War In Portugal And Spain 1830-1839 Belligerents : Followers Of Don Miguel. Portuguese Constitutionalists. Spaniards. Carlists. And For A Period France And Great Britain. Cause : Don Miguel, The Head Of The Reactionary Party, Was Betrothed To Donna Maria, Daughter Of Pedro Of Brazil. In 1828, Disregarding His Professions Of ...
Wars And Treaties 1815 1914
Wars And Treaties 1815-1914 Growing Number Of People Are Devoting Their Attention To A Closer Study Of Foreign Affairs. Many Of Them May Not Have The Opportunity To Read The Larger Volumes Of Histories ; And, Indeed, Even If They Had, They Would Find Their Choice Of Books Very Much ...