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A. Berg
Wozzeck
(1925).
I. Stravinsky
Oedipus Rex
(1927);
The Rake’s Progress
(
1951
).
A. Schoenberg
Moses and Aaron
(1932).
D. Shostakovich
Lady Macbeth of Mtzensk
(1936).
F. Poulenc
Les Mamelles de Tirésias
(1947);
Les Dialogues des Carmelites
(1957).
B. Britten
Peter Grimes
(1945),
Billy Bud
(1951);
Turn of the Screw
(1954);
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(1960);
Death in Venice
(1973).
W. Walton
Troilus and Cressida
(1954).
M. Tippett
Midsummer Marriage
(1955);
King Priam
(1961).
K. Penderecki
The Devils of Loudun
(1969).

Germany during the Thirty Years War, 1618–48

The Franco-German Frontier in Lorraine and Alsace

Europe’s Wars, 1648–1789: A Selection

 
Principal contestants
Principal battles
Peace treaties
First (or Second) Northern War
, 1655–60
Sweden, Brandenburg, 1656–7,
Transylvania
v. Poland-Lithuania,
Russia, Denmark, Tatars,
Empire, Brandenburg 1657–60
Warsaw 1655
Siege of
Czestochowa
1655–6
Warka 1656
ROSKILDE 1658
COPENHAGEN 1660
OLIVA 1660
KARDIS 1661
Second Dutch War
, 1664–7
England
v. United Provinces, France
Lowestoft 1665
The Downs 1666
North Foreland
1666
BREDA 1667
War of Devolution
,
1667–8
France, Portugal
v. Spain
Charleroi 1667
Lille 1667
AIX-LA-CHAPELLE
1668
Third Dutch War
,
1672–9
France, England (1672–4),
Sweden (1675–9)
v. The Emperor, United Provinces,
Spain, Brandenburg, Denmark
Seneff 1674
Fehrbellin 1675
Stromboli 1676
NYJMEGEN 1679
FONTAINEBLEAU
1679
War of the League of Augsburg
, 1689–97
France, Savoy (1696–7), James II
v. The Emperor, United Provinces,
England, Spain, Savoy (until 1695), Brandenburg, Bavaria
Fleurus 1690
Beachy Head
1690
La Hougue 1692
RYSWIJK 1697
War of the Spanish Succession
, 1701–13
France, Spain, Bavaria
v. the Emperor, United Provinces,
England, Savoy, Prussia,
Portugal
Blenheim 1704
Ramillies 1706
Oudenarde 1708
Malplaquet 1709
UTRECHT 1713
RASTADT 1714
Third or ‘Great Northern War’
, 1700–21
Sweden, Poland (1705–9),
Turkey (1710–11)
v. Russia, Prussia (1715–20),
Denmark (1700, 1709–20),
Saxony (1700–6, 1709–20),
Hanover (1715–20)
Narva 1700
Kliszów 1702
Poltava 1709
Stralsund 1715
STOCKHOLM 1720
NYSTADT 1721
War of the Polish Succession
, 1733–5
Saxony, Austria, Russia
v. France, Spain, Sardinia, Prussia,
Bavaria
 
TURIN 1733
VIENNA 1735
War of the Austrian Succession
, 1740–8
Austria, Britain, Holland,
Hanover, Saxony, Sardinia
v. Bavaria, Prussia, France, Spain,
James III
Dettingen 1743
Fontenoy 1745
Hohenfriedberg
1745
NYPHENBURG 1741
BRESLAU 1741
BERLIN 1742
WORMS 1743
WARSAW 1745
AIX-LA-CHAPELLE 1748
Seven Years War
, 1756–63
Saxony, Austria, France, Sweden,
Russia (until 1762)
v. Prussia, Britain, Hanover
Grossjägersdorf 1757
Rossbach 1757
Zorndorf 1758
Minden 1759
Kunersdorf 1759
Leignitz 1760
Torgau 1760
WESTMINSTER
1756
STOCKHOLM 1757
PARIS 1763
HUBERTSBURG
1763
War of American Independence
, 1774–83
Britain v. USA, France, Spain, & ‘Armed Neutrality’
Bunker Hill 1775
Saratoga 1777
Flamborough 1779
Cape St. Vincent 1780
Yorktown 1781
Minorca 1782
VERSAILLES 1783
War of the Bavarian Succession
, 1778–9
Austria
v. Prussia, France
‘Kartoffelkrieg’ ‘The Potato War’
 
TESCHEN 1779
Ottoman Wars in Europe
, 1671–1812
Podolian War 1671–6
v. Poland-Lithuania
Viennese Campaign 1683
v. Empire, Poland
War of the Holy League 1684–99
v. Empire, Poland, Venice, and
Russia from 1689
Moldavian Campaign 1710–11
v. Russia
Serbian War 1714–18
v. Venice, Austria
Austro-Turkish War 1736–9
v. Austria, Russia
Russo-Turkish War 1768–74
v. Russia
Crimean War 1778–84
v. Russia, Austria from 1781
Russo-Turkish War 1787–92
v. Russia
Austro-Turkish War 1788–91
v. Austria
Russo-Turkish War 1806–12
v. Russia
Siege of Vienna
Buda 1686
Belgrade 1688
Azov 1696
River Pruth 1711
Peterwardein
1716
Belgrade 1717
Azov 1736
Belgrade
Akerman 1769
Chesmé 1770
Ochakov 1788
Belgrade 1789
BUCZACZ 1672
ZURAWNO 1676
CARLOWITZ 1699
PRUTH 1711
PASSAROWITZ 1718
BELGRADE 1739
KUCHUK-
KAINARDJI 1774
CONSTANTINOPLE
1784
JASSY 1792
SISTOVA 1791
BUCHAREST 1812
Wars of the Polish Partitions
, 1768–95
War of the Confederation of Bar 1768–72. Polish Confederates
v. Russia, Prussia, Austria War of the Second Partition 1792–3
Poland v. Russia, Prussia, and Confederates of Targowica
War of Poland’s National Rising 1794–5. Polish Insurrectionaries (T. Kościuszko)
v. Russia, Prussia, Austria
Siege of Czestochowa 1771–2
Zieleńce 1792
Dubienka 1792
Racławice 1794
Maciejowice 1794
TREATY OF THE FIRST PARTITION 1772
TREATY OF THE SECOND PARTITION 1793
TREATY OF THE THIRD PARTITION 1795

The ‘Eastern Question’: Ottoman Decline, 1683–1920

The Formation of the United Kingdom, 1707–1922

Chronology of the French Revolutionary Era 1789–1815

Events in France, 1789–1815

1789
5 May
20 June
14 July
4/5 August
27 August
The Estates-General meets
Tennis Court Oath: National Assembly
storming of the Bastille
abolition of the feudal order
declaration of the Rights of Man
1790
12 July
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
1791
20 June
3 September
The Flight to Varennes: King’s arrest
Constitution: constitutional monarchy
1792
20 April
10 August
20 September
declaration of war on Austria
storming of the Tuileries
National Convention: republic declared,
monarchy abolished. Girondin supremacy
1793
21 January
2 June
July
execution of Louis XVI
fall of the Girondins;
installation of ‘Revolutionary Government’
Committee of Public Safety; Terror begins;
Jacobins’ Constitution of Year I;
War against the Vendée Rising
1794
27/28 July
September
fall of Robespierre (9 Thermidor);
the ‘Thermidorian Reaction’ abolition of the revolutionary tribunal
1795
5 March
17 August
Peace of Basle
Constitution of Year III; Directory created
1796/7
 
campaign in Upper Italy
1797
4 September
October
coup d’état of 18 Fructidor;
rise of Bonaparte
Annexation of Belgium: Cisalpine Republic
1798/9
 
campaign in Egypt
1799
9 November
beginning of 2nd War of the Coalition coup d’état of 18 Brumaire; dissolution of the Directory; Bonaparte’s Constitution of Year VIII; Consulate created; Napoleon elected First Consul
1801
9 February
Concordat with the Papacy
Peace of Lunéville
1802
27 March
2 August
Peace of Amiens
Constitution of Year X; Bonaparte Life Consul;
Annexation of Piedmont
1803
 
The ‘Armée de I’Angleterre’ camps at Boulogne
1804
21 March
2 December
promulgation of Code Napoléon
Constitution of Year XII; French Empire created
1805
August–Dec.
Napoleon, King of Italy
War of the Third Coalition

France’s Wars, 1792–1815

1792–1797
War of the First Coalition

Membership

• from 1792: Austria, Prussia (to March 1795)

• from 1793: Britain, the Netherlands (to 1795); Spain (to June 1795); Portugal, Naples, Sardinia, the Papal State (to 1796)

Principal battles

Valmy (20 September 1792);
Neerwinden (18 March 1793);
Lodi (10 May 1796)

Treaties

Basle (5 March 1795);
Campo Formio (17 October 1797)

1799–1802
War of the Second
Coalition

Membership

Britain, Austria (to 9 February 1801);
Russia (to 22 October 1799); Turkey,
Naples, Portugal (to June 1801)

Principal battles

Pyramids (21 July 1798); Aboukir
(Battle of the Nile)(1 August 1798);
Marengo (14 June 1800); Hohenlinden
(3 December 1800)

Treaties

Lunéville (9 February 1801);
Amiens (27 March 1802)

1805
War of the Third Coalition

Membership

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