1648 Jan. The Treaty of Munster.
Oct. The Treaty
of Westphalia.
1713 April. The Treaty of Utrecht. 1772 First
Partition of Poland. 1783 William of Nassau becomes
Grand Duke of Luxemburg. 1788 July. The Triple
Alliance of England, Holland, and Prussia. 1789 The
French Revolution begins. 1792 Nov. 6. Battle
of Jemappes. French Conquest of the Austrian
Netherlands and Liege.
Nov. 19. French
decree offering ‘freedom to all nations’.
Dec. 15. Compulsory
freedom declared.
1793 Jan. Second Partition of Poland.
Feb. 1. Declaration
of War by France against England and Holland.
1795 Third Partition of Poland. 1801 Feb. 9.
The Treaty of Luneville. France guarantees the
independence of Holland
(then called ’Batavian Republic’).
1802 Mar. 27. The Treaty of Amiens. 1803 Mar.
13. Napoleon’s famous interview with Lord
Whitworth.
May 12. Declaration
of War by England against France.
1814 Mar. 1. The Treaty of Chaumont.
May 30. The First
Peace of Paris.
Sept. 29. Opening
of the Congress of Vienna.
1815 Mar-June. The Hundred Days.
May 31. Belgium
and Luxemburg placed under the Prince of Orange as
King of the United Netherlands.
Nov. 20. The Second
Peace of Paris.
1830 Revolutions in France (July) and in Belgium (Aug.).
1830-1878 Servia autonomous. 1831 Nov. 15. Independence
and Neutrality of Belgium guaranteed by
England, Austria, France,
Prussia, and Russia.
1839 April 19. Final recognition of the Independence
and Neutrality of
Belgium by the above-named
Powers.
1867 May 11. European guarantee of the Neutrality
of Luxemburg.
Declaration by Lord
Stanley and Lord Clarendon.
1870 Aug. 9. Independence and Neutrality of Belgium
again guaranteed
by Germany and France.
1871 May 10. The Treaty of Frankfort. 1872 The
Dreikaiserbund; Alliance of Russia, Germany,
and
Austria.
1875 Threatened attack on France by Germany prevented
by
Russia and England.
1878 The Treaty of Berlin.
Proclamation of Servian
Independence under King Milan.
1879 Secret Treaty between Germany and Austria. 1883
Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria, and Italy.
1885 Formation of United Bulgaria.
War between Bulgaria
and Servia.
1886 Peace between Bulgaria and Servia. 1890 Fall
of Bismarck. Cession of Heligoland to Germany.
1891 Beginning of an understanding between Russia and
France. 1893 Caprivi’s Army Act. 1896 Germany
begins to show aggressive tendencies in the field
of Colonial Expansion.
Treaty between England
and France regarding their interests
in Indo-China.
Definite Alliance between
Russia and France.
1898 Reconquest of the Sudan.
Tsar’s rescript
for an International Peace Conference.
1899 Anglo-French Agreement respecting Tripoli.
June. First Peace