1337-1453
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Hundred Years War
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1512-1514
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Henry VIII joins efforts
to drive France out of Italy and invades France
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1522-1526
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renewed hostilities
between France and England
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1643-1715
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reign of Louis
XIV |
1688
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Glorious Revolution:
accession of William and Mary
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1701-1714
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War of Spanish Succession
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1702-1714
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reign of Queen Anne
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1714-1727
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reign of King George I
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1715-1774
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reign of Louis XV
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1727-1760
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reign of King George II
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1739-1748
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War of Austrian Succession
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1756-1763
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"diplomatic revolution"
followed by the Seven Years' War
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1760-1829
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reign of King George III
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1774-1792
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reign of Louis XVI
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1776-1783
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War of American
Independence
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1789
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outbreak of the French
Revolution; Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
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1792-1797
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War of the First
Coalition: France vs. Prussia, Austria, and (as of 1793) Britain
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1793
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execution of Louis XVI;
Reign of Terror of radical Jacobins under Robespierre (1793-1794)
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1794-1795
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France occupies the Low
Countries, the Rhineland, Switzerland, Savoy and part of Spain
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1795
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Prussia and Spain sign a
treaty with France
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1795-1802
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first British occupation
of the Cape
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1797
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Austria signs a treaty
with France
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Britain fights France
without allies; defeat the French at Cape St. Vincent and Camperdown |
1798
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Napoleon's invasion of
Egypt; Nelson defeats the French navy in the Battle of the Nile
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United Irish Rebellion
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1799
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Napoleon Bonaparte seizes
power
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1799-1801
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War of the Second
Coalition: France vs. Russia, Britain, Austria, Portugal, Naples, and
the Ottoman Empire
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1800
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Act of Union creates the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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1801
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Austria signs a treaty
with France; Russia abandons the Second Coalition
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Nelson defeats the Danish
fleet and moves into the Baltic |
1802
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Treaty of Amiens between
Britain and France
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explorers Flinders and
Baudin encounter each other in southern Australia
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1803
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Britain renews the war
against France
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1804
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Napoleon proclaims
himself emporer of France
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1805-1807
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War of the Third
Coalition: France vs. Britain, Austria, and Russia
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1805
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Napoleon advances into
Germany and then defeats the Austrians
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Nelson defeats the French
and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar |
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Austria signs treaty with
France
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1806
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Napoleon continues to
advance through Europe; he initiates the Continental System
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1807
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Prussia and Russia sign
treaty with France
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France invades Portugal
and Spain
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1808
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Napoleon installs his
brother Joseph as king of Spain
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Britain sends troops to
fight in the Peninsular War to oust Napoleon from Portugal and Spain
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1812
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Napoleon invades Russia
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1812-1814
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War of 1812 between
Britain and the United States
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1813
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the British form a new
coalition against Napoleon; the coalition defeats Napoleon at the
Battle of the Nations
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1814
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the allied nations enter
Paris in March; Napoleon abdicates in April and is banished to Elba
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1815
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Napoleon returns to France
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the alled nations defeat
Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon is exiled to Saint Helena
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(second) Treaty of Paris
followed by the Congress of Vienna
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Britain gains the Cape of
Good Hope, Ceylon, Trinidad, Tobado, St. Lucia, Hegoland, Malta,
Mauritius, the Seychelles
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