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• Chronology for the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914 —  Cross references to entries in the main entry section are in boldface.  1. Napoleonic Wars, 1800 1815  1799–1804: The Consulate ends the France’s revolutionary period. A dictatorship by Napoleon  Bonaparte with the formal trappings of a republic …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• French Empire —    During the Age of Imperialism France had, after Britain, the second largest and most diverse colonial empire, with a wide mix of settler colonies, penal settlements, plantations, trading bases, and protectorates that literally spanned the… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Habsburg Empire —    The Habsburg Empire comprised the territories ruled by the Habsburg family, one of the most prominent royal dynasties in European history. The Habsburgs originated in the southwestern regions of the Holy Roman Empire, a conglomeration of… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• July Crisis — (1914)    The precipitant diplomatic crisis of World War I, the July Crisis is also referred to as the Mobilization Crisis. The crisis began on Sunday June, 28, 1914 with the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Habsburg… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Slavism —    A movement with roots in Slavic Romanticism stirred up by the French Revolution and human ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity but also influenced by idealistic German philosophers such as Johann Gottfried von Herder. Slavism was a… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Moscow, Retreat from — (1812)    Napoleon Bonaparte ’s retreat from the Russian capital after his disastrous invasion of that nation. After the significant military defeats at Austerlitz and Friedland in 1805 and 1807 respectively Russia was forced to sign the Treaty… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Borodino, Battle of — (1812)    A bloody and critical battle of the Napoleonic Wars fought between French and Russian troops on Russian soil. As Napoleon Bonaparte ’s forces moved across the European continent, Russian Tsar Alexander I formed an alliance with Britain …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Chickamauga Creek, Battle of — (1863)    One of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War, especially in the western theater. Confederate dead were listed at 2,673 and Union dead at 1,656, with total casualties in killed, wounded, and missing numbering 37,129.… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Copenhagen, First Battle of — (1801)    An early naval engagement of the Napoleonic Wars. Great Britain claimed the right to search neutral ships for what she considered inappropriate goods and even to confiscate them. This led Russian Tsar Paul I to get Denmark, Prussia,… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Corunna, Battle of — (1809)    Otherwise known as La Coruña, an early battle of the Peninsular War. British troops under the command of Sir John Moore were evacuated from Spain through the port of Corruna on the northwest coast. The evacuation began on January 14,… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Intelligence —    Intelligence, in the military sense, is knowledge about actual or potential enemies in peace and war that is possibly of decisive advantage when coherently and imaginatively interpreted and acted upon. Carl von Clausewitz noted that… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914