1719 Institution Frühe Neuzeit Liechtenstein
Creation of the principality
Emperor Charles VI raises the two lordships into an imperial principality.
Der europäische Aufbau begann nicht 1950. Dieser Faden verbindet das antike Erbe, die jüdisch-christliche Matrix und die heutige Union.
14 Ereignisse
1719 Institution Frühe Neuzeit Liechtenstein
Emperor Charles VI raises the two lordships into an imperial principality.
1739 Text Frühe Neuzeit Estland
The complete translation fixes the literary language and accelerates rural literacy.
1755 Katastrophe Frühe Neuzeit Portugal
The disaster inspires Voltaire and Kant: the problem of evil becomes central to the Enlightenment.
1766 Text Frühe Neuzeit Schweden
Sweden adopts the world’s first law guaranteeing public access to official documents.
1789 Text Frühe Neuzeit Frankreich
The Assembly proclaims universal rights. The political vocabulary of contemporary Europe flows directly from it.
1791 Text Frühe Neuzeit Polen
Europe’s first written constitution, adopted shortly before the country’s third partition.
1804 Text Frühe Neuzeit Frankreich
Napoleon commissions a synthesis of Roman and customary law, exported from Spain to Poland.
1806 Ereignis Frühe Neuzeit Liechtenstein
The dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire leaves Liechtenstein fully sovereign.
1809 Ereignis Frühe Neuzeit Finnland
Attached to Russia, Finland keeps its Swedish laws and develops its institutions.
1812 Ereignis Frühe Neuzeit Moldau
Russia takes the eastern half of the principality at the Treaty of Bucharest.
1814 Text Frühe Neuzeit Norwegen
On 17 May Norway adopts one of the most liberal constitutions of its time.
1814 Ereignis Frühe Neuzeit Schweden
Sweden’s last war. Two centuries of non-alignment begin.
1815 Vertrag Frühe Neuzeit Österreich
Metternich reorganises post-Napoleonic Europe: the continent’s first collective security system.
1815 Institution Frühe Neuzeit Luxemburg Niederlande
The Congress of Vienna makes Luxembourg a sovereign state in personal union with the Netherlands.