212 Text Antike Italien
Edict of Caracalla
Roman citizenship is extended to nearly all free men of the Empire: a legal, not ethnic, community.
Der europäische Aufbau begann nicht 1950. Dieser Faden verbindet das antike Erbe, die jüdisch-christliche Matrix und die heutige Union.
26 Ereignisse
212 Text Antike Italien
Roman citizenship is extended to nearly all free men of the Empire: a legal, not ethnic, community.
313 Text Christianisierung Italien
Constantine grants freedom of worship to Christians. The Empire turns to Christianity and hands it its administrative frameworks.
800 Text Mittelalter Irland
A masterpiece of insular illumination, symbol of Ireland’s role in transmitting texts.
1516 Text Renaissance und Reformationen Niederlande
The return to biblical sources opens the way to the Reformation and to modern textual criticism.
1517 Text Renaissance und Reformationen Deutschland
At Wittenberg, Luther challenges indulgences. His German Bible founds the modern language and fractures Western Christendom.
1517 Text Renaissance und Reformationen Belarus
The first book printed in Ruthenian appears in Prague, a year after Erasmus.
1539 Text Renaissance und Reformationen Frankreich
Francis I imposes French in public acts: the vernacular supplants Latin in administration.
1548 Text Renaissance und Reformationen Finnland
Mikael Agricola creates written Finnish so that Scripture is accessible to all.
1685 Text Frühe Neuzeit Lettland
Ernst Glück’s translation fixes the written language and spreads reading through the parishes.
1710 Text Frühe Neuzeit Ukraine
The Cossack text separates powers and limits the hetman: one of Europe’s oldest.
1739 Text Frühe Neuzeit Estland
The complete translation fixes the literary language and accelerates rural literacy.
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.
1814 Text Frühe Neuzeit Norwegen
On 17 May Norway adopts one of the most liberal constitutions of its time.
1835 Text Frühe Neuzeit Finnland
Lönnrot compiles the national epic, the foundation of the Finnish cultural awakening.
1848 Text Frühe Neuzeit Schweiz
After a brief civil war, Switzerland becomes a federal state with direct democracy.
1849 Text Frühe Neuzeit Dänemark
Absolutism ends; Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1949 Text Zeitgeschichte Deutschland
“Human dignity shall be inviolable”: Article 1 places the person — a Christian and humanist legacy — at the summit of the legal order.
1950 Text Europäischer Aufbau
On 9 May France proposes placing coal and steel under a common authority. Community Europe is born of a material pooling.
1957 Text Europäischer Aufbau Belgien
Belgian Paul-Henri Spaak drafts the preparatory text of the Treaties of Rome.
1963 Text Europäischer Aufbau
The Court of Justice asserts direct effect: Community law creates rights for citizens themselves.
1978 Text Zeitgeschichte Spanien
Three years after Franco, Spain adopts a parliamentary monarchy and a state of autonomies.
1993 Text Zeitgeschichte Andorra
Andorra becomes a sovereign state under the rule of law and joins the UN the same year.
2008 Text Zeitgeschichte Kosovo
On 17 February Pristina proclaims independence; recognition remains partial.