1766 Texto Edad Moderna Suecia
First freedom of the press act
Sweden adopts the world’s first law guaranteeing public access to official documents.
La construcción europea no empezó en 1950. Este hilo une la herencia antigua, la matriz judeocristiana y la Unión contemporánea.
20 acontecimientos
1766 Texto Edad Moderna Suecia
Sweden adopts the world’s first law guaranteeing public access to official documents.
1789 Texto Edad Moderna Francia
The Assembly proclaims universal rights. The political vocabulary of contemporary Europe flows directly from it.
1791 Texto Edad Moderna Polonia
Europe’s first written constitution, adopted shortly before the country’s third partition.
1804 Texto Edad Moderna Francia
Napoleon commissions a synthesis of Roman and customary law, exported from Spain to Poland.
1806 Acontecimiento Edad Moderna Liechtenstein
The dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire leaves Liechtenstein fully sovereign.
1809 Acontecimiento Edad Moderna Finlandia
Attached to Russia, Finland keeps its Swedish laws and develops its institutions.
1812 Acontecimiento Edad Moderna Moldavia
Russia takes the eastern half of the principality at the Treaty of Bucharest.
1814 Texto Edad Moderna Noruega
On 17 May Norway adopts one of the most liberal constitutions of its time.
1814 Acontecimiento Edad Moderna Suecia
Sweden’s last war. Two centuries of non-alignment begin.
1815 Tratado Edad Moderna Austria
Metternich reorganises post-Napoleonic Europe: the continent’s first collective security system.
1815 Institución Edad Moderna Luxemburgo Países Bajos
The Congress of Vienna makes Luxembourg a sovereign state in personal union with the Netherlands.
1830 Acontecimiento Edad Moderna Bélgica
The Brussels revolution creates a constitutional kingdom, neutral and guaranteed by the powers.
1830 Acontecimiento Edad Moderna Grecia
Backed by European philhellenism, Greece becomes a state again after four Ottoman centuries.
1835 Texto Edad Moderna Finlandia
Lönnrot compiles the national epic, the foundation of the Finnish cultural awakening.
1843 Acontecimiento Edad Moderna Eslovaquia
Ľudovít Štúr fixes the literary standard, a precondition of modern nationhood.
1845 Catástrofe Edad Moderna Irlanda
A million dead, two million exiled: the island’s population has never recovered.
1848 Texto Edad Moderna Suiza
After a brief civil war, Switzerland becomes a federal state with direct democracy.
1848 Acontecimiento Edad Moderna Eslovenia
The springtime of peoples sees the first national political claim formulated.
1849 Texto Edad Moderna Dinamarca
Absolutism ends; Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1859 Acontecimiento Edad Moderna Rumanía
Cuza is elected in both Iași and Bucharest: modern Romania appears on the map.