1914 Guerra Età contemporanea Serbia
Sarajevo assassination
The killing of the archduke sets off the chain reaction of the First World War.
La costruzione europea non è cominciata nel 1950. Questo filo unisce l’eredità antica, la matrice giudaico-cristiana e l’Unione contemporanea.
26 eventi
1914 Guerra Età contemporanea Serbia
The killing of the archduke sets off the chain reaction of the First World War.
1914 Evento Età contemporanea Belgio
The German invasion brings the United Kingdom into the war and freezes the Yser front.
1916 Guerra Età contemporanea Irlanda
The Dublin revolt, at first isolated, sets the independence process in motion.
1917 Evento Età contemporanea Finlandia
On 6 December Finland separates from revolutionary Russia.
1918 Evento Età moderna Romania
Union with Transylvania and Bessarabia doubles the territory and population.
1918 Evento Età moderna Cechia
Masaryk founds a parliamentary democracy that will remain unique in Central Europe.
1918 Evento Età moderna Lettonia
On 18 November the Republic of Latvia is proclaimed in Riga.
1918 Evento Età moderna Estonia
Proclaimed on 24 February, it is successfully defended in the war of liberation.
1918 Evento Età moderna Slovenia
The fall of Austria-Hungary brings Slovenia into the kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
1918 Evento Età moderna Montenegro
Montenegro is absorbed into the kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
1918 Evento Età moderna Moldavia Romania
The Sfatul Țării votes for union, annulled by the USSR in 1940.
1920 Trattato Età moderna Ungheria
Hungary loses two-thirds of its territory; three million Magyars become minorities.
1923 Istituzione Età contemporanea Turchia
Mustafa Kemal launches rapid Westernisation: Latin alphabet, Swiss civil code, secularism.
1923 Evento Età contemporanea Liechtenstein Svizzera
The Swiss franc becomes official currency; Bern represents the principality abroad.
1929 Evento Età contemporanea Città del Vaticano
Vatican City State is created; the Roman question is closed.
1932 Catastrofe Età contemporanea Ucraina
The famine engineered by Stalin kills millions; several states recognise it as genocide.
1939 Guerra Età contemporanea Polonia
Invaded by Germany then the USSR, Poland loses nearly a fifth of its population.
1939 Guerra Età contemporanea Finlandia
Facing Soviet invasion, Finnish resistance saves independence at the cost of Karelia.
1941 Guerra Età contemporanea Bielorussia
A quarter of the population perishes; hundreds of villages are razed.
1942 Evento Età contemporanea Malta
King George VI decorates the entire island for its endurance under bombardment.
1943 Evento Età contemporanea Bulgaria
Under pressure from the Orthodox Church and parliamentarians, deportation is cancelled.
1943 Evento Età contemporanea Danimarca
In a few nights, more than 7,000 Jews are evacuated to neutral Sweden.
1944 Evento Età contemporanea Islanda
On 17 June, at Þingvellir, Iceland breaks the link with the Danish crown.
1944 Evento Età contemporanea San Marino
The neutral republic houses more than 100,000 people, ten times its population.
1944 Evento Età contemporanea Paesi Bassi
Signed in London by the governments in exile, it prefigures the common market.
1944 Guerra Età contemporanea Slovacchia
One of the largest armed revolts against the Axis in occupied Europe.