FormationThe 1800s

Formation in the 1800s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged formation — origins, unifications and the founding of states as each nation's archive records them, narrowed to the 1800s — 4 of them, drawn from 4 nations, running from 1801 to 1808. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
4
Nations
4
Earliest
1801
Latest
1808
Europe
2
Africa
1
Asia
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Europe

    United Kingdom

    Union with Ireland forms the United Kingdom

    The Acts of Union 1800 merged the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and abolishing the separate Irish parliament.

    Era: Empire, industry, and the Victorian age

    Sources: Act for the Union of Great Britain and Ireland · UK Parliament, Act of Union (United Kingdom, 1801) · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. Asia

    Vietnam

    Gia Long founds the Nguyen dynasty

    Nguyen Anh defeats the Tay Son, reunifies the country, and is crowned emperor as Gia Long at Hue, founding Vietnam's last imperial dynasty.

    Era: The Nguyen Dynasty and Expansion South

    Sources: Gia Long · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Nguyen dynasty · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  3. Europe

    Austria

    The Empire of Austria proclaimed

    In response to Napoleon's imperial coronation, Franz II issued a patent assuming the hereditary title of Emperor of Austria as Franz I, formally constituting the Habsburg lands as an empire.

    Era: Maria Theresa, the Empire of Austria and the Holy Roman Empire

    Sources: The foundation of the Empire of Austria in 1804 · Die Welt der Habsburger (The World of the Habsburgs)

  4. Africa

    Nigeria

    Founding of the Sokoto Caliphate

    Dan Fodio's victories consolidated into the Sokoto Caliphate, a vast confederation of emirates under Islamic law that became one of nineteenth-century Africa's largest states.

    Era: The Atlantic slave trade and the Sokoto Caliphate

    Sources: Sultanate of Sokoto (Sokoto Caliphate): 1804–1903 · BlackPast.org, Usman dan Fodio · Wikipedia