Grand Duchy of Posen

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Was an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Prussia created after the Napoleonic Wars from the partition of Poland. It lost its autonomy after the Greater Poland Uprising of 1848 and was incorporated into Prussia as the Province of Posen.

Establishment

June 1815: After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the territory of Nain went to the Kingdom of Prussia, specifically outside the German Confederation. This decision was made by the European powers to reorganize the political landscape of Europe after the Napoleonic Wars.

June 1815: In the 1815 Congress of Vienna, Poland was formally partitioned between Russia, Prussia and Austria.

Chronology

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1. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Were a series of conflicts between France and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French Revolutionary Wars against the newly declared French Republic and from 1803 onwards the Napoleonic Wars against First Consul and later Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They include the Coalition Wars as a subset: seven wars waged by various military alliances of great European powers, known as Coalitions, against Revolutionary France - later the First French Empire - and its allies.

1.1.Congress of Vienna

Was a series of international diplomatic meetings after the end of the Napoleonic wars whose aim was a long-term peace plan for Europe. It redraw the borders of Europe and partially restored the Monarchies of the pre-revolutionary period.