Age of Revolutions, WOO-ŠTE
The age of revolutions was an era of upheaval, when empires shook, monarchies fell, and new ideas about liberty, citizenship, and political power changed the course of history.
Age of Revolutions Encyclopedia Articles By Title
Wood, Fernando
Fernando Wood was an American congressional representative and mayor of New York City who led the Northern peace......
Wood, Leonard
Leonard Wood was a medical officer who became chief of staff of the U.S. Army and governor general of the Philippine......
Worden, John L
John L. Worden was a U.S. naval officer who commanded the Union warship Monitor against the Confederate Virginia......
World War I
World War I, an international conflict that in 1914–18 embroiled most of the nations of Europe along with Russia,......
- Introduction
- Nations, Resources, 1914
- Technology, 1914, Arms Race
- Eastern Front, Strategy, 1914
- Western Front, Trench Warfare, 1914
- Battle of Marne, Trench Warfare, Mobilization
- Eastern Front, 1914, Trench Warfare
- Serbian Campaign, 1914
- Naval Battles, U-Boats, Blockades
- German Colonies, Loss, WWI
- Dardanelles, Strategies, 1915-16
- Western, Eastern, 1915
- Eastern, Western, Naval
- Italy, Italian Front, 1915-16
- Battle of Verdun, Somme, Brusilov
- Battle of Jutland, Naval Warfare, WWI
- Eastern Front, 1916, Trench Warfare
- Peace Moves, U.S. Policy, Feb 1917
- Trenches, Armistice, U-Boats
- US Entry, Causes, Impact
- Caporetto, Trenches, Armistice
- Western Front, June-Dec 1917
- Air Warfare, Trench Warfare, Armistice
- Last Offensives, Allies Victory
- Armistice, Treaty, Legacy
- Balkan Front, 1918
- Vittorio Veneto, Armistice, Treaty
- Austria-Hungary, Collapse, Causes
- Armistice, Treaty, Legacy
- Casualties, Armistice, Legacy
Wrede, Karl Philipp, Fürst von
Karl Philipp, prince von Wrede was a Bavarian field marshal, allied with Napoleon until 1813, when he joined the......
Wyoming
Wyoming, constituent state of the United States of America. Wyoming became the 44th state of the union on July......
Wyoming Massacre
Wyoming Massacre, (July 3, 1778), during the American Revolution, the killing of 360 American settlers in the Wyoming......
Yamagata Aritomo
Yamagata Aritomo was a Japanese soldier and statesman who exerted a strong influence in Japan’s emergence as a......
Yankee Doodle
Yankee Doodle, patriotic American song that was popularized during the American Revolution. Ironically, the song......
Yellowstone River
Yellowstone River, river, noted for its scenic beauty, in the western United States. It flows through northwestern......
Yorck von Wartenburg, Johann, Graf
Johann Yorck, count von Wartenburg was a Prussian field marshal, reformer, and successful commander during the......
York and Albany, Frederick Augustus, duke of
Frederick Augustus, duke of York and Albany was the second son of King George III of Great Britain, younger brother......
York, enslaved man
York, enslaved man was an enslaved man who joined Capt. Meriwether Lewis and Lieut. William Clark on their exploration......
Yorktown, Siege of
Siege of Yorktown, (September 28–October 19, 1781), joint Franco-American land and sea campaign that entrapped......
Yukon
Yukon, territory of northwestern Canada, an area of rugged mountains and high plateaus. It is bounded by the Northwest......
Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve
Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve, protected river-basin region in east-central Alaska, U.S. Proclaimed a......
Zapata, Emiliano
Emiliano Zapata was a Mexican revolutionary, champion of agrarianism, who fought in guerrilla actions during and......
Zinovyev, Grigory Yevseyevich
Grigory Yevseyevich Zinovyev was a revolutionary who worked closely with Lenin in the Bolshevik Party before the......
Zinsou, Émile Derlin
Émile Derlin Zinsou was a nationalist politician and president (1968–69) of Dahomey (now Benin), noted for the......
Zollverein
Zollverein, German customs union established in 1834 under Prussian leadership. It created a free-trade area throughout......
Álava y Esquivel, Miguel Ricardo de
Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel was a soldier in the Napoleonic Wars and statesman. Álava was an aide-de-camp......
émigré
émigré, any of the Frenchmen, at first mostly aristocrats, who fled France in the years following the French Revolution......
Štefánik, Milan
Milan Štefánik was a Slovak astronomer and general who, with Tomáš Masaryk and Edvard Beneš, helped found the new......