Timeline of Anarchism in Western Europe: Difference between revisions

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This is a timeline of various political, legal, military, social, economic and environmental events that have occurred in Western Europe (An area comprising the states of Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland and Austria) that are relevant to libertarian socialism.

993: Free Frisia formed (now Netherlands)
1871: Paris Commune (France)
1934: February Uprising (Austria)
1953: East German Uprising
1968: Kraakers (Netherlands)
1980: Battle of the Lucky Luiyk (Netherlands)
1990: Ernst-Kirchweger-Haus created (Austria)

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-This is a timeline of various political, legal, military, social, economic and environmental events that have occurred in Western Europe (An area comprising the states of Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland and Austria) that are relevant to [[Libertarian Socialism|libertarian socialism]].
+This is a timeline of various political, legal, military, social, economic and environmental events that have occurred in Western Europe (An area comprising the states of [[Germany]], [[France]], [[Belgium]], [[Netherlands]], [[Switzerland]] and [[Austria]]) that are relevant to [[Libertarian Socialism|libertarian socialism]].
+* 993: [[Free Frisia]] formed (now Netherlands)
-== Pre-1800s ==
+* 1871: [[Paris Commune]] (France)
-* 993: [[Free Frisia]] begins to experiment with direct democracy in one of the only non-feudal areas of Europe.
+* 1934: [[February Uprising (Austria)|February Uprising]] (Austria)
+* 1953: [[East German Uprising]]
-== 1800s ==
+* 1968: [[Kraakers]] (Netherlands)
-* 1871: Workers [[Paris Commune|take over Paris for two months]] and begin the first modern experiments with a socialist society, taking over factories, introducing direct democracy and free education before being brutally repressed.
+* 1980: [[Battle of the Lucky Luiyk]] (Netherlands)
-* 1878:  [[Max Hödel]] attempts to assassinate Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany. His two attempts to shoot the monarch both fail, and he is apprehended and executed by beheading on August 15.
+* 1990: [[Ernst-Kirchweger-Haus]] created (Austria)
-* 1893: [[Auguste Vaillant]] throws a nail bomb in the French National Assembly, killing nobody and injuring one as revenge for the execution of Ravachol. During his execution by [[guillotine]], he shouts "Death to bourgeois society and long live anarchy!".
-* 1894:  [[Émile Henry]], intending to avenge Auguste Vaillant, sets off a bomb in ''Café Terminus'', Paris. Killing one person and injuring 20.
-* 1894: [[Sante Geronimo Caserio]], seeking revenge for Auguste Vaillant and Émile Henry, stabs Sadi Carnot, the President of France, to death.
-* 1898: [[Luigi Lucheni]] stabs to death Empress Elisabeth, the consort of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary, with a needle file in Geneva, Switzerland.
-== 1900s ==
-* 1902: The [[Belgian General Strike (1902)|Belgian General Strike]] occurs as the working class attempts to expand political rights.<ref>[[libcom.org]] - https://libcom.org/history/1902-belgian-general-strike</ref>
-* 1918: The [[German Revolution]] begins as soldiers mutiny, workers take over factories and popular assemblies govern whole parts of the country.
-* 1923: The [[Cuno Strikes]] push Germany to the brink of revolution, leading to an attempted one in [[Hamburg Uprising (1923)|Hamburg]].
-* 1932: Public transport workers in Berlin, Germany [[Berlin Transport Workers' Strike (1932)|strike]].
-* 1934: The [[February Uprising (Austria)|February Uprising]] in Austria sees socialists try to stop the rise of fascists in the country.
-* 1953: The [[East German Uprising]] sees popular assemblies and workers' councils form and try to fight off the influence of [[Authoritarian Socialism|authoritarian socialism]] and forge a third path in the Cold War.
-* 1968: The [[Kraakers]] movement begins amongst angry students and unemployed people in the Netherlands.
-* 1980: The [[Battle of the Lucky Luiyk]] occurs, as autonomist squatters resist police and fascists trying to evict them.
-* 1990: The [[Ernst-Kirchweger-Haus]] is squatted and converted into a social center.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] (In German) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst-Kirchweger-Haus</ref>
-== 2000s ==
-* 2007: Railworkers across Germany [[German Railworkers' Strike (2007)|strike]] in protest of privatization.
 == See Also ==
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 * [[Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Eastern Asia]]
 * [[Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Southeast Asia]]
-* [[Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Oceania]]
+* [[Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Oceania]][[Category:Libertarian Socialist Wiki]]
-== References ==
-<references />[[Category:Libertarian Socialist Wiki]]
 [[Category:Libertarian Socialism]]
 [[Category:Timelines]]
 [[Category:Europe]]
 [[Category:Western Europe]]