Most of Spain’s empire fell in the 19th century?? Wtf are you talking about Spain was definitely a big empire in the 18th.
zig_zag-wanderer on
Spain was still an empire when the Beatles broke up man
Hendricus56 on
To paraphrase Historia Civilis: Prussia was mainly treated as a Great Power because of their military.
When it came to population, territory etc, they were relatively small until the Congress of Vienna (during which they gained a bunch of both). But their army punched far above their weight, so it was more than necessary to consider them among the top 5 of Europe
Fredwood on
Oh man, this comment section about to get as spicy as anytime someone brings ups the ottomans…which will get brought up Iin this thread, double spicy.
Andromeda_Galaxy_1 on
The European Great Powers club had a bit of a revolving door in the 17th-18th century, haha.
Sweden joined the club with Gustavus Adolphus after Thirty years war and tried to war they way to a permanent membership but lost it soon in the early 18th century with the defeat in the Great Northern war.
Russia took Sweden’s place with Peter the Great leading the way.
Spain gradually left the club in the late 17th century and was gone by the end of war of Spanish Succession in the early 18th.
The Dutch republic began their exit with the disaster year of 1672 and were gone from the club in the early 18th century.
Prussia entered the club in the mid-18th century with Fredrick the Great and the war of Austrian Succession.
Britain gradually strenghtened itself and became arguably the top dog in the club after winning the Seven years war against France.
The Ottomans started their slow exit towards the end of the 18th century.
France was at the hight of it’s power and prestige during the reign of the Sun King in the early 18th, but some turmoil was starting to emerge towards the end of the century….
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Most of Spain’s empire fell in the 19th century?? Wtf are you talking about Spain was definitely a big empire in the 18th.
Spain was still an empire when the Beatles broke up man
To paraphrase Historia Civilis: Prussia was mainly treated as a Great Power because of their military.
When it came to population, territory etc, they were relatively small until the Congress of Vienna (during which they gained a bunch of both). But their army punched far above their weight, so it was more than necessary to consider them among the top 5 of Europe
Oh man, this comment section about to get as spicy as anytime someone brings ups the ottomans…which will get brought up Iin this thread, double spicy.
The European Great Powers club had a bit of a revolving door in the 17th-18th century, haha.
Sweden joined the club with Gustavus Adolphus after Thirty years war and tried to war they way to a permanent membership but lost it soon in the early 18th century with the defeat in the Great Northern war.
Russia took Sweden’s place with Peter the Great leading the way.
Spain gradually left the club in the late 17th century and was gone by the end of war of Spanish Succession in the early 18th.
The Dutch republic began their exit with the disaster year of 1672 and were gone from the club in the early 18th century.
Prussia entered the club in the mid-18th century with Fredrick the Great and the war of Austrian Succession.
Britain gradually strenghtened itself and became arguably the top dog in the club after winning the Seven years war against France.
The Ottomans started their slow exit towards the end of the 18th century.
France was at the hight of it’s power and prestige during the reign of the Sun King in the early 18th, but some turmoil was starting to emerge towards the end of the century….
Wrong UK flag
Where’s Portugal? 🥲