WAR EVERY TWO YEARS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16448, 31 May 1919, Page 7

WAR EVERY TWO YEARS.

PAST CENTURY’S RECORD. There have been 51 important wars in 106 years —one every two years. A 'list of them was recorded recently in the Congressional Record, as follows : Napoleonic Wars ,1792-1815). Revolt of Spanish Colonies (18101820). Revolution in Naples against their ruler, King Ferdinand (1821). Insurrection in Piedmont against Austrian rule (1821). Revolution in Spain against King Ferdinand VII. (1822-1823). Revolt of the Greeks against Turkish rule (1821-1827), known as the War of Greek Independence. War between England, Russia and France, allied against Turkey, for the independence of Greece (1827). War between Russia and Turkey (1828-1829). Revolution in France against diaries X., followed by the establishment of the Orleans dynasty (1830). Revolt in Belgium against the union with Holland —ending in independence of Belgium (1830). Insurrection in Warsaw —revolt in Poland against Russia (1830-1831). Insurrection in the Papal States (1831). Civil War in Portugal (1828-1833). Civil War in Spain (1833-1839). War between Egypt and Turkey (18321833). War between Egypt and Turkey (18391840). War between Turkey, aided by Russia, England, Austria and Prussia, and Egypt (1840-1841). Revolution in France and the proclamation of the Republic (1848). Revolution in Vienna (1848). Revolution in Hungary; practical independence of Hungary (1848). Revolution in Bohemia against Austrian rule (1848). Revolution in Lombardy (1848), against Austrian rule. Insurrection in Venice against Austrian domination (1848).

War between Austria and Piedmont (1848-1849). Revolution in Berlin (1848). War between Denmark and the German Federation (1848). War between Austria and Hungary (1849).

War between Denmark and Prussia (1849). Crimean War—England, France, Turkey and Piedmont against Russia (18541856). War between France and Piedmont allied against Austria (1859). War between Piedmont (really represented by Garibaldi), and Naples (1860). American Civil War (1861-1865). Revolution in Poland against Russia (1868). War between Prussia and Austria allied against Denmark, relative to Schles-wig-Holstein (1864). Seven Weeks’ Wa r (1864). Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Ashantee War (1873-1874). Serbian-Turkisb War (1876). Russo-Turkish War (1876), Afghanistan War of 1879. Zulu War of 1879. Egyption War (1882). Serbo-Bulgarian AVar (1885). China-Japanese AVar (1894-1895). Cuban Insurrection (1895). Greco-Turkish War (1?07). South African or Boer AA’ar (18001902). Russo-Japanese AVar (1904-1905).-Italian-Turkisb AVar (1911-1912). Balkan-Turkish AVar (1912-1913). European War (1914-1918).