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9 June 1815

The Congress of Vienna, which took place in Vienna, Austria from October 1814 to June 1815 to regulate and restore Europe's political conditions after the Napoleonic Wars, was concluded. During the congress, it was decided that Norway should be... Read more ...

9 June 1815

The Congress of Vienna was concluded
The Congress of Vienna, which took place in Vienna, Austria from October 1814 to June 1815 to regulate and restore Europe's political conditions after the Napoleonic Wars, was concluded. During the congress, it was decided that Norway should be transferred from Denmark to the Swedish king.

The Congress of Vienna was the third large peace congress in modern times, and almost all of Europe's states and princely houses took part. The five major powers' delegation leaders were Metternich for Austria, Castlereagh for Great Britain, Tsar Alexander I and Nesselrode for Russia, Hardenberg and Humboldt for Prussia, and Talleyrand for France.

Representing Sweden was Count Carl Axel Löwenhielm, and representing Denmark was Foreign Minister Count Niels Rosenkrantz. King Frederick VI was also present.

The congress came about as the work of the Austrian Foreign Minister Prince Metternich, and his rejection of the liberal and national ideas of the time left its mark on it.


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    The Norwegian Kammerlader

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    In the mid 1850s the Norwegian Army and Navy was armed with a modern rifle that few contemporary armies could match. In Norway this weapon was called the \"kammerlader\" or \"chamber-loader\". In this article you can read more about the history of the kammerlader and its practical use.

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Shooting a M/1884 Jarmann Repeating Rifle (4.07 Mb).


Loading a .577/.450 Martini-Henry (2 Mb).


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Loading a muzzleloading flintlock rifle (2,09 Mb).


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Shooting the Shiloh Sharps Model 1874 rifle in .45-70 calibre.

Forging a butt plate part 1 (343 kb). The blacksmith is master Steve Bookout of Toad Hall Rifleshop

Forging a butt plate part 2 (343 kb). Still Steve Bookout as the blacksmith.