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Year of Revolutions!!!
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Francis Joseph becomes emperor of Habsburg emperor (Au, pol)
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Crimean War opens (pol, Germany)
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Cavour leads Piedmont into the war on the side of France and England (political, Fr, Eng, Italy)
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Alexander II becomes tsar (Russia, political)
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Treaty of Paris concludes the Crimean War (Germany, pol)
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Defeat in Crimean War (Russia, political)
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Attempt to assassinate Napoleon III
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Secret conference between Napoleon III and Cavour at Plombieres (France, Political)
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War of Piedmont and France against Austria (political)
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Habsburg defeat by France and Piedmont
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Garibaldi lands his forces in Sicily and invades southern Italy
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October Diploma (Au, pol)
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February Patent (Habsburg, Au)
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Serfdom Abolished in Russia- social
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Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy!!! (political)
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Death of Cavour
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Bismarck becomes prime minister of Prussia (political)
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Russian suppression of Polish rebellion (political)
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Danish War (political, Denmark)
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Russia- reorganization of local government
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Russia reform of judicial system (political, social)
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Convention of Gastein (Austria, Prussia, Denmark, Political)
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Austro-Prussian War
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Austria cedes Venetia to Italy (political)
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Habsburg defeat by Prussia
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North German Confederation formed (political)
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Compromise between emperor and Hungary, establishing the Dual Monarchy
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Second Reform Act (pol, soc, England)
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Gladstone becomes liberal prime minister of England (pol)
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Disestablishment of the church of Ireland (Eng, Ir, pol, social, religious)
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Gladstone's Education Act and first Irish Land Act (Eng, Ir, pol, social)
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Bismarck publishes the edited Ems dispatch (Fr, Ger, political)
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Crisis over Hohenzollern candidacy for the Spanish throne
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France declares war on Prussia
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France defeated at Sedan and Napoleon III captured (Fr, Pr, political)
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French Republic proclaimed
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Italian state annexes Rome (political)
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Proclamation of the German Empire at Versailles (Ger, Fr, pol)
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Purchase of army officers' commissions abolished in England (pol)
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Religious tests abolished at oxford and Cambridge (Eng, soc,pol)
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Paris Commune (Fr, pol, soc)
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Treaty of Frankfurt ratified between France and Germany (Fr, Ger, pol)
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Secret ballot act (England, political, social)
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Prussian occupation troops depart (Fr, Pr, pol)
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Marshal MacMahon elected president of France (political)
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Russian Military enlistment period reduced (pol, soc)
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Disraeli becomes conservative prime minister of England (political)
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Major political institutions of the Third Republic organized (Fr, political)
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Disraeli's Public Health Act and Artisan Dwelling Act (England, social, political, econ)
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Attempted Assassination of military governor of Saint Petersburg (russia, political)
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MacMahon resigns as president of France (political)
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Russia- land and Freedom splits (pol, social)
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Beginning of Gladstone's second ministry in England (pol)
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The People's Will assassinates Alexander II (Russia, pol, social)
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Alexander III becomes tsar of Russia (political)
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Second Irish Land Act and Irish Coercion Act (Eng, Ir, soc, pol)
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Third Reform Act (England, Ir, soc, pol)
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Gladstone announces support of Irish home rule (England, Ireland, social, political)
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Home Rule Bill defeated and Lord Salisbury becomes the Conservative prime minister of England (political)
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Gladstone begins his third ministry in England; second irish Home Rule Bill defeated
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Captain Dreyfus convicted (Fr, pol, social)
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Nicholas II becomes tsar of Russia (political)
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Ordinances giving equality of language between Germans and Czechs in Austria
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Emile Zola publishes J'Accuse about Dreyfus Affair (Fr, pol, soc)
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Third Irish Land Act (England, social, political)
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Universal male suffrage introduced for Austria (social, political)
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Third Irish Home Rule Bill PASSED!!! (England, Ireland, soc, pol)
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Provisions of irish Home Rule Bill suspended because of the outbreak of World War I :( (Eng, Ireland, soc, pol)