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Last Famine
Last major food crisis and famine throughout Europe begins -
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Europe 1848-1871
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Louis Napoleon new French President
Louis Napoleon wins presidential election in France -
Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx publishes the Communist Manifest -
Uprising in German States
Uprising in some German states; granting of constitutional reforms in Prussia -
Revolutions in Italy begin
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More Revolutions! Vienna, Budapest and Prague
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Frankfurt Assembly; Prussian king refuses the crown
Frankfurt Assembly meets and proposes a plan for the unification of Germany; Prussian king refuses to take the crown -
Monarchy Overthrown
Revolution in France; overthrow of King Louis-Philippe; French Second Republic proclaimed -
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Crimean War
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Austria declares war on Sardinia and allies with France
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On the Origin of Species is published
Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection -
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American Civil War
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Emancipation of Russian Serfs
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Kingdom of Ital proclaimed
Kingdom of Italy proclaimed with King Victor Emmanuel II as King -
Maximillian crowned emperor of Mexico; War over Schleiswig and Holstein
Maximillian crowned emperor of Mexicon and Prussia & Austria at war with Denmark over Schleiswig and Holstein -
Sevens Weeks' War; Italy acquires Venetia
Prussia and Austria engage in Seven Weeks' War and Italy acquires Venetia -
Das Kapital is published
Karl Marx publishes Das Kapital -
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Franco-Prussian War
Ends with the capitulation of French Second Empire -
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Franco-Prussian War
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Italy Annexes Rome
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German Empire Proclaims
