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Cavour persuaded Napoleon III to protect Sardinia if Austria were to attack. Austria attacks, and France declares war against Austria. Austrians surrender to France, Napoleon allows Sardinia to annex Lombardy. Towards the end of the year all the northern states voted to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
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Germany holds conference inviting all the Europeans with imperialism in Africa but invites no Africans.
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