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Famine
Beggining of Europe's last major food crisis and famine throughout the Continent. -
German Uprisings
Uprisings in some German states; granting of constitutional reforms in Prussia. -
Italian Revolution
Revolutions in Italy begin. -
Propose a Plan
Frankfurt Assembly meets and proposes a plan for the unification of Germany; Prussian king refuses to take the crown -
Revolutionary Republic in Rome
Mazzini helps set up a revolutionary republic in Rome, but French forces stop it. -
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Crimean War
Great Britain and France declared war on Russia. -
Sardinia Against Russia
Sardinia joins forces with the British and the French against Russia in the Crimean War. -
Cavour Negotiates A Secret Deal
Cavour negotiated a secret deal with Napoleon. And Napoleon promissed to aid Sardinia if it faced war with Austria. -
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi, an ally of Mazzini, gathers a force of 1000 volunteers to Sicily. -
Victor Emmanuel is Crowned King of Italy
Victor Emmanuel is Crowned King of Italy after being given Naples and Sicily from Garbaldi. -
Cavour Dies
avour dies and Italy forms an alliance with Prussia. -
Polish Revolt
When the Poles revolted, most European powers sympathized with them; Bismarck did not. He made an agreement w/ Russia (Avensleben) and helped subdue the Poles, securing Russian neutrality. -
Zollparlament
Under pressure from German nationalists to finish unification, Bismarck created the Zollparlament to politically incorporate the southern states with the north. -
France Forced to Withdraw
France is forced to withdraw from Rome during the Franco-Prussian War. And this is the first time since the fall of the Roman Empire that Italy is united and unified. -
Ems Telegram
Bismarck doctors telegram between Prussia and France, leading to war between them.
