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Victorian Age in Great Britain
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Louis Napoleon elected president of the 2nd French Republic; The Communist Manifesto published
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Emperor Napoleon III proclaims Second French Empire
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Crimean War
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Pateur develops germ theory
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Unification of Italy
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Origin of the Species published
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Emancipation Proclamation in U S; Emancipation of the serfs in Russia
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Civil War in the United States
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Napoleon III installs Maximilian as emperor of Mexico
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Unification of Germany
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Maximilian removed as ruler of Mexico; Ausgleich in Austria creates Dual Monarchy; Dominion of Canada created
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Descent of Man published; Napoleon III toppled from power
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Third Fench Republic proclaimed
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Reform Act of 1884 in Great Britain