Unit VI:AP European By tmgarrison Period: May 9, 1837 to May 9, 1901 Victorian Age in Great Britain May 9, 1848 Louis Napoleon elected president of the 2nd French Republic; The Communist Manifesto published May 9, 1852 Emperor Napoleon III proclaims Second French Empire Period: May 9, 1854 to May 9, 1856 Crimean War May 9, 1858 Pateur develops germ theory Period: May 9, 1858 to May 9, 1870 Unification of Italy May 9, 1859 Origin of the Species published May 9, 1861 Emancipation Proclamation in U S; Emancipation of the serfs in Russia Period: May 9, 1861 to May 9, 1865 Civil War in the United States May 9, 1864 Napoleon III installs Maximilian as emperor of Mexico Period: May 9, 1864 to May 9, 1871 Unification of Germany May 9, 1867 Maximilian removed as ruler of Mexico; Ausgleich in Austria creates Dual Monarchy; Dominion of Canada created May 9, 1871 Descent of Man published; Napoleon III toppled from power May 9, 1875 Third Fench Republic proclaimed May 9, 1884 Reform Act of 1884 in Great Britain