CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
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| A.D. | |
|---|---|
| Rome. The Pan-slavic conference at Prague. All Germany united in a parliament at Frankfort. German unity destroyed by the King of Prussia. | |
| 1851. | The Great Exhibition of London. |
| 1852. | Napoleon III Emperor of the French. |
| 1854. | Perry (second expedition) landed in Japan. Nicholas I occupied the Danubian provinces of Turkey. |
| 1854-56. | Crimean War. |
| 1856. | Alexander II of Russia. |
| 1857. | The Indian Mutiny. |
| 1858. | Robert Owen died. |
| 1859. | Franco-Austrian war. Battles of Magenta and Solferino. |
| 1861. | Victor Emmanuel First King of Italy. Abraham Lincoln became President U.S.A. The American Civil War began. |
| 1863. | British bombarded a Japanese town. |
| 1864. | Maximilian became Emperor of Mexico. |
| 1865. | Surrender of Appomattox Court House. Japan opened to the world. |
| 1866. | Prussia and Italy attacked Austria (and the south German states in alliance with her). Battle of Sadowa. |
| 1867. | The Emperor Maximilian shot. |
| 1870. | Napoleon III declared war against Prussia. |
| 1871. | Paris surrendered (January). The King of Prussia became William I, "German Emperor." The Hohenzollern Peace of Frankfort. |
| 1875. | The "Bulgarian atrocities." |
| 1877. | Russo-Turkish War. Treaty of San Stefano. Queen Victoria became Empress of India. |
| 1878. | The Treaty of Berlin. The Armed Peace of forty-six years began in western Europe. |
| 1881. | The Battle of Majuba Hill. The Transvaal free. |
| 1883. | Britain occupied Egypt. |
| 1886. | Gladstone's first Irish Home Rule Bill. |
| 1888. | Frederick II (March), William II (June), German Emperors. |
| 1890. | Bismarck dismissed. Heligoland ceded to Germany by Lord Salisbury. |
