Uniting Nations – by forceHistory 104 / March 6, 2013
Napoleon III’s adventures
Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 1864-67 (painting by E. Degas)
The Boulevards of Paris
Creating the Boulevards
Count Camillodi Cavour
Prime Minister of Piedmont-Sardinia,
1852-1861
Victor Emanuel IIKing of Piedmont-
Sardinia, 1849-1861
King of Italy,1861-1878
Where is Piedmont-Sardinia?
(in salmon)
France and Piedmont at war with Austria, 1859
Giuseppe Garibaldi(1807-1882)
The German customs union (1834) under Prussian domination
Otto von BismarckChancellor of Prussia, 1862-
1890
Chancellor of the German Empire, 1871-1890
Wilhelm IKing of Prussia,
1861-1888
German Emperor,1871-1888
Three wars in seven years
1. Austria & Prussia vs. Denmark, 1864
2. Prussia vs. Austria and a coalition of smaller German states, 1866
The battleof Königgrätz(July 3, 1866)
Three wars in seven years3. The Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71
here: the French surrender at Sedan, Sept. 1, 1870
The German Empire proclaimed, Jan. 18, 1871
Austria-Hungary after the
compromise of 1867
pink = Austrianred = Hungarian
Emperor Franz Joseph and his officers:a world of uniforms and elegance?
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