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?