Uniting Nations – by force History 104 / March 6, 2013
Napoleon III’s adventures
Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, (painting by E. Degas)
The Boulevards of Paris
Creating the Boulevards
Count Camillo di Cavour Prime Minister of Piedmont-Sardinia,
Victor Emanuel II King of Piedmont- Sardinia, King of Italy,
Where is Piedmont- Sardinia? (in salmon)
France and Piedmont at war with Austria, 1859
Giuseppe Garibaldi ( )
The German customs union (1834) under Prussian domination
Otto von Bismarck Chancellor of Prussia, Chancellor of the German Empire,
Wilhelm I King of Prussia, German Emperor,
Three wars in seven years 1. Austria & Prussia vs. Denmark, 1864
2. Prussia vs. Austria and a coalition of smaller German states, 1866 The battle of Königgrätz (July 3, 1866)
Three wars in seven years 3. The Franco-Prussian War, here: the French surrender at Sedan, Sept. 1, 1870
The German Empire proclaimed, Jan. 18, 1871
Austria-Hungary after the compromise of 1867 pink = Austrian red = Hungarian
Emperor Franz Joseph and his officers: a world of uniforms and elegance?