Age of Nationalism and Realism 1850-1871

Political

Communist Manifesto Published

1848

Emancipation of Serfs

1861

Dual Monarchy

1867

Unification of Italy

1870

Second Napoleonic Empire

1871

Unification of Germany

1871

Military

Crimean War

1855

Danish War

1864

Austro-Prussian War

1866

Franco-Prussian War

1871

Intellectual

On the Origin of Species Published

1859

The Descent of Man Published

1871