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Ottoman Empire's power has declined significantly
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Prussia becomes a German state
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Nationalist revolts start calling for a unified nation of Italy
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Young Italy takes over Rome and establish a revolutionary government
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Just as fast as Young Italy seized it, Rome is taken back by France
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Francis Joseph becomes emperor of Austria
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Sardinian king Emanuel II appoints Count Cavour his prime minister
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Cavour makes a secret alliance with France
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With the help of France, Cavour provokes a secret war against Austria
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Victor Emmanuel II is crowned King of Italy
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King William I makes Bismarck prime minister
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Bismarck forms an alliance with Austria
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Prussia and Austria seize the provinces of Schleswig and Holstein from Denmark
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Bismarck finds an excuse to attack Austria. After a brief war, Prussia wins and annexes several other north German states
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Hungarian nationalists create a compromise that turn Austria into a dual-monarchy called Austria Hungary
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The growing rivalry between France and Prussia overflows, causing the Franco-Prussian war of 1870
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Prussia beats France and German nationalists celebrate the birth of the second Reich (empire)
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Bismarck launches the Kultukampf or "battle for civilization"
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War keeps going
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Bismarck's plan to limit the Catholic Church backfires as many loyal Catholics fight against the Prussians. Bismarck soon makes peace with the church and ends the ongoing war
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William II succeeds his grandfather as kaiser
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William II "asks" Bismarck to resign saying, "There is only one master of the Reich, and that is I."