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