AP Euro chapter 22 By Bayne Y 1838 Development of germ theory. 1848 Cholera Epidemic and first public health law in Britain. Period: 1850 to 1880 Realism dominant in Western arts and literature. Period: 1853 to 1870 Modernization of Paris 1854 Pasteur begins studying fermentation. 1859 Darwin publishes “On the Origins of Species by the Means of Natural Selection.” Apr 20, 1862 Pasteur develops pasteruization. 1869 Mendeleev creates the periodic table. 1870 Completion of London sewer system. Period: 1870 to 1914 Second Industrial Revolution. May 12, 1881 Electric streetcars introduced in Europe 1905 Max Weber publishes “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.”