WH By sdepasquale Period: 509 BCE to 27 BCE Roman Republic Period: 1814 to 1824 Louis XVIII Jun 18, 1815 defeat of Napoleon at waterloo Period: Sep 16, 1824 to Aug 2, 1830 Charles X Period: 1830 to 1848 Louis Philippe 1831 Giuseppe Mazzini founded Young Italy Period: 1840 to 1861 King Frederick William IV of Prussia 1848 Frankfurt Assembly fails to unify Germany Period: 1848 to 1852 Louis Napoleon President of the Second Republic 1849 Victor Emmanuel crowned King of Italy Period: 1852 to 1870 Louis Napoleon becomes Napoleon III of the Second Empire 1860 Kingdom of Sardinia annexes Lombardy after defeating Austria 1860 Giuseppe Garibaldi captures Sicily and Naples 1864 Prussia and Austria capture Schleswig and Holstein from Denmark 1866 Italy adds Venice 1866 Prussia defeats Austria in the Seven Weeks War 1870 Italy adds Rome which completes unification Period: 1870 to 1871 Franco-Prussian War Period: 1870 to 1940 Third Republic Period: 1870 to 1871 German 2nd Reich Period: 1871 to 1888 King William (Wilhelm) I of Prussia Period: 1871 to 1890 Bismarck’s service as prime minister/chancellor Period: Mar 18, 1871 to May 28, 1871 Paris Commune Period: 1888 to 1918 Emperor William (Wilhelm) II of Germany Period: 1894 to 1906 Dreyfus Affair