1848 | Europe
| Known as the Year of Revolutions in Europe with the Chartist uprising in London and the establishment of the Second Republic in France with bloody riots. [Read about] |
1848 | Global | Communist Manifesto published |
1857 | Asia • India
| The Indian Mutiny |
1858 | North America • Mexico | Civil War starts in Mexico and Benito Juárez (1806–1872) is elected president. |
1859 | Europe | The Austro-Sardinian War is fought between the French under Napoleon III and the Kingdom of Sardinia under Victor Emmanuel II on the one side and the Austro-Hungarian Empire on the other. The campaigns and battles (Montebello 20 May, Palestro 30 May, Magenta 4 June and Solferino 21 June) are photographed by Luigi Sacchi and Béraldy amongst others. |