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. |
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