Category: December

Europe 1848

Rise of Napoleon III

In France, the new republic held the...

Europe 1852

Second French Empire

While the King of Prussia was...

North America 1853

Gadsden Purchase

Even as California was being...

Australasia 1854

Eureka Rebellion

Taking advantage of the 1851 gold...

North America 1855

Bleeding Kansas

In 1854 the Kansas-Nebraska Act...

Europe 1859

Unification of Central Italy

The Second Italian War of...

North America 1860

Secession of South Carolina

By 1860, the rift between the slave...

North America 1861

Fight for Kentucky

When the Civil War broke out,...

Europe 1863

Schleswig-Holstein Question

Schleswig and Holstein were two...

South America 1864

Outbreak of the Paraguayan War

In 1864 Brazil intervened in Uruguay...

North America 1864

Sherman's March to the Sea

In 1864, the Union armies were...

North America 1866

Red Cloud's War

Following the Civil War, the US...