A History of World Societies:
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A History of World Societies Value
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| ca. 1790s– |
Romantic movement in literature and the arts | |
| 1814– |
Congress of Vienna | |
| 1832 | Reform Bill in Britain | |
| ca. 1840s– |
Realism is dominant in Western literature | |
| 1845– |
Great Famine in Ireland | |
| 1848 | Revolutions in France, Austria, and Prussia; Marx and Engels, The Communist Manifesto; first public health law in Britain | |
| 1854 | Pasteur studies fermentation and develops pasteurization | |
| 1854– |
Development of germ theory | |
| 1859 | Darwin, On the Origin of Species by the Means of Natural Selection | |
| 1859– |
Unification of Italy | |
| 1861 | Freeing of Russian serfs | |
| 1866– |
Unification of Germany | |
| 1873 | Stock market crash spurs renewed anti- |
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| 1883 | First social security laws to help workers in Germany | |
| 1889– |
Second Socialist International | |
| 1890– |
Massive industrialization surge in Russia | |
| 1904– |
Russo- |
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| 1905 | Revolution in Russia | |
| 1906– |
Social reform in Britain |