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| 1867 |
| | | Francis Joseph, emperor of Austria, is also crowned king of Hungary – to become ruler of the 'dual monarchy' of Austria-Hungary | |
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| 1870 |
| | | Napoleon III is among 83,000 French prisoners captured by the Germans at Sedan in the Franco-Prussian war | |
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| 1870 |
| | | A French government of national defence deposes Napoleon III and proclaims the third French republic | |
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| 1871 |
| | | The Prussian king, William I, is proclaimed emperor of a united Germany in the palace at Versailles | |
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| 1872 |
| | | Cetshwayo becomes king of Zululand, on the death of his father Mpande | |
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| 1875 |
| | | The return to Spain of Isabella's son, as Alfonso XII, offers an end to forty years of royal feuding | |
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| 1887 |
| | | Queen Victoria's golden jubilee brings her back into the public's affection | |
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| 1889 |
| | | Menelik II is crowned emperor in Ethiopia, bringing the crown back to the Solomon dynasty | |
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| 1889 |
| | | A coup removes emperor Pedro II from his throne in Brazil, putting in his place a military dictatorship | |
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| c. 1897 |
| | | Diamond Jubilee bonfires and fireworks all round Briain celebrate Victoria's sixty years on the throne | |
|  | Diamond Jubilee Address from Adelaide in 1897
National Archives, Kew
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