Europe 1852: Second French Empire
2 December 1852
2 Dec 1852
Crimean War
-27–68 Julio-Claudian Dynasty
68–96 Flavian Dynasty
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235–268 Crisis of the Third Century: Turmoil
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Second French Empire
2 Dec 1852 Second French Empire
28 Mar 1854 Outbreak of the Crimean War
5 Nov 1854 Siege of Sevastopol
30 Mar 1856 End of the Crimean War
1 Apr 1857 The Great Game
While the King of Prussia was backing down in Germany, the ambitious French President Louis-Napoleon was consolidating power in France. By 1852 he was ready to restore the French Empire with himself as Emperor Napoleon III. Although this alarmed the nations of Europe, where memories of the Napoleonic Wars were still strong, its importance was soon overshadowed by events further east.
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