Europe 1864: Second Schleswig War
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							Second Schleswig War
						
							
								24 Dec 1863 Schleswig-Holstein Question
							
						
							
								30 Oct 1864 Second Schleswig War
							
						
							
								14 Jun 1866 Outbreak of the Austro-Prussian War
							
						
							
								24 Jun 1866 Second Battle of Custoza
							
						
							
								22 Jul 1866 Königgrätz and its Aftermath
							
						
							
								21 Dec 1867 Austro-Hungarian Compromise
							
						
							
								1 Sep 1870 Franco-Prussian War
							
						
							
								20 Sep 1870 Siege of Paris
							
						
							
								28 Jan 1871 Unification of Germany and Fall of Paris
							
						
							
								10 May 1871 Treaty of Frankfurt
							
						
					
				The two most powerful German states were Austria and Prussia. After the German occupation of Holstein (1863), they demanded that Denmark relinquish Schleswig. When the Danes refused to back down, the Austrians and Prussians invaded. By October Denmark had been overrun and forced to come to terms.
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