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The terms of the treaty of Prague, ending the Seven Weeks War, make plain the transfer of German leadership from Austria to Prussia
US painter Winslow Homer makes his name with the exhibition of a Civil War subject, Prisoners from the Front
Austrian rule ends in the Venetian territories, which now join the new kingdom of Italy
Recovery from serious injury convinces Mary Baker Eddy that sickness and health are spiritually based, and provides her with the impulse to found Christian Science
Algernon Swinburne scandalizes Victorian Britain with his first collection, Poems and Ballads
The Argentine Rural Society is founded as the exclusive preserve of Argentina's oligarchy
Dostoevsky publishes Crime and Punishment, a novel narrated by Raskolnikov, a St Petersburg student and murderer
Napoleon III withdraws French troops from Mexico, leaving the emperor Maximilian in a dangerous situation
A railway bridge brings trains to Cannon Street
Elizabeth Twining, who founded St John's Hospital in Oak Lane, Twickenham, occupies Dial House until her death.
Britain's new Reform Act extends the franchise to working men in British towns
Secretary of state William Seward negotiates a price of $7.2 million for the purchase of Alaska from Russia, in a deal that some consider 'Seward's Folly'
The British North America Act, acknowledging the fears of French Catholics in Canada, guarantees the rights of "dissentient schools"
The US Congress passes Reconstruction Acts, dividing the defeated South into military districts and insisting on elections by universal male suffrage
Francis Joseph, emperor of Austria, is also crowned king of Hungary – to become ruler of the 'dual monarchy' of Austria-Hungary
Maximilian, the emperor of Mexico, and two of his generals are shot after being surrounded and captured at Querétaro
French author Paul Verlaine wins a reputation with his first published collection, Poémes saturniens ('Saturnine Poems')
The first volume of Das Kapital is completed by Marx in London and is published in Hamburg
The world's first croquet tournament takes place in Evesham and is won by Walter Jones-Whitmore
The invention of barbed wire is patented in the USA by Lucien Smith, designed to fence in cattle but also a protection for the wheat fields of the midwest plains
Four former colonies (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec) unite to form the new nation of Canada with Ottawa as the capital
The Canadian nation is called the Dominion of Canada – the first example of 'dominion status'
Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Grange as a social organization to benefit US farmers
A revival of the Prussian Zollverein, or customs union, includes all the German states except Austria
The Queensberry rules, named after the Marquess of Queensberry, introduce padded gloves in boxing, and rounds of three minutes
