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| Birth of Poincare, Raymond Poincare, Raymond |  |
| 20th Aug Bar le Duc Birth of Raymond Poincare, son of a middle class familly in Eastern France |
| Capture of Nice Napoleon III | |
| Nice Captures Nice |
| Capture of Savoy Napoleon III | |
| Savoy Captures Savoy |
| Diplomacy Napoleon III | |
| Piedmont annexes central Italy, France gains Savoy & Nice |
| Invention Gas Engine Lenoir, Jean Etienne | |
| Builds a gas fuelled internal-combustion engine |
| Marriage of Folsom, Frances Folsom, Frances |  |
| 2nd June Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom |
| Minister of Interior Fialin, Jean-Gilbert-Victor | |
| Appointed Minister of the Interior |
| Rule of Nice Napoleon III | |
| Nice Piedmont annexes central Italy, France gains Savoy & Nice |
| Rule of Piedmont Napoleon III | |
| Piedmont Piedmont annexes central Italy, France gains Savoy & Nice |
| Rule of Savoy Napoleon III | |
| Savoy Piedmont annexes central Italy, France gains Savoy & Nice |
| Treaty of Cobden Chevalier, Michel | |
| Paris Negotiated jointly by Michel Chevalier & Richard Cobden |
| Paris Recognizes Anglo-French interests |
| Paris Reduces French duties on coal & manufactured goods & British duties on wine & brandy |
| Treaty of Cobden Napoleon III | |
| Jan Paris Agreed by Napoleon & ratified by the British House of Commons |
| Jan Paris Creates free trade between Europe's 2 largest traders |
| Unification Italy Napoleon III | |
| Piedmont annexes central Italy, France gains Savoy & Nice |
