| YEAR |
FRANCE |
DAUMIER |
THE WORLD |
USA |
| 1860 |
|
Le Charivari cancels contract; no lithographs produced for next two years; financial difficulties ensue |
|
Lincoln elected President |
| 1861 |
French-Mexican Expedition (1861-67) |
|
Italy Unified |
Civil War Begins |
| 1862 |
Hugo: Les Miserables |
|
|
Homestead Act
|
| 1863 |
Napoleon III inaugurates the Salon des Refuses, including works by
Edouard Manet (1832-1883), Claude Monet (1840-1926), and
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906). Generally considered the first show by Impressionists.
|
Le Charivari re-hires Daumier; Daumier moves to Montmartre; financial situation improves |
|
Lincoln: Gettysburg Address |
| 1864 |
|
|
German-Danish War |
|
| 1865 |
|
Rents a house in Valmondois, but keeps rooms in Paris |
|
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| 1866 |
Jacques Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne
|
|
Austro-Prussian War |
|
| 1867 |
Exposition Universelle (Paris);
Napoleon III withdraws support from Maximillian in Mexico
|
Eyesight weakens |
Marx: Das Kapital |
|
| 1868 |
|
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Five human skeletons discovered in the Vezere Valley in France; identified as CroMagnon Man. |
|
| 1869 |
Parliamentary system re-introduced
|
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First Transcontinental Railroad completed; construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins
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