Battle of Königgrätz
July 3, 1866
In a single day on a Bohemian plain, Prussian armies armed with breech-loading needle-guns shattered Austria and ended the German question in Berlin's favor. The Seven Weeks' War was over. Austria was ejected from German affairs; Bismarck had his North German Confederation; and Napoleon III was out of excuses to intervene.
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Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.