* 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.

* 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.

* 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.

The Spanish parliament chose amongst several candidates, including a French Prince, which led to the Franco-Prussian War, when Bismarck refused to have another Frenchman in the Spanish Throne.

* 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.

Armoured trains saw use during the 19th century in the American Civil War ( 1861 – 1865 ), the Franco-Prussian War ( 1870 – 1871 ), the First and Second Boer Wars ( 1880 – 81 and 1899 – 1902 ), the First ( 1914 – 1918 ) and Second World Wars ( 1939 – 1945 ) and the First Indochina War ( 1946 – 1954 ).

French soldiers in the Franco-Prussian War 1870-71.

The Second French Empire, his Western European model, had been defeated in the Franco-Prussian War by the North German Confederation under the leadership of the Kingdom of Prussia.

The French government relocated from Paris to Bordeaux very briefly during World War II, when it became apparent that Paris would soon fall into German hands ( as in 1870 during war against Prussia and at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian war ).

After the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War ( 19 July 1870 ), Monet took refuge in England in September 1870, where he studied the works of John Constable and Joseph Mallord William Turner, both of whose landscapes would serve to inspire Monet's innovations in the study of color.

Conservative thought developed alongside nationalism in Germany, culminating in Germany's victory over France in the Franco-Prussian War, the creation of the unified German Empire in 1871, and the simultaneous rise of Otto von Bismarck on the European political stage.

During the Franco-Prussian War, at the Battle of Mars-la-Tour in 1870, a Prussian cavalry brigade decisively smashed the centre of the French battle line, after skilfully concealing their approach.

French soldiers in the Franco-Prussian War 1870-71

After the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 – 71, having only Danish nationality and being unable to join the army, he moved his family to Norwood, then a village on the edge of London.

Die Gartenlaube ( 1871 ) showing " the German Christmas tree " ( Der deutsche Weihnachtsbaum ) in a field hospital in Versailles after the Franco-Prussian War.

The Prussian Army issued identification tags for its troops at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870.

Napoleon III was deposed on 4 September 1870, after France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War.

Three wars led to military successes and helped to convince German people to do this: the Second war of Schleswig against Denmark in 1864, the Austro-Prussian War against Austria in 1866, and the Franco-Prussian War against the Second French Empire in 1870 – 71.

After serving briefly during the Franco-Prussian War, he returned to civilian duties in Paris during 1872.

Following defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, Franco-German rivalry erupted again in the First World War.

Albert had a successful military career leading Saxon troops which participated in the First War of Schleswig, the Austro-Prussian War, and the Franco-Prussian War.

* 1871 – The victorious Prussian Army parades though Paris, France after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.

In 1870, his studies were interrupted when he served with the Prussian Army in the Franco-Prussian War.

He then served in the Franco-Prussian War and later became district medical officer in Wollstein ( Wolsztyn ), Prussian Poland.

During the Franco-Prussian War the Parisian National Guard, which was founded during the time of the American Revolution, engaged the Prussian Army and later rebelled against the Versailles Army under Marshal McMahon.

* 1870 – Marshal François Achille Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at Metz along with 140, 000 French soldiers in one of the biggest French defeats of the Franco-Prussian War.

* 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz concludes with a decisive Prussian victory.

* 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.

* 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan – Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100, 000 of his soldiers prisoner.

* 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.

* 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Paris begins, which will result on January 28, 1871 in the surrender of Paris and a decisive Prussian victory.

The stunning Prussian victory over the Second French Empire in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 is sometimes partly credited to the training of Prussian officers with the game Kriegspiel, which was invented around 1811 and gained popularity with many officers in the Prussian army.

* September 2 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces defeat the French armies and take emperor Napoleon III and 100, 000 of his soldiers prisoner at Sedan.

But on 19 July 1870 the Franco-Prussian War began and Klein ( who was Prussian ) had to leave France very quickly.

During the Franco-Prussian War, Gautier made his way back to Paris upon hearing of the Prussian advance on the capital.

In 1870, when, goaded by Prussian Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck, he began the Franco-Prussian War.

Tomb of Victor Emanuel II at the Pantheon In 1870, after two failed attempts by Garibaldi, he also took advantage of the Prussian victory over France in the Franco-Prussian War to capture Rome after the French withdrew.

* 1880: The Lion of Belfort, in Belfort, France, a massive sculpture of a lion carved into the side of a mountain, depicting the huge struggle of the French to hold off the Prussian assault at the end of the Franco-Prussian War.

During the 1870 Franco-Prussian War, Somme was invaded by Prussian forces and Amiens was occupied.

The Siege of Paris ( 19 September 1870 – 28 January 1871 ) brought about the final defeat of the French Army during the Franco-Prussian War.

Bartholdi served in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 as a squadron leader of the National Guard, and as a liaison officer to General Giuseppe Garibaldi, representing the French government and the Army of the Vosges.

Following the defeat of the French Army in the Franco-Prussian War, the French military, as part of its movements to increase professionalism, emphasized officer training at the École de Guerre.

The intent of the plan was not to conquer cities or industry in order to weaken the French war efforts, but to capture most of the French Army and to force France to surrender, in essence a repeat of the strategy used to defeat France during the Franco-Prussian War.

Caprivi entered the Prussian Army in 1849 and served in the Second Schleswig War of 1864, the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 as a major in the staff of Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 / 71, the latter as Chief of Staff of the X Army Corps.

There he joined the Saxon Army during the Franco-Prussian War and took part in the occupation of France in 1871.

One of his sons led a brigade of the VIII Army Corps in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870.

However, due to the German victory in the Franco-Prussian War, the Japanese government also relied on Prussia as a model for their army, and hired two German military advisors ( Major Jakob Meckel, replaced in 1888 by von Wildenbrück and Captain von Blankenbourg ) for the training of the Japanese General Staff from 1886 to April 1890: the Imperial Army General Staff Office, based on the Prussian Generalstab, was established directly under the Emperor in 1878 and was given broad powers for military planning and strategy.

The retention of cuirasses as part of their field uniform by the French Army in 1914 reflected the historic prestige of this branch of the cavalry, dating back through the Franco-Prussian War to the campaigns of Napoleon.

In 1870, King Ludwig II of Bavaria, sent Leopold to the battlefields of France, where the Bavarian Army was fighting alongside the Prussian Army in the Franco-Prussian War.

At the beginning of the war, the French Army was wearing the uniform of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, but the uniform was maladapted to the trenches, and so in 1915 the Army replaced the uniform, with the Adrian helmet replacing the képi.

He entered the French Army, saw much service in Algeria ( 1862 ), and took part in the fighting around Metz in 1870 ( during the Franco-Prussian War ).

He entered the Prussian Army in 1868, fought in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 and had a successful military career until his retirement in 1910.

This and other features of the historic Prussian Army uniform were generally adopted by the other German States as they fell under Prussian influence before and after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.

Detaille enlisted in the 8th Mobile Bataillon of the French Army when the Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870 ; by November he was seeing and experiencing the realities of war.

Edmonds was arguably the leading army intellectual of his day, as a child living in France he had witnessed the Franco-Prussian War and had studied the German Army ever since.