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Development of germ theory.
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Cholera Epidemic and first public health law in Britain.
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Realism dominant in Western arts and literature.
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Modernization of Paris
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Pasteur begins studying fermentation.
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Darwin publishes “On the Origins of Species by the Means of Natural Selection.”
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Pasteur develops pasteruization.
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Mendeleev creates the periodic table.
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Completion of London sewer system.
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Second Industrial Revolution.
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Electric streetcars introduced in Europe
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Max Weber publishes “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.”