Austro-Prussian War

American  

[aw-stroh-pruhsh-uhn] / ˈɔ stroʊˈprʌʃ ən /

noun

1. the war (1866) in which Prussia, Italy, and some minor German states opposed Austria, Saxony, Hanover, and the states of southern Germany.

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Example Sentences

In the 1860s, the first breech-loading rifles were developed, first seeing widespread use in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 in which Prussian infantry utterly overwhelmed Austrian soldiers armed with older muskets.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Napoleon III was infuriated – Bismarck even humiliated Napoleon by leaking a memo to the press in which Napoleon’s machinations for territory before the Austro-Prussian War were revealed.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

In addition, as Mr. Beller-McKenna notes, the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 may have complicated matters for Brahms, a German living in Vienna who was not yet won over to the victorious Prussian cause.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2016

At the time, Italy had just been unified in the wake of the Austro-Prussian War and it was clear that Germany, still divided into several separate political entities, was heading in that direction.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2011

Again, after the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, skilled laborers were added to the stream, and they captured a large part of the cigar-making industry of New York and the clothing trade of Chicago.

From Races and Immigrants in America by Commons, John R. (John Rogers)