On this day in 1804, the Code Napoléon, France’s groundbreaking law reform, is adopted as French civil law.

On this day in 1871, Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire, the newly unified Germany.

On this day in 1919, the Hungarian Soviet Republic is established, the first Communist government formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.

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