Bitesize: Germ theory and its impact
c1860-1900 · Resource
Edexcel revision guide on Pasteur's germ theory, Koch's identification of specific microbes, and how the turning point transformed the understanding of disease.
On these timelines: BBC Bitesize (revision guides), Resources: Combined
Around 1870
- Meiji Restoration (1868)
- Wars of German Unification (1864)
- American Civil War (1861)
- Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
- German unification (1871)
- Pasteur develops germ theory of disease (1861)
- Albert Einstein (1879)
- Joseph Stalin (1878)
- Vladimir Lenin (1870)
- Bismarck's chancellorship (1871)