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After the war, Germany would be split into four occupied zones, with a quadripartite occupation of Berlin as well, prior to unification of Germany. Stalin agreed to let France have the fourth occupation zone in Germany and Austria, carved out from the British and American zones. France would also be granted a seat in the Allied Control Council.
After the Austro-Prussian War, Prussia led the Northern states into a federal state called the North German Confederation (1867–1870). The Southern states joined the federal state in 1870/71, which was consequently renamed the German Empire (1871–1918). The state continued as the Weimar Republic (1919–1933).
The unification of Germany (German: Deutsche Einigung, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈʔaɪnɪɡʊŋ] ⓘ) was a process of building the first nation-state for Germans with federal features based on the concept of Lesser Germany (one without Habsburgs' multi-ethnic Austria or its German-speaking part).
Germany and Britain managed through Chile to have Ecuador deny the United States a naval base in the Galápagos Islands. [95] Claims that German communities in South America acted as extensions of the German Empire were ubiquituous by 1900 but it has never been proved that these communities acted in such way to any significant degree. [98]
26 February – German company Commerzbank is founded in Hamburg.; 10 March – The Deutsche Bank is granted a banking licence by the Prussian government.; 16 July – In response to Bismarck's refusal to cede parts of the Rhineland to Emperor Napoleon III of France, [1] the near succession of a Hohenzollern to the Spanish throne, and the Ems telegram, [2] France declares war on Prussia ...
The German government rejected the French suggestion of a parallel occupation. On 3 April, German regular troops of the Reichswehr, under General Oskar von Watter, entered the neutral zone in force, and experienced little difficulty in dealing with the armed leftist workers. The revolutionary headquarters at Mülheim were taken on April 4 ...
Between the years 1492 and 1930, more than 60 million Europeans immigrated to the American continent. Between 1492 and 1820, approximately 2.6 million Europeans immigrated to the Americas, of whom just under 50% were British, 40% were Spanish or Portuguese, 6% were Swiss or German, and 5% were French.
1920s; Subcategories. This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. ... Pages in category "1870 in North America" The following 2 pages are in ...