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The Reichstag of the North German Confederation renamed the North German Confederation the German Empire. 1871: 18 January: William was crowned emperor of the German Empire in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. 21 March: Minister President Otto von Bismarck of Prussia was appointed Chancellor of the German Empire. [36] 1872: 11 March
The German Confederation (German: Deutscher Bund [ˌdɔʏtʃɐ ˈbʊnt] ⓘ) was an association of 39 predominantly German-speaking sovereign states in Central Europe. [a] It was created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 as a replacement of the former Holy Roman Empire, which had been dissolved in 1806 as a result of the Napoleonic Wars.
The German Confederation (German: Deutscher Bund) was founded, a loose union of 39 states (35 ruling princes and 4 free cities) under Austrian leadership, with a Federal Diet (German: Bundestag) meeting in Frankfurt am Main. It was a loose coalition that failed to satisfy most nationalists.
The German Confederation and Congress Poland are created, and the neutrality of Switzerland is guaranteed. Also, Luxembourg declares independence from the French Empire . 16 June- Napoleonic Wars – Battle of Ligny : Napoleon defeats a Prussian army under Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher .
After the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the German-speaking territories of the empire became allied in the German Confederation (1815–1866), a league of states with some federalistic elements. After the Austro-Prussian War, Prussia led the Northern states into a federal state called the North German Confederation (1867
The empire was founded on 18 January 1871 at the Palace of Versailles, outside Paris, France, where the south German states, except for Austria and Liechtenstein, joined the North German Confederation and the new constitution came into force on 16 April, changing the name of the federal state to the German Empire and introducing the title of ...
This is a list of years in Germany. See also the timeline of German history . For only articles about years in Germany that have been written, see Category:Years in Germany .
3 January – Hermann Eggert, German architect (died 1920) 16 January – Paul Singer, German politician (died 1911) 14 February – Joseph Thyssen, German industrialist (died 1915) 10 March – Karl Gutbrod, German judge (died 1905) 25 March – Adolf Engler, German botanist (died 1930) 3 April – Georg Ratzinger, priest and politician (died ...