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This is a timeline of German history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Germany and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Germany. See also the list of German monarchs and list of chancellors of Germany and the list of years in Germany
Prussia, with its capital at Königsberg and then, when it became the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701, Berlin, decisively shaped the history of Germany. The name Prussia derives from the Old Prussians ; in the 13th century, the Teutonic Knights – an organized Catholic medieval military order of German crusaders – conquered the lands inhabited by ...
The Kingdom of Prussia [a] (German: Königreich Preußen, pronounced [ˈkøːnɪkʁaɪç ˈpʁɔʏsn̩] ⓘ) constituted the German state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918. [5] It was the driving force behind the unification of Germany in 1866 and was the leading state of the German Empire until its dissolution in 1918. [5]
The territorial evolution of Germany in this article include all changes in the modern territory of Germany from its unification making it a country on 1 January 1871 to the present although the history of "Germany" as a territorial polity concept and the history of the ethnic Germans are much longer and much more complex.
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).
Kingdom of Prussia. Monarch – Frederick William III of Prussia (16 November 1797 – 7 June 1840) [1] Kingdom of Bavaria. Maximilian I (1 January 1806 – 13 October 1825) Kingdom of Saxony. Frederick Augustus I (20 December 1806 – 5 May 1827) Kingdom of Hanover. George III (25 October 1760 –29 January 1820) George IV (29 January 1820 ...
Kingdom of Prussia. Monarch – Frederick William III of Prussia (16 November 1797 – 7 June 1840) [1] Kingdom of Bavaria. Monarch - Ludwig I (1825–1848) Kingdom of Saxony. Anthony (5 May 1827 – 6 June 1836) Kingdom of Hanover. George IV (29 January 1820 – 26 June 1830) Kingdom of Württemberg. William (30 October 1816 – 25 June 1864)
Kingdom of Prussia. Monarch – Frederick William III of Prussia (16 November 1797 – 7 June 1840) [1] Kingdom of Bavaria. Monarch - Ludwig I (1825–1848) Kingdom of Saxony. Anthony (5 May 1827 – 6 June 1836) Kingdom of Hanover. William IV (26 June 1830 to 1837) Kingdom of Württemberg. William (1816–1864)