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12 July – The German tariff of 1879 is voted for by a majority of 100 in the Reichstag. 21 June – German chemical company Linde is founded. 31 May – German inventor Werner von Siemens demonstrates the first electric locomotive using an external power source at Berlin.
1879: 7 October: Germany and Austria-Hungary joined a mutual defense treaty, the Dual Alliance. 1880: July: Kulturkampf: The First Mitigation Law was passed, resuming government payments to Prussian dioceses. 16 December: First Boer War: Boer rebels laid siege to a British fort at Potchefstroom. 1882: 20 May
The German Empire (German: ... (1879) with Austria-Hungary in 1879. The Dual Aliance was a defensive alliance that was established against Russia, and by association ...
In the final days of the war, with German victory all but assured, the German states proclaimed their union as the German Empire under the Prussian king Wilhelm I and Chancellor Bismarck. With the notable exceptions of Austria and German Switzerland , the vast majority of German-speakers were united under a nation-state for the first time.
By 1900, Germany was the dominant power on the European continent and its rapidly expanding industry had surpassed Britain's while provoking it in a naval arms race. Germany led the Central Powers in World War I, but was defeated, partly occupied, forced to pay war reparations, and stripped of its colonies and significant territory along its ...
The commended, highly commended, and winning photos in the wrecks category show sunken ships from World War I and World War II as well as submerged aircraft. Here are the top 10 photos of wrecks ...
Born in Germany to Hungarian refugees on May 8, 1946, she immigrated to the U.S. with her parents in the 1950s, according to El País. In 1971, she married John Drew and entered into the Barrymore ...
After reductions in taxation in 1889, the reform of the constitution became the question of the hour. King Charles and his ministers wished to strengthen the conservative element in the chambers, but the laws of 1874, 1876 and 1879 only effected slight reforms pending a more thorough settlement. On 6 October 1891, King Charles died suddenly.