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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 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 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 .
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 ...
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 ...
21 May – Christoph Friedrich von Ammon, German theological writer, preacher (born 1766) 14 July– August Neander, German theologian, church historian (born 1789) 22 September – Johann Heinrich von Thünen, German economist (born 1783) 4 November – Gustav Schwab, German classical scholar and writer (born 1792)
Germany was ruled by monarchs from the beginning of division of the Frankish Empire in August 843 to the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in August 1806. [1] [2] [3] During most of 19th century, independent German principalities were organized into various confederations, such as the Confederation of the Rhine dominated by Napoleon (1806-1913) and the German Confederation created by the ...
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 .