German unification

  • house of krupp

    house of krupp
    coincided with the creation of the
    German Empire.
  • Napoleon invades russia

    Napoleon invades russia
    napoleon starts hhis invasion of russia and a landmark in history
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    The congress of vienna

    For 10 months the congress met and had everything from dances to dinners.
  • Otto von Bismark birth

    Otto von Bismark birth
    Bismark is born in Schönhausen, Germany
  • Battle of waterloo

    Battle of waterloo
    Napoleon was defeated by the seventh coalition with the prussian army.
  • Zollvervein

    Zollvervein
    Zollvervein comes into excistence and starts managing tariffs and economic policies within their territories.
  • Frankfurt assembly

    Frankfurt assembly
    The frankfut assembly is created and will continue to meet until may 1849.
  • Fredrick william IV is offered the throne

    Fredrick william IV is offered the throne
    Fredrick was offered the title of emporer of germany nad he rejected the throne.
  • Bismarck's speech about blood and iron

    Bismarck's speech about blood and iron
    one of the worlds most famous speeches is now spoken and giving the german people a surge of nationalism
  • Constitution Drafted

    Constitution Drafted
  • Franco prussian war is declared

    Franco prussian war is declared
    The prussian victory worried napoleon III in France. A great rivalry between the two coiuntries led to The franco prussian war
  • Ems dispatch

    Ems dispatch
    sometimes called the Ems Telegram, incited France to declare the Franco-Prussian War in July 1870.
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    Large economic growth

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    campaign against church

    German policies in relation to secularity and reducing the role and power of the Roman Catholic Church in Prussia, enacted from 1871 to 1878 by the Prime Minister of Prussia, Otto von Bismarck.
  • Creation of germany

    Creation of germany
    germany is created. This seemingly small country will have a large impact on european history in its lifetime.
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    Large population growth

  • Bismark Becomes chancellor

    Bismark Becomes chancellor
    Bismark becomes the official chancellor of germany until 20 march 1890
  • William II becomes kaiser

    William II becomes kaiser
    Crowned in 1888, he dismissed the Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, in 1890 and launched Germany on a bellicose "New Course" in foreign affairs that culminated in his support for Austria-Hungary in the crisis of July 1914 that led in a matter of days to the First World War.
  • Bismaark Resigns

    Bismaark Resigns
    William II Emperor of Germany dismissed Chancellor Bismarck. This ended the career of the man who was singly responsible for the unification of Germany.