German Unification

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  • Congress of Viena. Germany divided

    Germany was divided into 36 states and associated with the German Confederation in which Prussia and Austria were the strongest and were competing for power.

  • Zollverein, custom union.

    Prussia created a custom union (Zollverein) that united the majority of Germanic states.

  • Germany's first freely elected parliament meeting

    Germany’s first freely elected parliament met and offered the crown of Germany to the king of Prussia, who refused it because its parliament was liberal.

  • Willhem I king of Prussia

    The first moves towards a united Germany were made as Wilhelm I became king of Prussia and made Otto von Bismarck chancellor.

  • War of the duchies.

    War of the duchies: Prussia and Austria defeated Denmark and snatched it duchies of Schleswig and Holstein.

  • Battle of Sadowa

    Prussia defeated Austria in Sadowa.

  • Franco-Prussian war

    Franco-Prussian war (1870-71). Prussia defeated France of Napoleon III.

  • Second German Reich

    Wilhelm I was proclaimed Kaiser of the Second German Empire (Reich).