lord of the flies

By gmobolaji

  • January 18, 1871

    Bismarck completes efforts to unify Prussia and the German kingdoms into a single nation and has King Wilhelm I proclaimed Kaiser.

  • May 10

    France forced to sign humiliating treaty with Germany that ends the 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War.

  • 1888

    After his father's untimely death, 29 year-old Wilhelm II becomes ruler, Kaiser Wilhelm II, of Germany.

  • 1894

    Nicolas is crowned Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, a position he did not want. Germany and Russia do not renew a friendship treaty and begin their adversary relationship.

  • 1901

    Great Britain's Queen Victoria, whose bloodline runs through most of the ruling houses of Europe, dies.
  • Period: to

    1904-1905

    Russo-Japanese War results in disastrous defeat for Russia and major civil unrest at home

  • January 22

    "Bloody Sunday Massacre" by Tsarist troops in St. Petersburg left Russian workers dead and cost Nicholas support among the workers and farmers.

  • 1906

    British launch first "dreadnought" class battleship.