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The war between France Prussia that lasted from 1870 to 1871 ended with a humiliating defeat for France.
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Bismark completes efforts to unify Prussia and the German kingdoms into a single nation and has King Wilhelm I proclaimed Kaiser.
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France forced to sign humiliating treaty with Germany that ends the 1870-1871 France Prussian War.
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After his father's untimely death, 29 year old, Wilhelm II becomes ruler, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany.
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Nicolas is crowned Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, a position he did not want. Germany and Russia do not renew a friendship treaty and began their adversary relationship.
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Great Britain's Queen Victoria whose bloodline runs through most of the running houses of Europe dies.