Germany 1815-1917 Timeline
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1815	Defeat of Napoleon; Congresses; Creation of German Confederation with Frankfurt Assembly
1818	Karlsbad Decrees
1819	Karlsbad Decrees adopted in Frankfurt assembly; Burchenschaften outlawed.
1830	July Days in France; some states forced to grant constitutions
1834	Zollverein Created
1848	Revolutions around Europe
	February: Louis Phillipe Overthrown
	March: Metternich Resigns
	May: Frankfurt assembly meets to draw up constitutions
	Summer: Hapsburg armies crush risings in Italy and Bohemia
	December: Frederick William IV dissolves Prussian Parliament
1849	Summer: Revolution Fails. Return to Erfurt Union
1850	Punctuation of Olmutz
1853	Crimean War (ends 1856)
1850’s	Massive economic Growth
1857	Crash and subsequent Depression
1857	William IV suffers breakdown
1859	Defeat of Austria against Piedmont and France
1860	Austria grants constitution
1861	Prince William officially King
1862	Army funding crisis; Sept: Bismarck in power
1862	Spring: Liberals in cabinet replaced with conservatives
1863	Denmark attempts to integrate Schleswig-Holstein into itself
1864	War against Denmark: Prussia and Austria create Peave of Vienna
1865	Treaty of Gastein – Split Duchies – Austria controls Schleswig, Prussia controls Holstein
1866	Austrian War
	June: Austrian proposal to Diet over Duchies; Prussia claims contravention of Gastein; Orders troops to expel Austria from Schleswig
	June-August: Seven weeks war
	July: Battle of Konigratz
	Treaty of Prague
	Bill of Indemnity introduced by Bismarck
1867	North German Confederation
1873	Three Emperors League with Austria and Russia
1873	Depression
1887	Reinsurance treaty with Russia
1890	Bismarck sacked. Caprivi chancellor. Reinsurance treaty dropped.
1897	Launch of Weltpolitik
1898	First Navy Law
1900	Second Navy Law
1902	Agricultural Tariffs raised
1904	Entente Cordiale between Britain and France
1905	First Moroccan Crisis (ends 1906)
1908	Daily Telegraph Affair
1912	War Council Meeting
1913	Army Bill (20% increase in strength of army) ; Zabern Affair
1914	World War One
	28 June - Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
	23 July - Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum
	31 July - Russian Mobilisation
	1 Aug - German Declaration of War on Russia
	3 Aug - German Declaration of War on France
	4 Aug - British Declaration of War on Germany
1918	March
	Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Other Notes in this Category

1. Germany 1815-1917 Timeline
2. Key European Events 1875-1900
3. Prussia Time-Line

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