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| Alliance Gramont |  |
| Paris Supports an Alliance of France with Austria |
| Alliance Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von |  |
| Emms The publication of the Emms telegram rallies southern German states |
| Alliance Louis II | |
| Bavaria Supports Prussia |
| Battle of Beaune la Rolande Frederick Charles | |
| 28th Nov Beaune Defeats General Crouzat |
| Battle of Beaunne La Rolande Bazaine, Achille Francois | |
| 28th Nov Beaunne La Rolande 9,000 Prussians successfully defend against 60,000 French during the Franco-Prussian War |
| Battle of Borny Bazaine, Achille Francois | |
| 15th Aug Borny Bazaine hopes to join up with MacMahon but the German 2nd Army cuts him off |
| 15th Aug Borny The Prussian 1st army forces Bazaine to retreat across the Moselle |
| Battle of Froshcwiller MacMahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de | |
| 6th Aug Froshcwiller The Crown Prince of Prussia forces MacMahon back to Chalons -sur-Marne |
| 6th Aug Froshcwiller The Vosges barrier is broken opening the road to Paris |
| 6th Aug River Meuse The Prussian Crown Prince marches toward the Meuse |
| Battle of Gravelotte Bazaine, Achille Francois | |
| 28th July Gravelotte Decisive German victory which the French could have avoided |
| 28th July Gravelotte Steinmetz sends the German 1st Army to be massacred by the French who counter-attack |
| 28th July Gravelotte The Germans lose 20,000 to the French 12,000 |
| Battle of Gravelotte Friedrich Karl | |
| 18th Aug Montaigne Commands the siege at the hamlet of St Privatla Montaigne |
| Battle of Gravelotte Steinmetz, Karl von | |
| 28th July Gravelotte Decisive German victory which the French could have avoided |
| 28th July Gravelotte Loses to the French by sending his 1st Army to be massacred in a ravine |
| 28th July Gravelotte The Germans lose 20,000 to the French 12,000 |
| Battle of Gravelotte Wilhelm I | |
| 18th Aug Gravelotte Commands the Prussian forces which defeat the French under bazaine |
| Battle of Hallue River Faidherbe, Louis | |
| River Hallue Attempts to join up the Northern army with Ducrot, break out of Paris & take Amiens |
| River Hallue The Prussian 1st army forces the French back |
| Battle of Mars la Tour Bazaine, Achille Francois | |
| Mars la Tour Attempts to regroup at the Marne but his supply line is cut off at Mars-la-Tour |
| Battle of Mars la Tour Friedrich Karl | |
| 16th Aug Mars la Tour Bazaine is forced back to Metz |
| Battle of Metz MacMahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de | |
| Aug Metz Encircled at Metz |
| 29th Aug Douzy Cross es the River Meuse but is driven back toward Sedan |
| 29th Aug Nouart Cross es the River Meuse but is driven back toward Sedan |
| 30th Aug Beaumont Cross es the River Meuse but is driven back toward Sedan |
| 31st Aug Bazeilles Wounded in battle |
| Battle of Metz Frederick Charles | |
| Mars la Tour Foils Bazaine's efforts to break out of Metz |
| 1st Sep Noisseville Foils Bazaine's efforts to break out of Metz |
| 10th Sep Metz Begins to besiege Bazaine at Metz |
| 27th Oct Metz Forces Bazaine to surrender |
| Battle of Orleans Frederick Charles | |
| 4th Dec Orleans Defeats General de Paladines' Army of the Loire |
| Battle of Quentin Goeben, August Karl von | |
| Quentin Commands the 2nd Army to victory |
| Battle of Rezonville Friedrich Karl | |
| 16th Aug Rezonville Bazaine is forced back to Metz |
| Battle of Saarbrucken Napoleon III | |
| 2nd Aug Saarbrucken A skirmish between 1st German army & French II corps |
| 2nd Aug Saarbrucken Napoleon divides his armies between MacMahon & Bazaine |
| Battle of Sedan MacMahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de | |
| 2nd Sep Sedan Forced to surrender |
| Battle of Sedan Napoleon III | |
| 1st Sep Sedan Defeated by the Germans |
| 2nd Sep Donchery Surrenders to Bismarck at Donchery, later held at Wihelmshohe near Cassel |
| 2nd Sep Sedan Joins the Army but is capture in battle & held as a prisoner near Kassel in Germany |
| Battle of Sedan Thiers, Louis Adolphie | |
| 2nd Sep Sedan Defeat at the Battle of Sedan is followed by the establishment of the third Republic |
| Battle of Sedan Wimpffen, Felix de | |
| 1st Sep Sedan Forced to surrender to the Germans who move on to take Paris |
| 1st Sep Sedan The French lose 17,000 plus 104,000 taken prisoner |
| 1st Sep Sedan The French who lose 17,000 & 104,000 taken prisoner |
| 1st Sep Sedan Wimpfen surrenders to the Germans who then take Paris |
| Battle of Sedan Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| 1st Sep Sedan Present in battle as a Major-General, victory leads to the German fall of Paris |
| Battle of Sedan Frederick III | |
| 1st Sep Sedan Participates in the Battle of Sedan |
| Battle of Sedan Moltke | |
| 1st Sep Sedan Arrives with 150,000 , travelling 50 miles in 3 days through the Argonne Forest |
| 1st Sep Sedan Commands a hill top over the Meuse valley looking into Sedan 2 miles away |
| 1st Sep Sedan Deputed by William to accept the surrender of the French |
| 1st Sep Sedan French defeat followed by the fall of Paris |
| Battle of Sedan Wilhelm I | |
| 1st Sep Sedan Commands, with Moltke his right hand man, a victory which leads to the fall of Paris |
| Battle of Spichern Frossard, Charles Auguste | |
| 6th Aug Spichern Frossard's II corps is outflanked on the Spichern heights |
| 6th Aug Spichern The German 1st & 2nd armies move into Lorraine where Bazaine's forces are dispersed |
| Battle of Vionville Friedrich Karl | |
| 16th Aug Vionville Bazaine is forced back to Metz |
| Battle of Weissenburg MacMahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de | |
| 4th Aug Lauter The outnumbered French are forced to defend the Lauter |
| 4th Aug Weissenburg The crown Prince surprises MacMahon on the Lauter River |
| Battle of Worth MacMahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de | |
| 6th Aug Worth At Worth the German 3rd Army loses 10,500 killed to the French 11,000 under MacMahon |
| Battle of Worth Frederick Charles | |
| 5th Aug Worth At Worth the German 3rd Army loses 10,500 killed to the French 11,000 under MacMahon |
| Birth Bennett, Richard Bedford |  |
| 3rd July Hopewell Birth of Richard Bedford Bennett |
| Birth Sophia | |
| Berlin Birth of Sophia, 6th child of Emperor Frederick & Victoria |
| Birth Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov |  |
| 22nd April Simbirsk Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, in a provincial town on the Volga |
| Birth Smuts, Jan Christian |  |
| 24th May Bovenplaats Africa Birth of Jan Chris tian Smuts |
| Budget Villiers |  |
| London Proposes cuts in the arms expenditure but dies before carrying them out |
| Budget Villiers, George William Frederick | |
| London Proposes cuts in the arms expenditure but dies before carrying them out |
| Cabinet Okubo, Toshimichi |  |
| Appointed Cabinet Officer |
| Capture of Le Mans Friedrich Karl | |
| Le Mans Captures Le Mans |
| Capture of Metz Friedrich Karl | |
| 27th Oct Metz Made Field Marshal after the capture of Metz |
| Capture of Orleans Friedrich Karl | |
| Orleans Captures Orleans |
| Capture of Paris Wimpffen, Felix de | |
| Sep Paris Surrenders to the Germans at Sedan who then capture Paris |
| Catholic Department Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Abolishes the Catholic Dept of the Prussian Ministry of Public Worship & Education |
| Chancellor Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Berlin Appointed Imperial Chancellor of the 1st Reich |
| Chief of General Staff Moltke | |
| Appointed Chief-of-General-Staff |
| Appointed Chief-of-Staff, right hand man of the Commander-in-Chief, the King |
| Chief of Staff Caprivi, Georg Leo von | |
| Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the 10th Army Corps |
| Appointed Chief-of-Staff to the 10th Army Corps |
| Chief Secretary Cavendish, Spencer | |
| Appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland |
| Commander Cousin-Montauban, Charles | |
| 12th Aug Appointed Commander of the French Army, takes over command from Napoleon III |
| Commander Leboeuf, Edmond | |
| Appointed Commander of III Army Corps |
| Commander Trochu, Louis Jules | |
| 4th Sep Paris Appointed Commander of Paris |
| Commander Frederick III | |
| Appointed Commander of the 3rd Army, 125,000 strong |
| Commander Friedrich Karl | |
| Appointed Commander of the 2nd Army |
| Commander Goeben, August Karl von | |
| Appointed Commander of the 2nd Army |
| Composition Dvorak, Antonin |  |
| Composition of, "Alfred" |
| Composition Brahms, Johannes | |
| Composes, "Rhapsody" |
| Composition Wagner, Richard | |
| Composes, "Die Walkure" |
| Composition Tchaikovsky, Peter | |
| Composes, "Romeo & Juliet" |
| Conference of London Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London The Black Sea clauses of the treaty of Paris are abrogated |
| London The Black Sea loses it's neutrality |
| Constitution Gambetta, Leon | |
| 4th Sep Heads the new Provisional Goverment |
| Constitution Napoleon III | |
| Wins a plebiscite approving Constitutional Monarchy |
| Constitution Wilhelm I | |
| 19th Dec Berlin Refuses the crown offered to him by the new Confeferation of a united Germany |
| Constitution Bratianu, Ion |  |
| Inspirational figure behind the foundation of the Republic of Ploiesti |
| Coup d'Etat Gambetta, Leon | |
| 4th Sep Paris After a popular uprising in Paris the Empire is toppled |
| Coup d'Etat Guzman Blanco, Antonio |  |
| Leads the successful revolution of Regeneration Movement |
| Declaration of War Napoleon III | |
| 19th July Paris Declares war on Germany |
| 19th July Paris Expects a decisive victory "we shall come across the glorious tracks of our fathers" |
| Declaration of War Abeken, Heinrich | |
| 13th July Bismarck uses Abeken's telegram to declare war |
| 13th July Ordered by William to telegram Bismarck of the telegram received from Gramont |
| Declaration of War Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| 13th July Bismarck uses Abeken's telegram as provocation of war |
| 19th July Germany is supported by England & Russia who see Napoleon III emulating Napoleon I |
| 19th July War is declared against France |
| Diplomacy Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Sets up a school's inspectorate in Prussia |
| 19th Mar Publishes alliances with sth German states, German Armies are under Prussian control |
