History and chronology of Wilhelm I in Germany

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Franco Prussian War
Government Confederation Switzerland
Government
House Hohenzollern
Military
Seven Weeks War

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Battle Gitscin
Battle Gravelotte
Battle Munchengratz
Battle Sadowa
Battle Sedan
Commander
Constitution
Death
Exile
Marriage
Mobilization
North German Confederation
Siege Paris
Succession
Unification

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Gitscin
Gravelotte
Munchengratz
Paris
Sadowa
Sedan
Versailles

Wilhelm I History of Germany


1829	Marriage
Berlin Marries Augusta
1848	Exile of Wilhelm I
Berlin Flees to England because of his absolutism during the 1848 revolutions
1858	Succession
Berlin Made Regent when King Friedrich Wilhelm IV becomes insane, 1858-61
Berlin Succeeds as Emperor of Germany
1861	Succession
1866	Battle of Gitscin
29th June Gitscin Leads the combined army of the Elbe & The first army to defeat the Saxons
1866	Battle of Munchengratz
27th June Munchengratz Leads the combined army of the Elbe & The first army to defeat the Saxons
1866	Battle of Sadowa
3rd July Sadowa Commander of the victorious Prussian forces in a decisive battle over Austria
3rd July Sadowa The battle signifies the end of Austrian dominance over the German States
1866	Commander
19th June Dresden Appointed Commander of the Army of the Elbe
1867	Constitution
Berlin Appointed Head of the North German Confederation
Berlin The Prussian landtag and the Nth German Governments accept a new Constitution
Feb Berlin Elections take place for the new Reichstag
1867	North German Confederation
Berlin Appointed Head of the North German Confederation
1870	Battle of Gravelotte
18th Aug Gravelotte Commands the Prussian forces which defeat the French under bazaine
1870	Battle of Sedan
1st Sep Sedan Commands, with Moltke his right hand man, a victory which leads to the fall of Paris
1870	Constitution
19th Dec Berlin Refuses the crown offered to him by the new Confeferation of a united Germany
1870	Mobilization
31st July Berlin Sets out from Berlin to assume command of his armies in the field
1870	Siege of Paris
1st Sep Paris Commands, with Moltke his right hand man, a victory which leads to the fall of Paris
5th Oct Versailles Moves the Royal HQ from Ferrieres to the Royal Palace until the following Jan
1870	Succession
12th July Forces Charles Anthony to reject the Spanish throne on behalf of his son Leopold
13th July Bismarck uses Abeken's telegram to declare war
13th July Gramont wants "assurance that he will never authorize a renewal of the candidacy"
19th Dec Berlin Refuses the crown offered to him by the new Confeferation of a united Germany
1870	Unification
19th Dec Berlin Refuses the crown offered to him by the new Confeferation of a united Germany
1871	Constitution
18th Jan Declared Emperor of a united German Reich in the Galerie des Glaces in Versailles
1871	Succession
18th Jan Versailles Succeeds as Emperor of Germany
1871	Unification
18th Jan Versailles Declared Emperor of a united German Reich in the Galerie des Glaces in Versailles
1888	Death
9th May Berlin Dies in Berlin age 90 & succeeded by his 57 year old son Friedrich Wilhelm