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| 1881 | Marriage |  |
| Berlin Marries Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg |
| 1887 | Relations Bismarck | |
| Berlin Expresses his support for Chris tian Socialist principles, earns a rebuke from Bismarck |
| 1888 | Succession | |
| Berlin Declares the divine right of the House of Hohenzollern |
| Berlin Son of Frederick III & Victoria, daughter of Queen Victoria |
| Berlin Succeeds as Kaiser of Germany |
| 1889 | Strike | |
| Berlin Criticises coal producers & demands an end to the strike on miners' terms |
| Berlin Receives striking miners in Berlin |
| 1890 | Dismissal | |
| Berlin Dismisses Bismarck |
| 15th Mar Berlin Criticises Bismarck for making arrangements with the Centre without his knowledge |
| 18th Mar Berlin Forces Bismarck's resignation as Imperial Chancellor |
| 1890 | Reform | |
| 24th Jan Berlin Attributes the rise of socialism to failure of the Government to reform |
| 24th Jan Berlin Proposes shortening working hours & regulating Sunday work |
| 1896 | Diplomacy | |
| Berlin Announces Britain intends to give the Straits to Russia & refuses to allow it |
| Transvaal Telegram's Kruger supporting him against the British backed James on Raid |
| 1896 | Invasion of Jameson Raid | |
| Transvaal Telegram's Kruger supporting him against the British backed James on Raid |
| 1896 | Rule of Straits | |
| Straits Announces Britain intends to give the Straits to Russia & he refuses to allow it |
| 1898 | Armament | |
| 23rd Sep Berlin In a speech says that Germany's future "lay on the water" |
| 1900 | Mobilization | |
| 27th July Bremerhaven Present at Bremerhavan when 4,000 German soldiers set sail for China |
| 31st July Bremerhaven Compares his army to the Huns & himself as Moses leading the Israelites in China |
| 1908 | Diplomacy | |
| 31st Oct Says Germany, France & Russia had secret talks to "humiliate England to the dust" |
| 1914 | Capture of Tannenberg | |
| Tannenberg Advises that the 90,000 Russian prisoners "should be left to starve" |
| 1914 | Declaration of War | |
| 1st Aug Berlin Declares war on his cousin Tsar Nicholas II of Russia |
| 1914 | Diplomacy | |
| 29th July Berlin Asks the Tsar to spare Europe, "the most horrible war she has ever witnessed" |
| 1914 | Kiel Canal | |
| May Kiel Canal Opens the widened Kiel Canal |
| 1914 | Mobilization | |
| 30th July Berlin Proposes Germany call off her mobilization but is turned down by the General Staff |
| 1915 | Diplomacy | |
| Dec Warns the Americans, "had better look out after this war" |
| 1918 | Abdication | |
| 7th Nov "Majority Social Democrats" (MSPD, who support a parliamentary system) put themselves at the front of the revolutionary movement & demand that Emperor Wilhelm II abdicate |
| 7th Nov Wilhelm II refuses to abdicate, Prince Max of Baden simply announces that he had done so and frantically attempts to establish a regency under another member of the House of Hohenzollern |
| 28th Nov The Commander of the Imperial army, Hindenburg, orders the Kaiser to abdicate |
| 1918 | Defeat | |
| 22nd July Admits "I am a defeated War Lord to whom you must show consideration" |
| 1918 | Exile of Wilhelm II | |
| 28th Nov Doorn Wilhelm II is exiled to Doorn in Holland |
| 1918 | Peace | |
| 7th Feb Orders an end to the peace negotiations with Russia |
| 1918 | Rebellion | |
| 7th Nov "Majority Social Democrats" (MSPD, who support a parliamentary system) put themselves at the front of the revolutionary movement & demand that Emperor Wilhelm II abdicate |
| 1918 | Retreat | |
| 29th July Vesle Orders German retreat to Blucher position north of Vesle |
| 1918 | Weimar Republic | |
| 7th Nov "Majority Social Democrats" (MSPD, who support a parliamentary system) put themselves at the front of the revolutionary movement & demand that Emperor Wilhelm II abdicate |
