Revision: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 of France overthrown
• March: Metternich resigns due to his failure to control the revolutions
• 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 at the Battles of Mangenta and Solferino

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 Treaty 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 Koniggratz/Sadowa
• 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

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