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G I L B E R T _ B E I L S C H M I D T
"Prussia has short, light-colored hair with asymmetrical bangs and red eyes, though he first appeared in color images (circa 2007) with blond hair and blue eyes.His hair varies between platinum blond, white, or silver, while his eyes have also been depicted as pink or a dark red hue. The color chart cites him as having pale, greyish blond hair and his eyes are red, purple, and blue. Based off of images which display him with the multiple eye colors, he has vertical heterochromia iridum. In a requested comic(later published in Volume 5) showing Prussia and Germany's infiltration of the American camp during WWII, Prussia was required to wear a helmet in order to hide his hair and eyes from view as, without them, he would instantly be recognized, hinting he's rather unique. According to Germany, even wearing his helmet, he looked very suspicious. Due to bad nutrition, despite being the older of the two, Prussia is shorter than Germany by two or three centimeters and is not as muscular. Himaruya noted that Prussia, like England and China, has a rather expressive face and is easy to draw with varying expressions.
He and Austria are around the same age, Prussia being slightly older despite not looking it.
He is seen in many images with at least one little yellow bird upon his head or on shoulder which he appears to rarely notice (however, the bird is often depicted with a hat, presumably given to it by Prussia.) He seems to be easy to find, as he's distinguished by his constant laughter and birds nearby him all of the time.He's been described as having a constant self-satisifed expression, and that a serious one would be unusual for him.
He wears a deep blue (Prussian blue) military uniform, akin to a Luftwaffen Fliegerbluse with an Iron Cross on his tie. In the WWII-set Buon San Valentino, he is shown to wear a Waffen SS uniform like his brother.
Prussia was born to fight the same type of battles as Austria, but was a hooligan who did nothing but fight and found a means of escaping marriage. He loves fighting and will often say things in order to start quarrels. He will do anything to become strong, and has an arrogant attitude and a "world-sized ego". Despite this roughness in his personality, he is said to be "unexpectedly fairytale-like," too. Himaruya has stated that he was originally a villain-like character, but over time, became more hetare, but it doesn't show in his outward appearance. Although he claims to enjoy being alone and that clustering is for the weak, he was brought to tears upon seeing Hungary and Austria together, though he admitted the tears were already welling up(however this was from his "love" for being alone and his "lack" of bitterness being surrounded by couples in the streets.) It was stated that this loneliness stemmed from that he felt like an enclave rather than an actual nation. Despite feeling alone, he seems to have many friends, though when informed of this he gets rather quiet. He's fought for his own survival since he was born and is very strong as a result, and has even maintained this strength in modern times despite his status as region, forcing one of the Parallel Frances off of him and out of the house through a window with a single shove, after being attacked. In addition, in Noto-sama 5, it was said that he's much stronger than he looks. When Prussia drinks, he appears to become rather sleepy. Germany once said that Prussia "knows little about common sense." Deep down, it is said that his true nature is that of a punctual and diligent soldier and Germany's severe, methodical, serious big brother, though his bad manners (especially during his "transition period") mask it. This is supported by Latvia commenting that Prussia was very punctual and never late for anything, very methodical, and very persistent in his diary writing, never missing a day. Latvia also said that Prussia "loots everything and opens all the drawers", showing his methodicalness in a rather negative way. He's been stated to be a hard worker, but his exterior shows an "Not gonna do anything" face. Despite that he often seems to be lazy, he does seem to have his own work to do, or that he at least helps Germany with his, as he had a meeting with Switzerland about some important work and he accompanied Germany to a world meeting in their Counting Sheep CD. During the meeting, he somewhat helped Germany with his presentation, making comments and asking questions here and there.
He is very loyal to his leaders, and had a strong attachment to Frederich II, known to him as "Old Fritz." He continues to hope that Old Fritz will watch over him and that he'll be proud. Despite this, he was rather startled when he said that he hated women. It is said, however, that he tends to become rather depressed if his history with Fritz is brought up due to this attachment. A fan once requested Friedrich the Great praising Prussia a lot, to which Himaruya drew Prussia happily being pat on the head by Fritz who was off-screen. Prussia has also mentioned petting others in his character song, and had pet Latvia and a small bird on his blog, enjoying how soft they were, so he seems to enjoy doing so to others as well, likely seeing it as some form of praise.
Prussia often affectionately refers to his younger brother Germany as "West," and hates Russia almost to the point of coughing up blood should he touch him (and losing four eyelashes otherwise) though this may be an exaggeration on his part. He doesn't get along well with Austria, Hungary, or Poland, and also seems to very much enjoy the company of the Italy brothers. Despite his hatred of Russia, because Germany is so strong, he's not freaked out by Russia very much anymore. He seems to be very proud of Germany for this. He often takes out his meddling on his neighbors and Russia. Despite being the younger sibling, Germany has banned Prussia from using his computer and grounded him at the end of Hetalia Fantasia 3.
It is revealed that he had kept diaries since he was formed, which led to him having an entire library of journals. Almost all of them start with passages that read "I'm so cool/I was so cool today." He also seems to be fond of cute things, such as small birds and stuffed pandas, and soft things, like a bird's feathers or Latvia's hair. He loves new things and is sometimes a bit too free-spirited. Prussia has been shown to have little self-restraint, buying pandas from China and Hong Kong under the pretense that they'd make him happy. In addition, he's said that he's fond of sleeping, fighting, Old Fritz, and eating, his fondness for eating being displayed in his going to England to eat lunch, him "only accepting" France's ability to cook well, and his desire to get food from Italy and Austria with his brother in their Counting Sheep CD.
He seems to have a tendency to sneeze and find himself bored with or distracted from tasks, such as reading, although he claimed to be "a wiz at cleaning(among other things)" and also seemed to be good at gardening, so it's possible his skills show when he is more focused. In his and Germany's Counting Sheep CD, after sneezing and growing bored of counting, Germany insists he continue to count, causing him to continue, also raising the possibility that he can continue to do things despite his own odds if encouraged. During Halloween 2011, he claimed he had a natural talent in everything he did, proving it by learning one of India's dances(and performing with him) in a month's time. According to him he'd practiced the whole month. Italy then said that he was a very hard worker, to which Germany agreed.
As a child he was rather religious, having personified the Teutonic Knights, a medieval military order. This is shown after he'd groped Hungary when they were young and, feeling her breasts having begun to grow in and realizing she was a girl, he prayed to God for forgiveness of his sin. God, however, asked him to tell him something new as, with the Pope's permission, he was allowed to do was he pleased, the rule likely being similar to that of the real-life Templars and Teutonic Knights, that he prayed for forgiveness afterwards. Later in life, after the Battle of Tannenburg and being beaten up by Poland and Lithuania, Prussia calmed down, decided to be quiet, and lived under Poland's care and as something like his vassal, the Duchy of Prussia. At this time, he said he was very modest and didn't stand out among his brothers, until the House of Hohenzollern strengthened him. Following that, he became a superpower and decided that the Germans needed to be a proper group. He then kicked Austria out and unified the German states, forming young Germany His training methods are like abuse and his strictness showed in training America during the Revolutionary War.
At another fan request, Himaruya presented a "Shobon Collection"(shobon being a Japanese word that can mean "dejected," "lonely," or "depressed" depending on the context) featuring Prussia, Russia (with Latvia), and Germany (with Italy attempting to cheer him up by giving him a cat). Prussia, however, denied it, attempting to laugh it off. He is said to to get upset at any words that sound like "mark", especially "maruku" (Japanese for "roundness"), "marukyu" (a Japanese grocery store chain), and the name "Mark". However, why this is has yet to be stated. [Source]"
Event status: NONE [--/--]
G I L B E R T _ B E I L S C H M I D T
"Prussia has short, light-colored hair with asymmetrical bangs and red eyes, though he first appeared in color images (circa 2007) with blond hair and blue eyes.His hair varies between platinum blond, white, or silver, while his eyes have also been depicted as pink or a dark red hue. The color chart cites him as having pale, greyish blond hair and his eyes are red, purple, and blue. Based off of images which display him with the multiple eye colors, he has vertical heterochromia iridum. In a requested comic(later published in Volume 5) showing Prussia and Germany's infiltration of the American camp during WWII, Prussia was required to wear a helmet in order to hide his hair and eyes from view as, without them, he would instantly be recognized, hinting he's rather unique. According to Germany, even wearing his helmet, he looked very suspicious. Due to bad nutrition, despite being the older of the two, Prussia is shorter than Germany by two or three centimeters and is not as muscular. Himaruya noted that Prussia, like England and China, has a rather expressive face and is easy to draw with varying expressions.
He and Austria are around the same age, Prussia being slightly older despite not looking it.
He is seen in many images with at least one little yellow bird upon his head or on shoulder which he appears to rarely notice (however, the bird is often depicted with a hat, presumably given to it by Prussia.) He seems to be easy to find, as he's distinguished by his constant laughter and birds nearby him all of the time.He's been described as having a constant self-satisifed expression, and that a serious one would be unusual for him.
He wears a deep blue (Prussian blue) military uniform, akin to a Luftwaffen Fliegerbluse with an Iron Cross on his tie. In the WWII-set Buon San Valentino, he is shown to wear a Waffen SS uniform like his brother.
Prussia was born to fight the same type of battles as Austria, but was a hooligan who did nothing but fight and found a means of escaping marriage. He loves fighting and will often say things in order to start quarrels. He will do anything to become strong, and has an arrogant attitude and a "world-sized ego". Despite this roughness in his personality, he is said to be "unexpectedly fairytale-like," too. Himaruya has stated that he was originally a villain-like character, but over time, became more hetare, but it doesn't show in his outward appearance. Although he claims to enjoy being alone and that clustering is for the weak, he was brought to tears upon seeing Hungary and Austria together, though he admitted the tears were already welling up(however this was from his "love" for being alone and his "lack" of bitterness being surrounded by couples in the streets.) It was stated that this loneliness stemmed from that he felt like an enclave rather than an actual nation. Despite feeling alone, he seems to have many friends, though when informed of this he gets rather quiet. He's fought for his own survival since he was born and is very strong as a result, and has even maintained this strength in modern times despite his status as region, forcing one of the Parallel Frances off of him and out of the house through a window with a single shove, after being attacked. In addition, in Noto-sama 5, it was said that he's much stronger than he looks. When Prussia drinks, he appears to become rather sleepy. Germany once said that Prussia "knows little about common sense." Deep down, it is said that his true nature is that of a punctual and diligent soldier and Germany's severe, methodical, serious big brother, though his bad manners (especially during his "transition period") mask it. This is supported by Latvia commenting that Prussia was very punctual and never late for anything, very methodical, and very persistent in his diary writing, never missing a day. Latvia also said that Prussia "loots everything and opens all the drawers", showing his methodicalness in a rather negative way. He's been stated to be a hard worker, but his exterior shows an "Not gonna do anything" face. Despite that he often seems to be lazy, he does seem to have his own work to do, or that he at least helps Germany with his, as he had a meeting with Switzerland about some important work and he accompanied Germany to a world meeting in their Counting Sheep CD. During the meeting, he somewhat helped Germany with his presentation, making comments and asking questions here and there.
He is very loyal to his leaders, and had a strong attachment to Frederich II, known to him as "Old Fritz." He continues to hope that Old Fritz will watch over him and that he'll be proud. Despite this, he was rather startled when he said that he hated women. It is said, however, that he tends to become rather depressed if his history with Fritz is brought up due to this attachment. A fan once requested Friedrich the Great praising Prussia a lot, to which Himaruya drew Prussia happily being pat on the head by Fritz who was off-screen. Prussia has also mentioned petting others in his character song, and had pet Latvia and a small bird on his blog, enjoying how soft they were, so he seems to enjoy doing so to others as well, likely seeing it as some form of praise.
Prussia often affectionately refers to his younger brother Germany as "West," and hates Russia almost to the point of coughing up blood should he touch him (and losing four eyelashes otherwise) though this may be an exaggeration on his part. He doesn't get along well with Austria, Hungary, or Poland, and also seems to very much enjoy the company of the Italy brothers. Despite his hatred of Russia, because Germany is so strong, he's not freaked out by Russia very much anymore. He seems to be very proud of Germany for this. He often takes out his meddling on his neighbors and Russia. Despite being the younger sibling, Germany has banned Prussia from using his computer and grounded him at the end of Hetalia Fantasia 3.
It is revealed that he had kept diaries since he was formed, which led to him having an entire library of journals. Almost all of them start with passages that read "I'm so cool/I was so cool today." He also seems to be fond of cute things, such as small birds and stuffed pandas, and soft things, like a bird's feathers or Latvia's hair. He loves new things and is sometimes a bit too free-spirited. Prussia has been shown to have little self-restraint, buying pandas from China and Hong Kong under the pretense that they'd make him happy. In addition, he's said that he's fond of sleeping, fighting, Old Fritz, and eating, his fondness for eating being displayed in his going to England to eat lunch, him "only accepting" France's ability to cook well, and his desire to get food from Italy and Austria with his brother in their Counting Sheep CD.
He seems to have a tendency to sneeze and find himself bored with or distracted from tasks, such as reading, although he claimed to be "a wiz at cleaning(among other things)" and also seemed to be good at gardening, so it's possible his skills show when he is more focused. In his and Germany's Counting Sheep CD, after sneezing and growing bored of counting, Germany insists he continue to count, causing him to continue, also raising the possibility that he can continue to do things despite his own odds if encouraged. During Halloween 2011, he claimed he had a natural talent in everything he did, proving it by learning one of India's dances(and performing with him) in a month's time. According to him he'd practiced the whole month. Italy then said that he was a very hard worker, to which Germany agreed.
As a child he was rather religious, having personified the Teutonic Knights, a medieval military order. This is shown after he'd groped Hungary when they were young and, feeling her breasts having begun to grow in and realizing she was a girl, he prayed to God for forgiveness of his sin. God, however, asked him to tell him something new as, with the Pope's permission, he was allowed to do was he pleased, the rule likely being similar to that of the real-life Templars and Teutonic Knights, that he prayed for forgiveness afterwards. Later in life, after the Battle of Tannenburg and being beaten up by Poland and Lithuania, Prussia calmed down, decided to be quiet, and lived under Poland's care and as something like his vassal, the Duchy of Prussia. At this time, he said he was very modest and didn't stand out among his brothers, until the House of Hohenzollern strengthened him. Following that, he became a superpower and decided that the Germans needed to be a proper group. He then kicked Austria out and unified the German states, forming young Germany His training methods are like abuse and his strictness showed in training America during the Revolutionary War.
At another fan request, Himaruya presented a "Shobon Collection"(shobon being a Japanese word that can mean "dejected," "lonely," or "depressed" depending on the context) featuring Prussia, Russia (with Latvia), and Germany (with Italy attempting to cheer him up by giving him a cat). Prussia, however, denied it, attempting to laugh it off. He is said to to get upset at any words that sound like "mark", especially "maruku" (Japanese for "roundness"), "marukyu" (a Japanese grocery store chain), and the name "Mark". However, why this is has yet to be stated. [Source]"
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1141 -- Pope Innocent II authorized Bishop Henry of Moravia to preach Catholicism in Prussia.
1200 -- Following Prussian attacks on Polish lands, the Catholic Poles invited German religious-military orders to attack Prussia.
1249 -- The Christburg Peace Treaty forced the Prussians to recognize the rule of the Teutonic Knights. Within about 50 years the Teutonic Knights and Knights of the Cross had overcome most of Prussia and established German as the dominant culture and language. The German orders then turned to Lithuania.
1255 -- Konigsberg (Kaliningrad) was founded on the Baltic Sea by the Bohemian King Otakar II, who came to help Teutonic Knights during their conquest of Prussia disguised as the Christianization effort called the Northern Crusades. It was annexed by Russia in 1945.
1270 -- In the Karusa Ice war in Estonia, Lithuanian forces defeated the Livonian Knights of the Cross.
1279 -- Lithuanians overcame Livonian forces at Aizkraukle.
1298 -- Duke Vytenis joined with Riga and its archbishop against the Livonian order.
1324 -- The pope officially chastised the Knights of the Cross for ill treatment of Catholics and for pushing pagans away from Christianity.
1330 -- Riga surrendered to the Livonian Order.
1336 -- The Knights of the Cross sieged the Pilenai Castle in Samogitia. The defenders burned all their goods and committed suicide.
1361 -- Grand duke Kestutis was captured by the Knights of the Cross.
1370 -- Frederick I the Warlike, elector of Saxony, was born.
1372 -- Frederik I van Hohenzollern, monarch of Brandenburg (1417-40), was born.
1401 -- The 1st Samogitian uprising supported by Vytautas took place against the German knights.
1402 -- In Marienburg Svitrigaila crossed over to the Knights of the Cross and promised to uphold the Salyn treaty that was broken by Vytautas.
1410 -- Lithuanian-Polish forces defeated the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Tannenberg, Prussia, thereby halting the Knights’ eastward expansion along the Baltic and hastening their decline. Vytautas and Jogaila with hired mercenaries from Belarus along with Tartars and Czechs defeated the Teutonic Knights between Grunvald (Zalgiriai) and Tannenberg southeast of Malburg. Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen and many of his nobles were killed. The war officially ended with the Treaty of Thorn in which the Knights gave up Zemaitija to Vytautas.
1415 -- Frederick III, German Emperor (1440-1493), was born in Innsbruck Austria.
1454 -- Casimir proclaimed the attachment of Prussia to Polish rule. This began a 13-year war over Prussia (1454-1466).
1466 -- The peace of Torun ended the 13-year War of the Cities (1454-1466), between the Teutonic knights and their own disaffected subjects in Prussia. The Peace of Thorn (Torún) ended the war between the Teutonic knights (a German military and religious order) and their subjects in Prussia, led by King Casimir IV (1427-1492) of Poland. Poland was given Pomerelia and West Prussia, and the knights retained East Prussia, with a new capital at Königsberg (Kaliningrad). The knights, formerly strictly a German order, were forced to accept Poles as members and their grand master became a vassal of the Polish king.
1506 -- Copernicus (1473-1543), Polish-born astronomer, was appointed canon of church properties in the Prussian diocese of Ermland.
1512 -- Copernicus, Polish-born astronomer, wrote his manuscript “The Little Commentary,” in which he suggested that the earth’s apparent immobility was due to a “false appearance” and a sun-centered cosmos would resolve many astronomical inconsistencies.
1519 -- Prussia experienced a monetary crises.
1525 -- Albert von Brandenburg, the leader of the Teutonic Order, assumed the title “Duke of Prussia” and passed the first laws of the Protestant church, making Prussia a Protestant state.
1545 -- Albrecht von Brandenburg, archbishop, monarch, founder of The Brandenburg Concerts of Mainz, died at 55.
1608 -- The Protestant states formed the Evangelical Union of Lutherans and Calvinists under the direction of the elector of Brandenburg.
1640-1688 -- Elector Friedrich Wilhelm acquired a collection of paintings by Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt and others at his home in Oranien. His nephew was Frederick the Great.
1656 -- Prussian Duke Frederick Wilhelm withdrew ties with Lithuania and Poland and acknowledged vassal status with Sweden.
1678 -- Frederick William, Brandenburg’s Great Elector, gave Bielefeld the privilege of certifying the quality of local linen. This cemented its position as a center for the textile trade.
1685 -- Fredrick William of Brandenburg issued the Edict of Potsdam, offering Huguenots refuge.
1688 -- Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740), was born.
1701 -- Frederick, the elector of Brandenburg, became the king of Prussia.
1701 -- German artisans created an amber room for King Frederick I of Prussia. He presented it as a gift to Peter the Great in 1712 [see 1712, 1716].
1712 -- Frederick II (d.1786), Frederick the Great, the Hohenzollern King of Prussia (1740-1786), was born. He was noted for his social reforms and leading Prussia in military victories.
1712 -- King Frederick I of Prussia presented his amber room, made as a gift by German artisans in 1701, to Peter the Great [1716]. Catherine the Great later added four marble panels from Florence, that were inlaid with precious stones. It was moved to Konigsburg in 1945 and then lost during WW II.
1713 -- Frederik I (55), King of Prussia (1701-13), died.
1716 -- Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm I gave the Czar of Russia an elaborately carved amber chamber. In exchange, he received his wish: 55 very tall Russian soldiers. German troops dismantled it in 1941 and took it to Koenigsburg where it disappeared. In 1979 the Soviet government initiated a reconstruction, which was unveiled in 2003. [see 1701, 1712]
1719 -- Frederick William abolished serfdom on crown property in Prussia.
1730 -- Friedrich von Steuben, Prussian and US inspector-general of Washington's army, was born.
1730 -- Hans Hermann von Katte, Prussian lieutenant, was beheaded.
1740 -- King Frederick II of Prussia ended torture and guaranteed religion and freedom of the press.
1740 -- Frederick II (28) ascended to the throne.
1740 -- Frederick the Great awarded what is believed to be the first medal for combat bravery, the Pour le Merite, nicknamed the Blue Max.
1740s -- Frederick the Great built a summer palace in Potsdam named Sans-souci (without worries).
1741 -- Austria ceded most of Silesia to Prussia by Treaty of Breslau.
1742 -- Frederick great (Emperor of Prussia) beat Austrians.
1745 -- Frederick the Great of Prussia defeated the Austrians & Saxons.
1745 -- Prussia and Austria signed the Treaty of Dresden. This gave much of Silesia to the Prussians.
1750 -- A decree issued in Paderborn, Prussia, allowed for annual search of all Jewish homes for stolen or "doubtful" goods.
1753 -- Voltaire left the court of Frederik II of Prussia.
1755 -- Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prussian military minister of War (1807-10), was born.
1756-1763 -- The Seven Years War. France and Great Britain clashed both in Europe and in North America. In 2000 "Crucible of War" by Fred Anderson was published. France, Russia, Austria, Saxony, Sweden and Spain stood against Britain, Prussia and Hanover. Britain financed Prussia to block France in Europe while her manpower was occupied in America.
1757 -- Battle at Prague: Frederik II of Prussia beat emperor's army.
1757 -- Battle at Kolin, Bohemia: Austrian army beat Prussia.
1757 -- Charles X, Duke of Prussia, was born in Versailles, France.
1757 -- Frederick II of Prussia defeated the French at Rosbach in the Seven Years War.
1757 -- Austrians defeated Prussians at Breslau in the Seven Years War.
1758 -- The Prussian army defeated the invading Russians at the Battle of Zorndorf. Thousands were killed.
1760 -- Austrians defeated the Prussians at Landshut, Germany.
1760 -- Frederick II (1712-1786), king of Prussia, defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Liegnitz.
1760 -- Following the Russian capture of Berlin, Frederick II of Prussia defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Torgau (Germany).
1762 -- Russia, Prussia and Austria signed a treaty agreeing on the partition of Poland.
1763 -- Frederick the Great took over Die Konigliche Porzelan-Manufaktur. The royal porcelain factory was privatized by the state of Berlin in 2006.
1770 -- Prussia issued the first covered bonds. They were paid back from the issuer’s cash flow and were secured against a pool of assets.
1779 -- Carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography, was born in Quedlinberg, Prussia.
1779 -- Frederick II of Prussia issued a manifesto in which he bemoaned the increased use of coffee and called for more consumption of beer.
1786 -- Frederick the Great (b.1712) died. In 2000 Giles MacDonogh authored “Frederick the Great.”
1792 -- France declared war on Austria, Prussia, and Sardinia, marking the start of the French Revolutionary wars.
1792 -- Verdun, France, surrendered to the Prussian Army.
1793 -- Prussia and Russia signed an accord on the 2nd partition of Lithuania and Poland. The 2nd partition of Poland. Polish patriots had attempted to devise a new constitution which was recognized by Austria and Prussia, but Russia did not recognize it and invaded. Prussia in turn invaded and the two agreed to a partition that left only the central portion of Poland independent.
1793 -- The French garrison at Mainz, Germany, fell to the Prussians.
1794 -- Friedrich WLGA von Steuben (64), Prussian-US inspector-general of Washington’s army, died in Oneida, NY. Baron von Steuben, a former Prussian captain, had arrived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1777, and despite false credentials, was hired to drill and train Washington’s Continental Army. His manual of arms, known as the “Blue Book,” shaped basic training for American recruits for generations to come. In 2008 Paul Lockhart authored “The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army.”
1795 -- Russia, Austria and Prussia held a convention in Petersburg to finalize the 3rd division of the Polish-Lithuanian Republic. Most of Lithuania with Vilnius went to Russia, Warsaw and the left bank of the Nemunas River went to Prussia and Cracow went to Austria. King Stanislovas Augustas of Poland was forced from his capital and moved to Grodno (Gardinas).
1797 -- In St. Petersburg Russia, Prussia and Austria signed and act that terminated the Lithuanian-Polish state.
1800 -- Helmuth Karl von Moltke, Prussian Field Marshal and Count, was born. His reorganization of the Prussian Army led to military victories that allowed the unification of Germany. His father was a German officer serving in the Danish army. His greatest innovation was the creation of a fighting force that could mobilize quickly and strike when and where it chose. He was one of the first generals to grasp the importance of railroads in moving troops. In 1995 Otto Friedrich authored a biography of the Moltke family line from Bismarck to Hitler: “Blood and Iron: From Bismarck to Hitler the von Moltke Family’s Impact on German History.”
1803 -- The 1,800 sovereign German states united into 60 states.
1805 -- Prussia sent Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt as envoy to the Vatican, the first Protestant state to do so.
1805 -- Napoleon defeated Austria and Prussia. In 1997 Alistair Horne wrote: "How Far from Austerlitz? Napoleon 1805-1815."
1806 -- The forces of French Emperor Napoleon I defeated the Prussians in the twin battles of Jena and Auerstadt.
1807 -- Napoleon I of France and Russian Czar Alexander I met near Tilsit, in northern Prussia, to discuss terms for ending war between their empires.
1807 -- Napoleon I of France and Czar Alexander I of Russia signed a treaty at Tilsit ending war between their empires. It divided Europe among themselves and isolated Britain.
1812 -- Swedish Pomerania was seized by Napoleon.
1812 -- Citizenship was granted to Prussian Jews.
1813 -- Russia and Prussia formed the Kalisz union against Napoleon.
1813 -- The Russians fighting against Napoleon reached Berlin. The French garrison evacuated the city without a fight.
1813 -- At the Battle of Grossbeeren Prussians under Von Bulow repulsed the French.
1813 -- The Battle of Dresden was Napoleon’s last major victory against the allied forces of Austria, Russia and Prussia.
1813 -- In the Battle at Leipzig (aka Battle of the Nations) Napoleon faced Prussia, Austria and Russia and suffered one of his worst defeats.
1813 -- The Allies defeated Napoleon Bonaparte at Leipzig.
1813 -- Prussia took over Danzig.
1813 -- The Prussians introduced the Iron Cross during the Napoleonic wars.
1814 -- The Congress of Vienna convened in late September and continued to June 8, 1815. Friedrich von Gentz of Austria served as secretary to the Congress. It was held after the banishment of Napoleon to Elba. The congress aimed at territorial resettlement and restoration to power of the crowned heads of Europe with Prince Metternich of Austria as the dominant figure. Viscount Castlereagh and the Duke of Wellington represented Britain. Alexander I stood for Russia. Talleyrand stood for France. Prince von Hardenberg stood for Prussia. In 2007 Adam Zamoyski authored “Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna.” In 2008 David King authored “Vienna 1814: How the Conquerors of Napoleon Made Love, War and Peace at the Congress of Vienna.
1815 -- British General Arthur Wellesley, duke of Wellington, began assembling troops at Brussels, Belgium. 73,000 British troops were joined by 33,000 German, Dutch and Belgian troops preparing to face Napoleon. Prussian Gen. Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher gathered an army of 120,000 southeast of Brussels.
1815 -- Napoleon defeated the Prussians at the Battle of Ligny, Belgium.
1815 -- British and Prussian troops under the Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon Bonaparte and his forces at the Battle of Waterloo in Belgium. The French elite troops of the Imperial Guard wore bearskins to appear more intimidating. Afterwards Britain established towering bear skin hats for soldiers in ceremonial duties and to guard royal residencies and the Tower of London. Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher made a short speech to his troops saying that he was pregnant and about to give birth to an elephant. He was taken from the front in protective custody and missed the battle. Napoleon lost over 40,000 men at Waterloo; the British and Belgians lost 15,000; the Prussians lost 7,000. The total losses in 3 days of fighting was later estimated at 91,800. In 2002 Andrew Roberts authored "Napoleon and Wellington." In 2005 Andrew Roberts authored “Waterloo: Napoleon’s Last Gamble.”
1815 -- Russia, Prussia and Austria signed a Holy Alliance. "Justice, charity and peace" were to be the precepts that guided the Holy Alliance as envisioned by Czar Alexander I of Russia. The alliance of Russia, Austria and Prussia was formed after the downfall of Napoleon and later all European rulers signed the agreement except the prince regent of Great Britain, the pope and the sultan of Turkey. With no specific aims beyond mutual assistance, the provisions of the Holy Alliance were so vague that it had little effect on European diplomacy. Metternich quietly replaced the entire alliance by the purely political alliance of 20 November, 1815, between Austria, Prussia, Russia and England.
1815 -- The treaties known collectively as the 2nd Peace of Paris were concluded. Austria’s chancellor Klemens von Metternich helped create a “Concert of Europe,” a system by which 4-5 big powers kept miscreants in check and managed the affairs of smaller states for over a decade.
1818 -- Karl Marx, German philosopher, was born in Prussia. He argued that history was marked by various stages of class struggle and capitalism which had overcome feudalism would in turn be overcome by socialism and the elimination of private property. He and Friedrich Engels founded Communism. Together they wrote "The Communist Manifesto" and "Das Capital."
1824 -- Gustav Robert Kirchoff, physicist, was born in Prussia.
1824 -- Alexander Schimmelfennig, Brig. General Union volunteers, was born in Prussia.
1831 -- Karl von Clausewitz (51), Prussian strategist (Campaign 1813), died.
1839 -- Prussian government limited the work week for children to 51 hours.
1848 -- Jews of Prussia were granted equality.
1849 -- German rebels in Baden capitulated to the Prussians.
1850 -- Prussia agreed to pull out of Schleswig and Holstein, Germany.
1852 -- A war between Denmark and Prussia lasted three years (1848–50) and ended only when the Great Powers pressured Prussia into accepting the London Protocol of 1852. This was the revision of an earlier protocol, which had been ratified on August 2, 1850, by the major Germanic powers of Austria and Prussia. The 1852 London Protocol confirmed that the duchies of Schleswig-Holstein should remain undivided.
1856 -- Prussian private bankers founded Berliner Handels-Gesselschaft. In 1970 the bank merged with Frankfurter Bank and became BHF-Bank.
1858 -- Britain's Princess Victoria (the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert), married Crown Prince Frederick William (the future German Emperor and King of Prussia) at St. James's Palace. The ceremony's tradition-setting music, personally selected by the Princess Royal, included the "Bridal Chorus" from Richard Wagner's "Lohengrin" and the "Wedding March" by Felix Mendelssohn.
1861 -- Frederik Willem IV (b.1795), king of Prussia (1840-61) and Germany (1849-61), died.
1862 -- Otto von Bismarck became the 9th Minister President of the Kingdom of Prussia.
1862 -- Otto von Bismarck became German republic chancellor.
1864 -- Prussia and Austria snatched Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark. The border was redrawn by plebiscite in 1920. After 1945 Germany and Denmark agreed to recognize the rights of minorities on both sides.
1865 -- Otto von Bismarck was elevated to earl.
1865 -- Lili Braun, feminist, socialist writer (Im Schatten Titanen), was born in Prussia.
1866 -- Prussia annexed the region of Holstein.
1866 -- Prussia attacked Austria.
1866 -- Treaty of Prague ended the Austro-Prussian war.
1870 -- The Franco-Prussian War began. Napoleon declared war on Bismarck. Emperor Napoleon III of France declared war on Germany under Otto von Bismarck. Napoleon was defeated in three months and abdicated.
1870 -- At the Battle at Spicheren: Prussia beat France. Crown Prince Frederick, commanding one of the three Prussian armies invading France, defeated French Marshal MacMahon at Worth and Weissenburg, pushed him out of Alsace, surrounded Strasbourg, and drove on towards Nancy. Two other Prussian armies isolated Marshal Bazaine's forces in Metz.
1870 -- Prussian forces defeated the French at the Battle of Gravelotte during the Franco-Prussian War. French Commander Bazaine's efforts to break his soldiers through the German lines were bloodily defeated at Mars-la-Tour and Gravelotte. The Prussians advanced on Chalons.
1870 -- The Prussian army crushed the French under Marshal MacMahon at Sedan, the last battle of the Franco-Prussian War.
1870 -- Napoleon III with 80,000 men capitulated to the Prussians at Sedan, France.
1870 -- At news of Sedan, Paris workers invaded the Palais Bourbon and forced the Legislative Assembly to proclaim the fall of the Empire. Emperor Louis Napoleon III was overthrown in a bloodless coup. The 3rd French Republic was proclaimed in Paris and a government of national defense was formed.
1870 -- Two Prussian armies began a 135-day siege of Paris as the 2nd Empire collapsed. This forced the people of the city to eat Castor and Pollux, the 2 elephants in the zoo.
1870 -- The French fortress of Metz surrendered to the Prussian Army.
1871 -- Prussian troops began to bombard Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
1871 -- The Paris proletariat and the National Guards held a revolutionary demonstration, initiated by the Blanquists. They demanded the overthrow of the government and the establishment of a Commune. By order of the Government of National Defense, the Breton Mobile Guard, which was defending the Hotel de Ville, opened fire on the demonstrators. After massacring the unarmed workers, the government began preparations to surrender Paris.
1871 -- William I of Prussia was proclaimed "German Emperor" (which was not the same thing as "Emperor of Germany") in Versailles, France.
1871 -- France, under a provisional republican government, continued the war against Germany, but was forced to surrender in the Franco-Prussian War. Surrounded by Prussian troops and suffering from famine, the French army in Paris surrendered. During the siege, balloons were used to keep contact with the outside world.
1871 -- France and Prussia signed a preliminary peace treaty at Versailles.
1871 -- Germans paraded down the Champs-Elysses, Paris, France during the Franco-Prussian War.
1871 -- Otto von Bismarck became the 1st Chancellor of the German Empire.
1871 -- The German states became a nation. Germany went on to adopt the mark as its common currency.
1872 -- Hawaii’s King Kamehameha V asked the Kaiser of Prussia to send a music teacher for the Royal Hawaiian Band. Henry Berger, a Prussian military band leader, arrived and led the group for 43 years. He was later considered the father of Hawaiian music.
1880 -- Bavaria and Prussia introduced Spelling reform. Chancellor Bismarck threatened civil servants with increased fines if the new system was used.
1882 -- An anti-Semitic League formed in Prussia.
1883 -- Albrecht of Prussia (73), mistress of John van Rossum, died.
1883 -- Germany under Chancellor Otto von Bismarck adopted the first compulsory health insurance program on a national scale.
1889 -- Prussia under Chancellor Otto von Bismarck adopted old-age and invalidity pensions. Prussian average life expectancy was about 45.
1890 -- Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm II fired republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck.
1898 -- Otto von Bismarck (b.1815), German-Prussian statesman and former "Iron" chancellor (1871-1890), died. He held the German social security system as his greatest accomplishment. In 1986 Lothar Gall authored “Bismarck.” In 2011 Jonathan Steinberg authored “Bismarck: A Life.”
1914 -- Russian troops invade Eastern Prussia.
1914 -- Von Ludendorff and von Hindenburg moved into East Prussia enroute to Russia.
1915 -- Hans Leip, in training for the Prussian Guard, authored the poem “Song of a Young Sentry.” It reflected his recent meetings with two women named Lili and Marlene. In 1938 Norbert Schultze of Berlin put it to music. The composition was then recorded by cabaret chanteuse Lale Anderson and became hugely as the song “Lili Marlene.” In 2008 Liel Leibovitz and Matthew Miller authored “Lili Marlene: The Soldier’s Song of World War II.”
1918 -- Kaiser Wilhelm of Prussia and Germany, abdicated.
1920 -- The Lithuanian government offered the representatives of the National Council of Prussian Lithuania assent to cooptation in the Lithuanian government. They co-opted March 20.
1927 -- Prussia lifted its Nazi ban, Hitler was allowed to speak in public.
1928 -- Prussia forbade a speech by Adolf Hitler.
1929 -- Prussia banned anti-fascists.
1932 -- In German national elections the NSDAP/NAZI won 36.3% in Prussia.
1933 -- Hermann Goering became premier of Prussia.
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- Country: Preußen [Prussia]
- Name: Gilbert
- Age: 2o in appearance
- Gender: Männlich
- Height: 177 cm [5'9"]
- Appearance: White hair, red eyes
- Population: 0
- Official language: German
- Capital: Königsberg, later Berlin
- Formation details:
- Duchy of Prussia - 10 April 1525
- Union with Brandenburg - 27 August 1618
- Kingdom of Prussia - 18 January 1701
- Free State of Prussia - 9 November 1918
- Abolition (de facto) - 30 January 1934
- Abolition (de jure) - 25 February 1947
- Currency: Reichsthaler
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1141 -- Pope Innocent II authorized Bishop Henry of Moravia to preach Catholicism in Prussia.
1200 -- Following Prussian attacks on Polish lands, the Catholic Poles invited German religious-military orders to attack Prussia.
1249 -- The Christburg Peace Treaty forced the Prussians to recognize the rule of the Teutonic Knights. Within about 50 years the Teutonic Knights and Knights of the Cross had overcome most of Prussia and established German as the dominant culture and language. The German orders then turned to Lithuania.
1255 -- Konigsberg (Kaliningrad) was founded on the Baltic Sea by the Bohemian King Otakar II, who came to help Teutonic Knights during their conquest of Prussia disguised as the Christianization effort called the Northern Crusades. It was annexed by Russia in 1945.
1270 -- In the Karusa Ice war in Estonia, Lithuanian forces defeated the Livonian Knights of the Cross.
1279 -- Lithuanians overcame Livonian forces at Aizkraukle.
1298 -- Duke Vytenis joined with Riga and its archbishop against the Livonian order.
1324 -- The pope officially chastised the Knights of the Cross for ill treatment of Catholics and for pushing pagans away from Christianity.
1330 -- Riga surrendered to the Livonian Order.
1336 -- The Knights of the Cross sieged the Pilenai Castle in Samogitia. The defenders burned all their goods and committed suicide.
1361 -- Grand duke Kestutis was captured by the Knights of the Cross.
1370 -- Frederick I the Warlike, elector of Saxony, was born.
1372 -- Frederik I van Hohenzollern, monarch of Brandenburg (1417-40), was born.
1401 -- The 1st Samogitian uprising supported by Vytautas took place against the German knights.
1402 -- In Marienburg Svitrigaila crossed over to the Knights of the Cross and promised to uphold the Salyn treaty that was broken by Vytautas.
1410 -- Lithuanian-Polish forces defeated the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Tannenberg, Prussia, thereby halting the Knights’ eastward expansion along the Baltic and hastening their decline. Vytautas and Jogaila with hired mercenaries from Belarus along with Tartars and Czechs defeated the Teutonic Knights between Grunvald (Zalgiriai) and Tannenberg southeast of Malburg. Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen and many of his nobles were killed. The war officially ended with the Treaty of Thorn in which the Knights gave up Zemaitija to Vytautas.
1415 -- Frederick III, German Emperor (1440-1493), was born in Innsbruck Austria.
1454 -- Casimir proclaimed the attachment of Prussia to Polish rule. This began a 13-year war over Prussia (1454-1466).
1466 -- The peace of Torun ended the 13-year War of the Cities (1454-1466), between the Teutonic knights and their own disaffected subjects in Prussia. The Peace of Thorn (Torún) ended the war between the Teutonic knights (a German military and religious order) and their subjects in Prussia, led by King Casimir IV (1427-1492) of Poland. Poland was given Pomerelia and West Prussia, and the knights retained East Prussia, with a new capital at Königsberg (Kaliningrad). The knights, formerly strictly a German order, were forced to accept Poles as members and their grand master became a vassal of the Polish king.
1506 -- Copernicus (1473-1543), Polish-born astronomer, was appointed canon of church properties in the Prussian diocese of Ermland.
1512 -- Copernicus, Polish-born astronomer, wrote his manuscript “The Little Commentary,” in which he suggested that the earth’s apparent immobility was due to a “false appearance” and a sun-centered cosmos would resolve many astronomical inconsistencies.
1519 -- Prussia experienced a monetary crises.
1525 -- Albert von Brandenburg, the leader of the Teutonic Order, assumed the title “Duke of Prussia” and passed the first laws of the Protestant church, making Prussia a Protestant state.
1545 -- Albrecht von Brandenburg, archbishop, monarch, founder of The Brandenburg Concerts of Mainz, died at 55.
1608 -- The Protestant states formed the Evangelical Union of Lutherans and Calvinists under the direction of the elector of Brandenburg.
1640-1688 -- Elector Friedrich Wilhelm acquired a collection of paintings by Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt and others at his home in Oranien. His nephew was Frederick the Great.
1656 -- Prussian Duke Frederick Wilhelm withdrew ties with Lithuania and Poland and acknowledged vassal status with Sweden.
1678 -- Frederick William, Brandenburg’s Great Elector, gave Bielefeld the privilege of certifying the quality of local linen. This cemented its position as a center for the textile trade.
1685 -- Fredrick William of Brandenburg issued the Edict of Potsdam, offering Huguenots refuge.
1688 -- Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740), was born.
1701 -- Frederick, the elector of Brandenburg, became the king of Prussia.
1701 -- German artisans created an amber room for King Frederick I of Prussia. He presented it as a gift to Peter the Great in 1712 [see 1712, 1716].
1712 -- Frederick II (d.1786), Frederick the Great, the Hohenzollern King of Prussia (1740-1786), was born. He was noted for his social reforms and leading Prussia in military victories.
1712 -- King Frederick I of Prussia presented his amber room, made as a gift by German artisans in 1701, to Peter the Great [1716]. Catherine the Great later added four marble panels from Florence, that were inlaid with precious stones. It was moved to Konigsburg in 1945 and then lost during WW II.
1713 -- Frederik I (55), King of Prussia (1701-13), died.
1716 -- Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm I gave the Czar of Russia an elaborately carved amber chamber. In exchange, he received his wish: 55 very tall Russian soldiers. German troops dismantled it in 1941 and took it to Koenigsburg where it disappeared. In 1979 the Soviet government initiated a reconstruction, which was unveiled in 2003. [see 1701, 1712]
1719 -- Frederick William abolished serfdom on crown property in Prussia.
1730 -- Friedrich von Steuben, Prussian and US inspector-general of Washington's army, was born.
1730 -- Hans Hermann von Katte, Prussian lieutenant, was beheaded.
1740 -- King Frederick II of Prussia ended torture and guaranteed religion and freedom of the press.
1740 -- Frederick II (28) ascended to the throne.
1740 -- Frederick the Great awarded what is believed to be the first medal for combat bravery, the Pour le Merite, nicknamed the Blue Max.
1740s -- Frederick the Great built a summer palace in Potsdam named Sans-souci (without worries).
1741 -- Austria ceded most of Silesia to Prussia by Treaty of Breslau.
1742 -- Frederick great (Emperor of Prussia) beat Austrians.
1745 -- Frederick the Great of Prussia defeated the Austrians & Saxons.
1745 -- Prussia and Austria signed the Treaty of Dresden. This gave much of Silesia to the Prussians.
1750 -- A decree issued in Paderborn, Prussia, allowed for annual search of all Jewish homes for stolen or "doubtful" goods.
1753 -- Voltaire left the court of Frederik II of Prussia.
1755 -- Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prussian military minister of War (1807-10), was born.
1756-1763 -- The Seven Years War. France and Great Britain clashed both in Europe and in North America. In 2000 "Crucible of War" by Fred Anderson was published. France, Russia, Austria, Saxony, Sweden and Spain stood against Britain, Prussia and Hanover. Britain financed Prussia to block France in Europe while her manpower was occupied in America.
1757 -- Battle at Prague: Frederik II of Prussia beat emperor's army.
1757 -- Battle at Kolin, Bohemia: Austrian army beat Prussia.
1757 -- Charles X, Duke of Prussia, was born in Versailles, France.
1757 -- Frederick II of Prussia defeated the French at Rosbach in the Seven Years War.
1757 -- Austrians defeated Prussians at Breslau in the Seven Years War.
1758 -- The Prussian army defeated the invading Russians at the Battle of Zorndorf. Thousands were killed.
1760 -- Austrians defeated the Prussians at Landshut, Germany.
1760 -- Frederick II (1712-1786), king of Prussia, defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Liegnitz.
1760 -- Following the Russian capture of Berlin, Frederick II of Prussia defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Torgau (Germany).
1762 -- Russia, Prussia and Austria signed a treaty agreeing on the partition of Poland.
1763 -- Frederick the Great took over Die Konigliche Porzelan-Manufaktur. The royal porcelain factory was privatized by the state of Berlin in 2006.
1770 -- Prussia issued the first covered bonds. They were paid back from the issuer’s cash flow and were secured against a pool of assets.
1779 -- Carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography, was born in Quedlinberg, Prussia.
1779 -- Frederick II of Prussia issued a manifesto in which he bemoaned the increased use of coffee and called for more consumption of beer.
1786 -- Frederick the Great (b.1712) died. In 2000 Giles MacDonogh authored “Frederick the Great.”
1792 -- France declared war on Austria, Prussia, and Sardinia, marking the start of the French Revolutionary wars.
1792 -- Verdun, France, surrendered to the Prussian Army.
1793 -- Prussia and Russia signed an accord on the 2nd partition of Lithuania and Poland. The 2nd partition of Poland. Polish patriots had attempted to devise a new constitution which was recognized by Austria and Prussia, but Russia did not recognize it and invaded. Prussia in turn invaded and the two agreed to a partition that left only the central portion of Poland independent.
1793 -- The French garrison at Mainz, Germany, fell to the Prussians.
1794 -- Friedrich WLGA von Steuben (64), Prussian-US inspector-general of Washington’s army, died in Oneida, NY. Baron von Steuben, a former Prussian captain, had arrived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1777, and despite false credentials, was hired to drill and train Washington’s Continental Army. His manual of arms, known as the “Blue Book,” shaped basic training for American recruits for generations to come. In 2008 Paul Lockhart authored “The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army.”
1795 -- Russia, Austria and Prussia held a convention in Petersburg to finalize the 3rd division of the Polish-Lithuanian Republic. Most of Lithuania with Vilnius went to Russia, Warsaw and the left bank of the Nemunas River went to Prussia and Cracow went to Austria. King Stanislovas Augustas of Poland was forced from his capital and moved to Grodno (Gardinas).
1797 -- In St. Petersburg Russia, Prussia and Austria signed and act that terminated the Lithuanian-Polish state.
1800 -- Helmuth Karl von Moltke, Prussian Field Marshal and Count, was born. His reorganization of the Prussian Army led to military victories that allowed the unification of Germany. His father was a German officer serving in the Danish army. His greatest innovation was the creation of a fighting force that could mobilize quickly and strike when and where it chose. He was one of the first generals to grasp the importance of railroads in moving troops. In 1995 Otto Friedrich authored a biography of the Moltke family line from Bismarck to Hitler: “Blood and Iron: From Bismarck to Hitler the von Moltke Family’s Impact on German History.”
1803 -- The 1,800 sovereign German states united into 60 states.
1805 -- Prussia sent Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt as envoy to the Vatican, the first Protestant state to do so.
1805 -- Napoleon defeated Austria and Prussia. In 1997 Alistair Horne wrote: "How Far from Austerlitz? Napoleon 1805-1815."
1806 -- The forces of French Emperor Napoleon I defeated the Prussians in the twin battles of Jena and Auerstadt.
1807 -- Napoleon I of France and Russian Czar Alexander I met near Tilsit, in northern Prussia, to discuss terms for ending war between their empires.
1807 -- Napoleon I of France and Czar Alexander I of Russia signed a treaty at Tilsit ending war between their empires. It divided Europe among themselves and isolated Britain.
1812 -- Swedish Pomerania was seized by Napoleon.
1812 -- Citizenship was granted to Prussian Jews.
1813 -- Russia and Prussia formed the Kalisz union against Napoleon.
1813 -- The Russians fighting against Napoleon reached Berlin. The French garrison evacuated the city without a fight.
1813 -- At the Battle of Grossbeeren Prussians under Von Bulow repulsed the French.
1813 -- The Battle of Dresden was Napoleon’s last major victory against the allied forces of Austria, Russia and Prussia.
1813 -- In the Battle at Leipzig (aka Battle of the Nations) Napoleon faced Prussia, Austria and Russia and suffered one of his worst defeats.
1813 -- The Allies defeated Napoleon Bonaparte at Leipzig.
1813 -- Prussia took over Danzig.
1813 -- The Prussians introduced the Iron Cross during the Napoleonic wars.
1814 -- The Congress of Vienna convened in late September and continued to June 8, 1815. Friedrich von Gentz of Austria served as secretary to the Congress. It was held after the banishment of Napoleon to Elba. The congress aimed at territorial resettlement and restoration to power of the crowned heads of Europe with Prince Metternich of Austria as the dominant figure. Viscount Castlereagh and the Duke of Wellington represented Britain. Alexander I stood for Russia. Talleyrand stood for France. Prince von Hardenberg stood for Prussia. In 2007 Adam Zamoyski authored “Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna.” In 2008 David King authored “Vienna 1814: How the Conquerors of Napoleon Made Love, War and Peace at the Congress of Vienna.
1815 -- British General Arthur Wellesley, duke of Wellington, began assembling troops at Brussels, Belgium. 73,000 British troops were joined by 33,000 German, Dutch and Belgian troops preparing to face Napoleon. Prussian Gen. Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher gathered an army of 120,000 southeast of Brussels.
1815 -- Napoleon defeated the Prussians at the Battle of Ligny, Belgium.
1815 -- British and Prussian troops under the Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon Bonaparte and his forces at the Battle of Waterloo in Belgium. The French elite troops of the Imperial Guard wore bearskins to appear more intimidating. Afterwards Britain established towering bear skin hats for soldiers in ceremonial duties and to guard royal residencies and the Tower of London. Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher made a short speech to his troops saying that he was pregnant and about to give birth to an elephant. He was taken from the front in protective custody and missed the battle. Napoleon lost over 40,000 men at Waterloo; the British and Belgians lost 15,000; the Prussians lost 7,000. The total losses in 3 days of fighting was later estimated at 91,800. In 2002 Andrew Roberts authored "Napoleon and Wellington." In 2005 Andrew Roberts authored “Waterloo: Napoleon’s Last Gamble.”
1815 -- Russia, Prussia and Austria signed a Holy Alliance. "Justice, charity and peace" were to be the precepts that guided the Holy Alliance as envisioned by Czar Alexander I of Russia. The alliance of Russia, Austria and Prussia was formed after the downfall of Napoleon and later all European rulers signed the agreement except the prince regent of Great Britain, the pope and the sultan of Turkey. With no specific aims beyond mutual assistance, the provisions of the Holy Alliance were so vague that it had little effect on European diplomacy. Metternich quietly replaced the entire alliance by the purely political alliance of 20 November, 1815, between Austria, Prussia, Russia and England.
1815 -- The treaties known collectively as the 2nd Peace of Paris were concluded. Austria’s chancellor Klemens von Metternich helped create a “Concert of Europe,” a system by which 4-5 big powers kept miscreants in check and managed the affairs of smaller states for over a decade.
1818 -- Karl Marx, German philosopher, was born in Prussia. He argued that history was marked by various stages of class struggle and capitalism which had overcome feudalism would in turn be overcome by socialism and the elimination of private property. He and Friedrich Engels founded Communism. Together they wrote "The Communist Manifesto" and "Das Capital."
1824 -- Gustav Robert Kirchoff, physicist, was born in Prussia.
1824 -- Alexander Schimmelfennig, Brig. General Union volunteers, was born in Prussia.
1831 -- Karl von Clausewitz (51), Prussian strategist (Campaign 1813), died.
1839 -- Prussian government limited the work week for children to 51 hours.
1848 -- Jews of Prussia were granted equality.
1849 -- German rebels in Baden capitulated to the Prussians.
1850 -- Prussia agreed to pull out of Schleswig and Holstein, Germany.
1852 -- A war between Denmark and Prussia lasted three years (1848–50) and ended only when the Great Powers pressured Prussia into accepting the London Protocol of 1852. This was the revision of an earlier protocol, which had been ratified on August 2, 1850, by the major Germanic powers of Austria and Prussia. The 1852 London Protocol confirmed that the duchies of Schleswig-Holstein should remain undivided.
1856 -- Prussian private bankers founded Berliner Handels-Gesselschaft. In 1970 the bank merged with Frankfurter Bank and became BHF-Bank.
1858 -- Britain's Princess Victoria (the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert), married Crown Prince Frederick William (the future German Emperor and King of Prussia) at St. James's Palace. The ceremony's tradition-setting music, personally selected by the Princess Royal, included the "Bridal Chorus" from Richard Wagner's "Lohengrin" and the "Wedding March" by Felix Mendelssohn.
1861 -- Frederik Willem IV (b.1795), king of Prussia (1840-61) and Germany (1849-61), died.
1862 -- Otto von Bismarck became the 9th Minister President of the Kingdom of Prussia.
1862 -- Otto von Bismarck became German republic chancellor.
1864 -- Prussia and Austria snatched Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark. The border was redrawn by plebiscite in 1920. After 1945 Germany and Denmark agreed to recognize the rights of minorities on both sides.
1865 -- Otto von Bismarck was elevated to earl.
1865 -- Lili Braun, feminist, socialist writer (Im Schatten Titanen), was born in Prussia.
1866 -- Prussia annexed the region of Holstein.
1866 -- Prussia attacked Austria.
1866 -- Treaty of Prague ended the Austro-Prussian war.
1870 -- The Franco-Prussian War began. Napoleon declared war on Bismarck. Emperor Napoleon III of France declared war on Germany under Otto von Bismarck. Napoleon was defeated in three months and abdicated.
1870 -- At the Battle at Spicheren: Prussia beat France. Crown Prince Frederick, commanding one of the three Prussian armies invading France, defeated French Marshal MacMahon at Worth and Weissenburg, pushed him out of Alsace, surrounded Strasbourg, and drove on towards Nancy. Two other Prussian armies isolated Marshal Bazaine's forces in Metz.
1870 -- Prussian forces defeated the French at the Battle of Gravelotte during the Franco-Prussian War. French Commander Bazaine's efforts to break his soldiers through the German lines were bloodily defeated at Mars-la-Tour and Gravelotte. The Prussians advanced on Chalons.
1870 -- The Prussian army crushed the French under Marshal MacMahon at Sedan, the last battle of the Franco-Prussian War.
1870 -- Napoleon III with 80,000 men capitulated to the Prussians at Sedan, France.
1870 -- At news of Sedan, Paris workers invaded the Palais Bourbon and forced the Legislative Assembly to proclaim the fall of the Empire. Emperor Louis Napoleon III was overthrown in a bloodless coup. The 3rd French Republic was proclaimed in Paris and a government of national defense was formed.
1870 -- Two Prussian armies began a 135-day siege of Paris as the 2nd Empire collapsed. This forced the people of the city to eat Castor and Pollux, the 2 elephants in the zoo.
1870 -- The French fortress of Metz surrendered to the Prussian Army.
1871 -- Prussian troops began to bombard Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
1871 -- The Paris proletariat and the National Guards held a revolutionary demonstration, initiated by the Blanquists. They demanded the overthrow of the government and the establishment of a Commune. By order of the Government of National Defense, the Breton Mobile Guard, which was defending the Hotel de Ville, opened fire on the demonstrators. After massacring the unarmed workers, the government began preparations to surrender Paris.
1871 -- William I of Prussia was proclaimed "German Emperor" (which was not the same thing as "Emperor of Germany") in Versailles, France.
1871 -- France, under a provisional republican government, continued the war against Germany, but was forced to surrender in the Franco-Prussian War. Surrounded by Prussian troops and suffering from famine, the French army in Paris surrendered. During the siege, balloons were used to keep contact with the outside world.
1871 -- France and Prussia signed a preliminary peace treaty at Versailles.
1871 -- Germans paraded down the Champs-Elysses, Paris, France during the Franco-Prussian War.
1871 -- Otto von Bismarck became the 1st Chancellor of the German Empire.
1871 -- The German states became a nation. Germany went on to adopt the mark as its common currency.
1872 -- Hawaii’s King Kamehameha V asked the Kaiser of Prussia to send a music teacher for the Royal Hawaiian Band. Henry Berger, a Prussian military band leader, arrived and led the group for 43 years. He was later considered the father of Hawaiian music.
1880 -- Bavaria and Prussia introduced Spelling reform. Chancellor Bismarck threatened civil servants with increased fines if the new system was used.
1882 -- An anti-Semitic League formed in Prussia.
1883 -- Albrecht of Prussia (73), mistress of John van Rossum, died.
1883 -- Germany under Chancellor Otto von Bismarck adopted the first compulsory health insurance program on a national scale.
1889 -- Prussia under Chancellor Otto von Bismarck adopted old-age and invalidity pensions. Prussian average life expectancy was about 45.
1890 -- Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm II fired republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck.
1898 -- Otto von Bismarck (b.1815), German-Prussian statesman and former "Iron" chancellor (1871-1890), died. He held the German social security system as his greatest accomplishment. In 1986 Lothar Gall authored “Bismarck.” In 2011 Jonathan Steinberg authored “Bismarck: A Life.”
1914 -- Russian troops invade Eastern Prussia.
1914 -- Von Ludendorff and von Hindenburg moved into East Prussia enroute to Russia.
1915 -- Hans Leip, in training for the Prussian Guard, authored the poem “Song of a Young Sentry.” It reflected his recent meetings with two women named Lili and Marlene. In 1938 Norbert Schultze of Berlin put it to music. The composition was then recorded by cabaret chanteuse Lale Anderson and became hugely as the song “Lili Marlene.” In 2008 Liel Leibovitz and Matthew Miller authored “Lili Marlene: The Soldier’s Song of World War II.”
1918 -- Kaiser Wilhelm of Prussia and Germany, abdicated.
1920 -- The Lithuanian government offered the representatives of the National Council of Prussian Lithuania assent to cooptation in the Lithuanian government. They co-opted March 20.
1927 -- Prussia lifted its Nazi ban, Hitler was allowed to speak in public.
1928 -- Prussia forbade a speech by Adolf Hitler.
1929 -- Prussia banned anti-fascists.
1932 -- In German national elections the NSDAP/NAZI won 36.3% in Prussia.
1933 -- Hermann Goering became premier of Prussia.
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( =7=? Did I do something wrong? I like to protect some of these in case people forgot. >_>" Had that happen to me many times...and was protect once.)
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