The following is a chronological statement of the principal events in German history connected with the narrative: 1797 | Birth of William First. | 1807 | Received officer’s patent. | 1813 | Appointed Captain. | 1814-1815 | Served in Napoleonic campaign. | 1829 | Married Augusta of Saxe-Weimar. | 1840 | Heir presumptive. | 1848 | German revolution. | 1849 | Suppressed the insurrection in Baden and the Palatinate. | 1854 | Field Marshal and Governor at Mainz. | 1858 | Regency for his brother Frederick William. | 1861 | Ascended the throne of Prussia. | 1862 | Appointed Bismarck Minister of Foreign Affairs. | 1864 | War with Denmark. | 1866 | Austro-Prussian War. | 1867 | President of the North German Confederation. | 1870-1871 | Franco-Prussian War. | 1871 | Proclaimed German Emperor at Versailles. | 1871 | Returned with the army to Berlin. | 1888 | Died at Berlin. | LIFE STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Translated from the German by GEORGE P. UPTON 24 Volumes Now Ready Historical and Biographical - Barbarossa
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