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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.

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