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Congress of Viena. Germany divided
Germany was divided into 36 states and associated with the German Confederation in which Prussia and Austria were the strongest and were competing for power. -
Zollverein, custom union.
Prussia created a custom union (Zollverein) that united the majority of Germanic states. -
Germany's first freely elected parliament meeting
Germany’s first freely elected parliament met and offered the crown of Germany to the king of Prussia, who refused it because its parliament was liberal. -
Willhem I king of Prussia
The first moves towards a united Germany were made as Wilhelm I became king of Prussia and made Otto von Bismarck chancellor. -
War of the duchies.
War of the duchies: Prussia and Austria defeated Denmark and snatched it duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. -
Battle of Sadowa
Prussia defeated Austria in Sadowa. -
Franco-Prussian war
Franco-Prussian war (1870-71). Prussia defeated France of Napoleon III. -
Second German Reich
Wilhelm I was proclaimed Kaiser of the Second German Empire (Reich).