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Bismarck was appointed Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Prussia
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Bismarck engineers war with Austria
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Bismarck attempts to place a Hohenzollern prince on the spainish throne
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Bismarck releases the Ems telegram
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Napoleon III declares war against Prussia
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Prussian forces lay seige to Paris
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Three Emporers League is created
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Russia withdraws from Three Emporer's League
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Dual Alliance is created
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Triple Alliance is created
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Austria-Hungary signs an alliance with Romania
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Bismarck agrees to a Reinsurance treaty with Russia
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Reinsurance treaty is allowed to lapse
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Franco-Russian Military Convention
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Britain signs an alliance with Japan
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Dreadnought battleship is completed
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Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
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Germany declares war on Russia
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Britain declares war against Germany
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Japan declares war on Germany
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Italy sides with the allies
