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Also Known As Second Reich
Date January 18, 1871 - November 9, 1918

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Major Events


Anhalt
former state, Germany
Brandenburg Gate
Berlin
national capital, Germany
Unification of Germany by Prussia
Prussia
region, Europe
Pomerania
Pomerania
historical region, Europe
Post-World War I and post-World War II boundary changes of the area of former East Prussia and its major towns.
East Prussia
former province, Germany
Baden
Baden
historical state, Germany
Sanssouci Palace
Brandenburg
historical margravate, Germany
Württemberg, 1810
Württemberg
historical state, Germany
Schleswig-Holstein after the Seven Weeks' War, 1866
Schleswig
historical region and duchy, Europe
Schaumburg-Lippe
historical state, Germany
Oldenburg
historical state, Germany
Lippe
historical state, Germany
Reuss
historical principalities, Germany
Saxony
Saxony
historical region, duchy, and kingdom, Europe

Key People

Otto von Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck
German chancellor and prime minister
Helmuth von Moltke, 1871
Helmuth von Moltke
German general [1800–1891]
Friedrich Ebert, c. 1924.
Friedrich Ebert
president of Weimar Republic
William II.
William II
emperor of Germany
Bebel, August
August Bebel
German socialist
Alfred von Tirpitz
Alfred von Tirpitz
German statesman
Bernhard, Fürst von Bülow
Bernhard, prince von Bülow
chancellor of Germany
Ernest II, detail from a lithograph by C. Baugniet after a portrait by H. Thorburn, 1844
Ernest II
duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Georg Michaelis
Georg Michaelis
chancellor of Germany
Georg, count von Hertling
Georg, count von Hertling
German statesman
Scheidemann, Philipp
Philipp Scheidemann
German politician
Eduard Lasker, engraving, 1861
Eduard Lasker
Prussian politician
Richard von Kühlmann
German foreign minister
Otto
king of Bavaria