{"slug": "wilhelm-i", "label": "Wilhelm I", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_I", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150652", "qid": "Q150652", "description": "19th-century German Emperor and King of Prussia (1797–1888)", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [1797, 1890], "span_label": ["1797 CE", "1890 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Wilhelm I of Germany"], "related": [{"slug": "prussia", "label": "Prussia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "german-empire", "label": "German Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "palace-of-versailles", "label": "Palace of Versailles", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "frederick-william-iv", "label": "Frederick William IV", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1797, "year_label": "1797 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "March 22", "text": "March 22 – Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany (d. 1888)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368310974#January–March", "title": "1797", "revid": 1368310974, "section": "Births › January–March"}}, {"year": 1858, "year_label": "1858 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "Prince Wilhelm of Prussia becomes regent for his brother, King Frederick William IV, who has suffered a stroke. After Prince William's term acting as a regent for the King had been extended three times, the ailing Frederick William signed a regency charter for him on 7 October 1858, based on an expert opinion from the royal personal physicians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371625769#January–March", "title": "1858", "revid": 1371625769, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1866, "year_label": "1866 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 3", "text": "July 3 – Battle of Königgrätz: the Prussian army under King Wilhelm and Helmuth von Moltke defeats the Austrian army of Ludwig von Benedek, leading to a decisive Prussian victory in the Austro-Prussian War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368829327#July", "title": "1866", "revid": 1368829327, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1871, "year_label": "1871 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 18", "text": "January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the south German states unite into a single nation state, known as the German Empire. The King of Prussia is declared the first German Emperor as Wilhelm I of Germany, in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368649173#January–March", "title": "1871", "revid": 1368649173, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1878, "year_label": "1878 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 11", "text": "May 11 - Hödel assassination attempt by anarchist Max Hödel targeting the German Kaiser, Wilhelm I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365252865#May", "title": "1878", "revid": 1365252865, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1888, "year_label": "1888 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 9", "text": "March 9 – Year of the Three Emperors in Germany: Wilhelm I dies aged 90 and is succeeded as German Emperor and King of Prussia by his son, the terminally ill Frederick III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372679419#March", "title": "1888", "revid": 1372679419, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1888, "year_label": "1888 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 9", "text": "March 9 – Wilhelm I, German Emperor, King of Prussia (b. 1797)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372679419#January–March", "title": "1888", "revid": 1372679419, "section": "Deaths › January–March"}}, {"year": 1890, "year_label": "1890 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 7", "text": "January 7 – Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Empress Consort of Wilhelm I, German Emperor (b. 1811)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364071388#January–March", "title": "1890", "revid": 1364071388, "section": "Deaths › January–March"}}]}