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Wilhelm I

19th-century German Emperor and King of Prussia (1797–1888)

8 dated entries naming Wilhelm I, drawn from 7 separate years between 1797 CE and 1890 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Wilhelm I of Germany in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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18th century

  • 1797March 22 – Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany (d. 1888)source

19th century

  • 1858Prince 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.source
  • 1866July 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.source
  • 1871January 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.source
  • 1878May 11 - Hödel assassination attempt by anarchist Max Hödel targeting the German Kaiser, Wilhelm I.source
  • 1888March 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.source
  • 1888March 9 – Wilhelm I, German Emperor, King of Prussia (b. 1797)source
  • 1890January 7 – Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Empress Consort of Wilhelm I, German Emperor (b. 1811)source

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