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Wilhelm II

as King of Prussia last German Emperor from 1888 to 1918 (1859–1941)

20 dated entries naming Wilhelm II, drawn from 12 separate years between 1859 CE and 1941 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 Kaiser Wilhelm II, Wilhelm II of Germany, Wilhelm II, German Emperor, William II, German Emperor in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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19th century

  • 1859January 27 – Wilhelm II, last Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (died 1941)source
  • 188815 June – Wilhelm II becomes German Emperor after the death of his father, Friedrich III.source
  • 1888June 15 – Year of the Three Emperors in Germany: Frederick III dies after ruling for 99 days and is succeeded as German Emperor and King of Prussia by his son, Wilhelm II, who will reign until his abdication in 1918.source
  • 188811 October — German Emperor Wilhelm II in Rome on an official state visit. Visiting the Italian King Umberto I in Rome would be regarded as recognizing his right to rule the Holy City, while the Vatican did not recognise the Italian king's right to rule in Rome. To appease the situation, Wilhelm II also met Pope Leo XIII the next day.source
  • 1890Wilhelm II, German Emperor opposes Bismarck's attempt to renew the law outlawing the Social Democratic Party.source
  • 1890March 20 – Kaiser Wilhelm II forces Otto von Bismarck to resign as Chancellor of Germany.source
  • 1890August – Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Alexander III meet at Narva.source
  • 189914 March – Kaiser Wilhelm II takes direct command of the Imperial Navy.source

20th century

  • 1901February 2 – The State funeral of Queen Victoria, held at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, UK, is attended by many European royals, including Kaiser Wilhelm II and Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.source
  • 1901March 6 – In Bremen, an assassination attempt is made on Wilhelm II, German Emperor.source
  • 19016 March – Kaiser Wilhelm II survives an assassination attempt in Bremen.source
  • 1902January – Venezuela Crisis of 1902–03: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany declares a delay to any blockade due to the outbreak of another civil war in Venezuela (led by financier Manuel Matos) which raised the possibility of a more amenable government.source
  • 1904March 3 – Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's cylinder.source
  • 190531 March – during the First Moroccan Crisis, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany met with representatives of Sultan Abdelaziz of Morocco in Tangiersource
  • 1914June 1 – Woodrow Wilson's envoy, Edward Mandell House, meets Kaiser Wilhelm II.source
  • 1918October 3 – Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany appoints Max von Baden Chancellor of Germany.source
  • 1918October 4 – Wilhelm II of Germany forms a new, liberal government to sue for peace.source
  • 1920January 16 – The Allies of World War I demand that the Netherlands extradite ex-German Emperor Wilhelm II who fled there in 1918.source
  • 1920January 23 – The Netherlands refuses to extradite ex-German Emperor Wilhelm II; on May 15 he moves into Huis Doorn in the country where he remains permanently in exile until his death in 1941.source
  • 1941June 4 – Wilhelm II, last Emperor of Germany (born 1859)source

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