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| 1509 | Maximilian I |  |
| Calls himself Germaniae Rex", King of Germany, historically called the "First Reich" |
| 1848 | Frederick William IV | |
| Berlin Declares "Prussia will merge with Germany" |
| 1849 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Erfurt Appointed one of Prussia's representatives at the Erfurt Parliament, an assembly of German states that meets to discuss plans for union, but only in order to oppose that body's proposals more effectively |
| Bismarck opposes the unification of Germany arguing Prussia would lose its independence in the process |
| Erfurt The Erfurt Parliament discusses German unification but Bismarck is opposed |
| Erfurt The Erfurt Parliament fails to bring about unification because of the opposition of Prussia & Austria |
| 1849 | Radowitz, Joseph von | |
| Erfurt Develops a union under Prussia & forces the constitution through the Union Parliament |
| 1851 | Manteuffel, Otto von | |
| Jan Prussia will defend Austria if it accepts Prussia within the German Confederation |
| 1852 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Frankfurt Becomes convinced that Prussia would have to ally itself with other German states in order to countervail Austria's growing influence, accepts of the notion of a united German nation |
| 1859 | Bennigsen, Rudolf von | |
| 15th Sep The Nationalverein unites a "Little Germany" under Prussian leadership |
| 1865 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Under the "February Conditions " Prussian troops garrison a Confederate fortress |
| Berlin Under the "February Conditions " Schleswig & Holstein enter the Zollverein |
| 1866 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Nassau Prussia annexes Schleswig, Holstein, Frankfurt, Hanover, Hesse-Kassel, and Nassau; and Austria promised not to intervene in German affairs |
| Prussia quickly defeated Austria and its allies, in a crushing victory at the Battle of Kniggrtz followed by the Peace of Prague the German Confederation is dissolved |
| 1870 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Berlin Prussian victory establishes German unity |
| 14th Nov Baden Baden Baden & Hesse join the Confederation of Germany |
| 23rd Nov Berlin Germany is united under a single Confederation |
| 1870 | Wilhelm I | |
| 19th Dec Berlin Refuses the crown offered to him by the new Confeferation of a united Germany |
| 1871 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Berlin A National Government, Reichstag, elected by all males over 25 by secret ballot |
| 1871 | Louis II | |
| Bavaria Brings Bavaria into the German Empire |
| 1871 | Wilhelm I | |
| 18th Jan Versailles Declared Emperor of a united German Reich in the Galerie des Glaces in Versailles |
| 1918 | Eisner, Kurt | |
| Bavaria Eisner is assassinated & Bavaria joins the Weimar Republic |
| 1989 | Kohl, Helmut | |
| 9th Nov The German Democratic Republic collapses |
| 1990 | Hoffmann, Heinz | |
| Bonn Lets it be known to Honecker that the army will not fire on the population |
| 1990 | Honecker, Erich | |
| Bonn Germany is reunited under the banner of the Federal Republic of Germany |
| 1990 | Kohl, Helmut | |
| Supervises the re-unification of Germany |
| 2nd Oct Bonn The German Democratic Republic ceases to exist at midnight |
| 31st Oct Bonn East & West Germany sign the re-unification Treaty |
| 1990 | Merkel, Angela Dorothea | |
| Dec Stralsund At the first post-reunification general election Merkel is elected to the Bundestag from a constituency which includes the districts of Nordvorpommern and Rgen, as well as the city of Stralsund |
