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Anton Klaus. Otto Kleemann. Otto Klemperer. Victor Klemperer. Carl Klönne. Johann August Hermann (John) Koch. Christian Georg Kohlrausch. Stanisław Kostanecki. Charles Kostboth.
Jan 5, 2024 · Prussia. Originally "Preussen" referred to the geographical area that had been settled by a Baltic tribe, the Pruzzen. This area later became the Duchy of Preussen (Prussia), a Polish fiefdom, which was obtained by the Margrave of Brandenburg in 1618. In 1701 the margrave of Brandenburg assumed the title of "king" for himself and his succesors.
The improvements helped Prussia to victories over Denmark in the 1864 Second Schleswig War, Austria in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, and France in the Franco-Prussian War. The wars culminated in unification of Germany under Prussia's leadership and the exclusion of Austria from the new German Empire .
v. t. e. The unification of Germany ( German: Deutsche Einigung, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈʔaɪnɪɡʊŋ] ⓘ) was a process of building the first nation-state for Germans with federal features based on the concept of Lesser Germany (one without Habsburgs ' multi-ethnic Austria or its German-speaking part).
Anton von Werner. William I, German Emperor. Categories: German people by war. People of the Franco-Prussian War. 19th-century German people. Commons category link is on Wikidata.
What Prussia had obtained, with the addition of some old Prussian districts, was formed into the Province of Saxony. The Kingdom of Saxony had left only an area of 5,789 square miles (14,990 km 2) with a population at that era of 1,500,000 inhabitants; under these conditions it became a member of the German Confederation that was founded in 1815.
Helga Adler. Hannes Adomeit. Moses Annenberg. Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander. Siegfried Heinrich Aronhold. Dietmar Artzinger-Bolten. Rafael Artzy. Max Askanazy. Hans Henning Atrott.
