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Prussia


1994 Ludwig Ferdinand von Hohenzollern, Germ prince of Prussia, dies at 86

1993 Robert W. Kempner, German officer of justice in Prussia, dies at 93

1946 Part of East Prussia incorporated into Russian SFSR

1933 Hermann Goering becomes premier of Prussia

1932 German national election (NSDAP 36.3% in Prussia)

1931 Algi[rda]s [Jonas] Budrys, Prussia, sci-fi author, Man of Earth

1929 Furst Bernhard von Bulow, Prime Minister Prussia 1900 - 1909, dies at 80

1929 Prussia and Vatican sign Concord

1929 Prussia bans anti-fascists

1928 Prussia forbids speech from Adolf Hitler

1921 Augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies

1921 Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Germany chancellor/Prime Minister (Prussia), dies at 64

1920 Armin Mueller-Stahl, Tilsit East Prussia, actor, Kafka, Music Box

1918 Emperor Wilhelm of Prussia and Germany, abdicates

1915 Abel Ehrlich, born in Cranz, East Prussia, composer, won the Israel Prize for Music and the Prime Minister's Prize for Israeli Composers

1914 General Martos' troops occupy Soldau/Neidenburg East Prussia

1914 Von Ludendorff and von Hindenburg move into E Prussia enroute to Russia

1914 Russian troops invade Eastern Prussia

1907 Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, prince

1901 Victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60

1888 Frederik III NK van Hohenzollern, German Emperor/king of Prussia, dies

1887 Ullrich Haupt, Prussia, actor, Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of Passion

1884 Otto Bohm, born in Prussia, scientist, helped create England Radar

1883 Albrecht of Prussia, mistress of John van Rossum, dies at 73

1882 Otto T Freiherr von Manteuffel, premier of Prussia, dies

1872 Albrecht FH, prince of Prussia, dies at 63

1871 Leo Blech, born in Aachen, Rhenish Prussia, studied with Engelbert Humperdinck, German opera composer

1870 Battle at Gravelotte Privat: Prussia beat France, 32,000 casualties

1870 Battle at Spicheren: Prussia beats France

1870 France declares war on Prussia; Franco-Prussian war begins

1870 King Wilhelm of Prussia sends "Emser Depache" on Bismarck

1866 Bathe and Prussia signs peace treaty

1866 Prussia attacks Austria

1865 Hermann Hirt, Magdeburg Prussia, linguist, Indo-European Grammar

1865 Lili Braun, born in Prussia, feminist/socialist writer, Im Schatten Titanen

1863 Wilhelm Marx, premier, Prussia

1862 David Hilbert, Konigsberg East Prussia, mathematician

1861 Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65

1858 Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia

1856 Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German Chancellor/premier Prussia

1852 A[lbert] A. Michelson, Strelno Prussia, U.S. physicist, Nobel 1907

1849 Princess WFLC Marianne and Albrecht of Prussia separate

1849 Dutch princess Marianne and Prince Albert of Prussia separate

1848 Jews of Prussia granted equality

1840 Victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia

1840 England, Russia, Austria and Prussia signs Quadruple Alliance

1840 Frederik Willem III, King of Prussia (1797-1840), dies at 69

1834 Prussia, Austria and Russia sign classified accord about Belgium

1831 Frederik III NK of Hohenzollern, German Kaiser/king of Prussia

1831 Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor/premier of Prussia

1830 England, France, Prussia, Austria and Russia recognize Belgium

1830 Princess WFLC Marianne marries Albrecht of Prussia

1828 Friedrich A Lange, Prussia, philosopher/socialist, Neo-Kantianism

1828 Charles, Duke of Prussia, dies at 70

1825 Prince Willem FK marries Louise AWA of Prussia

1824 Alexander Schimmelfennig, born in Prussia, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1824 Gustav R. Kirchoff, born in Prussia, physicist, spectral analysis

1820 Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange, dies at 68

1818 Congress of Aken: Russia, Austria, Prussia, France and England

1818 Adolf Anderssen, Prussia, world chess champion, 1851-66

1815 Russia, Prussia, Austria and England signs Great Alliance

1815 Russia, Prussia and Austria sign Holy Alliance

1815 Battle at Ligny: French army under Napoleon beats Prussia

1814 Battle at Masurische Meren: Germans chase Russians out of E Prussia

1813 Battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria and Russia)

1810 Luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III, dies at 34

1809 Albrecht F H, prince of Prussia

1807 France, Russia and Prussia sign Peace of Tilsit

1806 Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia Christian, composer, dies at 33

1806 Prussia takes possession of Hanover

1805 Otto T Freiherr von Manteuffel, premier Prussia

1802 Henry DFL, prince of Prussia/general/diplomat, dies

1799 F. W. A. Argelander, Memel E. Prussia, cataloguer of 324,188 stars

1797 Frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97), dies at 53

1797 William I, Berlin, King of Prussia, 1861-88, German Emperor, 1871-88

1797 Russia, Prussia and Austria sign treaty

1795 3rd partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia and Russia

1795 Frederik Willem IV, king of Prussia, 1840 - 1861, Germany, 1849 - 1861

1793 2nd partition of Poland, between Prussia and Russia

1793 Prussia and Russia sign partition treaty (Poland divided)

1792 Prussia army moves into French territory

1792 France declares war on Prussia

1792 France declares war on Austria, Prussia and Sardinia

1792 Austria and Prussia sign anti-French covenant

1791 Dutch prince Willem Frederik marries his niece princess Frederika Louise Wilhelmina of Prussia

1788 Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90

1788 England, Netherlands and Prussia sign peace treaty

1786 Frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74

1785 Prussia signs trade agreement with US

1778 Prussia declares war on Austria

1776 Luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III

1775 Poland and Prussia sign trade agreement

1772 Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer

1772 1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia and Russia

1772 1st partition of Poland-Russia and Prussia, joined later by Austria

1770 F Louise W, daughter of viceroy Willem V and Wilhelmina of Prussia

1770 Frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia, 1797-1840

1763 Austria, Prussia and Saxony sign Peace of Hubertusburg

1762 Sweden and Prussia sign peace treaty

1762 Russia and Prussia sign peace treaty

1762 Russia and Prussia signs peace treaty

1760 Battle at Torgau, Saxony: Prussia beats Austria

1760 Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria and Russia

1760 Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria and Russia

1760 Battle of Landshut Silesia: Austria beats Prussia

1758 Battle at Hochkirk, Saksen: Austrian army beats Prussia

1758 Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russians: 1000s killed

1758 Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russia, 1000s killed

1758 Russian troops occupy Konigsberg, East Prussia

1757 Charles X, Versailles France, Duke of Prussia

1757 Battle at Gross Jagerndorf: Russian army beats Prussia

1757 Battle at Kolin Bohemia: Austrian army beats Prussia

1757 Battle at Prague: Frederik II of Prussia beats emperor army

1757 Austria and France divide Prussia

1757 German Diet declares war on Prussia

1756 Saxon army surrenders to Prussia

1756 England and Prussia sign Treaty of Westminster

1755 Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prussia milt/minister of War, 1807-10

1753 Voltaire leaves the court of Frederik II of Prussia

1751 Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange/wife of Willem V

1750 Decree issued in Paderborn Prussia allows for annual search of all Jewish homes for stolen or "doubtful" goods

1745 Prussia/Austria signs Treaty of Dresden

1745 Battle at Kesseldorf: Prussia beats Saksen and Austria

1745 England, Prussia and Hannover sign treaty

1745 Battle at Hohenfriedberg Silezie: Prussia beats Austria

1745 Frederick the Great (Prussia) defeats Austrians and Saxons

1744 Frederik Willem II, king of Prussia, 1786-97

1744 France and Prussia sign peace treaty

1742 Prussia and England sign anti-French military covenant

1742 Prussia and Austria sign peace treaty

1742 Frederick great (Emperor of Prussia) beats Austrians

1741 Prussia goes to the Covenant of Nymphenburg

1740 King Frederik II of Prussia ends torture and guarantees religion and freedom of the press

1740 Frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51

1730 Crown prince Frederik of Prussia escapes to England

1726 Hendrik D F L, prince of Prussia/diplomat

1725 England, France, Hannover and Prussia sign Covenant of Hannover

1721 Bernhard Albinus, Weiss, German artist (Frederik of Prussia), dies

1720 Sweden and Prussia sign peace (2nd Treaty of Stockholm)

1720 Sweden and Prussia sign peace treaty

1717 France, Russia and Prussia sign agreement

1715 Prussia declares war on Sweden

1714 Prussia and Russia sign secret treaty

1713 Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at 55

1712 Frederick II, the Great, king of Prussia, 1740-86

1707 Sweden and Prussia sign military treaty

1701 Frederik I/Sophie Charlotte van Hanover crowned king/queen of Prussia

1700 Monarch of Brandenburg becomes king of Prussia

1688 Frederick-William I, king of Prussia, 1713-1740

1688 Frederik Willem I, king of Prussia, bodyguard of giants

1686 Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor, thermometer

1657 Frederik I, King of Prussia, 1701-13

1656 Treaty of Labiau: Sweden gives Prussia, Brandenburg

1653 Bernhard Albinus, Germany, court-physician, Frederick of Prussia

1619 Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47

1572 Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia

1568 Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77

1510 38 Jews are burned at stake in Berlin Prussia

1490 Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia


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