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1964 Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general/politician, dies at 93

1934 Heinrich Himmler becomes inspector Prussian secret state police

1933 Prussian minister Goering bans all Catholic newspapers

1933 President von Hindenburg and von Papen end Prussian parliament

1913 Alfred von Schlieffen, Prussian General-Field Marshal, dies at 79

1904 Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian field marshal/chief-staff, dies at 71

1902 Prussian Upper house gives 350 million marks to Poland

1891 Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/Field Marshal, dies

1870 Napoleon III surrenders to Prussian armies

1870 Felix Salm-Salm, Prussian/US prince/Brigadier-General, dies in battle

1870 Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general/politician, East Africa

1864 Walther Hermann Nernst, Prussian physicist/chemist, Nobel 1920

1864 Austrian/Prussian troops occupy Sleeswijk/Holstein

1849 Battle at Waghausel: Prussian troops beat Baden rebels

1849 Furst Bernhard HM von Bulow, German chancellor/Prussian PM, 1900-09

1839 Prussian government limits work week for children to 51 hours

1833 Alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general-Field Marshal

1832 Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian Field Marshal

1831 Karl von Clausewitz, Prussian strategist (Campaign 1813), dies at 51

1831 August WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian Field Marshal, dies at 70

1813 Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prussian Minister of War (1807-10), dies in battle

1812 Citizenship granted to Prussian Jews

1809 Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at 33

1806 Amalia Furstin Gallitzin, Prussian daughter of Golitsyn, dies at 57

1800 Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian general-Field Marshal

1797 Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs

1794 Friedrich WLGA von Steuben, Prussian/U.S. inspector-general of Washingtons army, dies at 64

1793 Prussian troops occupy Venlo, Netherlands

1787 Amsterdam surrenders to Prussian invasion army

1787 Prussian troops conquer Gorinchem

1787 Prussian army moves into Netherlands

1780 Karl von Clausewitz, Prussian strategist

1780 August L Crelle, German inventor/mathematician, 1st Prussian Railway

1776 Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel

1774 Heinrich A Fouque, Prussian general (7 year war), dies at 76

1767 Prince Willem V marries Prussian princess Wilhelmina

1760 August W. A. Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian Field Marshal

1759 Battle at Maxen: Prussian army surrenders to Austrians

1759 Hans D L earl Yorck von Wartenburg, Prussian Field Marshal/Governor-General

1757 Battle at Leuthen: Prussian army beats Austrians

1756 Prussian Libya occupies Saxson: beginning 7 years War

1743 Prussian army occupies Saksen, beginning 2nd Silezian War

1741 Prussian forces took Olmutz, Czechoslovakia

1741 Theodor Gotlieb von Hippel, East Prussian author/mayor of Koningsberg

1740 Prussian Libya falls to Silezie

1736 Daniel G Fahrenheit, Prussian/Netherlands physicist (thermometer), dies at 50

1730 Hans Hermann von Katte, Prussian lieutenant, beheaded

1728 Prussian Emperor Karel VI sign Treaty of Berlin

1717 Prussian king Frederik Willem I gives compulsory education to 5-12 yrs

1717 Prussian King Frederik Willem I buys conscript for nobles

1716 Russian and Prussian troops occupy Wismar

1716 Russian and Prussian troops occupy Wismar

1715 Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund

1715 Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund

1713 Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese and French peace treaty

1698 Heinrich A. Fouque, Prussian general


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