Industrial Age · Europe · Politics

1871

German Empire Proclaimed

January 18, 1871

In the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles - where Louis XIV had once received ambassadors - German princes proclaimed Wilhelm I of Prussia emperor of a unified German Reich. Bismarck stood at the foot of the dais in a white uniform. The French, besieged a few miles away, heard the cheering. A new, unbalanced Europe had arrived.

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Before and after in Europe

Before: October 27, 1870: Metz Capitulates
After: 1872: Monet's Impression, Sunrise

Before and after in Politics

Before: September 20, 1870: Rome Taken by Italy
After: November 5, 1872: Anthony Votes Illegally

Era

Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: German Empire