State

German Empire

German nation-state in Central Europe from 1871 to 1918

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1871–1918
Founded
1871
Ended
1918
Capital
Berlin
Government
constitutional monarchy
Languages
German
Preceded by
North German Confederation
Succeeded by
Weimar Republic

Overview

The German Empire (German: Deutsches Reich), also referred to as Imperial Germany or the Second Reich, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when Germany changed its form of government to a republic. The German Empire consisted of 25 states, each with its own nobility: four constituent kingdoms, six grand duchies, five duchies (six before 1876), seven principalities, three free Hanseatic cities, and one imperial territory. While Prussia was only one of the four kingdoms in the realm, it contained about two-thirds of the Empire's population and territory, and Prussian dominance was also constitutionally established, since the king of Prussia was also the German Emperor (Deutscher Kaiser).

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All rulers (10)

  1. Frederick I of Prussia1701–1713
  2. Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia1713–1740
  3. Frederick II of Prussia1740–1786
  4. Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia1786–1797
  5. Frederick William III of Prussia1797–1840
  6. Frederick William IV of Prussia1840–1861
  7. Wilhelm I1861–1888
  8. Wilhelm I1871–1888
  9. Frederick III, German Emperor1888
  10. Wilhelm II1888–1918

Records (137)

  1. 1870–1871 — Franco-Prussian WarWar
  2. 1870 — Battle of HavanaNaval battle
  3. 1871 — Treaty of FrankfurtTreaty
  4. 1873 — League of the Three EmperorsTreaty
  5. 1873 — Frankfurt Beer RiotsRebellion
  6. 1878–1888 — Nauruan Civil WarWar
  7. 1883 — Germany–Korea Treaty of 1883Treaty
  8. 1886–1894 — Samoan Civil WarWar
  9. 1890 — Heligoland–Zanzibar TreatyTreaty
  10. 1891 — Battle of Lula-RugaroBattle
  11. 1891–1898 — Wahehe WarWar
  12. 1896 — Adibo daliBattle
  13. 1896–1897 — 1896–97 Hamburg dockers' strikeUprising
  14. 1898–1899 — Second Samoan Civil WarWar
  15. 1898 — Convention respecting the Lease of Kiaochow between China and GermanyTreaty
  16. 1899–1901 — Boxer RebellionRebellion
  17. 1899 — German–Spanish TreatyTreaty
  18. 1899–1902 — Fulbe WarWar
  19. 1901 — Boxer ProtocolTreaty
  20. 1903–1904 — Crimmitschau strikeUprising
  21. 1904 — Battle of WaterbergBattle
  22. 1904 — Battle of NamutoniBattle
  23. 1910–1911 — Sokehs RebellionRebellion
  24. 1911 — Morocco–Congo TreatyTreaty
  25. 1914 — Battle of the Falkland IslandsNaval battle
  26. 1914 — First Battle of YpresBattle
  27. 1914 — Siege of TsingtaoSiege
  28. 1914–1915 — South-West Africa campaignCampaign
  29. 1914 — Battle of Heligoland BightNaval battle
  30. 1914–1915 — First Battle of ChampagneBattle
  31. 1914–1918 — East African CampaignCampaign
  32. 1914 — Battle of the Vistula RiverBattle
  33. 1914 — Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and WhitbyNaval battle
  34. 1914 — Battle of PenangBattle
  35. 1914 — Action of 22 September 1914Naval battle
  36. 1914–1915 — First Battle of ArtoisBattle
  37. 1914 — Battle of KilimanjaroBattle
  38. 1914 — Battle off TexelNaval battle
  39. 1914 — Battle of ZanzibarNaval battle
  40. 1914 — Battle of AgbeluvhoeBattle
  41. 1914 — Battle of RevignyBattle
  42. 1914 — Battle of DononBattle
  43. 1914 — Battle of the Upper MeurtheBattle
  44. 1914 — Battle of RaboséeBattle
  45. 1914 — Battle of NeteBattle
  46. 1914 — Battle of la Fosse-à-l'EauBattle
  47. 1914 — Battle of Monchy-au-BoisBattle
  48. 1914 — Naulila IncidentBattle
  49. 1914 — Battle of the MeuseBattle
  50. 1914–1918 — Portuguese campaign in MozambiqueCampaign
  51. 1914 — Battle of Lake MalawiNaval battle
  52. 1914 — Lorraine CampaignCampaign
  53. 1914 — Battle of GumbinnenBattle · Russia ▸ Germany
  54. 1914 — Battle of Masurian LakesBattle · Germany ▸ Russia
  55. 1914 — Battle of MuhlhausenBattle · Germany ▸ France
  56. 1914 — Battle of Orlau-FrankenauBattle · Russia ▸ Germany
  57. 1914 — Battle of StalluponenBattle · Germany ▸ Russia
  58. 1914 — Battle of TannenbergBattle · Germany ▸ Russia
  59. 1915 — Second Battle of YpresBattle
  60. 1915–1918 — Serbian campaignCampaign
  61. 1915–1917 — Battles of the IsonzoBattle
  62. 1915 — Battle of Dogger BankNaval battle
  63. 1915 — Second Battle of ArtoisBattle
  64. 1915 — Battle of the Gulf of RigaNaval battle
  65. 1915 — naval operations in the Dardanelles CampaignNaval battle
  66. 1915 — Battle of Más a TierraNaval battle
  67. 1915 — Battle of Hill 60Battle
  68. 1915 — Fall of Belgrade (1915)Battle
  69. 1915 — Siege of KovnoSiege
  70. 1915 — Battle of NgaundereBattle
  71. 1915 — Second Battle of BolimówBattle
  72. 1915 — Battle of Masurian LakesBattle · Germany ▸ Russia
  73. 1916 — Battle of VerdunBattle
  74. 1916 — Battle of the SommeBattle
  75. 1916 — Battle of JutlandNaval battle
  76. 1916 — Battle of FromellesBattle
  77. 1916 — Battle of Delville WoodBattle
  78. 1916 — Bombardment of Yarmouth and LowestoftNaval battle
  79. 1916 — Battle of Dover StraitNaval battle
  80. 1916 — Battle of Dogger BankNaval battle
  81. 1916 — Battle of Thiepval RidgeBattle
  82. 1916 — Battle of FunchalNaval battle
  83. 1916 — 1916 Berlin strikeUprising
  84. 1916 — Storming of Fort VauxBattle
  85. 1917 — Battle of CaporettoBattle
  86. 1917 — Battle of CambraiBattle
  87. 1917 — Battle of Vimy RidgeBattle
  88. 1917 — Battle of ArrasBattle
  89. 1917 — Battle of MessinesBattle
  90. 1917–1921 — Ukrainian–Soviet WarWar
  91. 1917 — Operation AlbionNaval battle
  92. 1917 — Second Battle of the AisneBattle
  93. 1917 — Battle of BeershebaBattle
  94. 1917 — Second Battle of Heligoland BightNaval battle
  95. 1917 — Battle of RigaBattle
  96. 1917 — Battle of Moon SoundNaval battle
  97. 1917–1944 — Soviet-Finnish warsWar
  98. 1917 — Battle of La MalmaisonBattle
  99. 1917 — Battle of the HillsBattle
  100. 1917 — Second Battle of Dover StraitNaval battle
  101. 1917 — Action off LerwickNaval battle
  102. 1917 — Action of 4 May 1917Naval battle
  103. 1917 — Action of 16 March 1917Naval battle
  104. 1917 — Action of 11–12 December 1917Naval battle
  105. 1917 — Battle of BroodseindeBattle
  106. 1917 — Action of 17 November 1917Naval battle
  107. 1917 — Shrevsky OperationBattle
  108. 1917 — Battle of BjerregårdNaval battle
  109. 1917 — Battle of NurunyuBattle
  110. 1918 — Treaty of BucharestTreaty
  111. 1918 — Second Battle of the MarneBattle
  112. 1918 — Battle of AmiensBattle
  113. 1918 — Battle of Belleau WoodBattle
  114. 1918 — Third Battle of the AisneBattle
  115. 1918 — Battle of Saint-MihielBattle
  116. 1918 — Battle of the LysBattle
  117. 1918 — Zeebrugge RaidNaval battle
  118. 1918 — Second Battle of the SommeBattle
  119. 1918 — Battle of ImbrosNaval battle
  120. 1918 — Capture of DamascusBattle
  121. 1918 — Battle of HavrincourtBattle
  122. 1918 — Battle of Mont Saint-QuentinBattle
  123. 1918 — Battle of KaniówBattle
  124. 1918 — Battle of AleppoBattle
  125. 1918 — German strike of January 1918Uprising
  126. 1918 — Battle of the ScarpeBattle
  127. 1918 — First Battle of DernancourtBattle
  128. 1918 — Treaty of BufteaTreaty
  129. 1918 — Treaty of Peace between Finland and GermanyTreaty
  130. 1918 — Battle of Saint-ThierryBattle
  131. 1918 — Second Battle of MorlancourtBattle
  132. 1918 — Battle of VorontsovkaBattle
  133. 1918 — Capture of Zeebrugge, October 1918Naval battle
  134. 1918 — Battle of MedoBattle
  135. 1919 — Scuttling of the German Fleet in Scapa FlowNaval battle
  136. 1919 — Battle of CesisBattle · Estonia ▸ Germany
  137. 1919 — Battle of Riga (1st)Battle · Latvia, United Kingdom, France ▸ German volunteers

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