North German Confederation Is Formed
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs
- Curriculum: 19th Century European History, German History
- Geographical Location: Berlin
- Date: 1866-1867
Article abstract: The North German Confederation is formed under the direction of Prussia, heralding a major step in the process of German unification.
Summary of Event
At the beginning of 1866, the German states were still organized as they had been at the Congress of Vienna of 1815, a loosely ordered group of sovereign states called the Germanic Confederation (Deutsche Bund). Yet tension was building between the two major states of the Confederation, Austria and Prussia, and war broke out between them in June of 1866. Prussia, led by...
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