Birth of Frederick William I15 August 1688
Birth of Frederick William I, son of Frederick I of Prussia
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Frederick William I Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Frederick William I, based on 15 World History Database records associated with Germany.
15 records1688–174015 events4 places
Chronological biography
1688
1706
Marriage1706
Marries Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
1709
Battle of Malplaquet11 September 1709
Serves in the Duke of Malboroughs HQ, "the greatest day of my life"
1711
Conversion1711
Converted to Pietism
Regency1711
Appointed Regent for his father Frederick I
1713
Armament1713
Doubles the size of the Army to 80,000 men
Declaration of War1713
Goes to war with Sweden over Pomerania
Succession25 February 1713
Succeeds as King of Prussia, ascends the throne on his fathers death
1717
Reform of Education1717
Introduces compulsory primary education
1720
Treaty of Stockholm1720
Receives the greater part of Pomerania under the Treaty of Stockholm
1723
Constitution of Germany1723
Centralizes the administration
1725
Pragmatic Sanction, The1725
Frederick William I declares support for the Pragmatic Sanction
Sanction-Pragmatic1725
Frederick William I declares support for the Pragmatic Sanction
1733
Alliance Frederick William I and Emperor Charles VI1733
Offers Emperor Charles VI an expeditionary force in Poland
1740
Death of Frederick William I31 May 1740
Says he had at last, "had the decency to die". Death of Frederick William I
Titles and roles
King · King · Regent
Record provenance
This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.