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German Confederation

Germany · Government / Government of Germany. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1850Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1850

Frederick William IV29 November 1850

Government / Government of Germany

Attempts to establish the Erfurt Union, a union of German states excluding Austria, but abandons the idea in the face of Austrian resistance

Frederick William IV29 November 1850

Government / Government of Germany

Prussia and Austria. Prussia abandons the Erfurt Union and accepts the revival of the German Confederation under Austrian leadership

Frederick William IV29 November 1850

Olmutz · Government / Government of Germany

A treaty between Prussia and Austria by which Prussia abandoned the Erfurt Union and accepted the revival of the German Confederation under Austrian leadership

Names involved

Frederick William IV

Provenance

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