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German Empire

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

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1871Date range
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Chronological records

1871

Otto Eduard Leopold Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen1 January 1871

Government / Government of Germany

The North German Confederation adopts a new constitution, which was written under the title of a new "German Confederation" but already gave it the name "German Empire"

Names involved

Otto Eduard Leopold Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen

Provenance

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