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Detention of Elector

Germany · Warfare / Seven Weeks War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1866Date range
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Chronological records

1866

Frederick William Hesse-Kassel Frederick William I23 June 1866

Wilhelmshohe · Warfare / Seven Weeks War

Prussian troops detain the elector at Wilhelmshohe after he refuses neutrality.

Names involved

Frederick William Hesse-Kassel Frederick William I

Provenance

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