Alliance Prussia and Austria
Prussia will defend Austria if it accepts Prussia within the German Confederation
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1851 in Germany
Explore 23 historical events and records for Germany in 1851.
Historical records for Germany in 1851
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January
Conference of Dresden
Prussia refuses to allow all of Austria into the German Confederation
Constitution of Germany
Prussia will defend Austria if it accepts Prussia within the German Confederation
Unification
Prussia will defend Austria if it accepts Prussia within the German Confederation
Other events (month unknown)
Colonel
Appointed Colonel
Commandant
Appointed Colonel Commandant of the Cadet School of Berlin
Constitution of Germany
Promulgates a new constitution that created a Parliament with two chambers, an aristocratic upper house and an elected lower house.
Constitution of Germany
The constitution also reserved for the king the power of appointing all ministers, reestablished the conservative district assemblies and provincial diets, and guaranteed that the bureaucracy and the military remained firmly in the hands of the king.
Constitution of Germany
The lower house is elected by all taxpayers, but in a three-tiered system based on the amount of taxes paid so that true universal suffrage is denied.
Die Ritter Vom Geiste
Publication of "Die Ritter Vom Geiste", the beginning of the German social novels
Die Ritter Vom Geiste", the beginning of the German social novels
Publication of "Die Ritter Vom Geiste", the beginning of the German social novels
German Confederation
Bismarck challenges Austria's restored influence by allying Prussia with other German states
German Confederation
Frederick William appoints Bismarck as Prussia's envoy to the Diet of the German Confederation in Frankfurt
Invention of Induction Coil
Invents the high-tension induction coil
New-York Daily Tribune
Marx begins writing regularly for the New-York Daily Tribune.
Parerga and Paralipomena
Schopenhauer publishes Parerga and Paralipomena, the work that helps bring him wider recognition.
Parliament
Promulgates a new constitution that created a Parliament with two chambers, an aristocratic upper house and an elected lower house
Press
Reuters News service is started when it moves to London & uses telegraphy
Prussian Police Target Communist Circles
Prussian police arrested Communist League activists, including Peter Nothjung, while investigating alleged revolutionary conspiracy.
Prussian Reaction Restricts Political Climate
Conservative repression after the revolutions altered the conditions under which Berlin's liberal press could operate.
Suffrage
The lower house is elected by all taxpayers, but in a three-tiered system based on the amount of taxes paid so that true universal suffrage is denied
Unification
Bismarck challenges Austria's restored influence by allying Prussia with other German states
Universal Suffrage
The lower house is elected by all taxpayers, but in a three-tiered system based on the amount of taxes paid so that true universal suffrage is denied
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