January 1851Alliance Prussia and AustriaOtto von Manteuffel
Prussia will defend Austria if it accepts Prussia within the German Confederation
Historical records for Germany in 1851, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Prussia will defend Austria if it accepts Prussia within the German Confederation
Prussia refuses to allow all of Austria into the German Confederation
Prussia will defend Austria if it accepts Prussia within the German Confederation
Prussia will defend Austria if it accepts Prussia within the German Confederation
Appointed Colonel
Appointed Colonel Commandant of the Cadet School of Berlin
Promulgates a new constitution that created a Parliament with two chambers, an aristocratic upper house and an elected lower house.
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.
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.
Publication of "Die Ritter Vom Geiste", the beginning of the German social novels
Publication of "Die Ritter Vom Geiste", the beginning of the German social novels
Bismarck challenges Austria's restored influence by allying Prussia with other German states
Frederick William appoints Bismarck as Prussia's envoy to the Diet of the German Confederation in Frankfurt
Invents the high-tension induction coil
Marx begins writing regularly for the New-York Daily Tribune.
Promulgates a new constitution that created a Parliament with two chambers, an aristocratic upper house and an elected lower house
Reuters News service is started when it moves to London & uses telegraphy
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
Bismarck challenges Austria's restored influence by allying Prussia with other German states
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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