Appendix
The following is a chronological statement of the principal events in German history connected with the narrative:
| 1797 | Birth of William First. |
| 1807 | Received officer’s patent. |
| 1813 | Appointed Captain. |
| 1814-1815 | Served in Napoleonic campaign. |
| 1829 | Married Augusta of Saxe-Weimar. |
| 1840 | Heir presumptive. |
| 1848 | German revolution. |
| 1849 | Suppressed the insurrection in Baden and the Palatinate. |
| 1854 | Field Marshal and Governor at Mainz. |
| 1858 | Regency for his brother Frederick William. |
| 1861 | Ascended the throne of Prussia. |
| 1862 | Appointed Bismarck Minister of Foreign Affairs. |
| 1864 | War with Denmark. |
| 1866 | Austro-Prussian War. |
| 1867 | President of the North German Confederation. |
| 1870-1871 | Franco-Prussian War. |
| 1871 | Proclaimed German Emperor at Versailles. |
| 1871 | Returned with the army to Berlin. |
| 1888 | Died at Berlin. |
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