Appendix

The following is a chronological statement of the principal events in German history connected with the narrative:

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

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Translated from the German by
GEORGE P. UPTON

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