The Kingdom of Prussia was a German state that began in 1701, when Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg crowned himself King Frederick I in Königsberg. It grew from the lands of Brandenburg and the Duchy of Prussia into one of the great powers of Europe, especially under Frederick the Great, who won Silesia and fought the Seven Years' War. After defeat by Napoleon in 1806, Prussia carried out major reforms, and it later led the unification of Germany under Otto von Bismarck. In 1871 the Prussian king became the German emperor, and Prussia was the largest state in the German Empire. The monarchy ended with the abdication of Wilhelm II in November 1918, and the state itself was abolished by the Allies in 1947.
Before and after
- 17th centuryRakı
- 8 February 1700Birth of Daniel Bernoulli
- from 22 February 1700 to 10 September 1721Great Northern War
- 1701Founding of Yale University
- from 18 January 1701 to 9 November 1918Kingdom of Prussia
- from March 1701 to September 1714War of the Spanish Succession
- 27 November 1701Birth of Anders Celsius
- 1703Founding of Amherst
- 16 May 1703Founding of Saint Petersburg
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- 1744Rise of House of Saud
The era
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