Kingdom of Prussia - Wikipedia
WEBe. The Kingdom of Prussia[a] (German: Königreich Preußen, pronounced [ˈkøːnɪkʁaɪç ˈpʁɔʏsn̩] ⓘ) constituted the German state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918. [5] It was the driving force behind the unification of Germany in 1866 and was the leading state of the German Empire until its dissolution in 1918. [5]
Prussia | History, Maps, Flag, & Definition | Britannica
WEBPrussia, in European history, any of three historical areas of eastern and central Europe. It is most often associated with the kingdom ruled by the German Hohenzollern dynasty, which claimed much of northern Germany and western Poland in the 18th and 19th centuries and united Germany under its leadership in 1871.
Prussia - Wikipedia
WEBPrussia (/ ˈprʌʃə /, German: Preußen [ˈpʁɔʏsn̩] ⓘ; Old Prussian: Prūsija, Prūsa[b]) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions. It formed the German Empire when it united the German states in 1871.
Royaume de Prusse — Wikipédia
WEBLe royaume de Prusse (en allemand : Königreich Preußen) est un ancien État européen formé en 1701 et intégré en 1871 à l'Empire allemand, dont il est la composante principale ; il disparaît en 1918 lorsque l'Allemagne devient une république.
List of Prussian monarchs - Wikipedia
WEBThe monarchs of Prussia were members of the House of Hohenzollern who were the hereditary rulers of the former German state of Prussia from its founding in 1525 as the Duchy of Prussia. The Duchy had evolved out of the Teutonic Order, a Roman Catholic crusader state and theocracy located along the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea.
The Kingdom of Prussia is Founded - History Today
WEBJan 1, 2001 · Prussia, which was to become a byword for German militarism and authoritarianism, began its history outside Germany altogether. The people called Preussen in German, who inhabited the land on the south-eastern coast of the Baltic, were Slavs, related to the Lithuanians and Latvians.
Prussia - German Empire, Hohenzollern Dynasty, Unification
WEBThe Franco-German War of 1870–71 established Prussia as the leading state in the imperial German Reich. William I of Prussia became German emperor on January 18, 1871. Subsequently, the Prussian army absorbed the other German armed forces, except the Bavarian army, which remained autonomous in peacetime.
Dossier Voltaire en Prusse, 1750-53 - Oxford University Press
WEBThe Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series, previously known as SVEC (Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century), has published over 500 peer-reviewed scholarly volumes since 1955 as part of the Voltaire Foundation at the University of Oxford.
Historical Maps of Germany / Prussia - University of Alabama
WEBHistorical Maps of Germany / Prussia. Main Author: Jansson, Jan (info) Title/Description: Nova Illustrissimi Ducatus Pomeraniae Tabula. Publication Info: [Amsterdam: c. 1650] Date: 1650.
Dossier Voltaire en Prusse, 1750-53 (Oxford University Studies in …
WEBJan 1, 1986 · Dossier Voltaire en Prusse, 1750-53 (Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment 1986) (French Edition) Hardcover – January 1, 1986 French Edition by André Magnan (Author)
- Author: André Magnan
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