The first emperor was Wilhem I, the King of Prussia who founded the German Empire in 1871, succeeded by Friedrich, who reigned just shy of 100 days, and then Wilhelm II, who was not yet 30 when he ...
The Treaty of Versailles, which was signed on June 28, 1919, was intended to bring peace following World War I — but instead ...
Grand Duke George Romanov, an heir to the House of Romanov, and Princess Victoria have announced the gender of their second ...
A key event in the breakdown of Bismarck’s European security system that had included the Three Emperor’s League was Kaiser Wilhelm II’s dismissal of the chancellor in 1890. The Kaiser ...
In the 1880s, the German Emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II, decided to build a navy to rival that of the British. This decision led to a competition to build larger, deadlier ships that were faster and ...
From Snyder’s On Tyranny to modern authoritarian trends, historians explore the critical lessons from the 20th century ...
A portrait of the German Kaiser, Wilhelm II. The Kaiser's ambitions for empire ... William I, German Emperor. Francis Joseph I, Emperor of Austria-Hungary, Alexander III of Russia with the ...
The fact that a routine diplomatic meeting unraveled into an event that reshaped the global order shocked many but has historical precedent. In numerous past incidents, what began as a trivial ...
the founder of the modern German empire, on March 31, 1960, at the Tiergarten park in Berlin, Germany, that was damaged by shots and shell splinters during WW II. (AP Photo/Werner Kreusch ...