This timeline outlines the events, milestones and turning points in the history of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society up from the founding idea from 1909 through to 1945.

However, the expedition’s focus was not on researching the city’s rich Phoenician or Roman history, but on something much greater: the remains of Emperor Frederick I, known as Barbarossa. The ...

should the new Empire be a republic or a constitutional monarchy? The National Assembly voted for a constitutional monarchy with the Prussian King Frederick William IV as German emperor — but he ...

Providing multiple lenses with which to view the German Empire, Chickering's survey examines local and domestic experiences as well as global ramifications. The German Empire, 1871–1918 provides the ...

more often he resided in one of the German spa towns or ventured out on extended journeys within Europe. In 1898, during his second journey to the Orient, which wasn’t without its critics within the ...

The Last EmperorRuler of the German empire, Kaiser Wilhelm II lost much of his political influence during World War I as his generals gained power. Photograph by Alamy/ACI America watched the ...

a new imperial constitution was set up within the now unified German states Wilhelm I, was officially recognised as Emperor (Kaiser) of the German Empire ...

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Having enjoyed the personal support of Wilhelm II in the days of the empire, he viewed the Republic as the natural political ... "My position as President of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society and in the ...

What’s more, the empire started through violence and depended ... If an army grew dissatisfied, the emperor was in trouble; if dissatisfaction spread further, he was finished.

A metal detectorist in Germany has discovered a rare hoard of almost 3,000 Roman-era coins outside of the Roman Empire's ancient borders and far from any known Germanic ... most of which depict the ...