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| 1866 |
| | Prussia invades its neighbouring German states and launches the Seven Weeks' War | |
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| 1866 |
| | The terms of the treaty of Prague, ending the Seven Weeks War, make plain the transfer of German leadership from Austria to Prussia | |
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| 1867 |
| | A revival of the Prussian Zollverein, or customs union, includes all the German states except Austria | |
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| 1871 |
| | The Prussian king, William I, is proclaimed emperor of a united Germany in the palace at Versailles | |
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| 1871 |
| | Troops of the new German empire march through Paris in a victory parade at the end of the Franco-Prussian war | |
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| 1884 |
| | Bismarck launches the colonial scramble for Africa by suddenly annexing three territories for Germany (Togo, Cameroon and Angria Pequena) | |
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| 1884 |
| | Gustav Nachtigal arrives in Togo and persuades local chiefs to accept the protection of the German emperor | |
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| 1884 |
| | Gustav Nachtigal, moving on to Cameroon, annexes this region too for the new German empire | |
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| 1884 |
| | Karl Peters hurries round east Africa persuading chiefs to accept the German emperor as their protector | |
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| 1884 |
| | Bismarck invites the European powers to a West Africa Conference in Berlin | |
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