The first war (1864) was fought in alliance with Austria against Denmark over Schleswig-Holstein. Its settlement furnished a pretext for the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, in which Prussia quickly and thoroughly defeated Austria and its allies and gained additional territory by the annexation of ...
The peace of Utrecht (1713), which added Guelders to the Prussian territories, left Frederick William free to turn his attention to the northern war then raging between Sweden on the one side and Russia, Poland and Denmark on the other. Though at first disposed to be friendly to Sweden, he...
Horses of a stouter type are bred in Schleswig-Holstein and on the Rhine, but heavy draught horses have to be imported from France, Holland, Belgium and Denmark. The best cattle are reared in the maritime provinces, whence, as from the marshy lowlands of Hanover, they are exported in ...
the Lower Chamber persisted in rejecting the military budget, but this did not prevent Prussia’s going to war againstDenmark. It was Prussia’sSeven Weeks’ Waragainst Austria in 1866 that ended theconstitutionalcrisis. Bismarck apologized for the illegal expenditure of money, and in September the...
the Lower Chamber persisted in rejecting the military budget, but this did not prevent Prussia’s going to war againstDenmark. It was Prussia’sSeven Weeks’ Waragainst Austria in 1866 that ended theconstitutionalcrisis. Bismarck apologized for the illegal expenditure of money, and in September the...