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...
In 1864, Prussia and Austria began a war with Denmark, seizing Schleswig-Holstein. Two years later Prussia fought a war with Austria and the small German states allied with Austria. At the end of the war, known as the Seven Weeks’ War, Prussia annexed Hanover, Hesse-Cas-sel, Nassau, ...
The peace of Utrecht (1713) 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 was forced by circumstances to take up arms ...
money. During the crisis of 1863–64 over theSchleswig-Holstein question, 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. Bi...
money. During the crisis of 1863–64 over theSchleswig-Holstein question, 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. Bi...