Even though this war is being fought 7,000 miles away with 21st-century technology amid the ziggurats of Ur and Babylon, the conflict that it most reminds me of is the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 ...

King Albert dies. Skip to content Skip to site index ... Was Born in 1828uThe Last to Die of the Generals Who Commanded the German Army in '1870. Share full article. June 20, 1902.

Frederick the Great, King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786, made his kingdom one of the most powerful states in Europe and laid the foundation for the later creation of a united Germany.

September 9, 1870 [Prussian Occupation of France] In our first manifesto of the 23rd of July, we said: ... There lay an ugly obstacle in their way "” [Prussian] King William's own proclamations at the ...

On 18 January 1871 – the anniversary of the coronation of the first Prussian king in 1701 – an extraordinary ceremony took place in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. Surrounded by his fellow German ...

An erotic poem written by Prussian King Frederick the Great has been discovered in a Berlin archive, more than 200 years after he died. The poem is called La Jouissance, which means pleasure in a ...