A constitutional crisis in 1860s Prussia could teach Americans the importance of public participation in democracy.

This story appears in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Throughout history, small states have come out of nowhere, and rapidly become great powers. This was the ...

Jan. 18 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1871, William of Prussia was declared the first German emperor. His reign ended upon his death March 9, 1888, and he was succeeded by his son ...

wisely opens this book with an overview of European and German history from fall of Napoleon to the outbreak of the 1866 Austro-Prussian or Seven Weeks' War. He follows this with a concise account of ...

Four queens, four famous names in Prussian history: Luise, Augusta, \"Vicky\" and Auguste Viktoria. Who were they? Glamorous, rebellious, virtuous, conservative or even scheming? In a panorama ...

Prussia's development as a successful, modern industrial state gave hope to German nationalists. Economically, unification through the Zollverein economic alliance of 1834 had been a success ...

Allied with France and Britain, Grand Duke Nicholas, the Russian commander, agreed to help relieve the French, under attack from Germany, with an offensive in East Prussia. This required mobility ...