Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia.
Category: States
- October 24, 1648Brandenburg-Prussia gains Farther Pomerania and four bishoprics
Westphalia gives Brandenburg-Prussia Farther Pomerania and the bishoprics of Magdeburg, Halberstadt, Kammin and Minden. The border with Swedish Pomerania is left open.
- March 24, 1721Bach dedicates the Brandenburg Concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig
While Kapellmeister at Köthen, Johann Sebastian Bach sent six concertos to the Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, dated 24 March 1721, at the Margrave's request after meeting him in Berlin.
- May 7, 1747Bach visits Frederick the Great at Potsdam and writes The Musical Offering
On 7 May 1747 Johann Sebastian Bach was received by Frederick II of Prussia at Potsdam. He printed the resulting contrapuntal The Musical Offering in September of that year.
- September 20, 1792French army halts the Prussians at Valmy
French forces under Kellermann and Dumouriez stopped a Prussian army led by the Duke of Brunswick in Champagne, the first major French success of the Revolutionary Wars and a boost to the new regime.
- October 14, 1806Napoleon crushes the Prussian army at Jena and Auerstedt
On the same day, Napoleon beat Prince Hohenlohe at Jena and Marshal Davout, though outnumbered, defeated the main Prussian army at Auerstedt. Berlin fell to the French soon after.
- July 7, 1807Treaties of Tilsit: France allies with Russia and cuts Prussia down
Napoleon and Alexander I agreed an alliance on the Neman river on 7 July. By the 9 July treaty Prussia lost about half its territory and population, including lands that formed the Duchy of Warsaw.
- October 16, 1813 – October 19, 1813Battle of Leipzig: the Sixth Coalition defeats Napoleon
Russian, Austrian, Prussian and Swedish armies under Alexander I, Schwarzenberg, Blücher and Bernadotte defeated Napoleon in the largest battle of the wars. France lost control of lands east of the Rhine.
- September 1814 – June 9, 1815The Congress of Vienna redraws Europe
Metternich, Castlereagh, Alexander I, Hardenberg and the defeated France's Talleyrand sought a balance of power and the restoration of the pre-revolutionary order. The Final Act was signed on 9 June 1815.
- June 18, 1815Wellington and Blücher defeat Napoleon at Waterloo
An Anglo-allied army under Wellington held until the Prussians under Blücher broke the French right flank. Napoleon abdicated again on 22 June and was exiled to Saint Helena.