NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
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The church of St Paul
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Zweibrucken, Germany
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The hall of Mirrors at Versailles
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The Fortress of Bastille, France
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Detailed explanation-1: -The 1871 event took place in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles, the ceiling on which was celebrated by Louis XIV, the Sun King, as a conqueror of German cities and states.
Detailed explanation-2: -The third and final act of German unification was the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, orchestrated by Bismarck to draw the western German states into alliance with the North German Confederation. With the French defeat, the German Empire was proclaimed in January 1871 in the Palace at Versailles, France.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Proclamation of the German Empire (18 January 1871) is the title of several historical paintings by the German painter Anton von Werner.
Detailed explanation-4: -On January 18, 1871, Otto von Bismarck read out the proclamation of the Emperor of Prussia in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles. The German Reich was founded after Germany won the 1870-1871 war against France.
Detailed explanation-5: -On 18 January, 1871, in an assembly gathering in the palace of Versailles, Germany was declared as an independent nation state. Representatives from the Prussian army and the princes of all German states were present in the assembly. Kaiser William I was declared as the emperor of the German state.