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Prussia was the home of the pagan spiritual leader Krivis and
the pagan center of Romuva that was dear to the Baltic people.
Sudovia and Galindia were two of the twelve original
Prussian
lands. Not actually a separate language, Sudovian, Jatvingian has
however been documented in writing.
(www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Sudovian-language)
1141
Jan 31, Pope Innocent II authorized Bishop Henry of
Moravia to preach Catholicism in Prussia.
(LHC, 1/31/03)
~1200 Following Prussian attacks
on Polish lands, the Catholic Poles invited German religious-military
orders to attack Prussia.
(H of L, 1931, p.25)
1249 Feb 7, The Christburg Peace
Treaty forced the Prussians to recognize the rule of the Teutonic
Knights. Within about 50 years the Teutonic Knights and Knights of the
Cross had overcome most of Prussia and established German as the
dominant culture and language. The German orders then turned to
Lithuania.
(H of L, 1931, p.25)(LHC, 2/7/03)
1255 Konigsberg (Kaliningrad) was
founded on the Baltic Sea by the Bohemian King Otakar II, who came to
help Teutonic Knights during their conquest of Prussia disguised as the
Christianization effort called the Northern Crusades. It was annexed by
Russia in 1945.
(Econ, 5/14/05,
p.55)(www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Konigsberg)
1270 Feb 16, In the Karusa Ice war
in Estonia, Lithuanian forces defeated the Livonian Knights of the
Cross.
(LHC, 2/16/03)
1279 Mar 5, Lithuanians
overcame Livonian forces at Aizkraukle.
(LHC, 3/5/03)
1298 Mar 30, Duke Vytenis joined
with Riga and its archbishop against the Livonian order.
(LHC, 3/30/03)
1324 Feb 10, The pope officially
chastised the Knights of the Cross for ill treatment of Catholics and
for pushing pagans away from Christianity.
(LHC, 2/10/03)
1330 Mar 23, Riga surrendered to
the Livonian Order.
(LHC, 3/23/03)
1336 Feb 25, The Knights of
the Cross sieged the Pilenai Castle in Samogitia. The defenders burned
all their goods and committed suicide.
(LHC, 2/25/03)
1361 Mar 21, Grand duke Kestutis
was captured by the Knights of the Cross.
(LHC, 3/21/03)
1370 Apr 11, Frederick I the
Warlike, elector of Saxony, was born.
(HN, 4/11/98)
1372 Sep 21, Frederik I van
Hohenzollern, monarch of Brandenburg (1417-40), was born.
(MC, 9/21/01)
1401 Mar 13, The 1st
Samogitian uprising supported by Vytautas took place against the German
knights. (LHC, 3/13/03)
1402 Mar 2, In Marienburg
Svitrigaila crossed over to the Knights of the Cross and promised to
uphold the Salyn treaty that was broken by Vytautas.
(LHC, 3/1/03)
1410 Jul 15, Lithuanian-Polish
forces defeated the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Tannenberg,
Prussia, thereby halting the Knights’ eastward expansion along the
Baltic and hastening their decline. Vytautas and Jogaila with hired
mercenaries from Belarus along with Tartars and Czechs defeated the
Teutonic Knights between Grunvald (Zalgiriai) and Tannenberg southeast
of Malburg. Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen and many of his nobles
were killed. The war officially ended with the Treaty of Thorn in which
the Knights gave up Zemaitija to Vytautas.
(COE)(H of L, 1931, p.52)(DrEE, 11/9/96, p.6)
1415 Sep 21, Frederick III, German
Emperor (1440-1493), was born in Innsbruck Austria.
(MC, 9/21/01)
1454 Mar 6, Casimir
proclaimed the attachment of Prussia to Polish rule. This began a
13-year war over Prussia (1454-1466).
(LHC,3/6/03)
1466 Oct 19, The peace of Torun
ended the 13-year War of the Cities (1454-1466), between the Teutonic
knights and their own disaffected subjects in Prussia. The Peace of
Thorn (Torún) ended the war between the Teutonic knights (a
German military and religious order) and their subjects in Prussia, led
by King Casimir IV (1427-1492) of Poland. Poland was given
Pomerelia and West Prussia, and the knights retained East Prussia, with
a new capital at Königsberg (Kaliningrad). The knights, formerly
strictly a German order, were forced to accept Poles as members and
their grand master became a vassal of the Polish king.
(HN,
10/19/98)(http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/T/TeutonKn.html)
1525 Apr 8, Albert von
Brandenburg, the leader of the Teutonic Order, assumed the title “Duke
of Prussia” and passed the first laws of the Protestant church, making
Prussia a Protestant state.
(HN, 4/8/99)
1545 Sep 24, Albrecht von
Brandenburg, archbishop, monarch, founder of The Brandenburg Concerts
of Mainz, died at 55.
(MC, 9/24/01)
1608 May 19, The Protestant states
formed the Evangelical Union of Lutherans and Calvinists under the
direction of the elector of Brandenburg.
(HN, 5/19/99)
1640-1688 Elector Friedrich Wilhelm acquired a
collection of paintings by Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt and others at his
home in Oranien. His nephew was Frederick the Great.
(WSJ, 7/29/98, p.A13)
1640-1945 In 1955 Stanford Prof. Gordon A. Craig
(1913-2005) authored “The Politics of the Prussian Army, 1640-1945.”
(SFC, 11/9/05, p.B11)
1656 Jan 17, Prussian Duke
Frederick Wilhelm withdrew ties with Lithuania and Poland and
acknowledged vassal status with Sweden.
(LHC, 1/17/03)
1685 Nov 8, Fredrick William of
Brandenburg issued the Edict of Potsdam, offering Huguenots refuge.
(HN, 11/6/98)
1688 Aug 15, Frederick-William I,
king of Prussia (1713-1740), was born.
(MC, 8/15/02)
1701 Jan 18, Frederick, the
elector of Brandenburg, became the king of Prussia.
(HN, 1/18/99)
1701 German artisans created an
amber room for King Frederick I of Prussia. He presented it as a gift
to Peter the Great in 1712 [see 1712, 1716].
(SFC, 3/22/97, p.A16)(SFC, 4/30/98, p.E6)(WSJ,
1/20/00, p.A20)
1712 Jan 24, Frederick II
(d.1786), Frederick the Great, the Hohenzollern King of Prussia
(1740-1786), was born. He was noted for his social reforms and leading
Prussia in military victories.
(WUD, 1994, p.565)(HN, 1/24/99)(WSJ, 4/27/00,
p.A24)(MC, 1/24/02)
1712 King Frederick I of Prussia
presented his amber room, made as a gift by German artisans in 1701, to
Peter the Great [1716]. Catherine the Great later added four marble
panels from Florence, that were inlaid with precious stones. It was
moved to Konigsburg in 1945 and then lost during WW II.
(SFC, 3/22/97, p.A16)(SFC, 4/30/98, p.E6)(WSJ,
1/20/00, p.A20)
1713 Feb 25, Frederik I (55), King
of Prussia (1701-13), died.
(MC, 2/25/02)
1716 Prussian King Friedrich
Wilhelm I gave the Czar of Russia an elaborately carved amber chamber.
In exchange, he received his wish: 55 very tall Russian soldiers.
German troops dismantled it in 1941 and took it to Koenigsburg where it
disappeared. In 1979 the Soviet government initiated a reconstruction,
which was unveiled in 2003. [see 1701, 1712]
(AP, 5/13/03)
1719 Mar 22, Frederick William
abolished serfdom on crown property in Prussia.
(AP, 3/22/99)
1730 Sep 17, Friedrich von
Steuben, Prussian and US inspector-general of Washington's army, was
born.
(MC, 9/17/01)
1730 Nov 6, Hans Hermann von
Katte, Prussian lieutenant, was beheaded.
(MC, 11/6/01)
1740 Jun 22, King Frederick II of
Prussia ended torture and guaranteed religion and freedom of the press.
(MC, 6/22/02)
1740 Frederick II (28) ascended to
the throne.
(WSJ, 4/27/00, p.A24)
1740 Frederick the Great awarded
what is believed to be the first medal for combat bravery, the Pour le
Merite, nicknamed the Blue Max.
(WSJ, 4/23/99, A1)
1740s Frederick the Great built a
summer palace in Potsdam named Sans-souci (without worries).
(SFEC, 7/27/97, p.T11)
1741 Jun 11, Austria ceded most of
Silesia to Prussia by Treaty of Breslau.
(AP, 6/11/03)
1742 May 17, Frederick great
(Emperor of Prussia) beat Austrians.
(MC, 5/17/02)
1745 Jun 4, Frederick the Great of
Prussia defeated the Austrians & Saxons.
(MC, 6/4/02)
1745 Dec 25, Prussia and Austria
signed the Treaty of Dresden. This gave much of Silesia to the
Prussians.
(MC, 12/25/01)
1750 Sep 5, A decree issued in
Paderborn, Prussia, allowed for annual search of all Jewish homes for
stolen or "doubtful" goods.
(MC, 9/5/01)
1753 Mar 25, Voltaire left the
court of Frederik II of Prussia.
(MC, 3/25/02)
1755 Nov 12, Gerhard JD von
Scharnhorst, Prussian military minister of War (1807-10), was born.
(MC, 11/12/01)
1756-1763 The Seven Years War. France and Great
Britain clashed both in Europe and in North America. In 2000 "Crucible
of War" by Fred Anderson was published. France, Russia, Austria,
Saxony, Sweden and Spain stood against Britain, Prussia and Hanover.
Britain financed Prussia to block France in Europe while her manpower
was occupied in America.
(V.D.-H.K.p.223)(SFC, 7/7/96, BR p.7)(WSJ, 2/10/00,
p.A16)
1757 May 6, Battle at Prague:
Frederik II of Prussia beat emperor's army.
(MC, 5/6/02)
1757 Jun 18, Battle at Kolin,
Bohemia: Austrian army beat Prussia.
(MC, 6/18/02)
1757 Sep 3, Charles X, Duke of
Prussia, was born in Versailles, France.
(MC, 9/3/01)
1757 Nov 5, Frederick II of
Prussia defeated the French at Rosbach in the Seven Years War.
(HN, 11/5/98)
1757 Nov 22, Austrians defeated
Prussians at Breslau in the Seven Years War.
(HN, 11/22/98)
1758 Aug 25, The Prussian army
defeated the invading Russians at the Battle of Zorndorf. Thousands
were killed.
(HN, 8/25/98)(chblue.com, 8/25/01)
1760 Jun 23, Austrians defeated
the Prussians at Landshut, Germany.
(HN, 6/23/98)
1760 Aug 15, Frederick II
(1712-1786), king of Prussia, defeated the Austrians at the
Battle of Liegnitz.
(HN, 8/15/98)(WUD, 1994, p.565)
1760 Nov 3, Following the Russian
capture of Berlin, Frederick II of Prussia defeated the Austrians at
the Battle of Torgau (Germany).
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Torgau)
1762 Aug 5, Russia, Prussia and
Austria signed a treaty agreeing on the partition of Poland.
(HN, 8/5/98)
1779 Aug 7, Carl Ritter, cofounder
of modern science of geography, was born in Quedlinberg, Prussia.
(MC, 8/7/02)
1779 Sep 13, Frederick II of
Prussia issued a manifesto in which he bemoaned the increased use of
coffee and called for more consumption of beer.
(SFC, 1/30/99, p.D3)
1786 Frederick the Great (b.1712)
died. In 2000 Giles MacDonogh authored “Frederick the Great.”
(WSJ, 4/27/00, p.A24)
1792 Apr 20, France declared war
on Austria, Prussia, and Sardinia, marking the start of the French
Revolutionary wars.
(AP, 4/20/97)(HN, 4/20/98)
1792 Sep 2, Verdun, France,
surrendered to the Prussian Army.
(HN, 9/2/98)
1793 Jan 23, Prussia and Russia
signed an accord on the 2nd partition of Lithuania and Poland. The 2nd
partition of Poland. Polish patriots had attempted to devise a new
constitution which was recognized by Austria and Prussia, but Russia
did not recognize it and invaded. Prussia in turn invaded and the two
agreed to a partition that left only the central portion of Poland
independent.
(WUD, 1994, p.1677)(LHC, 1/23/03)
1793 Jul 23, The French garrison
at Mainz, Germany, fell to the Prussians.
(HN, 7/23/98)
1795 Oct 24, Russia, Austria and
Prussia held a convention in Petersburg to finalize the 3rd division of
the Polish-Lithuanian Republic. Most of Lithuania with Vilnius went to
Russia, Warsaw and the left bank of the Nemunas River went to Prussia
and Cracow went to Austria. King Stanislovas Augustas of Poland was
forced from his capital and moved to Grodno (Gardinas).
(Voruta #27-28, 7/1996, p.5)(MC, 10/24/01)
1797 Jan 15, In St. Petersburg
Russia, Prussia and Austria signed and act that terminated the
Lithuanian-Polish state.
(LHC, 1/15/03)
1800 Oct 26, Helmuth Karl von
Moltke, Prussian Field Marshal and Count, was born. His reorganization
of the Prussian Army led to military victories that allowed the
unification of Germany. His father was a German officer serving in the
Danish army. His greatest innovation was the creation of a fighting
force that could mobilize quickly and strike when and where it chose.
He was one of the first generals to grasp the importance of railroads
in moving troops. In 1995 Otto Friedrich authored a biography of the
Moltke family line from Bismarck to Hitler: “Blood and Iron: From
Bismarck to Hitler the von Moltke Family’s Impact on German History.”
(WSJ, 11/7/95, p.A-20)(HN, 10/26/98)
1803 Feb 25, The 1,800 sovereign
German states united into 60 states.
(MC, 2/25/02)
1805 Prussia sent Baron Wilhelm
von Humboldt as envoy to the Vatican, the first Protestant state to do
so.
(Econ, 7/21/07, p.59)
1805 Napoleon defeated Austria and
Prussia. In 1997 Alistair Horne wrote: "How Far from Austerlitz?
Napoleon 1805-1815."
(WSJ, 7/10/96, p.A16)(WSJ, 5/19/97, p.A16)
1806 Oct 14, The forces of French
Emperor Napoleon I defeated the Prussians in the twin battles of Jena
and Auerstadt.
(AP, 10/14/07)
1807 Jun 25, Napoleon I of France
and Russian Czar Alexander I met near Tilsit, in northern Prussia, to
discuss terms for ending war between their empires.
(AP, 6/25/07)
1807 Jul 7, Napoleon I of France
and Czar Alexander I of Russia signed a treaty at Tilsit ending war
between their empires. It divided Europe among themselves and isolated
Britain.
(HN, 7/7/98)(AP, 7/7/07)
1812 Mar 9, Swedish Pomerania was
seized by Napoleon.
(HN, 3/9/98)
1812 Mar 11, Citizenship was
granted to Prussian Jews.
(MC, 3/12/02)
1813 Feb 28, Russia and
Prussia formed the Kalisz union against Napoleon.
(LHC,2/28/03)
1813 Mar 4, The Russians fighting
against Napoleon reached Berlin. The French garrison evacuated the city
without a fight.
(HN, 3/4/99)
1813 Aug 23, At the Battle of
Grossbeeren Prussians under Von Bulow repulsed the French.
(MC, 8/23/02)
1813 Aug
26-1813 Aug 27, The Battle of Dresden was Napoleon’s last major victory
against the allied forces of Austria, Russia and Prussia.
(www.napoleonguide.com/battle_dresden.htm)
1813 Oct 16-19, In the Battle at
Leipzig (aka Battle of the Nations) Napoleon faced Prussia, Austria and
Russia and suffered one of his worst defeats.
(DoW, 1999, p.325)
1813 Oct 18, The Allies defeated
Napoleon Bonaparte at Leipzig.
(HN, 10/18/98)
1813 Prussia took over Danzig.
(WSJ, 8/31/98, p.A4)
1813 The Prussians introduced the
Iron Cross during the Napoleonic wars.
(WSJ, 4/23/99, A1)
1814 Sep, The Congress of Vienna
convened in late September and continued to June 8, 1815. Friedrich von
Gentz of Austria served as secretary to the Congress. It was held after
the banishment of Napoleon to Elba. The congress aimed at territorial
resettlement and restoration to power of the crowned heads of Europe
with Prince Metternich of Austria as the dominant figure. Viscount
Castlereagh and the Duke of Wellington represented Britain. Alexander I
stood for Russia. Talleyrand stood for France. Prince von Hardenberg
stood for Prussia. In 2007 Adam Zamoyski authored “Rites of Peace: The
Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna.”
(Econ, 4/14/07,
p.94)(www.bartleby.com/65/vi/Vienna-C.html)
1815 Apr, British General Arthur
Wellesley, duke of Wellington, began assembling troops at Brussels,
Belgium. 73,000 British troops were joined by 33,000 German, Dutch and
Belgian troops preparing to face Napoleon. Prussian Gen. Gebhard
Leberecht von Blucher gathered an army of 120,000 southeast of Brussels.
(ON, 4/06, p.1)
1815 Jun 16, Napoleon defeated the
Prussians at the Battle of Ligny, Belgium.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ligny)
1815 Jun 18, British and Prussian
troops under the Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon Bonaparte and his
forces at the Battle of Waterloo in Belgium. The French elite troops of
the Imperial Guard wore bearskins to appear more intimidating.
Afterwards Britain established towering bear skin hats for soldiers in
ceremonial duties and to guard royal residencies and the Tower of
London. Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher made a short speech
to his troops saying that he was pregnant and about to give birth to an
elephant. He was taken from the front in protective custody and missed
the battle. Napoleon lost over 40,000 men at Waterloo; the British and
Belgians lost 15,000; the Prussians lost 7,000. The total losses in 3
days of fighting was later estimated at 91,800. In 2002 Andrew Roberts
authored "Napoleon and Wellington." In 2005 Andrew Roberts authored
“Waterloo: Napoleon’s Last Gamble.”
(SFEC, 2/28/99, Z1p.10)(WSJ, 9/13/02, p.W10)(Econ,
2/12/05, p.81)(ON, 4/06, p.5)
1815 Sep 26, Russia, Prussia and
Austria signed a Holy Alliance. "Justice, charity and peace" were to be
the precepts that guided the Holy Alliance as envisioned by Czar
Alexander I of Russia. The alliance of Russia, Austria and Prussia was
formed after the downfall of Napoleon and later all European rulers
signed the agreement except the prince regent of Great Britain, the
pope and the sultan of Turkey. With no specific aims beyond mutual
assistance, the provisions of the Holy Alliance were so vague that it
had little effect on European diplomacy. Metternich quietly replaced
the entire alliance by the purely political alliance of 20 November,
1815, between Austria, Prussia, Russia and England.
(www.newadvent.org/cathen/07398a.htm)(HNQ, 7/7/98)
1815 Nov 20, The treaties known
collectively as the 2nd Peace of Paris were concluded. Austria’s
chancellor Klemens von Metternich helped create a “Concert of Europe,”
a system by which 4-5 big powers kept miscreants in check and managed
the affairs of smaller states for over a decade.
(http://tinyurl.com/2sqgp9)(Econ, 6/9/07,
p.68)(www.newadvent.org/cathen/07398a.htm)
1818 May 5, Karl Marx, German
philosopher, was born in Prussia. He argued that history was marked by
various stages of class struggle and capitalism which had overcome
feudalism would in turn be overcome by socialism and the elimination of
private property. He and Friedrich Engels founded Communism. Together
they wrote "The Communist Manifesto" and "Das Capital."
(WSJ, 1/11/99, p.R20)(AP, 5/5/97)(HN, 5/5/99)
1824 Mar 12, Gustav Robert
Kirchoff, physicist, was born in Prussia.
(HN, 3/12/98)(MC, 3/12/02)
1824 Jul 20, Alexander
Schimmelfennig, Brig. General Union volunteers, was born in Prussia.
(MC, 7/20/02)
1831 Nov 16, Karl von Clausewitz
(51), Prussian strategist (Campaign 1813), died.
(MC, 11/16/01)
1839 Mar 9, Prussian government
limited the work week for children to 51 hours.
(MC, 3/9/02)
1848 Apr 6, Jews of Prussia were
granted equality.
(MC, 4/6/02)
1849 Jul 23, German rebels in
Baden capitulated to the Prussians.
(HN, 7/23/98)
1850 Jul 2, Prussia agreed to pull
out of Schleswig and Holstein, Germany.
(HN, 7/2/98)
1862 Oct 8, Otto von Bismarck
became German republic chancellor.
(MC, 10/8/01)
1865 Apr 15, Otto von Bismarck was
elevated to earl.
(MC, 4/15/02)
1865 Jul 2, Lili Braun, feminist,
socialist writer (Im Schatten Titanen), was born in Prussia.
(SC, 7/2/02)
1866 Jun 8, Prussia annexed the
region of Holstein.
(HN, 6/8/98)
1866 Jun 15, Prussia attacked
Austria.
(HN, 6/15/98)
1866 Aug 23, Treaty of Prague
ended the Austro-Prussian war.
(MC, 8/23/02)
1870 Jul 19, The Franco-Prussian
War began. Napoleon declared war on Bismarck. Emperor Napoleon III of
France declared war on Germany under Otto von Bismarck. Napoleon was
defeated in three months and abdicated.
(WSJ, 3/14/95, p.A-16)(V.D.-H.K.p.260)(AP, 7/19/07)
1870 Aug 6, Battle at Spicheren:
Prussia beat France.
(MC, 8/6/02)
1870 Aug 18, Prussian forces
defeated the French at the Battle of Gravelotte during the
Franco-Prussian War.
(HN, 8/18/98)
1870 Sep 1, The Prussian army
crushed the French under Marshal MacMahon at Sedan, the last battle of
the Franco-Prussian War.
(HN, 9/1/99)(PCh, 1992, p.516)
1870 Sep 2, Napoleon III with
80,000 men capitulated to the Prussians at Sedan, France.
(PCh, 1992, p.516)(WSJ, 3/14/95, p.A-16)(HN, 9/2/98)
1870 Sep 19, Two Prussian armies
began a 135-day siege of Paris as the 2nd Empire collapsed. This forced
the people of the city to eat Castor and Pollux, the 2 elephants in the
zoo.
(PCh, 1992, p.516)(SFC, 4/17/99, p.B3)
1870 Oct 27, The French fortress
of Metz surrendered to the Prussian Army.
(HN, 10/27/98)
1871 Jan 8, Prussian troops began
to bombard Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
(HN, 1/8/99)
1871 Jan 18, William I of Prussia
was proclaimed "German Emperor" (which was not the same thing as
"Emperor of Germany") in Versailles, France.
(AP, 1/18/07)
1871 Jan 28, France, under a
provisional republican government, continued the war against Germany,
but was forced to surrender in the Franco-Prussian War. Surrounded by
Prussian troops and suffering from famine, the French army in Paris
surrendered. During the siege, balloons were used to keep contact with
the outside world.
(V.D.-H.K.p.260)(AP, 1/28/98)(HN, 1/28/99)
1871 Feb 26, France and Prussia
signed a preliminary peace treaty at Versailles.
(HN, 2/26/99)
1871 Mar 1, Germans paraded down
the Champs-Elysses, Paris, France during the Franco-Prussian War.
(HN, 3/1/99)(WSJ, 3/14/95, p.A-16)
1871 The German states became a
nation. Germany went on to adopt the mark as its common currency.
(WSJ, 1/15/96, p. A-10)(WSJ, 1/11/99, p.R42)
1872 King Kamehameha V asked the
Kaiser of Prussia to send a music teacher for the Royal Hawaiian Band.
Henry Berger, a Prussian military band leader, arrived and led the
group for 43 years. He was later considered the father of Hawaiian
music.
(WSJ, 3/10/05, p.A1)
1880 Bavaria and Prussia
introduced Spelling reform. Chancellor Bismarck threatened civil
servants with increased fines if the new system was used.
(Econ, 8/21/04, p.45)
1882 Apr 13, An anti-Semitic
League formed in Prussia.
(MC, 4/13/02)
1883 May 29, Albrecht of Prussia
(73), mistress of John van Rossum, died.
(SC, 5/29/02)
1914 Aug 2, Russian troops invade
Eastern Prussia.
(MC, 8/2/02)
1914 Aug 22, Von Ludendorff and
von Hindenburg moved into East Prussia enroute to Russia.
(MC, 8/22/02)
1918 Nov 28, Kaiser Wilhelm of
Prussia and Germany, abdicated.
(MC, 11/28/01)
1920 Feb 27, The Lithuanian
government offered the representatives of the National Council of
Prussian Lithuania assent to cooptation in the Lithuanian government.
They co-opted March 20.
(LHC, 2/27/03)
1927 Mar 10, Prussia lifted its
Nazi ban, Hitler was allowed to speak in public.
(HN, 3/10/98)
1928 Sep 28, Prussia forbade a
speech by Adolf Hitler.
(MC, 9/28/01)
1929 May 3, Prussia banned
anti-fascists.
(MC, 5/3/02)
1932 Apr 24, In German national
elections the NSDAP/NAZI won 36.3% in Prussia.
(MC, 4/24/02)
1933 Apr 11, Hermann Goering
became premier of Prussia.
(MC, 4/11/02)
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