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Name: Free City of Frankfurt

Type: Polity

Start: 1815 AD

End: 1866 AD

Nation: frankfurt am main

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This article is about the specific polity Free City of Frankfurt and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a city-state in the German Confederation located in Hesse.

Establishment


  • June 1815: Establishment of the free city of Frankfurt after the Congress of Vienna.
  • Chronology


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    1. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars


    Were a series of conflicts between France and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French Revolutionary Wars against the newly declared French Republic and from 1803 onwards the Napoleonic Wars against First Consul and later Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They include the Coalition Wars as a subset: seven wars waged by various military alliances of great European powers, known as Coalitions, against Revolutionary France - later the First French Empire - and its allies.

    1.1.Congress of Vienna

    Was a series of international diplomatic meetings after the end of the Napoleonic wars whose aim was a long-term peace plan for Europe. It redraw the borders of Europe and partially restored the Monarchies of the pre-revolutionary period.


    2. German Unification Wars


    Were a series of wars that resulted in the creation of the German Empire under Prussian leadership in 1871.

    2.1.Austro-Prussian War

    Was a war between the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire over the dominance of the German states. The war resulted in a Prussian victory. The German confederation was abolished and in 1871 Prussia united all the German states but Austria in the German Empire.

    2.1.1.Campaign of the Main

    Was a campaign of the Prussian army in the area of the river Main against the allies of Austria in Southern Germany during the Austro-Prussian War of 1866.

  • July 1866: On the day after next, on July 16, the Prussian Main Army occupied the city of Frankfurt without a fight.

  • Disestablishment


  • July 1866: On the day after next, on July 16, the Prussian Main Army occupied the city of Frankfurt without a fight.
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