Franco-Prussian War Timeline of Events

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Franco-Prussian War

The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. Prussia was aided by the North German Confederation, of which it was a member, and the South German states of Baden, Württemberg and Bavaria...

Timeline of Events

1870

7.19.1870

Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.

8.5.1870

Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.

8.6.1870

Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.

8.16.1870

Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-La-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.

8.18.1870

Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.

9.1.1870

Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.

9.2.1870

Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan

9.3.1870

Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.

9.19.1870

Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Paris begins, which will result on January 28, 1871 in the surrender of Paris and a decisive Prussian victory.

10.23.1870

Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz concludes with a decisive Prussian victory.

10.27.1870

Marshal François Achille Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers in one of the biggest French defeats of the Franco-Prussian War.

1871

1.18.1871

Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed the first German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles ( France ) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The empire is known as the Second Reich to Germans.

1.19.1871

Franco-Prussian War: Battle of St. Quentin is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.

1.28.1871

Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.

2.17.1871

The victorious Prussian Army parades though Paris, France after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.

1873

9.15.1873

Franco-Prussian War: The last German troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.