Europe 1871: Treaty of Frankfurt
10 May 1871
10 May 1871
German Unification
-27–68 The Julio-Claudian Dynasty
68–96 The Flavian Dynasty
96–192 The Nerva–Antonine Dynasty
192–235 The Severan Dynasty
235–285 The Crisis of the Third Century
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1815–1848 Congress Europe
1848–1850 The Springtime of Peoples
1850–1859 The Crimean War
1859–1862 Italian Unification
1862–1871 German Unification
1871–1914 Imperial Europe
1914–1918 The Great War
1918–1922 Armistice Europe
1922–1939 The Rise of Fascism
1939–1942 World War II: Blitzkrieg
1942–1945 World War II: Fall of the Third Reich
1945–1990 The Cold War
1990–2010 Post-Cold War Europe
2010–pres The Crisis of Europe
Treaty of Frankfurt
24 Dec 1863 Schleswig-Holstein Question
30 Oct 1864 Second Schleswig War
14 Jun 1866 Outbreak of the Austro-Prussian War
24 Jun 1866 End of the German Confederation
22 Jul 1866 Sadowa and its Aftermath
21 Dec 1867 North German Confederation
1 Sep 1870 Outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War
20 Sep 1870 Siege of Paris
28 Jan 1871 Unification of Germany and Fall of Paris
10 May 1871 Treaty of Frankfurt
With the end of the Franco-Prussian War, Bismarck forced France to cede Alsace-Lorraine and pay an indemnity of 5 billion francs. Germany was now the premier power of Europe.
France's struggle, however, was not yet over. At the end of the war, the people of Paris had risen up and proclaimed a Commune. This led to a second siege of Paris, this time by the French government. Although the Commune was crushed, it would provide inspiration for the revolutions of the next century.
