Title: Germany profile - Timeline - BBC News
Headings: Germany profile - Timeline
Germany profile - Timeline
A chronology of key events:
Early modern Germany
Third Reich
Country splits
Wall tumbles
Schroeder years
Schroeder re-elected
First female chancellor
Financial crisis
Eurozone woes
Growth slows
Migrant crisis

Content: 1813 - Defeat of Napoleon at Battle of Leipzig. 1848 - Year of Revolutions; failure of liberals' attempt to unite Germany under democratic constitution; start of period of rapid industrialisation. 1871 - Otto von Bismarck achieves unification of Germany under leadership of Prussia; new German Empire's authoritarian constitution creates elected national parliament, but gives emperor extensive powers. 1888 - Start of William II's reign; start of trend towards colonial expansion and build-up of navy to compete with Britain's; rapid growth of economic power. 1890 - Growing workers' movement culminates in founding of Social Democratic Party of Germany.