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Wilhelm I., German Emperor, and King of Prussia, born March 22, 1797, the second son of King Friedrich Wilhelm III. of Prussia, and of Princess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; educated for the military career, and took part in the campaigns of 1813 and 1814 against France; Governor of the province of Pomerania, 1840; Military Governor of the Rhine provinces, 1849–57; appointed Regent of Prussia during the illness of his brother, Oct. 9, 1858 ; ascended the throne of Prussia at the death of his brother, Jan. 2, 1861. Commander-in-chief of the German armies in the war against France, July 1870 to March 1871; proclaimed Emperor of Germany at Versailles, January 18, 1871. Married June 11, 1829, to
Augusta, Empress of Germany, and Queen of Prussia, born Sept. 30, 1811, the daughter of the late Grand-Duke Karl Fried-rich of Saxe-Weimar
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Germany.
1. Official Publications.
Deutscher Reichs-und König. Preussischer Staats-Anzeiger. Berlin, 1877.
Königlich Preussischer Staats-Kalender für 1877. 8. Berlin, 1877.
Preussische Statistik, herausgegeben vom Königlich Statistischen Bureau in Berlin, fol. Berlin, 1877.
Jahrbuch der amtlichen Statistik des Preussischen Staates. 4 vols. 8. Berlin, 1865, 1867, 1869, and 1876.
Die Gemeinden und Gutsbezirke des Preussischen Staates und ihre Bevölkerung. Nach den Unnaterialien der allgemeinen Volkszählung v. 1. December 1871 bearbeitet, u. zusammengestellt vom Königlichen statistischen Büreau. 8. Berlin, 1873.
Zeitschrift des Königl. Preussischen statistischen Büreaus, redigirt von Dr. Engel. 4. Berlin, 1877.
Der Viehstand der Gemeinden und Gutsbezirke im Preussischen Staate. Nach den Urmaterialien der Viehzählung v. 10. Januar 1873, bearbeitet vom Königlieh Preussischen statistischen Büreau. 8. Berlin, 1875.
Statistik des deutschen Reiches. Herausgegeben vom Kaiserlichen statistischem Amte. 4. Berlin, 1873–77.
Staatshandbuch für das Königreich Sachsen. Dresden, 1877.
Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreichs Bayern. 8. München, 1877.
Königlich Würtembergisch es Hof- und Staats-Handbuch, herausgeg. von dem Königl. Statistisch-topographisehem Büreau. 8. Stuttgart, 1877.
Hamburgischer Staats-Kalender auf das Jahr 1877. 4. Hamburg, 1877.
Report by Mr. MacDonell, British Secretary of Embassy, on the Finances of the German Empire, dated Berlin, Jan. 1, 1876; in ‘Reports by H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ Part I. 1876. 8. London, 1876.
Report by Mr. Dudley E. Saurin on the Industry and Agriculture of Würtemberg, dated Stuttgart, Decern. 20, 1875; in ‘Reports by H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ Part I. 1876. 8. London, 1876.
Report by Mr. Consul Hertslet on the Trade of the Province of Silesia, dated Königsberg, Oct. 1875; in ‘Reports by H.M.’s Consuls on British Trade abroad.’ Part I. 1876. 8. London, 1876.
Reports by Mr. Consul Annesley on the Commerce of Hamburg ; by Mr. Consul Hertslet on the Trade of Königsberg ; by Mr. Consul Ward, on the Trade of Bremen ; by Mr. Vice-Consul Meden on the Trade of Cuxhaven ; by Mr. Consul-General Crowe on the Trade of tho Rhenish Provinces ; by Mr. Vice-Consul Humbert on the Trade of Breslau ; by Mr.Vice-Consul Kruge on the Commerce of Danzig; by Mr. Vice-Consul Kruse on the Trade of Kiel; and by Mr. Vice-Consul Behneke on the Trade of Lübeck; dated January-February, 1876; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ Part II. 1870. 8, London, 1876.
Reports by Mr. Consul-General Crowe on the Commerce and Customs Tariff of Germany ; by Mr. Vice-Consul Kruso on the Trade of Kiel ; by Consul-General Baron Tauchnitz on the Trade of Leipzig; and by Mr. Consul Blackwell on the Commerce and Shipping of Stettin, dated April–May, 1876; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ Part V. 1876. 8. London, 1876.
Reports by Mr. Consul Annesley on the Commerce and Population of Hamburg, and by Mr. Vice-Consul Richter on the Trade of Memel, dated August–September, 1876 ; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ Part VI. 1876. 8. London, 1876.
Reports by Vice-Consul Kruge on the Trade of Danzig, and by Mr. Consul Hertslet on the Trade of Königsberg-Pillau, dated September, 1876; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ Part I. 1877. 8. London, 1877.
Reports by Mr. Consul Ward on the Commerce of Bremen ; by Mr. Vice– Consul Kruge on the Trade of Danzig; by Mr. Consul-General Crowe on the Trade of the Rhenish Provinces; by Mr. Consul Annesley on tho Commerce and Shipping of Hamburg ; by Mr. Vice-Consul Kruge, on the Trade of Kiel; by Mr. Consul Hertslet on the Trade of Königsberg; and by Mr. Vice-Consul Behncko on the Commerce and Shipping of Lubeck, dated January-June, 1877; in ‘Commercial Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ Part III. 1877. 8. London, 1877.
Trade of Germany with the United Kingdom ; in ‘Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions for the year 1876.’ Imp. 4. London, 1877.
2. Non-Official Publications.
Engel (Dr. Ernst): Die Verlüste der Deutschen Armeen im Kriege gegen Frankreich 1870 und 1871. Pol. Berlin, 1873.
Fircks (A. Preiherr von), Die Volkskraft Dcutschland’s und Frankreich’s. Statistische Skizze. 8. Berlin, 1875.
Gothaischer genealogischer Hof-Kalender auf das Jahr 1877. 32. Gotha,1877.
Neumann (G.), Das Deutsche Reich in geographischer, statistischer und topographischer Beziehung. 2 vols. 8. Berlin, 1872–74.
Nicolson (A.), A Sketch of tho German Constitution, and of the Events in Germany from 1815 to 1871. 8. London, 1875.
Petermann (Th.), Zeitschrift des Königlich Sachsischen Statistischen Bureaus, 22 Jahrgang. 4. Leipzig, 1877.
Wagner (Dr. H.), Die Entwicklung des Deutschen Eisenbahnnetzes. In Dr. A. Petermann’s ‘Mittheilungen.’ No. VI. 1873. 4. Gotha, 1873.
Waitz (Georg), Deutsche Verfassungsgeschichte. 5 vols. 8. Kiel, 1871–74.
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Martin, F. (1878). Germany. In: The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253070_5
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