Sentence examples for North German Confederation from inspiring English sources
North German Confederation, German Norddeutscher Bund, union of the German states north of the Main River formed in 1867 under Prussian hegemony after Prussia's victory over Austria in the Seven Weeks' War (1866).
The Treaty of Prague (1866) formally dissolved the German Confederation and Prussia created the North German Confederation to include all Germanic states except the pro-French, southern kingdoms of Bavaria, Baden and Württemberg.
From 1866 Lübeck belonged to the North German Confederation and from 1871 to the German Empire.
All joined the North German Confederation (1867) and the German Empire in 1871.
It joined the German Confederation in 1815, the North German Confederation in 1866, and the German Empire in 1871.
He wanted to see national unification consummated by the entry of the southern states into the North German Confederation.
Haakon was deeply embroiled throughout his reign in political conflicts with Sweden, Denmark, and the cities of the north German trading confederation, the Hanseatic League.
Ignoring the royal charter of 1483, John expanded the authority of his office and further offset the nobles' power by supporting the Danish merchant class against its chief rivals, the traders of the Hanseatic League (a north German trading confederation).
He soon bypassed the Rigsråd, however, and used the chancellery to grant commercial privileges to merchants, overriding the claims of Danish nobles and traders of the Hanseatic League (a north German trading confederation).
Financially weak because of his wars against Sweden and land purchases in Schleswig and Holstein, Christian became dependent on the Hanseatic League, a north German trading confederation, and granted the league generous commercial privileges.
The toll revenues provided a key support for the Danish economy, which then also benefited from reduced competition from the trading centres of the Hanseatic League (a north German trading confederation).
