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Prussia (German: Preußen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prusai) was the name for a place in Northern Europe. It was part of Germany for a while, and included land in Poland, too.
In 1934 the Nazis stopped using the name Prussia for that area, and in 1947 the Allies abolished the state of Prussia, and divided its territory among the new States of Germany. Today the name is only for historical, geographical, or cultural use.
The name Prussia is from the Borussi or Prussi people who lived in the Baltic region. Their ancestors came from Lithuania. Ducal Prussia was a fief of the Kingdom of Poland until 1660, and Royal Prussia was part of Poland until 1772. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, most German-speaking Prussians started thinking they were part of the German nation.
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History, News and Stories of Prussia

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Frederick William I (The Great Elector) ruled Prussia from 1640 to 1688.
He was the real creator of modern Prussia; he built up his country on the foundation of a strong army.
World History, Part Two, Arco Publishing, Inc., New York, 1980
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1701 - The Kingdom of Prussia formed in 1701.
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Frederick William II (1713-40) made the Prussian army even stronger and more defensive.
World History, Part Two, Arco Publishing, Inc., New York, 1980
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1717 - January 5 - Prussian King Frederik Willem I buys conscript for nobles
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1717 - June 28 - Prussian king Frederik Willhelm I gives compulsory education to 5-12 yrs
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1720 - February 1 - Sweden and Prussia sign peace treaty
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1730 - August 4 - Crown prince Frederick of Prussia escapes to England
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1740 - Frederick the Great crowned King of Prussia
"Frederick the Great was the most important of all the Prussian rulers. The great-grandson of the Great Elector was a dominant figure in European... Read MORE...
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(1740-42) The Silesian War
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1740 - June 22 - King Frederik II of Prussia ends torture & guarantees religion & freedom of the press
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(1756-63) The Seven Years' War
"Frederick the Great allied Prussia with England against France and Austria. The war hit Prussia hard but Frederick managed to survive due to the... Read MORE...
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1763 - February 15 - Austria, Prussia & Saxony sign Treaty of Hubertusburg, marking the end of the French and Indian War and of the Seven Years War
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(1803) Territorial reform of the German states
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1814 to 1815 - Congress of Vienna
At the Congress of Vienna (1814–15), which redrew the map of Europe following Napoleon's defeat, Prussia acquired a large section of north western... Read MORE...
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(1866) Prussian-Austrian War
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1869 - Prussia has lent a number of farmers near Insterburg from $1,500 to $3,500 each, to enable them to improve their farms.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 30, 1869
1869 - Healthy Soldiers
According to the recent sanitary report of the medical staff of the Prussian army, there are daily 45 soldiers sick out of 1,000 men. Out of every... Read MORE...
1869 - Abolished
Imprisonment for debt has been abolished in Prussia.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 19, 1869
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(1870-71) Franco-Prussian War
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1870 - Prussia is extending and enlarging the fortifications of Cologne, the cost being estimated at $8,000,000.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 4, 1870
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1871 - Wilhelm I crowned Prussian King
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1871 - Canned Meat
A single factory in Prussia sends to the army 80,000 cans of preserved meats daily.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 21, 1871
1871 - It is stated that ninety-six out of every hundred Prussian soldiers, upon the average, are able to read and write.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 4, 1871
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1885 - March 26 - The Prussian government, motivated by Otto von Bismarck, expels all ethnic Poles and Jews without German citizenship from Prussia in the Prussian deportations.
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March 26, 1885
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1895 - Prussia
"Prussia, prüsh'ya or proo'she-8 (Ger. Preussen, prois' son; Dutch, Pruissen, prois'sen; Fr. Prusse, prüss; £. Prus' sia), a kingdom of Central... Read MORE...
1903 - September 29 – Prussia becomes the first locality to require mandatory driver's licenses for operators of motor vehicles.
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September 29, 1903
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1906
Prussia, prush'a (Ger. Pretuten, prois'sen), a kingdom of Europe, the chief state of the German Empire, com prising the greater part of northern... Read MORE...
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1918 - The Kingdom of Prussia ended in 1918.
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1932 - In the Weimar Republic the state of Prussia lost nearly all of its legal and political importance by 1932. The old Prussian élites played a passive role in the Nazi regime
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1945 - East Prussia lost all of its German population after 1945, as Poland and the Soviet Union absorbed its territory.
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1947 - February 25 - The German state of Prussia is officially abolished by the Allied Control Council.
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February 25, 1947
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History of Prussia
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Prussia Genealogy
Genealogy Resources for Prussia
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