IMPORTANT DATES
AD 9
Germanic warriors decisively defeated Roman forces at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest.
486
The Frankish king Clovis overran the Roman province of Gaul. Clovis introduced features of Roman life into western Germany.
843
The Treaty of Verdun divided Charlemagne's empire into three kingdoms. The German kingdom soon divided into five duchies.
962
Otto I was crowned Holy Roman emperor in Aachen.
1075
A dispute between Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII marked the beginning of a series of civil wars contesting church power.
1300s
The Hanseatic League was the supreme commercial and military power in northern Germany.
1517
Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation.
1555
The Peace of Augsburg recognized the right of princes to choose Lutheranism or Catholicism for their lands.
1648
The Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years' War.
1740
Frederick the Great became king of Prussia and began building Prussia into a great power.
1806
The Holy Roman......
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