Timeline (1936: The Iron Kaiser)

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

1859

 * February 3: The Crown Prince and Princess of the Kingdom of Prussia wholeheartedly mourn for the death of their newborn son. He unfortunately died a week after entering the world. Great Britain also mourns because Crown Princess Victoria is Queen Victoria’s daughter. However, the continual turn of politics brings their mind off of the late prince.

1860

 * July 26: A healthy baby boy is born. He is named Heinrich. The birth dispels any sadness from the loss of the other baby. He will later become Kaiser of the German Empire, which will be formed eleven years later.

1861

 * August 20: A daughter named Viktoria Elisabeth Auguste Charlotte or just Charlotte is born. Her grandmother, none other than Queen Victoria, will continually write to Charlotte because of her unladiness.

1862

 * September 19: Wilhelm II is born. He will become quite famous in the Great War and the Greatest War because of his naval commands.

1871

 * January 17: The German Empire is formed under Wilhelm I. Prince Frederick III and Princess Victoria will succeed Wilhelm upon his death. Kaiser Wilhelm, along with Chancellor Bismarck, begin an Anglophile reign, hoping to isolate France from any potential alliance with Britain. The second goal is to actually ally with the UK.

1888
The Year of Three Emperors
 * March 9: Wilhelm I dies after seventeen years of ruling. Frederick III is crowned Kaiser of the German Reich.
 * June 15: Kaiser Frederick dies due to Laryngeal cancer only ninety-nine days after the death of his father. Heinrich is made the third Kaiser of Germany. He will be known as the worst leader of Germany in history. Heinrich continues his father's policies. His relationship with Chancellor Bismarck would keep him in the government until his death in 1912.

1889

 * December 18: Prince Adolf is born to Kaiser Heinrich. He will be the first of three. Wilhelm II moves steadily up the chain of command in the German Navy. After all, he is the brother of the Kaiser.