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On This Day: Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the... (1871)

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On January 18, 1871: Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Wilhelm already had the title of German Emperor since the constitution of 1 January 1871, but he had hesitated to accept the title.

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