Wilhelm II

The 3rd Emperor of the German Empire and King of Prussia. Ascending to the throne in 1888, he ruled the German Empire until 1918. Shortly after his accession, he forced Otto von Bismarck out of office and strengthened his "personal rule," actively intervening in diplomatic and military policy. He promoted German colonial expansion, naval reinforcement, and World Policy (Weltpolitik), which heightened international tensions with Great Britain, France, Russia, and other nations. During World War I, he led the war effort as the supreme commander of the German Empire, but abdicated due to the German Revolution of 1918 and fled to the Netherlands. In his later years, he lived at Huis Doorn in the Netherlands and passed away in 1941.

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Year	Wilhelm II
1859	Birth of Wilhelm II (Period: January 27, 1859, Location: Berlin (Germany))
1870	Franco-Prussian War (Age: 10 years old, Period: 1870–1871, Location: France and Germany) Military Education as Crown Prince of Prussia (Age: 10 years old, Period: 1870s–1880s, Location: Potsdam, Berlin)
1881	Marriage (Wilhelm II, Auguste Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Age: 22 years old, Period: February 27, 1881, Location: Berlin (Germany))
1888	Acceding to the Throne as Emperor Wilhelm II (Age: 29 years old, Period: June 15, 1888, Location: Berlin, Potsdam)
1890	Wilhelm II's Pursuit of "Weltpolitik" (Age: 30 years old, Period: 1890s–1914, Location: Germany and Africa, Pacific, China, Middle East, etc.) New Course after Bismarck's Resignation (Age: 30 years old, Period: 1890, Location: Berlin) Large-Scale Expansion of the German Navy (Age: 30 years old, Period: 1890s–1914, Location: German North Sea Coast, Kiel) Dismissal of Bismarck (Age: 31 years old, Period: March 1890, Location: Berlin)
1896	Kruger Telegram Incident (Age: 36 years old, Period: January 1896, Location: Berlin, South Africa (Transvaal))
1897	German Lease of Kiautschou Bay and Qingdao (Age: 37 years old, Period: 1897–1898, Location: Kiautschou Bay, Qingdao)
1899	Second Boer War (Age: 39 years old, Period: 1899–1902, Location: South Africa) Boxer Rebellion and Eight-Nation Alliance Expedition to China (Age: 39 years old, Period: 1899–1901, Location: Beijing, Tianjin, etc.)
1900	Support for the Baghdad Railway Project (Age: 40 years old, Period: 1900s–1914, Location: Germany, Ottoman Empire (Mesopotamia))
1904	Herero and Nama Genocide (Age: 44 years old, Period: 1904–1908, Location: German South West Africa (Present-day Namibia))
1905	First Moroccan Crisis (Tangier Crisis, Age: 46 years old, Period: March 1905–April 1906, Location: Morocco (Tangier), France, Spain)
1908	Daily Telegraph Affair (Age: 49 years old, Period: October–November 1908, Location: Berlin, London)
1911	Second Moroccan Crisis (Agadir Crisis, Age: 51 years old, Period: 1911, Location: Morocco (Agadir), France, Germany)
1914	World War I (Age: 54 years old, Period: 1914–1918, Location: Europe, Middle East, and Africa) War Leadership in World War I (Age: 54 years old, Period: 1914–1918, Location: Berlin, German Supreme Army Command, European Fronts) The "Blank Check" at the Outbreak of World War I (Age: 55 years old, Period: July 1914, Location: Berlin, Vienna, Europe)
1917	Resumption of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare (Age: 57 years old, Period: 1917, Location: Atlantic Ocean, Germany)
1918	Exile in the Netherlands (Wilhelm II, Age: 58 years old, Period: 1918–1941, Location: Amerongen, Doorn) German Revolution and Kiel Mutiny (Age: 59 years old, Period: October–November 1918, Location: Kiel, Berlin, etc.) Collapse of the German Empire (Age: 59 years old, Period: November 1918, Location: Throughout Germany, Berlin) Wilhelm II's Abdication and Exile to the Netherlands (Wilhelm II, Age: 59 years old, Period: November 9–10, 1918, Location: Near Belgian Border, Spa, Netherlands)
1919	Prosecution Issue of the Kaiser under the Treaty of Versailles (Age: 59 years old, Period: 1919, Location: France (Versailles), Netherlands)
1922	Marriage (Wilhelm II, Hermine Reuss of Greiz, Age: 63 years old, Period: November 5, 1922, Location: Huis Doorn (Doorn, Netherlands))
1930	Relationship with Adolf Hitler (Age: 70 years old, Period: 1930s, Location: Netherlands (Doorn))
1940	World War II and Occupation of the Netherlands (Age: 80 years old, Period: 1940–1941, Location: Netherlands (Doorn))
1941	Death of Wilhelm II (Age: 82 years old, Period: June 4, 1941)

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German Leader	Friedrich III Wilhelm II Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg Georg Michaelis Georg von Hertling Max von Baden
Emperors of Austria-Hungary	Franz Joseph I Charles I Archduke Franz Ferdinand Archduke Friedrich Archduke Eugen Zita of Bourbon-Parma
The Sarajevo Incident	Archduke Franz Ferdinand Sophie Chotek Gavrilo Princip Nedeljko Čabrinović Danilo Ilić Leopold Berchtold
Science and Medicine	Albert Einstein Max Planck Sigmund Freud Erwin Schrödinger Lise Meitner Paul Ehrlich

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