Wilhelm I is proclaimed the first German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles. Following the surrender by the French army in Sedan and the south German states, except for Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein, joined the North German Confederation and recognized the Prussian King as the German Emperor More
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