Wilhelminism
Sign in to saveThe Wilhelmine period or Wilhelmian era () comprises the period of German history between 1888 and 1918, embracing the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II in the German Empire from the death of Kaiser Friedrich III until the end of World War I and Wilhelm's abdication during the November Revolution.
Key facts
- Historical era.name
- Wilhelminism
- Historical era.start
- 1888
- Historical era.end
- 1918
- Historical era.image
- File:Kohner - Kaiser Wilhelm II.jpg
- Historical era.caption
- Neo-Baroque painting of Wilhelm II, German Emperor by Max Koner, 1891
- Historical era.before
- Year of Three Kaisers
- Historical era.including
- Gründerzeit
- Historical era.after
- Weimar culture
- Historical era.monarch
- Wilhelm II
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The Wilhelmine period or Wilhelmian era () comprises the period of German history between 1888 and 1918, embracing the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II in the German Empire from the death of Kaiser Friedrich III until the end of World War I and Wilhelm's abdication during the November Revolution.
It represented an era of creative ferment in the society, politics, culture, art, literature, and architecture of Germany. It also roughly coincided with the late Victorian and Edwardian eras in the British Empire, the Gilded Age in the United States, the Belle Époque in the Third French Republic, and the Silver Age in the Russian Empire.
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