State · 1867 – 1870
North German Confederation
A state of 1867 – 1870 — 3 years in Europe. It replaced German Confederation. It was replaced by German Empire and German Reich. Its line of rulers holds 2 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 3 years
- 1867 – 1870
- Rulers
- 2
- the Bundespräsidium
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- German Confederation · replaces · 1815 – 1866
After it
- German Reich · replaced by · 1871 – 1949
- German Empire · replaced by · 1871 – 1918
Rulers
The line of Bundespräsidium - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilhelm I | 1867 – 1870 | 3 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Otto von Bismarck | 1867 – 1871 | 4 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone |
2 rulers, 2 with terms dated as terms, covering 1867 – 1871. Only 4 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 1 of 1 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. The violent-handover count is withheld: power changed hands so often that any rising falls beside one (exposure 1.00, limit 0.6). A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of the North German Confederation · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ssolbergj , TRAJAN 117 This W3C-unspecified vector image was created with Inkscape . .svg/120px-Flag_of_Germany_(1867%E2%80%931918).svg.png)
flag, undatedFlag of Germany (1867–1918) · Public domain
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood3 years
stood longer than 10% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record2
has more rulers on record than 34% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 9 causes the record names and 5 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1857 – 1880, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1869, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q150981 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.