Wilhelmine era

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The Wilhelmine era was the period of German history under Emperor Wilhelm II (1888–1918), marked by rapid industrialization, imperial expansion, and a distinctive bourgeois urban culture and architecture.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Wilhelmine era canonical 5
German Empire era 2
Wilhelminian era 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
period of German history ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gründerzeit style (late phase) ⓘ
linked to: Gründerzeit

Wilhelmine architecture ⓘ
linked to: Wilhelminian style

historicist architecture ⓘ
characterizedBy Kulturpolitik ⓘ
authoritarian political system ⓘ
bourgeois urban culture ⓘ
distinctive architecture ⓘ
growth of the Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ
imperial expansion ⓘ
militarism ⓘ
nationalism ⓘ
naval arms race with the United Kingdom ⓘ
rapid industrialization ⓘ
social tensions ⓘ
country German Empire ⓘ
culturalAspect development of modern entertainment and leisure ⓘ
growth of mass culture ⓘ
literary naturalism and early modernism in Germany ⓘ
economicTrend development of modern infrastructure ⓘ
expansion of heavy industry ⓘ
growth of cartels and large corporations ⓘ
urbanization ⓘ
endCause German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
German defeat in World War I ⓘ
abdication of Wilhelm II ⓘ
endTime 1918 ⓘ
followedBy Weimar Republic ⓘ
follows Bismarck era ⓘ
German Empire under Wilhelm I and Friedrich III ⓘ
linked to: German Empire
foreignPolicy Weltpolitik ⓘ
colonial expansion in Africa and the Pacific ⓘ
involvement in the Moroccan Crises ⓘ
participation in the Triple Alliance ⓘ
support for the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
hasPart German participation in World War I ⓘ
pre–World War I period in Germany ⓘ
headOfState Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
namedAfter Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
politicalStructure constitutional monarchy ⓘ
federal empire ⓘ
significantEvent Bosnian Crisis ⓘ
First Moroccan Crisis ⓘ
July Crisis of 1914 ⓘ
Second Moroccan Crisis ⓘ
outbreak of World War I ⓘ
socialChange expansion of the working class ⓘ
rise of the middle class ⓘ
women’s increased participation in public life ⓘ
startTime 1888 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bayerisches Viertel → developedInPeriod → Wilhelmine era ⓘ
Wilhelminian style → developedIn → Wilhelmine era ⓘ
Der Untertan → literaryPeriod → Wilhelmine era ⓘ
German Jugendstil → period → Wilhelmine era ⓘ
Bahnhofsviertel → developedInPeriod → Wilhelminian era ⓘ
linked to: Wilhelmine era
Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle → historicalPeriod → German Empire era ⓘ
linked to: Wilhelmine era
Prussian royal regalia → historicalPeriod → German Empire era ⓘ
linked to: Wilhelmine era