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1061 · first mention of the "Zollern" (later Hohenzollern)
1192 · Count Friedrich III. of Hohenzollern got from Emperor Frederick I. the County of Nuremberg as a fiefdom
ca. 1200 · death of Frederick III.
1218 · the sons of Frederick III. exchange their heritage, Konrad I. gets Nuremberg-Zollern, Frederick IV. receives Hechingen
1411 · the Margraviate of Brandenburg comes to the house of Hohenzollern especially the line of Nuremberg Zollern
1534 · Charles I. of Hohenzollern (Hechingen) receives from Emperor Charles V. the counties of Sigmaringen and Veringen as fiefdom
1576 · inheritance of the Swabian Hohenzollern dynasty, it arised the lines of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (to 1869), Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (to 1634) and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
1623 · the Counts of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern-Hechingen become elevatet to Princes
1801 · Peace of Luneville, the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation cedes officially all areas of the left bank of the River Rhine to Napoléon's French Empire, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen loses his feudal rights in the Dutch dominions and their domains in Belgium, compensated by the acquisition of the Dominion of Glatt and the monasteries of Inzigkofen, Beuern und Holeschein
1806 · end of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation under the pressure of Napoléon, the emperor resigns, the Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen joins the Confederation of the Rhine, and can hold its sovereignty, takes over in the region all imperial areas of the Knights and the Princes of Thurn Taxis, and purchases the Dominions of Achberg and Hohenfels, the monasteries of Klosterwald and Habsthal
October 1813 · defeat of Napoleon at Leipzig (16th to 18th of October 1813 Battle of Nations)
1814–1815 · Vienna Congress, reorganization of Europe after the Napoleonic era, establishment of the German Confederation
1815 · the Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen joines the German Confederation
1828 · founding member of the Bavarian-Wuerttemberg Customs Union
1833 · adoption of a constitution for Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
1834 · founding member the German Customs Union
1848 · Bourgeois Revolution in Germany, riots in Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
27th of August in 1848 · Prince Charles renounces the throne in favor of his son Charles-Antony, marching in of Prussian troops
7th of December in 1848 · Charles-Antony renounces the throne and cedes his country to the Kingdom of Prussia
6th of April in 1850 · the sovereignty of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen becomes officially handed over to Prussia, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern-Hechingen become merged to the Prussian governmental district "Sigmaringen" (in practice called "Hohenzollern Countries"), partly administered by the Rhine Province, and partly directly from Berlin
1866 · the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was appointed to Kings of Romania
1870 · Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen is a candidate for the throne of Spain and becomes in this way the reason for the French-German War
1946 · establish of the Country of Wuerttemberg-Hohenzollern as a part of the French occupation zone, from the southern parts of the Country of Wuerttemberg and the Hohenzollern Countries
1949 · Wuerttemberg-Hohenzollern is federal country of the FRG
1952 · after a plebiscite gets Wuerttemberg-Hohenzollern fused with Wuerttemberg-Baden and the remaining Baden to the Country of Baden-Wuerttemberg
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