The German forces reached the outskirts of the French capital on 15 September and General Helmuth von Moltke, the commander of the Prussian army, gave the order to begin surrounding the city.
The refusal of the Communards to accept the authority of the French government led to the Commune being brutally suppressed by the regular French army in May during ‘The Bloody Week’.
Wilhelm was formally declared the German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles on 18 January.
The Franco-Prussian War began with a declaration of war by the French emperor, Napoleon III.
On the 18th January 1871, Wilhelm I of Prussia was proclaimed the first German Emperor.
On the 28th March 1871 the Paris Commune was proclaimed and met for the first time.
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