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Michael CarricoMichael Carrico
Updated:Apr 23, 2026
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Urbanization, Migration and Working-Class Life in Imperial Germany (1871-1914)

Urbanization, Migration and Working-Class Life in Imperial Germany (1871-1914)

  1. German Empire founded; industrial boom accelerates

    Labels: German Empire, Industrialization

  2. Anti-Socialist Law passed in the Reichstag

    Labels: Anti-Socialist Law, Reichstag

  3. Workers’ health insurance law enacted

    Labels: Health Insurance, Bismarckian Welfare

  4. Accident insurance law passed

    Labels: Accident Insurance, Workplace Safety

  5. Prussian Settlement Commission established

    Labels: Prussian Settlement, Prussia

  6. Old-age and disability insurance law passed

    Labels: Old-Age Insurance, Disability Insurance

  7. Anti-Socialist Law allowed to lapse

    Labels: Anti-Socialist Law, Reichstag

  8. General Commission of German Trade Unions founded

    Labels: General Commission, Trade Unions

  9. Major German cities expand rapidly by 1890

    Labels: Major Cities, Census 1890

  10. German Civil Code (BGB) adopted

    Labels: B rgerliches, Civil Code

  11. Hamburg dockworkers’ strike begins

    Labels: Hamburg Dockworkers, Dock Strike

  13. Berlin clinic documents tenement poverty (1901–1920)

    Labels: Berlin Clinic, Tenement Study

  15. Urbanization peaks in large cities by 1910

    Labels: Urbanization 1910, Major Cities

  16. Imperial Germany enters World War I

    Labels: World War, Imperial Germany