When Wilhelm Friedrich Link was born on 15 December 1865, in Mundelsheim, Oberamt Marbach, Württemberg, Germany, his father, Jakob Friedrich Link, was 27 and his mother, Helene Barbara Gamer, was 15. He married Anna Friederike Häußermann on 27 April 1893, in Oppenweiler, Backnang, Württemberg, Germany. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters.
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Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina provoking World War I.
On August 1, 1914, Germany declared war on Russia, sparking World War I. This would not be the last time Germany caused a world war. After the Allies defeated Germany, they signed the Treaty of Versailles.
German and Dutch: variant of Link .
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