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The Prussian Kingdom was founded on January 18th, 1701, when the Elector Frederick III had himself crowned Frederick I at Konigsberg. Frederick I. Prussia, which was to become a byword for German militarism and authoritarianism, began its history outside Germany altogether. The people called Preussen in German, who inhabited the land on the south-eastern coast of the Baltic, were Slavs, related to the Lithuanians and Latvians.
On maps as of January 2015, Prussia is where Germany is. At its height, the Prussian empire extended up to the Baltic and North seas, from Belgium, the Netherlands, and France to Russia, and to Austria and Hungary. Continue Reading. The Prussian empire eventually became modern-day Germany. After defeating France in 1871, Prussian leadership established Prussia as a world power and unified various states. The Prussians established a German empire, which lasted until World War 1, when the Germans were defeated.