A woman's fertile days depend on the life span of the egg and the sperm. Her egg only lives for about a day after ovulation. Sperm can live inside her body for about six days. The egg and sperm are most likely to join when intercourse happens during the five days before the egg is released or on the day of ovulation. It is also possible for a day or two after ovulation â even though it's less likely to happen then.
The unification of Germany officially took place on January 18, 1871. At that point, the Germanic states became the German Reich, which means German Empire. Shortly after the unification of Germany, Germany annexed the iron-rich French region of Alsace-Lorraine.
Its first significant change of hands came at the end of the Franco-Prussian war when, as a result of the unification of Germany, Otto von Bismarck annexed Alsace and northern Lorraine to the new German Empire in 1871.