# Canonical recap data for The Great Elector's Consolidation (1660)
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title: The Great Elector's Consolidation
subtitle: Frederick William I's election and consolidation of Brandenburg-Prussia established the military-bureaucratic state that would dominate Central Europe.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1660-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1660
decade: 1660
country:
name: Germany
slug: germany
summaryShort: "\"The Great Defector\" is the lead single from Bell X1's fourth studio album Blue Lights on the Runway."
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importance: 72
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
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  title: The Great Defector
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categories:
- election
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