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 | | It managed to preserve its independence by playing off the rivalries of Prussia and Austria, but defeat in the 1866 Austro-Prussian War led to its incorporation into the German Empire. |
 | | In the early 20th century Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Henrik Ibsen, and other notable artists were drawn to Bavaria, notably to the Schwabing district of Munich, but the region was devastated by World War I. |
 | | Socialist premier Kurt Eisner, who deposed Louis III of BavariaLudwig III, was assassinated in 1919 leading to a violently suppressed communist revolt. |
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