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Otto von Bismarck

1815–1898

Prussian and German statesman, 1815 to 1898, who unified Germany by war and diplomacy. As minister president of Prussia from 1862 he provoked wars with Denmark, Austria and France, then proclaimed the German Empire at Versailles in 1871. Dismissed by the young Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1890, he warned that his successors would ruin his work.

Facts

Born: 1815, Schonhausen, Prussia.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Otto von Bismarck
Died: 1898, Friedrichsruh.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Otto von Bismarck
Office: Minister president of Prussia 1862 to 1890; German chancellor 1871 to 1890.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Otto von Bismarck
Known for: German unification (1871) and the wars of 1864, 1866 and 1870.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Otto von Bismarck

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Otto von Bismarck in the 1880s, photograph (Wikimedia Commons)

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CountryGermany1990–

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