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  Otto von Bismarck -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1849, Bismarck was elected to the Landtag, the lower house of the new Prussian legislature.
Bismarck was also worried about the growth of the (A political advocate of socialism) socialist movement—in particular, that of the (A political party in Germany and Britain (and elsewhere) founded in late 19th century; originally Marxist; now advocates the gradual transformation of capitalism into democratic socialism) Social Democratic Party.
Bismarck also maintained good relations with (A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD) Italy.
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 BISMARCK - LoveToKnow Article on BISMARCK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bismarcks duty as minister was to carry on the government against the wishes of the Lower House, so as to enable the king to complete and maintain the reorganized army.
Bismarck depended for his position solely on the confidence of the king, and the necessity for defending himself against the attempts to destroy this confidence added greatly to the suspiciousness of his nature.
Bismarck is the headquarters for navigation of the upper Missouri river, is situated in a good agricultural region, and has a large wholesale trade, shipping grain, hides, furs, wool and coal.
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 MSN Encarta - Otto von Bismarck
Bismarck was born at Schönhausen, northwest of Berlin.
Prince Regent William, who succeeded his brother in 1858 as William I when the latter suffered a series of strokes, was conservative and Prussian to the core.
Bismarck decided that the only way to bring the south into an alliance with the north was to start a war that threatened both north and south equally.
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 Prince - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Other princes (or the same, see below) derive their title not from their dynastic position as such (which must often be shared with brothers, etc), but from their claim to a unique title of formal princely rank, one named after a specific principality, not after the suzerain/sovereign state, even if they belong to one.
A prince or princess who is the head of state in a monarchy is a reigning prince, which had no other specific, formal (rank) title, and their domain, typically smaller than a kingdom, is called a "principality".
In ancient China, the title of prince developed from being the highest title of nobility (synonymous with duke) in the Zhou Dynasty, to five grades of princes (not counting the sons and grandsons of the emperor) by the time of the fall of the Qing Dynasty.
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 Bismarck, Otto von. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Bismarck was appointed premier in 1862 by William I in order to secure adoption of the Prussian king’s army program, which was then being strenuously opposed in parliament.
Fear of France, skillfully propagated by Bismarck, was to bring the remaining German states into the Prussian orbit when the candidature of a Hohenzollern prince to the throne of Spain caused friction with the French Emperor Napoleon III.
Bismarck’s new economic policy also resulted in the rapid expansion of German commerce and industry and the acquisition of overseas colonies and spheres of influence (see Germany).
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 Encyclopedia: Otto von Bismarck   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Otto von Bismarck was educated at the Friedrich Wilhelm Gymnasium and the Grauen Kloster Gymnasium.
Bismarck believed that the Roman Catholic Church held too much political power; moreover, he was concerned about the emergence of the Catholic Centre Party (organised in 1870).
Bismarck resigned at Wilhelm II's insistence in 1890, to be succeeded as Chancellor of Germany and Minister-President of Prussia by Leo von Caprivi.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Kulturkampf
Bismarck then abandoned his anti-Liberal attitude and for the most part of the next decade received the parliamentary support of the Liberals; towards the year 1870 the more important offices, both Prussian and German, were held by the Liberals.
Bismarck insisted that the May Laws should not be abolished by any formal act; he was willing, however, to modify their application, obtain gradually from the Landtag temporary discretionary authority in regard to the laws, remove certain odious points, etc., all this on condition of a yielding attitude on the side of the Catholics.
Bismarck was again anxious in regard to Russia, and this time feared an alliance of that nation with France; the recent awakening of Panslavism added to his solicitude on this point.
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 MSN Encarta - Print Preview - Otto von Bismarck   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bismarck, who had been made a prince at the end of the Franco-Prussian War, was made the Duke of Lauenburg after his retirement.
What is known is that, by the time of Bismarck’s resignation, Germany’s domestic politics were so deadlocked that Bismarck himself was considering either a coup d’etat or a return to the “crisis management” techniques of the 1860s.
Bismarck’s legacy, in short, was at best an extremely intricate system which depended on the abilities and personality of not merely one man, but one particular man whose talents proved impossible to replicate.
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 ipedia.com: Otto von Bismarck Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Initially a deeply conservative, aristocratic, and monarchist politician, Bismarck fought the growing social democracy movement in the 1880s by outlawing several organizations and pragmatically instituting mandatory old-age pensions, and health and accident insurance for workers.
After Bismarck provoked France, which at this time was ruled by Napoleon III, the Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870 and the southern German states, viewing France as the aggressor, joined the North German Confederation.
Both the Kriegsmarine battleship DKM Bismarck as well as two ships of the Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine), and Bismarck, North Dakota, were named in his honor, as was the Bismarck Archipelago outside the former German colony of New Guinea, and several streets and schools in Germany.
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Bismarck aimed at confrontation, hoping that if the laws were allowed to lapse and workers went too far, he would be able to revise the Constitution of 1867-71 in an undemocratic fashion.
Prince Bismarck's greatness as a statesman and his imperishable services to Prussia and Germany are historical facts of such tremendous significance that there is doubtless no man in existence, whatever his party affiliations, who would dare to place them in question.
Bismarck's insistence on including the provision that allowed the police to remove socialist agitators from their home areas seemed certain to rule out a possible compromise between liberals and conservatives and thus to assure the bill's defeat.
www.h-net.msu.edu /~german/gtext/kaiserreich/dismiss.html   (7986 words)

  
 BISMARCK MEMORIAL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bismarck was born on April 1, 1815, at Schönhausen, northwest of Berlin, the son of a landowning nobleman (Junker) and an upper-middle-class commoner; his multifaceted background accounts for the unique blend of intellectual subtlety and Junker parochialism in his personal makeup.
Bismarck succeeded in discrediting the liberals, but had to make his peace with the Roman Catholics, and although he failed to defeat the Socialists, the social security legislation he introduced-national accident and health insurance and old-age pensions-ended whatever revolutionary designs they may have had.
Evaluation In striving for German unification Bismarck did not simply resort to "blood and iron." His moves were carefully prepared diplomatically, and he ended his wars as soon as his immediate objectives had been obtained.
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 biography -- Otton von Bismarck   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bismarck bridled at authority as a young man. His teacher's complaint that as a boy he was arrogant was apt.
Bismarck played an important role in shaping the character of Prince Wilhelm as a young man. The impressionable young prince's parents were progressive, liberal thinkers and criticized their son's high impression of himself.
Bismarck tendered his resignation in 1890, but phrased it so it was clear that he was willing to serve, but that Wilhelm had demanded his resignation.
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 KBismarck.com - Operation Rheinübung
At noon, the Bismarck left the berth under the tunes of Muß i' denn played by the fleet band, and then she anchored in Gotenhafen's roadstead to take on supplies and fuel.
The Prince of Wales was at a clear disadvantage, and at 0603 launched a smoke screen and retreated from the combat after being hit a total of four times by the Bismarck and three more by the Prinz Eugen.
The Bismarck increased her speed to 27 knots and turned to starboard, in a manoeuvre very similar to the one executed the previous afternoon when the Prinz Eugen was detached.
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 SHARK REEF...March 2004: Richard Carter
Bismarck I'm told her daughter is in love with that moth-eaten Prince Alexander of Battenberg.
Bismarck I understood the removal of the larynx could be as deadly as the disease.
Bismarck "Kaiser Frederick required a breathing tube to be placed in his neck." (With gradually increasing intensity) The tube is made of metal and designed to slide in easily, but Dr. Bergmann, unable to find the passage, tried to force the metal tube into the Kaiser's windpipe, where there was no passage."
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 hs441biblio.html
Bismarck, Otto von: The Kaiser vs. Bismarck; suppressed letters by the Kaiser and new chapters from the autobiography of the Iron Chancellor (New York, Harper, 1921 [c1920])1: DD218.A3x 1921
Bonnin, Georges (ed): Bismarck and the Hohenzollern Candidature for the Spanish Throne.
Ausärtiges Amt: Bismarck and the Hohenzollern candidature for the Spanish throne.
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 Trenches on the Web - Bio: Prince Otto Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Trenches on the Web - Bio: Prince Otto Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen
Warned against taking the provinces of Alsace-Lorraine from France after the 1870 Franco-Prussian War.
Bismarck's prediction on what would provoke the next war
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