Otto von Bismarck – Biographical information from the WeGA

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Bismarck in 1890 (Source: Wikimedia)

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Basic data

Bismarck-Schönhausen, Otto Eduard Leopold von
April 1, 1815 in Schönhausen
†

July 30, 1898 in Friedrichsruh
Staatsmann
Berlin

Iconography

Bismarck in 1890 (Source: Wikimedia)

Bismarck in 1836, at age 21 (Source: Wikimedia)

Bismarck in 1847, at age 32 (Source: Wikimedia)

The German Confederation 1815–1866. Prussia (in blue) considerably expanded its territory. (Source: Wikimedia)

Bismarck in 1863 with Roon (centre) and Moltke (right), the three leaders of Prussia in the 1860s (Source: Wikimedia)

Otto von Bismarck as Minister President of Prussia, shown wearing insignia of a knight of the Johanniterorden, 1858 (Source: Wikimedia)

Statue of Otto von Bismarck in the northernmost German state of Schleswig-Holstein (Source: Wikimedia)

King William on a black horse with his suite, Bismarck, Moltke, Roon and others, watching the Battle of Königgrätz (Source: Wikimedia)

Surrender of Napoleon III after the Battle of Sedan, 1 September 1870 (Source: Wikimedia)

Anton von Werner's patriotic, much-reproduced depiction of the proclamation of Wilhelm I as German emperor in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. Bismarck is in the center, wearing a white uniform (1885). (Source: Wikimedia)

Bismarck in 1873 (Source: Wikimedia)

Between Berlin and Rome, Bismarck confronts Pope Pius IX, 1875. (Source: Wikimedia)

The Krupp factory in Essen, 1880 (Source: Wikimedia)

Cartoon from 1867 making fun of Bismarck's different roles, from general to minister of foreign affairs, federal chancellor, hunter, diplomat and president of the parliament of the Zollverein, the Prussian-dominated German customs union (Source: Wikimedia)

Bismarck c. 1875 (Source: Wikimedia)

Hoisting the German flag at Mioko, German New Guinea in 1884 (Source: Wikimedia)

European officials staking claims to Africa in the Conference of Berlin in 1884 (Source: Wikimedia)

Franz von Lenbach's portrait of Bismarck in his 75th year. He is in uniform of Major General of the Guards Cuirassiers of Prussia. (Source: Wikimedia)

Photo of Chancellor Bismarck in the 1880s (Source: Wikimedia)

1890 Bismarck in his last year as Chancellor, Medal by H. Schwabe, obverse (Source: Wikimedia)

Lenbach painting of Bismarck in retirement (1895) (Source: Wikimedia)

Bismarck on his deathbed, 30 July 1898 (Source: Wikimedia)

A statue of Bismarck in Berlin (Source: Wikimedia)

Bismarck's punchy sayings were borrowed by his successors, including the Nazis.[140] This 1942 Nazi propaganda poster quotes Bismarck: "If the Germans stick together, they will beat the devil out of hell." (Source: Wikimedia)

Arms of Otto, Prince Bismarck (Source: Wikimedia)

Bildnis Otto (Eduard Leopold) von Bismarck (1865 Graf von B.-Schönhausen, 1871 Fürst B., 1890 Herzog von Lauenburg), Weger, August - (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Bildnis des Bismark, Frédéric-Charles Wentzel - 1871/1900 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

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von 1871 bis 1890 erster Reichskanzler des Deutschen Reiches

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Complete Works of Carl Maria von Weber. Digital Edition, https://weber-gesamtausgabe.de/A004415 (Version 4.9.1 of February 5, 2024)
Last change of this document on December 16, 2017

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