Otto Von Bismarck

Otto von Bismarck, born on Schönhausen on April 1, 1815, to Ferdinand von Bismarck-Schönhausen and Wilhelmine Mencken, showed deliberate submission from childhood. He studied at the University of Göttingen and in 1836 received a law degree. In 1847, Bismarck made many changes in his life. He became religious, entered politics as an active member of the upper house of the Prussian parliament, and married Johanna von Puttkamer. In 1851 Frederick William IV appointed Bismarck as Prussian ambassador to the Frankfurt Diet of the German Confederation. A blockbuster against the primacy of the Austrian president's office, Bismarck described talking of Frankfurt's country as "an unpleasant compromise." Bismarck's modernization, administration, law and education in Germany was transformed by the economic and technological revolution that transformed Germany into an industrial society. Among Bismarck's greatest accomplishments during this period was the establishment of the Dreikaiserbund, or the Three Emperors' League (Germany, Russia, Austria), 1872-1878 and 1881-1887 and negotiations for the 1879 German Duplice, 1882 Austro -German-Italian Triplice, and the secret of the 1887 Russo-German Reinsurance Convention. He served as Chairman of the 1878 Congress of Berlin, and also directed the German occupation of the overseas colonies. Bismarck did not retire kindly. At home he was happy for Friedrichsruh and Johanna, who survived him; and their children, Herbert, Bill, and Marie, regularly visited them there. Bismarck, however, used the radio to harass his political appointees, and briefly suspended the country's most powerful parliament, whose member was absent from 1891 to 189. on July 30, 1898, they completely opposed William II.