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Breaking-News >> TodayHistory April 1, 1815: Bismarck's birthday
On this day, 210 years ago, April 1, 1815 (February 22, 1815 in the lunar calendar), Bismarck, the "Iron and Blood Prime Minister", was born. On April 1, 1815, Bismarck, a famous Prussian and French politician and diplomat, was born. Bismarck was originally a Junker aristocrat in Brandenburg who adopted capitalist methods of operation. He fanatically defended Juncker's privileges and monarchy. He served as Prussian representative to the Federal Parliament, ambassador to Russia and France. In 1862, he was appreciated by King William I and appointed Prime Minister. He immediately implemented an "iron-blood policy" that represented the interests of Junker landowners. He publicly declared in Parliament: "Germany values Prussia highly not for its liberalism, but for its strength... The resolution of current major problems is not by speeches and the resolutions of the majority... but by iron and blood." Regardless of parliament's opposition, he implemented military discussions and expanded the army and prepared for war. When Parliament asked for his pardon, he said: "We are not England here. We ministers are servants of the King, not yours." Forcing Parliament to yield to his will. In 1864, Bismarck joined forces with Austria to launch a war against Denmark, forcing Denmark to abandon the two duchies. At this time, Bismarck believed that "Austria would not allow Prussia to become the master of a unified Germany if it did not suffer defeat on the battlefield." So the War against Austria was launched and won in 1866, thus consolidating Prussia's dominance in Germany. In 1867, the North German Federation was established with Prussia as the center. However, the four southern states remained outside the Union due to French obstruction. In 1870, they fought the Franco-Prussian War and defeated the French army. At the end of the year, the four states of South Germany joined the German Federation and established the German Empire. The King of Prussia declared himself Emperor of Germany, and Bismarck served as Prime Minister of the German Empire and Prime Minister of Prussia. Bismarck united Germany from top to bottom with his "iron-blood policy" and also helped France's Versailles government suppress the Paris Commune. He promulgated the "Anti-Socialist Extraordinary Law" against China to brutally suppress the workers 'movement; Externally, it strives to use alliance policies to establish Germany's hegemony in Europe. He died in 1898. News raw data sources → https://www.abtool.cn/today_detail/1ba2.html 17WorldNews[2025.09.28-06:21] 访问:77
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