Bismarck Named Minister-President
September 23, 1862
Wilhelm I of Prussia, at the end of his patience with a liberal parliament that would not fund his army, summoned Otto von Bismarck and made him minister-president. Within weeks Bismarck told the parliament that German questions would be decided "not by speeches and majority decisions, but by iron and blood." He meant it.
In context
Also in 1862 (4 other events on record)
- Antietam · North America · War
- Emancipation Proclamation Announced · North America · Politics
- Les Miserables Published · Europe · Culture
- Cinco de Mayo · North America · War
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Era
Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.
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