| Term | Definition |
|---|
| April 1815 | Bismarck born in Brandenburg (NW of Berlin) to the Junker class. |
| 1839 | Bismarck's mother died and he returned to the country. |
| 1845 | Studied law at Göttingen and Berlin. He was lazy, bored and had achieved little. |
| 1847 | Married Johanna von Puttkamer. Also, he was elected to the Prussian United Diet. |
| 1849 | Elected to Prussian assembly. |
| November 1850 | Humiliation of Olmütz. |
| 1851-1858 | Prussian representative to the Federal Diet of the German Confederation at Frankfurt. |
| 1859-1862 | Prussian Ambassador to Russia. |
| 1862 | Prussian Ambassador to France. |
| Early 1860's | Developed a reputation as a tough, able politician who was both ambitious and ruthless. |
| 1862 | Minister of War, Albrecht von Roon, called Bismarck back to Berlin from Paris. Bismarck was appointed the Minister President of Prussia. |
| 1863 | Bismarck's first diplomatic act. He offered Russia help with Poles. |
| 1865 | Bismarck met with Napoleon at Biarittz. |
| 1866 | Bismarck hinted at territory for Napoleon III if he reamianed neutral during the Austro-Prussian war. |
| 1871 | Bismarck was appointed the Imperial Chancellor of German Emperor Wilhelm I. |
| 1872 | Beginning of Kulturkampf. |
| 1879 | Bismarck swings from liberal/free trader to conservative/protectionist, from anti-atholic to pro-Catholic in one year. |
| May 1882 | Tripple alliance formed between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. |
| March 1888 | Wilhelm II died. |
| June 1888 | Wilhelm II becomes Emperor of Germany. |
| 1890 | Bismarck forced to resign or be dismissed. |
| April 1895 | Bismarck's 80th birthday created enormous national celebration. |
| 1898 | Bismarck died. |
| April 1899 | Buried four months later when mausoleum completed on his 84th birthday. |
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