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Otto von Bismarck resigns

March 18,1890 German statesman Otto von Bismarck resigns from government. 

Bicentenary-of-birth-Otto-Fürst-von-Bismarck-1815-1898 Bismarck resigns

Bicentenary of birth Otto Fürst von Bismarck (1815-1898)
Issued by Germany May 2, 2015
Designer: Dieter Ziegenfeuter

Otto von Bismarck, the architect of the German empire, resigned as chancellor after a disagreement with the new Kaiser, Wilhelm II. 

Bismarck’s Handwritten Letter of Resignation (March 18, 1890), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/forging-an-empire-bismarckian-germany-1866-1890/ghdi:image-1480> [March 14, 2024].

Bismarck’s Handwritten Letter of Resignation (March 18, 1890), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/forging-an-empire-bismarckian-germany-1866-1890/ghdi:image-1480> [March 14, 2024].

 

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