The Spanish parliament chose amongst several candidates, including a French Prince, which led to the Franco-Prussian War, when Bismarck refused to have another Frenchman in the Spanish Throne.

For a long time, Bismarck had refused to give in widespread public demands to give Germany " a place in the sun " through the acquisition of overseas colonies.

Arnim refused this reassignment and continued to put forth his views in opposition to Bismarck, going so far as to remove sensitive records from embassy files at Paris to back up his attacks on the chancellor.

The National Liberals refused to make this law permanent, while the Conservatives supported only the entirety of the bill and threatened to and eventually vetoed the entire bill in session because Bismarck would not agree to a modified bill.

Bismarck, feeling pressured and unappreciated by the Emperor and undermined by ambitious advisers, refused to sign a proclamation regarding the protection of workers along with Wilhelm, as was required by the German Constitution, to protest Wilhelm's ever increasing interference to Bismarck's previously unquestioned authority.

He was the leader of the free traders, and after 1878 refused to follow Bismarck in his new policy of protection, state socialism and colonial development.

The book subsequently appeared without police interference but Bismarck, occupied with other matters, refused a request by Lassalle for another meeting and no further direct contacts between the pair were made.

In 1872 Bismarck proposed appointing Chlodwig's younger brother Cardinal Gustav Adolf Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, ( Rotenburg, Germany, 26 March 1823-Rome, Italy, 30 October 1896 ), as Prussian envoy to the Holy See, but Pope Pius IX refused to receive him in this capacity.

The German government under Chancellor Otto von Bismarck fearing the impact on the relations with the British was originally opposed to these plans and had refused any backing when Peters set out.

When the terms of peace were discussed he resigned, for Bismarck refused to negotiate with him.

He refused to follow Bismarck in his financial and economic policy after 1878 ; always unsympathetic to the chancellor, he was now selected for his most bitter attacks.

Bismarck therefore refused to communicate the resolution, and returned it through the German minister at Washington.

The outcome of this was that the duke refused the terms offered by King William and Bismarck.

In 1877 he was offered the post of vice-chancellor with a seat in the Prussian ministry, but refused it because Bismarck or the king would not agree to his conditions.

After Prussia unified the other states into the second German Empire, its long-time leader Otto von Bismarck ( 1862-90 ) had long opposed colonial acquisitions, arguing that the burden of obtaining, maintaining and defending such possessions would outweigh any potential benefit.

Otto von Bismarck, the main creator and the first Chancellor of the second German Empire, had also studied law in Göttingen in 1833: he lived in a tiny house on the " Wall ", now known as " Bismarck Cottage ".

Image: Otto von Bismarck 1873. jpg | Otto von Bismarck, " Iron Chancellor " of the second German Empire

Ark Royal now launched, in almost impossibly bad weather conditions for air operations, and from a distance of less than 40 miles upwind of Bismarck, a second strike consisting of 15 Swordfish.

In the 19th century, at the conclusion of the Franco-Prussian War, the Prussian king, William I, was declared German emperor — thus establishing the ( second ) German Empire — on 18 January 1871 in the Hall of Mirrors by Bismarck and the victorious German princes and lords.

Its core city is Bismarck, the capital of North Dakota ; Mandan, which lies across the Missouri River from Bismarck, is the second largest city in the metropolitan area.

Swisher Field is the second largest football stadium in the NSIC, behind only the University of Mary ’ s Bismarck Community Bowl.

However, area growth led to the opening of CATC's second office in Bismarck.

At the same time Bismarck tried to reduce the political influence of the emancipated Catholic minority in the Kulturkampf, literally " culture struggle ".

Bismarck, Roon and Moltke took charge at a time when relations among the Great Powers — Great Britain, France, Austria and Russia — had been shattered by the Crimean War of 1854 – 55 and the Italian War of 1859.

Bismarck, at the same time, did not avoid war with France.

Bismarck, forced for the first time into a situation he could not use to his advantage, wrote a blistering letter of resignation, decrying Wilhelm's interference in foreign and domestic policy, which was published only after Bismarck's death.

In December 1897, Wilhelm II visited Bismarck for the last time.

Bismarck believed that as long as Britain, Russia and Italy were assured of the peaceful nature of the German Empire, French belligerency could be contained ; his diplomatic feats were undone, however, by Kaiser Wilhelm II, whose policies unified other European powers against Germany in time for World War I.

Being a committed monarchist himself, Bismarck allowed no effective constitutional check on the power of the Emperor, thus placing a time bomb in the foundation of the Germany that he created.

Wiley spent most of his time in the Imperial Food Laboratory in Bismarck working with Eugene Sell, mastering the use of the polariscope and studying sugar chemistry.

Since that time, Bismarck has been reincorporated.

Underwood was founded along a Soo Line Railroad line between Bismarck and Max in 1903 and named after Fred D. Underwood, vice president of the railroad at the time.

In June 1874 he was found guilty of a libel on Otto von Bismarck, whom he had compared to Frederick the Great in " his unrighteous war with Austria and his ruination of religion and morality ," to Napoleon III in his way of " picking out the best time possible for robbery and plunder.

At the same time, Leopold promised Bismarck he would not give any one nation special status, and that German traders would be as welcome as any other.

Bismarck's biographer A. J. P. Taylor said: " It would be unfair to say that Bismarck took up social welfare solely to weaken the Social Democrats ; he had had it in mind for a long time, and believed in it deeply.

His education included training in German language and literature, and he went to Germany to complete these studies Göttingen, during 1832-1833. during which time he became a lifelong friend of Otto von Bismarck.

From 1879 to 1882 Chanzy was ambassador to Russia, during which time he received many tokens of respect, not only from the Russians, but also from the German emperor, William I, and Prince Bismarck.

Lord Granville failed to realize in time the importance of the Angra Pequeña question in 1883-1884, and he was forced, somewhat ignominiously, to yield to Bismarck over it.

Qingdao University was housed in the former Bismarck barracks that had been constructed for the German troops during the time when Qingdao was part of the German concession in Shandong.

By the time it was realised that she was heading for Brest, Bismarck had broken the naval cordon and gained a lead.

During this time he was asked to present radio portraits of the main historical personalities influencing Germany from Bismarck to World War II, including such senior figures of the Nazi regime as Heinrich Himmler and Joseph Goebbels.

German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, who led the Congress, undertook to stabilize the Balkans, recognize the reduced power of the Ottoman Empire, and balance the distinct interests of Britain, Russia and Austria-Hungary ; at the same time he tried to diminish Russian gains in the region and to prevent the rise of a big Bulgaria.

One year after the outbreak of World War II, he was appointed commander of the battleship Bismarck, at the time the largest warship in commission anywhere in the world and the pride of the German Navy ( Kriegsmarine ).

He knew that with the recent strife in Bismarck between a conservative legislature and the American Society of Equity and its farm following, the time was ripe for a political revolution.

Prince of Wales had already correctly identified and targeted Bismarck, whereas Hood is believed to have continued to fire at Prinz Eugen for some time.