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| 1851 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von |  |
| Frankfurt Frederick William appoints Bismarck as Prussia's envoy to the Diet of the German Confederation in Frankfurt |
| 1852 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Frankfurt Becomes convinced that Prussia would have to ally itself with other German states in order to countervail Austria's growing influence, accepts of the notion of a united German nation |
| Frankfurt Frederick William appoints Bismarck as Prussia's envoy to the Diet of the German Confederation in Frankfurt |
| 1855 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Vienna Remains neutral hoping to win Russian friendship at a later date |
| 1859 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| St Petersburg William takes over the government of Prussia as Regent, he replaces Bismarck as Envoy in Frankfurt and makes Bismarck Prussia's Ambassador to the Russian Empire |
| 10th May Berlin The Liberals have a majority in the Landtag & William dissolves it |
| 1862 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Paris Appointed Ambassador to France |
| Berlin Meets Disraeli & plays the role of a future Premier |
| Berlin Meets Napolean who sounds Bismarck out on a possible alliance betwen Germany & France |
| Berlin Outlines his general policy for the next 10 years for army reform & German unification |
| 19th Sep Berlin The Landtag refuses to carry out reforms of the Army |
| 1866 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Prussia quickly defeated Austria and its allies, in a crushing victory at the Battle of K”niggr„tz followed by the Peace of Prague the German Confederation is dissolved |
| 14th June Prussian delegates declare the German Confederation at an end |
| 23rd Aug Prague The Nth German Confederation is created of German lands nth of the Maine |
| 1867 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| From this point on begins what historians refer to as "The Misery of Austria", in which Austria serves as a mere vassal to the superior Germany, a relationship that was to shape history up to the two World Wars |
| King Wilhelm I serves as its President, and Bismarck as its Chancellor |
| To solidify Prussian hegemony, Prussia and several other North German states joined the North German Confederation |
| 1867 | Wilhelm I | |
| Berlin Appointed Head of the North German Confederation |
