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Events on Tuesday 23 September 1862 2
1862 – 1890Otto von BismarckIron ChancellorOtto von Bismarck unified Germany through diplomacy and war and became the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
1862Otto von Bismarck becomes Prussian Minister PresidentStart of Bismarck's rise to powerKing Wilhelm I appointed Otto von Bismarck as Minister President of Prussia amid a constitutional crisis over military funding. Bismarck would use the position to engineer the unification of Germany over the following decade.