Timeline Tuesday 18 March 1890

Events on Tuesday 18 March 1890 2

• 1890 Bismarck is dismissed Berlin, Germany The chancellor who had built the German Empire and spent twenty years keeping France isolated was forced out. The Reinsurance Treaty with Russia lapsed months later.
• 1890 Dismissal of Otto von Bismarck Kaiser Wilhelm II forces out the Iron Chancellor Kaiser Wilhelm II forced Chancellor Otto von Bismarck to resign after nearly three decades in power, following disputes over social policy and the Kaiser's desire for direct control. Bismarck, architect of German unification, retired to his estate at Friedrichsruh. His departure marked a turning point toward a more assertive and erratic German foreign policy.