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Events on Saturday 30 April 1898 1
1815 – 1898Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898)Died 30 April 1898, aged 83Otto von Bismarck engineered the unification of Germany and served as its first Chancellor from 1871 to 1890. His alliance system dominated European diplomacy for two decades. He died at his estate in Friedrichsruh on 30 April 1898.