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The Rise of Bismark and Death of Palmerston
William I of Prussia ascended the throne of Frederick the Great and appointed Count Otto von Bismarck Minister-President of Prussia. Bismarck set out to unite the German States.
He also planned to win new territory for Germany. In 1864 the Schleswig-Holstein Question raised its head again and culminated in these Duchies being attached to Prussia. In the Seven Weeks War of 1866 Austria was crushed by Germany.
In 1865 Palmerston won another majority at a general election but by October of that year he was dead.
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OTTO EDUARD LEOPOLD VON BISMARCK (1815-1898)- Restructured the Germans under Prussia
- Known as the Iron Chancellor who made Germany powerful enough to set her on a course that would lead to the Great War in 1914
Vicky and Frederick (later II) had a son. He was Kaiser Bill who became famous during the First World War.The Schleswig-Holstein Question was so complicated that it became a euphemism for any subject to which there was no conclusive and textual answer in every political examination paper for the next 100 years.
THE MARRIAGES OF VICTORIA'S CHILDREN
- Vicky, Princess Royal married Frederick of Prussia
- Bertie, Prince of Wales married Princess Alexandra of Denmark
- Alice married Prince Louis of Hesse Darmstadt
- Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh married The Grand Duchess Marie of Russia
- Helena married Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein- Sonderburg-Augustenberg
- Louise married John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Maquis of Lorne later Duke of Argyll
- Arthur, Duke of Connaught married Princess Louise of Prussia
- Leopold, Duke of Albany married Princess Helen of Waldeck- Pyrment
- Beatrice married Prince Harry of Battenberg
 
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| 1837 | William IV dies
Victoria becomes Queen
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| 1838 | The People's Charter is issued
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| 1839 | The Opium War breaks out
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| 1840 | Victoria marries Prince Albert
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| 1841 | Peel becomes Prime Minister
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| 1842 | The Opium War ends
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| 1845 | The Irish famine starts
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| 1846 | The corn laws are repealed
Russell becomes Prime Minister
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| 1848 | Public Health Act
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| 1851 | The Great Exhibition
Louis Napoleon seizes power in France
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| 1854 | The Crimean War breaks out
Florence Nightingale arrives at Scutari
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| 1855 | Palmerston becomes Prime Minister
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| 1856 | The Treaty of Paris ends the Crimean War
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| 1857 | The Indian Mutiny breaks out
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| 1858 | The Crown takes over the government of India
Derby becomes Prime Minister
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| 1859 | Palmerston becomes Prime Minister
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| 1861 | Prince Albert dies
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| 1865 | Palmerston dies
Russell becomes Prime Minister
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