Otto Eduard Leopold Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen1871
Emperor. The 1866 North German Constitution becomes the 1871 Constitution of the German Empire with some adjustments. Appointed Imperial Chancellor of the German Empire
Germany · Government / Reich, second. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Emperor. The 1866 North German Constitution becomes the 1871 Constitution of the German Empire with some adjustments. Appointed Imperial Chancellor of the German Empire
The German Empire is the name used in English to describe the first 47 years of the German Reich when it was a semi-constitutional monarchy: beginning with the unification of Germany and proclamation of William I of Prussia as German
The new empire has a Parliament with two houses, the lower house, or Reichstag, is elected by universal male suffrage, however, the original constituencies drawn in 1871 were never redrawn to reflect the growth of urban areas.
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