1867 north German confederation 1887 war scare crisis
1887 Reinsurance Treaty with Russia (who wouldn’t
1870 zentrum formed sign with Austria)
1870 doctrine of papal infalibility
1888 Wilhelm i dies
1871 unification of Germany 1888 Frederick kaiser
1871 Franco Prussian war ends 1888 Frederick dies from lung cancer
1871 Wilhelm I proclaimed kaiser 1888 Wilhelm II becomes Kaiser
1871 new constitution
1871 nls have a majority 1889 attempt to make AS law permanent, refused
1871 zentrum second largest party 1889 old age pensions
1871 catholics become reichsfeinde 1889 dual alliance between Germany and Austria
1871 currency reform
1871 centre party second largest in Reichstag 1890 more severe AS bill proposed
1890 “meddling in foreign affairs”
1872 diplomatic relations with Vatican broken off 1890 Bismark resigns
1972 ratio of manual to white collar jobs was 10.6:1 1890 Holstein takes control of foreign affairs
1872 Dreikaiser Bund between Russia, Germany, 1890 Caprivi start
Austria 1890 New course as start
1890 General confederation of trade unions founded
1873 may may laws introduced by Karl Legien
1873 Pope Pius writes to kaiser 1890 old industry transitions to new industry
1873 trade recession/Great Depression start 1890 Weltpolitik begins
1874 zentrum still second largest party 1891 pan German league
1874 attempted assassination on bismarck 1891 tariffs reduced
1874 army budget - money voted 7 years
1874 press law 1893 military service reduced from 3 to 2 years
1893 military budget every 5 not 7 years
1875 nls become more conservative 1893 agrerarian league
1875 SPD formed
1875 8 cartels 1894 Caprivi end
1894 Hohenlohe start
1876 dkp formed 1894 subversion bill (thrown out)
1876 reichsbank formed 1894 New course end
1876 all catholic bishops in prussia imprisoned/exiled 1894 Bund Deutscher Frauenvereine founded
1877 nls begin to lose seats 1895 industrialists league
1878 bismarck wants to end the kulturkampf 1896 Trade recession/great depression ends
1878 pope pius dies
1878 gamble election 1897 Bülow essentially taken over
1878 socialists become reichsfeinde
1878 may hodel assassination attempt 1898 navy league
1878 june nobiling assassination attempt
1878 oct anti socialist law 1899 anti-union bill (thrown out)
1878 conservatives strongest support base
1900 Hohenlohe end
1879 alliance with austria 1900 Bülow start officially
1879 tariff law (more to socialism) 1900 Germany producing ¾ of worlds chemical dies
1879 alliance of steel and rye
1903 health insurance extended
1880 may laws gradually repealed
1902 new tarriff law
1881 bebel stands for 35 constituencies 1902 tariffs rise under Bulow
1883 medical insurance SS 1904 imperial league against social democracy
1904 secret ballot