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Wolfram von Eschenbach. 1170-1220. German lyric poet. Parsifal 1202.
Arnim, Bettina von. 1785-1859. German Romantic writer. Goethe’s Correspondence with a Child 1835.
Berlin Conference. 1884. Bismarck called 15 nations to resolve African issues. Congo granted independence. Slavery suppressed.
Bethmann-Hollweg. 1856-1921. German Chancellor, 1909-17. Tried to mediate before WWI. Overthrown by Hindenburg and Ludendorf.
Bismarck, Otto von. 1815-98. Prince. Prussian Prime Minister 1862-90. Founded German Empire; First Chancellor 1871-90. Provoked Franco-Prussian War. Ems Dispatch. Schleswig.
Blücher, Gebhardt von. 1742-1819. Prussian general at Waterloo.
Braun, Werner von. 1912-77. German/US rocket engineer. V-2. Apollo. Explorer.
Bülow, Bernard. 1849-1929. Prussian Prime Minister 1900-9. Bismarckian Realpolitik. Social legislation.
Clausewitz, Karl von. 1780-1831. German. On War 1816.
Congo Conference. 1884. Bismarck mediates. Congo comes under Belgian sovereignty.
Conrad von Hotzendorf, Franz. 1852-1925. Austro-Hungarian Chief of Staff, 1906~17.
Dittersdorf, Karl von. 1739-99. Viennese light opera composer. Singspiel.
Döllinger, Johann von. 1799-1890. German theologian. Opposed Papal infallibility. Excommunicated.
Dreyse, Nikolaus von. Invented needle gun, 1827.
Ems Dispatch. 1870. Bismarck alters telegram from Wilhelm, causing Franco-Prussian War.
Fischer von Erlach, J.B. 1656-1723. Austrian architect. Intro. baroque. Schönbrunn Palace 1696, Church of St Charles Borromeo 1716-37.
Francis Joseph I. 1830-1916. Austrian Empire. 1848-. King of Hungary 1867-. Bismarck. Triple Alliance. Dual Monarchy.
Fraunhofer, Joseph von. 1787-1826. German. Mapped spectral lines 1814-.
Gottfried von Strassbourg. 13C. German poet. Tristan and Isolde.
Haller, Albrecht von. 1708-77. Swiss anatomist. “Father of experimental physiology”.
Hardenberg, Karl von. 1750-1822. Prussian chancellor 1810- during Napoleonic Wars. Citizenship to Jews.
Harnack, Adolf von. 1851-1930. German theological historian. History of Dogma 1886-9.
Herder, Johann von. 1744-1803. German Sturm and Drang Nationalist writer. Stimulated Romanticism.
Hildebrandt, Johann von. 1668-1745. Austrian Baroque architect. Belvedere Palace 1700.
Hindenburg, Paul von. 1847-1934. Commander in Chief of the German armies 1916-18. President of Weimar Republic 1925-. Appointed Hitler chancellor 1933.