Otto von Bismarck: Did you mean...?

Karl Mack von Leiberich (1752-1828), Austrian general most famous for being defeated by Napoleon during the Ulm Campaign of September-October 1805, during the War of the Third Coalition. Illustration by an unknown artist...

Ulrich von Zatzikhoven, Lanzelet Codex Palatinus Germanicus 371, 1420 CE

Portrait of Count Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser (1724-1797), an Austrian field marshal best known for leading armies against Napoleon Bonaparte during the French Revolutionary Wars. Engraving by an unknown artist, 1778-1793...

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) was a German composer of Romantic music most famous for his epic operas like The Ring, Tannhäuser, and Tristan and Isolde. Wagner was concerned throughout his career with the theme of redemption through...

Sculpture from the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Rosheim, France, 12th century.

A cartoon in the French magazine "L'illustration" (January 3, 1885) presenting a critical view of the Berlin Conference 1884-5. It depicts Otto von Bismarck (1815-98), Chancellor of Germany, cutting a cake labeled...

The mid-19th century transformation of Europe was driven above all by the unification of Italy and Germany, which reduced long-standing political fragmentation...

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) was an Austrian-Bohemian composer best known for his song-cycles and his grand, sweeping symphonies, which often require expanded orchestras for their full performance. Mahler, a composer of Late-Romantic...

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was a Russian composer most famous for his symphonies, the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker, and the operas Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades. A composer...

The Western Roman Empire is the modern-day term for the western half of the Roman Empire after it was divided in two by the emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305 CE) in c. 285/286 CE. The Romans themselves did not use this term...