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31st March 1905: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany lands in Morocco where his speech prompts the First Moroccan Crisis

31st March 2022
Tagged as: Algeciras, Britain, Diplomacy, First Moroccan Crisis, First World War, France, Germany, Kaiser, Morocco, Wilhelm II

The Kaiser’s speech in Tangier was a direct challenge to the French Foreign Minister, Théophile Delcassé, who had previously secured wide European support for control of Morocco.

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20th March 1890: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany formally accepts Otto von Bismarck’s resignation

20th March 2022
Tagged as: Bismarck, Germany, Kaiser, Otto von Bismarck, Politics, Resignation, Unification, Wilhem II

Bismarck submitted his resignation on 18 March, two days before formally leaving office, and dedicated the rest of his life to writing his memoirs.

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31st March 1905: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany lands in Morocco where his speech prompts the First Moroccan Crisis

20th March 1890: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany formally accepts Otto von Bismarck’s resignation

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

3rd August 1492: Christopher Columbus sets sail from Spain

3rd October 1918: Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria comes to the throne

2nd October 1919: US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke while in office

1st October 1949: Mao Zedong declares the establishment of the People’s Republic of China

30th September 1967: Launch of BBC Radio 1 with the words ‘…and, good morning everyone. Welcome to the exciting new sound of Radio 1’

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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