Tensions 1871-1890

By UWCNick

  • Prussia defeated Austria. North German Confederation created.

  • Treaty of Frankfurt

    War ended between France and Germany

  • League of the Three Emperors Created

    Also known as the Dreikaiserbund. In a crisis, Germany, Russia and Austria-Hungary would consult each other before deciding on action.

  • The Eastern Crisis

    Lasted from 1875 to 1878.

  • Congress of Berlin

  • Austro-German Dual Alliance

  • Triple Alliance

    Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy

  • Anglo-French quarrel over Egypt.

    Between 1882-85.

  • Foundations of German colonial empire laid

    Between 1884-5.

  • The Bulgarian Crisis

    Between 1885-87. Bismarck tried to avoid an Austro-Russian war breaking out over the Bulgarian crisis.

  • Reinsurance Treaty

    Refusing to renew the Three Emperor's Treaty of 1881, Russian Tsar Alexander III agreed to negotiate a secret agreement with Germany.

  • The Mediterranean Agreement

    Britain, Italy, Austria-Hungary.

  • Bismarck dismissed