Otto von Bismark was a great German statesman who as Prime Minster of the large and powerful German state of Prussia, united the German states to form the German nation in 1871.
Italian Unification
Camillo Benso
Unified in 1870
Camillo Benso was an Aristocrat who used skilful diplomacy to get the Italian states to come together under the Crown of Sardinia. Even though he had died by the time Italy was truly reunited in 1870, he will always be remembered as the catalyst for doing so.
