Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg

A politician and bureaucrat of the German Empire, serving as the 5th Chancellor of the German Empire and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia. After serving as the Prussian Minister of the Interior, among other posts, he succeeded Bernhard von Bülow as Chancellor in 1909. In domestic politics, he aimed for moderate reforms that sought harmony among conservatives, liberals, and the Centre Party, but remained cautious regarding the democratization of systems such as Prussia's three-class franchise. During World War I, he was at the center of Germany's decision to enter the war and its overall direction; during the July Crisis of 1914, he pledged support to Austria-Hungary, contributing to the escalation of the conflict. Meanwhile, during the war, he sought a peace without major annexations and initially opposed unrestricted submarine warfare, deepening his conflict with the military's hardline faction. In 1917, under pressure both from the Reichstag Peace Resolution and from the military, he resigned as Chancellor. After stepping down, he wrote his memoirs and passed away in his hometown of Hohenfinow in 1921.

Timeline

Category
Element

Year	Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
1856	Birth of Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (Period: November 29, 1856, Location: Hohenfinow (Brandenburg, Germany))
1875	Legal Education (Age: 18 years old, Period: 1875–1879, Location: Strasbourg, Leipzig, Berlin)
1886	Appointment as Landrat of Oberbarnim (Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, Age: 29 years old, Period: 1886, Location: Oberbarnim District, Brandenburg)
1889	Marriage to Martha von Pfuel (Age: 32 years old, Period: June 17, 1889, Location: Wilkendorf Castle (around present-day Strausberg)) Marriage (Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, Martha von Pfuel, Age: 32 years old, Period: June 17, 1889, Location: Wilkendorf Castle (Brandenburg, Germany; present-day around Strausberg))
1899	Appointment as Regional President of Bromberg (Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, Age: 42 years old, Period: 1899, Location: Bromberg (present-day Bydgoszcz, Poland))
1905	Appointment as Prussian Minister of the Interior (Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, Age: 48 years old, Period: 1905–1907, Location: Berlin)
1907	Appointment as State Secretary of the Imperial Home Office and Vice-President of the Prussian Cabinet (Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, Age: 50 years old, Period: June 1907–1909, Location: Berlin)
1909	Imperial Financial Reform (Age: 52 years old, Period: 1909–1910, Location: Berlin, German Reichstag) Appointment as Chancellor of the German Empire (Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, Age: 52 years old, Period: July 14, 1909, Location: Berlin)
1911	Agadir Crisis (Second Moroccan Crisis, Age: 54 years old, Period: 1911, Location: Morocco (Agadir), Berlin, London, Paris) Alsace-Lorraine Constitutional Reform (Age: 54 years old, Period: 1911, Location: Alsace-Lorraine, Berlin) Attempts to Improve Relations with Britain (Age: 54 years old, Period: 1911–1914, Location: Berlin, London)
1913	Zabern Affair (Saverne Affair, Age: 56 years old, Period: November–December 1913, Location: Alsace-Lorraine (Zabern, present-day Saverne), Berlin)
1914	World War I (Age: 57 years old, Period: 1914–1918, Location: Europe, Middle East, and Africa) German War Leadership in World War I (Age: 57 years old, Period: 1914–1917, Location: Berlin, Supreme Headquarters, German Reichstag) July Crisis (Age: 57 years old, Period: June – August 1914, Location: Sarajevo, Vienna, Berlin, Saint Petersburg, Paris) Violation of Belgian Neutrality and "Scrap of Paper" Statement (Age: 57 years old, Period: August 4, 1914, Location: Berlin, Belgium) September Program (Age: 57 years old, Period: September 9, 1914, Location: German Supreme Headquarters, Berlin)
1916	Conflict Over Unrestricted Submarine Warfare (Age: 59 years old, Period: Late 1916–April 1917, Location: German Supreme Headquarters, North Atlantic, Berlin) Peace Proposals at the End of 1916 (Age: 59 years old, Period: October–December 1916, Location: Berlin, German Reichstag)
1917	Response to the Russian February Revolution (Age: 60 years old, Period: March 1917, Location: Berlin, Russian Empire) July 1917 Crisis (Age: 60 years old, Period: July 7–13, 1917, Location: Berlin, German Reichstag) Resignation as Chancellor of the German Empire (Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, Age: 60 years old, Period: July 13, 1917, Location: Berlin)
1919	Writing and Publication of "Reflections on the World War" (Age: 62 years old, Period: 1919–1921, Location: Hohenfinow)
1921	Death of Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (Age: 64 years old, Period: January 1, 1921)

Map

Category
Element

Europe World

Group	List
German Leader	Friedrich III Wilhelm II Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg Georg Michaelis Georg von Hertling Max von Baden
Emperors of Austria-Hungary	Franz Joseph I Charles I Archduke Franz Ferdinand Archduke Friedrich Archduke Eugen Zita of Bourbon-Parma
The Sarajevo Incident	Archduke Franz Ferdinand Sophie Chotek Gavrilo Princip Nedeljko Čabrinović Danilo Ilić Leopold Berchtold
Science and Medicine	Albert Einstein Max Planck Sigmund Freud Erwin Schrödinger Lise Meitner Paul Ehrlich

People Timeline

Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg

Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg

Timeline

Map

Related Links

Other Languages

Comments

About

Other Languages