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| 1888 | Minister of Bucharest |  |
| Appointed Minister of Bucharest |
| 1893 | Ambassador | |
| Berlin Appointed Ambassador to Rome |
| 1894 | Ambassador | |
| Berlin Appointed Ambassador to Italy |
| 1897 | Assassination | |
| Qingdao The Germans capture Qingdao in retalliation for the murder of 2 German missionaries |
| 1897 | Capture of Jiaozhou Bay | |
| Jiaozhou Bay The Germans capture Jiaozhou Bay in China after the murder of 2 German missionaries |
| 1897 | Capture of Qingdao | |
| Qingdao The Germans capture Qingdao in retalliation for the murder of two German missionaries |
| 1897 | Diplomacy | |
| Berlin Says "We do not wish to put anyone in the shade, but we demand our place in the sun" |
| 1897 | Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1899 | Peerage | |
| Berlin Created Count Bulow |
| 1900 | Armament | |
| Berlin Supplementary Naval Act, escalates shipbuilding after the Boer War |
| 1900 | Chancellor | |
| Berlin Appointed Chancellor of Germany |
| 1900 | Legislation | |
| Berlin Supplementary Naval Act, escalates shipbuilding after the Boer War |
| 1900 | Minister President | |
| Appointed Minister President of Prussia |
| 1900 | Purchase Carolines | |
| Carolines Purchases the Caroline Islands & Samoa |
| 1900 | Purchase Samoa | |
| Samoa Purchases the Caroline Islands & Samoa |
| 1900 | Reform | |
| Berlin Supplementary Naval Act, escalates shipbuilding after the Boer War |
| 1900 | Rule of Carolines | |
| Carolines Purchases the Caroline Islands & Samoa |
| 1900 | Rule of Samoa | |
| Samoa Purchases the Caroline Islands & Samoa |
| 1902 | Legislation | |
| Berlin The Tariff Law, increases duties particularly on imported grain from Russia |
| 1902 | Reform | |
| Berlin The Tariff Law, increases duties particularly on imported grain from Russia |
| 1903 | Election | |
| The Centre Party holds the balance of power |
| The Tariff Law increased food prices & the Social Democrats gain 25 seats |
| 1903 | General | |
| Appointed commanding General |
| 1905 | Crisis | |
| Bulow alienates France over his handling of the Moroccan crisis |
| 1906 | Conference of Algeciras | |
| Algeciras Brings about the Algeciras conference following the Moroccan crisis |
| 1906 | Peerage | |
| Berlin Created Prince |
| 1907 | Election | |
| The parties of the Bulow Bloc win 216 seats |
| Wins a working majority without dependence on the Centre Party |
| 1908 | Alliance | |
| Strengthens the Triple Entente between Great Britain, France & Russia |
| 1908 | Capture of Bosnia | |
| Berlin Forces Europe to accept Austria-Hungary's annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovinia |
| 1908 | Capture of Herzegovinia | |
| Berlin Forces Europe to accept Austria-Hungary's Annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovinia |
| 1908 | Crisis | |
| Stops Austria-Hungary's annexation of Bosnia and Hercegovina |
| Stops Russis opening the Dardanelles |
| 1908 | Diplomacy | |
| Strengthens the Triple Entente between Great Britain, France & Russia |
| 1909 | Resignation | |
| 14th July Berlin Resigns after his tax reforms are defeated in the Reichstag |
| 1909 | Scandal | |
| Nov Loses confidence of Emperor William II in the Daily Telegraph affair |
| 1914 | Ambassador | |
| Appointed Ambassador to Italy |
| 1914 | Battle of Marne, 1st | |
| 9th Sep River Marne Forced back by Joffre, leads to the collapse of the Schlieffen Plan |
| 9th Sep River Marne Kluck & Bulow retreat when the British begin to cross the Marne |
| 9th Sep River Marne The French 5th & the BEF move between Bulow & von Kluck forcing Bulow's retreat |
| 10th Sep River Marne The British & the French fail to pursue the Germans |
| 15th Sep River Marne The front is established alog the Aisne, Vesle, Argonne, Meuse hills, Moselle & Vosges |
| 15th Sep River Marne Trench warfare begins |
| 1914 | Battle of St Quentin | |
| 29th Aug St Quentin Prevents the French 5th Army from capturing St Quentin |
| 1914 | Invasion of France | |
| Directs the German invasion of France |
| 1915 | Field Marshal | |
| Appointed Field Marshal |
| 1917 | Battle of Caporetto | |
| 24th Oct Caporetto The Germans under von Bulow break through Italian lines at Isonzo & head for Caporetto |
| 26th Oct Caporetto The German-Austrian Army captures Caporetto |
| 3rd Nov River Piave The Italians are forced back as far as the River Piave |
| 1917 | Siege of Isonzo | |
| 24th Oct Caporetto The Germans under von Bulow break through Italian lines at Isonzo & head for Caporetto |
