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12 July – The German tariff of 1879 is voted for by a majority of 100 in the Reichstag. 21 June – German chemical company Linde is founded. 31 May – German inventor Werner von Siemens demonstrates the first electric locomotive using an external power source at Berlin.
The SPD lost seventy-six seats; the CDU-CSU coalition and the liberal Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP) gained. [45] 2010: 23 April: European debt crisis: Greece requested a loan from the EU and the International Monetary Fund. 29 May Germany wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, with Lena and 'Satellite'. This was their second win. 2010 ...
Germany's dominance in physics and chemistry was such that one-third of all Nobel Prizes went to German inventors and researchers. The German cartel system (known as Konzerne), being significantly concentrated, was able to make more efficient use of capital. Germany was not weighted down with an expensive worldwide empire that needed defense.
In 1873 free trade won its last victory in Germany with the abolition of the duty on iron. [4] Tariffs were now for raising revenue and not for protective purposes, with the German Empire therefore almost a completely free-trading state. [5] In 1850 two-thirds of Germany was employed in agriculture and this proportion declined slowly until 1870 ...
1879 German novels (1 P) Pages in category "1879 in Germany" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Born in Germany to Hungarian refugees on May 8, 1946, she immigrated to the U.S. with her parents in the 1950s, according to El País. In 1971, she married John Drew and entered into the Barrymore ...
1879 in Germany; I. 1879 in Iceland; 1879 in Ireland; P. 1879 in Portugal; S. 1879 in Scotland; 1879 in Switzerland This page was last edited on 17 October ...
In the final days of the war, with German victory all but assured, the German states proclaimed their union as the German Empire under the Prussian king Wilhelm I and Chancellor Bismarck. With the notable exceptions of Austria and German Switzerland , the vast majority of German-speakers were united under a nation-state for the first time.