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This is a timeline of German history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Germany and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Germany. See also the list of German monarchs and list of chancellors of Germany and the list of years in Germany
The painting Germania, possibly by Philipp Veit, hung inside the Frankfurt parliament, the first national parliament in German history. The German revolutions of 1848–1849 (German: Deutsche Revolution 1848/1849), the opening phase of which was also called the March Revolution (German: Märzrevolution), were initially part of the Revolutions of 1848 that broke out in many European countries.
The design may have inspired later 'Maps of World History' such as the HistoMap by John B. Sparks, which chronicles four thousand years of world history in a graphic way similar to the enlarging and contracting nation streams presented on Adam's chart. Sparks added the innovation of using a logarithmic scale for the presentation of history.
The Revolutions of 1848 in the German states. The Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire. The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 grew into a war for independence from Austrian Empire. The Slovak Uprising of 1848–49. The Revolutions of 1848 in the Danish States started in the German speaking cities of Altona and Kiel. It spilled into a peaceful ...
The Penguin Atlas of World History is a two-volume, paperback-sized historical atlas first published by Penguin Books in 1974, with the latest edition published in 2004. [1] It was translated from a German atlas, dtv-Atlas Weltgeschichte [ de ] by Hermann Kinder and Werner Hilgemann [ de ] , originally published by Deutsche Taschenbuch Verlag ...
"History and the German Revolution of 1848". The American Historical Review. 60 (1): 27– 44. doi:10.2307/1842744. JSTOR 1842744. Hewitson, M. (October 2010). "'The Old Forms are Breaking Up, ... Our New Germany is Rebuilding Itself': Constitutionalism, Nationalism and the Creation of a German Polity during the Revolutions of 1848-49".
It did not include a general introduction. The book is divided into two main sections: "Eras of World History" and "Regional History", each of which is further divided into a number of double-page spreads on particular subjects, featuring one or more maps with accompanying text, timelines, and illustrations. A number of historic maps are ...
The German revolutions of 1848–1849 failed but the Industrial Revolution modernized the German economy, leading to rapid urban growth and the emergence of the socialist movement. Prussia, with its capital Berlin, grew in power. German universities became world-class centers for science and humanities, while music and art flourished.