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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
However, 9 November was also the anniversary of the first large-scale Nazi-led pogroms against Jews in 1938 (Kristallnacht), so the day was considered racist as a national holiday [3] [4] (see 9 November in German history). Therefore, 3 October 1990, the day of the formal reunification, was chosen instead.
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By 1900, Germany was the dominant power on the European continent and its rapidly expanding industry had surpassed Britain's while provoking it in a naval arms race. Germany led the Central Powers in World War I, but was defeated, partly occupied, forced to pay war reparations, and stripped of its colonies and significant territory along its ...
October 3 in recent years ... Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878) 1931 – Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, ... "Historical Events on October 3 ...
9 November 1923: The failed Beer Hall Putsch, from 8 to 9 November, marks an early emergence and provisional downfall of the Nazi Party as an important player in Germany's political landscape. Adolf Hitler , the leader of the NSDAP party , until then hardly known to the general public, attempted a coup against the democratic Reich government on ...
24 April: Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Treaty of Berlin, which guarantees Germany's neutrality in any war between the Soviet Union and a third country. [ 75 ] 12 May: The Luther government falls as a result of its support for a modified imperial flag for use at the Republic's foreign missions. [ 76 ]
3 September – The United Kingdom, France, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany. 3 September – British liner SS Athenia becomes the first civilian casualty of the war when she is torpedoed and sunk by U-30 in the eastern Atlantic. Of the 1,418 aboard, 117 are killed (98 passengers and 19 crew members). 4 September – Nepal ...