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Germany got the second part of world's oldest national social health insurance system by legislation of Otto von Bismarck's social legislation, which included the Accicential Insurance Bill of 1884. Koch's postulates are four criteria designed to establish a causative relationship between a microbe and a disease.
The conference of Berlin, as illustrated in German newspaper Die Gartenlaube The conference of Berlin, as illustrated in Illustrirte Zeitung. The Berlin Conference of the 1884–1885s was a meeting of colonial powers that concluded with the signing of the General Act of Berlin, [1] an agreement regulating European colonisation and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period.
In 1871, the German Empire was founded at the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Formerly Chancellor of Prussia, Otto von Bismarck, now Chancellor of the new German Empire, introduced highly-progressive welfare legislation by the standards of Europe at the time. [3] [4] The Sickness Bill became law in 1883 and the Accident Bill in 1884.
Uprising of 1953 in East Germany: 100,000 protestors gathered at dawn, demanding the reinstatement of old work quotas and, later, the resignation of the East German government. At noon German police trapped many of the demonstrators in an open square; Soviet tanks fired on the crowd, killing hundreds and ending the protest. 1954: 4 July
German colonial rule in Africa 1884–1914 was an expression of nationalism and moral superiority that was justified by constructing an image of the natives as "Other". German colonization was characterized by the use of repressive violence in the name of 'culture' and 'civilization'. Techniques included genocide in parts of Africa. [170]
7 April – Walther Schwieger, German U-boat commander of U-20, which sank the Lusitania (died 1917) 12 April – Hermann Hoth, German general (died 1971) 18 April – Claus Bergen, German painter (died 1964) 14 May – Otto Klemperer, German conductor (died 1973) 21 May – Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg, German-born Albanian noblewoman (died ...
The formerly good relations between Germany and Russia worsened in the 1880s due to growing nationalist trends in Russian politics. German minorities in the Russian Empire, including Baltic and Russian-born Germans as well as recent German immigrants, faced negative sentiments among both the government and the public supporting the ideas of Pan ...
The Old Town Hall is going to house the Museum of the History of the City of Leipzig. Population: 503,672. [11] 1906 Naturkundemuseum Leipzig established. [41] Leipzig Prison built. 1907 - Edeka founded at Hôtel de Pologne. [26] 1908 - Rowohlt Verlag founded. 1912 - German National Library established. 1913 Kurt Wolff Verlag (publisher) in ...