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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
9 November 1989: The fall of the Berlin Wall ended the separation of Germany and started a series of events that ultimately led to German reunification. November 9th was originally considered to be the date for German Unity Day , but because it was also the anniversary of Kristallnacht , this date was considered inappropriate as a national holiday.
The German Confederation (German: Deutscher Bund) was founded, a loose union of 39 states (35 ruling princes and 4 free cities) under Austrian leadership, with a Federal Diet (German: Bundestag) meeting in Frankfurt am Main. It was a loose coalition that failed to satisfy most nationalists.
5 August – Sébastien Érard, German-born French instrument maker (b. 1752) 24 August – August von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760) 28 September – Philippine Engelhard, German writer, scholar (b. 1756) 14 November – Georg Hegel, German philosopher (b. 1770) [4] 16 November – Carl von Clausewitz, German military strategist ...
16 April – Jakob Heine, German orthopaedist (died 1879) 30 May – Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach, German geometer (died 1834) 31 July – Friedrich Wöhler, German chemist (died 1882) 20 August – Bernhard Heine, German physician, bone specialist and inventor (died 1846) 26 October – Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German Field Marshal (died 1891)
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.
Rostocker Pfeilstorch", a white stork, is found in northern Germany with an arrow from central Africa through its neck, demonstrating the fact of bird migration. The Rhine Province, the westernmost province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia , within the German Reich , established from 1822 to 1946.
April 21 – Oscar Hertwig, German zoologist (d. 1922) April 25 – Felix Klein, German mathematician (d. 1925) May 3. Bertha Benz, German automotive pioneer (d. 1944) Bernhard von Bülow, 8th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929) July 22 – Emma Lazarus, American author and activist (d. 1887) July 24 – August Scherl, German newspaper magnate (d ...