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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 ...
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German car company Opel is taken over by American company General Motors. General Motors assumed full control in 1931. General Motors assumed full control in 1931. Date unknown - Clinical application of cardiac catheterization begins with German physician Werner Forssmann in 1929, who inserted a catheter into the vein of his own forearm, guided ...
The most serious event of the year internally occurred on the morning of June 24, when Walther Rathenau was shot dead by assassins in front of his house. Walther Rathenau was the minister for foreign affairs. This event spurred another economic downturn for the Weimar Republic. Four days before the assassination, the Mark was still at one sixty ...
The Rosenstrasse protest is considered to be a significant event in German history as it is the only mass public demonstration by Germans in the Third Reich against the deportation of Jews. [1] The protest on Rosenstraße ("Roses street") took place in Berlin during February and March 1943.