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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 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.
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.
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Bild has been described as "notorious for its mix of gossip, inflammatory language, and sensationalism" and as having a huge influence on German politicians. [4] Its nearest English-language stylistic and journalistic equivalent is often considered to be the British national newspaper The Sun , the second-highest-selling European tabloid newspaper.
9 March - Werner Grossmann, East German deputy leader of the Ministry for State Security [5] 18 March - Christa Wolf, literary critic, novelist, and essayist (died 2011) [6] 30 March-Peter Kuiper, German (died 2007) 2 April - Hans Koschnick, German politician (died 2016) 3 April - Klaus Hemmerle, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church (died 1994)
Almost all of the most important events in Germany in 1921 were connected with questions arising out of the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles, disarmament, reparations, trials of war criminals, and the plebiscite in Upper Silesia—questions that, from their harassing nature, kept both government and people in constant suspense and agitation.
The historiography of Germany deals with the manner in which historians have depicted, analyzed and debated the history of Germany.It also covers the popular memory of critical historical events, ideas and leaders, as well as the depiction of those events in museums, monuments, reenactments, pageants and historic sites, and the editing of historical documents.