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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.
7 January – Heinrich von Stephan, German postal union organizer (d. 1897) 26 January – Heinrich Anton de Bary, German botanist, mycologist (d. 1888) 24 February – Leo von Caprivi, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1899) 8 September – Wilhelm Raabe, German novelist (d. 1910) 18 September – Siegfried Marcus, German-born automobile pioneer (d. 1898)
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; General ... 2025 events in Germany by month (2 C) C. Cancelled events in Germany ...
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.
4 April – Hermann Cohen, German philosopher (born 1842) 20 April – Karl Ferdinand Braun, German inventor, physicist and Nobel laureate in physics (born 1850) 21 April. Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt (born 1856) Manfred von Richthofen, German fighter pilot (born 1892) 27 April – Oscar Troplowitz, German pharmacist and entrepreneur (born 1863)
26 August – The Kriegsmarine orders all German-flagged merchant ships to head to German ports immediately in anticipation of the invasion of Poland. 1 September – At 04.45 Central European Time, the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opens bombardment on the Westerplatte , a Polish military base outside Danzig , firing what are, according ...