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12 July – The German tariff of 1879 is voted for by a majority of 100 in the Reichstag.; 21 June – German chemical company Linde is founded.; 31 May – German inventor Werner von Siemens demonstrates the first electric locomotive using an external power source at Berlin.
The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was signed, promising mutual non-aggression between Germany and the Soviet Union and agreeing to a division of much of Eastern Europe between those two countries. 1 September: Invasion of Poland: Germany invaded Poland. 22 December Genthin rail disaster: 1940 9 April Operation Weserübung: Germany invades Denmark ...
In 1873 free trade won its last victory in Germany with the abolition of the duty on iron. [4] Tariffs were now for raising revenue and not for protective purposes, with the German Empire therefore almost a completely free-trading state. [5] In 1850 two-thirds of Germany was employed in agriculture and this proportion declined slowly until 1870 ...
The Oxford Handbook of Modern German History (2011), 862 pp; 35 essays by specialists; Germany since 1760 excerpt; Wilson, Peter H. Europe's Tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years War (2009) Wunder, Heide. He is the sun, she is the moon: Women in early modern Germany (Harvard UP, 1998).
January 3 – Lina Abarbanell, German-American soprano (d. 1963); January 10 – Armanda Degli Abbati, Italian opera singer (d. 1946); January 26 – Hugo Riesenfeld, film music composer (died 1939)
1879 in Germany; I. 1879 in Iceland; 1879 in Ireland; P. 1879 in Portugal; S. 1879 in Scotland; 1879 in Switzerland This page was last edited on 17 October ...
Pages in category "1879 in Germany" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:19th-century German women painters The contents of that subcategory can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it. Contents