| 1 | 13.8.1705 | Event | The Battle of Blenheim, in southern Germany, took place |
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| 2 | 16.1.1809 | Event | There were attempted risings against Napoleon in Germany |
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| 3 | 18.1.1871 | Event | Germany had its first emperor, King Wilhelm of Prussia |
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| 4 | 26.9.1887 | Event | The worlds first gramaphone was patented in Germany |
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| 5 | 20.4.1889 | Birthday | Adolf Hitler, Dictator of Germany |
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| 6 | 22.12.1894 | Event | French officer, Alfred Dreyfus, was found guilty of selling secrets to Germany |
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| 7 | 1.8.1914 | Event | Germany declared war on the Soviet Union; Italy declared itself neutral |
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| 8 | 4.8.1914 | Event | Britain declared war on Germany |
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| 9 | 5.8.1914 | Event | The USA declared itself neutral as Germany declared war on the Soviet Union |
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| 10 | 23.8.1914 | Event | The Emperor of Japan declared war on Germany |
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| 11 | 18.2.1915 | Event | During World War 1, Germany blockaded Britain with submarines |
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| 12 | 27.8.1915 | Event | Italy declared war on Germany |
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| 13 | 11.11.1918 | Event | Germany and the Allies signed the armistice, in a railway carriage in the Compiegne forest |
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| 14 | 13.5.1927 | Event | 'Black Friday' in Germany; the day when the economic collapse of Germany began |
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| 15 | 30.1.1933 | Event | Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany |
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| 16 | 16.3.1935 | Event | In Germany Hitler introduced conscription, renouncing the Treaty of Versailles |
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| 17 | 15.9.1935 | Event | The Third Reich, in Germany, adopted the 'Swastika' as the national flag |
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| 18 | 13.3.1938 | Event | Nazi Germany invaded Austria, making it a German Reich province |
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| 19 | 31.3.1939 | Event | Britain and France agreed to support Poland if Germany took any action against it |
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| 20 | 17.5.1939 | Event | Sweden, Norway & Finland rejected Germany's non-aggression pact |
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| 21 | 3.9.1939 | Event | Britain and France declared war on Germany, starting World War 2 |
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| 22 | 9.5.1940 | Event | The RAF began night bombing raids on targest in Germany |
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| 23 | 15.6.1942 | Event | The tank war between Britain & Germany reached its peak in North Africa |
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| 24 | 16.7.1942 | Event | The RAF carried out its first daylight raid on the Ruhr, Germany |
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| 25 | 27.1.1943 | Event | The United States Air Force made its first bombing raid on Germany |
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| 26 | 21.12.1945 | Event | The US General George Patton died in Heidelberg, Germany, as the result of a road accident |
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| 27 | 14.9.1949 | Event | Dr Adenauer became the first Chancellor of West Germany |
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| 28 | 10.6.1950 | Event | The West turned down Soviet plans to reunify Germany |
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| 29 | 1.6.1952 | Event | East Germany closed its links with West |
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| 30 | 21.6.1956 | Event | East Germany announced the release of 19,000 political prisoners |
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| 31 | 30.7.1966 | Event | England won the World Cup, beating West Germany 4-2 |
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| 32 | 9.2.1970 | Event | The worlds first nerve transplant took place in Germany |
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| 33 | 19.6.1985 | Event | The airport in Frankfurt, Germany, was bombed by terrorists |
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| 34 | 9.2.1989 | Event | Neo-Nazi groups were outlawed in West Germany |
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| 35 | 10.9.1989 | Event | Hungary opened its borders to the West, allowing thousands to leave East Germany |
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| 36 | 18.5.1990 | Event | A treaty was signed, forming the basis for monetary union between East & West Germany |
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| 37 | 6.9.1992 | Event | Widespread racial violence against immigrants continued in Germany |
