Geschichte (history)
historische Ereignisse (Historical Events)
Januar
- der 1. Januar 2002
- Euro banknotes and coins came into circulation
- der 18. Januar 1871
- Germany proclaimed itself an empire
Febuary
- der 5. Februar 1989
- Last Fatal Shots at the Berlin Wall
- der 13. Februar 1945
- Allied bombing of Dresden during World War Two begins
März
- der 4. März 1936
- First flight of the airship „Hindenburg“
- der 15. März 1991
- „Two Plus Four Treaty“ put into force
- der 25. März 1957
- Founding of the europäische Union (European Union, EU)
April
- der 1. April 1955
- First Lufthansa flight
- der 4. April 1949
- Signing of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- der 6. April 1917
- United States Congress declaring war upon the German Empire
- der 11. April 1945
- Liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp during World War Two
- der 26. April 1945
- Liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during World War Two
- der 29. April 1945
- Liberation of the Dachau concentration camp during World War Two
- der 30. April 1991
- Production of the Trabant car began in 1957 and ended on April 30, 1991
Mai
- der 5. Mai 1949
- Europe Day - Founding of Council of Europe in Strassburg
- der 6. Mai 1937
- Explosion of the „Hindenburg“ Luftschiff in Lakehurst, New Jersey
- der 6. Mai 1955
- Germany's membership into NATO
- der 8. Mai 1945
- V-E Day (Victory in Europe day) end of World War Two in Europe
- der 9. Mai 1950
- Europe Day - commemorates the day when the “Schuman Declaration” was presented to help maintain peaceful relations between European countries
- der 12. Mai 1949
- End of the Berlin Airlift
- der 15. Mai 1955
- Austrian Independence Day - day Austria united to form a republic after a period of Allied occupation
- der 23. Mai 1949
- Constitution Day
Juni
- der 6. Juni 1944
- Allied invasion of Europe at Normandy beach in France
- der 12. Juni 1987
- President Reagan’s famous speech in Berlin at the Berlin Wall (Tear down this wall!)
- den 13. Juni 1886
- Death of King Ludwig II of Bavaria
- der 17. Juni 1953
- Day of German Unity
- der 22. Juni 1941
- Germany declared war on the Soviet Union
- der 23. Juni 1963
- President Kennedy’s famous speech in Berlin (“Ich bin ein Berliner.”)
- der 28. Juni 1914
- Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Habsburg
Juli
- der 20. Juli 1944
- Commemoration Day to the Victims of National Socialism
August
- der 1. August 1914
- Germany entered World War One
- der 12. August 1961
- Building the Berlin Wall
September
- der 1. September 1939
- beginning of World War Two when Germany invaded Poland
Oktober
- der 3. Oktober 1990
- German Unity Day: This holiday marks the day on which East Germany acceded to West Germany
- der 6. Oktober 1987
- German-American Day in United States
- der 26. Oktober 1955
- Austria’s Independence Day
November
- der 9. November 1938
- Night of Broken Glass
- der 9. November 1989
- opening of the Berlin Wall
- der 11. November 1918
- end of World War One
- der 20. November 1945
- 22 Nazi leaders went on trial in Nuremberg for atrocities committed by Hitler's regime