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365 days of German history

Every day is historic! Do you want to know which key events took place in history on your date of birth? Or are you preparing for the next school presentation or Trivial Pursuit evening? The historical calendar from the Deutschlandmuseum shows you what happened in German history on each day of the year: major events, historical anniversaries, significant inventions, important birthdays and much more.

Potatoes for all!

Forced to till poor quality soil, Prussian peasants eked out a meagre living, and the state was often just one failed harvest away from famine. As the “first servant of the state”, Frederick the Great was constantly looking for ways to improve the welfare of his people. [...]

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