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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.
Germany declares war on France
After Russia had rebuffed German demands to halt mobilization, Kaiser Wilhelm II ordered the general mobilization of the German armed forces on 1 August 1914, and then declared war on Russia. [...]
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