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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.
The execution of Katte
Jan
10
1730
The execution of Katte
Seeking to maintain the independence of his kingdom, Frederick William I, the “Soldier King” of Prussia, doubled the size of his army, making sparsely populated Prussia the fourth largest military power in Europe. [...]
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