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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.

Mönchengladbach and Dortmund become Prussian

Convened in 1814/15 to establish the post-war European order after the defeat of Napoleon, the Congress of Vienna decided to compensate Prussia for the loss of many of its eastern lands by giving it new territories in the west, predominantly along the Rhine and Ruhr rivers. [...]

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