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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 birth of the motor car
Several inventors in different countries were all working on the development of motorized vehicles in the 1880s. In 1885, the Mannheim engineer Carl Benz built a three-wheeled automobile driven by a four-stroke engine. Patented as the “Benz Patent Motor Car No. 1” on 29 January 1886, it was the world’s first practical passenger motor car.[...]
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