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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.
Battle of Leipzig
The catastrophic failure of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812 enabled Prussia and Austria to withdraw from their alliances with France. In early 1813, Prussia even joined Russia to launch the Wars of Liberation against Napoleonic France. [...]
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