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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.

Hanover wins a battle but loses its independence

The victors of the German-Danish War – Prussia and Austria – immediately fell out over who was going to administer the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. The German Confederation sided with Austria and issued a federal decree ordering mobilization against Prussia, thus beginning the “German fratricidal war” of 1866. [...]

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