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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.

Happy birthday Johann Sebastian Bach!

Born into a family of musicians in Eisenach on 31 March 1685, most of Johann Sebastian Bach’s male ancestors – and his extended family – worked as cantors, town musicians or instrument makers. [...]

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