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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 “Factory speech”: a word for the working man

Whilst revolution was brewing in the years before 1848, the parliaments of the constituent states of the German Confederation concerned themselves predominantly with issues affecting the wealthy. The problems of the growing number of industrial workers were largely ignored. [...]

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