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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.
Introduction of the mark
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1871
Today
Introduction of the mark
The various states of the German Confederation all had different currencies, and people could pay in thalers and guilders, which had different values in different countries. [...]
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