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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.

Assassination attempt on the German Emperor!

In mid-May 1878, a shot was fired at Wilhelm I in Berlin’s Unter den Linden, leaving the Emperor shaken but unharmed. This was followed just three weeks later by a further attack at almost the same location: on 2 June 1878, a further assailant discharged both barrels of his shotgun at the monarch, this time causing serious injury. [...]

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