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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 Great Drowning
Jan
16
1362
Today
The Great Drowning
In the 13th and 14th centuries, the inhabitants of the North Frisian marshes protected their land with dykes. However, the plague epidemic of 1350 killed so many people that there was not enough labour to maintain the defences. [...]
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