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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 fight against smallpox

Smallpox is a highly contagious and life-threatening infectious disease that kills around 30% of untreated cases. Whilst rudimentary smallpox vaccinations administered in China during the Middle Ages had reduced the mortality rate from the disease to around 2%, the first modern vaccinations using human smallpox viruses were carried out in 18th-century Europe. [...]

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