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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 first Protestant citizen of Munich
Jan
7
1801
The first Protestant citizen of Munich
Signed in 1555, the Peace of Augsburg established the right of secular rulers to determine the religious choices of their subjects. As a result, everyone living in Bavaria and its capital Munich would have to be Roman Catholic or leave. [...]
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