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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.

Battle of Sedan Badge Battle of Sedan
Battle of Sedan
Sep 2 1870
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Battle of Sedan

The coalition of German forces dispatched to France in 1870 succeeded in encircling a French army in Lorraine in mid-August. [...]

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The whole year at a glance

Four-Power Agreement on Berlin
Sep 3
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The SED hates Mondays!
Sep 4 1989
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The beginning of the “German Autumn”
Sep 5 1977
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Happy Birthday Moses Mendelssohn!
Sep 6 1729
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Bye-bye Berlin Palace!
Sep 7 1950
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The Leningrad Blockade
Sep 8 1941
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Freedom of travel for East German pensioners
Sep 9 1964
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Vertrag von Saint-Germain
Sep 10 1919
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NSU-Mitglied Beate Zschäpe erhält lebenslange Haft
Sep 11 2018
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Untergang des Dampfseglers „Austria“
Sep 13 1858
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Geburt von Alexander von Humboldt
Sep 14 1769
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