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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.

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The first German animal welfare law
Nov 24 1933
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The first German animal welfare law

By the 19th century, most states in the German Confederation had introduced legislation to protect animals from cruelty. [...]

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