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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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Carl Zeiss opens a workshop
Nov 17 1846
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Carl Zeiss opens a workshop

Armed with a licence from the government and a hundred thalers in start-up capital from his brother, the mechanic Carl Zeiss opened a workshop in Jena on 17 November 1846. [...]

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