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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.
Frederick Barbarossa elected German King
On 4 March 1152, Frederick of Swabia became the second Hohenstaufen to be elected as the King of Germany. Frederick II, who was crowned Emperor soon after, later acquired the soubriquet Barbarossa (Red Beard). Rarely backing down from a fight and assiduous in organizing courtly festivities and tournaments, Barbarossa has since enjoyed a long afterlife as the archetype of the strong medieval ruler. [...]
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