What happened today X years ago?

geschichtskalender

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.

Germany invades Denmark and Norway

Although Great Britain and France had declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939 after the German invasion of Poland two days earlier, the winter of 1939/40 saw no significant hostilities. [...]

Continue reading
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December