Germany History Timeline
Germany's Information
| Land Area | 348,672 km2 |
|---|---|
| Water Area | 8,350 km2 |
| Total Area | 357,022km2 (#62) |
| Population | 80,722,792 (#18) |
| Population Density | 231.51/km2 |
| Government Type | Federal Parliamentary Republic |
| GDP (PPP) | $3,980.00 Billion |
| GDP Per Capita | $48,200 |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) |
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- (800) Charlamagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor
- (843) Treaty of Verdun
- (936) Otto I crowned King
- (1027) Konrad II crowned Emporer of the Salians
- (1138) Konrad III, first Hohenstaufen Emperor
- (1155) Friedrich I Barbarossa crowned Emperor
- (1250) Beginning of the Great Interregnum
- (1273) Coronation of Rudolf I
- (1312) Heinrich VII becomes Emperor
- (1419-36) Hussite Wars
- (1438) Albrecht II Emperor House of Hapsburg
- (1517) Martin Luther's Reformation
- (1522) The Knights' War
- (1524-25) The Peasants' War
- (1540) first stock exchanges developed
- (1546) Schmalkalden War begins
- (1608) Establishment of the Protestant Union
- (1609) Formation of the Catholic League
- (1618-1648) Thirty Years' War
- (1701) King of Prussia crowned
- (1702-14) War of Spanish Succession
- (1740) Frederick the Great crowned King of Prussia
- (1740-42) The Silesian War
- (1756-63) The Seven Years' War
- (1803) Territorial reform of the German states
- (1813) Battle of the Nations at Leipzig
- (1847) Communist Manifesto published
- (1848-49) The March Revolution
- (1866) Prussian-Austrian War
- (1870-71) Franco-Prussian War
- (1871) Wilhelm I crowned Prussian King
- (1890) Fall of Bismark
- (1914) World War I begins
- (1918) Declaration of the Republic
- (1919) World War I ends
- (1919) Treaty of Versailles signed
- (1921) Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the NSDAP
- (1926) Germany accepted into League of Nations
- (1933) Hitler appointed Chancellor of the Reich
- (1934-1945) Nazi Holocaust
- (1939) Germany invades Poland, World War II begins
- (1941) Germany invades USSR
- (1944) Allies land at Normandy
- (1945) Hitler commits suicide
- (1945) Germany surrenders, World War II ends
- (1948-49) Berlin blockade
- (1949) Federal Republic and GDR established
- (1961) Berlin Wall built
- (1972) West Germany hosts Summer Olympics
- (1973) West and East Germany join UN
- (1974) Hosts FIFA World Cups, and wins
- (1982) Helmut Kohl elected Chancellor
- (1989) Fall of the Berlin Wall
- (1990) Reunification of Germany
- (1990) Germany wins FIFA World Cup
- (1998) Gerhard Shroder elected Chancellor
- (1991) Berlin named capital
- (2000) Hanover hosts Expo 2000
- (2001) Women begin serving in Bundeswehr
- (2002) Euro introduced across Germany
- (2005) Pope Benedict XVI consecrated
- (2005) Angela Merkel elected Chancellor
This page was last updated on April 7, 2017.
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