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Map of Breitscheidplatz Berlin Germany The driver, an Afghan or Pakistani asylum seeker, ploughed a lorry into a Christmas market in the heart of Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 48
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Germany wins World Cup over Argentina Map of Maracana Brazil| Rio de Janeiro: Germany won the match 1-0 after extra time, with a goal from Mario Götze. The result marked Germany's fourth World Cup title and their first since reunification. Germany's victory meant that three consecutive World Cups have been won by teams from the same continent, following Italy and Spain in 2006 and 2010 respectively, the first time this has happened in World Cup history. Italian Nicola Rizzoli was named as the referee of the final. Among these invited l... | |
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Brazil humiliated by rampant Germany Map of Belo Horizonte Brazil| Brazil suffer one of the most humiliating World Cup defeats as Germany score five first-half goals in reaching the final, 1-7. Germany were 5-0 up inside 29 remarkable minutes ... | |
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Election ends in stalemate |
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Ratzinger elected as new Pope |
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Adolf Eichmann hanged in Israel Map of Ramla Israel A German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) and one of the major organisers of the Holocaust
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Federal Republic of Germany formally begins Map of Bonn Germany West Germany: West Germany was in the period between its creation on 23 May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990
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Russian blockade of Berlin began The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control
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Potsdam Conference ended Map of Cecilienhof Palace Potsdam Germany Eastern Germany: The three power, Stalin, Churchill, and, later Attlee, Truman gathered to decide how to administer punishment to the defeated Nazi Germany
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World War II ends in Europe Berlin: The final battles of the European Theatre of World War II as well as the German surrender to the Western Allies and the Soviet Union
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Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal began Map of Nuremberg Germany Bavaria: Series of military tribunals, held by the Allied forces after World War II, for the prosecution of prominent members of leadership of Nazi Germany
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Auschwitz concentration camp liberated 
Poland: A network of German Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich in Polish areas annexed by Nazi G...
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Germans surrendered at Stalingrad Volga Region: The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of Stal...
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Battle of Britain began England: Air campaign waged by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) against the United Kingdom and the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air ...
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German army invaded Poland, starting WWII The opening event of World War II. Millions of Polish citizens perished in the course of the Nazi occupation of Poland between 1939 and 1945
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Munich Agreement signed A settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders. 'Sudetenland' was coined
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German troops enters Austria The Anschluss was the Nazi propaganda term for the invasion and forced incorporation of Austria by Nazi Germany
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Explosion of the Hindenburg New Jersey: The German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock. Of the 97 people on board, 35 died
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Guernica, Spain, destroyed by German aircraft Basque: Bombing of Guernica, one of the first aerial bombings by Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe. It inspired the painting Guernica by Pablo Picasso.
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Adolf Hitler invades the Rhineland West Germany: The remilitarization of the Rhineland took place when German military forces entered the Rhineland. It violated the Treaty of Versailles
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| Apr. 1, 1933 |
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Persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany begins
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| Feb. 27, 1933 |
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Reichstag fire in Germany Berlin: An arson attack on the Reichstag building. Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch council communist was arrested for the crime
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| Jan. 30, 1933 |
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Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor Berlin: Hindenburg reluctantly agreed to appoint Hitler as chancellor after parliamentary elections had not resulted in the formation of a majority ...
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Adolf Hitler's beer hall Putsch starts Munich: About two thousand men marched to the centre of Munich, where they confronted the police, which resulted in the death of 16 Nazis and 4 poli...
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Weimar Constitution adopted. Eastern Germany
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| Jun. 28, 1919 |
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Treaty of Versailles signed. France
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| Jun. 21, 1919 |
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German fleet scuttled at Scapa Flow |
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| Jan. 5, 1919 |
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National Socialist Party founded in Germany
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| Nov. 11, 1918 |
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Armistice ends World War I. France
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| Aug. 18, 1917 |
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Verdun offensive began. France
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| Jul. 31, 1917 |
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Battle of Ypres began |
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| Apr. 6, 1917 |
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U.S. enters World War I. Washington
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| Feb. 1, 1917 |
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Germany began unrestricted submarine warfare
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| Feb. 21, 1916 |
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Battle of Verdun begins. France
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| Sep. 6, 1914 |
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First Battle of Marne begins. Paris
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| Aug. 4, 1914 |
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Britain declares war on Germany. London
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| Aug. 4, 1914 |
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Germany invaded Belgium
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| Mar. 18, 1890 |
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Otto von Bismarck resigns as German Chancellorship |
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| Apr. 20, 1889 |
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Adolf Hitler born. Austria
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| May. 18, 1883 |
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Walter Gropius, architect, born |
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| Jun. 16, 1880 |
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Berlin Conference
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| Mar. 14, 1879 |
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Albert Einstein born. West Germany
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| Jan. 14, 1875 |
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Albert Schweitzer born |
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| May. 10, 1871 |
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Treaty of Frankfurt ends Franco-Prussian War |
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| Jan. 28, 1871 |
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Paris surrendered to German Army
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| Jan. 18, 1871 |
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German Empire proclaimed. Berlin
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| Sep. 29, 1862 |
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Otto von Bismarck delivers 'Blood and Iron' speech. Berlin
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| Jan. 28, 1859 |
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Kaiser William II born. Berlin
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| Mar. 27, 1845 |
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Wilhelm Röntgen born |
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| May. 7, 1833 |
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Johannes Brahms born |
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| Mar. 22, 1832 |
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Johann Wolfgang Goethe died |
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| Mar. 26, 1827 |
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Ludwig van Beethoven dies. West Germany
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| May. 22, 1813 |
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Richard Wagner born |
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| Aug. 17, 1786 |
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Frederick the Great died |
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| Mar. 13, 1781 |
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Sir William Herschel discovers planet Uranus |
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| Aug. 27, 1770 |
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel born |
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| Dec. 16, 1770 |
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Ludwig van Beethoven born. West Germany
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| Jul. 28, 1750 |
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Johann Sebastian Bach died |
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| Apr. 16, 1746 |
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Battle of Culloden |
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| May. 2, 1729 |
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Catherine the Great born |
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| Aug. 1, 1714 |
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George I proclaimed King |
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| Jan. 24, 1712 |
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Frederick the Great of Prussia born |
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| Aug. 13, 1704 |
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Battle of Blenheim |
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| Jul. 9, 1686 |
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League of Augsburg |
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| Mar. 21, 1685 |
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J.S. Bach born
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| Feb. 23, 1685 |
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George Frederic Handel born |
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| Oct. 24, 1648 |
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Treaty of Westphalia signed. West Germany
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| Nov. 6, 1632 |
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Battle of Lützen began |
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| Nov. 16, 1632 |
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King Gustavus Adolphus killed as battle of Lutzen ends |
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| Sep. 17, 1631 |
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Battle of Breitenfeld |
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| May. 20, 1631 |
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Magdeburg sacked |
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| Nov. 15, 1630 |
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Johannes Kepler died. Bavaria
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| Feb. 16, 1620 |
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Frederick William the Great Elector, born |
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| Jun. 29, 1577 |
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Peter Paul Rubens born |
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| Dec. 27, 1571 |
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Johannes Kepler born |
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| Sep. 25, 1555 |
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Religious Peace of Augsburg |
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| May. 26, 1521 |
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Edict of Worms outlawing Luther and his followers |
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| Apr. 17, 1521 |
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Martin Luther excommunicated by Diet of Worms |
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| Oct. 31, 1517 |
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Luther posts the 95 these at Augsburg. Bavaria
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| Aug. 7, 1495 |
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Diet of Worms proclaims Perpetual Peace |
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| Nov. 10, 1483 |
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Martin Luther born |
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| Jun. 10, 1190 |
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Frederick Barbarossa drowned |
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