2015 Event The German government approves the Greek bailout deal, which was also approved by the Greek parliament earlier this week; German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that chaos would result if the deal did not go through 2013 Event In an effort to repair strained relations after news reports cite the U.S. spied on Chancellor Angela Merke's cell phone, President Barack Obama congratulates the Chancellor on the formation of her new cabinet, and invites her to Washington 2013 Event The U.S. Ambassador is summoned by Germany over suspicions that the U.S. monitored the cell phone calls of German Chancellor Angela Merkel 2013 Event Germany holds its federal election; Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union party obtains the most votes since 1990 2013 Event George Osborne, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, announces that G7 finance ministers and central bankers agree that coordinate action should be taken against tax evaders 2012 Event As German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Greece, an estimated 25,000 protest in Athens 2012 Event The President of Germany's Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel recommends Peer Steinbruck as the party's Chancellor candidate for the 2012 German federal election 2012 Event Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne reveals the 2012 British budget which cuts the top rate of income tax 2011 Event In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel pledges to end all nuclear power by 2022 2010 Event In a Potsdam speech, Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, claims multiculturalism has 'failed' in Germany 2010 Event German Chancellor Angela Merkel agrees to spread $80 million pounds in savings across four years with her coalition cabinet 2010 Event Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany nominates Christian Wulff for President 1996 Death Sylvia Mary Paget Chancellor, philanthropist, dies at 95 1996 Death John Chancellor, news anchor (VOA, NBC), dies at 68 1996 Death John William Chancellor, journalist, dies at 68 1994 Event Helmut Kohl elected German chancellor (341-340 votes) 1992 Death Willy Brandt, German chancellor (1969-74), dies 1992 Death Willy Brandt, chancellor of West Germany (1969-74), dies of cancer at 78 1992 Death Lutz Stavenhagen, top aid to Chancellor Helmut Kohl, dies at 52 1990 Death Bruno Kreisky, union chancellor Austria, dies 1988 Death Kurt Georg Kiesinger, West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at 83 1987 Event U.S. Justice Department bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering U.S., due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WW II 1984 Event West German Chancellor Rainer Barzel resigns due to corruption 1983 Event Fred Sinowatz succeeds Bruno Kreisky as chancellor of Austria 1982 Event Helmut Kohl elected chancellor of West Germany 1980 Event West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt visits Moscow 1977 Event Dr. Clifford R Wharton, Jr. named chancellor of State University of NY 1976 Event NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and David Brinkley, premieres 1974 Event Helmut Schmidt becomes West German chancellor 1974 Event West German chancellor W. Brandt resigns 1974 Event Chancellor Willy Brandt sect Gunther Guillaume found to be a spy 1973 Event West German chancellor Willy Brandt normalizes trade with Czechoslovakia 1972 Event Willy Brandt re-elected West German chancellor 1972 Event German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel 1971 Event West German union chancellor W Burns receives Nobel prize of peace 1971 Event West German Chancellor Willy Brandt is awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1971 Event West German chancellor Willy Brandt meets with soviet President Brezhnev 1970 Event Bruno Kreisky becomes 1st socialist chancellor of Austria 1970 Event West German chancellor and East German premier Willy Brandt meet 1969 Event Willy Burns elected chancellor of West Germany 1969 Death Franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89 1967 Death Conrad Adenauer, West Germany chancellor (1949-63), dies at 91 1966 Event Georg Kiesinger elected West German chancellor 1964 Event Josef Klaus succeeds Alfons Gorbach as chancellor of Austria 1964 Event Austrian chancellor Alfons Gorbach resigns 1964 Death Julius Raab, Austrian chancellor (1953-61), dies at 72 1963 Event Ludwig Erhard follows Conrad Adenauer as West German Chancellor 1963 Event West German Chancellor Adenauer condemns western grain shipments to U.S.S.R. 1961 Event John Chancellor becomes news anchor of Today Show 1958 Birthday Alan Milburn, born in Tow Law, County Durham, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Darlington, served in Cabinet as Secretary of State for Health, resigned, rejoined Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1957 Event Conrad Adenauer re-elected chancellor of West-Germany 1953 Event Conrad Adenauer elected West German chancellor 1952 Event West German Chancellor Adenauer signs a reparation pact for Jews 1952 Event Failed assassination attempt of German Chancellor Adenauer 1950 Death Karl Renner, Austrian Chancellor/president (1918-20, 45-50), dies at 80 1950 Birthday Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger, born in England, British rabbi, member of the House of Lords, social reformer, Chancellor, University of Ulster 1946 Death Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian chancellor (1930s), hanged at 54 1943 Event German occupiers arrest Louvain University's chancellor 1942 Birthday Norman Lamont, MP/Chancellor of Exchequer 1940 Birthday Gareth Roberts, chancellor, Sheffield University 1938 Event Artur Seyss-Inquart replaces Kurt von Schuschnigg as Chancellor of Austria; German troops also entered the country 1938 Event Austrian chancellor Schuschnigg visits Hitler in Berchtesgaden 1937 Birthday Franz Vranitzky, Austria union chancellor, 1986- 1936 Birthday Harry Pitt, vice chancellor, Reading University 1935 Birthday Raoul Franklin, chancellor, City University London 1934 Death Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian chancellor assassinated by nazis 1934 Death Kurt von Schleiger, German chancellor (1932-33), murdered at 52 1934 Event Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss dissolves all political parties but his 1933 Event Chancellor Dollfuss disdolves Austrian parliament 1933 Event 2 days after becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler dissolves Parliament 1933 Event Adolph Hitler named German Chancellor, forms government with Von Papen 1933 Event German president von Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor 1933 Death Wilhelm Cuno, German Reich's chancellor (1922-23), dies at 56 1932 Event General Kurt von Schleicher becomes chancellor of Germany 1932 Event Shaft and Thyssen demand Hitler become German chancellor 1932 Event Engelbert Dollfuss becomes chancellor of Austria 1932 Birthday James Clyde, born in England, Baron Clyde, son of James Latham Clyde, Lord Clyde, British judge, Chancellor to the Bishop of Argyll, Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland 1931 Event Karl Buresch becomes chancellor of Austrian 1931 Birthday Richard Southwood, zoologist/chancellor, Oxford University 1930 Birthday David Smith, principal/vice chancellor, Edinburgh University 1930 Birthday Helmut Kohl, chancellor, Germany, 1982- 1929 Death Max von Bathe, German prince/Chancellor (1910-11, 18), dies at 62 1929 Death Gustav Stresemann, German chancellor (Nobel 1926), dies at 51 1929 Event John Schrober becomes chancellor of Austria 1929 Event Earnest Streeruwitz becomes chancellor of Austria 1929 Birthday Fred Sinowatz, SP, chancellor of Austria, 1983-86 1928 Birthday Ernest L Boyer, educator/chancellor, NY's State Universities-SUNY 1928 Birthday Harold Hanham, vice chancellor, Lancaster University 1927 Birthday John William Chancellor, born in Chicago, Illinois, news anchor, NBC, VOA 1926 Birthday Geoffrey Caston, vice chancellor, University of South Pacific 1926 Death Konstantin Fehrenbach, German reichs chancellor (1920-21), dies at 74 1926 Event Austrian chancellor Seipel wants to join Germany 1924 Event Austria chancellor Ignaz Seipel, resigns after assassination attempt 1922 Event German Reichs Chancellor Joseph Wirth term ends 1922 Birthday John West, vice chancellor, Bradford University 1922 Birthday Clifford Butler, vice chancellor, Loughborough University of Technology 1921 Birthday Lord Perry of Walton, SDP/vice chancellor, Open University England 1921 Death Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Germany chancellor/Prime Minister (Prussia), dies at 64 1920 Event Hermann Muller becomes German chancellor (SPD) 1920 Birthday Kenneth Dover, chancellor, St. Andrews University 1918 Birthday Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of Germany, SPD, 1974- 1918 Birthday Earl Jellicoe, chancellor, University of Southhampton 1916 Birthday Francis Cockfield, born in Horsham, England, born Francis Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield of Dover in the County of Kent, politician, Conservative Party, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1916 Birthday Owen Chadwick, chancellor, University of East Anglia 1915 Birthday Frank Thistlethwaite, vice chancellor, University of East Anglia 1913 Birthday Willy Brandt, Herbert Frahm, German chancellor, 1969 - 1974, Nobel 1971 1912 Event Mr. Carter-Cotton chosen 1st chancellor of University of British Columbia 1912 Birthday Samuel Curran, vice chancellor, Strathclyde University 1911 Birthday Alec Cairncross, chancellor, Glasgow U 1911 Birthday Bruno Kreisky, Austria, bandleader/chancellor, 1970-83 1910 Birthday Josef Klaus, Chancellor of Austria, 1966-70 1910 Birthday Lord Grey of Naunton, chancellor, Ulster University 1909 Event Germany chancellor Bernhard von Bulow resigns 1908 Birthday Earl of Halsbury, chancellor, Brunei University 1906 Event German chancellor Bernhard von Bulow disbands the Parliament 1904 Birthday Kurt G. Kiesinger, German chancellor, Wherever They May Be 1901 Birthday Sylvia Mary Paget Chancellor, philanthropist 1899 Death Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67 1898 Death Otto von Bismarck, German "Iron" chancellor, dies at 83 1897 Birthday Ludwig Erhard, chancellor of Germany, CDU 1894 Event German emperor Wilhelm II fires chancellor Leo von Caprivi and premier Botho zu Eulenburg 1894 Event German emperor Wilhelm II fires Chancellor Leo von Caprivi and premier Botho zu Eulenburg 1892 Birthday Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian Fascist chancellor killed by Nazis 1892 Birthday Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian chancellor, 1930s, war criminal 1891 Birthday Julius Raab, Austrian union chancellor, 1953-61 1890 Event Caprivi succeeds Bismarck on as chancellor of Germany 1890 Event German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck 1885 Event German chancellor Bismarck takes possession of Cameroon and Togoland 1882 Birthday Kurt von Schleiger, German chancellor, 12/2/32-1/28/33 1879 Birthday Franz JHMM von Papen, German diplomat/chancellor, 1932 1878 Event German republic chancellor Bismarck delegates end of "Socialism" 1878 Birthday Gustav Stresemann, German chancellor, 1923, Nobel 1926 1876 Birthday Wilhelm Cuno, German ship owner/republic chancellor, 1922-23 1876 Birthday Konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany, BRD, 1949 1870 Birthday Karl Renner, Austrian Chancellor/president, 1918-20, 45-50 1867 Birthday Max Prinz von Baden, German chancellor, Oct-Nov 1918 1862 Event Otto von Bismarck becomes German republic chancellor 1862 Death Karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at 81 1857 Birthday John H Aberson, 1st chancellor, Dutch Agricultural University 1856 Birthday Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German Chancellor/premier Prussia 1856 Event Russian Republic Chancellor Earl von Nesselrode resigns 1852 Birthday Konstantin Fehrenbach, German chancellor, 1920-21 1849 Birthday Furst Bernhard HM von Bulow, German chancellor/Prussian PM, 1900-09 1831 Birthday Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor/premier of Prussia 1815 Birthday Otto Von Bismarck, Germany, chancellor, 1866 - 1890 1751 Death Henri F D'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (1717..50), dies at 82 1721 Event English Chancellor Exchequer John Aislabie confined in London Tower 1717 Event Henri d'Aguesseau's 1st appointment as chancellor of France 1677 Death Wenzel E Furst von Lobkowitz, Austria chancellor (16..-74), dies at 68 1674 Event Emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Furst Wenzel Lobkowitz 1668 Birthday Henri F d'Aguesseau, chancellor of France, 1717..50 1654 Death Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent, dies at 71 1654 Death Francois van Kinschot, treasurer-gen/chancellor of Brabant, dies at 77 1619 Birthday Charles Le Brun, Paris, painter, designer, Chancellor Seguier 1618 Event Francis Bacon becomes English lord chancellor 1583 Birthday Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent 1573 Death Michel de l'Hopital, chancellor of France (1560-68), dies at about 65 1570 Death Ivan Viskovati, chancellor of Russia, executed 1553 Event Bishop Stephen Gardiner appointed English Lord Chancellor 1540 Event English ex chancellor Thomas Cromwell sentenced as heretic 1532 Event Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor 1530 Death Lord Chancellor, (1514-29), dies at about 56 1529 Event Thomas More appointed English Lord Chancellor 1529 Event Cardinal Thomas Wolsey lays-off English Lord Chancellor 1517 Death Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros, cardinal/Chancellor of Castilia, dies 1515 Event Thomas Wolsey appointed English Lord Chancellor 1501 Death Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72 1494 Birthday Johan Friis, chancellor, Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism 1478 Birthday Thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint, Utopia 1459 Death Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, chancellor of Florence, dies 1414 Death Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies 1404 Death William of Wykeham, chancellor/Bishop of Winchester, dies 1380 Death John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies 1302 Death Pierre Flote, French 1st legist/chancellor of king Philip IV, dies 1124 Event Chancellor Haimeric selects pope (Lamberto becomes Honorius II)
