German Events in History

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

2014 Event

• German company Linde begins constructing a facility to convert wind power to hydrogen; the plant will help Germany in its efforts to increase reliance on renewable energy sources

• German design company Art+Com sues Google, claiming the Internet company infringed on its patented spatial mapping technology by incorporating its features into Google Earth; Art+Com offered to sell the patent to Google in 2006 but wasn't satisfied with Google's offer

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

• Winners of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine include German scientist Thomas C. Sudhof and American scientists Randy Schekman and James Rothman

• The German racing horse, Novellist, wins the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes

• German authorities are forced to evacuate 10 villages as heavy rains swell the Elbe River, breaching its banks

2012 Event

• As German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Greece, an estimated 25,000 protest in Athens

• 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

• Deutsche Bank, the German global financial services company, announces plans to cut 1,900 jobs

• The U-550, a sunken German U-Boat, is discovered off the cost of Massachusetts

• German opera singer and baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, dies age age 86

• German poet, Gunter Grass, awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature, is declared a persona non grata by the Internal Affairs Minister of Israel, over his poem, 'What Must Be Said.'

• A German government plan proposing that a eurozone 'budget commissioner' take control of Greece's economic affairs is leaked

2011 Event

• A World War II-era bomb is discovered in the German city of Halle; 12,000 people are evacuated

• At the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Danedream wins with a record racing speed of 2:24.49, the second German horse to win since 1975

• The European Financial Stability Facility is approved by the German Bundestag

• A German naval mine from World War II is discovered and dismantled by BP; removing the bomb avoided potential closure of 16 oil fields

2010 Event

• Germany holds its first pirate trial in 400 years, placing ten Somalia�s on trial for attacking a German ship

• The German economy reports 2.2 percent quarterly growth, the fastest quarterly growth in over 20 years

• German Chancellor Angela Merkel agrees to spread $80 million pounds in savings across four years with her coalition cabinet

2006 Death

• Johannes Rau, German Statesman

2005 Death

• Ernst Mayr, German Scientist

2004 Death

• Carl Rakosi, German Poet

2003 Death

• Dorothee Solle, German Theologian

2001 Death

• W. G. Sebald, German Writer

1998 Death

• Ernst Juenger, German writer, dies at 102

1997 Event

• Peter Graf, father of Steffi, enters German jail for tax evasion

1997 Death

• Manfred Von Ardenne, German scientific pioneer, dies at 90

• Kai-Uwe Von Hassel, German President of Bundestag (CDU 1969-72), dies

• Jurek Becker, writer, film author, German Democratic Republic dissident, survived ghetto in Lodz, wrote 'Jacob the Liar', dies in Sieseby, Germany

• Martin Kippenberger, German Artist

1996 Death

• Edward McInnes, German scholar, dies at 60

• Kurt Schmucker, German RFA minister of Economy (1963-66), dies

1995 Death

• Konrad Zuse, German Inventor

1995 Event

• 26th New York City Marathon won by German Silva in 2:10:00

• Michael Ende, German writer (Neverending Story), dies at 65

• Gunter Guillaume, German politican, dies

• Adolph F J Butenandt, German bio-chemist (Nobel 1939), dies at 91

• Marion Herbst, German/Dutch jewelry designer, dies at 50

1994 Death

• Karl AF Schiller, West German economist/SPD-minister, dies at 83

• Elga Andersen, German/French model/actress (Global Affair), dies at 58

• G Waller, German/Swiss movie journalist (NRC/Variety), dies at 82

1994 Event

• Helmut Kohl elected German chancellor (341-340 votes)

• 25th New York City Marathon won by German Silva in 2:11:21

• Nyanaponika, Siegmund Feniger, German scholar/author, dies at 93

• Eberhard Feik, German actor (Tatort), dies at 50

• Heinz Ruhmann, German actor/dir (Brave Soldier Schwejk), dies at 92

• Dolly Hare, German/British actress (Broken Blossom), dies at 84

• Manfred Worner, German general/Secretary-General of NATO (1988-94), dies at 59

• Manfred Salzgeber, German film distributor/publicist, dies at about 51

• Grete Schickedanz, German head mistress, dies at 82

• Gottfried Reinhardt, Goldmann, German/US director, dies at 83

• Robert Jungk, German/French/Us/Austrian philosopher/historian, dies

• Roman Herzog sworn in as German president

• Carl Althoff, German circus director, dies at 82

• Angelus Gottfried "Golo" Mann, German/US historian, dies at 85

• Walter Janka, German writer (Troubles with Truth), dies at 79

• Sandra Paretti, German/Swiss author (Drums of Winter), dies at 59

• Charles Bukowski, German/US writer (Barfly, Hollywood), dies at 73

• Hermann Abs, German banker to Hitler and Adenauer, dies at 92

• Martin Kosleck, German/US actor (Hitler Gang), dies at 86

1993 Death

• Professor Wolfgang Paul, German physicist (Nobel 1989), dies at 80

• Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologist/antifascist, dies at 84

• Alf Bold, German festival programmer, dies of AIDS at 47

• Robert W. Kempner, German officer of justice in Prussia, dies at 93

• Wolfgang Grams, German RAF-terrorist, shot to death at 40

• Hans Sahl, German/U.S. writer (Tie Exil im Exil), dies at 90

• Dieter Plage, German wildlife filmmaker, dies at 57

• Hans Werner Richter, German writer/founder (Gruppe 47), dies at 84

• Gret Palucca, German dancer and choreographer (Entartet), dies at 91

• Axel Von Dem Bussche, German aristocrat, dies

• Alois Brunner, German/Syrian commandant of KZ-Lower Drancy, dies

1992 Death

• Earnest FH Happel, East German soccer/trainer/coach, dies

• Gregory Markopoulos, German/U.S. director (Iliac Passion, Bliss), dies

• Hans Zullig, Swiss/German dancer (Green Table), dies

• Petra Kelly, founder (German Green Party), found dead at 44

• Willy Brandt, German chancellor (1969-74), dies

1992 Event

• Denmark upsets German 2-0, to win European Soccer championship

• Josef Neckermann, German founder mail-order firm/travel bureau, dies

1991 Death

• Roy Black, German singer and actor (Kinderarzt Dr. Froehlich), dies

• Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 101

• Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect, dies

• Heidi Bruhl, German actress (Madels vom Immenhof), dies at 49

• Arno Breker, German sculptor (Third Reich), dies at 90

• Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building), dies at 90

1990 Death

• Horst Bienek, German author, dies

1990 Event

• Iraq announces it will free all German hostages

• West German President Richard von Weizsaecker signs reunification treaty

• Norbert Elias, German/English/Netherlands philosopher/sociologist, dies

• German Democratic Republic accepts Deutsche Mark as its currency

• Irmtraud Morgner, writer, freelance author, used magical realism to address the role of gender in East German society, dies of cancer in Berlin, East Germany

• 1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust and asks for forgivenesss

• Herbert Wehner, German ex-communist/chairman (1958-73), dies at 83

• Gerhard Schroder, West German minister of Defense, dies at 79

1989 Death

• Hans Hartung, German/French painter, dies

• Alfred Herrhausen, German CEO (Deutsche Bank), murdered at 59

1989 Event

• East German state/party leader Erich Honecker, resigns

• German war criminals Aus der Funten/Fischer, freed in Holland

• German war criminals Fischer and Aus der Funten freed

1988 Death

• Lotte Stam-Beese, German/Netherlands architect, dies at about 85

• Franz Josef Strauss, West German Minister of defense 1956 - 1962, dies at 73

• Hans Gunther Adler, German writer, dies at 78

• Kurt Georg Kiesinger, West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at 83

1987 Event

• West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, forms trial in Russia

• West German Mathias Rust lands airplane on Red Square

• Mathias Rust, 19, W. German pilot, makes unauthorized landing in U.S.S.R.

1987 Death

• Bernhard Grzimek, West German zoologist, dies at 77

• West German police arrest Mohammed Ali Hamadi, suspect in 1985 hijacking

1986 Death

• Rudolf Schock, German opera/operetta singer, dies at 71

• Karl-Heinz Beckurts, West german Siemens manager, murdered

1986 Event

• West German team swims world record 4x200 m freestyle (7:05.17)

• Lilli Palmer, German actress (Boys from Brazil, Kinder), dies at 71

• Joseph Beuys, West German avant-garde artist/politician, dies at 64

1985 Death

• Simone Signoret, German/French actress (Room at Top, Gina), dies at 64

• Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate (Bild Zeitung), dies at 73

1985 Event

• West German top counter espionage Hans Tiedge moves to East Germany

• Heinrich Boll, German writer (Nobel 1972), dies at 67

• American, Brazilian and West German forensic pathologists confirm skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele

• Karl Marx, German composer and conductor, dies at 87

• West German Parliament ruled it illegal to deny the holocaust

1984 Event

• West German Chancellor Rainer Barzel resigns due to corruption

1984 Death

• Rudolf Hagelstange, German author (Zeit fur ein Lacheln), dies at 72

• Karl Rahner, German Theologian

• Martin Niemoller, German submarine captain and anti-nazi minister, dies at 92

• Wolfgang Staudte, German director (Ciske de Rat), dies at 77

1983 Event

• 104 degrees F (40.3 degrees C) in Garmersdorf (German record)

1983 Death

• Werner Egk, German composer (Die Zaubergeige), dies at 82

• Helmut Kohl's CDU/CSU wins West German parliament elections

1982 Death

• Fritz Usinger, German writer (Song against Death), dies at 87

• Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, dies at 62

• Gustav MR von Koenigswald, German/Dutch paleontologist, dies at 79

• Alexander Mitscherlich, German psychotherapist, dies

• Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director, dies of drug overdose at 36

• Peter Weiss, German playwright (Marat-Sade), dies at 65

• Robert H G Havemann, German chemist/dissident, dies

• Fritz Eberhard, West German lawyer/resistor, dies at 85

• Carl Orff, German composer (Mouth, Antigonae), dies at 86

• Walter Hallstein, West German politician (CDU, H-doctrine), dies at 80

1981 Death

• Albert Speer, German NSDAP-architect/minister of Army at 76

• Hermann Schey, German/Netherlands singer, dies at 85

• Peter Paul Kreuder, German composer, dies at 75

• Peter Kreuder, German composer, dies

• Zarah Leander, Swedish/German singer and actress (Gabriela), dies at 79

1981 Event

• Almost 1 million West German metal workers in strike

• Max Delbruck, German/U.S. biologist (Nobel 1969), dies at 74

1980 Death

• Karl Donitz, German great admiral/Fuhrer (1945), dies at 89

• Wolfgang Gentner, German nuclear physicist, dies at 74

• Fabian von Schlabendorff, German resistance fighter/judge, dies at 73

1980 Event

• West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt visits Moscow

• West German wins European soccer title (2-1 against Belgium)

• Lauritz Lauritzen, German politician, dies at 70

• Erich Fromm, German/US psychoanalyst, dies at 79

• Winifred Wagner-William, German World Festival organizer, dies at 82

• Alfred Andersch, German writer (Red Head), dies at 66

• Axel Springer, Jr., German photographer, commits suicide at 38

1979 Death

• Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke, German student leader, dies at 39

• Joseph Kotalla, German war criminal (4 of Breda), dies at 71

• Paul Dessau, German composer/conducter (Berlin, 1925-33), dies at 84

• Arno Schmidt, German writer, author, translator, individualist, solipsist, admired for colloquial language style and theory of etyms he developed in magnum opus, titled Zettels Traum, dies at 65

• Werner Forssman, German urologist (Nobel 1956), dies

1978 Death

• Hanns Johst, German Playwright

• Rolf Gunther, East German priest, self imolation

• Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft builder, dies at 80

1978 Event

• Soyuz 31 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 East German) to Salyut 6

• Kurt Student, German Soldier

1977 Event

• Corpse of kidnapped West German, H. M. Schleyer, found

• W German commandos liberate Boeing 737, 86 hostages at Mogadishu

• West German commandos storm hijacked Lufthansa in Mogadishu, Somalia freeing all 86 hostages and killing 3 of 4 hijackers

• West German RAF terrorist kills policeman in Utrecht

• RAF kidnap West German work chairman Schleyer

1977 Death

• Emil Bloch, German philosopher (Principle Hope, Traces), dies at 92

• Jurgen Ponto, West German banker, murdered

• Oskar Morgenstern, German/US economist, dies at 75

• Ludwig Erhard, German minister of Economic Affairs (CDU), dies at 80

• Siegfried Buback, West German procureur-general, murdered attorney-general

• Carl Zuckmayer, German/Swiss/US playwright (Second Wind), dies at 80

1976 Death

• Franz MT de Liage Bohl, German/Dutch assyriologist, dies at 94

1976 Event

• West German Gens Krupinski/Franke admit to being Nazis

• Helmuth Kohl's CDU wins German parliament election

• Lotte (Krause-)Lehmann, German soprano (More than singing), dies at 88

• Oskar Brusewitz, East German vicar, sets self on fire

1976 Birthday

• Diane Kruger, German Model

• Gustav Heinemann, German president, dies at 76

• Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (Holzweg), dies at 86

• Max Ernst, German/French surrealist painter/sculptor, dies at 85

• Werner Heisenberg, German Physicist

1975 Death

• Otto AP Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen, German diplomat, dies at 78

• Hannah Arendt, German Historian

• Max Ackermann, German "entartet" painter, dies at 88

• Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS (Mussolini/Ardennen), dies

1975 Event

• West German embassy blown-up in Stockholm, Sweden

• Ruth Schaumann, German author/painter/sculptor, dies at 75

• Boris Blacher, German composer (Purloined Letter), dies at 72

1974 Death

• Walther Meissner, German physicist (Meissner Effect), dies at 91

• Mascha Kaleko, writer, German language poet, dies at 48

• Baldur von Schirach, German author/nazi politician, dies at 67

1974 Event

• Helmut Schmidt becomes West German chancellor

• West German chancellor W. Brandt resigns

• Abraham Robinson, German Mathematician

1973 Event

• West German chancellor Willy Brandt normalizes trade with Czechoslovakia

1973 Death

• Leo Strauss, German Philosopher

• Willi Stoph succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader

• Anton Schnack, German writer/poet, dies at 81

• Willy Fritsch, German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon), dies at 72

• Max Horkheimer, German philosopher/sociologist, dies at 78

• Otto Klemperer, German/US conductor, dies at 88

• Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar, dies at 85

• Istvan Kertesz, Hungarian/German conductor (London Symphony), dies at 43

• Hans D Jensen, German physicist (Nobel prize 1963), dies at 65

1972 Death

• Gunter Eich, German literary (Botschaften des Regens), dies at 65

• Herbert Eimert, German composer (Glockenspiel), dies at 75

1972 Event

• Willy Brandt re-elected West German chancellor

• Friedrich Christian Christiansen, German Luftwaffe general, dies

• Hans H B Scharoun, German architect (Berlin Philharmonic), dies at 79

• Willy Brandts SPD wins West German election

• Kurt Edzard, German sculptor (nudist/portraits), dies

• Kurt Hiller, born in Berlin, Jewish, pacifist, socialist, writer, Oranienburg concentration camp survivor, led the German homosexual rights movement, dies at 87

• East German Aeroflot Illyushin 62 crashes near Moscow, killing 156

• West German police arrested RAF leader Ulrike Meinhof

• German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel

• West German police arrest RAF-leader Andreas Baader

• Adolf Bach, German philologist/sociologist, dies at 82

• Otto Brenner, German trade union leader, dies at 64

• C. W. Ceram, Kurt Marek, German/U.S. writer (1st American), dies at 57

• Stefan Wolpe, German composer (Zeus and Elidco), dies at 69

• Franz Halder, German Soldier

• German mass murderers "Three of Breda" freed

• Richard Courant, German/US mathematician, dies at 84

1971 Event

• West German union chancellor W Burns receives Nobel prize of peace

1971 Death

• Gerhard von Rad, German old testament expert, dies at 70

• West German Chancellor Willy Brandt is awarded Nobel Peace Prize

• West German chancellor Willy Brandt meets with soviet President Brezhnev

• Georg von Opel, German auto manufacturer, dies at 59

• Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77

• Helene Weigel, Austrian/German actress (Metropolis), dies at 70

• Erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader

1970 Death

• Dora Paulen, German/Dutch cabaretiere, dies at about 72

• Erich M Remarque, German writer (Im West Nichts Neues), dies at 72

• Erich Maria Remarque, German Writer

• Rudolph Carnap, German philosopher/mathematician, dies at 79

• Jochen Rindt, German race car driver, dies at 28

• Ingolf Dahl, German composer (Andante and Arioso), dies at 58

1970 Event

• West German chancellor and East German premier Willy Brandt meet

• Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, and German youths (Val d'Isere, France)

• Albert Mahll, German writer, dies at 76

• Max Born, German/British physicist (Nobel 1954), dies at 87

1969 Event

• West German President Heinemann visits Netherlands

• SPD wins West German Parliament elections

1969 Death

• Erika Mann, German/US author/daughter of Thomas Mann, dies

• Otto Stern, German/U.S. physicist (Nobel 1943), dies at 81

• Theodor Adorno, German philosopher/sociologist, dies at 65

• Otto Dix, German Artist

• Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85

• Willy Ley, German Writer

• Franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89

• Franz von Papen, German Politician

• Gunther Weisenborn, German/Argentine writer (Illegals), dies at 66

• Rudolf Pannwitz, German author/philosopher (Urblik), dies at 87

• Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist/philosopher, dies at 86

• Theodor Werner, German painter, dies at 82

1969 Birthday

• Michael Schumacher, German Celebrity

1968 Death

• Carl Oscar Ahues, German International Chess Master (1950), dies at 85

• Arnold Zweig, German antifascist/author (Junge frau 1914), dies at 81

• Otto Hahn, German physicist/chemist (Nobel 1944), dies at 89

• Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies

1968 Event

• E German party leader Ulbricht receives "Order of October Revolution"

• West German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law

• George KFW von Kuchler, German marshal (Netherlands 1940), dies at 86

• 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution

• Erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian/iconologist, dies

• Georg von der Vring, German painter (Camp Lafayette), dies at 78

1967 Death

• Richard Kuhn, German chemist, dies

• Alfried Krupp, German industrialist, dies at 59

• Konrad Adenauer, German Statesman

• Max Ophuls, Oppenheimer, German/French actor (Caught, Exile), dies

• Franz Waxman, German composer (Day at the races), dies at 60

• Fritz Erler, German politician (SDP), dies at 53

• Otto Dibelius, German theologian/bishop, dies at 86

1966 Event

• Georg Kiesinger elected West German chancellor

1966 Death

• Bernhard Zondek, German/Israeli gynaecologist, dies at 75

• Wieland Wagner, German opera director, dies

• Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (Stuttgart 1955-58), dies at 35

• Kasimir Edschmid, Karl E Schmidt, German writer, dies at 75

• Gerhard/Gerhart Pohl, German writer (Battle of Kolbenau), dies at 64

• Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general, dies at 87

• German Germanovich Galinin, composer, dies at 44

• Hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74

• French and German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry

• 55th German F-16 Starfighter crashes

• Paul Althaus, German theologist (That Christian Wahrheit), dies at 78

• Karl B Adam, German theologist (Jesus Christ), dies at 89

• Erwin Piscator, German director (Plebeians test rebellion), dies at 72

• Hans Hofmann, German/US painter (Search for the Real), dies at 85

• Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Tolle Bomberg), dies at 84

1965 Death

• Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt, German anthropologist, dies at 73

• Paul Tillich, German/US Theologist (Courage To Be), dies

1965 Birthday

• German Titov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL center, Calgary Flames, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics

1965 Event

• Erhards CDU wins West German parliament elections

• Albert Schweitzer, German/French missionary (Nobel 1954), dies at 90

• Uwe Boll, German Director

• Martin Buber, German/Israel philosopher/zionist/theologist, dies at 87

• West German Bondsdag extends war crimes retribution

• East German president Ulbricht visits Egypt

• Christine Wachtel, E German running star, world indoor record 800m

1964 Death

• Bernard von Brentano, German writer (Big Cats), dies at 63

• Richard Scheibe, German sculptor (Adler mit Hakenkreuz), dies at 85

• Paul E Kahle, German orientalist, dies

• Leo Weismantel, German writer (Das Totenliebespar), dies at 76

• August Sander, German Photographer

1964 Birthday

• Evi Strasser, Bavaria German, equestrian 1996 Olympics

• Hermann A J Kees, German egyptologist, dies at 77

• Berthold Altaner, German church historian, dies at 80

1964 Event

• Beatles record in German "Komm, Gib Mir Diene Hand" and "Sie Leibt Dich"

• Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67

1963 Death

• Paul Hindemith, German composer (Composer's World), dies at 68

• Winifried P I Zillig, German composer and conductor (Opfer), dies at 58

• Erich Ollenhauer, German politician (SPD), dies at 62

1963 Event

• Ludwig Erhard follows Conrad Adenauer as West German Chancellor

• West German Chancellor Adenauer condemns western grain shipments to U.S.S.R.

• Ernst Kantorowicz, German/US historian, dies at 68

• Werner Erich Josten, German composer (Jungle), dies at 77

1963 Birthday

• Petra Schneider, E German swimming star, world record 400m

1962 Death

• Therese Neumann, German stigma, dies at 64

• Hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84

• Hanns Eisler, composer (North Vietnam/East German National Anthem), dies at 64

• Walter Anderson, German Writer

1962 Event

• E German border guards shot and kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector

• Hermann Hesse, German/Swiss poet/author (Nobel 1946), dies at 85

• Herman Hesse, German Author

• Caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist, dies at 65

• Adolf Eichmann, German Criminal

• Will Vesper, German author (Tristan und Isolde), dies at 79

• Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist, dies at 81

1961 Birthday

• Kathrin Dorre, East German marathoner 1988 Olympics bronze

1961 Death

• Reinhard Herbig, German archaeologist, dies at 63

1961 Event

• CDU loses West German election

• Thomas Dooley, German Athlete

• Karl Albiker, German sculptor (Problem of the Plastic), dies at 83

1960 Death

• Eduard Ludwig, German architect (Hansa quarter, Berlin), dies at 54

• Gunther AR Raphael, German composer (Busskantate), dies at 57

• Emil Strauss, German writer (Vaterland), dies

• Hans Albers, German actor (Blue Angel), dies at 68

• Albrecht von Kesselring, German Field Marshal (Italy), dies at 74

• WH Walter Baade, German/US astronomer (Andromeda), dies at 67

• Joseph Haas, German (opera)composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81

• Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor/painter, dies at 90

• Joseph Haas, German opera composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81

1959 Event

• Saar becomes part of German Federal Republic

1959 Death

• George Grosz, German cartoonist/painter (Ecce Homo), dies at 65

• Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag), dies at 68

• A J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress (Hamlet, Nora), dies at 73

1958 Birthday

• Cornelia Funke, German Author

1958 Death

• Theodore Krieger, German author (Forgotten Village), dies at 61

• Max Jakob Friedlander, German/Dutch art historian, dies at 91

• Leo Blech, studied with Engelbert Humperdinck, German opera composer, dies at 87

• Karl Erb, German tenor, dies on 81st birthday

• Kurt Alder, German chemist (Nobel 1950), dies

• Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist, dies at 89

• Richard B Goldschmidt, German zoologist (butterflies), dies

1958 Event

• West German parliament desires German atomic weapons

• Earnest H Heinkel, German airplane builder (WW II), dies at 70

• Paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies

1957 Death

• Fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Roman Law), dies at 78

1957 Event

• German Dem Rep recalls East Mark and issues new currency

• Erich Auerbach, German writer and educator, dies

• German sailing school ship Pamir sails Atlantic Ocean

• Heinrich O Wieland, German chemist (Nobel 1927), dies at 80

1957 Birthday

• Hansi Muller, born in Stuttgart, Germany, athlete, footballer, played for German national football team

• Richard Mohaupt, German composer (Bucolica), dies at 52

• Alfred Doblin, German/French author/co-founder (Sturm), dies at 78

• Heinrich Campendonk, German painter/wood carver/glasier, dies at 67

• Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at 80

• Max Ophuls, Maximilian Oppenheimer, German/French director, dies

• Walther Bothe, German Physicist

• Friedrich von Paulus, German field marshall (Stalingrad), dies at 66

• France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Rep

1956 Death

• Martin Albertz, German theologist (Jesus Christ's Church), dies at 73

• Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60

• Constantine Freiherr von Neurath, German foreign minister, dies at 83

• Bertold Brecht, German writer (Mother Courage), dies at 58

• Freiherr Constantine von Neurath, German Foreign Minister (1932-38), dies

• Bertolt Brecht, German Poet

• Ludwig Klages, German philosopher (Study of Graves), dies at 83

• Ludwig Klages, German philosopher/graphologist, dies at 83

• Lulu [Luise] Strauss und Torney, German poet and writer, dies at 82

• Hermann Abendroth, German conductor (Gewandhausorkest), dies at 73

• Albrecht G Alt, German theologist (Small Schriften), dies at 72

• Ernst R Curtius, German literature historian, dies at 70

• Emile Nolde [Hansen], German painter (Grablegung Christi), dies at 88

• Fritz Kunkel, German physician/charachterologist, dies at 66

1956 Event

• German war criminals Hinrichsen/Ruhl/Siebens/Viebahn freed

• Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Hilde-Gudrun), dies at 85

• Gunther Ramin, German organist/composer/choir conductor, dies at 57

• Karl L Schmidt, German/Swiss theologist (Urchristentum), dies at 64

1955 Birthday

• Ed Kuepper, German/Australian, singer and songwriter, Saints

1955 Death

• Otto Braun, German Politician

• Hermann Weyl, German Mathematician

1955 Event

• 1st West German officers sworn in

• Roland Emmerich, German Director

• Austria resumed its sovereignty after departure of last Allied occupation forces, for 1st time since German occupation of 1938

• Thomas Mann, German writer (Dr. Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80

• Max Pechstein, German painter/graphic artist (Oceania), dies at 73

• Edwin Scharff, German painter/sculptor (Rossebandiger), dies at 68

• German Federal Republic joins NATO

• West German unions protest for 40-hour work week and more wages

• Albert Einstein, German U.S. physicist, dies

• Nina Hagen, German Musician

• U.S.S.R. ends state of war with German Federal Republic

1954 Death

• Wilhelm Furtwangler, German conductor/composer, dies at 68

• Professor Werner Elert, German Lutheran theologist, dies at 69

• Friedrich Lubke, German politician, dies at 67

• Peter Anders, German opera singer, dies

• Hermann W. S. Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71

1954 Event

• West German secret service head Otto John defects to East Germany

1954 Birthday

• Angela Merkel, German Statesman

• German airline Lufthansa forms

• Heinz Guderian, German Soldier

• Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst), dies at 79

• German government refuses to recognize DDR

1953 Death

• Eduard Kunneke, German composer (Majority Sunderin), dies at 68

1953 Event

• Conrad Adenauer elected West German chancellor

• Ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies

1953 Birthday

• Martin Kippenberger, German Artist

• Karl R G von Rundstedt, German General-Field Marshal (Ardennes), dies at 77

• Gerd von Rundstedt, German Soldier

• Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Golden Cage), dies at 56

1952 Death

• Karen Horney, German/US neo freudian psycho analyst, dies at 67

1952 Event

• Egypt protests German retribution payments to Israel

• Alfred Neumann, German writer, dies at 56

• West German Chancellor Adenauer signs a reparation pact for Jews

1952 Birthday

• Rudolf Schenker, German rock guitarist, Scorpions-Virgin Killer

• German and Israeli reach accord about recovery payments

• Kurt Schumacher, German politician/chairman (SPD), dies

• East German SED decides to form East Germany army

• Walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies

• German "Country" Bathe-Wurttemberg forms

• Failed assassination attempt of German Chancellor Adenauer

• Wilhelm Albrecht, German SD-chief, executed

• Alfred Einstein, German/US musicologist, dies at 71

1951 Death

• Wolfgang Schulze, Wols, German drawer/painter, dies at 38

• Earnest F Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon, dies at 75

• Armin Knab, German composer (Wunderhorn), dies at 70

• Alfred Hugenberg, German RC president-director of Krupp/media magnate, dies

1951 Event

• Alfred Krupp and 28 other German war criminals freed

• Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche), dies at 75

• Wilhelm Schafer, German writer (Mein Leben), dies at 82

• German general F Christian freed early from Dutch prison

1950 Death

• Max Beckmann, German painter/graphic artist, dies at 66

• Albrecht Schaeffer, German writer (Heroische Fahrt), dies at 65

• Hedwig Courts-Mahler, German author, dies at 83

1950 Event

• Great Three acknowledge Bond government as only German government

• East German premier Grotewohl pleads for German reunification

• Hague Council of Annulment convicts German war criminals W Lages, FH Van de Funten and F Fischer to death

1950 Birthday

• Johannes Bednorz, German superconductivity physicist, Nobel 1987

• Karl Straube, German organist/conductor, dies

• Kurt Julian Weill, German composer (Dreigroschenoper), dies at 50

• Walter Eucken, German economist, dies at 59

• L Heinrich Mann, German/US writer (Between the Races), dies at 78

• Eduard Hermann, German linguist (Homer), dies at 80

• Gustav Krupp, German Businessman

1949 Birthday

• Petra Kelly, German peace activist/MP, Green

1949 Death

• Gustav Radbruch, German Minister of Justice, dies

1949 Event

• German Dem Rep formed from Russian occupation zone (National Day)

• Theodor Zockler, German theologist (Jodenzending), dies at 82

• Richard Strauss, German composer 'Don Quixote' and 'Metamorphosis', dies at 85

• Hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80

• Klaus H T Mann, German/US writer (Turning Point), dies

• Klaus Mann, German writer, dies at 42

• West German constitution approved

• Hanns A Rauter, German SS-commandant in Netherland, executed at 54

1948 Death

• Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist, dies

• Julius Curtius, German foreign minister (1929- ), dies at 71

• [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German Field Marshal, dies

• Paul Wegener, German actor and director (Golem, Svengali), dies at 73

• Gerhard Kittel, German anti-semite theologist, dies

• Gerhard Anschutz, German professor, dies at 81

1948 Birthday

• Joschka Fischer, German Politician

• Helen Ernst, German poster artist/resistance fighter, dies at about 43

• Johann Blaskowitz, German General (surrendered at Wageningen), dies at 64

• Manfred Kokot, East German runner, world record 50 m indoor

• Hermann K J Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66

1947 Death

• Franz X. Ritter von Epp, German General (SW Africa), dies at 79

• Franz Zorell, German RC lexicographer, dies at 84

• Wolfgang Borchert, German author (Draussen vor of the Tur), dies at 26

• Martin Dibelius, German theologist (That Drawer Jahwes), dies at 64

• Max KEL Planck, German physicist (constantly of P, Nobel 1918), dies

• Paul Guthnick, German astronomer, dies at 76

• Friedrich Paschen, German physicist, dies at 82

• Veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61

• Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Wertwissenschaft), dies at 77

1946 Event

• German "Country" Nedersaksen forms

• West German state of Niedersachsen formed

• German rocket engineers begin work in U.S.S.R.

1946 Death

• Alfred G Jodl, Colonel General/German staff chief weather authority, hanged

• Alfred Rosenberg, German war criminal, hanged

• Fritz Sauckel, German war criminal, hanged

• Hans Franc, German war criminal, hanged

• Joachim von Ribbentrop, German war criminal, hanged

• Julius Streicher, German District Leader (Of Sturmer), hanged

• Wilhelm Frick, German war criminal, hanged

• Wilhelm Keitel, German Field Marshal, hanged

• Hans Frank, German Public Servant

• Alfred Jodl, German Soldier

• Heinrich George, German actor (Jud Suss), commits suicide at 52

• Paul Lincke, German composer and conductor (Lysistrata), dies at 79

• Narziss Oh, German psychology, dies

1946 Birthday

• Daria Semegen, born in Bambery, West German, composer, classical music, electronic music genres, Fulbright Fellow

• Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director, Marriage of Maria Braum

• Werner von Blomberg, German minister of Reichswehr, dies at 67

• Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director/actor, Ehe der Maria Braun

1945 Death

• Robert Ley, German nazi, commits suicide

1945 Event

• German rocket engineers begin work in U.S.

1945 Birthday

• Franz Beckenbauer, German Athlete

• Franz Werfel, Czechoslovakian/German/U.S. poet and writer, 'Mirror Man', dies at 54

• Wim Wenders, West German director, American Friend, Hammett

• German island of Helgoland in North Sea surrenders to British

• German war criminal Heinrich Himmler captured

• Formal undertaking of complete German surrender

• General J. Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in Netherlands

• German troops in Netherlands, Denmark and Norway surrender

• Allies arrests German nuclear physics Werner Heisenberg

• German ship "Cap Arcona" sinks in East Sea, 5,800 killed

• German Army in Italy surrenders

• Admiral Karl Doenitz forms German government

• Red Army opens attack on German Reichstag building in Berlin

• Adolph Hitler, German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56

• Terms of surrender of German armies in Italy signed

• Kathe Kollwitz, German graphic artist, dies at 77

• Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory

• German occupiers flood Beemster and Fencer

• U.S. 7th army captured German city of Nuremberg

• Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propoganda for months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops

• German occupiers flood Wieringermeer, Netherlands

• Walter Model, German Field Marshal, commits suicide at 54

• German troops in Groningen surrender

• German troops attack Ijsselbrug

• Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist/antifascist, hanged

• Hans Oster, German major-general/spy, "July 20th plot", hanged

• Theodor Haecker, German cultural philosopher (Mensch?), dies at 65

• 1st and last assault of German Rammkommando on U.S. bombers

• Hans Fischer, German physicist (Nobel 1930), dies at 63

• Karl T Sapper, German geographer/geologist (Vulkankunde), dies at 79

• Last German V-2 (buzz bomb) attack on London

• General Eisenhower declares German defenses on Western Front broken

• Adolf Hitler issues Nero Decree: destruction of German facilities

• Fritz Fromm, German supreme commander of Reserve army, executed

• Anselm Kiefer, German Artist

• Adolf Bartels, German writer/racist, dies at 82

• Roland Freisler, German Nazi judge (July 20th plotter case), dies

• German ship "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed, 4,800 killed

• Gottlieb J Haberlandt, Hungarian/German botanist, dies at 90

• Helmuth J Moltke, German politician ("July 20th Plot"), executed at 37

• Marie-Christine AHI von Leibnitz, German, British princess

• German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of Bulge

• Lord Haw-Haw reports total German victory at Ardennen

• German air raid on allied airports at Eindhoven/Saint-Trond/Brussels

1944 Death

• Vassily V Kandinsky, Russian/German/French painter, dies

1944 Event

• German V-2 strikes Antwerp bioscope (638 kill)

• German occupiers forbid use of electricity in parts of Holland

• German counter attack at Dillingen-bridgehead at Saar

• German troops rob all the silver coin in Utrecht

• German troops seize Betuwse dikes

• RAF sink German battleship "Tirpitz" at Tromso Fjord Norway

• German riots in Rotterdam/Schiedam 52,000 men sent to Germany

• Last German troops at Walcheren surrenders

• Walter Nowotny, German combat/jet fighter pilot, dies

• German troops blow-up Heusden North Brabant city hall, 134 die

• German troops reconquer Schmidt Hurtgenwald

• German troops in Vlissingen surrenders

• During WW II, U.S. troops capture Aachen, 1st large German city to fall

• Erwin Rommel, German Field Marshal (WW II-Africa), suicide at 52

• German army retreats from Athens

• German occupier turn off electricity in Amsterdam

• Rudolf Schmundt, German gen/Hitlers army adjunct, dies from injuries

• Paul Grabner, German SS-captain, dies in battle in Arnhem

• Dutch begin railroad strike against German occupiers

• ... Kussin, German General-maj/commanding Arnhem, dies in battle

• Erwin von Witzleben, German Field Marshal, hanged at 62

• Killinger, German ambassador to Romania, commits suicide

• Anti German rebellion in Slovakia

• Last German troops in Marseille surrendered and Toulon cleared

• Ernst Thalmann, German communist, dies in Buchenwald

• Bulgaria announces withdrawal and German troops are to be disarmed

• U.S. and British forces destroy German 7th Army at Falaise-Argentan Gap

• Gunther von Kluge, German field marshal, commits suicide, dies at 62

• Ernst "Teddy" Thalmann, leader of German KPD, dies

• German Field Marshal Model replaces von Kluge in Normandy

• German field marshal von Kluge vanishes for one day

• Erwin von Witzleben, German Field Marshal, hanged at 62

• Erwin von Witzleben, German Field Marshal, hanged

• German counter attack at Avranches fails

• Felix Nussbaum, German painter (Widerstandskunst), dies in Auschwitz

• Allied jailbreak at St-Lo, behind German lines

• 300 allied bombers drop fire bombs on Allied/German positions

• Helmuth J von Moltke, German earl (July 20th plotter), executed

• Field Marshal von Kluge consults with German commandant at Caen

• Brandt, col/German staff chief, dies in bombing

• Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, count/German antifascist colonel, dies

• Friedrich Olbricht, German general (July 20th plotter), executed

• Heinz Burns, German, Gold Medal 1936 Olympics, dies in bombing

• Mertz, German colonel (July 20th plotter), executed

• Werner von Haeffen, German lieutenant (July 20th plotter), executed

• Claus von Stauffenberg, German Soldier

• British air raid on German convoy SW of Helgoland

• Wolfgang Redlich, German major/pilot, dies in battle

• Erich Salomon, German photographer, dies

• 1,100 U.S. guns fire 4th of July salute at German lines in Normandy

• Gestapo arrests German Social Democrat Julius Leber

• 2500+ killed in London and South East England by German flying bombs

• German counter attack at Caen

• German counter attack on Villers-Bocage Normandy

• German defense line in Italy collapsed

1944 Birthday

• W. G. Sebald, German Writer

• 91 German bombers harass Bristol

• German assault on Tito's hideout in Drvar Bosnia

• Exercise "Tiger" ends with 750 U.S. soldiers dead in D-Day rehearsal after their convoy ships were attacked by German torpedo boats

• Gerhard Schroeder, German Statesman

• Isolde Kurz, German writer/poet (Meine Mutter), dies at 90

• German Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed

• Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86

• German troops reconquer Aprilia Italy

• 285 German bombers attack London

• 447 German bombers attack London

• Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, German major/pilot, shot down

• Vlastimil Hort, Czechoslovakian/German chess player

• Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80

1943 Event

• German warship "Scharnhorst" sinks in Barents Sea

• British sink German battle cruiser Scharnhorst

1943 Birthday

• Silvia Sommerlath, German wife of King Carl XVI of Sweden, 1973-

1943 Death

• Carlo Mierendorff, German politician/antifascist, dies at 46

• Martin Raschke, German author/war correspondent, dies at 38

• Bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist, dies at 67

• Stalin says: "The issue of German fascism is lost"

• German occupiers forbid flying of kites (6 month jail sentence)

• 1st Silbertanne-murder by German occupiers in Meppel

• German riots at Amsterdam Jews

• German counter attack at Salerno

• German paratroopers, on orders of Adolf Hitler, seize former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini who was being held prisoner by the government

• Last German Q/pirate ship sinks near Easter Island

• German troops occupied Rome and took over the protection of Vatican City

• 15 German JU-88's sink Italian flag ship Rome

• Otto Selz, German psychologist (In Auschwitz), dies

• German occupiers impose 72-hour work week

• Johann P Zilcher, German composer, dies at 88

• U.S. air raid on German bases at Gilze-Rijen/Vlissingen

• Hans Jeschonnek, German air force general/chief-staff, commits suicide

• Gustav Schmidt, German Lieutenant-General, dies in battle

• Ismar Elbogen, German/US learned/rabbi (Jewish Lexicon), dies at 68

• Kurt Huber, German philosopher/resistance fighter, dies at 50

• Pope Pius XII receives German ambassador baron von Weizsacker

• 2nd day of battle at Kursk: 25,000 German killed

• German round up Jews in Amsterdam

• German occupiers arrest Louvain University's chancellor

• German assault on Sebastopol Krim, begins

• German troops destroy synagogue of Warsaw

• German and Italian forces in Africa surrender

• German occupiers confiscate all radios

• German troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender

• 5th German Pantser army surrenders in Tunisia

• German troops vacate Jefna Tunisia

• German Wehrmacht deployed in order to break Dutch strikes

• German plane sinks boat loaded with Palestinian Jews bound for Malta

• German counter attack in North-Tunisia

• RAF shoots down 14 German transport planes over Mediterranean Sea

• Alexander Schmorell, German resistance fighter, beheaded

• Kurt Huber, German resistance fighter, beheaded

• Willy Graf, German resistance fighter, beheaded

• 40 German bombers attack Haarlem, Netherlands, 85 killed

• Oskar Schlemmer, German painter/sculptor, dies at 54

• Conrad Veidt, German/US actor (Cabinet of Dr. Calgary), dies at 50

• German counter attack on U.S. lines in Tunisia

• German U-384 bombed and sinks

• German assault moves to Beja North Tunisia

• German troops pull back through Kasserine-pass Tunisia

• Christoph Probst, German resistance fighter (That Weisse Rose), dies

• Hans Scholl, German resistance fighter (White Rose), beheaded at 24

• Sophie Scholl, German resistance fighter (Die Weisse Rose), beheaded

• German offensive at Western Dorsalgebergte Tunisia

• German tanks under Brigadier General Buelowius attack Kasserine Pass Tunesia

• German offensive through de Faid-pass Tunisia

• David Hilbert, German mathematician (Hilbert Space), dies at 81

• German assault on Sidi Bou Zid Tunisia, General Eisenhower visits front

• German riots at "plutocratenzoontjes," 1,200 in Vught Camp

• Battle of Stalingrad ends with final surrender of the German army

• German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad, turning point of WW II

• German occupiers make Vidkun Quisling Norwegian premier

• German assault on French in Tunisia

• German under officers shot down in Haarlem, Netherlands

• Operation-Weiss: Assault of German, Italian, Bulgarian and Croatian

• German 2nd SS-Pantzer division evacuates Charkow

• Russian offensive against German 6th/4th Armies near Stalingrad

1942 Event

• Russian artillery/tank battle on German armies at Stalingrad

• Red army occupies German airports at Tasjinskaja and Morozowsk

1942 Death

• Jean Gilbert, Max Winterfield, German composer, dies at 63

• Allies in London sentence German war criminals

• German offensive in South Western Stalingrad

• North Africa: 5th German pantser army forms under Colonel General von Arnim

• German scout ship Altmark explode and sinks off Yokohama

• German 4th and 6th Army surrounded at Stalingrad

• Soviet army offensive, 1 million Russians breach German lines

• Joseph Goebbels visits "German Theatre in the Niederlanden"

• Last German offensive in Stalingrad

• German occupiers put Erik Scavenius as Danish premier

• Carl Sternheim, German playwright (Trousers, Snob), dies at 64

• German units go through Red October-factory in Stalingrad

• Georg Stumme, German general/commandant of African corps, dies

• German 6th Army occupies Tractorenfabriek, 3,000 German's die

• German assault on Tractor factory, 1000s killed

• Last camouflaged German raider Komet leaves Flushing harbor (Netherlands)

• Erich Kuttner, German journalist/historian (Vorwarts), dies

• German assault on Tractor factory in Stalingrad

• Heavy German assault in Stalingrad

• German troops occupy train station Stalingrad-1

• German forces attack Stalingrad

• German occupiers take silver anniversary coins in battle

• German troops enter Stalingrad

• German troops land on Taman peninsula

• Battle at Alam Halfa: German and Italians assault

• Von Bismarck, German major general, (Africa Corps), dies in battle

• Alpine hunters plant German flag on Elbroezgebergte, Kaukasus

• General Paulus orders German 6th Army to conquer Stalingrad

• German 1st tank leader captures Elista, Kalmukkensteppe

• Edith Stein, German philosopher, dies

• German troops cross Kuban River

• German occupier orders all Dutch homing pigeons killed

• German occupier demands listing of all Dutch telephone subscribers

• German SS gases 1,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia

• German SS kills 25,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia

• German occupiers set night curfew on Jews in Netherlands

• German troops occupy Rostov

• German troops strike at Tsym Lyanskaja

• German troops conquer Rostow

• German occupiers confiscate bicycles in Rotterdam and Hague

• German occupiers imprison 800 prominent Dutch as hostages

• German troops conquer Sebastopol

• German assault on British at Mersa Matruh

• Hans Lietzman, German theologist/church historian, dies at 67

• German troops conquer Tobruk, North Africa

• German army defeated at El-Alamein North Africa

• Reinhard Heydrich, German protector (Bohemia/Moravia (Lidice)), dies

• Reinhard Heydrich, German protector of Bohemia and Moravia, assassinated

• Jean F van Royen, German secretary PTT (camp Amersfoort), dies

• Top German Nazi Reinhard Heydrich is shot and mortally wounded in Prague

• German summer offensive opens in Crimea

• German occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages

• German occupiers forbids Dutch access to their beach

• Heavy German assault on Malta

1942 Birthday

• Jochen Rindt, German race car driver

• Destroyer Roper sinks German U-85 of U.S. east coast

• Heavy German assault on Malta

• German submarine U-585 sinks

• Allies raid German submarine base in St. Nazaire

• German offensive in North-Africa under Colonel General Rommel

• Heavy German assault on Malta

• Heavy German assault on Malta

• Major German assault on Malta

• German battle cruiser Gneisenau deactivated by bomb

• Voice of America begins broadcasting (in German)

• German submarines attack Aruba oil refinery

• German U-boat shells at Antillian oil refinery

• 3 German battle cruisers escape via Channel to Brest N Germany

• Fritz Todt, German Reichs minister (Organization Todt), dies at 50

• Heidi Bruhl, German actress and singer, Madels vom Immenhof

• German and Italian troops occupy Banghazi

• German troops occupy Benghazi Libya

• Italian supreme command demands dismissal of German marshal Rommel

• Titus Brandsma arrested by German occupiers

• German U-boats begin harassing shipping on U.S. east coast

• 55 German tanks reach North-Africa

• German troops in Bardia surrender

1941 Event

• German submarine U-567 sinks

• German submarine U-574 sinks

• Hitler takes complete command of German Army

• German submarine U-434 sinks

• German submarine U-31 sunk

• German troops led by Rommel begin retreating in North Africa

• German submarine U-127 sinks

• German occupiers forbid National Front and Netherland Union

• German occupying army do a house search in Paris looking for Jews

• German siege of Tobruk after 8 months ends

• British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Python

• German troops vacate Rostov

• German Jews in Netherlands declared stateless (lose of nationality)

• Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar

• German troops conquer Klin, at NW of Moscow

• British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Atlantis

• German Q/pirate ship Kormoran sinks near Australia

1941 Death

• Walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77

• Earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide

• German troops conquer Kertsh (probably)

• German Abweht consults with Chetnikleider Draza Mihailovic

• German troops occupy Rostov

• 1st mass deportation of German Jews to Eastern Europe

• German U-boat torpedoes U.S. destroyer Kearney

• German army occupies Viarma, U.S.S.R.

• German army occupies Briansk, U.S.S.R.

• German assault on Moscow: operation-Taifun, begins

• Friedrich Angel, German mathematician (group theory), dies at 79

• Bomb explosion in German headquarter in Hotel Continental in Kiev

• German air raid on Russian naval base Kronstadt (battleship Marat sinks)

• German army conquerors Kiev

• Nazi's force German Jews, 6 and over to wear Jewish stars

• German armour troops surround Kiev Ukraine

• Hitler orders for every dead German, 100 Yugoslavian be killed

• 1st German ship in WW II captured by U.S. ship (Busko)

• Gustav Ehrismann, German germanist, dies at 85

• All Jews over age 6 in German territories ordered to wear a star

• U.S. destroyer Greer fires on German submarine U-652

• German Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children

• German troops conquer Nowgorod, Leningrad

• German raider attacks Dutch SS Kota Nopan

• Josef Jakobs, German spy, executed in Tower of London

• German troops conquer Roslavl U.S.S.R.

• German 11st Army surrounds 20 Russian divisions at Oeman

• Luftwaffe bombs German 23rd division

• German occupiers forbid SDAP, VDB, ARP, RKSP, CHU and SGP in Netherlands

• German army enters Ukraine

• German troops attack Dnjepr

• German occupiers disband political parties

• German and Romanian soldiers kill 11,000 Jews in Kishinev

• German troops occupy Galicia Poland

• German U-203 fails on torpedo attack on U.S. battleship Texas

1941 Birthday

• Ulf D Merbold, German physicist/astronaut, STS-9, 42, Soyuz TM-19

• German occupiers stamp "J" on Jewish passports

• Hans Berger, German Scientist

• German occupiers forbids Jews access to beach and swimming pools

• German capture Kreta

• German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force

• Gunther Lutjens, German Admiral (Bismarck), dies

• Ark Royal airplane sights German battleship Bismarck

• German occupiers begin youth labor

• German airforce occupies airport at Maleme Kreta

• Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham)

• English Army breaks German spy codes

• German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean

• German air raid on Liverpool

• German assault on Tobruk

• German troops occupy Athens Greece

• Greece Army surrenders to German Nazis RAF brings Greek king George II to Egypt

• 100 German bombers attack Athens

• 1st massive German raid in Paris, 3,600 Jews rounded up

• Heavy German assault on Tobruk

• German troops conquer Libyan county Cyrenaica

• German bombardment on Piraeus (munitions ship explodes)

• German troops conquer Banghazi

• Churchill warns Stalin of German invasion

• German counter offensive in North-Africa

• German troops occupy El Agheila Libya

• Robert Liefmann, German economist (Kartelle und Trusts), dies at 67

• Joachim Schepke, German commandant (U-100), dies in battle

• German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands

• Arnold Schering, German musicologist, dies at 63

• Gunther Prien, German commandant (U-47), dies in battle

• Ludwig Quidde, German historian/politician (Nobel 1927), dies at 82

• German troops invade Bulgaria

• Oskar Loerke, German director (Longest Day-1926), dies at 56

• German assault on El Agheila Libya

• German Africa Corps lands in Tripoli, Libya

• Sicherheitsdienst complains about Dutch anti German sentiments

• Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian, murdered at 67

• Jorg Reme, German/Dutch painter/graphic artist

1940 Event

• Russian general Zhukov warns of German assault

• Gestapo arrest German resistance fighter/poster artist Helen Ernst

1940 Death

• Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer, dies at 78

• German air raid on Birmingham fails

• German air raid on Birmingham fails

• During WW II, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England

• German occupiers issue identity cards

• Heavy German air raid on London, 400 killed

• German troops occupies Romania

• 12 German aircraft shot down above England

• 17 German aircrafts shot down above England

• 47 German aircrafts shot down above England

• Nazi occupiers present "New Dutch Culture" in German

• 55 German aircraft shot down above England

• Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48

• German High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling government

• 19 German aircrafts shot down above England

• German bomb hits shelter in Chelsea; 100s die

• 28 German aircraft shot down above England

• German Air Force blitz London for 1st of 57 consecutive nights

• German occupiers in Netherlands begin soap ration

• Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80

• German Luftwaffe begins night bombing on London

• 71 German aircrafts shot down above England

• 45 German aircrafts shot down over England

• Heavy dogfights above England: 75 German aircrafts damaged

• Goering's "Adler Tag" 45-48 German aircrafts shotdown over South-Engld

• 38 German aircrafts shot down above England

• German air raid on British harbors Portland/Weymouth

• 31 German aircraft shot down over England

• German occupiers forbid ritual slaughters and English and French movies

• Paul Hirsch, German Politician

• "Blitz" all-night air raid by German bombers on London begins

• British and German dogfight above Lyme Bay

• German planes attack British ships in the Canal

• German Evangelist Church protests against euthanasia pogroms

• German occupiers forbids anti-nazis speeches

• German occupiers forbids using Dutch royal names

• Dutch Prime Minister Colijn publishes "Borders of 2 Worlds" (German victory)

• Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Modern Art), dies at 60

• SS rounds up 31 German/Polish/Dutch Jews in Roermond, Netherlands

• Vladimir Koppen, Russian/German/Australia meteorologist, dies at 93

• German occupiers disband Dutch States-General/Council of State

• German 7th Armour division under General-Major Rommel occupies Cherbourg

• German occupiers slaughter cattle, pigs and chickens

• France surrenders to Hitler, German troops occupy Paris

• German U-47 sinks airship Balmoral

• German forces occupied Paris during WW II

• Paris evacuates before German advance

• German "Dutch Q-ship Atlantis" sinks Norwegian tanker

• German 5th Armour division occupies Rouen

• Arthur Zimmermann, German Statesman

• General Von Bock starts German offensive in Somme

• German forces enter Paris

• Heavy German bombing on Dunkirk beach

• German troops conquer Boulogne

• German tanks reach Atrecht France

• German troops conquer Brussels

• German armour division moves into Northern France

• German troops occupy Amsterdam, General Winkelman surrenders

• German breakthrough at Sedan

• German breakthrough at Grebbelinie

• German tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug

• Carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65

• 2nd battle of Narvik-8 German destroyers, destroyed

• German cruiser Blucher torpedoed and capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die

• Failed British air raid on German base at Sylt

• German air raid on British fleet base Scapa Flow

1940 Birthday

• Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke, German student leader, Glasnost Berlin

• Peter Behrens, German architect, dies

• German air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578

• British destroyers board German Altmark off Norway

• British search plane finds German Altmark off Norway

• Rene "Sascha" Schickele, German writer (Erbe am Rhein), dies at 56

• Tilo Medek, German composer

• German U-Boot torpedoes Dutch trade ship Arendskerk (Eagle's Church)

• Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies at 56

• 2 German officers make emergency landing in Belgium

• Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Heart of Words), dies at 59

1939 Death

• Hans Langsdorff, German Captain (Graaf Spee), commits suicide

• Karl Wagenfeld, Low German writer (Lucifer, Death and Devil), dies at 70

1939 Event

• German pocket battleship Graf Spee scuttled by its crew off Uruguay

• Battle at La Plata - 3 British cruisers vs German Graf Spee

• Philipp Scheidemann, German MP (SPD)/mayor of Kassel, dies at 74

• Netherlands KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die

• German U-boat torpedoes passenger ship

• German U-boat torpedoes tanker Sliedrecht near Ireland

• Venlo-incident: German Abwehr kills 2 English agents

• Dirk Klop, Dutch intelligence lt, shot by German Abwehr

• 1st jet plane, Heinkel He 178, demonstrated to German Air Ministry

• German U boat fails on attack of English battleship Nelson with Winston Churchill, Dudley Pound and Charles Forbes aboard

• Spitfire shoots German Heinkel-111 down above Scotland

• German U-47 sinks British battleship HMS Royal Oak, 833 killed

• German seaplane shoots KLM-aircraft (1 killed)

• German Luftwaffe strikes Warsaw with (fire)bombs

• British fleet takes German U-27 boat

• Wehrmacht (German regular army) murders 100 Jews in Lukov Poland

• German U-29 sinks British aircraft carrier Courageous, 519 die

• British fleet attacks German U-39 boat

• 1st German air attack on Great Britain in WW II

• German submarine U-30 sinks British passenger ship Athenia

• German troops move into Danzig

• German U-boat sinks British passenger ship Athenia

• Queen Wilhelmina receives German ambassador Grave Zech

• Dutch border guards take positions for German invasion

• German Nazi's close last Jewish enterprises

• Retired German Colonel General Gerd von Runstedt returns to service

1939 Birthday

• Volker Braun, born in Dresden, German, writer, poet, playwright, wrote 'Das ungezwungne Leben Kasts' or 'The Unrestrained Life of Kast'

• [Karl Eduard] Wilhelm Groener, German general, dies at 71

• Wilhelm Normann, German chemist (harden van olien), dies

• Ernst Zundel, German Activist

• Franz von Papen becomes German ambassador in Turkey

• Colijn's Dutch government opens camp Westerbork for German Jews

• 7,000 Jews flee German occupied Memel Lithuania

• [Carl L] Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician, dies at 86

• German battleship Bismarck was launched

• Hitler proclaims to German parliament to exterminate all European Jews

1938 Event

• French/German non-attack treaty drawn (Ribbentrop-Bonnet Pact)

• Nazi forces occupy western Czechoslovakia and declared them German citizens

• German and Austrian Jewish suffer 1 billion Mark damage in nazi

1938 Death

• Earnest von Rath, German antifascist/diplomat, murdered

• German colonel-general Gerd von Runstedt retires

1938 Birthday

• Karl Lagerfeld, German Designer

• Ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74

• Rudolf G Binding, German poet and writer, dies at 70

• Ernst L Kirchner, German painter, dies at 58

• German law on "Entartete Art" legalizes art robbery

• Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist/writer (Nobel 1935), dies at 48

• Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79

• Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher/psychologist, dies at 66

• Artur Seyss-Inquart replaces Kurt von Schuschnigg as Chancellor of Austria; German troops also entered the country

• Otto zur Linde, German author (Lieder of the Leids), dies at 64

• German troops entered Austria

• Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77

• Hitler seizes control of German army and puts Nazi in key posts

• Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver, dies at 28

1937 Event

• German immigration officials with no explanation bar Juan Carlos Zabala (Arg), 1932 Olympic marathon champion, from entering Germany

1937 Death

• Erich Ludendorff, German general (WW I), dies at 72

1937 Birthday

• Jurek Becker, born in Lodz, Poland, writer, film author, German Democratic Republic dissident, survived ghetto in Lodz, wrote 'Jacob the Liar'

• German battleships bomb Almeria, Spain

• Johannes Walter, German geologist (Die Denudation in Wuste), dies

• German Luftwaffe destroys Basque town of Guernica in Spain

• Rudolf Otto, German Theologian

• Lou [Andreas-]Salome, Russian/German author (Eroticism), dies at 75

1936 Death

• Hans von Seeckt, German Gen/advisor of Chiang Kai-shek, dies at 70

1936 Birthday

• Hans Zender, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, composer, conductor, music professor, Conductor in Chief of the Chamber Orchestra of Radio Netherlands in Hilversum, Southwest German Radio guest conductor

1936 Event

• German air force begins bombing of Madrid

• Wolf Biermann, born in Hamburg, Germany, singer, songwriter, former East German dissident, wrote folk music, political ballads, studied political economics at Humboldt University of Berlin

• Edward German, composer, dies at 74

• Horst Antes, German painter

• Annerose Schmidt, East German pianist

• Hermann Hirt, German linguist (Indo-European Grammar), dies at 70

• Princess Juliana and German prince Bernard Lippe-Biesterfeld get engaged

• Dutch Premier Colijn denies relation with German call-girl

• German boxer Max Schmeling World Champion KOs Joe Louis

• Karl Kraus, journalist, writer, aphorist, playwright, poet, satirist, essayist, known for witty criticisms of the press, politics, German culture, dies at 62

• Karl Lehmann, German Clergyman

• Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes), dies

• Erich Schaeder, German theologist (Theozentrische), dies at 74

1935 Event

• Nazi's deprive German Jews of their citizenship

1935 Death

• Elisabeth Forster-Nietzsche, German author, dies at 89

• Nuremberg Laws deprives German Jews of citizenship and makes swastika official symbol of Nazi Germany

• Nazi mass demonstration against German Jews

1935 Birthday

• Edward McInnes, German scholar

• Hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty

• Helga Pilarczyk, German soprano, Salome, Lulu

• Hermann Goering officially creates German Air Force, the Luftwaffe

• Conrad Klapheck, German painter, typewriters

• Georg Katzer, born in Habelschwerdt, Lower Silesia, German composer, established electronic new music in the German Democratic Republic

1934 Event

• Churchill tells Premier Baldwin not to under estimate German air power

• German theologist Karl Barth surrenders to nazi

1934 Death

• Carl P G von Linde, German physicist (Linde-procede), dies at 92

• Anton CR Dreesmann, German/Netherlands manufacturer (Devout and D), dies

1934 Birthday

• Ulrike Meinhof, German Red Army member

• Adolph Hitler expands German army and Navy and creates an air force, violating Treaty of Versailles

• Manfred Worner, German General/Secretary-General, NATO, 1988-94

• Earnest L Wolzogen, German writer (That tolle Komtess), dies at 79

• Hitler elected Fuhrer (95.7% of German voters)

• Carl F baron von Langen-Parow, German equestrian 1928 Olympics gold

• Paul von Hindenburg, German Soldier

• SS-Reichs Fuhrer Himmler takes command of German Concentration Camps

• Ernst Rohm, German staff member, executed at 46

• Gregor Strasser, German pharmacist/NSDAP-leader, murdered at 42

• Karl Ernst, German SA-leader, murdered

• Kurt von Schleiger, German chancellor (1932-33), murdered at 52

• Theodor Dabler, German writer (Tie Sternenkind), dies

• Adolf Muschg, born in Zollikon, canton of Zurich, writer, German language and literature professor, wrote provocative works, including If Auschwitz is in Switzerland

• Franz Ehrle, German jesuit/head of Vatican library, dies at 88

• Hitler proclamation on German unified states

• Fritz Haber, German chemist (Nobel 1918), dies at 65

• Princess Juliana marries German prince Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld

1933 Death

• Hans Vaihinger, German philosopher (Side-Studies), dies at 81

• Stefan George, German poet (Das neue Reich), dies at 65

1933 Birthday

• Irmtraud Morgner, born in Chemnitz, Germany, writer, freelance author, used magical realism to address the role of gender in East German society

• Reiner Kunze, born in Oelsnitz, Germany, writer, dissident of the German Democratic Republic, book, 'The Lovely Years', published in West Germany

1933 Event

• German judge Vogt signs deed of accusation against Van der Lubbe

• Max Schillings, German composer and conductor (Mona Lisa), dies at 65

• German party Catholic Center disbands

• German nazi regime decides married women shouldn't work

• German social-democratic party, SPD, forbidden

• Clara Zetkin, German feminist/communist, dies

• German Secret State Police, Gestapo, established

• John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author (Der Schwimmer), dies at 69

• Felix Adler, German Educator

• German Republic gives power to Hitler

• German Reichstag confers dictatorial powers on Hitler

• Enabling Act: German Reichstag grants Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers

• Josef Gobbels becomes German minister of Information and Propaganda

• German presidential candidate Earnest Thalmann (KPD) arrested

• German President Von Hindenburg abolishes free expression of opinion

• Hitler disallows German Communist Party (KPD)

• Nazis set fire to German parliament building, Reichstag, blame it on Communists

• Final demonstration of German Communist Party in Berlin

• Karl Radek praises invincible force of German Communist Party

• German vice-chancellor von Papen demands Catholic aid for Nazis

• Marinus van der Lubbe passes Dutch/German boundary

• German President Von Hindenburg limits freedom of the press

• German minister Goering bans social-democratic newspaper Vorwarts

• German Parliament disolves, General Ludendorf predicts catastrophe

• Adolph Hitler named German Chancellor, forms government with Von Papen

• German president von Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor

• German government of Von Schleicher falls

• Theodor Birt [Beatus Rhenanus], German classicist/writer, dies at 80

• Wilhelm Cuno, German Reich's chancellor (1922-23), dies at 56

1932 Death

• Eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist/revisionist, dies at 82

1932 Event

• German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa

• Shaft and Thyssen demand Hitler become German chancellor

• German government of von Papen, resigns

• German election - KPD defeats NSDAP

• Wernher von Braun named head of German liquid-fuel rocket program

• Max Slevogt, German painter, dies at 63

• German government of Papen falls/Reichstag dissolved

• Paul Keller, German writer (Vergrabenes Gut), dies at 59

• German Election (NSDAP gets 37.3%)

1932 Birthday

• Otto Schily, German Public Servant

• German government of von Papen forms

• Von Hindenburg disbands German Parliament

• German national election (NSDAP 36.3% in Prussia)

• German police raid Hitler's nazi-headquarter

• Immigrant Adolf Hitler gets German citizenship

• Alexander Kluge, born in Halberstadt, Germany, film director, author, work 'Butalitat im Stein' or 'Brutality in Stone', helped launch New German Cinema

• Georg Kerschensteiner, German educationalist, dies at 77

1931 Birthday

• Mauricio Kagel, Argentina/German composer

1931 Event

• German SPD begins Eiserne Front against fascism

1931 Death

• Karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente), dies at 84

• Lujo [Ludwig J von] Brentano, German economist dies at 86

• Frank Auerbach, German Artist

• Rolf Hochhuth, German playwright, Deputy

• Otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies at 83

• Johannes Rau, German Statesman

1930 Death

• Eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67

• Friedrich von Bernhardi, German war theorist/historian, dies at 81

1930 Event

• New German Reichstag opens with 107 NSDAP'ers in uniform

1930 Birthday

• Harry Glass, born in East Germany, 1st E German Olympic medalist, bronze-1956

• Nazis gain 107 seats in German election

• Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer, dies at 61

• Karl von Amira, German historian, dies at 82

• Helena Lange, German feminist, dies

• Horst Bienek, German poet

• Dieter Schnebel, German vicar/composer

• Horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22

1929 Birthday

• Werner Rackwitz, German musicologist, Handel-Renaissance

1929 Death

• Herman Hollerith, German/U.S. statistician (punch card), dies at 69

• Renate Rubinstein, Tamar, German/Ned's author/columnist, Tamar

• Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German author, Verhor von Habana

• Max von Bathe, German prince/Chancellor (1910-11, 18), dies at 62

• Rudolf Kittel, German theologist, dies at 76

• Max Ettlinger, German philosopher/theorist, dies at 52

1929 Event

• Julius Curtius succeeds Stresemann as German foreign minister

• Gustav Stresemann, German chancellor (Nobel 1926), dies at 51

• Dorothee Solle-Nipperdey, German theologist, Politicial Nightprayer

• Dorothee Solle, German Theologian

• German airship Graf Zeppelin ends a round-the-world flight

• Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I), dies at 74

• Heinrich Zille, German cartoonist (Simplicissimus), dies at 71

• German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight

• President Von Hindenburg refuses to pay German debt of WW I

• Jurgen Habermans, German sociologist, Frankfurter Schule

• Jurgen Habermas, German Philosopher

• Friedrich Lienhard, German publisher (Turmer), dies at 63

• Walter Kempowski, German writer, Tadelloser and Wolff

• Christa Wolf, German novelist, Divided Heaven

• General Motors acquires German auto manufacturer Adam Opel

• Gunter Kunert, German poet/writer, Kaiser von Hondu

• Albert Steinruck, German actor (Golem), dies at 56

• Dietrich Schafer, German historian (Mein Leben), dies at 83

1928 Death

• Reinhard Scheer, German Admiral (WW I), dies at 65

• Hermann Sudermann, German author (Frau Sorge), dies

• Abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist, dies at 60

1928 Birthday

• Stefan Wewerka, German architect/sculptor

1928 Event

• German dirigible "Graf Zeppelin" lands in Lakehurst, New Jersey

• Klabund, Alfred Henschke, German writer (Spuk/Rasputin), dies at 37

• Ludwig Enneccerus, German leader, dies at 85

• Max Scheler, German philosopher, dies at 53

• Buddy, a German Shepherd, becomes 1st guide dog for the blind

• Peter Hacks, German playwright, Tie Windloch

1927 Birthday

• Dieter Noll, born in Riesa, Germany, writer, wrote two-volume novel Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt, over two million copies sold, volume one used as East German school curriculum

1927 Death

• Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (New-Guinea), dies

• Oskar Pastior, born in Sibiu, Romania, poet, writer, translator, studied German at University of Bucharest, translated Romanian literature into German, among other works by Tudor Arghezi, Tristan Tzara, Gellu Naum, Urmuz

• Gunther Grass, German Author

• Walther Amelung, German archaeologist, dies at 61

• Kurt Masur, German actor, Hotel Deutschland

• Manfred Eigen, German physicist/chemist, Nobel 1967

• Joseph Ratzinger, German theologist/dogmaticus

• Pope Benedict XVI, German Clergyman

1927 Event

• Alfred Hugenberg purchases German film company UFA

• Martin Walser, born in Wasserburg am Bodensee, Germany, writer, 1998 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade winner, known for 'Runaway Horse', famous for describing conflicts his anti-heroes have in stories and novels

• Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German minister of Foreign affairs, FDP

• Paul Wunderlich, German lithographer, painter and sculptor

• Jakov Lind, German/British author, Counting My Footsteps

• Friedrich K Flick, German industrialist

• 4th German government of Marx forms

• Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist, dies at 71

1926 Event

• German Marx government falls due to cooperation with red army

• Manchester Guardian (German Reichswehr/Red Army work together)

1926 Birthday

• Hans Otte, German composer/pianist

• German/French/Belgian/Luxembourg steel cartel closes

1926 Death

• Rudolf C Eucken, German philosopher (Nobel 1908), dies at 80

• French and German trade agreement signed

• German government of Marx takes power

• German government of Luther falls

• German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands

• Konstantin Fehrenbach, German reichs chancellor (1920-21), dies at 74

• Siegfried Lenz, German writer, Ein Kriegsende

• German Reichstag decides to apply for League of Nations membership

• 2nd German government of Luther begins

1925 Birthday

• Hildegard Knef, German Actress

1925 Death

• Karl Abraham, German Psychologist

1925 Event

• German government of Luther falls

• German Parliament ratifies treaty of Locarno

• KPD proposes German Parliament expropriate possession of monarchy

• Earnest Thalmann becomes chairman of German KPD

• German NSDAP form SS

• Dieter Wellershoff, German author, Minotaur

• Rightist German ministers disavows Treaty of Locarno

• Giselher W. Kleber, German, opera, composer, Die Rauber

• Felix Klein, German mathematician (Riemannsche Flachen), dies at 76

• Peter Blum, German/South African/English poet, Capricorn

• Carl G Neumann, German mathematician/physicist, dies at 92

• Moritz Moszkowski, Polish/German composer, dies at 70

• Fritz Behrendt, German/Dutch cartoon character, The Slogan

• German Minister Stresemann proposes security treaty with France

• Hans Luther forms German government, with DNVP

• Oskar Brefeld, German botanist, dies at 85

• German Postal Minister A Hofle resigns due to corruption

1924 Death

• Franz X. Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74

1924 Event

• German election (Social Democrats win/Nazis and Communists lose)

• Clemens Baeumker, German historian (Christian Philosophy), dies at 71

• Allies stop checking on German navy

• German Republic day accepts Dawes plan

• Conference about German recovery payments opens in London

• Conference over German recovery payments begins in London

1924 Birthday

• Rainer Barzel, German leader, CDU-CSU, minister

• German government of Marx resigns

• Theo Olof, German/Netherlands violinist, prodigy, concert master

• German Republic election fascists and communists win

• German Republic day

• German and Turkish friendship/trade treaty signed

• Gunter Haese, German sculptor/graphic artist, Guggenheim prize 1967

• Georg H Quincke, German physicist (Test of Quincke), dies at 89

1923 Event

• German - U.S friendship treaty signed

1923 Death

• Ernst Debes, German cartographer (Moon Atlas), dies at 83

• German army commander General Von Seeckt bans NSDAP and KPD

• Coolidge pardons WW I German spy Lothar Witzke, sentenced to death

• German ex-crown prince flees Netherlands for Germany

• Army move SPD/KPD-government to German part of Saxon

• League of Nations gives Belgium mandate of Ruanda-Urundi (was German)

• German mark devalued to 600,000 Dmark=$1

• Asger Hamerik [Hammerich], German composer, dies at 80

• Fritz Mauthner, German author/philosopher (skepticism), dies at 73

• Adolf Oberlander, German painter, dies

1923 Birthday

• Horst Tapper, German director/actor, Derrick

• Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist, dies

• KPD (communist revolts) in German Ruhr cities occupied by Allies

• German Supreme Court prohibits NSDAP

• Morschi Mirando, Thomas Weiss, German/Dutch gypsy artist

• German Republic day with laws against worker

• Great Britain lowers import duty on German products from 26% to 5%

• German NSDAP Volkischer Beobachter newspaper becomes a daily

• Max Nordau, Sudfeld, German physician/zionists leader, dies at 73

• Markus Wolf, German Public Servant

1922 Birthday

• Lucian Freud, Berlin German, artist, Boy With a Rat

1922 Event

• Wilhelm Cuno forms new German government

• German Reichs Chancellor Joseph Wirth term ends

• Allies deliberate over German mark

• German parliament mandates Ebert president until July 1925

• Wolfhart U Pannenberg, German theologist, Gingham Girl

1922 Death

• Paul Barth, German philosopher/sociologist, dies at 64

• President Ebert declares "Deutschland uber alas" as German national anthem

• Heinrich Rubens, German physicist, dies at 57

• Walter Rathenau, German foreign minister, killed by anti-semites at 54

• Paul Schalluck, German writer, Don Quixote in Cologne

• German Reich president Friedrich Ebert visits Munich

• Wolfgang Kapp, German politician (Kapp putsch 1920), dies at 63

• Heinrich I Quincke, German internist (postural drainage), dies at 79

• Erich Hartmann, German WW II pilot, downed 352 Russian aircrafts

• German Germanovich Galinin, composer

• Egon Bahr, German journalist/politician

• Clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German/Dutch anarchist/feminist, dies at 36

• Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments ended

• Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments

1921 Birthday

• Hans Ulrich Engelmann, German composer, Ophelia

1921 Death

• Matthias Erzberger, German Minister of Finance, murdered at 45

• Heinrich E Albers-Schonberg, German x-ray experimenter, dies at 56

• Alfred H Fried, Austrian/German pacifist (Nobel 1911), dies

1921 Event

• Funeral of last German Emperoress, Augusta Victoria

• Earnest von Possart, German actor/stage manager, dies

• Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor, dies at 73

• Charles Gaupp, German/Dutch painter

• Benno Erdmann, German philosopher (Logik I), dies at 69

1920 Birthday

• Rita Streich, German singer

• Paul Celan, Antschell, German/Romanian poet, Collected Prose

• Helmut Newton, German Photographer

1920 Death

• Max Bruch, German composer (Kol Nidre), dies at 82

• Georg Leber, German politician, SPD

• Wilhelm Wundt, German physiologist/psychologist/philosopher, dies

• Max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor, dies at 63

• Max Weber, German sociologist/economist/historian, dies

• Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, Klimbim

• Richard von Weizsaecker, German Politician

• Moritz B Cantor, German mathematician, dies at 90

1920 Event

• Hermann Muller becomes German chancellor (SPD)

• France occupies (German) Memel territory

• Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered

1919 Death

• Hugo Haase, German MP (SPD), murdered at 56

• Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrial/son of Werner, dies

• Ernst Haeckel, German philosopher (Social Darwinism), dies at 85

1919 Birthday

• Walter Scheel, German Foreign minister/president

• Paul Deusen, German philosopher/CEO (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft), dies

• Hans Bender, German poet

1919 Event

• Bauer forms German government

• German Admiral von Reuter scuttles his own captured fleet

• German government of Scheideman resigns

• Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; German East Africa is assigned to Britain and France, German SW Africa to South Africa

• Gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies

• German National Meeting accepts Anschluss: incorporation of Austria

• Friedrich W. Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter, dies at 81

• Paul Lindau, German playwright/critic (Estimate), dies at 79

• 3 year old German Communist Party (Spartacus) crushed

• National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party

1918 Event

• 2 German ammunition trains explode in Hamont Belgium, 1,750 die

• German emperor Wilhelm II flees to Netherland

1918 Birthday

• Ernst Fischer, German chemist, Nobel 1973

• Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates after German defeat in WW I

1918 Death

• Gerrit Engelke, German writer (Briefer der Liebe), dies

• Abraham Robinson, German Mathematician

• Eduard earl van Keyserling, German writer (Fruhlingsopfer), dies at 63

• Hans Scholl, German resistance fighter, Die Weisse Rose

• Max Dauthendy, German painter/author (Raubmenschen), dies at 51)

• German armies retreat across Marne River in France (WW I)

• Count von Mirbach, German ambassador to Moscow, dies

• Manfred von Richthofen, German Aviator

• Douglas Campbell is 1st U.S. ace pilot (shooting down 5th German plane)

• Crepy-en-Laonnoise: German artillery shells Paris, 256 killed

• Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, German composer, Soldiers

• S. Potter becomes 1st U.S. pilot to shoot down a German seaplane

• [Benjamin] Franc[lin] Wedekind, German writer/press sec, dies at 53

• Julius Wellhausen, German Educator

• Georg F L P Cantor, German mathematician: collection, dies at 72

1917 Birthday

• Tiny Rowland, Roland Fuhrop, German/British owner, Observer

1917 Event

• 1st tank battle (Britain breaks through German lines)

• Battle at Caporetto: German and Austria smash Italian army

1917 Death

• Mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris

• French pilot Georges Guynemer shoots down 54th German aircraft

• 1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes

• German troops over run Riga Latvia

• JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies

• British bomb German lines at Ypres, 4,250,000 grenades

• Gustav von Schmolle, German economist (Historical School), dies at 79

• After WW I King George V ordered members of British royal family to dispense with German titles and surnames, they take the name Windsor

• 1e German air attack on England, 100+ killed in East-London

• Atlantic ships get destroyer escorts to stop German attacks

• German plan to get Mexican help in WW I exposed (Zimmerman telegram)

• German Navy torpedoes 7 Dutch ships

• U.S. liner Housatonic sunk by German sub and diplomatic relations severed

• Wieland Wagner, German opera director

1916 Birthday

• Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect/writer, Mozart biog

1916 Event

• German army under General Mackensen occupies Bucharest

• 1st (German) air attack on London

• Belgian troops conquer Tabora, German East Africa

• German troops conquer Kavalla Greece

• General Von Hindenburg becomes German Chief of Staff

• Von Hindenburg replaces Von Falkenhayn as German chief of staff

• German saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, New Jersey

1916 Death

• Ludwig P Scharwenka, German composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70

• Battle on the Somme: British 4th Army walks to German lines

• Helmuth J L von Moltke, German chief general of staff, dies at 67

• Max Immelmann, German pilot (WW I), killed

• German troops under Lt Rackow take Fort Vaux

• German attack on Fort Vaux, Verdun

• U.S. pilot William Thaw shoots down a German Fokker

• U.S. pilot Kiffin Rockwell shoots down German aircraft

• Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies

• Max [Johann BJM] Reger, German composer/pianist/organist, dies at 43

• German munitions bunker in Fort Douaumont explodes

• Belgian troop march into Kigali, German East-Africa

• German parliament OKs unrestricted submarine warfare

• German troops overtake Bois de Caillette

• Battle of Verdun - German attack on Mort-Homme ridge, West of Verdun

• Franz Marc, German painter/co-founder (Blaue Reiter), killed at 36

• German troops conquer Fort Douaumont near Verdun

• J. W. Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, dies

• 1st bombings of Paris by German Zeppelins takes place

• German colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain and France

• Otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73

• German troops conquer Fort Vaux at Verdun

1915 Death

• Alvis Alzheimer, German neurologist (Alzheimer Disease), dies at 51

1915 Event

• Italian liner Ancona sinks by German torpedos, killing 272

• Paul Scheerbart, Bruno Kufer, German writer (Tarub), dies at 52

• Kaspar C E Ritter von Zumbusch, German/Austrian sculptor, dies at 84

• Battle at Loos: 8,246 British and 0 German casualties

1915 Birthday

• Rudolf Schock, German opera/operette singer

• German troops over run Brest-Litovsk, Russia

• German troops over run Kovno Lithuiana

• British transport Royal Edward sank by German U boat kills 1000

• German troops over run Warsaw

• Richard Kiepert, German cartographer (Africa), dies at 68

• British/South African troops march into German SW-Africa

• German offensive in Argonnes

• Emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG), dies

• British and French troops conquer German colony of Cameroon

• Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist, dies in battle

• German and French fight Battle of Artois

• Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost

• German U-20 sinks Centurion SE of Ireland

• German U-20 sinks Earl of Lathom

• German submarine sinks U.S. ship Gulflight

• German U boat torpedoes Netherlands merchant ship Medea

• Hans Namuth, German/U.S. photographer, Todos Santos, Guatemala

• German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile

• Heinrich Schirmbeck, German author, Das Spiegellabyrinth

• 2nd Battle of Masurian Lakes: German armies surrounded a Russian army

• Turkish and German army reach Suez Canal

• 1st German poison gas attack, against Russians

• German submarine attack on Le Havre

• C. W. Ceram, Kurt W Marek, German/US writer, March of Archaeology

• 1st German Zeppelin attack over Great Britain, 4 die

1914 Event

• German plane drops bombs on Dover England

1914 Death

• Johann F Ritter von Schulte, German catholic lawyer, dies at 87

• British fleet forfeits chance to destroy German fleet in North Sea

1914 Birthday

• Karl Carstens, German, CDU, President Germany, 1979-84

• British and German fleets battle at Falkland Island

• German troops over run Lodz

• Ypres Belgium burned by German bombing

• Turks sultan Jamal Pasja declares a German holy war

• Japan attack German concession on Chinese peninsula of Shanghai

• German battle cruiser Goeben enters Black Sea

• Battle of Warsaw ends with German defeat

• German troops occupy Brug

• German troops occupy Gent

• German forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I)

• German troops take Antwerp in World War I

• German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WW I)

• 1 German submarine sinks 3 British ironclads, 1,459 die

• General von Hindenburgs named commander of German armies on Eastern Front

• South African troops land in German South West Africa

• German staff-chief von Moltke replaces von Falkenhayn

• German troops withdraw from Aisne/invent trenches

• Battle of Marne (German advance stalls, Paris saved)

• General von Moltke ceases German advance in France

• Ferdinand AR Cabrera, Spanish/German of emperor Wilhelm II, dies at 58

• German troops reconquer Soldau/Neidenburg East-Prussia

• 1st German plane bombs above Paris, 2 killed

• 3rd day of battle at Tannenberg: violent German/Russian battles

• Battle at Helgoland: British fleet beats German, 1100 killed

• 2nd day of battle at Tannenberg: German bombs Usdau

• John Weiss, German new testament, dies

• Battle of Tannenberg - 8th German army defeats Russian Narev army

• Belgium: German army begins 6 week plundering of Leuven Belgium

• German Zeppelins bomb Antwerp Belgium, 10 die

• German troops march into France pushes French army to the Sedan

• German troops occupy Namur Belgium

• German troops plunder Belgium

• Felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks

• 1st encounter between British and German troops (in Belgium)

• German troops execute 384 inhabitants of Tamines Belgium

• Belgium: German troops occupy Tamines

• Battle at Morhange: German troops chase French, killing 1000s

• German army captured Brussels as the Belgian army retreated to Antwerp

• German army executed 150 Belgians by firing squad

• German fleet bombs English coast

• German army occupies last fort at Luik, Belgian general Leman caught

• Dinant Belgium destroyed by German bombs

• German assault at Dinant: Lt Charles de Gaulle (24), injured

• German army occupies forts at Luik

• German 16.5"/12" guns fires on forts round Luik

• At Luik, German 12"/16.5" guns reach Belgian boundary

• German battle cruiser Goeben reaches Dardanellen/Turkey joins Germany

• German troops reconquer Mulhouse in Elzas

• German submarine U-15 sinks British cruiser

• British Gloucester vs German Breslau/Goeben off Greece

• German army occupies city of Liege Belgium

• German Zeppelin bombs Liege City, 9 killed

• Massive German assault on forts around Luik

• Westerschelde leaves due to German invasion in Belgium

• German army shoots Belgian priests/burns down village of Battice

• German fleet under Admiral Souchon fire on Algerian coast

• Belgium rejects demand to allow free crossing for German army

• German battle cruiser Goeben leaves Messina

• Belgian government receives German ultimatum

• German press falsely reports that French bombed Nuremberg

• German troops overthrows Luxembourg

• Trois Vierges: German 69th infantry regiment enter Luxembourg Germany declares war on Russia in WW I

• German Emperor Wilhelm II threatens war, orders Russia to demobilize

• French troops withdraw 10 km from German border

• German chief of staff/General von Moltke states ultimatum on Belgium

• Germany soc-democrat "No German blood for Austrian tyrant"

• Alexander Conze, German archaeologist, dies at 82

• Julius Rodenberg, Levy, German writer (Die Deutsche Rundschau), dies

• Paul Ehrenreich, German etnologist/mythologist, dies at 58

• Christian Morgenstern, German Poet

• Alfred Andersch, German writer, Red Head

• Arno Schmidt, born in Hamburg, Germany, German writer, author, translator, individualist, solipsist, admired for colloquial language style and theory of etyms he developed in magnum opus, titled Zettels Traum

1913 Birthday

• Willy Brandt, Herbert Frahm, German chancellor, 1969 - 1974, Nobel 1971

• German Leont'yevich Zhukovsky, composer

1913 Death

• Henry Potonie, German paleo-botanist/geologist (sapropelium), dies

• Rudolf Diesel, German Inventor

• Rudolph C K Diesel, German constructer (Diesel Motor), dies at 55

• Ernst Schnabel, German sailor/dramatist, Anne Frank

• Hans Filbinger, German politician, CDU

• F August Bebel, German social-democrat, dies

• Fritz Erler, German politician, SDP

• Wolfgang Schulze, Wols, German cartoonist/painter

1913 Event

• German passenger ship Imperator runs aground

• Kai-Uwe von Hassel, German politician

• Karl Hagenbeck, German animal trainer (Von Tieren), dies at 68

• Stefan Heym, German/U.S. author, Crusaders, Family Benda

• Martha Modl, German singer/soprano, Wagner

• August Bebel, German Politician

• Eberhard Nestle, German biblical scholar, dies at 61

1912 Death

• Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German foreign minister, dies at 60

1912 Birthday

• Helmut Schelsky, German sociologist, Sociology of Sex

• Emil Schumacher, German painter, Tangible Objects

• Carl F von Weiszacker, German physicist/philosopher

• Georg von Opel, German auto manufacturer

• Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate

• Karl May, German writer (Winnetou/Kara Ben Nemsi), dies at 70

• Wernher von Braun, German Scientist

• Helmut Coing, German lawyer/director, Max-Planck-institute

• Richard Andree, German geographer (Andree's Handatlas), dies at 76

• Heinz Kuhn, German premier, North-Rhine Westphalia

• Juan Pujol Garcia, Garbo/Arabel, Spanish British/German double agent

• Stefan Schnabel, German actor, Anna, Dracula's Widow, Firefox

• Rudolf Hagelstange, German author and poet, Spielball der Gotter

• Otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Kant and Epigones), dies at 71

1911 Birthday

• Klaus EJ Fuchs, German/British atomic physicist/spy

• Karl AF Schiller, West German economist/SPD-minister

1911 Death

• Konrad Duden, German linguist (Das grosse Duden Lexicon), dies

1911 Event

• Hungarian education is only taught in German

• German boat Panther nears for Agadir Morocco

• Klaus E J Fuchs, German/British/German nuclear physicist/spy

• Georg Meistermann, born in German, glass, painter, Raumplanen

• Karl O. Schiller, German economist, Minister of Economics

• Georg Knorr, German engineer, dies

1910 Death

• Wilhelm Raabe, Jakob Corvinus, German author, dies at 79

• Thaddaus Robl, German bicyclist (world record), dies

1910 Birthday

• Gerhard Schroder, German minister of Defense

• Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist, dies at 70

• Johann G Galle, German discoverer of Neptune by telescope, dies

• Hans Gunther Adler, German writer

• Konrad Zuse, German Inventor

• Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, Cholera, Nobel), dies

1910 Event

• German Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms

• Jurgen Rausch, German philosopher/author, End of the Playboys

• Joeri German, Russian writer

• Friedrich von Bodelschwingh, German theologist, dies at 79

• Andreas Aschenbach, German painter/engraver, dies at 94

• Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson, German singer and actress, Der Pott

• Eduard FW Pfluger, German physiologist, dies at 80

• Robert H. G. Havemann, German chemist

• Irmgard Keun, West German writer, Das kunstseidene Madchen

• Martha van Och-Scholl, German/Dutch resistance fighter, WW II

• Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer (Irrgarten Der Liebe), dies at 44

• Lauritz Lauritzen, German politician

1909 Birthday

• Ferdinand H Aus der Funten, German war criminal, Breda 4

1909 Death

• Theodor W. Ahlwardt, German orientalist, dies at 81

• Bernd Rosemeyer, German auto racer, Indy 500

• Elizabeth Wilkinson, professor German University College London

• Hermann Bengtson, German historian, Greeks Ancient Times

• Detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron, German poet, dies at 65

• Carsten Nicolai, German Artist

• Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat, dies

• Pauline Staegeman, German feminist, dies

• Golo Mann, Gottfried, German and U.S. historian, Antisemitism

• Adolf Stoecker, German anti-semite/prime minister, dies at 73

• Richard A C E Erlenmeyer, German chemist, dies at 83

• Ernest von Wildenbruch, German playwright (Das Edle Blut), dies at 63

1908 Birthday

• Hans Werner Richter, German author, Socially Responsible Cinema

• Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologist/antifascist

• Edzard H Schaper, German/Swiss sailor/UP-correspondent/antifascist

• Alexander Mitscherlich, German psychotherapist

• Franz J A Grothe, German composer

• Gerd Gaiser, German writer, Ship in the Mountain

• Joseph Kotalla, German war criminal, 4 of Breda

• Peter Anders, German opera singer

• Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS Fuhrer, Mussolini/Horthy

1908 Death

• Georg Adler, German statehouse head, dies at 45

• Ernst B Chain, German chemist/bacteriologist, penicillin, Nobel 1945

• Joseph Keilberth, German conductor, Bayreuther Festspiele

• Helmut Kautner, German director, Der Hauptmann von Kopenick

• Albrecht Goes, born in Germany, pastor with the German army, writer, novelist, BBC Television in the United Kingdom adapted Unruhige Nacht in 1950, his novel, translated in English as 'Arrow to the Heart'

1907 Death

• Oskar Lassar, German dermatologist (public baths), dies at 58

1907 Event

• German emperor Wilhelm II visits Amsterdam

1907 Birthday

• Claus von Stauffenberg, German Soldier

• Otto Brenner, German worker's union leader

• Helmut Walcha, German organist, church music

• Joseph Joachim, German violinist and composer, dies at 76

• Mascha Kaleko, born in Chrzanow, Austria, now Poland, writer, German language poet, first book 'Lyrisches Stenogrammheft' was burned in Nazi book burnings, wrote advertising copy while living in New York

• Baldur von Schirach, German writer/nazi politician, Frame

• Helmuth J. von Moltke, German politician, July 20th plot

• Gunter Eich, German literary, Underground Highway, Girls of Viterbo

1906 Birthday

• Johan A earl von Kielmansegg, German general/commandant NATO-Europe

1906 Event

• German chancellor Bernhard von Bulow disbands the Parliament

• Willy Ley, German Writer

• Eduard Ludwig, German architect, Air Bridge monument Berlin

• Klaus Mann, German/US author, Mephisto, son of Thomas Mann

• Wolfgang Staudte, German director, Die Morder sind unter uns

• Max Delbruck, German/U.S. biologist, Nobel 1969

• Eugen Gerstenmaier, German politician, CDU

• Wolfgang Gentner, German nuclear physicist

• Herbert Wehner, German communist/anti-communist politician, SPD

1906 Death

• Fritz Schaudinn, German animal scholar: examined amoebasis, dies at 34

• Heinrich Hart, German writer (Das Lied der Menschheit), dies at 50

• Max Zorn, German mathematician, lemma of Zorn

• Hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56

• GB Shaws German version of "Caesar and Cleopatra," premieres in Berlin"

• Eugen Richter, German MP (Liberal), dies at 67

• Moriz Heyne, German germanist (German Worterbuch), dies at 68

• Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist, Confessing Church

1905 Birthday

• Eugen Fink, German philosopher

• Erika Mann, German/US author, Other Germany, daughter of Thomas Mann

• Martin Raschke, German author/publisher/war correspondent

• Ruth Bernhard, German Photographer

1905 Death

• Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer, dies

1905 Event

• Mbunga-siege of Fort Mahenge German East-Africa broken

• Rudolf Baumbach, writer of German student drinking songs, dies at 64

• Mbunga-rebellion takes German Fort Mahenge East-Africa

• Pogoro/Ngindo attack Fort Mahenge German East-Africa

• Jules Oppert, German Assyriologist (decodes characters), dies at 80

• Mbunga-rebellion occupy German post Ifakara East-Africa

• Ngindo-rebellion killed 5 RC German clergymen in East-Africa

• Matumbi rebellion at Samanga German East Africa

• Hermann von Wissmann, German explorer/governor of E Africa, dies at 51

• Hermann von Wissmann, German African explorer and Governor East-Africa, dies

• French Foreign minister Delcasse resigns on German request

• Winfried P I Zillig, German opera composer and conductor, Fantasia Irica

• German emperor Wilhelm II visits Tanger

• Albert Speer, German architect/minister of Armament, NSDAP

• Oswald Aschenbach, German painter, dies at 77

• Ernst Abbe, German physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company), dies at 64

• Carl Gustav Hempel, German Logical Positivist philosopher

1904 Event

• German SW Africa abolishes slavery of young children

1904 Birthday

• Hans Hartung, German/French painter

1904 Death

• Herbert von Bismarck, German politician/son of Otto, dies

• Werner Forssman, German urologist, Nobel 1956

• Friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer (Lebensraum), dies at 59

• Eduard Hanslick, German Writer

• Ernst Mayr, German Scientist

• Kurt Kusenberg, German writer, Wein Auf Lebenszeit

• Heinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo, German Foreign Minister

• German Lieutenant-general Lothar von Trotha lands in Swapokmund, SW-Africa

• Franz von Lenbach, German painter, dies at 67

• Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist, Siemens, dies

• Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77

• Battle at Oviumbo Africa: Herero's chase away German army

• Kurt G. Kiesinger, German chancellor, Wherever They May Be

• Reinhard Heydrich, German governor, Bohemen/Moravia, Lidice,

• Karl Rahner, German Theologian

• Southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garison

• Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya), dies at 64

1903 Death

• Albert Schaffle, German sociologist, dies at 72

1903 Birthday

• Fritz Schmidt, German street photographer

• Wilhelm von Polenz, German author (Country of Zukunft), dies

• Carl Rakosi, German Poet

• [Christian M] Theodor Mommsen, German historian (Nobel 1902), dies

• Theodor Adorno, German philosopher/sociologist

• Gunther AR Raphael, German composer, Symphony Breve

• Adolph F J Butenandt, German bio-chemist, Nobel 1939

• Berthold Goldschmidt, German/British, opera, composer, Beatrice Cenci

• Boris Blacher, born in Newchwang, China, German composer, Orchester-Ornament

1902 Death

• Matthias Hohner, German manufacturer (harmonica), dies at 68

1902 Birthday

• Wolfgang Kunkel, German law historian

• Eugen Jochum, Babenhausen Bavaria, German conductor, Hamburg Orchestra

• Ernst von Salomon, German writer, Kette Der Tausend Kraniche

• Mathilde Wesendonk, German author and poet, dies at 73

• Gunther Weisenborn, German/Argentine writer

• Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel 1950

• Gerhard Pohl, German writer, Crazy Ferdinand

• Auguste Schmidt, German teacher/feminist, dies at 68

• Hans Sahl, German/U.S. writer

• Heinrich Kirchner, German sculptor

• Zarah Leander, Swedish and German singer and actress, Gabriela

• John Peter Altgeld, German/US governor of Illinois, dies at 54

• Heinz Ruehmann, German actor and director, Der Hauptmann von Kopenick

• Rudolf Moralt, German conductor, Vienna Philharmonic

• Max Kommerell, German literary/author, Die Gefangenen

• Hanns Neupert, German piano builder/author, Das Klavichord

• J N Krieger, German Selenographer, dies

• Oskar Morgenstern, German/US economist

• Heinrich Schmist-Barrien, German author, Moorkeerl

• Gret Palucca, German dancer/choreography, Silent Song

1901 Birthday

• Werner Heisenberg, German physicist/discovered uncertainty, Nobel 32

1901 Death

• Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, German composer/music theorist, dies at 62

• Walter Hallstein, West German politician, CDU, Hallstein doctrine

• Gerhard von Rad, German old testament scholar, Deuteronomium

• Bernard von Brentano, German writer, Big Cats

• Willy Lages, German chief of Sicherheitsdienst in Amsterdam

• Ernst Pepping, German composer

• Hermann Grimm, German writer, poet and historian, dies

• Erich Ollenhauer, German politician, SPD

• Franz Melde, German physicist (Melde Test), dies at 69

• Walter E. Schafer, German playwright

• Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German politician, dies at 64

• Bernhard Erdmannsdorffer, German historian (Mirabeau), dies at 68

• Willy Fritsch, German actor, Spies, Women in the Moon

1900 Birthday

• Oda Schaefer, German author and poet, Die Windharfe, Ladies Only

1900 Event

• A German engineer patents front-wheel drive for automobiles

• Anna Seghers, Netty Radvanyi-Reiling, German author, 7th Cross

1900 Death

• Max Muller, German Educator

• Oscar Nitzchke, German architect, Alcoa building/Centre Pompidou

• Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

• Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist/socialist, dies at 74

• Arno Breker, German sculptor, 3rd Reich sculptor

• 4 German liners burn at Hobokon Docks, New Jersey, 326 die

• German Navy Law calls for massive increase in sea power

• Hans Frank, German Public Servant

• Helene Weigel, Austria/German actress, Metropolis, Mutter Courage

• Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, German composer and conductor, Hassan gewinnt

• Mihaly von Munkacsy, Michael von Lieb, German painter, dies at 56

• Heinrich Besseler, German musicologist

• Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher

• Hermann Kesten, German writer, Allert de Lange

1899 Event

• English fleet brings German postschip Bundesrath up

• Tentative Turkish and German treaty on construction of Baghdad railway

1899 Birthday

• Leo Strauss, German Philosopher

• Ruth Schaumann, German painter/writer, Rose, Black King

• Hanns Lilje, German Lutherian bishop/antifascist, Church und Welt

• Alfred Kantorowicz, German historian, Spanish Diary

1899 Death

• Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80

• Leo J Weisgerber, German linguist

• Erich Kastner, Dresden German author, Emil and the Detective

• Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67

• Fritz Bayerlein, German Lieutenant-General, WW I, Poland, Libya, St-Lo

1898 Death

• Theodor Fontane, German author (Der Stechlin), dies at 78

• Otto von Bismarck, German "Iron" chancellor, dies at 83

1898 Birthday

• Martin David, German/Netherlands law historian

• Hanns Eisler, German/U.S. composer/East German minister for propaganda

• Otto von Bismarck, German Leader

• Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer

• Ferdinand J Cohn, German botanist/publicist, dies at 70

• Edwin E. Dwinger, German writer, General Vlassov

• Hans Ehrke, German writer and poet, Narrenspiegel, Fuer

• Kurt Tank, German WW II aircraft designer

• Reinhard Herbig, German archaeologist

• Joachim Wach, German/US philosopher/sociologist, Understanding

1897 Birthday

• Otto AP Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen, German diplomat/politician

1897 Death

• Antonius von der Linde, Netherlands/German librarian, dies at 63

• Otto, von, Struve, German/U.S. dir, Yerkes/MacDonald observatory

• Franz J Weinrich, Heinrich Lerse, German writer, Himmlisches

• Karl von Mechow, German writer, Auf Dem Wege, Vorsommer

• Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert, dies

• Winifred Wagner-William, German organizer, Wagner Festival

• Paul Alverdes, German writer, Pfeiferstube

• Caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist

• Herbert Eimert, German composer and musicologist, Glockenspiel

• Johannes Brahms, German composer and conductor, 'Hungarian Dances', dies at 63

• Carlo Mierendorff, German politician and anti-fascist

• Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81

• Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer, Lady Fanny, Bel Ami

1896 Birthday

• Carl Zuckmayer, German/Swiss/U.S. playwright

1896 Death

• Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75

• Ernst Engel, German Economist

• Otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies

• Hermann Kasack, German writer, Die Stadt hinter dem Strom

• Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian (Olympia), dies at 81

• Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies

• Clara Schumann, German Musician

• Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian, dies

• Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37

1896 Event

• German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays

1895 Birthday

• Hermann Schey, German/Netherlands singer

• Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer

• Alfred Neumann, German playwright, Devil

• Kurt Schumacher, German politicial chairman, SPD,

• Richard Sorge, German spy for U.S.S.R. in Tokyo, WW II

• Kurt Schumacher, co-founder/president West German SDP

1895 Death

• Adam Opel, German manufacturer (motorcars), dies at 58

• Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition), dies

• Friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies

• Franz E Neumann, German mineralogist/physicist, dies at 96

• Earnest Kantorowicz, German/US historian, Laudes regiae

• Ernest Junger, German philosopher, Anschwellender Bocksgesang

• Fritz Usinger, German writer, Eternal Struggle

• Max Horkheimer, German philosopher/sociologist, Studies in prejudice

1894 Birthday

• Earnest Haenchen, German new testament expert

1894 Event

• German emperor Wilhelm II fires chancellor Leo von Caprivi and premier Botho zu Eulenburg

• Fritz Sauckel, German Nazi General of Labor

• German emperor Wilhelm II fires Chancellor Leo von Caprivi and premier Botho zu Eulenburg

• Heinrich Lubke, West German president, 1959-69

1894 Death

• Hermann von Helmholtz, German Physicist

• August A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54

• Klara Fey, German orchestra leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79

• Hans Guido von Bulow, German conductor

• Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher

1893 Death

• Johann Czerski, German chaplain, dies at 80

1893 Birthday

• Erwin Piscator, German stage director, Der Stellvertreter

• Julius Bissier, German painter

• Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian, dies at 68

• Willi Apel, German/U.S. musicologist, Harvard dictionary of music

• Heinrich George, Schulz, German actor, Hitlerjunge Quex

• Hans H B Scharoun, German architect, Berlin Philharmonic

• George Grosz, German painter, Gott mit uns

• Albert Mahl, German writer, Hart vull Drift

• W H Walter Baade, German/US astronomer, Andromeda

• Earnest E Kummer, German mathematician (surface of Kummer), dies at 83

• Joachim von Ribbentrop, German SS fuhrer/foreign minister

1893 Event

• Battle at Hoornkrans Southwest-Africa: German Schutztruppen chases away Hottentotten under Hendrik Witbooi

• Karl Mannheim, Hungarian/German/British sociologist, Ideology and Utopia

• Friedrich Blume, German musicologist, Das Rassenproblem in der Musik

1892 Death

• E Werner von Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens AG), dies at 75

1892 Birthday

• Erich Auerbach, born in Berlin, Germany, German writer and educator

• Ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer, Night Watch

• Kurt Huber, German philosopher/resistance fighter

• Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer, murdered at 52

• Anton Schnack, German writer/poet

• Walter Benjamin, German literature critic/writer

• Gregor Strasser, German pharmacist/NSDAP-Reich organization leader

• Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, Red Baron, German WW I ace

• Manfred von Richthofen, German Aviator

• Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt, German anthropologist, Rassenkunde

• Erwin Panofsky, German and U.S. art historian

• Hermann Kopp, German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies at 74

• Theodor Plievier, German writer, Des Kaisers Kulis, Stalingrad

• Fritz Todt, German Reichs minister, Organization Todt

• Martin Niemoller, clergyman, German Protestant, ; imprisoned by Hitler

1891 Death

• Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68

1891 Birthday

• Otto Dix, German Artist

• Erwin Rommel, German Field Marshal, WW II-African campaign

• Charlotte "Lotte" Bartschart, German/Dutch operetta singer

• Edith Stein, German philosopher

• Karl Donitz, German great admiral/Fuhrer, 1945

• Hans Albers, German actor, Die Nacht Gehort Uns

• Bernhard Zondek, German/Israeli gynaecologist

• Rudolf Carnap, philosopher, German Logical Positivist

• Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher, Suhrkamp Verlag

• Karl L Schmidt, German/Swiss theologist, Urchristentum

• Max Ernst, German/French surrealist painter/sculptor

• Walter Model, German Field Marshal

• Walter Eucken, German economist

• Walther Bothe, German Physicist

1890 Death

• Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at 86

1890 Birthday

• Klabund, Alfred Henschke, German writer, Bracke, Borgia

• Gerrit Engelke, German writer/poet, Love Letters

• Kasimir Edschmid, German writer

• Friedrich von Paul, German General-Field Marshal, Netherlands

• Hanns Johst, German Playwright

• Kurt Edzard, German sculptor, nudes/portraits

• Kurt Student, German Soldier

• Alfred Jodl, German Soldier

1890 Event

• German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck

• Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher

• Robert Ley, German chemist/MP, NSDAP

• Adolf Bach, German language/sociologist, Deutsche Namenkunde

• Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist and writer, Panther Tiger and Co

• Alfred G Jodl, German Wehrmacht general/chief of staff

1889 Birthday

• Georg von der Vring, German painter/writer, Soldier Suhren

• Heinrich Campendonk, German painter/wood carver/glazer

• Ludwig Tugel, German author/novelist/writer, Horse Music

• Fritz Kunkel, German physicians, Angewandte Characterize

1889 Death

• Ernst Franck, German composer and conductor, dies at 42

1889 Event

• 6 U.S. and German warships perish in harbor of Apia Samoa, 200 die

• Guido Kisch, Czechoslovakian/German/U.S. historian, Jews in medieval Germany

1888 Death

• Carl Zeiss, German Scientist

1888 Birthday

• Gerhard Kittel, German anti-semitic theologist, Die Oden Salomons

• Oskar Schlemmer, German painter/sculptor

• Rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies

• Hans Oster, German major general/spy/July 20th plotter

• Matthias J Scheeben, German theologist (Natur und Gnade), dies at 53

• Carl Schmitt, German nazi-lawyer, Verfassungslehre

• Theodor Storm, German judge/author (Schimmelreiter), dies at 70

• John H Zuckertort, German chess player, dies at 45

• Heinz Guderian, German Soldier

• Frederik III NK van Hohenzollern, German Emperor/king of Prussia, dies

• Leo Weismantel, German writer, Der Reiter der Apocalypse

• Josef Albers, German/U.S. graphic artist/painter/writer, Bauhaus

• Friedrich Schnack, German journalist and writer, Rosewood

• Otto Stern, German/U.S. physicist, Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943

• Paul Althaus, German theologist, The Christian Truth

• Ernst Heinrich Heinkel, German inventor, 1st rocket-powered aircraft

• Richard Courant, German/U.S. mathematician, What is mathematics?

1887 Birthday

• Ernst Rohm, German staff member/Bolivian leader/SA

1887 Death

• Gustav T Fechner, German psychologist/physicist, dies at 86

• Heinrich Panofka, German violist/composer, dies at 80

• Arnold Zweig, German antifascist/author, Erziehung vor Verdun

• Gustav R Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy), dies at 63

• Max Ackermann, German "entartet" painter

• Friedrich T Vischer, German philosopher and writer (Auch einer), dies

• Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar

• Friedrich Lubke, German politician

• Gustav Hertz, German quantum physicist, Nobel 1925

• August F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies

• Ernst Rowohlt, German publisher, Rowohlt-Verlag

• Kurt Schwitters, German/British dada-artist/poet, collages

• Erich Kuttner, German journalist/historian, Vorwarts

• Edwin Scharff, German "entartet" painter/sculptor

• August W. Eichler, German botanist, dies at 47

• Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstangl, German/US pianist/politician, NSDAP

• Wolfgang Kohler, German/U.S. Gestalt psychologist, Mentality of Apes

• Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence

1886 Birthday

• Hermann A. J. Kees, German Egyptologist, Problems of Egyptology

• Paul Tillich, German/U.S. theologist, Die sozial Entscheidung

1886 Death

• Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, dies at 45

• Joseph Albert, German photographer (Albertotype), dies at 61

• Erich Salomon, German photographer

• Ernst Thalmann, German communist presidential candidate

• Ernst R. Curtius, German literature historian

• Joseph V von Scheffel, German writer (Ekkehard), dies at 60

• Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, German/U.S. architect, Bauhaus

• Leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91

• Max Vasmer, German slavic, La Tertulia de Pombo

• Hugo Ball, German playwright/co-founder Flametti

• Theodor Werner, German painter

• Kurt Baschwitz, German/Dutch sociologist/journalist, Du und

1885 Birthday

• Albrecht Schaeffer, German writer, The General

• Albrecht, von, Kesselring, German Field Marshal, Poland/Netherland

• Hermann Weyl, German Mathematician

• Walter Anderson, German Writer

1885 Event

• 5 German warships depart to Zanzibar

• Karen Horney, German/US, neo-freudian psychoanalyst

• Berthold Altaner, German church historian, Patrologie

• Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle

• Werner Elert, German luthers theologist

• Clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German anarchists/feminist, Wife and society

• Kurt Hiller, born in Berlin, Jewish, pacifist, socialist, writer, Oranienburg concentration camp survivor, led the German homosexual rights movement

1885 Death

• Georg Curtius, German classical/linguist/philologist, dies at 65

• 5 German warships anchor at Zanzibar

• Emil Bloch, German philosopher

• Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling's reagens), dies at 73

• German chancellor Bismarck takes possession of Cameroon and Togoland

• Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist, composer and conductor, dies at 73

• Franz W. Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies

• Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor, dies at 65

• Veit Valentin, German/US historian, Deutsche Revolution

• Carl Peters founds German East-Africa Society

• Julius Streicher, German district leader, Sturmer

• Eduard Kunneke, German composer, Vetter aus Dingsda

• A J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress, Eline Vere, L'aiglon

1884 Event

• German government recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State

1884 Birthday

• Friedrich C R Bergius, German chemist, benzine from brown coal, Nobel

• Lion Feuchtwanger, German philosopher and writer, Jud Suss

• German consul-general Gustav Nachtigal takes possession of Cameroon

• Franz Halder, German Soldier

1884 Death

• Heinrich R Goppert, German paleo-botanist, dies

• Oskar Loerke, German writer, Longest Day-1926

• Max Beckmann, German painter/graphic artist

1883 Death

• Wilhelm Siemens, German/British physicist (steam engine), dies

1883 Birthday

• Albrecht G Alt, German theologist, Der Gott der Vater

• Martin Dibelius, German theologist, Die Lade Jahwes

• Rene "Sascha" Schickele, German writer/founder, Sturmer

• Johann Blaskowitz, German general

• Martin Albertz, German theologist, Church Jesus Christ

• Karl Marx, German philosopher (Communist Manifesto), dies at 64

• Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist, eidetism

• Alfred Wikenhauser, German RC exegetist, John-Apokalyps

• Richard Wagner, German composer (Die Walkure), dies at 69 in Venice

• Friedrich von Flotow, German baron/composer, dies at 70

• Hermann Abendroth, German conductor

1882 Birthday

• Walther Meissner, German physicist, Meissner effect

• Hermann Wolfgang Sartorius Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer

• Will Vesper, German author, Vom grossen Krieg

• Gunther von Kluge, German Field Marshal

• Wilhelm Keitel, German Field Marshal

• James Franck, German naturalist, Nobel 1925

• Franz MT de Liage Bohl, German/Dutch assyrologist/translator

• Leonard Nelson, German philosopher, Democracy und Fuhrerschaft

• Eduard Spranger, German psychologist/educator

1882 Death

• Joseph Joachim Raff, German opera composer (Cavatine), dies at 60

• Johann CF Zollner, German astronomer (astro photography), dies

• Bruno Bauer, German Theologian

• Kurt von Schleiger, German chancellor, 12/2/32-1/28/33

1882 Event

• German scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus cause of TB

• Walter Lucht, German artillery general, WW I/WW II

1881 Birthday

• Max Pechstein, German "entartet" painter/graphic artist, The Bridge

• Erwin von Witzleben, German Field Marshal, July 20th plot

• [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German Field Marshal

• Paul L E von Kleist, German general-Field Marshal, Eastern Front

• Hans Fischer, German physicist, Nobel 1930

• Friedrich J H Dessauer, German physicist, radiologist

• Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer, Quadriga, Pumpernickel

• George KFW von Kuchler, German Field Marshal, Invasion Netherlands

• Rudolf Pannwitz, German writer

• Hans Windisch, German new testament expert

• Hermann KJ Zilcher, German pianist/composer, Dr. Eisenbart

1881 Death

• Friedrich Hecker, German revolutionary republic politician, dies at 69

• Armin Knab, German composer, Eichendorff-cycle

• Otto Selz, German psychologist

• Emil Ludwig, German biographer, Diana, Son of Man

• Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter, poet and sculptor, Seated Youth

1880 Birthday

• Alfred Einstein, German/U.S. musicologist/nephew of Albert Einstein

• Alfred L Wegener, German meteorologist, continental shift

1880 Death

• Jacques Offenbach, German/French composer (La belle Helene), dies at 61

• Paul Fechter, German writer, Der Zauberer Gottes

• Hermann earl Keyserling, German philosopher and writer

• Heinrich WA Freiherr von Gagern, German liberal politician, dies at 80

• Otto Dibelius, German theologist/bishop, Confessional Church

• Ernst L. Kirchner, German painter, Die Brucke

• Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet, Tantum dic verbo

• Konrad Weiss, Dutch German writer/poet, Tantum dic verbo

• Hans Hofmann, German/U.S. painter, Search for the Real

• Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist

• Franz Marc, German painter, Blaue Reiter

• Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies

1879 Birthday

• Rudolf von Laban, Czechoslovakian/German choreographer, modern dance

• Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor, Bauhaus,

• Jean Gilbert, Max Winterfield, German composer, Prince Regent

• Franz JHMM von Papen, German diplomat/chancellor, 1932

• Franz von Papen, German Politician

• Joseph Wirth, German politician, Stalin Peace Prize

• Fritz Schulz, German law historian, Classical Novel Law

• Theodor Haecker, German cultural philosopher, ist der Mensch?

• Richard Scheibe, German sculptor, Adler mit Hakenkreuz

• Joseph Haas, German, opera, composer, Tobias Wunderlich

1879 Death

• Adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60

• Otto Hahn, German physicist/chemist, Nobel 44, radiothorium/actinium

1878 Birthday

• Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer/minister of Justice

• Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general, China, WW II

• Hermann Claudius, German folk poet, Meister Bertram

1878 Event

• German republic chancellor Bismarck delegates end of "Socialism"

• Karl Albiker, German sculptor, German Art, female nudes

• Werner von Blomberg, German minister of Reichswehr

• Alfred Doblin, German/French author/co-founder of Sturm

• German anti-semitism begins during the Reichstag election

• Jean F van Royen, Dutch German secretary, PTT

• German battleship Grosser Kurfurst sinks, 284 killed

• Gustav Stresemann, German chancellor, 1923, Nobel 1926

• Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist

• Richard B. Goldschmidt, German and U.S. zoologist

• Carl Sternheim, German playwright, Hyperion/Tabula Rasa

1878 Death

• Julius Robert Mayer, German Scientist

• Martin Buber, German/Israeli philosopher/theologist, Ich und Du

• Walter Kollo [Kollodziepski], German composer, Der Juxbaron

• Robert Garbe, German poet, Gorniek

1877 Birthday

• Thaddaus Robl, German bicylist, world record

• Rudolf Hilferding, German economist/SPD-minister of Finance

• Karl Erb, German tenor

1877 Death

• Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German bishop of Mainz, dies at 65

• Herman Hesse, German Author

• Heinrich Wieland, German chemist, bile acids-Nobel 1927

• Karl Abraham, German Psychologist

• Arnold Schering, German musicologist, Humor, Heldentum, Tragik

• Wilhelm Frick, German protector of Bohemia and Moravia

• Else Berg, German/Dutch painter

• Julius Curtius, German minister of Foreign affairs, 1929-..

• Max Ettlinger, German philosopher

• Hjalmar Schacht, president of German Reichsbank/minister of Economics

1876 Birthday

• Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist, Beethoven-Archiv

1876 Death

• Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist, dies at 84

• August Sander, German Photographer

• Ida von Duringsfeld, German writer (Schelde bis zur Mas), dies at 60

• Karl B Adam, German theologist, Christ our Brother

• Theodor Daubler, German writer, Northern Lights

• Wilhelm Cuno, German ship owner/republic chancellor, 1922-23

• Christian G Ehrenberg, German zoologist (micro-organisms), dies at 81

• Franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69

• Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian/antifascist

• Paula Modersohn-Becker, German "entartet" painter

• Wilhelm Pieck, co-founder German Communist Party/president, 1949-60

1875 Birthday

• Karl R G von Rundstedt, German General-Field Marshal, Normandy

• Gerd von Rundstedt, German Soldier

• Bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist

• Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor, Porsche, Volkswagen

1875 Death

• Oskar Peschel, German geographer (Physicist Erdkunde), dies at 49

• Karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66

• Ernst F. Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon

• Eduard Morike, German vicar/poet/writer (Peregrina), dies at 70

1875 Event

• German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed

• Hans Lietzman, German theologist and church historian

• Walter Andrae, German archaeologist, Babylon, Assur

• Annette Kolb, German/French author, Small Fanfare

• John Lindworsky, German jesuit/psychologist, Der Wille

1874 Birthday

• Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist, Die antike Kunst

• Paul Wegener, German actor and director, Student of Prag

1874 Death

• Peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49

• Ismar Elbogen, German/US rabbi, Encyclopedia Judaica

• Karl Bosch, German chemist, BASF, Nobel 1931

• Max Scheler, German philosopher, Vom Umsturz der Werte

• Karl Kraus, born in Austria, journalist, writer, aphorist, playwright, poet, satirist, essayist, known for witty criticisms of the press, politics, German culture

• David F Strauss, German theologist, dies at 66

• David Friedrich Strauss, German Theologian

• Robert Liefmann, German economist, Unternehmersverbande

1873 Birthday

• Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer, Schwarzschild effect

1873 Death

• Lulu Strauss und Torney, German poet and writer, dies

1873 Event

• German troops leave France

• Last German troops leave France

• Paul Keller, German writer, Ferien vom Ich

• Friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian, dies at 92

• Hans Berger, German Scientist

• Otto zur Linde, German author, Charon

• Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist, dies at 69

• Rudolf Rocker, German/US anarchist

• Jakob Wassermann, born in Germany, novelist, My Life as German and Jew

• Freiherr Konstantin von Neurath, German Secretary of State, 1932 - 1938

• Karl Straube, German organist/conductor

1872 Birthday

• Ludwig Klages, German philosopher, study of graves

1872 Death

• Ludwig A Feuerbach, German philosopher (Man what he eats), dies at 68

• Albert Steinruck, German actor, Golem

• Otto Braun, German Politician

1871 Death

• Willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73

1871 Birthday

• Narziss Ach, German psychologist, Analyse des Willens

• Fritz Schaudinn, German animal expert, examined syphilis

• Karl Liebknecht, German revolutionary marxist, Sparta Party

• Christian Morgenstern, German Poet

• Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher, Intelligence of Children

• Leo Blech, born in Aachen, Rhenish Prussia, studied with Engelbert Humperdinck, German opera composer

1871 Event

• German Empire ends all anti-Jewish civil restrictions

• 2nd German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I and Bismarck

• Paul Guthnick, German astronomer

1870 Birthday

• Friedrich Panzer, German germanist, Das Nibelungenlied

• Gustav Krupp, German Businessman

• Gustav Landauer, German socialist

• Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor/painter

• Wilhelm Normann, German chemist, hardening of oils

1869 Birthday

• Eduard Hermann, Coburg Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, German linguist, Homer

• Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher, Theory of the Dialects

• Rudolf Otto, German Theologian

1869 Death

• Carl G Carus, German arts/psychologist/philosopher, dies

• Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer and conductor

• Karl Wagenfeld, Low German writer, Daud un Duwel

• Max Hoffmann, German Soldier

1868 Birthday

• Fritz Haber, German phycist-chemist, Nobel 1919

• Paul Hirsch, German Politician

• Franz X. Ritter von Epp, German general, China

• Max Slevogt, German painter

1868 Death

• Christian Schonbein, German chemist, dies at about 69

• Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist

• Julius Plucker, German mathematician/physicist (formula of P), dies

• Max Von Schillings, German composer and conductor, Der Pfeifertag

1868 Event

• 1st performance of John Brahms' "Ein german Requiem"

• Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist

• Wilhelm Schmidt, German anthropologist/linguist, Anthropos

• Wilhelm Schafer, German writer, Ein Totschlager

• Abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist

1867 Birthday

• Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, Silesia, German architect, Wiener Sezession

• Rudolf Georg Binding, German songwriter/writer, Legenden Der Zeit

• Emil Nolde, Hansen, German painter/graphic artist

• Max Dauthendy, German painter/author, Ewige Hochzeit

• Max Prinz von Baden, German chancellor, Oct-Nov 1918

• Max Friedlander, German art historian, Altniederlandische Malerei

• Kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria, 1918-19

• Theodor Zockler, German theologist, Stanislauer Anstalten

• Siegfried Passarge, German geographer, Cameroon, South Africa,America

• August W. Messer, German philosopher/educator/psychologist

• Gerhard Anschutz, German MP

1866 Birthday

• Vassily V Kandinsky, Russian/German/French abstract painter, Dreamy Inspiration

• Paul Lincke, German composer and conductor /publisher, Frau Luna

1866 Death

• Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist, dies

• G F Berhard Riemann, German mathematician (zeta-function), dies

• Gustav Aschaffenburg, German psychiatrist/criminalologist

1866 Event

• German premier Otto von Bismarck seriously wounded in assassin attempt

• Hans von Seeckt, German general, Future of the Reich

• Karl T Sapper, German geography/geologist, Vulkankunde

1865 Death

• Heinrich Barth, German historian/geographer (Central Africa), dies

1865 Birthday

• Walther Amelung, German archaeologist

• Friedrich Lienhard, German writer, Lieder eines Elsassers

• Wilhelm Bousset, German theologist/historian

• Johann F Encke, German astronomer (Comet Encke), dies at 73

• Philipp Scheidemann, German Parliament, SPD, mayor of Kassel

• Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer/journalist, Remarkable Stories

• Alfred Hugenberg, German RC president-director of Krupp/media magnate

• Heinrich Rubens, German physicist

• Otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at 47

• Otto Modersohn, German painter

• Friedrich Paschen, German physicist

• Heinrich E Albers-Schonberg, German rontgenologist

1864 Birthday

• Arthur Zimmermann, German Statesman

• B[enjamin] Frank[lin] Wedekind, German writer, Lulu

• Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician

• Max Weber, German sociologist/economist/historian, Ancient Judaism

• Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist and composer, Golem

• Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist and politician

• John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author and poet, Anarchists

1864 Death

• Franz von Klenze, German architect (palace Leuchtenberg), dies at 59

• Anton Schindler, German violinist and biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68

• Wilhelm K. W. Wien, German phyicist, Nobel 1911

1863 Birthday

• Johannes Weiss, German New Testament scholar

1863 Death

• Louis Ludwig Blenker, German/US Brigadier-General (Union), dies at 51

• Ludwig Borchardt, German Egyptologist

• Reinhard Scheer, German Admiral, WW I

• Franz Zorell, German RC exegetist/lexicographer

• Hugo Haase, German SPD-German parliament/revolutionary

• Rodolfo Lenz, German/Chilian linguist, El Papiamento

• Eduard David, German undersecretary, constitution of Weimar

• Georg Adler, German state economist

• Franz von Stuck, German painter, Der Krieg

• Werner Sombart, German fascist, Juden und das Wirtschaftsleben

• Adolph Goldschmidt, German historian

• Paul Scheerbart, Bruno Kufer, German writer, The Seasnake

1862 Birthday

• Adolf Bartels, German folk art writer

1862 Event

• Otto von Bismarck becomes German republic chancellor

1862 Death

• Henry Bohlen, German/US Brigadier-General (Union), dies in battle at 51

• Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing, German para-psychologist

• Karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at 81

• F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari), dies at 73

• Justinus A C Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer, dies at 75

• Edward German, Jones, Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer

1861 Birthday

• Friedrich Engel, German mathematician, group theory

• Erich Schaeder, German theologist, Theocentric Theology

• Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer

1861 Death

• Friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer, dies at 82

• Lou [Andreas-]Salome, Russian/German author, Im Kampf um Gott

• Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist

• Wilhelm von Polenz, German writer, Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf

1860 Death

• Ferdinand Christian Baur, German Theologian

• Heinrich Florida Rellstab, German music theorist, dies

• Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

1860 Birthday

• Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss painter

• Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss painter

• Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer, Nipkow Award

• Johannes Walter, German geologist, Denudation of the Wilderness

• Ernst Moritz Arndt, German Poet

1859 Death

• Ludwig "Louis" Spohr, German violinist and composer (Faust), dies at 75

1859 Birthday

• Georg Knorr, German engineer, brake system trains

• Karl Baedeker, German tour guide (Die Schweiz), dies at 57

• W Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter, dies at 68

• Peter G L Dirichlet, German mathematician, dies at 53

• John Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84

• Wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor, 1888-1918

• Karl Bleibtreu, German author, Revolution of Literature

1858 Death

• Karl A Varnhagen von Ense, German author, poet and diplomat, dies at 73

1858 Birthday

• Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of queen Victoria

• Ludwig Wullner, German actor/baritone, Die Burgschaft, Prometheus

• Paul Barth, German philosopher/sociologist

• Wolfgang Kapp, German politician, Kapp Putsch 1920

• Johannes P. Muller, German Scientist

• Max Planck, German physicist, Planck Constant, Nobel 1918

• Johann Baptist Cramer, German/British pianist/composer/publisher, dies at 87

• Ludwig Quidde, German historian/politician, Nobel prize 1927

• Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, Diesel motor

• Georg Simmel, German philosopher and sociologist

• Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86

• Heinrich Zille, German cartoonist, Cheerful Blatter, Simplicissimus

1857 Death

• Christian D Rauch, German sculptor, dies at 80

• Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet (That Freier), dies at 69

1857 Birthday

• Henry Potonie, German paleo-botanist/geologist, sapropelium

• Conrad Haebler, German historian, Early printers of Spain/Portugal

• Hermann Sudermann, German writer, Honor, That Ehre, Frau Sorge

• M Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist/explorer, dies at 77

• Clara Zetkin, German women's rights advocate/communist

• Max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor

• Otto von Below, German commandant, WW I

1856 Birthday

• Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German Chancellor/premier Prussia

• Friedrich Kustner, German astronomer

1856 Death

• Robert A Schumann, German pianist/composer (Humoresque), dies at 46

• Max Stirner, German Philosopher

• Friedrich H von der Hagen, German germanist, dies at 76

• Heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris

• Otto Brahm, German critic/founder, Neue Deutsche Rundschau

1855 Birthday

• Heinrich Hart, German writer, Song of Humanity

• Paul Ehrenreich, German etnologist/mythologist

• Gustav Ehrismann, German germanist

• Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist

• Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrialist

• Johann P Zilcher, German composer

• Eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer, Dritte Stiege

• Ernst L Wolzogen, German writer/founder, Cabaret oberbrettl

• Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey, WW I

1854 Birthday

• Gottlieb J Haberlandt, Hungarians/German botanist

1854 Death

• Matthijs Siegenbeek, literature (Defeated German Spelling), dies

• Georg A Erman, German Egyptologist, Grammar of Ancient Egypt

• Anton CR Dreesmann, German/Netherlands manufacturer, Vroom and Dreesman

• Friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79

• Friedrich von Schelling, German Philosopher

• Georg Kerschensteiner, German educator, Theory of Education

• Karl F Eichhorn, German law historian, dies at 72

• Caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80

• Friedrich A. Krupp, German arms manufacturer

1853 Birthday

• Isolde Kurz, German writer/poet, Meine Mutter

• Clemens Baeumker, German historian, Patristischen Philosophie

• Hermann von Wissmann, German Africa explorer/governor East-Africa

• Adolf Furtwangler, German archaeologist, Antiken Gemmen

• Rudolf Kittel, German theologist, Psalms

1853 Death

• Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat, dies at 75

• August Kopisch, German writer (Mauseturm), dies at 53

• Gustav Falke, German author and poet, Der Mann im Nebel

1852 Death

• Hans C E Freiherr von Gagern, German advisor to Dutch king, dies at 86

1852 Birthday

• Hans Vaihinger, German philosopher, Nietzsche Philosophy

• Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German foreign minister

• [Carl L] Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician

• Theodor Birt, Beatus Rhenanus, German classical/writer

• Konstantin Fehrenbach, German chancellor, 1920-21

1851 Birthday

• Felix Adler, German Educator

• Eberhard Nestle, German orientalist/biblical scholar

• C E Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist, Netherlands Indies

1850 Death

• Wilhelm Bear, German banker/astronomer (Moon Map), dies at 53

1850 Birthday

• Hermann Schell, German theologist/philosopher, Gott und Geist

• J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85

• Eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist, New Era

• Franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer, Mataswintha

1849 Birthday

• Herbert von Bismarck, German politician/son of Otto of Bismarck

• Fritz Mauthner, Bohemia, German author/philosopher, skepticism

• Max Nordau, German arts/writer/zionist leader

1849 Death

• Otto Nicolai, German composer and conductor, dies at 39

• Furst Bernhard HM von Bulow, German chancellor/Prussian PM, 1900-09

• Felix Klein, German mathematician, Evanston Colloquium

• Wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69

• Oskar Lassar, German dermatologist, bath house

1848 Event

• German Parliament demands Dutch province of Limburg

1848 Birthday

• Helmuth J L von Moltke, German general/chief of staff, WW I

1848 Death

• Friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53

• Helena Lange, German feminist

• Heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies

1847 Birthday

• John Peter Altgeld, German/U.S., Gov-Ill, pardoned Haymarket-anarchists

1847 Death

• Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25

• Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor

• Paul Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorf und Hindenburg, German president

• Paul von Hindenburg, German Soldier

1847 Event

• German astronomer Theodor discovers Comet Brorsen-Metcalf

• Max Liebermann, German impressionist painter

• George F Kersting, German painter, dies at 61

• Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59

• Karl von Bach, German engineer, Maschinenelemente

• Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer, Album polonaise

• Ernst Franck, German composer and conductor

• Caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author, dies at 83

1846 Death

• Friedrich List, German Economist

1846 Birthday

• Vladimir Koppen, Russian/German meteorologist

• Richard Kiepert, German cartographer, Africa

• Elisabeth Forster-Nietzsche, German writer, Young Nietzsche

• Friedrich W. Bessel, German astronomer (Bessel Functions), dies at 61

• Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer, designer of 1st Mercedes

1845 Birthday

• Franz Ehrle, German prefect of Vatican library

• Adolf Oberlander, German painter

• Dietrich Schafer, German historian, Deutsche Hanse

1845 Death

• August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet/interpreter/critic, dies at 77

• August Wilhelm von Schlegel, German Poet

• August Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48

• Georg Cantor, German mathematician, discover transfinite numbers

• Ernest von Wildenbruch, German playwright, Sedan

• Paul Deusen, German philosopher, Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft

1844 Birthday

• Lujo Brentano, German economist

• Karl F Benz, German designer/auto manufacturer, 4-taktmotor

• Friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer, Lebensraum

• Karl Hagenbeck, German animal trainer, Von Tieren und Menschen

• Detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron, German poet

• Julius Wellhausen, German Educator

• Eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist, Angiospermen

• Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, German gen/Governor-General of Belgium, 1914-17

1843 Birthday

• Robert Koch, German bacteriologist, TB, cholera, Nobel 1905

1843 Death

• Jakob F Fries, German philosopher, dies

• Samuel Hahnemann, German physician, dies at 88

• Johann C F Holderlin, German poet, dies at 73

• Ludwig Enneccerus, German jurist

• Horst Koehler, German Statesman

1842 Birthday

• Otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, schedelmetingen

• John H Zuckertort, German chess player

• Heinrich I Quincke, German internist, Lumbaalpunctie

• Carl PG von Linde, German engineer/physicist, Linde-procede

• Carl A. N. Rosa, German violinist and composer

• Karl May, German writer, Old Shatterhand/Winnetou

1841 Death

• Karl F Schinkel, German painter/writer (Neue Wache), dies at 60

• Johann F Herbart, German philosopher (General Padagogik), dies at 65

• Bernhard Heinrich Romberg, German composer, dies at 73

• Bernhard Romberg, German cellist/composer, dies

• Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76

1841 Birthday

• Ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter

• Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian

• J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter, dies at 55

1840 Birthday

• Ernest Debes, German cartographer, Baedeker

1840 Death

• Caspar David Friedrich, German Artist

• Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist, Magister choralis

• Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor, Equatoria

• Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets and asteroids), dies at 81

• Otto Liebmann, German philosopher, Climax of Theories

• F August Bebel, German social-democrat

• August Bebel, German Politician

1839 Birthday

• August A Kundt, German physicist, sound vibration, test of Kundt

• Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist, Libya

1839 Death

• Jacob Gottfried Weber, German composer, dies at 60

• Oskar Brefeld, German botanist

• Paul Lindau, German playwright/critic, Der Herr im Hause

• August W. Eichler, German botanist

1838 Birthday

• Emil Rathenau, German industrialist, AEG

1838 Death

• Adelbert von Chamisso, German Poet

• Eugen Richter, German parliament member, Liberal

• Gustav von Schmoller, German economist, Lectern Socialism

• Paul Laband, German lawyer

1837 Birthday

• Friedrich W. Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter

• Moriz Heyne, German germanist, Beowulf

• Adam Opel, German manufacturer, cycling, motorcars

• Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat, die graue Eminenz

1837 Death

• Georg Buchner, German playwright (Leonce und Lena), dies at 23

1836 Birthday

• Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German industrialist and politician

1835 Birthday

• Adolf Stoecker, German anti semite/PM

1835 Event

• German railway Neurenberg-Furth opens

1835 Death

• Louis Angely, German comedic poet (Paris in Pommern), dies at 48

• J. F. W. Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist, Nobel 1905

• Wilhelm von Humboldt, German Educator

• Matthias J. Scheeben, German theologist, Natur und Gnade

• Richard Andree, German geography/etnologist, Andree's Handatlas

1834 Birthday

• Georg H Quincke, German physicist, test of Quincke

• Johann C F Zollner, German astronoom, astro photo meter

• Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian/parliament member

• Gustav Hermann Nachtigal, German physician/colonizer/consul in Tunis

1834 Death

• Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 65

1834 Event

• German Tolunie goes into effect

1833 Death

• Kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel of Bathe, murdered at 21

1833 Birthday

• Matthias Hohner, German manufacturer, harmonica

• Wilhelm Dilthey, German philosopher, Das Leben Schleiermans

• Antonius von der Linde, Netherlands/German librarian/chess player

• Auguste Schmidt, German teacher/feminist

• Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer

• Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German author, dies at 61

• Bernhard Erdmannsdorffer, German, historian, Deutsche Geschichte

1832 Birthday

• Wilhelm Wundt, German physiologist/psychologist/philosopher

• Nikolaus A. Otto, German technician, gas motor, otto motor

• Carl G Neumann, German mathematician/physicist, Neumann-functions

1832 Death

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

• Daniel Friedrich Kuhlau, German/Danish opera composer, dies at 45

• Franz Melde, German phyicist, Melde test

1831 Birthday

• Alexander Conze, German archaeologist

1831 Death

• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German Philosopher

• Frederik III NK of Hohenzollern, German Kaiser/king of Prussia

• Wilhelm Raabe, Jakob Corvinus, German author, Der Hungerpastor

• Julius Rodenberg, Levy, German writer, Kriegs-Songs of War and Peace

• Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies

• Christian G Korner, German lawyer, dies at 74

• Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer/ambassador in Abyssinia

• Friedrich M Klinger, German (stage)author (Plimplamplasko), dies at 79

• Friedrich C. K. von Bodelschwingh, German theologist, Home Mission

• Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor/premier of Prussia

1830 Birthday

• Kaspar CE Ritter von Zumbusch, German/Austria sculptor

• Rudolf Cornely, German bible expert/jesuit

• Julius F A Bahnsen, German philosopher

1830 Death

• Johann G Repsold, German instrument maker, dies at 59

1829 Event

• German 1st assassination on abandoned teenager Kaspar Hauser

1829 Birthday

• Anselm Feuerbach, German painter

• Moritz B Cantor, German math historian

• Eduard F. W. Pfluger, German physiologist, Breathing Quotient

• Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert

1829 Death

• Friedrich von Schlegel, German cultural philosopher/poet, dies at 56

• Adolf von Schlagintweit, German explorer, Tarimbekken

• Konrad Duden, German linguist, Der grosse Duden

1828 Birthday

• Karl L Kahlbaum, German psychiatrist, katatonie

• Mathilde Wesendonk, German writer/poet, Tagebuchblatter

1828 Death

• Franz Joseph Gall, German/French physician (frenology), dies at 70

• Theodor W. Ahlwardt, German orientalist

• Johannes von Miquel, German politician

• Ferdinand J Cohn, German botanist/publicist

1827 Death

• Christian A Vulpius, German writer (Ornaldo Ornaldini), dies

1827 Birthday

• Johann F Ritter von Schulte, German Catholic lawyer

• Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56

• Oswald Aschenbach, German painter

1826 Birthday

• Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist

1826 Death

• Johann Peter Hebel, writer, teacher, most widely read German poet, author, wrote in Alemanic dialect, dies in Schwetzingen, Germany, at age 66

• G F Berhard Riemann, German mathematician, zeta-function

• Karl Maria FE von Weber, German composer (Oberon), dies at 39

• Carl Bechstein, German piano inventor

• Wilhelm Liebknecht, German MP, social-democratic

• Oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography, Volkerkunder

• Jean Joseph Bott, German violinist and composer

• J J Friedrich Weinbrenner, German architect/archaeologist, dies at 59

• Joseph V von Scheffel, German writer, Gaudeamus

1825 Birthday

• Eduard Hanslick, German Writer

• Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian

• Jules Oppert, German Assyriologist, decodes characters

• Richard ACE Erlenmeyer, German chemist, Erlenemyer kolf

1825 Death

• Johan Peter Melchior, German sculptor, dies at 82

• Joseph Albert, German photographer, albertotype

1824 Birthday

• Rudolf von Benningsen, German lawyer/politician

1824 Death

• Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet, dies at 49

1823 Birthday

• Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, Tensor of Kronecker

• Max Muller, German Educator

• Max Mueller, German Writer

• Karl Weinhold, German sociologist

1823 Death

• Zacharius Werner, German playwright, dies at 36

1822 Death

• F William Herschel, German astronomer (discovered Uranus), dies at 85

• Ernst T Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer, dies at 46

• Frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer, dies at 83

1822 Birthday

• Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet

• Adolf Kuszmaul, German physician, stomach pump, Kuszmaul disease

• Franz Innocenz Joseph Kobell, German landscape painter, dies at 72

• Theodor Aufrecht, German indologist, Rigveda's Hymns

• Heinrich Schliemann, German polyglot/archeologist, Troje

1821 Death

• Andreas J Romberg, German violinist and composer (Der Rabe), dies at 54

1821 Birthday

• Rudolf Virchow, German politician/antropologist, cell pathology

• Hermann von Helmholtz, German Physicist

• Franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67

• Earnest Angel, German statistician, Law of Angel

• Ernst Engel, German Economist

1820 Birthday

• Freidrich Engels, German social philosopher

• Georg Curtius, German classical linguist

1820 Death

• Joseph F. Weigl, German/Austria violin cellist, dies at 79

• Hermann von Lingg, German playwright and poet

1819 Birthday

• Theodor Fontane, German writer, Effi Briest

• Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor

• Clara Schumann, German Musician

1818 Death

• Joachim H Campe, German theory/author, dies at 72

1818 Birthday

• Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer

• Carl P Fohr, German painter/cartoonist, dies at 22

• Otto Ludwig, German writer, Die Heiterethei

1817 Death

• Max von Schenkendorf, German poet, dies at 34

1817 Birthday

• Hermann Kopp, German chemist, Jahresbericht of Chemistry

• Theodor Storm, German judge/author, Imense China

• Abraham Gottlob Werner, German geologist

• Martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies at 73

1816 Birthday

• E Werner von Siemens, German artillery officer/inventor

• Carl Zeiss, German Scientist

• Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher, T Edition

1815 Birthday

• Ida von Duringsfeld, German author, Vd Schelde bis zur Mas

• Andreas Aschenbach, German painter/engraver

1815 Event

• 39 German states unite under Act of Confederation

• Klara Fey, German orchestra leader, Deutscher Arbeiterverein

1814 Birthday

• Julius Robert Mayer, German Scientist

• Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian

1814 Death

• Johann G Fichte, German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre), dies at 51

1813 Birthday

• Hermann Kurz, German author and poet

1813 Event

• German Kingdom of Westphalia abolished

• Georg Buchner, German playwright, Dantons Tod/Woyzeck

1813 Death

• Karl Theodor Korner, German poet (Vetter aus Bremen), dies at 21

• Johann Czerski, German chaplin

• Christoph Martin Wieland, German Poet

1812 Death

• Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German Businessman

• Christian G Heyne, German archaeologist, dies at 82

• Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund), dies at 23

1812 Birthday

• Hermann von Fehling, German chemist, Fehling's reagens

• Johann G Galle, German astronomer, discovered Neptune.

• Kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel van Bathe

• Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant

• Gottlieb Schick, German painter (Opfer Noachs), dies at 35

• Hermann Hirschboch, German composer

• Berthold Auerbach, German author, Schwarzwalder Dorfgeschichten

1811 Birthday

• Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German politician/bishop of Mainz

1811 Death

• Heinrich W von Kleist, German playwright, dies at 34

• Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/ composer and conductor

• Friedrich Hecker, Baden, German revolutionary republican politician

• Peter S Pallas, German geologist/zoologist, dies at 69

1810 Birthday

• Theodor Schwann, German co-originator of cell theory

1810 Death

• Johann/John Zoffany, German painter (Tribuna degl' Uffizi), dies at 77

• Earnest E Kummer, German mathematician

1809 Death

• Caroline von Schelling, Michaelis, German author, dies at 46

1809 Birthday

• Bruno Bauer, German Theologian

• Albert Schaffle, German sociologist, Abriss der Soziologie

1808 Birthday

• Karl [Theodor] Andree, German geographer/journalist, Globus

• Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer

1808 Death

• Jacob Albright, Albrecht, German / U.S. preacher, dies at 49

• David Friedrich Strauss, German Theologian

1807 Death

• Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70

1807 Birthday

• Friedrich T Vischer, German philosopher and writer, Auch einer

• Franz Grave von Pocci, German poet/composer, Der Alchemist

• August G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53

1806 Birthday

• Max Stirner, Johann C Schmidt, German philosopher, Der Einzige

1806 Death

• Johann C Adelung, German translator/librarian, dies at 74

1805 Death

• Georg W. "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian, dies at 76

1804 Birthday

• Eduard Morike, German vicar/poet/writer, Maler Nolten

• Ludwig A. Feuerbach, German philosopher, Man is what he eats

1804 Death

• Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79

1803 Death

• Johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at 59

1803 Birthday

• Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist, agricultural chemics

• Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet, dies at 78

1803 Event

• 1,800 sovereign German states unite into 60 states

1802 Birthday

• August F Pott, German philologist, Etymology Forschungen

• Nikolaus Lenau, Hungary, German poet, Faust, Die Albigenser

1802 Death

• Aepinus, Franz UT Hoch, German physician/physicist, dies at 77

• Johann J Angel, German author/director, dies at 60

1801 Death

• Johann Gottlieb Naumann, German composer, dies at 60

1801 Birthday

• Julius Plucker, German mathematician/physicist, Plucker formulas

• Johannes P. Muller, German Scientist

• Gustav T Fechner, Dr. Mises, German philosopher/physicist

• Novalis, philosopher of early German Romanticism, author, wrote 'Pollen, Faith and Love', 'Hymns to the Night', dies from tuberculosis in the Germany, at age 28

• Johann Kaspar Lavater, German Theologian

1800 Birthday

• Heinrich R Goppert, German paleo-botanist

1800 Death

• Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German composer, dies at 53

• Karl W. Feuerbach, German mathematician, Position of Feuerbach

1799 Birthday

• Heinrich WA Freiherr von Gagern, German liberal politician

• August Kopisch, German writer, Die Heinzelmannchen von Koln

• Heinrich F L Rellstab, German music theorist

• Karl Adolph von Basedow, German artist, Ziekte van Basedow

• Johann von Dollinger, German Old Catholic theologian/historian

1799 Death

• Georg C Lichtenberg, German physicist/writer, dies at 56

1798 Birthday

• Franz E Neumann, German mineralogist/mathematician/physicist

• Willibald Alexis, Georg W. Haring, German writer, Schloss Avalon

1798 Death

• Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies of Art), dies at 24

• Christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49

• Karl von Staudt, German math professor, projective geometrician

• Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master, dies at 66

1797 Birthday

• Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor, 1871-88

• William I, Berlin, King of Prussia, 1861-88, German Emperor, 1871-88

1796 Death

• Johann P Uz, German poet (Theodicee), dies at 75

1796 Birthday

• August Pauly, German classicus, Real Encyclopedia

1795 Birthday

• Carl P Fohr, German painter

• Friedrich [August] von Alberti, German geologist, Triasic Age

• Adolf B. Marx, German music theorist

• Christian Gottfried Ehrenburg, German zoologist

• Friedlieb F Runge, German chemist, Chinoline

1794 Birthday

• Friedrich B Freiherr von Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant

• Leopold Zunz, German scientist, Synagogical Poetry

• Eberhard F. Walcker, German organ builder, Paulskirche Frankfurt

1793 Death

• Karl Philipp Moritz, German Author

1792 Birthday

• Ferdinand Christian Baur, German Theologian

• Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist

1791 Birthday

• Johann F Encke, German astronomer, Encke Comet

• Karl T Korner, German poet, Zriny, Leyer und Schwerdt

• W Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter/cartoonist

1790 Death

• Johann N von Hontheim, German religious historian/Bishop, dies

• Joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer), German rococo sculptor, dies

1789 Birthday

• Friedrich List, German Economist

• Carl G Carus, German physician/psychologist/philosopher

1788 Death

• Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, German composer, dies at 74

1788 Birthday

• F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter, Modern Vasari

• Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist

• Franz Pforr, German painter and cartoonist, Lukasbund

• Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet, Das Marmorbild

• Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer

1787 Birthday

• Johann D Passavant, German historian/painter/graphic artist

1787 Death

• Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63

• Louis Angely, German, comedy writer, Sieben Madchen in Uniform

1786 Birthday

• Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst "von" Weber, German composer, Freischutz

• Justinus AC Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer

1786 Death

• Mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56

1785 Birthday

• George F Kersting, German painter

• Bettina von Arnim, German writer, This Book Belongs to the King

• J. H. Ferdinand Olivier, German painter

• Karl A. Varnhagen von Ense, German officer/author, Die Sterner

1784 Birthday

• Friedrich W. Bessel, German astronomer, star parallax, Bessel Function

1784 Death

• Johan B Straub, South German sculptor, dies

• Franz K earl von Velbruck, German free mason, dies

• Franz KL von Klenze, German architect, Hermitage, St-Petersburg

1783 Birthday

• Max von Schenkendorf, German poet

1783 Death

• Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German music theroist/violist, dies at 62

• Magnus G Lichtwer, German writer (esopischer Fabeln), dies at 64

1782 Birthday

• Friedrich W. A. Frobel, German educator, founded kindergarten

1782 Death

• Johann Christian Bach, German composer/Mozarts tutor, dies at 46

1781 Birthday

• Karl F Eichhorn, German law historian

• Friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian

• Karl F. Schinkel, German architect, painter and writer, Schloss Tegel

1781 Death

• Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, writer, dramatist, art critic, Enlightenment era writer, influenced development of German literature, dies at 52 in Braunschweig, Germany

• Adelbert von Chamisso, German Poet

• Ludwig Joachim "Achim" von Arnim, German poet, Des Knaben Wunderhorn

1780 Birthday

• August L Crelle, German inventor/mathematician, 1st Prussian Railway

• Friedrich H von der Hagen, German germanist, Nibelungenlied

• Wilhelm M L de Wette, German exegetist/theologist

• M Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist

1779 Death

• Anton R Mengs, German writer/neo-classic painter Madrid, dies at 51

1779 Birthday

• Friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer

1777 Birthday

• Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat

1777 Death

• Josef Christian, German sculptor, dies at 71

• Christian D Rauch, German sculptor

1776 Birthday

• Gottlieb Schick, German painter, Apollo under the Hirten

1776 Death

• Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67

• Jacob Israel Emden, Jacob ben Tswi, German rabbi, dies at 78

• Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer, Undine

1775 Birthday

• Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist, Hermenianen

1774 Death

• Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50

• Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54

1774 Birthday

• Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet

• Caspar David Friedrich, German Artist

1773 Death

• Johann Conrad Schlaun, German barok architect, dies at 78

1773 Birthday

• Jakob F Fries, German philosopher

• Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer, Fantasies about Art

• Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist/composer, dies at 76

• Caspar G C Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist

1772 Birthday

• Novalis, born in Oberwiederstedt, Germany, philosopher of early German Romanticism, author, wrote 'Pollen, Faith and Love', 'Hymns to the Night'

1772 Death

• Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52

1771 Death

• Conrad E Ackermann, German actor/theater director, dies at 61

1771 Birthday

• Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German saloon owner/author

• Gottlieb W Rabener, German author (Bremer Beitrage), dies at 56

• Georg F. Creuzer, German philological/historian, Idea und Probe

• Johann Baptist Cramer, German/British pianist/composer/publisher

• Augusta von Saxen-Gotha, German prince Frederick Louis of Wales, dies

1770 Death

• Theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat, German court organist/composer, dies at 80

1770 Birthday

• Johann G Repsold, German instrument maker

• Bernard S Albinus, Weiss, German surgeon/anatomist, dies at 73

• Georg D Ehret, German/English cartoonist, dies at 62

• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher/inventor, dialectic

1769 Birthday

• Ernst Moritz Arndt, German Poet

1769 Death

• Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (in blood), dies at 71

1768 Birthday

• Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher

1768 Death

• Johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist, dies at 50

• Johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies

1767 Birthday

• Bernhard Romberg, German cellist/composer/royal chaplain bandmaster

• August Wilhelm von Schlegel, German Poet

• August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet/translator/critic

1767 Death

• Georg Philipp Telemann, German late-barok composer, dies at 86

• Wilhelm von Humboldt, German Educator

• Andreas Jakob Romberg, German violinist and composer, Song of the Clock

1766 Birthday

• J J Friedrich Weinbrenner, German architect/archaeologist

1766 Death

• Dominikus Zimmermann, German architect/painter, dies at 81

• Hans CE Freiherr von Gagern, German advisor to Dutch king

• Friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic

• Hans CE Freiherr von Gagern, German advisor to Dutch king Willem I

1765 Death

• Frans I Stefanus, RC German emperor (1745-65), dies at 56

1765 Birthday

• Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist

1764 Death

• Christian Goldbach, German mathematician, dies

• Johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82

1764 Birthday

• J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/lithographer

• Picander, Christian Henrici, German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies

• Johann Mattheson, German composer/musicologist, dies at 82

1763 Birthday

• Caroline von Schelling, Michaelis, German author

• Caroline von Wolzogen, von Lengefeld, German author

1762 Death

• Christoph Nichelsmann, German klavecinist/composer, dies

1762 Birthday

• Johann G Fichte German philosopher, Wissenschaftslehre

1761 Birthday

• Charlotte von Kalb, German writer

• Friedrich von Matthison, German poet, Adelaide

1760 Death

• Friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Schaferfest), dies at 63

1760 Birthday

• Johann Peter Hebel, born in Basel, Switzerland, writer, teacher, most widely read German poet, author, wrote in Alemanic dialect

1759 Death

• Ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44

• Karl Heinrich Graun, German composer, dies at 55

• Johann C Altnikol, German organist/klavecinist/composer, dies at 39

1759 Birthday

• Jacob Albright, Albrecht, German and U.S. predictor

• Friedrich A. Wolfius, Wolf, German philological, Prolegomena

1758 Birthday

• Franz Joseph Gall, German and French physician, frenology

1758 Death

• Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker, buried at 78

• Johann F von Cronegk, German playwright (Codrus), dies at 26

1757 Event

• German Diet declares war on Prussia

1756 Death

• Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king, dies

1756 Birthday

• Karl Philipp Moritz, German Author

• Christian G Korner, German lawyer/father of Karl

• Johann T Gottlieb Goldberg, German klavecinist/composer, dies at 29

1755 Death

• Johann Georg Pisendel, German violist/composer, dies at 76

• Samuel von Cocceji, German lawyer, dies

1755 Birthday

• Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and originator of homeopathy

1754 Death

• Christian von Wolff, German philosopher, dies at 75

1753 Birthday

• August G Meissner, German author

1753 Death

• [Johann] Balthasar Neumann, German architect, dies at 66

• Franz K Achard, German physicist

1752 Birthday

• Friedrich M Klinger, German playwright, Wirrwarr

1750 Death

• Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (Art of the Fugue), dies at 65

• Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German composer, dies at 68

1748 Death

• Ewald G von Kleist, German lawyer/inventor of condensator, dies at 55

• Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer/musicologist, dies at 63

1748 Birthday

• Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer and conductor /tutor of Beethoven

1747 Death

• Johann J Dillenius, German botanist, dies at 63

1747 Birthday

• Johann A P Schulz, German composer

• Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German composer, Moon has Risen

1746 Birthday

• Joachim H Campe, German author, Robinson of the Jungere

• Johann Heinse, German Sturm und Drang novelist/art critic

1745 Event

• Duke of Toscane chosen German emperor Frans I Stefanus

1745 Death

• Charles VII Albert, German emperor (1742-45), dies at 47

1744 Birthday

• Johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet

1744 Death

• Immanuel J Pyra, German poet (Temple of True Poetry), dies at 28

1743 Birthday

• Martin H Klaproth, German chemist, uranium

1742 Birthday

• Gebhard Leberecht Furst Blucher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal

• Johan Peter Melchior, German sculptor

• Georg C. Lichtenberg, German physicist/writer, types of Lichtenberg

1742 Event

• German leaders elect Charles VII Albert Emperor

1741 Birthday

• Johann Kaspar Lavater, German Theologian

• Peter S Pallas, German geologist/zoologist, Siberia/Krim

• Johann J Angel, German author, Herr Lorenz Stark

• Jozef II, arch duke of Austria/RC German emperor, 1765-90

1740 Death

• Karl VI, German emperor (1711-40), dies

1740 Birthday

• Joseph F. Weigl, German/Austrian, violin cellist

1738 Birthday

• F William Herschel, German/English astronomer, discovered Uranus

1738 Death

• Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72

1736 Birthday

• Johann H Schepp, German/Netherlands engraver

• Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician

1733 Birthday

• Christoph Martin Wieland, German Poet

1733 Death

• Georg Bohm, German organist/composer, dies at 71

• Johann Zoffany, German painter, baptized

1732 Birthday

• Johann C Adelung, German linguist/librarian

1731 Birthday

• Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master

• Johann F von Cronegk, German playwright, Olint und Sophronia

1729 Birthday

• Christian G Heyne, German archaeologist

• Mozes Mendelssohn, German englightened philosopher, Haksalah

1729 Death

• Benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), dies at 64

• Georg W. "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian, Annales typographic

• Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, born in Kamenz, Germany, writer, dramatist, art critic, Enlightenment era writer, influenced development of German literature

1728 Birthday

• Anton Raphael Mengs, German writer/neo-classic painter

1728 Death

• Agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73

• Peter III Feodorovich, German/Russian czar of Russia, 1761-62

1727 Death

• George Ludwig, German monarch of Hannover/king of England, dies at 67

1725 Birthday

• Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet, Geistliche Kantaten

1724 Birthday

• Aepinus, Franz UT Hoch, German physician/physicist

• Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet

1724 Death

• Johann Theile, German composer (Adam und Eva), dies at 77

1723 Birthday

• Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer

• Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother

1722 Death

• Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van Palts, German/French duchess, dies at 70

• Johann Adam Reincken, German organist/composer, dies at 99

• Pieter Erberfeld, German/Thais merchant on Java, dies

1721 Death

• Rudolph J Camerarius, German physician (sexuality plans), dies

• Bernhard Albinus, Weiss, German artist (Frederik of Prussia), dies

1721 Birthday

• Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German composer, baptised

1720 Birthday

• Johann P Uz, German poet, Lyrische Poem

• Johann Friedrich Agricola, German, court, composer/organist

1719 Birthday

• Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistician/economist

1719 Event

• Liechtenstein declares independence from German empire

1719 Death

• Karl H Freiherr von Canstein, German lawyer, dies at 52

• Franz K von Velbruck, German free mason/prince-bishop of Luik

• Magnus G Lichtwer, German writer, esopischer Fabeln

1718 Death

• Jacob F Muller, Sjako/Jaco, German/Netherlands crowd leader, beheaded at 28

1717 Birthday

• Johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist, History of Ancient Art

• Christoph Nichelsmann, German composer

1717 Event

• German mob leader "Sjako" sentenced to death in Amsterdam

1716 Death

• Gottfried W. Leibniz, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 70

• Gottfried Leibniz, German Philosopher

• Engelbrecht Kampfer, German/Netherlands VOC-surgeon, dies at 65

1715 Death

• George Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73

1715 Birthday

• Immanuel J Pyra, German poet, Temple of Real Poetry

• Ewald Christian von Kleist, German lyric poet, Der Fruhling

1714 Birthday

• Gottlieb W. Rabener, German author, Vom Misbrauch of the Satire

1714 Death

• Anton Ulrich, German duke of Brunswick/poet, dies at 80

• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer, son of J. S. Bach

1712 Birthday

• Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German painter

• Georg F Schmidt, German engraver/etcher

1711 Death

• Arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies

1710 Birthday

• Konrad E Ackermann, German actor, Die Oberpfalz

1709 Death

• Oxenstiern, German general (Malplaquet), dies in battle

• Spaar, German general (Malplaquet), dies in battle

1709 Event

• 1st major group of Swiss/German colonists reaches NC/SC

1709 Birthday

• Johann H H Butz, German/Dutch organ builder

1708 Death

• Christian Weise, German writer (That Bose Catherine), dies

1708 Birthday

• Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer

• Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet, Versuch einiger Poem

• Georg D Ehret, German/English cartoonist

1707 Event

• German composer Johann S Bach marries his niece Maria Bach

1707 Death

• Kaspar von Stieler, German linguist/poet, dies at 74

• Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69

1706 Death

• Johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52

1706 Birthday

• Josef Christian, German sculptor

1704 Event

• French and Bavarian forces were routed by a combined British, German and Dutch army at Blenheim, Germany

1704 Death

• Georg Muffat, French/German organist/composer, dies at 50

1703 Death

• Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies

1702 Death

• Georg E Rumphius, German nature explorer, dies

1701 Death

• Adam Drese, German composer, dies at 80

1701 Birthday

• Johann N von Hontheim, German church historian/suffragan, bishop

1700 Birthday

• Nikolaus L earl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, German evangelist

• Picander, Christian F Henrici, German writer, Der Sauffer

1699 Birthday

• Hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect, Sanssouci

1697 Birthday

• Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet, wrote in blood

• Jacob Israel Emden, Jacob ben Tswi, German rabbi

• Friederike C Neuber, German actress and author, Allerkostbarste Schatz

• Bernard S Albinus, Weiss, German surgeon/anatomist

• Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist/composer

1695 Birthday

• Johann Conrad Schlaun, German barok architect

1694 Death

• Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62

1693 Death

• Johann Kaspar von Kerll, German composer, dies at 65

1692 Death

• Georg F von Waldeck, German commander-in-chief (Colors), dies

• Christoph Bernhard, German composer, dies at 64

1692 Birthday

• Johannes G Schnabel, German author/surgeon, Insel Felsenburg

1690 Birthday

• Christian Goldbach, German mathematician, Goldbach position

1689 Death

• Philipp von Zesen, German poet (Bescheibung of Amsterdam), dies at 70

1689 Event

• German Parliament declares war on France

1688 Event

• France declares war on German

1688 Death

• Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist, dies at 70

1687 Birthday

• Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist and composer

• [Johann] Balthasar Neumann, German architect, baptized

1686 Death

• Mathias Rauchmuller, German sculptor (Piasten mausoleum Poland), dies

1685 Birthday

• Charles VI, German emperor/king of Spain, 1711-40

• Dominikus Zimmermann, German architect/painter, Liebfrauenkirche

1684 Birthday

• Johann J Dillenius, Dillen, German botanist, Historia Muscorum

1683 Birthday

• Johann Christoph Graupner, German composer

1682 Birthday

• Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German benedictine and composer

1680 Death

• Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (lantern), dies

1680 Birthday

• Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker

1679 Birthday

• Samuel von Cocceji, German lawyer

1679 Event

• German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France

• Christian von Wolff, German philosopher

1678 Birthday

• Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor, 1705-11

1677 Death

• Angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffer], German medical/mystic poet, dies

1676 Death

• Justus G Schottel [Schottelius], German linguistic/poet, dies at 64

• Paulus Wirtz, Wurtz, German/Netherlands army commander, dies at 63

1674 Event

• German Parliament declares war on France

1674 Death

• Johann Paul Schor, German barok painter, dies at 58

1672 Death

• Heinrich Schutz, German composer (Weihnachtsoratorium), dies at 87

1671 Event

• French King Louis XIV and RC German emperor Leopold I sign secret anti-Dutch treaty

1669 Death

• John Coccejus, German/Netherlands reformed theologist, dies at about 66

1667 Birthday

• Karl H Freiherr von Canstein, German lawyer/Luthers pietist

1667 Death

• Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist/singer/composer, dies at 50

• Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer, dies at 50

1666 Birthday

• Gottfried Arnold, German theologist/historian/songwriter

1666 Death

• Benedictus Carpzovius, Benedikt Carpzov, German lawyer, dies

• Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies

• Adam Krieger, German composer, dies at 32

• Georg Baehr, German master builder, Frauenkirche, Dresden

1665 Birthday

• Benjamin Neukirch, German poet, Herrn von Hofmannswaldau

• Rudolph J Camerarius, German botanist/physician, sexuality plant

1664 Death

• Andreas Gryphius, German writer, poet, dramatist, master of philosophy, works include historical tragedy 'Leo Armenius', dies at age 47

1662 Death

• Leonhart Kern, German sculptor, dies at about 73

• Johann Cruger, German organist/composer/music theorist, dies at 63

1661 Death

• Johann B Schup, Schuppius, German poet/historian/vicar, dies

1661 Birthday

• Georg Bohm, German organist/composer

1660 Birthday

• Peter Schenck, German/Netherlands engraver/publisher, baptised

1660 Death

• Daniel von Czepko, German poet, dies at 54

• Georg Ludwig, German monarch of Hannover/King George I of Gt Britain

1659 Death

• Simon Dach, German poet, dies

1657 Death

• Ferdinand III, King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48

1656 Birthday

• Johannes Schenck, German/Netherlands composer, baptised

1654 Death

• Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg), dies at 67

• Samuel Scheidt, German composer (Concertus sacri), dies at 66

1653 Event

• German Parliament selects Ferdinand II king of Austria

1652 Birthday

• Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van de Palts, German/French duchess of Orleans

1651 Death

• Heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien), dies at 47

1651 Birthday

• Engelbrecht Kampfer, German/Netherlands VOC surgeon

1650 Death

• Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer, dies at 74

1646 Birthday

• Johann Theile, German composer, Adam and Eve

• Gottfried Leibniz, German Philosopher

1646 Death

• Elias Hill, German architect of Augsburg, dies at 72

1644 Birthday

• Abraham a Santa Clara, Johann Megerle, German court vicar

1642 Birthday

• George Hickes, English linguistic, Old German Philology

• Christian Weise, German writer, Niederlandische Bauer

1639 Death

• Martin Opitz, German poet and historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41

1638 Death

• Johann H Alsted, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 50

• Johannes Althusius, Althaut, German lawyer, dies at about 81

1637 Death

• Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hun/German Emperor (1619-37), dies at 58

1635 Death

• Georg R Weckerlin, German poet, dies at 50

1634 Event

• Battle at Nordlingen ends in Swedish/protestant German defeat

• Battle at Nordlingen: King Ferdinand III and Spain beat Sweden and German protestants

• Battle at Nordlingen Bavarian: emperor Ferdinand II and Spain beat Sweden and German protestants

1634 Death

• Albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, German duke, murdered at 50

1634 Birthday

• Adam Krieger, German composer

1633 Birthday

• Anton Ulrich, German duke of Brunswick/Wolfenbuttel/poet

1633 Event

• Sweden and Protestant German monarchy form Union of Heilbronn

1632 Birthday

• Kaspar von Stieler, German poet, Teutsche Wolredner

• Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist

1631 Event

• German army under earl Johann Tilly conquerors Maagdenburg

1630 Death

• Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Opella Nova), dies at 44

• Johann Kepler, German astronomer, dies at 58

• Johannes Kepler, German Scientist

1630 Event

• Emperor Ferdinand II opens German Parliament

1628 Death

• Gregor Aichinger, German composer/organist, dies at about 63

1628 Birthday

• Christoph Bernhard, German composer

1625 Event

• Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed German supreme commander

1624 Birthday

• Angelus Silesius, Johann Scheffler, German mystic, St. Seelenlust

1624 Death

• Jakob Bohme, German philosophical mystic, dies (birth date unknown)

1621 Death

• Michael Praetorius, German composer (In Dulce Jubilo), dies at 50

1620 Death

• Aegidius Albertinus, German writer (Lucifer's Kingdom), dies at 59

1620 Birthday

• Georg F von Waldeck, German commander-in-chief

1619 Birthday

• Philipp von Zesen, German poet and historian, Amsterdam

1617 Birthday

• Johann A. Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist

1617 Death

• David Fabricius, German astronomer, dies at 53

1616 Birthday

• Andreas Gryphius, born in Glogow, Silesia, German writer, poet, dramatist, master of philosophy, works include historical tragedy 'Leo Armenius'

1616 Death

• Andreas Libavius, German alchemist, dies

• Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer

1615 Birthday

• Johann Paul Schor, German Baroque painter

1615 Death

• Hans von Aachen, German painter, dies

1612 Birthday

• Paul Wirtz, Wurtz, German/Netherlands army commander

• Justus G. Schottel, Schottelius, German poet

1610 Death

• Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, buried at 32

1610 Birthday

• Johann B Schup, Schuppius, German poet and historian

1610 Event

• German astronomer Simon Marius 1st discovers the Jupiter moons, but does not officially report it, Galileo does on July 1 1610

1609 Event

• Catholic German monarchy forms Catholic League

1608 Birthday

• Ferdinand III, King of Hungary/Bohemia/German Emperor, 1637 - 1657

1607 Death

• Philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52

1605 Birthday

• Daniel von Czepko, German poet

• Simon Dach, German poet

1604 Birthday

• Jacob Balde, German jesuit/barok conductor, Jephthe

1602 Death

• Paul Melissus, Paul Schede, German poet/composer, dies at 62

1602 Birthday

• Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Dutch baron of Sucha/army leader

1601 Birthday

• Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor, magic lantern

1598 Death

• Joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies

1598 Birthday

• Johann Cruger, German organist, composer and music theorist

1597 Birthday

• Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"

1597 Death

• Barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67

• Diederik Sonoy, German/Netherlands governor of Northern quarter, dies at 67

1596 Death

• John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66

1595 Birthday

• Benedictus Carpzovius, Benedikt Carpzov, German lawyer

1592 Birthday

• Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer

1591 Event

• German monarchy forms Protestant Union of Torgau

1590 Death

• Jacob Andreae, German theologist (Formulae Concordiae), dies at 61

1589 Death

• Philipp Apianus [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German geographer, dies at 58

1588 Death

• Valentin Weigel, German mystic, dies

1587 Birthday

• Samuel Scheidt, German organist/composer, baptised

1586 Birthday

• Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer, Christenburg

1586 Death

• Lucas Cranach "the Young", German painter, dies at 70

• Johann Hermann Schein, German composer, Fontana d'Israel

1585 Birthday

• Heinrich Schutz, German royal chaplain master/composer, Daphne

1584 Birthday

• Georg R Weckerlin, German poet, Oden und Gesange

1583 Birthday

• Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein, German general

1583 Death

• Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger), dies at 48

1578 Birthday

• Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hungary/German Emperor, 1619-37

• Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized

1577 Event

• Spanish army/German mercenaries conquer Namur

1576 Death

• Maximiliaan II, German king/Kaiser (1564-76), dies

1574 Death

• Joachim Camerarius, Liebhard Kammerer, German philologist, dies

• Christoffel Palts, German general strategist, dies in battle

1573 Birthday

• Elias Hill, German architect/city builder, Augsburg

1571 Birthday

• Johannes Kepler, German Scientist

1568 Death

• Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27

1567 Death

• Michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79

• Wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63

1566 Death

• John Agricola, Schneider, German theologist/prime minister, dies

• Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65

1565 Death

• Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies

1564 Death

• Ferdinand I, German Emperor (1558-64), dies at 61

1563 Death

• Hans Neusiedler, Hungarian/German luitist/author, dies at approx 54

1562 Death

• Gottfried/Gotz von Berlichingen, German Knight of kingdom, dies

1561 Birthday

• Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician, Trigonometry

1560 Death

• Peter S Lotichius, Peter Lotz, German poet (Opera omnia), dies

• Philip Melanchthon, German Theologian

1559 Death

• Erasmus Sarcerius, German luthers theologist, dies at about 58

1558 Event

• Charles V, German emperor, buried

1556 Death

• John Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50

• Martin Agricola [M Sore], German composer/cantor, dies

1555 Birthday

• Johann Arndt, German Lutherian theologist

1555 Death

• Georg Agricola, Bauer, German mineralogist (zinc), dies at 61

1554 Death

• Sixt[us] Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Judith), dies at 53

• Hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies

1553 Death

• Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81

• Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41

1552 Death

• Peter Apianus, Bennewitz/Bienewitz, German astronomer, dies at 50

1552 Birthday

• Jobst Burgi, Justus Byrgius, Swiss/German mathematician

1552 Event

• France signs secret treaty with German Protestants

• Johannes Cochlaeus, Dobeneck, German humanist/theologist, dies

1550 Death

• Hans [Johann] Vischer, German count of Johann Cicero, dies

1548 Death

• Caspar Cruciger, German church reformer, dies at 44

• Georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies

1547 Event

• Charles demands creation of Imperial League (German state)

• Protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg

1546 Birthday

• Johann Pistorius, German theologist/historian

1545 Event

• German Parliament opens in Worms

1544 Event

• Peace of Crepy: German emperor Charles V and French king Francois I

• German emperor Charles V recognizes king Christian III of Denmark

1541 Death

• Wolfgang Capito, Kopfel, German church reformer, dies at 63

1540 Death

• Helius Eobanus Hessus, German humanist/poet (Silvae), dies

1540 Birthday

• Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg

1539 Birthday

• Paul Melissus, German poet/composer

1539 Event

• Charles, protestant German monarch, signs Treaty of Frankrfurt

1538 Event

• Catholic German monarchy signs League of Neurenberg

1538 Death

• Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57

1535 Death

• Agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, dies at 48

1534 Birthday

• Joachim Camerarius, German botanist/physician, horticulture catalog

• Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist, Heidelberger Catechism

1534 Event

• Francois I signs classified treaty with evangelical German monarchy

1531 Birthday

• Philipp Apianus, Bennewitz/Bienewitz, German geography/cartographer

1531 Death

• Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor, dies at 71

1531 Event

• Evangelical German monarchy/towns form Schmalkaldische Union

1530 Event

• German Parliament joins to Augsburg together

1529 Death

• John Cuspinianus, Spiessheimer, German physician, dies at about 55

• Peter Vischer, the Old, German count of Sebaldus, dies

1528 Death

• Albrecht Durer, German painter/graphic artist, dies in Germany at 56

1528 Birthday

• Jacob Andreae, German theologist, Schwabische Konkordie

1527 Birthday

• Maximilian II, German King/Emperor, 1564-76

1527 Event

• Spanish and German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending Renaissance

1526 Event

• German evangelical monarchy joins Schmalkaldische League

1525 Death

• Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66

1525 Event

• Catholic German monarchy form Union of Dessau

• Thomas Munzer, German vicar/boer leader, executed

• German boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war

• Swiss and German mercenaries desert Francois I's army

1524 Event

• Emperor Karel I bans German national synode

1523 Death

• Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35

1521 Event

• Battle at Milan: Emperor Karel V's/pontifical/Spanish/German troops beat France and occupy Milan

• Pope Leo X signs treaty with German emperor Charles V

1520 Event

• King Carlos I crowned, German emperor Charles V

1519 Death

• Michael Wolgemut, German painter (Weltchronik), dies at about 85

• Hans Backofen/Backoffen, German sculptor, dies at about 49

• Johann Tetzel, (German) monk, dies at about 79

1519 Event

• King Carlos I elected Roman Catholic German emperor Charles V

• Maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies

1517 Death

• Hermann Vischer, the Younger, German bronze merchant, dies

1515 Birthday

• Lucas Cranach, the Younger, German painter

1514 Death

• Hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull's Liederbuch), dies

1504 Birthday

• Caspar Cruciger, German church reformer

1503 Birthday

• Wilhelm von Grumbach, German Lieutenant Colonel

• Ferdinand I, German emperor, 1558-64

1502 Birthday

• Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader, Children of God

1501 Birthday

• Sixt, us, Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer, Suzanna

1500 Birthday

• Joachim Camerarius, Liebhard Kammerer, German humanist

1499 Death

• Neithart Fox, Jonker Fox, German passage leader, slain in battle

1499 Birthday

• Johannes Brenz, German theologist, Dutch Brentians

1497 Birthday

• Philip Melanchthon, German Theologian

• Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant

1496 Death

• Johannes de Lapide, Johan Heynlin, German philosopher, dies

1494 Birthday

• John Agricola, Schneider, German theologist/prime minister

1493 Event

• Maximilian I of Austria becomes Roman Catholic German emperor

1493 Death

• Frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77

1492 Event

• Cheese and Bread rebellion: German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse

1491 Death

• Martin Schongauer, German painter, dies at 40

1490 Birthday

• Albrecht von Brandenburg, German archbishop/monarch of Mainz/cardinal

1488 Birthday

• Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot

1488 Event

• Roman catholic German emperor Maximilian I caught in Belgium

• Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet, Silvae

1486 Birthday

• Agrippa von Nettesheim, German occultist/alchemist/royal astrologer

• Martin Agricola, German composer/cantor

1483 Birthday

• Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist

1481 Birthday

• Franz von Sickingen, German knight

1475 Death

• Albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg and Eichstatt), dies at 54

1473 Death

• Conrad Paumann, German blind organist/composer, dies

1471 Birthday

• George von Saksen-Meissen, German potester of Frisia

1468 Death

• John Gutenberg, German inventor (boekdrukkunst), dies

1467 Birthday

• Henry van Stolberg and Wernigerode, German gov/viceroy of Frisia

1464 Death

• Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies

1459 Birthday

• Maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria

• Jacob Fugger, German banker and merchant

1452 Event

• Frederick III of Hapsburg crowned Roman German Emperor

1440 Birthday

• Hartmann Schedel, German physician/humanist/historian

1437 Death

• Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70

• Emperor Sigismund, German Statesman

1436 Event

• German emperor Sigismund signs peace with Hussieten

1420 Birthday

• Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson, Bamberg and Eichstatt

1419 Death

• Wenzel/Vaclav IV, Wenceslas, drunken RC German king, dies at 58

1415 Birthday

• Frederick III, Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor, 1440-1493

1410 Death

• Ruprecht, Roman catholics German king, dies

1380 Death

• John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies

1378 Death

• Charles IV, Roman-German King/German emperor (University of Prague), dies

1368 Birthday

• Emperor Sigismund, German Statesman

1367 Birthday

• Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia

1361 Death

• John Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61

1361 Birthday

• Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor, 1378-1400

1356 Event

• German emperor Charles I delegates Golden Degree

1352 Birthday

• Ruprecht, Roman catholic German king

1349 Death

• Gunther Van Schwarzburg, German anti-king 1349, dies at about 44

1349 Event

• Gunther of Schwarzburg chosen German anti-king

1347 Event

• Bohemia heir to the throne elected German anti-king Charles IV

1346 Event

• Pope Clemens VI declares German emperor Louis of Bavaria, envoy

1338 Event

• German monarch signs Treaty of Rense

• German monarch declares pope and king's decree redundant

1330 Death

• Frederick (III), the Handsome, duke of Austrian/German anti-king, dies

1328 Death

• ... Eckhard, German theologist/mystic, dies

1313 Death

• Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies

1312 Event

• Roman Catholics German King Henry VII crowned

1310 Event

• German king Heinrich VII makes his son Johan king of Bohemia

1308 Death

• Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered

1307 Event

• German king Albrecht I makes his son Rudolf king of Bohemia

1298 Event

• Roman Catholics German King Albrecht I von Habsburg installed

• Battle on Hasenbuhl (Gollheim) between German kings Adolf and Albrecht I

• Duke Albrecht von Habsburg chosen Roman Catholic German king

1280 Death

• Albertus Magnus the Great, German leader/bishop Regensburg, dies at 87

1256 Death

• Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22

1250 Death

• Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55

1248 Event

• Earl Willem II of Holland crowned as RC German emperor

1247 Event

• Willem II of Holland elected Roman Catholic German emperor

1242 Death

• Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide

1229 Event

• German emperor Frederick II crowns himself king of Jerusalem

1228 Birthday

• Koenraad IV, Roman Catholic German king, 1237-54

1227 Event

• Pope Gregory IX excommunicate German emperor Frederik II

1220 Event

• German king Frederick II grants bishops sovereign rights

1215 Event

• Frederik II (20) crowned king of German

1211 Birthday

• Henry VII, Roman catholic German king, 1220-35

1210 Event

• Pope Innocent III excommunicates German emperor Otto IV

1209 Event

• Pope Innocent II crowns German king Otto of Wittelsbach

1208 Event

• Otto van Wittelsbach chosen German king

1205 Event

• Aken, Philips van Zwaben, crowned Roman-Catholic German King

1197 Death

• Henry VI von Hohenstaufen, Roman Catholic German King (1169-97), dies

1194 Birthday

• Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor, 1212-1250, King of Sicily

1190 Death

• Frederik I van Hohenstaufen "Barbarossa", German King, dies

1165 Event

• RC German emperor Frederik I Barbarossa visits Utrecht

1164 Death

• Elisabeth von Schonau, German mystic (Visiones), dies at about 34

1138 Event

• German king Koenraad II von Hohenstaufen crowned

• Conrad II von Hohenstaufen re-elected German king

1125 Event

• Duke Lotharius of Supplinburg crowned as German king Lotharius III

1125 Death

• Hendrik V, last Salische German king, dies

• Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies

1111 Event

• German King Hendry V arrives at St. Peter, Rome

1106 Death

• Henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54

1103 Death

• Frutolf, German monk/musicologist/historian, dies

1099 Event

• Henry V crowned German king

1090 Event

• Battle at Hagenoorde: German emperor beats earl Egbert II

1087 Event

• German emperor Henry IV crowns his son Koenraad

1085 Death

• Irmgarde van Keulen, German countress of Aspel/saint, dies

1084 Event

• Anti-pope Clemens crowns German emperor Hendrik IV

1081 Birthday

• Henry V, Roman German king/emperor, 1098/1111-25

1080 Death

• Rudolf von Schwaben, German anti-King, dies

1077 Death

• Agnes of Poitou, German empress/wife of emperor Henry III, dies

1077 Event

• German king Henry IV gives away bisdom Utrecht county Staveren

• Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Henry IV

• German king Henry IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness

• Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Heinrich IV

• German King Heinrich IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness

1076 Event

• Synod of Worms: German King Henry IV fires Pope Gregory VII

1075 Event

• Battle at Homburg/Unstrut: German king Henry IV beats Saksen

1068 Death

• Agnes of Poitou, duchess of Aquitania/mother of German Empress, dies

1064 Event

• German King Henry IV gives away Utrecht county of West Friesland

1056 Death

• Henry III, RC German King (1039-56), dies

1046 Event

• Synod of Sutri: German king Henry III removes Popes Gregory VI,

1037 Event

• German emperor Koenraad II removes "Constitutio the Feudis"

1028 Event

• German emperor Conrad II the Sailor crowns his son Henry III, king

1027 Event

• John XIX crowns Conrad II the Salier Roman German emperor

1024 Event

• Duke Koenraad II chosen German king

• Conrad II the Sailor chosen German king

1024 Death

• Henry II, the Monk, German King (1002-24), dies

1017 Birthday

• Henry III, Roman Catholic German emperor, 1046 - 1056

1014 Event

• Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry II, Roman German emperor

1002 Event

• German king Henry II the Saint crowned

1002 Death

• Otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21

999 Death

• Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68

• Gregory V, Bruno, 1st German Pope, dies

996 Event

• Pope Gregory V crowns Otto III Roman Catholic German emperor of Elzas

• Pope Gregory V crowns his cousin Otto III German emperor

991 Death

• Theophano, German Empress/wife of Emperor Otto II, dies

983 Death

• Otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28

975 Birthday

• Thietmar, bishop of Merseburg, German chronicler

973 Birthday

• Henry II, Roman Catholic German king/emperor, 1002/14-24

967 Event

• John XIII crowned Otto II the Red German compassionate emperor

962 Event

• Pope John XII crowns German King Otto I the Great Emperor

961 Event

• German King Otto II crowned

955 Event

• Battle at Lech: German king Otto I beats Hungarians

936 Event

• German king Otto I the Great, crowned

936 Death

• Henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36)/duke of Saxon 912-36, dies

933 Event

• Battle at Riade: German King Henry I beats Magyaren

918 Death

• Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies

• Conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies

• Koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42

912 Birthday

• Otto I, the Great, German king, Holy Roman emperor, 962-73

911 Event

• Conrad I elecect German King

• Duke Koenraad I chosen German king

911 Death

• Ludwig III, the child, last Carolingian German King (899-911), dies

882 Death

• Louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies

876 Death

• Louis the German, King of East France Empire (833-76), dies

870 Event

• Kings Charles the Bare and Louis the German divide Lutherans

865 Death

• Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies

860 Event

• Peace of Koblenz: Charles the Bare, Louis the German and Lotharius II

843 Event

• Treaty of Verdun: Brothers Lotharius I, Louis the German and Charles the Bare divide France

842 Event

• Charles II and Louis the German sign treaty

814 Death

• Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71

532 Death

• Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies

493 Death

• Odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies

482 Death

• Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies

476 Event

• German ruler Odoacer captures Pavia