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• 1914 – World War I: The German Empire declares war on Russia
• 1936 – The Summer Olympics open in Berlin
• 1970 – Death of physician Otto Heinrich Warburg, recipient of the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine
• 1990 – Death of sociologist Norbert Elias
• 2001 – The Lebenspartnerschaftsgesetz allows civil unions in Germany

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• 1788 – Birth of chemist Leopold Gmelin
• 1905 – Birth of composer Karl Amadeus Hartmann
• 1934 – After the death of President Paul von Hindenburg, Adolf Hitler assumes the title of "Führer und Reichskanzler"

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• 1761 – Death of classical scholar Johann Matthias Gesner
• 1867 – Death of classical scholar Philipp August Böckh
• 1914 – Germany declares war on France in World War I
• 1942 – Death of chemist Richard Willstätter, winner of the 1915 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of the structure of chlorophyll

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• 1719 – Birth of mineralogist Johann Gottlob Lehmann
• 1753 – Death of organ and piano builder Gottfried Silbermann
• 1906 – Birth of zoologist Eugen Schuhmacher
• 1944 – Anne Frank and her family are arrested in the Achterhuis

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• 1895 – Death of philosopher Friedrich Engels
• 1901 – Death of Empress Victoria, known as Kaiserin Friedrich
• 1946 – Death of Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany 1923-1925
• 1957 – Death of chemist Heinrich Otto Wieland, recipient of the 1927 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research into bile acids

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• 1195 – Death of Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria
• 1697 – Birth of Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor
• 1969 – Death of philosopher Theodor W. Adorno

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• 1635 – Death of Jesuit poet Friedrich von Spee, opposer of the witch trials
• 1867 – Birth of expressionist painter Emil Nolde
• 1884 – German South-West Africa becomes a German colony

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• 1719 – Death of painter Christoph Ludwig Agricola
• 1944 – Execution of resistance members including Erwin von Witzleben and Paul von Hase
• 1960 – Birth of comic artist Ralf König
• 1974 – Death of Hitler Youth leader Baldur von Schirach

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• 1648 – Birth of composer Johann Michael Bach
• 1896 – Birth of physical chemist Erich Hückel
• 1938 – Birth of football coach Otto Rehhagel
• 1962 – Death of novelist Hermann Hesse, recipient of the 1946 Nobel Prize for Literature

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• 0955 – Otto I the Great defeats the Magyars in the Battle of Lechfeld
• 1878 – Birth of novelist Alfred Döblin, best known for Berlin Alexanderplatz
• 1896 – Death of aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal
• 1913 – Birth of physicist Wolfgang Paul, co-developer of the ion trap and recipient of the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics

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• 1464 – Death of Nicolaus Cusanus
• 1519 – Death of Johann Tetzel, seller of indulgences
• 1919 – The constitution of the Weimar Republic is signed into law
• 1973 – Death of chemist Karl Ziegler, recipient of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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• 1647 – Birth of writer Johann Heinrich Acker
• 1759 – Defeat of Prussia in the Battle of Kunersdorf
• 1762 – Birth of physician Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland
• 1943 – Birth of politician Herta Däubler-Gmelin
• 1955 – Death of author Thomas Mann, recipient of the 1929 Nobel Prize for Literature

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• 1876 – The Bayreuth Festspielhaus opens with the performance of Der Ring des Nibelungen
• 1902 – Birth of engineer Felix Wankel, inventor of the Wankel engine
• 1917 – Death of chemist Eduard Buchner, recipient of the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• 1961 – Construction of the Berlin Wall begins

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• 1840 – Birth of psychologist Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing
• 1945 – Birth of director Wim Wenders
• 1949 – First elections for the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1956 – Death of writer Bertolt Brecht

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• 1740 – Birth of poet Matthias Claudius
• 1857 – Birth of shipping tycoon Albert Ballin
• 1953 – Death of physicist Ludwig Prandtl

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• 1832 – Birth of psychologist Wilhelm Wundt
• 1899 – Death of chemist Robert Bunsen, known for the Bunsen Burner
• 1929 – Birth of football player Helmut Rahn, known as Der Boss

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• 1676 – Death of Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, author of Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus
• 1786 – Death of King Frederick II of Prussia
• 1956 – The Communist Party of Germany is declared illegal by the Federal Constitutional Court

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• 1888 – Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof is opened
• 1933 – The Volksempfänger is presented at the Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin
• 1944 – Communist politician Ernst Thälmann is shot at Buchenwald concentration camp

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• 1753 – Death of architect Balthasar Neumann
• 1830 – Birth of chemist Julius Lothar Meyer
• 1969 – Death of architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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• 1639 – Death of poet Martin Opitz von Boberfeld
• 1854 – Death of philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling
• 1915 – Death of scientist Paul Ehrlich, recipient of the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1917 – Death of chemist Adolf von Baeyer, recipient of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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• 1826 – Birth of anatomist Carl Gegenbaur
• 1838 – Death of poet Adelbert von Chamisso
• 1901 – Death of physiologist Adolf Eugen Fick

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• 1860 – Birth of inventor Paul Gottlieb Nipkow
• 1902 – Birth of actress and director Leni Riefenstahl
• 1928 – Birth of composer Karlheinz Stockhausen
• 1950 – The Technisches Hilfswerk is founded

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• 1773 – Birth of philosopher Jakob Friedrich Fries
• 1939 – The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact is signed in Moscow

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• 1617 – The Fruitbearing Society is founded in Weimar by German scholars and nobility
• 1759 – Death of poet Ewald Christian von Kleist
• 1888 – Death of physicist Rudolf Clausius, who introduced the concept of entropy
• 1979 – Death of test pilot Hanna Reitsch

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• 1758 – Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf

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• 1882 – Birth of physicist James Franck, winner of the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics
• 1972 – The 1972 Summer Olympics open in Munich
• 1978 – Sigmund Jähn becomes the first German in space

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• 1770 – Birth of philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
• 1935 – Death of chermist Otto Schott
• 1939 – First flight of the Heinkel He 178, the first practical jet plane
• 1969 – Death of actor and writer Erika Mann

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• 1749 – Birth of author Johann Wolfgang Goethe
• 1825 – Birth of writer and gay rights campaigner Karl Heinrich Ulrichs
• 1988 – 67 people die in the Ramstein airshow disaster

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• 1756 – Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War
• 1885 – Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first motorcycle
• 1904 – Birth of Werner Forssmann, recipient of the 1956 Nobel Prize in Medicine

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• 1928 – Death of physicist Wilhelm Wien, recipient of the 1911 Nobel Prize in Physics
• 1946 – The state of Rhineland-Palatinate is established

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• 1528 – Death of artist Matthias Grünewald
• 1920 – Death of psychologist Wilhelm Wundt
• 1939 – In the Gleiwitz incident, German operatives stage a Polish aggression against Germany

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