9 | Hermann (Arminius) of the tribe Cherusci defeats the Roman governor Varus and 3 Roman legions in the Teutoburg Forest. |
870 | Formation of the duchies of Franconia, Saxony, Bavaria and Lorraine. |
919 | The Saxon dynasty rule Germany. |
962 | Otto I -- first emperor of the “Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation” crowned in Rome. |
1039 | Salian dynasty. |
1096 | The first Crusade. |
1138 | The Hohenstaufen dynasty. |
1273 | Rudolf of Hapsburg crowned king of Germany. |
1348 | The Plague (“black death”). |
1648 | Peace of Westphalia. |
1740 | The War of Austrian Succession. |
1814 | The Congress of Vienna established the German Confederation of 39 independent German states. |
1864 | War; Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark. |
1890 | Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck. |
1914 | Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina provoking WWI. |
1918 | Following the flight of Emperor Wilhelm II from Germany, a republic was proclaimed (later known as the Weimar Republic). |
1918 | Armistice ending World War. |
1918 | The Treaty of Versailles ended World War I and the Rhineland was placed under Allied occupation for 15 years. |
1918 | Germany was declared a republic. |
1933 | Adolf Hitler appointed chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg. |
1933 | The Third Reich. |
1936 | Reoccupation of the Rhineland. |
1936 | Summer Olympic Games in Berlin. |
1936 | Berlin, Germany hosts Summer Olympic Games. |
1936 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany hosts Winter Olympic Games. |
1938 | Annexation of Austria. |
1938 | Sudetenland (largely German-speaking) portion of Czechoslovakia occupied. |
1939 | Germany occupies Czechoslovakia. |
1939 | Invasion of Poland and the beginning of World War II in Europe (two days later). |
1955 | West Germany obtains independence. |
1961 | The Berlin Wall was built. |
1972 | Munich, West Germany (now Germany) hosts Summer Olympic Games. |
1989 | The Berlin Wall was demolished and Communist East Germans were able to travel to the West. |
1990 | East and West Germany was reunited. |