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Saturday, June 26, 2021

Basic timeline of Germany

This post is a basic timeline of Germany. There are 35 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• Corded Ware culture (2900 - 2350 BC)
• Bell Beaker culture (2800 - 1800 BC)
• Unetice culture (2300 - 1680 BC)
• Tumulus culture (1600 - 1200 BC)
• Urnfield culture (1300 - 750 BC)
• Hallstatt culture (1200 - 500 BC)
• Battle of Teutoburg Forest (9 AD)
• Germania Superior Roman province (83 - 475 AD)
• Francia (481 - 843 AD)
• Holy Roman Empire (800 - 1806 AD)
• East Francia (843 - 962 AD)
• Thirty Years War (1618-1648)
• Protestant Reformation (1517)
• Great Turkish War (1683-1699)
• Nine Years War (1688-1697)
• Prussia Kingdom (1701-1918)
• War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)
• German Confederation (1815-1866)
• German revolutions of 1848-1849
• Austro-Prussian War (1866)
• North German Confederation (1867-1871)
• German Empire (1871-1918)
• German colonial empire (1884-1920)
• World War I (1914-1918)
• German Revolution of 1918-1919
• Weimar Republic (1918-1933)
• Nazi Party (1920-1945)
• Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor (1933)
• World War II (1939-1945)
• Invasion of Russia (1941)
• Holocaust (1941-1945)
• West Germany (1949-1989)
• East Germany ruled by Soviet Union (1949-1989)
• Berlin Wall opens (1989)
• West Germany unites with East Germany (1989)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Germany at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Germany.)