Portal:Germany/Anniversaries/January

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January 1

BGB

1652 – The German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina is founded
1894 – Death of physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
1900 – The Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch becomes effective
2002 – Introduction of Euro coins and banknotes

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January 2

Rudolf Clausius

1822 – Birth of physicist Rudolf Clausius
1843 – Richard Wagner's opera The Flying Dutchman premieres in Dresden
1870 – Birth of sculptor Ernst Barlach

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January 3

August Macke

1719 – Birth of Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal, Archbishop of Mainz
1887 – Birth of expressionist painter August Macke
1969 – Birth of Formula One driver Michael Schumacher
1988 – Death of poet Rose Ausländer

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January 4

Jacob Grimm

1785 – Birth of linguist and philologist Jacob Grimm, one of the Brothers Grimm
1919 – Death of politician Georg von Hertling
1940 – Birth of architect Helmut Jahn

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January 5

Rudolf Christoph Eucken

1846 – Birth of philosopher Rudolf Christoph Eucken, winner of the 1908 Nobel Prize for Literature
1876 – Birth of politician Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of Germany 1949-1963
1970 – Death of physicist Max Born, winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics

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January 6

Philip of Swabia

1205 – Philip of Swabia is crowned King of the Germans for the second time
1486 – Birth of composer Martin Agricola
1525 – Birth of reformer Caspar Peucer
1870 – Birth of Gustav Bauer, Chancellor of the Weimar Republic 1919-1920

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January 7

Johann Philipp Reis

1706 – Birth of publisher Johann Heinrich Zedler
1831 – Birth of general post director Heinrich von Stephan, founder of the Universal Postal Union
1834 – Birth of scientist Johann Philipp Reis, inventor of the Reis telephone

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January 8

Justus Möser

1557 – Death of Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
1632 – Birth of jurist and historian Samuel von Pufendorf
1794 – Death of jurist and social theorist Justus Möser
1891 – Birth of physicist Walther Bothe, winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics
1904 – Birth of Karl Brandt, personal physician of Adolf Hitler

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January 9

Wilhelm Busch

1890 – Birth of journalist Kurt Tucholsky
1897 – Birth of philosopher Karl Löwith
1908 – Death of artist Wilhelm Busch, best known for Max and Moritz
1929 – Birth of dramatist Heiner Müller

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January 10

Georg Forster

1715 – Birth of poet and theologian Christian August Crusius
1721 – Birth of scholar Johann Philipp Baratier
1794 – Death of scientist and revolutionary Georg Forster
1797 – Birth of poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
1812 – Birth of architect Georg Hermann Nicolai

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January 11

Elbphilharmonie

1852 – Birth of politician Constantin Fehrenbach, Chancellor of the Weimar Republic 1920-1921
1923 – The Occupation of the Ruhr starts with a French invasion of the Ruhr Area
1941 – Death of chess player Emanuel Lasker
2017 – The Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg is officially inaugurated

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January 12

Hermann Minkowski

1893 – Birth of Nazi politician and ideologist Alfred Rosenberg
1909 – Death of mathematician Hermann Minkowski
1919 – The Spartacist uprising is suppressed
1959 – Birth of Blixa Bargeld, singer of Einstürzende Neubauten

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January 13

Philipp Jakob Spener

1635 – Birth of theologian Philipp Jakob Spener, known as the "Father of Pietism"
1775 – Death of theologian Johann Georg Walch
1782 – Friedrich Schiller's drama Die Räuber premieres in Mannheim
1935 – A plebiscite in the Saar area approves accession to Nazi Germany

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January 14

Ernst Abbe

1477 – Birth of Hermann of Wied, Archbishop of Cologne 1515-1546
1892 – Birth of theologian Martin Niemöller
1905 – Death of physicist Ernst Karl Abbe
2005 – Death of fashion designer Rudolph Moshammer

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January 15

Karl Liebknecht

1807 – Birth of zoologist and entomologist Hermann Burmeister
1863 – Birth of politician Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of the Weimar Republic
1919 – Revolutionaries Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg are murdered by Freikorps soldiers

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January 16

Johannes Rau

1477 – Birth of cartographer Johannes Schöner, who died on the same day in 1547
1838 – Birth of philosopher and psychologist Franz Brentano
1931 – Birth of politician Johannes Rau, President of Germany 1999-2004
1940 – Birth of politician Franz Müntefering
1945 – Adolf Hitler moves into the Führerbunker

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January 17

Frederick III, Elector of Saxony

1463 – Birth of Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, known as the Wise
1484 – Birth of humanist George Spalatin
1737 – Death of architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, whose most famous work is the Zwinger in Dresden
1789 – Birth of theologian August Neander

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January 18

Coronation of William I

1701 – Frederick I is crowned King in Prussia
1871 – William I is crowned German Emperor in the Palace of Versailles
1914 – Birth of author Arno Schmidt
1919 – The Paris Peace Conference opens to negotiate peace in the aftermath of World War I
1995 – Death of biochemist Adolf Butenandt, winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on sex hormones

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January 19

Hoffmann von Fallersleben

1576 – Death of meistersinger Hans Sachs
1863 – Birth of economist and sociologist Werner Sombart
1874 – Death of poet August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, who wrote Das Lied der Deutschen
1919 – Elections for the constitutive assembly drafting the Weimar Constitution take place, the first election in Germany with full women's suffrage
1923 – Birth of Markus Wolf, head of the foreign intelligence section Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung of the GDR

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January 20

Sebastian Münster

1488 – Birth of cartographer and cosmographer Sebastian Münster
1499 – Birth of humanist Sebastian Franck
1586 – Birth of composer Johann Hermann Schein
1783 – Birth of cellist and composer Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer
1942 – The Wannsee Conference meets and decides to implement the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question", starting the most deadly phase of the Holocaust

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January 21

Matthias Claudius

1710 – Death of mystic Johann Georg Gichtel
1815 – Death of poet Matthias Claudius
1831 – Death of poet Ludwig Achim von Arnim
1851 – Death of composer Albert Lortzing

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January 22

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

1521 – The Diet of Worms is opened by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
1536 – Bernhard Knipperdolling and other anabaptist leaders are tortured and executed in Münster
1729 – Birth of writer Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1900 – Birth of singer and actor Ernst Busch
1963 – Konrad Adenauer and Charles de Gaulle sign the Élysée Treaty on Franco-German cooperation

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January 23

David Hilbert

1793 – Prussia and Russia sign a treaty confirming the Second Partition of Poland
1840 – Birth of scientist and entrepreneur Ernst Abbe
1843 – Death of writer Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué
1862 – Birth of mathematician David Hilbert

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January 24

E. T. A. Hoffmann

1002 – Death of Holy Roman Emperor Otto III
1679 – Birth of philosopher Christian Wolff
1712 – Birth of Prussian King Frederick the Great
1776 – Birth of author E. T. A. Hoffmann
2000 – Launch of news channel N24

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January 25

Wilhelm Furtwängler

1586 – Death of artist Lucas Cranach the Younger
1743 – Birth of philosopher Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi
1886 – Birth of conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler

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January 26

Nicolaus Otto

1781 – Birth of poet Ludwig Achim von Arnim
1891 – Death of inventor Nicolaus Otto, known for his improvement of internal combustion engines
1912 – First performance of Der Rosenkavalier, a comic opera by Richard Strauss

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January 27

Johann Gottlieb Fichte

1687 – Birth of architect Balthasar Neumann, known for the Würzburg Residence
1814 – Death of philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte
1859 – Birth of William II, German Emperor
1972 – Death of mathematician Richard Courant

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January 28

Samuel Thomas von Sömmering

0814 – Death of emperor Charlemagne
1077 – The excommunication of Henry IV is lifted after the Walk to Canossa
1540 – Birth of mathematician Ludolph van Ceulen, who calculated the first 35 digits of Pi
1755 – Birth of physician and anatomist Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, discoverer of the macula in the human eye