Germany timeline
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Seven Years' War
The Seven Years' War was a major military conflict that lasted from 1756, as a result of the French and Indian War that erupted in North America in... Read more
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Brandenburg Gate Completed
The Brandenburg Gate (German: Brandenburger Tor) is a former city gate and one of the main symbols of Berlin and Germany. It is located west of the... Read more
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Alois Senefelder Invents Lithography
Problems with the printing of [Alois's] play Mathilde von Altenstein caused him to fall into debt, and unable to afford to publish a new play he... Read more
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Plot Leads to Major Catastrophe
Alexander 'Sandy' Keith, Jr. was a notorious nineteenth century criminal from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Keith was born in 1827 in Caithness,... Read more
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Cologne Cathedral Completed
Cologne Cathedral (German: Kölner Dom, officially Hohe Domkirche St. Peter und Maria) is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne, Germany. It is the... Read more
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Hugstetten Rail Disaster
The Hugstetten rail disaster occurred on the railway line between Freiburg im Breisgau and Breisach am Rhein on 3 September 1882. With 64 killed... Read more
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Signing of the Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was the culmination of the policy of Théophile Delcassé, France’s foreign minister from 1898, who believed that a... Read more
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Auguste Deter is the First Person Diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease
On November 4th, 1906, during a lecture at the 37th Conference of South-West German Psychiatrists in Tübingen, the German neuropathologist and... Read more
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Adolf Hitler serves in World War I
Hitler, by all accounts, was an unusual soldier with a sloppy manner and unmilitary bearing. But he was also eager for action and always ready to... Read more
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Serbia Declares War on Germany
Setting the stage On July 23, Austria-Hungary demanded Serbia comply with its March 1909 declaration to the Great Powers to maintain good... Read more
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The Battle of Mulhouse
The Battle of Mulhouse (or Mülhausen), which began on August 9, 1914, was the opening attack of World War I by the French army against Germany. The... Read more
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German Atrocities in Belgium Horrify Humanity
In Vendre, all the inhabitants without exception were brought out and shot. This shooting was heartbreaking, as they all knelt down and prayed. Read more
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Battle of Haelen (1914)
First Field Battle in Belgium The first field battle of the war in Belgium took place northwest of Liege, on August 12, when a force of 5000... Read more
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Battle of Lorraine
On the morning of August 15, 1914, General de Castelnau's Second French army moved rapidly toward the Lorraine border on a front extending from... Read more
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Battle of Stallupönen
On August 17 Rennenkampf started the invasion of Prussia, marching the First Army directly westward towards the German lines. Although he faced no... Read more
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Battle of Gumbinnen
The Battle of Gumbinnen, initiated by forces of the German Empire on August 20, 1914, was the first major German offensive on the Eastern Front... Read more
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Battle of the Ardennes
The Battle of the Ardennes was one of the opening battles of World War I. It took place from August 21-23, 1914, part of the Battle of the... Read more
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Germany Captures Namur
While von Kluck's army was investing Liege and its fortresses, von Buelow's army, 280,000 strong, was advancing up the valley of the Meuse toward... Read more
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Battle of Charleroi
The French army of Gen. Lanrezac, on the day following the battle of Neufchateau, met with defeat, because that general had failed to carry out his... Read more
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German Troops Capture Dinant, Executing 674 of Its Inhabitants
On 23 August 1914, 674 inhabitants of Dinant were summarily executed by German troops. It was one of the biggest atrocities committed by the... Read more
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Battle of Mons
Although the French armies on his right were in full retreat from the Belgian frontier on August 23, 1914 following their defeat first at Neuf... Read more
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Siege of Maubeuge
Skilful Retreat Conducted by Foch De Castelnau's Lorraine army was still in peril, however, and a further withdrawal across the Seille and... Read more
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Imperial Japanese Navy First Sends the Suwo to Blockade German-Controlled Kiaochow
The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) first sent ships under Vice-Admiral Sadakichi Kato, flying his flag in the pre-dreadnought Suwo, to blockade the... Read more
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First Battle of Guise
The Battle of St. Quentin (also called the First Battle of Guise (French: 1ere Bataillede Guise)) was fought during World War I. On the night of... Read more
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Japanese 18th Infantry Division Begins Landings at Longkou
During the course of the naval operations off Tsingtao, the British Royal Navy (RN) attached the China Station's pre-dreadnought HMS Triumph and... Read more