Today in German History (Part 10)
Sub-Topics: Baden-Württemberg - Bavaria - Berlin - Bremen - Hamburg - Hessen - Lower Saxony - Northrhine-Westfalia - Saxony
Historical Events
Events 901 - 1,000 of 1,711
1940-08-25 - 1st (British) night bombing of Germany (Berlin)
1940-08-31 - German occupiers in Netherlands begin soap ration
1940-09-07 - German Air Force blitz London for 1st of 57 consecutive nights
1940-09-09 - 28 German aircraft shot down above England
1940-09-10 - Buckingham Palace hit by German bomb
1940-09-11 - -12] Buckingham Palace destroyed by German bombs
1940-09-11 - Buckingham Palace in London destroyed by German bombs
1940-09-13 - Buckingham Palace destroyed by German bombs
1940-09-14 - German bomb hits shelter in Chelsea; 100s die
1940-09-18 - 19 German aircrafts shot down above England
1940-09-25 - German High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling government
1940-09-27 - 55 German aircrafts shot down above England
1940-09-27 - Nazi-Germany, Italy & Japan sign 10 year formal alliance (Axis)
1940-09-28 - Nazi occupiers present "New Dutch Culture" in German
1940-09-30 - 47 German aircrafts shot down above England
1940-10-02 - 17 German aircrafts shot down above England
1940-10-04 - 12 German aircrafts shot down above England
1940-10-08 - German troops occupies Romania
1940-10-15 - -16] Heavy German air raid on London, 400 killed
1940-10-15 - London's Waterloo Station bombed by Germans
1940-10-17 - German occupiers issue identity cards
1940-10-31 - Battle of Britain: Germany & Britair control of English Channel, ends
1940-11-14 - During WW II, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England
1940-11-16 - World War II: In response to Germany's leveling of Coventry, England two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
1940-11-19 - German air raid on Birmingham fails
1940-11-20 - German air raid on Birmingham fails
1940-11-26 - Nazi Germany began walling off the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw
1940-12-06 - Gestapo arrest German resistance fighter/poster artist Helen Ernst
1940-12-11 - Russian general Zhukov warns of German assault
1940-12-29 - Germany begins dropping incendiary bombs on London (WW II)
1941-01-02 - World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales.
1941-01-31 - Anti-German demonstration in Haarlem Netherlands
1941-02-11 - Sicherheitsdienst complains about Dutch anti German sentiments
1941-02-14 - German Africa Corps lands in Tripoli, Libya
1941-02-22 - German assault on El Agheila Libya
1941-03-01 - German troops invade Bulgaria
1941-03-02 - World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joined the Axis Pact.
1941-03-12 - German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands
1941-03-20 - Nazi-German/Yugoslav pact drawn
1941-03-24 - German troops occupy El Agheila Libya
1941-03-27 - Yugoslavian coup gets rid of pro-German Prince Paul
1941-03-30 - German counter offensive in North-Africa
1941-04-01 - Pro-German Rashid Ali al-Ghailani grabs power in Iraq
1941-04-01 - The Blockade Runner Badge for German navy is instituted.
1941-04-02 - German occupier disallows Dutch scouting association
Soviet Union Premier Joseph Stalin
1941-04-03 - Churchill warns Stalin of German invasion
1941-04-03 - Rasjid al-Gailani forms pro-German regime in Iraq
1941-04-04 - German troops conquer Banghazi
1941-04-06 - Begin oper Bestrafung-Germany bomb attacks Belgrade (17,000 die)
1941-04-06 - German bombardment on Piraeus (munitions ship explodes)
1941-04-10 - German troops conquer Libyan county Cyrenaica
1941-04-11 - Germany blitzes Conventry, England
1941-04-13 - Heavy German assault on Tobruk
1941-04-14 - 1st massive German raid in Paris, 3,600 Jews rounded up
1941-04-17 - World War II: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany.
1941-04-20 - 100 German bombers attack Athens
1941-04-21 - Greece surrenders to nazi-Germany
1941-04-23 - Greece Army surrenders to German Nazis RAF brings Greek king George II to Egypt
1941-04-27 - German troops occupy Athens Greece
1941-05-01 - German assault on Tobruk
1941-05-03 - -4] German air raid on Liverpool
1941-05-08 - German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean
1941-05-09 - British Army breaks German spy codes
1941-05-13 - Martin Bormann is named head of Nazi Party Chancellery in Germany
1941-05-16 - Germans made their last major air attack on Britain
1941-05-16 - Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham)
1941-05-19 - Germany occupiers in Holland forbid bicycle taxis
1941-05-20 - Germany invades Crete
1941-05-21 - German airforce occupies airport at Maleme Kreta
1941-05-26 - Ark Royal airplane sights German battleship Bismarck
1941-05-26 - German occupiers begin youth labor
1941-05-27 - FDR declares state of emergency due to Germany's sinking of Robin Moor
1941-05-27 - German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force
1941-05-30 - English Army enters Baghdad, chasing pro-German coup government
1941-05-30 - German capture Kreta
1941-05-31 - German occupiers forbids Jews access to beach & swimming pools
1941-06-01 - Germany bans all Catholic publications
1941-06-01 - Germany occupies Kreta
1941-06-03 - German occupiers stamp "J" on Jewish passports
1941-06-08 - English & French troop overthrow pro-German Syria
1941-06-18 - Turkey signs peace treaty with nazi-Germany
1941-06-20 - German U-203 fails on torpedo attack on US battleship Texas
1941-06-22 - Germany attacks the Soviet Union & occupies the Baltic states
1941-06-22 - Germany, Italy & Romania declares war on Soviet Union during WW II
1941-06-23 - Germany occupies Telz Lithuana
1941-06-24 - Germans advanced into Russia & took Vilna, Brest-Litovsk & Kaunas
1941-06-25 - Germans invade Dubno Poland, giving permission to Ukrainians to do whatever they want to 12,000 Jews living there
1941-06-27 - Bialystok Poland falls to Germany
1941-06-28 - German & Romanian soldiers kill 11,000 Jews in Kishinev
1941-06-28 - German troops occupy Galicia Poland
1941-06-30 - World War II: Operation Barbarossa - Germany captures Lviv, Ukraine.
1941-07-05 - German occupiers disband political parties
1941-07-11 - German troops attack Dnjepr
1941-07-27 - German army enters Ukraine
1941-07-30 - German occupiers forbid SDAP, VDB, ARP, RKSP, CHU & SGP in Netherlands
1941-08-01 - Luftwaffe bombs German 23rd division
1941-08-02 - German 11st Army surrounds 20 Russian divisions at Oeman
1941-08-03 - German troops conquer Roslavl USSR
1941-08-12 - French Marshal Henri Petain gave full support to Nazi Germany
1941-08-17 - German raider attacks Dutch SS Kota Nopan
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 901 - 1,000 of 2,495
1866-04-22 - Hans von Seeckt, German general (Future of the Reich)
1866-05-23 - Gustav Aschaffenburg, German psychiatrist/criminalologist
1866-06-26 - Josef Swickard, Coblenz Germany, actor (Lost City, Tale of 2 Cities)
1866-08-05 - Carl Harries, German chemist (d. 1923)
1866-11-07 - Paul Lincke, German composer/conductor/publisher (Frau Luna)
1867-01-17 - Carl Laemmle, German-born film executive (d. 1939)
1867-01-21 - Ludwig Thoma, German writer (d. 1921)
1867-02-11 - August W Messer, German philosopher/educator/psychologist
1867-02-12 - Hedwig Courths-Mahler, German author (Warbride) [or Febr 18]
1867-02-26 - Siegfried Passarge, German geographer (Cameroon/So Afr/America)
1867-04-02 - Eugen Sandow, German bodybuilder and circus performer (d. 1925)
1867-05-14 - Kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19)
1867-07-08 - Kathe Kollwitz, Germany, print maker/sculptor (Bauernkrieg)
1867-07-10 - Max Prinz von Baden, German chancellor (Oct-Nov 1918)
1867-07-25 - Max Dauthendy, German painter/author (Ewige Hochzeit)
1867-08-07 - Emil Nolde, [Hansen], German painter/graphic artist
1867-08-13 - Rudolf Georg Binding, German songwriter/writer (Legenden Der Zeit)
1867-09-07 - Albert Basserman, Mannheim Germany, actor (Foreign Correspondant) Dies 1952
1867-12-22 - Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, Silesia, German architect (Wiener Sezession)
1867-12-22 - [Karl Eduard] Wilhelm Groener, Germany. Soldier and politician
1868-01-07 - Abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist
1868-02-16 - Wilhelm Schmidt, German anthropologist/linguist (Anthropos)
1868-03-31 - Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist
1868-04-14 - Peter Behrens, German architect (d. 1940)
1868-04-19 - Max Von Schillings, German composer/conductor (Der Pfeifertag)
1868-07-12 - Stefan George, Germany, lyric poet (Algabal)
1868-07-30 - Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist
1868-10-08 - Max Slevogt, German painter
1868-10-16 - Franz X Ritter von Epp, German general (China)
1868-11-08 - Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (d. 1942)
1868-12-05 - Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist (d. 1951)
1868-12-09 - Fritz Haber, German phycist-chemist (Nobel 1919)
1868-12-24 - Emanuel Lasker, Germany, world chess champion (1894-21)
1869-02-11 - Else Lasker-Schüler, German writer (d. 1945)
1869-04-30 - Hans Poelzig, German architect (d. 1936)
1869-06-06 - Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer/conductor
1869-06-27 - Hans Spemann, German embryologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1941)
1869-10-03 - Alfred Flatow, German Olympic champion gymnast (d. 1942)
1869-11-13 - Helene Stöcker, German feminist, pacifist and publicist (d. 1943)
1869-12-02 - Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Theory of the Dialects)
1869-12-19 - Eduard Hermann, Coburg Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, German linguist (Homer)
1870-01-06 - Gustav Bauer, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1944)
1870-01-16 - Wilhelm Normann, German chemist (hardening of oils)
1870-02-10 - Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor/painter
1870-04-07 - Gustav Landauer, German socialist
1870-06-21 - Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (d. 1915)
1870-09-04 - Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Das Nibelungenlied)
1871-01-12 - Paul Guthnick, German astronomer
1871-02-04 - Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st Reichspräsident of the Weimar Republic (d. 1925)
1871-03-27 - Heinrich Mann, Germany, novelist/essayist (Blue Angel); bros of Thomas
1871-04-29 - Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher (Intelligence of Children)
1871-08-13 - Karl Liebknecht, German revolutionary marxist (Sparta Party)
1871-09-19 - Fritz Schaudinn, German animal expert (examined syphilis)
1871-10-29 - Narziss Ach, German psychologist (Analyse des Willens)
1872-08-13 - Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1942)
1872-12-10 - Ludwig Klages, German philosopher (study of graves)
1873-01-06 - Karl Straube, German organist/conductor
1873-02-02 - Freiherr Konstantin von Neurath, German secretary of State (1932-38)
1873-03-10 - Jakob Wassermann, Germany, novelist (My Life as German & Jew)
1873-03-25 - Rudolf Rocker, German/US anarchist
1873-04-26 - Otto zur Linde, German author (Charon)
1873-05-21 - Hans Berger, German neuroscientist (d. 1941)
1873-06-03 - Otto Loewi, Frankfurt am Main Germany, physician (Nobel-1936)
1873-07-06 - Paul Keller, German writer (Ferien vom Ich)
1873-10-09 - Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (Schwarzschild effect)
1873-11-09 - Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist (d. 1941)
1874-01-01 - Gustave Whitehead, German inventor (d. 1927)
1874-02-16 - Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (d. 1935)
1874-03-20 - Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (d. 1945)
1874-04-15 - Johannes Stark, Germany, physicist (Stark effect) (Nobel 1919)
1874-04-18 - Oskar Ernst Bernhardt, German author (d. 1941)
Nazi Physician Eugen Fischer (1874-07-05)
1874-07-05 - Eugen Fischer, Bade Germany, Nazi physician (Kaiser Wilhelm Institute), (d. 1967)
1874-07-07 - Erwin Bumke, German jurist (d. 1945)
1874-07-28 - Ernst Cassirer, Germany, philosopher/educator (Essay on Man)
1874-08-22 - Max Scheler, German philosopher (Vom Umsturz der Werte)
1874-08-27 - Karl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, Nobel 1931)
1874-09-01 - Ismar Elbogen, German/US rabbi (Encyclopedia Judaica)
1874-12-11 - Paul Wegener, German actor/director (Student of Prag)
1874-12-13 - Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst)
1875-01-07 - Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945)
1875-01-16 - Leonor Michaelis, German enzyme kinetic theorist (d. 1947)
1875-01-21 - John Lindworsky, German jesuit/psychologist (Der Wille)
1875-01-21 - Paul E Kahle, Germany, professor of oriental studies
1875-02-02 - Annette Kolb, German/French author (Small Fanfare)
1875-02-04 - Ludwig Prandtl, Germany, physicist (father of aerodynamics)
1875-02-18 - Walter Andrae, German archaeologist (Babylon, Assur)
1875-03-02 - Hans Lietzman, German theologist/church historian
Novelist Thomas Mann (1875-06-06)
1875-06-06 - Thomas Mann, Germany, novelist (Magic Mountain-Nobel 1929)
1875-07-03 - Ernst F Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon
1875-09-03 - Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche, Volkswagen)
1875-12-02 - Frank Reicher, Munich Germany, actor (King Kong, Son of Kong)
1875-12-03 - Bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist
1875-12-12 - Karl R G von Rundstedt, German gen-fieldmarshal (Normandy)
1876-01-03 - Wilhelm Pieck, co-founder German Communist Party/pres (1949-60)
1876-01-05 - Konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949)
1876-02-06 - Wilhelm Schmidtbonn[-Schmidt], German playwright (Der Sprechende Eros)
1876-02-08 - Paula Modersohn-Becker, German "entartet" painter
1876-02-13 - Fritz Buelow, German-born American baseball player (d. 1933)
1876-03-29 - Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian/antifascist
1876-04-23 - Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian (d. 1925)
Famous Weddings
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Famous Divorces
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Famous Deaths
Deaths 901 - 1,000 of 1,662
1932-08-10 - Rin Tin Tin, German shepherd dog (b. 1918)
1932-08-20 - Paul Keller, German writer (Vergrabenes Gut), dies at 59
1932-09-20 - Max Slevogt, German painter, dies at 63
1932-12-18 - Eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist/revisionist, dies at 82
1933-01-03 - Wilhelm Cuno, German Reich's chancellor (1922-23), dies at 56
1933-01-06 - Vladimir de Pachmann, Russian-German pianist (b. 1848)
1933-01-28 - Theodor Birt [Beatus Rhenanus], German classicist/writer, dies at 80
1933-05-21 - John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author (Der Schwimmer), dies at 69
1933-06-20 - Clara Zetkin, German feminist/communist, dies
1933-07-23 - Max Schillings, German composer/conductor (Mona Lisa), dies at 65
1933-12-04 - Stefan George, German poet (Das neue Reich), dies at 65
1933-12-17 - Hans Vaihinger, German philosopher (Side-Studies), dies at 81
1934-01-29 - Fritz Haber, German chemist (Nobel 1918), dies at 65
1934-02-17 - Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (b. 1862)
1934-03-29 - Otto Hermann Kahn, German millionaire and benefactor (b. 1867)
1934-03-31 - Franz Ehrle, German jesuit/head of Vatican library, dies at 88
1934-06-30 - Ernst Rohm, German staff member, executed at 46
1934-06-30 - Gregor Strasser, German pharmacist/NSDAP-leader, murdered at 42
1934-06-30 - Karl Ernst, German SA-leader, murdered
1934-06-30 - Kurt von Schleiger, German chancellor (1932-33), murdered at 52
1934-08-03 - Carl F baron von Langen-Parow, German equestrian (Olympic-gold-1928)
1934-08-30 - Earnest L Wolzogen, German writer (That tolle Komtess), dies at 79
1934-11-15 - Anton CR Dreesmann, German/Neth's manufacturer (Devout & D), dies
1935-02-03 - Hugo Junkers, German engineer (b. 1859)
1935-04-14 - Amalie Emmy Noether, German mathematician (b. 1882)
1935-08-12 - Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (b. 1851)
1935-10-04 - Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (b. 1874)
1936-02-04 - Wilhelm Gustloff, German leader of the Swiss Nazi party (b. 1895)
1936-02-17 - Erich Schaeder, German theologist (Theozentrische), dies at 74
1936-02-20 - Max Schreck, German actor (b. 1879)
1936-04-09 - Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist (b. 1855)
1936-05-08 - Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes), dies
1936-09-12 - Hermann Hirt, German linguist (Indo-European Grammar), dies at 70
1936-11-11 - Edward German, composer, dies at 74
1936-12-27 - Hans von Seeckt, German Gen/advisor of Chiang Kai-shek, dies at 70
1937-02-05 - Lou [Andreas-]Salome, Russian/German author (Eroticism), dies at 75
1937-12-20 - Erich Ludendorff, German general (WW I), dies at 72
1938-01-28 - Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver, dies at 28
1938-02-05 - Hans Litten, German jurist (b. 1903)
1938-02-06 - Marianne V von Werefkin, Russ/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77
1938-02-16 - Otto zur Linde, German author (Lieder of the Leids), dies at 64
1938-03-27 - Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher/psychologist, dies at 66
1938-04-26 - Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79
1938-05-04 - Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist/writer (Nobel 1935), dies at 48
1938-06-15 - Ernst L Kirchner, German painter, dies at 58
1938-08-04 - Rudolf G Binding, German poet/writer, dies at 70
1938-08-12 - Ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74
1938-11-07 - Earnest von Rath, German antifascist/diplomat, murdered
1938-12-08 - Friedrich Glauser, German-language Swiss writer (b. 1896)
1938-12-24 - Bruno Taut, German architect (b. 1880)
1939-02-17 - Willy Hess, German violinist (b. 1859)
1939-03-06 - [Carl L] Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician, dies at 86
1939-05-03 - [Karl Eduard] Wilhelm Groener, German general, dies at 71
1939-11-09 - Dirk Klop, Dutch intelligence lt, shot by German Abwehr
1939-11-29 - Philipp Scheidemann, German MP (SPD)/mayor of Kassel, dies at 74
1939-12-19 - Karl Wagenfeld, Low German writer (Lucifer, Death & Devil), dies at 70
1939-12-20 - Hans Langsdorff, German capt (Graaf Spee), commits suicide
1940-01-04 - Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Heart of Words), dies at 59
1940-01-12 - Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies at 56
1940-01-31 - René "Sascha" Schickele, German writer (Erbe am Rhein), dies at 56
1940-02-27 - Peter Behrens, German architect, dies
1940-03-20 - Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b. 1860)
1940-04-26 - Carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65
1940-06-29 - Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Modern Art), dies at 60
1940-08-24 - Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80
1940-09-27 - Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48
1940-11-30 - Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer, dies at 78
1941-01-10 - Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian, murdered at 67
1941-01-11 - Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868)
1941-02-24 - Oskar Loerke, German director (Longest Day-1926), dies at 56
1941-03-05 - Ludwig Quidde, German historian/politician (Nobel 1927), dies at 82
1941-03-07 - Arnold Schering, German musicologist, dies at 63
1941-03-07 - Gunther Prien, German commandant (U-47), dies in battle
1941-03-17 - Joachim Schepke, German commandant (U-100), dies in battle
1941-03-21 - Robert Liefmann, German economist (Kartelle und Trusts), dies at 67
1941-06-04 - Wilhelm II von Hohenzollern, emperor (Germany, 1888-1918), dies
1941-06-15 - Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist (b. 1873)
1941-08-14 - Josef Jakobs, German spy, executed in Tower of London
1941-09-09 - Gustav Ehrismann, German germanist, dies at 85
1941-09-29 - Friedrich Angel, German mathematician (group theory), dies at 79
1941-11-17 - Earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide
1941-11-18 - Walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77
1941-11-22 - Werner Mölders, German ace fighter pilot (b. 1915)
1941-12-24 - Siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858)
1942-01-17 - Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (b. 1884)
1942-01-31 - Rolf Wenkhaus, German actor (b. 1917)
1942-02-08 - Fritz Todt, German Reichs minister (Organization Todt), dies at 50
1942-03-12 - Robert Bosch, German industrialist (b. 1861)
1942-05-31 - Reinhard Heydrich, German protector of Bohemia & Moravia, assassinated
1942-06-04 - Reinhard Heydrich, German protector (Bohemia/Moravia (Lidice)), dies
1942-06-25 - Hans Lietzman, German theologist/church historian, dies at 67
1942-08-09 - Edith Stein, German philosopher, dies
1942-08-31 - Von Bismarck, German major general, (Africa Corps), dies in battle
1942-10-06 - Erich Kuttner, German journalist/historian (Vorwarts), dies
1942-10-23 - Georg Stumme, German general/commandant of African corps, dies
1942-11-03 - Carl Sternheim, German playwright (Trousers, Snob), dies at 64
1942-12-20 - Jean Gilbert, [Max Winterfield], German composer, dies at 63
1942-12-22 - Franz Boas, German anthropologist (b. 1858)
1943-02-14 - David Hilbert, German mathematician (Hilbert Space), dies at 81
1943-02-14 - Dora Gerson, German actress, cabaret singer, and Holocaust victim (b. 1899)
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