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Jan 1, 1024
The Salian Dynasty
The Salian Dynasty ruled Germany from 1024-1255 -
Jan 1, 1099
The First Crusade
Jerusalem is taken from the Muslims on the urging of Pope Urban II. This was led by Count Raymond IV of Toulouse. -
Jan 1, 1138
The Hohenstaufen Dynasty
The Hohenstaufen Dynasty ruled Germany from 1138-1254. -
Jan 1, 1147
The Second Crusade
The Second Crusade was led by Holy Roman Emperor Conrad III and by King Louis VII of France in 1147 -
Jan 1, 1190
The Third Crusade
Third Crusade was led by Richard the Lionheart of England, Philip II of France, and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I. -
Jan 1, 1200
The Fourth Crusade
The Fourth Crusade and the French/Flemish advanced on Constantinople but the Christians fail to recapture Jerusalem in 1200 -
Jan 1, 1212
The Children's Crusade
The Children's Crusade was led by a French peasant boy named Stephen of Cloyes in 1212 -
Oct 1, 1348
The Black Death
The Black Death ravages Europe for the first and an estimated one third of the population was thought to have it within the first year in 1348 -
Jan 1, 1499
Switzerland Breaks Away
Switzerland breaks away from the German empire in 1499 -
The Thirty Years War
The Thirty Years War ending with the Peace of Westphalia from 1618 through 1648 -
The War of Austrian Succession
The War of Austrian Succession lasted from 1740 through 1748 -
Prussia declared war
Prussia declared war on France and they were defeated by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1806 -
The Prussians helped Napoleon Bonaparte
The Prussians helped defeat Napoleon Bonaparte at Leipzig in 1813 -
39 independent German states
Congress of Vienna establishes the German Confederation of 39 independent German states in 1814 through 1815 -
Napoleon was defeated
Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo in 1815 -
Franco-Prussian War
Franco-Prussian War happened in 1870 -
Germany captures Paris
Germany captures Paris in January of 1871 -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914 -
Germany and the United Kingdom declares war
Germany declares war on Russia and France. The United Kingdom declares war on Germany in August of 1914 -
Germany was declared a republic
Germany was declared a republic on November 9, 1918 -
The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles ends World War I and the Rhineland was placed under Allied occupation for 15 years on November 11, 1918 -
Armed Rebellion
The National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazis) attempt an unsuccessful armed rebellion led by Adolf Hitler in 1923 -
Adolf Hitler As The Chancellor
Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler as the chancellor and Nazi Germany begin persecuting Jews in 1933 -
The Third Reich
The Nazi German government is called the Third Reich and Adolf Hitler declared himself der Fuhrer in 1934 -
Germany annexes Austria
Germany annexes Austria on April 10, 1938 -
Germany occupies Czechoslovakia
Germany occupies Czechoslovakia on March 16, 1939 -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invades Poland which started World War 2 on September 1, 1939 -
Adolf Hitler commits suicide
Adolf Hitler commits suicide on April 30, 1945 -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945 -
Germany surrenders
Germany surrenders on May 7, 1946 -
Germany divided into four zones
Germany divided into four zones of military occupation. They were the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and the Soviet Union. And this happened in June of 1946 -
The Allies Approve A Constitution
The Allies approve a constitution for western Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) and East Germany adopts a Communist-prepared constitution in May of 1949 -
The German Democratic Republic
The German Democratic Republic was formed (East Germany) in October of 1949 -
West Germany obtains independence
West Germany obtains independence on May 5 1955 -
The Berlin Wall Was Built
The Berlin Wall was built in August of 1961 -
The Berlin Wall Demolished
The Berlin Wall demolished and Communist East Germans were able to travel to the West of Germany on November 9, 1989 -
East And West Germany Were Reunited
East and West Germany was reunited on October 3, 1990 -
The Saxon Dynasty
The Saxon Dynasty ruled Germany from 919-1024
