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Tribes in germany
The first gemanic tribes appear in northern germany during the nordic Bronze age -
Period: 500 to Feb 17, 1500
germany
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Feb 17, 1000
holy roman empire
In the early part of the period, central Europe is inhabited by various tribes, either pagan or newly Christian. By 1000, the region is the heartland of the Holy Roman Empire, a loose confederation of territory ruled by a Christian dynasty aspiring to the greatness of Roman and Byzantine imperial power. -
Feb 20, 1024
Salian
1024-1255 - The Salian dynasty rules the Germans -
Feb 17, 1046
henry 3
German Emperor Henry III arrives in Italy and names a German monastic reformer as pope. The series of reforming popes that follow enacts decrees against simony and clerical marriage. -
Feb 21, 1118
Templars
The Knights Templar founded to protect Jerusalem and European pilgrims on their journey to the city -
Feb 17, 1125
prices
German princes abolish the hereditary claim to the throne and establish the right to elect new rulers -
Feb 21, 1138
Hohenstaufen dynasty
1138 -1254 - The Hohenstaufen dynasty -
Feb 17, 1170
windmill
The first European windmill is developed -
Feb 23, 1196
Fredrick 2
The last great "German" emperor, Frederick II (1196-1250) came to the throne as a baby. After a stormy childhood, during which pope Innocent III was his guardian against more threatening German nobles, he came to the throne in high own right -
Feb 21, 1273
Rudolf
Rudolf of Hapsburg crowned king of the Germans -
Feb 20, 1348
The deaths first strike
The black detah makes its first deadly strike on Europe infecting millions of people and there loved ones. One third of the population of europe was dead within the first year. -
Feb 20, 1546
Emperor charles V defeats protestants
1546-1547: Emperor Charles V defeats the Protestant princes and allies.Charles won to the Catholic cause some of the princes of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1546 he outlawed the Schmalkaldic League He drove the League's troops out of southern Germany and at the Battle of Mühlberg defeated John Frederick, Elector of Saxony and imprisoned Philip of Hesse in 1547.Protestant princes, in alliance with Henry II of France, rebelled against Charles in 1552, which caused Charles to retreat to the Netherlan -
Charlemagne
Real German history begins with Charlemagne (768-814). The war with the Saxons was the most important one he carried on, and the result of this struggle, of fundamental importance for German history, was that the Saxons were brought into connexion with the other Germanic tribes and did not fall under Scandinavian influence. -
Charlamgne dies
Charmagne dies in 840 near Ingelheim. -
henry 1
The fame of Henry I was assured by his victory over the Magyars near Merseburg (933). By regaining Lorraine, that had been lost during the reign of Conrad, he secured a bulwark on the side towards France that permitted the uninterrupted consolidation of his realm. -
saxon
The saxons rule over all of germany
