Gropius

Walter Gropius

  • Telephone is invented

    Telephone is invented
    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone / Das Telefon ist erfunden.
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    Lifetime of Walter Gropius

  • Statue of Liberty

    Statue of Liberty
    The Statue of Liberty is dedicated in New York City. / Die Freiheitsstatue wird eingeweiht.
  • Flight

    Flight
    The Wright Brothers make the first successful airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina / Die Gebrüder Wright erreichen die erste erfolgreiche Flugreise.
  • Invited to Applied Arts School

    Gropius is invited to head the school for applied arts in Weimar. / Gropius wird gebeten, die Schule für angewandte Kunst in Weimar leiten.
  • Gropuis in Berlin

    Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer establish a firm in Berlin / Er wohnt in Berlin und arbeitet mit Adolf Meyer
  • WWI

    Germany declares war on Russia; World War I begins. / Deutschland erklärt Russland den Krieg.
  • Cornerstone for Bauhaus is laid.

    "State Bauhaus" was formed in Weimar. / "Staatliche Bauhaus" in Weimar gebildet.
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    Bauhaus

    Gropius founds the Bauhaus School in Weimar and works there fro the following six years / Er arbeitet bei Die Bauhaus Schule fuer sechs jahre.
  • 18th Amendment

    The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution is signed. Prohibition begins. / Das achtzehnte Änderung der Verfassung wird unterzeichnet.
  • Lenin Dies

    Vladimir Lenin dies; Joseph Stalin takes power in the Soviet Union. / Vladimir Lenin stirbt
  • Germany in League of Nations

    Germany is admitted into the League of Nations. / Der Völkerbund gesteht Deutschland
  • Pluto is discovered

    Astronomers find and classify Pluto as the 9th planet in our solar system. / Pluto wird entdeckt
  • Hitler gains power

    Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany / Adolf Hitler wird Kanzler von Deutschland
  • Constructs Pavillion for World's Fair

    Gropius and Marcel Breuer build the Pennsylvania Pavillion for the World's Fair in New York City. / Gropius und Marcel Breuer bauen die Pennsylvania Pavillon für die Weltausstellung in New York City.
  • WWII

    World War II begins when Germany invades Poland / Dem Zweiten Weltkrieg beginnt
  • Penicillin

    Penicillin is first used to treat a patient / Ein Patient wird zuerst mit Penicillin behandelt
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    Gropius works at The Architects' Collaborative

    TAC designed many public school buildings. Based in Cambridge, MA / Gropius arbeitet bei The Architects' Collaborative.
  • A Streetcar Named Desire

    Tennessee William's play "A Streetcar Named Desire" debuts on Broadway. / Tennessee Williams Stück A Streetcar Named Desire Debüt am Broadway
  • Mt. Everest is conquered

    Mt. Everest is conquered
    Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first people to summit the tallest mountain in the world / Edmund Hillary und Tenzing Norgay als erste Menschen den Mount Everest besteigen geworden
  • Polio Vaccine

    Jonas Salk announces the development for a cure of Polio / Salk findet eine Heilung fuer Polio.
  • Lunar Landing

    Lunar Landing
    Apollo 11 becomes the first spacecraft to land on the Moon. Apollo 11 ist die erste dass an die Moon landern.
  • Nixon Resigns

    Nixon Resigns
    Richard Nixon steps out of the office of the President of the United States as a result of fallout from the Watergate Scandal / Richard Nixon hat in 1974 abtreten von die President.
  • Viking 2 lands on Mars

    Viking 2 lands on Mars
    This is the second automated spacecraft to land Successfully on the Red Planet / Der Viking 2 ist am Mars landen in 1976.