The history of Germany from prehistoric times to post reunification .
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Germanic tribes 100BC to 300AD Little is known about early Germanic history..more |
Frankish Empire 3rd - 10th cent The first time that Francia is named is in the..more |
Charlemagne Charlemagne 747 - 814 was King of the Franks from 768 to his death. He expanded the Frankish kingdoms...more |
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Middle Ages 772 to 814
King Charlemagne extended the Carolingian empire ..more |
The Protestant Reformation 1517 - 1648
The Protestant Reformation was a reform movement in the Holy Roman Empire that began in 1517..more |
Thirty Years' War 1618 1648 The Thirty Years' War was a religious war fought over a thirty-year time period from 1618 to 1648, involving..more |
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Revolutions of 1848 in the German states "Germany" at the time of the Revolutions of 1848 had been a collection of 38 .. more |
German Confederation 1850 -1866 The German Confederation was the association of Central European states..more |
A historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg..more |
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Franco-Prussian War 1870-71 The Franco-Prussian War was waged between France and Prussia and the German states from 1870 to1871..more |
Rise of the German Empire Germany from 1871 to 1918, when it was a semi-constitutional monarchy...more |
German Colonial Empire From 1898, German colonial expansion in East Asia (Jiaozhou Bay, the Marianas..more |
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Weimar Republic 1919 – 1933
Following World War I, the republic emerged from the German Revolution in..more |
Nazi Germany 1933 -45
Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf..more |
Federal Republic of Germany 1949 - 1990
From its formation in May 1949 to German reunification in October 1990..more |
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German Democratic Republic 1949 - 1990 The occupation zones into which Germany was divided had been decided upon by the european Advisory..more |
German Reunification 1990 German reunification (German: Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) took place on 3 October 1990 when the five established states..more |
Reunited Germany 1990 - present more |
