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1868 In Germany
Events from the year 1868 in Germany. Incumbents * King of Bavaria – Ludwig II of Bavaria, Ludwig II * List of rulers of Prussia, King of Prussia – William I, German Emperor, William I * King of Saxony – John of Saxony, John * King of Württemberg – Charles of Württemberg * Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, Frederick I Events * 28 January – The Leipzig Opera, Leipzig Opera House is inaugurated. It was destroyed during the 1943 Bombing of Leipzig in World War II, Bombing of Leipzig. * 8 March – 1868 Zollparlament election Undated * The Herrenhäuser Brewery is founded in Hanover * The liberal German People's Party (1868), German People's Party is founded Births * January 3 - Heinrich Brauns, German politician (died 1933 in Germany, 1933) * January 15 – Otto von Lossow, German general (died 1938 in Germany, 1938) * January 21 – Felix Hoffmann, German chemist (died 1946 in Germany, 1946) * March 1 - Alfred Henke, German politician (died 1946 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany after Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen. Hanover's urban area comprises the towns of Garbsen, Langenhagen and Laatzen and has a population of about 791,000 (2018). The Hanover Region has approximately 1.16 million inhabitants (2019). The city lies at the confluence of the River Leine and its tributary the Ihme, in the south of the North German Plain, and is the largest city in the Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region. It is the fifth-largest city in the Low German dialect area after Hamburg, Dortmund, Essen and Bremen. Before it became the capital of Lower Saxony in 1946, Hannover was the capital of the Principality of Calenberg (1636–1692), the Electorate of Hanover (1692–1814), the Kingdom of Hannover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1942 In Germany
Events in the year 1942 in Germany. Incumbents National level Head of State and Chancellor * Adolf Hitler (the Führer) (Nazi Party) Events * 13 January — Heinkel test pilot Helmut Schenk becomes the first person to escape from a stricken aircraft with an ejection seat. * 20 January — World War II: Nazis at the Wannsee conference in Berlin decide that the "final solution to the Jewish problem" is deportation, and later extermination. * 21 January — World War II: Erwin Rommel launches his new offensive in Cyrenaica. * 3 February — World War II: Rommel suspends his offensive in Cyrenaica. * 17 March — Holocaust: the Nazi German extermination camp Belzec opens in occupied Poland about 1 km south of the local railroad station of Belzec in the Lublin district of the General Government. Between March 1942 and December 1942, at least 434,508 people were killed there. * 24 March - The deportation of Slovak Jews to Auschwitz begins. * 27 March - The first French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Ritter Von Dandl
Otto Ritter von Dandl (13 May 1868 in Straubing – 20 May 1942) was a Bavarian politician and lawyer who was the last Minister-President of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Life Otto Ritter von Dandl was born in Straubing, Lower Bavaria, in 1868, his parents being Georg Ritter von Dandl and Karoline Weninger. He studied law and graduated in 1890. He entered the Bavarian government service, becoming a judge at the court in Munich. He rose through the ranks quickly, occupying a position in the justice department from 1900. In 1906, von Dandl became an adviser of Prinzregent Luitpold, who ruled Bavaria in his nephew's, King Otto's stead. With the death of Luitpold in 1912, his son Ludwig took up the position as ''Prinzregent'' (''Prince Regent'') of Bavaria and von Dandl became the chief of his cabinet. Ludwig acceded to the throne of Bavaria as Ludwig III in 1913 and bestowed the title of '' Staatsrat'' on von Dandl. In 1917, when Germany's situation had gradually worsened due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Von Schillings
Max von Schillings (April 19, 1868 – July 24, 1933 in Berlin) was a German conductor, composer and theatre director. He was chief conductor at the Berlin State Opera from 1919 to 1925. Schillings' opera ''Mona Lisa'' (1915) was internationally successful and was performed at the Metropolitan Opera. The composer married Barbara Kemp, the soprano who sang the title role. Before ''Mona Lisa'', Schillings had already written three operas: ''Ingwelde'' (1894), ''Der Pfeifertag'' (1899) and ''Der Moloch'' (1906). Biography Born in Düren, Max von Schillings was brother to the photographer Carl Georg Schillings. He received his first musical training in violin, piano and theory at the same time as his formal education in Bonn. His teachers were Caspar Joseph Brambach and Otto von Königslow. Schillings later studied jurisprudence, philosophy, literature and art history at the University of Munich. On October 1, 1892, he married his cousin Caroline Josefa Peill in Römlinghoven. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 In Germany
Events in the year 1955 in Germany. Incumbents *President – Theodor Heuss * Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer Events * May 15 - Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 1955 * June 24 - July 5 - 5th Berlin International Film Festival * July 2 - Tierpark Berlin opened. * July 15 - September 18 - documenta 1 in Kassel * August 11 - 1955 Altensteig mid-air collision * September 20 - Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR Births * 4 January - Wolfgang Tiefensee, German politician * 14 January - Jan Fedder, German actor (died 2019) * 16 January - Martin Roth, German museum director (died 2017) * 18 January - Gerburg Jahnke, German comedian * 25 January - Petra Gerster, German journalist * 1 February ** Hans Werner Olm, German comedian ** Christian, Duke of Oldenburg, head of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg * 10 February - Bernd Martin, German football player (died 2018) * 6 March - Friedbert Pflüger, German politician * 8 March - Thomas Bellut, German journali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Wilhelm Kopsch
Friedrich Wilhelm Theodor Kopsch (4 March 1868 in Saarbrücken - 24 January 1955 in Berlin) was a German anatomist born in Saarbrücken. Life He studied under Heinrich Wilhelm Waldeyer (1836-1921) at the University of Berlin, obtaining his medical doctorate in 1892 with a thesis on the ciliary body and iris of the reptilian eye. In 1898 he received his habilitation in Berlin, and in 1935 was appointed full professor of histology, embryology and anatomy at the institute of Hermann Stieve (1886-1952). Kopsch published numerous works on comparative anatomy and embryology, and with August Rauber (1841-1917) was co-author of the ''Lehrbuch und Atlas der Anatomie des Menschen''. After Rauber's death, he was its sole author. Selected writings * ''Untersuchungen über Gastrulation and Embryobildung bei den Chordaten'' (Investigations of gastrulation and embryo formation in chordates), 1904. * ''Die morphologische Bedeutung des Keimhautrandes und die Embryobildung bei der Forelle'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Henke
Alfred Henke (1 March 1868 – 24 February 1946) was a German politician, serving as a member of a number of national and regional parliaments during the early 20th century who played a major role in the establishment of the Bremen Soviet Republic. Biography Early life and career Born in Altona in Hamburg on 1 March 1868, Henke attended elementary school in Bremen. After graduating he joined his father and trained to be a cigar worker. In 1887 he went to Hamburg to work, before doing military service between 1888 and 1891 with the 6th West Prussian Grenadier Regiment. After leaving the army he again worked in the tobacco industry, joining the Tobacco Workers' Union (german: Tabakarbeitergewerkschaft). He served as a delegate during several trade union congresses. From the mid-1890s and on he was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, acquiring a knowledge of Marxism through self-study. For some time he was district chairman of the SPD in his birthplace of Alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 In Germany
Events in the year 1946 in Germany. Events January * January: ** German steel production limited to 25% of prewar level by the Allied Control Council. ** British occupation zone denazification responsibilities turned over to the Germans. ** Soviet 2nd Shock Army returned to the Soviet Union. * 8 January: Braunschweiger Zeitung founded. February * 1 February: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra founded. * 5 February: Soviet 47th Army disbanded. * 20 February: The worst explosion in German history kills more than 400 coal miners in Bergkamen. * 21 February: ''Die Zeit'' founded. March * March: ** Law for Liberation from National Socialism and Militarism turns denazification responsibility over to the Germans. ** Seventh United States Army inactivated. ** Bamberg Symphony founded. * 2 March: Rheinische Post founded. April * April: Badisches Volksecho founded. * 2 April: ''Die Welt'' founded. * 3 April: Lübecker Nachrichten founded. * 8 April: Sozialistische Einheit cease ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Hoffmann
Felix Hoffmann (21 January 1868 – 8 February 1946) was a German chemist notable for re-synthesising diamorphine (independently from C.R. Alder Wright who synthesized it 23 years earlier), which was popularized under the Bayer trade name of "heroin". He is also credited with synthesizing aspirin, though whether he did this under his own initiative or under the instruction of Arthur Eichengrün is contested. Career Felix Hoffmann was born on 21 January 1868 in Ludwigsburg, Germany, the son of an industrialist. In 1889, he started studying chemistry at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich to study pharmacy and ended it in 1890 with the pharmaceutical state exam. In 1891 he graduated magna cum laude from the University of Munich. Two years later he earned his doctorate, also magna cum laude, after completing his thesis entitled "On certain derivatives of dihydroanthracene". In 1894, he joined Bayer as a research chemist. On 10 August 1897 Hoffmann synthesized acetylsa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 In Germany
Events in the year 1938 in Germany. Incumbents National level Head of State and Chancellor * Adolf Hitler (the Führer) (Nazi Party) Events * 12 January — The German War Minister Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg marries Eva Gruhn in Berlin; Hermann Göring is best man at the wedding. * 27 January — German War Minister Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg resigns, following the revelation that his new wife had previously posed for pornographic photos. * 4 February — Adolf Hitler abolishes the War Ministry and creates the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed Forces), giving him direct control of the German military. In addition, Hitler sacks political and military leaders considered unsympathetic to his philosophy or policies. General Werner von Fritsch is forced to resign as Commander of Chief of the German Army following accusations of homosexuality, and replaced by General Walther von Brauchitsch. Foreign Minister Baron Konstantin von Neurath is sacke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Von Lossow
Otto Hermann von Lossow (15 January 1868 – 25 November 1938) was a Bavarian Army and then German Army officer who played a prominent role in the events surrounding the attempted Beer Hall Putsch by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in November 1923. Military career Lossow was born in Hof in the Kingdom of Bavaria. He entered the Bavarian Army in 1888. He served in a variety of assignments, and was trained as a general staff officer. He served with the German contingent of the relief expedition during the Boxer Rebellion. Immediately prior to World War I, Lossow was a lieutenant colonel and a general staff officer without a specific assignment. On mobilization in August 1914, he was assigned to be the chief of the general staff of the II. Bavarian Reserve Corps. Lossow served with the corps until July 1915, when he became the German military attaché in Istanbul (then still called Constantinople in German records) in the Ottoman Empire, where he assisted the Ottoman Army and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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