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1869 In Germany
Events from the year 1869 in Germany. Incumbents * King of Bavaria – Ludwig II * King of Prussia – William I * King of Saxony – John * King of Württemberg – Charles of Württemberg * Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick I Events * 9 May – The German Alpine Club is founded * 15 June – The Second German North Polar Expedition departs from Bremerhaven * 20 August – Kunsthalle Hamburg opened. * 5 September – The foundation stone is laid for Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria Undated *First Deutsches Derby horse race takes place Births * 25 January – Max Hoffmann, German general (died 1927) * 3 February – Johann Becker, German politician (died 1951) * 8 March – Rudolf Wissell, politician (died 1962) * 15 February – Hans Schrader, German archaeologist (died 1948) * 11 May – Erhard Riecke, German dermatologist and venereologist (died 1939) * 12 May – Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast (died 1946) * 18 May – Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, German nobleman ... [...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] |
Kunsthalle Hamburg
The Hamburger Kunsthalle is the art museum of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany. It is one of the largest art museums in the country. The museum consists of three connected buildings, dating from 1869 (main building), 1921 (Kuppelsaal) and 1997 (Galerie der Gegenwart), located in the Altstadt district between the Hauptbahnhof (central train station) and the two Alster lakes. The name ''Kunsthalle'' indicates the museum's history as an 'art hall' when it was founded in 1850. Today, the museum houses one of the few art collections in Germany that cover seven centuries of European art, from the Middle Ages to the present day. The Kunsthalle's permanent collections focus on North German painting of the 14th century, paintings by Dutch, Flemish and Italian artists of the 16th and 17th centuries, French and German drawings and paintings of the 19th century, and international modern and contemporary art. History The museum collection traces its origin to 1849, when it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 In Germany
Events in the year 1962 in Germany. Incumbents *President – Heinrich Lübke *Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer Events * 16-17 February - North Sea flood of 1962 *2 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 *28 February – Oberhausen Manifesto *22 June – 3 July 12th Berlin International Film Festival * 8 October – Spiegel affair begins, when an article in ''Der Spiegel'' questions the adequacy of Germany's defence capability. *14 December – The Fifth Adenauer cabinet, led by Konrad Adenauer, is sworn in. Births *5 January – Ralf Meister, German Lutheran theologian, former General Superintendent (regional bishop) of Berlin, and Landesbischof of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover *9 January – André Wohllebe, German canoeist (died 2014) *19 January – Monika Grütters, German politician *31 January – Frank Wieneke, German judoka *8 February – Martin Wuttke, German actor *13 February – Christiane We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Wissell
Rudolf Wissell (8 March 1869 – 13 December 1962) was a German politician in the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). During the Weimar Republic, he held office as the Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister for Labour. Early life Rudolf Wissell was born on 8 March 1869 in Göttingen, in the Prussian Province of Hanover. His father was Ludwig Wissel, a helmsman, his mother was Ulrike, née Klimmet. He went to school in Bremen from 1876-83. In 1883, he started an apprenticeship as a mechanical engineer. Finishing in 1887, Wissell started to work at a machine builder in Bremen.). In 1888, Wissel became a member of the (still illegal) SPD and chairman of the ''Fachverein der Schlosser und Maschinenbauer'' (a union). In 1890, he brought the ''Fachverein'' into the newly founded '' Deutscher Metallarbeiter-Verband''. From 1891-3, he served in a Prussian Grenadier regiment stationed in Posen. Following military service, Wissell worked as a lathe operator at Kiel and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8 March
Events Pre-1600 *1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem ''Shahnameh''. * 1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León. *1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between bourgeois militias and the army of the bishop of Strasbourg. *1558 – The city of Pori ( sv, Björneborg) was founded by Duke John on the shores of the Gulf of Bothnia. 1601–1900 *1658 – Treaty of Roskilde: After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655–1661), Frederick III, the King of Denmark–Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden. *1702 – Queen Anne, the younger sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland. *1722 – The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at the Battle of Gulnabad. * 1736 – Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran. *1775 – An anonymous writer, thought by some to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 In Germany
Events in the year 1951 in West Germany and East Germany. Incumbents West Germany *President – Theodor Heuss *Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer East Germany *Head of State – Wilhelm Pieck *Head of Government – Otto Grotewohl Events * April 29 - Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 1951 * June 5 - East German referendum, 1951 * June 6 to 17 - 1st Berlin International Film Festival Births *1 January - Hans-Joachim Stuck, racing driver *4 January - Richard Oetker, German businessman *8 January - Franz Pachl, German chess player and composer *28 January - Karl Honz, German athlete *16 February - Franz-Josef Bode, German bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück * 4 March - Edelgard Bulmahn, German politician * 24 March - Monika Stolz, German politician *30 March - Wolfgang Niedecken, German singer *1 April - Johanna Wanka, German politician *9 April - Monika Piel, German journalist *17 April - Horst Hrubesch, German football player *18 May - Angela Voigt, Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Becker (politician)
Johann Becker (3 February 1869 – 17 October 1951) was a German lawyer and politician of the German People's Party. From January 1916 to November 1918 he served as finance minister of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. He was elected a member of the Weimar National Assembly in 1919. He continued to serve as a delegate in the Reichstag until 1930. In 1922/1923 he was Minister of Economics, under Chancellor Wilhelm Cuno, during the onset of hyperinflation. Life and career Johann Baptist (also: Johannes) Becker was born on 3 February 1869 at Ludwigshöhe in the Grand Duchy of Hesse (present-day Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany). His father, Franz Becker, was a builder and winemaker from a peasant family. His mother was Elisabetha, née Schaad. Becker married Johanna Caroline Hartmann on 4 September 1895 at Gießen. They had one daughter. He studied at Gießen, Leipzig, Munich and Berlin. He then joined the civil service of the Grand Duchy of Hesse where he advanced rapidly. From January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3 February
Events Pre-1600 * 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. *1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. *1488 – Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south. *1509 – The Portuguese navy defeats a joint fleet of the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Venice, the Sultan of Gujarat, the Mamlûk Burji Sultanate of Egypt, the Zamorin of Calicut, and the Republic of Ragusa at the Battle of Diu in Diu, India. * 1583 – Battle of São Vicente takes place off Portuguese Brazil where three English warships led by navigator Edward Fenton fight off three Spanish galleons sinking one in the process. 1601–1900 * 1661 – Maratha forces under Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj defeat the Mughals in the Battle of Umberkhind. *1690 – The colony of Mass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1927 In Germany
Events in the year 1927 in Germany. Incumbents National level President *Paul von Hindenburg (Non-partisan) Chancellor *Wilhelm Marx (Centre) ''(2nd term)'' Events * 10 January - The film ''Metropolis'' is released. * 19–21 August - The 3rd Nazi Party Congress is held in Nuremberg and the propaganda film ''Eine Symphonie des Kampfwillens'' is made at this rally. * 16 September - President Paul von Hindenburg repudiates German responsibility for the Great War * 23 November - Germany and Poland sign a trade pact * Date unknown: ** Uncertainty principle introduced by German physicist Werner Heisenberg ** Emil Lerp invented the transportable gasoline chainsaw. Births *4 January - Claus Jacobi, German journalist (died 2013) *5 January - Dieter Henrich, German philosopher (died 2022) *12 January - Ignaz Bubis, President of Central Council of Jews in Germany (died 1999) *18 January - Werner Liebrich, German international footballer (died 1995) *26 January - Hubert Schieth, German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Hoffmann
Carl Adolf Maximilian Hoffmann (25 January 1869 – 8 July 1927) was a German military strategist. As a staff officer at the beginning of World War I, he was Deputy Chief of Staff of the 8th Army, soon promoted Chief of Staff. Hoffmann, along with Hindenburg and Ludendorff, masterminded the devastating defeat of the Russian armies at Tannenberg and the Masurian Lakes. He then held the position of Chief of Staff of the Eastern Front. At the end of 1917, he negotiated with Russia to sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Early life and prewar military career Hoffmann was born in Homberg (Efze), the son of a district court judge. From 1879 to 1887 he studied at the Gymnasium in Nordhausen. After graduation he volunteered for the 72nd Infantry Regiment. One of his comrades affectionately recalled "He was almost the worst athlete, horseman and swordsman of them all. ... he exceeded them in his terrifying appetite." As an ensign he studied at the Kriegsschule (Officer School) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25 January
Events Pre-1600 * 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate. * 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty. *1348 – A strong earthquake strikes the South Alpine region of Friuli in modern Italy, causing considerable damage to buildings as far away as Rome. *1494 – Alfonso II becomes King of Naples. * 1515 – Coronation of Francis I of France takes place at Reims Cathedral, where the new monarch is anointed with the oil of Clovis and girt with the sword of Charlemagne. *1533 – Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn. *1554 – São Paulo, Brazil, is founded by Jesuit priests. *1573 – Battle of Mikatagahara: In Japan, Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu. *1575 – Luanda, the capital of Angola, is founded by the Portuguese navigator Paulo Dias de Novais. *1585 – Walter Ralei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutsches Derby
The Deutsches Derby is a Group 1 flat horse race in Germany open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Hamburg-Horn over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July. It is Germany's equivalent of The Derby, a famous race in England. History The event was established in 1869, and it was originally called the Norddeutsches Derby. It became known as the Deutsches Derby in 1889. For most of its history the race has been held at Hamburg. It has also been staged at Grunewald (1919), Hoppegarten (1943–44), Munich (1946) and Cologne (1947). It was titled the Grosser Deutschlandpreis der Dreijährigen during World War II. The present system of race grading was introduced in Germany in 1972, and the Deutsches Derby was given Group 1 status. The race was sponsored by BMW from 1991 to 2008. It was backed by IDEE Kaffee from 2009 to 2011 and Sparda-Bank from 2012 to 2014 before I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
