Portal:Germany/Anniversaries/August

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August 1

1914 – World War I: The German Empire declares war on Russia
1936 – The Summer Olympics open in Berlin
1970 – Death of physician Otto Heinrich Warburg, recipient of the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine
1990 – Death of sociologist Norbert Elias
2001 – The Lebenspartnerschaftsgesetz allows civil unions in Germany

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August 2

1788 – Birth of chemist Leopold Gmelin
1905 – Birth of composer Karl Amadeus Hartmann
1934 – After the death of President Paul von Hindenburg, Adolf Hitler assumes the title of "Führer und Reichskanzler"

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August 3

1761 – Death of classical scholar Johann Matthias Gesner
1867 – Death of classical scholar Philipp August Böckh
1914 – Germany declares war on France in World War I
1942 – Death of chemist Richard Willstätter, winner of the 1915 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of the structure of chlorophyll

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August 4

1719 – Birth of mineralogist Johann Gottlob Lehmann
1753 – Death of organ and piano builder Gottfried Silbermann
1906 – Birth of zoologist Eugen Schuhmacher
1944 – Anne Frank and her family are arrested in the Achterhuis

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August 5

1895 – Death of philosopher Friedrich Engels
1901 – Death of Empress Victoria, known as Kaiserin Friedrich
1946 – Death of Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany 1923-1925
1957 – Death of chemist Heinrich Otto Wieland, recipient of the 1927 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research into bile acids

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August 6

1195 – Death of Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria
1697 – Birth of Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor
1969 – Death of philosopher Theodor W. Adorno

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August 7

1635 – Death of Jesuit poet Friedrich von Spee, opposer of the witch trials
1867 – Birth of expressionist painter Emil Nolde
1884 – German South-West Africa becomes a German colony

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August 8

1719 – Death of painter Christoph Ludwig Agricola
1944 – Execution of resistance members including Erwin von Witzleben and Paul von Hase
1960 – Birth of comic artist Ralf König
1974 – Death of Hitler Youth leader Baldur von Schirach

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August 9

1648 – Birth of composer Johann Michael Bach
1896 – Birth of physical chemist Erich Hückel
1938 – Birth of football coach Otto Rehhagel
1962 – Death of novelist Hermann Hesse, recipient of the 1946 Nobel Prize for Literature

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August 10

0955 – Otto I the Great defeats the Magyars in the Battle of Lechfeld
1878 – Birth of novelist Alfred Döblin, best known for Berlin Alexanderplatz
1896 – Death of aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal
1913 – Birth of physicist Wolfgang Paul, co-developer of the ion trap and recipient of the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics

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August 11

1464 – Death of Nicolaus Cusanus
1519 – Death of Johann Tetzel, seller of indulgences
1919 – The constitution of the Weimar Republic is signed into law
1973 – Death of chemist Karl Ziegler, recipient of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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August 12

1647 – Birth of writer Johann Heinrich Acker
1759 – Defeat of Prussia in the Battle of Kunersdorf
1762 – Birth of physician Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland
1943 – Birth of politician Herta Däubler-Gmelin
1955 – Death of author Thomas Mann, recipient of the 1929 Nobel Prize for Literature

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August 13

1876 – The Bayreuth Festspielhaus opens with the performance of Der Ring des Nibelungen
1902 – Birth of engineer Felix Wankel, inventor of the Wankel engine
1917 – Death of chemist Eduard Buchner, recipient of the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1961 – Construction of the Berlin Wall begins

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August 14

1840 – Birth of psychologist Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing
1945 – Birth of director Wim Wenders
1949 – First elections for the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany
1956 – Death of writer Bertolt Brecht

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August 15

1740 – Birth of poet Matthias Claudius
1857 – Birth of shipping tycoon Albert Ballin
1953 – Death of physicist Ludwig Prandtl

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August 16

1832 – Birth of psychologist Wilhelm Wundt
1899 – Death of chemist Robert Bunsen, known for the Bunsen Burner
1929 – Birth of football player Helmut Rahn, known as Der Boss

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August 17

1676 – Death of Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, author of Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus
1786 – Death of King Frederick II of Prussia
1956 – The Communist Party of Germany is declared illegal by the Federal Constitutional Court

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August 18

1888 – Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof is opened
1933 – The Volksempfänger is presented at the Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin
1944 – Communist politician Ernst Thälmann is shot at Buchenwald concentration camp

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August 19

1753 – Death of architect Balthasar Neumann
1830 – Birth of chemist Julius Lothar Meyer
1969 – Death of architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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August 20

1639 – Death of poet Martin Opitz von Boberfeld
1854 – Death of philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling
1915 – Death of scientist Paul Ehrlich, recipient of the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1917 – Death of chemist Adolf von Baeyer, recipient of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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August 21

1826 – Birth of anatomist Carl Gegenbaur
1838 – Death of poet Adelbert von Chamisso
1901 – Death of physiologist Adolf Eugen Fick

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August 22

1860 – Birth of inventor Paul Gottlieb Nipkow
1902 – Birth of actress and director Leni Riefenstahl
1928 – Birth of composer Karlheinz Stockhausen
1950 – The Technisches Hilfswerk is founded

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August 23

1773 – Birth of philosopher Jakob Friedrich Fries
1939 – The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact is signed in Moscow

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August 24

1617 – The Fruitbearing Society is founded in Weimar by German scholars and nobility
1759 – Death of poet Ewald Christian von Kleist
1888 – Death of physicist Rudolf Clausius, who introduced the concept of entropy
1979 – Death of test pilot Hanna Reitsch

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August 25

1758 – Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf

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August 26

1882 – Birth of physicist James Franck, winner of the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics
1972 – The 1972 Summer Olympics open in Munich
1978 – Sigmund Jähn becomes the first German in space

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August 27

1770 – Birth of philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
1935 – Death of chermist Otto Schott
1939 – First flight of the Heinkel He 178, the first practical jet plane
1969 – Death of actor and writer Erika Mann

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August 28

1749 – Birth of author Johann Wolfgang Goethe
1825 – Birth of writer and gay rights campaigner Karl Heinrich Ulrichs
1988 – 67 people die in the Ramstein airshow disaster

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August 29

1756 – Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War
1885 – Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first motorcycle
1904 – Birth of Werner Forssmann, recipient of the 1956 Nobel Prize in Medicine

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August 30

1928 – Death of physicist Wilhelm Wien, recipient of the 1911 Nobel Prize in Physics
1946 – The state of Rhineland-Palatinate is established

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August 31

1528 – Death of artist Matthias Grünewald
1920 – Death of psychologist Wilhelm Wundt
1939 – In the Gleiwitz incident, German operatives stage a Polish aggression against Germany

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