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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
- 955 – 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
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- 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
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- 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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