Portal:Germany/Anniversaries/August/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