Portal:Germany/Anniversaries/December

These are the selected anniversaries for December that appear on the Germany portal. The "edit" links edit the portal subpages that are displayed as sections here.

December 1

Martin Heinrich Klaproth

1743 – Birth of chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth
1750 – Death of astronomer and cartographer Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr
1884 – Birth of expressionist painter Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
1966 – Kurt Georg Kiesinger is elected Chancellor of Germany by Germany's first grand coalition

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December 2

Heinrich von Sybel

1409 – The University of Leipzig is founded
1817 – Birth of historian Heinrich von Sybel
1891 – Birth of expressionist painter Otto Dix
1944 – Birth of novelist and playwright Botho Strauß

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December 3

Johann Spurzheim

1776 – Birth of physician Johann Spurzheim, proponent of phrenology
1857 – Death of sculptor Christian Daniel Rauch
1898 – Birth of author Fritz Steuben
1931 – Birth of singer-songwriter Franz Josef Degenhardt

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December 4

Stefan George

1555 – Birth of historian and poet Heinrich Meibom
1881 – Birth of field marshal Erwin von Witzleben, member of the July 20 Plot
1933 – Death of poet Stefan George
1975 – Death of political theorist Hannah Arendt

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December 5

Werner Heisenberg

1868 – Birth of theoretical physicist Arnold Sommerfeld
1897 – Birth of philosopher and historian Gershom Scholem
1901 – Birth of physicist Werner Heisenberg (pictured), winner of the 1932 Nobel Prize in Physics
1963 – Death of composer Karl Amadeus Hartmann

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December 6

August von Mackensen

1849 – Birth of field marshal August von Mackensen
1892 – Death of industrialist Ernst Werner von Siemens
2005 – Death of cabaret artist Hanns Dieter Hüsch

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December 7

Otto II

983 – Death of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor
1810 – Birth of physiologist Theodor Schwann
1823 – Birth of mathematician Leopold Kronecker
1970 – Poland and West Germany sign the Treaty of Warsaw

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December 8

Adolph Menzel

1708 – Birth of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I
1813 – Birth of priest and social activist Adolph Kolping
1815 – Birth of artist Adolph Menzel
1914 – The German East Asia Squadron is destroyed in the Battle of the Falkland Islands
1955 – Death of mathematician Hermann Weyl

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December 9

Johann Joachim Winckelmann

1652 – Birth of physician and botanist Augustus Quirinus Rivinus
1717 – Birth of archaeologist Johann Joachim Winckelmann
1798 – Death of naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster, member of James Cook's second Pacific expedition
1868 – Birth of chemist Fritz Haber, winner of the 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his development of synthetic ammonia

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December 10

Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi

1452 – Birth of mathematician and astronomer Johannes Stöffler
1520 – Martin Luther burns the papal bull Exsurge Domine in Wittenberg
1804 – Birth of mathematician Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
1891 – Birth of poet Nelly Sachs, recipient of the 1966 Nobel Prize for Literature
1971 – Willy Brandt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

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December 11

Max Born

1843 – Birth of physician Robert Koch, recipient of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
1882 – Birth of physicist Max Born, recipient of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics
1941 – Germany declares war on the United States
1998 – Death of politician Max Streibl

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December 12

Johann Christoph Gottsched

1559 – Death of physician Andreas Aurifaber
1768 – Death of author Johann Christoph Gottsched
1963 – Death of politician Theodor Heuss, first President of West Germany

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December 13

Heinrich Heine

1250 – Death of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
1769 – Death of poet Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
1797 – Birth of poet Heinrich Heine
1816 – Birth of inventor and industrialist Ernst Werner von Siemens

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December 14

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

1720 – Birth of jurist and social theorist Justus Möser
1788 – Death of composer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
1914 – Birth of Karl Carstens, President of Germany 1979-1984

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December 15

Otto Braun

1955 – Death of politician Otto Braun, last democratic Prime Minister of Prussia before the Preußenschlag

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December 16

Stefan Heym

1944 – The Battle of the Bulge begins
1964 – Birth of athlete Heike Drechsler
2001 – Death of writer Stefan Heym

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December 17

Kaspar Hauser

1833 – Death of foundling Kaspar Hauser
1930 – Birth of actor Armin Mueller-Stahl
1961 – Consecration of the new Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

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December 18

Johann Gottfried Herder

1803 – Death of writer Johann Gottfried Herder
1913 – Birth of Willy Brandt, Chancellor of Germany 1969-1974 and recipient of the 1971 Nobel Peace Prize
1917 – The Ufa film studio is created

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