Portal:Germany/Anniversaries/October

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

October 1

Charles VI

1685 – Birth of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
1827 – Death of poet Wilhelm Müller
1946 – The verdict in the main Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal is spoken at Nuremberg
1982 – Helmut Kohl becomes Chancellor of Germany by a constructive vote of no confidence
2017 – Legalisation of same-sex marriage in Germany

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October 2

William II of Württemberg

1847 – Birth of Paul von Hindenburg, President of Germany 1925-1934
1921 – Death of King William II of Württemberg
1928 – Birth of sex educator Oswalt Kolle

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October 3

Johann Heinrich Tischbein

1722 – Birth of painter Johann Heinrich Tischbein
1889 – Birth of pacifist Carl von Ossietzky, recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize
1929 – Death of politician Gustav Stresemann, recipient of the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize
1990 – Reunification of Germany

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October 4

Max Planck

1859 – Death of publisher Karl Baedeker
1947 – Death of physicist Max Planck, recipient of the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics

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October 5

Johann Philipp Baratier with Athene

1665 – Founding of the University of Kiel
1740 – Death of scholar Johann Philipp Baratier
1817 – Birth of composer Eduard Franck
1980 – The government of Helmut Schmidt is confirmed in federal elections

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October 6

Martin Behaim

1459 – Birth of geographer Martin Behaim
1831 – Birth of mathematician Richard Dedekind
1951 – Death of physician and biochemist Otto Fritz Meyerhof, recipient of the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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October 7

Coat of arms of the GDR

1835 – Birth of composer Felix Draeseke
1879 – The Dual Alliance is created between the German Empire and Austria-Hungary
1903 – Death of mathematician Rudolf Lipschitz
1949 – The German Democratic Republic is proclaimed

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October 8

Willy Brandt

1883 – Birth of Otto Heinrich Warburg, recipient of the 1931 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1883 – Birth of psychiatrist Ernst Kretschmer
1962 – Der Spiegel publishes the article Bedingt abwehrbereit, starting the Spiegel scandal
1992 – Death of Willy Brandt, Chancellor of Germany 1969-1974

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October 9

Hermann Emil Fischer

1852 – Birth of chemist Hermann Emil Fischer, recipient of the 1902 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1879 – Birth of physicist Max von Laue, recipient of the 1914 Nobel Prize in Physics
1989 – The first large Monday demonstration takes places in Leipzig

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October 10

Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia

1806 – Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia dies at the Battle of Saalfeld
1819 – Birth of theologian Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger
1885 – Birth of folklorist Walter Anderson

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October 11

Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus

1347 – Death of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
1616 – Birth of poet Andreas Gryphius
1708 – Death of scientist Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, inventor of the European porcelain
1852 – Death of mathematician Ferdinand Eisenstein

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October 12

Party tent at Oktoberfest

1687 – Birth of composer Sylvius Leopold Weiss
1810 – The first Oktoberfest is held in Munich
1891 – Birth of philosopher and Carmelite nun Edith Stein
1949 – The German Confederation of Trade Unions is founded

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October 13

Rudolf Virchow

1821 – Birth of physician Rudolf Virchow
1825 – Death of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
1945 – The Christian Social Union in Bavaria is founded

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October 14

Battle of Jena–Auerstedt

1806 – Prussia is defeated by Napoleon in the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt
1892 – Birth of Heinrich Lübke, President of Germany 1959–1969
1944 – Suicide of field marshal Erwin Rommel

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October 15

Cologne Cathedral

1844 – Birth of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche
1880 – The completion of Cologne Cathedral is celebrated 632 years after construction had begun
1934 – Death of publisher Samuel Fischer, the founder of S. Fischer Verlag
1946 – Hermann Göring commits suicide the night before his planned execution

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October 16

Günter Grass

1553 – Death of artist Lucas Cranach the Elder
1750 – Death of composer Sylvius Leopold Weiss
1906 – The Captain of Köpenick Wilhelm Voigt masquerades as an officer, which makes him famous
1927 – Birth of writer Günter Grass, recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize for Literature
1946 – Several major Nazi war criminals are executed following the judgment in the Nuremberg Trials

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October 17

Georg Büchner

1813 – Birth of dramatist Georg Büchner
1887 – Death of physicist Gustav Kirchhoff

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October 18

Heinrich von Kleist

1777 – Birth of poet Heinrich von Kleist
1902 – Birth of physicist Pascual Jordan
1926 – Birth of actor Klaus Kinski
1977 – The GSG 9 frees hostages on board of the Lufthansa airplane Landshut, ending the most dramatic part of the German Autumn
1989 – Erich Honecker resigns as leader of the German Democratic Republic

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October 19

Munich U-Bahn

1466 – The Second Treaty of Thorn ends the Thirteen Years' War
1878 – The Reichstag passes the Anti-Socialist Laws
1918 – Establishment of the Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
1971 – The Munich U-Bahn begins operation
1992 – The corpses of Petra Kelly and Gert Bastian are found

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October 20

Max Bruch

1719 – Birth of statistician Gottfried Achenwall
1920 – Death of composer Max Bruch
1942 – Birth of biologist Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine

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October 21

German soldiers captured at Aachen

1881 – Death of mathematician Eduard Heine
1944 – As first major German city Aachen is occupied by the Allieds
1957 – Birth of physicist Wolfgang Ketterle, recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics
1969 – Willy Brandt is elected Chancellor of Germany by the Bundestag

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October 22

Johann Reinhold Forster

1511 – Birth of astronomer and mathematician Erasmus Reinhold
1660 – Birth of chemist Georg Ernst Stahl
1729 – Birth of naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster, member of James Cook's second Pacific expedition
1847 – Death of writer Henriette Herz
1906 – Birth of artist Fritz Cremer
1943 – Birth of politician Wolfgang Thierse