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This is a timeline of German history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Germany and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Germany. See also the list of German monarchs and list of chancellors of Germany and the list of years in Germany .
The territorial changes of Germany after World War II can be interpreted in the context of the evolution of global nationalism and European nationalism. The latter half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century saw the rise of nationalism in Europe. Previously, a country consisted largely of whatever peoples lived on the land ...
The history of Germany from 1945 to 1990 comprises the period following World War II. The period began with the Berlin Declaration, marking the abolition of the German Reich and Allied-occupied period in Germany on 5 June 1945, and ended with the German reunification on 3 October 1990. Following the collapse of the Third Reich in 1945 and its ...
1949 – Treaty of London establishing the Council of Europe. 1950 – Schuman Declaration proposes pooling French and German markets for coal and steel. 1951 – Treaty of Paris creates the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) 1954 – Paris Agreements; Western Union transformed into Western European Union.
The location of Germany in Europe, with other members of the European Union being highlighted in green An enlargeable map of the Federal Republic of Germany The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Germany :
By 1900, Germany was the dominant power on the European continent and its rapidly expanding industry had surpassed Britain's while provoking it in a naval arms race. Germany led the Central Powers in World War I, but was defeated, partly occupied, forced to pay war reparations, and stripped of its colonies and significant territory along its ...
This migration was to such an extent that by the time the German Democratic Republic was founded, between a third and a quarter of the population of East Germany was Heimatvertriebene, i.e. ethnic German migrants who fled or were expelled as part of a wider trend of population transfer among the countries and regions of Eastern Europe following ...
12 August - The construction of the Berlin Wall took place at the heart of the city. In just two weeks, the most important symbol of the Cold War divided the most turbulent city of the 20th Century into two occupation zones: West and East Germany. 17 September - West German federal election, 1961. 14 November - The Fourth Adenauer cabinet, led ...