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January 1
- 1652 – The German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina is founded
- 1894 – Death of physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
- 1900 – The Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch becomes effective
- 2002 – Introduction of Euro coins and banknotes
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January 2
- 1822 – Birth of physicist Rudolf Clausius
- 1843 – Richard Wagner's opera The Flying Dutchman premieres in Dresden
- 1870 – Birth of sculptor Ernst Barlach
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January 3
- 1719 – Birth of Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal, Archbishop of Mainz
- 1887 – Birth of expressionist painter August Macke
- 1969 – Birth of Formula One driver Michael Schumacher
- 1988 – Death of poet Rose Ausländer
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January 4
- 1785 – Birth of linguist and philologist Jacob Grimm, one of the Brothers Grimm
- 1919 – Death of politician Georg von Hertling
- 1940 – Birth of architect Helmut Jahn
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January 5
- 1846 – Birth of philosopher Rudolf Christoph Eucken, winner of the 1908 Nobel Prize for Literature
- 1876 – Birth of politician Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of Germany 1949-1963
- 1970 – Death of physicist Max Born, winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics
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January 6
- 1205 – Philip of Swabia is crowned King of the Germans for the second time
- 1486 – Birth of composer Martin Agricola
- 1525 – Birth of reformer Caspar Peucer
- 1870 – Birth of Gustav Bauer, Chancellor of the Weimar Republic 1919-1920
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January 7
- 1706 – Birth of publisher Johann Heinrich Zedler
- 1831 – Birth of general post director Heinrich von Stephan, founder of the Universal Postal Union
- 1834 – Birth of scientist Johann Philipp Reis, inventor of the Reis telephone
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January 8
- 1557 – Death of Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
- 1632 – Birth of jurist and historian Samuel von Pufendorf
- 1794 – Death of jurist and social theorist Justus Möser
- 1891 – Birth of physicist Walther Bothe, winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics
- 1904 – Birth of Karl Brandt, personal physician of Adolf Hitler
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January 9
- 1890 – Birth of journalist Kurt Tucholsky
- 1897 – Birth of philosopher Karl Löwith
- 1908 – Death of artist Wilhelm Busch, best known for Max and Moritz
- 1929 – Birth of dramatist Heiner Müller
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January 10
- 1715 – Birth of poet and theologian Christian August Crusius
- 1721 – Birth of scholar Johann Philipp Baratier
- 1794 – Death of scientist and revolutionary Georg Forster
- 1797 – Birth of poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
- 1812 – Birth of architect Georg Hermann Nicolai
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January 11
- 1852 – Birth of politician Constantin Fehrenbach, Chancellor of the Weimar Republic 1920-1921
- 1923 – The Occupation of the Ruhr starts with a French invasion of the Ruhr Area
- 1941 – Death of chess player Emanuel Lasker
- 2017 – The Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg is officially inaugurated
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January 12
- 1893 – Birth of Nazi politician and ideologist Alfred Rosenberg
- 1909 – Death of mathematician Hermann Minkowski
- 1919 – The Spartacist uprising is suppressed
- 1959 – Birth of Blixa Bargeld, singer of Einstürzende Neubauten
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January 13
- 1635 – Birth of theologian Philipp Jakob Spener, known as the "Father of Pietism"
- 1775 – Death of theologian Johann Georg Walch
- 1782 – Friedrich Schiller's drama Die Räuber premieres in Mannheim
- 1935 – A plebiscite in the Saar area approves accession to Nazi Germany
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January 14
- 1477 – Birth of Hermann of Wied, Archbishop of Cologne 1515-1546
- 1892 – Birth of theologian Martin Niemöller
- 1905 – Death of physicist Ernst Karl Abbe
- 2005 – Death of fashion designer Rudolph Moshammer
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January 15
- 1807 – Birth of zoologist and entomologist Hermann Burmeister
- 1863 – Birth of politician Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of the Weimar Republic
- 1919 – Revolutionaries Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg are murdered by Freikorps soldiers
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January 16
- 1477 – Birth of cartographer Johannes Schöner, who died on the same day in 1547
- 1838 – Birth of philosopher and psychologist Franz Brentano
- 1931 – Birth of politician Johannes Rau, President of Germany 1999-2004
- 1940 – Birth of politician Franz Müntefering
- 1945 – Adolf Hitler moves into the Führerbunker
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January 17
- 1463 – Birth of Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, known as the Wise
- 1484 – Birth of humanist George Spalatin
- 1737 – Death of architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, whose most famous work is the Zwinger in Dresden
- 1789 – Birth of theologian August Neander
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January 18
- 1701 – Frederick I is crowned King in Prussia
- 1871 – William I is crowned German Emperor in the Palace of Versailles
- 1914 – Birth of author Arno Schmidt
- 1919 – The Paris Peace Conference opens to negotiate peace in the aftermath of World War I
- 1995 – Death of biochemist Adolf Butenandt, winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on sex hormones
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January 19
- 1576 – Death of meistersinger Hans Sachs
- 1863 – Birth of economist and sociologist Werner Sombart
- 1874 – Death of poet August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, who wrote Das Lied der Deutschen
- 1919 – Elections for the constitutive assembly drafting the Weimar Constitution take place, the first election in Germany with full women's suffrage
- 1923 – Birth of Markus Wolf, head of the foreign intelligence section Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung of the GDR
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January 20
- 1488 – Birth of cartographer and cosmographer Sebastian Münster
- 1499 – Birth of humanist Sebastian Franck
- 1586 – Birth of composer Johann Hermann Schein
- 1783 – Birth of cellist and composer Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer
- 1942 – The Wannsee Conference meets and decides to implement the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question", starting the most deadly phase of the Holocaust
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January 21
- 1710 – Death of mystic Johann Georg Gichtel
- 1815 – Death of poet Matthias Claudius
- 1831 – Death of poet Ludwig Achim von Arnim
- 1851 – Death of composer Albert Lortzing
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January 22
- 1521 – The Diet of Worms is opened by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
- 1536 – Bernhard Knipperdolling and other anabaptist leaders are tortured and executed in Münster
- 1729 – Birth of writer Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
- 1900 – Birth of singer and actor Ernst Busch
- 1963 – Konrad Adenauer and Charles de Gaulle sign the Élysée Treaty on Franco-German cooperation
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January 23
- 1793 – Prussia and Russia sign a treaty confirming the Second Partition of Poland
- 1840 – Birth of scientist and entrepreneur Ernst Abbe
- 1843 – Death of writer Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué
- 1862 – Birth of mathematician David Hilbert
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January 24
- 1002 – Death of Holy Roman Emperor Otto III
- 1679 – Birth of philosopher Christian Wolff
- 1712 – Birth of Prussian King Frederick the Great
- 1776 – Birth of author E. T. A. Hoffmann
- 2000 – Launch of news channel N24
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January 25
- 1586 – Death of artist Lucas Cranach the Younger
- 1743 – Birth of philosopher Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi
- 1886 – Birth of conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
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January 26
- 1781 – Birth of poet Ludwig Achim von Arnim
- 1891 – Death of inventor Nicolaus Otto, known for his improvement of internal combustion engines
- 1912 – First performance of Der Rosenkavalier, a comic opera by Richard Strauss
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January 27
- 1687 – Birth of architect Balthasar Neumann, known for the Würzburg Residence
- 1814 – Death of philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte
- 1859 – Birth of William II, German Emperor
- 1972 – Death of mathematician Richard Courant
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January 28
- 814 – Death of emperor Charlemagne
- 1077 – The excommunication of Henry IV is lifted after the Walk to Canossa
- 1540 – Birth of mathematician Ludolph van Ceulen, who calculated the first 35 digits of Pi
- 1755 – Birth of physician and anatomist Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, discoverer of the macula in the human eye
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January 29
- 1773 – Birth of mineralogist Friedrich Mohs
- 1810 – Birth of mathematician Ernst Kummer
- 1934 – Death of chemist Fritz Haber, winner of the 1918 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
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January 30
- 1697 – Birth of flautist Johann Joachim Quantz
- 1933 – Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany in the Machtergreifung
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January 31
- 1665 – Death of theologian Johannes Clauberg
- 1884 – Birth of physicist Rudolf Mössbauer, winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics
- 1884 – Birth of Theodor Heuss, President of Germany 1949-1959
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