Portal:Germany/Anniversaries/May/May 31
Appearance
- 1740 — Death of "soldier king" Frederick William I of Prussia
- 1773 — Birth of poet Ludwig Tieck
- 1903 — VfB Leipzig becomes the first German football champion
- 1916 — German and British navies clash in the Battle of Jutland
- 1945 — Birth of movie director Rainer Werner Fassbinder