25 November 1314
Coronation
Crowned King of the Romans by the Archbishop of Cologne.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Bonn in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Crowned King of the Romans by the Archbishop of Cologne.
Crowns Frederick III at Bonn as King of the Romans.
Crowned King of Germany
Schoning helps capture a key fortification near Bonn before the formal siege begins.
Frederick III directs the Brandenburg-led siege after months of blockade and bombardment around Bonn.
Frederick III commands the Brandenburg-led Allied operation that ends with the capture of Bonn.
Marx enrols at the University of Bonn to study law.
Shows that magnetic fields alter the path of cathode-ray fluorescence in gas-discharge tubes.
Appointed Chairman of the Parliamentary Council, West Germany's ruling body
The Basic Laws are drawn up to provide West Germany with a working constitution. The Basic Law rests on the will of the people of the western Lander. A Federal Assembly, the Bundestag, is to be elected every 4 yrs by universal suffrage. A Constitution is postponed until re-unification
The Basic Law rests on the will of the people of the western Lander
A Federal Assembly, the Bundestag, is to be elected every 4 yrs by universal suffrage
The CDU wins a majority in the elections to the Federal Parliament
The CDU wins a majority in the elections to the Federal Parliament
The Basic Law (Grundgesetz), invests the Chancellor (German, Bundeskanzler) with broad powers to initiate Government policy & for that reason, some observers refer to the German political system as a "Chancellor democracy"
The Chancellor's authority emanates from the provisions of the Basic Law and in practice from his or her status as leader of the party (or coalition of parties) holding a majority of seats in the Bundestag (federal Parliament)
The Basic Law (Grundgesetz), invests the Chancellor (German, Bundeskanzler) with broad powers to initiate Government policy & for that reason, some observers refer to the German political system as a "Chancellor democracy"
The Chancellor's authority emanates from the provisions of the Basic Law and in practice from his or her status as leader of the party (or coalition of parties) holding a majority of seats in the Bundestag (federal Parliament)
With the founding of the Federal Republic, the German Chancellor is now officially addressed as "Herr Bundeskanzler"
Establishes the Federal Republics constitution
The Basic Law (Grundgesetz), invests the Chancellor (German, Bundeskanzler) with broad powers to initiate Government policy & for that reason, some observers refer to the German political system as a "Chancellor democracy"
Becomes West Germany's 1st President
Appointed Chancellor of Germany
The European Payments Union is founded which regularizes trade payments
Rationing ends in West Germany, apart from sugar
Rationing ends in West Germany, apart from sugar
Advocates economic union with France
Advocates economic union with France
The FDR & DDR agree to send reresentatives to the United Nations to discuss free elections. Russia opposes free elections in Germany
The FDR & DDR agree to send reresentatives to the United Nations to discuss free elections. Russia opposes free elections in Germany
Appointed Member of Bundestag, Federal Parliament
Appointed Chancellor
Begins German rearmament
Hallstein publicly endorses the European integration strategy emerging from the Spaak Report in an address in Bonn.
Von Brentano coordinates Federal German foreign policy as ministers review unresolved questions from the Brussels negotiations.
The Bank Deutscher Lander is renamed the Bundesbank
Supports the common market while stressing competition and the social market economy.
Supports German participation in the common market while guarding the social market economy.
Supports West German signature of the Treaty of Rome while Hallstein handles much of the negotiating work.
Supports the Federal German government's decision to sign the Treaty of Rome while Hallstein remains central to the negotiations.
Adenauer's government begins the parliamentary ratification process after the Bundesrat starts examining the treaty legislation.
Heads the Federal German government when the Treaty of Rome enters into force and the EEC begins operating.
Appointed Chairman of the Council of State of East Germany
Participates in the Bonn summit where the Six seek proposals for closer political cooperation.
Receives Harold Macmillan's letter requesting negotiations on British accession while serving as President-in-Office of the EEC Council.
Agrees a rapprochment with France
Resigns after a newspaper article accuses him of corruption
Der Spiegels publisher is arrested, Strauss is involved
Der Spiegels publisher is arrested, Strauss is involved
Der Spiegel publishes an article critical of West Germany's defence policy
Appointed Chancellor
The Bundestag ratifies the Franco-German Treaty
Elected to the Federal Parliament, Bundestag
Appointed Chancellor of Germany
Announces he does not think the time is right for Britain to join the EU
Appointed Vice Chancellor
Heads the German government when the EEC customs union is completed ahead of the original Treaty of Rome timetable.
Appointed Chancellor of Germany
Appointed Deputy Chancellor in the SDP-FDP coalition
For normalizing relations with the Soviet union & Poland
Forced to make expenditure cuts because of the oil crisis
Takes the Federal Republic into the United Nations
Heads the German government as Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom join the European Communities.
Appointed Chancellor
Appointed Chair of the Council of State
Helmut Schmidts coalition Government is returned with a reduced majority
Death of Siegfried Buback
Orders an attack of the plane which succeeds without loss of life. A Lufthansa airliner is hijacked by Palestinian terrorists
Assassination of the federal prosecutor-general Siegfried Buback, claimed by the Ulrike Meinhof Commando, in revenge for the suicide of Ulrike Meinhof
Assassination of the federal prosecutor-general Siegfried Buback, claimed by the Ulrike Meinhof Commando, in revenge for the suicide of Ulrike Meinhof
Heads the German government when the European Monetary System begins operating with the Deutsche Mark participating.
Appointed Chancellor of Germany, 1st term
Unemployment rises from 582,000 in 1974 to 1.8 million in 1982
Helmut Schmidt is defeated in a vote of no confidence & replaced by Helmut Kohl
Helmut Schmidt is defeated in a vote of no confidence & replaced by Helmut Kohl
Appointed Member of Politburo, hardline protege of Erich Honecker
Reports to the Bundestag on the Stuttgart European Council and its declaration on European Union.
Innuagurated as the President of the Federal Republic of Germany
Heads the German government as Spain and Portugal join the European Communities, expanding membership to twelve.
Heads the German government when the Single European Act enters into force and strengthens the internal-market programme.
AppointedLeader of the Socialist Unity Party
Gorbachev agrees to East & |West Germany having a single NATO force
Gorbachev agrees to East & |West Germany having a single NATO force
Gorbachev agrees to East & |West Germany having a single NATO force
Germany is reunited under the banner of the Federal Republic of Germany
Lets it be known to Honecker that the army will not fire on the population
The German Democratic Republic ceases to exist at midnight
The German Democratic Republic ceases to exist at midnight
The German Democratic Republic ceases to exist at midnight
East & West Germany sign the re-unification Treaty
East & West Germany sign the re-unification Treaty
Appointed Chancellor of Germany, 2nd term
Includes former Soviet Republics in NATO strategy after the breakup of the Warsaw Pact
Includes former Soviet Republics in NATO strategy after the breakup of the Warsaw Pact
Includes former Soviet Republics in NATO strategy after the breakup of the Warsaw Pact
In Germany, Genscher supports the Bonn agreements extending Schengen to Spain and Portugal. The German approach combines mobility with coordinated frontier safeguards.
Kohl represents Germany as Spain and Portugal sign Schengen accession agreements. German officials emphasise reliable information-sharing between national authorities.
Heads the German government when the Maastricht Treaty enters into force and the European Union is established.
The Constitutional Court allows Bundeswehr outside NATO on peace-keeping missions
The Constitutional Court allows Bundeswehr troops on NATO peace-keeping missions
The Constitutional Court allows Bundeswehr outside NATO on peace-keeping missions
The Constitutional Court allows Bundeswehr troops on NATO peace-keeping missions
The Constitutional Court allows Bundeswehr outside NATO on peace-keeping missions
The Constitutional Court allows Bundeswehr troops on NATO peace-keeping missions
The Constitutional Court allows Bundeswehr outside NATO on peace-keeping missions
The Constitutional Court allows Bundeswehr troops on NATO peace-keeping missions
The Constitutional Court allows Bundeswehr outside NATO on peace-keeping missions
Elements of the 10th Panzers parade down the Champs-Elysees on Basstille day
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