Historical place archive

Karlsruhe in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Karlsruhe in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records3 event labels3 people1886–2009

Historical events in Karlsruhe

1886

1886
Radio Wave Reflection
Heinrich Hertz · Physics

Demonstrates radio waves and their reflection from conducting surfaces.

1972

12 May 1972
Bombing of Karlsruhe
Manfred Grashof · Baader-Meinhof Group

Bombing of the car of the Federal Judge Buddenberg

2009

30 June 2009
Federal Constitutional Court Lisbon Judgment
Angela Dorothea Merkel · European Economic Community (EEC)

Welcomes a judgment allowing Lisbon ratification once German legislation strengthens parliamentary participation in European affairs.

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Germany and Karlsruhe. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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