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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
This is a list of former monarchies, i.e. monarchies which once existed but have since been abolished. (Note: entries in bold refer to groups of kingdoms) Ancient Near East
Old Kingdom of Egypt: 2686 BC: 2181 BC: 508 [3] Middle Kingdom of Egypt: 2055 BC: 1650 BC: 405 New Kingdom of Egypt: 1550 BC: 1077 BC: 473 Elam: 3200 BC: 539 BC: 2661 Principality of Elba: 1814: 1815: 0 (11 Months) Ethiopian Empire: 1270: 1974: 704 Fatimid Caliphate: 909: 1171: 262 First French Empire: 1804: 1815: 11 Second French Empire: 1852: ...
Map of the empire following the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. The German-speaking states of the early modern period (c. 1500–1800) were divided politically and religiously. . Religious tensions between the states comprising the Holy Roman Empire had existed during the preceding period of the Late Middle Ages (c. 1250–1500), notably erupting in Bohemia with the Hussite Wars (1419–143
The name, that was to identify with Germany continued to be used officially, with the extension added: Nationis Germanicæ (of the German nation) after the last imperial coronation in Rome in 1452 until its dissolution in 1806. [76] Otto strengthened the royal authority by re-asserting the old Carolingian rights over ecclesiastical appointments ...
Detwiler, Donald S. Germany: A Short History (3rd ed. 1999) 341pp; Germany A Short History Archived 31 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine; by Donald S. Detwiler; Fulbrook, Mary. A Concise History of Germany (2004) Maehl, William Harvey. Germany in Western Civilization (1979), 833pp; Ozment, Steven. A Mighty Fortress: A New History of the ...
In layman and academic parlance, the name of a dynasty is often affixed before the common name of a state in reference to a state under the rule of a particular dynasty. For example, whereas the official name of the realm ruled by the Qajar dynasty was the "Sublime State of Iran", the domain is commonly known as " Qajar Iran ".
The Southern states joined the federal state in 1870/71, which was consequently renamed the German Empire (1871–1918). The state continued as the Weimar Republic (1919–1933). Present-day Germany is a federal republic which combines the States of Germany.