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1 September – The German-American Telegraph Company opens the first direct line between Germany and the United States. At 7,917 kilometres or 4,919 miles, the line was the longest transatlantic cable to that time, running from Emden to New York City , via the Azores Islands .
The following tables show historical population figures of German cities according to the respective area status. Also listed is the superordinate administrative unit (state, country, kingdom, province, district) to which the city belonged in the corresponding year. The following historical and current German state entities were taken into account:
By 1900, Germany was the dominant power on the European continent and its rapidly expanding industry had surpassed Britain's while provoking it in a naval arms race. Germany led the Central Powers in World War I, but was defeated, partly occupied, forced to pay war reparations, and stripped of its colonies and significant territory along its ...
German factories were larger and more modern than their British and French counterparts. [27] By 1913, the German electricity production was higher than the combined electricity production of Britain, France, Italy and Sweden. [60] By 1900, the German chemical industry dominated the world market for synthetic dyes. [61]
Uprising of 1953 in East Germany: 100,000 protestors gathered at dawn, demanding the reinstatement of old work quotas and, later, the resignation of the East German government. At noon German police trapped many of the demonstrators in an open square; Soviet tanks fired on the crowd, killing hundreds and ending the protest. 1954: 4 July
Pages in category "1900 in Germany" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
1900: Drude model by Paul Drude [449] 1900: Planck constant and Planck's law by Max Planck [450] 1900–1930: Quantum mechanics by i.a. Max Planck and Werner Heisenberg [451] 1901: Modern pyrometer by Ludwig Holborn and Ferdinand Kurlbaum [452] 1904: Boundary layer theory by Ludwig Prandtl [453] 1904: First radar system by Christian Hülsmeyer ...
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.