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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
Other events of 1900 History of Germany • Timeline • Years: Events in the year 1900 in Germany. Incumbents. National level. Kaiser – Wilhelm II;
There are several types of timeline articles. Historical timelines show the significant historical events and developments for a specific topic, over the course of centuries or millennia. Graphical timelines provide a visual representation for the timespan of multiple events that have a particular duration, over the course of centuries or ...
23 February – Germany agrees the frontier between German East Africa and the British colony of Nyasaland with the United Kingdom. [1] 6 March – Kaiser Wilhelm II survives an assassination attempt in Bremen. [2] 10 July – Bielathal, Königstein, Saxony, launches the world's first regular passenger-carrying trolleybus service. [3]
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 ...
The Timeline of the Weimar Republic lists in chronological order the major events of the Weimar Republic, beginning with the final month of the German Empire and ending with the Enabling Act of 1933 that concentrated all power in the hands of Adolf Hitler. A second chronological section lists important cultural, scientific and commercial events ...
August 23: The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union. August 25: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer releases The Wizard of Oz. September 1 – October: Nazi invasion of Poland triggers World War II in Europe. Soviet invasion of Poland begins 16 days later. September 3: Britain and France declare war on Germany; World War II begins.
The 1900s (pronounced "nineteen-hundreds") was a decade that began on January 1, 1900, and ended on December 31, 1909. The Edwardian era (1901–1910) covers a similar span of time. The term "nineteen-hundreds" is sometimes also used to mean the entire century from January 1, 1900, to December 31, 1999 (the years beginning with "19").