On the 15th January 1919, Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht were killed by members of the Freikorps.
11th July 1922: The Hollywood Bowl opens in Los Angeles
11th July 2020
The Christmas Truce saw soldiers on the First World War’s Western Front take part in a series of unofficial ceasefires.
Shortly after 8am on the 16th December 1914, the German Imperial Navy attacked the British seaside towns of Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.
On the 12th December 1935, the Lebensborn registered association was established in Nazi Germany by the SS.
Approximately six hours after Germany’s declaration of war, the United States declared war on Germany.
On the 20th November 1945 the first, and best known, of the Nuremberg Trials began.
On the 11th November 1918, fighting on the First World War’s Western Front ended when representatives from the Allies and Germany signed the Armistice of Compiègne.
On the 31st October 1517, the foundations of the Protestant Reformation were laid when Martin Luther reputedly nailed his ‘Ninety-five Theses’ to the door of All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg – a town in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
Germantown was founded in the Pennsylvania Colony by immigrant Quaker and Mennonite families.
On the 29th September 1938, Adolf Hitler, Neville Chamberlain, Benito Mussolini and Édouard Daladier reached an agreement on the Nazi annexation of the Sudetenland areas of Czechoslovakia.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019