Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg.
28th June 1880: Australian outlaw Ned Kelly arrested following a violent shoot out
28th June 2017
On the 27th January 1945, Soviet soldiers from the 322nd Rifle Division liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp near the Polish city of Oświęcim.
On the 12th December 1935, the Lebensborn registered association was established in Nazi Germany by the SS.
On the 20th November 1945 the first, and best known, of the Nuremberg Trials began.
On the 8th November 1923, the Beer Hall Putsch took place when Adolf Hitler along with First World War hero Erich Ludendorff led an attempted coup against the Weimar Government by trying to seize power in the Bavarian city of Munich.
On the 15th October 1923, the Rentenmark was introduced in Weimar Germany in an attempt to stop the hyperinflation crisis that had crippled the economy.
On the 15th September 1935, the German Reichstag passed the Nuremberg Laws that legally discriminated against Jews.
The Siege of Leningrad, one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history, began.
On the 3rd September 1939, the Second World War officially began when France and the United Kingdom – together with Australia and New Zealand – declared war on Germany.
On the 1st September 1939, German forces invaded Poland in a move that was to trigger the Second World War.
18th February 1930: Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly
18th February 2019
17th February 1864: An enemy ship sunk by submarine for the first time
17th February 2019
16th February 1923: Howard Carter unseals Tutankhamun’s burial chamber
16th February 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017