Events in Germany

1,417 notable events in Germany — wars, murders and rail accidents. Page 1 of 15.

• Nuremberg trials
  Nov 20, 1945–Oct 1, 1946 · War & armed conflict
• Schutzstaffel
  date unknown · Terrorism
• Death of Adolf Hitler
  Apr 30, 1945 · Suicide & execution
• Red Army Faction
  date unknown · Terrorism
• Night of the Long Knives
  Jun 30, 1934–Jul 1, 1934 · War & armed conflict
• Kristallnacht
  Nov 1938 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Manfred von Richthofen
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Armin Meiwes
  Mar 9, 2001 · Murder & homicide
• Munich massacre
  Sep 5, 1972–Sep 6, 1972 · Terrorism
• 35th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Beer Hall Putsch
  Nov 8, 1923–Nov 9, 1923 · War & armed conflict
• Dachau concentration camp
  date unknown · Crime & justice
• Anneliese Michel
  date unknown · Murder & homicide
• Wannsee Conference
  Jan 20, 1942 · War & armed conflict
• Stasi
  date unknown · Terrorism
• Bombing of Dresden
  Feb 13, 1945–Feb 15, 1945 · War & armed conflict
• Reichstag building
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Aktion T4
  1939–Jan 1, 1941 · Massacre
• Final Solution
  1941–May 8, 1945 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Heinrich Müller (Gestapo)
  date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Einsatzgruppen
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• 2002 Überlingen mid-air collision
  Jul 1, 2002 · Aviation accident
• Buchenwald concentration camp
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• 2026 Leipzig car incident
  May 4, 2026 · Attack (other)
• Berlin Blockade
  Jun 23, 1948–May 12, 1949 · War & armed conflict
• German revolution of 1918–1919
  from Oct 24, 1918 · Terrorism
• Dirlewanger Brigade
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Hinterkaifeck murders
  Mar 31, 1922 · Murder & homicide
• Thalidomide scandal
  from 1961 · Scandal & controversy
• Hermann Fegelein
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Reichstag fire
  Feb 27, 1933 · Attack (other)
• IG Farben
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• German Peasants' War
  1524–1525 · Riot & unrest
• Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident
  Dec 20, 1943 · War & armed conflict
• Fritz Honka
  Jan 1, 1970–Jan 1, 1975 · Murder & homicide
• Munich air disaster
  Feb 6, 1958 · Aviation accident
• Ramstein air show disaster
  Aug 28, 1988 · Aviation accident
• 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
  date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
• 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Theodor Eicke
  date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Rhineland massacres
  1096 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Peter Kürten
  May 25, 1913–Nov 7, 1929 · Murder & homicide
• Volkswagen emissions scandal
  from 2009 · Crime & justice
• Gladbeck hostage crisis
  Aug 16, 1988–Aug 18, 1988 · Kidnapping & hostage
• Romani Holocaust
  1935–1945 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• July Crisis
  Jul 23, 1914 · Crisis
• 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician)
  date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
• 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
  date unknown · Massacre
• Rape during the occupation of Germany
  date unknown · Crime & justice
• Reich Security Main Office
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Sinking of the MS Jan Heweliusz
  Jan 14, 1993 · Maritime disaster
• Kapp Putsch
  Mar 13, 1920 · War & armed conflict
• Erfurt latrine disaster
  Jul 26, 1184 · Industrial & structural disaster
• East German uprising of 1953
  Jun 16, 1953–Jun 17, 1953 · War & armed conflict
• Kurt Daluege
  date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Fritz Haarmann
  Sep 25, 1918–Jun 14, 1924 · Attack (other)
• Niels Högel
  Jan 1, 2000–Jan 1, 2005 · Murder & homicide
• Stennes revolt
  Apr 1, 1931 · War & armed conflict
• Eschede train disaster
  Jun 3, 1998 · Rail accident
• Death marches during the Holocaust
  1939–May 1945 · War & armed conflict
• Great Famine of 1315–1317
  1315–1317 · Natural disaster
• Spartacist uprising
  Jan 5, 1919–Jan 12, 1919 · Riot & unrest
• Hanns Martin Schleyer
  date unknown · Terrorism
• Werwolf
  date unknown · Terrorism
• Karl-Otto Koch
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Love Parade disaster
  Jul 24, 2010 · Stampede & crowd crush
• Topf and Sons
  date unknown · Massacre
• Phantasialand
  from Apr 30, 1967 · Fire
• Halle synagogue shooting
  Oct 9, 2019 · Massacre
• Erhard Milch
  date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Willi Herold
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Walther Rathenau
  date unknown · Terrorism
• Bombing of Hamburg in World War II
  Jul 24, 1943–Aug 3, 1943 · War & armed conflict
• Herschel Grynszpan
  Aug 18, 1944 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• 2015 European migrant crisis
  2014–2016 · Crisis
• Odilo Globocnik
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Organisation Todt
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Murder of Melanie and Karola Weimar
  date unknown · Crime & justice
• Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
  date unknown · Riot & unrest
• Nuclear holocaust
  date unknown · Massacre
• Killing of Niklas Pöhler
  May 7, 2016 · Murder & homicide
• Berlin Crisis of 1961
  Jun 4, 1961–Nov 9, 1961 · War & armed conflict
• Erfurt school massacre
  Apr 26, 2002 · Shooting
• Euro area crisis
  2010 · Crisis
• Otto Lilienthal
  date unknown · Aviation accident
• Hamburg cell
  date unknown · Terrorism
• Machtergreifung
  Jan 30, 1933 · War & armed conflict
• Münster rebellion
  1534–1535 · War & armed conflict
• German economic crisis (2022–present)
  from 2022 · Crisis
• Ems dispatch
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• German cruiser Admiral Scheer
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• SS Cap Arcona
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Flossenbürg concentration camp
  date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Neuengamme concentration camp
  date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Friedrich Olbricht
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Nakam
  date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Bürgerbräukeller
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Hans Oster
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Sack of Magdeburg
  May 20, 1631–May 24, 1631 · War & armed conflict