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October 1
![Charles VI](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Charles_VI_%281685-1740%29%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor.jpg/100px-Charles_VI_%281685-1740%29%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor.jpg)
- 1685 – Birth of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
- 1827 – Death of poet Wilhelm Müller
- 1946 – The verdict in the main Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal is spoken at Nuremberg
- 1982 – Helmut Kohl becomes Chancellor of Germany by a constructive vote of no confidence
- 2017 – Legalisation of same-sex marriage in Germany
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October 2
![William II of Württemberg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Wilhelm_II_of_Wurtt.png/100px-Wilhelm_II_of_Wurtt.png)
- 1847 – Birth of Paul von Hindenburg, President of Germany 1925-1934
- 1921 – Death of King William II of Württemberg
- 1928 – Birth of sex educator Oswalt Kolle
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October 3
![Johann Heinrich Tischbein](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Tischbein_Self-Portrait_177%3F.jpg/100px-Tischbein_Self-Portrait_177%3F.jpg)
- 1722 – Birth of painter Johann Heinrich Tischbein
- 1889 – Birth of pacifist Carl von Ossietzky, recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize
- 1929 – Death of politician Gustav Stresemann, recipient of the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize
- 1990 – Reunification of Germany
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October 4
![Max Planck](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Max_planck.jpg/100px-Max_planck.jpg)
- 1859 – Death of publisher Karl Baedeker
- 1947 – Death of physicist Max Planck, recipient of the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics
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October 5
![Johann Philipp Baratier with Athene](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Johann_Philipp_Baratier.jpg/100px-Johann_Philipp_Baratier.jpg)
- 1665 – Founding of the University of Kiel
- 1740 – Death of scholar Johann Philipp Baratier
- 1817 – Birth of composer Eduard Franck
- 1980 – The government of Helmut Schmidt is confirmed in federal elections
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October 6
![Martin Behaim](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Martin_Behaim.jpg/100px-Martin_Behaim.jpg)
- 1459 – Birth of geographer Martin Behaim
- 1831 – Birth of mathematician Richard Dedekind
- 1951 – Death of physician and biochemist Otto Fritz Meyerhof, recipient of the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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October 7
![Coat of arms of the GDR](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Coat_of_arms_of_East_Germany_%281955%E2%80%931990%29.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_East_Germany_%281955%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png)
- 1835 – Birth of composer Felix Draeseke
- 1879 – The Dual Alliance is created between the German Empire and Austria-Hungary
- 1903 – Death of mathematician Rudolf Lipschitz
- 1949 – The German Democratic Republic is proclaimed
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October 8
![Willy Brandt](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Willy_Brandt-01.png/100px-Willy_Brandt-01.png)
- 1883 – Birth of Otto Heinrich Warburg, recipient of the 1931 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1883 – Birth of psychiatrist Ernst Kretschmer
- 1962 – Der Spiegel publishes the article Bedingt abwehrbereit, starting the Spiegel scandal
- 1992 – Death of Willy Brandt, Chancellor of Germany 1969-1974
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October 9
![Hermann Emil Fischer](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Hermann_Emil_Fischer_c1895.jpg/100px-Hermann_Emil_Fischer_c1895.jpg)
- 1852 – Birth of chemist Hermann Emil Fischer, recipient of the 1902 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1879 – Birth of physicist Max von Laue, recipient of the 1914 Nobel Prize in Physics
- 1989 – The first large Monday demonstration takes places in Leipzig
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October 10
![Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Louis_Ferdinand_von_Preussen.jpg/100px-Louis_Ferdinand_von_Preussen.jpg)
- 1806 – Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia dies at the Battle of Saalfeld
- 1819 – Birth of theologian Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger
- 1885 – Birth of folklorist Walter Anderson
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October 11
![Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Tschirnhaus.jpg/100px-Tschirnhaus.jpg)
- 1347 – Death of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
- 1616 – Birth of poet Andreas Gryphius
- 1708 – Death of scientist Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, inventor of the European porcelain
- 1852 – Death of mathematician Ferdinand Eisenstein
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October 12
![Party tent at Oktoberfest](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Oktoberfest_2005_-_Hacker-Festzelt_-_front.jpg/120px-Oktoberfest_2005_-_Hacker-Festzelt_-_front.jpg)
- 1687 – Birth of composer Sylvius Leopold Weiss
- 1810 – The first Oktoberfest is held in Munich
- 1891 – Birth of philosopher and Carmelite nun Edith Stein
- 1949 – The German Confederation of Trade Unions is founded
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October 13
![Rudolf Virchow](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Rudolf_Virchow.jpg/100px-Rudolf_Virchow.jpg)
- 1821 – Birth of physician Rudolf Virchow
- 1825 – Death of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
- 1945 – The Christian Social Union in Bavaria is founded
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October 14
![Battle of Jena–Auerstedt](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Battle_of_Jena-Auerstedt_-_Map01.jpg/120px-Battle_of_Jena-Auerstedt_-_Map01.jpg)
- 1806 – Prussia is defeated by Napoleon in the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt
- 1892 – Birth of Heinrich Lübke, President of Germany 1959–1969
- 1944 – Suicide of field marshal Erwin Rommel
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October 15
![Cologne Cathedral](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Koelner_Dom_Innenraum.jpg/100px-Koelner_Dom_Innenraum.jpg)
- 1844 – Birth of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche
- 1880 – The completion of Cologne Cathedral is celebrated 632 years after construction had begun
- 1934 – Death of publisher Samuel Fischer, the founder of S. Fischer Verlag
- 1946 – Hermann Göring commits suicide the night before his planned execution
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October 16
![Günter Grass](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/G%C3%BCnter_Grass%2C_2004.jpg/100px-G%C3%BCnter_Grass%2C_2004.jpg)
- 1553 – Death of artist Lucas Cranach the Elder
- 1750 – Death of composer Sylvius Leopold Weiss
- 1906 – The Captain of Köpenick Wilhelm Voigt masquerades as an officer, which makes him famous
- 1927 – Birth of writer Günter Grass, recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize for Literature
- 1946 – Several major Nazi war criminals are executed following the judgment in the Nuremberg Trials
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October 17
![Georg Büchner](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Georg_B%C3%BCchner.png/100px-Georg_B%C3%BCchner.png)
- 1813 – Birth of dramatist Georg Büchner
- 1887 – Death of physicist Gustav Kirchhoff
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October 18
![Heinrich von Kleist](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Kleist%2C_Heinrich_von.jpg/100px-Kleist%2C_Heinrich_von.jpg)
- 1777 – Birth of poet Heinrich von Kleist
- 1902 – Birth of physicist Pascual Jordan
- 1926 – Birth of actor Klaus Kinski
- 1977 – The GSG 9 frees hostages on board of the Lufthansa airplane Landshut, ending the most dramatic part of the German Autumn
- 1989 – Erich Honecker resigns as leader of the German Democratic Republic
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October 19
![Munich U-Bahn](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Munich_subway_Dietlindenstra%C3%9Fe.jpg/120px-Munich_subway_Dietlindenstra%C3%9Fe.jpg)
- 1466 – The Second Treaty of Thorn ends the Thirteen Years' War
- 1878 – The Reichstag passes the Anti-Socialist Laws
- 1918 – Establishment of the Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
- 1971 – The Munich U-Bahn begins operation
- 1992 – The corpses of Petra Kelly and Gert Bastian are found
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October 20
![Max Bruch](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Max_bruch.jpg/100px-Max_bruch.jpg)
- 1719 – Birth of statistician Gottfried Achenwall
- 1920 – Death of composer Max Bruch
- 1942 – Birth of biologist Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
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October 21
![German soldiers captured at Aachen](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Kriegsgefangene_in_Aachen_%281944%29.jpg/100px-Kriegsgefangene_in_Aachen_%281944%29.jpg)
- 1881 – Death of mathematician Eduard Heine
- 1944 – As first major German city Aachen is occupied by the Allieds
- 1957 – Birth of physicist Wolfgang Ketterle, recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics
- 1969 – Willy Brandt is elected Chancellor of Germany by the Bundestag
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October 22
![Johann Reinhold Forster](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Forster.jpg/100px-Forster.jpg)
- 1511 – Birth of astronomer and mathematician Erasmus Reinhold
- 1660 – Birth of chemist Georg Ernst Stahl
- 1729 – Birth of naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster, member of James Cook's second Pacific expedition
- 1847 – Death of writer Henriette Herz
- 1906 – Birth of artist Fritz Cremer
- 1943 – Birth of politician Wolfgang Thierse
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October 23
![Albert Lortzing](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Lortzing2.jpg/100px-Lortzing2.jpg)
- 1801 – Birth of composer Albert Lortzing
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October 24
![Ernst Barlach](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/ErnstBarlachYoung.jpg/100px-ErnstBarlachYoung.jpg)
- 1804 – Birth of physicist Wilhelm Eduard Weber
- 1938 – Death of expressionist sculptor Ernst Barlach
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October 25
![Samuel Heinrich Schwabe](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Samuel_Heinrich_Schwabe.jpg/100px-Samuel_Heinrich_Schwabe.jpg)
- 1789 – Birth of astronomer Heinrich Schwabe
- 1806 – Birth of philosopher Max Stirner
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October 26
![Ferdinand Georg Frobenius](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/GeorgFrobenius.jpg/100px-GeorgFrobenius.jpg)
- 1849 – Birth of mathematician Ferdinand Georg Frobenius
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October 27
![Gerhard Schröder](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Gerhardschroeder01c.jpg/100px-Gerhardschroeder01c.jpg)
- 1998 – Gerhard Schröder is elected Chancellor of Germany
- 2012 – Death of composer Hans Werner Henze
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October 28
![Bernhard von Bülow](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2004-0098%2C_Bernhard_F%C3%BCrst_von_B%C3%BClow_%28cropped%29%28b%29.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2004-0098%2C_Bernhard_F%C3%BCrst_von_B%C3%BClow_%28cropped%29%28b%29.jpg)
- 1929 – Death of Bernhard von Bülow (pictured), Chancellor of Germany 1900-1909
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October 29
![Franz von Papen](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Vonpapen1.jpg/100px-Vonpapen1.jpg)
- 1879 – Birth of politician Franz von Papen, Chancellor of Germany 1932
- 1897 – Birth of Joseph Goebbels, Propaganda Minister of Nazi Germany
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October 30
![Theodor Hänsch](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Ted_Hansch.jpg/100px-Ted_Hansch.jpg)
- 1893 – Birth of Nazi judge Roland Freisler, president of the Volksgerichtshof
- 1941 – Birth of physicist Theodor W. Hänsch, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics
- 1975 – Death of physicist Gustav Ludwig Hertz, winner of the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics
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October 31
![95 Theses](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/95Thesen.jpg/120px-95Thesen.jpg)
- 1517 – Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses at the Castle Church in Wittenberg
- 1815 – Birth of mathematician Karl Weierstraß
- 1835 – Birth of chemist Adolf von Baeyer, winner of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his synthesis of indigo dye
- 1920 – Birth of football player Fritz Walter, captain of the Germany national football team winnning the 1954 FIFA World Cup
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