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These are the selected anniversaries for December that appear on the Germany portal. The "edit" links edit the portal subpages that are displayed as sections here.

• 1743 – Birth of chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth
• 1750 – Death of astronomer and cartographer Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr
• 1884 – Birth of expressionist painter Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
• 1966 – Kurt Georg Kiesinger is elected Chancellor of Germany by Germany's first grand coalition

• December 1 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 1 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1409 – The University of Leipzig is founded
• 1817 – Birth of historian Heinrich von Sybel
• 1891 – Birth of expressionist painter Otto Dix
• 1944 – Birth of novelist and playwright Botho Strauß

• December 2 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 2 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1776 – Birth of physician Johann Spurzheim, proponent of phrenology
• 1857 – Death of sculptor Christian Daniel Rauch
• 1898 – Birth of author Fritz Steuben
• 1931 – Birth of singer-songwriter Franz Josef Degenhardt

• December 3 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 3 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1555 – Birth of historian and poet Heinrich Meibom
• 1881 – Birth of field marshal Erwin von Witzleben, member of the July 20 Plot
• 1933 – Death of poet Stefan George
• 1975 – Death of political theorist Hannah Arendt

• December 4 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 4 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1868 – Birth of theoretical physicist Arnold Sommerfeld
• 1897 – Birth of philosopher and historian Gershom Scholem
• 1901 – Birth of physicist Werner Heisenberg (pictured), winner of the 1932 Nobel Prize in Physics
• 1963 – Death of composer Karl Amadeus Hartmann

• December 5 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 5 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1849 – Birth of field marshal August von Mackensen
• 1892 – Death of industrialist Ernst Werner von Siemens
• 2005 – Death of cabaret artist Hanns Dieter Hüsch

• December 6 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 6 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 983 – Death of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor
• 1810 – Birth of physiologist Theodor Schwann
• 1823 – Birth of mathematician Leopold Kronecker
• 1970 – Poland and West Germany sign the Treaty of Warsaw

• December 7 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 7 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1708 – Birth of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I
• 1813 – Birth of priest and social activist Adolph Kolping
• 1815 – Birth of artist Adolph Menzel
• 1914 – The German East Asia Squadron is destroyed in the Battle of the Falkland Islands
• 1955 – Death of mathematician Hermann Weyl

• December 8 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 8 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1652 – Birth of physician and botanist Augustus Quirinus Rivinus
• 1717 – Birth of archaeologist Johann Joachim Winckelmann
• 1798 – Death of naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster, member of James Cook's second Pacific expedition
• 1868 – Birth of chemist Fritz Haber, winner of the 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his development of synthetic ammonia

• December 9 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 9 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1452 – Birth of mathematician and astronomer Johannes Stöffler
• 1520 – Martin Luther burns the papal bull Exsurge Domine in Wittenberg
• 1804 – Birth of mathematician Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
• 1891 – Birth of poet Nelly Sachs, recipient of the 1966 Nobel Prize for Literature
• 1971 – Willy Brandt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

• December 10 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 10 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1843 – Birth of physician Robert Koch, recipient of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• 1882 – Birth of physicist Max Born, recipient of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics
• 1941 – Germany declares war on the United States
• 1998 – Death of politician Max Streibl

• December 11 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 11 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1559 – Death of physician Andreas Aurifaber
• 1768 – Death of author Johann Christoph Gottsched
• 1963 – Death of politician Theodor Heuss, first President of West Germany

• December 12 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 12 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1250 – Death of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
• 1769 – Death of poet Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
• 1797 – Birth of poet Heinrich Heine
• 1816 – Birth of inventor and industrialist Ernst Werner von Siemens

• December 13 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 13 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1720 – Birth of jurist and social theorist Justus Möser
• 1788 – Death of composer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
• 1914 – Birth of Karl Carstens, President of Germany 1979-1984

• December 14 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 14 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1955 – Death of politician Otto Braun, last democratic Prime Minister of Prussia before the Preußenschlag

• December 15 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 15 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1944 – The Battle of the Bulge begins
• 1964 – Birth of athlete Heike Drechsler
• 2001 – Death of writer Stefan Heym

• December 16 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 16 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1833 – Death of foundling Kaspar Hauser
• 1930 – Birth of actor Armin Mueller-Stahl
• 1961 – Consecration of the new Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

• December 17 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 17 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1803 – Death of writer Johann Gottfried Herder
• 1913 – Birth of Willy Brandt, Chancellor of Germany 1969-1974 and recipient of the 1971 Nobel Peace Prize
• 1917 – The Ufa film studio is created

• December 18 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 18 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1498 – Birth of Lutheran theologian Andreas Osiander
• 1915 – Death of neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer, after whom Alzheimer's disease is named

• December 19 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 19 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1626 – Birth of statesman and scholar Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff
• 1926 – Birth of politician Otto Graf Lambsdorff
• 1937 – Death of general Erich Ludendorff
• 1963 – The first of the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials opens

• December 20 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 20 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1504 – Death of Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, Archbishop of Mainz
• 1917 – Birth of writer Heinrich Böll, winner of the 1972 Nobel Prize for Literature
• 1935 – Death of journalist and satirist Kurt Tucholsky
• 1958 – Death of novelist Lion Feuchtwanger
• 1965 – Birth of politician Cem Özdemir

• December 21 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 21 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1765 – Birth of mathematician Johann Friedrich Pfaff
• 1899 – Birth of actor Gustaf Gründgens
• 1902 – Death of psychiatrist Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, author of Psychopathia Sexualis
• 1989 – The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin reopens after the fall of the Berlin Wall

• December 22 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 22 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1810 – Birth of egyptologist Karl Richard Lepsius
• 1828 – Birth of poet Mathilde Wesendonck
• 1918 – Birth of politician Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of Germany 1974-1982

• December 23 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 23 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1475 – Birth of satirist Thomas Murner
• 1859 – Birth of publisher Samuel von Fischer, founder of S. Fischer Verlag
• 1980 – Death of Karl Dönitz, President of Germany 1945

• December 24 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 24 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1356 – At the Diet of Metz, the final parts of the Golden Bull are decreed
• 1742 – Birth of Charlotte von Stein, friend of Goethe
• 1906 – Birth of physicist Ernst Ruska, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics

• December 25 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 25 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1194 – Birth of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
• 1890 – Death of Heinrich Schliemann, excavator of Troy

• December 26 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 26 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1571 – Birth of astronomer Johannes Kepler
• 1896 – Birth of writer and playwright Carl Zuckmayer

• December 27 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 27 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1888 – Birth of silent film director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
• 1963 – Death of composer and conductor Paul Hindemith

• December 28 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 28 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1926 – Death of poet Rainer Maria Rilke
• 1929 – Death of engineer Wilhelm Maybach

• December 29 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 29 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1525 – Death of banker Jacob Fugger, nicknamed The Rich
• 1819 – Birth of poet and novelist Theodor Fontane

• December 30 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 30 anniversaries on German Wikipedia

• 1747 – Birth of poet Gottfried August Bürger
• 1881 – Birth of expressionist painter Max Pechstein
• 1896 – Birth of mathematician Carl Ludwig Siegel

• December 31 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • December 31 anniversaries on German Wikipedia