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Below are some key dates and events in German history: | Below are some key dates and events in German history: | ||
'''1517: | '''1517: ''' Protestant Reformation. The first significant non-Catholic religions begin in Germany. | ||
'''1524: | '''1524: '''Protestant church records begin in Nürnberg. | ||
'''1563: | '''1563: ''' Council of Trent. Catholic priests are ordered to start keeping baptism and marriage records. | ||
'''1583: | '''1583: ''' Catholic areas begin using the Gregorian calendar. | ||
'''1618: | '''1618: '''Thirty Years' War. Many records are burned. | ||
'''1622: | '''1622: '''The Pfalz suffers great destruction in the war. | ||
'''1683: | '''1683: ''' The first permanent German settlement in the United States is founded at Germantown, Pennsylvania. | ||
'''1700'''<nowiki>: | '''1700'''<nowiki>: The last German Protestant areas finally switch to the Gregorian calendar.</nowiki> | ||
'''1709: | '''1709: ''' Large numbers of emigrants, called Palatines [Pfälzer], leave the Pfalz region of Germany for England and America. | ||
'''1722: | '''1722: ''' Austro-Hungarian monarchs begin inviting Germans to settle parts of their empire. | ||
'''1763: | '''1763: ''' Catherine the Great begins inviting Germans to settle in Russia. | ||
'''1792'''<nowiki>: | '''1792'''<nowiki>: France starts civil registration west of the Rhein. Some church records are interrupted.</nowiki> | ||
'''1814: | '''1814: ''' Napoleon weakens. German states begin to reorganize under the leadership of Preußen. | ||
'''1828: | '''1828: '''Patronymic naming is abolished in Schleswig-Holstein (then part of Denmark). | ||
'''1848'''<nowiki>: | '''1848'''<nowiki>: German Revolution. Emigration to the United States increases.</nowiki> | ||
'''1850: | '''1850: ''' The Hamburg passenger lists begin to document the origins or places of residence of Europeans leaving for the Americas, Africa, and Australia. | ||
'''1864'''<nowiki>: | '''1864'''<nowiki>: Preußen conquers Schleswig-Holstein.</nowiki> | ||
'''1871: | '''1871: ''' Franco-Prussian War. Elsaß-Lothringen comes under German rule. | ||
'''1874: | '''1874: ''' Preußen introduces civil registration. | ||
'''1876: | '''1876: '''Civil registration is required throughout Germany and begins wherever it is not already in effect. | ||
'''1914'''<nowiki>: | '''1914'''<nowiki>: World War I. Elsaß-Lothringen is returned to France.</nowiki> | ||
'''1918: | '''1918: '''France. Northern Schleswig-Holstein returned to Denmark. Posen and parts of Schlesien and Westpreußen are ceded to Poland. Northern tip of Ostpreußen goes to Lithuania. | ||
'''1939: | '''1939: ''' World War II. Ostpreußen divided between Poland and Russia. | ||
'''1945: | '''1945: ''' Poland and Russia. Most of Pommern, Westpreußen, Brandenburg, and Schlesien come under Polish administration. | ||
The Family History Library has many published national, regional, provincial, and local histories for Germany. You can find histories in the Family History Library Catalog under: | The Family History Library has many published national, regional, provincial, and local histories for Germany. You can find histories in the Family History Library Catalog under: | ||
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=== Calendar Changes === | === Calendar Changes === | ||
The Gregorian calendar is the calendar in common use in the world today. It is a correction of the Julian calendar that had been in use since A.D. 46. Leap years were miscalculated in the Julian calendar, | The Gregorian calendar is the calendar in common use in the world today. It is a correction of the Julian calendar that had been in use since A.D. 46. Leap years were miscalculated in the Julian calendar, so that by 1582 the calendar was ten days behind the solar year. | ||
In 1582 Germany was a collection of small principalities, duchies, city-states, and feudal estates. The new calendar was officially adopted by the Catholic dioceses and states in Germany between 1582 and 1585, but many Protestant states did not accept the new calendar until the 1600s. As a result, there were two different dating systems used in various areas of Germany throughout this time period. In some cases, Catholic and Protestant congregations in the same city may have used different calendars at the same time. | In 1582 Germany was a collection of small principalities, duchies, city-states, and feudal estates. The new calendar was officially adopted by the Catholic dioceses and states in Germany between 1582 and 1585, but many Protestant states did not accept the new calendar until the 1600s. As a result, there were two different dating systems used in various areas of Germany throughout this time period. In some cases, Catholic and Protestant congregations in the same city may have used different calendars at the same time. | ||
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[http://www.gefrance.com/calrep/calen/htm www.gefrance.com/calrep/calen/htm]. | [http://www.gefrance.com/calrep/calen/htm www.gefrance.com/calrep/calen/htm]. | ||
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