|
 |
 |
| . |
 |
| . |
| . |
| . |
| . |
 |
| German School of Canada |
| German History, Part 1 58BC - Julius Ceasar conqures Helvetia- known today as Switzerland. 9 AD - Battle of Teutoburg Forest, in which Hermann Arminius leads the Germans in a decisive defeat of Roman forces. 15 - Rome controls Austria south of the Danube. 166 - Northern tribes begin invasion of Austria 486 - The Frankish cheiftain Clovis (Louis I) overruns the province of Gaul, introduces features Roman life in western Germany. 843 - The treaty of Verdun divides the empire of Charlemange into three parts. The German portion is given to Louis the Pious, but soon divided into five duchies. 962 - Otto I dispute crowned Holy Roman Emperor at Aachen. 1075 - A dispute between the papacy and Henry IV marks the beginning of a long strife between the Church and the German State. 1278 - Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf I of the Habsburg dynasty begins acquiring Austrian lands. 1291 - The Swiss cantons of Schwyz, Uri, and Unterwalden enter into the Perpetual Covenant to defend each other from foreign attack, laying the foundation of the Swiss Confederation. 1300s - The Hanseatic League is the greatest power in northern Germany. 1438 - The Habsburg Archduke of Austria is made Holy Roman Emperor. The family retains the title almost continuously until 1806. 1515 - France's halting of Swiss expansion into Italy precipitates the Swiss policy of neutrality. 1517 - Beginning of the Reformation. 1555 - The Peace of Augsburg allows German princes to choose Catholicism or Protestantism. 1648 - The Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Year's War and recognizes Swiss independence. 1683 - Invading Ottomans stopped short of Vienna for the second and final time. 1713 - Holy Emperor ( by now almost solely an Austrian power) Charles VI declares the Pragmatic Sanction, by which his daugther Maria Theresa becomes his her. 1719 - The house of Lichtenstein combines the countries of Vaduz and Schellenberg, forming a country the name for themselves. 1740 - Frederick the Great becomes king of Prussia and turns it into a major power. 1798 - French forces occupy Switzerland and set up the Helvetic Republic. German History Part 2 |
 |