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713 matches to German Customs Union
German Customs Union. Zollverein.
Zollverein. 1818-71. German economic agreements led by Prussia...German Customs Union 1834. First steps toward union.
Adelung, Johann. 1732-1806. German scholar; helped standardize language.
Adenauer, Konrad. 1876-1967. First chancellor of German Federal Republic., 1949-63. Stabilized postwar Germany.
Admiral Graf Spee. -1939. German battleship def by British, scuttled at Montevideo.
Agadir Crisis. 1911. French/German crisis by German manoevres off Morocco.
Agricola, Johann. 1494-1566. German Protestant reformer and Antinomianist.
Alamein, El, Battles of. 1942. Montgomery defeats Rommel, saving Egypt from Germans.
Alboin. -572. Germanic Lombard King. Allied Germanic tribes and conquered N Italy.
Alemanni. 3-6C. Confederation of Germanic tribes in Swabia defeated by Clovis, 496.
Alsace-Lorraine. Iron rich region along Rhine. 1C BC Rome. 5C Alemanni. 496 Franks. 870 German. 1648(A)/1766(L) French 1871 Prussia. 1919 France 1940 Germany. 1945 France.
Altdorfer, Albrecht. c1480-1538. German founder landscape painting.
Althusius, Johannes. 1557-1638. German jurist. “Father of Federalism”.
Alto Adige. German speaking Tyrol area of Italy 1919-. Granted semi-independence, 1971.
Angles. Germanic tribe that invaded Britain in 6C. Jutes. Saxons.
Anglo-Saxons. Group of Germanic tribes that invaded Britain in 5C. Ruled to 1066. Angles. Heptarchy.
Anglo-Soviet Agreement. 1941. 20 year pledge against Nazi Germany and Axis powers.
Anschluss. Austrian “reunification” with Germany, 1938 by plebiscite-99.75% for.
Anti-Comintern Pact. 1936. Germany and Japan oppose International Communism. Axis.
Anti-Socialist Law. 1878-90. Germans ban unions.
Antonescu, Ion. 1882-1946. Pro-German Romanian dictator, 1938-44.
Arminius. 18BC-19 AD. German chief who defeated Varus 9 AD.
Arnim, Bettina von. 1785-1859. German Romantic writer. Goethe’s Correspondence with a Child 1835.
Astor, John. 1763-1848. German/US fur magnate.
Atlantic, Battle. 1939-45. Unsuccessful German attempt to blockade Britain, WWII.