1066?

[Felix/FFDS]

England was part of Canada at that time ... (according to die-hard Canadians, that is...)

um, in 1812 the US and England were at war with each other

[Scorpiоn]

[quote]important dates in german history:

Nov 11th 1989...
Oct

[Iroquois]

um, in 1812 the US and England were at war with each other

Although Canada was part of Britain, Canadians did most of the fighting. The US was trying to take over the Canadas. Britian wasn't directly at war with the US but did send military aid.

[Scorpiоn]

No, no...  I take that back.  I'll go with 1989.  I remember seeing a poster of it in my German class.  I think it said November...  1989, final answer.

[RichieB16]

The Berlin Wall fell in November of 1989.

[Felix/FFDS]

Da, gospodin...

The world's first astronaut was a 27-year-old Soviet aviator named Yuri Gagarin. On April 12, 1961, the 43/4-ton spacecraft Vostok 1 was launched at 9:07 in the morning, Moscow time, from a location in Baikonur, a wasteland in the south-central region of the Soviet Union. The spacecraft orbited the Earth once in 1 hour and 29 minutes at a maximum speed of 27,000 kilometers per hour. It followed an elliptical orbit that carried Gagarin as far as 301 kilometers from Earth. Vostok I landed at 10:55 AM and made the young Soviet cosmonaut a worldwide celebrity. Gagarin's flight in Vostok 1 was an astounding achievement that began mankind's entry into space. It was recognized that the Soviet Union had a definite advantage in space technology over the United States. Gagarin was celebrated as a hero in the Soviet Union. Monuments were raised to him and streets named in his honor. He never went into space again.

Does anyone here know what happened on April 12, 1961?

[RichieB16]

Da, gospodin...

The world's first astronaut was a 27-year-old Soviet aviator named Yuri Gagarin. On April 12, 1961, the 43/4-ton spacecraft Vostok 1 was launched at 9:07 in the morning, Moscow time, from a location in Baikonur, a wasteland in the south-central region of the Soviet Union. The spacecraft orbited the Earth once in 1 hour and 29 minutes at a maximum speed of 27,000 kilometers per hour. It followed an elliptical orbit that carried Gagarin as far as 301 kilometers from Earth. Vostok I landed at 10:55 AM and made the young Soviet cosmonaut a worldwide celebrity. Gagarin's flight in Vostok 1 was an astounding achievement that began mankind's entry into space. It was recognized that the Soviet Union had a definite advantage in space technology over the United States. Gagarin was celebrated as a hero in the Soviet Union. Monuments were raised to him and streets named in his honor. He never went into space again.

Impressive Felix, one of these times I'm gonna stump you.  An interesting fact by the way, according to international rules-Gagarin's flight would not have counted as a space flight because he did not land in his capsule (this was kept secret).

[Rifleman]

[quote]
I do have a (slightly warped) sense of humour.

PS. My comment was a sly poke at Rifle too.

[ATI_7500]

richie,scorpion,you're right. but no ideas on the other dates??

okay,i'll post the solutions.

1870 - german/french war (not that important at all..)
1871 - proclamation of the german "empire" (deutsches reich)
Sep 7th ,1949 - foundation of the FRG (federal republic of germany) and the GDR (german democratic republic).

[Felix/FFDS]

The Franco-Prussian War "not important at all"? (note I'm conveniently ignoring the ..) at the end).

This led directly to the consolidation of power of Bismarck and the proclamation of Empire under the Kaiser (the grandfather of the WW1 Kaiser).  From there, an "arms race" started as Germany wanted to rush into the colonial race (hence colonies in Africa, participation in the suppression of the Boxer rebellion in China) AND the building of capital ships.  England stayed out of coalitions that Germany wanted to make (considering the royal families were related) and the common "enemy" was France - until the French and english divided up their African interests (which pissed off Willly to no end) ... Germany looked to other nations to secure its borders against Russia, France, and was aligned with Austria-Hungary who had their own design in the Balkans ... then a little incident in Sarajevo provoked the Austrians to flex their muscle, make unreasonable demands on the Serbs (which, by the way, were met completely in the hopes of avoiding conflict but the Austrians were hell bent on getting their aims...)  Russia came to the Serbs aid, Germany came in behind Austria, France came to the Russian/Serb cause, then when germany moved into Belgium, England honored its agreements....

No, it really wasn't that big a deal...

(By the way, the book "Dreadnought" makes for interesting reading...  goes from the end of the Franco-Prussian War to August 1914...

richie,scorpion,you're right. but no ideas on the other dates??

okay,i'll post the solutions.

1870 - german/french war (not that important at all..)
1871 - proclamation of the german "empire" (deutsches reich)
Sep 7th ,1949 - foundation of the FRG (federal republic of germany) and the GDR (german democratic republic).

[C]

1812 - Didn't France (Napoleon) have a little spat with Russia then too?

(As well as the Yanks and the Canadians (on behalf of us good old Brits, always disagreeing with someone, dear oh dear))...

Charlie

[ATI_7500]

okay,it was a big event and maybe one cause for WW1, but it wasn't an IMPORTANT event for german history...

[Smoke2much]

1905 Russo-Japanese War

1898 ?

1863 ACW

1815 Battle of Waterloo

etc

And Orenda Britain WAS at war with the Colonists in 1812.  There was a bit more too it than the Invasion of our Canadian Territories.  If I remember correctly we burned down the White House hee hee hee.

And got our arses kicked at sea by USS Constitution and others.  Not so hee hee hee

[RichieB16]

okay,it was a big event and maybe one cause for WW1, but it wasn't an IMPORTANT event for german history...

Actually, I tend to think of the Franco-Prussian War as one of the most important events in German history because it started a very critical chain of events.

[Smoke2much]

I think that the Franco-Prussian war was a critical part of World history, not just German history.  Not only for the reasons that Richie has written but also from a purely tactical military point of view.  The FP war was fought with the Prussians using "Needle Guns" which were an early form of quick firing rifle arm.  For this reason the French were cut down in vast numbers .  It can be argued that if the Junior officers in the French and Imperial Prussian armies had learnt the lessons from the battles that they saw first hand then the blood bath of WWI would possibly have been vastly different as the 16 year old Ensigns in 1870 were the 60 year old generals  in 1914.