Quick facts[]
President: Joachim Gauck (2012-Present)
Population: 81,106,685
Capital: Berlin
Language: German
Currency: Euro
History[]
| Year | Event |
| 919 AD | The Saxon dynasty rule Germany. |
| 1118 AD | The Knights Templar founded to protect Jerusalem and European pilgrims on their journey to the city |
| 1499 | Switzerland breaks away from the German empire. |
| 1814 | Congress of Vienna establishes the German Confederation of 39 independent German states (Becomes
an actual country.) |
| 1871 | Germany captures Paris. |
| 1918 | Germany IS declared a republic. |
| 1919 | A national assembly meets in Weimar to write a new German Constitution |
| 1923 | The National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazis) attempt an unsuccessful armed rebellion led by Adolf Hitler |
| 1933 | Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler as the chancellor and Nazi Germany begin persecuting Jews |
| 1939 | Germany invades Poland starting World War II |
| 1940 | Germany captures Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Luxembourg. The Allies including Russia, UK and USA retaliate. |
| 1945 | Adolf Hitler commits suicide; Germany surrenders, World War II ends. |
| 1961 | The Berlin Wall was built |
| 1989 | The Berlin Wall demolished |
| 1990 | East and West Germany was reunited. |
| 2008 | Germany was hit hard by the global financial crisis in late 2008 and 2009. |
Stats of Germany[]
| Population? | 81,770,900 | 6th |
| GDP per capita? | $41,267 | 20th |
| GDP Total? | $3.371 trillion | 4th |
| Area? (Km) | 357,168 km2 | 63rd |
| HDI | 0.916 (very high) | 6th |
Trivia[]
- Germany has maintained (and even lost) their population count, as in 2000, the recorded population just hit 83 million, while as of 2016, the population is roughly 81,770,000.