Berlin

City

Capital of Prussia, of united Germany from 1871 and again from 1990; divided into East and West from 1949 to 1990.

View on map 52.52° N, 13.38° E Wikipedia

Held by

1789 – August 6, 1806 Holy Roman Empire de facto
1789 – September 20, 1866 Kingdom of Prussia de facto
June 8, 1815 – May 18, 1848 German Confederation de facto
November 29, 1850 – August 23, 1866 German Confederation de facto
October 1, 1866 – July 1, 1867 Kingdom of Prussia de facto
July 1, 1867 – January 18, 1871 North German Confederation de facto
January 19, 1871 – November 9, 1918 German Empire de facto
November 11, 1918 – May 8, 1945 Germany de facto
October 7, 1949 – October 3, 1990 East Germany de facto
since October 4, 1990 Germany de facto

Capital of

January 18, 1701 – November 9, 1918 Kingdom of Prussia
July 1, 1867 – January 18, 1871 North German Confederation
July 1, 1867 – May 23, 1949 Germany
January 18, 1871 – November 9, 1918 German Empire
October 7, 1949 – October 3, 1990 East Germany
since October 3, 1990 Germany Parliament and government moved from Bonn in 1999

Events here 49

October 24–27, 1806 Fall of Berlin (1806)
1847 Potato revolution
June 13 – July 13, 1878 Congress of Berlin
July 13, 1878 Treaty of Berlin (1878)
November 15, 1884 – February 26, 1885 Berlin Conference
June 18, 1887 Reinsurance Treaty
June 14, 1889 Treaty of Berlin (1889)
July 1, 1890 Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty
May 1 – October 15, 1896 Great Industrial Exposition of Berlin
November 4, 1911 Morocco–Congo Treaty
September 20 – December 1, 1913 Erster Deutscher Herbstsalon
November 25, 1915 General relativity
January 16 – March 1, 1917 Zimmermann Telegram
October 29, 1918 – August 11, 1919 German Revolution
January 5–12, 1919 Spartacist uprising
1920 – 1922 Operation Nemesis
March 13, 1920 Kapp Putsch
March 15, 1921 Assassination of Talaat Pasha
August 25, 1921 U.S.–German Peace Treaty (1921)
April 24, 1926 Treaty of Berlin (1926)
May 1–3, 1929 Blutmai
July 20, 1932 1932 Prussian coup d'état
January 30, 1933 Nazi seizure of power
February 27, 1933 Reichstag fire
February 28, 1933 Reichstag Fire Decree
March 23, 1933 Enabling Act of 1933
January 26, 1934 – April 28, 1939 German–Polish declaration of non-aggression
August 1–16, 1936 1936 Summer Olympics
November 25, 1936 Anti-Comintern Pact
September 1938 Oster conspiracy
November 9–10, 1938 Kristallnacht
June 7, 1939 German–Latvian Non-Aggression Pact
June 7, 1939 German–Estonian Non-Aggression Pact
August 19, 1939 German–Soviet Credit Agreement (1939)
September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945 World War II
September 27, 1940 – 1945 Tripartite Pact
November 1940 German–Soviet Axis talks
January 20, 1942 Wannsee Conference
April 16 – May 2, 1945 Battle of Berlin
June 24, 1948 – May 12, 1949 Berlin Blockade
June 24, 1948 – September 30, 1949 Berlin Airlift
June 4 – November 9, 1961 Berlin Crisis of 1961
August 13, 1961 Construction of the Berlin Wall
September 3, 1971 Four Power Agreement on Berlin
December 21, 1972 – October 3, 1990 Basic Treaty, 1972
November 9, 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall
August 31, 1990 Unification Treaty (1990)
October 3, 1990 German reunification
December 19, 2016 2016 Berlin truck attack