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800 years of Berlin history
1237/1244
First written mention of Berlin
1618-1648
Thirty Years War
Pillaging - siege - pest
1685
Edict of Potsdam, immigration
of refugees (Huguenots)
1688-1713
Elector Frederick III, since 1701 King Frederick I in Prussia
1740-1786
Frederick II "the Great"
27. Oktober 1806
Napoleon enters Berlin through
the Brandenburger Gate
1871
Berlin becomes capital city
of the German Empire
1918
The Kaiser (emperor) abdicates
(William II dies in exile in 1941)
January 30, 1933
Adolf Hitler ceases power
1936
The XI. Olympic Summer Games take place iin Berlin.
July 17 until August 2, 1945
Potsdam Conference of
the Allied Powers
1948-1949
Blockade of Berlin by Soviel troups
Airlift
October 1949
Foundation of two German states
August 13, 1961
The Berlin Wall is built.
9 November 1989
The Wall comes down.
Oktober3, 1990
Germany is reunited

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