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Holy Roman Empire
Otto I is crowned emperor, beginning a loose confederation of German states.
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Otto I is crowned emperor, beginning a loose confederation of German states.
Martin Luther's 95 Theses spark the Protestant Reformation.
Otto von Bismarck unifies Germany into the German Empire.
Germany is divided into the Federal Republic (West) and the GDR (East).
After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Germany reunites.
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