Konrad Adenauer was born on 5 January 1876 in Cologne. A German statesman, Adenauer was the mayor of Cologne until the Nazis removed him from office in 1933. After the war he helped found the Christian Democratic Union and became the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949 at the age of 73, serving until 1963. He anchored West Germany firmly in the Western camp, bringing it into NATO and into the early European communities, and he worked for reconciliation with France, sealed by the Élysée Treaty of 1963 with Charles de Gaulle. During his tenure the country recovered rapidly in what was called the economic miracle. Critics found his style authoritarian, and he was reluctant to confront the Nazi past.
Before and after
- 1876Telephone
- 1876Founding of Johns Hopkins University
- 1876Publication of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- from 1876 to 1877Great Sioux War of 1876
- 5 January 1876Birth of Konrad Adenauer
- 12 January 1876Birth of Jack London
- 15 January 1876Birth of Ibn Saud
- 27 February 1876Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876
- 2 March 1876Birth of Pius XII
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