The Reichstag building in Berlin was designed by the architect Paul Wallot to house the parliament of the German Empire, and it was inaugurated in December 1894. Its dedication, To the German People, was added over the entrance in 1916. A fire in 1933 shortly after Hitler became chancellor was used by the Nazis to suspend civil liberties, and the building was badly damaged in the Second World War, when Soviet soldiers raised their flag over it in 1945. It was restored in the postwar decades, and after reunification the architect Norman Foster added a glass dome. Since 1999 it has been home to the German Bundestag.
Before and after
- 30 June 1894Construction of Tower Bridge
- 13 July 1894Birth of Gavrilo Princip
- 26 July 1894Birth of Aldous Huxley
- from 1 August 1894 to 17 April 1895First Sino-Japanese War
- December 1894Construction of Reichstag
- from December 1894 to September 1895Second Madagascar expedition
- from 15 December 1894 to 23 October 1896First Italo-Ethiopian War
- 1895Founding of Yerkes Observatory
- from 1895 to 1898Cuban War of Independence
More in Art, literature & culture
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- 5 May 1821Founding of The Guardian
- 7 April 1837Publication of The Little Mermaid
- 21 February 1848Publication of The Communist Manifesto
- 18 September 1851Founding of The New York Times
- 1857Rise of Symbolism
The era
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