FC Bayern Munich was founded in February 1900 by a group of football enthusiasts led by Franz John, who had left a gymnastics club in Munich. For its first decades it was a local team without national success, and it won its first German championship in 1932. After becoming a founding member of the Bundesliga in 1965, it grew into the country's dominant club, led by players such as Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller and Sepp Maier. The club won the European Cup three times in a row in the mid-1970s and has won the Champions League several times since. It has played at the Allianz Arena since 2005 and has won more German league titles than any other club.
Before and after
- 19001900 becomes the warmest year on record
- 9 January 1900Founding of SS Lazio
- from 23 January 1900 to 24 January 1900Battle of Spion Kop
- 22 February 1900Birth of Luis Buñuel
- 27 February 1900Founding of FC Bayern Munich
- March 1900Arthur Evans begins digging at Knossos
- 18 March 1900Founding of AFC Ajax
- 14 April 1900Founding of Union Cycliste Internationale
- 25 April 1900Birth of Wolfgang Pauli
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- 23 June 1894Founding of International Olympic Committee
- from 6 April 1896 to 15 April 1896The first modern Olympic Games open in Athens
- 21 May 1904Founding of FIFA
The era
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