The Deutschlandlied, or Song of Germany, is a patriotic song with words by the poet August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, written in August 1841 on the island of Heligoland, then under British rule, and published later that year. He set the words to a melody by Joseph Haydn, composed in 1797 as an anthem for the Austrian emperor. The song expressed the hope of a unified Germany at a time when the German lands were divided into many states. It became widely popular and was made the national anthem in 1922 under the Weimar Republic. After the Second World War, in 1952, West Germany chose the third verse alone, beginning with Unity and Justice and Freedom, as the anthem, and it has been used for united Germany since 1990.
Before and after
- 4 April 1841Death of William Henry Harrison
- 3 May 1841Founding of New Zealand
- 8 September 1841Birth of Antonín Dvořák
- 28 September 1841Birth of Georges Clemenceau
- 5 October 1841Publication of Deutschlandlied
- 9 November 1841Birth of Edward VII
- 1842Richard Owen coins the word Dinosauria
- 11 January 1842Birth of William James
- 9 March 1842Premiere of Nabucco
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