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German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
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842
2.14.842
Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages.
1456
11.9.1456
Ulrich II of Celje (Slovene: Ulrik Celjski, German Ulrich von Cilli, Hungarian: Cillei Ulrik), last prince of Celje principality, was assassinated in Belgrade.
1529
4.19.1529
At the Second Diet of Speyer, a group of rulers (''German:'' Fürst) and independent cities (''German:'' Reichsstadt) protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms, beginning the Protestant Reformation.
4.19.1529
At the Second Diet of Speyer, a group of rulers (''German:'' Fürst) and independent cities (''German:'' Reichsstadt) protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms, beginning the Protestant Reformation.