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Karl Carstens
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Person

Karl Carstens

1914 – 1992 · aged 78

President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1914-1992)

Born
14 Dec 1914 · Bremen
Died
30 May 1992 · Meckenheim

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 90 years
  1. 14 Dec 1914BornBorn in Bremen
  2. 1939 – 1945WarWorld War II
  3. 1959AwardGrand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  4. 1960AwardGrand Officer of the Military Order of Christ
  5. 1962AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
  6. 1964AwardHonorary citizen of Berlin
  7. 1964AwardHonorary citizen of Bonn
  8. 1965AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  9. 1966AwardGrand Cross of the Military Order of Christ
  10. 1966 – 1967RoleSecretary of state from Germany
  11. 1968 – 1969RoleChancellery Chief of Staff
  12. 1972 – 1976RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  13. 1973RoleSubstitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
  14. 1973 – 1976RoleChairman of the CDU/CSU Bundestag fraction
  15. 1974 – 1977RoleSubstitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
  16. 1976 – 1979RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  17. 1976 – 1979RolePresident of the Bundestag
  18. 1976AwardGrand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  19. 1977AwardGrand Cross of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria
  20. 1977AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
  21. 1979 – 1984RolePresident of Germany
  22. 1979AwardKnight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  23. 1979AwardGrand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  24. 30 May 1992DiedDied in Meckenheim

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1914 – 1992).

  1. 1914 – 1918World War I
  2. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  3. 1917Balfour Declaration
  4. 1917February Revolution
  5. 1917October Revolution
  6. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  7. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  8. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  9. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  10. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  11. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  12. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  13. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1938Munich Agreement
  15. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  16. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  17. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  18. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  19. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  20. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  21. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  22. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  23. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  25. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  26. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  28. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  29. 1956Suez Crisis
  30. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  31. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  32. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  33. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  34. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  35. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  36. 1968Prague Spring
  37. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  38. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  39. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  40. 19781978 FIFA World Cup

Biography

Karl Carstens (German: [kaʁl ˈkaʁstn̩s] ; 14 December 1914 – 30 May 1992) was a German politician. He served as the president of West Germany from 1979 to 1984.

Text from the Wikipedia article Karl Carstens, CC BY-SA 4.0

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