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| 1930 | Birth |  |
| Ludwigshafen Birth of Helmut Kohl |
| 1958 | Education | |
| Heidelberg Graduates with a doctorate |
| 1959 | Election | |
| Elected to the Landtag of the Rhineland Palatinate |
| 1969 | Minister President | |
| Appointed Minister President |
| 1969 | Regional Party Chairman Kohl | |
| Appointed Regional Party Chairman |
| 1973 | Federal Chairman CDU | |
| Appointed Federal Chairman of the CDU |
| 1982 | Chancellor | |
| Bonn Appointed Chancellor of Germany, 1st term |
| 1982 | Vote Confidence | |
| Bonn Helmut Schmidt is defeated in a vote of no confidence & replaced by Helmut Kohl |
| 1983 | Conference of EU | |
| Stuttgart Hosts the EEC at Stuttgart |
| 1983 | Election | |
| Increases support in the general election |
| 1985 | Diplomacy | |
| 5th May Bitburg Reagan visits the Bitburg Nazi cemetery with Chancellor Helmut Khol |
| 1985 | Treaty of Schengen | |
| 14th June Schengen The Schengen Accord is signed by Belgium, Holland, Germany & France |
| 14th June Schengen The treaty abolishes border checks |
| 1989 | Destruction Berlin Wall | |
| 9th Nov Berlin The Berlin Wall opens marking the fall of the East German regime |
| 1989 | Election | |
| 29th Jan Berlin West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl's Chris tian Democratic Union suffers a major setback in West Berlin municipal elections |
| 1989 | Unification | |
| 9th Nov The German Democratic Republic collapses |
| 1990 | Border | |
| 12th Nov Oder Neisse Line Germany & Poland sign a treaty confirming their border at the Oder-Neisse line |
| 1990 | Constitution | |
| 2nd Oct Bonn The German Democratic Republic ceases to exist at midnight |
| 1990 | Diplomacy | |
| Potsdam Agrees West Germany's acceptance of the 1945 Potsdam settlement |
| Bonn Gorbachev agrees to East & |
| 1990 | Dipolmacy | |
| 12th Nov Germany & Poland sign a treaty confirming their border at the Oder-Neisse line |
| 1990 | Election | |
| Campaigns in the east, a resounding victory for the CDU |
| 2nd Dec Returned as Chancellor in a re-united Germany |
| 1990 | Federal Chairman CDU | |
| 2nd Dec Bonn Appointed Chancellor of Germany, 2nd term |
| 1990 | German Democratic Republic | |
| 2nd Oct Bonn The German Democratic Republic ceases to exist at midnight |
| 1990 | Oder Neisse Line | |
| 12th Nov Oder Neisse Line Germany & Poland sign a treaty confirming their border at the Oder-Neisse line |
| 1990 | Treaty of Potsdam | |
| Potsdam Agrees West Germany's acceptance of the 1945 Potsdam settlement |
| 1990 | Treaty of Re Unification | |
| 31st Oct Bonn East & West Germany sign the re-unification Treaty |
| 1990 | Unification | |
| Supervises the re-unification of Germany |
| 2nd Oct Bonn The German Democratic Republic ceases to exist at midnight |
| 31st Oct Bonn East & West Germany sign the re-unification Treaty |
| 1991 | Capital | |
| 20th June Berlin The German Parliament votes to move the government to Berlin |
| 1994 | Armament | |
| Bonn The Constitutional Court allows Bundeswehr outside NATO on peace-keeping missions |
| 1994 | Constitution | |
| Bonn The Constitutional Court allows Bundeswehr troops on NATO peace-keeping missions |
| 1994 | Diplomacy | |
| 14th July Bonn Elements of the 10th Panzers parade down the Champs-Elysees on Basstille day |
| Dec Baden Baden Kohl & Chirac meet & confirm their committment to a single currency in the EU |
| 1994 | Election | |
| Helmut Kohl's CDU-CSU & FDP coalition wins a 10 seat majority |
| 1994 | European Union | |
| Dec Baden Baden Kohl & Chirac meet & confirm their committment to a single currency in the EU |
| 1995 | Dayton Accords | |
| 22nd June The full and formal agreement is signed by French President Jacques Chirac, USAPresident Bill Clinton, UK Prime Minister John Major, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl & Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin |
| 1997 | Economy | |
| 22nd May Presents the Joint Initiative for More Jobs in Eastern Germany |
| 1997 | Treaty of Amsterdam | |
| 2nd Oct Amsterdam Greater citizenship and rights of individuals, more democracy & increased powers for the European Parliament, a new title on employment & an EU Community area of freedom, security and justice |
| 2nd Oct Amsterdam Substantial changes to the treaty on European Union, EU, which had been signed at Maastricht in 1992 |
| 2nd Oct Amsterdam The beginnings of a common foreign EU and security policy (CFSP) and the reform of the institutions in the run-up to enlargement |
| 2nd Oct Amsterdam The Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty of the European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts, commonly known as the Amsterdam Treaty |
