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Round 1 · 1791 AD
Completion of the Brandenburg Gate
Commissioned by Frederick William II, Carl Gotthard Langhans' neoclassical masterpiece was opened to traffic in 1791, though the monumental structure would wait another two years for its famous crowning Chariot of Victory.
Round 2 · 1945 AD
Allied Capture of the Bridge at Remagen
Advancing US forces were shocked to find the Ludendorff railway bridge over the Rhine still standing. Its capture secured a crucial foothold into Germany's heartland and shortened the war.
Round 3 · 1404 AD
Erection of the Bremen Roland Statue
Following the destruction of an earlier wooden statue by the Archbishop's men, the citizens of Bremen defiantly erected this colossal stone knight to assert their market rights and imperial freedom.
Round 4 · 1753 AD
Tiepolo Frescoes the Würzburg Residence Staircase
The Venetian master completed the largest ceiling fresco in the world above the grand staircase, an unbroken 677-square-meter triumph of Baroque art depicting the four known continents paying their respects.
Round 5 · 1897 AD
First Public Test of the Diesel Engine
After years of dangerous prototypes—one of which nearly killed him—Rudolf Diesel successfully demonstrated his revolutionary high-compression internal combustion engine at the Maschinenfabrik Augsburg, changing global industry forever.