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| 1872 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von |  |
| May The Jesuits are banned (and remained banned in Germany until 1917) |
| May Under the May Laws administered by Adalbert Falk, the state begins to monitor the education of clergy closely, creates a secular court for cases involving the clergy, and requires notification of all clergy employment |
| 1873 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Berlin The "May Laws" of 1873-75 require state approval for training & licensing of priests |
| Berlin The "May Laws" of 1873-75 require state approval for training & licensing priests |
| 1873 | Falk, Paul | |
| 11th May Introduces the May Laws subjecting the Clergy to State control |
| 1874 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| 25th May Further May Laws against the Ultramontane clergy provoking Pius IX to annul them |
| 1875 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Marriage becomes a mandatory civil ceremony, removed from the control of the Church |
| 1883 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Berlin Passes the Sickness Insurance Law |
| The social security systems installed by Bismarck (health care in 1883, accidents insurance in 1884, invalidity and old-age insurance in 1889) at the time are the most advanced in the world |
| 1884 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| The social security systems installed by Bismarck (health care in 1883, accidents insurance in 1884, invalidity and old-age insurance in 1889) at the time are the most advanced in the world |
| 1900 | Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin | |
| Berlin Supplementary Naval Act, escalates shipbuilding after the Boer War |
| 1902 | Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin | |
| Berlin The Tariff Law, increases duties particularly on imported grain from Russia |
| 1921 | Wirth, Karl Joseph | |
| National Disarmament Law takes effect, disbands civil guards |
| 1927 | Marx, Wihelm | |
| 16th July Unemployment Insurance Law passed |
| 1933 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| 23rd Mar Berlin The Centre Party votes for the Enabling Law, the "legal" basis of dictatorship |
| 23rd Mar Berlin The Kroll Opera House, where the voting will be held, is surrounded by SA & SS |
| 24th Mar Berlin Germany becomes a dictatorship |
| 24th Mar Berlin The Reichstag votes for the Enabling Act |
| 1933 | Wels, Otto | |
| 23rd Mar Berlin Hitler tells Wels that his death-knell had sounded |
| 23rd Mar Berlin Thw Kroll Opera House, where the voting will be held, is surrounded by SA & SS |
| 1934 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| 1st Jan Berlin Sterilization measures come into effect to prevent hereditary illness |
| 1935 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| Berlin Decrees full "racial purity" by forbidding mixed blood co-habitation |
| Berlin Law for the Protection of German Blood & Honour |
| 30th April Berlin A Jewish tenant can be evicted if an alternate lodging is available |
| 26th June Berlin Men aged between 19 & 25 are conscripted for 6 months, prior to military service |
| 15th Sep Berlin Jews are stripped of German citzenship |
| 15th Sep Berlin Jews lose legal equality as Germany is divided into "subjects"& "citizens" |
| 15th Sep Berlin The Reichstag passes further anti-Semitic & Nuremberg laws |
| 6th Oct Berlin Orders abortion if either partner suffers from hereditary disease |
| 1937 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| Civil Service Act, teachers become executors of the Party State |
| 1938 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| 3rd Dec Berlin Jewish property is "legally" confiscated |
| 1948 | Adenauer, Konrad | |
| Bonn The Basic Law rests on the will of the people of the western Lander |
