Germanic beginnings. Timeline : from the earliest settlements in Northern Europe to the beginning of the Christian era
The Germanic languages survive the Romans. Timeline : from the battle of Kalkriese to the end of the Western Roman Empire
A fork in the road : high German, low German. Timeline : from the beginning of the middle ages to the Protestant reformation
Bible German and the birth of a standard language. Timeline : from the beginning of the reformation to the beginning of the first industrial revolution
The German language gets a state. Timeline : from the unification of Germany to the beginning of World War I
Postwar comeback times two : a hight point, a double fall from grace, and recoveries. Timeline : from the end of World War I to the present.