Diary of Anne Frank Timeline By jorwel224 Period: Apr 30, 1889 to Jan 11, 2010 Timeline Mar 31, 1898 Hermann van Pels is born. Jan 16, 1900 Edith Frank is born. Sep 29, 1900 Auguste van Pels is born. Feb 15, 1909 Miep Gies is born. Jul 28, 1914 World War 1 begins. Nov 11, 1918 World War I ends. Feb 16, 1926 Margot Frank is born. Nov 8, 1926 Peter van Pels is born. Jun 12, 1929 Anne Frank is born. Jan 30, 1933 Hitler seizes power in Germany. Jul 14, 1933 The Franks move to Amsterdam, Holland/Netherlands. Sep 15, 1935 Nuremberg laws established. Sep 3, 1939 World War II begins after the German invasion of Poland when Britain and France declare war. May 20, 1940 Auschwitz is established. Dec 7, 1941 Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. Dec 11, 1941 United States declares war on Germany. Jul 6, 1942 The Franks go into hiding. Jul 13, 1942 The van Pels join the Franks in hiding. Dec 20, 1944 Fritz Pfeffer dies. Jan 6, 1945 Edith Frank dies. Mar 1, 1945 Margot Frank dies. Mar 12, 1945 Anne Frank dies. Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide. May 5, 1945 Peter van Pels dies. May 8, 1945 Auguste van Pels dies. May 8, 1945 V-E Day; Germany surrenders. Jun 3, 1945 Otto Frank returns to Amsterdam. Sep 2, 1945 World War II ends with the surrender of Japan. Jun 25, 1947 Diary is first published in Dutch. Aug 19, 1980 Otto Frank dies at 91. Jan 11, 2010 Miep Gies dies at 100.