Germany By ChasenH Jan 1, 1914 World War I starts Jan 1, 1918 Revolution Jan 1, 1918 World War I ends Jan 1, 1933 The Nazi Seizure of Power Jan 1, 1939 World War II, and the Holocaust starts Jan 1, 1945 World War II and the Holocaust ends Jan 1, 1949 Federal Republic and GDR established Jan 1, 1961 Berlin wall built Jan 1, 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall Jan 1, 1991 Berlin named Capital