Timeline: Walter Gropius

Mar 7, 1876

Telephone is invented

Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone / Das Telefon ist erfunden.

Period: May 18, 1883 to Jul 5, 1969

Lifetime of Walter Gropius

Oct 28, 1886

Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty is dedicated in New York City. / Die Freiheitsstatue wird eingeweiht.

Dec 17, 1903

Flight

The Wright Brothers make the first successful airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina / Die Gebrüder Wright erreichen die erste erfolgreiche Flugreise.

Jan 1, 1908

Invited to Applied Arts School

Gropius is invited to head the school for applied arts in Weimar. / Gropius wird gebeten, die Schule für angewandte Kunst in Weimar leiten.

Jan 1, 1910

Gropuis in Berlin

Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer establish a firm in Berlin / Er wohnt in Berlin und arbeitet mit Adolf Meyer

Apr 17, 1914

WWI

Germany declares war on Russia; World War I begins. / Deutschland erklärt Russland den Krieg.

Jan 1, 1919

Cornerstone for Bauhaus is laid.

"State Bauhaus" was formed in Weimar. / "Staatliche Bauhaus" in Weimar gebildet.

Period: Jan 1, 1919 to Jan 1, 1925

Bauhaus

Gropius founds the Bauhaus School in Weimar and works there fro the following six years / Er arbeitet bei Die Bauhaus Schule fuer sechs jahre.

Apr 17, 1920

18th Amendment

The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution is signed. Prohibition begins. / Das achtzehnte Änderung der Verfassung wird unterzeichnet.

Apr 17, 1924

Lenin Dies

Vladimir Lenin dies; Joseph Stalin takes power in the Soviet Union. / Vladimir Lenin stirbt

Apr 17, 1926

Germany in League of Nations

Germany is admitted into the League of Nations. / Der Völkerbund gesteht Deutschland

Apr 17, 1930

Pluto is discovered

Astronomers find and classify Pluto as the 9th planet in our solar system. / Pluto wird entdeckt

Apr 17, 1933

Hitler gains power

Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany / Adolf Hitler wird Kanzler von Deutschland

Jan 1, 1939

Constructs Pavillion for World's Fair

Gropius and Marcel Breuer build the Pennsylvania Pavillion for the World's Fair in New York City. / Gropius und Marcel Breuer bauen die Pennsylvania Pavillon für die Weltausstellung in New York City.

Apr 17, 1939

WWII

World War II begins when Germany invades Poland / Dem Zweiten Weltkrieg beginnt

Apr 17, 1943

Penicillin

Penicillin is first used to treat a patient / Ein Patient wird zuerst mit Penicillin behandelt

Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jul 5, 1969

Gropius works at The Architects' Collaborative

TAC designed many public school buildings. Based in Cambridge, MA / Gropius arbeitet bei The Architects' Collaborative.

Apr 17, 1948

A Streetcar Named Desire

Tennessee William's play "A Streetcar Named Desire" debuts on Broadway. / Tennessee Williams Stück A Streetcar Named Desire Debüt am Broadway

May 29, 1953

Mt. Everest is conquered

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first people to summit the tallest mountain in the world / Edmund Hillary und Tenzing Norgay als erste Menschen den Mount Everest besteigen geworden

Apr 17, 1955

Polio Vaccine

Jonas Salk announces the development for a cure of Polio / Salk findet eine Heilung fuer Polio.

Jul 20, 1969

Lunar Landing

Apollo 11 becomes the first spacecraft to land on the Moon. Apollo 11 ist die erste dass an die Moon landern.

Aug 9, 1974

Nixon Resigns

Richard Nixon steps out of the office of the President of the United States as a result of fallout from the Watergate Scandal / Richard Nixon hat in 1974 abtreten von die President.