1990 in Germany

Incumbents

Federal Republic of Germany

• President – Richard von Weizsäcker
• Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

  East Germany (until 2 October)

• Head of State – Manfred Gerlach, Sabine Bergmann-Pohl
• Head of Government – Hans Modrow, Lothar de Maizière

  Events

• Die Wende
• 29 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

  January

• January 15 - East German demonstrations: Demonstrators in East Berlin stormed the headquarters of Stasi

  February

• February 2 - Rüsselsheim train disaster
• February 9-20 - 40th Berlin International Film Festival

  March

• 18 March – 1990 East German general election

  July

• 1 July – German reunification: The Deutsche Mark became East Germany's currency with the West, replacing the East German mark

  August

• 23 August – German reunification: East Germany votes to dissolve its independence and will join with West Germany effective on the 3rd of October
• 31 August – German reunification: West and East Germany signed a unification treaty

  September

• 12 September - German reunification: Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany

  October

• 3 October – German reunification: West and East Germany reunified as a single Germany. Berlin becomes the official capital

  November

• 14 November – German–Polish Border Treaty

  December

• 2 December – 1990 German federal election

  Births

• 4 January – Toni Kroos, German footballer
• 28 January - Markus Deibler, German swimmer
• 18 March - Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht, German actor
• 10 April – Christoph Harting, German athlete specialising in the discus throw
• 30 April - Michael Schulte, German singer
• 7 May - Sideris Tasiadis, German canoeist
• 12 May - Tobias Strobl, German footballer
• 1 June – Kieren Emery, German-English rower
• 3 June – Fabian Götze, German footballer
• 14 June - Robert Hering, German sprinter
• 2 July - Roman Lob, German singer
• 4 July - David Kross, German actor
• 6 November – André Schürrle, German footballer
• 10 November - Kristina Vogel, German cyclist
• 18 November – Kira Walkenhorst, German beach volleyball player

  Deaths

• 8 January - Horst Freiherr Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels, German general
• 20 March - Wilhelm Neef, German composer and conductor
• 28 March - Kurt Scharf, German clergyman and bishop of the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg
• 14 April - Martin Kessel, German writer
• 15 April - Helmut Lemke, German politician
• 20 April - Horst Sindermann, German politician
• 5 May - Walter Bruch, German electrical engineer
• 9 July - Horst Rittel, German design theorist
• 9 July - Friedrich Wegener, German pathologist
• 14 July – Walter Sedlmayr, German actor
• 7 August - Gebhard Müller, German politician
• 23 August - Karl II, 8th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. German nobleman
• 29 October - Volker von Collande, German actor and film director
• 24 November – Helga Feddersen, German actress, comedian, singer, author, and theater director
• 7 December - Horst Bienek, German economist