1980 Ereignis Zeitgeschichte Polen
Solidarity
At the Gdańsk shipyards the Soviet bloc’s first free trade union is born. Communism loses its workers’ legitimacy.
Der europäische Aufbau begann nicht 1950. Dieser Faden verbindet das antike Erbe, die jüdisch-christliche Matrix und die heutige Union.
15 Ereignisse
1980 Ereignis Zeitgeschichte Polen
At the Gdańsk shipyards the Soviet bloc’s first free trade union is born. Communism loses its workers’ legitimacy.
1980 Ereignis Zeitgeschichte Island
Iceland elects the world’s first woman head of state by direct universal suffrage.
1981 Ereignis Europäischer Aufbau Griechenland
As the tenth member, Greece anchors its restored democracy in Community Europe.
1984 Ereignis Zeitgeschichte Liechtenstein
The last country in Europe to grant it, by a male-only referendum.
1985 Vertrag Europäischer Aufbau
Five states sign on the Moselle an agreement progressively abolishing internal border controls.
1986 Ereignis Europäischer Aufbau Spanien
With Portugal, Spain joins the EEC: southern enlargement consecrates democratisation.
1986 Ereignis Europäischer Aufbau Portugal
Portugal joins the EEC on the same day as Spain and begins rapid economic catch-up.
1986 Katastrophe Zeitgeschichte Belarus
Nearly 70 % of the radioactive fallout lands on Belarusian territory.
1986 Vertrag Europäischer Aufbau
The internal market is scheduled for 1993 and qualified majority voting extended.
1988 Ereignis Zeitgeschichte Estland
Three hundred thousand Estonians sing banned anthems together: dissent becomes massive.
1989 Ereignis Zeitgeschichte Rumänien
The only violent fall of a European communist regime; Ceaușescu is executed on 25 December.
1989 Ereignis Zeitgeschichte Tschechien
In a few weeks and without violence the regime falls; Václav Havel becomes president.
1989 Ereignis Europäischer Aufbau Ungarn
On 19 August Hungary opens its border with Austria: the first breach in the Iron Curtain.
1989 Ereignis Zeitgeschichte Litauen
Two million people form a human chain from Tallinn to Vilnius.
1989 Ereignis Europäischer Aufbau
9 November opens German reunification and, in time, that of the continent.