Portal:Germany/Anniversaries/May/May 29

1794 – Birth of astronomer Johann Heinrich von Mädler
1880 – Birth of historian Oswald Spengler, best known for The Decline of the West
1933 – Birth of conductor Helmuth Rilling
1934 – Synod of the Confessing Church in Barmen starts, leading to the Barmen declaration
1994 – Death of East German leader Erich Honecker