Portal:Germany/Anniversaries/May/May 29

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• 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