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Other events of 2002
History of Germany • Timeline • Years

Events in the year 2002 in Germany.

Incumbents

President – Johannes Rau
Chancellor – Gerhard Schröder

Events

6-17 February - 52nd Berlin International Film Festival
22 February: Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002
26 April: Erfurt massacre
8 June – 15 September : Documenta11
30 June: The Völkerstrafgesetzbuch goes into effect.
1 July: Überlingen mid-air collision
10 July: Swiss International Airlines Flight 850
August: 2002 European floods
22 October: The Second Schröder cabinet led by Gerhard Schröder was sworn in.
16 December: Berlin Plus agreement
Date unknown: German construction company Philipp Holzmann is defunct.

Elections

Births

26 October - Emma Schweiger, actress

Deaths

27 January - Franz Meyers, German politician (born 1908)
1 February - Hildegard Knef, German actress (born 1925)
8 February - Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (born 1930)
11 March - Marion Dönhoff. German journalist (born 1909)
13 March - Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (born 1900)
3 April - Heinz Drache, German actor (born 1923)
9 April - Thomas Dinger, German musician (born 1952)
2 May - Richard Stücklen, German politician (born 1916)
4 May - Rolf Friedemann Pauls, German diplomat (born 1915)
2 June - Konrad Wirnhier, German sport shooter (born 1937)
13 June - John Herberger, German football player and coach (born 1919)
17 June - Fritz Walter, German football player (born 1920)
22 June - Frank Ripploh, German actor and film director (born 1949)
29 June - Alfred Dregger, German politician (born 1920)
25 July - Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, Archbishop of Paderborn (born 1926)
30 August - Horst Wendlandt, German film director (born 1922)
14 October - Norbert Schultze, German film composer (born 1911)
23 October - Marianne Hoppe, German actress (born 1909)
7 November - Rudolf Augstein, German journalist (born 1923)
3 December - Klaus Löwitsch, German actor (born 1936)
6 December - Gerhard Löwenthal, German journalist (born 1922)
31 December - Jürgen Dethloff, German engineer (born 1924)

See also

2002 in German television

References

Years in Germany (1870–present)
19th century	Pre-1870 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900
20th century	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

2002 in Europe
Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City
States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey

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