1990 in Germany
Events in the year 1990 in the Federal Republic of Germany and East Germany.
The year was highly significant, as German reunification was achieved after four decades of division between East and West, the German national football team won the 1990 FIFA World Cup, and federal elections were held in December.
Incumbents
Federal Republic of Germany
East Germany (until 2 October)
- Head of State
- *Manfred Gerlach
- *Sabine Bergmann-Pohl
- Head of Government
- * Hans Modrow
- *Lothar de Maizière
Events
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
July
- 1 July – German reunification: The Deutsche Mark became East Germany's currency with the West, replacing the East German mark
- 8 July – West Germany defeats Argentina 1–0 to win the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
- July: During preparations for Pink Floyds convert in Potsdamer Platz, the Fahrerbunker was discovered.
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
October
- 1 October – The first banknotes of the fourth series of Deutsche Mark enter circulation
- 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
Births
- 4 January – Toni Kroos, German footballer
- 28 January – Markus Deibler, German swimmer
- 30 January – Nils Miatke, German footballer
- 18 March – Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht, German actor
- 10 April – Christoph Harting, German athlete specialising in the discus throw
- 14 April – Markus Smarzoch, German footballer
- 21 April – Sebastian Walter, German politician
- 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
- 30 June – Jacob Schrot, German civil servant
- 7 June – Benjamin Woltmann, German footballer
- 14 June – Robert Hering, German sprinter
- 2 July – Roman Lob, German singer
- 4 July – David Kross, German actor
- 21 August – Jana Majunke, German Paralympic cyclist
- 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
- 14 June – Erna Berger, coloratura lyric soprano
- 9 July
- * Horst Rittel, German design theorist
- * 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