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Periods of Emigration

Data interpretation according to the period of emigration (as retrieved in January 2002)

Period	Emigrants	Historical Events
Until 1750	1.193
1751-1800	5.286	French Revolution, Russia's and Autria's settlement policies
1801-1810	3.432	Emigration of the "Rappisten"
1811-1820	2.617	Famine 1816/17
1821-1830	2.302
1831-1840	7.248	July Revolution 1830, "Hambacher Fest" 1832
1841-1850	19.241	In 1848 the so-called "March-Revolution" takes place in Germany, in 1849 a campaign for a new constitution of the Empire follows as well as upheavals in Saxony, Lower Palatinate and Baden. After the defeat of the democratic revolution, thousands of people have to leave their home country. They settle down in the "Land of the Free", in North America. There they enter politics and contribute to the democratic system of the United States.
1851-1860	73.462	Consequences of the 1848/49 Revolution; 1857 economic crisis in America
1861-1870	31.149	1861-1865 American Civil War
1871-1880	22.549	Foundation of the "German Reich"
1881-1890	24.529	Bismarck's fall from power
1891-1900	11.327
1901-1910	7.084
1911-1920	5.139	World War I
After 1920	7.642

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