JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/v/dt/jq-3.6.0/dt-1.13.4/datatables.min.css">
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/v/dt/jq-3.6.0/dt-1.13.4/datatables.min.js"></script>
<script src="//cdn.datatables.net/plug-ins/1.13.4/sorting/intl.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/plug-ins/1.13.4/i18n/de-DE.json"></script>
<table id="example" class="display" style="width:100%">
        <thead>
            <tr>
                <th colspan="2">Person</th>
                <th colspan="2">HR Information</th>
                <th colspan="3">Contact</th>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <th>Name</th>
                <th>Birthday</th>
                <th>Position</th>
                <th>Salary</th>
                <th>Office</th>
                <th>Extn.</th>
                <th>E-mail</th>
            </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
            <tr>
                <td>Tiger Nixon</td>
                <td>1970-01-01</td>
                <td>System Architect</td>
                <td>$320,800</td>
                <td>Edinburgh</td>
                <td>5421</td>
                <td>[email protected]</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Ä-Test Winters</td>
                <td>1980-01-01</td>
                <td>Accountant</td>
                <td>$170,750</td>
                <td>Tokyo</td>
                <td>8422</td>
                <td>[email protected]</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Ashton Cox</td>
                <td>1990-01-01</td>
                <td>Junior Technical Author</td>
                <td>$86,000</td>
                <td>San Francisco</td>
                <td>1562</td>
                <td>[email protected]</td>
            </tr>
        </tbody>
    </table>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {
    $.fn.dataTable.ext.order.intl('de');

    $('#example').DataTable();
});