1945 Event Epe freed (by corporal G van Aken) 1923 Event Bloody street battles in Aken: pro-French separatists 1923 Event Bloody street fights in Aken (pro-French separatists driven) 1818 Event Congress of Aken returns to France from Libya 1818 Event Congress of Aken: Russia, Austria, Prussia, France and England 1748 Event Ceasefire at Aken ends 1668 Event 1st peace of Aken: ends French-Spanish war in The Netherlands 1205 Event Aken, Philips van Zwaben, crowned Roman-Catholic German King