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Cologne


1965 Uwe Krupp, born in Cologne, Germany, NHL defenseman, Colorado Avalanche, Germany 98

1959 A synagogue in Cologne Germany desecrated with swatstikas

1954 Arnold Schoenberg's "De Profundis," premieres in Cologne

1945 Cologne taken by allied armies

1945 U.S. 7th Army Corps captures Cologne

1944 British Mosquito's attack Cologne and Berlin

1942 1,047 bombers bomb Cologne in RAF's raid of WW II

1936 Hans Haacke, Cologne Germany, artist, Right to Life, Dripper Boxes

1926 Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne

1922 Paul Schalluck, German writer, Don Quixote in Cologne

1920 Werner Klemperer, born in Cologne, Germany, actor, Col Klink-Hogan's Heroes

1906 Marcel Hillaire, born in Cologne, Germany, actor, Adv in Paradise

1904 Mahlers 5th symphony premieres in Cologne

1901 Willem baron of Goltstein of Oldenaller, minister of Cologne dies

1899 William Steinberg, Cologne, conductor, Boston Symph-1969-71

1888 Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Cologne Germany, actor, Metropolis, Spies

1880 Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed (began in 1248)

1876 Konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany, BRD, 1949

1838 Max Bruch, Koln, Cologne, Germany, composer

1819 Jacques Offenbach, born in Cologne, French composer, Tales of Hoffmann

1706 Emperor Jozef I becomes monarch of Cologne/Bavaria

1703 Dutch and English troops occupy Cologne

1702 Emperor Leopold I declares war on France, Cologne and Bavaria

1701 France, Cologne and Bavaria sign alliance

1674 Netherlands and Cologne sign peace treaty

1633 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors fort Rhine at Cologne

1612 Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57

1587 Joost van den Vondel, Cologne Germany, Dutch poet/dramatist, Jephtha

1579 Congress of Cologne forms in Netherlands

1554 Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne

1367 League of Cologne goes against Danish king Waldemar IV

1349 Jews of Cologne Germany set themselves on fire to avoid baptism

1274 Engelbert II of Falkenburg, archbishop of Cologne, dies

1261 Koenraad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne, dies

1248 Construction of Cologne Cathedral begun

1225 Engelbert I, the Saint, archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40

1220 Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies

1205 Pope Innocent III fires Adolf I as archbishop of Cologne

1191 Philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies

1167 Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies

1147 Jewish community in Cologne fast to commemorate anti-Jewish violence

999 Heribertus becomes bishop of Cologne

965 Bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40

850 Guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne



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