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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