2010 Event After five years of research by the Dresden Historians' Commission, a report stated a reduced figure of 25,000 people died in the 1945 Dresden bombing 1961 Birthday Karin Enke, born in Dresden, East Germany, speed skater, Gold Medals 1980, 1984 Olympics 1957 Death Sem Dresden, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 76 1945 Event 8th Air Force bombs Dresden 1945 Event 8th Air Force bombs Dresden 1945 Event 8th Air Force bombs Dresden 1945 Event Allied planes bomb Dresden Germany; 135,000 die 1943 Birthday Udo Zimmermann, born in Dresden, Germany, composer, conductor, artistic director, music director, Leipzig Opera House 1943 Birthday Ingrid Kramer, born in Dresden, Germany, diver 1964 Olympic gold 1939 Birthday Volker Braun, born in Dresden, German, writer, poet, playwright, wrote 'Das ungezwungne Leben Kasts' or 'The Unrestrained Life of Kast' 1935 Birthday Peter Schreier, Meissen Germany, tenor, Dresden State Opera 1961 1933 Event Strauss and von Hofmannsthal's opera "Arabella," premieres in Dresden 1928 Event Paul Claudel's "Lepdrehumily," premieres in Dresden 1915 Event German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile 1913 Birthday Edith Heerdegen, born in Dresden, Germany, actress, Serpent's Egg, Monpti 1911 Event Richard Strauss's opera "Die Rosenkavalier" premieres, Dresden 1909 Event Richard Strauss' premier of "Electricity" in Dresden 1906 Birthday Antal Dorati, born in Budapest, Hungary, conductor, Dresden Opera 1928-29 1905 Event Richard Strauss' opera "Salome," premiers in Dresden 1901 Event Richard Strauss' opera "Feuersnot," premieres in Dresden 1899 Birthday Erich Kastner, Dresden German author, Emil and the Detective 1889 Birthday Ludwig Renn, born in Dresden, Germany, writer, fought in World War I on the Western Front, wrote, 'Krieg', member, Communist Party of Germany 1882 Event 1st international conference to promote anti-semitism meets Dresden Germany (Congress for Safeguarding of Non-Jewish Interests) 1881 Birthday Sem Dresden, composer and conductor 1876 Birthday Havergal Brian, Dresden Staffordshire, composer 1845 Event Opera "Tannhauser" is produced (Dresden) 1845 Event Richard Wagners opera "Tannhauser," premieres in Dresden 1843 Event Wagner's opera "Der Fliegende Hollander" premieres, Dresden 1830 Birthday Hans von Bulow, Dresden, pianist/virtuoso conductor/musical writer 1813 Event Dresden surrenders to allied armies 1759 Event Austrian troops occupy Dresden 1745 Event Prussia/Austria signs Treaty of Dresden 1745 Event Treaty of Dresden gives much of Silesia to the Prussians 1738 Death Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72 1666 Birthday Georg Baehr, German master builder, Frauenkirche, Dresden
