1961 Karin Enke, Dresden German DR, speed skater, Olympics gold 1980, 84
1957 Sem Dresden, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 76
1945 8th Air Force bombs Dresden
1945 8th Air Force bombs Dresden
1945 8th Air Force bombs Dresden
1945 Allied planes bomb Dresden Germany; 135,000 die
1943 Ingrid Kramer, born in Dresden, Germany, diver 1964 Olympic gold
1935 Peter Schreier, Meissen Germany, tenor, Dresden State Opera 1961
1933 Strauss and von Hofmannsthal's opera "Arabella," premieres in Dresden
1928 Paul Claudel's "Lepdrehumily," premieres in Dresden
1915 German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile
1913 Edith Heerdegen, born in Dresden, Germany, actress, Serpent's Egg, Monpti
1911 Richard Strauss's opera "Die Rosenkavalier" premieres, Dresden
1909 Richard Strauss' premier of "Electricity" in Dresden
1906 Antal Dorati, born in Budapest, Hungary, conductor, Dresden Opera 1928-29
1905 Richard Strauss' opera "Salome," premiers in Dresden
1901 Richard Strauss' opera "Feuersnot," premieres in Dresden
1899 Erich Kastner, Dresden German author, Emil and the Detective
1882 1st international conference to promote anti-semitism meets Dresden Germany (Congress for Safeguarding of Non-Jewish Interests)
1881 Sem Dresden, composer and conductor
1876 Havergal Brian, Dresden Staffordshire, composer
1845 Opera "Tannhauser" is produced (Dresden)
1845 Richard Wagners opera "Tannhauser," premieres in Dresden
1843 Wagner's opera "Der Fliegende Hollander" premieres, Dresden
1830 Hans von Bulow, Dresden, pianist/virtuoso conductor/musical writer
1813 Dresden surrenders to allied armies
1759 Austrian troops occupy Dresden
1745 Prussia/Austria signs Treaty of Dresden
1745 Treaty of Dresden gives much of Silesia to the Prussians
1738 Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72
1666 Georg Baehr, German master builder, Frauenkirche, Dresden
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