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2001 Leopold Page, leathergoods retailer/historian, convinced Thomas Keneally to write Schindler's List, dies at 87

1994 Leopold "Hans" Kohr, Austria social philosopher/economist, dies at 84

1994 Leopold "Hans" Kohr, Austrian social philosopher, dies at 84

1983 Leopold III, king of Belgium (1934-51), dies

1982 Leopold Trepper, Polish/Israeli spy (WW II), dies at 77

1980 Senegal president Leopold Senghor resigns

1977 Leopold Stokowski, symphonic conductors, dies in England, at 95

1975 Leopold Samuel, composer, dies at 91

1971 Nathan Leopold, U.S. kidnapper/murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies

1968 Leopold Infeld, Pol nuclear physcist (Motion and Relativity), dies at 69

1965 Leopold Figl, premier Austria, dies at 62

1957 Leopold Eyharts, born in France, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-26, TM-28/27

1956 Maria Esmeralda, Belgian princess/daughter of Leopold III/Lilian Baels

1955 Leopold C M S Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), dies at 81

1951 King Leopold II of Belgium gives up throne to son Boudouin I

1951 King Leopold III, of Belgium, abdicates

1951 Maria Christina, Belgian princess/daughter of Leopold III

1950 King Leopold of Belgium abdicates, Baudouin becomes King

1950 King Leopold, after 6 years in exile, returns to Belgium

1950 Belgium votes (58%) for return of King Leopold III

1943 7 Belgian ministers in London sentence King Leopold III

1942 Alexander EHAML, prince of the Belgians/son of Leopold III

1941 King Leopold of Belgium marries Lilian Baels

1941 Belgium King Leopold secretly marries Lilian Baels

1940 Belgian King Leopold III visits Adolf Hitler

1940 Belgium surrenders to Germany, King Leopold III gives himself up

1938 Belgian king Leopold III visits Netherlands

1938 Leopold Godowsky, pianist/composer, dies at 68

1937 Leopold Courouble, Belgian writer (Pauline Flatbread), dies at 76

1934 Leopold M de Beer, Dutch MP, VVD

1934 Coronation of King Leopold III of Belgium

1930 Leopold von Auer, Hungarian/US violinist, dies

1929 Rudy [Herman R] Kousbroek, literary, Leopold the Buch

1926 Belgium crown prince Leopold weds princess Astrid Bernadotte of Sweden

1926 Belgian crown prince Leopold and Swedish princess Astrid get engaged

1925 Leopold Fall, composer, dies at 52

1925 Jan H. Leopold, poet/classical (translated Omar Khayyam), dies at 60

1924 Leopold and Loeb found guilty of murder

1924 In Chicago, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnap Robert Franks

1924 Leopold and Loeb kidnap Bobby Franks for fun

1924 Bobby Franks, killed by Leopold and Loeb, at 14

1923 Joseph Leopold Rockel, composer, dies at 85

1921 [Leopold J] Paul Cammermans, Flemish actor, Getatoeeerde Rose

1916 Lilian Baels, English 2nd wife of Belgian king Leopold III

1909 Leopold II, king of Belgium, buried in Brussels

1909 Leopold II, king of Belgium, dies

1908 King Leopold II sells Congo to Belgium

1906 NY American reports Belgian King Leopold II bribed U.S. Senate commission on the Congo

1906 Leopold Sedor Senghor, poet/president of Senegal, 1960-80

1906 Leopold Kohr, writer/mentor of Fritz Schumacher

1906 Belgian King Leopold II calls Congo his private possession

1906 Leopold Spinner, composer

1905 King Leopold II opens Central Station Antwerp

1904 Leopold Trepper, Polish/Israeli spy/founded, CP Palestina

1903 King Leopold II deny Belgian cruelty in Congo

1902 Leopold II, King of Belgium almost assassinated by Italian anarchist

1902 Leopold Figl, premier of Austria

1901 Leopold III, Filip von Saksen-Coburg, King of Belgians, 1934-51

1898 Leopold Infeld, Polish nuclear physicist, Whom the God's Love

1897 King Leopold II takes Belgian crown

1896 Leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer, dies at 65

1895 Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (Masochism), dies at 59

1891 Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68

1890 King Leopold II gives Congo to Belgium

1888 Belgium: king Leopold II installs Order of African Star

1887 Aldo Leopold, founder, Wilderness Society

1886 Ed Wynn, Isaiah Edwin Leopold, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, comedian, Ed Wynn Show

1886 Leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91

1885 Congo Free State forms by King Leopold II of Belgium

1885 Leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52

1884 Netherlands recognizes king Leopold II's Congo Free State

1884 Austria-Hungary admits King Leopold II's Congo Free State

1884 Italy recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State

1884 Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State

1884 German government recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State

1884 U.S. recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State

1884 British and Portuguese treaty signed in Congo by Leopold II

1883 Leopold Samuel, composer

1882 Belgian King Leopold II receives Pierre de Brazza

1882 Leopold Stokowski, born in London, England, conductor, Cincinnati Symphony

1881 Leopold von Ranke, historian, dies

1878 Secret meeting of King Leopold II's agent and Henry Morton Stanley

1876 Leopold II closes Congo-conference

1876 King Leopold II opens Congo-conference

1875 Leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79

1873 Leopold Stennett Amery, British politician

1873 Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies, India

1873 Leopold Fall, Austria, operetta composer, Dollar Princess

1870 Leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer

1870 Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer, dies at 66

1865 Josef Leopold Zvonar, composer, dies at 41

1865 Jan H. Leopold, Dutch poet, translated Omar Khayyam

1861 Leopold Courouble, Belgian writer, Family Kaekebroeck

1853 Johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67

1850 Louisa Maria, queen of Belgium (1832-50)/wife of Leopold I, dies at 38

1846 Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer/choir master, dies at 81

1845 Leopold von Auer, Hungarians/US violinist

1844 Leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician, dies at 65

1842 Belgium King Leopold I proclaims child labor laws (for 1889)

1840 Leopold count of Limburg Stirum, Dutch general/politician, dies at 82

1838 Joseph Leopold Rockel, composer

1836 Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer, masochism

1835 King Leopold opens Brussels-Mechelen railway

1835 Leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized

1835 Leopold II, King of Belgians, 1865-1909

1832 Leopold Damrosch, composer

1832 King Leopold I of Belgium marries Louisa Maria

1831 Belgium gains independence from Netherlands, Leopold I made king

1831 National Congress selects Leopold von Saksen-Coburg as King of Belgium

1831 Leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer

1824 Josef Leopold Zvonar, composer

1823 Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, Tensor of Kronecker

1818 Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70

1812 Louisa Maria, Queen of the Belgians, 1832 - 1850, wife of Leopold I

1809 Leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg, physician, dies

1804 Karl Leopold Rollig, composer, dies

1804 Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer

1795 Leopold Jansa, composer

1794 Leopold Zunz, German scientist, Synagogical Poetry

1787 Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67

1785 Johann Leopold Fuchs, composer

1778 Leopold FJJJ van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician

1774 Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44

1764 Joseph Leopold von Eybler, Austrian composer

1750 Silvius Leopold Weiss, composer, dies at 64

1747 Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer

1729 Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer

1719 Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, composer

1716 Duke Karel Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin signs covenant with Russia and marries Czar Peter the Great's niece

1705 Leopold I von Hapsburg, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, dies at 64

1703 Emperor Leopold I ends contacts on Spanish heritage

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

1692 Emperor Leopold I names duke Earnest August of Braunschweig, king

1691 Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania

1690 Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lotharingen/Austrian Field Marshal, dies

1690 Emperor Leopold's son Jozef chosen Roman Catholic king

1686 Silvius Leopold Weiss, composer

1684 Emperor Leopold I, Poland and Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz

1683 Emperor Leopold I/Poland signs covenant against Turkey

1679 German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France

1677 Emperor Leopold I forms University of Innsbruck

1674 Emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Furst Wenzel Lobkowitz

1673 Leopold I, Spain, Netherlands and Lutherans form anti-French covenant

1671 French King Louis XIV and RC German emperor Leopold I sign secret anti-Dutch treaty

1670 Austrian Emperor Leopold I expels 4,000 Jews from Vienna

1670 Jews expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I

1670 Roman Catholic emperor Leopold I chases Jews out of Vienna

1668 Fire in Wiener Hofburg in Vienna, emperor Leopold I rescued

1668 King Louis XIV and Emperor Leopold I sign treaty dividing Spain

1643 Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine and field marshal in Austria

1640 Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1658-1705

1386 Battle at Sempach: Swiss beat duke Leopold III of Austria

1315 Battle at Morgarten: Swiss beat duke Leopold I of Austrian

1194 Richard I Lion Hearted pays Leopold O Fenrik VI's ransom of 100,000

1082 Battle at Mailberg: Vratislav II of Bohemia beats Leopold II of Austr

976 Emperor Otto II gives earl Leopold I, East Bavaria


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