2000 Larry Rhine, writer, All in the Family, dies at 90
1997 Margaret Hesse, princess of Hesse/the Rhine, dies at 83
1989 Archaeologists open Titus of Rhine grave in Amsterdam
1986 Fire in Sandoz-factory Basel, 30 tons of chemicals in the Rhine
1945 3rd Algerian division crosses the Rhine
1945 British premier Churchill sails to eastern banks of Rhine
1945 British premier Churchill looks over at the Rhine (near Ginsberg)
1945 Generals Eisenhower/Bradley/Patton attack at Remagen the Rhine
1945 U.S. 7th Army crosses Rhine at Worms
1945 Operation Varsity: British, U.S. and Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine
1945 British 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine
1945 U.S. 3rd Army crosses Rhine at Nierstein
1945 Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine
1945 U.S. 9th Armoured Division attacks Remagen Germany, crosses Rhine
1944 Germans destroy Rhine dikes, Betuwe flooded
1941 Lillian Hellman's "Watch on the Rhine," premieres in New York City
1930 Alphense Boys soccer team forms in Alphen on Rhine
1927 ARC soccer team forms in Alphen on the Rhine
1926 Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne
1925 Peace accord of Locarno signed (Rhine Pact)
1918 U.S. Army of occupation crosses Rhine, enters Germany
1915 40th Preakness: Douglas Hoffman aboard Rhine Maiden wins in 1:58
1913 Margaret Hesse, princess of Hesse/Rhine
1898 Herman Shumlin, actor, Watch on the Rhine
1895 Joseph Banks Rhine, Penn, parapsychologist, Extra-Sensory Perception
1895 Paul Lukas, Budapest Hungary, actor, Watch on the Rhine, Sphynx
1879 Lucile Watson, actress, Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance
1869 Richard Wagner's opera "Rhine Gold," premieres in Munich
1854 Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine
1854 Composer R Schumann is saved from suicide attempt into the Rhine
1820 Elias Annes Borger, theologist/poet (Ode on the Rhine), dies at 36
1814 Field marshal Blucher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub
1805 Napoleons army draws into the Rhine
1784 Elias Annes Borger, Dutch theologist/poet, To the Rhine
1758 Battle at Emmerich: British army floats around France the Rhine
1741 French troops attack the Rhine
1734 French troops occupy Philipsburg at Rhine
1714 Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine
1672 French army under Gen Turenne crosses Rhine at Lobith
1638 French/Swedish troops occupy Breisach on the Rhine
1633 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors fort Rhine at Cologne
1618 Elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess
1606 Spanish troops under Spinola occupies fort Rhine birch
1601 Spanish garrison of Rhine birch surrenders to Earl Mauritius
1598 Spanish general strategist Bernardino de Mendoza occupies fort Rhine
1592 Johan Casimir, palsgrave at the Rhine, dies
1543 Johan Casimir, count of Rhine, occupied Gent
406 80,000 Vandels attack the Rhine at Mainz
69 Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine and 7th emperor, murdered
69 Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, emperor
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