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Cologne - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
850-04-20 |
Guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne |
999-12-25 |
Heribertus becomes bishop of Cologne |
1147-03-26 |
Jewish community in Cologne fasts to commemorate anti-Jewish violence |
1205-06-19 |
Pope Innocent III fires Adolf I as archbishop of Cologne |
1248-05-15 |
Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden lays cornerstone for Cologne cathedral |
1248-08-15 |
Construction of Cologne Cathedral begun |
1349-08-24 |
Jews of Cologne Germany set themselves on fire to avoid baptism |
1367-11-19 |
League of Cologne goes against Danish king Waldemar IV |
1579-05-07 |
Congress of Cologne forms in Netherlands |
1633-06-02 |
Prince Frederik Henry conquerors fort Rhine at Cologne |
1647-03-14 |
Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. |
1674-05-11 |
Netherlands & Cologne sign peace treaty |
1701-03-09 |
France, Cologne & Bavaria sign alliance |
1702-09-16 |
Emperor Leopold I declares war on France, Cologne & Bavaria |
1703-05-18 |
Dutch & English troops occupy Cologne |
1706-04-29 |
Emperor Jozef I becomes monarch of Cologne and Bavaria |
1842-09-04 |
Work on Cologne cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus |
1880-08-14 |
Construction of Cologne Cathedral, largest Gothic cathedral in Nthn Europe finally completed (began in 1248) |
1904-10-18 |
Gustav Mahler's 5th symphony premieres in Cologne |
1926-01-01 |
Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne |
1942-05-30 |
1,047 bombers bomb Cologne in RAF's raid of WW II |
1944-07-18 |
RAF Mosquitos attack Cologne & Berlin |
1945-03-05 |
US 7th Army Corps captures Cologne |
1945-03-07 |
Cologne taken by allied armies |
1954-01-29 |
Arnold Schoenberg's "De Profundis," premieres in Cologne |
1959-12-25 |
A synagogue in Cologne Germany desecrated with swatstikas |
2009-03-03 |
The building of the Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln (Historical Archives) in Cologne, Germany, collapses. |
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Cologne - Notable Birthdays
Cologne - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1554-12-17 |
Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne |
1587-11-16 |
Joost van den Vondel, Cologne Germany, Dutch poet/dramatist (Jephtha) |
1819-06-20 |
Jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer (Tales of Hoffmann) |
1838-01-06 |
Max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer |
1876-01-05 |
Konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949) |
1880-06-19 |
Franziska Dörr, The Captain from Cologne |
1887-02-06 |
Josef Frings, German Archbishop of Cologne (d. 1978) |
1888-11-24 |
Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Cologne Germany, actor (Metropolis, Spies) |
1899-08-01 |
William Steinberg, Cologne, conductor (Boston Symph-1969-71) |
1906-04-23 |
Marcel Hillaire, Cologne Germany, actor (Adv in Paradise) |
1907-03-31 |
Esther Dowidat, Cologne |
1907-10-18 |
Herbert Körbs, The Captain from Cologne |
1909-02-01 |
Raymond Dowidat, Cologne |
1920-03-20 |
Werner Klemperer, Cologne Germany, actor (Col Klink-Hogan's Heroes) |
1920-11-22 |
Willi Laschet, Ode to Cologne: A Rock 'N' Roll Film |
1936-08-12 |
Hans Haacke, Cologne Germany, artist (Right to Life, Dripper Boxes) |
1951-03-30 |
Wolfgang Niedecken, Ode to Cologne: A Rock 'N' Roll Film |
1959-05-04 |
Sheryl Hackett, Ode to Cologne: A Rock 'N' Roll Film |
1965-04-07 |
Alexander Mronz, Cologne Germany, tennis star |
1965-06-24 |
Uwe Krupp, Cologne, Germany, NHL defenceman (Colo Avalanche, Germany 98) |
1966-04-30 |
Jens Streifling, Ode to Cologne: A Rock 'N' Roll Film |
Cologne - Notable Weddings
Cologne - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1919-09-26 |
German chancellor Konrad Adenauer (43) weds Auguste Zinsser in Cologne, Germany |
Cologne - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
965-10-11 |
Bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40 |
1021-03-16 |
Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III |
1075-12-04 |
Archbishop Anno II of Cologne |
1101-10-06 |
Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order |
1167-08-14 |
Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies |
1191-08-13 |
Philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies |
1220-04-15 |
Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies |
1225-11-07 |
Engelbert I, the Saint, archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40 |
1261-09-18 |
Koenraad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne, dies |
1274-10-20 |
Engelbert II of Falkenburg, archbishop of Cologne, dies |
1612-02-17 |
Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57 |
1901-09-09 |
Willem baron of Goltstein of Oldenaller, minister of Cologne dies |
1958-05-18 |
Franziska Dörr, The Captain from Cologne |
1983-05-17 |
Herbert Körbs, The Captain from Cologne |
2001-03-14 |
Esther Dowidat, Cologne |
2005-01-29 |
Sheryl Hackett, Ode to Cologne: A Rock 'N' Roll Film |
2010-07-30 |
Willi Laschet, Ode to Cologne: A Rock 'N' Roll Film |
