Today in Germany History (Part 3)
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Historical Events
Results 201 - 300 of 1,716
1835-10-03 - Staedtler Company was founded by J.S. Staedtler in Nuremburg, Germany.
1835-12-07 - German railway Neurenberg-Furth opens
1842-05-05 - City-wide fire burns for over 100 hours (Hamburg Germany)
1847-07-20 - German astronomer Theodor discovers Comet Brorsen-Metcalf
1847-10-01 - German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens founds Siemens AG & Halske.
1848-05-18 - Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany.
1848-07-19 - German Parliament demands Dutch province of Limburg
1848-11-09 - Robert Blum, a German revolutionary, is executed in Vienna.
1849-05-03 - The May Uprising in Dresden begins - the last of the German revolutions of 1848.
1850-01-26 - 1st German-language daily newspaper in US published, NYC
1850-08-28 - Richard Wagner's opera "Lohengrin" premieres at Weimar Germany
1850-11-29 - The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, signed in Olomouc means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to Austrian Empire, which took over the leadership of German Confederation.
1854-03-01 - German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; two years later his remains are found in a canal near Charlottenburg.
1860-05-17 - German football club TSV 1860 München is founded
1862-10-08 - Otto von Bismarck becomes German republic chancellor
1863-07-14 - Jews of Holstein Germany granted equality
1864-02-01 - 2nd German-Danish war begins
1864-05-05 - Battle of Wilderness, VA (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern)
1865-06-10 - Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" 1st performance Munich Germany
1866-05-07 - German premier Otto von Bismarck seriously wounded in assassin attempt
1868-04-10 - 1st performance of John Brahms' "Ein german Requiem"
1871-01-18 - 2nd German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I & Bismarck
1871-04-16 - German Empire ends all anti-Jewish civil restrictions
1871-05-10 - German-French peace treaty signed: France cedes Elzas
1871-05-10 - Peace of Frankfurt-am-Main concluded between France & Germany
1873-09-15 - Last German troops leave France
1873-09-16 - German troops leave France
1875-05-07 - German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed
1878-05-31 - German battleship Grosser Kurfurst sinks, 284 killed
1878-07-30 - German anti-semitism begins during the Reichstag election
1878-10-21 - German republic chancellor Bismarck delegates end of "Socialism"
1879-10-07 - Germany & Austrian-Hungary sign Twofold Covenant
1881-04-25 - 250,000 Germans petition to bar foreign Jews from entering Germany
1882-03-24 - German scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus cause of TB
1882-05-20 - Germany/Austria-Hungary/France sign Triple Alliance
1882-09-10 - 1st international conference to promote anti-semitism meets Dresden Germany (Congress for Safeguarding of Non-Jewish Interests)
1883-05-15 - Italy signs military treaty with Austria-Hungary & Germany
1883-10-30 - Austria-Hungary/Germany/Romania signs military treaty
1884-07-05 - German consul-general Gustav Nachtigal takes possession of Cameroon
1884-08-07 - Germany annexes Angra Pequena (Southwest-Africa)
1884-11-08 - German govt recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1885-02-12 - Carl Peters founds German East-Africa Society
1885-05-19 - German chancellor Bismarck takes possession of Cameroon & Togoland
1885-08-07 - 5 German warships anchor at Zanzibar
1885-08-29 - Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle
1885-09-24 - 5 German warships depart to Zanzibar
1885-12-29 - Gottlieb Daimler patents 1st bike (Germany)
1886-07-03 - In Germany, Karl Benz drives 1st automobile
1886-10-30 - Great-Britain/Germany divide boundaries in East-Africa
1887-02-20 - Germany, Austria-Hungary & France end Triple Alliance
1887-06-18 - The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
1888-06-15 - Wilhelm II becomes emperor of Germany
1889-03-14 - German Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his "Navigable Balloon"
1889-03-15 - 6 US & German warships perish in harbor of Apia Samoa, 200 die
1889-05-01 - Bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany)
1890-03-20 - German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck
1890-05-13 - Lord Salisbury offers Germany Helgoland in exchange for Zanzibar, Uganda & Equatoria
1890-05-24 - Caprivi succeeds Bismarck on as chancellor of Germany
1890-07-01 - Great-Britain & Germany sign Zanzibar-Helgoland Treaty
1892-05-20 - Triple Alliance between Germany, Italy & Austria forms
1892-12-05 - Anti-semite Hermann Ahlwardt elected to Germany's Reichstag
1893-04-12 - Battle at Hoornkrans Southwest-Africa: German Schutztruppen chases away Hottentotten under Hendrik Witbooi
1894-06-26 - Karl Benz of Germany receives US patent for gasoline-driven auto
1894-10-26 - German emperor Wilhelm II fires Chancellor Leo von Caprivi & premier Botho zu Eulenburg
1894-10-28 - German emperor Wilhelm II fires chancellor Leo von Caprivi & premier Botho zu Eulenburg
1895-11-08 - Wilhelm Roentgen (Germany) discovers X-rays
1896-01-05 - German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays
1899-12-02 - US & Germany agree to divide Samoa between them
1899-12-23 - Tentative Turkish & German treaty on construction of Baghdad railway
1899-12-29 - English fleet brings German postschip Bundesrath up
1900-01-16 - The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
1900-06-12 - German Navy Law calls for massive increase in sea power
1900-06-14 - The Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the German navy.
1900-06-30 - 4 German liners burn at Hobokon Docks NJ, 326 die
1900-07-02 - First zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
1900-09-02 - Telegraph use between Germany & US begins
1900-11-30 - A German engineer patents front-wheel drive for automobiles
1900-12-02 - South African president Paul Kruger arrives in Germany
1900-12-25 - Arthur Schnitzlers "Leutnant Gustl" forbidden in Germany
1901-03-06 - In Bremen an assassin attempts to kill Wilhelm II of Germany.
1904-01-12 - Southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garison
1904-03-03 - Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's cylinder.
1904-04-13 - Battle at Oviumbo Africa: Herero's chase away German army
1904-06-11 - German Lt-Gen Lothar von Trotha lands in Swapokmund, SW-Africa
1904-08-11 - German-ltalian General Von Trotha defeats Herero in SW Africa
1904-11-28 - Germany defeats Hottentotten in Warmbad SW-Africa
1904-12-24 - German SW Africa abolishes slavery of young children
1905-03-31 - German emperor Wilhelm II visits Tanger
1905-06-06 - French Foreign minister Delcasse resigns on German request
1905-07-31 - Matumbi rebellion at Samanga German East Africa
1905-08-14 - Ngindo-rebellion killed 5 RC German clergymen in East-Africa
1905-08-16 - Mbunga-rebellion occupy German post Ifakara East-Africa
1905-08-30 - Pogoro/Ngindo attack Fort Mahenge German East-Africa
1905-08-31 - Mbunga-rebellion takes German Fort Mahenge East-Africa
1905-09-23 - Mbunga-siege of Fort Mahenge German East-Africa broken
1906-03-31 - GB Shaws German version of "Caesar & Cleopatra," premieres in Berlin"
1906-12-13 - German chancellor Bernhard von Bulow disbands the Parliament
1907-12-13 - German emperor Wilhelm II visits Amsterdam
1908-04-23 - Denmark, Germany, Engld, France, Neth & Sweden signs North Sea accord
1908-06-14 - Fourth German Navy Bill is passed authorising the financing the building of another four major warships.
Famous Birthdays
Results 201 - 300 of 2,503
1680-01-03 - Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker
1680-09-22 - Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (d. 1747)
1681-03-14 - Georg Philipp Telemann, Magdeburg Germany, late baroque composer
1681-09-11 - Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German jurist (d. 1741)
1681-09-28 - Johann Mattheson, Hamburg Germany, composer
1682-04-03 - Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German benedictine/composer
1682-07-10 - Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg, German Lutheran missionary to India (d. 1719)
1683-01-13 - Johann Christoph Graupner, German composer
1684-01-14 - Johann Matthias Hase, German scientist (d. 1742)
1684-09-18 - Johann Gottfried Walther, Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer
1684-12-22 - Johann J Dillenius, [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum)
1685-02-23 - George Friedrich Handel, Halle Germany, organist/composer (Messiah)
1685-03-21 - Johann Sebastian Bach, Eisenach Germany, composer (Mattheus-Passion)
1685-06-30 - Dominikus Zimmermann, German architect/painter (Liebfrauenkirche)
1685-10-01 - Charles VI, German emperor/king of Spain (1711-40)
1687-01-30 - [Johann] Balthasar Neumann, German architect, baptized
1687-06-24 - Johann Albrecht Bengel, German scholar (d. 1757)
1687-12-26 - Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist/composer
1690-03-18 - Christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position)
1691-04-09 - Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (d. 1761)
1692-02-25 - Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)
1692-11-07 - Johannes G Schnabel, German author/surgeon (Insel Felsenburg)
1692-11-15 - Eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (d. 1775)
1693-06-17 - Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775)
1694-08-24 - Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25]
1694-12-22 - Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (d. 1768)
1695-06-05 - Johann Conrad Schlaun, German barok architect
1697-01-30 - Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist/composer
1697-02-24 - Bernard S Albinus, [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist
1697-03-09 - Friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz)
1697-06-04 - Jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi
1697-11-25 - Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (wrote in blood)
1699-02-17 - Hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci)
1700-05-26 - Nikolaus L earl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, German evangelist
1700-08-13 - Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (d. 1763)
1701-01-27 - Johann N von Hontheim, German church historian/suffragan (bishop)
1702-01-10 - Johannes Zick, German fresco painter (d. 1762)
1702-05-02 - Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)
1704-10-09 - Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1777)
1704-11-01 - Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (d. 1779)
1705-09-07 - Matthäus Günther, German painter (d. 1788)
1706-01-07 - Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (d. 1751)
1706-02-12 - Josef Christian, German sculptor
1706-05-17 - Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780)
1706-11-08 - Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (d. 1772)
1708-01-30 - Georg D Ehret, German/English cartoonist
1708-04-23 - Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem)
1708-05-03 - Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer
1709-01-01 - Johann H H Butz, German/Dutch organ builder
1709-03-10 - Georg Steller, German naturalist (d. 1746)
1710-02-01 - Konrad E Ackermann, German actor (Die Oberpfalz)
1710-07-21 - Paul Möhring, German physician (d. 1792)
1711-09-06 - Henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (d. 1787)
1712-01-24 - Georg F Schmidt, German engraver/etcher
1712-10-30 - Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German painter
1713-09-14 - Johann Kies, German mathematician (d. 1781)
1714-03-08 - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer, son of JS Bach
1714-09-17 - Gottlieb W Rabener, German author (Vom Misbrauch of the Satire)
1715-01-10 - Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775)
1715-03-07 - Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet (d. 1759)
1715-07-25 - Immanuel J Pyra, German poet (Temple of Real Poetry)
1715-11-13 - Dorothea Erxleben, German, first female medical doctor (d.1762)
1716-12-25 - Johann Jakob Reiske, German scholar and physician (d. 1774)
1717-08-13 - Christoph Nichelsmann, German composer
1717-12-09 - Johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art)
1719-01-28 - Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (d. 1749)
1719-06-11 - Franz K von Velbruck, German free mason/prince-bishop of Luik
1719-08-04 - Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (d. 1767)
1719-09-27 - Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician (d. 1800)
1719-10-20 - Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistician/economist
1720-01-04 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist
1720-05-11 - Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797)
1720-08-12 - Konrad Ekhof, German actor (d. 1778)
1720-10-03 - Johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem)
1720-12-14 - Justus Möser, German statesman (d. 1794)
1721-04-24 - Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German composer, baptised
1721-07-09 - Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet (d. 1781)
1723-09-11 - Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educational reformer (d. 1790)
1723-10-04 - Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist (d. 1798)
1723-12-19 - Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother
1723-12-22 - Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer
1723-12-26 - Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, German writer (d. 1807)
1724-07-02 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet
1724-12-13 - Aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist
1725-02-25 - Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (Geistliche Kantaten)
1725-12-18 - Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (d. 1791)
1728-02-10 - Peter III Feodorovich, German/Russian czar of Russia (1761-62)
1728-02-21 - Peter III, Kiel Germany, Russian tsar (1762)/husband of Catherine
1728-03-22 - Anton Raphael Mengs, German writer/neo-classic painter
1728-08-26 - Johann Heinrich Lambert, German scientist (d. 1777)
1729-01-22 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Germany, critic/dramatist
1729-03-16 - Georg W "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian (Annales typographic)
1729-09-06 - Mozes Mendelssohn, German englightened philosopher (Haksalah)
1729-09-25 - Christian G Heyne, German archaeologist
1729-10-22 - Johann Reinhold Forster, German botanist (d. 1798)
1731-09-02 - Johann F von Cronegk, German playwright (Olint und Sophronia)
1731-12-28 - Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master
1732-08-08 - Johann C Adelung, German linguist/librarian
1733-03-15 - Johann Zoffany, German painter, baptized
1736-09-16 - Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician
Famous Deaths
Results 201 - 300 of 1,653
1630-11-19 - Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Opella Nova), dies at 44
1631-10-20 - Michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1550)
1634-02-25 - Albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, German duke, murdered at 50
1635-02-13 - Georg R Weckerlin, German poet, dies at 50
1635-08-07 - Friedrich von Spee, German writer (b. 1591)
1637-02-15 - Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hun/German Emperor (1619-37), dies at 58
1637-08-10 - Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (b. 1582)
1638-08-12 - Johannes Althusius, [Althaut], German lawyer, dies at about 81
1638-11-08 - Johann H Alsted, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 50
1639-06-01 - Melchior Franck, German composer
1639-07-18 - Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, German general (b. 1604)
1639-08-20 - Martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41
1646-01-06 - Elias Hill, German architect of Augsburg, dies at 72
1649-03-19 - Gerhard Johann Vossius, German classical scholar and theologian (b. 1577)
1649-11-19 - Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (b. 1576)
1650-07-18 - Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer, dies at 74
1651-10-06 - Heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien), dies at 47
1654-03-24 - Samuel Scheidt, German composer (Concertus sacri), dies at 66
1654-06-27 - Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg), dies at 67
1654-07-09 - Ferdinand IV of Germany (b. 1633)
1656-07-27 - Salomo Glassius, German theologian (b. 1593)
1657-04-02 - Ferdinand III, King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48
1658-09-22 - Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet (b. 1607)
1659-04-15 - Simon Dach, German poet, dies
1660-09-08 - Daniel von Czepko, German poet, dies at 54
1661-02-02 - Lucas Holstenius, German humanist (b. 1596)
1661-10-26 - Johann B Schup, [Schuppius], German poet/historian/vicar, dies
1662-04-04 - Leonhart Kern, German sculptor , dies at about 73
1663-02-19 - Adam Adami, German bishop and diplomat (b. 1603)
1663-07-07 - Thomas Baltzar, German violinist
1665-01-31 - Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (b. 1622)
1666-05-22 - Gaspar Schott, German scientist (b. 1608)
1666-06-30 - Adam Krieger, German composer, dies at 32
1666-08-15 - Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies
1666-08-30 - Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer, dies
1667-05-06 - Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer, dies at 50
1667-05-07 - Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist/singer/composer, dies at 50
1668-06-20 - Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620)
1669-11-05 - John Coccejus, German/Neth reformed theologist, dies at about 66
1670-03-10 - Johann Rudolf Glauber, German chemist (b. 1604)
1671-12-28 - Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)
1674-02-24 - Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)
1674-03-06 - Johann Paul Schor, German barok painter, dies at 58
1675-08-12 - Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Neth baron of Sucha/army leader, dies at 73
1676-06-07 - Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (b. 1606)
1676-10-25 - Justus G Schottel [Schottelius], German linguistic/poet, dies at 64
1677-07-09 - Angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffer], German medical/mystic poet, dies
1680-05-31 - Joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650)
1680-11-27 - Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (lantern), dies
1686-05-21 - (N. S.) Otto von Guericke, German scientist (b. 1602)
1686-11-11 - Otto von Guericke, German scientist, inventor, and politician (b. 1602)
1688-05-22 - Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist, dies at 70
1689-11-13 - Philipp von Zesen, German poet (Bescheibung of Amsterdam), dies at 70
1689-11-26 - Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (b. February 1, 1635)
1691-07-30 - Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (b. 1639)
1692-11-14 - Christoph Bernhard, German composer, dies at 64
1692-11-19 - Georg F von Waldeck, German commander-in-chief (Colors), dies
1692-12-18 - Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (b. 1626)
1693-02-13 - Johann Kaspar von Kerll, German composer, dies at 65
1694-10-16 - Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62
1701-02-15 - Adam Drese, German composer, dies at 80
1702-06-15 - Georg E Rumphius, German nature explorer, dies
1703-01-11 - Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (b. 1632)
1703-03-20 - Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies
1703-03-31 - Johann Christoph Bach, German composer (b. 1642)
1704-02-23 - Georg Muffat, French/German organist/composer, dies at 50
1704-04-08 - Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (b. 1624)
1704-11-04 - Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (b. 1654)
1705-02-05 - Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (b. 1635)
1706-03-01 - Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal and Governor of Berlin (b. 1632)
1706-03-09 - Johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52
1706-12-03 - Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and hymn writer (b. 1637)
1707-05-09 - Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69
1707-06-24 - Kaspar von Stieler, German linguist/poet, dies at 74
1708-10-11 - Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (b. 1651)
1709-09-11 - Oxenstiern, German(?) general (Malplaquet), dies in battle
1709-09-11 - Spaar, German(?) general (Malplaquet), dies in battle
1710-01-21 - Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (b. 1638)
1711-04-17 - Jozef I, [Habsburg], emperor of Germany (1705-11), dies at about 32
1711-11-03 - John Ernest Grabe, German-born Anglican theologian (b. 1666)
1711-12-17 - Arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies
1714-03-27 - Anton Ulrich, German duke of Brunswick/poet, dies at 80
1715-12-15 - George Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73
1716-11-02 - Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and traveler (b. 1651)
1716-11-14 - Gottfried W Leibniz, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 70
1719-08-19 - Karl H Freiherr von Canstein, German lawyer, dies at 52
1719-09-21 - Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (b. 1647)
1721-09-07 - Bernhard Albinus, [Weiss], German artist (Frederik of Prussia), dies
1721-09-11 - Rudolph J Camerarius, German physician (sexuality plans), dies
1722-04-22 - Pieter Erberfeld, German/Thais merchant on Java, dies
1722-11-24 - Johann Adam Reincken, German organist/composer, dies at 99
1722-12-08 - Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van Palts, German/French duchess, dies at 70
1724-06-24 - Johann Theile, German composer (Adam und Eva), dies at 77
1727-06-08 - August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (b. 1663)
1727-06-10 - George Ludwig, German monarch of Hannover/king of England, dies at 67
1727-09-17 - Glückel of Hameln, German businesswoman (b. 1647)
1728-02-12 - Agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73
1728-09-23 - Christian Thomasius, German jurist (b. 1655)
1729-08-15 - Benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), dies at 64
1731-05-01 - Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (b. 1677)
