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Interregnum
Konrad of Cologne promoted a new royal election after William of Holland's death.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Cologne in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Konrad of Cologne promoted a new royal election after William of Holland's death.
Konrad of Cologne supported Richard of Cornwall and helped arrange his coronation.
In a decree following the 1512 Diet of Cologne, the name Holy Roman Empire is officially changed to Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
Strengthens Catholic control in the Electorate of Cologne
Maintains the Catholic ecclesiastical electorate within the settlement.
The ecclesiastical electorate retains its Catholic position in the settlement.
Joseph Clemens supports the Bourbon alliance and French military access.
Appointed Archbishop-Elector of Cologne
Marx publishes articles defending freedom of the press against Prussian restrictions.
Marx investigates the poverty and grievances of wine-growing communities in the Moselle region.
Marx writes critically about Prussia's revised censorship regulations.
Marx begins contributing political and philosophical articles to the Rheinische Zeitung.
Publishes an article examining political centralisation and local autonomy in the Rheinische Zeitung.
Publishes a critique of the Kolnische Zeitung's treatment of philosophy, religion and political discussion.
Marx becomes editor of the Rheinische Zeitung and sharpens its criticism of government policy.
Publishes an article responding to attacks on communism in the Augsburg Allgemeine Zeitung.
Begins publishing a series on debates in the Sixth Rhine Province Assembly.
Publishes an article on communal reform and the political position of the Kolnische Zeitung.
Publishes an article criticizing weaknesses in the liberal opposition in Hanover.
Publishes an editorial note on the proposed Prussian divorce bill.
Publishes an article criticizing a cabinet order affecting the daily press.
Publishes a response to criticism directed at the Rheinische Zeitung by a Kolnische Zeitung correspondent.
Publishes an article examining Hanover industrialists and the politics of protective tariffs.
Publishes an article discussing the attitudes of Georg Herwegh and Arnold Ruge toward The Free.
Publishes an article criticizing the polemical methods of the Augsburg newspaper.
Publishes an article examining the role of commissions of the Prussian estates.
Publishes a fuller article on the political and legal issues surrounding the Prussian divorce bill.
Publishes the opening instalment of an article opposing the ban on the Leipziger Allgemeine Zeitung.
Publishes a reply to Oberpraesident von Schaper during the Rheinische Zeitung's dispute with Prussian authorities.
Begins a series of polemical articles answering the Allgemeine Zeitung.
Publishes an article on local elections of deputies to the provincial assembly.
Publishes a polemical response to the Rhein-und-Mosel-Zeitung.
Publishes a further critique of the Rhein-und-Mosel-Zeitung's political journalism.
Marx resigns shortly before the authorities suppress the Rheinische Zeitung.
Attends the celebrations marking the completion of Cologne Cathedral, becoming the first king of Prussia to enter a Roman Catholic building
Marx analyses the violent suppression of Parisian workers in the June Days.
Marx launches the Neue Rheinische Zeitung as a democratic revolutionary newspaper.
Marx defends the newspaper before a jury and is acquitted.
Prussian authorities order Marx to leave after withdrawing his right of residence.
The final issue appears in red ink after Prussian authorities order the newspaper closed.
Born in Cologne, son of a teacher
Birth of Conrad Adenauer, the "Old Fox"
Patents an early radio device for detecting ships in poor visibility.
Minkowski presents spacetime geometry and recasts special relativity in four dimensional form
Appointed Deputy Mayor of Cologne
Appointed Mayor of Cologne
Birth of Heinrich Boll
Sailors capture Cologne
Sailors capture Cologne
Allied occupation of the Cologne zone ends as political conditions improve after the Locarno settlement.
Meets Hitler at von Schroeders home. It is agreed Papen will ask Hindenburg to make Hitler Chancellor
Arrested because of his opposition to Hitler
The Allies capture Cologne & cross the Rhine
Hanns-Martin Schleyer, chairman of the German Employers Organisation, is kidnapped and later shot
Death of Hans Martin Schleyer, assassinated by Baader-Meinhof
Kidnapped in Cologne with 3 of his bodyguards killed by Baader-Meinhof
Hosts the European Council as leaders address employment, security policy and future institutional development.
Supports the Cologne decision to begin drafting a Charter of Fundamental Rights for the European Union.
Provenance
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