Historical place archive

Hesse in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Hesse in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records3 event labels3 people1850–1931

Historical events in Hesse

1850

September 1850
Hesses Crisis
Otto Eduard Leopold Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen · Government of Germany

After a dispute over Hesse Prussia is humiliated and forced to back down by Austria in the so-called Punctation of Olmutz

8 November 1850
Mobilization
Frederick William IV · Austria-Prussia War

Shots are exchanged between Austrian & Prussian soldiers, the 1st since 1778

1931

1931
Resignation of Werner Best
Werner Best · NSDAP

Resigns after the Boxheim documents are found in his possession, Nazi blue-print

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Germany and Hesse. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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