23 June 1758
Battle of Krefeld
Defeats the French
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Krefeld in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Defeats the French
The Battle of Krefeld
Attached to the headquarters of General von Mefflings corps of observation at Krefeld, when he first became aware of the very inefficient state of the Prussian army
Birth of Ralf Hutter, later co-founder, keyboard player and principal voice of Kraftwerk.
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