Historical place archive

Metz in History

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

8 records6 event labels4 people834–1944

Historical events in Metz

834

834
Restoration
Louis I the Pious · House of Carolingian

Rescued by Royalists & reinvested as Emperor at Metz cathedral

1870

1870
Field Marshal
Friedrich Karl · Franco-Prussian War

Appointed Field Marshal after the victory at Metz

1870
Field Marshal
Friedrich Karl · Military

Appointed Field Marshal after the victory at Metz

10 September 1870
Battle of Metz
Frederick Charles · Franco-Prussian War

Begins to besiege Bazaine at Metz

27 October 1870
Battle of Metz
Frederick Charles · Franco-Prussian War

Forces Bazaine to surrender

27 October 1870
Capture of Metz
Friedrich Karl · Franco-Prussian War

Made Field Marshal after the capture of Metz

1944

19 August 1944
Death of Guenther Hans von Kluge
Guenther Hans von Kluge · World War, 2nd

Committs suicide by poison at Metz

19 August 1944
Suicide
Guenther Hans von Kluge · World War, 2nd

Committs suicide by poison at Metz

Provenance

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