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Stuttgart in History

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

25 records15 event labels14 people1649โ€“1983

Historical events in Stuttgart

1649

1649
Peace of Westphalia
Eberhard III ยท Duchy of Wurttemberg

Restores ducal government in Wurttemberg after the Peace of Westphalia.

1649
Reconstruction
Eberhard III of Wurttemberg ยท Duchy of Wurttemberg

Begins rebuilding Wurttemberg after severe losses during the Thirty Years War

1920

13 March 1920
Coup
Wolfgang Kapp ยท Revolution of Germany

The Government is forced to flee to Stuttgart but returns within a few days

1921

1921
Chief of Staff
Werner von Blomberg ยท Military

Appointed Chief of Staff of the Stuttgart Army Area

1922

9 June 1922
Stuttgart Foreign Policy Speech
Walther Rathenau ยท Weimar Republic

Addresses representatives from several political parties on Germany's foreign policy and reparations difficulties.

1943

7 October 1943
Bombing of Stuttgart
Adolf Hitler ยท World War, 2nd

The RAF bomb Stuttgart

1972

June 1972
Arrest of Gudrun Ensslin
Gudrun Ensslin ยท Baader-Meinhof Group

The Read Army Faction members are jailed individually in solitary confinement in the newly constructed high security Stammheim Prison in the north of Stuttgart

June 1972
Arrest of Ulrike Marie Meinhof
Ulrike Marie Meinhof ยท Baader-Meinhof Group

The Read Army Faction members are jailed individually in solitary confinement in the newly constructed high security Stammheim Prison in the north of Stuttgart

June 1972
Red Army Faction
Andraes Baader ยท Baader-Meinhof Group

The Read Army Faction members are jailed individually in solitary confinement in the newly constructed high security Stammheim Prison in the north of Stuttgart

June 1972
Red Army Faction
Gudrun Ensslin ยท Baader-Meinhof Group

The Read Army Faction members are jailed individually in solitary confinement in the newly constructed high security Stammheim Prison in the north of Stuttgart

June 1972
Red Army Faction
Ulrike Marie Meinhof ยท Baader-Meinhof Group

The Read Army Faction members are jailed individually in solitary confinement in the newly constructed high security Stammheim Prison in the north of Stuttgart

1974

9 November 1974
Death of Holger Meins
Holger Meins ยท Baader-Meinhof Group

Death of Holger Meins, dies of self-induced starvation

9 November 1974
Red Army Faction
Holger Meins ยท Baader-Meinhof Group

Death of Holger Meins, dies of self-induced starvation

1975

21 May 1975
Red Army Faction
Gudrun Ensslin ยท Baader-Meinhof Group

The Stammheim trial of Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, and Jan-Carl Raspe begins, named after a city district of Stuttgart where it takes place

21 May 1975
Trial
Andraes Baader ยท Baader-Meinhof Group

Opening day of the Stammheim trial of Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, and Jan-Carl Raspe began, named after a city district of Stuttgart where it takes place

21 May 1975
Trial
Gudrun Ensslin ยท Baader-Meinhof Group

Opening day of the Stammheim trial of Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, and Jan-Carl Raspe began, named after a city district of Stuttgart where it takes place

21 May 1975
Trial
Helmut Schmidt ยท Baader-Meinhof Group

Opening day of the Stammheim trial of Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, and Jan-Carl Raspe began, named after a city district of Stuttgart where it takes place

21 May 1975
Trial
Jan-Carl Raspe ยท Baader-Meinhof Group

Opening day of the Stammheim trial of Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, and Jan-Carl Raspe began, named after a city district of Stuttgart where it takes place

21 May 1975
Trial
Ulrike Marie Meinhof ยท Baader-Meinhof Group

Opening day of the Stammheim trial of Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, and Jan-Carl Raspe began, named after a city district of Stuttgart where it takes place

1976

May 1976
Death of Ulrike Marie Meinhof
Ulrike Marie Meinhof ยท Baader-Meinhof Group

An enquiry finds suicide the cause, extremists claim otherwise & make her a martyr

May 1976
Suicide
Ulrike Marie Meinhof ยท Baader-Meinhof Group

An enquiry finds suicide the cause, extremists claim otherwise & make her a martyr

9 May 1976
Death of Ulrike Marie Meinhof
Ulrike Marie Meinhof ยท Baader-Meinhof Group

Death of Ulrike Meinhof, found dead in her cell, hanging from a rope made from jail towels, an investigation concludes that she had hanged herself, a result hotly contested at the time, spurring conspiracy theories

9 May 1976
Suicide
Ulrike Marie Meinhof ยท Baader-Meinhof Group

Death of Ulrike Meinhof, found dead in her cell, hanging from a rope made from jail towels, an investigation concludes that she had hanged herself, a result hotly contested at the time, spurring conspiracy theories

1983

19 June 1983
Solemn Declaration on European Union
Hans-Dietrich Genscher ยท European Economic Community (EEC)

Supports adoption of the Solemn Declaration on European Union at the Stuttgart European Council.

19 June 1983
Stuttgart European Council
Helmut Kohl ยท European Economic Community (EEC)

Hosts the European Council as leaders adopt the Solemn Declaration on European Union.

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