Historical place archive

Cologne in History

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

4 records4 event labels3 people1938–1945

Historical events in Cologne

1938

22 September 1938
Bad Godesberg Meeting
Neville Chamberlain · National Government

Chamberlain arrived near Cologne before continuing by train and motorcade to Bad Godesberg.

22 September 1938
Godesberg
Neville Chamberlain · National Government

Chamberlain arrived near Cologne before continuing by train and motorcade to Bad Godesberg.

1942

1942
Bombing of Cologne
Arthur Travers Harris · World War, 2nd

Cologne is bombed at night by over 1,000 bombers

1945

23 March 1945
Capture of Cologne
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · World War, 2nd

Britsh, American & Canadian troops capture Cologne

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and Cologne. 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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