Historical place archive

Dusseldorf in History

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

2 records2 event labels1 people1914–1914

Historical events in Dusseldorf

1914

22 September 1914
First RNAS Raid on Germany
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · World War, 1st

Royal Naval Air Service aircraft attack Zeppelin sheds at Dusseldorf and Cologne from their Belgian base.

8 October 1914
Dusseldorf Zeppelin Raid
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · World War, 1st

Royal Naval Air Service aircraft destroy a German Zeppelin in its shed during a successful raid on Dusseldorf.

Provenance

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