Historical place archive

Leipzig in History

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

2 records2 event labels2 people1813–1943

Historical events in Leipzig

1813

19 October 1813
Battle of Leipzig
George Hamilton-Gordon · Napoleonic Wars

Witnesses what he regards as the horror of war at Leipzig, "It haunts one night & day"

1943

3 December 1943
Bombing of Leipzig
Arthur Travers Harris · World War, 2nd

The RAF bomb Leipzig, 1,500 killed & 40,000 homeless

Provenance

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