Historical place archive

Leipzig in History

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

4 records4 event labels2 people1561–1934

Historical events in Leipzig

1561

24 August 1561
Marriage to Anna of Saxony
William I the Silent · House of Orange

Marries Anna of Saxony after the death of his first wife Anna of Egmont

24 August 1561
Second Marriage
William I the Silent · House of Orange

William marries Anna of Saxony strengthening German Protestant connections

1933

1933
Trial
Marinus van der Lubbe · Government of Netherlands

The Leipzig Trial takes part from September 21 to December 23, 1933 & was presided over by judges from the old German Imperial Court

1934

10 January 1934
Execution
Marinus van der Lubbe · Communist Party

Guillotined in a Leipzig prison yard, three days before his 25th birthday

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Netherlands and Leipzig. 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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