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Leipzig in History

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

4 records3 event labels2 people1642–1784

Historical events in Leipzig

1642

1642
Siege of Leipzig
Tortensson · Thirty Years War

Crosses the Elbe & lays siege to Leipzig

1 November 1642
Siege of Leipzig
Tortensson · Thirty Years War

The Swedish Commander Tortensson is forced to retreat by Archduke Leopold William

1784

1784
Flora Japonica
Carl Peter Thunberg · Botany

Publishes a systematic account of plants observed in Japan.

1784
Japanese Plant Catalogue
Carl Peter Thunberg · Botany

Introduces numerous East Asian species to European botanical science.

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