2023-08-14 22:22:37
Under Tuesday, August 15, the book of history records, among other things:
778: Retreating from an unsuccessful offensive once morest the Muslim principality (emirate) of Cordoba, Roland, Frankish margrave of the Breton March and paladin of Charlemagne, falls at the Battle of Roncesvalles in the Pyrenees. (His heroic struggle is the focus of the Middle High German Rolandslied).
1248: Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden lays the foundation stone for the new Cologne Cathedral under the direction of Master Gerard from Amiens. (The construction work was stopped in 1560. The Gothic building was not completed until 1840-80 according to the old plans).
1658: At the instigation of the Elector of Mainz, Johann Philipp von Schönborn, the First Confederation of the Rhine, which emerged from the Rhenish Alliance and was directed once morest Austria, was founded in Frankfurt, to which France also joined.
1668: The First Confederation of the Rhine is dissolved.
1843: Foundation of the amusement park Tivoli on a former fortress site in Copenhagen – according to the motto of the Danish king Christian VIII: “Citizens who have fun don’t make a revolution”.
1923: For the first time, a concert will be transmitted wirelessly from the Telefunkenhaus in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
1938: The gold coins of 10 and 20 Reichsmarks are confiscated.
1948: In American-controlled southern Korea, the Republic of Korea is proclaimed, headed by President Syngman Rhee, who claims control of all of Korea.
1973: After almost twelve years, the US withdraws its troops from the Vietnam War.
1978: In Vienna, the U4 underground line between the Schottenring and Karlsplatz stations is put into operation.
1998: 29 people are killed in the small town of Omagh and more than 200 are injured in the worst bomb attack to date during the Northern Ireland conflict.
birthdays: Michael Hainisch, first Austrian Federal President of the Republic of Austria (1858-1940); Hermann Leopoldi, Austria actor/humorist (1888-1959); TE Lawrence, called “Lawrence of Arabia”, British archaeologist and writer (1888-1935); Gottlieb Duttweiler, Switzerland. entrepreneur and politician (1888-1962); Nicolas Roeg, British film director (1928-2018); Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican film director (1963).
days of death: Saint Stephen I, Hungarian king (around 975-1038); Nicola Romeo, Italian engineer and entrepreneur; 1918 Foundation of the car company “Alfa Romeo” (1876-1938); Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt, German music historian (1901-1988); Jacques Vergès, French criminal defense lawyer for Klaus Barbie, Slobodan Milošević (1924/1925-2013), among others; August Schellenberg, Canada. Actor (1936-2013).
name days: Arnulf, Assunta, Alfried, Hartwin, Tarsicius, Rupert, Mechthild.
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