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29 in German History August 29, 1523 Death of Ulrich von Hutten near Zürich. Von Hutten was a staunch supporter of Martin Luther, both with his pen as a satirist and with his sword as a knight. In 1522 when German knights rose up against the princes, von Hutten fought with the band of Franz von Sickingen. C. F. Meyer immortalized him in his novel Huttens letzte Tage (1871). August 29, 1756 Friedrich I, King of Prussia, leads 61,000
men into Saxony initiating the Seven-Year War. August 29, 1865 Death of Robert Remak in Kissingen, Germany. Remak was an embryologist who identified and named the three layers of the early embryo. He also discovered the nerve cells of the heart. August 29, 1868 Death of Christian Friedrich Schönbein in Sauersberg, Germany. A chemist, Schoenbein discovered and gave the name to ozone and discovered nitrocellulose (guncotton). He was a professor of chemistry at the University of Basel. He was the first Jew to teach at the University of Berlin. August 29, 1885 Gottlieb Daimler receives a patent in Germany for his motor vehicle. August 29, 1929 The German dirigible, the Graf Zepplin, completes its round-the-world flight. August 29, 1950 The International Olympic Committee votes to admit West Germany to the Olympics of 1952. August 29, 1960 Death of Vicki Baum (pen name of Hedwig Baum) in Vienna, Austria. A novelist, Baum lived in Vienna, Darmstadt and Berlin. Her first success was Menschen im Hotel (1929) which was produced as a film, Grand Hotel, and won an Academy Award. It was later produced as a film and Broadway musical, Weekend at the Waldorf. After her success in the United states she immigrated and became a Hollywood screenwriter. August 29, 1990 An American transport aircraft crashes at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany. 13 persons die. Back to Today in German History Calendar |
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