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January
6 in German History January 6 Three Kings Day (Dreikönigentag) January 6, 1486 Birth of Martin Agricola (pseudonym of Martin Sore) in Schwiebus (now
in Poland). He was a music scholar and composer in Magdeburg. He was the
first to give attention to the musical needs of the Reformation. January 6, 1821 Birth of Jakob Frohschammer in Illkofen, Germany. Frohschammer was a Catholic priest, writer and philosopher. He was excommunicated in 1871 for his insistence that philosophy is independent of Church authority. He taught at the University of Munich. In 1889 he wrote a book, Philosophie des Thomas von Aquino kritisch gewurdigt, in which he disputed Thomas' view that philosophy is subordinate to theology. January 6, 1822 Heinrich Schliemann born in Neubukow, Germany. January 6, 1827 Death of Charlotte von Stein in Weimar. Von Stein was a very close friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. She inspired the characters Iphigenie in Iphigenie auf Tauris and Natalie in Wilhelm Meister. After 1788 when Goethe met and later married Christiane Vulpius, the "Seelenbund" with Frau von Stein weakened and dissolved. January 6, 1838 Birth of Max Bruch in Cologne, Germany. Bruch was a violin virtuoso and composer. Among his works are the opera, Scherz, List und Rache (1858) and a concert for choir and orchestra, Odysseus (1872). January 6, 1870 Birth of Gustav Bauer in Darkehmen, Germany (now in Russia). Bauer became German chancellor when Scheidemann resigned in protest against the terms demanded by the Treaty of Versailles. It was thus his responsibility to accept and implement the treaty. January 6, 1884 Death of Gregor Mendel, Augustinian monk and the pioneer of the science of genetics. He died in Brunn, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic). January 6, 1919 Communist uprising in Berlin (Spartacist Week). January 6, 1926 The German airlines "Aero Lloyd and "Junkers Luftverkehr" unite to become "Deutssche Luft-Hansa AG". In 1933 the name "Lufthansa" was applied to the company. After World War II the company was refounded with the same name. January 6, 1939 Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann in Berlin announce the discovery of uranium fission. Back to Today in German History Calendar |
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