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July 19 in German History
--------------------------------- July 19, 1698
Birth of Johann Bodmer in Greifensee,
Switzerland. Bodmer was a historian and literary critic who
made substantial contribution to the development of an
original German literature in Switzerland.
July 19, 1819
Birth of Gottfried Keller in Zürich,
Switzerland. Keller was a writer, primarily known for his
novellas, in the period of Realism.
July 19, 1863
Birth of Hermann Bahr in Linz, Austria.
Bahr was a dramatist who represented through time Naturalism,
Romanticism and finally, Symbolism.
July 19, 1870
France declares war on Prussia opening the
Franco-Prussian War which would end in 1871.
July 19, 1876
Birth of Ignaz Seipel, a Roman Catholic
priest, in Vienna, Austria. Seipel was twice the chancellor
of Austria. He worked politically with the Fascist party in
his struggle against the Social Democrats with the final
effect of strengthening the Austrian Fascist movement.
July 19, 1898
Birth of the political philosopher, Herbert
Marcuse, in Berlin, Germany. Marcuse is noted for his Marxist
philosophy and Freudian analyses of 20th century Western
society.
July 19, 1917
The German Reichstag passes a resolution
for a negotiated peace to end WWI with no territorial gains.
July 19, 1050
The Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland
(Central Council of Jews in Germany) is founded in Frankfurt
am Main.
July 19, 1980
Death of Hans J. Morgenthau in New York
City (born in Coburg, Germany). Morgenthau was educated in
law in Germany. He became the chief of the German Labor Law
Court in Frankfurt before accepting a temporary teaching
position in Geneva. Hitler came to power while Morgenthau was
in Switzerland. Not wishing to return to Hitler Germany, he
immigrated to the United States. He taught at a number of
American universities during the following 40 years. During
that academic career he wrote several books on international
politics.
July 19, 1990
A BASF plant in Cincinnatti explodes. BASF
is a German chemical company with world headquarters in
Ludwigshafen, Germany.
July 19, 2000
The first 15 women pass the test for
service with weapons in the German army.
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