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Events in Bavaria History

Hook and Cod Wars End

1428-07-03 Treaty of Delft signed between Jacqueline of Bavaria and Philip the Good of Burgundy, ending the Hook and Cod wars in the County of Holland

1440-04-09 Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark (1440-48)
1450-10-05 Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Ludwig IX

German Beer Purity Law

1487-11-30 The first German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot), is promulgated in Munich by Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria stating beer should be brewed from only three ingredients – water, malt and hops

1498-06-21 Jews are expelled from Nuremberg, Bavaria, by Emperor Maximillian
1504-04-23 King Maximilian I routes troops to Bavaria
1516-04-23 Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria endorses "The German Beer Purity Law" (Reinheitsgebot) and adds to it standards for the sale of beer in Bavaria, ensuring beer is only brewed from three ingredients – water, barley, and hops
1531-10-24 Bavaria joins Schmalkaldic League
1623-02-25 Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria becomes monarch of Palts
1631-05-30 The Treaty of Fontainebleau signed between Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, and the Kingdom of France, establishing a secret alliance between them during the Thirty Years' War.
1645-08-03 Battle of Allersheim: French defeat Bavarians
1647-03-14 Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm
1648-05-17 Emperor Ferdinand III defeats Maximilian I of Bavaria
1658-08-15 France, Sweden, Bavarian, Brunswick, Munster and Hessen-Kassel form Confederation of the Rhine
1670-02-17 France and Bavaria sign military assistance treaty
1701-03-09 France, Cologne & Bavaria sign alliance
1702-09-16 Emperor Leopold I declares war on France, Cologne & Bavaria

Battle of Blenheim

1704-08-13 Battle of Blenheim (Second Battle of Höchstädt): A combined British, German and Dutch army led by John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, decisively beats the French and Bavarians

1706-04-29 Emperor Jozef I becomes monarch of Cologne and Bavaria
1712-05-17 Maximilian Emanuel of Bavaria honored as "sovereign of Netherlands"
1727-11-12 France & Bavaria renew secret treaty
1741-05-08 France & Bavaria sign Covenant of Nymphenburg
1741-05-28 Spain and Bavaria sign treaty
1741-07-31 Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.

1743-06-27 War of the Austrian Succession: King George II of Britain personally leads Allied troops to victory in the Battle of Dettingen in Bavaria. The last time a British monarch commanded troops in the field.

King George II with the Duke of Cumberland at the Battle of Dettingen

1745-04-22 Austria & Bavaria sign Peace Treaty of Füssen, ending Bavaria's participation (on the French side) in the War of the Austrian Succession
1779-05-13 War of Bavarian Succession ends

Battle of Abensberg

1809-04-20 Napoleon I and French forces defeat Austria at Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria

1813-10-08 Treaty of Ried between Bavaria & Austria
1816-08-08 Bavaria joins Holy Alliance
1832-05-07 Greece becomes independent, Otto of Bavaria is chosen as king
1835-12-07 Bavarian Ludwig railway opens - first German steam railway
1871-04-22 All German Jews emancipated after the German Constitution adopted by its last state Bavaria
1913-11-05 Ludwig III crowned king of Bavaria
1914-08-20 Bavarian troops kill 50 inhabitants of Nomeny, France
1918-11-07 Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria as a revolutionary uprising spreads throughout Germany
1919-04-06 Bavaria proclaims itself a soviet republic
1923-03-20 Bavarian minister of interior refuses to forbid Nazi Sturm Abteilung
1924-03-29 Bavaria & Vatican reach accord
1924-04-06 Völkische Block (Nazis) receives 17.8% of vote in Bavaria
1925-02-14 State of emergency crisis in Bavaria ends, NSDAP re-allowed

Bavaria Lifts Hitler Ban

1927-03-10 Bavaria lifts ban on Adolf Hitler's speeches

1945-05-04 German forces in Bavaria surrender unconditionally to American commander Jacob L. Devers
2015-06-07 -8 41st G7 summit held in Schloss Elmau, Bavaria
2016-02-09 Two German passenger trains collide near Bad Aibling, Bavaria, killing 10 and seriously injuring 18
2019-11-07 Humans 1st walked upright 12 million years ago (not 6 million as previously thought), according to study a new species of ape found in Bavaria, Germany, published in "Nature"

Famous People from Bavaria

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0973-05-06 Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (1014-24) and King of Germany (1002-24), born in Abbach, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1024)
1173-12-23 Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)
1229-04-13 Louis II, Duke of Bavaria, ruler of upper Baveria, born in Heidelberg, Germany (d. 1294)
1283-04-01 Ludwig IV, Duke of Bavaria (1301-47), King of the Romans (1314-47) and Holy Roman Emperor (1328-47), born in Munich (d. 1347)
1328-05-07 Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg, born in Rome (d. 1365)
1329-09-26 Anna of Bavaria, Queen of the Romans (d. 1353)
1336-07-25 Albert I, Duke of Bavaria and third son of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, born in Munich (d. 1404)
1342-08-19 Catharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria, born in Prague, Bohemia (d. 1395)
1460-05-08 Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1486-1536), born in Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany (d. 1536)
1477-01-16 Johannes Schöner, German polymath, astronomer and cartographer (Schöner globes), born in Karlstadt am Main, Lower Franconia, Bavaria (d. 1547)
1484-01-17 George Spalatin, German humanist, reformer and important figure in the Reformation, born in Spalt, Bavaria (d. 1545)
1487-02-14 Henry II of Bavaria, Bishop of Utrecht (1524-29), Worms (1523-52) and Freising (1541-52), born in Heidelberg, Germany (d. 1552)
1501-01-17 Leonhard Fuchs, German physician and botanist (Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants) for which the flowering plants and color Fuchsia is named after, born in Wemding, Bavaria (d. 1566)
1528-03-01 Albert V [the Generous], Duke of Bavaria (1550-79), born in Munich (d. 1579)
1528-07-07 Anna of Austria, Duchess of Bavaria, daughter of Ferdinand I, born in Prague, Bohemia (d. 1590)
1548-09-29 William V, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1626)

1554-12-17 Ernest of Bavaria, Prince-elector-archbishop of the Archbishopric of Cologne, born in Munich (d. 1612)
1569-11-11 Martin Ruland the Younger, German physician and alchemist, born in Lauingen, Bavaria, Germany (d. 1611)
1573-04-17 Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1651)
1574-12-08 Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire, born in Munich, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)
1584-04-13 Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria, born in Munich (d. 1666)
1594-05-29 Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal, born in Treuchtlingen, Bavaria (d. 1632)
1597-11-19 Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress consort of Brandenburg as the wife of George William, born in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria (d. 1660)
1610-01-13 Maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1665)
1632-04-02 Georg Caspar Weckler, German organist and composer, baptized in Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1695)
1636-10-31 Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (1651-79), born in Schleissheim Palace, Bavaria (d. 1679)
1637-09-27 Hieronymus Gradenthaler, German composer, born in Regensburg, Bavaria (d. 1700)
1645-11-21 Johann Löhner, German composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1705)
1662-07-11 Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria and governor of the Spanish Netherlands (1691-1714), born in Munich (d. 1726)
1664-08-06 Johann Christoph Schmidt, German composer, born in Ansbach, Electorate of Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1728)
1668-12-03 Casimir Schweizelsperg, German composer, born in Rosenheim, Upper Bavaria (d. sometime after 1722)

1669-06-30 Mauritius Vogt, German composer, born in Königshofen, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roamn Empire (d. 1730)
1675-02-21 Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750)
1685-06-30 Dominikus Zimmermann, Bavarian Baroque architect and painter (Liebfrauenkirche), born in Gaispoint, Germany (d. 1766)
1689-09-01 Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Czech Baroque architect (St. Nicholas Church, Prague), born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1751)
1691-04-09 Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar, born in Roth, Bavaria, Germany (d. 1761)
1692-08-13 Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, German organist and composer, baptized in Kötzting, Electorate of Bavaria (now Bad Kötzting, Germany) (d. 1746)
1692-11-15 Eusebius Amort, German Roman Catholic theologian, born in Bibermuehle, Bavaria (d. 1775)
1700-11-28 Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Queen consort of Denmark and Norway (1730-46), born in Castle Schonberg, Bavaria (d. 1770)
1702-07-17 Johann Schneider, German composer and pupil of Bach, born in Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg (d. 1788)
1703-01-29 Carlmann Kolb, German composer and priest, born in Kösslarn, Lower Bavaria (d. 1765)
1703-09-03 Johann Theodor of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Regensburg, Freising and Liège, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1763)
1705-04-20 Balthasar Schmid, German composer and printer, born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1749)
1708-11-04 Robert Praelisauer, German composer, music director, and priest, baptized in Kötzting, Electorate of Bavaria (now Bad Kötzting, Germany) (d. 1771)
1710-04-30 Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general, born in Arlon, Province of Luxembourg, Belgium (d. 1795)
1718-08-09 Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, German composer, born in Murnau, Bavaria (d. 1782)

1778-07-29 Carl Borromaus Neuner, German composer, born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1830)
1780-05-28 Franz Joseph Fröhlich, German composer, born in Würzburg, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1862)
1783-02-15 Johann Nepomuk Poissl, Bavarian composer, born in Rattiszell, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1865)
1783-03-26 Johann Baptist Weigl, German composer and clergyman, born in Hahnbach, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1852)
1786-08-25 Ludwig I, King of Bavaria (1825-48), born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1868)
1787-11-27 Christian Rummel, German conductor and composer, born in Gollachostheim, Bavaria (d. 1849)
1788-06-21 Princess Augusta of Bavaria, born in Strasbourg (d. 1851)

Georg Ohm (1789-1854)

1789-03-16 German physicist and mathematician (Ohm's law), born in Erlangen, Bavaria

Levi Strauss (1829-1902)

1829-02-26 German-born American clothing designer who founded the 1st company to manufacture blue jeans (Levi Strauss & Co.), born in Buttenheim, Bavaria

1832-02-26 John George Nicolay, German-American author (Abe Lincoln's biographer), born in Essingen, Rhenish Bavaria (d. 1901)
1836-12-13 Franz von Lenbach, German painter, born in Schrobenhausen, Bavaria (d. 1904)
1840-04-12 Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest and musicologist (Magister choralis), born in Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1910)