Today in German History - 1658-08-15 France, Sweden, Bavarian, Brunswick, Munster and Hessen-Kassel form Confederation of the Rhine
Famous People from Hessen
- 1244-06-24 Henry I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308), born in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders (d. 1308)
- 1687-02-01 Johann Adam Birkenstock, German composer and violinist, born in Alsfeld, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1733)
- 1850-06-06 Karl Ferdinand Braun, German inventor, co-developed wireless telegraphy (Nobel 1909), born in Fulda, Electorate of Hessen, Germany (d. 1918)
- 1892-04-23 Richard Huelsenbeck, German Dada writer, born in Frankenau, Hessen-Nassau (d. 1974)
- 1957-10-24 Ron Gardenhire, German-American baseball manager, born in Butzbach, Hessen, West Germany
Famous Germans
Adam Opel
Adolf Eichmann
Adolf Hitler
Albert Einstein
Albert Kesselring
Albert of Prussia