June 30, 1807 Birth of Friedrich Theodor von Vischer in Ludwigsburg, Germany. A literary critic, he set the theoretical basis for the period of realism in literature. June 30, 1853 Birth of archaeologist Adolf Furtwängler in Freiburg, Germany. His catalogs of ancient Greek art established an historic order. He was Professor of Archaeology … [Read more...]

June 29, 1721 Birth of Johann Kalb in Hüttendorf, Germany. Experienced as an officer in a German regiment of the French infantry, he secured a commission in the American Continental Army and immigrated in 1777. June 29, 1779 Death of Anton Raphael Mengs in Rome (born in Aussig, Bohemia (now in the Czech Republic)). Mengs was a painter who … [Read more...]

June 28, 1490 Birth of Albrecht von Brandenburg, Cardinal, Elector of the Holy Roman Empire and Archbishop of Mainz, against whom Luther struggled on the matter of the sale of indulgences. June 28, 1807 Birth of publisher Philipp Reclam in Leipzig, Germany. June 28, 1825 Heinrich Heine is baptized in the Protestant … [Read more...]

June 27, 1786 Death of Joseph Green, Immanuel Kant's closest friend over many years. The two of them dined together very frequently and had long conversations. Some of the vocabulary of mercantilism used by Kant in his books originates from Green. Kant was in the habit of discussing new ideas with Green before other academics and asking Green to … [Read more...]

June 26, 1826 Birth of Adolf Bastian in Bremen, Germany. Bastian proposed a theory of cultural evolution which has similarities to and may have influenced Carl Jung's idea of the collective unconscious. June 26, 1829 Death of Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein in Haina, Germany. Tischbein was a portraitist. Tischbein is remembered primarily … [Read more...]

June 25, 1530 The 28 articles of the Lutheran churches are presented to the Emperor Charles V. (The Augsburg Confession). June 25, 1708 Johann Sebastian Bach resigns his position at the Church of St. Blasius in Mühlhausen. June 25, 1767 Death of the musician Georg Philipp Telemann in Hamburg, Germany. As a young man he was … [Read more...]

June 24, 1292 Graf Adolf von Nassau was crowned German King at Aachen. He was King of the Germans until deposed by the Habsburg, Albert I. June 24, 1768 Death of Johann Julius Hecker in Berlin, Germany. It was he who developed the "Realschule", the track of secondary schools stressing practical education to parallel the classic … [Read more...]

June 23, 1760 The Battle of Landshut in Silesia is fought. The Battle of Landshut was an engagement fought on June 23, 1760 during the Seven Years' War. A Prussian army of 12,000 men under General Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué fought an Austrian army of over 28,000 men under General von Loudon and suffered a defeat, with its commander … [Read more...]

June 22, 1767 Birth of Wilhelm von Humboldt in Potsdam, Germany. Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt (22 June 1767 – 8 April 1835) was a Prussian philosopher, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt University of Berlin, which was named after him in 1949 (and also after his younger brother, Alexander … [Read more...]