On Christmas Eve in 1818, the most famous Christmas carol Silent Night (Stille Nacht in the German original) was performed for the first time. This took place at the St....
Wilhelm Grimm died on this day in 1859. He was the younger of the two brothers Grimm, who are famous writing children’s tales, as well as for their contribution to German...
The famous painter Johannes Vermeer van Delft, particularly known for his painting “Girl with a Pearl Earring”, died on this day in the year 1675. At the time of his deat...
Hundertwasser had a philosophy that a man has several “skins”. The first is a biological skin on the body, followed by clothing as a “second skin”, and after that house o...
The world’s most famous auction house, Christie’s, opened on this day back in 1766, when its founder – James Christie – conducted the first auction sale. James Chr...
French King Philip IV the Fair died suddenly on this day. He is considered responsible for the abolition of the famous Order of the Knights Templar, because he ordered th...
The famous Woodstock festival, a musical festival which attracted a very large number of hippies, was held on this day in 1969. It is interesting that the festival wasn...
On this day, the completion of the famous Cologne Cathedral was solemnly announced. The Cathedral is one of the greatest symbols of Catholicism in Germany. It is an excep...
