July 19
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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.