June 10

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June 10, 1051

Death of St. Bardo in Paderborn, Germany. Bardo was a Benedictine monk in Fulda. He later became the abbot at the monasteries in Kaiserswerth and Hersfeld. In 1031 he became the Archbishop of Mainz. He was known for his piety and gentle nature. It was he who constructed the present Cathedral of Mainz. He died on a visit to Paderborn on June 10^th, 1051. He was entombed in the cathedral in Mainz. His grave became a pilgrimage site and many miracles were attributed to him.

June 10, 1190

Death of Friedrich I (Friedrich Barbarossa).

June 10, 1493

Birth of Anton Fugger in Augsburg, Germany.

June 10, 1832

Birth of Nikolaus Otto in Holzhausen, Germany. He developed the four-stroke internal-combustion engine.

June 10, 1844

Birth of Carl Hagenbeck in Hamburg, Germany. Started a Zoo in Altoona which emphasized natural habitat, a model for the future of zoos.

June 10, 1864

Archduke Maximilian of Austria becomes emperor of Mexico. His reign lasts until 1867 when he is assassinated by the left. He had been installed by France to rule their new colonial territory. (The French had already abandoned the "colony" when Maximilian was assassinated.)

June 10, 1865

Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde" was first performed in Munich, Germany.

June 10, 1904

Birth of Frederick Loewe in Vienna. He moved to the U. S. A. in 1924 and joined efforts with Alan Lerner. Among his works are My Fair Lady, Brigadoon, Gigi and Camelot.

June 10, 1982

Death of the film maker, Rainer Werner Fassbinder in Munich.