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• 1727 – Death of theologian August Hermann Francke, important figure of Pietism
• 1768 – Death of classical scholar Johann Joachim Winckelmann
• 1810 – Birth of composer Robert Schumann
• 1815 – The German Confederation is founded at the Congress of Vienna
• 1937 – Carl Orff's Carmina Burana premieres in Frankfurt
• 1980 – Death of singer and actor Ernst Busch