Historical figures in North Rhine-Westphalia

The atlas holds 4 people and 5 moments here, from 496 to 1944. The most recorded lives are Charlemagne, Adolf Hitler and Ernest Hemingway. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Royalty, across the Middle Ages and the Interwar Period.

Notable people

1. Adolf Hitler

   in 1937

   1 moment here

   Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who led the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), became German…

2. Charlemagne

   in 775

   2 moments here

   Frankish king, Lombard king, and Carolingian emperor who ruled from 768 to 814. His itinerant court moved across Francia, Saxony, Italy, Bavaria, the…

3. Clovis I

   in 496

   1 moment here

   Clovis I was king of the Salian Franks from 481 and the first Frankish king to unite much of the Frankish peoples under one ruler.…

4. Ernest Hemingway

   in 1944

   1 moment here

   American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…

Moments

1. 496 Battle of Tolbiac Clovis I
2. 775 Held an assembly at Düren Charlemagne
3. 775 Issued judgment at the Düren palace Charlemagne
4. 1937 Visits Ordensburg Vogelsang Adolf Hitler
5. 1944 Hürtgen Forest fighting Ernest Hemingway

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