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- 1164 – The remains of the Three Kings arrive at Cologne Cathedral
- 1777 – Birth of painter Philipp Otto Runge
- 1793 – The French retreat after the Siege of Mainz ends the Mainz Republic
- 1886 – Birth of physicist Walter H. Schottky
- 1899 – Birth of Gustav Heinemann, President of Germany 1969-1974