* December 4 – Anno II, archbishop of Cologne

The University of Cologne ( German Universität zu Köln ) is one of the oldest universities in Europe and, with 38, 000 students and 4, 000 postgraduates, one of the largest universities in Germany.

A collected edition of Balde's works in 4 vols was published at Cologne in 1650 ; a more complete edition in 8 vols at Munich, 1729 ; also a good selection by L. Spach ( Paris and Strasbourg, 1871 ).

The outskirts of Cologne were reached by US-troops on 4 March 1945.

In August and September of the same year, over 4, 300 hopefuls turned up to auditions in Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Cologne, Oberhausen, Stuttgart and Munich which required both singing and dancing experience.

* Kern, Ralf, " Wissenschaftliche Instrumente in ihrer Zeit ", 4 vols., Cologne: Koenig, 2010.

Under the bonnet were well-proven engines, starting with the venerable Pinto engine unit in 1. 8 L and 2. 0 L capacities, as well as the V6 Cologne engine in 2. 4 L, 2. 8 L, and later 2. 9 L displacements.

Earlier in the year, on the 4 June 1999, he was appointed by the Cologne European Council as Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union.

In 2008, the tournament was hosted in Cologne, Germany ; it was the first World Cyber Games tournament to incorporate a mobile-game based tournament, with the title Asphalt 4: Elite Racing, In 2009, the tournament was held in Chengdu, China, and featured a special promotion of the game Dungeon & Fighter.

The 4. 0L Cologne OHV V6 from the previous generation Explorer carries over.

* An updated, more powerful version of the current pushrod V6 added to option list for all models ; the 4. 0L Cologne SOHC V6

The Tickford Capri used a turbocharged 2. 8 Injection Cologne engine which developed, allowing it to reach 60 miles per hour in 6. 7 seconds and 100 miles per hour in 13. 4 seconds, topping out at 137 miles per hour.

* July 3 – 4 ( overnight ) – 653 British bombers attack Cologne.

Since the campaign began in March, Bomber Command has flown 29 major attacks against the Ruhr and the Rheinland, including five against Essen – which alone suffers 1, 037 dead, 3, 500 severely injured, and 4, 830 homes destroyed – four each against Duisburg and Cologne, three against Bochum, and one or two each against other cities.

* March 22, 2008: Philip Gogulla of the Cologne Sharks ends the longest German hockey game ever and the second longest worldwide, scoring the ninth overall goal in a 5: 4 victory over the Mannheim Eagles.

* Commentary of Petrus Lombardus, 4 vols., Cologne 1534, Venice 1584

These include Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One and Resistance 3, which were both announced on August 17, 2010 at Gamescom in Cologne.

The new overhead-cam 4. 0 L Cologne V6 with a 5-speed 5R55E automatic was now the standard powerplant.

Throughout its production run, the Cologne V6 has evolved from the engine displacements of 1. 8, 2. 0, 2. 3, 2. 4, 2. 6, 2. 8, 2. 9 and 4. 0 litres engines.

The 4. 0 L pushrod ( 245 CID ; 4009 cc ) version, although produced in Cologne, Germany, was only fitted to American vehicles.

The 160-hp 4. 0 L Cologne V6 was added to the engine lineup, and E-4WD ( Electronic 4-Wheel Drive ) all-wheel drive became an option.

* 4. 0L Cologne V6 becomes optional engine

The standard engine for second-generation Aerostars is the 3. 0L Vulcan V6 with the option of the 4. 0L Cologne V6.

On 3 July 1201, the papal legate, Cardinal-Bishop Guido of Palestrina announced to the people, in the cathedral of Cologne, that Otto IV had been approved by the pope as Roman king and threatened with excommunication all those who refused to acknowledge him.

Her testament of June 6, 1939 states, " I beg the Lord to take my life and my death … for all concerns of the sacred hearts of Jesus and Mary and the holy church, especially for the preservation of our holy order, in particular the Carmelite monasteries of Cologne and Echt, as atonement for the unbelief of the Jewish People and that the Lord will be received by his own people and his kingdom shall come in glory, for the salvation of Germany and the peace of the world, at last for my loved ones, living or dead, and for all God gave to me: that none of them shall go astray.

The people told me that she flew through the air, when they rescinded the following motto: " In house, about garden, on pole, and that to Cologne in the cellar!

In the period of the persecution of witches ( 1435 – 1655 ) 37 people were executed in Cologne, mostly during the reign of the Archbishop of Cologne Ferdinand of Bavaria.

Verlagsgruppe Random House is headquartered in Munich ( with additional locations in Gütersloh, Cologne, and Aßlar ), employs about 850 people, and publishes roughly 2. 500 titles per year.

During the World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne, she performed with Pope Benedict XVI in the Vigil in front of a million people and was also part of the official WYD CD Building On World.

* November 16 – A Sabena Junkers Ju 52 en route from Cologne to London via Brussels crashes near Ostend, Belgium, killing all 11 people on board.

* exonym: a name used by one group of people for another group, but who call themselves by a different name, such as " Germans " for " Deutsche "; a place name used by one group that differs from the name used by the people who live there, such as " Cologne " for " Köln "

In Cologne, it is actively spoken by about 250, 000 people, roughly one quarter of the population.

* May 30 – 31 ( overnight ) – Royal Air Force Bomber Command carries out Operation Millenium, its first " thousand-bomber raid ," in which 1, 047 British bombers attack Cologne, Germany, killing 480 people and injuring 5, 000 and destroying 13, 000 homes and damaging 30, 000.

* June 9 – Two men hijack Air Malta Flight KM 830, a Boeing 737-2Y5Adv with 78 other people on board flying from Malta to Istanbul, Turkey, and order the plane to divert to Cologne, Germany, where they demand the release of Mehmet Ali Ağca, who is serving a life sentence in Italy for trying to assassinate Pope John Paul II in 1981.

On 9 June 2004 a nail bomb was detonated in Cologne, Germany, by the Nazi terrorist group " National Socialist Underground " („ Nationalsozialistischer Untergrund “) in a popular Turkish shopping quarter called " Little Istanbul ", wounding 22 people and damaging several shops and parked cars.

In this point of view, where the Romans used Riparii and later their own other Latin adjectives, the people of the Frankish frontier, living in a mixed culture from Cologne to Reims, were using a milieu vocabulary such as * ripwarjoz.

Without naming the people as Ripuarian, but referring to Cologne and its vicinity, Gregory explains how they voluntarily gave up their sovereignty to Clovis.

The biggest demonstrations, held in Cologne, Berlin and Stuttgart on April 3, 2004 brought together some 500, 000 people.

His formal break with Rome was hailed by the Protestants, and the Schmalkaldic League declared they were resolved to defend him ; but the Reformation in the electorate was set back by the military victories of Emperor Charles V over William, duke of Cleves, and moreover his theological innovations found very little support among the people of Cologne.

The opera had previously not been performed due to the enormous number of people required and the musical difficulty — the Cologne Opera had considered it " unspielbar " ( not performable ).

In 1929 Halmstads BK celebrated 15 years with a match against SpVgg Sülz from Cologne, Germany ; 1600 people watched the game in heavy rain, SpVgg Sülz won 5 – 2, the club also failed to win Division 2 Söder after a hard race with Stattena IF and Redbergslids IK, ending up in third place.

This symbol alludes, as well, to " the pilgrim people of God ," a title for the Church which Joseph Ratzinger championed at the Second Vatican Council as peritus ( theological adviser ) to Cardinals Josef Frings of Cologne and Julius Döpfner of Munich-Freising ( his episcopal predecessor ).

This work, repeatedly corrected, especially by Kaspar Ulenberg ( Cologne, 1630 ) and the Jesuit theologians of Mainz ( 1661 ), was destined to become for the German people Die Katholische Bibel.

More than 1000 young people from more than 20 countries attended Juventutem Cologne.

First held with 350 people in the Flora in Cologne in 1992, the award ceremony in Frankfurt was televised and the classical awards were moved to a separate event,, in Cologne in 1994.