Portal:Germany/Anniversaries/June/June 8


 * 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