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Among the nine churches, the fine Gothic church of St Mary ( 1451- 1536 and restored 1885- 1891), with a spire 285 ft. high and a bell weighing 51 tons, is remarkable. The church contains an altar with wood-carving and eight pictures by Michael Wohlgemuth and a remarkable Pieta in carved and painted wood, by Peter Breuer . The late Gothic church of St Catharine (restored 1893Events January 1 Japan accepts the Gregorian calendar January 2 Introduction by Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America: Railroad chronometers January 13 The Independent Labour Party of the UK has its first meeting. Janua-94) has an altarpiece ascribed to Lucas Cranach the elder, and is memorable for the pastorate ( 1520Events January 18 King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Asunde. June Moctezuma II, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan is declared deposed due to his captivity by conquistador Hernan Cortes. His brother Cuitlahuac rises to the throne.-22) of Thomas Muenzer. Of the secular buildings the most noteworthy are the town-hall of 1581Events January 16 English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism April 4 Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. The Northern Netherlands proclaim their independence from Spain in the Oath of Abjuration. They, with the municipal archives, including documents dating back to the 13th century12th century 13th century 14th century other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. Events Fourth through eighth crusades of western European kingdoms against Islam Fall of and an autograph MS. of the works of Hans SachsHans Sachs ( September 5, 1494 January 19, 1576) was a German meistersinger ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright and shoemaker. Biography Hans Sachs was born in Nuremberg (Nurnberg in German). His father was a tailor. He attended the Lateinschule in Nurembe, and the late Gothic Gewandhaus (cloth merchants' hall), built 1522-24 and now in part converted into a theatre. It is also the birthplace of Robert Schumann and there is a museum dedicated to him.
The manufactures of Zwickau include spinning and weaving, machinery, automobiles (notably the Trabant), chemicals, porcelain, paper, glass, dyestuffs, wire goods, tinware, stockings, and curtains. There are also steam saw-mills, diamond and glass polishing works, iron-foundries, and breweries. Though no longer relatively so important as when it lay on the chief trade route from Saxony to Bohemia and the Danube, Zwickau carries on considerable commerce in grain, linen, and coal. The mainstay of the industrial prosperity of the town is the adjacent coalfield, which in 1908 employed 13,000 hands, and yielded million of tons of coal annually. The mines are mentioned as early as 1348; but they have only been actively worked since 1823, during which time the population of Zwickau has increased more than tenfold.