Gleim, Johann Wilhelm Ludwig
1719 - Born at Ermsleben near Halberstadt on the 2nd of April.
1747 - He was appointed as secretary of the cathedral chapter at Halberstadt.
1774 - He wrote a large number of feeble imitations of Anacreon, Horace and the minnesingers, a dull didactic poem entitled Halladat oder das rote Buch and collections of fables and romances.
1758 - His Preussische Kriegslieder von einem Grenadier.
1803 - Died at Halberstadt on the 18th of February.
1747 - He was appointed as secretary of the cathedral chapter at Halberstadt.
1774 - He wrote a large number of feeble imitations of Anacreon, Horace and the minnesingers, a dull didactic poem entitled Halladat oder das rote Buch and collections of fables and romances.
1758 - His Preussische Kriegslieder von einem Grenadier.
1803 - Died at Halberstadt on the 18th of February.
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