Sachs, Hans
Born: Nov 05, 1494 AD
Died: 1576 AD, at 81 years of age.
Nationality: German
Categories: Entertainers
Died: 1576 AD, at 81 years of age.
Nationality: German
Categories: Entertainers
1494 - Hans Sachs, born on the 5th of November in Nuremberg. He was a German meistersinger ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright and shoemaker.
1508 - When he was 14 he took up an apprenticeship as a shoemaker.
1511 - At age 17, he went on his "wanderjahre", that is, wandering about and working here and there, for five years.
1513 - He decided to become a mastersinger in Innsbruck.
1516 - He settled in Nuremberg and stayed for the rest of his life.
1519 - He married Kunigunde Creutzer on the 1st of September.
1525 - He had growing sympathies for Martin Luther and supported Luther's cause in some works.
1576 - Died on the 19th of January.
1508 - When he was 14 he took up an apprenticeship as a shoemaker.
1511 - At age 17, he went on his "wanderjahre", that is, wandering about and working here and there, for five years.
1513 - He decided to become a mastersinger in Innsbruck.
1516 - He settled in Nuremberg and stayed for the rest of his life.
1519 - He married Kunigunde Creutzer on the 1st of September.
1525 - He had growing sympathies for Martin Luther and supported Luther's cause in some works.
1576 - Died on the 19th of January.
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