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Erfurt latrine disaster: At a Hoftag, a meeting with local notables, organized by Henry VI, the building collapses and many of the nobles in attendance drown in the sewage pits below.
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Erfurt latrine disaster
12th-century accident in the Holy Roman Empire
The Erfurt latrine disaster occurred on 26 July 1184 in the German city of Erfurt. Henry VI, then the King of Germany, was conducting a Hoftag with local nobility on the second floor of a building. The combined weight of the assembled attendees caused the floor of the building…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Hoftag
Historical legislature
A Hoftag was the name given to an informal and irregular assembly convened by the King of the Romans, the Holy Roman Emperor or one of the Princes of the Empire, with selected chief princes within the empire. Early scholarship also refers to these meetings as imperial diets…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 to 1197
Henry VI, a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was King of Germany from 1169 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 until his death. From 1194 he was also King of Sicily as the husband and co-ruler of Queen Constance I.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
July 26
Day of the year
July 26 is the 207th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 158 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)