The reservoir was being filled for the first time. The immediate cause was a crack in the embankment but the source of the crack was never determined. (11 March 1864)
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Thursday 21st of November 1811 (-) — Poet and writer Heinrich von Kleist commits suicide by a shot in his mouth. von Kleist first shot terminally ill 31-year-old Henriette Vogel, with whose intellectual accomplishments he was captivated.