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Events on Saturday 14 August 1880 1
1880Cologne Cathedral completedConstruction finished after more than six centuriesCologne Cathedral was formally completed on 14 August 1880, ending a building process begun in 1248 and long left unfinished. Kaiser Wilhelm I attended the completion ceremony. It became the tallest building in the world at the time.