13 events with tag "aurochs"
15000 BC
ID: 5890
Aurochs painted in Lascaux Cave - magnificent wild cattle depicted in Hall of Bulls, showing their importance to Ice Age hunters
ID: 5890
8000 BC
ID: 5891
First cattle domesticated from aurochs - Near Eastern farmers tame aurochs, creating foundation of agricultural civilization
ID: 5891
700 BC
ID: 5892
Assyrian kings hunt aurochs - royal privilege to hunt wild bulls, depicted in palace reliefs as ultimate display of courage
ID: 5892
53 BC
ID: 5893
Julius Caesar describes aurochs - writes they are 'little below elephants in size' in Hercynian Forest, fierce and untameable
ID: 5893
1200
ID: 5894
Siegfried hunts aurochs in Nibelungenlied - hero kills aurochs along with bears and lions, showing prowess
ID: 5894
1409
ID: 5895
Polish kings reserve aurochs hunting - only royalty may hunt remaining aurochs in Polish forests, populations declining
ID: 5895
1551
ID: 5896
Conrad Gessner documents living aurochs - detailed description and woodcut of aurochs, distinguishes from bison
ID: 5896
1564
ID: 5897
Polish royal gamekeepers appointed for aurochs - special guards protect last herd in Jaktorow Forest, only 38 animals remain
ID: 5897
1599
ID: 5898
Only 24 aurochs left in world - all in Jaktorow Forest Poland, 4 bulls and 20 cows, intense protection efforts
ID: 5898
1620
ID: 5899
Last aurochs bull dies - only one female remains alive in Jaktorow Forest, extinction inevitable
ID: 5899
1627
ID: 5900
Last aurochs dies in Poland - final cow dies in Jaktorow Forest, ending species that existed since Pleistocene
ID: 5900
1920
ID: 5901
Heck brothers attempt to recreate aurochs - German zoologists breed cattle to resemble extinct aurochs, supported later by Nazis
ID: 5901
1938
ID: 5902
Hermann Goering releases Heck cattle in forests - Nazi attempt to recreate 'primeval German forest' with pseudo-aurochs
ID: 5902