18th of August
The August 18 is the 230th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 231st in leap years ), thus remain 135 days by year end.
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events
Politics and world events
- 1304: The French defeat the Flemings at the Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle .
- 1308: In Znojmo , the Habsburg Frederick of Austria renounces his rights in Bohemia to Heinrich of Carinthia .
- 1373: In the Treaty of Fürstenwalde , the Wittelsbacher Otto the Lazy renounces the Mark Brandenburg and retreats to Bavaria .
- 1392: The Albanian Prince Georg Thopia transfers the city of Durrës to the Republic of Venice .
- 1487: The city of Málaga is captured by the forces of the Catholic Kings during the Reconquista .
- 1572: The Huguenot Heinrich von Navarra marries the Catholic Margarete von Valois in Paris . The multi-day celebrations lead to Bartholomew's Night on August 24th .
- 1590: On his return from England after a three-year absence, settler boss John White finds the colony of Roanoke in North America abandoned. Where the 118 settlers stayed remains unclear, traces of violence are missing.
- 1690: The Battle of Staffarda in the War of the Palatinate Succession is won by French troops against an army from Savoy . The duchy is subsequently occupied.
- 1700: Sweden's King Charles XII. enforces the peace of Traventhal through the armed forces of King Friedrich IV that have invaded Zealand and threatened Copenhagen . The anti-Swedish coalition in the Great Northern War thus loses Denmark as its partner.
- 1743: In the Peace of Åbo , Russia gives back a large part of the territories previously conquered in the Russo-Swedish War . In return, Sweden accepts the pro-Russia Adolf Friedrich von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf as Crown Prince.
- 1765: With the death of Franz I Stephan in Innsbruck , his son Joseph II becomes Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire .
- 1796: In the Second Treaty of San Ildefonso , France and Spain join forces against Great Britain .
- 1807: The French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte constructs the Kingdom of Westphalia, ruled from Kassel , by decree . He appoints his brother Jérôme as king.
- 1856: The United States Congress passes the Guano Islands Act , according to which an island containing bird droppings ( guano ) becomes American territory as soon as a U.S. citizen finds it, unless it is in the territory of another nation and not is inhabited.
- 1866: Prussia and 15 northern German states form the August alliance , thereby founding the North German Confederation .
- 1870: In the Battle of Gravelotte during the Franco-Prussian War , the Prussians succeed in repelling a French attack and advance towards Metz .
- 1896: The German Civil Code ( BGB) is promulgated. It comes into force on January 1, 1900 and is still valid today in a form that has been revised several times.
- 1920: Ratified by the State of Tennessee, the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution comes into effect, giving women the right to vote in the United States.
- 1934: Al Capone is the federal prison of Alcatraz relocated prevent his contact with the outside world.
- 1939: In Germany , midwives, obstetricians and doctors are required by decree to register disabled newborns and children. The National Socialists' euthanasia program begins.
- 1940: On the toughest day (Engl .: The Hardest Day ) of the Battle of Britain , both sides have the highest losses.
- 1944: Ernst Thälmann , the chairman of the KPD , is murdered in the Buchenwald concentration camp.
- 1944: During the Battle of Paris in World War II , a general strike and uprisings break out in the French capital.
- 1945: The Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo is dissolved.
- 1949: The German Press Agency (dpa) is founded in Goslar . It starts working on September 1st.
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- 1966: A million young people dressed in the uniform of the Chinese People's Liberation Army gather in Tian'anmen Square in Beijing to celebrate the Cultural Revolution .
- 1976: The Protestant pastor Oskar Brüsewitz sets himself on fire on the street in Zeitz to protest against human rights violations in the GDR . He succumbs to his injuries four days later.
- 1988: During an election speech, the American presidential candidate George HW Bush makes his famous promise Read my lips: no new taxes .
- 1988: The Hamas charter is published.
business
- 1888: The Centralbahnhof , today's Hauptbahnhof, is inaugurated in Frankfurt am Main .
- 1889: On the initiative of Hans Wagner , 50 philatelists from all over Germany meet in Mainz for the first German Philatelist Day .
- 1896: The first motor-driven truck is presented at the Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft in Cannstatt .
- 1947: The first export fair in Hanover after the Second World War opens.
- 1949: The German sporting goods company Adidas AG is founded in Herzogenaurach .
- 1959: The British small car Mini , designed by Sir Alec Issigonis for the British Motor Corporation , comes onto the market.
- 1960: The first birth control pills are offered in the USA under the brand name Enovid .
science and technology
- 1868: While observing the total solar eclipse of August 18, 1868 in India, the French astronomer Pierre Jules César Janssen discovered the chemical element helium .
- 1922: The German Arthur Martens starts from the Hessian mountain Wasserkuppe with a HAWA H 1 "Vampyr" to the first hourly world record in gliding.
- 1932: Auguste Piccard and Max Cosyns ascend in a stratospheric balloon to the then world record of 16,940 meters.
- 1933: The Berlin Radio Exhibition is Volksempfänger presented.
- 1943: The Sikorsky S-51 transport helicopter intended for civil use makes its maiden flight in the USA .
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- 1969: Silver iodide is dispersed in Hurricane Debbie as part of the Stormfury project . The intensity of the hurricane will then weaken by 31%.
- 1972: The University of Málaga starts teaching.
- 1976: The Soviet space probe Luna 24 lands on the moon and returns on August 22nd.
Culture
- 1912: Franz Schreker celebrates his first success with the opera Der ferne Klang , which premiered in Frankfurt am Main .
- 1930: Pluto the dog appears for the first time in a Mickey Mouse cartoon by the Disney Company . As a bloodhound, he is on the trail of the escaped convict Micky.
- 1932: The first soundtrack opera film announced to be world premiere was The Bartered Bride , directed by Max Ophüls , premiered in Munich.
- 1962: The first joint concert by Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr took place on August 18, 1962 at Birkenhead's Hulme Hall.
- 1982: The state of Baden-Württemberg takes over the German playing card museum from the playing card manufacturer ASS and delegates the sponsorship of the museum located there to the city of Leinfelden-Echterdingen .
religion
- 1634: Urbain Grandier , a Catholic priest convicted of witchcraft , is burned at the stake in Loudun . Grandier was accused of a pact with the devil , which he denies despite torture .
- 1830: The Roman Catholic Church moves away from the prohibition of interest . Pope Pius VIII lifts it in a letter to the Bishop of Rennes.
- 2005: Pope Benedict XVI. visits the XX. World Youth Day in Cologne .
Disasters
- 1843: The Royal Opera in Berlin is completely destroyed by fire.
- 1917: The major fire in Thessaloniki begins. The flames can only be finally extinguished on the following day. 32 percent of the city will be destroyed, and around 70 percent of jobs will be destroyed by the fire. Thousands of people become homeless.
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- 1993: The Lucerne Chapel Bridge , the most important landmark of the city built around 1300 , burns down to a large extent.
- 1994: An earthquake of intensity 5.9 calls on Algeria 159 fatalities.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1902: In Graz Stieglbräu is Grazer Athletic Sports Club ( GAC ), founded more than 100 years later under the name GAK Austrian soccer champion is.
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 985: al-Hākim bi-amr Allāh , sixth caliph of the Fatimid family (Egypt)
- 1414: Jami , Persian poet and mystic
- 1450: Marko Marulić , Croatian poet, humanist
- 1458: Lorenzo Pucci , Italian cardinal
- 1494: Johann Scheubel , German mathematician
- 1497: Francesco Canova da Milano , Italian Renaissance composer
- 1516: Brigitta von Pfalz-Simmern , abbess in the Neuburg monastery
- 1526: Claude de Lorraine , Duke of Aumale
- 1529: Isha Khan , Bengali ruler
- 1552: John VI. von Sitsch , Prince-Bishop of Breslau
- 1559: Friedrich IV. Von dem Bergh , officer in the general state and Spanish service during the Eighty Years' War
- 1564: Federico Borromeo , Archbishop of Milan and Cardinal
- 1575: Anna Maria , Countess Palatine of Neuburg and Duchess of Saxe-Weimar
- 1577: Ambrosius Rhode , German mathematician, astronomer and physician
- 1579: Charlotte Flandrina of Orange-Nassau , Dutch princess, abbess of Sainte-Croix
- 1596: Hans XIV. Von Rochow , German landlord and company commander of the first standing army of the Mark Brandenburg
- 1611: Luisa Maria Gonzaga , Queen of Poland
- 1631: Kanō Einō , Japanese painter
- 1658: Jan František Beckovský , Czech writer, historian, translator and priest
- 1663: Catherine Repond , one of the last victims of the witch hunt in Switzerland
- 1668: Kaspar von Fels , Mayor of St. Gallen and representative of the Diet
- 1683: Christian Ernst , Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Brook Taylor
(* 1685)
Antonio Salieri
(* 1750)
Meriwether Lewis
(* 1774)
- 1685: Brook Taylor , British mathematician
- 1692: Louis IV. Henri de Bourbon-Condé , French President of the Regency Council, Grand Chamberlain, Governor and Prime Minister
18th century
- 1705: Emanuel Büchel , Swiss baker, draftsman, topographer and watercolorist
- 1720: Johann Rudolph Anton Piderit , German Protestant theologian, clergyman and educator
- 1738: Johann Hinrich Gossler , German merchant and banker
- 1739: Cornelis de Pauw , Dutch historian, cultural philosopher and philologist
- 1745: Friederike Charlotte von Brandenburg-Schwedt , Abbess of Herford
- 1745: Ludwig Fischer , German opera singer (bass)
- 1745: Václav Praupner , Czech composer
- 1748: Pierre Sonnerat , French scientist and world traveler
- 1750: Antonio Salieri , Italian composer
- 1754: François de Chasseloup-Laubat , French general
- 1755: Gottlob Heinrich von Lindenau , royal Saxon chamberlain, district forest master and manor owner
- 1756: Bernhard Königsdorfer , abbot of the Benedictine monastery Heilig Kreuz Donauwörth
- 1761: Pierre-Claude Daunou , French politician, archivist and historian
- 1765: Ludwig Aloys von Hohenlohe , German imperial prince and general, Marshal of France, governor of Galicia
- 1766: Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly , Austrian publisher and cartographer
- 1767: Christian Friedrich Franke , German Protestant theologian
- 1774: Meriwether Lewis , American explorer, soldier, and administrator
August von Herder
(* 1776)
Otto von Loeben
(* 1786)
John Russell
(* 1792)
- 1776: August von Herder , German geologist, mineralogist and Saxon chief miner
- 1782: Marcellin de Marbot , French general
- 1785: Friedrich Wieck , German musician and music teacher
- 1786: Otto von Loeben , German writer and poet
- 1786: Jean Guillaume Lugol , French doctor
- 1788: Ernst August Pech , German physician and university professor
- 1792: John Russell, 1st Earl Russell , British Prime Minister
- 1793: Auguste , Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- 1795: Ludwig August Struve , German doctor
- 1800: Adolph Cnyrim , German civil servant and politician
19th century
1801-1850
- 1801: Johann Karl Ulrich Bähr , German painter and writer
- 1805: Josef Danhauser , Austrian painter and graphic artist
- 1807: Charles Francis Adams, Sr. , American lawyer and politician
- 1810: Jules Perrot , French dancer and ballet choreographer
- 1815: Alexander Theodor von Middendorff , Russian zoologist and explorer
- 1817: Adolph von Koerber , Prussian general landscape director
- 1818: William Farquhar Barry , American general
- 1818: Henri Le Secq , French photographer
- 1818: Václav Bolemír Nebeský , Czech poet and philosopher
- 1819: John Durant Ashmore , American politician
- 1819: Maria Romanowa , eldest daughter of Tsar Nikolaus I. Pavlovich
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- 1821: Peter Dewes , German entrepreneur and politician
- 1824: André Léo , French writer and journalist
- 1828: Ernest Cahen , French organist and composer
- 1828: Georg Jabin , German landscape painter
- 1830: Franz Joseph I , Emperor of Austria
- 1830: Wilhelm Carl Johann Wedding , German entrepreneur
- 1832: Walter von Funke , German agricultural scientist
- 1838: Angelo Neumann , German singer (baritone), theater director and author
- 1839: Hugh Archibald Clarke , Canadian composer
- 1841: Alfred Pernice , professor of Roman law
- 1843: Moritz Brasch , German philosopher
- 1846: Robley D. Evans , American admiral
- 1847: Albert Manthe , German sculptor
- 1849: Benjamin Godard , French composer
- 1850: Vincenzo Appiani , Italian composer, pianist and music teacher
- 1850: Werner Genest , German engineer and entrepreneur
- 1850: Otto Bauer , politician, mayor of several cities
1851-1900
- 1852: Wilhelm Plüschow , German photographer
- 1854: Eufemia von Adlersfeld-Ballestrem , German writer
- 1854: James Hyslop , American philosopher and parapsychologist
- 1856: Ascher Hirsch Ginsberg , Zionist activist and journalist, main exponent of cultural Zionism
- 1856: Ove Christensen , Danish composer, violinist and pianist
- 1856: Jan Gall , Polish composer, choir director and music teacher
- 1857: Eusebius Mandyczewski , Austrian musicologist and composer
- 1859: Anna Ancher , Danish painter
- 1860: Theodor Lewald , German sports official, chairman of the NOK
- 1863: Ludvík Aust , Austrian politician
- 1864: Gemma Bellincioni , Italian opera singer (soprano)
- 1865: Rudolf König , Austrian amateur astronomer
- 1865: Hantaro Nagaoka , Japanese physicist
- 1867: Hans Kloepfer , Austrian doctor and writer
- 1868: Karl Tewes , German football player
- 1869: Ernst zu Reventlow , German naval officer, writer and politician
- 1871: Johan Joseph Aarts , Dutch painter and printmaker
- 1871: Felix Busch , Prussian civil servant
- 1871: Ernst Lommatzsch , German classical philologist
- 1872: René Auberjonois , Swiss painter
- 1872: Hugo Bettauer , Austrian writer
- 1873: Otto Harbach , American librettist and songwriter
- 1873: Leo Slezak , Austrian opera singer and actor
- 1874: Anna Petrović-Njegoš , Princess of Montenegro
- 1875: Prithvi , King of Nepal
- 1878: Fritz Brun , Swiss composer and conductor
- 1879: Manuel Arce y Ochotorena , Archbishop of Tarragona and Cardinal
- 1880: Georg Schmückle , German writer
- 1880: Tilla Durieux , Austrian actress
- 1881: Bruno Adriani , German-American lawyer, art historian and patron
- 1881: Hermann Zilcher , German composer, music teacher and pianist
- 1882: Hermann Liebmann , German politician
- 1882: Marcel Samuel-Rousseau , French composer
- 1883: James W. Papez , American neuroanatomist
- 1884: Basil Cameron , English violinist and conductor
- 1885: Tim Ahearne , Irish triple jumper
- 1886: Karl Tewes , German football player
- 1886: Kurt Zweigert , German lawyer, judge at the Federal Court of Justice and the Federal Constitutional Court
- 1886: Paul Bodmer , Swiss painter
- 1887: Louis Balart , French racing car driver
- 1887: Alma Johanna Koenig , Austrian poet and narrator
- 1887: Hermann Finsterlin , utopian architect, painter, poet, essayist, toy maker and composer
- 1888: Gerhard Wagner , German physician and medical officer, first Reichsärzteführer in the Third Reich
- 1889: Nicolas Caerels , Belgian racing car driver
- 1890: Erich Kamke , German mathematician
- 1890: Lore Schill , German painter
- 1890: Maurice Podoloff , American lawyer and sports manager
- 1890: Walther Funk , German journalist and politician
- 1892: Franz Findeisen , German professor
- 1893: Oskar Frey , German pastor, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- 1893: Burleigh Grimes , American baseball player
- 1893: Čestmír Jeřábek , Czech writer, dramaturge and literary critic
- 1893: Frank Linke-Crawford , kuk fighter pilot in the First World War
- 1893: Ernest MacMillan , Canadian composer, conductor, organist and music teacher
- 1894: Erwin Schliephake , German medic
- 1895: Julijans Vaivods , Archbishop of Riga and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1898: Werner Bruschke , German politician, Prime Minister in the GDR
- 1898: Gaston Crunelle , French flautist and music teacher
- 1899: Pietro Belluschi , American architect
- 1900: Heinrich Germer , German local politician, city councilor for public education and culture in Magdeburg
- 1900: Imre Reiner , Hungarian painter, graphic artist and typographer
- 1900: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit , Indian politician and UN diplomat
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Arne Borg , Swedish swimmer, Olympic champion
- 1901: Paulus von Stolzmann , German ambassador
- 1901: Jean Guitton , French philosopher and writer
- 1902: Julius Kalaš , Czech composer
- 1902: Franz Oppenhoff , German local politician
- 1905: Peter Kreuder , German composer, pianist and conductor
- 1906: Marcel Carné , French film director
- 1907: Paul Grimm , German prehistorian
- 1908: Víctor Cruz , Cuban singer, bassist and composer; Pioneer of Cuban and Latin American music in Germany
- 1908: Edgar Faure , French politician, multiple minister, President of the National Assembly, senator, resistance fighter
- 1908: Else Frenkel-Brunswik , Austrian-American psychologist and psychoanalyst
- 1908: Heinrich Hellwege , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister, Member of the State Minister, Prime Minister
- 1908: Sam English , Northern Irish football player
- 1910: David Dodge , American writer
- 1910: Jacques Lecat , French racing car driver
- 1910: Margarete Wittkowski , German economist and politician
- 1911: Hugo Hauser , German politician
- 1911: Wolfgang Dessecker , German athlete
- 1911: Klara Dan von Neumann , Hungarian-American computer scientist
- 1912: Volker Gwinner , German composer and organist
- 1912: Kurt Meisel , Austrian actor and director
- 1912: Elsa Morante , Italian writer
- 1912: Ertuğrul Osman Osmanoğlu , head of the House of Osman
- 1912: Otto Ernst Remer , German officer, politician and publicist, convicted Holocaust denier
- 1913: Gaetano Kanizsa , Italian psychologist
- 1913: Erich Krempel , German marksman
- 1913: Otto van Volxem , German winery owner and politician
- 1914: Andrea Leeds , American actress
- 1914: Manuel Sánchez Acosta , Dominican doctor and composer
- 1915: Joseph Arthur Ankrah , Ghanaian politician, head of state
- 1916: Margareta Erichsen , German painter and illustrator
- 1916: Moura Lympany , British pianist
- 1917: Caspar Weinberger , American politician, Minister of Defense
- 1917: Walter Linsenmaier , Swiss painter and entomologist
- 1918: Alexander Schelepin , Soviet politician
- 1918: Antoine Joubeir , Lebanese Archbishop
- 1918: Cisco Houston , American singer and songwriter
- 1918: Shankar Dayal Sharma , Indian President
- 1919: Walter Hickel , American politician
- 1919: Hans Winkler , German painter
- 1920: Don Lamond , American jazz drummer
- 1920: Juan Soriano , Mexican painter, draftsman and sculptor
- 1920: Shelley Winters , American actress
- 1922: Alain Robbe-Grillet , French agricultural engineer, filmmaker and writer
- 1922: Fritz Umgelter , German director
- 1923: Rudolf Schulten , German physicist and nuclear technologist
- 1924: Ivan Diviš , Czech poet
- 1924: Ludwig Engelhardt , German sculptor
- 1924: Mario de Jesús Báez , Dominican composer and music publisher
- 1924: Günther Stoll , German actor
- 1925: Brian Aldiss , British science fiction writer
- 1925: Frank Willett , British art historian
1926-1950
- 1926: Johnny Boyd , American racing car driver
- 1927: Marvin Harris , American anthropologist
- 1927: Rosalynn Carter , wife of US President Jimmy Carter
- 1927: John Rhodes , British racing car driver
- 1928: Luciano De Crescenzo , Italian writer and engineer
- 1928: Barbara Strzelecka , Polish harpsichordist, musicologist and composer
- 1928: Sonny Til , American rhythm and blues singer
- 1929: Hugues Aufray , French chanson singer
- 1929: Jimmy Davies , American racing car driver
- 1929: Wolfgang Ullmann , German theologian, church historian and politician
- 1931: Seymour Chwast , American graphic designer and illustrator, typographer and teacher
- 1931: Hans Tietmeyer , German economist
- 1931: Hans van Mierlo , Dutch politician
- 1932: Bill Bennett , Canadian politician
- 1932: Horst Witzler , German soccer coach
- 1932: Luc Montagnier , French virologist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1933: Waltraud Ahrndt , German writer and translator
- 1933: Franz Buggle , German psychologist and critic of religion
- 1933: Just Fontaine , French football player
- 1933: Roman Polański , Polish film director and actor
- 1933: Werner Schramm , Protestant theologian
- 1933: Manfred Steinbach , German athlete
- 1934: Louis Giani , American wrestler
- 1934: Michael de Larrabeiti , British writer
- 1934: Michael May , Swiss automobile racing driver
- 1935: Lajos Baráth , Hungarian writer
- 1935: Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba , Namibian politician
- 1935: Rafer Johnson , American athlete
- 1935: Anka Muhlstein , French historian
- 1936: Robert Redford , American actor
- 1937: Jean Alingué Bawoyeu , Chadian politician and diplomat
- 1938: Dieter Engelhardt , German football player
- 1939: Giorgio Ferrini , Italian football player
- 1939: Marita Lorenz , Fidel Castro's lover
- 1939: Johnny Preston , American singer
- 1940: Dmitri Kitajenko , Russian conductor
- 1940: Francis Ayume , Ugandan lawyer and politician
- 1941: Mohamed Ghannouchi , Tunisian economist and politician, Prime Minister
- 1941: Helmut Kajzar , Polish director
- 1942: Lauro António , Portuguese director
- 1942: Sabine Sinjen , German actress
- 1943: Karin Burneleit , German athlete
- 1943: Edwin Hawkins , American gospel musician
- 1943: Manuela , German pop singer
- 1943: Martin Mull , American actor
- 1943: Gianni Rivera , Italian football player
- 1943: Roberto Rosato , Italian football player
- 1943: Karin Stanek , Polish rock and pop singer
- 1943: Carl Wayne , British singer and actor
- 1943: Thomas Woitkewitsch , German songwriter
- 1944: Reinhold Böhme , German mathematician
- 1944: Kurt Hutterli , Swiss author and poet
- 1944: Claudia Keller , German writer
- 1944: Volker Lechtenbrink , German actor and pop singer
- 1944: James Alix Michel , Seychellois politician President of the Republic
- 1944: Karim Pakradouni , Lebanese politician
- 1944: Rotraud Perner , Austrian lawyer, psychotherapist and publicist
- 1944: Bodo Wolf (voice actor ) , German actor
- 1946: Franz-Joseph Peine , German legal scholar
- 1947: Michael Gerdts , German ambassador
- 1947: Eleonore Weisgerber , German actress
- 1947: Paul Yule , archaeologist
- 1948: Alejandro Abal Oliú , Uruguayan legal scholar
- 1948: Carsten Bohn , German musician
- 1948: Heiner Pudelko , German rock singer
- 1950: Jeffrey Burns , American composer and pianist
- 1950: Jerry Martin , American ski jumper
- 1950: Fusanosuke Natsume , Japanese mangaka and manga critic
- 1950: Ingo Stawitz , German politician
1951-1975
- 1951: Aslan Ahmad oglu Aslanov , Azerbaijani journalist
- 1951: Ewald Aukes , German politician
- 1951: Choa Kok Sui , Philippine esotericist, founder of prana healing
- 1952: Lowell Lewis , Acting Chief Minister of Montserrat
- 1952: Markus Meckel , German politician, GDR foreign minister
- 1952: Patrick Swayze , American actor
- 1952: Ricardo Villa , Argentine soccer player
- 1953: Sergio Castellitto , Italian actor and film director
- 1954: Hilmar Eichhorn , German actor
- 1954: Umberto Guidoni , Italian astronaut
- 1955: Gerard Nijboer , Dutch marathon runner
- 1955: Karl Del'Haye , German soccer player
- 1955: Steve Eckels , American guitarist and music teacher
- 1956: Andrew Bennie , New Zealand eventing rider
- 1956: John Debney , American film composer
- 1956: Martin Gorholt , German politician
- 1956: Rainer Maria Woelki , Archbishop of Cologne
- 1956: Heike Jonca , German actress
- 1956: Andy Pilgrim , British racing car driver
- 1957: Carole Bouquet , French actress
- 1957: Tan Dun , Chinese composer and conductor
- 1957: Jadwiga Kotnowska , Polish flautist
- 1957: Denis Leary , American actor
- 1957: Harald Schmidt , German actor, cabaret artist and presenter
- 1957: Burkhard Sude , German volleyball player
- 1958: Didier Auriol , French rally driver
- 1958: Jürgen Mohr , German soccer player
- 1958: Samira Saïd , Moroccan singer
- 1958: Joachim Scholtyseck , German historian and university professor
- 1958: Madeleine Stowe , American actress
- 1958: Sergei Treschtschow , Russian cosmonaut
- 1959: Walter Filz , German author and journalist
- 1960: Andreas Pinkwart , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1960: Ulrich Woelk , German writer
- 1961: Timothy F. Geithner , American economist and politician
- 1961: Birol Ünel , German-Turkish actor
- 1961: Johann Passler , Italian biathlete
- 1962: Adam Storke , American actor
- 1962: Felipe Calderón , Mexican politician
- 1962: Stephen Endelman , English composer
- 1962: Ralf Haber , German athlete
- 1962: Sandra Farmer-Patrick , American athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1963: Hadmar von Wieser , Austrian author and game designer
- 1963: Heino Ferch , German actor
- 1964: Craig Bierko , American actor
- 1964: Richard Hay , British racing car driver
- 1964: Shawn Hendricks , American racing car driver
- 1965: Markus Knüfken , German actor
- 1966: Kang Soo-yeon , Korean actress
- 1966: Lars Rudolph , German actor and composer
- 1966: Sarita Choudhury , British actress
- 1967: Uwe Alzen , German automobile racing driver
- 1967: Emma Amos , British actress
- 1967: Carolin Emcke , German publicist
- 1967: Beate Koch , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1968: Piero Antonini , Italian beach volleyball player
- 1968: Guido May , German drummer
- 1968: Dan Peters , American drummer
- 1968: Katrin Fröhlich , German actress
- 1969: Christian Slater , American actor
- 1969: Edward Norton , American actor and director
- 1969: Everlast , American rapper
- 1969: Lars Leese , German soccer player and coach
- 1969: Serge Baguet , Belgian cyclist
- 1970: Cédric Vasseur , French cyclist
- 1970: Malcolm-Jamal Warner , American actor
- 1971: Patrik Andersson , Swedish football player
- 1971: Hanna E. Antoniussen , Faroese soccer player
- 1971: Aphex Twin , British musician and DJ
- 1971: Kai Ivo Baulitz , German actor and author
- 1971: Marc Degens , German writer
- 1971: Raoul Gehringer , Austrian composer
- 1971: Ben Keating , American entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1972: Saskia Stähler , German figure skater
- 1972: Sven Teutenberg , German racing cyclist
- 1973: Oliver Bokern , German actor
- 1973: Volodymyr Wirtschis , Ukrainian boxer
- 1974: Andrej Klimovets , German handball player
- 1974: Jong Song-ok , North Korean athlete
- 1975: Aitor López Rekarte , Spanish football player
- 1975: Natalia Filatkina , Russian Germanist
- 1975: Róbert Fazekas , Hungarian athlete
- 1975: Stephanie Gossger , German film and theater actress
- 1975: Natalija Razumovskaya , Russian freestyle skier
1976-2000
- 1976: Paraskevas Antzas , Greek football player
- 1976: Michael Greis , German biathlon world champion
- 1976: Panacea , German DJ and producer
- 1976: Tom Malchow , American swimmer, Olympic champion
- 1976: Michaela Moua , Finnish basketball player and anti-racism officer
- 1977: Leandro Augusto , Mexican soccer player
- 1977: Lukáš Bauer , Czech cross-country skier
- 1977: Lars Andreas Østvik , Norwegian Nordic combined skier
- 1977: Mizuo Peck , American actress
- 1978: Daniel Hartwich , German television presenter
- 1978: Jaakko Suomalainen , Finnish ice hockey player
- 1978: Lev Schurbin , Russian composer and violist
- 1978: Nathen Maxwell , American musician
- 1978: Sofiène Melliti , Tunisian football player
- 1979: Christine Amertil , Bahamian sprinter
- 1979: Julian Manuel , German actor and voice actor
- 1979: Selena Silver , Australian porn actress
- 1980: Choi Min-ho , South Korean judoka
- 1980: Emir Spahić , Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player
- 1980: Marcel Šterbák , Slovak ice hockey player
- 1980: Esteban Cambiasso , Argentine soccer player
- 1980: Oliver Scheffel , German actor and speaker
- 1980: João Alves , Portuguese soccer player
- 1980: Yannick Bertrand , French ski racer
- 1981: Francisco Javier Abad , Spanish middle distance runner
- 1981: César Delgado , Argentine soccer player
- 1981: Jan Frodeno , German triathlete
- 1981: Norbert Pascha , German ice hockey player
- 1981: Memo Rojas , Mexican racing car driver
- 1981: Dimitrios Salpingidis , Greek football player
- 1981: Nils Seethaler , German cultural anthropologist
- 1981: Frank Wahl , German handball player
- 1982: Florian Kringe , German soccer player
- 1982: Monroe , German music producer, author and publisher
- 1982: Julian Sensley , American-German basketball player
- 1982: Matt Thompson , Australian soccer player
- 1983: Georgina Bardach , Argentine swimmer
- 1983: Mika , British pop musician
- 1983: Kris Boyd , Scottish soccer player
- 1984: Dušan Basta , Serbian football player
- 1984: Robert Huth , German soccer player
- 1985: Barbara Abart , Italian natural track tobogganist
- 1985: Inge Dekker , Dutch swimmer
- 1985: Bryan Ruiz , Costa Rican soccer player
- 1986: Patrick Amoah , Swedish football player
- 1986: Tim Kneule , German handball player
- 1986: Lara-Isabelle Rentinck , German actress
- 1987: Mika Boorem , American actress
- 1987: Toby Price , Australian motorcycle racer
- 1988: G-Dragon , South Korean pop musician, songwriter, producer and model
- 1988: Rafinha , Brazilian soccer player
- 1989: Wilfried Cailleau , French Nordic combined skier
- 1990: Markus Kolke , German soccer player
- 1993: Gökhan Açıkgöz , Turkish football player
- 1993: Luca Dürholtz , German soccer player
- 1994: Krists Neilands , Latvian cyclist
- 1994: Madelaine Petsch , American actress
- 1995: Parker McKenna Posey , American actress
- 1995: Paul Ziegner , German actor
- 1997: Maximilian Pommer , German soccer player
- 1997: Renato Sanches , Portuguese soccer player
- 1998: Yannis Letard , French soccer player
21st century
- 2005: Marlon Heidel , German actor
Died
Before the 17th century
- 353: Decentius , Roman usurper
- 472: Ricimer , Germanic Patricius of Rome
- 849: Walahfrid Strabo , poet and theologian
- 946: Ivan Rilski , Bulgarian hermit and founder of the Rila Monastery
- 1095: Olaf I , King of Denmark
- 1164: Ortlieb von Frohburg , Bishop of Basel
- 1189: Otto VII , Count Palatine of Bavaria
Genghis Khan
(† 1227)
Alexander VI
(† 1503)
Paul IV
(† 1559)
- 1227: Genghis Khan , high medieval Khan of the Mongols
- 1236: Theodorus von Celles , founder and first Prior General of the Order of the Holy Cross
- 1258: Theodor II. Laskaris , Byzantine emperor in exile in Nicaea
- 1267: Håkon , Norwegian clergyman, Bishop of Oslo, Archbishop of Nidaros
- 1276: Hadrian V , Pope
- 1304: William of Chalon-Auxerre , Count of Auxerre
- 1304: Wilhelm the Younger , Dutch nobleman and general
- 1306: Hartung von Lampoting , Canon of Salzburg, Provost of Gurk and Provost of the Berchtesgaden Monastery
- 1308: Clare of Montefalco , Catholic saint and abbess
- 1320: Adelheid von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen , Duchess of Carinthia and titular queen of Bohemia
- 1321: Rinaldo da Concorezzo , Archbishop of Ravenna
- 1340: Matteo Orsini , cardinal of the Catholic Church
- 1357: Ludwig II , Bishop of Münster
- 1458: Wilhelm IV of Angelach-Angelach , German Imperial Knight
- 1500: Alfonso of Aragon , Duke of Bisceglie and Prince of Salerno
- 1502: Knut Alvsson , Norwegian landowner
- 1503: Alexander VI. , Pope
- 1503: Konrad Türst , Swiss scientist
- 1504: Clemente Grosso della Rovere , Italian cardinal
- 1526: Heinrich VII. Von Rosenberg , Bohemian nobleman
- 1541: Heinrich the Pious , Duke of Saxony
- 1557: Claude de la Sengle , 48th Grand Master of the Order of Malta
- 1559: Paul IV , Pope
- 1563: Étienne de La Boétie , French lawyer and writer
- 1591: Bernardino Campi , Italian painter and draftsman
- 1600: Dietrich von Broemse , Mayor of Lübeck
17th and 18th centuries
- 1613: Giovanni Artusi , Italian music theorist, composer and writer
- 1615: Louis Métezeau , French architect
- 1617: Tarquinia Molza , Italian musician and poet
- 1619: Dorothea Meermann , victim of the Bernauer witch hunts
- 1620: Wanli , Chinese emperor (Ming dynasty)
- 1631: Hans Bernd von Botzheim , court official and member of the Fruit Bringing Society
- 1634: Urbain Grandier , French Catholic priest, burned for witchcraft
- 1635: Heinrich Hirtzwig , German pedagogue and playwright
Guido Reni
(† 1642)
Franz I Stephan
(† 1765)
Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben
(† 1777)
Honoré de Balzac
(† 1850)
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- 1642: Guido Reni , Italian painter and etcher
- 1648: İbrahim , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- 1649: Sebastian Erlacher , Austrian sculptor
- 1652: Florimond de Beaune , French mathematician
- 1700: Johannes Spengler , Mayor of St. Gallen
- 1707: William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire , English politician
- 1713: Ida Hedwig von Brockdorff , German benefactress, conventual and prioress of the Uetersen monastery
- 1724: Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn , Prince-Bishop of Würzburg
- 1727: Franz Anton von Landsberg , general and governor of the city of Münster
- 1731: Christoph von Steiger , mayor of Bern
- 1743: Johanna Sophie zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg , Countess of Schaumburg-Lippe
- 1756: Erdmann Neumeister , German song writer, pastor
- 1761: François Gaspard Adam , French Rococo sculptor
- 1765: Franz I Stephan , Duke of Lorraine and Bar, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Holy Roman Emperor
- 1777: Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben , German naturalist
- 1792: Johannes Oosterdijk Schacht , Dutch medic
- 1793: Joachim van Plettenberg , Governor of the Cape Colony
- 1800: Arnulphe d'Aumont , French medic
- 1800: Jeongjo , 22nd King of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea
19th century
- 1806: Johann August Arens , German architect, landscape designer and painter
- 1809: Matthew Boulton , English engineer and entrepreneur
- 1811: Johann Heinrich Zang , German baroque composer
- 1812: Jean-Joseph Rodolphe , Alsatian horn player, violinist, composer and music teacher
- 1812: Johann August Weppen , German civil servant and writer
- 1816: Hartwig Johann Christoph von Hedemann , German major general
- 1819: Johann Conrad Sulzer , Swiss Protestant clergyman
- 1829: Maria Francisca Benedita of Portugal , Infanta of Portugal and Brazil
- 1841: Jonathan Friedrich Bahnmaier , German theologian and hymn poet
- 1842: Louis de Freycinet , French explorer
- 1845: Georg Karl Wilhelm Philipp von Donop , German civil servant and historian
- 1850: Honoré de Balzac , French writer
- 1861: Jonker Afrikaner , captain of Orlam
- 1881: Joseph Labitzky , Austrian dance composer
- 1884: Franz Seraphin Hölzl , Austrian composer, choir director and church musician
- 1885: Ludwig Lange , German classical philologist
- 1891: Louis Paulsen , chess player
- 1896: Richard Avenarius , German philosopher, exponent of empiric criticism
- 1900: Albert Samain , French lyric poet
20th century
1901-1950
- 1904: Peter Becker , German painter
- 1907: John Kerr , Scottish physicist
- 1915: Fritz Arendt , German classical philologist and high school teacher
- 1922: William Henry Hudson , Argentine-British writer, naturalist, and ornithologist
- 1922: Otto Stoll , Swiss geographer and ethnologist
- 1926: Laura Lemon , Canadian composer and pianist
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- 1927: Johannes Theodor Baargeld , German painter, graphic artist, author and publicist of Dadaism
- 1928: Frank Thomas , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1932: George Whitfield Andrews , American composer, organist, and music teacher
- 1933: Marie von Miller , German painter and the wife of Oskar von Miller
- 1936: Albertus Antonie Nijland , Dutch astronomer
- 1938: Antoinette Szumowska-Adamowska , Polish pianist and music teacher
- 1940: Walter Percy Chrysler , American automobile pioneer
- 1940: Otto Sommer , German politician
- 1942: Robert Huber , German rower
- 1942: Erwin Schulhoff , Czech composer and pianist
- 1943: Hans Jeschonnek , German Colonel General, Chief of Staff of the Air Force in World War II
- 1944: Ernst Thälmann , German politician, MdR, victim of National Socialism
- 1945: Eric Rücker Eddison , English fantasy writer
- 1946: Georg Åberg , Swedish long and triple jumper
- 1949: József Viola , Hungarian football player and coach
1951-2000
- 1954: Karl Schenker , German-British photographer and draftsman
- 1955: Giorgio Parodi , Italian entrepreneur and motorcycle manufacturer, co-founder of Moto Guzzi
- 1959: Karl Erich Andrée , German geologist and paleontologist
- 1960: Blanche Gauthier , Canadian actress and singer
- 1961: Leonhard Frank , German writer
- 1960: Carlo Emilio Bonferroni , Italian mathematician
- 1962: August Abel , German politician and journalist
- 1962: Max Fabiani , German architect
- 1962: Axel Monjé , German actor and voice actor
- 1965: Ben Stom , Dutch football player
- 1967: Paule Maurice , French composer
- 1970: Ernst Lemmer , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1974: John Anderson , American trumpeter
- 1974: Laura Clifford Barney , American author
- 1977: Alfred Rasser , Swiss cabaret artist, actor and politician
- 1977: Tibor Déry , Hungarian writer
- 1978: Shahpur Ahmadzai , Afghan general
- 1980: Norman Cazden , American composer
- 1981: Robert Russell Bennett , American composer
- 1981: Anita Loos , American screenwriter
- 1982: Georges Addor , Swiss architect
- 1982: Samuel Hersenhoren , Canadian violinist and conductor
- 1983: Nikolaus Pevsner , art historian of German descent
- 1987: Fukazawa Shichirō , Japanese writer
- 1988: Ernst Simon , German-Jewish educator and religious philosopher
- 1988: Frederick Ashton , British dancer and choreographer
- 1989: Imre Németh , Hungarian athlete, Olympic champion
- 1990: BF Skinner , American psychologist
- 1992: John Sturges , American director
- 1994: Martin Cahill , Irish gangster
- 1994: Richard LM Synge , British chemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1999: Alfred Bickel , Swiss football player and coach
- 1995: Dmitri Shepilov , Soviet Foreign Minister
- 1995: James Maxwell , British actor and screenwriter
- 1997: Domenico Amoroso , Italian religious priest and bishop
- 1998: Annemarie in der Au , German writer
- 1998: Otto Wichterle , Czech chemist
- 1999: Alan Connell , American racing car driver and rancher
- 2000: Rudolf Aitzetmüller , Austrian Slavist
21st century
- 2002: Helmut Körschgen , German amateur actor
- 2003: Yolande Dulude , Canadian singer
- 2003: Dieter Röttger , German painter and graphic artist
- 2004: Elmer Bernstein , American film music composer
- 2007: Madeleine Stern , American antiquarian bookseller and author
- 2006: Zdeněk Tylšar , Czech horn player and professor
- 2009: Hildegard Behrens , German opera singer
- 2009: Kim Dae-jung , South Korean politician, Nobel Prize winner
- 2009: Hugo Loetscher , Swiss writer
- 2010: Hal Connolly , American hammer thrower, Olympic champion
- 2010: Sepp Daxenberger , German politician
- 2011: Wolf Dieter Ruppel , German radio journalist and editor
- 2011: Ronny , German pop singer, composer and producer
- 2012: Scott McKenzie , American singer
- 2012: Werner Riepel , German actor, singer and radio play speaker
- 2012: Robert F. Schloeth , Swiss zoologist
- 2013: Dezső Gyarmati , Hungarian water polo player and coach
- 2013: Günther Metzger , German lawyer and politician
- 2013: Tewfik Saleh , Egyptian film director and screenwriter
- 2015: Khaled Asaad , Syrian archaeologist
- 2016: Ernst Nolte , German historian and philosopher
- 2016: Oliver Rath , German photographer
- 2017: Bruce Forsyth , British entertainer, television presenter and actor
- 2018: Kofi Annan , Ghanaian diplomat, UN Secretary General, Nobel Prize winner
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Erdmann Neumeister , German pastor and song writer (Protestant)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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