February 24th
The February 24 is the 55th day of the Gregorian calendar , so stay 310 days (in leap years 311 days) by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 1303 : A Scottish army defeats an English army at the Battle of Roslin during the Scottish Wars of Independence .
- 1386 : King Karl II of Hungary , in personal union also King Karl III. of Naples , is murdered by nobles in Visegrád .
- 1389 : Troops of the Danish-Norwegian Queen Margaret I defeat the armed forces of the Swedish King Albrecht of Mecklenburg in the Battle of Åsle . The king is captured and only released six years later after he abdicates the throne.
- 1510 : Pope Julius II repeals the interdict against the Republic of Venice , which he imposed on April 27 of the previous year. The war of the League of Cambrai against the Maritime Republic is thus over.
- 1525 : In the Battle of Pavia , the troops of the Roman-German King Charles V, under the command of Georg von Frundsberg, win and take the French King Franz I prisoner.
- 1527 : The Habsburgs I. Ferdinand is the successor to the Jagiellonian the King of Bohemia crowned.
- 1529 : The first governor of the Wels colony of Little Venice , Ambrosius Ehinger , lands in Neu-Augsburg, today's Venezuelan Coro .
- 1530 : The last time an Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation is crowned in Italy . Charles V is given this honor by Pope Clement VII .
- 1538 : The Peace of Oradea ends the twelve-year civil war that broke out after the death of Ludwig II in the battle of Mohács for the Hungarian throne. Ferdinand I recognized Johann Zápolya as King of Hungary , but secured the successor in the event of his death.
- 1554 : In the Naumburg Treaty there is a territorial equalization of the Ernestine and Albertine lines of the House of Wettin in Saxony and Thuringia.
- 1582 : Gregory XIII. signs the Pontifical Bull Inter gravissimas for the introduction of the Gregorian calendar .
- 1663 : The privilege of the Compagnie de la Nouvelle France is withdrawn. The French possessions in Canada become a royal province of Louis XIV and are administered by the state.
- 1793 : In the Republic of Mainz , a French subsidiary republic , democratic elections to the Rhenish-German National Convention take place. It is the first parliament on German soil to be elected according to democratic principles . However, only the male population is entitled to vote.
- 1803 : In the case of Marbury v. Madison stated the Supreme Court of the United States the right to federal laws to verify their constitutionality and unconstitutionality must be annulled ( Judicial Review ). This brings up the concept of constitutional jurisdiction for the first time .
- 1821 : During the Mexican War of Independence , Agustín de Iturbide and Vicente Guerrero proclaim the Iguala Plan , in which the idea of an independent, Catholic and united Mexico is formulated.
- 1826 : The Arakan Empire in Southeast Asia falls under British protection . It will be integrated into British India .
- 1848 : The February Revolution ends the rule of the French citizen-king Louis Philippe of Orléans . He abdicates - shortly after his Prime Minister François Guizot , to whom the phrase " Enrichissez-vous " is ascribed. The republic is then proclaimed.
- 1863 : After the Confederate Territory of Arizona was conquered by Union troops in the New Mexico campaign of the Civil War , the previous New Mexico territory was divided by US President Abraham Lincoln through the Arizona Organic Act . The western part becomes the Arizona Territory with Prescott as its capital , while the eastern part keeps its name.
- 1867 : The constituent Reichstag of the North German Confederation , elected on February 14, holds its constituent session. Eduard von Simson becomes President of the Reichstag.
- 1868 : The US House of Representatives decides to initiate an impeachment against President Andrew Johnson . The first impeachment proceedings in US history later fail at the US Senate .
- 1918 : A provisional government is formed in Estonia under Prime Minister Konstantin Päts , which declares independence from Russia and the German Reich. However, this is only recognized by Soviet Russia after a two-year war .
- 1920 : The National Socialist German Workers 'Party (NSDAP) is renamed the German Workers' Party . On the same day, Adolf Hitler announced the 25-point program written by him, Anton Drexler and Gottfried Feder in the Munich Hofbräuhaus , which among other things called for the establishment of a totalitarian state.
- 1921 : The first workers' strikes in the Patronny ammunition workshops take place in Kronstadt . This is the prelude to the Kronstadt sailors' uprising against the government of Soviet Russia, which lasted until March 18 .
- 1942 : During World War II it comes to the Californian city of Los Angeles to the Battle of Los Angeles , a still not completely clarified air combat.
1945: Ivan Konew
- 1945 : On reaching the Neisse by the 1st Ukrainian Front under Ivan Konev which ended Red Army since February 8 current Lower Silesian Offensive in World War II .
- 1946 : As a candidate for the Labor Party, Juan Perón wins the presidential election in Argentina with 56% of the vote .
- 1949 : Israel signs a ceasefire agreement with the Kingdom of Egypt as the first war opponent after the Palestine War . Further agreements will follow in the next few months with Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. A formal peace treaty between the two countries did not follow until March 26, 1979.
- 1956 : In the Soviet Union, the XX. Party congress of the CPSU the foreign policy line pursued by party leader Nikita Khrushchev to seek the decision between capitalism and socialism through peaceful coexistence of the systems .
- 1965 : The Chairman of the State Council of the GDR , Walter Ulbricht , visits the Republic of Egypt until March 2nd and is received there with all honors of a state visit. However , President Gamal Abdel Nasser avoids official recognition of the GDR .
- 1966 : Ghana's President Kwame Nkrumah is overthrown in a coup by the National Liberation Council under Joseph Arthur Ankrah during a trip abroad .
- 1991 : The United States Army begins Operation Desert Storm on the ground in the Second Gulf War .
- 1999 : The German Karlheinz LaGrand is executed by lethal injection in Arizona , which leads to diplomatic resentment between the USA and Germany under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations .
- 2006 : In the Philippines there is an attempted coup against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo , who immediately declared a state of emergency . However, the exact circumstances and whether it was actually an attempted coup remain unclear.
- 2008 : Raúl Castro is elected both head of state and head of government by parliament in Cuba . His sick brother Fidel Castro had previously announced that he would not stand for another candidacy.
- 2009 : In Germany , the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is ratified. As a result, the 9th School Law Amendment Act is passed, which contains the legal regulations for inclusive education .
economy
- 1938 : The US company DuPont produces the first toothbrushes with nylon bristles.
- 1980 : In Israel is the new currency of the shekel introduced. There is now one shekel for 10 Israeli pounds that were valid until then .
science and technology
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- 1871 : Charles Darwin's two-volume work The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex ( The Descent of Man appears). He sits down in the human evolution and the sexual selection apart and used for the first time the term " evolution ".
- 1896 : The French physicist Henri Becquerel presents his findings on the ionizing radiation of uranium to the Académie des Sciences .
- 1905 : The breakthrough of the straightening gallery during the construction of the Simplon Tunnel succeeds. The railway tunnel connects Switzerland and Italy.
- 1921 : While cleaning up a hill, farmer Peder Platz in Jutland finds a tree coffin . According to investigations by Danish scientists, the girl from Egtved is discovered in it, who was buried in the Nordic Bronze Age (1800–530 BC).
- 1969 : NASA's Mariner 6 spacecraft takes off on its way to Mars .
- 1987 : The supernova 1987A is discovered in the Large Magellanic Cloud . It is the first supernova since 1604 that can be observed with the naked eye.
- 1993 : Yukihiro Matsumoto develops the Ruby programming language .
- 2011 : The Discovery is on its way into space for the last time. The space shuttle will take off from Cape Canaveral spaceport in Florida at 10:53 p.m. CET, a few minutes later than planned.
Culture
- 1607 : L'Orfeo , a Favola in Musica by Claudio Monteverdi , premiered in the ducal palace Accademia degli Invaghiti in Mantua . The work is often referred to as the first opera .
- 1653 : The world premiere of the opera L'inganno d'amore by Antonio Bertali takes place in Regensburg .
- 1711 : On London's Queen's Theater is George Frideric Handel's first version of the opera Rinaldo premiered with extraordinary success.
- 1804 : London's Theater Royal Drury Lane burns to the ground for the second time.
- 1807 : The first performance of the melodrama Die Glocke by Justin Heinrich Knecht takes place in Stuttgart .
- 1810 : The melodrama The twenty-fourth February by Zacharias Werner is performed with Pius Alexander Wolff and Amalie Wolff-Malcolmi in the leading roles at the Weimar Court Theater. The performance of the first fateful drama is highly praised by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
- 1814 : The opera Alimon and Zaide or The Prince of Catanea by Conradin Kreutzer is premiered in Stuttgart .
- 1857 : In New Orleans , the Mardi Gras parade takes place for the first time in the form still used today.
- 1876 : Henrik Ibsen's dramatic poem Peer Gynt is premiered with Edvard Grieg's incidental music in the Christiania Theater in Christiania, today's Oslo.
- 1906 : The world premiere of the opera L'Ancêtre ( The Ancestor ) by Camille Saint-Saëns takes place in Monte Carlo.
- 1919 : Herbert Eulenberg , Arthur Kaufmann and Adolf Uzarski found the artists' association Das Junge Rheinland in Düsseldorf .
- 1937 : The opera Lucrezia by Ottorino Respighi is premiered in Milan after his death and after its completion by his wife.
- 1969 : Country singer Johnny Cash records the live album At San Quentin in San Quentin State Prison .
- 1971 : In its Mephisto decision, the German Federal Constitutional Court declares the prohibition of Klaus Mann's book Mephisto - The Novel of a Career to be lawful, thus making a fundamental judgment on artistic freedom and general personal rights.
- 1975 : The British rock band Led Zeppelin releases their first double album Physical Graffiti on Swan Song Records , which is widely regarded as the band's last highlight.
- 1979 : The unfinished opera Lulu by Alban Berg based on two plays by Frank Wedekind is premiered in a completed version by Friedrich Cerha at the Paris Opera under the direction of Pierre Boulez .
- 1997 : Milos Forman wins at the International Film Festival in Berlin the Golden Bear .
- 2008 : At the 2008 Academy Awards , the Austrian-German feature film Die Fälscher by Stefan Ruzowitzky about the National Socialist action Bernhard in World War II receives the Oscar for the best foreign language film .
religion
- 1527 : In one of Michael Sattler convened conference of the Baptist in Schleitheim near Schaffhausen the delegates adopt a creed which schleitheim confession .
- 1572 : Archduke Charles II grants the provincial estates of Inner Austria full freedom of conscience and religious practice in the Grazer Libell .
Disasters
- 1875 : On the coast of Queensland, the passenger steamer Gothenburg is caught by a cyclone and hits rocks on the Great Barrier Reef . The ship is stuck on the rocks and is slowly being flooded. 113 people die.
- 1942 : The steamer Struma , sailing under the Panamanian flag, is sunk with 781 Jewish refugees on board in the Black Sea near the Bosphorus by the Soviet submarine Shch-213 (Щ-213) after the Turkish authorities neither landed nor continued their journey To Palestine.
- 1989 : Shortly after take-off, United Airlines Flight 811 experiences an explosive decompression . Nine passengers are thrown from the plane, but the machine can land safely in Honolulu.
- 1997 : An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 investigated Turkmenistan and Iran home. 100 deaths are to be lamented.
- 2003 : A 6.3 magnitude earthquake in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is reported from the People's Republic of China , killing 261 people.
- 2004 : A 6.3 magnitude earthquake epicentered the Strait of Gibraltar in Morocco, killing 600.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
nature and environment
Wissower clinics
- 2005 : A large part of the famous Wissower Klinken formation on the Jasmund chalk coast of the island of Rügen plunges into the Baltic Sea .
Sports
- 1883 : The cycling club Wiener Cyclistenclub is founded. In 1907 it was renamed the Wiener Sport-Club after the members of the Vienna Sports Association were accepted .
- 1889 : A native of Austria Americans Wilhelm Steinitz defended in the World Chess Championship his world title in chess by a victory with 10.5 to 6.5 points against Russian Mikhail Chigorin .
- 1910 : The Swedish football club Malmö FF is founded.
- 1980 : The United States' national ice hockey team completes its Miracle on Ice : After defeating the Soviet national ice hockey team on February 22, it also defeated Finland 4-2 in the final round of the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, winning the gold medal. With the closing ceremony the XIII. Winter Olympics in Lake Placid , New York.
- 2002 : The Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City that began on February 8, end with the closing ceremony.
Entries of athletics world records can be found under the respective discipline under athletics .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1103 : Toba , 74th Tennō of Japan
- 1304 : Ibn Battūta , Arab explorer
- 1360 : Amadeus VII the Red Count , Count of Savoy
- 1380 : Maria von Geldern , Duchess of Jülich and Geldern
- 1463 : Giovanni Pico della Mirandola , Italian humanist
- 1497 : Sebastian Fröschel , German Lutheran theologian
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- 1500 : Charles V , Holy Roman Emperor
- 1501 : Sixtus Birck , German playwright and hymn poet
- 1503 : Johannes Gropper , German Catholic theologian, lawyer and church politician
- 1515 : Christoph Tode , Mayor of the City of Lübeck
- 1535 : Éléonore de Roye , Princess of Condé
- 1536 : Clement VIII , Pope
- 1547 : Juan de Austria , commander of the Spanish fleet and governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, son Charles V.
- 1557 : Matthias , Holy Roman Emperor, Archduke of Austria
- 1567 : Heinrich Matthias von Thurn , main leader of the Bohemian uprising
- 1580 : Matthias Hoë von Hoënegg , German Lutheran theologian
- 1587 : Johann Bergius , German Reformed theologian
- 1587 : Antoine de Boësset , French composer
- 1613 : Mattia Preti , called Cavalier Calabrese , Italian painter and Knight of Malta († 1699 )
- 1619 : Charles Le Brun , French painter and ornamental artist
- 1622 : Johannes Clauberg , German theologian and philosopher
- 1640 : Michiel ten Hove , board member of the states of Holland and West Friesland
- 1645 : Franz I. Rákóczi , Prince of Transylvania
- 1661 : François Desportes , French painter
- 1679 : Georg Friedrich Kauffmann , German organist and composer
- 1679 : Johann Reinhard Rus , German oriental philologist, Graecist and Protestant theologian
- 1693 : Andreas Georg Wähner , German orientalist
- 1694 : Bartolomeo Altomonte , Polish-Austrian painter
18th century
- 1705 : Hieronymus David Gaub , German medic and chemist
- 1707 : Sven Lagerbring , Swedish historian
- 1709 : Jacques de Vaucanson , French engineer, inventor and aviation pioneer
- 1722 : John Burgoyne , British general and writer
- 1731 : Peter Dollond , British optician
- 1734 : Asaf Jah II. , Indian nobleman
- 1753 : Henri-Pierre Danloux , French painter († 1809 )
- 1753 : Gerhard Philipp Heinrich Norrmann , German lawyer and university professor
- 1755 : Karl von Müller-Friedberg , Swiss diplomat and statesman
- 1759 : Adrien Duport , French politician
- 1766 : Friedrich Wilhelm von Ketelhodt , German lawyer, diplomat and Chancellor von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- 1771 : Johann Baptist Cramer , British pianist and composer
- 1772 : William Harris Crawford , American politician
- 1773 : Charlotte Kanitz , German writer
- 1774 : Ignaz Maria Graf von Attems-Heiligenkreuz , Austrian Privy Councilor and Governor of Styria
- 1774 : Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of Cambridge , British Field Marshal
- 1778 : Karl Heinrich Ferdinand Schütze , German entrepreneur, politician and member of parliament
- 1779 : Johann Ernst Hoyos-Sprinzenstein , Austrian court official, landowner and military
- 1786 : Wilhelm Grimm , German linguist and writer
- 1799 : Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn , German music theorist and counterpoint teacher
19th century
1801-1850
- 1801 : Ludwig Gruner , German engraver and director of the Dresden Royal Copper Engraving Cabinet
- 1806 : Julie Pfannenschmidt , German writer
- 1809 : Edwin von Manteuffel , Prussian field marshal
- 1811 : Edward Dickinson Baker , American politician
- 1811 : Daniel Payne , American bishop, first African American college president
- 1811 : Friedrich Daniel Bassermann , German entrepreneur, publisher, politician and member of parliament
- 1814 : Wilhelm Benque , landscape gardener and garden architect
- 1814 : Henry Kirke Brown , American sculptor
- 1817 : Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot , French general
- 1821 : Franz Josef von Denzinger , German architect and church builder
- 1821 : Rosa Warrens , Swedish-German poet and translator
- 1825 : Jules Girard , French literary scholar
- 1827 : Lydia Becker , British suffragette and publisher
- 1828 : Ferdinand Christian Gustav Arnold , German botanist
- 1829 : Friedrich Spielhagen , German writer
- 1831 : Leo von Caprivi , Prussian general, statesman and Imperial Chancellor
- 1833 : Eduard Taaffe , Austrian statesman and social reformer
- 1835 : Julius Vogel , Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 1836 : Winslow Homer , American painter
- 1838 : Eracle Arion , Romanian general
- 1841 : Carl Graebe , German chemist
- 1842 : Arrigo Boito , Italian writer and composer
- 1843 : Teófilo Braga , Portuguese writer and statesman
- 1846 : Luigi Denza , Italian composer.
- 1849 : Franz Skarbina , German impressionist painter , draftsman, etcher and illustrator
- 1850 : Mari Jászai , Hungarian actress
1851-1900
- 1852 : Konrad Beyrich , German explorer and naturalist
- 1852 : George Moore , Irish writer
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- 1855 : Johannes von Eben , Prussian officer, German general
- 1858 : Marie Louise von Larisch-Wallersee , German niece of Empress Elisabeth of Austria
- 1859 : Wilhelm Schmid , German classical philologist
- 1860 : Emil Rumpf , German painter and illustrator
- 1862 : Harry Puder , German officer
- 1864 : José Pardo y Barreda , Peruvian President
- 1865 : Max Askanazy , Swiss pathologist and oncologist
- 1865 : Simon von Nathusius , German animal scientist
- 1866 : Hubert Van Innis , Belgian archer and Olympic champion
- 1867 : Karl Schönherr , Austrian playwright
- 1869 : Joseph Saucier , Canadian singer, choir director and pianist
- 1870 : Gustav Kirstein , German publisher
- 1870 : Jules Saliège , Archbishop of Toulouse and Cardinal
- 1871 : Hedwig Dransfeld , German Catholic women's rights activist and politician
- 1873 : Friedrich Julius Bieber , Austrian explorer and ethnologist
- 1874 : Honus Wagner , American baseball player
- 1875 : Konstantin Hierl , German officer, politician and functionary of the Nazi era, Reich Labor Leader
- 1876 : Rudolf Grashey , German radiologist and doctor
- 1877 : Rudolph Ganz , Swiss composer, pianist and conductor
- 1881 : Per Askim , Norwegian naval officer
- 1881 : Gustav Steinbömer , German writer, dramaturge and critic
- 1882 : Karl Fahrenhorst , German journalist, trade unionist and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1883 : Amleto Giovanni Cicognani , Italian Cardinal Secretary of State and Cardinal Dean
- 1884 : William Theodore Heard , British Cardinal Curia from Scotland
- 1885 : Chester W. Nimitz , American Navy Admiral, Commander in Chief in the Pacific, Chief of Naval Operations
- 1885 : Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz , Polish painter and writer
- 1887 : Mary Ellen Chase , American writer
- 1887 : Boris Kostić , Serbian chess master
- 1889 : Albin Stenroos , marathon runner and Olympic champion
- 1892 : Konstantin Alexandrowitsch Fedin , Russian writer
- 1893 : Gustinus Ambrosi , Austrian sculptor and poet
- 1894 : Josef Arndgen , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, State Minister, Member of the Bundestag
- 1894 : Douglas Copland , New Zealand-Australian economist and diplomat
- 1895 : Nat W. Finston , American composer and conductor
- 1895 : Vsevolod Vyacheslavovich Ivanov , Russian writer
- 1896 : Richard Thorpe , American film director
- 1897 : Henri Frankfort , Dutch archaeologist, ancient orientalist and Egyptologist
- 1898 : Gerald Frank Anderson , British chess composer and fighter pilot
- 1898 : Hubert Houben , German athlete and Olympic participant
- 1898 : Kurt Tank , German engineer, aircraft designer and aviator
- 1899 : Mikhail Mikhailovich Gromov , Soviet pilot and aircraft tester
- 1899 : Helmut Kolle , German painter
- 1900 : Jimmy Bertrand , American jazz and blues drummer
20th century
1901-1925
- 1902 : Richard Alewyn , German Germanist and literary critic
- 1902 : Herbert Warnke , German politician, MdR, Chairman of the FDGB, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED
- 1903 : Franz Burda , German publisher, founder of the Burda publishing house
- 1904 : Maitland Farmer , Canadian organist, harpsichordist and music teacher
- 1905 : La Jana , German dancer and actress
- 1906 : Berthold Margrave of Baden , head of the House of Baden
- 1906 : Alexander Arturowitsch Rou , Soviet film director
- 1909 : Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi , Tunisian poet
- 1909 : Max Black , American philosopher
- 1909 : August Derleth , American author, publisher, and anthology writer
- 1909 : Ernst Falkner , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1909 : Heinrich Härtle , German publicist
- 1909 : Will Höhne , German pop singer
- 1909 : Hans Joachim Stoebe , German Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1910 : Cenek Kottnauer , Czech-British chess player
- 1912 : Ida Krehm , Canadian pianist, conductor and music teacher
- 1912 : Ulrich de Maizière , German officer, inspector general of the Bundeswehr, one of the fathers of the Inner Leadership
- 1914 : Ralph Erskine , British-Swedish architect
- 1914 : Otto von Rohr , German opera singer (bass)
- 1916 : Guglielmo Gabetto , Italian football player
- 1917 : Hans Hartwig , German composer
- 1918 : August Klingler , German soccer player
- 1921 : Ludvík Aškenazy , Czech writer, playwright, and screenwriter
- 1921 : Ingvar Lidholm , Swedish composer
- 1921 : Gaston Reiff , Belgian athlete
- 1922 : Richard Hamilton , British painter and printmaker
- 1922 : Steven Hill , American actor
- 1922 : Elmar Maria Kredel , German Catholic theologian and Archbishop of Bamberg
- 1923 : Klaus Mayer , German Catholic priest, initiator for the Chagall window on St. Stephan in Mainz
- 1923 : David Soyer , American cellist and music teacher
- 1925 : Etel Adnan , Lebanese writer and painter
- 1925 : Hans Ambrosi , German winemaker
1926-1950
- 1926 : Dieter Engelhardt , German marathon runner
- 1926 : Erich Loest , German writer
- 1927 : Earl Peterson , American country musician
- 1927 : Emmanuelle Riva , French actress
- 1927 : Karl-Heinz Spikofski , German soccer player and coach
- 1927 : Ernst Sieber , Swiss author, pastor and head of a social welfare organization
- 1928 : Juan Allende-Blin , Chilean composer
- 1928 : Ursel Burmeister , German handball player
- 1928 : Al Lettieri , American actor
- 1929 : Zdzisław Beksiński , Polish painter and graphic artist
- 1929 : André Gunder Frank , German economist
- 1931 : James Abouretsk , American politician
- 1931 : Uri Orlev , Israeli children's author
- 1932 : Michel Legrand , French composer and pianist
- 1932 : Zell Miller , American politician
- 1932 : John Vernon , Canadian actor
- 1934 : Bettino Craxi , Italian Prime Minister
- 1934 : Klaus Darga , German chess player
- 1934 : Bingu wa Mutharika , economist and President of Malawi
- 1934 : Erich Pawlu , German author
- 1934 : George Ryan , American politician, governor of Illinois
- 1936 : Klaus Eickhoff , German Protestant theologian, evangelist, church advisor and author
- 1936 : Mohamed Maouche , Algerian-French soccer player and coach
- 1936 : Lance Reventlow , Danish-American racing driver and playboy
- 1937 : Gunter Huonker , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1938 : Jürgen Günther , German comic artist
- 1938 : Philip Knight , American entrepreneur, founder of Nike Inc.
- 1939 : Marisa Mell , Austrian actress
- 1939 : John Neumeier , American choreographer
- 1940 : Denis Law , Scottish football player
- 1940 : Bruno Nicolè , Italian football player
- 1940 : Yüksel Pazarkaya , German-Turkish writer and translator
- 1940 : Guy Périllat , French ski racer
- 1940 : Reinhold Thode , German lawyer, judge at the Federal Court of Justice
- 1942 : Chris Doerk , German pop singer
- 1942 : Volker Jung , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1942 : Joe Lieberman , American politician and Senator from Connecticut
- 1942 : Anita Rottmüller-Wörner , German athlete and Olympic participant
- 1942 : Bernd Rupp , German football player
- 1942 : Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak , Indian literary scholar
- 1942 : Keto von Waberer , German writer
- 1943 : Gigi Meroni , Italian football player
- 1944 : Rolf Henrich , German lawyer, author and critic of the GDR regime
- 1944 : Nicky Hopkins , British rock musician, pianist
- 1944 : David Wineland , American physicist and Nobel Prize winner
- 1945 : Giorgio Bambini , Italian boxer
- 1945 : Helmut Rauber , German politician MdL, MdB
- 1945 : Collin Walcott , American percussionist and sitar player
- 1946 : Sergio Gori , Italian football player
- 1946 : Michael Radford , British film director
- 1946 : Markus Zürcher , Swiss artist, representative of conceptual art and minimalism
- 1948 : Thomas Anz , German professor
- 1948 : Jürgen Jendrossek , German football player
- 1948 : Bernhard R. Kroener , German military historian
- 1948 : Tim Staffell , British singer and bassist
- 1948 : Walter Smith , Scottish football player and coach
- 1949 : Thomas Weisbecker , German terrorist and member of the June 2nd Movement
- 1950 : Miguel Arias Cañete , Spanish politician
- 1950 : Richard Bandler , American psychologist and co-developer of neurolinguistic programming (NLP)
- 1950 : Klaus Brusch , German soccer player
- 1950 : Michael Greiling , German actor
- 1950 : George Thorogood , American blues rock musician
1951-1975
- 1951 : Tony Holiday , German pop singer and lyricist
- 1951 : John Ogonowski , American pilot
- 1951 : Debra Jo Rupp , American actress
- 1951 : Helen Shaver , Canadian actress
- 1952 : Jadwiga Rappé , Polish singer
- 1953 : Selman Ada , Turkish pianist, conductor and composer
- 1953 : Karl-Heinz Schroff , German soccer player
- 1954 : Katharina Landgraf , German politician, MdL, MdB
- 1954 : Plastic Bertrand , Belgian new wave musician
- 1955 : Annelie Buntenbach , German politician
- 1955 : Steve Jobs , American entrepreneur, computer pioneer and co-founder of Apple Inc. and Pixar Inc.
- 1955 : Alain Prost , French Formula 1 racing driver
- 1956 : Judith Butler , American philosopher and philologist, representative of post-structuralism
- 1956 : Alfred Nussbaumer , Austrian mathematician, physicist, computer scientist and author
- 1957 : İsa Yunis oğlu Qəmbər , Azerbaijani politician
- 1957 : Philippe Vandevelde , Belgian comic artist
- 1958 : Ray Cokes , British radio and television presenter
- 1958 : Sammy Kershaw , American country singer
- 1958 : Mark Moses , American actor
- 1960 : Paul Alfred Kleinert , German writer, editor and translator
- 1961 : Giancarlo Corradini , Italian football player and coach
- 1961 : Juana-Maria von Jascheroff , German actress, voice actor and reincarnation therapist
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- 1961 : Erna Solberg , Norwegian politician, member of parliament, minister
- 1962 : Matthias Augustin , German doctor, scientist and university professor
- 1962 : John Bemme , German soccer player
- 1962 : Ari Hjelm , Finnish football player
- 1962 : Outi Mänenpää , Finnish actress
- 1962 : Michelle Shocked , American folk singer and songwriter
- 1962 : Teri Weigel , American actress, model and porn actress
- 1963 : Françoise Bozon , French ski racer
- 1963 : Dene O'Kane , New Zealand snooker player
- 1964 : Todd Field , American actor, film director, and screenwriter
- 1964 : Ute Geweniger , German swimming athlete, Olympic champion
- 1964 : Jörg Keßler , German soccer referee
- 1965 : Harald Andler , German handball referee
- 1965 : Tone Åse , Norwegian singer
- 1965 : Hansi Flick , German soccer player and coach
- 1965 : Alessandro Gassmann , Italian actor, director and screenwriter
- 1965 : Susanne Kronzucker , German journalist and presenter
- 1966 : Thomas Donaubauer , German Nordic combined athlete
- 1966 : Ben Miller , British actor
- 1966 : Billy Zane , American actor
- 1967 : Rainer Atzbach , German medieval and modern archaeologist
- 1967 : Brian P. Schmidt , American-Australian astronomer and Nobel Prize winner
- 1968 : Emanuele Naspetti , Italian racing car driver
- 1968 : Steven St. Croix , American actor
- 1968 : Martin Wagner , German football player
- 1969 : Katrin Schreiter , German athlete
- 1969 : Stefan Steinweg , German racing cyclist
- 1970 : Michael Bresagk , German ice hockey player
- 1971 : Pedro de la Rosa , Spanish Formula 1 racing driver
- 1971 : Thomas Franck , German soccer player
- 1971 : Moses Pelham , German rapper, founder of the hip hop label 3p
- 1971 : Alexander Schnell , German philosopher
- 1972 : Delilah Asiago , Kenyan long distance runner
- 1972 : Manon Rhéaume , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1973 : Likit Andersson , Thai-Swedish ice hockey player and coach
- 1973 : Chris Fehn , American musician, percussionist ( Slipknot ), bassist
- 1973 : Sonja Oberem , German athlete
- 1973 : Philipp Rösler , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister, Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister
- 1974 : Michael Angerschmid , Austrian football player
- 1974 : Takuma Aoki , Japanese motorcycle racer
- 1974 : Gila Gamliel , Israeli politician
- 1974 : Anjanette Kirkland , American athlete
- 1974 : Bonnie Somerville , American actress
- 1975 : Mareike Fell , German actress
- 1975 : Ashley MacIsaac , Canadian violinist and rock musician
- 1975 : Callan Mulvey , Australian actor
1976-2000
- 1976 : Marco Campos , Brazilian racing driver
- 1976 : Julia Grafflage , German actress
- 1976 : Yuval Noah Harari , Israeli historian and non-fiction author
- 1976 : Bradley McGee , Australian cyclist
- 1976 : Matt Skiba , American musician ( Alkaline Trio )
- 1977 : Floyd Mayweather Jr. , American professional boxer
- 1977 : Jean-Pierre Vidal , French ski racer
- 1979 : Christian Ried , German racing car driver and entrepreneur
- 1981 : Jonas Andersson , Swedish ice hockey player
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- 1981 : Lleyton Hewitt , Australian tennis player
- 1981 : Mauro Rosales , Argentine footballer
- 1981 : Georg Späth , German ski jumper
- 1981 : Jean de Villiers , South African rugby player
- 1983 : Javier Pinola , Argentine soccer player
- 1984 : Brian Dabul , Argentinian tennis player
- 1984 : William Kvist , Danish football player
- 1984 : Matthias Langkamp , German soccer player
- 1984 : Daniel Serra , Brazilian racing car driver
- 1985 : Brian Baxter Arroyo López , Mexican ice hockey player
- 1987 : Christopher Trimmel , Austrian soccer player
- 1988 : Rodrigue Beaubois , French basketball player
- 1988 : Amanda da Gloria , German actress
- 1989 : Matthew Mullen , Australian soccer player
- 1989 : Kostas Koufos , Greek-American basketball player
- 1990 : Ayub Daud , Somali soccer player
- 1990 : Randy Krummenacher , Swiss motorcycle racer
- 1990 : Yao Lei , Singaporean badminton player
- 1990 : Ryu Eun-hee , South Korean handball player
- 1991 : Tom Gladdis , British racing driver
- 1992 : Stefan Aškovski , Macedonian football player
- 1992 : Bettina Plank , Austrian karateka
- 1994 : Max-Henri Herrmann , Franco-German handball player
- 1994 : Earl Sweatshirt , American rapper, producer, and songwriter
- 1995 : Luca Ghiotto , Italian racing car driver
- 1995 : Emanuel Taffertshofer , German soccer player
- 1995 : Kevin Orendorz , German ice hockey player
- 1996 : Uğur Ekeroğlu , German-Turkish actor
Died
Before the 16th century
- 616 : Æthelberht , King of Kent
- 864 : Ennin , Buddhist monk
- 1065 : Werner III. , Count von Maden, in Neckargau and Thurgau
- 1157 : Jon Birgisson , first Archbishop of Norway
- 1169 : Bertha von Tübingen , wife of Margrave Herman IV of Baden
- 1260 : Irmengard near Rhine , Margravine of Baden
- 1265 : Roger IV , Count of Foix
- 1274 : Rudiger von Langheim , abbot of Münsterschwarzach
- 1282 : Philippe Mouskes , Bishop of Tournai
- 1309 : Bogislaw IV , Duke of Pomerania
- 1311 : Guillaume Arrufat , Roman Catholic cardinal
- 1345 : Stephan II. , Bishop of Lebus
- 1386 : Charles III. , King of Naples, as Charles II King of Hungary
- 1445 : Nicolaus de Tudeschis , Italian theologian and Archbishop of Palermo
- 1475 : Charles I , Margrave of Baden
- 1491 : Hans Tucher , Nuremberg patrician
- 1496 : Eberhard I , Duke of Württemberg
16th and 17th centuries
- 1508 : Georg von Ehingen , Swabian imperial knight, diplomat and traveler
- 1517 : Otto von Gemmingen , German nobleman
- 1525 : Louis II. De La Trémoille , French general
- 1525 : Richard de la Pole , last aspirant of the House of York to the English throne
- 1530 : Properzia de 'Rossi , Italian Renaissance sculptor
- 1563 : François de Lorraine , Duke of Guise, French military leader and statesman (* 1519 )
- 1581 : Fabrizio Dentice , Italian lutenist and composer
- 1588 : Johann Weyer , German doctor, opponent of the witch hunt
- 1637 : Dominicus Arumaeus , German legal scholar
- 1641 : Philipp Wolfgang , Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
- 1657 : Rudolf von Colloredo , Bohemian nobleman, field marshal, governor of Prague
- 1674 : Matthias Weckmann , German Baroque composer
- 1685 : Isabella Clara of Austria , Duchess of Mantua
- 1692 : Antimo Liberati , Italian music theorist, singer, organist, conductor and composer
- 1696 : Anna Margaretha Schmidt , victim of the witch hunt in Olpe
18th century
- 1704 : Marc-Antoine Charpentier , French composer
- 1714 : Edmund Andros , English colonial governor
- 1721 : John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby , British statesman and poet
- 1722 : Johannes d'Outrein , Dutch preacher and writer
- 1742 : Johann Adam Dietz , Bohemian sculptor
- 1751 : Christian Gottlieb Schwarz , German philologist and university professor
- 1758 : Johann Gottlieb Gonne , German lawyer and university professor
- 1767 : Cölestin Gugger von Staudach , prince abbot of the St. Gallen monastery
- 1777 : Joseph I , King of Portugal from the House of Braganza
- 1779 : Paul Daniel Longolius , German encyclopaedist
- 1784 : Anton Laube , Bohemian composer and church musician
- 1791 : Leopold von Hartmann , German civil servant and farmer
- 1796 : Karl Aloys von Königsegg-Aulendorf , German nobleman, auxiliary bishop in Cologne
- 1799 : Georg Christoph Lichtenberg , German natural scientist and aphorist
19th century
- 1801 : Franz Martin Pelzel , Czech writer, historian and philologist
- 1810 : Henry Cavendish , British natural scientist
- 1815 : Robert Fulton , American engineer of steamships and the Nautilus submarine , inventor
- 1819 : Johann Gottlieb Drasdo , German Lutheran theologian
- 1822 : Friedrich Johann Jacobsen , lawyer
- 1829 : Christian Gottlieb Berger , German Protestant clergyman
- 1829 : Jan Stefani , Polish composer
- 1836 : Dániel Berzsenyi , Hungarian poet
- 1839 : Roch-Ambroise Auguste Bébian , French, who was the first to hear sign language
- 1839 : Johann Gotthelf Richter , German lawyer
- 1845 : Julius Friedrich Winzer , German ethnologist and Protestant theologian
- 1849 : Joseph Adamy , Nassau mine owner and politician
- 1852 : Ethan Allen Brown , American attorney, judge, politician, governor, and senator for Ohio
- 1854 : Hermann Neefe , German stage painter
- 1856 : Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky , Russian mathematician
- 1862 : Bernhard Severin Ingemann , Danish writer
- 1863 : Karl Franzewitsch Albrecht , Russian composer
- 1863 : August Ferdinand von Arnauld de la Perière , Prussian lieutenant general
- 1863 : Anton Günther , Austrian philosopher and theologian
- 1866 : Bernhard Rudolf Abeken , German philologist and schoolboy
- 1868 : Carl Olof Rosenius , Swedish lay preacher
- 1871 : Christian Zetlitz Bretteville , Norwegian politician
- 1871 : Julius Weisbach , German mathematician and engineer
- 1872 : William Webb Ellis , British clergyman, supposed inventor of rugby
- 1873 : Heinrich Kurz , German literary historian
- 1874 : John Bachman , American natural scholar and priest
- 1876 : Joseph Jenkins Roberts , first President of Liberia
- 1884 : Georg Büchmann , German philologist
- 1884 : Christian Gottlob Schmidt , German entrepreneur, co-founder of NSU Werke AG
- 1892 : Niels Christopher Winther , Faroese lawyer, politician and author
- 1894 : Hermann Roemer , German politician, MdR
- 1895 : Eduard Schott , German metallurgist and art caster, discoverer of the crystallization process
- 1899 : Charles Nuitter , French librettist, translator and archivist
- 1899 : Emil Welti , Swiss politician
20th century
1901-1925
- 1902 : August Eisenlohr , German Egyptologist
- 1904 : Ernst von Prittwitz and Gaffron , Prussian-German lieutenant general
- 1905 : Robert Austin , English explorer and engineer
- 1910 : Gerhard Amyntor , Prussian general staff officer
- 1910 : Osman Hamdi Bey , Turkish painter, archaeologist and museum founder
- 1912 : Jules-Joseph Lefebvre , French painter
- 1913 : Wilhelm Kress , Austrian aviation pioneer and designer
- 1918 : Adam Jende , Latvian clergyman and evangelical martyr
- 1918 : Adolf Friedrich VI. , Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- 1921 : Wilhelm Trabert , German-Austrian meteorologist
- 1923 : Edward W. Morley , American chemist
- 1925 : Hjalmar Branting , Swedish politician, member of the Reichstag and Prime Minister
- 1925 : Alois Mrštík , Czech writer and dramaturge
- 1925 : Max von Stetten , German officer, commander of the Imperial Protection Force for Cameroon
1926-1950
- 1928 : Eduard Hahn , German agrarian ethnologist, geographer and economic historian
- 1929 : Georg Schmiedel , Moravian-Austrian teacher, co-founder of the Friends of Nature Association
- 1931 : Friedrich August , Grand Duke of Oldenburg
- 1932 : Konrad Knebel , German painter
- 1933 : Eugenio Bertini , Italian mathematician
- 1933 : Johannes Meisenheimer , German zoologist
- 1934 : Naoki Sanjūgo , Japanese writer
- 1936 : Gotthold Anders , German politician
- 1937 : Volodymyr Lypskyj , Soviet botanist
- 1938 : Max Wien , German physicist
- 1940 : Ascensión del Corazón de Jesús , Spanish nun and founder of the order
- 1940 : Ludwig Kessing , German worker poet
- 1941 : Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière , German naval officer, most successful submarine commander in naval war history
- 1941 : Oskar Loerke , German poet of Expressionism and Magical Realism
- 1941 : Hugo von Preen , Austrian painter, archaeologist and local researcher
- 1942 : Anton Drexler , German politician, co-founder of the German Workers' Party ( DAP ) as a forerunner of the NSDAP
- 1943 : Bernhard Adelung , German politician, MdL, President of the People's State of Hesse
- 1943 : Walther Kolbe , German ancient historian
- 1943 : Helene Stöcker , German women's rights activist, sex reformer, pacifist and publicist
- 1945 : Maurice Arthus , French physiologist
- 1945 : Josef Mayr-Nusser , Catholic South Tyrolean, victim of National Socialism
- 1946 : Hugh Allen , English conductor, organist and music teacher
- 1946 : René Le Bègue , French racing car driver
- 1947 : Tor Andræ , Swedish historian of religion and bishop
- 1948 : Franz Stock , German Catholic priest and prison chaplain, pioneer of German-French friendship
1951-1975
- 1953 : Fanny Moser , Swiss zoologist and parapsychologist
- 1953 : Gerd von Rundstedt , German field marshal in World War II
- 1955 : Clemente Biondetti , Italian racing driver
- 1955 : Erwin von Lahousen , Austrian intelligence officer, resistance fighter, key witness in the Nuremberg trial of major war criminals
- 1956 : Heinrich Imig , German trade unionist, politician, Member of the Bundestag, MEP
- 1956 : Gerrit Smith Miller , American zoologist
- 1957 : Werner Hilpert , German politician, resistance fighter in Buchenwald concentration camp, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister, Member of the Bundestag
- 1958 : Paul Amann , Austrian writer and translator
- 1958 : Hans Nadler , German painter
- 1959 : Heinrich Aumund , German entrepreneur and university professor
- 1959 : Paul Zaunert , German legend researcher
- 1961 : Fritz Imhoff , Austrian actor and singer
- 1963 : Herbert Asbury , American journalist and writer
- 1964 : William Garbutt , English football player and coach
- 1967 : Asaf Jah VII. , Prince of Hyderabad
- 1967 : Franz Waxman , German film composer, conductor and arranger
- 1970 : Conrad Nagel , American actor
- 1973 : Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy , German-American cultural philosopher, lawyer, historian and sociologist
- 1973 : Valentin Tomberg , Russian legal scholar and mystic
- 1974 : Martin Donisthorpe Armstrong , British writer, poet, editor and journalist
- 1975 : Hans Bellmer , German photographer, sculptor, painter and author
- 1975 : Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin , Soviet statesman, minister, prime minister
- 1975 : Marcel Georges Lucien Grandjany , French harpist, teacher, composer and poet
- 1975 : Luigi Malipiero , German theater director and director, actor and set designer
1976-2000
- 1979 : Friedrich Fritz , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1979 : Hans Pössenbacher , German actor
- 1980 : Oliver Strunk , American musicologist and educator
- 1981 : Friedrich Josef Knoll , Austrian botanist and rector of the University of Vienna
- 1982 : Virginia Bruce , American actress and singer
- 1984 : Lech Bądkowski , Polish writer, journalist and politician
- 1984 : Helmut Schelsky , German sociologist
- 1986 : Rukmini Devi Arundale , Indian dancer, politician and theosophist
- 1986 : Tommy Douglas , Canadian politician
- 1987 : Jacques Albrespic , French composer and organist
- 1988 : Bljuma Wulfowna Zeigarnik , Soviet Gestalt psychologist
- 1988 : Memphis Slim , American blues singer and pianist
- 1990 : Sandro Pertini , Italian politician
- 1991 : Webb Pierce , American country singer
- 1991 : Héctor Rial , Argentine soccer player
- 1991 : Jean Rogers , American actress
- 1993 : Bobby Moore , British football player
- 1994 : Dinah Shore , American singer
- 1995 : Roberto Ago , Italian lawyer, member of the UN International Law Commission, judge at the International Court of Justice
- 1995 : René Ahlberg , German sociologist
- 1995 : Felix Ermacora , Austrian international law expert and politician
- 1995 : Hans Hessling , German actor
- 1996 : Akram al-Haurani , Syrian politician
- 1996 : Wolfgang Schieren , German manager and CEO of Allianz AG
- 1998 : Gerhard Kienbaum , founder of the first German management consultancy, politician, state minister, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1998 : Antonio Prohías , Cuban-American cartoonist
21st century
- 2001 : Jörg K. Hoensch , German historian
- 2001 : Claude Shannon , American mathematician
- 2002 : Martin Esslin , British theater scholar
- 2002 : Eva Hoffmann-Aleith , German pastor and writer
- 2002 : Leo Ornstein , Russian pianist and composer
- 2002 : Gregorio Walerstein , Mexican film producer and screenwriter
- 2003 : Alberto Sordi , Italian film actor
- 2004 : Virtú Maragno , Argentine composer
- 2004 : Alfred Orda , Polish opera singer
- 2004 : AC Reed , American blues saxophonist and singer
- 2005 : Jochen Bleicken , German ancient historian
- 2005 : Rolf Illig , German actor
- 2005 : Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski , German politician, MdB, MEP, Federal Minister
- 2006 : Don Knotts , American actor and comedian
- 2006 : Alf Marholm , German actor and speaker
- 2006 : Dennis Weaver , American actor
- 2007 : Leroy Jenkins , American composer
- 2007 : Lamar Lundy , American football player
- 2007 : Eberhard Spiess , German film historian
- 2008 : Günther Rücker , German writer
- 2010 : Pietro Mitolo , Italian politician
- 2014 : Ute Brinckmann-Schmolling , German graphic artist and painter
- 2014 : Nicolae Herlea , Romanian opera singer
- 2014 : Harold Ramis , American actor and film director
- 2015 : Rachat Älijew , Kazakh politician and diplomat
- 2015 : Max Schöringhumer , Austrian politician
- 2015 : Bertrice Small , American writer
- 2016 : Rafael Iriondo , Spanish football player and coach
- 2016 : Colin Low , Canadian film director
- 2017 : Xie Xuejing , Chinese geochemist
- 2018 : Bud Luckey , American animator
- 2018 : Sridevi , Indian film actress
- 2019 : Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde , German lawyer and legal philosopher
- 2020 : Mario Bunge , Argentine philosopher
- 2020 : Diana Serra Cary , American film actress
- 2020 : Katherine Johnson , American mathematician
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Matthias , scribe, martyr and apostle (Protestant, Anglican, Catholic (only in the German-speaking area), Armenian; in leap years on February 25 )
- Praetextatus of Rouen, Bishop of Rouen
- Johann Christoph Blumhardt , German pastor (Protestant)
- Name days
- State holidays and memorial days
- Estonia : Independence Day (1918)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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