February 25

The February 25 is the 56th day of the Gregorian calendar , so stay 309 days (in leap years 310 days) by year end.

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Events

Politics and world events

138: Antoninus Pius

• 0138 : The Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius , whom he has already chosen as his successor.
• 0493 : Odoacer agrees to peace talks with the Ostrogoth king Theodoric after the battle of raven . With the mediation of Archbishop John of Ravenna , a treaty was agreed two days later that provided for the joint rule of both kings over Italy.
• 1147 : The term Austria for Austria is used in a by the German King Konrad III. signed document used for the first time.
• 1489 : The French King Charles VIII recognizes the independence of Monaco through a patent letter.
• 1558 : The Frankfurt Electoral Congress meets to arrange the succession for Emperor Charles V ; his resignation in 1556 created a situation that had never been seen before under imperial law.

1623: Maximilian I.

• 1623 : Emperor Ferdinand II transfers the electoral dignity of the Electoral Palatinate to Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria on the Regensburg Deputation Day , but only for life and without the right to inherit it.

1634: Wallenstein's murder

• 1634 : Wallenstein's followers Count Trčka , Christian von Ilow , Count Kinsky and Rittmeister Neumann are murdered at a banquet in Eger Castle . Then Wallenstein himself is killed in the house of the city commandant John Gordon .
• 1635 : In the Treaty of Paris between France and the United Netherlands , an attack and defense pact is concluded against Spain , which provides for its partition if the Spanish Netherlands is conquered.
• 1643 : During the Pavonia massacre , Dutch soldiers from the colony of Nieuw Nederland in North America attacked an Indian village during the Wappinger War , killing all residents and beheading them . They then use the heads of the beheaded for ball games.

1713: Friedrich Wilhelm I.

• 1713 : After the death of his father Friedrich I , Friedrich Wilhelm I becomes King of Prussia . As a first official act, he declares the current budget of his empire null and void.
• 1793 : George Washington holds the first cabinet meeting of a President of the United States .
• 1803 : The Extraordinary Commission of the Perpetual Reichstag in Regensburg passes the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss , which provides for a reorganization of the Holy Roman Empire due to the losses of the areas on the left bank of the Rhine to France in the coalition wars.
• 1831 : In the November uprising in Poland , the battle of Grochów takes place between an army of the Russian Empire and rebellious Polish troops. The fighting ends without a winner.

1856: Congress of Paris

• 1856 : The congress in Paris to end the Crimean War begins under the direction of the French Foreign Minister Alexandre Colonna-Walewski . Representatives of the Ottoman Empire , Austria , Great Britain , France and Russia are negotiating the terms of peace until March 30th.

1870: Hiram Rhodes Revels

• 1870 : Hiram Rhodes Revels becomes the first African American Senator in the United States with his inauguration . He is posted by the Mississippi State Senate , which was re-admitted to the Union as part of the Reconstruction , and remains in office until 1871.
• 1912 : Due to a change in the regulation of the succession to the throne, the eldest daughter of Wilhelm IV. Of Luxembourg, Maria-Adelheid , becomes the first woman to rule the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg . Her mother Maria Anna takes over the reign until she comes of age on June 15th .
• 1921 : The Red Army occupies Tbilisi , the capital of the Democratic Republic of Georgia . The short period of Georgian independence ends with the proclamation of the Georgian SSR .

1923: Free State of Bottleneck

• 1923 : French troops end the existence of the micronation Free State Bottleneck .
• 1932 : Adolf Hitler receives German citizenship . The native Austrian had been stateless since 1925.
• 1941 : A general strike against the deportation of Jews to concentration camps is held in Amsterdam . The next day the bloody suppression by the National Socialist occupation forces takes place.

1942: The theoretical field of application of the ABDACOM

• 1942 : ABDACOM , an allied command to defend the Southeast Asian region against the Japanese invasion, which was founded on January 8th , is disbanded by British Field Marshal Archibald Wavell because too few troops are available.
• 1944 : The Royal Air Force destroys almost the entire city center of Augsburg through heavy bombing .
• 1947 : The Allied Control Council of the victorious powers of the Second World War finally dissolves the state of Prussia through Control Council Act No. 46 .
• 1947 : Paula Preradović's poem Land der Berge, Land am Rome becomes the hymn text of the Republic of Austria by decision of the Council of Ministers .
• 1948 : Under pressure from the Czechoslovak Communist Party , the Czechoslovak President Edvard Beneš accepts the resignation of the non-Communist cabinet members. With the restructured cabinet under Klement Gottwald , the Communists came to power in Czechoslovakia .
• 1954 : With a coup against Muhammad Nagib , his deputy Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes President of the Republic of Egypt .

1956: Khrushchev with Stalin (1936)

• 1956 : In his secret speech about the personality cult and its consequences on the XX. At the CPSU party congress , Nikita Khrushchev reckons with Stalinism in the context of de-Stalinization , the thaw period begins.
• 1969 : On the anniversary of the communist takeover of power in Czechoslovakia , student Jan Zajíc ignites himself in protest against the crackdown on the Prague Spring as “2. living torch ”after Jan Palach on Prague's Wenceslas Square himself. He dies within minutes.
• 1972 : The German Federal Government ends the hijacking of a jumbo jet by Arab terrorists to Aden ( South Yemen ) by paying a ransom of five million US dollars .
• 1975 : Mohammed Abdullah is appointed head of government of the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir , which enjoy special rights .
• 1975 : The Federal Constitutional Court declares the deadline regulation for abortion in § 218 a StGB to be unconstitutional.
• 1980 : In Suriname the government is overthrown by the sergeant coup and power is taken over by the military . Desi Bouterse is one of the coup leaders .

1986: Inauguration of Corazon Aquino

• 1986 : The Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos flees abroad after the peaceful EDSA revolution . Corazon Aquino becomes President of the Philippines with the support of Army Chief Fidel Ramos .
• 1990 : In the elections in Nicaragua , the anti-Scandinavian electoral alliance Unión Nacional Opositora (UNO) surprisingly wins with 55.2 percent of the vote over the Sandinistas , who receive 40.8%.
• 1992 : At least 200 Azerbaijani civilians are murdered by Armenian troops in the Khodjali massacre in Nagorno-Karabakh region .

1994: The Abraham Mosque in Hebron

• 1994 : The Israeli officer and settler Baruch Goldstein kills 29 Muslims who are praying in the Abraham Mosque and injures over 100 others in the Hebron massacre . He is then killed himself.
• 1996 : Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is elected President of Equatorial Guinea for the third time with 97.85% of the vote . The opposition boycotted the elections.
• 2001 : With a lead of 17 votes, Pedro Pires wins the runoff election in the presidential election in Cape Verde against Carlos Veiga and succeeds António Mascarenhas Monteiro as president of the island republic.

economy

• 1836 : Samuel Colt receives a patent for his invention of the drum revolver .

1837: Thomas Davenport

• 1837 : Thomas Davenport receives the world's first patent for an electric motor .

1901: JP Morgan

• 1901 : After purchasing the steel company from Andrew Carnegie, JP Morgan and Elbert H. Gary found the United States Steel Corporation . In the year it was founded, it dominated two thirds of the US steel market.
• 1920 : Investors from Antwerp found the Belgian oil company Petrofina .

science and technology

• 1784 : Paolo Andreani and the brothers Agostino and Carlo Gerli undertake the first hot air balloon ride outside France. You start in Moncucco near Milan. The news of the successful ascent of the Montgolfier brothers in France had also spread to Lombardy weeks earlier .
• 1847 : The University of Iowa is founded as the first university in the US state of Iowa .
• 1974 : For the first time, a motorway junction with just a single intersection is completed on the feeder road in the USA.
• 2013 : The first Austrian satellites Tugsat-1 and UniBRITE are transported into orbit from the Satish Dhawan Space Center .

Culture

• 1696 : The first performance of the tragedy Mahumet II by Reinhard Keizer takes place at the Theater am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg .

1781: Joseph Haydn

• 1781 : The opera La fedeltà premiata ( The rewarded loyalty ) by Joseph Haydn is premiered in Esterházy Palace .
• 1806 : At the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna Opera is Faniska of Luigi Cherubini premiered and enthusiastically.
• 1830 : After a veritable " Battle of Hernani " which premiered drama Hernani of Victor Hugo in the Comédie-Française , which is French classic by the modern romance replaced.
• 1881 : At the Court Opera in St. Petersburg which takes place premiere of the opera The Maid of Orleans by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky .
• 1888 : At the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, the opera Jocelyn by Benjamin Godard premiered.

1898: Frank Wedekind

• 1898 : The world premiere of the play Erdgeist by Frank Wedekind takes place in the Krystallpalast in Leipzig , with the author himself as Dr. Is beautiful on the stage.
• 1953 : The musical Wonderful Town by Leonard Bernstein is in New York premiered.
• 1953 : In France, the film has Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot of Jacques Tati premiere.
• 1995 : The Screen Actors Guild Awards are presented for the first time in Los Angeles .
• 2004 : The feature film The Passion of the Christ by Mel Gibson is listed in North American cinemas for the first time and a controversial public success. Critics accuse the film of anti-Semitism and glorification of violence.

society

• 1922 : Serial killer Henri Désiré Landru , convicted of 11 murders, is executed in Versailles .

religion

1570: Pius V.

1570: Elisabeth I.

• 1570 : With the Bull Regnans in Excelsis , Pope Pius V excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I of England for making Anglican doctrine law. This leads to increasing persecution of Catholics in England .

Disasters

• 1917 : The British ocean liner RMS Laconia is sunk by a German submarine on the southern Irish coast without warning, twelve people die. The death of two American women creates political tension.

Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .

Sports

• 1907 : The Wiener Cyclistenclub and the Wiener Sportvereinigung merge to form the Wiener Sport-Club .
• 1951 : The Argentine President Juan Perón and his wife Eva open the 1st Pan-American Games in Buenos Aires.

1964: Muhammad Ali

• 1964 : With the victory over Sonny Liston , Cassius Clay, who takes the name Muhammad Ali in the same year, becomes the first heavyweight world champion in boxing .
• 1989 : Mike Tyson wins the boxing match against Frank Bruno at the Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, by means of a technical knockout and thus the world heavyweight title.
• 2001 : At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti , Johann Mühlegg, who starts for Spain, wins the gold medal in the 50 km freestyle .
• 2006 : The German biathlete Michael Greis wins the XX. Olympic Winter Games in Turin in the mass start race over 15 kilometers his third gold medal.
• 2018 : In South Korea, the Winter Olympics come to an end with the traditional closing ceremony. With 31 medals won, Germany's athletes are in second place in the national ranking behind Norway (39 medals).

Entries of athletics world records can be found under the respective discipline under athletics .

Born

Before the 18th century

Otto von Waldburg (* 1514)

• 1237 : Wichard von Pohlheim , 40th Bishop of Passau
• 1337 : Wenceslaus I , Duke of Luxembourg
• 1341 : Ludwig von Meißen , Prince-Bishop of Halberstadt and Bamberg, Elector-Archbishop of Mainz and Archbishop of Magdeburg
• 1399 : Xuande , Chinese emperor of the Ming dynasty
• 1415 : Rennyo , Japanese Buddhist teacher
• 1475 : Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick , nephew of the last two English kings of the House of York
• 1502 : Alfonso d'Avalos , Italian prince, lord of Ischia and Procida
• 1514 : Otto von Waldburg , Bishop of Augsburg and Cardinal
• 1550 : Daniel Sudermann , German theologian and hymn poet
• 1552 : Magdalena zur Lippe , Countess of Hesse-Darmstadt
• 1585 : Johannes Ardüser , Swiss mathematician and fortress engineer
• 1591 : Friedrich Spee , German theologian and poet
• 1622 : Christian Ludwig , Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg
• 1628 : Giulio Broggio , architect and builder of Italian or Swiss origin
• 1651 : Quirinus Kuhlmann , German writer and mystic
• 1655 : Carel de Moor , Dutch portrait painter
• 1668 : Gottlieb Wernsdorf the Elder , German Lutheran theologian and historian
• 1670 : Maria Margaretha Kirch , German astronomer
• 1671 : Nicolaus Hieronymus Gundling , German scholar, historian, lawyer
• 1675 : Johann Erhard Straßburger , German Baroque architect and Gotha master builder
• 1682 : Giovanni Battista Morgagni , Italian explorer
• 1684 : Matthias Bernhard Braun , Bohemian sculptor

18th century

Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière (* 1733)

• 1707 : Carlo Goldoni , Italian comedy poet
• 1708 : Felix Benda , Bohemian composer
• 1708 : Jane Colman Turell , New England poet
• 1714 : René-Nicolas-Charles-Augustin de Maupeou , Chancellor of France
• 1725 : Karl Wilhelm Ramler , German poet and thinker, philosopher
• 1726 : Wilhelmine von Hessen-Kassel , Hessian princess, wife of Prince Heinrich of Prussia
• 1727 : Armand-Louis Couperin , French composer and organist
• 1733 : Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière , Prussian field marshal of French origin, governor general of West Prussia
• 1735 : Ernst Wilhelm Wolf , German concertmaster and composer
• 1744 : William Cornwallis , British admiral
• 1749 : Jeanbon St. André , French prefect at the time of the Revolutionary Wars
• 1752 : John Graves Simcoe , British Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
• 1764 : Karl Gustav Brinckmann , Swedish diplomat and German poet
• 1768 : Friedrich von Adelung , German lawyer and philosopher
• 1770 : Adam Simons , Dutch Reformed theologian, poet, rhetorician and historian
• 1771 : Johan Henrik Schrøter , Faroese pastor
• 1778 : José de San Martín , Argentine general and revolutionary
• 1796 : Johannes Bernhard Diepenbrock , German theologian and historian
• 1797 : Johann Wilhelm Neumann , German lawyer, local politician and historian

19th century

1801-1850

Friedrich Welwitsch (* 1806)

• 1806 : Friedrich Welwitsch , Austrian African explorer and botanist
• 1816 : Giovanni Morelli , Italian MP, Senator, Doctor and Art Historian
• 1819 : Peter Friedhofen , German chimney sweep and founder of the order ( Barmherzige Brüder von Maria Hilf )
• 1822 : Wilhelm Amberg , German genre painter
• 1822 : Lev Alexandrovich Mei , Russian poet
• 1832 : Karl Bartsch , German philologist and founder of the first German Institute in Germany
• 1832 : Maximilian Schmidt , Bavarian native writer
• 1835 : Christoph Theodor Aeby , German anthropologist
• 1836 : Pauline von Metternich , founded a literary salon in Vienna
• 1840 : Otto Liebmann , German philosopher
• 1841 : Pierre-Auguste Renoir , French impressionist painter

Karl May (* 1842)

• 1842 : Karl May , German writer mainly of adventure novels (circulation of approx. 200 million copies)
• 1843 : Karl Gussow , German painter
• 1844 : Jindřich Kafka , Czech composer
• 1844 : Philipp Remelé , German photographer
• 1845 : Albert Detto , German teacher and member of the German Reichstag
• 1845 : George Reid , Australian politician and Prime Minister
• 1846 : Ange Flégier , French composer, music critic, painter and writer
• 1848 : Wilhelm II , King of Württemberg
• 1849 : Erich Zweigert , German politician
• 1850 : Alexandre Georges , French organist, music teacher and composer

1851-1900

• 1853 : Karl von Weizsäcker , German politician, Prime Minister
• 1855 : Tsuda Sanzo , Japanese policeman who carried out an assassination attempt on the later Tsar Nicholas II
• 1856 : Alfred Biese , German literary historian
• 1856 : Karl Lamprecht , German historian and university professor

Mathias Zdarsky (* 1856)

• 1856 : Mathias Zdarsky , Austrian ski pioneer
• 1859 : Leonid Konstantinowitsch Artamonow , Russian engineer, explorer and officer
• 1859 : John Burke , American politician
• 1860 : Richard Muther , German art historian
• 1863 : Hans Bielenstein , German-Baltic clergyman and writer, Protestant martyr
• 1864 : Alfred Schultze , German legal scholar and legal historian
• 1865 : Andranik Ozanian , Armenian resistance fighter
• 1866 : Benedetto Croce , Italian philosopher, humanist, historian, politician and critic
• 1866 : Heinrich Kühn , Austrian photographer
• 1867 : Rudolf Tarnow , Low German writer
• 1868 : Josef Albisser , Swiss lawyer and politician (SP)
• 1868 : Erwin Baum , German politician, Prime Minister of Thuringia
• 1868 : Anthony Johannes Blok , Dutch criminal lawyer
• 1870 : Jan Sterringa , Dutch theosophist and anarchist
• 1871 : Oliver Campbell , American tennis player

Lesja Ukrajinka (* 1871)

• 1871 : Lesja Ukrajinka , Ukrainian poet, dramaturge and translator
• 1873 : Enrico Caruso , Italian opera singer
• 1873 : Vinzenz Muchitsch , Austrian politician
• 1874 : Josef Saier , German pastor, director and author
• 1875 : Karl August Nerger , German frigate captain and holder of the order Pour-le-Mérite
• 1876 : Philip Graves , British journalist
• 1877 : Erich Moritz von Hornbostel , Austrian music ethnologist
• 1879 : Otakar Ostrčil , Czech composer
• 1881 : Alexei Ivanovich Rykov , Soviet politician
• 1882 : Roméo Beaudry , Canadian composer, music critic, producer and publisher
• 1882 : B. Traven , English German-speaking writer
• 1884 : Abraham Aguilera Bravo , Chilean religious priest and bishop
• 1884 : Franz Josef Heinz , leader of the free peasantry, founder of the "Palatinate Corps"

Alice von Battenberg (* 1885)

• 1885 : Alice von Battenberg , mother-in-law of Queen Elisabeth II.
• 1886 : Hans Walter Imhoff , Swiss football player
• 1887 : Ewald Mataré , German painter and sculptor
• 1888 : John Foster Dulles , American politician
• 1888 : Heinrich Kemper , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1890 : Myra Hess , British pianist
• 1891 : Pieter Adrianus Kooijman , Dutch author and anarchist
• 1891 : Alfredo Marceneiro , Portuguese fado singer
• 1892 : Karl Lugmayer , Austrian popular educator, philosopher and politician
• 1892 : Nikolai Andrejewitsch Orlow , Russian-British pianist and music teacher
• 1892 : Léon Saint-Paul , French racing car driver

Meher Baba (* 1894)

• 1894 : Meher Baba , Indian guru
• 1894 : Ernst Friedrich , anarchist pacifist
• 1894 : Theodor Klauser , German Catholic church historian and archaeologist
• 1895 : Reinhold Bicher , German artist and graphic designer
• 1895 : Werner Zech , German general
• 1896 : Arthur Adolph , German municipal official and politician, MdR
• 1896 : Heinrich Gontermann , German fighter pilot in the First World War
• 1896 : Ida Noddack , German chemist
• 1897 : Wilhelm Hammann , German educator, resistance fighter
• 1898 : William Astbury , English physicist and molecular biologist
• 1898 : Camille Bernard , Canadian singer, teacher and actress
• 1899 : Willi Henkelmann , German motorcycle racer
• 1899 : Henry Hensche , American painter
• 1900 : Alois Hundhammer , German minister

20th century

1901-1925

Zeppo Marx (* 1901)

• 1901 : Zeppo Marx , American actor
• 1901 : Julia Menz , German pianist, harpsichordist and travel writer
• 1902 : Hanns Geier , German automobile racing driver
• 1902 : Virginio Rosetta , Italian football player, world champion
• 1903 : Ivan Pavlovich Bratuchin , Soviet helicopter designer
• 1903 : Gerhard Schrader , German chemist
• 1904 : Scipione actually Gino Bonichi, Italian painter and writer
• 1905 : Albert Ganzenmüller , German State Secretary (NSDAP)
• 1905 : Harald Lander , Danish ballet dancer and choreographer
• 1905 : Perry Miller , American historian and literary scholar
• 1906 : Helene Jacobs , German resistance fighter against National Socialism
• 1906 : Boris Papandopulo , Croatian composer and conductor
• 1907 : Mary Chase , American writer
• 1907 : Giuseppe Paupini , cardinal
• 1908 : Karl-Heinz Stroux , German director
• 1909 : Anton Anderl , Austrian politician
• 1909 : Lev Andrejewitsch Arzimowitsch , Soviet physicist
• 1909 : Ernst Erich Noth , American literary scholar and writer

Millicent Fenwick (born 1910)

• 1910 : Millicent Fenwick , American politician
• 1910 : Dominique Gauthier , Canadian doctor and folklore researcher
• 1911 : Karl Haager , German judge at the Federal Constitutional Court
• 1911 : Kurt Ziesel , Austrian journalist
• 1912 : Eugen Kipp junior , German soccer player
• 1913 : Habib Achour , Tunisian trade unionist
• 1913 : Les Bury , Australian politician
• 1913 : Gert Fröbe , German actor
• 1913 : Stephan László , Austrian priest, Bishop of Eisenstadt
• 1913 : Victor-Emanuel Preusker , German politician and banker
• 1915 : Zero Mostel , American actor
• 1916 : Reinhard Bendix , American sociologist of German origin

• 1917 : Anthony Burgess , British writer

• 1918 : Barney Ewell , American athlete and Olympic champion
• 1918 : Bobby Riggs , American tennis player
• 1920 : Sun Myung Moon , founder and head of the Unification Church
• 1921 : Rolf Appel , German chemist
• 1923 : John Anderberg , Swedish football player
• 1923 : André Asselin , Canadian pianist and composer
• 1923 : Kurt Blecha , German SED functionary
• 1925 : Johannes Agnoli , German political scientist and philosopher

1926-1950

• 1927 : Dieter Ertel , German journalist and editor
• 1927 : Ernst Ludwig , German lawyer and politician

Paul Elvstrøm (* 1928)

• 1928 : Paul Elvstrøm , Danish sailor
• 1928 : Larry Gelbart , American screenwriter
• 1928 : Bibiana Zeller , Austrian actress
• 1930 : Erica Pedretti , Swiss writer, object artist and painter
• 1930 : Masao Yamakawa , Japanese writer
• 1932 : Hans Apel , German politician
• 1932 : Tony Brooks , British Formula 1 racing driver
• 1932 : Faron Young , American country singer
• 1933 : Ingmar Zeisberg , German actress
• 1934 : Bernard Bresslaw , British actor
• 1934 : John Wimber , founder of the Vineyard movement
• 1935 : Wolfgang Hinze , German actor and director
• 1935 : Doris Müller , German athlete
• 1936 : Rolf Lyssy , Swiss filmmaker

Tom Courtenay (* 1937)

• 1937 : Tom Courtenay , English actor
• 1937 : Dieter Görlitz , German politician
• 1937 : Dietmar Sauermann , German folklorist
• 1937 : Gyula Zsivótzky , Hungarian athlete and Olympic champion
• 1938 : Maryanne Amacher , American composer and improviser
• 1938 : Doris Ebbing , German local politician
• 1938 : Herb Elliott , Australian middle distance runner
• 1938 : Reinhold Wosab , German football player
• 1940 : Sigmar Wittig , German professor of mechanical engineering, CEO of DLR
• 1941 : Pierluigi Cera , Italian football player
• 1941 : Jutta Oesterle-Schwerin , German politician and Member of the Bundestag
• 1943 : Wolfgang Berghofer , German FDJ functionary, SED politician
• 1943 : Gerhard Cromme , German manager
• 1943 : Karl Heinz Däke , German chairman of the Association of German Taxpayers
• 1943 : Pavel Dostál , Czech politician and minister of culture

George Harrison (* 1943)

• 1943 : George Harrison , British musician ( The Beatles )
• 1943 : Uta Kron , German archaeologist
• 1943 : Jürgen Lässig , German racing car driver
• 1944 : Campbell Armstrong , British screenwriter, college professor and author
• 1944 : François Cevert , French racing car driver
• 1944 : Jeff Kline , American racing car driver
• 1945 : Elkie Brooks , British singer
• 1946 : Roland Hemmo , German voice actor and actor
• 1946 : Franz Xaver Kroetz , German writer and playwright
• 1947 : Rik De Lisle (also Rick de Lisle), German-American radio presenter
• 1947 : Jorge Donn , Argentine ballet dancer

Lee Evans (born 1947)

• 1947 : Lee Evans , American athlete and Olympic champion
• 1947 : Ryō Kawasaki , Japanese jazz guitarist and composer
• 1948 : Friedrich Koncilia , Austrian football player
• 1948 : Erwin Staudt , German football official
• 1949 : Ric Flair , American wrestler
• 1949 : Irma Krauss , German writer
• 1949 : Amin Maalouf , Lebanese-French writer
• 1949 : Ireen Sheer , German-English pop singer
• 1950 : Francisco Fernández Ochoa , Spanish ski racer
• 1950 : Neil Jordan , Irish film director, screenwriter and producer
• 1950 : Néstor Kirchner , Argentine politician, president

1951-1975

• 1951 : Giampiero Marini , Italian football player
• 1951 : Esther Morales-Cañadas , Spanish harpsichordist and musicologist
• 1951 : Donald Quarrie , Jamaican athlete
• 1952 : Joey Dunlop , British motorcycle racer
• 1952 : Kristin Heyne , German politician
• 1952 : Christian Kolonovits , Austrian composer and conductor
• 1953 : Siegfried Anzinger , Austrian painter, graphic artist and sculptor

José María Aznar (* 1953)

• 1953 : José María Aznar , Spanish politician and Prime Minister
• 1953 : Martin Kippenberger , German painter and installation artist
• 1954 : Michael Amon , Austrian writer, playwright and essayist
• 1955 : Hubert Baumgartner , Austrian football goalkeeper
• 1955 : Larry Rachleff , American conductor and music teacher
• 1956 : Michel Friedman , German lawyer, politician and television presenter
• 1958 : Kevin Gray , American actor
• 1958 : Barclay Hope , Canadian actor
• 1958 : Hartmut Ostrowski , German manager
• 1959 : Alexei Oktjabrinowitsch Balabanow , Russian film director
• 1959 : Johannes Herrschmann , German actor
• 1960 : Stefan Blöcher , German hockey player
• 1960 : Heiko Fischer , German figure skater

Hermann Gröhe (* 1961)

• 1961 : Hermann Gröhe , German lawyer and politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1961 : Iris Paech , German songwriter, songwriter, radio presenter, producer, editor and book author
• 1962 : Birgit Fischer , German canoeist
• 1962 : John Lanchester , British writer
• 1962 : Michael Stenov , Austrian composer and church musician
• 1964 : Michael Amann , Austrian composer
• 1964 : Marion Isbert , German soccer player
• 1964 : Otto Lechner , Austrian accordion player
• 1965 : Sylvie Guillem , French dancer
• 1966 : Alexis Denisof , American actor
• 1966 : Andreas Helmer , German soccer player
• 1966 : Téa Leoni , American actress
• 1966 : Paul Ottosson , Swedish sound engineer
• 1967 : Nick Leeson , British securities dealer, speculator, author, football manager
• 1968 : Sandrine Kiberlain , French film actress
• 1968 : Olivier Thévenin , French racing car driver
• 1969 : Solveig August , German actress
• 1969 : Paul Trimboli , Australian soccer player
• 1971 : Christien Alexis Anholt , British actor

Sean Astin (* 1971)

• 1971 : Sean Astin , American actor, director, writer, and producer
• 1971 : Daniel Powter , Canadian pop musician
• 1971 : Alexander Siedschlag , German political scientist
• 1971 : Kathryn Zenna , Canadian actress
• 1972 : Anneke Kim Sarnau , German actress
• 1972 : Erwin van de Looi , Dutch football player and coach
• 1973 : Normann Stadler , German triathlete
• 1973 : Alena Subrylawa , Belarusian biathlete
• 1974 : Jens Paeslack , German football player
• 1975 : Natalja Ivanovna Baranowa-Massalkina , Russian cross-country skier
• 1975 : Nandini Mitra , German presenter
• 1975 : Patrik Müller , Swiss journalist

1976-2000

• 1976 : Samir Muratović , Bosnian football player
• 1977 : Francisco José Lara , Spanish cyclist

Yazid Mansouri (* 1978)

• 1978 : Yazid Mansouri , Algerian football player
• 1980 : Youssef Hadji , Moroccan football player
• 1980 : Dimitrios Pappas , Greek football player
• 1981 : Pacome Assi , French kickboxer
• 1981 : Park Ji-sung , South Korean soccer player
• 1981 : Maik Wagefeld , German soccer player
• 1982 : Rômulo Marcos Antoneli , Brazilian soccer player
• 1982 : Lars Kaufmann , German handball player
• 1983 : Fabian Lamotte , German soccer player
• 1983 : Kaisa , German rapper
• 1984 : Maria Antonelli , Brazilian beach volleyball player
• 1984 : Steve Baumgärtel , German handball player
• 1984 : Xing Huina , Chinese athlete and Olympic champion
• 1984 : Patrik Kvalvik , Swedish handball player
• 1984 : Lovefoxxx , Brazilian pop singer
• 1986 : Justin Berfield , American actor
• 1986 : Nabil Dirar , Moroccan football player
• 1986 : David Micevski , Australian soccer player

James and Oliver Phelbs (* 1986)

• 1986 : James Phelps , British actor
• 1986 : Oliver Phelps , British actor
• 1987 : Justin Abdelkader , American ice hockey striker
• 1988 : Rúrik Gíslason , Icelandic football player
• 1989 : Jimmer Fredette , American basketball player
• 1990 : Younès Belhanda , Moroccan football player
• 1991 : Arnor Angeli , Belgian football player
• 1991 : Gerran Howell , British actor
• 1991 : Tony Oller , American actor
• 1991 : Adrien Tambay , French racing driver
• 1991 : Gustavo Yacamán , Colombian racing driver

Nico Müller (* 1992)

• 1992 : Nico Müller , Swiss racing driver
• 1992 : Amy Ruffle , Australian actress and singer
• 1992 : Lennart Thy , German soccer player
• 1993 : Viviane Witschel , German actress
• 1994 : Mackenzie Elizabeth Arnold , Australian national soccer player
• 1994 : Eugenie Bouchard , Canadian tennis player
• 1994 : Matthew Brabham , Australian-American racing driver
• 1994 : Makenzy Doniak , American soccer player
• 1994 : Rouven Israel , German actor
• 1994 : Lena Schulte , German soccer player
• 1995 : Mario Hezonja , Croatian basketball player
• 1997 : Chantal Butzek , German athlete
• 1999 : Gianluigi Donnarumma , Italian football goalkeeper

Died

Before the 17th century

• 0779 : Walburga , Abbess of Heidenheim
• 1116 : Robert von Arbrissel , founder of the Order of Fontevraud
• 1220 : Albrecht II , Margrave of Brandenburg (1205–1220)
• 1221 : Alix de Montmorency , French nobleman
• 1246 : Dafydd ap Llywelyn , Welsh Prince of Gwynedd
• 1246 : Henry IV of Limburg , Lord of Monschau and Duke of Limburg-Nieder-Lothringen
• 1263 : John de Plessis, 7th Earl of Warwick , English magnate from France
• 1265 : Ulrich I , Count of Württemberg
• 1305 : Gerhard II of Eppstein , Archbishop and Elector of Mainz
• 1322 : Philipp von Rathsamhausen , Cistercian, master of theology and Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt
• 1467 : Jörg Voit von Rieneck , bailiff of the cathedral chapter in Würzburg
• 1495 : Cem Sultan , Ottoman prince and poet, pretender to the throne of the Ottoman Empire
• 1501 : Margaret of Bavaria , Electress of the Palatinate
• 1517 : Johann von Spreckelsen , Hamburg councilor and mayor
• 1521 : Johann Schönsperger , German printer and dealer publisher
• 1536 : Berchtold Haller , reformer in Bern
• 1536 : Jakob Hutter , leader and organizer of Tyrolean Anabaptism

Vittoria Colonna († 1547)

• 1547 : Vittoria Colonna , Italian poet
• 1568 : Philipp Georg Schenk zu Schweinsberg , Prince Abbot of Fulda
• 1580 : Rodrigo de Quiroga López de Ulloa , Spanish conquistador and governor of Chile
• 1580 : Marx Weiß , German late Gothic painter
• 1598 : Paul von Eitzen , German theologian and reformer

17th and 18th centuries

• 1601 : Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex , favorite of Queen Elizabeth I of England
• 1619 : Georg von Schoenaich , important German humanist and promoter of the Reformation
• 1634 : Adam Erdmann Trčka von Lípa , imperial general in the Thirty Years War
• 1634 : Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Waldstein , duke, general and politician called "Wallenstein"
• 1634 : Wilhelm Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau , Czech Chancellor
• 1655 : Daniel Heinsius , scholar of the Dutch Renaissance
• 1656 : Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse , French nobleman
• 1684 : Andreas Hofer , composer, conductor and choir director
• 1686 : Abraham Calov , German theologian
• 1689 : Khushal Khan Khattak , Pashtun poet
• 1700 : James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas , Scottish nobleman
• 1704 : Isabella Leonarda , Italian nun and composer

Nicolas Catinat († 1712)

• 1712 : Nicolas de Catinat , French general, Marshal of France
• 1713 : Friedrich I , Elector of Brandenburg and King in Prussia
• 1715 : Pu Songling , Chinese poet of Mongolian descent
• 1728 : Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten , Brandenburg-Prussian General Field Marshal and diplomat
• 1751 : Georg Caspar Schürmann , German composer
• 1757 : Paolo Benedetto Bellinzani , Italian priest, composer and musician
• 1775 : William Small , British enlightener and co-founder of the Lunar Society
• 1787 : Anton Ignaz von Fugger-Glött , Canon in Cologne
• 1796 : Lorenz Adam Bartenstein , German Protestant clergyman, educator and headmaster

19th century

• 1802 : Charles O'Hara , British officer
• 1805 : Friederike von Hessen-Darmstadt , wife of King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia
• 1805 : Joseph Anselm Freiherr Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden , German politician
• 1806 : Heinrich Christian Boie , German writer and editor
• 1811 : Andreas Merian-Iselin , Basel politician, Landammann of Switzerland
• 1816 : Francesco Apostoli , Italian writer
• 1816 : Friedrich Wilhelm Bülow von Dennewitz , Prussian general
• 1819 : Manuel do Nascimento , Portuguese poet and religious
• 1823 : Wassilij Athanasieff , Russian court chaplain and confessor of the Queen of Württemberg

Philipp Pendleton Barbour († 1841)

• 1841 : Philip Pendleton Barbour , American lawyer and politician
• 1850 : Daoguang , Chinese Emperor (Qing Dynasty)
• 1851 : Georg Leopold von Zangen , German lawyer
• 1853 : Christian Friedrich Andreas Rohns , German architect and building contractor
• 1863 : Laure Cinti-Damoreau , French coloratura soprano (* 1801 )
• 1865 : Otto Ludwig , German writer
• 1868 : Sophie Schröder , German singer and actress
• 1869 : Albert Gern , German theater actor
• 1870 : Henrik Hertz , Danish writer
• 1870 : Louis-Jacques-Maurice de Bonald , Archbishop of Lyon and Cardinal
• 1873 : Philippe-Paul de Ségur , French colonel
• 1879 : Vladimir Georgijewitsch Kastrioto-Skanderbek , Russian composer
• 1879 : Karl Wilhelm von Willisen , Prussian general
• 1880 : Johann Christoph Blumhardt , German pastor and Protestant theologian
• 1883 : William Barnett Armson , New Zealand architect, surveyor, and engineer
• 1884 : Richard von Friesen , Saxon politician
• 1889 : Carlo Sacconi , Italian cardinal to the curia
• 1892 : Brond de Grave Winter , East Frisian organ builder
• 1897 : Michael Bernays , German philologist and literary historian
• 1897 : Cornélie Falcon , French opera singer (* 1814 )
• 1899 : Paul Julius Reuter , German entrepreneur, founder of the news agency “Reuters Telegraphic Comp. Incorporated "

20th century

1901-1950

• 1906 : Anton Stepanowitsch Arensky , Russian composer
• 1907 : Wilhelm von Diez , German painter
• 1911 : Friedrich Spielhagen , German writer

Fritz von Uhde († 1911)

• 1911 : Fritz von Uhde , German painter
• 1912 : Norbert Schrödl , German painter
• 1912 : William IV , Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Duke of Nassau
• 1914 : John Tenniel , British illustrator
• 1921 : Elisabeth Fedde , Norwegian deaconess
• 1922 : Anton von Kersting , German military
• 1925 : Josef Armin , Austrian comedian, couplet singer and playwright
• 1927 : Luise Gerbing , German homeland researcher
• 1928 : William O'Brien , Irish journalist and politician
• 1929 : František Neumann , Czech composer, conductor and music teacher
• 1929 : Antonio Vico , Italian cardinal
• 1933 : Jules Andrade , French mathematician, physicist and watchmaker

John Morrow († 1935)

• 1935 : John Morrow , American politician
• 1937 : Hans Georg Achelis , German theologian, church historian, Christian archaeologist and university professor
• 1937 : Ossian Aschan , Finnish chemist
• 1942 : Leo Ascher , Austrian composer and lawyer
• 1943 : Laure Gatet , French resistance fighter
• 1944 : Charles L. McNary , American politician
• 1945 : Mário de Andrade , Brazilian writer
• 1945 : Paul Merker , German literary historian
• 1947 : Friedrich Paschen , German physicist
• 1948 : Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez , Chilean politician
• 1950 : George Richards Minot , American physician, Nobel Prize winner

1951-2000

• 1951 : Alfred Grünwald , Austrian operetta librettist
• 1952 : Erwein von Aretin , Bavarian journalist and regional politician

Saitō Mokichi († 1952)

• 1952 : Saitō Mokichi , Japanese poet and essayist
• 1952 : Carl Schröter , German politician
• 1953 : João Itiberê da Cunha , Brazilian composer and music critic
• 1955 : August Mittelsten Scheid , German entrepreneur
• 1956 : Elmer Drew Merrill , American botanist
• 1957 : Georges Beauchemin , Canadian singer
• 1957 : Gene Buck , American illustrator, songwriter, and record producer
• 1957 : George Moran , American gang leader, rival of Al Capone
• 1959 : Erich Sauer , German director of studies at the Wiedenest Bible School Mission House
• 1960 : Johannes Hoffmann , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
• 1962 : Heinrich Höcker , German politician and Lord Mayor, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
• 1962 : Fredy Sieg , German actor and popular lecturer
• 1964 : Alexander Archipenko , American sculptor
• 1964 : Maurice Farman , French track cyclist, automobile racer, aviation pioneer and entrepreneur
• 1964 : Hinrich Lohse , German politician
• 1964 : Edo Osterloh , German theologian and politician
• 1966 : Dora Dreesen-Horn , German painter
• 1966 : Franz Schnabel , German historian
• 1969 : Jan Zajíc , a Czech student, burned himself on Wenceslas Square in Prague
• 1970 : Mark Rothko , American artist

Thea Rasche († 1971)

• 1971 : Thea Rasche , German pilot and journalist
• 1972 : Gottfried Fuchs , German soccer player
• 1974 : Frank Assunto , American band leader and trumpeter
• 1974 : Milton Soares Gomes dos Santos , Brazilian composer
• 1975 : Elijah Muhammad , founder and longtime leader of the Nation of Islam
• 1976 : Paul May , German director and producer
• 1978 : Margarete Bieber , German-American university professor, first female professor of classical archeology in Germany.
• 1978 : Hugo Friedrich , German Romanist
• 1978 : Heinrich Stühlmeyer , German custodian and cantor
• 1979 : Henrich Focke , German aircraft and helicopter designer
• 1981 : Mikawa Gun'ichi , Japanese admiral
• 1981 : Ulrich Scheuner , German constitutional lawyer
• 1982 : Hans-Joachim von Merkatz , German politician
• 1982 : Christian Schad , German painter
• 1982 : Chao Yuen Ren , Chinese linguist

Tennessee Williams († 1983)

• 1983 : Tennessee Williams , American writer ( Terminus Sehnsucht and The Cat on a Hot Tin Roof )
• 1988 : Bernard Ashmole , British Classical Archaeologist
• 1988 : Helmut Echternach , German theologian and bishop
• 1988 : Mamduh Muhammad Salim , Egyptian Prime Minister and General
• 1990 : Johnnie Ray , American singer, pianist and songwriter
• 1993 : Eddie Constantine , American film actor and chansonnier
• 1994 : Baruch Goldstein , Israeli mass murderer
• 1995 : Rudolf Hausner , Austrian painter and graphic artist
• 1996 : Rupprecht Gerngross , German lawyer, leader of the Bavarian freedom campaign
• 1997 : Louis Auslander , American mathematician
• 1997 : Ugo Poletti , Archbishop of Spoleto and Cardinal
• 1997 : Wilhelm Stöck , German journalist and news anchor
• 1998 : Wanda Jakubowska , Polish film director
• 1998 : Umberto Mastroianni , Italian sculptor
• 1999 : Glenn T. Seaborg , American chemist and nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize winner
• 1999 : Els Vordemberge , Austrian-German radio play speaker and director of children's radio at WDR
• 2000 : Auguste Lechner , Austrian writer and author of books for young people

21st century

• 2001 : AR Ammons , American college professor and poet
• 2001 : Paul Huber , Swiss composer
• 2001 : Ernst Schaude , German administrative lawyer
• 2002 : Shane Acton , British circumnavigator
• 2003 : Uwe Lüthje , German-Austrian economist
• 2005 : Peter Benenson , British lawyer and politician, founder of Amnesty International

Atef Sedki († 2005)

• 2005 : Atif Muhammad Nagib Sidqi , Egyptian politician, Prime Minister
• 2005 : Robert Zeppel-Sperl , Austrian painter
• 2006 : Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin , Ethiopian writer
• 2006 : Margaret Gibson , Canadian writer
• 2006 : Henry M. Morris , American creationist
• 2006 : Micheline Tessier , Canadian singer and vocal teacher
• 2007 : William Robert Anderson , American naval officer, explorer, and politician
• 2007 : P. Bhaskaran , Indian songwriter and film director
• 2007 : César Keizer , Swiss cabaret artist
• 2008 : Stephen Garrett , American rapper and producer
• 2009 : Ian Carr , British jazz musician
• 2010 : Ernst Beyeler , Swiss gallery owner and art collector
• 2010 : İhsan Doğramacı , Turkish doctor
• 2010 : David Soyer , American cellist and music teacher
• 2011 : Oswald Rathfelder , German scientist, botanist and conservationist
• 2011 : Suze Rotolo , American artist
• 2012 : Raúl Abzueta , Venezuelan musician, band leader, composer, author and music organizer

Maurice André († 2012)

• 2012 : Maurice André , French classical trumpeter
• 2012 : Lynn Compton , American lawyer and officer
• 2012 : Hans Glöckel , German school pedagogue and university professor
• 2012 : Erland Josephson , Swedish actor
• 2013 : Milan Velimirović , Serbian chess composer
• 2014 : Jürgen Brümmer , German gymnast and sports physiotherapist
• 2014 : Paco de Lucía , Spanish flamenco guitarist
• 2015 : Gebhard Arbeiter , Austrian state official, trade unionist and politician
• 2015 : Peter Oberender , German economist
• 2016 : Viktoras Ašmenskas , Lithuanian engineer, glider pilot, pilot and resistance fighter
• 2016 : Willy Spieler , Swiss publicist, editor and politician
• 2017 : Paul Mersmann the Younger , German sculptor, painter and writer
• 2017 : Bill Paxton , American actor
• 2018 : Li Boguang , Chinese legal scholar and human rights activist
• 2018 : Sepp Strubel , German actor and director
• 2019 : Mark Hollis , British musician
• 2020 : Dmitri Yasov , Soviet politician and military
• 2020 : Husni Mubarak , Egyptian politician and president
• 2020 : Marie-Luise Nikuta , German dialect singer

Holidays and memorial days

• Church memorial days
  • St. Walburga , English abbess and missionary (Protestant, Catholic)
  • St. Caesarius of Nazianz , Roman scholar and medic (Catholic)
  • Elisabeth Fedde , Norwegian deaconess, worked in the USA (Protestant: ELCA , ELCIC )
  • in leap years, otherwise on February 24th : St. Matthias , scribe, martyr and apostle (Protestant, Anglican, Catholic (only in the German-speaking area), Armenian)

The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .

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