3rd of December
The December 3 is the 337th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 338th in leap years ). This leaves 28 days until the end of the year.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 1425 : Bohemian Hussites destroy the village of Wartha in the Frankenstein district and then pillage the Kamenz monastery .
- 1800 : During the Second Coalition War , the French army under General Jean-Victor Moreau defeated the Austro-Bavarian forces commanded by Archduke Johann of Austria in the Battle of Hohenlinden . The success enables the advance towards Vienna and strengthens the political weight of Napoleon Bonaparte .
- 1810 : The British Mauritius campaign ends with the surrender of the French troops. As a result, the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues become part of the British Empire .
- 1818 : The southern part of the previous Illinois Territory is incorporated into the USA under the name Illinois as the 21st member state . The northern part is added to the Michigan Territory .
- 1828 : In the election of the US president, the electoral council votes for Andrew Jackson with 178 votes . Acting President John Quincy Adams receives 83 votes.
- 1839 : With the death of Frederick VI. Christian VIII becomes King of Denmark.
- 1842 : On the orders of the Spanish regent Baldomero Espartero , the city of Barcelona is bombarded by the military for 12 hours to suppress an uprising.
- 1854 : The Diggern uprising in Australia , known as Eureka Stockade , is put down by British police and military forces. This survey has a signal effect on a democratic development on the fifth continent.
- 1944 : After the withdrawal of German troops from Greece in World War II , the partisan organization ELAS opposes disarmament by royalist groups. The Battle of Athens begins, which will last until February 12, 1945.
- 1946 : The parliament of the province of Saxony-Anhalt elects Erhard Hübener ( LDPD ) as prime minister - he is the only non-SED head of government in the SBZ .
- 1950 : After the new state constitution of West Berlin came into force due to the division of the city, elections for the Berlin House of Representatives take place for the first time . The SPD suffered heavy losses, but with 44.7 percent of the votes it remained clearly the strongest parliamentary group.
- 1961 : Following Enver Hoxha's massive criticism of the Soviet course of de-Stalinization during a state visit to Moscow, the Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Albania .
- 1964 : During the evacuation of the occupied administration building of the University of California at Berkeley , 773 students who have united in the Free Speech Movement are arrested. Thousands of students then show their solidarity with the arrested, as do 800 professors who decide to pay the bail.
- 1970 : The British diplomat James Richard Cross , who had been held prisoner by the terrorist organization Front de liberation du Québec for 60 days during the October crisis, is released after negotiations between the police and the terrorists. Five gang members are escorted to Cuba.
- 1971 : Pakistan bombs targets in India . As a result, there was open fighting in the Indian-West Pakistani border area during the Bangladesh war .
- 1989 : In the course of the turning point and the peaceful revolution in the GDR , General Secretary Egon Krenz, the Politburo and the Central Committee of the SED all resign.
- 1991 : The General Assembly of the United Nations elects the Egyptian Boutros Boutros-Ghali as the new Secretary General as the first representative of an African nation . He takes office on January 1, 1992, succeeding the Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar .
- 1993 : The first letter bombs from right-wing extremist Franz Fuchs injure Pastor August Janisch and Silvana Meixner from the ORF minority editorial team.
- 2004 : The College of Judges of the Supreme Court in Kiev declares the runoff election in Ukraine's November 21 presidential election invalid for electoral fraud and sets another runoff election between Viktor Yanukovych and Viktor Yushchenko on December 26th.
- 2007 : The 13th UN World Climate Conference opens on the Indonesian island of Bali , where negotiations on follow-up agreements for the Kyoto Protocol , which expires in 2012 , are to be held by December 14th .
economy
- 1591 : 101 brewers come together in Hamburg to form the so-called fire guild .
- 1881 : The German steamship company "Hansa" is founded in Bremen .
- 1896 : Herman Hollerith founds the Tabulating Machine Company , a predecessor of IBM .
- 2004 : After warning by the German Consumer Federation for violating the Heilmittelwerbegesetz is the US pharmaceutical company Pfizer a campaign one in which higher prices for Lipitor are justified by a particular effectiveness.
science and technology
- 1904 : The sixth Jupiter moon is discovered by the astronomer Charles Dillon Perrine from the Lick Observatory in California .
- 1908 : Ernest Shackleton and his three companions discover the Beardmore Glacier while marching towards the South Pole as part of the Nimrod Expedition .
- 1945 : The first post-war British airliner type Handley Page Hermes is tested during the first flight and crash it off.
- 1967 : The South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard succeeds in the first heart transplant in a person at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town . Louis Washkansky receives the heart of the 25-year-old accident victim Denise Darvall . Despite a successful operation, the patient dies of pneumonia on December 21st.
- 1973 : The Pioneer 10 space probe reaches the planet Jupiter after a journey of 21 months and sends close-ups and data to Earth.
- 1974 : The space probe Pioneer 11 flies past Jupiter and continues its flight towards Saturn .
- 1991 : A supernova is discovered in the galaxy Messier 84 in the constellation Virgo .
- 1992 : The engineer Neil Papworth sends the world's first short message (SMS) with the text "Merry Christmas" from a PC to an Orbitel TPU 901 mobile phone in the British Vodafone network.
- 1999 : NASA's Mars Polar Lander spacecraft begins its descent to Mars . After landing, however, can not contact with the spacecraft, even to the two recently disconnected Deep Space 2 - penetrators Amundsen and Scott are produced.
- 2003 : The twin- engine Honda HA-420 business jet takes off on its maiden flight .
- 2006 : The highest chimney in Germany, the 337 meter high chimney of the former power station in Westerholt is blown up. It is the tallest free-standing structure that has ever been controlled blast.
Culture
- 1841 : The world premiere of the tragic opera Catarina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus by Franz Lachner takes place in Munich .
- 1864 : The Wallner Theater in Berlin, newly built by artistic director Franz Wallner according to plans by the architect Eduard Titz , is opened.
- 1887 : The Circus Carré gives its first performance in the Theater Carré in Amsterdam . The theater is created as a permanent district for the circus over the winter months.
- 1918 : Bruno Beye , César Klein , Max Pechstein and others found the revolutionary artists' association Novembergruppe in Berlin .
- 1930 : At the Berlin Metropol Theater is Franz Lehar's operetta Beautiful is the world premiere.
- 1947 : The drama Endstation Sehnsucht by Tennessee Williams premieres in New York .
- 1955 : The opera Die Schule der Frauen by Rolf Liebermann, based on the comedy of the same name by Molière , is premiered in Louisville , Kentucky .
- 1960 : The musical Camelot by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner premieres at New York's Majestic Theater .
- 1960 : The Thalia Theater in Hamburg is reopened
- 1965 : The Beatles release their sixth album Rubber Soul .
- 1987 : The film Cobra Verde by Werner Herzog with Klaus Kinski has in Germany Premiere.
religion
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- 1740 : Pope Benedict XIV establishes the tradition of encyclicals in the Roman Catholic Church . The first teaching letter , entitled Ubi primum, deals with the duties of bishops and their administration.
- 1880 : Pope Leo XIII. publishes the encyclical Sancta Dei civitas on missionary societies . In it he encourages the bishops to “share bread with the people”.
Disasters
- 1315 : An earthquake causes damage in L'Aquila - the first such catastrophe in city documents.
- 1972 : On Tenerife accident, a charter plane of Spantax at the start; all 148 passengers and 7 crew members die.
- 1984 : On the night of December 2, a devastating poison gas accident occurs in a pesticide factory of the US American Union Carbide in Bhopal , India , in which 40 tons of a highly toxic gas mixture escape, killing 8,000 people instantly. Another 20,000 people will die from secondary diseases over the next 20 years.
- 1992 : The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea ran aground in a storm near the Spanish city of A Coruña and broke up. The charge oozing out caused an oil spill over a distance of 300 kilometers on the coast .
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
nature and environment
- 1969 : Barrington Tops National Park is created in New South Wales, Australia .
Sports
- 1905 : Zoltán von Halmay swims a time of 1: 05.8 minutes over the 100 meter freestyle in Vienna , which is the starting time for all other records and which lasted for almost three years. On July 20, 1908, the American Charles Daniel swims this distance in 01: 05.6 minutes at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London .
- 1906 : The Italian football club FC Turin is founded.
- 1921 : The Egyptian Football Association is founded.
- 1934 : The Swiss ice hockey club EHC Kloten is founded.
- 1935 : Max Euwe wins the 26th game of the world chess championship against defending champion Alekhine, known as the pearl of Zandvoort .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
Nikolaus von Amsdorf (* 1483)
Samuel Crompton (* 1753)
- 1358 : Sheikh Bedreddin , Islamic theologian and philosopher
- 1368 : Charles VI. , King of France
- 1447 : Bayezid II , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- 1483 : Nikolaus von Amsdorf , German reformer
- 1525 : Justus Jonas the Younger , German lawyer and diplomat
- 1570 : Simon Ulrich Pistoris , legal scholar and Saxon diplomat
- 1579 : Levin Ludwig von Hahn , court official and soldier
- 1579 : Otto von Preen , German lawyer and court official
- 1616 : John Wallis , English mathematician
- 1621 : Bohuslav Ludvík Balbín , Czech Jesuit, man of letters and historian, geographer, nationalist and advocate of the Czech language
- 1625 : Jack Adams English astrologer
- 1641 : Konrad Samuel Schurzfleisch , German historian, polyhistor and librarian
- 1645 : Michael Stephan Radziejowski , Bishop of Warmia, Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland-Lithuania
- 1650 : August , Provost of Magdeburg
- 1655 : Count Johann Philipp von Isenburg-Offenbach , regent of the county of Isenburg
- 1668 : Friedrich Opfergeldt , German theologian and clergyman
- 1681 : Elisabeth von Sachsen-Meiningen , Princess of Sachsen-Meiningen and Abbess von Gandersheim
- 1693 : Claus von Reventlow , Danish-German lawyer, president of the Højesteret and canon in Lübeck
18th century
- 1710 : Siegfried Cäso von Aeminga , German legal scholar
- 1717 : Friedrich Gottlieb Zoller German legal scholar
- 1722 : Gregorius Skoworoda , Ukrainian philosopher, poet and musician
- 1729 : Karl Friedrich Flögel , German cultural and literary historian
- 1733 : Joseph Brown , American astronomer and professor at Brown University
- 1741 : Jonathan Arnold , American doctor and politician
- 1745 : Franz Anton Ernst , Bohemian composer
- 1749 : Francisco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont , Spanish bishop, Archbishop of Mexico and Viceroy of New Spain
- 1750 : Johann Martin Miller , German theologian and writer
- 1752 : George Cabot , American politician
- 1753 : Samuel Crompton , British inventor of the spinning machine
- 1753 : Franz Xaver von Leibes , German Catholic clergyman and university professor
- 1755 : Gilbert Stuart , American painter
- 1758 : Louis Adam , French composer and piano virtuoso
- 1758 : Joseph Gelinek , Czech composer and pianist
- 1764 : Auguste Karoline Friederike Luise , Princess of Württemberg
- 1764 : Mary Ann Lamb , British writer
- 1777 : Heinrich Escher , Swiss businessman and politician
- 1800 : France Prešeren , Slovenian poet
19th century
Phoebe Hearst (* 1842)
Ellen Swallow Richards (* 1842)
1801-1850
- 1809 : Samuel Adler , German rabbi
- 1811 : Eduard Bendemann , German painter
- 1818 : Max von Pettenkofer , German chemist and hygienist
- 1819 : Abe Masahiro , Japanese politician
- 1819 : Daniel Chwolson , Russian orientalist and archaeologist
- 1820 : Albrecht Rudolf Rüetschi , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1826 : George B. McClellan , United States Commander in Chief of the Union Forces and Governor of New Jersey
- 1831 : Léon Prévost , French composer
- 1833 : August Wilhelm Theodor Adam , German music director
- 1836 : Luise of Prussia , Prussian princess and Polish princess
- 1838 : Cleveland Abbe , American astronomer and meteorologist
- 1838 : Octavia Hill , British social reformer, founder of the National Trust
- 1842 : Carl Haber , German member of the cooperative
- 1842 : Phoebe Hearst , American philanthropist, advocate of women's education
- 1842 : Ellen Swallow Richards , American chemist and ecologist
- 1843 : William Gatacre , British general
- 1845 : Sophie Junghans , German writer
- 1848 : August Müller , German orientalist
1851-1900
- 1855 : Ina von Bentivegni , German writer and teacher
- 1857 : Joseph Conrad , Polish-British writer
- 1857 : Mathilde Kralik , Austrian composer
- 1857 : Bruno von Schuckmann , German politician and governor of German South West Africa
- 1859 : Josef Cyrill Sychra , Czech composer, organist, choir director and music teacher
- 1860 : Wilhelm Sievers , German geographer and explorer
- 1867 : William John Bowser , Canadian politician
- 1869 : Anne Brigman , American photographer
- 1871 : Newton Diehl Baker junior , American politician
- 1872 : Guido Holzknecht , Austrian doctor and radiologist
- 1875 : Bernhard Lichtenberg , German priest, resistance fighter
- 1876 : August Lämmle , German dialect poet
- 1878 : Elsbeth Borchart , German writer
- 1880 : Fedor von Bock , German field marshal
- 1881 : Henry Fillmore , American composer, trombonist and conductor
- 1882 : Edmond Audemars , Swiss cyclist, aviation pioneer and entrepreneur
- 1883 : Marie von Buddenbrock , German painter and illustrator
- 1883 : Anton Webern , Austrian composer
- 1884 : Rajendra Prasad , Indian President
- 1884 : Walther Stampfli , Swiss politician
- 1885 : Edward Lasker , American electrical engineer, chess and go player
- 1886 : Karl Manne Siegbahn , Swedish physicist
- 1887 : Richard Becker , German physicist
- 1888 : Algernon Kingscote , British tennis player
- 1889 : Spencer Wishart , American racing car driver
- 1891 : Mieczysław Szaleski , Polish violist and music teacher
- 1892 : Lola Landau , German writer
- 1893 : Julius Bissier , German artist
- 1895 : Teller Ammons , American politician
- 1895 : Anna Freud , Austrian psychoanalyst
- 1896 : Carlo Schmid , German politician and constitutional lawyer, Member of the Bundestag, state and federal minister
- 1896 : Bolesław Szabelski , Polish composer
- 1896 : Martin Wagenschein , German educator
- 1897 : Kate O'Brien , Irish writer
- 1898 : Arnold Fischer , German politician
- 1898 : Fritz Steuben , German writer
- 1900 : Ulrich Inderbinen , Swiss mountaineer and mountain guide
- 1900 : Richard Kuhn , Austrian chemist
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : Mildred Wiley , American high jumper
- 1903 : Eva Countess Finck von Finckenstein , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1904 : Erich Recknagel , German ski jumper and Nordic combined athlete
- 1905 : Julius Speer , German forest scientist and science organizer
- 1906 : Marie-Charlotte Wasmuht , German politician, MdL
- 1907 : Connee Boswell , American actress, blues and jazz singer
- 1907 : Bror Marklund , Swedish sculptor
- 1908 : Walter Nehb , German sprinter
- 1908 : Anna Sten , Russian actress
- 1909 : Vladimir Avramow , Bulgarian violinist and music teacher
- 1910 : Jean Emily Henley , American anesthetist
- 1911 : Ray Hanken , American football player
- 1911 : Nino Rota , Italian composer
- 1912 : Helmut Kindler , German publisher
- 1912 : Wilfrid Perraudin , French painter
- 1914 : Irving Fine , American composer
- 1914 : Kaisa Parviainen , Finnish javelin thrower
- 1915 : James D. Hodgson , American politician
- 1917 : Wilhelm Brasse , Polish photographer
- 1918 : Lester Koenig , American music producer
- 1919 : Hans Bunge , German director and dramaturge
- 1919 : Hetty Plümacher , German opera singer
- 1920 : Eduardo Francisco Pironio , Argentine priest and cardinal to the curia
- 1920 : Werner Vick , German handball player and coach
- 1921 : Phyllis Curtin , American opera singer (soprano) and music teacher
- 1922 : Walter Kremershof , German ice hockey player
- 1922 : Len Lesser , American actor
- 1922 : Muriel Millard , Canadian actress, singer, dancer and painter
- 1922 : Sven Nykvist , Swedish cameraman
- 1923 : Wolfgang Neuss , German cabaret artist
- 1924 : John W. Backus , American computer scientist
- 1924 : Wiel Coerver , Dutch football player
- 1924 : Roberto Mieres , Argentine racing driver
- 1924 : Al Oster , Canadian folk and rockabilly musician
- 1925 : Dede Allen , American film editor
1926-1950
- 1926 : Joachim Dalsass , Italian politician
- 1927 : Janusz Dolny , Polish pianist and music teacher
- 1927 : Ferlin Husky , American singer
- 1927 : Andy Williams , American singer
- 1928 : Joachim Nottke , German author, actor and voice actor
- 1929 : Werner Rackwitz , German opera director and cultural politician
- 1929 : Corrado Viciani , Italian football player and coach
- 1930 : Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi , Archbishop of Kinshasa and Cardinal
- 1930 : Jean-Luc Godard , French director
- 1930 : Francesco Perrone , Italian long-distance runner
- 1930 : Werner Remmers , German economist and politician, MdL, State Minister
- 1931 : Franz Josef Degenhardt , German songwriter, writer and lawyer
- 1931 : Jolene Unsoeld , American politician
- 1932 : Delbert Barker , American country and rockabilly musician
- 1932 : Virginia Baxter , American figure skater
- 1932 : Corry Brokken , Dutch judge, chanson and pop singer, radio and television presenter
- 1932 : Gaetano Starrabba , Italian racing driver
- 1933 : Paul J. Crutzen , Dutch meteorologist
- 1934 : Viktor Wassiljewitsch Gorbatko , Soviet cosmonaut
- 1934 : Hans Saner , Swiss philosopher
- 1935 : Eddie Bernice Johnson , American politician
- 1935 : Maria Rita Saulle , Italian lawyer, judge and university professor
- 1936 : John Arpin , Canadian composer, pianist, musician, arranger and entertainer
- 1936 : Sonja Sperl , German ski racer
- 1937 : Bobby Allison , American racing car driver
- 1937 : Bobby Boyd , American football player
- 1938 : José Serebrier , Uruguayan conductor and composer
- 1938 : Gernot Weser , German motorcycle racer
- 1939 : Johanna Köhler , German politician
- 1939 : John Paul Sr. , American racing driver and drug dealer
- 1940 : Jacques Auxiette , French politician
- 1940 : Manuela Ferreira Leite , Portuguese economist and politician
- 1941 : Eduard Prinz von Anhalt , German journalist
- 1942 : Alice Schwarzer , German journalist
- 1942 : Frank Sels , Belgian comic artist and author
- 1943 : Zdenko Kobešćak , Yugoslav-Croatian football player
- 1944 : Olaf Friedrich Eckehard Anders , German physician
- 1944 : Ayo-Maria Atoyebi , Ghanaian bishop
- 1944 : Jesper Bøje Christensen , Danish harpsichordist and music researcher
- 1944 : Ralph McTell , British musician, singer and songwriter
- 1947 : Heinrich Walcher , Austrian painter and musician
- 1948 : Ari Trausti Guðmundsson , Icelandic philosopher, geologist and writer
- 1948 : Ove Joensen , Faroese rower
- 1948 : Renate Klöppel , German writer
- 1948 : Ozzy Osbourne , British rock singer and songwriter
- 1949 : John Akii-Bua , Ugandan athlete
- 1949 : Barbara Blida , Polish politician
- 1949 : Cécile Bühlmann , Swiss politician
1951-1975
- 1952 : Bruno Jonas , German cabaret artist
- 1953 : Franz Klammer , Austrian ski racer
- 1955 : Melody Anderson , Canadian actress
- 1955 : Piero Nappi , Italian racing driver
- 1955 : Alberto Tarantini , Argentine football player
- 1955 : Steven Culp , American actor
- 1956 : Charles M. Huber , German actor and politician
- 1956 : Mario Wirz , German writer
- 1958 : Georg Austen , German theologian
- 1958 : Otto Becker , German show jumper
- 1958 : Janice Ettle , American athlete
- 1960 : Daryl Hannah , American actress
- 1960 : Julianne Moore , American actress
- 1961 : Richard Olivier , English director, screenwriter and actor
- 1961 : Adal Ramones , Mexican television presenter and producer, director, and comedian
- 1962 : Andreas Reinke , German rower
- 1962 : Georgi Swiridenko , Belarusian handball player and coach
- 1963 : Sissi Perlinger , German actress
- 1963 : Terri Schiavo , American vegetative coma patient
- 1964 : Franz Tscherne , Austrian actor and director
- 1965 : Raimond Hilger , German ice hockey player
- 1965 : Katarina Witt , German figure skater, Olympic champion
- 1966 : Flemming Povlsen , Danish football player
- 1968 : Brendan Fraser , American-Canadian actor
- 1968 : Manabu Orido , Japanese racing car driver
- 1968 : Janeene Vickers , American athlete
- 1969 : Dagmar Andres , German politician
- 1969 : Thomas Forstner Austrian singer
- 1970 : Dirk Heinen , German soccer player
- 1970 : Christian Karembeu , French football player
- 1971 : Heiko Herrlich , German soccer player
- 1971 : Ola Rapace , Swedish actor
- 1972 : Bucky Lasek , American skateboarder
- 1973 : Holly Marie Combs , American actress and producer
- 1974 : Albena Denkowa , Bulgarian figure skater
- 1975 : Mickey Avalon , American rap artist
- 1975 : Miriam Gruß , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1975 : Andrei Istrățescu , Romanian chess player
1976-2000
- 1976 : Mark Boucher , South African cricketer
- 1977 : Dillon Battistini , British racing driver
- 1977 : Adam Małysz , Polish ski jumper
- 1978 : Christoph Bautz , German actor
- 1978 : Eva Briegel , German singer
- 1979 : Daniel Bedingfield , New Zealand pop singer
- 1979 : Rainbow Sun Francks , Canadian actor
- 1979 : Katharina Ley , German actress
- 1979 : Tristan Seith , German actor
- 1980 : Iulian Apostol , Romanian football player
- 1980 : Joyce Malebogo Arone , Botswana badminton player
- 1980 : Anna Chlumsky , American actress
- 1980 : Jenna Dewan , American dancer and actress
- 1981 : Ioannis Amanatidis , Greek football player
- 1981 : Choi Heung-chul , Korean ski jumper
- 1981 : David Villa , Spanish soccer player
- 1982 : Choi Yong-jik , South Korean ski jumper
- 1982 : Michael Essien , Ghanaian soccer player
- 1984 : Juan Pablo Francia , Argentine soccer player
- 1984 : Avraam Papadopoulos , Greek football player
- 1985 : Josep Gómes , Andorran football player
- 1985 : Amanda Seyfried , American actress
- 1986 : Jürgen Müller , German handball player
- 1987 : Michael Angarano , American actor
- 1988 : Kevin Alexander Clark , American actor and musician
- 1988 : Hermas Muvunyi , Rwandan athlete
- 1990 : Christian Benteke , Belgian football player
- 1990 : Fausto Rossi , Italian football player
- 1990 : Anna Sergejewna Sen , Russian handball player
- 1990 : Mike Tauchman , American baseball player
- 1990 : Nick Yelloly , British racing car driver
- 1992 : Daniel Abt , German automobile racing driver
- 1994 : Jake T. Austin , American actor
- 1994 : Lila Lapanja , American ski racer
- 1994 : Matthieu Vaxivière , French racing car driver
- 1995 : Timon Wellenreuther , German soccer player
- 1996 : Dajana Dengscherz , Austrian ski racer
- 1997 : Jan Denli , Swiss dancer and entertainer
- 2000 : Greta Martinelli , Italian rower
Died
Before the 16th century
- 298 : Cassian of Tangier , Roman martyr, possibly scribe (traditionally assumed day)
- 650 : Birinus , first bishop of Wessex
- 741 : Attala , abbess of St. Stephen's monastery in Strasbourg and saint of the Catholic Church
- 794 : Sola , missionary in the Franconian Empire, abbot of Solnhofen, saint of the Catholic Church
- 1027 : Walter , Bishop of Speyer
- 1038 : Emma von Lesum , benevolent landowner, first woman from Bremen that can be proven by name
- 1099 : Osmund von Sées , Lord Chancellor and saint
- 1125 : Berengar I von Sulzbach , close advisor to Heinrich V and founder of the Berchtesgaden, Baumburg and Kastl monasteries
- 1137 : Lothar III. , German emperor
- 1154 : Anastasius IV , Pope
- 1202 : Conrad I of Querfurt , Bishop of Hildesheim and Bishop of Würzburg
- 1266 : Henry the White , Duke of Silesia – Breslau
- 1388 : Peter Stromer , German councilor and merchant, creator of the Nuremberg coniferous forest seeds
- 1399 : Nikola Radonja , Serbian magnate
- 1497 : Georg von Stein , Upper Swabian nobleman
16th to 18th century
- 1511 : Johann Pfotel , German legal scholar and diplomat
- 1532 : Ludwig II. , Count Palatine and Duke of Pfalz-Zweibrücken
- 1535 : Raymund Fugger von der Lilie , Augsburg patrician, imperial count and art collector
- 1552 : Francisco de Xavier , Spanish missionary in Asia, co-founder of the Society of Jesus
- 1562 : Simon Pistoris the Younger , German lawyer and Chancellor of the Duchy of Saxony
- 1614 : Lazarus Röting , German painter
- 1658 : Johannes Micraelius , German poet and philosopher
- 1660 : Jacques Sarazin , French sculptor
- 1700 : Konrad Tiburtius Rango , German theologian and natural scientist
- 1706 : Æmilie Juliane von Barby-Mühlingen , Imperial Countess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, poet of sacred songs
- 1736 : Franz Bernhard Altenburger , south German painter
- 1739 : Christian Wermuth , German medalist
- 1740 : Wilhelm Ludwig Bardili , Mayor of Heilbronn
- 1742 : Claude Aubriet , French nature painter and botanist
- 1753 : Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington , British nobleman, architect and garden designer
- 1761 : Adolf Jasper von Ahlefeldt , Canon of the Cathedral Chapter of Lübeck Cathedral
- 1771 : Jakob Wosky von Bärenstamm , Sorbian clergyman, administrator of the Meissen diocese in Lusatia
- 1787 : Anton IV of Montfort , German nobleman
- 1791 : Christian Georg Schütz the Elder , German painter and engraver
19th century
- 1817 : August Eberhard Müller , German composer and Thomaskantor
- 1823 : Giovanni Battista Belzoni , Italian adventurer
- 1828 : Deocar Schmid : German clergyman and missionary
- 1839 : Friedrich VI. , King of Denmark and Norway
- 1853 : Nicolás Rodríguez Peña , Argentine politician
- 1854 : Johann Peter Eckermann , German poet and writer, Goethe's editorial staff
- 1857 : Christian Daniel Rauch , German sculptor
- 1866 : Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda , Bohemian composer
- 1876 : Hermann Köchly , German classical philologist
- 1885 : Carl Rosenberg , Danish publicist and historian
- 1885 : Pieter Harting , Dutch medic, geologist, hydrologist and botanist
- 1888 : Carl Zeiß , German mechanic and entrepreneur, founder of Carl Zeiss
- 1890 : Ludolf Camphausen , German entrepreneur, banker and Prime Minister
- 1891 : Wilhelm Kergel , Austrian classical philologist
- 1894 : Robert Louis Stevenson , British writer from Scotland ( Treasure Island , The Curious Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde )
- 1896 : Paul André , Swiss politician
- 1899 : Gregor Ata , Lebanese Archbishop
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901 : Theodor von Lerber , Swiss educator and school founder
- 1902 : Arno von Arndt , Prussian infantry general
- 1903 : Albrecht von Arnim , Prussian nobleman and politician
- 1910 : Mary Baker Eddy , American author and religious founder
- 1915 : Antonio Knauth , German-American lawyer
- 1916 : Victor Occellier , American-Canadian singer
- 1918 : Hermann Heinrich Fitting , German lawyer
- 1919 : Pierre-Auguste Renoir , French painter
- 1919 : Heinrich Schenkl , Austrian classical philologist
- 1920 : William de Wiveleslie Abney , British chemist and photographer
- 1923 : Theodor Haarbeck , German Protestant theologian
- 1925 : Giacomo Setaccioli , Italian composer
- 1931 : Justin Elie , Haitian composer and pianist
- 1932 : Charles Henri Hubert Spronck , Dutch medic
- 1935 : Milman Parry , American classical philologist and Homer researcher
- 1937 : Werner Körte , German surgeon
- 1938 : Antonia Pozzi , Italian poet
- 1939 : Louise, Duchess of Argyll , member of the British royal family
- 1942 : Arthur Berson , German meteorologist
- 1943 : Henryk Trzonek , Polish violist
- 1944 : Andrew of Greece , Prince of Greece and Denmark
- 1945 : Adam Stegerwald , German co-founder of the Christian trade unions
- 1949 : Philip Barry , American playwright
1951-2000
- 1952 : Vladimír Clementis , Slovak politician, lawyer, writer and translator
- 1952 : Otto Fischl , Czechoslovak politician
- 1952 : Josef Frank , Czechoslovak trade unionist
- 1952 : Ludvík Frejka , Czech politician and publicist
- 1952 : Otto Katz , Czechoslovak author and agent of the Soviet Union
- 1952 : Rudolf Margolius , Czechoslovak Foreign Trade Minister
- 1952 : Rudolf Slánský , General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
- 1952 : Otto Šling , Czechoslovak politician
- 1955 : Maurice Archambaud , French racing cyclist
- 1955 : Richard Assmann , German actor
- 1957 : Edward Larrabee Adams , American Romanist and Provençalist
- 1961 : Helene Voigt-Diederichs , German writer
- 1965 : Erich Hans Apel , German politician
- 1967 : Annette Kolb , German writer and pacifist
- 1972 : Frederick Lee Hisaw , American zoologist and endocrinologist
- 1977 : Jack Beresford , British rower, Olympic champion
- 1982 : Louis Auriacombe , French conductor
- 1982 : Dora Dunkl , German-Austrian writer
- 1983 : Angelika Hauff , Austrian actress
- 1986 : Theodor Zeller , German painter and graphic artist
- 1987 : Christine Busta , Austrian poet
- 1987 : Luis Federico Leloir , Argentine chemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1989 : Mario Astorri , Italian football player and coach
- 1990 : Rolf Hansen , German film director
- 1990 : Henriette Morineau , Brazilian actress
- 1992 : Nureddin al-Atassi , Syrian politician, president, prime minister
- 1994 : Michael Dacher , German mountaineer
- 1997 : Benito Jacovitti , Italian comic artist
- 1998 : Paolo Enrico Arias , Italian Classical Archaeologist
- 1998 : Graham Townsend , Canadian fiddler, mandolinist, pianist and composer
- 1999 : Eckart Afheldt , German military
- 1999 : Scatman John , American singer
- 1999 : Edmond Safra , Lebanese-Brazilian banker
- 2000 : Gwendolyn Brooks , American writer
21st century
- 2001 : Juan José Arreola Zúñiga , Mexican writer
- 2001 : Grady Martin , American guitarist
- 2001 : Horst Winter , German-Austrian musician
- 2002 : Klaus Löwitsch , German actor
- 2002 : Glenn Quinn , American actor
- 2003 : Winfred Gaul , German artist
- 2003 : David Hemmings , British actor
- 2003 : Otto Schlecht , German State Secretary
- 2004 : Maria Perschy , Austrian actress
- 2004 : Josef Schwammberger , German SS sergeant, ghetto and concentration camp leader, mass murderer
- 2005 : Lance Dossor , British-Australian pianist and professor
- 2005 : Herbert Hax , German economist and economist
- 2006 : Logan Whitehurst , American drummer and singer
- 2007 : Arthur Eugene Arfons , American dragster and powerboat racer
- 2008 : Yrjö Asikainen , Finnish soccer player
- 2008 : Germain Lefebrve , Canadian singer, choir director and music teacher
- 2009 : Ibrahim Hassan Addow , Somali politician and minister
- 2009 : Richard Todd , British actor
- 2010 : Hugues Cuénod , Swiss tenor
- 2011 : Dev Ānand , Indian actor, director and producer
- 2011 : Vera F. Birkenbihl , German management trainer and author
- 2012 : Leo Rajendram Antony , Sri Lankan Bishop
- 2013 : Paul Aussaresses , French general
- 2014 : Ian McLagan , British musician
- 2015 : Willi Vordenbäum , German soccer player
- 2015 : Scott Weiland , American rock musician
- 2018 : Markus Beyer , German boxer
- 2018 : Albert Frère , Belgian entrepreneur
- 2020 : Jutta Lampe , German actress
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Francisco de Xavier , Spanish nobleman, apostolic nuncio and patron saint (Catholic, Anglican, Protestant: ELCA )
- Æmilie Juliane von Barby-Mühlingen , German song poet (Protestant)
- St. Cassian of Tangier , North African martyr (Catholic, Protestant memorial day is October 28 )
- St. Abbo of Auxerre , monk, abbot and bishop (Catholic)
- Name days
- Anniversaries of international organizations
- International Day of People with Disabilities ( UN ) (since 1993)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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