10th of April
The April 10 is the 100th day of the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years ), thus remain 265 days by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 879 : After the death of King Ludwig II of West Franconia , his sons Ludwig III. and Karlmann to the joint successor. They receive the support of a noble group around Hugo Abbas , who want to prevent a division of the empire.
- 1500 : Maximilian opens the Reichstag in Augsburg , at which the imperial estates are given formal co-government power in the so-called imperial regiment on the initiative of the Archbishop of Mainz, Berthold von Henneberg .
- 1500 : Louis XII. of France captures Ludovico Sforza , the escaped Duke of Milan , after conquering Milan in the Milan Wars last year .
- 1606 : The Virginia Company of London is founded in England with a royal charter from James I. Together with the Plymouth Company , also founded in 1606, it forms the Virginia Company , which is supposed to establish colonial settlements in North America .
- 1656 : After a long siege, a Dutch fleet conquers Colombo on the island of Ceylon from the Portuguese . It is the first possession of the Dutch on the island, which they gradually bring under their rule in the following two years.
- 1741 : Prussia under Frederick the Great occupies Silesia in the War of the Austrian Succession and wins a victory over the Austrian troops in the Battle of Mollwitz .
- 1796 : After receiving supreme command of the Italian Army in the First Coalition War from the Directory in March , Napoleon Bonaparte begins the campaign in Italy and moves towards Cairo Montenotte .
- 1809 : Troops of the Austrian Empire under Archduke Karl cross the Inn and advance to the French ally Bavaria . The Fifth Coalition War begins earlier than Napoleon expected.
- 1826 : The inhabitants of the city of Mesolongi , which had been besieged by Ottoman troops for a year during the Greek Revolution, attempt to escape from the city at night. However, the plan is betrayed and leads to a massacre of the population. Mesolongi subsequently became a myth in Greece.
- 1864 : At Miramare Castle near Trieste , the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian is taken over by a Mexican noble junta with the support of the French Emperor Napoleon III. proclaimed Emperor of Mexico .
- 1906 : The Russian priest Georgi Gapon , who led the demonstration that had been suppressed on Blood Sunday in St. Petersburg the previous year , is murdered by three socialists who believe he is an agent provocateur of the Tsarist secret police in Ochrana .
- 1919 : The Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata is lured to his hacienda by President Venustiano Carranza and shot by government troops. His body is exhibited in Cuautla and then buried.
- 1932 : In the second ballot of the Reich presidential election , incumbent Paul von Hindenburg receives an absolute majority and is thus re-elected as Reich President. Adolf Hitler received over a third, the communist candidate Ernst Thälmann around 10 percent of the votes cast.
- 1933 : A Reich law passed by the National Socialists declares the newly introduced May Day in Germany to be a national labor holiday .
- 1938 : After a planned referendum by the Austrian government under Kurt Schuschnigg on the continued existence of an independent Austria was answered by the National Socialists with an early union , after weeks of massive propaganda they organize their own manipulated referendum together with the Reichstag election . Officially, 99.73 percent of those entitled to vote retrospectively vote for the connection to Germany .
- 1940 : In Great Britain, chaired by George Paget Thomson , the members of the newly established MAUD commission meet for the first time to discuss the possibility of building an atomic bomb .
- 1940 : The British Navy carries out its first attack in the Second World War after the German company Weserübungen to occupy Norway and Denmark in the Battle of Narvik .
- 1941 : Immediately after the German Wehrmacht invaded Zagreb during the Balkan campaign , the fascist Ustasha under Colonel Slavko Kvaternik proclaimed an independent state of Croatia .
- 1944 : Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler manage to escape from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp . They later write the Vrba-Wetzler report , in which they describe the mass murders in the camps for the Allies in detail.
- 1945 : Heavy Allied air raids on Plauen destroy 75 percent of the city, killing around 900 people.
- 1945 : The last transport train with over 2,000 prisoners leaves the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp , which is about to be liberated, in the direction of the Theresienstadt concentration camp for its destruction. The so-called “ lost train ” wanders through Germany for days until it is liberated by Soviet troops on April 23 near Tröbitz .
- 1946 : In the first Japanese parliamentary elections after World War II, women are allowed to vote for the first time . The voting age will be reduced to 20 years.
- 1949 : The occupation statute for Germany is passed by the three Western Allies in Washington and submitted to the Parliamentary Council in Germany. The associated allied reservation rights still exist until the reunification of Germany in 1990.
- 1965 : The guard Reza Schamsabadi carried out an assassination attempt on Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in front of the marble palace in Tehran , which he survived unharmed. Three security forces are killed in the attack.
- 1973 : The visit of South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu to Bonn leads to a series of demonstrations as part of the protests against the Vietnam War , during which, among other things, the Bonn City Hall is occupied by 60 masked people.
- 1979 : The United States regulates future state contacts with Taipei in the Taiwan Relations Act . This is necessary because of the establishment of diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China and its one-China policy at the beginning of the year .
- 1993 : The South African opponent of apartheid and guerrilla fighter Chris Hani is murdered by white extremists. Former MP Clive Derby-Lewis is also implicated in the plot against the member of the South African Communist Party and chief of staff of the military arm of the African National Congress , Umkhonto we Sizwe .
- 1997 : In the judgment on the Mykonos assassination attempt , the Berlin Court of Appeal convicts the four defendants of murder. The main defendant, Kazem Darabi , is sentenced to life imprisonment. The ruling also states that Iran's top political leaders were given advance notice of the killings, causing diplomatic resentment with Iran .
- 1998 : In Belfast , eight Northern Irish parties as well as the governments of Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland sign the Good Friday Agreement , which is supposed to end the civil war .
- 2000 : Angela Merkel is elected federal chairman of the CDU at the CDU federal party conference in Essen . Ruprecht Polenz becomes Secretary General .
- 2006 : In Italy , the center-left coalition wins L'Unione under Romano Prodi , the parliamentary elections against the center-right coalition House of Freedoms under Silvio Berlusconi a narrow margin. The final election result will not be known until the next morning.
- 2008 : Nepal has its first elections in almost ten years. In the constituent assembly election held on the basis of UN Security Council Resolution 1740 , the Communist Party of Nepal under the former rebel leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal wins the majority in front of the Congress Party of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala .
economy
- 1710 : The Statute of Anne comes into effect in the Kingdom of Great Britain . It is considered to be the first modern copyright protection law .
- 1841 : The abolitionist and newspaper publisher Horace Greeley founds the New York Tribune in New York to counter sensational newspapers such as the New York Sun and the New York Herald with a serious news source.
- 1849 : Walter Hunt receives the patent for the safety pin he invented .
- 1883 : The mechanical engineer Emil Rathenau founds the German Edison Society for Applied Electricity in Berlin , a forerunner of the later AEG .
- 1922 : The Romanian physiologist Nicolae Paulescu receives a patent for the production of insulin from the Romanian Ministry of Industry and Trade . A breakthrough in the history of diabetology has been achieved with his method .
- 1957 : The Italian ship Oceania is the first ship to sail through the Suez Canal , which has been closed since the Suez Crisis .
- 1972 : In Basel six countries of the European Community agree on the European exchange rate union . The aim of the multilateral system of intervention is stable exchange rates for the currencies of the participating countries. Their peg to the US dollar has forced the central banks to take undesirable actions in the foreign exchange market .
- 1978 : Volkswagen AG is the first foreign automobile manufacturer to open an assembly plant in Westmoreland County , Pennsylvania, in the United States , which produces the Rabbit model from supplied parts.
- 1988 : After ten years of construction, the Seto-Ōhashi bridge is opened in Japan . It serves the traffic between the islands of Honshū and Shikoku .
- 1991 : In Thuringia Eisenach the last running Wartburg from the band . Cars of the brand had been produced by the Eisenach automobile plant since 1956 .
- 1995 : The first 16.1 kilometer long subway section is opened to traffic in Shanghai .
science and technology
- 1785 : The German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel discovered the galaxy NGC 3808 in the constellation Leo and the galaxy NGC 4725 in the constellation Coma, some 300 million light years away .
- 1788 : Wilhelm Herschel discovers the barred spiral galaxy later cataloged as NGC 4389 in the constellation Jagdhunde .
- 1823 : The Royal Building Trade School is founded in Munich . It is the first training institute for craftsmen in construction in the German-speaking area.
- 1861 : William Barton Rogers founds the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a tripartite institution consisting of "a society of arts, a museum of arts [industrial arts], and a school of industrial science." first students admitted.
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2019: Representation of the center of Messier 87 calculated from radio recordings of the Event Horizon Telescope
- 2019 : The Event Horizon Telescope project succeeds for the first time in creating a direct image of the accretion disk of a black hole ( Messier 87 ).
Culture
- 1840 : The first performance of the opera The Martyrs by Gaetano Donizetti takes place at the Opéra in Paris.
- 1868 : In Bremen Cathedral is Johannes Brahms ' German Requiem premiered successfully as sechssätziges work.
- 1913 : The opera The Love of the Three Kings by Italo Montemezzi is premiered at the Teatro alla Scala .
- 1919 : The first performance of the musical comedy Masques et bergamasques by Gabriel Fauré takes place in Monte Carlo.
- 1925 : The socially critical novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is published in the United States, but does not sell very well during the author's lifetime.
- 1953 : Warner Bros. brings its first 3D film House of Wax (German title: The Cabinet of Professor Bondi ) to cinemas in the United States .
- 1970 : Paul McCartney sends advance copies of his first solo album McCartney to the UK press and announces his breakup with the Beatles .
society
- 1912 : In Southampton , the first section of the maiden voyage of the starting White Star Line -Schiffes Titanic under Captain Edward Smith towards Cherbourg . She will never reach her ultimate destination, New York.
- 1959 : The future Japanese Tennō Akihito marries Michiko Shōda . This is the first time that a commoner becomes a member of the Japanese Imperial House .
religion
- 847 : Leo IV is elected Pope as the successor to Sergius II , who died in January .
- 1496 : The new St. Thomas Church in Leipzig is consecrated by the Bishop of Merseburg , Thilo von Trotha .
- 1854 : Bahāʾullāh , founder of the Baha'i religion, leaves the Babi community in Baghdad to prevent controversy. He lived as a hermit in Kurdistan for two years.
- 1919 : With the Glöckel decree drawn up by Minister of Education Otto Glöckel , the obligation to attend religious instruction and to pray at school is abolished in Austria .
- 1933 : Exactly 14 years after its introduction, the Glöckel decree is abolished again by the corporate state government under Engelbert Dollfuss .
Disasters
- 1815 : The volcanic eruption of Tambora , which began on April 5th, reached its climax on the island of Sumbawa . The largest volcanic eruption since the beginning of exact records, with level 7 on the volcanic explosion index, is considered to be the cause of the " year without a summer " 1816.
- 1963 : The sinking of the US nuclear submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593) during diving tests claims 129 lives. It is the first sinking of a nuclear submarine .
- 1968 : The Wahine Ferry sinks and sinks in a storm on Barrett Reef off Wellington Harbor , Wellington, New Zealand. 53 people are killed in the accident.
- 1973 : During the approach to landing, the Vickers Vanguard of Invicta International Airlines flight 435 was flown into a wooded hill area near Hochwald near the city of Basel. Of the 145 occupants, 108 died in the accident, 4 crew members and 104 passengers.
- 1979 : The Red River Valley Tornado causes $ 840 million in damage in Wichita Falls , Texas , killing 58 people.
- 1991 : The Italian ferry Moby Prince collides with the tanker Agip Abruzzo off Livorno and burns out. 132 people are killed.
- 2010 : When the Polish government machine crashes near the Russian city of Smolensk , 96 people are killed, including President Lech Kaczyński and other high-ranking representatives of Poland .
- 2016 : Paravur explosion in 2016 with over 100 dead at a fireworks competition in Kerala , South India.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
nature and environment
- 1996 : On the western Australian island of Barrow Island - apart from tornadoes - the highest wind speed is measured at 408 km / h .
Sports
- 1896 : At the Summer Olympics , Spyridon Louis wins the Olympic marathon ahead of his compatriot Charilaos Vasilakos and the Hungarian Gyula Kellner - the first Olympic marathon in the history of athletics .
- 1913 : The football club Slavia Sofia is founded in the Bulgarian capital .
- 1915 : Pierre de Coubertin contractually stipulates that the International Olympic Committee should in future have its permanent seat in Lausanne .
- 1916 : The Professional Golfers Association of America , the American Association of professional golfer , is founded in New York City.
- 1987 : The heptathlete Birgit Dressel dies of multiple organ failure caused by numerous injections and the consumption of the anabolic stanozolol .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 401 : Theodosius II , Eastern Roman emperor
- 1018 : Nizām al-Mulk , vizier of the Seljuq sultans Alp Arslan and Malik Schāh
- 1389 : Cosimo de 'Medici , banker, statesman and patron in Florence
- 1428 : Hans Tucher , German merchant
- 1480 : Philibert II , Duke of Savoy
- 1487 : Wilhelm , Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
- 1502 : Ottheinrich of the Palatinate , Wittelsbach Count Palatine near Rhine, Elector of the Palatinate
- 1512 : James V , King of Scotland
- 1559 : Melchior Jöstel , German mathematician and physician
- 1579 : August the Younger , Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg
- 1579 : Sebastian Schobinger , Swiss physician and mayor
- 1583 : Hugo Grotius , Dutch philosopher and legal scholar
- 1621 : Daniel Lüdemann , German Lutheran theologian
- 1626 : Franz Egon von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg , Bishop of Strasbourg
- 1632 : Johannes Georgi , German educator
- 1636 : Balthasar Kindermann , German poet
- 1640 : Magnus Friedrich von Horn , Prussian lieutenant general and governor of Geldern
- 1651 : Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus , German philosopher and mathematician
- 1652 : Gottfried Suevus the Younger , German jurist
- 1655 : Johann Andreas Thelott , German goldsmith, draftsman and engraver
- 1656 : Heinrich Theobald Schenk , German Protestant theologian and hymn composer
18th century
- 1707 : Michel Corrette , French composer
- 1707 : John Pringle , British medic
- 1727 : Samuel Heinicke , German educator
- 1734 : Eleonore von Grothaus , German poet
- 1746 : Heinrich Sautier , German Jesuit and founder
- 1749 : Johann Theodor Reinke , German engineer
- 1750 : Leopold Westen , German officer and university professor
- 1752 : Alexander Graydon , American lawyer, writer, and military man
- 1755 : Samuel Hahnemann , German doctor, founder of homeopathy
- 1766 : John Leslie , Scottish mathematician and physicist
- 1766 : Constantin Stichling , Grand Ducal Saxon Chamber Director and President of the Chamber College
- 1770 : Joseph von Laßberg , German Germanist and writer
- 1778 : Johann Arzberger , Austrian technician and scientist
- 1778 : William Hazlitt , English essayist and writer
- 1778 : Heinrich Luden , German historian
- 1780 : George Armistead , American Lieutenant Colonel
- 1780 : Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Arnim-Suckow , Prussian officer
- 1780 : Léon Dufour , French doctor and naturalist
- 1783 : Hortense de Beauharnais , Queen of Holland, mother of Napoleon III.
- 1789 : Amalie Luise von Arenberg , mother of Duke Max Joseph in Bavaria
- 1794 : Matthew Perry , American naval officer
- 1795 : August Heinrich von Pachelbel-Gehag , German officer, civil servant and landowner
- 1796 : James Bowie , American pioneer and trapper
19th century
1801-1850
- 1801 : Paul Devaux , Belgian statesman
- 1802 : Johann Peter Lange , German theologian
- 1803 : Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg , Prussian politician
- 1804 : Thomas Overton Moore , American politician
- 1805 : Eduard Daege , German painter
- 1806 : Leonidas Polk , American general
- 1806 : Ivan Tolstoy , Russian diplomat and post minister
- 1809 : Hermann von Alvensleben , Prussian lieutenant general
- 1810 : Friedrich Gustav Weidauer , German lawyer and politician, MdL
- 1816 : Marija Auersperg Attems , Austrian flower painter
- 1817 : Konstantin Sergejewitsch Aksakow , Russian writer
- 1820 : Karl Gustav Ackermann , German politician
- 1823 : Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb , Confederate General
- 1825 : Ludwig Aegidi , German lawyer, university professor, publicist and politician
- 1827 : Lew Wallace , American military man, politician, and writer
- 1828 : Gustav von Epstein , Austrian banker and entrepreneur
- 1829 : Johannes Janssen , German historian
- 1829 : William Booth , British founder of the Salvation Army
- 1835 : Henry Villard , American railroad king
- 1836 : Carl Abegg-Arter , Swiss raw silk merchant and banker
- 1837 : Alfred Thompson Bricher , American landscape painter
- 1838 : Johann Hinrich Fehrs , German storyteller and poet
- 1838 : Eduard Kremser , Austrian composer, arranger and conductor
- 1838 : Nicolás Salmerón , Spanish politician and university lecturer
- 1842 : August Geib , German poet, bookseller and politician
- 1844 : August Oncken , German economist
- 1847 : Joseph Pulitzer , American journalist and editor
- 1848 : Hubertine Auclert , French women's rights activist
1851-1900
- 1851 : Maggie Moore , American-Australian actress
- 1851 : Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte , Italian cardinal and Vatican diplomat
- 1857 : Lucien Lévy-Bruhl , French philosopher and ethnologist
- 1858 : Pierantonio Tasca , Italian composer
- 1864 : Eugen d'Albert , German composer and pianist
- 1864 : Friedrich Wilhelm Nohe , German football official, 1st chairman of the DFB
- 1864 : Michael Mayr , Austrian historian and politician
- 1866 : Theodor Lerner , German journalist and polar researcher
- 1868 : George Arliss , British actor
- 1868 : Max Eckert-Greifendorff , German geographer
- 1873 : Heinrich Aumund , German entrepreneur and university professor
- 1873 : Kyösti Kallio , Finnish President
- 1876 : Jean-Marie Musy , Swiss politician
- 1877 : Alfred Kubin , Austrian graphic artist and book illustrator
- 1877 : Maria Christina of Bourbon-Sicily , Princess of Bourbon and Naples-Sicily
- 1877 : Massimo Massimi , Italian cardinal
- 1880 : Aloys Fischer , German educator
- 1880 : Frances Perkins , American politician
- 1880 : Hans Purrmann , German painter and graphic artist
- 1881 : Vyacheslav Prokopovych , Ukrainian politician, publicist and historian
- 1882 : Ludwig Hermann , German chemist and entrepreneur
- 1884 : Manmohandas Soparkar , Indian medic and parasitologist
- 1885 : Christian Hansen , German general
- 1886 : John Hayes , American marathon runner, Olympic champion
- 1887 : Bernardo Alberto Houssay , Argentine physiologist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1887 : Anna von Segesser , Swiss nurse and editor
- 1887 : Heinz Tiessen , German composer
- 1891 : Harold S. Bucquet , American film director of English origin
- 1891 : Hans José Rehfisch , German playwright
- 1892 : Egon von Eickstedt , German anthropologist
- 1892 : Edmond Trudel , Canadian conductor, pianist and music teacher
- 1893 : Heinrich Ritzel , German politician, MdL, MdR, MdB
- 1894 : Rudolf von Arps-Aubert , German art historian and museum director
- 1894 : Ben Nicholson , British painter and object artist
- 1895 : Kurt Meyer-Eberhardt , German painter and etcher
- 1896 : Johann Esser , German poet and trade unionist
- 1897 : Theodor Bogler , German ceramist, architect and Benedictine priest
- 1897 : Eric Knight , British writer
- 1898 : José Loreto Arismendi , Venezuelan lawyer and politician
- 1898 : Fred Hall , American musician and conductor
- 1899 : Ewa Szelburg-Zarembina , Polish writer
- 1899 : Friedrich Traugott Wahlen , Swiss politician and professor of agriculture
- 1900 : Rudolf Adolph , German writer
- 1900 : Arnold Orville Beckman , American chemist
- 1900 : Ernst Fischer , German composer
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : Stefan Szende , Hungarian-Swedish political scientist, politician and journalist
- 1902 : Ernst Balzli , Bernese dialect writer and teacher
- 1902 : Harry Mortimer , British composer and conductor
- 1902 : Ivo Perilli , Italian screenwriter and director
- 1903 : Hugh Adcock , British football player
- 1903 : Marjorie Best , American costume designer
- 1903 : Hans Mettel , German sculptor
- 1903 : Willy Stahl , German politician
- 1904 : Gerhard Aßfahl , German educator and local researcher
- 1904 : Scott E. Forbush , American geophysicist
- 1904 : Joachim Gottschalk , German actor
- 1906 : Stephen Anderson , American hurdler
- 1906 : Salvatore Pelosi , Italian naval officer
- 1907 : Abdul Ghafur Breshna , Afghan artist, composer and poet
- 1908 : Bernard Piché , Canadian organist, composer and music teacher
- 1909 : Edwin Fasching , Austrian theologian
- 1909 : Clarke Hinkle , American football player
- 1909 : Hermann Trittelvitz , German politician
- 1910 : Helenio Herrera , Argentine football player and coach
- 1910 : Abu-Bakr Khairat , Egyptian composer
- 1910 : Bob Marshall , Australian world billiards champion, politician and businessman
- 1910 : Paul Sweezy , American economist
- 1912 : Walter Schönrock , German long-distance runner
- 1924 : Wolfgang Quantity , German screenwriter and journalist
1926-1950
- 1926 : William H. Danforth , US executive director of Washington University
- 1927 : Marshall Warren Nirenberg , American biochemist and geneticist
- 1927 : Warren Thew , American-Swiss pianist, composer, poet and illustrator
- 1928 : Berit Ås , Norwegian politician
- 1928 : Rosco Gordon , American blues musician
- 1928 : Rolf-Hans Müller , German musician, composer, orchestra leader
- 1928 : Ota Hofman , Czech screenwriter
- 1929 : Geraldo do Espírito Santo Ávila , Catholic clergyman and military bishop of Brazil
- 1929 : Mike Hawthorn , English racing driver, Formula 1 world champion
- 1929 : Hanns Lothar , German actor
- 1929 : Liz Sheridan , American actress
- 1929 : Max von Sydow , Swedish actor
- 1930 : Lyutvi Djiber Akhmedov , Bulgarian wrestler
- 1930 : Jan Arvan , American actor
- 1930 : Ray Blanton , American politician
- 1930 : Gustav Ciamaga , Canadian composer
- 1930 : Eva Marschang , Romanian literary researcher
- 1931 : Luís Cabral , President of Guinea-Bissau
- 1931 : Paul Halla , Austrian football player
- 1931 : Eberhard Kunkel , German comic author and publisher
- 1931 : Rafael Solano , Dominican composer and pianist
- 1931 : Bruno Weber , Swiss artist and architect
- 1932 : Mae Faggs , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1932 : Delphine Seyrig , French actress
- 1932 : Omar Sharif , Egyptian actor
- 1934 : Carel Godin de Beaufort , Dutch racing driver
- 1934 : Zsolt Durkó , Hungarian composer
- 1934 : Charles Jeffrey , English botanist
- 1934 : Guido Venturoni , Chief of Staff of the Italian Armed Forces
- 1935 : Jorge Mester , Mexican conductor and music teacher
- 1937 : Bella Achatovna Akhmadulina , Russian poet, translator and essayist
- 1937 : Manfred Heinrich Wilhelm Autenrieth , German lawyer and politician
- 1937 : Reinhard Brandt , German philosopher
- 1937 : Wolfgang Jehn , German composer
- 1937 : Hans Teuscher , German actor and voice actor
- 1938 : Denny Zeitlin , American jazz pianist and psychiatrist
- 1939 : Hans Kloft , German ancient historian
- 1939 : Claudio Magris , Italian writer, scholar and translator
- 1940 : Clark Blaise , Canadian writer
- 1941 : Jamie Reid , Canadian poet, writer and art activist
- 1941 : Gilles de Robien , French politician
- 1941 : Paul Russo , American racing car driver
- 1941 : Paul Theroux , American travel writer
- 1941 : Martin Waddell , British writer
- 1942 : Ian Callaghan , English football player
- 1943 : Tömöriin Artag , Mongolian wrestler
- 1943 : Julio Estrada , Mexican composer and musicologist
- 1943 : Bo Hansson , Swedish keyboardist and composer
- 1943 : Włodzimierz Schmidt , Polish chess master
- 1944 : Fritz Zorn , Swiss teacher and man of letters
- 1944 : Thüring Bräm , Swiss conductor and composer
- 1944 : Ladislav Chvalkovský , Czech bass guitarist and rock singer
- 1945 : Giuliano Bignasca , Swiss politician, building contractor and publisher
- 1945 : Karl-Heinz Matthias , German civil servant, President of the Customs Criminal Police Office
- 1945 : Shirley Walker , American composer, conductor, pianist and producer
- 1946 : Charles Arthur Arnoldi , American painter, printmaker, and sculptor
- 1946 : Anne Boyd , Australian composer and music teacher
- 1946 : Yves Daoust , Canadian composer
- 1946 : Adolf Winkelmann , German director and film producer
- 1947 : David A. Adler , American author of books for children and young people
- 1947 : Bunny Wailer , Jamaican reggae musician
- 1948 : Mel Blount , American football player
- 1948 : Bernd Clüver , German pop singer
- 1949 : Hans-Hermann Tiedje , German journalist and media manager
- 1950 : Kurt Edler , German teacher and local politician
- 1950 : Eddie Hazel , American guitarist
1951-1975
- 1951 : Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru , Spanish Curia Bishop
- 1951 : Kork Ballington , South African motorcycle racer
- 1951 : Jacqueline Cramer , Dutch scientist and politician, Minister for the Environment
- 1952 : Steven Seagal , American actor
- 1952 : Grigori Alexejewitsch Jawlinski , Russian politician, chairman of the Yabloko party
- 1952 : Richard Wagner , German-speaking writer
- 1953 : Bob Boilen , American radio host, musician and author
- 1953 : Heiner Lauterbach , German actor
- 1953 : David Moorcroft , British athlete
- 1954 : Angelika Hellmann , German gymnast
- 1954 : Peter MacNicol , American actor
- 1954 : William A. Moody , American wrestler
- 1954 : Jouko Törmänen , Finnish ski jumper
- 1955 : Marit Breivik , Norwegian handball player and trainer
- 1955 : Sabina Trooger , German actress, voice actress and writer
- 1957 : Afrika Bambaataa , American rapper
- 1957 : John M. Ford , American writer
- 1957 : Birgit Heinecke , German handball player
- 1958 : Kathleen Glynn , American graphic designer and film producer
- 1958 : Brigitte Holzapfel , German athlete
- 1958 : Elmar Məhərrəmov , Azerbaijani chess player
- 1959 : Babyface , American R&B and pop singer, songwriter, and producer
- 1959 : Katrin Mietzner , German handball player
- 1959 : Jochen Nickel , German actor
- 1959 : Brian Setzer , American musician
- 1959 : Stanislaw Tillich , German politician
- 1960 : Katrina Leskanich , American singer
- 1962 : Outhai Dhammiko , Laotian Buddhist monk and abbot
- 1962 : Wolfgang Edenharder , German singer
- 1962 : Jukka Tammi , Finnish ice hockey player
- 1963 : Mark Oliver Everett , American musician
- 1963 : Doris Leuthard , Swiss politician
- 1963 : Florian Streibl , Bavarian state politician
- 1964 : Alexander Fischinger , German soccer coach
- 1965 : Tim Alexander , American drummer
- 1965 : Jure Robič , Slovenian racing cyclist
- 1965 : Bernd Schneider , German chess player
- 1965 : Oliver Mielke , German director, author and producer
- 1966 : Tamaki Daidō , Japanese writer
- 1967 : David Rovics , American singer, lyricist, and political protester
- 1969 : Jochen Lettmann , German canoeist
- 1969 : Georg Nüßlein , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1970 : Nicola Caccia , Italian soccer player and coach
- 1970 : Pauline Konga , Kenyan athlete
- 1970 : Ron van den Beuken , Dutch trance DJ and producer
- 1971 : Joey DeFrancesco , American jazz organist
- 1971 : Markus Koch , German journalist
- 1972 : Steinar Ege , Norwegian handball player
- 1972 : Sami Yli-Sirniö , Finnish guitarist
- 1973 : Roberto Carlos , Brazilian soccer player
- 1973 : Rico Glaubitz , German soccer player
- 1974 : Martin Albertsen , Danish handball coach
- 1974 : Andreas Andersson , Swedish football player
- 1974 : Henning Wehn , German stand-up comedian
- 1975 : Judith Augoustides , German-South African beach volleyball player
- 1975 : Tino Boos , German ice hockey player
- 1975 : David Harbor , American actor
1976-2000
- 1976 : Jan Werner Danielsen , Norwegian singer
- 1976 : Sara Renner , Canadian cross-country skier
- 1977 : Mladen Bartolović , Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player
- 1977 : Gronkh , German web video producer
- 1977 : Laura Jordan , Canadian actress
- 1978 : Hervé Arcade , French road cyclist
- 1978 : Eva Maria Dollinger , Austrian triathlete
- 1979 : Jana Bundfuss , German porn actress, model and presenter
- 1979 : Rachel Corrie , American peace activist
- 1979 : Shemekia Copeland , American blues singer
- 1979 : Sophie Ellis-Bextor , British singer
- 1980 : Gro Hammerseng-Edin , Norwegian handball player
- 1980 : Charlie Hunnam , British actor
- 1980 : Andy Ram , Israeli tennis player
- 1980 : Shao Jiayi , Chinese soccer player
- 1980 : Jimmy Rosenberg , Dutch jazz guitarist
- 1981 : Gretchen Bleiler , American snowboarder
- 1981 : Kristin Kartheuser , German handball player
- 1981 : Liz McClarnon , British singer, dancer and presenter
- 1981 : Michael Pitt , American actor
- 1981 : Yves V , Belgian DJ and producer
- 1982 : Nadija Mejcher , Ukrainian singer, actress and TV presenter
- 1982 : Adnan Mravac , Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player
- 1983 : Yasin Avcı , Turkish soccer player
- 1983 : Fumiyuki Beppu , Japanese cyclist
- 1983 : Ryan Merriman , American actor
- 1983 : Jamie Chung , American actress
- 1984 : Gonzalo Rodríguez , Argentine soccer player
- 1984 : Rui Machado , Portuguese tennis player
- 1984 : Mandy Moore , American pop singer and actress
- 1985 : Juan Carlos Arce Justiniano , Bolivian soccer player
- 1985 : Wang Meng , Chinese short tracker
- 1986 : Fernando Gago , Argentine soccer player
- 1986 : Vincent Kompany , Belgian football player
- 1987 : Shay Mitchell , American actress
- 1987 : Jamie Renée Smith , American film actress
- 1987 : Hayley Westenra , New Zealand-Irish singer
- 1988 : Aude Aguilaniu , French skier
- 1988 : Kim Falkenberg , German soccer player
- 1988 : Haley Joel Osment , American actor
- 1988 : Özgürcan Özcan , Turkish football player
- 1989 : Jenny Alm , Swedish handball player
- 1989 : Michael Dunlop , British motorcycle racer
- 1989 : Gabor Langhans , German handball player
- 1989 : Welinton , Brazilian soccer player
- 1990 : Ben Amos , English soccer player
- 1990 : Florian Hempel , German dart player and handball goalkeeper
- 1990 : Alex Pettyfer , British actor
- 1991 : Moufoutaou Adou , Beninese soccer player
- 1991 : Royce White , American basketball player
- 1992 : Marlon Boess , Austrian actor
- 1992 : Daisy Ridley , British actress
- 1993 : Rune Dahmke , German handball player
- 1994 : Edem Atovor , Ghanaian soccer player
- 1994 : Leopold Zingerle , German soccer player
- 1996 : Pauline Bremer , German soccer player
- 1998 : Ashley Ausburn , American actress
- 2000 : Surf Mesa , American music producer
21st century
- 2001 : Ayman Azhil , Moroccan-German football player
Died
Before the 17th century
- : 879Ludwig II , King of West Franconia
- : 947Hugo I , King of Lower Burgundy and Italy
- 1008 : Notger of Liège , Bishop of Liège
- 1028 : Fulbert , Bishop of Chartres
- 1034 : Warmann , Bishop of Constance
- 1055 : Conrad II , Duke of Bavaria since 1054
- 1146 : Injong , 17th King of the Korean Goryeo Empire
- 1152 : Eberwin von Helfenstein , German Premonstratensian, Catholic saint
- 1216 : Erik X , King of Sweden
- 1232 : Rudolf II , Count of Habsburg
- 1237 : Landri de Mont , Bishop of Sion
- 1282 : Ahmad Fanakati , Finance Minister of Kubilai Khan
- 1295 : Baldwin of Avesnes , French nobleman and chronicler
- 1327 : Friedrich I , Count of Veldenz
- 1330 : Otto II , Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg
- 1331 : Engelbert von Admont , Austrian Benedictine, Catholic saint
- 1341 : Nanker , Bishop of Cracow and Wroclaw
- 1343 : Philipp V von Falkenstein , German nobleman
- 1347 : Wilhelm von Ockham , English philosopher and scholastic
- 1362 : Matilda Plantagenet, Countess of Leicester , Duchess of Straubing-Holland
- 1380 : Manuel Kantakuzenos , despot of Morea
- 1466 : Johann V , Count of Hoya
- 1500 : Michael Marullus , humanist scholar
- 1518 : John VI. von Saalhausen , Bishop of Meissen
- 1533 : Frederick I , King of Denmark, Duke of Schleswig and Holstein
- 1538 : Melchior Feselen , German painter
- 1545 : Costanzo Festa , Italian composer
- 1548 : Francisco de Carvajal , Spanish conquistador
- 1548 : Gonzalo Pizarro , Spanish conquistador
- 1570 : Johann Walter , German cantor
- 1578 : Joan of Austria , Austrian Renaissance princess, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
- 1585 : Gregory XIII. , Pope since 1572
- 1586 : Louise de La Béraudière du Rouhet , French mistress
- 1587 : Heinrich III. , Duke of Münsterberg and Bernstadt
- 1589 : Margareta von Chlum , abbess of the Gandersheim monastery
- 1599 : Gabrielle d'Estrées , mistress of Henry IV of France
17th and 18th centuries
- 1605 : Albrecht VII , Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- 1607 : Christophe d'Assonleville , Spanish ambassador
- 1640 : Agostino Agazzari , Italian composer and music theorist
- 1644 : William Brewster , separatist congregational elder on board the Mayflower
- 1646 : Santino Solari , Italian baroque master builder (Salzburg Cathedral)
- 1648 : Hans Jakob von Koseritz , member of the "Fruit Bringing Society"
- 1657 : Johann Konrad Varnbuler , Württemberg baron and diplomat
- 1658 : Peter Concorz , imperial chamber sculptor, court architect in Vienna
- 1694 : Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg , Austrian spiritual poet
- 1704 : Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg , Bishop of Strasbourg and Prime Minister of Kurköln
- 1707 : Valentin Kühne , woodcut master in North Harz
- 1716 : Samuel Faber , Nuremberg theologian and poet
- 1718 : Georg Friedrich Meinhart , German Protestant theologian
- 1721 : Joachim Gerstenbüttel , German composer
- 1723 : Leopold Schlik zu Bassano and Weißkirchen , Imperial Field Marshal, General War Commissioner and Ambassador
- 1728 : Nicodemus Tessin the Younger , Swedish architect
- 1730 : Nicolas Chalon du Blé , French military, diplomat and foreign minister
- 1733 : Daniel Joseph Mayer von Mayern , Archbishop of Prague
- 1741 : Celia Fiennes , English travel writer
- 1742 : Wilhelmine Amalie von Braunschweig-Lüneburg , wife of Emperor Joseph I.
- 1743 : Jean-Pierre Bergier , Swiss Protestant clergyman
- 1747 : Johann Werner von Broich , aldermen and mayor of the imperial city of Aachen
- 1749 : Gottfried Anshelm von Lindenau , German manor owner
- 1756 : Giacomo Antonio Perti , Italian church musician and composer
- 1758 : Lorenz Heister , German anatomist
- 1764 : Christian Gottlob Gerber , German Lutheran theologian and historian
- 1767 : Johann Elias Ridinger , animal painter, etcher, engraver and publisher from Württemberg
- 1779 : Grigory Nikolayevich Teplow , Russian composer
- 1786 : John Byron , English explorer of the South Seas
19th century
- 1806 : Horatio Gates American general
- 1807 : Anna Amalia von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , German duchess and composer
- 1808 : Karl Heinrich von Nassau-Siegen , French adventurer and naval officer
- 1812 : Carl Christian Erhard Schmid , German Protestant theologian and philosopher
- 1813 : Christian Daniel von Finckh , tribunal judge in Oldenburg
- 1813 : Joseph-Louis Lagrange , Italian mathematician and astronomer
- 1822 : Antoine-Joseph-Eulalie de Beaumont d'Autichamp , French military
- 1823 : Carl Leonhard Reinhold , Austrian representative of the German Enlightenment
- 1824 : Jean-Baptiste Drouet , postmaster, French revolutionary
- 1826 : Thaddäus Müller , Swiss theologian
- 1837 : Hans Ernst Bütemeister , German civil servant
- 1839 : Daniel Steinmann , Swiss businessman and politician
- 1848 : Godert Alexander Gerard Philip van der Capellen , Dutch politician
- 1855 : Ernst Ferdinand Oehme , German Romantic painter
- 1863 : Giovanni Battista Amici , Italian astronomer and optician
- 1863 : Hermann Steudner , German naturalist and Africa explorer
- 1874 : Heinrich von Kittlitz , German ornithologist, naturalist, traveler and draftsman
- 1877 : Attilio Catelli , Italian librettist
- 1878 : Pierre-Ignace Aubry , Swiss politician
- 1880 : Johann Bast , German-American architect
- 1883 : Emilie Mayer , German composer
- 1887 : Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt , German historian
- 1891 : Josef Arnold , Swiss politician
- 1897 : Friedrich Franz III. , Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
20th century
1901-1950
- 1905 : Martin Garlieb Amsinck , German shipbuilder and shipowner
- 1907 : Ignaz Auer , German politician
- 1907 : Max Haushofer , German economist and writer
- 1910 : Hermann von Arnswaldt , German officer, farmer and politician
- 1911 : Samuel Loyd , American game inventor and puzzle specialist
- 1912 : Ernst Christian Achelis , German theologian
- 1912 : Alfred Eckbrecht von Dürckheim-Montmartin , German officer
- 1914 : Ferdinand Leopold von Andrian-Werburg , Austrian geologist and anthropologist
- 1914 : Karl Ernst Schrod , German priest, pastoral theologian and liturgist, auxiliary bishop in Trier
- 1919 : Emiliano Zapata , Mexican revolutionary
- 1920 : Tryggve Andersen , Norwegian writer
- 1921 : Lorenz Werthmann , German Catholic priest and social politician, founder of the German Caritas Association
- 1924 : Hugo Stinnes , German industrialist and politician
- 1931 : Hans Aschenborn , German animal painter, illustrator and author
- 1931 : Khalil Gibran , Lebanese artist and poet
- 1937 : Kenelm Lee Guinness , British entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1938 : Joe King Oliver , American cornet player
- 1939 : Franz-Joseph Ahles , German poet
- 1941 : Joseph Saucier , Canadian singer, choir director and pianist
- 1945 : Václav Dobiáš , Czech resistance fighter
- 1945 : Johan de Haas , Dutch author and anarchist
- 1948 : Wilhelm Külz , German politician, MdR, Reich Minister of the Interior, Lord Mayor of Dresden
- 1949 : Jara Beneš , Czech composer
1951-2000
- 1952 : Frederic Austin , English opera singer and composer
- 1952 : Anna Mollwo , German painter
- 1954 : Ludwig Curtius , German archaeologist
- 1954 : Auguste Lumière , French film pioneer
- 1955 : Oskar Lindberg , Swedish composer
- 1955 : Pierre Teilhard de Chardin , French Jesuit and scientist
- 1956 : Božidar Širola , Croatian composer
- 1958 : Helene Lübbers-Wegemann , German painter
- 1958 : Chuck Willis , American blues and rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
- 1958 : Jean Philippe Vogel , Dutch orientalist
- 1961 : Kurt Annecke , German pharmacist
- 1961 : Ernst Bickel , German classical philologist
- 1962 : Adolf Reiss , German patron
- 1962 : Stuart Sutcliffe , British painter and musician ( The Beatles )
- 1964 : Peter van Aubel , German economist and association official
- 1965 : Lloyd Casner , American racing car driver and team boss
- 1965 : Linda Darnell , American actress
- 1965 : Hans Soenius , German motorcycle racer
- 1966 : Heinz Barwich , German nuclear physicist
- 1966 : Evelyn Waugh , British writer
- 1967 : Paul Assmann , German geologist and paleontologist
- 1967 : Oscar Chisini , Italian mathematician
- 1969 : Claus Back , German writer
- 1969 : Werner Keyßner , German member of the Reichstag
- 1970 : Rudolf Bergander , German painter and cartographer
- 1970 : Mishel Piastro , American violinist and conductor
- 1971 : Ñico Lora , Dominican musician and composer
- 1976 : Enrico Mainardi , Italian cellist, composer and conductor
- 1976 : Ramón Otero Pedrayo , Spanish-Galician writer
- 1978 : José Delaquerrière , Canadian singer, composer and music teacher
- 1979 : Dom Paul Benoit , Luxembourg composer
- 1979 : Nino Rota , Italian composer
- 1981 : Gerhard Grüneberg , German bricklayer and member of parliament in the GDR
- 1982 : Peter Brückner , German social psychologist
- 1984 : Hans Drexler , German classical philologist
- 1984 : Willy Semmelrogge , German actor
- 1985 : Arthur Hübscher , German philosopher, cultural scientist and philologist
- 1985 : Eusebio Sempere , Spanish painter
- 1986 : Eugen Grimminger , German public accountant, resistance fighter
- 1987 : Berta Drews , German actress
- 1988 : Kuwabara Takeo , Japanese literary scholar and translator
- 1989 : Mogens Brems , Danish actor
- 1989 : Takehiro Irokawa , Japanese writer
- 1990 : Margarete Adler , Austrian swimmer
- 1990 : Luo Niansheng , Chinese classical philologist
- 1991 : Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal , politician of the Mongolian People's Republic
- 1992 : Peter D. Mitchell , British chemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1995 : Morarji Desai , Indian head of government
- 1995 : Günter Guillaume , GDR spy in the Federal Chancellery
- 1995 : Anja Ignatius , Finnish violinist and music teacher
- 1997 : Erik Blumenfeld , German businessman and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag, MEP
- 1999 : Albert Krogmann , German television journalist
- 2000 : Otto Heinrich Arnold , German physician
- 2000 : Larry Linville , American actor
- 2000 : Walter Stöhrer , German painter
21st century
- 2002 : Manfred Köhnlechner , German naturopath
- 2002 : Géza Hofi , Hungarian actor and humorist
- 2002 : Yūji Hyakutake , Japanese amateur astronomer
- 2003 : Little Eva , American singer
- 2004 : Jacek Kaczmarski , Polish songwriter
- 2004 : Roland Rainer , Austrian architect
- 2004 : Sakıp Sabancı , Turkish industrialist and philanthropist
- 2005 : Harald Fritz Aurich , German biochemist
- 2005 : Norbert Brainin , Austrian-British violinist
- 2006 : Ernst Müller-Meiningen jr. , German lawyer and journalist
- 2007 : Peter Reuschenbach , German politician
- 2007 : Dakota Staton , American jazz singer
- 2008 : Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada , Mexican clergyman, Archbishop of Mexico City
- 2009 : Richard Arnell , British composer and conductor
- 2009 : Heide Moser , German politician
- 2010 : Andrzej Błasik , Polish general
- 2010 : Krystyna Bochenek , Polish politician
- 2010 : Miron Chodakowski , Polish general and military bishop
- 2010 : Janina Fetlińska , Polish politician
- 2010 : Franciszek Gągor , Polish General, Commander in Chief of the Polish Armed Forces
- 2010 : Grażyna Gęsicka , Polish politician
- 2010 : Przemysław Gosiewski , Polish politician
- 2010 : Robert Grzywna , Polish pilot
- 2010 : Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka , Polish politician
- 2010 : Ryszard Kaczorowski , Polish politician
- 2010 : Maria Kaczyńska , Polish translator, wife of the President
- 2010 : Lech Kaczyński , Polish President
- 2010 : Stanisław Jerzy Komorowski , Polish politician
- 2010 : Andrzej Kremer , Polish politician
- 2010 : Stefan Melak , Polish civil rights activist and journalist
- 2010 : Tomasz Merta , Polish politician
- 2010 : Piotr Nurowski , Polish sports official
- 2010 : Maciej Płażyński , Polish politician
- 2010 : Tadeusz Płoski , Polish general and military bishop
- 2010 : Arkadiusz Protasiuk , Polish pilot
- 2010 : Sławomir Skrzypek , Polish economist, President of the Polish Central Bank
- 2010 : Aleksander Szczygło , Polish politician
- 2010 : Jerzy Szmajdziński , Polish politician
- 2010 : Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz , Polish politician
- 2010 : Anna Walentynowicz , Polish civil rights activist
- 2010 : Edward Wojtas , Polish politician
- 2010 : Paweł Wypych , Polish politician
- 2010 : Stanisław Zając , Polish politician
- 2011 : André Müller , Austrian journalist and writer
- 2011 : Ernest Vaast , French soccer player
- 2012 : Erdoğan Arıca , Turkish soccer player, coach and sports manager
- 2012 : Raymond Aubrac , French civil engineer and leading member of the Resistance
- 2012 : Luis Aponte Martínez , Puerto Rican Archbishop
- 2012 : Ivan Nagel , German theater director
- 2013 : Lorenzo Antonetti , Vatican diplomat and cardinal to the Curia
- 2013 : Ewald Aul , German Holocaust survivor and head of the Jewish community in Osnabrück
- 2013 : Raymond Boudon , French sociologist and philosopher
- 2013 : Robert Edwards , British medic and Nobel Prize winner
- 2014 : Ján Hirka , Slovak bishop of the Greek Catholic Church
- 2014 : Donatas Lapienis , Lithuanian chess player and constructor
- 2014 : Sue Townsend , British writer
- 2015 : Judith Malina , American actress and director
- 2015 : Sascha Weidner , German photographer
- 2016 : Henryk Średnicki , Polish boxer
- 2016 : Walter Wimmel , German classical philologist
- 2017 : Jack Ahearn , Australian motorcycle racer
- 2017 : Linda Hopkins , American blues and gospel singer
- 2017 : Carlo Riva , Italian boat builder
- 2018 : Erhard Forndran , German political scientist
- 2019 : Werner Bardenhewer , German Catholic priest
- 2019 : Earl Thomas Conley , American country singer
- 2019 : Norbert Heinen , German manager
- 2019 : Balduin Sulzer , Austrian composer
- 2021 : István Bérczi , Hungarian gymnast
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Thomas von Westen , Norwegian missionary (Protestant)
- St. Eberwin von Helfenstein , German Canon (Catholic)
- Mikael Agricola , Finnish theologian, Bishop of Turku (Evangelical: ELCA )
- Name days
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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