August 10

The August 10 is the 222nd day of the Gregorian calendar (the 223rd in leap years ), thus remain 143 days by year end.

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events

Politics and world events

0612 BC Chr .: Nineveh , the last capital of Assyria , is conquered and destroyed by Medes and Babylonians after a three-month siege.

843: The division of territory in the
Treaty of Verdun

0843: In the Treaty of Verdun , after the death of Louis the Pious , the Franconian Empire is divided among his sons Lothar , Ludwig and Karl .

0955: Otto the Great's victory over the Magyars in the Battle of Lechfeld ends the time of the Hungarian invasions into Eastern Franconia .

0991: Invaded Vikings defeat Anglo-Saxon warriors under the leader of Byrhtnoth at the Battle of Maldon .

0997: The Moorish army of Almansor destroys Santiago de Compostela , but leaves the Apostle's grave there untouched.

1164: A crusader troop from the Principality of Antioch is ambushed and defeated by the Syrian ruler Nur ad-Din by apparent retreat at the Battle of Artah .

1230: In the battle of Yassı Çemen , the Rum Seljuks prevail over the Khorezm Shah Jalal ad-Din .

1250: Schleswig's Duke Abel has his brother, the Danish King Erik IV. , Who has been invited to a reconciliation talk, murdered due to differences of opinion. He himself becomes King of Denmark in November after 24 knights swore his innocence in the death of his brother.

1270: Yekuno Amlak becomes the new Neguse Negest of Ethiopia and thus establishes the rule of the Solomon dynasty in the Abyssinian Empire .

1304: Raniero Grimaldi succeeds with his French fleet in liberating the city of Zierikzee, besieged by the Flemish side, from its predicament. The ally Wilhelm III. , Count of Holland, Zeeland and Hainaut, moves into the city after the victory.

1500: The Portuguese Diogo Dias is the first European to sight Madagascar and names the island of São Lorenço .

1512: In the naval battle of Saint Mathieu , the largest French warship to date ( Marie la Cordelière ) and the largest English warship ( Regent ) are sunk, the French captain Hervé de Portzmoguer is killed along with almost 1,600 French and English sailors and marines.

1519: Ferdinand Magellan begins the first circumnavigation of the world with his five ships sailing downriver from Seville to the mouth of the Guadalquivir at Sanlúcar de Barrameda .

1535: The Saint Lawrence River takes its name from the discoverer Jacques Cartier .

1557: Philip II of Spain

1557: After his victory in the battle of Saint-Quentin over France's King Henry II on the feast day of Saint Lawrence , Philip II of Spain vows to build a monastery in honor of the saint. His astrologers then choose the small Castilian town of El Escorial for the construction.

1566: As a prelude to the Dutch War of Independence , Protestants destroy religious images in a chapel in Steenvoorde . The example will be followed by further campaigns in Catholic churches in Flanders until October .

1583: The Peace of Pljussa is concluded. The armistice ends the Livonian War between Russia and Sweden .

1653: The naval battle at Scheveningen is the last battle with weapons in the first Anglo-Dutch War . Both sides claim victory for themselves. The death of their admiral Maarten Tromp in battle promotes, among other things, the willingness of the Dutch to reach a peace agreement.

1661: Portugal and the States General agree on a peace treaty in Hague . In return for eight million guilders in money or goods, the Dutch waive all claims in Portuguese colonies .

1664: The Ottoman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Treaty of Eisenburg . With it ends the Turkish war of 1663/64 , which, despite the defeat of Mogersdorf , brought the Ottomans territorial gains in Hungary for the last time .

1678: France and the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands sign the first of the Nijmegen peace treaties .

1680: Organized by the Indian priest Popé , the Pueblo uprising breaks out in the viceroyalty of New Spain . Numerous Spanish colonists as well as many indigenous people fall victim to it.

1759: Charles III. , until then as Charles IV ruler in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies , followed Ferdinand VI. to the Spanish throne. His son Ferdinand takes over the reign of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in his place.

1792: Storming of the Tuileries

1792: The storm of the sans-culottes on the Tuileries ends the monarchy in France . Louis XVI Is captured.
1809: The Quito uprising is the first step towards Ecuador's independence .
1821: Missouri becomes the 24th state in the United States .
1830: Ecuador separates from Greater Colombia .
1861: Civil War : Confederate Victory at Wilson's Creek .
1904: During the Russo-Japanese War , the Russian fleet is defeated in the sea battle in the Yellow Sea .

Serbia after the second Balkan War in 1913

1913: The Treaty of Bucharest seals Bulgaria's defeat in the Second Balkan War . Serbia is establishing itself as a strengthened power in the Balkans.

1914: First World War : Japan issues an ultimatum to the German Reich and demands that Kiautschou be surrendered .

1915: The Second Battle of the Isonzo during the First World War ends without result.

1920: The Treaty of Sèvres aims to end the First World War between the Entente and the Ottoman Empire . The Ottoman Empire then loses a large part of its national territory. However, the treaty never comes into force.

1920: The Red Army crosses the Vistula north of Warsaw , marking its furthest advance during the Polish-Soviet War .

1936: The two-day battle of Mérida begins in the Spanish Civil War .

1948: The Constitutional Convention on Herrenchiemsee meets to work out a draft constitution for the three West German zones of occupation. The text is intended to be the basis for the deliberations of the Parliamentary Council .

1961: After Great Britain applied for membership the day before, Denmark also applies to join the European Economic Community (EEC) . Both states belong to the EFTA .

1965: Border treaty between Jordan and Saudi Arabia

1965: Signing of the Jordanian - Saudi border treaty: Jordan gains a few kilometers of additional coastline on the Gulf of Aqaba as well as 6,000 km² of territory from Saudi Arabia and in return cedes around 7,000 km² to this.
1994: The world's largest smuggling of plutonium is discovered at Munich Airport . A committee of inquiry of the German Bundestag into these events later found that this was staged by the Federal Intelligence Service .
1995: The crucifix decision of the German Federal Constitutional Court of May 16 is published. The affixing of a cross in the classroom, as required by the Bavarian primary school regulations, is assessed as a violation of the freedom of religion enshrined in the Basic Law . The verdict triggers heated political discussions.
2006: Mass demonstrations begin in Taiwan against President Chen Shui-bian, who is accused of corruption .
2011: The first Chinese aircraft carrier , the former Varyag , runs out for its first test drive.
2016: Legalization of Practiced Homosexuality in Belize ; homosexual acts are thus allowed in all of Central America .

business

1893: The Banca d'Italia is established in Rome as a joint stock company from the merger of the Banca Nazionale nel Regno , Banca Nazionale Toscana and Banca Nazionale Credito as well as the liquidation of Banca Romana .
1937: The Japanese electronics company Canon is founded.

science and technology

1846: The Smithsonian Institution is founded by a law of the US Congress with funds from the legacy of the British James Smithson, who had died 17 years earlier .

1881: The first international electricity exhibition is held in Paris . The visitors are fascinated by the light bulbs developed by Thomas Alva Edison together with Sigmund Bergmann .

1888: Gottlieb Daimler equips the gondola of a gas balloon with his engine, thus creating one of the first airships, which sails from Cannstatt to Aldingen on August 10th .

1893: Rudolf Diesel's first test engine runs on its own in the Augsburg machine factory .

1897: acetylsalicylic acid

1897: Felix Hoffmann produces acetylsalicylic acid for the first time , which is later sold as aspirin.

1972: Georg Gerhard Wendt opens the first genetic counseling center in the Federal Republic of Germany.

1972: About the American state of Utah , the Great Daylight Fireball , a temporary meteorite entering the Earth's atmosphere , observed.

1973: With the first ramming in Laatzen , construction work begins on the 327 km long high-speed railway line Hanover – Würzburg . It is the first high-speed line for over 200 km / h in Germany and the first new long-distance railway line to be built in more than half a century.

1990: Radar map of Venus, created by Magellan

1990: The Magellan spacecraft enters orbit around Venus to map the planet's surface.

Culture

1744: Frederick the Great orders the creation of vineyard terraces on a slope in Potsdam .

1793: The former royal palace Louvre in Paris is opened as a museum.

1889: The Natural History Museum in Vienna is ceremoniously handed over to its destination by Emperor Franz Joseph I.

1895: The first promenade concert is performed in the Queen's Hall in London . The conductor is Henry Wood .

1920: Mamie Smith records the track Crazy Blues for Okeh Records , which becomes a million-seller as the first blues recording by a black artist.

company

1912: Virginia Stephen marries Leonard Sydney Woolf .
1969: Following the murder of Sharon Tate , the LaBianca couple are also murdered by members of the Manson Family .
1975: The first xenophobic pogroms in Germany after 1945 begin with a hunt through downtown Erfurt . The victims of the Erfurt pogroms are Algerian contract workers .
1977: Serial killer David Berkowitz , known as "Son of Sam", is arrested by New York police .

2003: Yuri Malenchenko

2003: The cosmonaut Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko , who is on the ISS at the time , marries his partner Yekaterina.

2005: A user who calls himself "Nathan Poe" posts Poe's law on a Christian Internet forum .

religion

0654: Eugene I is elected Pope, although his predecessor Martin I is still alive.

1906: In the encyclical Gravissimo officii munere addressed to the French Bishops' Conference , Pope Pius X emphatically rejects the membership of worship and cult associations, as permitted by the French state, to the Church.

Disasters

1628: The Vasa

1628: The warship Vasa , a prestige project of Gustav II Adolf of Sweden , sinks in the port during its maiden voyage. 30 to 50 people are killed.
1856: A hurricane kills about 400 people in Louisiana .

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

Sports

1822: The first horse race on German soil is held in Doberan in Mecklenburg .
1829: The Finsteraarhorn , the highest mountain in the Bernese Alps , is climbed by Jakob Leuthold and Johann Währe to the main summit.

1907: Beijing-Paris route

1907: In the automobile race from Beijing to Paris that started on June 10th, the Italian Prince Scipione Borghese was the first to reach the French capital. On August 30th, the second vehicle driven by the Dutchman Charles Goddard arrives. All other participants do not finish.
1974: A single-track second division starts playing in Austria at the start of the 1974/75 football season .

1986: For the first time, a Formula 1 car race is held in an Eastern Bloc country . The Brazilian Nelson Piquet wins at the Hungaroring the Hungarian Grand Prix .

Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .

Born

Before the 17th century

Madeleine of France (* 1520)
Erich II of Calenberg-Göttingen (* 1528)
Caspar Olevian (* 1536)
Philipp Nicolai (* 1556)

1019: Gundekar II , Bishop of Eichstätt
1267: James II the Just , King of Aragon
1296: John of Bohemia , King of Bohemia and Hereditary King of Poland
1331: John de Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley , English nobleman
1360: Francesco Zabarella , Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
1388: Thomas Ebendorfer , Austrian theologian, university professor and historian
1439: Anne , Duchess of Exeter
1466: Gianfrancesco II Gonzaga , son of Marquis Federico I Gonzaga of Mantua and his successor
1489: Jakob Sturm von Sturmeck , German politician and reformer, mayor of Strasbourg
1516: Johann Habermann , German Lutheran theologian, author of edification and Hebraist
1520: Madeleine of France , Queen of Scotland
1527: Barbara of Brandenburg , Duchess of Brieg
1528: Erich II of Calenberg-Göttingen , Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and mercenary leader
1536: Caspar Olevian , German theologian
1547: Franz II , Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
1549: Katharina von Brandenburg-Küstrin , Electress of Brandenburg
1556: Philipp Nicolai , German song writer and theologian
1560: Hieronymus Praetorius , German organist and composer
1597: Charlotte Louise von Hanau-Münzenberg , German nobleman
1597: Abraham Heidanus , German Reformed theologian

17th century

Raban von Canstein (* 1617)
Johann Deutschmann (* 1625)
Susanna Maria von Sandrart (* 1658)
Johann Konrad Dippel (* 1673)

1602: Gilles Personne de Roberval , French mathematician
1617: Raban von Canstein , Privy Councilor of Brandenburg and President of the Court Chamber
1625: Johann Deutschmann , German Lutheran theologian
1631: Erich Mauritius , German legal scholar
1645: Eusebio Francisco Kino , Italian Jesuit missionary
1653: Louis Pécour , French dancer and choreographer
1658: Susanna Maria von Sandrart , German draftsman and engraver in Nuremberg
1661: Joachim Meier , German writer
1670: Johann Friedrich Wentzel , German painter and etcher
1673: Johann Konrad Dippel , German alchemist, doctor and theologian
1674: Samuel Lutz , Swiss pietist pastor
1678: Heinrich Nicolaus Trebs , court organ builder for the Duchy of Saxony-Weimar
1694: John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower , 1st Earl Gower and British politician
1699: Christoph Gottlieb Schröter , German composer

18th century

Stepan Fjodorowitsch Apraxin (* 1702)
Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen (* 1710)
Eugenios Voulgaris (* 1716)
William Howe (* 1729)

1701: Christian Ludwig von Löwenstern , German painter, poet and composer
1701: Andreas Florens Rivinus , German legal scholar
1702: Stepan Fjodorowitsch Apraxin , Russian field marshal
1708: Gottfried Bernhard Göz , Austrian painter and engraver of the Rococo
1709: Johann Georg Gmelin , German Siberian researcher and botanist
1709: Jean-Jacques Lefranc de Pompignan , French writer
1710: Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen , Duchess of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg
1711: Edward Boscawen , British admiral
1714: Johann Carl Sigmund Haussdörffer , organ builder from Württemberg
1716: Eugenios Voulgaris , Greek monk, theologian, philosopher and writer
1729: William Howe , British general, commander in chief of the troops of the British East India Company
1740: Samuel Arnold , British composer
1740: Johann Peter Bucher , German legal scholar
1740: Leopold III. , Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
1746: Johann Friedrich Wenthin , German organ builder
1750: Daniel Gottlob Türk , German organist and music theorist
1753: Thomas Bewick , British graphic artist and wood cutter
1753: Edmund Randolph , US Secretary of State
1758: Armand Gensonné , French politician
1768: Otto Christian Friedrich Kuhfahl , German educator
1770: Dorothea Schlözer , German philosopher

Friedrich Joseph Haass (* 1780)
Charles James Napier (* 1782)
Johann C. Hundeshagen (* 1783)
Leopold Zunz (* 1794)

1780: Pierre François Marié Auguste Dejean , French lieutenant general and entomologist
1780: Friedrich Joseph Haass , German-Russian medic
1782: Charles James Napier , British general, commander in chief of the troops of the East India Company
1783: Johann Christian Hundeshagen , German professor and forest scientist
1784: Avraam Ivanovich Melnikow , Russian architect
1786: Paul Wigand , German lawyer and historian
1791: Karl Rikli , Swiss Protestant clergyman
1793: August Neithardt , German composer
1794: Amalie von Sachsen , German composer and writer
1794: Leopold Zunz , German Jewish scientist, champion of the emancipation of the Jews, is considered to be the founder of the science of Judaism
1795: Otto Wigand , German publisher and politician
1797: Lorenzo Arrazola y Garcia , Spanish legal scholar, politician and government president
1797: Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini , German botanist
1799: Friedrich Wilhelm Brökelmann , German entrepreneur
1799: Samuel D. Hubbard , American politician
1800: Otto August Rosenberger , German astronomer

19th century

1801 to 1850

Sophie von Hatzfeldt (* 1805)
Camillo Benso by Cavour (* 1810)
Henri Nestlé (* 1814)
Antônio Gonçalves Dias (* 1823)

1801: Christian Hermann Weisse , German Protestant theologian and late idealist philosopher
1804: Marie-Alphonse Bedeau , French general
1804: Albert Immer , Swiss Reformed theologian
1804: Wilhelm Nerenz , German painter
1805: Sophie von Hatzfeldt , German socialist and partner of Ferdinand Lassalle
1805: Ferenc Toldy , Hungarian literary historian
1806: Arunah Shepherdson Abell , American publisher
1806: Carl Franz Wilhelm Edel , German lawyer and politician
1806: Paul-Eugène Lequeux , French architect
1806: Julius Weisbach , German mathematician and engineer
1810: Lorenzo Batlle y Grau , Uruguayan politician, President of Uruguay
1810: Camillo Benso von Cavour , Italian statesman, first prime minister
1811: Enrico Cialdini , Italian general and Duke of Gaeta
1813: Joseph Fay , German painter
1813: William Henry Fry , American composer and music critic
1814: Ketil Motzfeldt , Norwegian politician
1814: Henri Nestlé , Swiss entrepreneur and industrialist of German origin
1814: John C. Pemberton , American Confederate general in the Civil War
1814: William Lowndes Yancey , American politician and lawyer
1818: Joseph Lingens , German politician, MdR
1821: Alois Ander , Bohemian tenor and opera singer
1822: Jindřich Fügner , Czech businessman and sports official
1823: Achille Costa , Italian entomologist
1823: Antônio Gonçalves Dias , Brazilian poet
1827: Adalbert Falk , Prussian minister of education and president of the Hamm Higher Regional Court
1830: Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck , Silesian industrialist
1831: Richard Felix von Arnim , Prussian officer
1835: Rudolf Siemering , German sculptor
1840: Károly Hornig , Archbishop of Veszprém and Cardinal
1845: Francesco Vinea , Italian painter
1847: Wilhelm Rein , German educator

1851 to 1900

Georg Pick (* 1859)
Sergei Dmitrijewitsch Sasonow (* 1860)
Juliane Déry (* 1864)
Hugo Eckener (* 1868)

1851: Gottfried Karl Wilhelm Asselmann , German clergyman and local researcher
1852: Frédéric Kastner , French physicist, inventor of the pyrophone
1856: Francis Xavier Dercum , American neurologist
1858: Gaston Milhaud , French science theorist and science historian
1859: Georg Alexander Pick , Austrian mathematician
1860: Pieter Helbert Damsté , Dutch classical philologist
1860: Karl Coelestin Moser , Swiss architect
1860: Sergei Dmitrijewitsch Sasonow , Russian diplomat
1864: Juliane Déry , German writer
1864: Carl Junker , Austrian syndic of the Association of Austro-Hungarian Booksellers and Historians
1865: Alexander Konstantinowitsch Glasunow , Russian composer
1865: Andreas Heusler , Swiss Old Germanist
1866: Paul Felix Atenstädt , German classical philologist and high school teacher
1867: Emil Oberhoffer , American conductor, composer and music teacher
1868: Hugo Eckener , German aviation pioneer
1870: Heinrich Eisenbach , Austrian cabaret artist
1870: Hans Zenker , German admiral
1871: Florian Gröger , Austrian politician
1871: Aino Sibelius , wife of the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius
1872: Engelbert-Maria , Duke of Arenberg
1872: Fritz Lau , German writer
1873: Marius Chaîne , French orientalist and Catholic priest
1874: Herbert Hoover , American politician, 31st President of the USA
1874: Felix Krueger , German psychologist
1874: Antanas Smetona , first President of the Republic of Lithuania

Aino Sibelius (* 1871)
Herbert Hoover (* 1874)
Alfred Döblin (* 1878)
Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (* 1889)

1877: Sem Benelli , Italian playwright
1877: Rudolf Hilferding , German-Austrian politician, economist, MdR, Reich Finance Minister
1877: Frank Marshall , American chess player
1878: Alfred Döblin , German doctor and socially critical writer
1878: Karl Geiler , German legal scholar and politician, first Prime Minister of Hesse
1880: Pierre Roy , French painter
1880: Clarence Cameron White , American composer
1881: Witter Bynner , American poet
1882: William Van Alen , American architect
1883: Gordon Battelle , American entrepreneur
1883: Fernando Cento , Vatican diplomat and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
1883: Konrad Kain , Canadian mountaineer
1883: Carlos Lavín , Chilean composer and musicologist
1884: Robert Wichard Pohl , German physicist
1885: Hermann Ammann , German linguist
1885: Franziska Mayer-Hillebrand , Austrian psychologist
1887: Edward Leedskalnin , Latvian sculptor and engineer
1887: Sam Warner , American film producer
1888: Lauri Ikonen , Finnish composer
1888: Max Jacob , German puppeteer
1889: Charles Darrow , alleged American inventor of the board game Monopoly
1889: Cecil Armstrong Gibbs , British composer
1889: Zofia Kossak-Szczucka , Polish writer, resistance fighter and initiator of the Żegota
1889: Norman Scott , American admiral
1890: Vsevolod Michailowitsch Abramowitsch , Russian aviation pioneer and flight instructor
1890: Gerd Fricke , German radio play director, radio play speaker, radio presenter and actor
1890: Richard Sedlmaier , German art historian and university professor
1892: José Orabuena , German-Jewish writer
1893: Enrique Clemente Armand-Ugón , Uruguayan lawyer
1893: Douglas Moore , American composer
1893: Prežihov Voranc , Slovenian writer
1894: Varahagiri Venkata Giri , Indian President
1896: Milena Jesenská , Czech writer
1896: Walter Lang , American film director
1896: Erich Steinfurth , German communist politician, MdL, resistance fighter against National Socialism
1898: Leyla Achba , the first Ottoman lady-in-waiting to write her memoirs
1898: Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz , Polish journalist and writer
1898: Emil Kraft , German politician, MdL
1899: Margarete Heymann , German ceramic designer
1900: René Crevel , French writer
1900: Jean Mantelet , French founder of the Moulinex company
1900: Hans Otto , German theater actor
1900: Arthur Porritt , Governor General of New Zealand and doctor, athlete and sports official

20th century

1901-1925

Norma Shearer (* 1902)
Arne Tiselius (* 1902)
Mohammed V (* 1909)
Claude Thornhill (* 1909)

1901: Sergio Frusoni , Cape Verdean poet
1901: Mary Odette , French actress
1901: Mona Rüster , German table tennis player
1902: Norma Shearer , American actress
1902: Curt Siodmak , American film director and writer
1902: Arne Tiselius , Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize winner
1903: Geraldo , British band leader
1903: Eleanor Lambert , American fashion journalist
1904: Karl Helling , German chess player
1904: Albert Skira , Swiss publisher
1904: Ellen Soeding , German writer
1906: Wilhelm Kempf , Bishop of Limburg
1906: Herybert Menzel , German poet and writer at the time of National Socialism
1906: Nat Towles , American jazz bassist and band leader
1907: Luis Aguirre Pinto , Chilean composer
1907: Alvin Karpis , Canadian-American criminal
1908: Friedrich Haug , German lawyer, judge at the Federal Social Court
1908: Lauri Lehtinen , Finnish athlete, Olympic champion
1909: Leo Fender , American entrepreneur and instrument maker
1909: Richard J. Hughes , American politician
1909: Levon Madoyan , Armenian duduk player
1909: Mohammed V , King of Morocco
1909: Claude Thornhill , American jazz pianist and band leader
1910: Gordon Gray , Archbishop of Edinburgh and Cardinal

Jorge Amado (* 1912)
Rhonda Fleming (* 1923)
Dietmar Walther (* 1923)
Jean-François Lyotard (* 1924)

1912: Jorge Amado , Brazilian writer
1912: Randolph von Breidbach-Bürresheim , German lawyer, resistance fighter of July 20, 1944
1912: Romain Maes , Belgian racing cyclist
1912: Peter Nellen , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
1913: Heinz von Allmen , Swiss ski racer
1913: Noah Beery junior , American actor
1913: Kalevi Kotkas , Finnish athlete
1913: Wolfgang Paul , German physicist and Nobel Prize winner
1914: Ken Annakin , British director
1915: Carlos Menditéguy , Argentine polo player and racing driver
1916: Coutoucou Hubert Maga , President of Benin
1916: Emil Solke , German farmer and politician, Member of the Bundestag
1917: Bäiken Äschimow , Soviet politician
1918: Arnett Cobb , American jazz saxophonist
1918: Philipp Rohr , German soccer player and coach
1919: Emerich Coreth , Austrian Catholic theologian and philosopher
1920: Walter Basan , German writer and radio play author
1920: Red Holzman , American basketball coach
1921: John Archer , British sprinter
1922: Loro Boriçi , Albanian football player and coach
1922: Arthur T. von Mehren , American legal scholar
1923: Rhonda Fleming , American actress
1923: Jean Graton , Belgian comic artist and author
1923: Dietmar Walther , German conductor, composer and accordionist
1924: Martha Hyer , American film actress
1924: Jean-François Lyotard , French philosopher
1925: Rudolf Bachmann , German politician, MdL
1925: Stanislav Brebera , Czech chemist
1925: Willy Purucker , German screenwriter, radio play director and presenter

1926-1950

Anatoly Alexandrovich Sobchak (* 1937)
Marie Versini (* 1940)
Ronnie Spector (* 1943)
Harriet Miers (* 1945)

1926: Marie-Claire Alain , French organist
1927: Mario Abbate , Italian singer and actor
1927: Jean Guichet , French racing car driver
1927: Gerd Löffler , German political scientist and politician, Member of the State Parliament, Senator
1928: Jimmy Dean , American country musician
1928: Eddie Fisher , American singer and entertainer
1928: Gerino Gerini , Italian racing driver
1928: Franz Lehrndorfer , German organist and music professor
1929: Vincent McEveety , American film and television director
1929: Joseph Ujlaki , French football player
1930: Martha Keys , American politician
1930: Fakir Musafar , American founder of the Modern Primitive movement
1931: Renate Holm , German-Austrian singer
1932: Verena von Asten , German writer
1932: Alexander Goehr , British composer
1932: Jürgen Holtz , German actor
1932: Vladimír Páral , Czech writer
1932: Gaudencio Rosales , Archbishop of Manila, cardinal
1932: Miloslav Švandrlík , Czech writer
1933: Erica Batchelor , British figure skater
1933: Doyle Brunson , American poker player
1933: Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss , British lawyer, was the first female judge on the Court of Appeal
1933: Keith Duckworth , British engineer
1933: Denise Schmandt-Besserat , American ancient orientalist
1934: Manfred Clasen , German right-wing extremist politician
1934: Ludwig Elm , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
1935: Wolfgang Herger , head of the security department at the Central Committee of the SED in the GDR
1935: Giya Kancheli , Georgian composer
1936: Barbara von Wulffen , German author
1937: Hartmut Atsma , German historian and diplomat
1937: Eddie Meador , American football player
1937: Peter Roggisch , German actor
1937: Anatoly Alexandrovich Sobchak , Russian politician
1937: Lucinda Williams (athlete) , American athlete, Olympic champion
1938: Lars Amble , Swedish actor and theater director
1938: Grit Boettcher , German actress
1938: Antje Hagen , German actress
1939: Maria Luisa Lopez-Vito , Filipino-German pianist
1939: Kate O'Mara , British actress
1940: Peter William Atkins , British chemist and physical chemist
1940: Bobby Hatfield , American singer
1940: Les Humphries , British musician
1940: Weniamin Smechow , Russian actor and theater director
1940: Marie Versini , French actress
1941: Lawrence Casserley , British composer, improvisation musician and music teacher
1941: Hanns Peter Euler , German sociologist
1941: Wolfgang Straßer , German computer scientist and university professor
1942: John Bailey , American cameraman
1942: Giovanni Lodetti , Italian football player
1943: Michael Mantler , Austrian jazz trumpeter, composer, band leader and producer
1943: Frances Northcutt , American mathematician, computer scientist, lawyer and suffragette
1943: Enrico Rava , Italian jazz musician
1943: Iwan Rickenbacher , Swiss communications consultant
1943: Ronnie Spector , American singer
1944: Bernard Coard , Grenadian politician
1944: Barbara Erskine , British writer and historian
1944: Bernhard Fleckenstein , German virologist
1945: Paul Angenvoorth , German marathon runner
1945: Milagros Beras Dalmasí , Dominican pianist and music teacher
1945: Harriet Miers , US lawyer, legal advisor to US President George W. Bush
1946: Emine Sevgi Özdamar , Turkish-German actress and writer

Les Humphries (* 1940)
Ian Anderson (born 1947)
Patti Austin (born 1950)

1947: Dmitri Konstantinowitsch Alexejew , Russian pianist
1947: Ian Anderson , British singer, composer, lyricist, flautist and guitarist
1947: Anwar Ibrahim , Malaysian politician and Vice Prime Minister
1947: John Meriwether , American Wall Street trader
1947: Mechtild Rothe , German politician, MEP
1949: Jean-Claude Basso , French racing car driver
1950: Patti Austin , American soul, R&B and jazz singer
1950: Rémy Girard , Canadian actor
1950: Ronald Nitschke , German actor
1950: Robin Pilcher , British writer

1951-1975

1952: Dietmar Käbisch , German cyclist
1952: Daniel Hugh-Kelly , American film actor.
1952: Jerzy Pilch , Polish writer
1952: Diane Venora , American actress
1953: Michael Schneider , German recorder player and conductor
1954: Peter Endrulat , German soccer player
1954: Eliot Fisk , American guitarist
1954: Heinz-Peter Haustein , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
1955: Michael Gerard Bauer , Australian writer
1955: Jan Bednarek , Polish politician
1955: Dietmar Mössmer , Austrian actor
1955: Brigitte Oleschinski , German historian and writer
1955: Manfred Scheuer , Austrian bishop
1956: Max Hardcore , American porn actor
1957: Ronald Borchers , German soccer player
1957: David Crane , American screenwriter and producer
1957: Danielle Spera , Austrian television presenter
1958: Michael Dokes , American boxer
1958: Wolfgang Funkel , German soccer coach and player
1958: Don Swayze , American actor
1959: Rosanna Arquette , American actress
1960: Antonio Banderas , Spanish actor
1960: Kenny Perry , American golfer

Rosanna Arquette (* 1959)
Antonio Banderas (* 1960)
Riddick Bowe (born 1967)
Justin Theroux (* 1971)

1961: Nicolas Berggruen , German-American financial investor
1962: Ingo Autenrieth , German physician
1962: Thomas Brunner , German soccer player and coach
1962: Suzanne Collins , American author
1962: Markus Schöffl , German tournament dancer and dance teacher
1963: Phoolan Devi , Indian bandit queen and politician
1963: Moses Isegawa , Ugandan writer
1963: Andrew Sullivan , British journalist and blogger
1964: Andy Caldecott , Australian enduro athlete and motorcycle dealer
1965: Claudia Christian , American actress and singer
1965: Toumani Diabaté , Malian kora player
1965: John Starks , American basketball player
1965: Eric Thal , American film actor and wrestler
1966: Udo Bölts , German racing cyclist
1966: Hossam Hassan , Egyptian soccer player
1966: Ibrahim Hassan , Egyptian soccer player
1966: Hansi Kürsch , German singer ( Blind Guardian )
1966: Oliver Schündler , German film and television producer
1967: Philippe Albert , Belgian football player
1967: Georg Barber , German comic artist
1967: Riddick Bowe , American heavyweight boxer
1968: Aljaksandr Leanidawitsch Andryjeuski , Belarusian ice hockey player and coach
1968: Robert Barth , German track athlete
1968: Salvatore Licitra , Italian tenor
1968: Lene Rantala , Danish handball player
1969: Misty Rain , American porn actress
1971: Roy Keane , Irish football player
1971: Rüdiger Klink , German actor
1971: Tim Seyfi , German-Turkish actor
1971: Justin Theroux , American actor
1972: Peter Scott Adamson , American historian
1972: Angie Harmon , American actress
1972: Mike McGlone , American actor and writer
1972: Stefano Sacchetti , Italian football player and coach
1973: Ioan Viorel Ganea , Romanian football player
1973: Sandra Keller , German actress
1973: Ziska Riemann , German comic artist and screenwriter
1973: Javier Zanetti , Argentine soccer player
1974: Luis Marín , Costa Rican soccer player
1975: İlhan Mansız , Turkish football player
1975: Lorenzo Vismara , Italian swimmer

1976-2000

Karen Zoid (* 1978)
Johannes Lauer (* 1982)
Laura Totenhagen (* 1992)

1976: Andrés Aparicio , Uruguayan football player
1977: Marcel-André Casasola Merkle , German game designer
1977: Sergiu Radu , Romanian football player
1978: Daniel Allsopp , Australian soccer player
1978: Oli.P , German actor, singer and presenter
1978: Bart Wellens , Belgian racing cyclist
1978: Karen Zoid , South African singer and composer
1979: Jörg Dallmann , German speed skater
1979: Demetrio Greco , Italian soccer player
1979: Caroline Lalive , American ski racer
1979: Laura Schneider , German actress, singer and children's agent for film and television
1979: Maynor René Suazo , Honduran soccer player
1979: Skelley Adu Tutu , Ghanaian soccer player
1980: Roxanne McKee , British actress and model
1981: Taufik Hidayat , Indonesian badminton player
1981: Malik Muadh , Saudi Arabian soccer player
1982: John Alvbåge , Swedish football player
1982: Devon Aoki , American actress and model
1982: Johannes Lauer , German jazz musician
1982: Shaun Murphy , English snooker player
1983: Héctor Faubel , Spanish motorcycle racer
1983: Christoph Höhenleitner , German ice hockey player
1984: Cyrille Aimée , French jazz singer
1984: Serhat Akyüz , Turkish soccer player
1984: Osman Bozkurt , Turkish soccer player
1984: Dontaye Draper , American-Croatian basketball player
1985: Wiebke Kethorn , German handball player

Oli. P (* 1978)
Cyrille Aimée (* 1984)
Katja Krasavice (* 1996)
Kylie Jenner (born 1997)

1986: John-Lee Augustyn , South African racing cyclist
1986: Janina Haye , German soccer player
1986: Bajram Sadrijaj , Serbian football player
1987: Christoph Gawlik , German ice hockey player
1988: Gustavo Aprile , Uruguayan football player
1988: Bjarki Már Gunnarsson , Icelandic handball player
1989: Tim Völzke , German handball player
1990: Iris Shala , Austrian actress and model
1992: Oliver Rowland , British racing car driver
1992: Laura Totenhagen , German jazz singer
1993: Joakim Aune , Norwegian ski jumper
1993: Andre Drummond , American basketball player
1994: Bernardo Silva , Portuguese soccer player
1995: Rémi Cavagna , French cyclist
1996: Katja Krasavice , German web video producer and singer
1997: Kylie Jenner , American reality TV participant
1997: Luca Marini , Italian motorcycle racer

Died

Before the 17th century

Almansor († 1002)
Hans von Burghausen († 1432)
Konstantin Ostroschski († 1530)
Martin Schenk von Nideggen († 1589)

0612 BC Chr .: Sin-Sharish-kun , Assyrian king
0258: Lawrence of Rome , Roman deacon, Christian martyr
0353: Magnentius , Roman counter-emperor
0725: Picks , Austrasian nobles and saints
0794: Fastrada , third wife of Charlemagne
0847: al-Wāthiq bi-'llāh , Abbasid caliph
0955: Konrad the Red , Duke of Lorraine and Count in Speyergau, Wormsgau and Nahegau
1002: Almansor , regent in the Caliphate of Cordoba
1051: Drogo von Hauteville , Count of Apulia
1153: Eustach IV , Count of Boulogne
1202: Ulrich II , Duke of Carinthia
1241: Eleanor of Brittany , English princess from the House of Plantagenet
1250: Erik IV , King of Denmark
1270: Raoul de Grosparmy , Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal
1270: Alan de la Zouche , English military man and nobleman
1284: Tekuder , Ilchan of Persia
1309: Giovanni Boccamazza , Bishop and Cardinal
1313: John Lech , English clergyman and Archbishop of Dublin
1340: Elisabeth von Matzingen , Swiss abbess
1341: Eleanor of Anjou , Queen of Sicily
1344: Leopold II of Habsburg , son of the Austrian duke
1344: Simon I , sovereign of Lippe
1346: Philippe Monsieur , Count of Auvergne and the County of Boulogne
1371: Akashi Kakuichi , Japanese Buddhist monk and poet
1376: Robert de Juliac , Grand Master of the Order of Malta
1432: Hans von Burghausen , German builder
1501: Heinrich Quentell , Cologne printer
1512: Hervé de Portzmoguer , Breton nobleman and naval officer
1517: Aymon de Montfalcon , Bishop of Lausanne
1530: Konstantin Iwanowitsch Ostroschski , Ruthenian Knjaz and Grand Hetman of Lithuania
1546: William Thynne , English courtier and editor
1566: Bartholomaeus Rieseberg , German theologian
1589: Martin Schenk von Nideggen , Dutch military, military leader in various services
1599: Johann Münch , German legal scholar

17th and 18th centuries

Maarten Tromp († 1653)
Fyodor Golovin († 1706)
Guillaume Dubois († 1723)
Ferdinand VI. of Spain († 1759)

1601: Giovanni Alberti , Italian painter
1628: David Kollenberger , Mayor of Heilbronn
1633: Anthony Munday , English author
1638: Anton Heinrich , Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
1645: Jürgen Pavels , Lübeck councilor
1653: Maarten Tromp , Dutch admiral
1659: Friedrich III. , Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf
1666: Georg Friedrich vom Holtz zu Niederholz , Colonel Sergeant and General Feldzeugmeister in the Thirty Years' War
1668: Johann Erich Ostermann , German Graecist
1706: Fyodor Alexejewitsch Golovin , Russian diplomat
1723: Guillaume Dubois , French cardinal and politician
1728: Heinrich von Sanden , German doctor and physicist
1737: Antonio Cristofori , Italian painter and musician
1742: Georg Philipp Rugendas , German painter and engraver
1759: Diego d'Aguilar , Marran financier and court Jew in Vienna
1759: Ferdinand VI. , Spanish king
1782: Johann Gottlob Thierbach , German educator
1784: Allan Ramsay , British portraitist and court painter to George III.

19th century

1801-1850

Michael Haydn († 1806)
Karl Franz von Lodron († 1828)
Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl († 1832)
Karl Wilhelm Naundorff († 1845)

1802: Franz Ulrich Theodor Aepinus , German physicist and natural philosopher
1802: Antonio Lolli , Italian violin virtuoso and composer
1806: Michael Haydn , German-Austrian composer
1813: Francisco Antonio García Carrasco , Spanish officer and governor of Chile
1821: Johann Christoph Schreiter , German Evangelical Lutheran theologian
1826: August Schumann , German bookseller, publisher and lexicographer
1828: Karl Franz von Lodron , last Prince-Bishop of Brixen
1832: Michael Frey , German composer, violinist and Kapellmeister
1832: Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl , Swiss general
1835: Claus Schall , Danish composer
1843: Jakob Friedrich Fries , German philosopher
1845: Karl Wilhelm Naundorff , German watchmaker who claimed Ludwig XVII. of France to be
1846: Christian Ludwig Ideler , German astronomer

1851-1900

Friedrich Julius Stahl († 1861)
Carl Hinstorff († 1882)
Jan Jonker Afrikaner († 1889)
Otto Lilienthal († 1896)

1851: Heinrich Eberhard Gottlob Paulus , German Protestant theologian and philosopher
1857: John Wilson Croker , British speaker, poet and journalist
1861: Friedrich Julius Stahl , German legal philosopher, lawyer, Prussian crown syndic and politician
1862: August von der Embde , German painter
1865: Nathaniel Bland , British orientalist
1870: Joséphine-Fodor -Mainvielle, French opera singer
1870: Jules Pierre Rambur , French doctor and entomologist
1872: Albert de Balleroy , French painter
1875: Karl Andree , German geographer and publicist
1876: Edward William Lane , British orientalist
1881: Theodor Bradsky , Czech composer
1881: Orville Hickman Browning , American politician and home secretary
1882: Dethloff Carl Hinstorff , German publisher
1882: Edward Henry Palmer , British orientalist
1883: Édouard Dubufe , French painter
1883: Bernhard von Wüllerstorf-Urbair , Austrian admiral
1884: Amalie Haizinger , German actress
1886: Eduard Grell , German composer and organist
1888: Georg Weber , German philologist and historian
1889: Jan Jonker Afrikaner , captain of the Orlam Africans
1895: Felix Hoppe-Seyler , German chemist and physiologist
1896: Otto Lilienthal , German pioneer of gliding and muscular power flight
1897: James W. Abert , American engineer officer and cartographer

20th century

1901-1925

Otto von Faber du Faurs († 1901)
Paul Wallot († 1912)
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida († 1923)
Eduard Arnhold († 1925)

1901: Otto von Faber du Faur , German painter
1904: Wilhelm Karlowitsch Withöft , Russian admiral
1907: Hermann Ende , German architect
1907: Alfred von Keßler , Prussian officer
1910: Joe Gans , American boxer and world lightweight champion
1910: Friedrich Carl Glaser , German mechanical engineer and publicist
1910: Ernst von Wedel , landowner, monastery governor and Prussian politician
1912: Paul Wallot , German architect
1914: Paul Adolph , German lawyer and politician

Henry Moseley († 1915)

1915: Henry Moseley , British physicist
1916: Nazario Sauro , Italian naval officer
1918: William P. Kellogg , American politician
1918: Erich Loewenhardt , German fighter pilot in the First World War
1919: Hermann Wette , German doctor and writer
1923: Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida , Spanish painter and graphic artist of impressionism
1925: Eduard Arnhold , Berlin entrepreneur, art patron and philanthropist

1926 to 1950

Pierre Fatou († 1929)
Fritz-Dietlof Graf von der Schulenburg († 1944)
Berthold Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg († 1944)
Robert Goddard († 1945)

1929: Pierre Fatou , French mathematician
1929: Aletta Jacobs , Dutch doctor and feminist
1931: Richard Wettstein , Austrian botanist
1932: Fritz Hampel , pseudonym Slang, satirical German writer, journalist and cartoonist
1935: Jasper Bisbee , American old-time musician
1937: Hans Gustav Röhr , German automobile pioneer
1939: Carlo Galimberti , Italian weightlifter, Olympic champion
1940: Alessandro Bonci , Italian tenor
1940: Hans-Caspar von Zobeltitz , German writer and editor
1941: Mario Amadori , Italian pharmaceutical chemist and university professor
1942: Max Mendel , German businessman and consumer cooperative, Senator in the Hamburg Senate
1943: Georg Busch , German sculptor
1944: Alfred Kranzfelder , German naval officer, resistance fighter of July 20, 1944
1944: Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg , German lawyer, resistance fighter of July 20, 1944
1944: Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg , German lawyer, resistance fighter of July 20, 1944
1945: Robert Goddard , American scientist
1946: Karl Veidt , German Evangelical Lutheran theologian
1947: Anton Schall , Austrian football player
1948: Emmy Hennings , German writer and cabaret artist
1948: Montague Summers , British literary scholar and demonologist
1949: Homer Burton Adkins , American chemist
1949: John George Haigh , British serial killer
1950: Adolf Wilhelm , Austrian epigraphist and classical philologist

1951-1975

Frank Lloyd († 1960)
Ernst Wetter († 1963)
Gabriel Hanot († 1968)

1955: Wilhelm von Allwörden , German politician of the NSDAP, Hamburg Senator
1955: Hans Andersag , German chemist
1959: Heinrich Pössenbacher , German furniture manufacturer
1960: Frank Lloyd , British-American actor, director and producer
1960: Emil Strauss , German poet
1960: Oswald Veblen , American mathematician
1961: Marion Mahony Griffin , American architect
1962: Willy Schaeffers , German cabaret artist and actor
1963: Ernst Wetter , Swiss politician, Federal Councilor, Federal President
1965: Erich Rothacker , German philosopher and sociologist
1968: Gabriel Hanot , French footballer, journalist, newspaper owner
1969: Leno LaBianca , American businessman, victim of the Manson family
1970: Mikhayl Assaf , Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia
1970: Alexander Gode , German-American linguist and translator, founder of the planned language Interlingua
1970: Joe Lapchick , American basketball player and coach
1970: John Carlyle Raven , British psychologist
1970: Bernd Alois Zimmermann , German composer
1971: Federico Callori di Vignale , Italian clergyman, cardinal to the Curia
1973: Walter Körte , German architect
1974: Ivor Dean , British actor
1974: Danny Mummert , American actor
1975: Maurice Zundel , Swiss clergyman, theologian and philosopher

1976 to 2000

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff († 1976)
Walther Gerlach († 1979)
José Nieto († 1982)
Ernesto Melo Antunes († 1999)

1976: Paul Lücke , German building minister and interior minister
1976: Josef Mattauch , German physicist
1976: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff , German painter, graphic artist and sculptor of expressionism
1977: Fritz Edelmann , Austrian Mayor, saved several Jews from the Holocaust, Righteous Among the Nations
1977: Eduard Roschmann , Austrian war criminal in Latvia ( butcher of Riga )
1979: Walther Gerlach , German physicist
1979: José María Pinilla Fábrega , 34th President of Panama
1982: Peter de Mendelssohn , German-British writer, historian and essayist
1982: José Nieto , Spanish actor
1983: Ruben Rausing , Swedish inventor and entrepreneur
1985: Gerhard Sevenster , Dutch Reformed theologian and church historian
1986: Vratislav Effenberger , Czech literary theorist
1986: Chuck McKinley , American tennis player, Wimbledon winner
1987: Giorgos Athanasiadis-Novas , Greek writer, politician and Prime Minister
1987: Calvin Culver , American actor and porn actor
1987: Patrick Aloysius Cardinal O'Boyle , American clergyman, Archbishop of Washington
1988: Arnulfo Arias , President of Panama
1988: Adela Rogers St. Johns , American journalist, writer, and screenwriter
1990: Jacobo Arenas , Colombian politician and guerrilla
1991: Herbert Blankenhorn , German diplomat
1991: Ivo Braak , German author, reciter and educator
1991: Karl Korn , German publicist, journalist and humanities scholar
1992: Aribert Heim , Austrian doctor, camp doctor ( butcher of Mauthausen ) and war criminal
1992: Kurt A. Körber , German entrepreneur and patron
1993: Øystein Aarseth , Norwegian musician
1993: Gottlob Auwärter , German coachbuilder and entrepreneur
1993: Irene Sharaff , American costume designer
1994: Revilo Pendleton Oliver , American Professor of Classical Philology, Spanish and Italian
1994: Kay Petre , Canadian racing car driver and journalist
1995: Leo Apostel , Belgian philosopher
1995: Marie Dollinger , German athlete
1995: Willi Kobe , Swiss Protestant clergyman and peace activist
1996: Walter MacNutt , Canadian organist, composer, choir director and music teacher
1997: Jean-Claude Lauzon , Canadian director
1997: Conlon Nancarrow , Mexican composer
1999: Ernesto Augusto de Melo Antunes , Portuguese officer
1999: Ernst Bader , German actor, song writer and composer
1999: Albert Mülleder , Austrian organist and vicariate cantor, cathedral music director
1999: Anthony Radziwill , Swiss-American filmmaker and Emmy Award winner
1999: Fritz Westheider , German handball player, handball trainer and athlete
2000: Walter E. Lautenbacher , German fashion photographer, is considered to be the founder of the photo designer profession

21st century

Tony Wilson († 2007)
Isaac Hayes († 2008)

2001: Lou Boudreau , American baseball player and manager
2001: Werner Pirchner , Austrian composer
2001: Otto Schulmeister , Austrian journalist, editor-in-chief and publisher
2002: Kristen Nygaard , Norwegian mathematician, programming language pioneer
2003: Jacques Deray , French film director
2005: Jaroslav Koutecký , Czech professor of physical chemistry
2005: Ilja Prachař , Czech actor
2006: Irving São Paulo , Brazilian actor
2006: Takei Yasuo , Japanese banker
2007: Tony Wilson , British music manager, nightclub operator and television journalist
2008: Isaac Hayes , American soul musician, composer and actor
2009: Josef Burg , Austrian writer
2010: Al Freeman Jr. , American actor and director
2010: Erwin Frühbauer , Austrian Minister of Transport
2010: Antonio Pettigrew , American athlete
2010: Carlo Rambaldi , Italian makeup artist
2012: Philippe Bugalski , French rally driver
2013: László Csatáry , Hungarian Nazi war criminal
2014: Günter Junghans , German actor
2017: Karin Hertz , German sculptor
2017: Ruth Pfau , German nun and leprosy doctor
2019: Jeffrey Epstein , American investment banker and sex offender

Holidays and memorial days

Church memorial days
- St. Lawrence of Rome , deacon, martyr and patron saint (Anglican, Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox)
- Memorial Day of the Destruction of Jerusalem (Protestant)
Name days
- Astrid (only in Germany), Lorenz
State holidays and memorial days
- Ecuador , beginning of independence from Spain (1808)

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

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