10. January
The January 10 (in Austria and South Tyrol : January 10 ) is the 10th day of the Gregorian calendar , thus remain 355 days (356 days in leap years) by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 49 BC BC : Gaius Iulius Caesar crosses - with the words Alea iacta est - with his troops the Rubicon and moves towards Rome . This marked the beginning of the civil war against his previous partner in the first triumvirate , Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus .
- 69 : The Roman Emperor Galba adopts Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi Licinianus as co-emperor and successor for financial reasons . In doing so, he turns against him, who has previously supported him, Otho , who has made himself hopeful about his successor.
- 1072 : The Norman Duke of Apulia , Robert Guiskard , conquers the Sicilian city of Palermo from the Arabs and makes his brother Roger Count of Sicily .
- 1356 : Emperor Karl IV. Proclaims the first 23 elaborated chapters of the Imperial Law Book in Nuremberg . In the document, later known as the Golden Bull , the coronation of the Roman-German kings and emperors is regulated, electoral privileges are enshrined.
- 1475 : Ștefan cel Mare , the voivode of the Principality of Moldova , defeats a superior Ottoman army at Vaslui , which Sultan Mehmed II ordered against him .
- 1645 : Archbishop of Canterbury , William Laud , who has been in captivity since 1640 , is executed in the Tower of London on the basis of a Bill of Attainder , a judgment of the English Parliament .
- 1776 : During the American Revolutionary War , Thomas Paine publishes the pamphlet Common Sense , which will have a decisive influence on Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence . Among other things, the name United States of America is proposed for the first time .
- 1821 : Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen , admiral in Russian service, discovers an island in the Southern Ocean and names it after Tsar Peter the Great, Peter I Island .
- 1861 : Florida is the third of the southern states to leave the United States of America . Exactly one month later it joins the Confederate States of America .
- 1874 : In the Reichstag election in the German Empire , the liberal parties win more than 50% of the seats.
- 1877 : In the Reichstag elections in the German Empire, the conservative parties and the social democrats gain votes.
- 1915 : British colonial troops occupy the Mafia island off the coast of German East Africa . The defenders of the protection force , who were often defeated, lay down their weapons after a few hours.
- 1919 : During the so-called Spartacus uprising in Berlin, the German publicist Eduard Stadtler gives a lecture on Bolshevism as a global threat to a gathering of German industrialists and representatives of associations . These then finance the so-called anti-Bolshevik fund with a nominal amount of 500 million Reichsmarks , with whose money for the army and voluntary corps the German Soviet republics are militarily crushed. As a result, nationalist anti-republic groups also grew stronger.
- 1919 : After the disarming of the Bremen Infantry Regiment No. 75 , the KPD and USPD proclaim the Soviet republic in Bremen , which will only last until February 4th.
- 1919 : As a result of a survey error, the free state of Bottleneck , a micronation of the Free State of Bottleneck , is created in the Prussian province of Hessen-Nassau between the areas occupied by France and the USA after the First World War .
- 1920 : The peace treaty signed in Versailles comes into force. This also is on the 14-point program of Woodrow Wilson based League of Nations established that in the wake of World War I has the objective of the peace to secure permanent.
- 1923 : Lithuanian militants march into the French-occupied Memelland .
- 1943 : In the course of the Battle of Stalingrad , the Red Army begins a major offensive which will lead to the defeat of the encircled German 6th Army .
- 1946 : The first General Assembly of the United Nations takes place in London . Among other things, the UN Economic and Social Council is constituted .
- 1957 : Harold Macmillan becomes British Prime Minister after Anthony Eden resigns over the Suez Crisis .
- 1964 : As a result of the flag dispute with the USA and the shooting of a student in the Panama Canal Zone , Panama under President Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón breaks off diplomatic relations with the USA, which only resume on April 3rd.
- 1966 : In Tashkent , under the mediation of the Soviet Prime Minister Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin, at a conference between India's Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and Pakistan's President Muhammed Ayub Khan, the Second Indo-Pakistani War for Kashmir ended with a further acceptance of the Line of Control .
- 1972 : Sheikh Mujibur Rahman announces in Dhaka the separation of the already formally independent Bangladesh from West Pakistan and takes over the formation of the government.
- 1979 : The People's Republic of Kampuchea is founded after Vietnamese troops drove the Khmer Rouge from power. Heng Samrin acts as the new head of state.
- 1985 : The elected Daniel Ortega acts as the new President of Nicaragua . However, because the USA and other states do not want to accept the November 1984 election result, the contra war against the government is supported.
- 1989 : The Cuban military operation in Angola leads to a staggered withdrawal of troops from Angola after a thirteen-year presence .
- 2001 : The state presidents Heydər Əliyev , Azerbaijan and Vladimir Putin , Russia, agree on political, economic and military cooperation.
- 2003 : North Korea declares its withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty .
- 2005 : In Italy , the smoking ban is extended to rooms in public buildings, restaurants, pubs, bars, cafes and pubs.
economy
- 1840 : Isaac Pitman offers first distance learning . His students can learn the British shorthand he invented by mail .
- 1863 : The world's first underground , the Metropolitan Railway in London , opens between Farringdon and Paddington . The line is now part of the London Underground .
- 1870 : John D. Rockefeller reorganizes a refinery company in Cleveland , Ohio as a co-owner and renames the company the Standard Oil Company .
- 1901 : A huge oil fountain shoots up during a rotary drilling process on Spindletop Hill near Beaumont in Texas , tripling US oil production overnight and creating the Texan oil companies (including Texaco ).
- 1925 : The autonomous Saar area has to enter into a customs union with France.
- 1975 : The German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt opens the new Elbe tunnel in Hamburg.
- 1978 : The East Berlin office of the Hamburg news magazine Der Spiegel is closed after a decision by the GDR Foreign Ministry. The magazine had previously reported on an opposition in the country.
- 1990 : The computer manufacturer Nixdorf is taken over by Siemens .
- 2000 : AOL and Time Warner announce their intention to merge . The new company will be called AOL Time Warner .
science and technology
- 1491 : The scholar Peter of Ravenna publishes his book Phoenix, sive artificiosa memoria . The first time it offered a broad audience an effective method, the memory training and is considered the first copyright -protected printing .
- 1946 : The American electrical engineer John Hibbett DeWitt succeeds in proving that the ionosphere is permeable to radio waves. As part of the first earth-moon-earth radio link, the research group of Project Diana hears the echo of their signal from the moon used as a reflector .
Culture
- 1719 : In the Margravate Brandenburg-Bayreuth town of Erlangen is Markgrafentheater inaugurated, now the oldest recorded baroque theater in southern Germany.
- 1741 : Deidamia , Georg Friedrich Handel's last opera , is premiered in London. The libretto is by Paolo Antonio Rolli .
- 1829 : At the Opéra-Comique in Paris takes place the premiere of the comic opera La fiancée of Daniel-François-Esprit Auber .
- 1833 : The secular cantata The First Walpurgis Night by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy is premiered in the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin . The work is based on a ballad by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe . On the same day, under Mendelssohn Bartholdy's direction, the revised version of his Hebrides Overture will be premiered.
- 1891 : The operetta Saint Cyr by Rudolf Dellinger is premiered at the Carl-Schultze-Theater in Hamburg .
- 1891 : The Vienna Theater an der Wien is Carl Zeller's operetta The Bird with the libretto by Moritz West and Ludwig Held premiered.
- 1927 : In Berlin, the movie is Metropolis of Fritz Lang premiered. The hitherto most expensive film in German film history is a financial flop and is driving UFA, which is already in loss-making due to the Parufamet contract with Paramount and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, into even greater difficulties.
- 1929 : The comic characters Tintin (in the French-language original Les aventures de Tintin ) by the Belgian draftsman Hergé are presented to the public for the first time.
- 1942 : On Kungliga Teatern in Stockholm, the first performance of the carried Opera Birgitta of Natanael Berg .
- 1961 : In East Berlin the imprimatur for the final volume of the German dictionary is granted. 123 years after it was started by the Brothers Grimm , the work, comprising around 320,000 key words, is now complete.
society
- 1430 : On the occasion of his marriage to Isabella of Portugal , Philip the Good , Duke of Burgundy , donates the Order of the Golden Fleece .
- 1810 : The marriage between Napoleon I and Joséphine is divorced in court as the first marriage under the Code Napoléon .
- 1868 : More than 20,000 spectators are present at the execution of the Swiss criminal Héli Freymond in Moudon in the canton of Vaud . It is the last execution of the death penalty in Switzerland before its temporary abolition in the constitutional revision of 1874.
- 1959 : The German animal filmmaker Michael Grzimek , Bernhard Grzimek's son , dies while shooting the film Serengeti mustn't die when a small plane crashes in the Serengeti National Park.
religion
- 1890 : Pope Leo XIII. publishes the encyclical Sapientiae christianae , “About Christians as Citizens”, in which he writes about the duties of believers in civil society.
Disasters
- 1910 : The British passenger ship Loodiana disappears without a trace on the Indian Ocean after casting off in Port Louis (Mauritius) with 175 people on board. The cause is still unclear today.
- 1962 : In Peru , massive rock and ice masses break off from the northern summit of Nevado Huascarán . The falling debris avalanche costs at least 2,000 lives.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
Sports
- 2017 : FIFA decides that 48 teams will take part in a total of 16 groups of three teams each from the 2026 World Cup . The duration of the preliminary round remains the same, there is also a sixteenth-finals in the knockout system .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1479 : Johannes Cochläus , German humanist
- 1480 : Margaret of Austria , Austrian princess, regent of the Netherlands
- 1493 : Miklós Oláh , Hungarian archbishop, writer, politician and theologian
- 1573 : Simon Marius , German astronomer
- 1579 : Manuel Ramírez de Carrión , is considered one of the first "deaf and dumb" educators
- 1588 : Nicolaes Eliaszoon Pickenoy , Dutch painter
- 1590 : Zacharias von Quetz , German nobleman
- 1593 : Moritz von Savoyen , Italian cardinal and abbot
- 1614 : Kanō Yasunobu , Japanese painter
- 1619 : Johann Peter Titz , German educator and poet
- 1644 : Louis-François de Boufflers , French general and Marshal of France
- 1663 : Franz Callenbach , German author and satirist
- 1684 : Otto Ernst Leopold von Limburg-Stirum , German general
- 1690 : Georg Friedrich von Amstel , Prussian major general and commander
- 1694 : Jakob Grubenmann , Swiss master builder
18th century
- 1702 : Johannes Zick , German baroque fresco painter
- 1714 : Johann Georg Dominicus von Linprun , German lawyer, co-initiator of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
- 1723 : Christoph Carl Kress von Kressenstein , German lawyer and mayor
- 1744 : Thomas Mifflin , American politician and general, Governor of Pennsylvania
- 1746 : Johann Rautenstrauch , Austrian satirist and court agent
- 1747 : Abraham Louis Breguet , French watchmaker
- 1748 : Christian Gottlob Biener , German lawyer
- 1748 : Franziska von Hohenheim , German nobleman and mistress
- 1749 : Christian Gottlieb Gmelin , German pharmacist
- 1750 : Heinrich Rathmann , German educator, historian and pastor
- 1756 : Benjamin Smith , American politician
- 1757 : Joseph Kreutzinger , Austrian portrait painter
- 1760 : Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg , German composer and conductor
- 1766 : Jean Antoine Dubois , French missionary and Indologist (date of baptism)
- 1769 : Michel Ney , French general
- 1770 : Nicolaas Cornelis de Fremery , Dutch medic, pharmacologist, zoologist and chemist
- 1780 : Martin Hinrich Lichtenstein , German physicist, researcher and zoologist
- 1784 : Marcus DuMont , German publisher
- 1790 : Jacob Jacobsen Dampe , Danish theologian and philosopher
- 1791 : Joseph Daniel Ohlmüller , German architect
- 1796 : Hirsch Aub , German rabbi
- 1797 : Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , German writer
- 1797 : Karl August Koberstein , German literary historian
- 1800 : Lars Levi Læstadius , Swedish revival preacher in Lapland
19th century
1801-1850
- 1802 : Carl von Ghega , Austrian engineer
- 1803 : Ludolf Camphausen , Prussian Prime Minister
- 1804 : Oakes Ames , American politician
- 1804 : Élie-Frédéric Forey , French general and Marshal of France
- 1808 : Charles Nisard , French literary historian
- 1809 : Martin Fourichon , French admiral and Minister of the Navy
- 1810 : Jeremiah S. Black , American lawyer and politician
- 1812 : Leonhard Zeugheer , Swiss architect
- 1813 : August Fendler , German botanist
- 1813 : Franz Jakob Kreuter , German architect and civil engineer
- 1815 : John Macdonald , Prime Minister of Canada
- 1817 : Friedrich Heimerdinger , German painter
- 1817 : August Weber , German painter
- 1818 : Ernst Ludwig Taschenberg , German entomologist
- 1819 : Edouard Frère , French painter
- 1819 : Karl Heine , German entrepreneur and industrial pioneer
- 1820 : Neville Bowles Chamberlain , British field marshal
- 1823 : Antal Ligeti , Hungarian painter
- 1824 : Hodgson Pratt , British pacifist
- 1824 : Hans von Rochow , Prussian landowner and politician
- 1825 : Friedrich Friedländer , Austrian painter
- 1825 : Peter Zirbes , German poet and traveling singer
- 1827 : Carl Friedrich Mylius , German photographer
- 1827 : Conrad Paul Wusching , Romanian-German composer, church musician and choir director
- 1829 : Hermann Blankenstein , German architect
- 1833 : August Robert Wolff , Polish publisher and bookseller
- 1834 : John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton , British historian, journalist and church critic
- 1835 : Fukuzawa Yukichi , Japanese scholar
- 1836 : Josef Emler , Czech historian and archivist
- 1840 : Louis-Nazaire Bégin , Canadian Roman Catholic Archbishop of Québec and Cardinal
- 1848 : Paul Tschackert , German church historian
- 1849 : Robert Crosbie , Canadian-American theosophist
- 1849 : Friedrich Wilhelm Putzger , German educator and textbook author
1851-1900
- 1852 : Friedrich Lange , German journalist and politician
- 1854 : Ramón Corral , Mexican politician
- 1854 : Heinrich Köselitz , German writer and composer
- 1854 : Richard von Perger , Austrian composer, conductor and music teacher
- 1855 : Werner Stein , German sculptor
- 1855 : Petrus Johannes Blok , Dutch historian
- 1855 : Rodolfo Tartini , Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman
- 1858 : Heinrich Zille , German painter, draftsman and photographer
- 1859 : Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia , Spanish educator
- 1860 : Charles GD Roberts , Canadian poet and writer
- 1862 : Gustav Hoch , German politician, MdR
- 1864 : Emil Seckel , German lawyer and legal historian
- 1865 : Karl Florenz , German Japanologist
- 1866 : Ludwig Aschoff , German pathologist
- 1866 : Wilhelm Traube , German chemist
- 1867 : Gerhard Anschütz , German constitutional lawyer
- 1868 : Carl Albrecht Bernoulli , Swiss theologian and writer
- 1868 : Ozaki Koyo , Japanese writer
- 1868 : Oscar Schlitter , German banker
- 1870 : Hans von Raumer , German industrialist, politician and Reich Minister
- 1870 : Henri Rinck , French chess composer and endgame theorist
- 1871 : Wilhelm Diehl , German theologian, church historian and member of parliament
- 1871 : Ottilie Gerhäuser-Saint-Georges , German actress
- 1871 : Enrica von Handel-Mazzetti , Austrian writer
- 1872 : Frederic Storck , Romanian sculptor
- 1873 : George Orton , Canadian athlete, Olympic champion
- 1874 : Frederick H. Blair , Canadian organist, choir director, pianist and music teacher
- 1874 : Karl Bockisch , German musical instrument maker
- 1875 : Issai Schur , German mathematician
- 1876 : Thomas Alva Edison Jr. , American inventor
- 1878 : Samuel C. Bradford , British librarian
- 1878 : Johann Lemmerz , German designer and entrepreneur
- 1878 : August Adriaan Pulle , Dutch botanist
- 1880 : Manuel Azaña , Spanish politician, prime minister and president
- 1880 : Paolo Giobbe , Italian cardinal and Vatican diplomat
- 1880 : Grock , Swiss music clown
- 1881 : Auguste Le Guennant , French organist, composer and music teacher
- 1882 : Eugène Delporte , Belgian astronomer
- 1883 : Hubert Latham , French aviation pioneer
- 1883 : Alfred Saalwächter , German admiral
- 1883 : Alexei Nikolajewitsch Tolstoy , Russian writer
- 1884 : Hossein Kazemzadeh , Iranian teacher and mystic
- 1884 : Botho Sigwart zu Eulenburg , German composer
- 1884 : Franz Hueber , Austrian politician
- 1884 : Theodor Kärner , German porcelain artist and animal sculptor
- 1884 : Mathilde Vaerting , German psychologist and educator
- 1884 : Yamamura Bochō , Japanese poet
- 1886 : Leopold Binental , Polish musicologist and teacher
- 1886 : Albrecht Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode , German politician, MdR
- 1886 : Roman von Ungern-Sternberg , tsarist officer and leader of the “whites” in the Russian civil war
- 1887 : Robinson Jeffers , American poet, playwright, and natural philosopher
- 1888 : Alfred Birlem , German football referee
- 1889 : Efrem Forni , Italian cardinal and Vatican diplomat
- 1889 : Joseph Santley , American director, writer, and producer
- 1890 : Harold Lee Alden , American astronomer
- 1891 : Heinrich Behmann , German mathematician
- 1891 : Louis A. Johnson , American politician
- 1891 : Ludwig Manfred Lommel , German humorist
- 1893 : Felix Augenfeld , Austrian-American architect, interior designer, set designer and designer
- 1893 : Jean Errecaldé , French racing car driver
- 1893 : Vicente Huidobro , Chilean poet
- 1894 : Kurt Andler , German engineer
- 1895 : Marie-Dominique Chenu , French theologian
- 1895 : Rudolf Kohl , German politician, state minister, Member of the Bundestag
- 1895 : Fritz Schachermeyr , Austrian ancient historian
- 1897 : Sam Chatmon , American blues musician
- 1897 : Georg Pelster , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, MEP
- 1897 : Lya de Putti , Hungarian dancer and actress
- 1897 : Bedřich Václavek , Czech literary critic and theorist
- 1898 : Katharine B. Blodgett , American physicist
- 1899 : Axel Eggebrecht , German journalist and writer
- 1899 : Daniel Guilet , French-American violinist and music teacher of Russian origin
- 1900 : Fritz Edelmann , Austrian Mayor, saved several Jews from the Holocaust, Righteous Among the Nations
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : Henning von Tresckow , German general, resistance fighter
- 1903 : Barbara Hepworth , British sculptor
- 1903 : Flaminio Bertoni , Italian designer, sculptor and architect
- 1903 : Ilse Schneider-Lengyel , German art historian, photographer and writer
- 1903 : Walter Scherau , German folk actor
- 1904 : Gonzalo Curiel , Mexican pianist and composer
- 1904 : Georg Dahm , German criminal lawyer
- 1905 : Ruth Moufang , German mathematician
- 1906 : Edmund Collein , German architect
- 1906 : Natan Rachlin , Ukrainian conductor
- 1907 : Pierre Mendès France , French Prime Minister
- 1908 : Peter Fihn , German composer and conductor
- 1908 : Paul Henreid , American actor and director
- 1908 : Bernard Lee , British actor
- 1909 : Hans-Joachim Böhme , German SS officer, war criminal
- 1910 : Jean Martinon , French conductor
- 1911 : Nazım Aslangil , Turkish ski racer
- 1912 : Maria Mandl , Austrian superintendent in the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, war criminal
- 1913 : Gustáv Husák , Slovak politician and president
- 1913 : Bahi Ladgham , Tunisian politician, Prime Minister
- 1913 : Mehmet Shehu , Albanian Prime Minister
- 1915 : Hans-Heinrich Jescheck , German legal scholar
- 1915 : Franz Wipplinger , German candidate for priesthood, Nazi victim
- 1916 : Sune Bergström , Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1916 : Richard Münch , German actor
- 1917 : Hilde Krahl , Austrian actress
- 1917 : Jerry Wexler , American R&B producer
- 1918 : Arthur Chung , Guyanese President
- 1918 : Georges Riquier , French actor
- 1918 : Gustav Wagner , German medical IT specialist
- 1920 : Rut Brandt , Norwegian resistance fighter, second wife of Willy Brandt
- 1920 : Rosella Hightower , American ballet dancer
- 1920 : Paul Kuhn , Swiss gardener, teacher of the Coué method
- 1920 : Georges Marchal , French actor
- 1921 : Rodger Ward , American racing car driver
- 1922 : Aldo Ballarin , Italian football player
- 1922 : Günther Blau , German painter
- 1922 : Michel Henry , French philosopher and writer
- 1922 : Franz Kain , Austrian journalist, writer and politician
- 1922 : Walter Kern , German-Austrian fundamental theologian and religious
- 1922 : Ester Mägi , Estonian composer
- 1922 : Hannelore Schroth , German actress
- 1923 : Franz Schönhuber , German journalist, actor, author and politician
- 1923 : Ingeborg Drewitz , German writer
- 1924 : Eduardo Chillida , Spanish sculptor
- 1924 : Germain Lefebrve , Canadian singer, choir director and music teacher
- 1924 : Max Roach , American jazz drummer
- 1925 : Albert Andergassen , Austrian engineer, master builder and housing manager
1926-1950
- 1926 : Ingeborg Bukor , German sculptor
- 1926 : Jack Kyle , Irish rugby player
- 1927 : Alexei Ivanovich Ajubei , Soviet journalist, publicist and politician
- 1927 : Johnnie Ray , American singer
- 1927 : Otto Stich , Swiss politician
- 1928 : Philip Levine , American poet and university lecturer
- 1929 : Ferdi Behles , German politician, Member of the State Parliament and State Minister
- 1929 : Wilhelm Hankel , German economist and currency expert
- 1929 : Walter Heckmann , German painter and sculptor
- 1929 : Klaus Kammer , German actor
- 1930 : Roy E. Disney , American entrepreneur
- 1931 : Helmut Arntzen , German literary scholar, essayist, aphorist and fable author
- 1931 : Russell F. Doolittle , American biochemist
- 1931 : Will McBride , American photographer
- 1931 : Ilse Strambowski , German actress
- 1932 : Louis Rwagasore , Burundian Prime Minister
- 1933 : Friederike Aust , German actress
- 1933 : Akira Miyoshi , Japanese composer
- 1933 : Hajo Riese , Austrian economist and university professor
- 1934 : Leonid Kravchuk , Ukrainian President
- 1935 : Werner Andreas Albert , German conductor
- 1935 : Herb Andress , German film and television actor
- 1935 : Ronnie Hawkins , American singer and pianist
- 1935 : Siegfried Heinrich , German choir director and conductor
- 1935 : Georg Katzer , German composer
- 1936 : Stephen E. Ambrose , American historian
- 1936 : Gabriele Bockisch , German ancient historian
- 1936 : Robert Woodrow Wilson , American physicist
- 1937 : Simon Atallah , Lebanese bishop
- 1938 : Donald E. Knuth , American professor of computer science
- 1938 : Josef Koudelka , Czech photographer
- 1938 : Samir Khalil Samir , Egyptian scholar of Islam, Semitist, orientalist and theologian
- 1938 : Renate Schostack , German journalist and writer
- 1939 : Harrie Geelen , Dutch draftsman, illustrator, translator, television writer and director
- 1939 : Scott McKenzie , American singer
- 1939 : Sal Mineo , American actor and singer
- 1939 : Bill Toomey , American decathlete
- 1939 : Franz Winzentsen , German experimental and animation filmmaker
- 1941 : Ilse Geisler , German toboggan runner
- 1941 : Gertrud Höhler , German publicist
- 1941 : Horst Jüssen , German actor, director and author
- 1942 : Walter Hill , American director
- 1942 : Gunther Nogge , German zoologist
- 1942 : Rimantas Šavelis , Lithuanian writer and screenwriter
- 1943 : Jim Croce , American singer and songwriter
- 1943 : Andreas von der Meden , German actor
- 1943 : Peter Strauch , German theologian, author, songwriter and church official
- 1944 : Rory Byrne , South African racing car designer
- 1944 : Klaus Hurrelmann , German social and health scientist
- 1944 : Frank Sinatra junior , American pianist, actor, singer and entertainer
- 1944 : Hans-Arne Stiksrud , German professor for developmental psychology
- 1945 : John Joseph Fahey , Australian politician
- 1945 : Gunther von Hagens , German anatomist and researcher
- 1945 : Rod Stewart , British singer
- 1945 : Bernd Jürgen Warneken , German folklorist
- 1946 : Aynsley Dunbar , British drummer
- 1946 : Robert Gadocha , Polish football player
- 1947 : R. Paul Drummond , American composer and music teacher
- 1947 : George Alec Effinger , American science fiction writer
- 1947 : Hubert Maessen , Dutch political scientist and author
- 1947 : Peer Steinbrück , German politician, State Minister, Prime Minister, Member of the Bundestag and Federal Minister
- 1947 : Tiit Vähi , Estonian politician and entrepreneur
- 1947 : Karl-Reinhard Volz , German forest scientist
- 1948 : Donald Fagen , American singer and keyboardist
- 1948 : Mischa Maisky , Latvian cellist
- 1948 : Bernard Thévenet , French cyclist
- 1949 : Walter Browne , American chess master
- 1949 : George Foreman , American boxer
- 1949 : Linda Lovelace , American porn actress
- 1949 : Juttareiber , Austrian writer
- 1949 : William Vollery , Swiss racing car driver
- 1950 : Carlo Siliotto , Italian composer
- 1950 : Winfried Schäfer , German soccer player and coach
- 1950 : Ernie Wasson , American botanist and horticultural scientist
1951-1975
- 1951 : Holger Ortel , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1952 : William Parker , American jazz bassist
- 1952 : Oleh Romanyschyn , Ukrainian chess master
- 1952 : Gerhard Schöne , German songwriter
- 1953 : Pat Benatar , American rock singer
- 1953 : Guido Kratschmer , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1955 : Wolfgang Götzer , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1955 : Yasmina Khadra , Algerian writer
- 1955 : Charles Norman Mason , American composer and music teacher
- 1955 : Choren Howhannisjan , Soviet and Armenian football player
- 1955 : Michael Schenker , German rock guitarist
- 1956 : Shawn Colvin , American folk and pop singer
- 1957 : Claus-Dieter Grabner , German media manager ( BRAVO )
- 1958 : Eddie Cheever , American racing car driver
- 1958 : Garry Cook , British athlete
- 1958 : Giselher W. Hoffmann , Namibian writer
- 1958 : Rich Hopkins , American musician
- 1958 : Marcel Huber , German politician, Member of the State Parliament and State Minister
- 1959 : Lothar Arnold , German musician and chess player
- 1959 : Chandra Cheeseborough , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1959 : Jörg Dahlmann , German sports journalist
- 1959 : Shū Fujisawa , Japanese writer
- 1959 : Curt Kirkwood , American songwriter, singer and guitarist
- 1959 : Maurizio Sarri , Italian football coach
- 1960 : Brian Cowen , Irish Prime Minister
- 1960 : Claudia Losch , German athlete, Olympic champion
- 1960 : Ise Thomas , German politician, MdL
- 1962 : Zoltán Pokorni , Hungarian politician
- 1963 : Kira Valentinovna Ivanova , Russian figure skater
- 1963 : Francesco Panetta , Italian athlete
- 1964 : Frauke Ludowig , German television presenter
- 1965 : Matthias Hahn , German handball player and coach
- 1965 : Oliver Johanndrees , German draftsman and illustrator
- 1967 : Trini Alvarado , American actress
- 1967 : Jan Åge Fjørtoft , Norwegian football player
- 1967 : Monika Maierhofer , Austrian ski racer
- 1968 : Özcan Mutlu , German politician, MdL
- 1969 : Markus Gardeweg , German house DJ and musician
- 1969 : Andreas Reinke , German soccer player
- 1969 : Rainer Zerwesz , German ice hockey player
- 1970 : Christopher Colquhoun , British actor
- 1970 : Manfred Kurzer , German marksman
- 1970 : Alisa Marić , Serbian chess player
- 1970 : Carsten Schatz , German politician
- 1971 : Christine Döring , German actress
- 1971 : Rachid Azzouzi , Moroccan football player and manager
- 1971 : Mark Loram , British speedway driver
- 1971 : Simon Schwarz , Austrian actor
- 1971 : Daniel Grubeanu , German dentist specializing in treatment, teaching and research in periodontology and implantology
- 1971 : Thomas Gergen , German lawyer and professor
- 1972 : Thomas Alsgaard , Norwegian cross-country skier
- 1973 : Eva Aariak , Canadian Inuit politician
- 1973 : Tanya Streeter , US-British diving athlete
- 1973 : Félix Trinidad , Puerto Rican boxer
- 1974 : Steve Marlet , French football player
- 1974 : Hrithik Roshan , Indian actor
- 1974 : Sabrina Setlur , German hip-hop singer
- 1975 : Florian Ernst Kirner , German journalist and songwriter
1976-2000
- 1976 : Remy Bonjasky , Dutch Muay Thai fighter
- 1976 : Ian Poulter , English golfer
- 1977 : Axel Kromer , German handball player and coach
- 1977 : Kathrin Kühnel , German actress
- 1977 : Noel Malicdem , Filipino darts player
- 1977 : Björn Rupprecht , German handball player and handball trainer
- 1977 : Joris Van Hout , Belgian football player
- 1978 : Daniele Bracciali , Italian tennis player
- 1978 : Ulrike Kaiser , Liechtenstein judoka
- 1978 : Gavin McCann , English football player
- 1978 : Facundo Quiroga , Argentine soccer player
- 1978 : Tanel Tein , Estonian basketball player
- 1979 : Hans Henrik Andreasen , Danish football player
- 1979 : Maximilian Brückner , German actor
- 1979 : Edu , Brazilian soccer player
- 1979 : Cash Warren , American film producer
- 1980 : Josef Reif , Austrian horn player
- 1980 : Sarah Shahi , American actress
- 1980 : Rastislav Staňa , Slovak ice hockey goalkeeper
- 1981 : David Aganzo , Spanish soccer player
- 1981 : Nasri Atweh , Canadian musician and record producer
- 1981 : Janina-Kristin Götz , German swimmer
- 1981 : Jared Kushner , American real estate developer, media entrepreneur, financial investor, and political advisor
- 1981 : Hayden Roulston , New Zealand cyclist
- 1983 : Li Nina , Chinese freestyle skier
- 1984 : Marouane Chamakh , Moroccan football player
- 1984 : Nando Rafael , Angolan-German soccer player
- 1984 : Pierre Ragues , French racing car driver
- 1985 : Anette Sagen , Norwegian ski jumper
- 1986 : Jasmin Ouschan , Austrian pool player
- 1986 : Bernhard Schachner , Austrian soccer player
- 1987 : Eyüp Kadri Ataoğlu , Turkish football player
- 1987 : Florian Bartholomäi , German actor
- 1987 : Yoshitaka Kuroda , Japanese racing car driver
- 1988 : Bamba Anderson , Brazilian soccer player
- 1988 : Marvin Martin , French football player
- 1988 : Christian Zufelde , German handball player
- 1989 : Jasmin Kurtić , Slovenian football player
- 1990 : Mirko Bortolotti , Italian racing driver
- 1990 : John Carlson , American ice hockey player
- 1990 : Fabian Grünwald , German grass skier
- 1990 : Mario Innauer , Austrian ski jumper
- 1990 : Josef Welzmüller , German soccer player
- 1990 : Maximilian Welzmüller , German soccer player
- 1991 : Clemens Fandrich , German soccer player
- 1992 : Hannes van Asseldonk , Dutch racing driver
- 1992 : Christian Atsu Twasam , Ghanaian soccer player
- 1992 : Muhammet Demir , Turkish football player
- 1992 : Andreas Heimann , German chess player
- 1992 : Jakub Holoubek , Czech skeleton athlete
- 1992 : Veronika Kettenbach , German volleyball player
- 1992 : Martin Kienzle , German handball player
- 1992 : Šime Vrsaljko , Croatian football player
- 1994 : Mohammed Aman , Ethiopian middle distance runner
- 1998 : Khaled Mohssen , German-Lebanese soccer player
- 1999 : Lara Della Mea , Italian ski racer
- 1999 : Annalena Rieke , German soccer player
- 1999 : Manuel Wintzheimer , German soccer player
21st century
- 2004 : Kaitlyn Maher , American singer
Died
Before the 18th century
- 417 : John II , Patriarch of Jerusalem
- 681 : Agatho , Sicilian monk and Pope
- 976 : Johannes Tzimiskes , Emperor of the Byzantine Empire
- 987 : Pietro Orseolo , Doge of Venice
- 1030 : Thietmar , Margrave of Lusatia, Count in Swabia and North Thuringia
- 1042 : Anuschtegin ad-Duzbiri , governor of the Fatimids in Palestine and Syria
- 1055 : Břetislav I , Duke of Bohemia from the Přemyslid family
- 1123 : Robert Blouet , Lord Chancellor of England
- 1152 : Theobald the Great , Count of Blois and Count of Champagne
- 1218 : Hugo I , King of Cyprus
- 1266 : Swantopolk II , Duke of Pomerellen
- 1271 : Otto II , German nobleman, Count von Geldern
- 1276 : Pope Gregory X.
- 1292 : Konrad von Himberg , Bishop of Chiemsee
- 1321 : Maria of Brabant , Queen of France
- 1405 : Eleanor Maltravers, 2nd Baroness Maltravers , English nobleman
- 1418 : William II , Count of Namur
- 1428 : Anselm von Nenningen , Bishop of Augsburg
- 1440 : Eustache Marcadé , French clergyman and author
- 1537 : Maria Xipaguazin Moctezuma , Aztec princess, wife of a Spanish conquistador
- 1542 : Gerhard Geldenhauer , Dutch humanist and theologian
- 1576 : Benedikt Burgauer , Swiss theologian and reformer
- 1592 : Christian Schütz , German theologian
- 1597 : Anna Landmann , victim of the witch persecution in Hornburg
- 1611 : Peter Piscator , German oriental philologist and Lutheran theologian
- 1613 : Katharina Güschen , victim of the witch hunt in Lustheide
- 1642 : Heinrich Höpfner , German Evangelical Lutheran theologian and university professor
- 1645 : William Laud , English Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1648 : Stephan Bethlen , Hungarian nobleman, 1630 Prince of Transylvania
- 1652 : Sebastian Schobinger , Swiss physician and mayor
- 1662 : Honoré II , Prince of Monaco
- 1674 : Jacob de Witt , city regent and mayor of Dordrecht
- 1677 : Friedrich VI. , German nobleman, Margrave of Baden
- 1689 : Rudolph Wilhelm Krause the Elder , German jurist and Chancellor of Saxony-Weimar
- 1691 : Wolf Caspar von Klengel , German master builder from Dresden, is considered the founder of Saxon baroque architecture
- 1692 : Robert Boyle , Irish physicist and chemist
18th century
- 1705 : Étienne Pavillon , French lawyer and writer
- 1708 : Friedrich von Ahlefeldt , lord of the Rixingen (Réchicourt), Langeland, general and governor
- 1709 : Peter Hotton , Dutch medic and botanist
- 1712 : John Houblon , Governor of the Bank of England and Lord Mayor of London
- 1714 : Constantin Ranst , Dutch merchant
- 1720 : Ramon Perellos y Roccaful , Grand Master of the Order of Malta
- 1736 : Gottlieb Samuel Pristaff , German forger
- 1752 : Paul Egell , German sculptor and plasterer
- 1754 : Edward Cave , English printer, editor, and publisher
- 1761 : Edward Boscawen , British admiral
- 1778 : Carl von Linné , Swedish scientist
- 1778 : Eva König , wife of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
- 1780 : Francesco Antonio Vallotti , Italian composer, music theorist and organist
- 1787 : Friedrich Joachim Stengel , German builder
- 1789 : James Mitchell Varnum , American general
- 1791 : Friedrich Ewald Ernst von Massow , German civil servant
- 1792 : Jean-Louis Laruette , French composer and singer
- 1792 : Hans Joachim Steinmann , Mayor of St. Gallen
- 1794 : Georg Forster , German naturalist, journalist and revolutionary
19th century
- 1800 : Johan Wikmansson , Swedish composer
- 1822 : Bathilde d'Orléans , Princess of Condé
- 1824 : Thomas Edward Bowdich , British adventurer, author and zoologist
- 1824 : Victor Emanuel I , King of Sardinia-Piedmont and Duke of Savoy
- 1825 : Engelhard Benjamin Schwickert , German publisher
- 1829 : Carl Friedrich Heinze , German civil servant and councilor
- 1832 : Andrew Henry , American trapper and fur trader
- 1837 : Johannes Weitzel , German writer, publisher and librarian
- 1843 : Franz Seraphicus Schmid , Roman Catholic clergyman and author
- 1844 : Hudson Lowe , British general, governor of St. Helena
- 1851 : Joseph Biles Anthony , American politician
- 1861 : Leopold von Gerlach , Prussian general and politician
- 1862 : Samuel Colt , American inventor and industrialist
- 1868 : Héli Freymond , Swiss criminal
- 1868 : Karol Szajnocha , Polish writer and historian
- 1869 : John Cassin , American ornithologist
- 1870 : Heinrich Gottlieb Kühn , German director of the Royal Porcelain Manufactory
- 1875 : Jean Achille Deville , French scholar
- 1878 : William Stokes , Irish internist
- 1879 : Gustav Schleicher , German-American engineer, entrepreneur and politician
- 1882 : Giovanni Dupré , Italian sculptor
- 1883 : Samuel Mudd , American doctor and politician
- 1885 : Alexei Sergejewitsch Uvarow , Russian archaeologist
- 1888 : Jacques Amans , French painter
- 1890 : Ignaz von Döllinger , German theologian
- 1892 : Heinrich Dorn , German composer, conductor and music director
- 1893 : Alexis André , Canadian priest and missionary
- 1893 : Carl Morgenstern , German landscape painter
- 1895 : Wilhelm Ferdinand Arndt , German historian and paleographer
- 1895 : Benjamin Godard , French composer
- 1899 : Albert Becker , German composer
20th century
1901-1950
- 1904 : Alfred Emil Oskar Agster , German politician
- 1904 : Jean-Léon Gérôme , French history painter
- 1906 : Karl von Thielen , German politician
- 1909 : Eduard Scheve , German clergyman, founder of the Evangelical Free Church Diakonie
- 1917 : Buffalo Bill , American buffalo hunter
- 1918 : Konstantin Jireček , Czech diplomat, historian and Slavist
- 1918 : August Oetker , German entrepreneur, invented the usable baking powder
- 1922 : Ōkuma Shigenobu , Japanese Prime Minister
- 1925 : Adolf von Strümpell , German neurologist
- 1926 : Eino Leino , Finnish writer
- 1928 : Ralph Aitken , Scottish soccer player
- 1929 : Julio Antonio Mella , Cuban student leader and communist
- 1932 : Robert Sterl , German painter
- 1934 : Marinus van der Lubbe , Dutch worker, suspected arsonist of the Reichstag fire
- 1934 : Vincenzo Ferroni , Italian composer and music teacher
- 1935 : Edwin Flack , Australian athlete
- 1937 : John Howard , Canadian athlete
- 1939 : Franz Xaver Setzer , Austrian photographer
- 1940 : Alojzy Adamczyk , Polish resistance fighter
- 1941 : Frank Bridge , British composer
- 1941 : Issai Schur , German mathematician
- 1941 : Johannes Biehle , German physicist, bell and organ builder
- 1945 : Rudolf Borchardt , German writer and translator
- 1947 : Arthur E. Andersen , American entrepreneur
- 1947 : Oda Sakunosuke , Japanese writer
- 1949 : Erich von Drygalski , German geographer, geophysicist and polar researcher
- 1949 : Othon Friesz , French painter
- 1949 : Max Haller , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1949 : Francisco Soñé , Dominican composer, music teacher, conductor and clarinetist
1951-2000
- 1951 : Tom Delahanty , American baseball player
- 1951 : Stanisław Golachowski , Polish musicologist and teacher
- 1951 : Sinclair Lewis , American writer
- 1951 : Athos Palma , Argentine composer and music teacher
- 1952 : Honoré Jackson , Canadian journalist
- 1953 : Hans Aanrud , Norwegian writer
- 1953 : Theo Mackeben , German pianist, conductor and composer
- 1954 : Fred Raymond , Austrian composer
- 1956 : Alfred Klotz , German classical philologist
- 1956 : César Moro , Peruvian poet and surrealist painter
- 1957 : Gabriela Mistral , Chilean poet and diplomat
- 1959 : Michael Grzimek , German animal filmmaker
- 1959 : Gustav Schröder , German captain
- 1960 : Benno Elkan , German sculptor
- 1961 : Dashiell Hammett , American writer
- 1962 : Ivo Schricker , German soccer player and official
- 1962 : Hermann Freytag , German politician
- 1963 : Franz Planer , Austrian cameraman
- 1963 : Tadeusz Szeligowski , Polish composer and music teacher
- 1964 : Johannes Hagge , German politician
- 1965 : Paul-Émile Corbeil , Canadian singer and vocal teacher, radio producer and actor
- 1966 : Hermann Kasack , German writer and poet
- 1967 : Karl Appel , Austrian politician
- 1967 : Ludwig Engels , German chess master
- 1967 : Peter Jacobs , German politician, Member of the Bundestag and Member of the Bundestag
- 1967 : Vilém Petrželka , Czech composer
- 1968 : Toni Bauhofer , German automobile and motorcycle racing driver
- 1969 : Olga Oelkers , German fencer
- 1970 : Pawel Ivanovich Belyayev , Soviet cosmonaut
- 1971 : Coco Chanel , French fashion designer
- 1971 : Ignazio Giunti , Italian racing driver
- 1971 : Karl Kurt Klein , German Germanist
- 1972 : Sverre Jordan , Norwegian composer
- 1974 : Henriette Betty Elisabeth Heick , German painter
- 1974 : Martin Scherber , German composer and music teacher
- 1976 : Lloyd McCollough , American rockabilly musician
- 1976 : Karl Heinz Möbius , German naval pastor
- 1976 : Howlin 'Wolf , American blues musician
- 1977 : Günther Stoll , German actor
- 1978 : Don Gillis , American composer, conductor and teacher
- 1978 : Hartwig Steenken , German show jumper
- 1981 : Richard Boone , American actor
- 1981 : Aleksander Marczewski , Polish composer, conductor and organist
- 1982 : Lazar Weiner , American composer and choir director
- 1983 : Carwyn James , Welsh rugby player and coach
- 1985 : Anton Karas , Austrian composer and musician
- 1986 : Ernst Angel , Austrian-American poet, filmmaker and psychologist
- 1986 : Werner Augustiner , Austrian painter
- 1986 : Joe Farrell , American jazz musician
- 1986 : Emil Forrer , Swiss Assyriologist, antiquarian and Hittite scientist
- 1986 : Ernst Lehner , German soccer player
- 1986 : Jaroslav Seifert , Czech poet, writer, journalist and translator, Nobel Prize winner
- 1988 : Hilde Bussmann , German table tennis player
- 1989 : Luise Kraushaar , German historian and resistance fighter
- 1989 : Herbert Morrison , American radio reporter
- 1990 : Ernst Engelbrecht-Greve , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, MdEP, Member of the Bundestag and State Minister
- 1990 : Meta Menz , ballet master and solo dancer
- 1991 : Malte Jaeger , German actor
- 1992 : Roberto Bonomi , Argentine racing car driver
- 1992 : Alexander Wilberg , Austrian politician
- 1993 : Günther Abendroth , German politician
- 1994 : Sven-Erik Bäck , Swedish composer
- 1995 : Roy Ashton , British makeup artist
- 1997 : Darrell Arlynn Amyx , American classical archaeologist
- 1997 : Alexander Robertus Todd , British chemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1997 : Sheldon Leonard , American film and television producer, director, screenwriter, and actor
- 2000 : John Newland , American actor, film director and producer
21st century
- 2001 : Bryan Gregory , American musician
- 2001 : Arnold Kempkens , German composer and conductor
- 2001 : Freya Stephan-Kühn , German author and educator
- 2002 : Günter Ortmann , German handball player
- 2003 : C. Douglas Dillon , American politician
- 2003 : Julinho , Brazilian soccer player
- 2003 : Wolfgang Kasack , German Slavist
- 2003 : Roman Suchecki , Polish cellist and music teacher
- 2004 : Kira von Prussia , German nobleman
- 2004 : Spalding Gray , American writer and actor
- 2004 : Alexandra Ripley , American writer
- 2005 : Margherita Carosio , Italian opera singer
- 2005 : Spencer Dryden , American drummer
- 2005 : James Forman , American civil rights activist
- 2005 : Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium , Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
- 2005 : Helmut Losch , German weightlifter
- 2005 : Werner Quintens , Belgian priest
- 2005 : Jan Schotte , Belgian theologian, bishop and cardinal
- 2007 : Peter Kliemann , German journalist and program director at Hessischer Rundfunk
- 2007 : Carlo Ponti , Italian film producer
- 2007 : Hermann Josef Spital , German theologian and Bishop of Trier
- 2008 : Josef van Eimern , German forest and agricultural meteorologist
- 2009 : Dante Lavelli , American football player
- 2011 : Liana Alexandra , Romanian composer and music teacher
- 2012 : Geworg Vardanyan , Soviet secret agent
- 2012 : Thomas Höhle , German literary scholar
- 2012 : Mary Raftery , Irish investigative journalist
- 2013 : Thomas Bourgin , French motorcycle racer
- 2013 : Peter Fitz , German actor
- 2013 : George Gruntz , Swiss jazz musician and composer
- 2013 : Claude Nobs , Swiss cultural manager
- 2015 : Junior Malanda , Belgian football player
- 2015 : Francesco Rosi , Italian film director
- 2016 : David Bowie , British musician and singer
- 2017 : Horst Astroth , German walker
- 2017 : Roman Herzog , German lawyer, politician and Federal President
- 2017 : Oliver Smithies , British-American biochemist and Nobel Prize winner
- 2018 : Leopold Ahlsen , German writer and playwright
- 2018 : Eddie Clarke , British rock musician ( Motörhead )
- 2018 : Tommy Lawrence , Scottish footballer
- 2019 : Theo Adam , German opera singer and director
- 2019 : Ludwig Scharinger , Austrian bank manager
- 2020 : Wolfgang Dauner , German musician
- 2020 : Guido Messina , Italian racing cyclist
- 2020 : Qaboos ibn Said , Omani Sultan
- 2021 : Hubert Auriol , French rally driver
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Karpus, Papylus and Agathonike , martyrs from Asia Minor, Karpus may have been Bishop of Gordos (Protestant, Catholic memorial day is April 13th )
- St. Paul of Thebes , Egyptian hermit, desert father and patron saint (Catholic)
- Name days
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The list of commemorative and action days contains further entries .
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