March 10th

The March 10 is the 69th day of the Gregorian calendar (70th in leap years ), thus remain 296 days by year end.

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Events

Politics and world events

241 BC BC: Roman trireme

• 241 BC Chr. In the Battle of the Egadi Islands which sunk fleet of the Roman Republic with Gaius Lutatius Catulus the Carthaginian fleet under Hanno the Great , thus ending the First Punic War .
• 1098 : After Thoros , the ruler of Edessa, is assassinated , the crusader Balduin of Boulogne, whom he adopted, becomes the first count of Edessa and thus founds the first crusader state .
• 1465 : Several French aristocrats unite under the leadership of Charles the Bold in the Ligue du Bien public to defend the "disorderly and miserable government" of Louis XI. to oppose. They intend to put Charles de Valois, duc de Berry , the king's brother, on the throne.

1496: First European settlements in America

• 1496 : After a royal commission of inquiry arrived in La Isabela in October of the previous year , Christopher Columbus leaves the Hispaniola colony for Spain to report personally to the royal couple. During his absence, his brother Bartolomeo founds the new capital, Santo Domingo .

1535: Galapagos Islands

• 1535 : The first Europeans reached the Galapagos Islands by chance with a Spanish ship that Tomás de Berlanga had on board .
• 1629 : King Charles I dissolves parliament and leads England into the eleven years without parliament.

1661: Louis XIV.

• 1661 : One day after the death of his minister, Cardinal Jules Mazarin , France's King Louis XIV took all government affairs into his own hands.
• 1697 : The Russian Tsar Peter I begins a journey to the European West (" Great Legation ").
• 1766 : The Spanish government in Madrid forbids its citizens to wear the round, broad-brimmed hat and long coat. Thirteen days later, popular indignation triggers the Madrid hat riot .
• 1793 : The National Convention in France of the Revolution founded the Revolutionary Tribunal , whose decisions can not be appealed. From a legal historical point of view, a third power emerges from this, the modern judiciary .
• 1797 : After the Italian campaign , Napoleon Bonaparte and his troops turned to the enemy Austria in the First Coalition War and began to march into hostile territory on the Tagliamento River .
• 1801 : Great Britain first takes a census .

1804: The USA after the Louisiana Purchase

• 1804 : In St. Louis , following the conclusion of the Louisiana Purchase, the Louisiana Territory is handed over from France to the USA in a formal ceremony .
• 1814 : In the Battle of Laon , Napoleon Bonaparte is defeated by the Prussians and Russians, allied in the Sixth Coalition War .
• 1830 : At the request of Governor General Johannes van den Bosch , the Dutch King Wilhelm I founds the Nederlandsch-Oost-indisch Leger , the Dutch-East Indian colonial army.
• 1831 : The law of March 9, 1831, enacted by the French King Louis-Philippe I , establishing the Foreign Legion comes into force. This may only be used outside the borders of the kingdom.
• 1831 : In the first cantonal referendum in the history of the Canton of Zurich during the regeneration period , the new liberal constitution , which was called for on Ustertag , is adopted.
• 1848 : The the Mexican-American War ending Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is by the Senate of the United States ratified. Mexico follows with ratification on May 19.

1861: Towns in Bambara

• 1861 : With the capture of the capital Ségou by Muslim fighters from the ranks of the Tukulor and subsequent pressures against the population to convert to Islam , the African empire Bambara ends after around 150 years in what is now Mali .

1864: Ludwig II of Bavaria

• 1864 : Crown Prince Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm von Wittelsbach is proclaimed King Ludwig II of Bavaria after the death of his father Maximilian II .
• 1882 : The Kingdom of Italy acquires the Bay of Assab as the first colony
• 1889 : On the second day of the Battle of Gallabat / Metemma , the Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV falls in the fight against the Sudanese Mahdists , who are victorious.
• 1893 : During the race for Africa , France declares the Ivory Coast a French colony .
• 1899 : Throughout France , a decree made driving licenses and driving tests compulsory.
• 1911 : France changes from the previous "Paris time" to the time zone of the prime meridian in Greenwich and introduces Western European Time .
• 1912 : Yuan Shikai , elected by the National Assembly in Nanjing , takes office as President of the Republic of China .
• 1945 : The Wesel railway bridge is the last Rhine bridge under German control to be blown up by the Wehrmacht during World War II .
• 1948 : In the third lintel in Prague , two weeks after the communist revolution in February, the non-communist foreign minister Jan Masaryk dies . Whether he - as officially announced -  suicide committed by force or out of a window of the Czernin Palace has been encountered, remains unclear.

1952: Josef Stalin

• 1952 : The Soviet head of state Josef Stalin , through Ambassador Andrei Andrejewitsch Gromyko , presents the Western powers with an offer for negotiations that provides for the unification of West and East Germany , the Stalin Notes .
• 1952 : As the election victory of the opposition Partido del Pueblo Cubano after the suicide of the party leader Eduardo Chibás looming, staged a coup to ex-President Fulgencio Batista against the ruling President Carlos Prio in Cuba to power.
• 1959 : The Tibetan resistance to the occupation by the People's Republic of China culminates in an open popular uprising . This will be suppressed by the Chinese rulers with military force by March 21st.
• 1964 : About Gardelegen is one of the French Toul-Rosières Air Base launched reconnaissance aircraft RB-66C US Air Force from the rocket a Soviet MiG-19 hit and crashes in a field.

1971: William McMahon

• 1971 : William McMahon replaces John Gorton in an internal party vote of confidence as chairman of the Liberal Party of Australia and thus also as Australia's premier .
• 1985 : In the elections for the Berlin House of Representatives (Berlin-West), the coalition of CDU and FDP under the Governing Mayor Eberhard Diepgen (CDU) is confirmed. The SPD achieved its worst election result since the end of the war.
• 1992 : After the coup against Zviad Gamsakhurdia , Eduard Shevardnadze becomes head of state in Georgia .

1998: Suharto

• 1998 : Hadji Mohamed Suharto is "elected" head of state and government of Indonesia for the sixth time . Only a few months later he had to resign because of ongoing popular protests.
• 2004 : In Greece , Kostas Karamanlis , chairman of the conservative Nea Dimokratia , is sworn in as prime minister after his election victory on March 7th.
• 2007 : US President George W. Bush visits Colombia . It is the first visit by a US president to Bogotá since Ronald Reagan's visit in 1982, and it has been accompanied by massive protests against Bush’s policies.
• 2017 : South Korean President Park Geun-hye is removed from office by the Constitutional Court due to a corruption scandal. The decision was preceded by weeks of popular demonstrations and Park's suspension.

economy

• 1396 : By law in Venice all professional associations are obliged to register training contracts with the courts.
• 1649 : The General Society of Brazil Trade is founded in Lisbon by King John IV .
• 1867 : The first edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , one of the highest-circulation newspapers in Austria before 1938, appears.
• 1870 : The Prussian state government grants the license to Deutsche Bank, which was founded in January . It will start operations on April 9th.
• 1891 : The American Almon Strowger receives a patent for the Strowger Switch , a step selector as the technical basis for the world's first automatically operating telephone exchanges .
• 1906 : London Underground line Baker Street & Waterloo Railway starts operating between Baker Street and Kennington Road stations .
• 1949 : The Austrian entrepreneur Engelbert Brenter receives design protection for a skibob designed by him .
• 2000 : The NEMAX 50 share index for the Neuer Markt and the NASDAQ share index reach their all-time highs at 9666 and 5048.62 points, respectively, before the speculative bubble known as the dot-com bubble bursts and one of the biggest price falls of the 20th century occurs.

2001: FSFE logo

• 2001 : The non-profit, non-governmental organization Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) begins work, with Georg Greve becoming its first president . The sister project of the American Free Software Foundation takes care of all aspects of free software in Europe.

science and technology

1814: Fraunhofer lines

• 1814 : Joseph von Fraunhofer discovered so-called Fraunhofer lines , absorption lines known as dark bands in the solar spectrum can be seen.
• 1826 : John Herschel documents the discovery of a galaxy in the constellation Virgo , now NGC 4380 .
• 1876 : Alexander Graham Bell and his assistant Thomas Watson make their first phone call : “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you. "

1908: First ascent of Mount Erebus

• 1908 : During the Nimrod expedition, a team of five succeeded in climbing Mount Erebus in Antarctica for the first time .
• 1931 : In Egypt, the Tebtunis lunar calendar is found in the remains of a temple complex from the second century BC. Discovered.

1977: Kuiper Airborne Observatory

• 1977 : On a flight using the Kuiper Airborne Observatory of NASA James L. Elliot and his team discover the ring system around the planet Uranus .
• 2006 : NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reaches the planet Mars as planned after a five-month journey and swings into its orbit . This makes it the fourth active orbiter to orbit the planet.
• 2009 : In Sipplingen the find of a sandal made of wood bast from around 2900 BC is discovered. Announced to the public. A few weeks earlier, diving archaeologists discovered the well-preserved piece in the pile-dwelling bay in Lake Constance .

Culture

• 1814 : The first performance of the fairy play Die Eselshaut or The Blue Island by Johann Nepomuk Hummel takes place at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.

1837: Saverio Mercadante

• 1837 : The opera Il giuramento by Saverio Mercadante is premiered at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.
• 1838 : The opera Le due illustri rivali by Saverio Mercadante is premiered at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice.
• 1840 : The opera La vestale by Saverio Mercadante is premiered at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples.
• 1842 : The farce with singing He wants to make a joke by Johann Nestroy is premiered in the Theater an der Wien .

1867: Johann Strauss (son)

• 1867 : Johann Strauss (son) conducts the first purely instrumental performance of the waltz on the beautiful blue Danube in the coffeehouse of Corti in Vienna's Volksgarten .
• 1875 : The opera Die Königin von Saba by Karl Goldmark celebrates a great success at its premiere at the Court Opera in Vienna and becomes one of the most successful operas of the late 19th century.
• 1877 : The first performance of the operetta Nanon, the landlady of the Golden Lamb by Richard Genée takes place at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. The libretto for the piece from the “ golden operetta era ” comes from the composer together with Camillo Walzel .
• 1906 : The premiere of the opera buffa Don Procopio by Georges Bizet takes place in Monte Carlo.
• 1910 : Director DW Griffith's first film In Old California to be shot in Hollywood premieres in the United States.
• 1937 : The musical drama L'Aiglon by Arthur Honegger will be premiered in Monte Carlo.
• 1938 : At the 10th Academy Awards , Frank Capra's classic Lost Horizon wins several Oscar , which was later re-edited several times for propaganda purposes .
• 1956 : The first performance of the composition Oiseaux exotiques by Olivier Messiaen takes place in Paris.
• 1963 : The world premiere of the opera Il Recervo or The Odds of Truth by Hans Werner Henze takes place in Kassel.
• 1967 : The British band Pink Floyd released the first single, Arnold Layne .

society

• 1526 : Charles V marries Isabella of Portugal , sister of the Portuguese King John III , in Seville .

Since 1813: Iron Cross

• 1813 : King Friedrich Wilhelm III. von Prussia donates the Order of the Iron Cross . It is introduced as a war award for special deeds during the wars of liberation against France.

1966: Beatrix and Claus

• 1966 : In Amsterdam are Crown Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands and Claus von Amsberg married.

religion

• 1528 : The Reformation theologian and Baptist Balthasar Hubmaier is burned at the stake in Vienna because he does not want to renounce his faith.
• 1546 : The Regensburg Religious Discussion , which began on January 27th, ends, as expected, with no result. It was convened by Emperor Charles V only to conceal his preparations for war against the Schmalkaldic League , and with the death of Martin Luther on February 18, the Reformation lost its spiritual leader.

1791: Pius VI.

• 1791 : Pope Pius VI. Condemns the civil constitution introduced in France, in which new dioceses were formed on July 12, 1790 during the French Revolution , the clergy were made civil servants of the state and were also obliged to take oaths on the constitution. At the same time he criticizes the declaration of human and civil rights from the year 1789.
• 1987 : The Vatican condemns artificial insemination and surrogacy .

Disasters

1906: rescue of the victims

• 1906 : An underground explosion triggers the Courrières disaster , which kills 1,099 miners . It is the worst mining accident in the history of Europe.
• 1987 : An earthquake of magnitude 7.0 in Colombia and Ecuador claims more than 1,000 deaths.
• 2019 : A Boeing 737 MAX 8 of Ethiopian Airlines on flight ETH 302 crashes on the way from Addis Ababa to Nairobi shortly after take-off; all 157 inmates are killed.

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

Sports

The Chelsea FC team from 1905

• 1905 : The English football club FC Chelsea is founded in the London borough of Fulham .
• 1923 : The Spanish football club FC Villarreal is launched.
• 1925 : The sports club Olympiakos SFP is founded through the merger of the two sports clubs Piraeus Sport and the Piraeus Football Club and Football Fan Club .
• 1985 : The figure skater Katarina Witt from the GDR defends her world championship title from the previous year at the world figure skating championships in Tokyo .
• 1998 : Giovanni Trapattoni , coach of FC Bayern Munich , ends the emotionally charged comment on the performance of his team in the 1-0 defeat by FC Schalke 04 with the famous sentence “I'm done” .
• 2006 : In Turin the IX. Winter Paralympics opened, which will last until March 19th.

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

Born

Before the 18th century

Vasily II, Grand Duke of Moscow

• 1415 : Vasily II , Russian Grand Duke of Moscow
• 1430 : Oliviero Carafa , Archbishop of Naples

Ferdinand II of Aragón (* 1452)

• 1452 : Ferdinand II , King of Castile and Aragon
• 1503 : Ferdinand I , Holy Roman Emperor
• 1505 : Johannes Scheyring , Mayor of Magdeburg and Chancellor of the Duke of Mecklenburg
• 1515 : Injong , King of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea
• 1527 : Alfonso d'Este di Montecchio , Margrave of Montecchio
• 1528 : Mitsuhide Akechi , Japanese general
• 1533 : Francesco III. Gonzaga , eldest son of Duke Federico II.
• 1538 : Gregor Bersman , German philologist and Latin poet
• 1538 : Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk , English nobleman
• 1604 : Johann Rudolph Glauber , German pharmacist and chemist
• 1610 : Hans Jakob von Koseritz , member of the Fruit Bringing Society
• 1628 : Marcello Malpighi , Italian anatomist
• 1656 : Giacomo Serpotta , Sicilian sculptor
• 1682 : Wilhelm VIII of Hessen-Kassel , Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel
• 1684 : Christoph Starke , German Protestant theologian
• 1684 : Adam Otto von Viereck , Prussian State Minister and Privy Budget Councilor
• 1696 : Ernst Christoph Arnoldi , German legal scholar

18th century

• 1709 : Georg Wilhelm Steller , German doctor and natural scientist
• 1734 : Asada Gōryū , Japanese astronomer and anatomist
• 1748 : John Playfair , Scottish mathematician and geologist
• 1749 : Lorenzo Da Ponte , Italian librettist
• 1762 : Jeremias Benjamin Richter , German chemist
• 1763 : Johann Christoph Arnold , Saxon publisher, bookseller and local politician
• 1767 : Johann Stieglitz , German doctor
• 1768 : Karl Friedrich Gerhard Gruner , German businessman and politician
• 1771 : Friedrich Creuzer , German philologist
• 1772 : Friedrich Schlegel , German cultural philosopher, philosopher, writer, critic, literary historian and translator
• 1776 : Luise von Mecklenburg-Strelitz , Prussian queen
• 1777 : Johann Baptist Moralt , German musician and composer

Frances Trollope (* 1779)

• 1779 : Frances Trollope , British writer
• 1780 : Eberhard Gottlieb Graff , German linguist
• 1780 : Juan José Landaeta , Venezuelan composer
• 1787 : William Etty , British painter
• 1788 : Joseph von Eichendorff , German writer

Joseph von Eichendorff (* 1788)

• 1788 : Edward Hodges Baily , English sculptor
• 1789 : Manuel de la Peña y Peña , Mexican President
• 1792 : Friedrich Lindemann , German pedagogue and classical philologist
• 1794 : Henriette d'Angeville , French mountaineer
• 1795 : Johann Martin Honigberger , Transylvanian pharmacist and oriental researcher
• 1797 : George Julius Scrope , British geologist
• 1800 : Victor Aimé Huber , German social reformer and literary historian

19th century

• 1806 : Eduard Friedrich Weber , German physiologist and doctor
• 1810 : Louis Gallait , Belgian painter
• 1812 : Jean-Baptiste Farochon , French medalist and sculptor
• 1817 : Karl Friedrich Ferdinand Lachmann , German educator
• 1817 : Marie Nathusius , German bestselling author and song composer
• 1831 : Robert Lowry , American politician

Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (* 1833)

• 1833 : Pedro Antonio de Alarcón , Spanish writer
• 1839 : Joaquin Miller , American writer
• 1839 : Heinrich Roller , German stenographer
• 1844 : Pablo de Sarasate , Spanish violinist and composer
• 1845 : Alexander III. , Russian tsar
• 1846 : Alfred Philippe Roll , French painter
• 1850 : Spencer Gore , British tennis and English cricketer
• 1852 : Richard Anschütz , German chemist
• 1853 : Higaonna Kanryō , Japanese karateka
• 1854 : Arnošt Muka , Sorbian writer, folklorist and cultural organizer
• 1854 : Joseph Maria Stowasser , Austrian classical philologist
• 1857 : Christian Berrenrath , German theologian, official in the Archdiocese of Cologne
• 1861 : E. Pauline Johnson , Canadian poet and writer
• 1863 : Sigismund Rahmer , German doctor, writer and editor
• 1864 : Rudolf Heberdey , Austrian archaeologist
• 1865 : Hans Gruner , German Africa explorer and colonial official in Togo
• 1865 : Tan Sitong , Chinese politician, thinker and reformer
• 1867 : Hector Guimard , French architect
• 1870 : Eugène Michel Antoniadi , Greek astronomer
• 1872 : Camillo Schumann , German composer
• 1872 : Aron Alexandrowitsch Solz , Russian lawyer and revolutionary
• 1873 : Jakob Wassermann , German writer
• 1875 : Alexander Borissowitsch Goldenweiser , Russian composer and pianist
• 1877 : Pascual Ortiz Rubio , politician and President of Mexico

Hans Luther (* 1879)

• 1879 : Hans Luther , German Chancellor
• 1880 : Karl Erich Andrée , German geologist and paleontologist
• 1882 : Hans Steinhoff , German film director
• 1884 : Franz Kuhn , German lawyer, sinologist and literary translator
• 1885 : Pierre-Jules Boulanger , French manager
• 1885 : Jēkabs Mediņš , Latvian composer
• 1886 : Paul Hans Jaeger , German politician
• 1886 : Eugen Klöpfer , German actor
• 1887 : Nils Andersson , Swedish football player
• 1892 : Karl Arndt , German officer
• 1892 : Arthur Honegger , French-Swiss composer
• 1892 : Gregory La Cava , American film director and cartoonist
• 1895 : Fritz Koelle , German sculptor
• 1886 : Karl Bröger , German worker poet and politician
• 1897 : Marianne Kneisel , American violinist and music teacher
• 1897 : Otto Köhler , German member of the Bundestag
• 1899 : Finn Høffding , Danish composer and music teacher
• 1899 : Grete von Zieritz , Austro-German composer and pianist
• 1900 : Pierre Ailleret , French electrical engineer
• 1900 : Violet Brown , Jamaican age record holder

20th century

1901-1925

• 1902 : Kurt Hirschfeld , German dramaturge and director

Bix Beiderbecke (* 1903)

• 1903 : Bix Beiderbecke , American jazz musician and cornet player
• 1904 : Hans Brehme , German composer
• 1904 : Oran Pape , American football player and police officer
• 1905 : Victor Anfuso , American lawyer and politician
• 1905 : Albert LaMadeleine , Canadian fiddle player
• 1907 : Betty Amann , German-American actress
• 1907 : Toni Frissell , American photographer
• 1907 : Rudolf Sühnel , German philologist and professor
• 1908 : Josef Jakowlewitsch Kotin , Russian tank designer
• 1909 : LeRoy Collins , American politician
• 1909 : Willy Hüttenrauch , German politician and diplomat in the GDR
• 1910 : Klaus Oswatitsch , Austrian physicist

Ernst Brugger (* 1914)

• 1914 : Ernst Brugger , Swiss politician
• 1914 : Manolo Monterrey , Venezuelan singer and composer
• 1916 : Hans Drachsler , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1918 : Günther Rall , German lieutenant general, fighter pilot in WWII, inspector of the Federal Air Force
• 1919 : Bulldog Turner , American football player and coach
• 1920 : Boris Vian , French writer, jazz trumpeter and actor
• 1920 : Julio Bolbochán , Argentine chess player
• 1921 : Otto Heinrich Kühner , German writer
• 1922 : Anneliese Schuh-Proxauf , Austrian ski racer, tennis player, glider pilot and entrepreneur
• 1923 : Hedy Schlunegger , Swiss ski racer
• 1923 : Don Abney , American jazz pianist
• 1923 : Val Fitch , American physicist, Nobel Prize winner
• 1923 : Zdenka Bergrová , Czech poet and translator
• 1923 : Vladimír Šrámek , Slovak composer
• 1924 : Annemarie Gottfried-Frost , German artist
• 1925 : Manolis Anagnostakis , Greek author

1926-1950

Jupp Derwall (* 1927)

• 1926 : Peter Boerner , German-American literary scholar and Goethe researcher
• 1926 : Roland Charrière , French racing car driver
• 1927 : Jupp Derwall , German football player and coach
• 1927 : Barbara Marx Sinatra , American model and showgirl
• 1927 : Paul Wunderlich , German painter and graphic artist
• 1928 : Hans Heinrich Angermüller , German political scientist
• 1928 : Kiyoshi Atsumi , Japanese actor
• 1928 : James Earl Ray , American assassin
• 1929 : Ursula Arnold , German photographer
• 1930 : Fritz Schenk , German publicist and television journalist
• 1930 : Ronny , German pop singer, composer and producer
• 1931 : Bernadetta Matuszczak , Polish composer
• 1931 : John Rechy , American writer
• 1934 : José Gustavo Angel Ramírez , Colombian bishop
• 1935 : Manfred Germar , German athlete
• 1936 : Johanna Lüttge , German athlete
• 1936 : Samuel Danishefsky , American chemist
• 1936 : Sepp Blatter , Swiss football official, president of the world football association FIFA
• 1936 : Karl-Bernhard Schmitz , German judge at the Federal Court of Justice
• 1936 : Alfredo Zitarrosa , Uruguayan singer, poet and journalist
• 1937 : Dieter Schneider , German songwriter and songwriter
• 1938 : Carson Baird , American racing car driver
• 1938 : Norman Blake , American musician, singer and songwriter
• 1938 : Peter Bossard , Swiss politician and entrepreneur
• 1938 : Ron Mix , American football player and lawyer
• 1939 : Carlo Furlanis , Italian football player
• 1939 : Irina Press , Soviet athlete
• 1939 : Heinz Schulthess , Swiss entrepreneur and racing car driver
• 1940 : Louis Moholo , South African jazz drummer

Chuck Norris (* 1940)

• 1940 : Chuck Norris , American actor and world karate champion
• 1940 : Francis Schwartz , American composer
• 1941 : Péter Mansfeld , Hungarian victim of communist justice in Hungary
• 1942 : Peter Friedrich , German politician
• 1942 : Waltraud Kaufmann , German athlete
• 1943 : Andrzej Badeński , Polish athlete
• 1943 : Rodney Gould , British motorcycle racer
• 1943 : Peter Tremayne , British historian and crime novelist
• 1944 : David Friedman , American jazz musician
• 1944 : Karl Heinz Gasser , German politician
• 1944 : Martin Mann , German singer
• 1946 : Curley Culp , American football player
• 1946 : Hiroshi Fushida , Japanese racing car driver
• 1946 : Gianni Giudici , Italian racing car driver
• 1946 : Robin Mitchell , Fijian sports official
• 1946 : Axel Theimer , American composer, conductor, choir director, music teacher and singer
• 1946 : Jim Valvano , American basketball coach
• 1947 : John 'Oke Afareha , Nigerian bishop
• 1947 : Kim Campbell , Canadian politician
• 1947 : Lissette , Cuban singer, composer and actress
• 1947 : Tom Scholz : American rock musician (Boston)

Waldemar Hartmann (* 1948)

• 1948 : Waldemar Hartmann , German journalist and moderator
• 1948 : Gerhard Friedrich , German politician
• 1949 : Peter Bauer , German local politician
• 1949 : Josef Langenegger , Swiss manager and politician
• 1949 : Michael Udow , American percussionist, composer and music teacher
• 1950 : Karlheinz Klotz , German athlete
• 1950 : Abdurrahman Yalçınkaya , Turkish Attorney General

1951-1975

• 1951 : Brad Fiedel , American film composer
• 1951 : Conny Lens , German crime novel writer
• 1952 : Morgan Tsvangirai , Zimbabwean politician
• 1953 : Cho Hun-hyeon , South Korean go pro
• 1953 : Ronnie Earl , American blues guitarist

Paul Haggis (* 1953)

• 1953 : Paul Haggis , Canadian screenwriter, producer and director
• 1954 : Tina Charles , British singer
• 1954 : Lupita D'Alessio , Mexican actress and singer
• 1954 : Luc Dardenne , Belgian director, producer and screenwriter
• 1954 : Lajos Mocsai , Hungarian handball player and coach
• 1954 : Tomiko Yoshikawa , Japanese racing car driver
• 1955 : Claus Fey , German handball player
• 1955 : Josef Hollerith , German politician
• 1955 : Juliusz Machulski , Polish film director, screenwriter and film producer
• 1955 : Marianne Rosenberg , German pop singer, composer and lyricist
• 1955 : Toshio Suzuki , Japanese racing car driver
• 1956 : Helmut Lang , Austrian fashion designer
• 1956 : Larry Myricks , American track and field athlete
• 1957 : Barbara Fenner , German television and theater actress, radio play speaker and author, voice actor and journalist
• 1957 : Hans-Peter Friedrich , German politician
• 1957 : Ian McNuff , British rower
• 1957 : Jürgen Stoffregen , German soccer coach
• 1957 : Shannon Tweed , Canadian actress and model

Sharon Stone (born 1958)

• 1958 : Sharon Stone , American film actress
• 1959 : Priska Hinz , German politician and MdL in Hessen, Environment Minister
• 1959 : Hans-Jürgen Kaiser , German organist
• 1960 : Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen , German musician, composer and music producer
• 1961 : Adam Krzysztof Abramowicz , Polish politician
• 1961 : Mike Bullard , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1962 : Irene S. , Austrian singer, actress and cabaret artist
• 1963 : Jeff Ament , American musician
• 1964 : Neneh Cherry , Swedish singer, rapper and producer
• 1964 : Edward, Earl of Wessex , youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II.
• 1964 : Toni Polster , Austrian soccer player
• 1965 : Alessandro Fiorio , Italian rally driver
• 1965 : Borislaw Gidikow , Bulgarian weightlifter
• 1966 : Edie Brickell , American singer and songwriter
• 1966 : Dave Krusen , American rock musician

Frank Schmidt (* 1966)

• 1966 : Frank Schmidt , German politician
• 1966 : Petter Thoresen , Norwegian orienteer
• 1967 : Bülent Akıncı , German film director and screenwriter
• 1968 : Daniel Acht , German director and screenwriter
• 1968 : Thomas Dechant , German politician
• 1968 : Tommy Denander , Swedish guitarist
• 1968 : Roman Nikolajewitsch Fitilew , Russian handball player and coach
• 1968 : Árni Þór Hallgrímsson , Icelandic badminton player
• 1968 : Michael Morgan , German pop singer
• 1968 : Simone Violka , German politician
• 1969 : Rolando Andaya, Jr. , Filipino politician

Paget Brewster (born 1969)

• 1969 : Paget Brewster , American actress
• 1969 : Hany Ramzy , Egyptian soccer player
• 1969 : Ximena Restrepo , Colombian track and field athlete and Olympian
• 1970 : Michel van der Aa , Dutch composer, filmmaker and theater director
• 1970 : Tom Novy , German house DJ and producer
• 1970 : Michele Serena , Italian soccer player and coach
• 1970 : Hélia Souza ( Fofão ), Brazilian volleyball player
• 1971 : Ingo Ahrens , German handball player
• 1971 : Jon Hamm , American actor
• 1971 : Timbaland , African-American hip hop and R'n'B producer and musician
• 1972 : Michl Müller , German cabaret artist
• 1973 : Pauls Bankovskis , Latvian writer
• 1973 : Eva Herzigová , Czech mannequin and photo model
• 1973 : Chris Sutton , English soccer player
• 1973 : Dan Swanö , Swedish music producer, singer and musician
• 1974 : Keren Ann , French singer
• 1975 : Yve Burbach , German actress
• 1975 : Francesc Obiols , Andorran football player

1976-2000

• 1976 : Faisal Atallah , Kuwaiti ice hockey player
• 1976 : Vanessa Louise Atkinson , English-Dutch squash player
• 1976 : Eladio Jiménez , Spanish cyclist
• 1976 : Barbara Schett , Austrian tennis player
• 1977 : Stefan Blank , German soccer player
• 1978 : Karen Brødsgaard , Danish handball player

André Höhne (* 1978)

• 1978 : André Höhne , German athlete
• 1979 : Alexander Khuon , German actor
• 1980 : Per-Gunnar Andersson , Swedish rally driver
• 1980 : Antonia from Tyrol , Austrian musician
• 1981 : Samuel Eto'o , Cameroonian football player
• 1981 : Kokkai Futoshi , Georgian sumo wrestler
• 1981 : Laura Rudas , Austrian politician
• 1983 : Nicolás Amodio , Uruguayan football player
• 1983 : Ryu Hyun-kyung , South Korean actress
• 1983 : Sarah Philipp , German politician (SPD)
• 1983 : Sonim Son , Japanese singer and actress
• 1983 : Carrie Underwood , American pop singer

Olivia Wilde (* 1984)

• 1984 : Olivia Wilde , American actress
• 1985 : Nicola Baumann , German fighter pilot
• 1986 : Jon Aaraas , Norwegian ski jumper
• 1986 : Miroslaw Antonov , Bulgarian football player
• 1986 : Recep Yıldız , Turkish football player
• 1987 : Martellus Bennett , American football player
• 1987 : Emeli Sandé , British soul and R&B singer
• 1988 : Akeem Agbetu , Nigerian soccer player
• 1988 : Gurgen Dabaghyan , Armenian singer
• 1988 : Rostyn Griffiths , Australian soccer player
• 1988 : Erika Kinsey , Swedish high jumper
• 1988 : Ivan Rakitić , Croatian-Swiss football player

Stefanie Heinzmann (* 1989)

• 1989 : Stefanie Heinzmann , Swiss pop / soul singer
• 1990 : Inna Wassiljewna Deriglasowa , Russian foil fencer and world champion
• 1990 : Víctor García , Spanish racing driver
• 1990 : Claudia Steger , German volleyball player
• 1990 : Stefanie Vögele , Swiss tennis player
• 1991 : Artak Aleksanjan , Armenian football player
• 1992 : Emily Osment , American actress, singer, and voice actress
• 1993 : Nakibou Aboubakari , French-Comorian football player
• 1993 : Qais Ashfaq , English boxer
• 1993 : Jack Butland , English football goalkeeper
• 1993 : Tatiana Calderón , Colombian racing car driver
• 1993 : Alfred Duncan , Ghanaian soccer player
• 1993 : Nooa Takooa , Kiribati athlete
• 1995 : Tom Deman , Belgian football player
• 1995 : Beitske Visser , Dutch racing car driver
• 1996 : Aylin Bok , German handball player

Miglė Marozaitė (* 1996)

• 1996 : Miglė Marozaitė , Lithuanian cyclist
• 1997 : Belinda Bencic , Swiss tennis player
• 1997 : Ana Carrasco , Spanish motorcycle racer
• 1997 : Sarasadat Khademalsharieh , Iranian chess player
• 1997 : Gabi Nunes , Brazilian soccer player

Died

Before the 19th century

• 0483 : Simplicius , Pope
• 1030 : Welf II , Count of Altdorf
• 1039 : Odo , Duke of Gascony, Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou
• 1169 : Gotpold , Bishop of Prague
• 1221 : Pietro Catanii , companion of St. Francis of Assisi
• 1222 : John I , King of Sweden
• 1247 : Arnold I. , German abbot
• 1289 : Maud de Lacy , English nobleman
• 1312 : Casimir II , Duke of Bytom and Cosel
• 1376 : Geoffroi de Vayrols , Bishop of Lausanne, Carpentras and Carcassonne and Archbishop of Toulouse
• 1391 : Tvrtko I , Bosnian king

Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg († 1510)

• 1510 : Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg , German preacher and writer
• 1513 : John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford , English nobleman and hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England
• 1527 : Nam Gon , Korean politician and neo-Confucian philosopher and poet
• 1528 : Balthasar Hubmaier , German Baptist
• 1554 : Bernhardin I von Herberstein Imperial Baron zu Neuberg and Gutenhag, provincial administrator of the Duchy of Styria.
• 1572 : Jacob von Zitzewitz , German statesman
• 1573 : Hans Mielich , German painter
• 1585 : Rembert Dodoens , Flemish botanist and physicist
• 1588 : Theodor Zwinger the Elder , Swiss scholar and son of the furrier Leonhard Zwinger
• 1592 : Michiel Coxcie , Flemish painter
• 1606 : Jacob , Emperor of Ethiopia
• 1615 : John Ogilvie , Scottish monk in the Jesuit order and martyr of the Catholic Church
• 1637 : Bogislaw XIV , last Duke of Pomerania
• 1664 : Kaspar Ebel , German pedagogue, logician and metaphysician
• 1675 : Johann Konrad Schragmüller , German clergyman, theologian and university professor
• 1685 : Werner Theodor Martini , German legal scholar
• 1688 : Johann Jakob Redinger , Swiss Protestant clergyman, philologist and headmaster
• 1701 : Johann Schelle , German Baroque composer
• 1716 : Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt , Austrian nobleman, composer and lutenist
• 1735 : Dirck van Cloon , Governor General of the Dutch East Indies
• 1752 : Johann Christoph Knöffel , German architect and builder of the Rococo
• 1755 : Johann David Köhler , German historian, numismatist and heraldist
• 1757 : Johann Joseph von Trautson , Austrian clergyman, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Vienna and Cardinal

19th century

• 1805 : Friedrich Wilhelm Dresde , German linguist and Lutheran theologian
• 1810 : Auguste Dorothea von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , German abbess
• 1819 : Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi , German writer and philosopher
• 1823 : Gottlieb Ludolph Krehl , German Protestant clergyman
• 1824 : Louise-Adélaïde de Bourbon-Condé , Abbess of Remiremont and Benedictine founder of the monastery
• 1825 : José de Bustamante y Guerra , Spanish politician, navigator and governor of Montevideo
• 1825 : Johann Joseph Kausch , Silesian medic and writer
• 1825 : Carl Brandan Mollweide , German mathematician and astronomer
• 1826 : John VI. , King of Portugal and Brazil from the House of Braganza

Muzio Clementi († 1832)

• 1832 : Muzio Clementi , Italian composer
• 1836 : Antoine Louis Claude Destutt de Tracy , French philosopher
• 1852 : Armand Marrast , French journalist
• 1861 : Taras Shevchenko , Russian poet and painter
• 1864 : Maximilian II , King of Bavaria
• 1870 : Ignaz Moscheles , Bohemian-Austrian composer and pianist
• 1872 : Giuseppe Mazzini , Italian nationalist
• 1875 : Joseph Daussoigne-Méhul , French composer
• 1876 : Franz Stollwerck , German industrialist
• 1882 : Charles Wyville Thomson , British professor of zoology
• 1889 : Yohannes IV , Emperor of Ethiopia
• 1895 : Charles Frederick Worth , British fashion designer, founder of haute couture
• 1900 : Karl Doppler , German composer
• 1900 : Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann , Danish composer

20th century

1901-1950

• 1906 : Eugen Richter , German publicist and politician
• 1910 : Joseph Capilano , Canadian chief, tried to combat the policy of expropriation and forced assimilation
• 1910 : Ludvig Ludvigsen Daae , Norwegian historian

Karl Lueger († 1910)

• 1910 : Karl Lueger , Austrian politician, Mayor of Vienna
• 1910 : Carl Reinecke , German composer
• 1913 : Harriet Tubman , American escape worker for the Underground Railroad
• 1916 : Edward Farley , Australian singer
• 1916 : Sámuel Teleki , Austro-Hungarian politician, explorer and explorer
• 1917 : Hans Robert Vollmöller , German aviation pioneer
• 1918 : Leonhard Atzberger , German clergyman and dogmatist
• 1918 : Ernst Friedel , German local politician, historian and local researcher
• 1918 : Eugen von Zimmerer , German governor of Cameroon
• 1919 : Leo Jogiches , German politician
• 1922 : Hans Sitt , German composer

Salvador Seguí († 1923)

• 1923 : Salvador Seguí , Spanish anarchist and syndicalist
• 1924 : Chester Hardy Aldrich , American politician
• 1925 : Meyer Prinstein , American athlete
• 1925 : Werner Fritze , German businessman and local politician
• 1933 : Cecil Hamilton Armitage , British Governor
• 1933 : Manfred Kyber , German author
• 1933 : Ahmad al-Sharif , leader of the Libyan Order of Sanussiya
• 1936 : Peter Emil Isler , Swiss politician
• 1937 : Yevgeny Ivanovich Samjatin , Russian revolutionary and writer
• 1937 : Oskar Steinbach , German motorcycle racer
• 1940 : Michail Afanassjewitsch Bulgakow , Russian writer

Mikhail Afanassjewitsch Bulgakow († 1940)

• 1941 : August Abbehusen , German architect
• 1941 : Karl Joseph Schulte , German clergyman, Bishop of Paderborn and Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cologne

William Henry Bragg († 1942)

• 1942 : William Henry Bragg , British physicist and Nobel Prize winner
• 1943 : Priska Aich , Hungarian opera singer
• 1943 : Otto Modersohn , German painter
• 1945 : Kurt von Plettenberg , German forester
• 1946 : Karl Haushofer , German general and geopolitician
• 1946 : Karl Hans Strobl , German writer
• 1948 : Jan Masaryk , Czech politician
• 1948 : Zelda Fitzgerald , American author

1951-2000

• 1951 : Hans Karl Abel , German writer
• 1951 : Ludwig Kohlen , German politician
• 1952 : Ben Fuller , Australian theater entrepreneur
• 1954 : Alfred Lamoureux , Canadian composer and music teacher
• 1960 : John Amen , American prosecutor
• 1963 : Irving Aaronson , American jazz pianist and band leader
• 1964 : Hermann Troppenz , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1965 : Jean Boyer , French director and screenwriter
• 1965 : Beatrice Harrison , British cellist

Frits Zernike († 1966)

• 1966 : Frits Zernike , Dutch physicist
• 1966 : Frank O'Connor , Irish writer
• 1968 : Blind Joe Reynolds , American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
• 1970 : Fritz Benscher , German actor, quiz master and presenter, radio play speaker and director
• 1970 : Edward Statkiewicz , Polish violinist and music teacher
• 1971 : Ladislaus Kmoch , Austrian caricaturist and comic artist
• 1971 : Emmi Welter , German politician and women's rights activist, Member of the Bundestag
• 1973 : Robert Siodmak , American film director
• 1974 : Quinto Maganini , American composer and conductor
• 1974 : Arthur Piechler , German composer and organist
• 1976 : Curt Querner , German painter
• 1980 : William Kroll , American violinist, composer and music educator
• 1983 : Jakob Annasohn , Swiss Chief of Staff
• 1985 : Israel Regardie , British occultist
• 1985 : Konstantin Ustinowitsch Tschernenko , Soviet politician

Ray Milland (* 1986)

• 1986 : Ray Milland , British film and television actor
• 1988 : Andy Gibb , British-Australian pop singer
• 1990 : Bruno Bělčík , Czech violinist
• 1990 : Rose Renée Roth , Austrian actress
• 1991 : Elie Siegmeister , American composer
• 1992 : Friedrich Karl Dörner , German classical philologist, epigraphist and archaeologist
• 1992 : Dave Heinz , American racing car driver
• 1992 : Helmut Reichmann , German gliding world champion
• 1993 : Guido Wieland , Austrian chamber actor, director and operetta buffo
• 1994 : Robert Shea , American writer
• 1995 : Mattityahu Peled , Israeli general, politician, professor of Arabic studies
• 1997 : Lars Ahlin , Swedish writer
• 1997 : LaVern Baker , American rhythm and blues singer
• 1998 : Lloyd Bridges , American actor

21st century

• 2002 : Sleiman Hajjar , Lebanese Bishop in Canada
• 2003 : Charles Cyroulnik , French violinist

Barry Sheene († 2003)

• 2003 : Barry Sheene , British motorcycle racer
• 2003 : Fritz Spengler , German field handball player
• 2003 : Naftali Temu , Kenyan long distance runner
• 2003 : Ottorino Volonterio , Swiss racing car driver
• 2004 : Norbert Grupe , German boxer and actor
• 2005 : Danny Joe Brown , American musician
• 2006 : John Profumo , British politician
• 2007 : Gerd Jauch , German television presenter and journalist
• 2007 : Rolf Kalmuczak , German writer
• 2007 : Kurt Wafner , German lecturer, author and anti-militarist
• 2008 : Otto Schnellbacher , American football player
• 2008 : Heinz Stangl , Austrian painter and graphic artist
• 2009 : Guy Jonson , British pianist and music educator

Corey Haim († 2010)

• 2010 : Corey Haim , Canadian actor
• 2010 : Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi , Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar University
• 2011 : Günter Gollasch , German clarinetist and band leader
• 2011 : WJ Maryson , Dutch writer
• 2011 : Ralf Schüler , German architect
• 2011 : David Viñas , Argentine writer
• 2012 : Jean Giraud , French comic artist
• 2012 : Nick Zoricic , Canadian freestyle skier
• 2014 : Ivan Gams , Yugoslav and Slovenian geographer and university professor
• 2016 : Ken Adam , German-British production designer
• 2016 : Keith Emerson , British musician
• 2017 : John Surtees , British racing driver
• 2018 : Hubert de Givenchy , French fashion designer
• 2018 : María Orán , Spanish singer and vocal teacher
• 2018 : Ralf Waldmann , German motorcyclist
• 2019 : Andrzej Wirth , German-Polish theater scholar

Holidays and memorial days

• Church memorial days
  • St. Forty Martyrs of Sebaste , martyrs from Asia Minor (Protestant, the day of remembrance for other denominations is March 9)
  • John Ogilvie , English Martyr (Catholic)
  • Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth , American reformers (Protestant: ELCA )

• Name days
  • Gustav

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

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