February 11th

The February 11 is the 42nd day of the Gregorian calendar , so stay 323 days (324 days in leap years) by year end.

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Events

Politics and world events

• 1115 : In the battle of the Welfesholz , an army of Emperor Henry V under Hoyer I von Mansfeld loses against an alliance of Saxon nobles under the later Emperor Lothar von Supplinburg .

The siege of La Rochelle in 1573

• 1573 : That of King Karl IX. Ordered siege of La Rochelle begins. During the Fourth Huguenot War, the Catholic side wants to overthrow the city that has been left to the Huguenots as a refuge for French Protestantism and, if successful, hopes for a domino effect on other places.
• 1814 : A French army under Napoleon Bonaparte defeats an Allied Prussian-Russian army in the Battle of Montmirail during the Wars of Liberation .

1855: Emperor Theodor II.

• 1855 : After uniting the Ethiopian principalities under his rule, Prince Kassa Hailu is crowned Emperor of Abyssinia . As a Negus , he takes the name Theodor II .

1873: Amadeus of Spain

• 1873 : During the Third Carlist War , after the abdication of Amadeus of Savoy as King of Spain the day before, the First Spanish Republic is proclaimed.
• 1889 : In Japan , the Meiji constitution is passed under Emperor Meiji , a modern constitution based on the European model. This act in the course of the Meiji Restoration turns Japan from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy.
• 1913 : The Social Democrat Franz Schuhmeier , returning from an election rally , is shot in the hall of the Vienna Northwest Railway Station.
• 1919 : The Weimar National Assembly elects the previous Chancellor Friedrich Ebert as the first Reich President . The basis for this election was the law on provisional imperial power from the previous day.
• 1941 : During the Second World War, the first units of the German Africa Corps requested to support the Italian armed forces in Italian Libya reach Tripoli.
• 1942 : The Cerberus company begins in Brest (Brittany) , ie the “canal breakthrough” of the three German battleships Gneisenau , Scharnhorst and Prinz Eugen .

1945: Group photo after the negotiations in Yalta are over

• 1945 : US President Franklin D. Roosevelt , Great Britain Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Head of State Josef Stalin sign a declaration on the last day of the Yalta Conference , which sets out the reorganization of Europe after World War II . Among other things, Germany is to be divided into four occupation zones.
• 1956 : Five years after disappearing in the Cold War , Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess , two members of the Cambridge Five spy ring , appear in Moscow and declare in front of Western journalists that they never spied for the Soviet Union.
• 1971 : The Seabed Treaty is opened for signature in Washington DC, London and Moscow. The negotiated agreement prohibits the stationing of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction on the seabed. It will enter into force on May 18, 1972 after ratifications have been received .
• 1972 : Ra's al-Khaimah completes the United Arab Emirates, which was established in December 1971 , as the seventh and last emirate of the former Trucial States .

1975: Margaret Thatcher

• 1975 : In a voting against incumbent Edward Heath , the British Conservatives , Margaret Thatcher, elect a woman as party leader for the first time.
• 1977 : Mengistu Haile Mariam is three years after the coup against Haile Selassie officially head of state of Ethiopia and Chairman of the Marxist military council Derg .
• 1979 : Islamic Revolution : Iranian Prime Minister Shapur Bakhtiar is overthrown. By on February 5 Ruhollah Khomeini used alternative government of Mehdi Bazargan takes over the government.
• 1986 : During the third and last exchange of agents on the Glienicke Bridge between West Berlin and Potsdam, the Soviet dissident Anatoli Sharanski comes to the West.
• 1990 : Mikhail Gorbachev agreed on a visit of Helmut Kohl to that Germany is reunited must.
• 1990 : The South African human rights activist and leader of the African National Congress , Nelson Mandela , is released unconditionally after more than 27 years in prison at the instigation of Prime Minister Frederik Willem de Klerk . This marks the beginning of the end of apartheid in South Africa .

1991: Map of the UNPO members

• 1991 : In the Hague Peace Palace is Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization ( UNPO ) with its head office in The Hague. The non-governmental organization is granted consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council .
• 1992 : A collision between the US nuclear submarine USS Baton Rouge and the Russian submarine K-239 causes political waves: Russian President Boris Yeltsin publicly complains about this incident near the territorial waters of his country.
• 2008 : President and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate José Ramos-Horta is seriously injured in the attack on the East Timorese leadership in Dili , while Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão remains unharmed. The assassin Alfredo Alves Reinado is killed, whereupon his rebel organization collapses.
• 2011 : After mass protests in Egypt , President Husni Mubarak declares his resignation after almost 30 years in power. A military council of high-ranking officers takes over the official business.
• 2012 : On the European Day of Protest against ACTA , between 150,000 and 200,000 people across Europe demonstrate against the controversial ACTA .

economy

• 1809 : Robert Fulton receives a US patent on his version for a steamship . He made decisive changes to earlier drafts, thereby giving seafaring new impetus.

1827: propeller

• 1827 : Josef Ressel is granted a so-called privilege in Austria for his invention of the endless screw for the movement of ships , which entitles him to commercial exploitation.

science and technology

• 1826 : The University of London is established as an alternative to the religiously influenced universities of Oxford and Cambridge .
• 1939 : The physicists Lise Meitner and Otto Frisch describe theoretical considerations after the discovery of nuclear fission in the published edition of the science journal Nature and thus cause a sensation in the professional world.
• 1970 : The first Japanese satellite Ōsumi is with a Lambda-4 - missile launched.

1999: The orbits of Pluto (red) and Neptune (blue)

• 1999 : For the first time since February 7, 1979, Pluto is further away from the Sun than Neptune .
• 2004 : After landing on the surface of Mars in December 2003, despite many attempts, it was not possible to establish contact with the Beagle 2 landing unit . The ESA therefore declares the probe lost.
• 2006 : After circumnavigating the earth and crossing the Atlantic for the second time, Steve Fossett lands the GlobalFlyer light aircraft after 78 hours of flight in Bournemouth in southern England , setting a record for non-stop flights .
• 2016 : At a press conference, researchers from LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory) published the first measurement of gravitational waves on September 14, 2015.

Culture

• 1619 : The world premiere of the comic opera La fiera by Francesca Caccini takes place in Florence .

1761/1766: Niccolò Jommelli

• 1761 : The opera L'olimpiade by Niccolò Jommelli based on a libretto by Pietro Metastasio is premiered in Stuttgart .
• 1766 : The world premiere of Niccolò Jommelli's opera Vologeso takes place in Ludwigsburg .
• 1789 : The tragicomic opera Il pastor fido (The Faithful Shepherd) by Antonio Salieri is premiered in the Burgtheater in Vienna , in which he incorporated the overture of his work Prima la musica e poi le parole .
• 1825 : In Collegio di San Sebastiano in Naples, the premiere of the opera takes place Adelson e Salvini of Vincenzo Bellini .

1840: Drawing of the first performance of La fille du régiment

• 1840 : The opera La fille du régiment ( The Regiment's Daughter ) by Gaetano Donizetti, based on the libretto by Jean-François Bayard and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges , premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris with sustained success.
• 1843 : In Milan at Teatro alla Scala celebrates Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata with the libretto of Temistocle Solera its premiere and will be a great success with the public.
• 1903 : With Symphony No. 9 in D minor , the last unfinished work of Anton Bruckner is premiered in the revised version by Ferdinand Löwe .
• 1963 : The Beatles record their entire first album, Please Please Me , between 10:30 am and 11:00 pm .
• 1968 : The historic fourth building complex under the name Madison Square Garden opens in New York City.
• 1972 : German television broadcasting is renamed Television of the GDR .
• 1991 : Due to the Second Gulf War , the Cologne Rose Monday procession is officially canceled.

society

1916: Emma Goldman

• 1916 : Anarchist and peace activist Emma Goldman is arrested in New York after giving a lecture on birth control.
• 1933 : Thomas Mann begins a lecture tour abroad on the subject of Richard Wagner's suffering and greatness ; he will return to Germany for the first time after 1945.
• 1972 : The open-air museum for Thai architecture, culture and art Mueang Boran , located around 30 km south of Bangkok, is opened.
• 1987 : The body of the murdered Peggy Hettrick is found in a field in Fort Collins, Colorado .

religion

• 1531 : The English bishops recognize Henry VIII as head of the Church of England . The Pope thus loses all authority in the Kingdom of England and a state church emerges.

1858: Bernadette Soubirous

• 1858 : According to her own statement, 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous witnesses her first apparition of Mary near Lourdes .
• 1906 : In the encyclical Vehementer nos, Pope Pius X turns against the separation between the state and religious institutions in France and against the unilateral termination of the Concordat. The law separating church and state was passed on December 9 of the previous year.

1929: Vatican City (Annex of the Lateran Treaties)

• 1929 : The Holy See under Pope Pius XI. , represented by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Gasparri , signs the Lateran Treaties with the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini , through which the Vatican City state gains independence.
• 2013 : Pope Benedict XVI. announces his resignation as head of the Roman Catholic Church on February 28th.

Disasters

• 1907 : The paddle steamer Larchmont sinks in the Rhode Island Sound after a collision with a schooner . 140 people die.

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

Sports

1928: The Olympic rings in St. Moritz

• 1928 : The Swiss Federal President Edmund Schulthess opens the II. Olympic Winter Games in St. Moritz , which will last until February 19.
• 2006 : With the 7-4 win of FC Schalke 04 against Bayer 04 Leverkusen , the German Bundesliga experienced the highest -scoring game since November 6, 1982.
• 2006 : The first gold medal at the XX. Olympic Winter Games in Turin goes to the German team through biathlete Michael Greis . In the Nordic Combined , the Schonacher Georg Hettich surprisingly won gold and thus ensured the most successful German Olympic start of all time.

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

Born

Before the 18th century

• 0975 : Elias of Nisibis , bishop of the East Syrian Church of the East in Nisibis and writer
• 1261 : Otto III. , Duke of (Lower) Bavaria, King of Hungary
• 1380 : Poggio Bracciolini , humanist of the Italian Renaissance

Elizabeth of York (* 1466)

• 1466 : Elizabeth of York , Queen of England
• 1494 : Takeda Nobutora , daimyo of the Japanese Sengoku period
• 1535 : Gregory XIV , Pope
• 1567 : Honoré d'Urfé , French writer
• 1626 : Emilie von Hessen-Kassel , Princess of Taranto and Talmont
• 1637 : Friedrich Nicolaus Bruhns , German composer
• 1643 : Wolfgang Christoph Truchsess von Waldburg , Major General in Brandenburg
• 1644 : Johann Fabricius , German theologian
• 1657 : Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle , French writer
• 1671 : Hannah Callowhill Penn , second wife to William Penn and administrator of Pennsylvania
• 1675 : Johann Alexander Döderlein , German scholar
• 1681 : André Falquet , Swiss merchant, merchant and member of the Geneva Council of Two Hundred
• 1685 : Willibald Krieger , German Jesuit, theologian, philosopher and physicist
• 1699 : Bertrand François Mahé de La Bourdonnais , French admiral

18th century

• 1704 : Francesco Pozzi , Swiss plasterer
• 1711 : Johann Heumann von Teutschenbrunn , German legal historian and diplomat
• 1713 : Diane-Adélaïde de Mailly-Nesle , French nobleman and mistress of Louis XV.
• 1715 : Margaret Cavendish Bentinck , British botanist
• 1728 : Karl Eugen , Duke of Württemberg
• 1739 : Johann Christian Hofmann , German civil servant
• 1745 : Schack Hermann Ewald , German court official and publicist
• 1745 : Inō Tadataka , Japanese land surveyor and cartographer
• 1746 : Luis Paret y Alcázar , Spanish painter
• 1753 : Jonas Galusha , American politician, lawyer, and governor of Vermont
• 1759 : John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden , British politician
• 1764 : Marie-Joseph Chénier , French poet, poet and playwright
• 1764 : Carel Hendrik Verhuell , Dutch-French admiral and diplomat
• 1771 : August Friedrich Wilhelm Rudolph , German educator
• 1776 : Karl Gottlieb Bretschneider , German Protestant theologian

Ioannis Kapodistrias (* 1776)

• 1776 : Ioannis Kapodistrias , first head of state of Greece after independence from the Ottoman Empire
• 1780 : Karoline von Günderrode , German romantic poet
• 1788 : Anton Gottfried Claessen , German clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Cologne
• 1789 : Hermannus Bouman , Dutch Reformed theologian and orientalist
• 1790 : Ignaz Aßmayer , Austrian composer and church musician
• 1791 : Louis Visconti , French architect
• 1792 : Johann Philipp Bronner , German pharmacist and viticulture pioneer
• 1792 : Jules Joseph Gabriel , French theater poet and librettist
• 1796 : Giovanni Pacini , Italian music teacher and composer
• 1797 : Connop Thirlwall , British clergyman and writer
• 1800 : Josef Franz Karl Amrhyn , Swiss Federal Chancellor
• 1800 : William Henry Fox Talbot , British physicist, chemist and photography pioneer

19th century

1801-1850

• 1802 : Lydia Maria Child , American writer, abolitionist and suffragette
• 1807 : Napoleon Orda , Polish composer, pianist and artist
• 1807 : Karl Schmitz , German businessman and mayor of Mainz
• 1809 : Karl Bodmer , Swiss painter

Alexander Hamilton Stephens (* 1812)

• 1812 : Alexander Hamilton Stephens , American politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America
• 1814 : Charles Andrews , American politician, Member of the House of Representatives for the state of Maine
• 1815 : John Appleton , American politician
• 1816 : Ernst Litfaß , German printer and inventor (advertising column)
• 1818 : Madatya Karakaschian , Armenian linguist, teacher, publicist and mechitarist
• 1819 : Ottilie Davida Assing , German writer
• 1819 : Samuel Parkman Tuckerman , American composer
• 1821 : Hermann Allmers , North German local poet
• 1821 : Auguste Mariette , French Egyptologist
• 1826 : Heinrich Vieweg , German publisher and bookseller
• 1827 : Tony Franck , German pianist
• 1828 : Karl Theodor Liebe , German geologist and ornithologist
• 1829 : Camillo Walzel , German librettist
• 1829 : Wilhelm Westmeyer , German composer and pianist
• 1830 : August Eisenmenger , Austrian painter
• 1836 : Otto Karlowa , German legal scholar, legal historian and Romanist
• 1839 : Josiah Willard Gibbs , American physicist
• 1841 : Malachia Ormanian , Armenian Archbishop and Patriarch of Constantinople of the Armenian Apostolic Church
• 1842 : Ludwig Barnay , Hungarian-German actor and director
• 1845 : Ahmed Tevfik Pascha , last Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
• 1846 : Otto Hetzer , German inventor and entrepreneur, founder of glued wood construction

Thomas Alva Edison (* 1847)

• 1847 : Thomas Alva Edison , American inventor and entrepreneur (electricity and electrical engineering)
• 1850 : Louis Archinard , French general

1851-1900

• 1853 : Louis Auler , German politician
• 1854 : Adolf Gröber , German lawyer and politician, MdR, Reich Minister
• 1857 : Georg Wertheim , German businessman
• 1858 : Johannes Bolte , German literary scholar, folklorist and narrative researcher
• 1858 : Désiré Thomassin , Austrian painter, composer
• 1860 : Giulio Aristide Sartorio , Italian painter, illustrator, screenwriter and film director
• 1861 : Paul Prüssing , German chemist
• 1861 : Friedrich von der Asseburg , Prussian major and chamberlain
• 1863 : John F. Fitzgerald , American politician, mayor of Boston and member of the House of Representatives
• 1863 : Hermann Kersting , German doctor and colonial official
• 1863 : Cornelius Osten , German businessman and botanist
• 1864 : József Balassa , Hungarian philologist
• 1869 : Abel Decaux , French composer, organist and music teacher
• 1869 : Adelheid Popp , Austrian women's rights activist and socialist

Else Lasker-Schüler (* 1869)

• 1869 : Else Lasker-Schüler , German-Jewish poet and draftsman, representative of modernism and expressionism
• 1869 : Hendrik Ebo Kaspers , Dutch anti-militarist and anarchist
• 1870 : Bill Drews , German lawyer, President of the Prussian Higher Administrative Court
• 1872 : Edward Johnston , British calligrapher, typographer and teacher
• 1873 : Rudolf Hans Bartsch , Austrian writer
• 1873 : Georg Hirschfeld , German playwright and narrator
• 1874 : Elsa Beskow , Swedish children's author, painter and illustrator
• 1874 : Fritz Hart , British composer
• 1877 : Moses Louis Annenberg , American publicist
• 1879 : Jean Gilbert , German composer and conductor
• 1879 : Fritz Nicolai , German water diver
• 1881 : Carlo Carrà , Italian painter and art writer
• 1883 : Brigitte Adolphsen , German writer
• 1883 : Arthur Grimm , German painter
• 1884 : Paul Christiaan Flu , Dutch tropical medicine specialist
• 1884 : Alfonso Leng , Chilean composer and odontologist
• 1885 : Sidney Abrahams , British long jumper and sprinter
• 1886 : Johann Baptist Hofmann , German classical philologist

Origuchi Shinobu (* 1887)

• 1887 : Theodor Schwegler , Roman Catholic religious and religious
• 1887 : Orikuchi Shinobu , Japanese writer and literary scholar
• 1888 : Alfred Johan Asikainen , Finnish wrestler
• 1890 : Jan de Vries , Dutch Germanist and religious scholar
• 1890 : Heinz Werner , German psychologist
• 1891 : Paul Ash , American violinist, pianist, composer and big band leader
• 1892 : Ernst Schmidt , German thermodynamicist
• 1893 : Don Azpiazú , Cuban band leader
• 1896 : Miroslav Cikán , Czech film director
• 1896 : Curt von Gottberg , German SS-Obergruppenführer, general of the Waffen-SS, war criminal
• 1896 : Józef Kałuża , Polish national player and coach, football legend
• 1897 : Yves de la Casinière , French composer and music teacher
• 1897 : Emil Leon Post , Polish-American mathematician and logician
• 1898 : Leó Szilárd , Hungarian-German-American physicist and molecular biologist
• 1900 : Otto Aurich , Austro-Dutch actor and theater director
• 1900 : Hans-Georg Gadamer , German philosopher

20th century

1901-1925

• 1901 : Hermann Budzislawski , German journalist

Arne Jacobsen (* 1902)

• 1902 : Arne Jacobsen , Danish designer and architect
• 1905 : Zdeněk Burian , Czech draftsman and graphic artist
• 1905 : Egon Pruggmayer , German book designer and painter
• 1906 : Yves Baudrier , French composer
• 1907 : Käthe Gold , Austrian actress
• 1908 : Wuert Engelmann , American football player
• 1908 : Vivian Fuchs , British geologist and polar explorer
• 1908 : Hans Vollenweider , Swiss criminal
• 1909 : Charles Joseph Paul Arnold , French writer, theater historian and esotericist
• 1909 : Joseph L. Mankiewicz , American film director
• 1909 : Heinrich Mauersberger , German engineer and inventor in the textile industry ( Malimo )
• 1909 : Max Baer , American heavyweight boxing champion
• 1909 : Gustave Singier , Belgian painter
• 1910 : Rudi Baerwind , German painter
• 1911 : Carl Keenan Seyfert , American astronomer
• 1912 : Juan Carlos Aramburu , Archbishop of Tucumán and Buenos Aires
• 1912 : Rudolf Firkušný , Czech pianist
• 1912 : Rudolf Stahl , German field handball player
• 1913 : Clyde Cameron , Australian politician
• 1913 : Masaji Kiyokawa , Japanese swimmer
• 1913 : Vladimir Sak , Ukrainian chess player
• 1913 : Jewgeni Ivanovich Umnow , Russian chess player and problem composer

Josh White (born 1915)

• 1915 : Josh White , American musician
• 1915 : Richard Hamming , American mathematician
• 1915 : Sten G. Halfvarson , American music teacher and choir director
• 1916 : Fredy Hirsch , German functionary of the Jewish Boy Scout Association
• 1916 : Wilhelm Koch-Hooge , German actor
• 1917 : Kazys Bradūnas , Lithuanian poet
• 1917 : Sidney Sheldon , American novelist and screenwriter
• 1918 : Anne-Stine Ingstad , Norwegian archaeologist
• 1919 : Gretchen Fraser , American ski racer
• 1919 : Eva Gabor , American-Hungarian actress
• 1920 : Faruq , King of Egypt
• 1920 : Daniel F. Galouye , American journalist and science fiction writer
• 1922 : Svenn Thorkild Stray , Norwegian Conservative politician
• 1923 : Antony Flew , British philosopher, advocate of libertarianism and atheism
• 1924 : Budge Patty , American tennis player
• 1925 : Horst Bollmann , German actor
• 1925 : Kim Stanley , American actress
• 1925 : Amparo Rivelles , Spanish actress

1926-1950

Paul Bocuse (* 1926)

• 1926 : Paul Bocuse , French chef, restaurateur and cookbook author
• 1926 : Leslie Nielsen , Canadian actor
• 1927 : Johannes Menskes , German choir director and composer
• 1928 : Gotthilf Fischer , German choir director
• 1929 : Albert Asarjan , Armenian gymnast
• 1930 : Inge Stoll , German motorcycle racer
• 1930 : Pierre Thériault , Canadian actor
• 1932 : Liselotte Ebnet , German operetta and musical singer
• 1932 : Edwin Schwertner , German politician, office manager of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED
• 1934 : Tina Louise , American actress
• 1934 : Francesco Pennisi , Italian composer

Mary Quant (born 1934)

• 1934 : Mary Quant , British fashion designer, is considered one of the inventors of the miniskirt
• 1934 : John Surtees , British car and motorcycle racer
• 1935 : Rudolf Hoffmann , German football player
• 1935 : Heinz Niederig , German professor for experimental physics with a focus on electron microscopy
• 1935 : Immy Schell , German actress
• 1935 : Gene Vincent , American musician
• 1936 : Edith Mathis , Swiss soprano
• 1936 : Martin Mußgnug , German lawyer and politician
• 1936 : Burt Reynolds , American actor
• 1936 : Léa Stein , French jewelry designer
• 1937 : Anders Bodelsen , Danish writer and critic
• 1937 : Catherine Gayer , American soprano
• 1937 : Heidi Lambert-Lang , German lawyer, judge at the Federal Court of Justice
• 1938 : Mohamed Gammoudi , Tunisian athlete
• 1938 : Manuel Noriega , ruler in Panama
• 1938 : Willy Oliveira , Brazilian composer
• 1939 : Gerry Goffin , American songwriter
• 1939 : Okay Temiz , Turkish jazz drummer, percussionist, band leader and composer
• 1940 : Dennis Gaubatz , American football player
• 1940 : Jūrō Kara , Japanese writer
• 1940 : Werner Mauss , German private detective and agent
• 1940 : Bobby Pickett , American singer and actor
• 1941 : Rudolf Brunnenmeier , German football player
• 1941 : Neritan Ceka , Albanian archaeologist and politician
• 1941 : Margot Middelhauve , German artist
• 1941 : Sérgio Mendes , Brazilian pianist and arranger
• 1942 : Fritz Hähle , German politician, MdL
• 1942 : Arild Holm , Norwegian ski racer
• 1943 : Gerhard Glogowski , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony
• 1943 : Serge Lama , French chanson singer and songwriter
• 1943 : Alan Rubin , American musician
• 1944 : Wolf-Dieter Ahlenfelder , German football referee
• 1944 : Martin Drew , British jazz drummer and band leader
• 1944 : Michael Oxley , American MP
• 1944 : Christine Schuberth , Austrian actress

Dieter Steinecke (* 1944)

• 1944 : Dieter Steinecke , German politician, MdL, President of the State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt
• 1945 : Ralph Doubell , Australian athlete, Olympic champion
• 1946 : Pierre Curzi , Canadian actor
• 1946 : Knut Vollebæk , Norwegian diplomat and politician
• 1947 : Klaus Weiland , German-British-American folk musician and fingerstyle guitarist
• 1947 : Gerd B. Achenbach , German philosopher
• 1947 : Derek Shulman , British musician
• 1948 : Fritz Raff , German journalist, director of the Saarländischer Rundfunk
• 1948 : Gerhard Wucherer , German athlete
• 1949 : Gerhard Kofler , German writer
• 1949 : Manfred Luckey , German politician, MdL
• 1949 : Marc Menant , French writer, journalist and racing car driver
• 1949 : Klaus Prömpers , German television journalist
• 1949 : Detlev Redinger , German actor
• 1950 : Tomasz Bugaj , Polish conductor and music teacher
• 1950 : Yevgeny Svezhnikov , Russian-Latvian chess master

1951-1975

• 1951 : Cleo Kretschmer , German actress and author
• 1951 : Vojtěch Saudek , Czech composer
• 1952 : Bernadette Mayr , German patchwork and quilt artist
• 1953 : Philip Anglim , American film and stage actor
• 1953 : Jeb Bush , American politician, governor of Florida
• 1954 : Günter Menges , former German soccer player
• 1955 : Anneli Jäätteenmäki , Finnish politician, Prime Minister
• 1955 : Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne , Gambian politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister

Didier Lockwood (* 1956)

• 1956 : Didier Lockwood , French jazz violinist and composer
• 1956 : Gianpietro Zappa , Swiss football player
• 1957 : Peter Klashorst , Dutch photographer
• 1958 : Gisela Manderla , German politician (CDU)
• 1959 : Nick Carter , British Chief of the Defense Staff
• 1959 : Roberto Moreno , Brazilian racing driver
• 1959 : René Müller , German soccer player and coach
• 1960 : Sylvie Bailly , French soccer player
• 1960 : Joachim Raaf , German actor
• 1960 : Lydia Wong , Canadian pianist and music teacher
• 1961 : Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski , Polish politician
• 1961 : George Balint , Romanian composer, conductor and pianist
• 1961 : Andreas Krautscheid , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag, State Minister
• 1961 : Carey Lowell , American film actress
• 1962 : Sheryl Crow , American blues rock singer, guitarist and songwriter
• 1962 : Uwe Zimmermann , German soccer player
• 1963 : Ralf Falkenmayer , German soccer player
• 1964 : Keiichirō Asao , Japanese politician

Sarah Palin (* 1964)

• 1964 : Sarah Palin , American politician, Governor of Alaska
• 1965 : Richard Cyron , Polish football player
• 1966 : David Bunners , German actor
• 1966 : Patrik Kühnen , German tennis player
• 1966 : Guard Sharafyan , Armenian composer
• 1966 : Kai Scheve , German actor
• 1966 : Johan Söderqvist , Swedish film composer
• 1967 : Ciro Ferrara , Italian football player
• 1968 : Lavinia Agache , former Romanian gymnast
• 1969 : Jennifer Aniston , American actress
• 1969 : Takeshi Obata , Japanese mangaka
• 1970 : Juan Aguirre , Spanish musician
• 1971 : Sascha Stowasser , German ergonomist
• 1971 : Alexander Ulrich , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1972 : Andrea Figallo , Italian singer and producer ( Wise Guys )
• 1972 : Markus Happe , German soccer player
• 1972 : Lisa Martinek , German actress
• 1972 : Bernd Meier , German soccer player

Kelly Slater (born 1972)

• 1972 : Kelly Slater , American surfer
• 1972 : Geert Van der Stricht , Belgian chess player
• 1973 : Alexander von Puttkamer , German tuba player
• 1973 : Varg Vikernes , Norwegian musician and author ( Burzum )
• 1973 : Trevor Guthrie , Canadian singer
• 1974 : D'Angelo , American rhythm and blues musician
• 1974 : Sébastien Hinault , French cyclist
• 1975 : Yumileidi Cumbá , Cuban athlete

1976-2000

• 1976 : Mareile Blendl , German actress
• 1976 : Alenka Dovžan , Slovenian skier
• 1976 : Alexandra Neldel , German actress
• 1976 : Ricardo , Portuguese soccer player
• 1977 : Angelo Barletta , Italian-German soccer player
• 1977 : Mike Shinoda , American musician and rapper
• 1978 : Lourence Ilagan , Filipino dart player
• 1979 : Bass-T , German DJ and music producer

Brandy (* 1979)

• 1979 : Brandy Norwood , American singer and actress
• 1980 : Mark Bresciano , Australian soccer player
• 1980 : Titi Buengo , Angolan football player
• 1980 : Jukka Erätuli , Finnish snowboarder
• 1980 : Theresa Scholze , German actress
• 1981 : Aritz Aduriz , Spanish soccer player
• 1981 : Kelly Rowland , American singer
• 1982 : Natalie Dormer , British actress
• 1982 : Florin Lovin , Romanian football player
• 1982 : Neil Robertson , Australian snooker player
• 1983 : Miladin Kozlina , Slovenian handball player
• 1983 : Emmanuel Krontiris , German soccer player
• 1983 : Viola Odebrecht , German soccer player
• 1983 : David Tarka , Australian soccer player

Rafael van der Vaart (* 1983)

• 1983 : Rafael van der Vaart , Dutch football player
• 1983 : Nicki Clyne , Canadian actress
• 1984 : Gabriel von Berlepsch , German actor
• 1985 : Sarah Butler , American actress
• 1985 : Liridon Leçi , Albanian football player
• 1985 : Marcus Schiech , German handball player
• 1985 : Šárka Strachová , Czech ski racer
• 1987 : Luca Antonelli , Italian football player
• 1987 : Beat Feuz , Swiss ski racer
• 1987 : Flying Uwe , German youtuber and streamer
• 1987 : Robert Fleßers , German soccer player
• 1988 : Kristian Nippes , German handball player
• 1988 : Wellington Luís de Sousa , Brazilian soccer player
• 1989 : Timo Perthel , German football player
• 1989 : Sally Potocki , Australian handball and basketball player
• 1990 : Javier Aquino , Mexican soccer player
• 1990 : Q'orianka Kilcher , American actress
• 1990 : Catherine Skinner , Australian marksman and Olympic champion
• 1991 : Never Shout Never , American singer
• 1992 : Taylor Lautner , American actor
• 1993 : Karl Geiger , German ski jumper
• 1993 : Ben McLemore , American basketball player
• 1996 : Felix Platte , German soccer player
• 1996 : Jonathan Tah , German soccer player
• 1997 : Park Chaeyoung , South Korean singers (Blackpink)
• 1998 : Felix Götze , German soccer player
• 1998 : Jennifer Montag , German athlete

Died

Before the 16th century

• 0244 : Gordian III. , Roman emperor
• 0641 : Herakleios , Emperor of the Byzantine Empire
• 0731 : Gregory II , Pope
• 0821 : Benedict von Aniane , abbot
• 0824 : Paschal I , Pope
• 0867 : Theodora II , wife of the Byzantine emperor Theophilos
• 0966 : Starchand , Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt
• 1056 : Hermann II , Archbishop of Cologne
• 1115 : Hoyer I von Mansfeld , German field marshal of Emperor Heinrich V.
• 1124 : Friedrich , regent of the county of Arnsberg-Werl
• 1141 : Hugo von St. Viktor , German theologian and philosopher
• 1160 : Minamoto no Yoshitomo , Japanese military leader
• 1233 : Ermengarde de Beaumont , Scottish Queen Consort
• 1250 : Guillaume de Sonnac , Grand Master of the Templar Order and Crusader
• 1250 : Jean de Ronay , Vice-Master of the Hospitaller Order and Crusader
• 1250 : Jocerand de Brancion , French nobleman and crusader
• 1310 : Marguerita d'Oingt , southern French mystic and Latin and Franco-Provençal author
• 1324 : Karl von Trier , Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
• 1331 : Nikolaus von Kesselhut , Bishop of Verden
• 1392 : Nicholas I of Meißen , Bishop of Lübeck and Meißen
• 1394 : John de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros , English nobleman and politician
• 1397 : Heinrich von Langenstein , German theologian, church politician and astronomer, Vice Chancellor of the Sorbonne and Rector of the University of Vienna
• 1418 : Bogislaw VIII , Duke of Pomerania
• 1424 : Johannes Abezier , Prince-Bishop of Warmia
• 1484 : Georg von Baden , Margrave of Baden and Bishop of Metz
• 1500 : Antonio Urceo , Italian humanist

16th to 18th century

• 1503 : Elizabeth of York , Queen of England
• 1507 : Johann von Glogau , Polish philosopher and mathematician
• 1511 : Charles II d'Amboise , Governor of Paris, Marshal of France and Admiral of France
• 1524 : Isabella of Aragón , Duchess of Milan, Duchess of Bari and Princess of Rossano
• 1552 : Eske Bille , Danish imperial court master

Johann Stigel († 1562)

• 1562 : Johann Stigel , German poet and rhetorician
• 1586 : August , Elector of Saxony
• 1590 : Balthasar Batthyány , Austro-Hungarian general in the fight against the Turks.
• 1617 : Giovanni Antonio Magini , Italian astronomer and mathematician
• 1629 : Caspar von Teutleben , German poet and court master
• 1643 : Anna Maria , Countess Palatine of Neuburg and Duchess of Saxe-Weimar
• 1650 : René Descartes , French philosopher, mathematician and natural scientist
• 1659 : Erik Stenbock , Swedish major general
• 1671 : Ludwig Compenius , German organ and harpsichord builder
• 1673 : Taco van Glins , Dutch legal scholar
• 1687 : Thomas Billeb , German lawyer, administrative clerk and Graflich-Schwarzburg official at Großbodungen
• 1689 : Marie Louise d'Orléans , Queen of Spain
• 1697 : Georg Handel , court surgeon, father of Georg Friedrich Handel
• 1703 : Godert de Ginkell, 1st Earl of Athlone , Dutch general
• 1709 : Jean-Antoine de Mesmes, comte d'Avaux , French diplomat
• 1709 : Luise Hollandine von der Pfalz , abbess of Maubuisson, painter and engraver
• 1723 : Heinrich Meiering , German sculptor
• 1729 : Solomon Stoddard , New England congregational preacher
• 1734 : Christian Ulrich II , Duke of Württemberg-Wilhelminenort
• 1746 : Vasily Vladimirovich Dolgorukov , Russian politician and field marshal
• 1751 : Lukas Fracht , Swiss entrepreneur and pietist
• 1755 : Scipione Maffei , Italian poet and scholar
• 1757 : Mauro D'Alay , Italian violinist and composer
• 1783 : Johann Andreas Silbermann , Alsatian organ builder
• 1795 : Carl Michael Bellman , Swedish poet

19th century

• 1803 : Anton von Störck , Austrian medic
• 1806 : Vincente Martín y Soler , Spanish composer
• 1820 : Karl von Fischer , German architect
• 1820 : Heinrich Johann Otto König , German legal scholar and university professor
• 1825 : Friedrich IV of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg , Duke
• 1825 : Franz Peter Nick , German Catholic clergyman and university professor

Raiden Tameemon († 1825)

• 1825 : Raiden Tameemon , Japanese sumo wrestler of the Edo period
• 1827 : José Lidón , Spanish composer
• 1829 : Alexander Sergejewitsch Gribojedow , Russian diplomat and poet
• 1830 : Johann Baptist von Lampi , Italian portrait painter
• 1837 : Albrecht Anton Adolph Hofmann , German lawyer and civil servant
• 1841 : Ferdinand Johann von Olivier , German painter
• 1844 : Tamenaga Shunsui , Japanese writer
• 1847 : Johann Philipp von Ladenberg , Prussian tax officer, honorary citizen of Berlin
• 1848 : Thomas Cole , American painter
• 1854 : Anton zu Stolberg-Wernigerode , Prussian Minister of State
• 1857 : Alexander Iwanowitsch Ostermann-Tolstoy , Russian officer
• 1862 : Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal , British painter and poet
• 1862 : Bernardus Franciscus Suerman , Dutch medic
• 1864 : Hermann Marggraff , German writer, journalist and literary critic

Léon Foucault († 1868)

• 1868 : Léon Foucault , French physicist, optician and inventor of the Foucault pendulum
• 1870 : Michelangelo Grigoletti , Italian painter
• 1874 : Nicholas Trist , American diplomat
• 1875 : Karl Friedrich von Savigny , Prussian diplomat and Catholic politician
• 1879 : Fabre Geffrard , Haitian politician
• 1880 : Sherlock James Andrews , American politician, member of the US House of Representatives for the state of Ohio
• 1882 : Maria Lenzen , German writer
• 1883 : Franz von Hauslab , Austrian general and cartographer
• 1885 : Edward McCabe , Irish Cardinal and Archbishop of Dublin
• 1890 : Heinrich Kochhann , politician in Berlin
• 1892 : James Augustus Grant , British officer and traveler to Africa
• 1894 : Emilio Arrieta , Spanish composer
• 1894 : Karel Leopold Klaudy , Czech lawyer and politician
• 1895 : Montgomery Dent Corse , American Confederate general in the Civil War
• 1900 : Charles Émile Blanchard , French zoologist and entomologist

20th century

1901-1950

• 1901 : Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio , Spanish poet and politician
• 1901 : Milan I. Obrenović , Serbian king
• 1901 : Henry Willis , English organ builder
• 1902 : Emil Hartmeyer , German lawyer and publisher
• 1905 : Otto Erich Hartleben , German playwright, poet and storyteller
• 1907 : William Howard Russell , Irish journalist
• 1908 : Joseph Abbott , American politician
• 1908 : Elard Hugo Meyer , German Indo-Europeanist
• 1911 : Emil Jacobsen , German chemist and writer
• 1913 : Franz Schuhmeier , Austrian politician
• 1915 : Ignaz von Attems , Austrian politician
• 1917 : Bernhard Listemann , German-American violinist and music teacher
• 1918 : Taytu Betul , Ethiopian Empress
• 1920 : Gaby Deslys , French revue dancer, actress, singer
• 1920 : Aristide Rinaldini , Italian clergyman, Vatican diplomat, cardinal to the Curia
• 1923 : Wilhelm Killing , German mathematician
• 1924 : Jacques Loeb , German-American biologist
• 1926 : Wilhelm Kuhnert , German painter and illustrator

Johann II. († 1929)

• 1929 : Johann II , Prince of Liechtenstein
• 1929 : Albert Steinrück , German actor
• 1930 : Franz Winter , German archaeologist
• 1931 : Charles Parsons , British mechanical engineer
• 1933 : Jean Paul Ertel , German composer
• 1934 : Fritz Klatte , German chemist
• 1937 : Walter Burley Griffin , American architect and landscaper
• 1938 : Kazimierz Twardowski , Polish philosopher and logician
• 1939 : Gustav Lange , Norwegian composer, violinist and music teacher
• 1939 : Franz Schmidt , Austrian music teacher and composer
• 1940 : John Buchan , British writer and politician
• 1940 : Gunnar Höckert , Finnish athlete, Olympic champion

Rudolf Hilferding († 1941)

• 1941 : Rudolf Hilferding , German-Austrian politician and economist, MdR, Reich Finance Minister
• 1941 : Walther Veeck , German archaeologist, specialist in the Merovingian period
• 1944 : Carl Meinhof , German pastor and Africanist
• 1945 : Al Dubin , American songwriter
• 1947 : Gregori Aminoff , Swedish artist
• 1947 : Wilhelm Kohlbach , German general
• 1948 : Sergei Eisenstein , Soviet director
• 1949 : Johannes Freumbichler , native Austrian writer
• 1949 : Dai Jitao , Chinese politician and publicist
• 1949 : Axel Munthe , Swedish doctor and writer
• 1949 : Theodor Steinbüchel , Catholic moral theologian and social ethicist
• 1950 : Friedrich Lindemann , German writer and journalist

1951-2000

• 1951 : Louis Brody , German actor
• 1952 : Alfred Liebig , German architect
• 1954 : Arthur Duray , French-American racing driver
• 1958 : Heinrich Hermelink , German church historian
• 1958 : Ernest Jones , British psychoanalyst and Freud biographer
• 1959 : Marshall Teague , American racing car driver

Victor Klemperer († 1960)

• 1960 : Victor Klemperer , German writer and literary scholar
• 1960 : Karl von Buchka , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1962 : Indalecio Prieto , Spanish politician
• 1963 : Sylvia Plath , American writer
• 1966 : Hermann Heukamp , German politician
• 1966 : Friedrich Krause-Osten , German painter
• 1971 : Harry Arnold , Swedish tenor saxophonist, clarinetist and band leader
• 1971 : Viktoria Steinbiß , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1974 : Vladimir Ivanovich Smirnov , Russian-Soviet mathematician
• 1975 : Richard Ratsimandrava , Madagascar President
• 1976 : Frank Arnau , German writer
• 1976 : Lee J. Cobb , American actor
• 1976 : Alexander Lippisch , German aircraft designer
• 1977 : Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed , Indian President
• 1977 : Fouad Ammoun , Lebanese lawyer and diplomat
• 1977 : Louis Beel , Dutch politician and Prime Minister
• 1977 : Luigi Bertolini , Italian football player, world champion
• 1978 : Tex Irvin , American football player
• 1978 : Harry Martinson , Swedish writer, Nobel Prize winner
• 1981 : Walter Damm , German politician, MdL
• 1981 : Kermit Murdock , American actor
• 1981 : Franz Sondheimer , German chemist
• 1982 : Eleanor Powell , American dancer, singer, and actress
• 1982 : Takashi Shimura , Japanese actor
• 1985 : Ben Abruzzo , American balloonist
• 1985 : Henry Hathaway , American film director
• 1985 : Jochen Müller , German soccer player
• 1986 : Frank Herbert , American science fiction and fantasy writer
• 1987 : Mark Ashton , British activist
• 1988 : René Hall , American jazz and R&B guitarist
• 1989 : Leon Festinger , American social psychologist
• 1990 : Pol Anoul , Belgian football player
• 1990 : Helmut Bornefeld , German church musician and composer, organ expert, graphic artist and author
• 1991 : Galina Djuragin , Russian writer
• 1993 : Robert W. Holley , American biochemist, Nobel Prize winner
• 1994 : Mercedes Comaposada , Spanish educator and anarchist
• 1994 : William Conrad , American actor
• 1994 : Joseph Cordeiro , Indian clergyman, Archbishop of Karachi, cardinal
• 1994 : Paul Feyerabend , Austrian philosopher and science theorist
• 1996 : Olle Åhlund , Swedish football player and coach
• 1996 : Pierre Verger , French-Brazilian photographer
• 1999 : Jaki Byard , American jazz musician
• 2000 : Jacqueline Auriol , French pilot
• 2000 : Slim Dortch , American country and rockabilly musician
• 2000 : Dieter Pavlik , German politician, MdL
• 2000 : Jindřich Praveček , Czech conductor and composer (brass music)
• 2000 : Roger Vadim , French film director

21st century

• 2001 : Maurice Zermatten , Swiss writer
• 2002 : Barry Foster , British actor
• 2002 : Traudl Junge , German private secretary to Adolf Hitler

Arndt Bause († 2003)

• 2003 : Arndt Bause , German composer
• 2004 : Alberto Blancafort , Spanish conductor and composer
• 2005 : Samuel W. Alderson , American inventor
• 2005 : Míla Myslíková , Czech actress
• 2006 : Peter Benchley , American author
• 2007 : Marianne Fredriksson , Swedish writer and journalist
• 2008 : Emilio Carballido , Mexican playwright and screenwriter
• 2008 : Tom Lantos , Hungarian-American politician
• 2008 : Alfredo Alves Reinado , East Timorese military and rebel leader
• 2009 : Albert Barillé , French director and animator
• 2010 : Irina Konstantinovna Archipova , Soviet-Russian opera singer
• 2010 : Mona Hofland , Norwegian actress
• 2010 : Alexander McQueen , British fashion designer

Whitney Houston († 2012)

• 2012 : Whitney Houston , American singer
• 2012 : Claus Thierschmann , German officer, lieutenant general in the Federal Air Force
• 2014 : Alice Babs , Swedish pop and jazz singer
• 2015 : Roger Hanin , French actor and film director
• 2015 : Bob Simon , American journalist
• 2016 : Hans Meinhardt , German natural scientist
• 2016 : Juan Mujica , Uruguayan football player and coach
• 2017 : Kurt Marti , Swiss writer
• 2017 : Jirō Taniguchi , Japanese mangaka
• 2018 : Raúl Hestnes Ferreira , Portuguese architect
• 2018 : Marie-Elisabeth Klee , German politician
• 2018 : Martin Rupprecht , German stage and costume designer
• 2019 : Sibghatullah Modschaddedi , Afghan politician
• 2020 : Joseph Vilsmaier , German film director

Holidays and memorial days

• Church memorial days
  • Hugo von St. Viktor , teacher (Protestant)
  • Benjamin Schmolck , German pastor and song writer (Protestant)
  • St. Blaise of Sebaste , Roman martyr, bishop and patron saint (Orthodox)
  • Holy Martyrs of the Holy Books , Numidian martyrs (Roman Catholic, Protestant feast day is January 7th )
  • World day of the sick

• State holidays and memorial days
  • Japan : Founding of the Reich (since 1967)

• More information about the day
  • EU : European 112 Day

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

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