11th January
The January 11 (in Austria and South Tyrol : January 11 ) is the 11th day of the Gregorian calendar , thus remain 354 days (in leap years 355 days) by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 381 : Athanaric , the expelled ruler of the Terwingen , arrives in Constantinople and is received with honor by Emperor Theodosius I.
- 1055 : After the death of her brother-in-law Constantine IX. the seventy year old Theodora III. Empress of Byzantium a second time .
- 1158 : Vladislav II is elected King of Bohemia .
- 1636 : In the Battle of Haselünne in the Thirty Years' War , a Swedish regiment wins over numerically superior imperial troops, although its commander Dodo zu Innhausen and Knyphausen is killed at the beginning of the battle.
- 1790 : After the Brabant Revolution , the United Belgian States are established on the territory of the Austrian Netherlands . But as early as December of that year the country became Austrian again due to troops that had moved in.
- 1790 : The first French mayoral elections take place in Ris-Orangis .
- 1827 : The city of Bremen purchases land north of the mouth of the Geeste from the Kingdom of Hanover and in the following years established a seaport and the city of Bremerhaven there.
- 1851 : The sect leader Hong Xiuquan proclaims the Heavenly Kingdom of Supreme Peace in China during the Taiping Uprising and proclaims himself the Heavenly King .
- 1861 : Alabama becomes the fourth state to leave the United States of America . About a month later, it joins the Confederate States of America .
- 1879 : After an ultimatum that was unacceptable to the Zulu , British troops under Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford , march into the Kingdom of Zululand and open the Zulu War without a declaration of war .
- 1898 : The real culprit in the Dreyfus affair , the heavily indebted Major Ferdinand Walsin-Esterházy , is acquitted in court.
- 1907 : Germany and Denmark sign the Optantenvertrag , which gives Danes in Northern Schleswig the choice of German or Danish citizenship .
- 1919 : In Cuxhaven , the Workers 'and Soldiers' Council proclaims the Socialist Republic of Cuxhaven .
- 1923 : Starting from the Düsseldorf and Duisburg area, which was already occupied in 1921, French and Belgian troops begin to occupy the Ruhr area to secure the reparation payments stipulated in the Versailles Treaty .
- 1934 : The German News Agency (DNB), disguised as an independent private company , is founded in Berlin. The official central news and press agency in Germany during the National Socialist era is in fact Reich property and influenced by the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda . The two predecessors Wolffs Telegraphisches Bureau and Telegraphen-Union are merged into the DNB .
- 1942 : Japan declares war on the Netherlands and on the same day begins the battle of Tarakan with the conquest of the Netherlands Indies in the Pacific War .
- 1942 : The German submarine U 123 sinks a British freighter as a prelude to Operation Paukenschlag , an operation off the North American east coast.
- 1946 : Enver Hoxha proclaims the People's Republic of Albania .
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- 1949 : The formerly German areas east of the Oder-Neisse line are placed under Polish administration.
- 1963 : Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi presents a six-point reform program at the National Farmers' Congress in Tehran , which will go down in Iran's history as the White Revolution .
- 1976 : The Ecuadorian dictator Guillermo Rodríguez Lara is deposed from the military. His successor in a military junta is Alfredo Poveda .
- 1981 : Cantabria becomes an Autonomous Community of Spain .
- 1985 : The first stage of a Pershing II rocket explodes on the Heilbronner Waldheide .
- 1992 : The Algerian President Chadli Bendjedid is forced by the military to resign after the the looming victory of the Islamic Salvation Front in the elections last year has coup to power .
- 1996 : The Japanese parliament elects the Liberal Democrat Ryūtarō Hashimoto as the new Prime Minister . He replaces the Social Democrat Murayama Tomiichi .
- 2002 : At the Wolfratshauser breakfast in Wolfratshausen , Bavaria , Angela Merkel renounces the candidate for Union chancellor in the 2002 federal elections after a lengthy competition in favor of Edmund Stoiber .
- 2002 : The first prisoners from the war in Afghanistan , captured Taliban and suspected Al-Qaeda members, arrive at the US American internment camp Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay . The internments, which are disputed under international law, are accompanied by protests by international human rights organizations .
economy
- 1569 : Ticket sales for the first lottery held in England begin west of St Paul's Cathedral in London .
- 1952 : The German Bundestag ratifies the treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) against the votes of the SPD and the KPD.
- 2002 : In the wake of the Argentina crisis , Argentina removes the 1: 1 exchange rate peg of its currency against the US dollar.
science and technology
- 1753 : The late scientist Sir Hans Sloane bequeaths his collection to the English state. The British Museum now has its foundation.
- 1787 : Wilhelm Herschel discovers the two largest moons of Uranus , which are later baptized by his son John Herschel Oberon and Titania .
- 1911 : At the suggestion of the theologian Adolf von Harnack , the Kaiser Wilhelm Society , the forerunner of the Max Planck Society , is founded in Berlin to support numerous research institutes.
- 1922 : Frederick Banting and Charles Best succeed in the first successful treatment of a diabetic with insulin .
- 1935 : Amelia Earhart is the first person to fly solo from Honolulu , Hawaii, to Oakland , California.
- 1968 : NASA launches its second geodetic research satellite GEOS-B from the Vandenberg Air Force Base missile launching base .
- 1986 : The Gateway Bridge over the Brisbane River in Brisbane , Queensland, Australia, the longest at this time boom bridge made of reinforced concrete, will be opened.
Culture
- 1769 : The world premiere of Dramma per musica Adriano in Siria by Ignaz Holzbauer takes place in Mannheim .
- 1879 : The opera Hero and Leander by Giovanni Bottesini is premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin .
- 1908 : The area around the Grand Canyon is declared a National Monument by US President Theodore Roosevelt .
- 1911 : The poem End of the World by Jakob van Hoddis is published in the Berlin magazine Der Demokratie .
- 1949 : The Berliner Ensemble presents itself to the public for the first time with the performance of Mother Courage and Her Children under the direction of Bertolt Brecht , performed at the Deutsches Theater Berlin.
- 2017 : The Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg opens.
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- 1776 : The French painter Élisabeth Vigée marries Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Lebrun.
religion
- 1571 : Emperor Maximilian II issues a religious curation for the Habsburg hereditary lands . The classes of the nobility and knighthood are granted a license to practice their religion if they are adherents of the Augsburg Confession .
- 1905 : Work on the Catholic Encyclopedia begins in New York City under the direction of five editors .
- 1998 : Pope John Paul II writes a papal letter to the German bishops for church pregnancy advice.
Disasters
- 1866 : The British liner London gets caught in a storm in the Bay of Biscay and sinks, 220 of the 239 people on board perish.
- 1954 : Avalanches in Vorarlberg claim a total of 135 deaths, the municipality of Blons in the Großer Walsertal is particularly affected .
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
Sports
- 1925 : The Czechoslovak national ice hockey team wins the European ice hockey championship .
- 1953 : The Austrian ski jumper Josef Bradl wins the first edition of the Four Hills Tournament - ahead of the Norwegians Halvor Næs and Asgeir Dølplads , Toni Brutscher came fourth as the best German .
- 1970 : The Kansas City Chiefs win in Tulane Stadium in New Orleans with a 23: 7 win over the Minnesota Vikings to Super Bowl IV . Kansas City quarterback Len Dawson is named Super Bowl MVP .
- 2015 : The final victory in Brisbane against Milos Raonic is Roger Federer's 1000th victory on the ATP World Tour . Before him, only Ivan Lendl (1071) and Jimmy Connors (1253) had achieved this .
Entries of athletics world records can be found under the respective discipline under athletics .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 347 : Theodosius I , Roman emperor
- 844 : Abdallah of Córdoba , seventh emir of Córdoba
- 1322 : Kōmyō , second counter-Tennō of Japan (north courtyard)
- 1359 : Go-En'yū , fifth anti-Tennō of Japan (north courtyard)
- 1395 : Michelle de Valois , Duchess of Burgundy
- 1418 : Hans Feer , Lucerne mayor, small councilor, country and church bailiff and delegate of the daily statute
- 1464 : Wichmann Kruse , German legal scholar and theologian
- 1503 : Parmigianino , Italian mannerist painter
- 1568 : Balthasar , Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
- 1582 : Nicolaus Henel von Hennenfeld , German biographer, chronicler and historian
- 1591 : Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex , English officer and politician
- 1615 : Katharina Charlotte of Pfalz-Zweibrücken , Countess Palatine of Neuburg and Duchess of Jülich-Berg
- 1622 : Louis de Lorraine , Duke of Joyeuse
- 1638 : Nicolaus Steno , Danish bishop and naturalist
- 1642 : Johann Friedrich Alberti , German organist and composer
- 1653 : Gaspar de la Cerda Sandoval Silva y Mendoza , Spanish colonial administrator and viceroy of New Spain
- 1665 : Hermann Friedrich von Hohenzollern-Hechingen , Imperial Field Marshal General
- 1671 : François-Marie de Broglie , French general, Marshal of France
- 1691 : Hans Jakob Schulthess , Swiss Protestant clergyman and Pietist
- 1699 : Christian Gottlieb Kluge the Elder , German theologian
18th century
- 1707 : Vincenzo Riccati , Venetian mathematician
- 1716 : Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby , British nobleman
- 1732 : Peter Forsskål , Finnish naturalist and orientalist
- 1737 : Joseph Anton Felix von Balthasar , Swiss politician and statesman
- 1746 : František Adam Míča , Czech composer
- 1747 : Franz Georg von Keeß , Austrian lawyer
- 1747 : François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt , French duke, politician, social reformer and entrepreneur
- 1750 : Johann Jakob Walder , Swiss politician, lawyer and composer
- 1753 : Charlotte Buff , German housewife, role model for Lotte in The Sorrows of Young Werther
- 1755 : Wilhelm Julius Ludwig von Schubert , German lawyer and government official
- 1755 or 1757 : Alexander Hamilton , American politician
- 1758 : François-Louis Bourdon , French politician
- 1760 : Oliver Wolcott Jr. , American politician
- 1765 : Antoine-Alexandre Barbier , French librarian
- 1778 : Agathon Fain , French nobleman, secret secretary of Napoleon I.
- 1778 : Henriette Jügel , German painter
- 1782 : Sebastian Rinz , German gardener
- 1793 : Franz von Duesberg , German lawyer and politician
- 1793 : Cave Johnson , American politician
- 1793 : Johanna Stegen , Prussian patriot, known as the hero girl of Lüneburg
- 1796 : Ludwig August Busso Konstantin von der Asseburg , Prussian court hunter master
- 1796 : Philipp Friedrich Gwinner , German lawyer, art historian and politician
- 1797 : Carl Rottmann , German landscape painter
- 1800 : Ányos Jedlik , Hungarian physicist and inventor
- 1800 : Giuseppina Ronzi de Begnis , Italian opera singer († 1853 )
19th century
1801-1850
- 1802 : Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Roller , German psychiatrist
- 1803 : Giovanni Antonio Farina , Italian bishop
- 1804 : Carl August Müller , German court instrument maker
- 1805 : Johann Nepomuk Geiger , Austrian painter and draftsman
- 1810 : Johann Ludwig Krapf , German missionary
- 1814 : Charles Baker Adams , American naturalist
- 1814 : William Bigler , American politician
- 1814 : James Paget , British surgeon and pathologist
- 1817 : Norbert Pfretzschner senior , Austrian doctor, politician and inventor
- 1819 : Karl Klein , German clergyman and theologian, Bishop of Limburg
- 1821 : Carlo Laurenzi , Italian cardinal
- 1822 : Gustavus Woodson Smith , American military man and politician
- 1823 : Pierre Marie Philippe Aristide Denfert-Rochereau , French colonel
- 1825 : Bayard Taylor , American travel writer and poet
- 1826 : Giuseppe Battaglini , Italian mathematician
- 1827 : Rainer of Austria , Austrian Archduke and General
- 1831 : James Ronald Chalmers , American general and politician
- 1837 : Adolf Ledebur , German metallurgist
- 1837 : Hieronymus Richter , German history painter
- 1838 : Giovanni Cagliero , Italian cardinal and Vatican diplomat
- 1839 : Eugenio María de Hostos , Puerto Rican writer and educator
- 1839 : Elisabeth Järnefelt , patron of Finnish culture and art, mother-in-law of the Finnish national composer Jean Sibelius
- 1841 : Otto von Gierke , German lawyer and historian
- 1842 : William James , American philosopher and psychologist
- 1843 : Adolf Eberle , German painter
- 1843 : Adolf Philippi , German philologist and art historian
- 1844 : Franz Schrader , French geographer and alpinist, cartographer and painter
- 1845 : Ludwig Willroider , Austrian painter
- 1849 : Joseph Belli , German organizer of social democratic literature distribution and writer
- 1849 : Philipp Bertkau , German zoologist
- 1849 : Oskar Lassar , German dermatologist
- 1849 : Alexander Pomeranzew , Russian architect
- 1850 : Joseph Charles Arthur , American botanist
- 1850 : Philipp von Ferrary , French philatelist
1851-1900
- 1852 : Constantin Fehrenbach , German politician, MdR and Reich Chancellor
- 1853 : Gustav Falke , German writer
- 1853 : Johannes Nicolaas Helstone , Surinamese musician
- 1856 : Christian Sinding , Norwegian composer
- 1858 : Harry Gordon Selfridge , American businessman
- 1859 : Francisco d'Andrade , Portuguese opera singer
- 1859 : George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston , British statesman, Viceroy of India
- 1862 : Joseph Nelson Rose , American botanist
- 1863 : Ernst Amme , German industrialist
- 1865 : George Montague Harper , British military
- 1865 : Johannes Franz Hartmann , German astronomer
- 1868 : Cai Yuanpei , Chinese educator and rector
- 1868 : Louis-Lucien Klotz , French journalist and politician
- 1869 : Aladár Aujeszky , Hungarian veterinary pathologist and microbiologist
- 1869 : Gottfried Traub , German politician and theologian
- 1870 : Alexander Stirling Calder , American sculptor
- 1872 : Herbert Baddeley , English tennis player
- 1872 : Wilfred Baddeley , English tennis player
- 1872 : Paul Graener , German composer
- 1872 : George Joseph Smith , British serial killer
- 1875 : Reinhold Moritzewitsch Glière , Russian composer
- 1876 : Thomas Hicks , American athlete
- 1877 : Heinrich Glücklich , German businessman
- 1878 : Theodoros Pangalos , Greek general and politician
- 1879 : Ernst Jencquel , German rower
- 1879 : Hermann Mulert , German theologian
- 1883 : Carlo Maffeis , Italian motorcycle racer
- 1883 : Robert Paul Oszwald , German publicist, historian and politician
- 1883 : Jacob Picard , German poet
- 1884 : Dietrich Wortmann , German wrestler
- 1885 : Emil Abegg , Swiss Indologist
- 1885 : Alice Paul , American suffragette and feminist
- 1886 : Rosario Arcidiacono , Italian actor
- 1886 : Sytse Frederick Willem Koolhoven , Dutch racing car driver, aircraft designer and entrepreneur
- 1886 : Elsa Rendschmidt , German figure skater
- 1886 : George Zucco , American actor
- 1887 : Oskar Emil Andersson , Swedish comic artist
- 1887 : Juan Carlos Dávalos , Argentine writer
- 1887 : Aldo Leopold , American forest scientist and ecologist
- 1890 : Ludwig von Andok , German painter
- 1890 : Harold Bride , British radio operator, second radio officer on the Titanic
- 1890 : Max Carey , American baseball player
- 1890 : Oswald de Andrade , Brazilian writer
- 1890 : Bud Scott , American jazz musician
- 1891 : Andrew Sockalexis , American long-distance runner
- 1892 : Valeska Gert , German dancer, cabaret artist and actress
- 1892 : Alice Haubrich-Gottschalk , German pediatrician and gynecologist
- 1894 : Alexander Hall , American film director
- 1895 : Laurens Hammond , American businessman, inventor of the Hammond organ
- 1896 : Heinrich Stuhlfauth , German football player
- 1897 : August Heissmeyer , German SS general, war criminal
- 1898 : Oskar Matzner , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : Joachim Ernst von Anhalt-Dessau , last Duke of Anhalt
- 1901 : Andries Dirk Copier , Dutch designer
- 1901 : Herbert Molwitz , German engraver and etcher
- 1901 : Sulamith Wülfing , German illustrator
- 1902 : Maurice Duruflé , French composer
- 1902 : Alois Pupp , Italian-Austrian politician in South Tyrol
- 1903 : Alan Paton , South African writer and opponent of apartheid
- 1903 : Ilse Weber , German writer
- 1904 : Murray Alper , American actor
- 1906 : Albert Hofmann , Swiss chemist, discoverer of LSD
- 1906 : Johannes Paul Thilman , German composer
- 1907 : Christoph Bernhard Graf von Galen , German nobleman, politician and church patron
- 1907 : Abraham Joshua Heschel , Polish theologian and philosopher
- 1907 : Pierre Mendès France , French politician
- 1908 : Lionel Stander , American actor
- 1910 : Betty Miles , American actress, stunt woman, equestrian artist and teacher
- 1910 : Trygve Bratteli , Norwegian politician
- 1911 : Margarete Berger-Heise , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1911 : Tommy Duncan , American country singer
- 1912 : Hugh Stubbins , American architect
- 1913 : Franz Aschenwald , Austrian skier
- 1913 : Eduard Buess , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1914 : Otto Gritschneder , German legal historian, lawyer and publicist
- 1915 : Irmgard Först , Austrian actress
- 1915 : Luise Krüger , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1916 : Bernard Blier , French film actor
- 1916 : Zikmund Schul , German composer
- 1917 : Abdul Wali Khan , Pakistani politician
- 1917 : Max Lang , Swiss musician, composer and conductor
- 1918 : Robert C. O'Brien , American writer and journalist
- 1918 : Kitaoka Fumio , Japanese woodcut artist
- 1918 : Gunnar Sønsteby , Norwegian resistance fighter
- 1918 : Guo Wenzhi , Chinese bishop
- 1919 : Alexander von Branca , German architect
- 1920 : Ruth Bietenhard , Swiss journalist, author and teacher
- 1920 : Slavko Janevski , Macedonian writer
- 1921 : Gory Guerrero , Mexican wrestler
- 1921 : Juanita M. Kreps , American politician
- 1921 : Judith Leiber , Hungarian-American designer of luxury handbags
- 1921 : Berry Lipman , German band leader, composer, arranger and music producer
- 1922 : Hans Buchheim , German political scientist
- 1923 : Thomas Ashley , American politician
- 1923 : Jerome Bixby , American screenplay and science fiction writer
- 1923 : Osie Johnson , American jazz drummer
- 1923 : Ernst Nolte , German historian
- 1923 : Carroll Shelby , American racing driver, sports car designer, and entrepreneur
- 1924 : Roger Guillemin , French-American biochemist
- 1924 : Slim Harpo , American blues musician
1926-1950
- 1926 : Elsa Grube-Deister , German actress
- 1926 : Eberhard Zeidler , German-Canadian architect
- 1927 : Cal Massey , American jazz composer and trumpeter
- 1928 : Will Brandes , German pop singer
- 1928 : Harry Wüstenhagen , German actor
- 1929 : Erwin Aumeier , German football player
- 1929 : Rafael Eitan , Israeli general and politician
- 1929 : Wanda Wiłkomirska , Polish violinist
- 1929 : Wolfgang Hänsch , German architect
- 1930 : Francesco De Masi , Italian composer and conductor
- 1930 : Rod Taylor , Australian actor
- 1931 : Hans-Jörg von Jena , German theater and music critic
- 1931 : Mary Rodgers , American musical composer and writer
- 1931 : Gerhard Weiser , German politician, MdL and state minister
- 1932 : Alfonso Arau , Mexican actor, producer and director
- 1932 : Klaus Stern , German legal scholar
- 1934 : Nelson Philip Ashmole , British zoologist and conservationist
- 1934 : Jean Chrétien , Prime Minister of Canada
- 1934 : Tony Hoare , British computer scientist
- 1934 : Helfried Reinnagel , German athlete
- 1936 : Eva Hesse , American painter and sculptor
- 1936 : Peter Rohs , German philosopher
- 1937 : Marta Hidy , Canadian violinist, conductor and music teacher
- 1937 : Felix Silla , Italian actor
- 1938 : Fischer Black , American economist
- 1938 : Wilhelm Polte , German politician, MdL
- 1938 : Arthur Scargill , British trade unionist and politician
- 1939 : Anne Heggtveit , Canadian ski racer
- 1939 : Richard Posner , American judge and economist
- 1940 : Eike Ebert , German politician
- 1940 : Apollo Lynge , Greenland cross-country skier
- 1940 : Turi Schellenberg , Swiss musician
- 1940 : Andres Tarand , Estonian politician
- 1941 : Simón Andreu , Spanish actor
- 1941 : Shmuel Ashkenasi , Israeli violinist
- 1941 : Rüdiger Kirschstein , German actor
- 1941 : Wolf Lepenies , German sociologist, politician and academic writer
- 1941 : Lawrence Shreeve , Canadian wrestler
- 1942 : Clarence Clemons , American saxophonist
- 1942 : Ingrid Wessel , German historian and Southeast Asian scholar
- 1943 : Ernst Aichner , German military historian
- 1943 : Stan Ivar , American actor
- 1943 : Dieter Langewiesche , German historian
- 1943 : Eduardo Mendoza , Spanish writer
- 1943 : Oscar Bronner , Austrian journalist, newspaper editor and painter
- 1943 : Rémy Zaugg , Swiss artist
- 1944 : Gerd Böckmann , German actor and director
- 1945 : Christine Kaufmann , Austrian-German film actress
- 1946 : Tony Kaye , British rock musician
- 1947 : Carolina Geijssen , Dutch speed skater
- 1947 : Egon Homm , German basketball player
- 1947 : Eva Mahn , German art scholar, university teacher and photographer
- 1948 : Helga Anders , Austrian actress
- 1948 : Wajima Hiroshi , Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1948 : Bernhard Lehmann , German bobsledder and handball player
- 1948 : Madeline Manning , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1948 : Herbert Stenger , German racing car driver
- 1948 : Terry Williams , British rock drummer
- 1949 : Bogdan Borusewicz , Polish historian and politician
- 1949 : Raúl Castronovo , Argentinian football player
- 1949 : Hans-Joachim Heist , German actor, comedian and director
- 1949 : Hermann Korte , German Germanist and literary scholar
- 1949 : Paco Ignacio Taibo II , Spanish crime novelist
- 1949 : Adam Zamoyski , Polish historian
- 1949 : Helmut Zenker , Austrian writer and screenwriter
1951-1975
- 1952 : Ben Crenshaw , American golfer
- 1952 : Diana Gabaldon , American author
- 1952 : Jens Goebel , German politician, Member of the State Parliament and State Minister
- 1952 : Lee Ritenour , American musician and producer
- 1953 : Jeyaraj Fernandopulle , Sri Lankan politician
- 1953 : Karin Kauertz , German politician, MdL
- 1954 : Jaak Aaviksoo , Estonian scientist and politician
- 1954 : Maria Rosaria Omaggio , Italian actress and author
- 1954 : Vicky Peña , Spanish actress
- 1954 : Barbara Prammer , Austrian politician
- 1955 : Günther Schubert , German football goalkeeper
- 1955 : Ed Schuller , American jazz bassist
- 1956 : Ernst Baltrusch , German ancient historian
- 1956 : Wayne Cegielski , Welsh football player
- 1956 : Robert Earl Keen , American songwriter and country musician
- 1956 : Bert Papenfuß-Gorek , German writer
- 1957 : Claude Criquielion , Belgian cyclist
- 1957 : Darryl Dawkins , American basketball player
- 1957 : Bryan Robson , English football player and coach
- 1957 : Yslaire , Belgian comic artist
- 1958 : Vicki Peterson , American pop and rock musician
- 1959 : Majid Mohammed Abdullah , Saudi Arabian footballer
- 1959 : Roberto Andò , Italian theater and film director
- 1959 : Richard Arnold , German politician
- 1959 : Christian Stadelmann , German violinist
- 1960 : Ralf D Körper , German musician
- 1960 : Stefan Gasser , German judge at the Federal Social Court
- 1960 : Petra Nadolny , German actress
- 1960 : Christian Reitz , German cameraman
- 1960 : Mike Turner , American politician
- 1961 : Jasper Fforde , British writer and cameraman
- 1961 : Karl Habsburg-Lothringen , Austrian politician
- 1962 : Steve Hislop , British motorcycle racer
- 1962 : Vegard Opaas , Norwegian ski jumper
- 1962 : Paul Sanders , British athlete, European champion
- 1962 : Alex Shapiro , American composer
- 1963 : Tracy Caulkins , American swimmer
- 1963 : Jason Connery , British actor
- 1963 : Petra Schneider , German swimmer
- 1963 : Roland Wohlfarth , German football player
- 1965 : Edyta Bartosiewicz , Polish singer, composer and lyricist
- 1965 : Bertrand de Billy , French conductor
- 1965 : Andreas Diebitz , German soccer player
- 1965 : Renatus Scheibe , German actor and composer
- 1965 : Roland Scholten , Dutch dart player
- 1965 : Christoph Westerthaler , Austrian football player
- 1966 : Kim Coles , American actress and comedian
- 1967 : Teoman Alibegović , Slovenian basketball player
- 1967 : Katharina Hacker , German writer
- 1967 : Fynn Holpert , German handball goalkeeper
- 1968 : Abdul Malik , Singaporean football referee
- 1968 : Aglaia Szyszkowitz , Austrian actress
- 1969 : Eden Atwood , American jazz singer and actress
- 1969 : Reemt Pyka , German ice hockey player and coach
- 1970 : Giovanni Pellielo , Italian sports shooter
- 1970 : Mustafa Sandal , Turkish musician
- 1970 : Ken Ueno , American composer, singer, improvisation musician, sound artist and music teacher
- 1971 : Mary J. Blige , American soul and R&B singer
- 1971 : Mirko Dickhaut , German soccer player
- 1971 : Pekka Päivärinta , Finnish motorcycle racer
- 1971 : Leila Piccard , French ski racer
- 1972 : Marc Blucas , American actor
- 1972 : Konstantin Jurjewitsch Chabensky , Russian entertainer and actor
- 1972 : Kåre Conradi , Norwegian actor
- 1972 : Frank Kannewurf , German ice hockey player
- 1972 : Amanda Peet , American actress
- 1973 : Mark Dudbridge , British darts player
- 1974 : Cappuccino , German rapper
- 1974 : Kim Chambers , American porn actress
- 1974 : Christine Heeger , Austrian pianist
- 1974 : Eva Klemt , Austrian actress
- 1974 : Michael Kohlmann , German tennis player
- 1974 : Jens Nowotny , German football player
- 1974 : Jan Wayne , German DJ and music producer
- 1975 : Trine Bakke , Norwegian ski racer
- 1975 : Eskil Ervik , Norwegian speed skater
- 1975 : Liu Hongyu , Chinese athlete
- 1975 : Matteo Renzi , Italian politician
1976-2000
- 1977 : Christian Bauer , French chess player
- 1977 : Luke Dimech , Maltese soccer player
- 1977 : Anni Friesinger-Postma , German speed skater
- 1977 : Eric Hyoun-Cheoul Kim , Canadian comic artist
- 1977 : Devin Ratray , American actor
- 1978 : Muhammet Akagündüz , Austrian football player
- 1978 : Emile Heskey , English soccer player
- 1978 : Aaron Olsen , American cyclist
- 1978 : Jana Scheerer , German journalist, writer and book reviewer
- 1979 : Kari Mette Johansen , Norwegian handball player
- 1979 : Ricardo Sousa , Portuguese soccer player
- 1980 : Eric Agyemang , Ghanaian soccer player
- 1980 : Christian Wetklo , German soccer goalkeeper
- 1981 : Benjamin Auer , German soccer player
- 1981 : Per Sandström , Swedish handball goalkeeper
- 1981 : Jaime Valdés , Chilean football player
- 1982 : Tony Allen , American basketball player
- 1982 : Anthony Delhalle , French motorcycle and automobile racer
- 1982 : Jörg Hahnel , German soccer player
- 1983 : Mark Forster , German singer and songwriter
- 1983 : Kaisa Mäkäräinen , Finnish biathlete
- 1983 : Matt McKay , Australian soccer player
- 1983 : André Myhrer , Swedish ski racer
- 1983 : Adrian Sutil , German racing car driver
- 1984 : Lara Fritzsche , German journalist
- 1984 : Justin Lindine , American cyclist
- 1984 : Matthew Mullenweg , American web developer
- 1984 : Filip Salaquarda , Czech racing driver
- 1984 : Stijn Schaars , Dutch football player
- 1984 : Yannic Seidenberg , German ice hockey player
- 1984 : Kerstin Wohlbold , German handball player
- 1985 : Aja Naomi King , American actress
- 1985 : Đàm Thanh Xuân , Vietnamese martial arts artist
- 1985 : Kazuki Nakajima , Japanese racing car driver
- 1985 : José Semedo , Portuguese football player
- 1985 : Mark Yeates , Irish football player
- 1986 : Timuçin Aşcıgil , Turkish football player
- 1987 : Milan Marcus , German actor
- 1987 : Jamie Vardy , English soccer player
- 1988 : Aislan , Brazilian soccer player
- 1988 : Daniela Löwenberg , German soccer player
- 1988 : Lunchmoney Lewis , American singer and songwriter
- 1989 : Emili García , Andorran football player
- 1989 : Marcus Haber , Canadian-Austrian soccer player
- 1990 : Dominik Franke , German swimming athlete
- 1991 : Stephan Auer , Austrian soccer player
- 1991 : Bekim Balaj , Albanian football player
- 1991 : Andrea Bertolacci , Italian football player
- 1992 : Audien , American DJ and producer
- 1993 : Marco Gaiser , German soccer player
- 1995 : Laura Gabriel , German actress
- 1996 : Diadié Samassékou , Malian football player
- 1996 : Leroy Sané , Franco-German soccer player
- 1997 : Cody Simpson , Australian R&B singer
- 2000 : Jamie Bick , German actress
21st century
- 2001 : Wiktor Zieliński , Polish pool player
Died
Before the 16th century
- 529 : Theodosius the Koinobiarch , hermit
- 705 : John VI. , Pope
- 782 : Konin , 49th Emperor of Japan
- 844 : Michael I , Byzantine Emperor
- 887 : Boso of Vienne , king of Lower Burgundy
- 1055 : Constantine IX. , Emperor of Byzantium
- 1068 : Ekbert I. , Count in Ostfalen and Friesland, Margrave of Meißen
- 1083 : Otto von Northeim , Duke of Bavaria and leader in the Saxon War
- 1096 : Adelheid II , abbess of Gandersheim
- 1141 : Gebhard von Urach , Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg
- 1148 : Anselm de Craon , Abbot of San Saba, Abbot of Bury St Edmunds, elected Bishop of London
- 1260 : Louis of France , heir apparent and regent of France
- 1268 : Benoît d'Alignan , Bishop of Marseille
- 1331 : Primislaus II , Duke of Glogau
- 1344 : Thomas Charlton , Lord Chancellor and Bishop of Hereford
- 1372 : Eleanor of Lancaster , lady-in-waiting to Philippa, Queen of England
- 1397 : Skirgaila , Prince of Polotsk and Trakai, Regent of Lithuania, Prince of Minsk, Swislotsch and Kiev
- 1443 : Étienne de Vignolles , French knight
- 1451 : Wilhelm (III.) Von Raron , Prince-Bishop of Sitten
- 1494 : Domenico Ghirlandaio , Italian painter
16th to 18th century
- 1546 : Ernst I, the confessor , Prince of Braunschweig-Lüneburg
- 1552 : Johannes Cochläus , German humanist
- 1601 : Scipione Ammirato , Italian historian
- 1604 : Johann Adam von Bicken , German nobleman, archbishop and elector of Mainz
- 1606 : Arnold II. (IV.) , Count of Bentheim-Tecklenburg
- 1636 : Dodo zu Innhausen and Knyphausen , German general in Swedish service
- 1641 : Franciscus Gomarus , Flemish Reformed theologian
- 1665 : Louise de La Fayette , confidante and advisor to Louis XIII.
- 1678 : Ferrante III. Gonzaga , Italian nobleman, Duke of Guastalla
- 1681 : Giorgio Regondi , Italian stonemason and sculptor
- 1684 : Cornelis Speelman , Governor General of the Dutch East Indies
- 1703 : Johann Georg Graevius , German classical philologist and text critic
- 1705 : Dominik Andreas I. von Kaunitz , Austrian diplomat and privy councilor at the imperial court, Imperial Vice Chancellor
- 1708 : Gustav Carlsson von Börring , Swedish nobleman, Count von Börring and Lord of Lindholm
- 1710 : Anne Dieu-le-Veut , French pirate
- 1716 : Marfa Matwejewna Apraxina , Tsarina of Russia
- 1721 : Johann Ernst Schaper , German physician and Mecklenburg politician
- 1723 : Campegius Vitringa the Younger , Dutch Reformed theologian
- 1725 : Juan Francisco de Bette , Spanish-Dutch nobleman and military leader
- 1730 : Beata Sturm , pietist from Württemberg
- 1749 : Jan Karel Kovář , Bohemian fresco painter
- 1755 : Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer , French composer, harpsichordist and singer
- 1762 : Louis-François Roubiliac , French sculptor
- 1763 : Caspar Abel , German historian and poet
- 1763 : Giovanni Benedetto Platti , Italian oboist and composer
- 1799 : Guillaume Barthez de Marmorières , French engineer and encyclopedia
19th century
- 1801 : Domenico Cimarosa , Italian composer
- 1811 : Johann Christian Stark the Elder , German medic
- 1813 : Giuseppe Aprile , Italian opera singer and castrato
- 1817 : Timothy Dwight IV , American theologian, scholar, politician, and poet
- 1818 : Johann David Wyss , Swiss author
- 1827 : Anna Vittoria Dolara , Italian nun and miniature painter
- 1831 : Johann Friedrich Christian Düffer , German pharmacologist and professor
- 1835 : Juan Ruiz de Apodaca , Spanish officer, governor of Cuba and viceroy of New Spain
- 1837 : François Gérard , French painter
- 1843 : Francis Scott Key , American lawyer and amateur poet
- 1850 : Josef Klieber , Austrian sculptor and painter
- 1856 : Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin , German classical philologist
- 1868 : Maria von Mörl , South Tyrolean mystic
- 1870 : Victor Noir , French journalist
- 1871 : Carl Weichselbaumer , German writer
- 1881 : Giovanni Arrivabene , Italian economist
- 1882 : Theodor Schwann , German physiologist
- 1883 : Jenny Longuet , German author, daughter of Karl Marx
- 1884 : Hermann Ulrici , German philosopher
- 1886 : Gustav Hache , German local politician
- 1891 : Benjamin Franklin Butler , American general
- 1891 : Georges-Eugène Haussmann , French prefect of Paris and city planner
- 1893 : Erwin Rohde , German classical philologist
- 1898 : Gaetano Capocci , Italian church musician, organist and composer
- 1900 : Carl Eduard Schubert , German organ builder
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901 : Wassili Sergejewitsch Kalinnikow , Russian composer
- 1902 : Adam Flasch , German archaeologist
- 1904 : John Young Brown , American politician
- 1906 : Moses Kimball Armstrong , American politician
- 1911 : Richard von Perger , Austrian composer, conductor and music teacher
- 1917 : Hans Chemin-Petit the Elder , German composer
- 1917 : Wayne MacVeagh , American politician
- 1923 : Constantine I , King of Greece
- 1926 : Ernst Assmann , German physician and scientist
- 1928 : Laura Valborg Aulin , Swedish pianist and composer
- 1928 : Thomas Hardy , British writer
- 1929 : Elfrida Andrée , Swedish organist and composer
- 1931 : Gertrud Arnold , German actress
- 1932 : Josef Jarno , Austrian actor and theater director
- 1934 : Helen Zimmer , British writer
- 1935 : Gottlieb von Jagow , German diplomat
- 1935 : Alfred Jeremias , German religious historian and ancient orientalist
- 1935 : Carl Paal , German-Austrian chemist
- 1939 : Johann Georg Arndt , German theologian
- 1940 : Michał Marian Siedlecki , Polish marine biologist
- 1941 : Emanuel Lasker , German chess player and world champion
- 1944 : John Walter Christie , American racing car driver, engineer, inventor and entrepreneur
- 1944 : Galeazzo Ciano , Italian politician
- 1945 : Otto Engert , German communist resistance fighter
- 1945 : Georg Schumann , German communist resistance fighter
- 1949 : Torsten Carleman , Swedish mathematician
1951-2000
- 1952 : Jean de Lattre de Tassigny , French general
- 1953 : Noe Schordania , Georgian Prime Minister
- 1954 : Oscar Straus , Austrian operetta composer
- 1958 : Edna Purviance , American actress
- 1962 : György Orth , Hungarian football player and coach
- 1964 : John Arnold , American cameraman
- 1964 : André Jullien , French cardinal
- 1964 : Heinz Renner , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
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- 1966 : Alberto Giacometti , Swiss sculptor, painter and graphic artist
- 1966 : Hannes Kolehmainen , Finnish long-distance runner
- 1966 : Lal Bahadur Shastri , Indian Prime Minister
- 1968 : Rezső Seress , Hungarian composer
- 1971 : Gustav Theodor Johann Ludwig Ahlhorn , German lawyer
- 1971 : Irene Scharrer , British pianist
- 1973 : Silke Pan , German and Swiss hand bike athlete
- 1974 : Yamamoto Yūzō , Japanese writer
- 1975 : Kurt Planck , Austrian police lawyer
- 1976 : Werner March , German architect
- 1978 : Michael Bates , British actor
- 1980 : Barbara Pym , British writer
- 1980 : Celia Sánchez , Cuban revolutionary and politician
- 1981 : Artur Berger , Austro-Russian film architect and production designer
- 1982 : Bruno Diekmann , German politician, MdL, State Minister, Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein, MdB
- 1983 : Gerhard Barkhorn , German air force officer and fighter pilot
- 1983 : Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny , Soviet politician of Ukrainian origin, head of state of the Soviet Union
- 1986 : Heinrich Härtle , German publicist
- 1988 : Robert F. Kennon , American politician
- 1988 : Isidor Isaac Rabi , American physicist
- 1989 : José Luis Bustamante y Rivero , Peruvian President
- 1989 : Klaus Miesner , German handball player and coach
- 1991 : Ladislav Alster , Czechoslovak chess player and chess journalist
- 1991 : Carl David Anderson , American physicist, Nobel Prize winner, co-discoverer of positrons and muons
- 1992 : Hal Harris , American guitarist
- 1993 : Elsa Piaggio , Argentine pianist and music teacher
- 1995 : Lewis Nixon , American officer
- 1995 : Heiner Pudelko , German rock singer
- 1996 : Walter M. Miller, Jr. , American writer
- 1998 : Miroslav Raichl , Czech composer and music teacher
- 1998 : Klaus Tennstedt , German conductor
- 1999 : Fabrizio De André , Italian songwriter
- 1999 : Teuvo Ensio Aura , Finnish politician
- 1999 : Brian Moore , Canadian writer and screenwriter
21st century
- 2001 : Louis Krages , German racing car driver and businessman
- 2002 : Jan Burssens , Belgian painter
- 2002 : Henri Verneuil , Armenian-French film director
- 2003 : Mickey Finn , British musician
- 2003 : Maurice Pialat , French film director and actor
- 2005 : Fabrizio Meoni , Italian motorcyclist
- 2005 : Jerzy Pawłowski , Polish fencer and Olympic champion, double agent
- 2005 : Thelma White , American actress
- 2006 : Mark Sopi , Albanian bishop
- 2006 : Mark Spoon , German DJ and producer
- 2007 : Kéba Mbaye , Senegalese lawyer and sports official
- 2007 : Donald Edward Osterbrock , American astronomer
- 2007 : Kurt Vossen , German football official
- 2007 : Robert Anton Wilson , American writer
- 2008 : Pete Candoli , American jazz trumpeter
- 2008 : Walter Haug , Swiss Medievalist
- 2008 : Edmund Hillary , New Zealand mountaineer, first to climb Mount Everest
- 2009 : Konrad Heidkamp , German journalist and book author, music and literary critic
- 2010 : Juliet Anderson , American porn actress
- 2010 : Miep Gies , Austrian-Dutch author, assistant to Anne Frank
- 2010 : Éric Rohmer , French film and theater director, essayist, film critic and theorist
- 2011 : Imo Moszkowicz , German director
- 2012 : Mario Maranzana , Italian actor
- 2012 : David Whitaker , British composer
- 2013 : Mariangela Melato , Italian actress
- 2013 : Aaron Swartz , American programmer, writer, and hacktivist
- 2014 : Fritz Molden , Austrian resistance fighter against National Socialism and publisher
- 2014 : Ariel Sharon , Israeli politician
- 2014 : Hans Schroeder , German doll maker and player
- 2015 : Jenő Buzánszky , Hungarian football player
- 2015 : Anita Ekberg , Swedish actress
- 2016 : Anke Martiny , German politician and publicist
- 2017 : José Vicente Asuar , Chilean composer
- 2017 : François Van der Elst , Belgian football player
- 2018 : Doug Barnard , American politician
- 2019 : Michael Francis Atiyah , British mathematician
- 2020 : Peter Wiechmann , German editor, comic author and translator
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Ernst I. (Braunschweig-Lüneburg) , German Duke (Protestant)
- Name days
- Adolf , Theodosios , Werner
- State holidays and memorial days
- Albania , proclamation of the republic (1946)
The list of commemorative and action days contains further entries .
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