July 11th
The July 11 is the 192nd day of the Gregorian calendar (the 193rd in leap years ), thus still 173 days remain until the end of the year.
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Events
Politics and world events
- Caracalla gives with the promulgation of the Constitutio Antoniniana all free inhabitants of the Roman Empire , the civil rights . 212: Emperor
- Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between France's King Charles III. and Normannenführer Rollo , Normandy is born . 911: With the
- 1302: In the battle of the Spurs near Kortrijk , the units of the Flemish cities defeat a French army of knights.
- 1346: Charles IV of Luxembourg is elected Roman-German king in Rhens . He initially acted as the antagonist to Ludwig the Bavarian .
- 1366: The Falkensteiner feud is ended with a peace treaty between the two conflicting parties .
- 1427: During the Danish-Holstein-Hanseatic War , a Danish-Swedish fleet defeats the Hanseatic fleet commanded by Tidemann Steen in a sea battle in the Öresund
- 1509: The death of his father Wilhelm II of Hesse turns the minor Philip the Magnanimous into a Hessian landgrave . As a result, his mother wrestled bitterly with the knights of the country for guardianship. Finally, in 1518 , Emperor Maximilian I declared Philip to be of legal age at the age of 13½.
- 1613: Mikhail Fyodorowitsch Romanov is crowned Russian tsar . He founded the Romanov ruling dynasty .
- 1690: In the Battle of the Boyne , the Protestant English King Wilhelm III sat down . with his troops against the deposed Catholic King James II and his army.
- 1708: Prince Eugene of Savoy and the Duke of Marlborough defeat the French army in the Battle of Oudenaarde in the War of the Spanish Succession .
- 1789: At the time of the French Revolution , Finance Minister Jacques Necker is appointed by King Louis XVI. dismiss. This leads to the storm on the Bastille on July 14th .
- 1804: In a duel , US Vice President Aaron Burr wounds his political rival, former Treasury Secretary and US founding father Alexander Hamilton , so badly that he dies the next day.
- 1810: In the South Pacific , Frederick Hasselburg sees the sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island , which will be a World Heritage Site from 1997.
- 1859: France and Austria conclude the preliminary peace at Villafranca to end the Sardinian War .
- 1861: Union Forces celebrate General McClellan 's second victory in western Virginia during the American Civil War at the Battle of Rich Mountain .
- 1871: In the Battle of Assam , Dejazmach Kassa (i) Mercha defeats his father-in-law, the ruling Ethiopian ruler Tekle Giyorgis II , and is soon crowned emperor as Yohannes IV .
- 1882: The British fleet bombs the Egyptian port city of Alexandria because of excesses perpetrated on foreigners as part of the Urabi movement .
- 1916: In the Battle of Verdun in World War I , German troops carry out one last, unsuccessful major attack.
- 1918: Duke Wilhelm II of Urach is elected King of Lithuania as Mindaugas II by the Lithuanian Provincial Council.
- 1920: During their counter-offensive in the Polish-Soviet War , the Red Army conquers Minsk . On the same day, Great Britain presented the Soviet Union with an ultimatum calling for an end to the fighting against Poland and the White Army .
- 1920: In the voting areas of Allenstein and Marienwerder , referendums take place as a result of the Versailles Treaty on membership of "Poland or East Prussia".
- 1921: Outer Mongolia , with the support of Russia, declares its independence from China . Inner Mongolia remains under Chinese rule.
- 1921: The Irish War of Independence ends with an armistice.
- 1933: Construction work on the Elster-Saale Canal begins near Burghausen in Saxony .
- 1940: After the National Assembly of the Third French Republic had passed a corresponding enabling law the day before, Marshal Pétain promulgated the first three of the constitutional acts that created the Vichy regime .
- 1945: The Allied Command meets for the first time in Berlin . It exercises control in the city, which has been divided into four sectors by the victorious powers.
- 1947: The Exodus leaves the port of Sète for Palestine . The fate of their passengers will have a major impact on international opinion in favor of the establishment of the State of Israel .
- 1950: The constitution for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia , passed on June 6 and approved by referendum on June 18, comes into force.
- 1954: Following its coup against Federico Chaves, Paraguay's parliament elects General Alfredo Stroessner as the only candidate for future president of the country by acclamation .
- 1960: In the "Congo Troubles" Moïse Tschombé declares Katanga's independence from the former Belgian colony that had recently become independent . This secession is not recognized under international law .
- 1963: During a raid on Liliesleaf Farm in the Johannesburg township of Rivonia ( South Africa ), many leading members of the African National Congress , including Nelson Mandela , are arrested.
- 1985: Austria's ambassador Herbert Amry , who shortly before had informed Austrian members of the government about illegal arms deals by VOEST , dies in Athens under unexplained circumstances.
- 1987: According to the United Nations , the world population exceeds the 5,000,000,000 mark.
- 1995: Bosnian Serb forces under Ratko Mladic take in the Bosnian war that the UN safe area declared Srebrenica a. The result is the Srebrenica massacre , the worst war crime in Europe since the end of the Second World War.
- 2002: The tightened law on the immigration of non- EU citizens is passed in Italy .
- 2006: According to official figures, 207 people are killed in bomb attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai .
economy
- 1848: Waterloo station opens in London .
- 1893: The Japanese Kokichi Mikimoto successfully grows the first cultured pearl .
- 1971: In Chile , after a constitutional amendment, the copper mines are nationalized without compensation . Fulfilling Salvador Allende's campaign statements leads to a foreign policy conflict with the United States. Shareholders from the USA hold, among other things, shares in the world's largest copper mine in Chuquicamata .
science and technology
- 1696: Elector Friedrich III. von Brandenburg brings the Academy of Mahler-, Sculpture- and Architecten-Art into being, today's Academy of the Arts .
- 1801: The French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons discovers his first comet , which will be followed by another 36 discoveries in the course of his life.
- 1897: The Swedish polar explorer Salomon August Andrée starts from Spitzbergen with his two colleagues Nils Strindberg and Knut Frænkel in a gas balloon for the North Pole . Your business ends fatally weeks later.
- 1916: Bertrand Russell is suspended from the University of Cambridge because of his pacifism .
- 1934: During flight tests, the German chief engineer and inventor Engelbert Zaschka was able to achieve hovering flights of 20 meters in length with his muscle power aircraft in Berlin-Tempelhof without external help.
- 1975: The discovery of the Terracotta Army near Xi'an , a previously unknown grave object for Qin Shihuangdi , the founder of the Chinese Empire, is announced.
Culture
- 1786: The comic opera Doctor and Pharmacist by Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf is premiered at the K. u.K. National Theater in Vienna .
- 1922: The Hollywood Bowl , one of the largest natural amphitheaters in the world, opens.
- 1960: In the United States appears To Kill a Mockingbird (German title: To Kill a Mockingbird ), Harper Lee's two years later filmed only novel.
religion
- 1276: Because many cardinals in the conclave are exhausted from the summer heat, they finally agree on Ottobono Fieschi, who decides on the Pope's name Hadrian V. A month later, the not yet enthroned Pope dies of heat death.
- 1742: In the papal bull Ex quo singulari Pope treated Benedict XIV. , The Jesuit missionary practice in China and India. The accommodation of indigenous rites is forbidden by him. Missionaries must take an oath to undertake to practice Catholic rites alone.
Disasters
- 1502: Around 500 people are killed in a hurricane over the Spanish colony of Hispaniola .
- 1973: On the Varig Flight 820 122 inmates choked by a fire on board in Rio de Janeiro launched Boeing 707 . Another member of the crew was killed during the landing 5 km from the Paris-Orly destination airport .
- 1978: The explosion of a tanker truck loaded with propylene gas near the Catalan campsite Los Alfaques near Sant Carles kills over 200 people.
- 1991: On the Nigeria Airways flight 2120 , a chartered Douglas DC-8 of Nationair Canada with Islamic pilgrims on the way back to Nigeria crashes shortly after take-off in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia . All 261 people on board die. The cause is tires that catch fire when starting.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1861: The German Schützenbund is founded in Gotha .
- 1869: The German Derby takes place for the first time on the Hamburg-Horn racecourse .
- 1926: Rudolf Caracciola wins the first German Grand Prix at the Berlin AVUS .
- 1931: The Prater Stadium (today Ernst Happel Stadium ) in Vienna opens.
- 1945: Renato Casalbore founds the Italian sports newspaper Tuttosport .
- 1946: The International Handball Federation is brought into being.
- 1966: The 1966 World Cup in England begins. In the opening game, hosts England and Uruguay split 0-0.
- 1972: The first game of the 1972 World Chess Championship between Boris Spasski and Bobby Fischer is played. Due to the sensational constellation, the duel is considered the "match of the century".
- 1980: The Austrian Curling Association is founded in Kitzbühel .
- 1991: Gerard d'Aboville starts with his one-man rowing boat from Japan from his Pacific crossing .
- 1998: overshadowed by the doping affair involving the Festina team , the 85th Tour de France begins in Dublin .
- 2010: With a goal from Andrés Iniesta , Spain wins the final of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa against the Netherlands .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field . Entries on football world championship games can be found in the sub-pages of football world championships . The same goes for European football championships .
Born
Before the 18th century
- Bardesanes , Syrian Gnostic 154:
- 1274: Robert I , King of Scotland
- 1458: Kaspar , Count Palatine and Duke of Pfalz-Zweibrücken
- 1540: Adolf von Nassau , brother of William I of Orange
- 1560: Charles III. de Croÿ , governor in the Spanish Netherlands
- 1561: Luis de Góngora , Spanish poet and playwright
- 1585: Nikolaus Hunnius , German Lutheran theologian
- 1593: Konrad Carpzov , German legal scholar and statesman
- 1628: Tokugawa Mitsukuni , Prince of Mito, Japanese historian and philosopher
- 1657: Friedrich I , King in Prussia
- 1661: Charles of Lorraine-Commercy , imperial field marshal
- 1662: Maximilian II. Emanuel , Elector of Bavaria
- 1683: Caspar Neumann , German chemist and pharmacist
- 1694: Charles-Antoine Coypel , French history painter and playwright
- 1697: Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville , French geographer and cartographer
18th century
- 1709: Johan Gottschalk Wallerius , Swedish chemist and mineralogist
- 1722: Georg Wilhelm , Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt
- 1723: Jean-François Marmontel , French poet
- 1732: Jérôme Lalande , French mathematician and astronomer
- 1735: Curt Heinrich Gottlieb von Arnim , Prussian colonel
- 1738: Albert Kasimir von Sachsen-Teschen , German nobleman and patron of the arts
- 1744: Pierce Butler , American politician
- 1746: Friederike Riedesel zu Eisenbach , German nobleman and author
- 1754: Thomas Bowdler , English doctor and editor of a censored Shakespeare edition
- 1757: Johann Matthäus Bechstein , German naturalist, forest scientist and ornithologist
- 1767: John Quincy Adams , American politician, President of the United States of America
- 1770: Vincenz Darnaut , Austrian clergyman and topographer
- 1770: Ludwig von Westphalen , German civil servant, mentor of Karl Marx
- 1772: Pietro Carlo Guglielmi , Italian composer
- 1773: Pío de Tristán , formally the last Spanish viceroy in Peru and President of the Republic of Southern Peru
- 1775: Johann Friedrich Christian Düffer , German private lecturer and professor of pharmacology and pharmacy
- 1778: Franz Ackermann , lawyer and politician from Baden
- 1781: Bartolomeo Borghesi , Italian inscription researcher
- 1789: Aloys Henhöfer , German theologian
19th century
1801-1850
- 1801: Etienne Chastel , Swiss Protestant theologian and university professor
- 1801: John Hill Hewitt , American composer, poet, and newspaper publisher
- 1810: Johann Heinrich Schäfer , German organ builder
- 1820: Friedrich Spiegel , German orientalist, connoisseur of the Zendavesta
- 1824: Adolphe Samuel , Belgian composer, conductor and music teacher
- 1826: Franz Grashof , German engineer
- 1831: Kamilo Mašek , Czech composer
- 1834: James McNeill Whistler , American painter
- 1836: Heinrich Böckeler , German priest and church musician
- 1836: Antônio Carlos Gomes , Brazilian composer
- 1838: Wojciech Kętrzyński , Polish historian
- 1838: John Wanamaker , American merchant, Minister of Post
- 1839: Julius Euting , German librarian
- 1846: Léon Bloy , French writer
- 1848: Joaquim Calado , Brazilian flautist and composer
1851-1900
- 1852: Johann Josef Ammann , Austrian ethnographer and educator
- 1860: Friedrich Oltmanns , German botanist
- 1862: Liza Lehmann , English composer, singer and pianist
- 1866: Richard Beer-Hofmann , Austrian playwright and poet
- 1867: Anton Griessen , Swiss supporter of the Antonians, specialist historian and biographer
- 1873: Jules Breitenstein , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1873: Louis Pinck , German clergyman, folk song researcher and collector
- 1879: Alfred Büchi , Swiss engineer, inventor of the turbocharger
- 1882: Leonard Nelson , German mathematician and philosopher
- 1884: Howard Estabrook , American screenwriter
- 1886: Hans May , Austrian composer
- 1888: Carl Schmitt , German constitutional lawyer and philosopher, is considered the "Crown Lawyer of the Third Reich"
- 1889: Narayan Hari Apte , Indian writer, editor and screenwriter
- 1890: John S. Battle , American politician
- 1890: Fritz Elsas , German politician and resistance fighter
- 1890: Aimé Vassiaux , French racing car driver
- 1891: Otto Armster , German intelligence officer and resistance fighter
- 1892: Nico Bouvy , Dutch football player
- 1892: Trafford Leigh-Mallory , British Air Marshal
- 1892: Thomas Mitchell , American actor and author
- 1894: Samuel William Becker , American dermatologist
- 1894: Erna Mohr , German zoologist
- 1896: Ludwik Fleck , Polish microbiologist, physician and scientific theorist
- 1898: Gregor Pinke , German resistance fighter
- 1899: François Ayoub , Syrian Archbishop
- 1899: Margot von Gans , German aviation pioneer and racing car driver
- 1899: Wilfrid Israel , German philanthropist and businessman
- 1899: Hans Joachim Iwand , German Lutheran theologian, member of the Confessing Church
20th century
1901-1925
- 1902: Samuel Abraham Goudsmit , American physicist
- 1903: Rudolf Ivanovich Abel , Soviet agent
- 1903: OE Hasse , German actor
- 1905: Walter Eisfeld , German camp commandant of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp and leader of the Neuengamme concentration camp
- 1905: Franz Osborn , German pianist
- 1906: Herbert Wehner , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister, parliamentary group leader
- 1906: Harry von Zell , American radio and television announcer, actor and singer
- 1907: Erwin Gillmeister , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1908: Fritz Steuri , Swiss mountain guide and skier
- 1909: Fritz Leonhardt , German civil engineer
- 1910: Ludwig Stumpfegger , German doctor
- 1911: Viola Mitchell , American violinist
- 1912: Sergiu Celibidache , Romanian conductor
- 1912: Alois Lugger , Austrian politician
- 1913: Artur Gelbrun , Israeli musician, music teacher, conductor and composer of Polish origin
- 1913: Cordwainer Smith , American psychologist
- 1914: Aníbal Troilo , Argentine musician and arranger, band leader and composer
- 1916: Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov , Soviet physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1918: Chucho Rodríguez , Mexican composer, arranger, pianist and orchestra leader
- 1918: Gottfried Schreiber , German veterinarian and professional politician
- 1920: Yul Brynner , Swiss-American actor and director
- 1920: Sverri Djurhuus , Faroese author
- 1921: Ilse Werner , German actress and singer
- 1922: Erving Goffman , American sociologist
- 1922: Marie-Thérèse Ibos , French violinist
- 1922: Fritz Riess , German racing car driver
- 1923: Germain Muller , Alsatian cultural politician, cabaret artist and poet
- 1924: Brett Somers , American actress and comedian
- 1924: Alberto Uria , Uruguayan racing car driver
- 1925: Charles Chaynes , French composer
- 1925: Nicolai Gedda , Swedish tenor
- 1925: Ruth Niehaus , German actress
1926-1950
- 1926: Rodolfo Arizaga , Argentine composer
- 1927: Herbert Blomstedt , Swedish-American conductor
- 1928: Kurt Klinger , Austrian writer and publicist
- 1929: David Kelly , Irish actor
- 1929: Hermann Prey , German baritone
- 1930: Harold Bloom , American literary scholar and critic
- 1930: Klaus Wagenbach , German publisher
- 1931: Tab Hunter , American actor and singer
- 1931: Hans Klein , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister, Vice President of the Bundestag
- 1932: Alois Rohrmoser , Austrian entrepreneur, founder of the Atomic ski factory
- 1932: Gerrit Voges , Dutch football player
- 1933: Ernst Jacobi , German actor
- 1934: Giorgio Armani , Italian fashion designer
- 1934: Teuvo Kohonen , Finnish computer scientist, inventor of the self-organizing maps
- 1934: Horst F. Pampel , German homeland researcher
- 1935: Andrés Ingólfsson , Icelandic musician
- 1935: Stanisław Nowak , Polish clergyman, Archbishop of Czestochowa
- 1935: Giorgio Pianta , Italian racing driver and motorsport official
- 1936: Hanns Kneifel , German writer
- 1939: Barbara Dittus , German actress
- 1939: Mamoru Morimoto , Japanese athlete
- 1940: Gunnar Prokop , Austrian handball coach
- 1940: Tommy Vance , British radio host
- 1941: Heiner Bremer , German journalist, television presenter and politician
- 1941: Hans Raidel , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1942: Daphne Marlatt , Canadian writer of Australian origin
- 1942: Tomasz Stańko , Polish jazz trumpeter
- 1943: Rolf Stommelen , German Formula 1 racing driver
- 1944: Edwin Noël , German actor
- 1945: Jürgen Zöllner , German politician
- 1946: Walter Altherr , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1946: Roland Bassaler , French racing car driver
- 1946: Kimiko Itō , Japanese jazz singer
- 1946: John Lawton , English rock singer
- 1948: Gytta Schubert , Austrian actress
- 1949: Liona Boyd , Canadian guitarist
- 1950: Petras Ancelis , Lithuanian lawyer, criminalist, legal scholar and professor
- 1950: Joël Quiniou , French football referee
1951-1975
- 1951: Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Anissin , Russian ice hockey player
- 1951: Walter Meeuws , Belgian football player and coach
- 1952: Otto Hauser , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1952: Stephen Lang , American actor
- 1954: Fabrizio Castori , Italian football coach
- 1954: Robert Giggenbach , German actor and director
- 1957: Valentin Herr , German soccer player
- 1957: Karl-Josef Laumann , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1957: Peter Murphy , British musician
- 1958: Andrew Gilbert-Scott , British racing car driver
- 1958: Kirk Whalum , American fusion musician
- 1959: Tobias Moretti , Austrian theater and film actor
- 1959: Richie Sambora , American musician ( Bon Jovi )
- 1959: Suzanne Vega , American singer-songwriter
- 1960: Milan Augustin , Czech archivist and historian
- 1960: Hans-Erich Tannhäuser , German engineer and local politician
- 1962: Jill Jones , American singer
- 1963: Thomas Huber , German actor
- 1964: Helmut Krausser , German writer, poet and playwright
- 1965: Andreas Fröhlich , German actor
- 1966: Nadeem Aslam , Pakistani-British writer
- 1966: Debbe Dunning , American actress
- 1967: Jon Harris , British film editor and film director
- 1967: Elfie Simchen , German freestyle skier
- 1968: Eddy Sözer , Turkish football coach
- 1969: Jyri Aalto , Finnish badminton player
- 1970: Justin Chambers , American actor
- 1971: Alexei Gennadjewitsch Aigi , Russian musician, composer and violinist
- 1971: Leisha Hailey , American actress and musician
- 1972: Michael Rosenbaum , American actor and voice actor
- 1973: Konstantinos Kenteris , Greek athlete, Olympic champion
- 1973: Nils Schmid , German politician
- 1973: Mohsen Torky , Iranian football referee
- 1974: Lil 'Kim , American singer
- 1974: Ronny Nikol , German soccer player
- 1974: André Ooijer , Dutch football player
- 1975: Bridgette Andersen , American film actress and model
1976-2000
- 1976: Petr Faldyna , Czech football player
- 1977: Tobias Welz , German soccer referee
- 1977: Robert Wulnikowski , German soccer player
- 1978: Filiz Polat , German-Turkish politician
- 1978: Charlotte Würdig , German presenter and actress
- 1979: Ahmed Salah Hosny , Egyptian soccer player
- 1981: Sandra Naujoks , German poker player
- 1982: Guðrun Sólja Jacobsen , Faroese singer
- 1982: Adrian Madaschi , Australian soccer player
- 1983: Mehmet Al , Turkish soccer player
- 1983: Elrio van Heerden , South African soccer player
- 1983: Oliver Setzinger , Austrian ice hockey player
- 1983: Rafał Śliż , Polish ski jumper
- 1984: Martin Lanig , German soccer player
- 1984: Melanie Papalia , Canadian actress
- 1984: Ben Spies , American motorcycle racer
- 1985: Robert Adamson , American actor
- 1985: Anna Julia Kapfelsperger , German actress
- 1986: Nana Asare , Ghanaian soccer player
- 1986: Yoann Gourcuff , French soccer player
- 1988: Candice Nunes , South African actress
- 1988: Naoki Yamamoto , Japanese racing driver
- 1989: David Henrie , American actor
- 1989: Martin Kližan , Slovak tennis player
- 1990: Daniel Colman , American poker player
- 1990: Fabian Holland , German soccer player
- 1990: Caroline Wozniacki , Danish tennis player
- 1992: Mohamed Elneny , Egyptian soccer player
- 1992: Carolyn Genzkow , German actress
- 1994: Lucas Ocampos , Argentinian soccer player
- 2000: Jonathan Burkardt , German soccer player
Died
Before the 18th century
- Lucius Vitellius , Roman politician 69:
- Anthemius , Western Roman Emperor 472:
- Soga no Emishi , Japanese statesman 645:
- Olga , ruler of the Kievan Rus 969:
- 1004: Theobald II , Count of Blois
- 1110: Elias I , Earl of Maine
- 1174: Amalrich I , king of Jerusalem
- 1183: Otto I , Duke of Bavaria
- 1231: Agnes von Beaujeu , Countess of Champagne
- 1302: Pierre Flote , French lawyer
- 1302: Robert II , Count of Artois and regent in the Kingdom of Naples
- 1335: Hermann II. Hummel von Lichtenberg , Bishop of Würzburg
- 1344: Ulrich III. , Count of Württemberg
- 1355: Frederick I , Margrave of Randazzo and Duke of Athens and Neopatria
- 1362: Anna von Schweidnitz , Roman-German Queen and Empress of the Holy Roman Empire
- 1364: Arnold von Vitinghove , Landmeister of the Teutonic Order in Livonia
- 1382: Nicholas of Oresme , French bishop, scientist and philosopher
- 1399: Henry VIII , Duke of Lüben, Liegnitz and Brieg
- 1408: Konrad Vorlauf , Mayor of Vienna
- 1419: Stella de 'Tolomei , mistress of Margrave Niccolò III. d'Este, Lord of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio nell'Emilia
- 1448: Friedrich IV. , Count of Saar Werden, governor in the Duchy of Luxembourg and the County of Chiny and Count of Moers
- 1451: Barbara von Cilli , second wife of Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg
- 1460: John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury , English nobleman
- 1473: Bernhard II Leoprechtinger , imperial prelate and provost of the Berchtesgaden monastery
- 1484: Mino da Fiesole , Italian architect and sculptor
- 1509: Wilhelm II , Landgrave of Hesse
- 1512: Hartmann Feierabend , federal clergyman and humanist, founder of the Badische Stiftsbibliothek
- 1535: Joachim I , Elector of Brandenburg
- 1553: Moritz , Duke and Elector of Saxony
- 1576: Simon Musaeus , German Protestant theologian and reformer
- 1593: Giuseppe Arcimboldo , Italian painter
- 1614: Maximiliana Maria , Princess of Bavaria
- 1624: Bernhard Schwarte , victim of the persecution of witches in Lüdinghausen
- 1661: Eitel Friedrich II. , Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and imperial general
- 1681: Oliver Plunkett , Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland
- 1686: Michel Anguier , French sculptor
- 1688: Narai , King of Ayutthaya in Thailand
- 1694: Philipp Christoph von Königsmarck , Hanoverian officer and court cavalier
- 1699: Caspar Aman , Bavarian court controller at the imperial court in Vienna
18th century
- 1703: Andreas Hedio , Prussian philosopher and librarian
- 1704: Marcus Conrad Dietze , German architect and sculptor
- 1718: Caspar Löscher , German theologian
- 1722: Johann Joseph Vilsmayr , Austrian violinist and composer
- 1724: Delarivier Manley , English author
- 1732: Theodor Eustach , Count Palatine and Duke of Sulzbach
- 1751: Auguste Dorothea , Princess of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
- 1758: Adam Otto von Viereck , Prussian State Minister and Privy Budget Councilor
- 1763: Peter Forsskål , Swedish-Finnish naturalist and orientalist
- 1766: Johann Gottfried Biedermann , genealogist for the Franconian area
- 1766: Elisabetta Farnese , Queen of Spain
- 1768: José de Nebra , Spanish composer
- 1771: Anton Gartner , German organ builder
- 1774: William Johnson , British-Irish trader, politician and general
- 1778: Joseph Stepling , German-Czech scholar
- 1781: Adolf Karl Kunzen , German composer
- 1790: Carl Gottlieb Strauss , German Protestant clergyman and educator
- 1792: Felix Johann Albrecht Mylius , German lawyer
- 1793: Jacques Cathelineau , French general of the Vendéer
19th century
- 1807: George Atwood , British inventor and physicist
- 1815: Hans Jakob Gonzenbach , Swiss politician
- 1820: Frederick Traugott Pursh , German-Canadian botanist and gardener
- 1831: Vasily Michailowitsch Golownin , Russian naval officer and scientist
- 1833: Yagan , warrior from the Noongar Aboriginal people
- 1844: Yevgeny Abramowitsch Baratynski , Russian officer, writer and poet
- 1845: Johann Wilhelm Meigen , German entomologist
- 1847: Georg Lankensperger , German wagon builder, inventor of the stub axle steering
- 1856: Josef Kajetán Tyl , Czech theater dramatist
- 1872: Eugenia Tadolini , Italian opera singer
- 1879: William Allen , American politician
- 1888: Hugo Ernst Heinrich Rühle , German physician
- 1888: Peter Taugwalder , Swiss mountain guide, mountaineer and first to climb the Matterhorn
- 1889: Bernhard Solger , German architect and building officer
- 1890: Carl Steffeck , German painter
- 1892: Filippo Pagnamenta , Swiss politician and Italian major general
- 1892: Ravachol , French anarchist
- 1896: Ernst Curtius , German archeology and historian
- 1896: Roddy Owen , British jockey and officer
20th century
1901-1950
- 1905: Muhammad Abduh , Islamic reformer
- 1906: Heinrich Gelzer , Swiss classical philologist, ancient historian and Byzantinist
- 1908: Friedrich Adolf Traun , German student, Olympic champion
- 1909: Hans Hoffmann , German writer
- 1914: Julius Rodenberg , German journalist and writer
- 1920: Eugénie de Montijo , Empress of the French, wife of Napoleon III.
- 1921: Karl Radinger von Radinghofen , Austrian classical philologist and museum specialist
- 1923: Siegmund Auerbach , German neurologist
- 1925: Isacco Mariani , Italian motorcycle racer
- 1927: Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo , Italian clergyman, cardinal to the Curia
- 1930: Andon Zako Çajupi , Albanian writer and translator
- 1934: Julius Schwarz , German organ builder
- 1937: George Gershwin , American composer, pianist and conductor
- 1938: Ynes Mexia , Mexican-American botanist and explorer
- 1941: Arthur Evans , British archaeologist
- 1942: Hans Korseck , German jazz guitarist
- 1948: John Franklin Anderson , American discus thrower
- 1948: Gerhard Kittel , German theologian
- 1949: Arminio Janner , Swiss university professor and journalist
1951-2000
- 1955: Maria Ansorge , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1957: Aga Khan III. , Head of the Ismaili Nizarites
- 1957: Edwin Fasching , Austrian theologian
- 1958: Roy Harvey , American country musician
- 1962: Owen D. Young , American industrialist, businessman, lawyer, and diplomat
- 1963: Hermann August Korff , German literary historian
- 1965: Ray Collins , American actor
- 1971: Pedro Rodríguez , Mexican racing driver
- 1972: August Tiedtke , German carom player
- 1973: Alfred Amstad , Swiss mountaineer
- 1973: Awerki Borissowitsch Aristow , Soviet politician and diplomat
- 1973: Walter Krüger , German general of the tank troops
- 1973: Robert Ryan , American actor
- 1973: Cesare Zerba , Italian Roman Catholic theologian, bishop and cardinal
- 1974: Émile Bourdon , French organist and composer
- 1974: Pär Lagerkvist , Swedish writer and poet, Nobel Prize winner
- 1975: Kurt Pinthus , German writer and journalist
- 1979: Walter Arnold , German sculptor and chairman of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR
- 1979: Hermann Zondek , German doctor
- 1981: August Berlin , German politician
- 1983: Ross Macdonald , American writer
- 1983: Arthur Müller , German motorcycle racer
- 1985: Herbert Amry , Austrian diplomat and Middle East expert
- 1987: Christian Anatole , French Romanist and Occitanist
- 1988: Barbara Wootton , British sociologist, economist and criminologist
- 1989: Laurence Olivier , British director, theater and film actor
- 1990: Ignacio Aguirre , Mexican artist and graphic designer
- 1993: Mario Bauzá , Cuban jazz musician
- 1993: Fritz Münch , Swiss union official
- 1997: Carl Dolmetsch , British recorder player
21st century
- 2001: Herman Brood , Dutch painter and musician
- 2002: Erni Bieler , Austrian jazz and pop singer
- 2002: Rosco Gordon , American blues musician
- 2003: Ken Whyld , British chess journalist and chess historian
- 2004: Lothar Baier , German writer, freelance journalist and translator
- 2004: Laurance Rockefeller , American billionaire
- 2004: Renée Saint-Cyr , French actress
- 2005: Renate Rössing , German photographer
- 2007: Nana Gualdi , German pop singer and theater actress
- 2007: Lady Bird Johnson , American entrepreneur, wife of Lyndon B. Johnson
- 2007: Leon Zelman , Polish-Austrian journalist, founder and head of the Jewish Welcome Service Vienna
- 2008: Michael Ellis DeBakey , American medical doctor, cardiac surgeon
- 2008: Olga Knoblach-Wolff , German painter, graphic artist and writer
- 2008: Anatoly Ignatjewitsch Pristavkin , Russian writer
- 2009: Ji Xianlin , Chinese linguist, paleographer, Indologist and historian
- 2011: Hans-Georg Arlt , German violinist
- 2011: Norbert Tadeusz , German artist, representational painter, student of Joseph Beuys
- 2012: Andreas Angerstorfer , German theologian and Judaist
- 2012: Gerhard Mammen , German economist, professor and president of the Ansbach University of Applied Sciences
- 2013: Egbert Brieskorn , German mathematician
- 2013: Sébastien Grall , French director
- 2014: Charlie Haden , American jazz musician
- 2014: Tommy Ramone , American musician of Hungarian origin
- 2015: Giacomo Biffi , Italian cardinal
- 2015: Satoru Iwata , Japanese manager
- 2016: Peter Fröhlich , Austrian actor
- 2016: Lore Rhomberg , Austrian artist
- 2017: Tadeusz Jaworski , Polish film director
- 2017: Karl Ernst Laage , German literary scholar and biographer
- 2018: Christian Locker , Austrian writer and painter
- 2018: Franz Uhle-Wettler , German lieutenant general and military historian
- 2019: Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat , Turkish politician
- 2019: Wolfgang Weiß , German Anglicist
- 2020: Lim Boo Liat , Malaysian zoologist and parasitologist
- 2020: Gabriella Tucci , Italian opera singer
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Benedict of Nursia , Roman founder of the order, is considered the founder of Christian monasticism in the West, patron saint of Europe (Protestant, Anglican, Roman Catholic)
- Renée de France , French supporter of the Reformation (Protestant)
- Commemoration days of international organizations
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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