July 12

The July 12 is the 193rd day of the Gregorian calendar (the 194th in leap years ), thus remain 172 days by year end.

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Events

• 0927: King Æthelstan is recognized in Eamont Bridge by the kings Constantine II , Eógan I, Howell the Good and Ealdred I as overlord. The meeting is considered to be the establishment of the Kingdom of England .
• 1191: The remaining crusaders of the Third Crusade conquer the Akkon fortress north of Jerusalem after a two-year siege .

1213: Friedrich II.

• 1213: In the gold bull of Eger, Frederick II renounces certain royal rights in church matters and also transfers large areas of Italy to the Pope .
• 1253: Frankfurt an der Oder receives city ​​rights .
• 1298: A pogrom against Jews takes place in Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate , and the Neumarkt Count Palatine Palace is destroyed.
• 1679: With the approval of the Habeas Corpus Act by King Charles II of England , the population receives extensive basic rights.
• 1704: The Warsaw Confederation declares Stanislaus I. Leszczyński King of Poland . She has the support of the Swedish King Karl XII for this step . The affront to King August II subsequently triggers a civil war.

1776: James Cook

• 1776: James Cook starts his third circumnavigation in Plymouth , in which he will lose his life.
• 1790: The French National Assembly adopts a civil constitution for the clergy , which deprives the Pope of rights over the French Church. Clergymen become civil servants .
• 1806: By signing the Rhine Confederation Act , several south and west German principalities renounce the empire and found the Rhine Confederation , of which Napoleon Bonaparte acts as the “protector” ; Liechtenstein becomes a sovereign state.
• 1809: The Znojmo armistice is concluded between the Austrian and French troops.
• 1849: First air raid on a city (i Venice ) by an Austrian hot air balloon, which ends unsuccessfully.
• 1879: To help the economy, the Reichstag of the German Empire decides to introduce protective tariffs .
• 1917: Gas war during the First World War : German troops use mustard gas as a chemical warfare agent for the first time during the First World War .
• 1919: The United Kingdom ends the five-year sea ​​blockade in the North Sea directed against the German Reich .

1920: Map of Lithuania until 1923

• 1920: Soviet Russia and Lithuania sign a peace treaty.
• 1941: Great Britain and the Soviet Union form a military alliance to fight together against the National Socialist German Reich .
• 1943: The National Committee for Free Germany is founded in Krasnogorsk near Moscow .
• 1943: One of the largest tank battles of the Second World War takes place near Prokhorovka as part of the Citadel Company .
• 1975: São Tomé and Príncipe gains independence from Portugal . On the same day, the constituent assembly introduced the active and passive right to vote for women. Manuel Pinto da Costa from the socialist unity party Movimento de Libertação de São Tomé e Príncipe becomes the country's first president.

1979: Kiribati flag

• 1979: The Gilbert Islands in the Pacific Ocean gain independence from Great Britain under the name Kiribati .
• 1994: The Federal Constitutional Court declares Bundeswehr missions abroad under a UN mandate to be constitutional.
• 1995: After Bosnian-Serbian troops under Ratko Mladić captured the UN protection zone monitored by the Dutch battalion during the Bosnian War , the Srebrenica massacre began , which lasted several days and was the most serious war crime in Europe since the end of the Second World War.
• 2001: The use of the Internet is banned in Afghanistan .
• 2005: Albert II. Succeeds his late father Rainier III in Monaco . enthroned.

2006: Operation Promise Keeped

• 2006: Hezbollah fighters stationed in southern Lebanon fire rockets at the Israeli city of Shelomi and the Shebaa farms and simultaneously launch a border attack on two Israeli military vehicles, capturing two Israeli soldiers. The so-called Operation Keeping Promise triggered the Lebanon War .
• 2007: In Baghdad , eight people are killed in a total of three air strikes by two attack helicopters of the US Army . The publication of on-board videos of the helicopters by WikiLeaks in 2010 attracted worldwide attention.

economy

• 1889: The first edition of the social democratic Arbeiter-Zeitung , whose authors and editors included Max Winter , Jura Soyfer and Robert Hochner , among others, until it was discontinued in 1991 , appears in Vienna- Mariahilf .
• 1912: Adolph Zukor founds Famous Players Film Corp , the forerunner of Paramount Pictures .
• 1920: US President Woodrow Wilson officially opens shipping on the Panama Canal, which has long been in operation . The planned opening ceremonies in 1914 had to be postponed due to the outbreak of World War I and will be rescheduled that day.

science and technology

1929: The Dornier Do X on Lake Constance

• 1898: William Ramsay and Morris William Travers succeed in separating the noble gas xenon from raw krypton .
• 1929: The Austrian Hermann Knaus presented the Knaus-Ogino contraceptive method , later named after him and the Japanese Kyūsaku Ogino , at a gynecology congress in Leipzig .
• 1929: The Dornier Do X flying boat , by far the largest aircraft of its time, has its maiden flight over Lake Constance .
• 1970: Thor Heyerdahl and his crew reached the Caribbean island of Barbados on the Papyrus boat Ra II after 57 days on the Atlantic .

Culture

• 1701: The world premiere of the opera La fede ne 'tradimenti by Attilio Ariosti takes place in Berlin.

1703: Equestrian statue of the Great Elector

• 1703: The equestrian statue of the Great Elector, designed by Andreas Schlüter , is ceremoniously unveiled on the Long Bridge to the Berlin City Palace .
• 1911: The Fritz Reuter monument by sculptor Wilhelm Wandschneider is ceremoniously unveiled on the market square in Stavenhagen .
• 1937: Pablo Picasso presented his painting Guernica to the public for the first time at the Paris World Exhibition .
• 1946: The world premiere of the opera War and Peace (Orig .: Woina i mir ) by Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew takes place in Leningrad.
• 1951: The operetta Geliebte Manuela by Fred Raymond based on a libretto by Just Scheu and Ernst Nebhut is premiered at the Nationaltheater Mannheim .
• 1953: The last drawings by Loriot appear in Stern under the title Auf den Hund , before the series is discontinued due to reader protests.
• 1962: The Rolling Stones make their first appearance at the Marquee Club in London (official band formation).
• 1975: In southern Baden Rust is Europa-Park , Germany's largest theme park opened.
• 1997: The 9th Technoparty Love Parade takes place in Berlin . At the same time, as a protest against musical exclusion and commercialization of the Love Parade, the Hateparade will be held, from which the Fuckparade demonstration will later develop.

society

• 1543: The English King Henry VIII marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr .

1906: Alfred Dreyfus

• 1906: Alfred Dreyfus is  rehabilitated - almost 12 years after his conviction in the Dreyfus affair .

1916: The shark attacks in New Jersey

• 1916: In Matawan Creek near Matawan , New Jersey, three shark attacks occur in one day. The incident, in which two people are killed and one is seriously injured, is the worst of the shark attacks on the New Jersey coast since July 1. The incidents inspired the writer Peter Benchley to write his novel Jaws .

religion

• 0526: Felix III. becomes Bishop of Rome . He found an advocate for his election in the Ostrogothic king Theodoric .
• 1153: Corrado della Suburra (Konrad von Suburra) is appointed by the conclave in Rome as the successor of Eugene III. elected pope . He takes the name Anastasius IV .
• 1562: As Bishop of Yucatán, Diego de Landa has Mayan writings, images and symbols burned at a car dairy. He wants to convert Indians to the Christian faith.
• 1691: Antonio Pignatelli becomes Pope as a compromise candidate from two strong parliamentary groups . He chose the name Innocent XII for the duration of his pontificate .
• 1730: After 129 days of forming an opinion, Lorenzo Corsini is elected Pope . The almost blind 78-year-old climbs as Clemens XII. the chair of Petri .

Disasters

• 1918: The Japanese liner Kawachi sinks in Tokuyama Bay after an internal explosion. The accident claims more than 500 lives.
• 1961: Due to structural failure, the dams at Panshet and Khadakwasla in the Indian state of Maharashtra collapse . The old town of Pune is flooded, killing between 1000 and 2000 people.
• 1984: Munich and its eastern environs are affected by the worst hailstorm in memory. 300 injured people and a total of around 1.5 billion euros in property damage to cars, buildings and other objects are part of the horror story.
• 1993: An earthquake of magnitude 7.7 on Hokkaido , Japan calls for 243 deaths.

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

Sports

• 1924: The cross-country run at the Summer Olympics in Paris turns into a heat battle for Colombes . With a temperature of over 45 ° C in the sun, only 15 out of 38 starters reach the finish. First place goes to the Finn Paavo Nurmi .

1979: K2

• 1979: The mountaineers Reinhold Messner and Michael Dacher reach the summit of K2 , the second highest mountain in the world in the Karakoram , without oxygen equipment .
• 1991: The German national football team of the women is at the European Championship in Denmark by a 3: 1 against Norway European champion .
• 1998: France beat Brazil 3-0 at the home World Cup in Saint-Denis and become world champions .

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 19th century

• 1267: Henry of England , English prince to the throne

Ashikaga Yoshinori (* 1394)

• 1394: Ashikaga Yoshinori , 6th Shogun of the Ashikaga Shogunate
• 1477: Jacopo Sadoleto , Italian cardinal, humanist and Catholic reformer
• 1532: Mechthild of Bavaria , wife of Margrave Philibert of Baden
• 1607: Jean Petitot , Swiss miniature painter
• 1628: Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk , English nobleman
• 1634: Johann Georg I , Duke of Saxony-Eisenach
• 1655: Ernst , Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Saxe-Hildburghausen
• 1657: Friedrich Wilhelm III. , Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
• 1675: Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco , Italian composer and musician
• 1680: Michael Friedrich von Althann , Viceroy of Naples and Sicily
• 1691: Petro Kalnyschewskyj , ataman of the Zaporozhian Cossacks and saint of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• 1707: Esteban de Terreros y Pando , Spanish Jesuit, philologist and lexicographer
• 1710: Joachim Erdmann Schmidt , German legal scholar and historian
• 1714: Mikhail Voronzow , Russian nobleman and politician
• 1730: Josias Ludwig Ernst Püttmann , German legal scholar
• 1736: Johann Gerhard Hasenkamp , German Protestant educator
• 1738: Anselm Feldhorn , Austrian Benedictine abbot
• 1751: Julie Billiart , founder of the French order of the Congregation of Sisters of Our Lady of Namur
• 1751: Henri-David Chaillet , Swiss Protestant clergyman
• 1754: Alois von Beckh-Widmanstätten , Austrian printer and scientist
• 1760: Asch-Shaukānī , Yemeni scholar
• 1762: James Ross , American politician
• 1773: John Rowan , American politician
• 1774: Jonathan Friedrich Bahnmaier , German theologian and hymn poet
• 1790: David Hansemann , Prussian politician and banker

19th century

1801-1850

• 1803: Johann Christoph Lüders , German industrialist and industrial pioneer, local politician and promoter of culture
• 1803: Pierre Chanel , French missionary, first martyr in Oceania
• 1803: Thomas Guthrie , Scottish social reformer
• 1807: Heinrich Simon Lindemann , German philosopher and university professor
• 1811: Alois Schönach , Austrian organ builder
• 1813: Claude Bernard , French physiologist

Henry David Thoreau (* 1817)

• 1817: Henry David Thoreau , American writer and philosopher
• 1819: Charles Kingsley , British writer
• 1821: Daniel Harvey Hill , American officer, Confederate general in the Civil War
• 1824: Heinrich von Aulock , German medic, landowner and politician
• 1824: Eugène Boudin , French painter
• 1829: William Backhouse Astor Jr. , American entrepreneur
• 1831: Gerhard Amyntor , Prussian general staff officer
• 1832: Ernst Gebhardt , German song writer and Methodist preacher
• 1833: Johann Baptist von Schweitzer , German agitator, playwright and politician, President of the ADAV, MdR
• 1839: David Edward Cronin , American painter
• 1844: Ferdinand d'Orléans, duc d'Alençon , French nobleman
• 1847: Karl Heinrich Barth , German piano teacher and pianist

1851-1900

• 1852: Hipólito Yrigoyen , Argentine politician, president
• 1854: George Eastman , American inventor and industrialist

Gisela of Austria (* 1856)

• 1856: Gisela of Austria , daughter of Emperor Franz Joseph
• 1858: Andrew Bonar Law , British politician
• 1860: Anna Astl-Leonhard , Austrian writer
• 1861: Anton Stepanowitsch Arensky , Russian composer
• 1862: Hermann Conradi , German writer
• 1863: Paul Drude , German physicist
• 1864: Hans Chemin-Petit , German composer
• 1866: Emiliano Figueroa Larraín , Chilean politician
• 1867: Karl Aschoff , German pharmacist
• 1868: Henri Abraham , French physicist
• 1868: Stefan George , German poet and writer
• 1870: Louis II , Prince of Monaco

Emil Hácha (* 1872)

• 1872: Emil Hácha , Czech politician, President of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
• 1873: Rudolf Nadolny , German diplomat
• 1874: Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven , German Dadaist artist
• 1874: Arne Oldberg , American composer
• 1875: Ernst Sigismund Fischer , Austrian mathematician
• 1876: Max Jacob , French poet and painter
• 1877: Arthur M. Hyde , American politician
• 1878: Alfred Liebig , German architect
• 1879: Roland Foster , Australian singer and music educator
• 1879: Bolesław Raczyński , Polish composer and music teacher
• 1880: Hermann Harry Schmitz , German author and lecturer
• 1881: Ludwig Rubiner , German poet, literary critic and essayist of Expressionism
• 1882: Tod Browning , American film director
• 1882: Eugen Schmitz , German musicologist and critic
• 1884: Amedeo Modigliani , Italian painter and sculptor
• 1885: Monte Attell , American boxer
• 1886: Raoul Hausmann , Austro-German Dadaist artist
• 1886: Jean Hersholt , Danish-American actor
• 1887: Robert Bürkner , German actor and theater manager, director and author
• 1888: Adolf Horion , German clergyman and entomologist

Anton Kuh (* 1890)

• 1890: Anton Kuh , Austrian journalist, essayist and narrator
• 1892: Bruno Schulz , Polish writer and literary critic, graphic artist and draftsman
• 1892: Harry Piel , German director and actor
• 1892: Paula Grogger , Austrian writer
• 1892: Zyrill Fischer , Austrian Franciscan priest and resistance fighter
• 1892: Alfred Freyberg , German state and local politician
• 1894: Hunt Stromberg , American film producer
• 1895: Buckminster Fuller , American architect and constructor, designer, and writer
• 1895: Kirsten Flagstad , Norwegian singer
• 1895: Oscar Hammerstein , American producer and musical writer
• 1898: Walter Strauss , German historian and history teacher
• 1900: Amadeo Roldán , Cuban composer and conductor

20th century

1901-1925

• 1902: Günther Anders , German philosopher and essayist
• 1902: Fernand Vandernotte , French rower
• 1903: Norbert-Jean Mahé , French racing car driver
• 1904: Paul Braess , German university professor
• 1904: Pablo Neruda , Chilean poet and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
• 1905: John Charles Francis of Great Britain and Ireland , youngest son of the Duke of York, later King George V.
• 1907: Hans Lenz , German politician and federal minister

Milton Berle (* 1908)

• 1908: Milton Berle , American actor
• 1909: Joe DeRita , American comedian
• 1911: Bogdan Ostromęcki , Polish poet, essayist and translator
• 1912: Sid Robin , American lyricist and composer
• 1912: Anna Maria Peduzzi , Italian racing car driver
• 1913: Willis Eugene Lamb , American physicist
• 1913: André Lavagne , French composer
• 1914: Renato Olmi , Italian football player
• 1915: Otto Steinert , German photographer

Lyudmila Pavlitschenko (* 1916)

• 1916: Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlitschenko , sniper in World War II, heroine of the Soviet Union
• 1917: Luigi Gorrini , Italian fighter pilot
• 1917: Andrew Wyeth , American painter
• 1920: Keith Andes , American actor
• 1920: Beah Richards , American film and stage actress
• 1921: Peter Edel , German graphic artist and writer
• 1922: Mark Hatfield , American politician
• 1922: Werner Maser , German historian
• 1923: Erwin Halletz , Austrian composer, arranger and conductor
• 1923: Bill Lloyd , American racing car driver
• 1924: Heinz von Cramer , German radio play director and author
• 1925: Akutagawa Yasushi , Japanese composer

1926-1950

Carl Adam Petri (* 1926)

• 1926: Carl Adam Petri , German mathematician and computer scientist
• 1926: Oswald Mathias Ungers , German postmodern architect
• 1927: Bill Cheesbourg , American racing car driver
• 1928: Louis Auslander , American mathematician
• 1928: Elias James Corey , American chemist and professor
• 1930: Ruth Drexel , German actress and director
• 1932: Manfred Prasser , German architect and engineer
• 1932: Eddy Wally , Belgian singer
• 1934: Van Cliburn , American musician
• 1935: Paige Cothren , American football player

Hans Tilkowski (* 1935)

• 1935: Hans Tilkowski , German football player and coach
• 1937: Bill Cosby , American actor
• 1937: Ernst Wendt , German theater director
• 1937: Lionel Jospin , French politician and Prime Minister
• 1938: Jürgen C. Aschoff , German neurologist, university professor and writer
• 1938: Hans Kloss , German painter and graphic artist
• 1939: Erwin Kräutler , Austrian bishop
• 1939: Klaus Liebscher , Austrian lawyer, President of the National Bank
• 1942: Richard Stoltzman , American clarinetist
• 1943: Cornelius Johnson , American football player
• 1943: Christine McVie , British musician, singer and songwriter
• 1944: Jean-François Jenny-Clark , French double bass player
• 1945: Hans Jochen Henke , German politician
• 1945: Gerald Weiß , German politician, Member of the Bundestag

Jens Beutel (* 1946)

• 1946: Jens Beutel , German lawyer and politician, Lord Mayor of Mainz
• 1946: Seán Keane , Irish violin player
• 1946: Ricardo-Horacio Neumann , Argentine soccer player
• 1948: Günter Freiherr von Gravenreuth , German lawyer and publisher
• 1948: Richard Dewes , German politician, Interior Minister of Thuringia
• 1948: Dušan Kovačević , Serbian playwright, screenwriter, director and diplomat
• 1949: Susanne Jaffke-Witt , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1950: Eric Carr , American musician ( Kiss )

1951-1975

• 1951: Udo Dahmen , German drummer, artistic director and managing director of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg
• 1951: Cheryl Ladd , American actress and singer

Irina Bokowa (* 1952)

• 1952: Irina Bokowa , Bulgarian politician and Director General of UNESCO
• 1952: Liz Mitchell , Jamaican-German singer ( Boney M. )
• 1953: Joachim Auer , German politician
• 1953: John Ausonius , Swedish murderer
• 1954: Eric Adams , American singer ( Manowar )
• 1954: Wolfgang Dremmler , German soccer player
• 1955: Gabriele Askamp , German swimmer
• 1957: Götz Alsmann , German musician and entertainer
• 1958: Harald Haerter , Swiss jazz guitarist
• 1960: Corynne Charby , French actress and singer
• 1961: Espen Andersen , Norwegian Nordic combined
• 1961: Torsten Müller , German agricultural scientist
• 1962: Christine Zierl , German actress
• 1963: Enak Ferlemann , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1963: Jens Wawrczeck , German dubbing and radio play speaker
• 1964: Svetlana Vladimirovna Bogdanova , Soviet and Russian handball player
• 1965: Lothar Keller , German journalist and television presenter
• 1966: Şahin Diniyev , Azerbaijani football player and coach

Tamsin Greig (* 1966)

• 1966: Tamsin Greig , British actress
• 1967: Lukáš Hurník , Czech composer
• 1967: John Petrucci , American guitarist
• 1967: Bruny Surin , Canadian athlete, Olympic champion
• 1968: Heike Kloss , German theater, musical and television actress
• 1968: Janne Kolling , Danish handball player
• 1969: Jesse Pintado , American electric guitarist
• 1969: Marcin Wierzbicki , Polish composer and music teacher
• 1970: Aure Atika , French film actress and director

Lee Byung-hun (* 1970)

• 1970: Lee Byung-hun , South Korean actor
• 1970: Dana Golombek , German actress and singer
• 1971: Zarinah Abdullah , Singaporean badminton player
• 1971: Kristi Yamaguchi , American figure skater
• 1972: Andrea Ballschuh , German television and radio presenter
• 1972: Lady Saw , Jamaican dancehall and reggae deejay
• 1973: Magoo , American rapper
• 1973: Christian Vieri , Italian football player
• 1974: Olivier Adam , French writer and screenwriter
• 1974: Sharon den Adel , Dutch singer and songwriter
• 1975: Igor Jerman , Slovenian motorcycle racer
• 1975: Anastasia Michaeli , Israeli politician

1976-2000

• 1976: Anna Friel , British film and television actress
• 1976: Guillaume Gille , French handball player
• 1976: Astrid Leberti , German actress
• 1977: Carola Calello , Argentine ski racer
• 1977: Clayton Zane , Australian soccer player
• 1978: Katrine Fruelund , Danish handball player

Michelle Rodríguez (* 1978)

• 1978: Michelle Rodríguez , American actress
• 1979: Christian Wunderlich , German actor and singer
• 1980: Johanna Klum , German television presenter
• 1980: Katherine Legge , British racing driver
• 1981: Marco Jetzer , Swiss water polo player
• 1982: A. Sharath Kamal , Indian table tennis player
• 1982: Antonio Cassano , Italian football player
• 1982: Rasmus Gersch , German handball player
• 1983: Libania Grenot , Italian athlete of Cuban origin
• 1984: Gareth Gates , British singer
• 1984: Natalie Martinez , American actress
• 1984: Sami Zayn , Syrian-Canadian wrestler
• 1985: Timo Röttger , German soccer player

Emil Hegle Svendsen (* 1985)

• 1985: Emil Hegle Svendsen , Norwegian biathlete
• 1986: Simone Laudehr , German soccer player
• 1986: Ilka Wolf , German singer
• 1987: Arjan Haenen , Dutch handball player
• 1987: Anna-Elena Herzog , German actress and entrepreneur
• 1988: Patrick Beverley , American basketball player
• 1988: Ólafur Bjarki Ragnarsson , Icelandic handball player

Phoebe Tonkin (* 1989)

• 1989: Phoebe Tonkin , Australian actress and model
• 1989: Franz-Xaver Zeller , German actor
• 1990: Alessandro Abruscia , Italian football player
• 1990: Philipp Eitzinger , Austrian motorcycle racer
• 1991: James Rodríguez , Colombian soccer player
• 1991: Erik Per Sullivan , American film actor
• 1992: Manuel Añón Suarez , Spanish show jumper
• 1993: Tim Kübel , German soccer player
• 1993: Marius Müller , German soccer player
• 1994: Hugo Buffard , French Nordic combined skier
• 1995: Luke Shaw , English soccer player
• 1995: Jordyn Wieber , American gymnast
• 1997: Malala Yousafzai , Pakistani blogger and child rights activist
• 1999: Nella Korpio , Finnish ski racer
• 1999: Vid Vrhovnik , Slovenian Nordic combined skier
• 2000: Iver Hexeberg , Norwegian telemarker
• 2000: Vinícius Júnior , Brazilian soccer player

Died

Before the 16th century

Erasmus of Rotterdam († 1536)

Ludwig Persius († 1845)

• 0886: Ansbald von Prüm , canonized abbot
• 0937: Rudolf II , King of Burgundy
• 0975: Turketel , English chancellor and abbot
• 1044: Rudolf von Werl , count in the Groningerland
• 1067: Johannes Komnenos , Byzantine aristocrat
• 1073: Johannes Gualbertus , saint of the Catholic Church
• 1140: Heinrich I , Count of Eu
• After 1164: Beatrix of Limburg , Countess of Nassau
• 1203: Isabel de Warenne , English nobleman
• 1206: Chōgen , Japanese monk
• 1230: Margaret of Blois , Countess Palatine of Burgundy and Countess of Blois and Châteaudun
• 1291: Hermann VII , Margrave of Baden
• 1303: Manegold of Neuchâtel , Bishop of Bamberg and Bishop of Würzburg
• 1330: Elizabeth of Aragón , Queen of the Holy Roman Empire
• 1361: Giovanni Dolfin , 57th Doge of Venice
• 1429: Jean Gerson , French theologian, mystic and chancellor of the Paris Sorbonne
• 1441: Ashikaga Yoshinori , 6th Shogun of the Ashikaga Shogunate
• 1450: Jack Cade , English rebel leader
• 1479: Silvester Stodewescher , Archbishop of Riga

16th to 18th century

• 1503: Sophie von Mecklenburg , Duchess of Saxony
• 1504: Volmar Warendorp , councilor of Lübeck
• 1511: Albrecht I , Duke in the Silesian principalities of Münsterberg and Oels as well as Count von Glatz
• 1525: Nicolaus Marschalk , German legal scholar, humanist and historian
• 1532: François II. De La Tour , Viscount of Turenne, French diplomat and military
• 1536: Erasmus of Rotterdam , Dutch humanist
• 1537: Robert Aske , English lawyer
• 1539: Fernando Columbus , Spanish navigator, humanist and cosmographer, illegitimate son of Christopher Columbus
• 1545: Maria of Portugal , Portuguese princess
• 1584: Stephen Borough , English navigator and explorer
• 1608: Margarethe von Dietz , daughter of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse
• 1643: François Duquesnoy , Flemish sculptor
• 1645: Luciano Borzone , Italian painter and etcher
• 1647: Francesco Maria Farnese , cardinal and regent of the Duchy of Parma
• 1662: Ludwig Heinrich , Count or Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg
• 1664: Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge , English politician
• 1678: Antoine III. de Gramont , French diplomat and Marshal of France
• 1702: Bengt Oxenstierna , Swedish politician and diplomat
• 1707: Carl Leonhard Müller von der Lühne , Swedish general
• 1710: Robert Treat , English colonist, governor of the Colony of Connecticut
• 1712: Richard Cromwell , Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland
• 1720: Sukjong , 19th king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea
• 1721: Antonio Giannettini , Italian organist, conductor and composer
• 1729: Samuel Theodor Gericke , German painter
• 1733: Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles , French writer and salonnière
• 1734: Johann Gottlieb Olearius , German legal scholar and historian
• 1742: Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco , Italian violinist, cellist and composer
• 1747: Christian Heinrich von Watzdorf , Saxon court official
• 1749: Charles de la Boische , French naval officer and governor of New France
• 1751: Tokugawa Yoshimune , Japanese Shogun
• 1762: Jangheon , heir to the throne of Joseon in Korea
• 1773: Johann Joachim Quantz , German musician and composer
• 1777: Johan Arckenholtz , Finnish librarian, political pamphleteer and historian
• 1785: Louis-René de Caradeuc de La Chalotais , French lawyer

19th century

• 1802: Johan Heinrich Knuth , Danish landowner, chamberlain and privy councilor

Alexander Hamilton († 1804)

• 1804: Alexander Hamilton , American politician
• 1804: Johann Engelhard Kahler , German Protestant theologian
• 1834: David Douglas , British gardener, botanist and plant hunter
• 1838: Ezra Butler , American politician, governor of Vermont, member of the House of Representatives
• 1844: Bahne Asmussen , German (North Frisian) pastor, poet, and teacher
• 1845: Ludwig Persius , Prussian architect
• 1845: Henrik Wergeland , Norwegian poet
• 1855: Karl Spindler , German novelist
• 1855: Pawel Stepanowitsch Nachimow , Russian admiral
• 1847: Franz Ignatz Cassian Hallaschka , Moravian naturalist, mathematician, physicist and astronomer
• 1860: Edouard Diodati , Swiss Protestant clergyman, librarian and university professor
• 1863: Johann Wilhelm Löbell , German historian
• 1868: Ralph Abercromby, 2nd Baron Dunfermline , British diplomat
• 1873: Paul-Eugène Lequeux , French architect
• 1874: Fritz Reuter , Low German writer
• 1877: Ottilie Wildermuth , German writer
• 1890: Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger , German theologian, educator and author
• 1895: Willem Vester , Dutch landscape and animal painter
• 1896: Giulio Ascoli , Italian mathematician

20th century

1901-1950

• 1901: Federico Errázuriz Echaurren , Chilean politician
• 1901: Richard B. Hubbard , American politician and diplomat, Governor of Texas
• 1905: Jørgen Malling , Danish composer
• 1910: Charles Rolls , British entrepreneur, co-founder of Rolls-Royce , aviation pioneer
• 1911: Júlia da Costa , Brazilian poet
• 1911: Bertha von Arnswaldt , German salonière
• 1913: Hermann Meyer , German spirits manufacturer
• 1918: Thorleif Auerdahl , Norwegian poet
• 1921: Harry Hawker , Australian aviation pioneer
• 1923: William P. Dillingham , American politician

Gertrude Bell († 1926)

• 1926: Gertrude Bell , British travel writer and historian
• 1926: Charles Wood , Irish composer
• 1930: Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead , British politician
• 1931: Friedrich Gundolf , German literary scholar
• 1931: Nathan Söderblom , Swedish Protestant theologian, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
• 1932: Tomáš Baťa , Czech entrepreneur, founder of the Bata group
• 1935: Alfred Dreyfus , French officer
• 1936: Auguste Adib Pacha , Lebanese politician
• 1945: Boris Grigoryevich Galjorkin , Soviet engineer and mathematician
• 1945: Wolfram von Richthofen , German field marshal
• 1949: Douglas Hyde , Irish poet

1951-2000

Joseph Jongen († 1953)

• 1953: Joseph Jongen , Belgian composer and organist
• 1954: Marc Azéma , French racing car driver
• 1959: Walther Lietzmann , German mathematician, pedagogue and mathematics didactic
• 1960: Buddy Adler , American film producer and screenwriter
• 1960: Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi , Italian clergyman, Cardinal Curia
• 1961: Irving Cohn , American songwriter
• 1963: Slatan Dudow , Bulgarian director
• 1967: Friedrich Ermler , Soviet film director
• 1967: Otto Nagel , German painter
• 1968: Ada Sari , Polish opera singer
• 1969: Bill Ivy , British motorcycle racer
• 1972: Konrad Grebe , German steiger and inventor
• 1973: Fernando Santiván , Chilean writer and journalist
• 1974: Yuri Pavlovich Annenkow , Russian artist
• 1974: Karl Sesta , Austrian football player
• 1977: Osmín Aguirre y Salinas , Sans-Salvadoran military
• 1977: Waldemar Kraft , German politician and Federal Minister
• 1978: Heinrich Rempel , German prehistorian
• 1978: Esmond Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere , British press magnate
• 1979: Georgi Beriev , Soviet aircraft designer
• 1979: Minnie Riperton , American singer and songwriter
• 1980: William Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Sanderstead , British government official and banker
• 1981: Boris Nikolajewitsch Polewoi , Russian writer and journalist
• 1982: Lautaro García , Chilean painter, singer and playwright
• 1983: Erich Warsitz , German test pilot
• 1983: Chris Wood , British rock musician
• 1984: Franz Gurk , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, President of the State Parliament
• 1984: Hannes Flesner , German music journalist, songwriter and East Frisian songwriter
• 1988: Michael Jary , German composer
• 1988: Joshua Logan , American film and theater director
• 1988: Nakamura Mitsuo , Japanese writer and literary critic
• 1991: Willi Schwabe , German actor, singer and presenter
• 1993: Ferdinando Giuseppe Cardinal Antonelli , Italian Cardinal to the Curia
• 1993: Gusti Huber , Austrian theater and film actress
• 1996: Gottfried von Eine , Austrian composer
• 1997: François Furet , French historian
• 1997: Raimund Weissensteiner , Austrian priest and composer
• 1998: James Corbitt Morris , American songwriter and musician
• 2000: Heinz Arnold , German politician

21st century

• 2002: Ellen Callmann , American art historian

Benny Carter († 2003)

• 2003: Benny Carter , American jazz saxophonist
• 2005: Piero Cappuccilli , Italian opera singer
• 2005: Willi Heinrich , German writer
• 2007: Robert Burås , Norwegian guitarist and songwriter
• 2008: Tony Snow , American journalist
• 2009: Simon Vinkenoog , Dutch writer and poet
• 2010: Günter Behnisch , German architect
• 2010: Olga Guillot , Cuban singer
• 2010: Harvey Pekar , American comic book writer
• 2011; Karl-Heinz Ducke , German Catholic clergyman and theologian
• 2012: Alexander Pflum , German soccer player
• 2013: Amar G. Bose , American electrical engineer
• 2013: Thomas Ortner , Austrian journalist
• 2014: Michael Hahn , German Indologist and Tibetologist
• 2014: Valerija Novodworskaja , Russian politician and human rights activist
• 2015: Sergei Arzibaschew , Russian theater director and actor
• 2015: Ramón Oviedo , Dominican painter
• 2016: Goran Hadžić , Croatian-Serbian politician

Miriam Pielhau († 2016)

• 2016: Miriam Pielhau , German presenter, author and actress
• 2017: Gerrit Braks , Dutch politician
• 2017: Armando Almánzar Rodríguez , Dominican writer and film critic
• 2018: Joseph Henry Mensah , Ghanaian politician
• 2018: Laura Soveral , Portuguese actress
• 2019: Fernando José Corbató , American computer scientist
• 2019: Eberhard Kummer , Austrian lawyer, singer and hurdy-gurdy player
• 2020: Pauls Bankovskis , Latvian writer
• 2020: Wim Suurbier , Dutch football player

Holidays and memorial days

• Church memorial days
  • Nathan Söderblom , Archbishop of Uppsala (Protestant)
  • Saint Felix of Africa , martyr and patron saint (Catholic)
  • St. Hermagoras , lecturer and martyr (Catholic)
  • St. Nabor , Roman soldier, martyr and patron saint (Catholic)
  • St. Ansbald von Prüm , Abbot (Catholic)
• Name days
  • Felix
• State holidays and memorial days
  • Kiribati : Independence from Great Britain (1979)
  • Sao Tome and Principe , Independence from Portugal (1975)
  • Northern Ireland , Labrador , Newfoundland : Orange Day

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

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