June 12
The June 12 is the 163rd day of the Gregorian calendar (the 164th in leap years ), thus remain 202 days by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 1429 : After the attacking French had been routed by the English defenders the day before in the Hundred Years War, those who returned succeed in the second attack in the battle of Jargeau . The French brought in by Jeanne d'Arc and Duke Jean II. De Alençon then control the strategically important bridge at Jargeau over the Loire .
- 1446 : Three months after the Battle of Ragaz , an armistice in the Old Zurich War comes into force.
- 1526 : Further North German princes of Protestant faith join the Torgau Bund with the Magdeburg Treaty, which strengthens the political influence of the association during the Reformation .
- 1550 : Helsinki , Finland's future capital, is founded by order of the Swedish King Gustav I. Wasa .
- 1776 : The Convention of Virginia , who in May, the independence of Virginia of the United Kingdom has declared that takes from George Mason formulated fundamental rights declaration of.
- 1815 : In the history of student associations , the original fraternity was founded in Jena .
- 1848 : At the second Wartburg Festival, students demand from the Frankfurt National Assembly to transfer the universities into national ownership, academic self-government and state funding.
- 1864 : With a victory, ending Confederate Battle of Cold Harbor in the American Civil War , which began on 31 May. The two-day battle at Trevilian Station was won by the cavalry divisions of the Northern Virginia Army against similar units of the Union Army .
- 1864 : Archduke Ferdinand of Austria draws under French protection when Emperor Maximilian I in Mexico one.
- 1866 : Between the French Emperor Napoleon III. and the Empire of Austria is a secret treaty concluded: France would in the impending German war remain neutral and for Veneto received.
- 1867 : The Austro-Hungarian settlement is introduced with a Hungarian law , from which the Habsburg dual monarchy Austria-Hungary emerges.
- 1886 : Four days after the submission of an expert opinion on the mental state of Ludwig II by a medical commission, this is determined in Neuschwanstein Castle and brought to Berg Castle . The next day the Bavarian king is found dead in Lake Starnberg .
- 1898 : General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
- 1900 : The German Reichstag passes the second naval law that fuels the German-British arms race at sea .
- 1917 : After violent demonstrations against the Portuguese government with fatalities, the government calls Afonso Costa the state of emergency from.
- 1935 : In the Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay over the Gran Chaco , an armistice agreement is concluded.
- 1945 : Yugoslav troops evacuate the city of Trieste, which they have occupied since May 1st, under international pressure .
- 1955 : Fidel Castro founded in Cuba , the Movimiento 26 de Julio on the basis of the date of the attack on the Moncada Barracks on July 26, 1953 to the Cuban Revolution advance.
- 1961 : During the so-called “Bozener Feuertacht ” a group called the Liberation Committee South Tyrol carried out explosive attacks on several electricity pylons in South Tyrol.
- 1964 : In South Africa, the apartheid which are ANC -Leader Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu and six associates to life imprisonment on Robben Iceland convicted.
- 1964 : The Swedish Colonel Stig Wennerström is sentenced to life imprisonment for espionage for the Soviet Union .
- 1968 : The United Nations decided to call South West Africa " Namibia " from now on.
- 1973 : Helmut Kohl is elected chairman of the CDU .
- 1975 : India's incumbent Prime Minister Indira Gandhi loses her seat in the House of Commons due to irregularities in the election campaign .
- 1986 : The Bavarian State Ministry for State Development and Environmental Issues approves the demolition of the Niederaichbach nuclear power plant near Landshut. It is the first administrative act of its kind in the world .
- 1987 : For the 750th anniversary of Berlin , US President Ronald Reagan visits West Berlin . In front of the Brandenburg Gate he appeals to the Soviet Union : Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! (Mr. Gorbachev , open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!) .
- 1990 : In the course of the dissolution of the Soviet Union , Russia declares its state sovereignty.
- 1991 : One year after the Russian declaration of independence , a president is elected directly by the people for the first time. Boris Yeltsin wins the election with 57.3% of the vote.
- 1994 : Austria decides to join the EU in a referendum .
- 1999 : The first KFOR troops endowed with a UN mandate by UN Security Council resolution 1244 begin their deployment in Kosovo under the leadership of NATO after the end of the Kosovo war .
- 2000 : Yemen recognizes the border with Saudi Arabia in the treaty with Jeddah .
- 2009 : The incumbent Mahmud Ahmadineschād emerges as president from the presidential election in Iran , which leads to ongoing massive protests .
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- 2018 : US President Donald Trump and North Korea's dictator Kim Jong-un meet for the historic summit in Singapore. It is the first ever meeting between an incumbent US president and a North Korean ruler.
economy
- 1816 : In the German history of inland navigation , the first steamship travels on the Rhine . Coming from London, the British paddle steamer The Defiance travels upstream to Cologne.
- 1897 : The Swiss Army Knife is protected as a trademark .
- 1909 : The city of Zurich , a paddle steamer operating on Lake Zurich , goes into operation.
- 1909 : In competition with the Federation of Farmers , the Hansabund for trade, commerce and industry is founded in Berlin .
- 1933 : An international conference begins in London, looking for ways out of the ongoing global economic crisis .
- 1952 : In the Wedel district of Schulau on the Lower Elbe, the Willkomm-Höft ship welcoming system is put into operation. The Port of Hamburg oncoming ships are greeted with, or adopted.
- 2005 : "Friendly takeover ": Unicredit's exchange offer to the shareholders of HypoVereinsbank is published.
science and technology
- 1817 : Karl von Drais takes the first public ride in Mannheim with the draisine he invented (forerunner of the bicycle ).
- 1899 : The Italian explorer Luigi Amedeo di Savoia-Aosta sets out from Kristiania with the research ship Stella Polare on an expedition that is to take him as close as possible to the North Pole .
- 1966 : The foundation stone for the Euphrates dam Keban in the Turkish province of Elazığ is laid.
- 2009 : The new Trift Bridge , the highest and one of the longest rope bridges in Europe, which crosses the Trift water based on the model of the Nepalese three- rope bridges in the Trift Valley, a side valley of the Gadmer Valley in the Swiss canton of Bern , is opened to pedestrian traffic after a six-week construction period.
Culture
- 1856 : The operetta La Rose de Saint-Flour by Jacques Offenbach is premiered at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris .
- 1917 : The late romantic artist opera Palestrina by Hans Pfitzner is premiered in the Munich Prinzregententheater by the Royal Bavarian Court Opera with Bruno Walter as conductor . The opera is extremely successful and is enthusiastically celebrated by other artists.
- 1936 : The German feature film Allotria by Willi Forst with Heinz Rühmann , Renate Müller , Adolf Wohlbrück and Jenny Jugo in the leading roles is premiered in the Gloria Palast in Berlin .
- 1952 : The opera Trouble in Tahiti by Leonard Bernstein is premiered at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts .
- 1963 : In New York City who later awarded four Oscars feature film is Cleopatra by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Elizabeth Taylor , Richard Burton and Rex Harrison premiered in the lead roles.
- 1972 : At the New York Mature World Theater of the porn film was Deep Throat by Jerry Gerard with Linda Lovelace and Harry Reems premiere. It becomes the most successful porn film of all time and triggers the " porn chic " of the 1970s.
- 1977 : The last members of the black vocal trio The Supremes , Scherrie Payne, Susaye Green and Karen Jackson perform their final farewell appearance, accompanied by singer and songwriter Billy Ocean , at the Theater Royal Drury Lane in London.
- 1988 : The German-language premiere of the musical Starlight Express by Andrew Lloyd Webber takes place in the specially built Starlighthalle in Bochum . As a result, it will be the world's most successful musical at a fixed location.
society
- 1575 : William I of Orange-Nassau marries his third wife Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier in Den Briel .
- 1963 : Black civil rights activist Medgar Evers is shot dead by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith outside his Jackson , Mississippi home when he returns from a meeting with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and their T. -Shirt wears. White juries subsequently prevent the perpetrator from being convicted twice.
Disasters
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
nature and environment
- 1962 : Venezuela founds the Canaima National Park on the border with Brazil and Guyana , which is characterized by sandstone table mountains .
Sports
- 1921 : Giovanni Brunero wins the Giro d'Italia .
- 1930 : With Max Schmeling Disqualifikationssieg against Jack Sharkey , a European is the first time heavyweight boxing champion .
- 1932 : FC Bayern Munich becomes German soccer champions for the first time .
- 1968 : At the Giro d'Italia the Belgian Eddy Merckx wins the first victory in this competition .
- 1981 : In the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Larry Holmes wins his boxing match for the world heavyweight title against Leon Spinks through a technical knockout.
- 2014 : The soccer World Cup in Brazil begins with the opening game between Brazil and Croatia .
- 2016 : In the NHL , the Pittsburgh Penguins win the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in their history by defeating the San Jose Sharks in the playoff final .
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
- 950 : Reizei , Japanese emperor
- 1107 : Song Gaozong , tenth Chinese emperor of the Song Dynasty
- 1519 : Cosimo I de 'Medici , Duke of Florence
- 1533 : Wolfgang von Ysenburg-Ronneburg , regent of the district of Langen
- 1561 : Anna , Duchess of Wohlau, Duchess of Ohlau and Duchess of Liegnitz
- 1564 : Johann Casimir von Sachsen-Coburg , Duke of Sachsen-Coburg
- 1577 : Paul Guldin , astronomer and professor of mathematics in Graz and Vienna
- 1580 : Adriaen van Stalbemt , Flemish painter, draftsman and etcher
- 1651 : Johann Georg Ahle , German composer, organist, poet and church musician
- 1653 : Amalia of Courland , Princess of Courland and Countess of Hesse-Kassel
- 1663 : Anne Marguerite Petit Du Noyer , French journalist
- 1676 : Johann Moritz Gustav von Manderscheid-Blankenheim , Bishop of Wiener Neustadt and Archbishop of Prague
- 1681 : Sigmund von Birken , German writer
- 1707 : Barbara Helena Preissler , German miniature painter, copper engraver and wax boss
- 1733 : Maruyama Ōkyo , Japanese painter
- 1733 : Alessandro Longhi , Venetian portrait painter
- 1734 : Eberhard Gaupp , Swiss businessman
- 1742 : David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan , Scottish nobleman
- 1746 : Isaac Salomon Anspach , Swiss Protestant clergyman and politician
- 1747 : Genki , Japanese painter
- 1754 : Isaac René Guy Le Chapelier , French politician
- 1760 : Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray , French politician
- 1768 : Johann Gottfried Pahl , Wuerttemberg author, clergyman and politician
- 1771 : Patrick Gass , American soldier and explorer, member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- 1771 : Gottfried Konrad Hecht , German civil servant and botanist
- 1773 : Amschel Mayer Rothschild , German banker
- 1775 : Karl von Müffling called Weiß , Prussian field marshal, military writer and geodesist
- 1785 : Konrad Melsbach , Prussian district administrator
- 1794 : Karl Horn , German Protestant theologian, co-founder of the Jena Urburschenschaft
19th century
1801-1850
- 1805 : Alexander von Schoeller , Austrian industrialist and banker
- 1806 : John Augustus Roebling , German-American engineer, designer of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York
- 1821 : Louis Baare , German economic pioneer ( Reichsunfallversicherung ) and industrialist ( Bochumer Verein )
- 1821 : Luise Büchner , German women's rights activist and writer
- 1824 : Friedrich Fabri , German Protestant theologian and colonial politician
- 1827 : Johanna Spyri , Swiss writer (Heidi)
- 1831 : Hermann Schubert , German sculptor
- 1835 : George Andreas Atzerodt , German-American conspirator
- 1840 : Jakub Arbes , Bohemian journalist and writer
- 1842 : Friedrich Eduard Bilz , German naturopath
- 1842 : Rikard Nordraak , Norwegian composer
- 1843 : David Gill , British astronomer
- 1849 : Onofre Jarpa Labra , Chilean painter
1851-1900
- 1851 : Oliver Lodge , British physicist
- 1856 : Edouard Montet , Franco-Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1861 : Edmond Missa , French composer
- 1862 : Wilhelm Meyer-Förster , German writer
- 1865 : Anders Beer Wilse , Norwegian photographer
- 1866 : Alwin Brandes , German politician and trade union leader, Member of the Parliament, resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 1867 : Sylvester Stieber , German officer and colonial official
- 1874 : Charles L. McNary , American politician, senator
- 1876 : Maria Marc , German painter
- 1877 : Fritz Höger , German architect
- 1877 : Vanni Marcoux , French singer
- 1878 : Hans Aniol , German swimmer and water polo player
- 1878 : James Oliver Curwood , American writer
- 1879 : Rudolf Asmis , German lawyer and diplomat
- 1879 : Gérard Hekking , French cellist and music teacher
- 1881 : Johann Jakob Ammann , Austrian politician, LAbg
- 1883 : Heinrich Alfred Kaiser , German architect and painter
- 1884 : William Crosby Pierce Austin , British actor
- 1885 : Erich Bockemühl , German teacher, poet and organist
- 1885 : Frank Ferera , Hawaiian musician
- 1885 : Anton Pirchegger , Austrian politician, governor of Styria
- 1886 : E. Ray Goetz , American songwriter, producer, screenwriter, and actor
- 1889 : Otto Merz , German automobile racing driver
- 1890 : Théophile Alajouanine , French neurologist and author, pioneer of French psychiatry
- 1890 : Egon Schiele , Austrian expressionist painter
- 1892 : Djuna Barnes , American writer
- 1892 : Ferdinand Schörner , German field marshal, war criminal
- 1893 : Eliseo Grenet , Cuban pianist and composer
- 1894 : Paul Stremler , French racing car driver
- 1895 : Eugénie Brazier , French cook
- 1896 : Paul Appel , German poet and essayist
- 1897 : Percy Bryant , American bobsledder
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- 1897 : Anthony Eden , British politician, foreign minister, prime minister
- 1897 : Walter Peterhans , German photographer
- 1898 : Ludwig Friedrich Barthel , German narrator and essayist
- 1898 : Michail Jefimowitsch Kolzow , Soviet columnist and journalist
- 1899 : Anni Albers , German-American textile artist and graphic designer
- 1899 : Fritz Albert Lipmann , German-American biochemist, Nobel Prize winner
20th century
1901-1925
- 1904 : John Newmark , Canadian pianist
- 1905 : Arthur Flemming , American politician
- 1905 : Kurt Mantel , German forest scientist
- 1906 : János Németh , Hungarian water polo player
- 1908 : Otto Skorzeny , Austrian officer in the Waffen SS, head of commando companies
- 1909 : Wolfgang Frank , German writer
- 1910 : Ernst Tschernik , Sorbian teacher, scientist and statistician
- 1911 : Milovan Đilas , Serbian and Yugoslav politician, writer and dissident
- 1912 : Willi Brundert , German resistance fighter and local politician
- 1913 : Heinrich Keimig , German handball player
- 1917 : Gottfried Honegger , Swiss graphic artist, painter and sculptor
- 1918 : Samuel Zachary Arkoff , American film producer
- 1919 : Uta Hagen , German-American stage actress
- 1921 : HC Artmann , Austrian writer
- 1921 : Heinz Weiss , German actor
- 1922 : Günter Behnisch , German architect
- 1923 : Juan Arza Íñigo , Spanish football player and coach
- 1924 : George HW Bush , 41st President of the USA
- 1924 : Quido Wolf , Liechtenstein sports shooter
- 1925 : Raphaël Géminiani , French cyclist
1926-1950
- 1926 : Ibaragi Noriko , Japanese writer
- 1927 : Al Fairweather , British musician
- 1928 : Vic Damone , American singer and actor
- 1928 : Leon Zelman , Austrian publicist
- 1929 : Anne Frank , German victim of the Holocaust (The Diary of Anne Frank)
- 1929 : Eva Pflug , German actress
- 1929 : Frank Rosenthal , American casino manager
- 1929 : Klaus Steilmann , German textile entrepreneur
- 1930 : Jim Nabors , American actor, singer and comedian
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- 1930 : Otto Schenk , Austrian actor, cabaret artist, director and artistic director
- 1931 : Mac Ahlberg , Swedish cameraman, film director and screenwriter
- 1932 : Mimi Coertse , South African-Austrian soprano and chamber singer
- 1932 : Almut Rößler , German organist and church musician
- 1932 : Mamo Wolde , Ethiopian Olympic marathon champion
- 1933 : Michael Augustine , Indian clergyman and archbishop
- 1934 : Winfried Scharlau , German television journalist
- 1935 : Christoph Meckel , German writer and graphic artist
- 1936 : Jim Wagstaff , American football player and coach
- 1937 : Vladimir Igorewitsch Arnold , Russian mathematician
- 1937 : Antal Festetics , Austrian zoologist
- 1937 : Edmund Herr , German football player
- 1937 : Chips Moman , American music producer and composer
- 1939 : Kent Carter , American jazz musician
- 1939 : Tak Fujimoto , American cameraman
- 1941 : Chick Corea , American jazz musician
- 1941 : Roy Harper , British musician
- 1941 : Walther Umstätter , German professor for library and information science
- 1942 : Ahmed Aboul Gheit , Egyptian diplomat and politician
- 1942 : Bert Sakmann , German physician, Nobel Prize winner
- 1943 : Friedrich Kittler , German literary scholar and media theorist
- 1944 : Nelson Acosta , Chilean-Uruguayan football player and coach
- 1945 : Pat Jennings , Northern Irish soccer player
- 1945 : Heiner Sandig , German pastor and politician, Saxon commissioner for foreigners
- 1946 : Margot Queitsch , German politician, MdL
- 1948 : Jossi Beilin , Israeli statesman, pacifist
- 1948 : Hans Binder , Austrian racing car driver
- 1948 : Lyn Collins , American singer
- 1949 : John Wetton , British musician
- 1950 : Klaus Eberhartinger , Austrian singer and presenter ( EAV )
1951-1975
- 1951 : Hans Niessl , Austrian politician
- 1951 : Andranik Markarjan , Armenian Prime Minister
- 1952 : Spencer Abraham , American politician
- 1952 : Cornelia Hanisch , German fencer
- 1953 : Rocky Burnette , American singer
- 1953 : Oscar Edelstein , Argentine composer and music teacher
- 1953 : Gary Farmer , Canadian actor
- 1954 : Fred Borchelt , American rower
- 1954 : Belmiro Silva , Portuguese cyclist
- 1954 : Ricarda Strobel , German media scientist
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- 1955 : Renan Demirkan , German-Turkish writer and actress
- 1955 : Siegfried Stark , German athlete
- 1956 : Onutė Narbutaitė , Lithuanian composer
- 1957 : Lucia Aliberti , Italian opera singer
- 1957 : Geri Allen , American jazz pianist
- 1957 : Matthias Domaschk , civil rights activist in the GDR
- 1958 : Mark Amodei , American politician
- 1958 : Meredith Brooks , American singer and songwriter
- 1959 : Beniamino Vignola , Italian football player
- 1960 : Hagen Stamm , German water polo player
- 1961 : Gary Wayne Athans , Canadian alpine ski racer
- 1961 : Hannelore Kraft , German politician, Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 1962 : Juan Atkins , American techno musician and producer
- 1962 : Neil Cunningham , New Zealand racing car driver
- 1963 : Philippe Bugalski , French rally driver
- 1963 : Cora van Nieuwenhuizen , Dutch politician
- 1964 : Sahnie , German bass player
- 1964 : Lars Reichow , German cabaret artist
- 1964 : Jürgen P. Lang , German political scientist
- 1965 : Wolfgang Herrndorf , German writer
- 1965 : Karin Thaler , German actress
- 1965 : Filip Topol , Czech singer, songwriter and pianist
- 1965 : Gwen Torrence , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1967 : Peter Nix , German cameraman
- 1967 : Frances O'Connor , British-Australian actress
- 1968 : Lea Ann Parsley , American skeleton pilot
- 1968 : Ina Weisse , German actress
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- 1969 : Heinz-Christian Strache , Austrian politician
- 1970 : Devin Edgerton , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1970 : Gordon Michael Woolvett , Canadian actor
- 1971 : Mark Henry , American powerlifting, weightlifter, and wrestler
- 1971 : MC Breed , American rapper
- 1971 : Elisabeth Lanz , Austrian theater and television actress
- 1972 : Christian Drosten , German virologist
- 1972 : Arthur Farh , Liberian soccer player
- 1972 : Bounty Killer , Jamaican dancehall deejay
- 1972 : Inger Miller , American athlete
- 1973 : Thomas Aigner , Austrian historian
- 1973 : Andreas Tyrone Dregen , American ski racer
- 1974 : Markus Anfang , German soccer player
- 1974 : Christine Francke , German soccer player
- 1974 : Jason Mewes , American television star and actor
- 1975 : Harold Primat , Swiss racing car driver
1976-2000
- 1976 : Katja Husen , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1976 : Antawn Jamison , American basketball player
- 1976 : Thomas Sørensen , Danish football player
- 1977 : Burak Akdiş , Turkish football player
- 1977 : Kenny Wayne Shepherd , American blues rock musician
- 1979 : Diego Milito , Argentine soccer player
- 1979 : Robyn , Swedish pop singer
- 1980 : Karel Novy , Swiss swimmer
- 1980 : Rogério , Brazilian soccer player
- 1980 : Andreas Thiele , German actor
- 1981 : Eugene Galekovic , Australian soccer player
- 1981 : Klemen Lavrič , Slovenian football player
- 1981 : Adriana Lima , Brazilian model
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- 1981 : Nora Tschirner , German actress and presenter
- 1982 : Loïc Duval , French racing car driver
- 1982 : Andreas Wolf , German soccer player
- 1985 : Pablo Abián , Spanish badminton player
- 1985 : Kendra Wilkinson , American model
- 1985 : Claire Oelkers , German musician and actress
- 1985 : Dave Franco , American actor
- 1987 : Igor Anic , French handball player
- 1987 : Alexander Heib , German handball player
- 1987 : Max Snegirev , Russian racing driver
- 1988 : Eren Derdiyok , Swiss football player
- 1988 : Diogo Portela , Brazilian darts player
- 1989 : Shane Lowry , Irish-Australian soccer player
- 1990 : Jrue Holiday , American basketball player
- 1990 : Kate Bracken , Scottish actress
- 1992 : Philippe Coutinho , Brazilian soccer player
- 1992 : Shizuka Okazaki , Japanese motorcycle racer
- 1992 : Signe Sjølund , Danish handball player
- 1996 : Anna Margaret , American singer, songwriter, and actress
- 1996 : Davinson Sánchez , Colombian soccer player
- 1998 : Eno , German rapper
- 1998 : Attila Valter , Hungarian cyclist
- 2000 : Luis Lehnert , German Nordic combined athlete
21st century
- 2002 : Charles Crombez , Belgian actor
Died
Before the 19th century
- 783 : Bertrada the Younger , mother of Charlemagne
- 816 : Leo III. , Pope
- 1119 : Adalgod von Osterburg , Count of Veltheim and Archbishop of Magdeburg
- 1152 : Henry of Scotland , Prince of Scotland and heir to Alba and Huntingdon
- 1153 : Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick , English nobleman
- 1253 : Boniface II , Margrave of Montferrat and titular king of Thessaloniki
- 1292 : Johann II of Eu , Count of Eu
- 1394 : Guy de Prangins , Bishop of Lausanne
- 1403 : Albrecht IV of Querfurt , German Archbishop of Magdeburg
- 1418 : Bernard VII , Count of Armagnac, Connétable of France
- 1420 : Adolf von Nassau-Dillenburg , Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
- 1428 : Zawisza Czarny , Polish knight
- 1478 : Ludovico III. Gonzaga , son of Marquis Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga of Mantua
- 1516 : Ernst , Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
- 1545 : Francis I , Duke of Lorraine
- 1560 : Imagawa Yoshimoto , Japanese daimyo
- 1574 : Renée de France , daughter of King Louis XII. from France
- 1577 : Nicolas de Lorraine, duc de Mercoeur , French nobleman
- 1670 : Sultan Hasanuddin , King of Gowa and Indonesian national hero
- 1675 : Charles Emanuel II , Duke of Savoy
- 1683 : Tobias Pock , German painter
- 1683 : Elisabeth of Ungnad , German noblewoman
- 1709 : Jacob Born , lawyer from the Electorate of Saxony and mayor of Leipzig
- 1725 : Tommaso Maria Napoli , Sicilian architect, mathematician and Dominican
- 1734 : James Fitzjames, 1st Duke of Berwick , illegitimate son of the British King James II, military leader of the Jacobites in French and Spanish services, Marshal and peer of France and Spanish grandee
- 1739 : Georg Albrecht , Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Barby
- 1743 : Johann Bernhard Bach , German composer
- 1747 : Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn , Bishop of Seckau, Prince-Bishop of Olmütz and Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg
- 1750 : Muhammad Bahawal Khan I , Emir and Nawab of Bahawalpur
- 1754 : Johann Friedrich Nolte , German pedagogue and philologist
- 1758 : August Wilhelm of Prussia , Prussian Prince and General
- 1759 : William Collins , English poet
- 1765 : Oswald von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen , canon of Baden in Cologne
- 1772 : Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne , French explorer
- 1789 : Jean-Étienne Liotard , Geneva pastel and enamel painter
19th century
- 1801 : David Claparède , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1803 : Athanasius Hettenkofer , German abbot
- 1805 : Johann Koenen , German lawyer
- 1816 : Charles Pierre François Augereau , Duke of Castiglione
- 1825 : Arnold Mallinckrodt , German writer, publisher and publicist in the Prussian Westphalia
- 1842 : Thomas Arnold , English theologian and educator
- 1849 : Angelica Catalani , Italian opera singer
- 1858 : Carl Franz Pitsch , Bohemian organist and composer
- 1854 : Auguste von Anhalt-Dessau , Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- 1854 : Alexander Hangerli , Prince of Moldova
- 1877 : Ludvig Kristensen Daa , Norwegian politician and publicist
- 1878 : George V , last monarch of the short-lived Kingdom of Hanover
- 1878 : Julius Faucher , German journalist, free trader and Manchester liberal
- 1878 : William Cullen Bryant , American poet and journalist
- 1888 : Julius Karl Arndt , German pastor and hymn poet
- 1896 : Nicodemus Kavikunua , traditional leader of the Herero
- 1898 : Ludwig Turban the Elder , Minister of State in Baden
- 1900 : Jean Frédéric Frenet , French mathematician, astronomer and meteorologist
20th century
1901-1950
- 1903 : Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm André , German lawyer and politician
- 1904 : Camille de Renesse , Belgian count
- 1912 : Marshall Arnold , American politician
- 1912 : Frédéric Passy , French politician and humanist, first winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1917 : Teresa Carreño , Venezuelan pianist and composer
- 1919 : Hermann Lietz , German educator
- 1920 : Eduard Clausnitzer , German theologian, educator and writer
- 1922 : Wolfgang Kapp , German administrative officer, general landscape director in Königsberg, putschist
- 1924 : Jacques de Morgan , French engineer and Egyptologist
- 1925 : Richard Teichmann , German chess master
- 1925 : Walter Rheiner , German poet and writer
- 1929 : Marie Henri Andoyer , French astronomer and mathematician
- 1932 : Rudolf Braune , German writer and journalist
- 1936 : Karl Kraus , Austrian writer and publicist ( The Torch , The Last Days of Mankind )
- 1937 : Mikhail Nikolajewitsch Tukhachevsky , Soviet Marshal of the Red Army
- 1942 : Walter Leigh , British composer
- 1943 : Hanns Heinz Ewers , German writer and filmmaker
- 1947 : Jāzeps Mediņš , Latvian composer
1951-2000
- 1951 : Anna Feldhusen , German painter and etcher
- 1951 : Marcel Tournier , French harpist and composer
- 1952 : Michael von Faulhaber , German priest and theologian, Bishop of Speyer, Archbishop of Munich and Freising, Cardinal
- 1953 : Leslie Graham , British motorcycle racer
- 1954 : E. Ray Goetz , American songwriter, producer, screenwriter, and actor
- 1957 : Jimmy Dorsey , American band leader
- 1957 : Peggy Hopkins Joyce , American actress
- 1957 : Monte Melkonian , American political activist, Asala terrorist and militant
- 1957 : Stanisław Szpinalski , Polish pianist and music teacher
- 1960 : Hugo Atzwanger , Austrian painter, graphic artist, photographer and folklorist
- 1963 : Eduard Fiedler , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, State Minister, Member of the Bundestag
- 1966 : Hermann Scherchen , German conductor and composer
- 1966 : Aimé Steck , French composer
- 1968 : Fidelio F. Finke , German composer
- 1969 : Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie , Russian painter, printmaker and sculptor
- 1971 : Nathan Ackerman , American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and university professor
- 1971 : Hermann Sendelbach , German poet from Lower Franconia
- 1972 : Saul Alinsky , American civil rights activist
- 1972 : Ludwig von Bertalanffy , Austrian biologist and naturalist
- 1975 : Alfred Kurella , German writer, cultural functionary of the SED in the GDR
- 1975 : Heinz Bosl , German dancer
- 1976 : Peter Etzenbach , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1977 : Werner Willi Max Eiselen , South African apartheid politician and anthropologist
- 1978 : Johnny Bond , American singer and actor
- 1978 : Hans Peters , German graphic artist, painter and art teacher
- 1980 : Gerónimo Arnedo Álvarez , Argentine politician
- 1980 : Stu Martin , American jazz drummer
- 1981 : Anton Freiherr von Aretin , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1981 : Harri Bading , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1982 : Otto Brunner , Austrian historian
- 1982 : Karl von Frisch , German zoologist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1983 : Clemens Holzmeister , Austrian architect
- 1983 : Norma Shearer , American actress
- 1985 : Dominique Laffin , French actress
- 1985 : Helmuth Plessner , German philosopher and sociologist
- 1986 : Ernst Scholz , Minister for Construction of the GDR
- 1987 : Paul Janes , German soccer player
- 1988 : Jean-Daniel Chapuis , Swiss Protestant clergyman
- 1988 : Emil Telmányi , Hungarian violinist and conductor
- 1989 : Robert Rollwage , German politician, MdL
- 1990 : Georg Meistermann , German painter
- 1991 : Eleonore Astfalck , German curative and social pedagogue
- 1992 : Renié , American costume designer, Oscar winner
- 1995 : Maitland Farmer , Canadian organist, harpsichordist and music teacher
- 1995 : Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli , Italian pianist
- 1997 : Bulat Schalwowitsch Okudschawa , Russian chansonnier
21st century
- 2001 : Carl-Axel Acking , Swedish architect and furniture designer
- 2001 : Robert Hochner , Austrian journalist
- 2002 : Bill Blass , American fashion designer
- 2002 : Raimund Girke , German painter
- 2003 : Gregory Peck , American film actor
- 2003 : Itamar Assumpção , Brazilian singer, composer, arranger and actor
- 2003 : Rico Steinemann , Swiss journalist, Porsche race director and car racing driver
- 2004 : Bassam Salih Kubba , Iraqi politician
- 2006 : György Ligeti , Hungarian-Austrian composer
- 2006 : Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet , Canadian businessman and art collector
- 2006 : James Winter , American bugler and professor
- 2007 : Guy de Rothschild , French banker and industrialist
- 2011 : René Audet , Canadian bishop
- 2011 : John Hospers , American philosophy professor
- 2011 : Gerhard Krug , German soccer player
- 2011 : Kathrin Rüegg , Swiss author and television presenter
- 2011 : Laura Ziskin , American film producer
- 2012 : Margarete Mitscherlich , German psychoanalyst and author
- 2012 : Elinor Ostrom , American political scientist, Nobel Prize winner
- 2013 : Jiroemon Kimura , Japanese age record holder
- 2014 : Richard Arnowitt , American theoretical physicist
- 2014 : Frank Schirrmacher , German journalist
- 2014 : Jimmy Scott , American jazz singer
- 2015 : Peter Boerner , German-American literary scholar and Goethe researcher
- 2016 : Fabrizio Pirovano , Italian motorcycle racer
- 2016 : George Voinovich , American politician
- 2017 : Rosalie , German artist
- 2017 : Charles P. Thacker , American computer scientist
- 2018 : Jon Hiseman , British drummer
- 2019 : Sylvia Miles , American actress
- 2019 : Elfriede Ott , Austrian actress
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial day
- Isaak le Febvre , French witness of faith (Protestant)
- St. Leo III. , Italian Pope (Catholic)
- First Council of Nicaea (Evangelical: LCMS )
- Name days
- State holidays and memorial days
- Russia : Day of Russia (since 1991)
- Philippines : Independence Day (since 1961)
- regional customs
- Dia dos Namorados ( Day of the Lovers ), Brazilian counterpart to Valentine's Day
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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