13th January
The January 13 (in Austria and South Tyrol : January 13 ) is the 13th day of the Gregorian calendar , thus still remain 352 (353 in leap years) days until the end of the year.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 27 BC Chr . : In Rome begins a state act lasting several days, with which the civil war is officially declared over. The republic is formally restored, but in fact an order tailored to Octavian is created, which later becomes known as the Principate .
- 532 : In Konstantin Opel the rigid tax policy breaks due Justinian I and his strict approach against the circus parties of the Nika riots of.
- 1257 : In the double election of 1256/57 , Richard of Cornwall in Frankfurt am Main is elected Roman-German king by some of the electors .
- 1408 : The Bund ob dem See under the leadership of Appenzell suffers a defeat against the knight army Sankt Jörgenschild in the Battle of Bregenz . The Appenzell Wars are subsequently reduced to the conflict between Appenzell and the Prince Abbey of St. Gallen .
- 1634 : In the address of allegiance known as the Pilsen Revers , which was largely promoted by Generals Christian von Ilow and Adam Erdmann Trčka von Lípa , his officer corps affirmed their loyalty to Wallenstein . Emperor Ferdinand II rates the confession as high treason by his generalissimo and subsequently orders his arrest.
- 1750 : In the Treaty of Madrid , Spain and Portugal agree to redefine the boundaries of their possessions in South America . It replaces several older contract documents.
- 1838 : The troops of the conservative military José Rafael Carrera Turcios conquer Guatemala City, ruled by liberals . The soldiers begin looting, killing, and raping. A few weeks later, the riots lead to the secession of several provinces from Guatemala , which merge to form the short-lived state of Los Altos .
- 1842 : During the First Anglo-Afghan War it comes to the battle of Gandamak . Only six men of William George Keith Elphinstone's British army survived the defeat against the Afghans, of whom only William Brydon reached the original destination of Jalalabad a few days later .
- 1895 : In the Battle of Coatit , a preventive attack by the Ethiopian governor of Tigray on Italian Eritrea fails
- 1898 : The French author Émile Zola publishes his open letter J'accuse…! (I Accuse ...!) To the Dreyfus affair to the French President Félix Faure . The article leads to the reopening of the proceedings against Alfred Dreyfus and ultimately to his rehabilitation, but also to numerous harassments against Zola himself, including an indictment of "defamation".
- 1920 : The USPD and KPD call for a demonstration in front of the Berlin Reichstag building against the planned passage of the Works Council Act . Security guards open fire on the crowd . 42 rally participants die, 105 are injured.
- 1935 : In the Saar vote , 90.7 percent of the participants decide to reintegrate the Saar region into the German Reich . Before the vote, the saying Heim ins Reich will probably be used for the first time .
- 1945 : With the attack on Königsberg by the 3rd Belarusian Front of the Red Army , the battle of East Prussia in World War II , which lasts until April 25, begins .
- 1945 : A heavy air raid by the British Royal Air Force with 274 aircraft is directed against Saarbrücken .
- 1953 : So-called medical conspiracy : In an article in Pravda , some of the most respected and well-known doctors in the Soviet Union (many of them Jews) are accused of being involved in an alleged conspiracy to assassinate the top Soviet political and military leadership.
- 1963 : The first President of Togo , Sylvanus Olympio , is assassinated by putschists led by Gnassingbé Eyadéma and Emmanuel Bodjollé . Nicolas Grunitzky is appointed as Togo's new head of state .
- 1967 : Gnassingbé Eyadéma staged another coup in Togo . President Nicolas Grunitzky has to flee abroad. Gnassingbé Eyadéma takes over his duties.
- 1972 : After a drastic devaluation of the Ghanaian currency Cedi , Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong carries out a bloodless coup against President Edward Akufo-Addo and Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and takes over the leadership of Ghana .
- 1980 : At its federal assembly in Karlsruhe , left and ecological groups founded the German federal party Die Grünen .
- 1986 : In South Yemen , a civil war breaks out, as President Ali Nasir Muhammad the Politburo absent of the country and his bodyguards kill the Vice President and four other members of the Politburo.
- 1990 : Douglas Wilder becomes governor of Virginia , making it the first African-American governor to be elected in a US state.
- 1991 : On the night of January 12-13, 1991, Soviet OMON troops occupy the television tower in Vilnius , Lithuania , the building of the radio and television committee. In the ultimately unsuccessful coup attempt, a total of 14 people were killed and over 1000 injured; the events went down in history as January events in Lithuania in 1991 .
- 1991 : Lothar Späth ( CDU ), Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg since 1978 , announces his resignation in the wake of the dream ship affair .
- 1993 : The former head of state and party leader in the German Democratic Republic Erich Honecker and his wife Margot go into exile in Chile .
- 1993 : The signing of the Chemical Weapons Convention begins in Paris .
- 2018 : The official youth organization of the right-wing extremist NPD , Young National Democrats, founded in 1967, is renamed Young Nationalists .
economy
- 1598 : The London Stalhof of the Hanseatic League is closed on the instructions of Queen Elizabeth I and all goods are confiscated. It is a reaction to the closure of the Merchant Adventurers' branch in Stade by Emperor Rudolf II.
- 1942 : The automobile manufacturer Henry Ford receives a US patent for a car chassis construction that he has already implemented in the chassis of the soybean car .
- 1957 : The Wham-O company produces the Pluto plates developed by Walter Frederic Morrison , which later became known as Frisbee discs.
- 1977 : A major accident in reactor block A of the Gundremmingen nuclear power plant leads to the total destruction of the nuclear reactor . It is the first and so far only major accident involving a nuclear power plant with a total loss. The dismantling of the reactor block begins in 1983 .
science and technology
- 1902 : The first adult education center in the German Reich is built in the Rotes Rathaus in Berlin .
- 1908 : The French Henri Farman succeeds in his first powered flight over a distance of more than one kilometer with his biplane . For this he received the Grand Prix d'Aviation .
- 1908 : In a scientific lecture in Stuttgart under the title About the evidence of human heredity , the physician and geneticist formulated Wilhelm Weinberg , the later for him and the mathematician Godfrey Hardy called Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium of population genetics.
- 1910 : The Metropolitan Opera in New York City broadcasts the first opera broadcast in the history of radio that also features Enrico Caruso's voice.
- 1930 : During the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Sir Douglas Mawson , a group of ten small islands is discovered, which is named Aagaard Islands .
- 1943 : The German test pilot Rudolf Schenk is the first person to catapult himself out of a Heinkel He 280 with an ejection seat .
- 1986 : On Voyager 2 recordings, three other moons of Uranus are discovered : Desdemona , Rosalind and Belinda .
Culture
- 1668 : The first performance of the comedy Amphitryon by Molière takes place with great success in the Palais Royal in Paris. The piece is largely an arrangement of the Amphitruo von Plautus .
- 1775 : The dramma giocoso La finta giardiniera (The gardener out of love) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has its first performance in Munich.
- 1782 : The premiere of Friedrich Schiller's Sturm und Drang drama Die Räuber , directed by Wolfgang Heribert von Dalberg, takes place at the Mannheim National Theater . Since the main actor August Wilhelm Iffland appears in contemporary clothing, there is a scandal because of the blunt criticism of feudal rule .
- 1834 : The first version of the opera Das Nachtlager in Granada by Conradin Kreutzer with spoken dialogues is premiered at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna. The libretto is by Karl Johann Braun von Braunthal based on the play Das Nachtlager von Granada by Johann Friedrich Kind .
- 1911 : The tragic comedy Die Ratten by Gerhart Hauptmann is premiered at the Berlin Lessing Theater.
- 1945 : The world premiere of the patriotic-heroic 5th symphony by Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew takes place in Moscow .
- 1952 : In Nuremberg the comic opera is the sly Susanne of Franz Xaver Lehner premiered.
- 1968 : Johnny Cash records his first live album in a prison with June Carter and the Tennessee Three at Folsom State Prison , California . At Folsom Prison becomes one of the most successful albums of all time.
society
- 1911 : An unemployed that have become Navy Koch stands in the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum on Rembrandt's painting The Night Watch with a knife.
- 2004 : Helmut Kohl receives the International Adalbert Prize .
religion
- 1129 : The Council of Troyes recognizes the independence of the Knights Templar .
- 1544 : At the second Diet of Västerås it is announced that Sweden's King Gustav I Wasa and the estates adhere to the Protestant faith .
- 1568 : The Transylvanian state parliament under King Johann Sigismund issues the Edict of Torda , which equates Catholics , Lutherans , Reformed and Unitarians .
- 1841 : The abolition of all monasteries in the Swiss canton of Aargau leads to the Aargau monastery dispute .
- 1902 : With his thesis, expressed in a lecture to the German Orient Society , that the Jewish religion and the Old Testament were based on Babylonian roots , the Assyriologist Friedrich Delitzsch triggers the Babel-Bible dispute .
- 1964 : Karol Józef Wojtyła is ordained Archbishop of Kraków .
- 1992 : The 9th Jebtsundamba Khutukhtu , whose identity the Dalai Lama kept secret for over 50 years, is symbolically enthroned in Dharamsala .
Disasters
- 1840 : A fire breaks out on the Lexington paddle steamer , which is on the way from Manhattan to Stonington, Connecticut, due to serious design flaws , causing it to float rudderlessly on the East River . Of the 143 people on board, only four survive.
- 1915 : An earthquake of intensity 7.5 in Avezzano , Italy claims more than 30,000 lives .
- 1917 : In one of the most serious railway accidents in the world, a train overcrowded with wounded Russian soldiers and refugees derails in the station in the Romanian town of Ciurea . The accident claims between 600 and 1000 deaths.
- 1985 : A passenger train falls from a bridge in the Ethiopian city of Awash . At least 392 people die and about 370 are injured.
- 2001 : 944 people are killed in a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in El Salvador .
- 2012 : The cruise ship Costa Concordia the shipping company Costa Crociere under the command of Captain Francesco Schettino of the island runs near Giglio aground and capsized.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
Sports
- 1995 : The Danish national football team wins with a 2: 0 win over Argentina , the second edition of the King Fahd Cup - the forerunner of the first time in 1997 discharged FIFA Confederations Cup .
- 2012 : The 1st Winter Youth Olympic Games are opened in Innsbruck by the Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1334 : Henry II , King of Castile and León
- 1361 : Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland , advisor to Richard II.
- 1381 : Colette von Corbie , French abbess of the Poor Clares, Catholic saint
- 1400 : John of Portugal , Duke of Avero
- 1403 : Ulrich II von Rosenberg , Lord von Rosenberg and governor in Bohemia
- 1406 : Matteo Palmieri , Italian humanist
- 1502 : Anton Lauterbach , Lutheran theologian, superintendent in Pirna
- 1505 : Joachim II , Elector of Brandenburg
- 1516 : Adriaen Pauw , Dutch merchant and politician
- 1517 : Bohuslav Felix von Lobkowitz and Hassenstein , Bohemian class politician
- 1566 : Maria von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , Duchess of Saxony-Lauenburg
- 1571 : Carlo Antonio Procaccini , Italian painter
- 1596 : Jan van Goyen , Dutch landscape painter
- 1610 : Maria Anna of Austria , Archduchess of Austria
- 1635 : Philipp Jacob Spener , German Protestant theologian
- 1645 : Jakob Dietlof von Arnim , colonel in Brandenburg, major general and captain
- 1659 : Johann Arnold Nering , architect of the Electorate of Brandenburg
- 1662 : Johann Christian Adami the Elder , German theologian and hymn poet
- 1672 : Lucia Filippini , Italian founder of the Maestre Pie Filippini Sisters' Congregation
18th century
- 1703 : Elias Dollhopf , Bohemian Baroque painter
- 1714 : Christian Friedrich Polz , German logician and Protestant theologian
- 1726 : Simon Louis du Ry , German architect
- 1731 : Carl von Gontard , German architect
- 1734 : Luka Sorkočević , Croatian diplomat and composer
- 1737 : Joseph Hilarius Eckhel , Austrian Jesuit and numismatist
- 1742 : Franz Anton Donat Heusslein von Eußenheim , Franconian Lieutenant Colonel and Chamberlain of the High Duke of Würzburg
- 1745 : Gottlieb Ludolph Krehl , German Protestant clergyman
- 1749 : Painter Müller , German painter, engraver and poet
- 1752 : Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel , Portuguese Italian-speaking poet
- 1753 : Johann Christian Stark the Elder , German medic
- 1762 : Johann Gottfried Hagemeister , German actor, poet, publicist and teacher
- 1763 : Alexandre Andrault de Langeron , Russian general, governor of Crimea and governor general of New Russia
- 1764 : Johann Marcus David , German painter
- 1765 : Anton Heinrich Dammert , German hydraulic engineer
- 1770 : Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlob von Bibra , German farmer and politician
- 1778 : Johann Gotthelf Richter , German lawyer
- 1779 : William Badger , American politician, governor of New Hampshire
- 1780 : Vinzenz Adelmann , German medic
- 1780 : Pierre-Jean Robiquet , French chemist
- 1785 : Ernst Carl von Ahlefeldt , German nobleman, district administrator, master of the estates of Oehe and Rögen
- 1787 : Julius Constantijn Rijk , Dutch and Governor of Suriname
- 1789 : Ignacy Hilary Ledóchowski , Polish general and commandant of Modlin Fortress
- 1792 : Friedrich von Schmauß , Bavarian fortress builder
19th century
1801-1850
- 1802 : Eduard von Bauernfeld , Austrian comedy poet
- 1803 : Friedrich Beckmann , German comedian
- 1804 : Paul Gavarni , French lithographer
- 1806 : Michel Chevalier , French economist and free trader
- 1806 : Eugen Napoleon Neureuther , German painter
- 1807 : Theodor Julius Hertel , German lawyer and mayor
- 1808 : Salmon P. Chase , American politician and lawyer
- 1809 : Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust , Saxon and Austrian politician
- 1810 : Thomas Arbousset , French missionary
- 1812 : Victor de Laprade , French poet
- 1815 : Ernst Elias Niebergall , German writer
- 1815 : Rosine Stoltz , French opera singer
- 1819 : Carl von Diebitsch , Prussian architect
- 1819 : Franz Hettinger , Roman Catholic priest and professor
- 1820 : Leopold Hoesch , German entrepreneur
- 1832 : Horatio Alger , American author
- 1834 : John Gilbert Baker , British botanist, taxonomist and ecologist
- 1835 : Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns , Belgian lawyer, politician and diplomat, co-founder of the Institut de droit international
- 1836 : Giuseppe Abbati , Italian painter
- 1837 : Hugo von Strauss and Torney , Prussian district administrator, police and senate president
- 1838 : Ernst Christian Achelis , German Protestant theologian
- 1838 : Joseph Higgins , Roman Catholic bishop
- 1840 : Michael Haller , German church musician and composer
- 1842 : Heinrich Hofmann , German composer
- 1843 : David Ferrier , British neuroscientist
- 1844 : Ernst Marno , Austrian explorer of Africa
- 1845 : Karel Eichler , Czech priest and author
- 1845 : Félix Tisserand , French mathematician and astronomer
- 1846 : Emil Hundrieser , German sculptor
- 1848 : Richard Eilenberg , German composer
- 1848 : Lilla Cabot Perry , American painter
- 1848 : Franz von Soxhlet , German agricultural chemist
- 1849 : Alfhild Agrell , Swedish writer
- 1849 : Erwin Bälz , German internist and anthropologist, personal physician of the Imperial Family and co-founder of modern medicine in Japan
1851-1900
- 1851 : Franz Friedrich Kohl , Austrian entomologist and folk song researcher
- 1853 : Carola Bruch-Sinn , Austrian writer
- 1854 : Leonhard Romeis , German architect of historicism
- 1855 : Otto Lehmann , German physicist, "father" of liquid crystal research
- 1856 : Rudolf Bullerjahn , city music director in Göttingen
- 1857 : Paul Ewald , German Protestant theologian and university professor
- 1857 : Henry Thode , German art historian
- 1858 : Oskar Minkowski , German physician
- 1859 : Karl Bleibtreu , German writer
- 1861 : Max Nonne , German neurologist
- 1864 : Josef Kerschensteiner , German painter
- 1864 : Wilhelm Wien , German physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1865 : Peter Bruckmann , German manufacturer
- 1866 : Vasily Sergejewitsch Kalinnikow , Russian composer
- 1868 : Julian Borchardt , German journalist and politician
- 1868 : Julius Wieting , German surgeon
- 1869 : William J. Bulow , American politician
- 1869 : Ivo Ćipiko , Serbian writer of Croatian origin
- 1869 : Emanuel Philibert of Savoy-Aosta , 2nd Duke of Aosta, Italian general
- 1870 : Jędrzej Moraczewski , Polish politician, Prime Minister
- 1870 : Henryk Opieński , Polish composer
- 1873 : Walther Bensemann , German football pioneer
- 1874 : Jozef-Ernest Van Roey , Belgian clergyman, Archbishop of Mechelen and Cardinal
- 1876 : Karl Andres , German landowner, viticulture lobbyist and politician
- 1876 : Georg Baesecke , German old Germanist
- 1876 : Erhard Schmidt , German mathematician
- 1878 : Sydney Arnold, 1st Baron Arnold , British politician
- 1880 : Herbert Brenon , American director, screenwriter, and actor
- 1881 : Friedrich Knutzen , German politician
- 1882 : Darius Paul Dassault , French general, member of the Resistance
- 1882 : Alois Hitler jr. , Half-brother of Adolf Hitler
- 1883 : Nate Cartmell , American athlete
- 1883 : Friedrich Klinge , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1883 : Franz Xaver Seppelt , German church historian
- 1883 : Ludwig Strecker , German music publisher
- 1884 : Joseph Francis Rock , Austrian-American researcher, geographer, linguist and botanist
- 1884 : Sophie Tucker , American comedian and singer
- 1885 : Roger Boucher , French organist and composer
- 1886 : Art Ross , Canadian ice hockey coach
- 1887 : Friedrich Gogarten , German Lutheran theologian
- 1888 : Wassil Boschinow , Bulgarian composer
- 1890 : Jüri Uluots , Estonian lawyer and politician
- 1891 : Bruno Kurzweil , Austrian lawyer
- 1891 : Miguel Pro , Mexican Catholic priest and martyr
- 1893 : Armgard von Alvensleben , German abbess, general manager of the Evangelical German Railway Mission
- 1893 : Clark Ashton Smith , American poet, sculptor, painter, and author
- 1895 : Anton Betzner , German writer, essayist and radio play author
- 1895 : Abraham Binder , American composer
- 1895 : Rudolf Jakob Humm , Swiss writer and translator
- 1897 : Gerty Spies , German writer
- 1898 : Jan Cyž , Sorbian lawyer and publisher, Bautzen district administrator
- 1898 : Kaj Munk , Danish pastor and poet, resistance fighter and martyr
- 1899 : Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer , German chemist
- 1899 : Lev Vladimirovich Kuleschow , Soviet director
- 1900 : Josef Hufnagel , German politician
- 1900 : Siegfried Schürenberg , German actor
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : Wilhelm Hanle , German physicist
- 1902 : Edmund Geilenberg , German locksmith, representative of the German armaments industry and military economic leader in the Third Reich
- 1902 : Karl Menger , Austrian mathematician
- 1903 : Arthur Dom , Dutch-German motorcycle racer and engineer
- 1903 : Olaf Klose , German art historian and librarian
- 1903 : Herbert Post , German type artist, typographer and book designer
- 1904 : Richard Addinsell , British film composer
- 1904 : Anton Besold , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1904 : Eduard Schüller , German engineer
- 1905 : Kay Francis , American actress
- 1906 : Vitaly Michailowitsch Abalakow , Soviet mountaineer
- 1907 : Richard Stanton Avery , American entrepreneur, inventor of the self-adhesive price label
- 1907 : Bruno Mathsson , Swedish architect and designer
- 1907 : George Raynor , English football player and coach
- 1907 : Georg Renno , German doctor, jointly responsible for the National Socialist euthanasia program T4
- 1907 : Stanisław Wygodzki , Polish-Jewish writer and translator
- 1908 : Michel Gyarmathy , Hungarian director and costume designer
- 1908 : Enrico Paoli , Italian chess player and author of chess compositions
- 1908 : Earle Wheeler , American general, Chief of Staff of the Army and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- 1909 : Danny Barker , American banjo player, singer, composer, guitarist, ukulele player and band leader of traditional jazz
- 1909 : Helm Glöckler , German racing car driver
- 1909 : Quentin Jackson , American jazz trombonist
- 1909 : Jack Manders , American football player
- 1909 : Marinus van der Lubbe , Dutch communist, alleged perpetrator of the Reichstag fire
- 1911 : Guido del Mestri , Vatican diplomat, apostolic nuncio and cardinal
- 1911 : Dieter Wisliceny , SS officer and war criminal
- 1913 : Toni Kurz , German mountaineer
- 1913 : Werenfried van Straaten , Dutch Catholic religious priest, founder of the aid organization Church in Need
- 1914 : Jijé , Belgian comic artist and author
- 1915 : Heinz Neukirchen , German admiral of the People's Navy of the National People's Army of the GDR
- 1915 : Sergio Grieco , Italian film director and screenwriter
- 1918 : Cissy Kraner , Austrian actress, singer and cabaret artist
- 1918 : Winand Victor , German painter
- 1919 : Ludwig Janda , German football player
- 1919 : Robert Stack , American film actor
- 1920 : Roland Minkowitsch , Austrian politician
- 1920 : Knut Nordahl , Swedish football player
- 1920 : Erich Zeller , German figure skater and figure skating coach
- 1921 : Pedro Luís António , Angolan bishop
- 1921 : Ferdinand Erpenbeck , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1922 : Clarence Anderson , American fighter pilot and test pilot
- 1922 : Albert Lamorisse , French director
- 1922 : Thomas Valentin , German writer
- 1923 : Willem Slijkhuis , Dutch medium and long distance runner
- 1924 : Paul Feyerabend , American philosopher
- 1924 : Walter Flöttl , Austrian banker
- 1924 : Wolfgang Kraus , Austrian non-fiction author, moderator
- 1924 : Roland Petit , French choreographer and dancer
- 1925 : Klaus Herm , German actor
- 1925 : Gwen Verdon , American actress
1926-1950
- 1926 : Michael Bond , English writer ( Paddington Bear )
- 1926 : Carolyn Heilbrun , American writer and suffragette
- 1927 : Brockman Adams , American politician
- 1927 : Liz Anderson , American country singer and songwriter
- 1927 : Sydney Brenner , British biologist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1928 : Helmut Heinrichs , German judge
- 1928 : Arthur Luiz Piza , Brazilian painter and printmaker
- 1929 : David F. Cargo , American politician
- 1929 : Erich Mulzer , German historian and chairman of the Altstadtfreunde Nürnberg e. V.
- 1929 : Alois Partl , Austrian politician
- 1929 : Joe Pass , American jazz guitarist and composer
- 1929 : Günter Schmidt , German major general of the Ministry for State Security of the GDR
- 1930 : Kurt Bartlewski , German engineer and local politician
- 1930 : Willi Hört , German engineer and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Lord Mayor of Koblenz
- 1930 : Bobby Lester , American doowop singer
- 1930 : Hanns Peters , German rower and Catholic association official
- 1930 : Frances Sternhagen , American film and stage actress
- 1931 : Ian Hendry , British actor
- 1931 : Flora Nwapa , Nigerian writer
- 1931 : Rip Taylor , American actor and entertainer
- 1932 : Gilles Ségal , French actor
- 1932 : Joseph Zen Ze-kiun , Chinese priest, bishop of Hong Kong and cardinal
- 1934 : Denise Guénard , French athlete
- 1934 : Robin Milner , British computer scientist
- 1935 : Takashi Atōda , Japanese writer
- 1935 : Mauro Forghieri , Italian engine and racing car designer
- 1935 : Elsa Martinelli , Italian film actress
- 1936 : Renato Bruson , Italian opera singer
- 1937 : Egon Boshof , German historian
- 1938 : Daevid Allen , Australian rock musician
- 1938 : Richard Anthony , French singer
- 1938 : Jean Cabut , French caricaturist
- 1938 : William Bruce Davis , Canadian actor
- 1938 : Shiv Kumar Sharma , Indian santur virtuoso
- 1939 : Norbert Geis , German politician and Member of the Bundestag
- 1939 : Jacek Gmoch , Polish football coach
- 1940 : Detlef Engel , German pop singer
- 1940 : Tadaoki Ishihara , Japanese composer and professor
- 1940 : Dieter Schulte , German trade unionist
- 1941 : Eckhard Krautzun , German soccer player and coach
- 1941 : Pasqual Maragall , Spanish politician, Prime Minister of Catalonia, Mayor of Barcelona
- 1941 : Meinhard Nehmer , German bobsledder
- 1941 : Walter Rodekamp , German football player
- 1942 : Carol Cleveland , British actress ( Monty Python )
- 1942 : Piero Marini , Italian Archbishop of Curia and Master of Ceremonies for the Pope's liturgical celebrations
- 1943 : Klaus-Peter Puls , German politician, MdL
- 1944 : Michael Gartenschläger , German escape helper, political prisoner of the GDR, victim of the inner-German border
- 1944 : Herbert Gronen , German football player
- 1944 : Ulrich Strombach , German sports official, president of the DHB
- 1944 : Helmut Swiczinsky , Austrian architect
- 1945 : Joy Chant , British writer
- 1945 : Hans Winkler , Austrian State Secretary
- 1946 : Jean-Pierre Augert , French ski racer
- 1946 : Wolfgang Boos , German ice hockey player
- 1946 : Cornelius Bumpus , American rock singer and saxophonist
- 1947 : Luciano Chiarugi , Italian football player and coach
- 1947 : Jurgis Kunčinas , Lithuanian writer
- 1947 : John Lees , British singer, songwriter, composer and guitarist ( Barclay James Harvest )
- 1947 : Jürgen Linden , German politician and Lord Mayor of Aachen
- 1947 : Uta Schorn , German actress and presenter
- 1948 : Jürgen Angelbeck , German politician
- 1949 : Klaus Brandner , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1949 : Boris Gardiner , Jamaican singer, songwriter and bassist
- 1949 : Hannelore Klamm , German politician, MdL
- 1949 : Rakesh Sharma , Indian pilot and cosmonaut
- 1950 : Wolfgang Holzhäuser , German football functionary
- 1950 : Wolfgang Pantförder , German local politician, Mayor of Recklinghausen
- 1950 : Bernd Wippich , German musician
1951-1975
- 1951 : Nigel Cox , New Zealand author and museum director
- 1951 : Alexander Dix , German lawyer, data protection expert
- 1951 : Frank E. Peretti , American writer
- 1951 : Antoni Szymanowski , Polish football player
- 1952 : Max Beck , Liechtenstein luge rider
- 1952 : John Lee Hooker Jr. , American blues singer
- 1952 : Pekka Pohjola , Finnish musician
- 1952 : Klaus Rapp , German politician
- 1952 : Martin Weber , German economist
- 1954 : Thomas Eduard Abeltshauser , German lawyer
- 1954 : Bruno Coulais , French film composer
- 1954 : Peter Engel , German table tennis player
- 1954 : Dieter Lieberwirth , German soccer player
- 1954 : Trevor Rabin , South African rock musician and composer
- 1954 : Alexander Thieme , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1955 : Huh Jung-moo , South Korean soccer player and coach
- 1955 : Hansi Lang , Austrian singer and actor
- 1955 : Fred White , American musician
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- 1956 : Ruth Genner , Swiss politician
- 1956 : Inga Humpe , German pop musician
- 1956 : Franz Schindler , German lawyer and politician, MdL
- 1956 : Johannes Selle , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1957 : Dušan Bukovac , Bulgarian football player and player advisor
- 1957 : Norbert Elgert , German soccer player and coach
- 1957 : Erich Haider , Austrian politician
- 1957 : Lorrie Moore , American writer
- 1957 : Mark O'Meara , American golfer
- 1957 : Daniel Scioli , Argentine politician
- 1959 : Kid Ramos , American blues rock guitarist
- 1960 : Kevin Anderson , American actor
- 1960 : Monika Steinmetz , German soccer player
- 1960 : Philipp Weinges , German screenwriter and director
- 1961 : cEvin Key , Canadian drummer and songwriter
- 1961 : Julia Louis-Dreyfus , American actress
- 1961 : Andreas Marschall , German artist and filmmaker
- 1961 : Carolin Mylord , German actress and director
- 1962 : Trace Adkins , American country singer
- 1962 : Markus Bott , German boxer
- 1962 : Christian Homburg , German Marketing Professor
- 1962 : Tony Rebel , Jamaican reggae singer
- 1962 : Gunda Röstel , German politician and manager
- 1962 : Alfred Schön , German soccer player
- 1963 : Dwayne Steven Milburn , American composer, arranger, conductor and organist
- 1963 : Andrew Roberts , British historian and publicist
- 1964 : Penelope Ann Miller , American actress
- 1964 : Gloria Siebert , German athlete
- 1966 : Diego Arsuaga , Uruguayan director
- 1966 : Patrick Dempsey , American actor
- 1966 : Zdenko Jedvaj , Yugoslav-Croatian football player
- 1966 : Michael Koch , German basketball player
- 1966 : Peter Waldner , Austrian specialist for historical keyboard instruments
- 1967 : Suzanne Cryer , American actress
- 1968 : Traci Bingham , American actress
- 1968 : Chara , Japanese singer and actress
- 1968 : Gianni Morbidelli , Italian racing driver, Formula 1 driver
- 1968 : Lutz Schumacher , German journalist
- 1969 : Stefania Belmondo , Italian cross-country skier
- 1969 : Stephen Hendry , Scottish snooker player
- 1970 : Marco Pantani , Italian racing cyclist
- 1970 : Odiah Sidibé , French sprinter
- 1970 : Manon Sander , German author
- 1970 : Sabine Stamm , German television presenter
- 1972 : Stefan Beinlich , German soccer player
- 1972 : Mark Bosnich , Australian soccer goalkeeper
- 1972 : Nicole Eggert , American actress
- 1972 : Julio Rey , Spanish athlete
- 1972 : Vital Shcherba , Belarusian gymnast
- 1972 : Alexei Wassiljew , Russian racing car driver
- 1973 : Uta Albanese , German dance sport trainer and professional dancer
- 1973 : Nikolai Ivanovich Chabibulin , Russian ice hockey goalkeeper
- 1973 : Juan Diego Flórez , Peruvian opera singer
- 1975 : Tom Gaebel , German musician
- 1975 : Daniel Kehlmann , Austrian writer
- 1975 : Matej Mamić , Bosnian basketball player
1976-2000
- 1976 : Hannah Jane Fox , British actress and musical artist
- 1976 : Felix Gottwald , Austrian Nordic combined athlete
- 1976 : Christian Hauser , German soccer player
- 1976 : Bartosz Karwan , Polish football player
- 1976 : Bic Runga , New Zealand singer-songwriter
- 1976 : Mario Yepes , Colombian soccer player
- 1977 : Frank Berblinger , German handball player
- 1977 : Orlando Bloom , British actor
- 1977 : Alex Hofer , Swiss paraglider pilot
- 1977 : Agusti Pol , Andorran football player
- 1978 : Tinga , Brazilian soccer player
- 1979 : Thomas Aeschi , Swiss politician
- 1979 : Mirosław Spiżak , Polish football player
- 1979 : Jill Wagner , American actress
- 1979 : Yang Wei , Chinese badminton player
- 1979 : Joko Winterscheidt , German television presenter
- 1979 : Leonhard Mahlich , German voice actor
- 1980 : Wolfgang Loitzl , Austrian ski jumper
- 1980 : Mirko Soltau , German soccer player
- 1980 : María de Villota , Spanish racing car driver
- 1981 : Mamam Cherif Touré , Togolese football player
- 1982 : Guillermo Coria , Argentine tennis player
- 1982 : Christiaan Frankenhout , Dutch racing driver
- 1982 : David Möller , German toboggan runner
- 1982 : Lea Schwer , Swiss beach volleyball player
- 1983 : Kim Ga-young , South Korean pool player
- 1983 : Sebastian Kneißl , German soccer player
- 1984 : Anne-Laure Casseleux , French football player
- 1984 : Kamghe Gaba , German athlete
- 1984 : Michael Ginsburg , German actor
- 1984 : Eleni Ioannou , Greek judoka
- 1984 : Nick Mangold , American football player
- 1985 : Jorge Marcelo Rodríguez , Uruguayan football player
- 1985 : Árni Þór Sigtryggsson , Icelandic handball player
- 1986 : Wolfgang Hesl , German soccer player
- 1986 : Hemza Mihoubi , Algerian-French football player
- 1986 : Josefine Preuß , German actress
- 1986 : Joannie Rochette , Canadian figure skater
- 1987 : Meelah Adams , German actress
- 1987 : Daniel Oss , Italian racing cyclist
- 1987 : Marc Staal , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1987 : Radosław Wojtaszek , Polish chess player
- 1988 : Caroline Abbé , Swiss soccer player
- 1988 : Leigh Broxham , Australian soccer player
- 1988 : Petr Frydrych , Czech javelin thrower
- 1988 : Tomás Rincón , Venezuelan football player
- 1989 : Andy Allo , American singer and actress
- 1989 : Bryan Arguez , American football player
- 1989 : Ahmet Arı , Turkish football player
- 1989 : John Astley , English snooker player
- 1989 : Walter Grubmüller , Austrian racing driver
- 1989 : Triinu Kivilaan , Estonian rock-pop, pop and R'n'B singer
- 1989 : Tim Matavž , Slovenian football player
- 1989 : Beau Mirchoff , American actor
- 1990 : Kheira Hamraoui , French soccer player
- 1990 : Liam Hemsworth , Australian actor
- 1990 : Bobby Schagen , Dutch handball player
- 1990 : Julia Zirnstein , German soccer player
- 1991 : Gu Hara , South Korean pop singer
- 1992 : Santiago Arias , Colombian soccer player
- 1992 : Henning May , German singer
- 1995 : Natalia Dyer , American actress
- 1995 : Eros Vlahos , British comedian and actor
- 1997 : Egan Bernal , Colombian racing cyclist
- 1998 : Rogério , Brazilian soccer player
- 1999 : Nicholas Art , American actor and child actor
21st century
- 2002 : Frederik Vesti , Danish racing car driver
Died
Before the 16th century
- 86 BC BC : Gaius Marius , Roman general and politician
- 533 : Remigius of Reims , French bishop
- 612 : Mungo , first Bishop of Glasgow, saint
- 703 : Jitō , 41st Empress of Japan
- 731 : Bertwald , Archbishop of Canterbury
- 858 : Æthelwulf , King of Wessex
- 888 : Charles III. , Frankish ruler
- 903 : Franco , Bishop of Liege
- 927 : Berno von Baume , first abbot of Cluny
- 975 : Ruprecht , Archbishop of Mainz
- 1049 : Dietrich IV. , Count of Holland
- 1110 : Oda von Werl , wife of Lothar Udo II. Count von Stade and Margrave of the Nordmark
- 1127 : Gottfried von Cappenberg , Westphalian count and saint of the Catholic Church
- 1147 : Robert de Craon , Grand Master of the Templar Order
- 1151 : Suger de Saint-Denis , French abbot and statesman
- 1171 : Konrad I. von Morsbach , Bishop of Eichstätt
- 1177 : Heinrich II , first Austrian duke
- 1182 : Agnes , Queen of Hungary and Duchess of Carinthia
- 1200 : Otto I , Count Palatine of Burgundy
- 1228 : Jutta von Huy , Flemish benefactress and Christian mystic
- 1253 : Johann von Diepholz , Bishop of Minden
- 1276 : Diether V , ruler of the County of Katzenelnbogen
- 1302 : Ludwig I of Savoy , Lord of Vaud
- 1302 : Wolfhard von Roth , Bishop of Augsburg
- 1330 : Frederick the Beautiful , Duke of Austria and Styria, anti-king of the Holy Roman Empire
- 1359 : Rudolf von Nebra , Bishop of Naumburg
- 1363 : Meinhard III. , Count of Tyrol and Duke of Upper Bavaria
- 1368 : Marco Corner , 59th Doge of Venice
- 1400 : Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester , English nobleman and rebel
- 1450 : Henry Gray, Earl of Tancarville , English nobleman
- 1465 : Elisabeth of Brandenburg , German noblewoman, Duchess of Pomerania
- 1483 : Heinrich III. , Landgrave of Upper Hesse
16th to 18th century
- 1510 : Florian Waldauf , Tyrolean knight in the service of Emperor Maximilian and member of the order of jugs
- 1543 : Konrad Treger , German Augustinian hermit and Catholic controversial theologian
- 1552 : Jakob Gresel , professor at the University of Cologne and Canon of Rees / Rhine
- 1553 : Georg II , Duke of Münsterberg and Oels, Count of Glatz
- 1561 : Friedrich Magnus I , Count of Solms-Laubach
- 1571 : Johann von Küstrin , Prince of the Margraviate of Brandenburg-Küstrin
- 1572 : Jan Augusta , Bohemian bishop
- 1572 : William Petre , English politician
- 1593 : Szymon Budny , Polish-Belarusian humanist and Bible translator, leading exponent of Polish-Lithuanian unitarianism
- 1595 : Ercole Procaccini the Elder , Italian painter
- 1598 : Reichard , Count Palatine and Duke of Simmern
- 1599 : Edmund Spenser , English poet
- 1625 : Jan Brueghel the Elder , Flemish painter
- 1642 : Jean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette , Duke of Épernon, French general
- 1662 : Christian Keimann , German poet
- 1673 : Severus Christoph Olpius , German moral philosopher and Lutheran theologian
- 1684 : Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk , English nobleman
- 1691 : George Fox , English founding father of the Quakers
- 1700 : Theodor Timmermann , pharmacist, mayor of Mannheim and mayor of the Palatinate colony in Magdeburg
- 1701 : Friedrich Ulrich Calixt , German theologian
- 1704 : Hans Jakob Gessner , Swiss Protestant clergyman
- 1705 : Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy , French writer
- 1717 : Maria Sibylla Merian , Swiss naturalist and artist
- 1727 : Johann Conrad Ziesenis , German sculptor
- 1733 : Alexander von der Schulenburg , lieutenant general and governor of Celle from the Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg and owner of part of the Altenhausen manor
- 1733 : Anton Sepp , Tyrolean Jesuit missionary in the Jesuit province of Paraguay
- 1735 : Polyxena of Hessen-Rotenburg , Queen of Sardinia and Duchess of Savoy
- 1753 : Jakob Hendrik Croeser , Dutch medic
- 1759 : José de Mascarenhas da Silva e Lencastre , Portuguese Duke of Aveiro
- 1761 : Franz Christoph Janneck , Austrian painter
- 1763 : Johann Michael Hartung , German master organ builder
- 1768 : Giuseppe Simone Assemani , Arab orientalist
- 1768 : Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin , French flautist
- 1775 : Johann Georg Walch , German Protestant theologian
- 1797 : Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern , wife of Frederick II of Prussia
19th century
- 1805 : Franz Anton Ernst , Bohemian composer
- 1823 : Matthias Jorissen , German pastor and hymn poet
- 1827 : Jean-Denis Lanjuinais , French politician
- 1830 : Christian Magnus Falsen , Norwegian politician
- 1835 : Karl Gottfried Erdmann , German medic and botanist
- 1837 : Gerhard Philipp Heinrich Norrmann , German lawyer and university professor
- 1838 : Ferdinand Ries , German piano player and composer
- 1842 : Wilhelm Traugott Krug , German philosopher
- 1846 : Hans Conrad Stadler , Swiss architect
- 1849 : Francisco Ramón Vicuña Larraín , Chilean politician, president
- 1854 : Avraam Ivanovich Melnikow , Russian architect
- 1867 : Victor Cousin , French philosopher and cultural theorist
- 1867 : Franz Kirchgeßner , German lawyer
- 1870 : Emanuel Friedrich von Fischer , Swiss politician
- 1871 : Henriette d'Angeville , French mountaineer
- 1871 : Samuel Preiswerk , Swiss theologian
- 1872 : Otto von Münchhausen , Prussian district administrator
- 1874 : Victor Baltard , French architect
- 1875 : Robert Adams , Irish surgeon
- 1876 : Heinrich Lang , German evangelical reformed pastor and theologian
- 1877 : Karl Hoeck , German classical philologist and ancient historian
- 1879 : Jakob Dubs , Swiss Federal Councilor
- 1883 : Josef Kleutgen , German theologian
- 1885 : Schuyler Colfax , American politician
- 1893 : Melitta Otto-Alvsleben , German opera singer
- 1896 : Friedrich Ludwig Theodor Friese , German organ builder
- 1897 : David Schwarz , Hungarian inventor, builder of the first airship rigid airship
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901 : Jules Cohen , French composer and organist
- 1906 : Alexander Stepanowitsch Popow , Russian physicist and radio pioneer
- 1908 : Hashimoto Gahō , Japanese painter
- 1908 : George Anthony Walkem , Canadian politician
- 1913 : Ludwig Brunow , German sculptor
- 1914 : Alfred Lichtwark , German art historian, museum director and art educator
- 1915 : Gaston Arman de Caillavet , French playwright and librettist
- 1916 : Victoriano Huerta , Mexican general, president
- 1919 : Hans Bielenstein , German-Baltic clergyman and writer, Protestant martyr
- 1920 : Wilhelm Fleischmann , German agricultural scientist
- 1923 : Georg Ziegler , German missionary in China
- 1924 : Georg Hermann Quincke , German physicist
- 1924 : Ernst Schweninger , German physician, Bismarck's personal physician
- 1925 : Franz Zorn von Bulach , French auxiliary bishop and papal diplomat
- 1929 : Marie Andree-Eysn , Austrian folklorist, botanist and collector
- 1929 : Wyatt Earp , American western hero
- 1930 : Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti , British electrical engineer
- 1931 : Kálmán Kandó , Hungarian engineer, inventor and railway pioneer
- 1931 : Anna Schmidt German showman
- 1932 : Sophie of Prussia , wife of Constantine I of Greece
- 1936 : Gabriel Veyre , French filmmaker
- 1940 : Georg Hermann Emil Friedrich Kautz , German administrative lawyer and ministerial director
- 1941 : James Joyce , Irish writer
- 1943 : Rudolf Huch , German lawyer and writer
- 1943 : Sophie Taeuber-Arp , Swiss painter, sculptor, textile designer, interior designer and dancer
- 1943 : Else Ury , German writer and children's book author
- 1944 : Geza Slovig , Romanian-German church musician, music teacher and composer
- 1945 : Victor Aronstein , German doctor
- 1945 : Max Jungnickel , German writer
- 1945 : Alfred Kase , German opera singer and poet
- 1949 : Aino Aalto , Finnish architect and designer
- 1949 : Carl Zimmermann , Prussian officer and commander of the Cameroon Protection Force
1951-2000
- 1954 : Adolf Gondrell , German emcee, film and stage actor
- 1955 : Francis Lodowick York , American organist, composer and music teacher
- 1956 : Lyonel Feininger , German-US-American-French painter, graphic artist and caricaturist
- 1958 : Jesse L. Lasky , American film producer
- 1963 : Wilhelm Burchard-Motz , German lawyer and politician
- 1963 : Sylvanus Olympio , Togolese politician
- 1963 : Johann Wartner , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1967 : Ove Andersen , Finnish obstacle runner
- 1968 : Jocelyne Binet , Canadian composer
- 1969 : Robin Christian Andersen , Austrian painter
- 1971 : Maria Assunta Arbesser von Rastburg , Austrian painter and wood sculptor
- 1971 : Heinz Lammerding , German engineer, general of the SS and Waffen-SS, war criminal
- 1972 : Jack Ensley , American entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1973 : Fernando Cento , Italian clergyman, Vatican diplomat and cardinal
- 1974 : Heinz Leinfellner , Austrian sculptor
- 1976 : Mona Rüster , German table tennis player
- 1978 : Maurice Carême , Belgian writer
- 1978 : Hubert H. Humphrey , American politician
- 1979 : Donny Hathaway , American musician
- 1981 : Finn Olav Gundelach , Danish diplomat
- 1982 : Marcel Camus , French director
- 1982 : Bernhard Reismann , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1983 : René Bonnet , French racing driver and vehicle designer
- 1984 : Fulvio Bernardini , Italian football player and coach
- 1986 : Alberto Abdala , Uruguayan politician
- 1987 : Vladimir Alexejewitsch Alatorzew , Soviet chess player, trainer and official
- 1989 : Joe Spinell , American actor
- 1991 : Loreta Asanavičiūtė , killed in demonstrations for the freedom and independence of Lithuania
- 1992 : Josef Neckermann , German mail order merchant and dressage rider
- 1993 : Mozart Camargo Guarnieri , Brazilian composer
- 1993 : Ludwig Metzger , German politician, MdL, State Minister, MEP
- 1993 : René Pleven , Breton politician
- 1994 : Johan Jørgen Holst , Norwegian politician
- 1995 : Hermann Bachmann , German painter
- 1995 : Karl Junker , German chess problem composer
- 1997 : Sivar Arnér , Swedish writer, radio play writer and playwright
- 1997 : Aloys Felke , German entrepreneur and politician, MdL
- 1998 : Andrew C. Berry , American mathematician
- 1998 : Wolfgang Weischet , German meteorologist, geographer and climatologist
- 1999 : Karl Lieffen , German stage, film and television actor
21st century
- 2001 : Michael Cuccione , Canadian film actor, musician and founder of the foundation
- 2002 : Samuel Dolin , Canadian composer and music teacher
- 2002 : Amparo Montes , Mexican singer
- 2003 : Koloman Sokol , Slovak artist
- 2003 : Dieter S. Lutz , German professor and peace researcher
- 2004 : Belas Lakra , Indian bishop
- 2004 : Franz Reckert , German painter and sculptor
- 2004 : Harold Shipman , British medic
- 2005 : Nell Rankin , American opera singer
- 2006 : Raúl Anguiano , Mexican wall painter
- 2006 : Geoffrey Donald Chisholm , Australian politician
- 2006 : Richard Dalitz , Australian physicist
- 2007 : Michael Brecker , American tenor saxophonist
- 2007 : Johannes Oppenheimer , German lawyer, Vice President of the Federal Administrative Court
- 2009 : Günther Heyenn , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 2009 : Patrick McGoohan , American film actor
- 2010 : Herbert Andert , German dialect poet and researcher
- 2010 : Richard Gruner , German entrepreneur and publisher
- 2010 : Teddy Pendergrass , American singer
- 2011 : Hellmut Lange , German actor
- 2012 : Rauf Denktaş , Turkish Cypriot politician
- 2012 : Lefter Küçükandonyadis , Turkish football player of Greek descent
- 2014 : Joachim Nowotny , German writer
- 2015 : Jack Hayward , British businessman
- 2017 : Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon , British photographer and designer
- 2017 : Udo Ulfkotte , German journalist and publicist
- 2019 : Phil Masinga , South African soccer player
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Hilary of Poitiers , church teacher, bishop and patron saint (Anglican, Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox)
- St. Remigius von Reims , Franconian nobleman and bishop (Catholic, Orthodox (only in Germany), the Protestant feast day is on January 12th )
- St. St. Mochonna by Inis Phádraig , Irish Bishop (Catholic)
- regional customs
- Norway , Sweden : St. Knuts Day , the 20th and last day of Christmas time
- Switzerland : Hilari Day in Solothurn and the surrounding area
The list of commemorative and action days contains further entries .
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