May 14th
The May 14 is the 134th day of the Gregorian calendar (135th in leap years ), thus remain still 231 days until the end of the year. Even the Roman and the Julian calendar to know May 14 (or Maius ). Dates prior to the Gregorian calendar reform are usually given in the Julian calendar.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 1097 : During the First Crusade begins Crusader army , the siege of Nicaea , since 1077 capital of the Sultanate of Rum Seljuks . The siege ends after more than a month with the capture of the city by the Byzantines .
- 1264 : Through the battle of Lewes , Simon V de Montfort becomes "uncrowned king" of England . King Henry III and his son Edward are captured.
- 1389 : The free imperial city of Frankfurt am Main suffers the worst defeat in its history against Ruprecht II of the Palatinate , Ulrich V. von Hanau and the Knights of Cronberg in the battle of Eschborn during the Kronberg feud in the city war .
- 1509 : In the battle of Agnadello , the French defeat under King Louis XII. for the League of Cambrai the troops of the Republic of Venice were decisive.
- 1560 : The five-day naval battle of Djerba comes to an end. An Ottoman fleet under the command of Piyale Pascha prevails against the fleet of a Christian alliance under the command of Giovanni Andrea Doria . The devastating defeat with the loss of 60 galleys and about 20,000 men on the Christian side brought about a climax of Turkish naval domination in the Mediterranean.
- 1607 : On an island in the James River in the colony of Virginia , 104 British settlers establish Jamestown , the first permanent English settlement in America.
- 1608 : Several Protestant princes and cities of the Holy Roman Empire join forces in the monastery of Auhausen in the Principality of Ansbach to form the Protestant Union . The spokesman for the treaty, which was originally designed as a defensive alliance, becomes Elector Friedrich IV of the Palatinate.
- 1610 : François Ravaillac stabs Henry IV , King of France and Navarre, to death as he is planning a war against the Holy Roman Empire. This averted a European war on the occasion of the Jülich-Klevian succession dispute. His successor is his nine-year-old son Ludwig XIII. , for whom his mother Maria de 'Medici runs the government.
- 1643 : After the death of his father Louis XIII. At the age of four, Louis XIV, who later became the Sun King, came to the royal throne in France . For the time being, his mother Anna of Austria leads the affairs of state for him as regent .
- 1706 : During the War of the Spanish Succession, the French and Spaniards begin to besiege the city of Turin, which is held by the Piedmontese and Austrians . A decision against the besiegers was not made until the Battle of Turin on September 7th.
- 1811 : Paraguay gains independence from Spain by breaking away from the viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata .
- 1858 : The Scottish adventurer John McDouall Stuart sets off with two companions on the first of a series of expeditions that will take him across the Australian continent until 1862 .
- 1869 : In Austria-Hungary , with the passing of the Reich Primary School Act under Minister Leopold Hasner von Artha, the eight-year public school is introduced.
- 1907 : In the Reichsrat election in Cisleithanien , male suffrage is universal for the first time. The Christian social and social democratic mass parties achieve outstanding success.
- 1912 : The German Reichstag approves a new fleet bill, including provides for the construction of 41 battleships and battlecruisers.
- 1915 : Radical democratic officers put a coup against military dictator Joaquim Pimenta de Castro in Portugal and temporarily form a “constitutional junta”. The “dictatorship of the swords” lasted almost four months.
- 1931 : During a demonstration by striking workers in the north Swedish valley of the same name in the municipality of Kramfors , shots are fired from Ådalen . Five people are killed by the military. The incident initially had a polarizing effect, but ultimately played a major role in the peaceful development of Swedish society in the 1930s.
- 1935 : In the judgment of the Bern trial of the anti-Semitic protocols of the Elders of Zion , these are assessed as forgery and plagiarism.
- 1938 : Under the direction of architect Christoph Miller takes place in Schwechat , the groundbreaking ceremony for a near Vienna airbase of the German Air Force , today's Vienna-Schwechat airport .
- 1940 : The Dutch city of Rotterdam is bombed by the German Air Force during World War II . In the evening the Dutch army declares its surrender in the mother country.
- 1943 : A Japanese submarine sinks the Australian hospital ship Centaur off the coast of Queensland ; 268 people, medical personnel and civilians, are killed.
- 1948 : Israel under Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion declares its independence , with which the British League of Nations mandate for Palestine ends. The last British High Commissioner, Alan Cunningham, leaves the country on the same day. That same night, the Arab neighbors declare war on the newly founded state of Israel .
- 1953 : The Central Committee (ZK) of the SED resolves to raise labor standards in the German Democratic Republic by ten percent. The resulting discontent among the workers forms the seed for the popular uprising on June 17th .
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- 1955 : During the Cold War, eight states of the so-called Eastern Bloc sign the Warsaw Treaty establishing a military alliance in the Polish capital, Warsaw, in response to the admission of the Federal Republic of Germany to NATO .
- 1955 : On the day before the signing of the Austrian State Treaty , Austria's complicity in the Second World War is deleted from the preamble.
- 1955 : The United States Department of Defense conducts Operation Wigwam , an underwater nuclear test in the Pacific about 900 km southwest of San Diego.
- 1961 : A bus of the civil rights movement Freedom Riders , which has been on its way from Washington, DC, to New Orleans since May 4th to protest the segregation laws in the southern United States, is set on fire in Anniston , Alabama, and the occupants beaten up.
- 1970 : During an execution requested by his lawyer Horst Mahler , Andreas Baader manages to escape with the help of Ulrike Meinhof , Irene Goergens , Ingrid Schubert using firearms. The liberation of Baader is considered to be the hour of birth of the left-wing extremist terrorist organization Red Army Fraction ( RAF ).
- 1976 : At a meeting, leading politicians of the Sri Lankan Tamils pass the so-called Vaddukoddai Resolution , which calls for the complete independence of a Tamil state in Sri Lanka .
- 1982 : A British commando unit lands during the Falklands War in Pebble Iceland (Isla de Borbón) , one of the larger Falkland Islands and destroys the local Air Force base and 11 aircraft.
- 1985 : In the Brokdorf decision , the German Federal Constitutional Court deals with freedom of assembly for the first time and sets higher hurdles for the authorities to prohibit demonstrations .
- 1989 : The Peronist Carlos Menem is elected as the successor to Raúl Alfonsín of the Unión Cívica Radical as the new President of Argentina .
- 1991 : Jiang Qing , Mao Zedong's widow and a member of the Gang of Four during the Cultural Revolution , commits suicide after being released from prison.
- 1993 : In Leipzig close Alliance 90 and the Green Party by association Treaty new party Alliance 90 / The Greens together.
- 1999 : After seven days as President of Guinea-Bissau , rebel leader Ansumané Mané hands over the office to Malam Bacai Sanhá , who is supposed to prepare the country for elections .
- 2004 : The impeachment of South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun is overturned by the Constitutional Court.
economy
- 1878 : The Vaseline trademark is registered for Robert Chesebrough , who has held the patent for the manufacture of the ointment for six years.
- 1909 : In Germany , the Reichstag regulates in the banking law that banknotes are legal tender alongside coins. The Reichsbank no longer needs to exchange paper money for gold.
- 1913 : New York Governor William Sulzer approves the constitution of the Rockefeller Foundation , which begins its activities soon after. Founded by John D. Rockefeller and based in New York City, the charity is committed to "promoting the good of humanity around the world."
- 1948 : The Rand Corporation think tank is created as a non-profit organization following a consulting project for the United States Armed Forces .
- 1949 : Marjorie Child Husted , who also supported the US war effort with her advertising character Betty Crocker , is presented with the Woman's Press Club Award by US President Harry S. Truman .
- 1963 : The German President Heinrich Lübke and King Frederik IX. of Denmark sign the contract for the Vogelfluglinie , a ship connection for international road and rail traffic between Germany and Denmark .
- 1975 : The gepa3 Fair trading house , Europe's largest importer of fair trade products , is founded in Wuppertal .
- 1997 : The five global airlines Air Canada , United Airlines , Lufthansa , SAS Scandinavian Airlines and Thai Airways form the Star Alliance in order to increase the efficiency of their business operations. More companies are added over time in order to benefit from the success.
science and technology
- 1796 : The English country doctor Edward Jenner gives eight-year-old James Phipps the first vaccination against smallpox from a serum he developed from cowpox viruses .
- 1799 : The Gasco dam on the Guadarrama River near Galapagar near Madrid in Spain breaks. At the time of the collapse, the wall was 53 m high, with a total height of 93 m. The storage volume would have been 22.5 million m³. The construction is then abandoned, the ruins are still there today.
- 1804 : The Lewis and Clark Expedition begins on behalf of US President Thomas Jefferson under the direction of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark from Camp Dubois with the first crossing of the North American continent to the Pacific.
- 1847 : With the official approval of Emperor Ferdinand I on the initiative of State Chancellor Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich , the Austrian Academy of Sciences is brought into being. Archduke Johann , previously appointed curator, carried out the preparatory work.
- 1847 : After completing military assignments, the British warship HMS Driver returns to Spithead as the first steamship to circumnavigate the world after more than five years .
- 1894 : In the British seaside resort of Blackpool is Blackpool Tower opened, one the model of the Paris Eiffel Tower oriented lattice tower . It is developing into a tourist attraction.
- 1973 : The launch of the US space station Skylab from the launch complex 39-A in Cape Canaveral led to serious problems, which among other things led to a postponement of the launch of Skylab 2 , which should have brought a crew to the space laboratory the following day.
- 1981 : The last flight to the Salyut 6 space station starts with the Soviet Soyuz 40 mission . On board are Commander Leonid Ivanovich Popow and Dumitru Dorin Prunariu .
- 2005 : The French pilot Didier Delsalle succeeds in landing a helicopter for the first time on Mount Everest with a Eurocopter AS 350 for at least two minutes. After the action, a number of people around the world criticized the record flight.
Culture
- 1845 : The world premiere of the opera The Enchantress of Michael William Balfe place on Theater Royal Drury Lane in London.
- 1890 : The Typographische Gesellschaft München ( tgm ) is founded in the Rococo hall of the Hackerbräuhaus in Munich. Tgm promotes quality and education in the communications industry with a wide range of training courses.
- 1923 : The opera The Perfect Fool by Gustav Holst is premiered in its entirety for the first time by the British National Opera Company in London. Individual parts of the work were performed for the first time earlier.
- 1925 : British writer Virginia Woolf publishes her fourth novel, Mrs. Dalloway, through her own publisher, the Hogarth Press .
- 1950 : The opera Don Juan and Faust by Hermann Reutter has its world premiere at the State Opera in Stuttgart.
- 1961 : The Hessischer Rundfunk shows the first episode of the series It is allowed to laugh in the evening program of the ARD . Moderator Werner Schwier presents short films from the silent film era in a cheerful way .
society
- 1939 : The Peruvian Lina Medina is given birth to her son Gérardo in a hospital in Lima. The mother is officially five years, seven months and 21 days old, making it the youngest child-bearing woman in medical history.
- 1962 : The Spanish heir to the throne Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia of Greece are married in Athens.
- 2004 : Frederik , Crown Prince of Denmark , marries the Australian Mary Donaldson in the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen .
religion
- 1995 : Tenzin Gyatso , 14th Dalai Lama , recognizes six-year-old Gendün Chökyi Nyima as the 11th Penchen Lama of Tibetan Buddhism .
- 2004 : The Maronite monk and priest Nimatullah al-Hardini is canonized in Rome by Pope John Paul II .
Disasters
- 1886 : A devastating hurricane rages over the town of Crossen on the Oder, today's Krosno Odrzańskie .
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
nature and environment
- 1692 : The first weather report appears in the London weekly newspaper Collection for the Progress of Agriculture and Commerce , but it is not a forecast, but a situation report.
- 1930 : The Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico is created under this name, because the previous National Monument is upgraded to a National Park .
Sports
- 1754 : The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is founded.
- 1900 : In Paris begin during the World's Fair Exposition Universelle et International the II Olympic Games of the modern era. . The competitions are spread over five months and last until October 28th.
- 1950 : The Hungarian national football team loses 3: 5 against Austria's selection in Vienna's Prater Stadium , the last defeat of the Golden Elf around Ferenc Puskás up to the World Cup final in Bern's Wankdorf Stadium on July 4, 1954.
- 1999 : The seventh Cricket World Cup begins in England, Ireland, the Netherlands, Scotland and Wales.
- 2006 : The Austrian Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner succeeds in climbing the Kangchenjunga . She is the first woman to have climbed nine of the 14 eight-thousanders .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1316 : Charles IV , Roman Emperor from the House of Luxembourg
- 1414 : Francis I , Duke of Brittany
- 1481 : Ruprecht von der Pfalz , German nobleman from the House of Wittelsbach
- 1540 : Bartholomäus Scultetus , Görlitz mayor and mathematician
- 1553 : Margaret of Valois , Queen of France and Navarre and Duchess of Valois
- 1598 : Wilhelm von Curti , English diplomat
- 1606 : Agnes , Princess of Hessen-Kassel and Princess of Anhalt-Dessau
- 1643 : Giacomo Amato , Italian architect
- 1644 : David Clodius , German orientalist and Protestant theologian
- 1644 : George Konrad Crusius , Dutch jurist
- 1644 : Marquard Sebastian Schenk von Stauffenberg , Prince-Bishop of Bamberg
- 1652 : Johann Philipp Förtsch , German composer
- 1666 : Viktor Amadeus II , Duke of Savoy, King of Sicily and Sardinia
- 1682 : Bernhard Walther Marperger , German Lutheran theologian
- 1694 : Engelbert von Syrgenstein , prince abbot of Kempten
- 1699 : Hans Joachim von Zieten , Prussian equestrian general
- 1700 : Mary Delany , English writer
18th century
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- 1707 : António Teixeira , Portuguese composer and harpsichordist
- 1710 : Adolf Friedrich , King of Sweden
- 1720 : Mathias Obermayr , German plasterer and sculptor
- 1720 : Agnes Sophie Reuss zu Ebersdorf , landowner in Upper and Lower Lusatia
- 1725 : Friedrich Anton von Heynitz , German physicist
- 1727 : Thomas Gainsborough , British painter
- 1732 : Samuel Livermore , American politician
- 1737 : George Macartney , British statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat
- 1739 : Paine Wingate , American politician
- 1740 : Johann Georg Battonn , German historian and Catholic priest
- 1741 : Christian Schkuhr , German botanist
- 1750 : Johann Gerhard Helmcke , German master baker, keeper of the Herrenhäuser Allee in Hanover
- 1750 : William Windham , British politician
- 1752 : Juliane Benda , German singer and composer
- 1752 : Timothy Dwight IV , American theologian, scholar, politician, and poet
- 1752 : Albrecht Daniel Thaer , German poly-scientist and founder of agricultural science
- 1759 : Alois I , ruling Prince of Liechtenstein
- 1760 : Victor Keller , German Benedictine
- 1770 : Christian Haldenwang , German engraver
- 1770 : Jacob Bernhard Limburger , German businessman, music organizer and singer; Founder of the Leipziger Singakademie
- 1771 : Robert Owen , British social reformer
- 1771 : Thomas Wedgwood , British pioneer of photographic technology
- 1778 : Honoré V , Prince of Monaco
- 1779 : Johann Adam Heusner , Odenwald robber
- 1780 : Gian Menico Cetti , Swiss translator
- 1780 : Jules de Polignac , French nobleman and diplomat
- 1781 : Friedrich von Raumer , German administrative lawyer, historian and politician, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- 1790 : Nikolai Andrejewitsch Zertelew , Russian-Ukrainian ethnographer, poet, publicist and educator
- 1800 : August Gathy , Belgian music writer and translator
19th century
1801-1850
- 1805 : Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann , Danish composer
- 1807 : Johann Poppel , German architectural draftsman and landscape painter
- 1808 : Eduard Schott , German metallurgist and art caster, discoverer of the crystallization process
- 1812 : Emilie Mayer , German composer
- 1813 : Charles Beyer , British railway pioneer
- 1817 : Alexander Kaufmann , German writer
- 1821 : Friedrich Ferdinand Leopold of Austria , Austrian Archduke
- 1828 : Adalbert von Waltenhofen , Austrian physicist and electrical engineer
- 1830 : Hermann Freese , German painter
- 1832 : Rudolf Lipschitz , German mathematician
- 1834 : Luise Ahlborn , German writer
- 1835 : Georg Christian von Lobkowitz , Bohemian nobleman and politician
- 1836 : Wilhelm Steinitz , Austrian chess player from Bohemia
- 1837 : George Shoobridge Carr , British mathematician
- 1840 : Dominique Ducharme , Canadian pianist, organist and music teacher
- 1848 : Wilhelm Merton , founder of the metal company in Frankfurt am Main
- 1850 : Alva Adams , American politician
1851-1900
- 1852 : Alton B. Parker , American judge and lawyer, US presidential candidate
- 1855 : Adolf Arenson , German composer, theosophist and anthroposophist
- 1855 : Eduard von Keyserling , German writer and dramatist of impressionism
- 1856 : Georg Asmussen , German engineer, writer and good templar
- 1863 : Vilém Mrštík , Czech writer, dramaturge, translator and literary critic
- 1865 : Max Herrmann , German theater scholar
- 1866 : Edgar Jaffé , German politician
- 1867 : Kurt Eisner , German politician and writer
- 1867 : Adam Stefan Sapieha , Archbishop of Cracow and Cardinal
- 1868 : Magnus Hirschfeld , German neurologist and sex researcher
- 1869 : Concha Espina , Spanish writer
- 1869 : Friedrich Karl Kleine , German microbiologist and pharmacologist
- 1872 : Marcel Renault , French automobile designer and racing driver
- 1874 : Polaire , ballet dancer, singer and actress
- 1876 : Wilhelm Polligkeit , Nestor of German Welfare and Welfare Care
- 1879 : Adolf Attenhofer , Swiss writer and Indologist
- 1880 : Elsbeth Ebertin , German astrologer and graphologist
- 1880 : Georg Vitzthum von Eckstädt , German art historian
- 1880 : Wilhelm List , German Field Marshal General
- 1882 : Hans Oesterlink , German banker
- 1883 : Karl Barwick , German classical philologist
- 1884 : Hinrich Abel , German politician
- 1884 : Claude Dornier , German aircraft designer
- 1885 : Hermann Aichinger , Austrian architect
- 1885 : Otto Klemperer , German conductor and composer
- 1885 : Nikolai Wassiljewitsch Krylenko , Bolshevik revolutionary and politician in Russia
- 1886 : Ernst Späth , Austrian chemist
- 1889 : Louis Douglas , American dancer
- 1890 : Johannes Reinwaldt , Danish racing cyclist
- 1890 : Rosa Young , American educator
- 1891 : Egon Kornauth , Austrian composer
- 1892 : Hans Kollwitz , German doctor
- 1893 : Hilde Lion , German social worker
- 1895 : Otto Bräutigam , German lawyer and diplomat
- 1895 : Maurice Lehmann , French theater and film director, theater director, producer and actor
- 1896 : Quentin Maclean , English-Canadian organist, composer and music teacher
- 1897 : Sidney Bechet , Creole soprano saxophonist and clarinetist
- 1897 : Ed Ricketts , American marine biologist and philosopher
- 1899 : Pierre Auger , French physicist
- 1899 : Charlotte Auerbach , German-English biologist, geneticist and university professor
- 1899 : Earle Combs , American baseball player
- 1900 : Hal Borland , American writer
- 1900 : Leo Smit , Dutch composer and pianist
- 1900 : Edgar Wind , German art historian
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : Robert Ritter , National Socialist racial theorist
- 1902 : Lūcija Garūta , Latvian composer, pianist and poet
- 1902 : Allen Irvine McHose , American musicologist, teacher, and organist
- 1902 : Friedrich Schmiedl , Austrian rocket pioneer
- 1903 : Franz Seume , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1904 : Hans Albert Einstein , Swiss civil engineer and professor
- 1904 : Marcel Junod , Swiss doctor
- 1905 : Jean Daniélou , French Jesuit and cardinal
- 1905 : Herbert Morrison , American radio reporter
- 1905 : Nikolai Alexandrovich Tikhonov , Soviet politician
- 1906 : Ernst Baumann , German photographer
- 1907 : Robert Blot , French violinist, conductor and music teacher
- 1907 : Muhammed Ayub Khan , Pakistani officer and politician
- 1907 : Vicente Enrique y Tarancón , Archbishop of Madrid and Cardinal
- 1907 : Hans von der Groeben , German politician, scientist and publicist
- 1907 : Karl Schirdewan , GDR politician
- 1909 : Wilhelm Hahn , German politician, Minister of Culture of Baden-Württemberg
- 1909 : Maria Krasna , German actress
- 1910 : Wilhelm Kos , Austrian lawyer and politician
- 1910 : Opilio Rossi , Vatican diplomat and Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1911 : Karl Friedrich Titho , German SS member and camp commandant
- 1911 : Hans Vogt , German composer
- 1913 : Paul Arndt , German communist and resistance fighter
- 1913 : Herbert Aust , German SS-Sturmbannführer
- 1913 : Erika Richter , German table tennis player
- 1914 : Kurt Aepli , Swiss silversmith, jewelry and equipment designer and professional educator
- 1914 : Lily Garáfulic , Chilean sculptor
- 1915 : Susanne Miller , German historian
- 1916 : Hermann Böhm , German motorcycle racer
- 1916 : Lance Dossor , Australian pianist and professor
- 1916 : Del Moore , American actor and comedian
- 1917 : Lou Harrison , American composer
- 1917 : Norman Luboff , American composer and choir director
- 1918 : Marie Smith Jones , last speaker of the Eyak language
- 1921 : Hafiz Sabri Koçi , Albanian theologian
- 1922 : Agha Hasan Abedi , Pakistani banker
- 1922 : Arnold Peters , Canadian politician (CCF, NDP)
- 1922 : Franjo Tuđman , Croatian President
- 1923 : Adnan Pachachi , Iraqi politician
- 1923 : Mrinal Sen , Indian film director
- 1924 : Coco Schumann , German jazz musician and guitarist
- 1925 : Tristram Cary , British-Australian composer
- 1925 : Tatjana Iwanow , German actress and singer
- 1925 : Oona O'Neill , wife of Charlie Chaplin
- 1925 : Ulfert Onken , German chemist
- 1925 : Boris Parsadanjan , Estonian composer
- 1925 : Heinrich Popitz , German sociologist
- 1925 : Ninian Sanderson , British racing car driver
1926-1950
- 1926 : Eric Morecambe , British comedian
- 1927 : Herbert W. Franke , German science fiction author
- 1927 : Walter E. Richartz , German chemist and writer
- 1928 : Graziano Arrighetti , Italian Graecist and papyrologist
- 1928 : Ernst Cincera , Swiss politician
- 1928 : Che Guevara , Cuban revolutionary and guerrilla leader, Marxist politician and author
- 1928 : Will Jones , American R&B and doo-wop singer
- 1928 : Frederik H. Kreuger , Dutch high voltage scientist and inventor
- 1929 : Vladimir Sergeyevich Antozhin , Soviet chess grandmaster
- 1929 : Henry McGee , British actor
- 1930 : Władysław Słowiński , Polish composer and conductor
- 1932 : Richard Estes , American painter
- 1933 : Michael Chevalier , German actor and voice actor
- 1933 : László Kovács , Hungarian-American cameraman
- 1934 : Abraham Ashkenasi , American political scientist
- 1934 : Aurelio Milani , Italian football player
- 1934 : Siân Phillips , British actress
- 1934 : Evelyn Sanders German writer
- 1934 : Dieter Stern , German chess player
- 1935 : Max Kaase , German political scientist
- 1936 : Bobby Darin , American pop musician
- 1936 : Robert Klymasz , Canadian ethnologist and folk song researcher
- 1936 : Götz Dieter Plage , German nature filmmaker
- 1936 : Waheeda Rehman , Indian film actress
- 1937 : Heribert Hellenbroich , President of the BND
- 1937 : Burkhard Jähnke , German Vice President of the Federal Court of Justice
- 1938 : Clive Rowlands , Welsh rugby player and coach
- 1939 : Veruschka Countess von Lehndorff , German photo model and actress
- 1939 : Rupert Neudeck , German founder of Cap Anamur
- 1941 : Eric P. Caspar , Swiss actor and theater director
- 1941 : Habib Galhia , Tunisian boxer
- 1942 : Prentis Hancock , British actor
- 1942 : Dieter Pützhofen , German politician
- 1942 : Jörg-Otto Spiller , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1942 : Rüdiger Vogler , German actor
- 1943 : Jack Bruce , British rock musician
- 1943 : Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson , Icelandic President
- 1943 : Tania León , Cuban composer, conductor and music teacher
- 1943 : Heide Schmidt-Lippe , German painter
- 1944 : Francesca Annis , British actress
- 1944 : George Lucas , American film director and producer
- 1945 : Wladislaw Ardsinba , Abkhazian historian and president
- 1945 : Jochanan Wallach , Israeli soccer player
- 1946 : Elmar Brok , German politician
- 1947 : Martin Böttger , German civil rights activist and politician
- 1947 : Hans Orsolics , Austrian European boxing champion
- 1947 : Karin Struck , German writer
- 1949 : Sverre Årnes , Norwegian writer, comic book writer and screenwriter
- 1949 : Klaus-Peter Thaler , German racing cyclist
- 1950 : Veljko Barbieri , Croatian author
- 1950 : Claudia Loerding , German actress
1951-1975
- 1951 : Gaby Dietzen , German journalist and television presenter
- 1951 : Jürgen Werth , German author and songwriter
- 1952 : David Byrne , British musician
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- 1952 : Robert Zemeckis , American director and film producer
- 1953 : Virgílio dos Anjos , East Timorese guerrilla
- 1953 : Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg , German actor and book author
- 1953 : Norodom Sihamoni , King of Cambodia
- 1954 : Peter Cestonaro , German soccer player
- 1954 : Karl-Markus Gauß , Austrian writer, critic, editor
- 1954 : Detlef Matthiessen , German politician and veterinarian
- 1954 : Klaus Schlie , State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance of Schleswig-Holstein
- 1954 : Bodo Wehmeier , German soccer player
- 1955 : Arturo Aiello , Italian bishop of Teano-Calvi
- 1955 : Amke Dietert-Scheuer , German politician and Member of the Bundestag
- 1955 : Alasdair Fraser , Scottish fiddle player
- 1955 : Ulrike Höfken , German politician and Member of the Bundestag
- 1955 : Wilhelm Molterer , Austrian politician
- 1955 : Jens Sparschuh , German writer
- 1957 : Gaby Hauptmann , German writer
- 1957 : Oliver Simon , German singer
- 1957 : Leon White , American wrestler
- 1958 : Joachim Armbrust , German social worker and author
- 1958 : Andrzej Grubba , Polish table tennis player
- 1959 : Patrick Bruel , French singer and actor
- 1959 : James Iahuat , Vanuatu boxer
- 1959 : Stéphane Mertens , Belgian motorcycle racer
- 1960 : Anne Clark , British singer and songwriter
- 1960 : Simonetta Sommaruga , Swiss politician
- 1960 : Steve Williams , American wrestler
- 1960 : Mohamed Zaoui , Algerian amateur boxer
- 1961 : Ulrike Folkerts , German actress
- 1961 : Rigobert Gruber , German soccer player
- 1961 : Martin Kušej , Austrian theater director, opera director and artistic director
- 1961 : Jean Leloup , French-Canadian musician
- 1961 : Urban Priol , German cabaret artist, writer and presenter
- 1961 : Tim Roth , British actor
- 1962 : Ferran Adrià , Spanish cook and restaurateur
- 1962 : Ian Astbury , British rock singer
- 1962 : Thomas Bubendorfer , Austrian extreme mountaineer and author
- 1963 : José Asconeguy , Uruguayan road cyclist
- 1963 : Pia Beckmann , German politician, Lord Mayor of Würzburg
- 1963 : Jochen Fraatz , German handball player
- 1964 : Peter Bamler , German actor
- 1964 : James McNeal Kelly , NASA astronaut
- 1964 : Daniela Lager , Swiss presenter and journalist
- 1965 : Eoin Colfer , Irish writer
- 1965 : Bernd Fabritius , German politician and association official
- 1965 : Christophe Marguet , French jazz drummer
- 1966 : Natalie Batalha , American astrophysicist
- 1966 : Marianne Denicourt , French actress
- 1966 : Angela Elis , German television presenter, journalist and book author
- 1966 : Fab Morvan , French singer
- 1966 : Mike Inez , American musician
- 1966 : Marie-Helene Östlund , Swedish cross-country skier
- 1966 : Raphael Saadiq , American musician, singer and composer
- 1966 : Irina Serova , Austrian badminton player
- 1967 : Tillmann Uhrmacher , German music producer
- 1968 : Peter Ahola , Finnish ice hockey player
- 1969 : Irinel Anghel , Romanian composer
- 1969 : Cate Blanchett , Australian film actress
- 1969 : Stephen DeCesare , American composer and singer
- 1969 : Stéphan Grégoire , French racing car driver and entrepreneur
- 1969 : Volker Piesczek , Austrian television presenter
- 1969 : Sabine Schmitz , German racing car driver and television presenter
- 1969 : Danny Wood , American singer, songwriter and record producer
- 1970 : Faruk Hujdurović , Bosnian football player
- 1971 : Sofia Coppola , American film director
- 1971 : Alberto Rodríguez Librero , Spanish film director
- 1973 : Sandro Aguilar , Portuguese film producer and director
- 1973 : Guendalina Buffon , Italian volleyball player
- 1973 : Anais Granofsky , Canadian actress, director, screenwriter and film producer
- 1973 : Jonny Kane , British racing car driver
- 1973 : Shanice , American R&B singer
- 1974 : Keram Malicki-Sánchez , Canadian film actor
- 1974 : Florian Odendahl , German actor
- 1975 : Nicki Sørensen , Danish cyclist
1976-2000
- 1976 : Martine McCutcheon , British singer and actress
- 1976 : Benjamin Quabeck , German film director
- 1976 : Attila Tököli , Hungarian professional footballer
- 1977 : Claude Crétier , French ski racer
- 1977 : Matthias Pröfrock , German lawyer and politician
- 1977 : Pusha T , American rapper
- 1978 : André Macanga , Angolan football player
- 1978 : Gustavo Varela , Uruguayan football player
- 1978 : Magdalena Brzeska , German gymnast
- 1979 : Robert Arrhenius , Swedish handball player and coach
- 1979 : Oliver Jonas , German ice hockey goalkeeper
- 1979 : Stefanie von Poser , German actress
- 1979 : Bleona Qereti , Albanian pop singer
- 1979 : Carlos Tenorio , Ecuadorian soccer player
- 1980 : Morten Ask , Norwegian ice hockey player
- 1980 : Zdeněk Grygera , Czech football player
- 1980 : Eugene Martineau , Dutch decathlete
- 1981 : Antti Aarnio , Finnish ice hockey player
- 1981 : Júlia Sebestyén , Hungarian figure skater
- 1981 : Björn Andrae , German volleyball player
- 1982 : Paata Chmaladze , Georgian billiards player
- 1982 : Anders Eggert , Danish handball player
- 1982 : Ignacio María González , Uruguayan football player
- 1982 : Pia Malo , German pop singer
- 1982 : Ania Rösler , German handball player
- 1982 : Beardyman , British multivocalist, musician, web video producer and comedian
- 1983 : Amir Akrout , Tunisian soccer player
- 1983 : Anahí , Mexican actress and singer
- 1983 : Amber Tamblyn , American actress
- 1983 : Tomisław Tajner , Polish ski jumper
- 1984 : Olly Murs , British pop singer
- 1984 : Patrick Ochs , German soccer player
- 1984 : Michael Rensing , German soccer player
- 1984 : Nigel Reo-Coker , English soccer player
- 1984 : Glen Vella , Maltese singer
- 1984 : Hassan Yebda , French-Algerian soccer player
- 1984 : Mark Zuckerberg , American entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Facebook
- 1985 : Carlos Eduardo Assmann , German-Brazilian soccer player
- 1985 : Anne Ulbricht , German handball player
- 1986 : Rodolfo González , Venezuelan racing car driver
- 1986 : Simon Magakwe , South African athlete
- 1986 : Marco Motta , Italian soccer player
- 1987 : Joseph Attieh , Lebanese singer
- 1987 : Adrián Daniel Calello , Argentine soccer player
- 1987 : François Steyn , South African rugby player
- 1987 : Ari Freyr Skúlason , Icelandic football player
- 1988 : Niccolò Canepa , Italian motorcycle racer
- 1988 : Martin Murawski , German handball player
- 1989 : Arthur Pauli , Austrian ski jumper
- 1989 : Julia Simic , German soccer player
- 1989 : Jon Leuer , American basketball player
- 1991 : Muhammed Ildiz , Austrian football player
- 1991 : Inès Jaurena , French soccer player
- 1992 : Nicolás Arbiza , Uruguayan football player
- 1992 : Mario Farnbacher , German racing driver
- 1993 : Miranda Cosgrove , American actress and singer
- 1993 : Kristina Mladenovic , French tennis player
- 1995 : Nicat Abbasov , Azerbaijani chess master
- 1996 : McKaley Miller , American actress
- 1996 : Martin Garrix , Dutch DJ
- 1997 : Luka Andres , German voice actor and actor
- 1997 : Matteo Sobrero , Italian racing cyclist
Died
Before the 16th century
- 491 : Aprunculus , Bishop of Langres
- 649 : Theodor I , Pope
- 871 : Iso of St. Gallen , Thurgau Benedictine (* around 830 )
- 873 : Adalwin , Archbishop of Salzburg and Abbot of the St. Peter Monastery
- 964 : John XII. , Pope
- 993 : Dodo , Bishop of Munster
- 1156 : Arnold II von Wied , Archbishop of Cologne
- 1219 : William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke , English knight of Norman descent
- 1277 : Nicholas I , Lord of Werle
- 1281 : Wladislaus I , Duke of Opole-Ratibor
- 1293 : Agnes of Görz and Tirol , Margravine of Maißen and Landgravine of Thuringia
- 1313 : Bolko I , Duke of Opole
- 1324 : Gottfried von Waldeck , Bishop of Minden
- 1333 : Kuno II von Falkenstein-Münzenberg , German nobleman
- 1391 : Ludwig de Foro , titular bishop of Phocaea and auxiliary bishop in the dioceses of Verden, Minden, Münster and Schwerin
- 1405 : Eckard von Dersch , Bishop of Worms
- 1458 : Juan de Segovia , Spanish theologian and representative of conciliarism
- 1462 : Jeanne de Marle , Countess of Marle and Soissons
- 1475 : Shinkei , Japanese poet
- 1491 : Filippo Strozzi the Elder , Florentine merchant
- 1493 : Johann III. , Duke of Ratibor
16th to 18th century
- 1507 : Hernando de Talavera , Spanish bishop and politician
- 1523 : Nicolas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden , English peer and politician
- 1565 : Florian Abel , German painter and draftsman
- 1565 : Nikolaus von Amsdorf , German reformer
- 1576 : Tahmasp I , second Shah of the Safavid dynasty in Iran
- 1587 : Kaspar Schlumpf , Swiss merchant and mayor
- 1589 : William Cooke , English politician
- 1608 : Charles III. , Duke of Lorraine
- 1610 : Henry IV , King of France
- 1626 : Cristoforo Roncalli , called il Pomarancio , Italian painter
- 1629 : Jean Gordon , Scottish nobleman
- 1643 : Louis XIII. , King of France
- 1688 : Antoine Furetière , French writer, scholar and lexicographer
- 1692 : Ludovica Cristina of Savoy , princess of the House of Savoy
- 1711 : Beda Weller , abbot of the Grafschaft monastery
- 1733 : Kost Hordijenko , ataman of the Zaporozhian Cossacks
- 1734 : Georg Ernst Stahl , German chemist and physician
- 1736 : Louis Auguste I , Duke of Maine, illegitimate son of Louis XIV.
- 1736 : Giovanni Battista Vivaldi , Italian violinist
- 1742 : Friedrich Christian von Fürstenberg , President of the secret council of the Prince Diocese of Paderborn and cabinet and conference minister of the Electorate of Cologne
- 1742 : Dominique Varlet , Roman Catholic titular bishop of Askalon, co-founder of the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands
- 1746 : Franz Conrad Romanus , Mayor of Leipzig and prisoner at Königstein Fortress
- 1751 : Henry Theodore Reinhold , German opera singer
- 1754 : Johann Wolfgang von Flüe , Swiss officer and politician
- 1761 : Thomas Simpson , English mathematician
- 1767 : Philipp Heinrich Kisling , court painter and portraitist at the court of the Margrave of Baden-Durlach in Karlsruhe
- 1769 : Joas I , Negus negest (emperor) of Ethiopia
- 1773 : Ehrenreich Gerhard Coldewey , German scholar, lawyer and poet
- 1798 : David Ruhnken , Dutch scholar
19th century
- 1801 : Johann Ernst Altenburg , German composer, organist and trumpeter
- 1812 : Duncan Ban MacIntyre , Scottish Gaelic poet
- 1820 : Paul Struck , German composer
- 1833 : Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Königslöw , German organist and composer
- 1835 : Johann Protasius von Anstett , Russian diplomat
- 1840 : Carl Ludwig Engel , German-Finnish architect and painter
- 1840 : Karl Wilhelm August Porsche , German lawyer and local politician
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- 1840 : Karl vom Stein zum Altenstein , German politician, Minister of Culture in Prussia
- 1845 : Philipp Jakob Siebenpfeiffer , political publicist and a key figure at the Hambach Festival
- 1847 : Fanny Hensel née Mendelssohn, German composer
- 1854 : Friederike von Reden , German pietist, called the mother of the Hirschberger Valley , wife of Friedrich Wilhelm von Reden
- 1855 : Georg Karl Wisner von Morgenstern , Croatian composer, conductor and music teacher
- 1857 : Jacob Niclas Ahlström , Swedish conductor and composer
- 1860 : Ludwig Bechstein , German writer, librarian and archivist
- 1860 : Karl Heinrich Ferdinand Schütze , German entrepreneur, politician and member of parliament
- 1863 : Virgil Fleischmann , Austrian Catholic clergyman, church musician and composer
- 1864 : Hermannus Bouman , Dutch Reformed theologian and orientalist
- 1869 : Victor Langlois , French orientalist
- 1871 : Agénor Étienne de Gasparin , French publicist and politician
- 1878 : Ōkubo Toshimichi , Japanese interior minister of the Meiji period
- 1879 : Henry Sewell , first Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 1881 : Alexander von Arentschildt , Hanoverian and Prussian lieutenant general
- 1893 : Ernst Eduard Kummer , German mathematician
- 1897 : Richard Coke , governor of Texas
- 1899 : Lars Fredrik Nilson , Swedish chemist
- 1900 : Sergei Sergejewitsch Korsakow , Russian neurologist
20th century
1901-1950
- 1906 : Carl Schurz , German politician and revolutionary, American general, historian and statesman
- 1912 : Frederick VIII , King of Denmark
- 1912 : August Strindberg , Swedish writer and playwright
- 1914 : András L. Áchim , Hungarian politician
- 1917 : Joseph Choate , American lawyer and diplomat
- 1918 : Joaquim Pimenta de Castro , Portuguese general, putschist and head of government
- 1919 : William Hepburn Armstrong , American politician
- 1919 : Henry John Heinz , American businessman
- 1928 : Max Auzinger , German magician and actor
- 1930 : John P. Buchanan , American politician
- 1931 : Viktor Dyk , Czech poet, prose writer, playwright, politician and lawyer
- 1935 : Magnus Hirschfeld , German neurologist and sex researcher
- 1936 : Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby , British Field Marshal and High Commissioner of Egypt
- 1937 : John Burke , American politician
- 1937 : Earl Snakehips Tucker , American dancer and entertainer
- 1939 : Isabelle Bean , Anglo-Australian nurse, suffragette, feminist and theosophist
- 1940 : Emma Goldman , American anarchist and peace activist
- 1941 : Maurice Bavaud , Swiss assassin on Adolf Hitler
- 1942 : Frank Churchill , American film music composer
- 1943 : Georg von Sachsen , Saxon Crown Prince, Catholic priest and Jesuit
- 1945 : Wolfgang Lüth , submarine commander in World War II
- 1945 : Wilhelm Murr , National Socialist politician
1951-2000
- 1951 : Ernst Roth , German politician and Member of the Bundestag
- 1954 : Sidney Abrahams , British long jumper and sprinter
- 1954 : Heinz Guderian , German army officer, general, chief of the general staff, co-developer of modern warfare with tanks
- 1955 : Jānis Vītoliņš , Latvian composer
- 1959 : Sidney Bechet , Creole soprano saxophonist and clarinetist
- 1964 : Heinz Werner , German psychologist
- 1965 : Frances Perkins , American politician
- 1966 : Ludwig Meidner , German expressionist painter, poet and graphic artist
- 1967 : Renzo De Vecchi , Italian football player and coach
- 1970 : Fritz Perls , German psychiatrist and psychotherapist, co-founder of Gestalt therapy
- 1971 : Heinz Kiekebusch , German politician, MdL
- 1972 : Theodor Blank , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag, multiple Federal Minister, first Federal Minister for Defense
- 1973 : Hans Haas , Austrian weightlifter
- 1973 : Cobb Rooney , American football player
- 1973 : Elmer Snowden , American banjo player, band leader, and music entrepreneur
- 1974 : Hipólito Lázaro , Spanish opera singer (tenor)
- 1974 : Jacob Levy Moreno , Austrian-American founder of psychodrama, sociometry and group psychotherapy
- 1975 : Ernst Fredrik Werner Alexanderson , Swedish-American electrical engineer
- 1978 : Silvia De Grasse , Panamanian singer
- 1980 : Hugh Griffith , Welsh actor
- 1981 : Miguel Andreolo , Uruguayan-Italian soccer player
- 1981 : Karl-Axel Kullerstrand , Swedish high jumper
- 1981 : Juan Posadas , Argentine Trotskyist ideologist and ufologist
- 1983 : Fyodor Alexandrovich Abramov , Soviet writer
- 1983 : Miguel Alemán Valdés , President of Mexico
- 1984 : Charles Leonard Hamblin , Australian philosopher, logician and computer pioneer
- 1984 : Dick Weisgerber , American football player
- 1985 : María Luisa Escobar , Venezuelan composer, pianist and singer
- 1986 : Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan van Steenis , Dutch botanist
- 1987 : Rita Hayworth , American actress
- 1988 : Willem Drees , Dutch politician
- 1991 : Jiang Qing , Chinese politician and wife of Mao Zedong
- 1993 : Édouard Pignon , French painter
- 1993 : Hugo Wiener , Austrian composer and pianist
- 1994 : Cihat Arman , Turkish soccer goalkeeper, coach and official
- 1994 : Ramón de Garciasol , Spanish writer
- 1995 : Christian B. Anfinsen , American biochemist and Nobel Prize winner
- 1996 : Ludwig Preiß , German politician
- 1996 : Sugai Kumi , Japanese painter and graphic artist
- 1997 : Boris Parsadanjan , Estonian composer
- 1998 : Frank Sinatra , American singer, actor and entertainer (nickname The Voice )
- 1998 : Paul Leyhausen , German zoologist and psychologist
- 1998 : Kay Glasson Taylor , Australian writer
- 1999 : Manuel del Cabral , Dominican writer
- 2000 : Keizō Obuchi , Japanese Prime Minister
21st century
- 2001 : Mortimer Morris-Goodall , British racing car driver
- 2001 : Ettore Puricelli , Uruguayan-Italian soccer player and coach
- 2002 : José Lutzenberger , German-Brazilian politician and environmental activist
- 2003 : Dave DeBusschere , American basketball player
- 2003 : Otto Edelmann , Austrian singer
- 2003 : Wendy Hiller , British actress
- 2004 : Rudi Arndt , German politician, Lord Mayor of Frankfurt a. M., MdL, State Minister, MEP
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- 2004 : Günter Gaus , German diplomat and journalist
- 2004 : Jesús Gil , Spanish politician and entrepreneur
- 2004 : Carl Gustaf Ströhm , German journalist
- 2006 : Günther Nenning , Austrian journalist, author, political activist and religious scholar
- 2008 : Elmar Ferber , German filmmaker, author and publisher
- 2011 : Michael Peschke , German writer and playwright
- 2011 : Fuad Rifka , Syrian-Lebanese professor of philosophy, poet
- 2012 : Ernst Hinterberger , Austrian writer and screenwriter
- 2012 : Taruni Sachdeva , Indian actress
- 2013 : Billie Sol Estes , American businessman
- 2013 : Irenäus Wolfgang Totzke , German musicologist and monk
- 2014 : Gisela Kessler , German trade unionist
- 2014 : Martin Skowroneck , German musical instrument maker
- 2015 : Roy Etzel , German trumpeter and band leader
- 2015 : Charles Grivel , Swiss Romance studies and French studies, literary scholar and university professor
- 2015 : BB King , American blues guitarist and singer
- 2016 : Engelbert Kraus , German soccer player
- 2016 : Paul Smoker , American trumpeter, flugelhorn player, composer and band leader
- 2016 : André Wicky , Swiss racing car driver and racing team owner
- 2016 : Alvise Zorzi , Italian historian and journalist
- 2017 : Powers Boothe , American actor
- 2017 : Joyce Sullivan , Canadian singer
- 2018 : Maria Körber , German actress
- 2018 : Tom Wolfe , American writer, journalist, art and architecture critic and illustrator
- 2019 : Sven Lindqvist , Swedish writer and literary historian
- 2019 : Mike Möllensiep , German football player and trainer
- 2020 : Ralf Forster , German soccer player
- 2021 : Haziq Kamaruddin , Malaysian archer
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Nikolaus von Amsdorf , German theologian and Bishop of Naumburg (Protestant)
- St. Corona , Roman martyr and patron saint (Catholic)
- St. Apostle Matthias , scribe and martyr (Anglican, Catholic (not in the German-speaking area))
- St. Victor of Damascus , Roman soldier and martyr (Catholic)
- St. Boniface of Tarsus , Roman martyr, " Ice Saint " (Catholic)
The list of commemorative and action days contains further entries .
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