14th November
The November 14 is the 318th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 319th in leap years ), thus remain 47 days by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 1475 : George the Rich , the later Duke of Bavaria-Landshut , takes Jadwiga , the daughter of the Polish King Casimir IV , as his wife. The wedding party in Landshut lasts eight days. This wedding feast is celebrated every four years up to the present day.
- 1493 : On his second voyage, Christopher Columbus lands on an island in the Lesser Antilles that he calls Santa Cruz .
- 1495 : In the Battle of Aguere , the troops of the Kingdom of Castile succeed in defeating the Guanches , the indigenous people of the Canary Islands .
- 1501 : 15-year-old Catherine of Aragón is married to the Prince of Wales , Arthur Tudor , of the same age in St Paul's Cathedral . Four months later, her husband dies of a severe fever. The widow is married in 1509 by his younger brother Heinrich .
- 1633 : During the Thirty Years War , Swedish troops under Duke Bernhard von Sachsen-Weimar conquer the Free Imperial City of Regensburg .
- 1659 : A Swedish attack on that of King Friedrich III. ruled Denmark is fended off with Dutch and Brandenburg help at Nyborg .
- 1665 : In Denmark, King Friedrich III signed. the " King's Law ", according to which the Imperial Council is abolished. The king must be of Lutheran denomination and may not share the kingdom, but is only accountable to God . The line of succession can be from the male or female line.
- 1795 : The German Imperial Army conquers the town of Lambsheim in the Rhine plain between Worms and Speyer after defeating French revolutionary troops in the battle near Lambsheim .
- 1805 : One day after his troops took Vienna without a fight in the Third Coalition War , Napoléon moved into quarters at Schönbrunn Palace .
- 1868 : The term imperial Austria is by hand available by Emperor I Franz Joseph by the name Hungarian Austrian monarchy replaced.
- 1897 : After the murder of two missionaries in China on November 1st, the German marine infantry occupied Kiautschou Bay .
- 1899 : In the Samoa Treaty, the German Empire and the USA split up the Samoan islands and thus settle the conflict over Samoa .
- 1918 : Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk is elected President of the Czechoslovak National Assembly.
- 1918 : Following the provisional resignation of Grand Duke Friedrich II. Of Baden , the provisional government proclaims the Republic of Baden .
- 1918 : Józef Piłsudski is appointed acting head of state of independent Poland .
- 1921 : The Partido Comunista de España is created in Spain through the merger of two young communist parties .
- 1938 : As part of the November pogroms , Reich Education Minister Bernhard Rust orders the immediate discharge of Jewish students from state schools. They are prohibited from attending classes.
- 1940 : During the Second World War , heavy area bombing by the German Air Force destroys the historic old town of Coventry in the course of the Battle of Britain . The Nazi propaganda then coined the term " Coventrieren " .
- 1953 : In agreement with the Western Allies , the Federal Republic of Germany renounces border controls in interzonal traffic .
- 1954 : The Egyptian Prime Minister Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrows President Muhammad Nagib , places him under house arrest and takes over his office himself.
- 1957 : The Lindau Agreement regulates the competences of the German federal states for the conclusion of international agreements and the transformation of the agreements concluded by the federal government with subjects of international law.
- 1961 : For the first time in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany, a woman becomes a minister : The CDU MP Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt becomes Minister of Health.
- 1962 : Emperor Haile Selassie I dissolves the federation with Eritrea and annexes it as the 14th province of Ethiopia .
- 1963 : South of Iceland, the island of Surtsey rises from the sea.
- 1970 : The SPD passes a resolution to demarcate the communists.
- 1980 : In a coup in Guinea-Bissau , the previous Prime Minister João Bernardo Vieira takes power at the head of a Revolutionary Council. The previous President Luís de Almeida Cabral is placed under house arrest
- 1988 : PLO boss Yasser Arafat calls in the Algerian capital Algiers the state of Palestine from.
- 1990 : The German-Polish border treaty confirming the Oder-Neisse border is signed in Warsaw .
- 1990 : After protests about the evacuation of three squatted houses, the Mayor of Berlin , Walter Momper , ordered the evacuation of Mainzer Straße without consulting the coalition partner . The Alternative List then terminates the coalition with the SPD in Berlin.
- 1993 : The Neue Wache in Berlin is inaugurated as the Federal Republic's central memorial for the victims of war and tyranny.
- 1999 : Leonid Kuchma is re-elected as President of Ukraine .
economy
- 1922 : The British Broadcasting Corporation begins radio broadcasts from a London studio .
- 1939 : In the Third Reich , textiles can now only be purchased using the Reich clothing card.
- 1964 : One of the largest shopping centers in Germany opens with the Ruhr Park in Bochum - Harpen .
- 1967 : The United States Patent Office grants Theodore Maiman a patent for the ruby laser he developed .
- 1971 : The radio of the GDR begins to broadcast the radio program Voice of the GDR intended for Western listeners , which replaces the programs of the Deutschlandsender and Berliner Welle .
- 1972 : The Dow Jones Index closes above the 1,000 point mark for the first time.
- 1983 : The first Tempo 30 zone in Germany is set up as a model test in the city center of Buxtehude .
- 1994 : The Eurotunnel between Calais in France and Folkestone in England is opened for passenger traffic and train traffic is started.
- 1998 : The 4th UN Climate Change Conference adopts the Buenos Aires Plan of Action , which deals with the reduction of greenhouse gases .
science and technology
- 1770 : The Scottish traveler James Bruce explores the sources of the Blue Nile .
- 1901 : The Viennese doctor Karl Landsteiner announces the discovery of the three blood groups A, B and 0.
- 1910 : The aviation pioneer Eugene Burton Ely is the first person to take off from a ship, from a platform on the light cruiser USS Birmingham .
- 1926 : The first Geneva Wave Plan , in which the operation of the radio stations in the long and medium wave range is determined, comes into force.
- 1969 : Apollo 12 , NASA's second manned flight to the moon, takes off with astronauts Charles Conrad , Richard Gordon and Alan Bean on board. Although the rocket was struck by lightning twice at launch, the launch went according to plan.
- 1971 : The American space probe Mariner 9 reaches the planet Mars and is the first terrestrial probe to enter the orbit of another planet .
- 1994 : In the galaxy NGC 3370 in the constellation Leo , about 98 million light years from Earth , the astronomer S. Van Dyk notices a supernova that has formed .
- 2003 : Mike Brown , Chad Trujillo, and David Lincoln Rabinowitz discover the asteroid Sedna , a trans-Neptunian object that may be a dwarf planet .
Culture
- 1899 : The opera The Saracen by César Cui is premiered at the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg .
- 1908 : The world premiere of the operetta The Brave Soldier by Oscar Straus takes place at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna .
- 1927 : The musical Funny Face by George Gershwin is at the Alvin Theater premiered in New York City.
- 1941 : Alfred Hitchcock's psychological thriller Suspicion starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine premieres.
- 1946 : Hermann Hesse is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature .
society
- 1889 : On behalf of New York World, reporter Nellie Bly tries to actually implement Jules Verne's journey around the world in 80 days . After the record time of 72 days, she returns to New York City.
- 1957 : Due to the chaotic demolition of the Apalachin meeting , the American public is provided for the first time with evidence of the existence of a national criminal syndicate .
- 1973 : The British Princess Anne marries the artillery captain Mark Phillips .
religion
- 1305 : Clement V is crowned Pope in Lyon .
- 1825 : The Procathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Dublin is dedicated . The sacred building becomes the first Roman Catholic bishopric in the United Kingdom after the Reformation .
- 1971 : Schenuda III. is enthroned as the 117th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Coptic Church .
Disasters
- 1861 : The Corvette SMS Amazone of the Prussian Navy goes down with all of its crew in a hurricane off the Dutch coast.
- 1909 : 101 passengers and crew are killed in the sinking of the French Messageries Maritimes' La Seyne liner after colliding with a British steamer.
- 2015 : The railway accident at Eckwersheim in Alsace claims at least ten lives. The train had apparently entered the curve at the end of the high-speed line at too high a speed and fell off the embankment.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
Sports
- 1903 : Harvard University opens its Harvard Stadium, a horseshoe-shaped sports facility where American football is played predominantly .
- 1934 : In Highbury in London, the English national football team defeated the reigning world champions Italy 3-2. The battle of Highbury , which was fought with great severity, is seen by many as the "real" final of the 1934 World Cup , in which England did not take part.
- 1966 : Cassius Clay defends his Boxing World Championship against Cleveland Williams with a knockout victory.
- 2010 : 23-year-old Sebastian Vettel closes the racing season as the new Formula 1 world champion with victory at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix .
Entries of athletics world records can be found under the respective discipline under athletics .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 459 : Butz'aj Sak Chiik , ruler (Ajaw) of the Maya city of Palenque
- 1449 : Sidonie of Bohemia , Duchess of Saxony and Margravine of Meißen
- 1479 : Joan the Mad , Queen of Castile and León
- 1501 : Anna , Countess of East Friesland
- 1650 : Wilhelm III. of Orange , King of England
- 1668 : Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt , Italian baroque master builder
18th century
- 1712 : Karl August , Margrave of Baden-Durlach
- 1719 : Leopold Mozart , German composer
- 1721 : Friedrich Samuel Zickler , German Lutheran theologian
- 1723 : Johann Ludwig Aberli , Swiss painter
- 1760 : Joachim Bernhard Nicolaus Hacker , German theologian, poet and writer
- 1765 : Robert Fulton , American engineer and inventor, builder of steamers and the Nautilus submarine
- 1765 : François-Antoine Jecker , French instrument maker
- 1773 : Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere , British Field Marshal
- 1775 : Paul Johann Anselm von Feuerbach , German legal scholar, founder of modern German criminal law
- 1777 : Johann Ludwig Christian Carl Gravenhorst , German zoologist
- 1778 : Johann Nepomuk Hummel , Austrian composer and pianist
- 1778 : Christian von Rother , Prussian politician
- 1778 : Heinrich Gottlieb Tzschirner , German Protestant theologian
- 1779 : Adam Oehlenschläger , Danish writer
- 1784 : Karl Friedrich Schulz , German Protestant hymn composer and music teacher
- 1788 : Mikhail Petrovich Lasarew , Russian naval officer and admiral
- 1791 : Deocar Schmid , German clergyman and missionary
- 1797 : Charles Lyell , British geologist
- 1799 : Auguste Barbereau , French composer
- 1799 : Carl Heinrich Behn , Mayor of Altona
- 1799 : Edouard Boilly , French composer
19th century
1801-1850
- 1802 : August Friedrich Pott , German linguist
- 1803 : Jacob Abbott , American writer
- 1804 : Heinrich Dorn , German composer
- 1805 : Fanny Hensel , German composer
- 1807 : Auguste Laurent , French chemist
- 1814 : Edmund Bojanowski , founder of the Polish order
- 1820 : Edmond Membrée , French composer
- 1824 : James Mitchell Ashley , American politician
- 1824 : Anton Burger , German painter, draftsman and etcher
- 1826 : Heinrich Lang , German evangelical reformed pastor and theologian
- 1828 : Andreas Andresen , German art book author
- 1829 : Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer , German medic
- 1830 : Conrad Bursian , German philologist and archaeologist
- 1831 : Adolph Freiherr von La Valette-St. George , German zoologist, anatomist and university professor
- 1837 : Franz Klüsner , German preacher
- 1840 : Claude Monet , French painter and main exponent of Impressionism
- 1843 : Theodor Wilhelm Engelmann , German physiologist, biologist and zoologist
- 1844 : Paul Förster , German anti-Semitic publicist and politician
- 1845 : Ernst Perabo , American pianist and composer
1851-1900
- 1852 : Alfred Lichtwark , German art historian, museum director and art educator
- 1859 : Philipp Victor Achilles Andreae , German geologist and paleontologist
- 1863 : Leo Hendrik Baekeland , Belgian-American chemist and inventor
- 1866 : Leopold Andres , Austrian general, cartographer and geodesist
- 1867 : Ottilie Pohl , German politician and resistance fighter
- 1867 : Friedrich Vollmer , German classical philologist
- 1868 : Konrad Biesalski , German orthopedist
- 1868 : Steele Rudd , Australian writer
- 1874 : William Sutherland Maxwell , Canadian Bahai
- 1874 : Johann Schober , Austrian lawyer, civil servant and politician
- 1875 : Bruno H. Bürgel , German astronomer and writer
- 1875 : Jakob Schaffner , Swiss writer
- 1876 : Anton Aberle , German-Swiss architect
- 1877 : Norman Brookes , Australian tennis player
- 1881 : Nicholas Schenck , Russian-American co-founder of the film industry
- 1881 : René Tartara , French swimmer and water polo player
- 1882 : Norah de Kresz , English pianist and music teacher
- 1883 : Fritz Arnold , German politician
- 1885 : Sonia Delaunay-Terk , Russian-French painter and designer
- 1887 : Lajos Áprily , Hungarian poet and translator
- 1887 : Elisabeth Tombrock , founder of the German order
- 1889 : Taha Hussein , Arabic writer
- 1889 : Jawaharlal Nehru , Prime Minister of India
- 1891 : Frederick Banting , British medic, Nobel Prize winner, co-discoverer of insulin
- 1891 : Ted Meredith , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1891 : Josef Magnus Wehner , German writer and playwright
- 1893 : Tommy Milton , American racing car driver
- 1895 : Georg Aumeier , German National Socialist
- 1896 : Mamie Eisenhower , American first lady
- 1900 : Aaron Copland , American composer
20th century
1901-1925
- 1902 : Walter Götze , German criminal
- 1904 : Dick Powell , American actor
- 1905 : Giordano Aldrighetti , Italian motorcycle and automobile racing driver
- 1905 : John Henry Barbee , American musician
- 1905 : August Wenzinger , Swiss cellist, gambist, music teacher and conductor
- 1906 : Louise Brooks , American actress
- 1907 : Pedro Arrupe , Spanish Order General
- 1907 : Astrid Lindgren , Swedish children's book author
- 1907 : William Steig , American cartoonist
- 1908 : Joseph McCarthy , American Senator
- 1908 : Wolfgang Yourgrau , American social psychologist, physicist and journalist
- 1910 : Daniel Israel Arnon , American biologist, biochemist, and plant physiologist
- 1910 : Eric Malpass , British writer
- 1910 : Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi , Vatican diplomat, cardinal to the Curia
- 1911 : Raúl Banfi , Uruguayan football player
- 1913 : George Smathers , American Senator
- 1914 : Eric Crozier , British director and librettist
- 1915 : Heinrich Gross , Austrian psychiatrist
- 1915 : Martha Tilton , American singer
- 1916 : Roger Apéry , Greco-French mathematician
- 1917 : Ansley Coale , American demographer
- 1918 : John Edward Bromwich , Australian tennis player
- 1919 : Günther Eckerland , German politician and Member of the Bundestag
- 1919 : Stephan Koren , Austrian politician, economist, finance minister, president of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank
- 1919 : Rudolf Kreitlein , German football referee
- 1919 : Ludwig Mecklinger , Minister for Health in the GDR
- 1922 : Boutros Boutros-Ghali , Egyptian politician and UN Secretary General
- 1922 : Veronica Lake , American actress
- 1923 : Herbert Zand , Austrian narrator, poet, essayist and translator
- 1924 : Billy Jim Layton , American composer
- 1924 : Rolf Schimpf , German actor
- 1925 : Helmut Hofmann , German boxer
1926-1950
- 1926 : Leonie Rysanek , Austrian chamber singer
- 1927 : Oliver Colbentson , American violinist and music teacher
- 1927 : Narciso Yepes , Spanish classical guitarist
- 1929 : Horst Janssen , German draftsman
- 1929 : McLean Stevenson , American actor
- 1930 : Pierre Bergé , French entrepreneur and patron
- 1930 : Jörg Jannings , German director and radio play director of the RIAS
- 1930 : Monique Mercure , Canadian actress
- 1930 : Jānis Pujats , Latvian priest, Archbishop of Riga and cardinal
- 1930 : Edward H. White , American astronaut
- 1932 : Zbigniew Gostomski , Polish painter, actor and photographer
- 1932 : Gunter Sachs , German-Swiss photographer, film director, art collector, astrologer and playboy
- 1935 : Steve Andreas , American psychologist and gestalt therapist
- 1935 : Hussain I , King of Jordan
- 1936 : Carey Bell , American blues musician
- 1936 : Freddie Garrity , British singer and songwriter
- 1936 : Rubén Héctor Sosa , Argentinian football player
- 1937 : Vittorio Adorni , Italian racing cyclist
- 1938 : Karla Schneider , German writer
- 1939 : Wendy Carlos , American musician
- 1939 : Rudolf Thome , German director
- 1940 : David Henry Auston , American physicist
- 1941 : Dieter Kühr , German teacher and clarinetist
- 1942 : Klaus Beer , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1943 : Rafael Leonardo Callejas , Honduran economist and politician
- 1943 : Jim Cantalupo , American entrepreneur, head of McDonald’s
- 1943 : Johnny Hansen , Danish football player
- 1943 : Miklós Maros , Hungarian composer
- 1943 : Peter Norton , American software developer and entrepreneur
- 1944 : Karen Armstrong , British religious scholar
- 1946 : Jay Ungar , American fiddle player and composer
- 1948 : Hartwig Fischer , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1948 : Prince Charles , heir to the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- 1948 : Eva Paskuy , German handball player
- 1949 : Rainer Baumann , German musician
- 1949 : Raúl Di Blasio , Argentine pianist
- 1949 : Pierre Buyoya , President of Burundi
1951-1975
- 1951 : Alec John Such , American bass player
- 1951 : Matthias Weigold , German author and director
- 1952 : Maria Kliegel , German cellist
- 1952 : Pascal Pessiot , French racing car driver and entrepreneur
- 1953 : Ludwig Dornauer , Austrian actor and author
- 1953 : Sorin Lerescu , Romanian composer
- 1953 : Herbert Neumann , German soccer player and coach
- 1954 : Bernard Hinault , French cyclist
- 1954 : Rudolf Holze , German chemist and university professor
- 1954 : Fritz Rudolf Körper , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1954 : Condoleezza Rice , US Secretary of State
- 1955 : Matthias Herget , German soccer player
- 1957 : Frank Affolter , Dutch pianist and composer
- 1957 : Wolfgang Hoppe , German bobsledder
- 1957 : Nicholas Lens , Belgian composer
- 1958 : Hans Aurenhammer , Austrian art historian
- 1958 : Ingrīda Latimira , Latvian politician
- 1958 : Jaan Undusk , Estonian writer and literary scholar
- 1958 : Terezija Stoisits , Austrian politician
- 1959 : Paul Albert Attanasio , American screenwriter and film producer
- 1960 : Elias Bierdel , chairman of the aid organization Cap Anamur / Deutsche Notärzte e. V.
- 1961 : Jurga Ivanauskaitė , Lithuanian writer
- 1961 : Daniel Bernard Sweeney , American actor
- 1962 : Laura San Giacomo , American actress
- 1963 : Matthias Kupfer , German actor
- 1963 : Anno Saul , German film director
- 1965 : Alexander Petritz , Austrian architect and urban planner
- 1966 : Petra Rossner , German racing cyclist
- 1967 : Simone Brand , German politician
- 1968 : Janine Lindemulder , American porn actress
- 1969 : Greg Andrusak , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1969 : Isabelle Attard , French politician
- 1969 : Butch Walker , American singer and songwriter
- 1970 : Erik Bo Andersen , Danish football player
- 1970 : Silvia Rieger , German athlete
- 1971 : Adam Gilchrist , Australian cricketer
- 1972 : Peter Brugger , German singer and guitarist
- 1972 : Josh Duhamel , American actor
- 1972 : Edyta Górniak , Polish singer
- 1972 : Sanne Schnapp , German actress
- 1973 : Matt Cedeño , American actor
- 1973 : Patrice Gay , French racing car driver
- 1974 : Michael Gwosdz , German politician, MdL
- 1974 : Karsten Wöhler , German handball player and official
- 1975 : Travis Barker , American drummer ( blink-182 )
- 1975 : Frédéric Covili , French ski racer
- 1975 : Jens Kipper , German actor and director
- 1975 : Gabriela Szabo , Romanian athlete, Olympic champion
- 1975 : Gary Vaynerchuk , American multi-entrepreneur
1976-2000
- 1976 : Ricardo Andorinho , Portuguese handball player
- 1976 : František Čermák , Czech tennis player
- 1976 : Sandra Trattnigg , Austrian opera and concert singer (soprano)
- 1977 : Lucio Amanti , Canadian musician and composer
- 1978 : Michala Banas , Australian-New Zealand actress and singer
- 1979 : Vitalij Aab , Russian-German ice hockey player
- 1979 : Mavie Hörbiger , German actress
Olga Kurylenko (* 1979)
- 1979 : Olga Kurylenko , Ukrainian actress and model
- 1979 : Nils Meyer , German handball player
- 1980 : Randall Bal , American swimmer
- 1980 : Nina Müller , German handball player
- 1981 : Janin Reinhardt , German television presenter
- 1981 : Russell Tovey , British actor
- 1981 : Arabella Steinbacher , German violinist
- 1982 : Ekaterina Atalık , Turkish-Russian chess player
- 1982 : Gradimir Crnogorac , Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player
- 1982 : Timothy Duggan , American cyclist
- 1982 : Martin Eisl , Austrian soccer player
- 1982 : Kim Jaggy , Swiss football player
- 1982 : Laura Ramsey , American actress
- 1982 : Moreno Soeprapto , Indonesian racing car driver
- 1983 : Alejandro Falla , Colombian tennis player
- 1983 : Filipos Kasidokostas , Greek carambola player (three cushion)
- 1984 : Edita Abdieski , Swiss singer
- 1984 : Marija Šerifović , Serbian singer
- 1985 : Mara Abbott , American racing cyclist
- 1985 : Katrin Blume , German actress
- 1985 : Thomas Vermaelen , Belgian football player
- 1985 : Andreas Vilberg , Norwegian ski jumper
- 1986 : Leford Green , Jamaican track and field athlete
- 1987 : Sofia Assefa , Ethiopian long distance runner
- 1987 : Ben Gastauer , Luxembourg cyclist
- 1987 : Dimitri Leonidas , British actor
- 1988 : Simon Schempp , German biathlete
- 1989 : Vlad Chiricheș , Romanian football player
- 1989 : TY Hilton , American football player
- 1990 : Roman Bürki , Swiss football player
- 1990 : Kateřina Němcová , Czech chess player
- 1990 : Lukas Nathrath , German actor
- 1990 : Zoe Van der Weel , British handball player
- 1991 : Mohammed Abu , Ghanaian soccer player
- 1991 : Graham Patrick Martin , American actor
- 1993 : Man Asaad , Syrian weightlifter
- 1993 : Samuel Umtiti , French football player
- 1994 : Thomas Murg , Austrian soccer player
21st century
- 2001 : Chloe Lang , American actress and dancer
Died
Before the 17th century
- 565 : Justinian I , Eastern Roman emperor
- 935 : Adalbert II , Archbishop of Salzburg
- 976 : Song Taizu , Chinese emperor, founder of the Song Dynasty
- 1018 : Heinrich I , Bishop of Würzburg
- 1044 : Thietmar von Hildesheim , Bishop of Hildesheim
- 1060 : Gottfried II Martel , Count of Anjou and Tours
- 1079 : Werner II , Bishop of Strasbourg
- 1189 : William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex , English nobleman
- 1215 : Philipp von Ratzeburg , Bishop of Ratzeburg
- 1226 : Friedrich von Isenberg , German nobleman
- 1263 , Alexander Newski , Russian Prince of Novgorod, Grand Prince of Kiev and Vladimir, saint of the Orthodox Church
- 1272 : Widukind von Wittgenstein , abbot of the Grafschaft monastery
- 1272 : Heinrich I von Montfort , Bishop of Chur
- 1282 : Nichiren , Japanese Buddhist reformer whom the schools of Nichiren Buddhism refer to as the founder
- 1305 : John II , Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond
- 1336 : Arnold III. von Uissigheim , Franconian knight
- 1359 : Gregorios Palamas , Orthodox Byzantine theologian, writer and Archbishop of Thessalonica, saint of the Eastern Church
- 1391 : Nikola Tavelić , Croatian Franciscan, saint of the Catholic Church
- 1442 : Jolanthe of Aragón , French nobleman, Duchess of Anjou
- 1451 : Otto III. von Hachberg , Bishop of Constance
- 1462 : George Douglas , Scottish nobleman, 4th Earl of Angus
- 1522 : Anne de Beaujeu , Duchess of Bourbon and Regent of France
- 1540 : Rosso Fiorentino , Italian painter
- 1561 : Philip III. , Count of Hanau-Munzenberg
- 1589 : Philipp Apian , cartographer of Bavaria
17th and 18th centuries
- 1605 : Anna Maria , princess from the Anhalt-Bernburg-Zerbst line, princess abbess of Gernrode and duchess of Brieg, Liegnitz, Wohlau and Ohlau
- 1608 : Bartolomé Carducho , Italian painter
- 1613 : Theodor Adamius , German lawyer and university professor
- 1616 : Johannes Krabbe , German cartographer, astrologer, astronomer, geometer and instrument maker
- 1618 : Anna Maria , Princess of Brandenburg and Duchess of Pomerania
- 1628 : Nicolas Trigault , member of the Societas Jesu and French missionary
- 1633 : William Ames , English theologian
- 1643 : Georg Aribert von Anhalt-Dessau , Anhalt regent
- 1672 : Franciscus Sylvius , Franco-Dutch anatomist and chemist
- 1675 : August Augspurger , German poet, translator and epigrammatist
- 1675 : Jacques Courtois , Italian battle and history painter
- 1677 : Matthias Abele von und zu Lilienberg , Austrian lawyer and writer
- 1682 : Rijklof van Goens , Governor of Ceylon and Governor General of the Dutch East Indies
- 1687 : Nell Gwyn , mistress of the English King Charles II.
- 1689 : Adam Christoph Jacobi , German lawyer
- 1692 : Christoph Bernhard , German composer, conductor and music theorist
- 1694 : Christian III. Moritz , Duke of Saxe-Merseburg
- 1698 : Albrecht Elzow , German heraldist
- 1716 : Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz , German philosopher and polymath
- 1734 : Louise de Kérouaille , mistress of the English King Charles II.
- 1735 : Friedrich Wilhelm , Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
- 1747 : Wigand Kahler , German Protestant theologian and mathematician
- 1798 : Naonobu Ajima , Japanese mathematician
- 1800 : François-Claude-Amour de Bouillé , French general
19th century
- 1802 : Heinrich Friedrich Innocentius Apel , Saxon lawyer and politician
- 1805 : Ivan Petrovich Saltykov , Russian field marshal
- 1807 : Charles Gray, 1st Earl Gray , British nobleman and general
- 1808 : Alemdar Mustafa Pascha , Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
- 1816 : Thaddäus Haenke , Austrian geographer and explorer
- 1825 : Jean Paul , (Johann Paul Friedrich Richter), German writer
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- 1831 : Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel , German philosopher, most important representative of German idealism
- 1832 : Rasmus Rask , Danish linguist
- 1841 : Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin , British diplomat and archaeologist
- 1844 : Flora Tristan , French writer
- 1848 : Ludwig Schwanthaler , German classicist sculptor
- 1849 : Carl Adams , German mathematician and teacher
- 1853 : Johann August Zeune , German pedagogue, geographer and Germanist
- 1858 : Ferrante Aporti , Italian educator and theologian
- 1866 : Michael I , King of Portugal
- 1889 : Karl Gareis , German teacher and politician, MdL, assassination victim
- 1897 : Giuseppina Strepponi , Italian singer and Giuseppe Verdi's second wife
- 1899 : Ferdinand Tiemann , German chemist
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901 : James Henry Mapleson , English opera impresario
- 1905 : Robert Whitehead , British engineer and designer
- 1908 : Guangxu , Chinese Emperor
- 1908 : Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler , German general, politician, head of the military cabinet
- 1912 : Alfonso Capecelatro di Castelpagano , Italian clergyman, Archbishop of Capua and Cardinal of the Curia
- 1913 : Kıbrıslı Kâmil Pascha , Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
- 1914 : Marie Karchow-Lindner , German actress, journalist and patroness
- 1916 : Hector Hugh Munro , British writer
- 1918 : Seumas O'Kelly , Irish journalist and writer
- 1919 : John Aitken , British physicist and meteorologist
- 1921 : Isabella of Brazil , last Crown Princess of Brazil
- 1922 : Carl Michael Ziehrer , Austrian composer
- 1928 : Katharina Brandis , German painter
- 1929 : Kamala , Indian wolf child
- 1929 : Karl Scheurer , Swiss politician
- 1931 : Eddie Mapp , American blues harmonica player
- 1931 : Richard Müller , German politician, MdR
- 1942 : Sidney Fox , American actress
- 1944 : Walter Cramer , German entrepreneur, involved in the assassination attempt of July 20, 1944
- 1946 : Manuel de Falla , Spanish composer
- 1946 : Willi Herold , German soldier, war criminal
- 1947 : Joseph Allard , Canadian fiddle player and composer
- 1947 : Verena Conzett-Knecht , Swiss trade unionist and women's rights activist
- 1950 : Carl Heinrich Apstein , German zoologist
1951-2000
- 1954 : Ernst Sigismund Fischer , Austrian mathematician
- 1960 : Anne Bonnet , Belgian painter
- 1961 : Fritz Stein , German conductor, musicologist and organist
- 1962 : Douglas Clarke , British conductor, music educator, organist, pianist and composer
- 1964 : Heinrich von Brentano , German politician, MdL, MdB, MEP, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs
- 1969 : Fanny Rosenfeld , Canadian athlete, Olympic champion
- 1971 : Narayan Hari Apte , Indian writer, editor and screenwriter
- 1971 : Paul Klinger , German actor
- 1972 : Martin Dies Jr. , American politician, member of the House of Representatives for Texas
- 1975 : Max Ackermann , German painter and graphic artist
- 1975 : Salomon Adler-Rudel , Ukrainian-German-Israeli social politician, pioneer of Jewish social work in Germany
- 1975 : Harry J. Anslinger , American diplomat
- 1977 : Richard Addinsell , British composer
- 1977 : Roberto Pineda Duque , Colombian composer
- 1980 : Friedrich Heinrichsen , German typographer, graphic artist and lyricist
- 1985 : Julito Deschamps , Dominican singer, pianist and guitarist
- 1986 : Enchi Fumiko , Japanese writer
- 1989 : Wild Bill Davison , American jazz cornets
- 1989 : Wilhelm Keilmann , German pianist, conductor and composer
- 1991 : Tony Richardson , British director
- 1992 : George Rufus Adams , American jazz musician
- 1992 : Ernst Happel , Austrian football coach
- 1992 : Victor Reinshagen , Swiss conductor and composer
- 1996 : Cardinal Joseph Bernardin , American clergyman, Archbishop of Chicago
- 1996 : Virginia Cherrill , American actress
- 1996 : Meridel Le Sueur , American writer and suffragette
- 1997 : Knud E. Andersen , Danish cyclist
- 1997 : Eddie Edward Arcaro , American jockey
- 1999 : Erich Hornsmann , German lawyer, non-fiction author and environmental activist
- 1999 : Hans Winter , German mechanical engineer and university lecturer
21st century
- 2001 : Oliver Hasenfratz , German actor
- 2004 : Michel Colombier , French film composer
- 2004 : Rainer Probst , German painter, educator and school politician
- 2004 : Helmut Zahn , German chemist
- 2005 : Diana Kempff , German writer
- 2006 : Bob Bruce Ashton , American composer and music teacher
- 2006 : John van Nes Ziegler , German politician, President of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 2008 : Christel Goltz , Austrian opera singer
- 2009 : Nikolai Petrovich Anikin , Russian cross-country skier
- 2009 : Toshitaka Hidaka , Japanese ethologist and author
- 2009 : Hans Matthöfer , German politician, Federal Minister
- 2009 : Klaus Steilmann , German entrepreneur
- 2010 : Wolfgang Kolneder , Austrian theater director
- 2011 : Franz Josef Degenhardt , German songwriter and writer
- 2011 : Jackie Leven , British song composer and folk musician
- 2012 : Alex Alves , Brazilian soccer player
- 2012 : Ahmed al-Jabari , Palestinian military chief
- 2014 : Glen A. Larson , American writer, film producer, and composer
- 2014 : Carlo Binetti , Swiss politician and football coach
- 2017 : Wolfgang Schreyer , German writer
- 2018 : Morten Grunwald , Danish actor
- 2018 : Rolf Hoppe , German actor
- 2018 : Fernando del Paso , Mexican writer
- 2018 : Mario Suárez , Venezuelan singer
- 2019 : Branko Lustig , Croatian film producer and actor
- 2019 : Friedhelm Werremeier , German writer and screenwriter
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Philip , Roman apostle and martyr (Catholic, Orthodox)
- St. Justinian I , Eastern Roman Emperor (Orthodox, Protestant: LCMS )
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz , German philosopher (Protestant)
- Anniversaries of international organizations
- World Diabetes Day ( UN ) (since 1991)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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