September 14th
The September 14 is the 257th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 258th in leap years ), thus remain 108 days by year end.
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Politics and world events
- 1396: With the Verbundbrief , the city of Cologne receives a constitution that allows guilds ( gaffs ) and merchants to govern in addition to the patricians .
- 1405: 17 Swabian cities and some Rhenish princes unite in the Marbacher Bund to meet the territorial claims of the Roman-German King Ruprecht .
- 1515: After the Battle of Marignano , in which the old Confederation was decisively defeated by France , Switzerland no longer pursues any further expansion policy.
- 1607: The flight of the Irish Counts Hugh O'Neill and Rory O'Donnell from the Irish island after the Nine Years War ends the Gaelic aristocracy in Ireland and paves the way for the Plantation of Ulster .
- 1752: The British Empire introduces the Gregorian calendar . On the 2nd of September jul. September 14th will follow this year.
- 1793: In the battle of Pirmasens , the French Moselle army suffers a heavy defeat against the Prussians .
- 1806: Said ibn Sultan is appointed sole ruler of Muscat , Oman and Zanzibar . Under his government, Oman achieved its greatest power and expansion.
- 1808: In the Battle of Oravais during the Third Russo-Swedish War , the Russian army decisively defeats Sweden , which then has to withdraw from Finland .

1812: A. Smirnov: Fire of Moscow
- 1812: During his Russian campaign draws Napoleon without a fight in Moscow one. The retreating Russians set fire to destroy large parts of the city in the days that followed .
- 1814: During the British-American War, the Royal Navy shells Fort McHenry in the port of Baltimore , but is unable to take the city. The battle inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem The Star Spangled Banner .
- 1829: The Treaty of Adrianople ends the 7th Russo-Turkish War and the Greek War of Independence .
- 1847: In the Mexican-American War, the United States occupies the Mexican capital Mexico City under the command of Winfield Scott .
- 1862: In the Namamugi incident , several British citizens are attacked by Japanese samurai for lack of respect for their daimyo , one of them killed and the other injured. A year later this leads to the bombing of the city of Kagoshima by the British Navy.
- 1866: The Prussian Indemnity Act comes into force. The conflict between the army and the constitution , which has been smoldering since 1859, is over.
- 1893: After a rebellion against President Floriano Peixoto , the Brazilian fleet bombs its own capital Rio de Janeiro and its forts from the Bay of Guanabara .
- 1901: Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States at the age of 42, succeeding the murdered William McKinley .
- 1911: The Russian Prime Minister Pyotr Stolypin is seriously injured in an assassination attempt and dies four days later.
- 1914: First World War : After the Battle of the Marne , in which the Schlieffen Plan fails, Chief of Staff Moltke is replaced by War Minister Erich von Falkenhayn .
- 1917: Alexander Kerensky , Prime Minister of the Provisional Government , proclaims the Russian Republic called for by the radical left after the February Revolution . The Bolsheviks are planning a meanwhile uprising .
- 1930: In the Reichstag elections , the NSDAP becomes the second largest party behind the SPD with 18.3% of the votes cast .
- 1958: The German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and France's President Charles de Gaulle put an end to the “ hereditary enmity ” between the two countries at their first meeting .
- 1960: OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) is founded in Baghdad . Founding members are Iraq , Iran , the emirate of Kuwait , Saudi Arabia and Venezuela .
- 1960: Mobutu Sese Seko takes power in the Congo with the help of the army and overthrows Prime Minister Patrice É. Lumumba .
- 1972: The Ostpolitik under Chancellor Willy Brandt leads some 27 years after the end of World War II to hold diplomatic relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland . Domestically, there are still discussions about renouncing the areas east of the Oder-Neisse line . Six days later, Brandt asked the Bundestag a vote of confidence .
- 1975: In the settlement te hapua begins on the North Island of New Zealand the Maori land march . With the 29-day campaign, the descendants of the indigenous people protest against the expropriations, land grabbing and sales of Māori land .
- 1979: Hafizullah Amin overthrows President Nur Muhammad Taraki and becomes President of Afghanistan .
- 1982: Bachir Gemayel , who was democratically elected President of Lebanon by a majority in parliament on August 23 , is assassinated.
- 2003: In a referendum in Estonia , a majority of 66.9% is in favor of joining the EU .
- 2003: In a military coup in Guinea-Bissau , Kumba Ialá is overthrown by Veríssimo Correia Seabra , who immediately initiates democratization measures.
- 2003: In a referendum in Sweden , the government's proposed introduction of the euro is rejected by 56.2%.
business
- 1770: In Denmark , the minister Johann Friedrich Struensee introduces unrestricted freedom of the press .
- 1938: The last large zeppelin , the rigid airship LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II, has its maiden voyage under the leadership of Hugo Eckener from Friedrichshafen via Munich, Augsburg and Ulm and back again.
- 1945: The first stock exchange meeting of a German stock exchange after the war takes place in Frankfurt am Main .
- 2001: Ansett Australia , which is a strong domestic airline in Australia, has to cease its air traffic due to lower passenger numbers after the terrorist attacks in the USA . Your bankruptcy is the result.
- 2005: The US airlines Delta and Northwest apply for bankruptcy for Chapter 11 .
- 2007: The SCO Group announces its bankruptcy following the lost legal battle over ownership of the Linux source code .
science and technology
- 1922: Researchers at the US Naval Aircraft Radio Laboratory ( Anacostia , USA ) discover the reflection of radio signals on reinforced concrete buildings. This knowledge is fundamental for the later development of radar technology .
- 1929: The iron lung is presented for the first time by the American engineer Philip Drinker .
- 1953: The sex researcher Alfred Charles Kinsey sets off a storm of moral indignation with the second Kinsey report The Sexual Behavior of Women .
- 1956: IBM introduces the IBM 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk drive .
- 1958: Two rockets by the German designer Ernst Mohr are the first post-war German missiles to enter the high atmosphere when they are launched in the Cuxhaven Wadden region.
- 1990: Official start of the worldwide Human Genome Project .
- 1990: In the USA , the first gene therapy treatment is carried out on a four-year-old girl.
- 2015: With the first measurement of gravitational waves, the laser detectors from Livingston (Louisiana) and Hanford (Washington) prove an effect of general relativity predicted by Albert Einstein . The results will be confirmed on February 11, 2016 at a press conference of the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory).
Culture
- 1665: The Palace of Versailles is before King Louis XIV. The premiere of the comedy L'Amour médecin instead. In this ballet comedy there is for the first time an extensive collaboration between the author Molière and the composer Jean-Baptiste Lully .
- 1782: The premiere of the opera Fra due Littiganti il terzo gode by Giuseppe Sarti takes place at the Teatro alla Scala di Milano in Milan.
- 1842: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visit the mystical Hawthornden Castle , known as the "source of English literature".
- 1889: The Vienna Volkstheater opens under the name Deutsches Volkstheater with Ludwig Anzengruber's play Der Fleck auf der Ehr .
- 1923: The world premiere of the operetta A Fairy Tale from Florence by Ralph Benatzky takes place at the Johann Strauss Theater in Vienna.
- 1967: The demolition of the Singer Building begins in New York , although the building is considered a structural icon of the city.
- 1973: The musical film Der verlorene Horizont (OT: Lost Horizon ) starts in West Germany and is one of the biggest flops in cinema history.
- 1975: Rembrandt van Rijn's painting The Night Watch is attacked by a man with a knife in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and severely damaged.
- 1993: Berlin acquires the estate of the film actress Marlene Dietrich for around eight million marks.
religion
- Carthage , Cyprian of Carthage , is publicly beheaded during the persecution of Christians under Emperor Valerian . 258: The bishop of
- 1224: On Mount Alverna in the Apennines , Francis of Assisi receives his stigmatization during a period of fasting .
- 1714: The Jewish community in Berlin inaugurates its church . The construction of synagogues was forbidden in the country before that.
- 1886: In the encyclical Pergrata nobis , the Roman Catholic Church in Portugal is at the center of the reflections of Pope Leo XIII. He calls on the Portuguese government to grant the Church the state protection it is entitled to by virtue of natural law .
- 1964: The third session of the Second Vatican Council begins.
- 1965: The fourth session of the Second Vatican Council begins.
- 1975: Pope Paul VI. rises with the canonization of Elizabeth Ann Seton , founder of the Order of Sisters of Charity , the first saint from the United States.
- 1981: The encyclical Laborem exercens by Pope John Paul II deals with working people. It describes positions on the value of work and the participation of workers in the means of production, management and earnings of a company on the basis of Catholic social teaching .
- 1998: With the encyclical Fides et ratio ( Faith and Reason ) Pope John Paul II addresses the bishops of the Catholic Church . One message says that not every philosophy is compatible with Christianity .
- 2007: The Motu Proprio " Summorum Pontificum " from Pope Benedict XVI. comes into force. The liturgy can, in all its expressions, according to the books of John XXIII. celebrated as an extraordinary form of the Roman rite .
Disasters
- 1509: An earthquake destroys parts of Constantinople and kills around 13,000.
- 1988: Hurricane Gilbert hits Mexico with gusts of 295 km / h, the third highest value ever recorded, where it kills over 200 people. There are also deaths in the neighboring Central American countries and the USA.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
nature and environment
- 1973: The first national park in the country is established in Latvia , the Gauja National Park .
Sports
- 1878: The German Sports Club Hanover is founded as the German Football Association Hanover . He plays rugby and is the oldest German lawn sports club.
- 1901: The first bodybuilding competition ( The Great Competition ), organized by Eugen Sandow , takes place in London's Prince Albert Hall .
- 1991: Wolfgang Güllich opens the XI with Action Directe . Difficulty level in climbing .
- 2000: Juan Antonio Samaranch resigns as President of the IOC after 20 years .
- 2008: The 21-year-old German racing driver Sebastian Vettel from the Scuderia Toro Rosso team becomes the youngest Grand Prix winner in Formula 1 history with his victory at the Italian Grand Prix .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- Diadumenianus , son of the Roman emperor Macrinus 208:
- 1384: Efrem of Nea Makri , Greek martyr
- 1467: Hamman von Holzhausen , Frankfurt patrician, councilor and mayor
- 1485: Anna von Mecklenburg , Landgravine of Hesse
- 1486: Agrippa von Nettesheim , German polymath, theologian, lawyer, doctor and philosopher
- 1502: Ludwig II. , Count Palatine and Duke of Pfalz-Zweibrücken
- 1531: Philipp Apian , German mathematician, physician and cartographer from Old Bavaria
- 1543: Claudio Acquaviva , Italian superior general of the Societas Jesu ( Jesuits )
- 1547: Johan van Oldenbarnevelt , Dutch statesman and diplomat
- 1585: Alexandre I de Bournonville , Franco-Dutch military and diplomat in the Habsburg service
- 1588: Josua Stegmann , German theologian and hymn poet
- 1616: Philips Angel van Middelburg , Dutch still life painter
- 1618: Peter Lely , English painter of Dutch origin
- 1632: Francesco Hyacinth , son of the Duke of Savoy, Vittorio Amadeo I and his wife Christina of France
- 1648: Caspar Neumann , German Protestant pastor, church inspector and hymn poet, is considered a representative of political arithmetic and a pioneer of population statistics
- 1665: Jean-Baptiste Colbert de Torcy , French diplomat and foreign minister
- 1677: Salomo Deyling , German Protestant theologian
- 1698: Charles du Fay , French scientist and superintendent of the royal gardens in France
- 1700: Johann Michael Franz , German cartographer and geographer
18th century
- 1701: Maurus Xaverius Herbst , German Benedictine and abbot of the Plankstetten monastery
- 1702: Johann Caspar Heimburg , German legal scholar
- 1718: Carl Friedrich Hatzfeldt zu Gleichen , Austrian statesman
- 1722: Basilius Christian Bernhard Wiedeburg , German mathematician
- 1724: Ignaz Vitzthumb , Austrian composer
- 1731: Johann August Tabor , German merchant and banker
- 1735: Robert Raikes , British social reformer
- 1737: Johann Michael Haydn , German-Austrian composer
- 1743: Christian Benjamin Geißler , spokesman for the Saxon peasant uprising of 1790
- 1747: Carl Ludwig Traugott Glaeser , German composer and church musician
- 1757: Jean-Jacques Lequeu , French architect
- 1760: Luigi Cherubini , Italian composer
- 1761: Pavel Mašek , Czech composer
- 1764: Ludwig Ferdinand Huber , German writer, translator and journalist
- 1767: Johann Kaspar Gensler , German legal scholar
- 1769: Alexander von Humboldt , German naturalist and explorer
- 1772: Josef Alois Gleich , Austrian civil servant and theater poet
- 1774: William Cavendish-Bentinck , British general and statesman
- 1775: Johann David Naumann , Prussian lawyer
- 1779: Karl Friedrich Gottlob Wetzel , German romantic writer
- 1782: Christian Magnus Falsen , Norwegian politician
- 1783: Siegmund Anczyc , Polish theater actor and director
- 1783: Gaspard Gourgaud , French general
- 1783: Henry Johnson , American politician, governor of Louisiana, congressman
- 1791: Franz Bopp , German linguist and Sanskrit researcher
- 1792: Gino Capponi , Italian politician, historian and poet
19th century
1801-1850
- 1804: John Gould , British ornithologist and animal painter
- 1808: Georg Friedrich Kolb , German publisher, publicist and politician, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- 1809: Hermann Marggraff , German writer, journalist and literary critic
- 1814: William Shepperd Ashe , American politician
- 1817: Stefan Franz Viktor of Austria , Archduke of Austria
- 1817: Theodor Storm , German lawyer and writer ( Der kleine Hävelmann , Der Schimmelreiter )
- 1818: José Güell y Renté , Cuban-Spanish politician and writer
- 1820: Václav Levý , Czech sculptor
- 1824: Heinrich von Nathusius , German politician and breeder
- 1825: Georg Michael Pachtler , German Jesuit, theologian, priest and educator
- 1827: Hermann Krone , German photographer, scientist and publicist
- 1829: Katharina Lanner , Austrian dancer and ballet master
- 1831: Marie François Joseph de Miribel , French general
- 1836: Alfred P. Swineford , American politician, Democrat
- 1837: Maria Anna von Anhalt-Dessau , Princess of Anhalt
- 1840: George Elbridge Whiting , American composer and organist
- 1847: William Edward Ayrton , British physicist
- 1847: Wilhelm Effmann , German architect and building historian
- 1848: Adolf Albin , Romanian chess master and theorist
- 1848: Filippo Camassei , Patriarch of Jerusalem and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
1851-1900
- 1852: Joseph Franz Bittner , German organ builder
- 1852: Hermann Lattemann , German professional airship and parachutist
- 1852: Simo Matavulj , Serbian writer
- 1853: Marc-Emile Ruchet , Swiss politician and Federal Councilor
- 1857: Alice Blackwell , American journalist and suffragette
- 1859: Hans von Arnim , German classical philologist
- 1859: Jānis Čakste , first President of the independent Republic of Latvia
- 1860: Friedrich Hermann Löscher , pastor and local researcher of the Ore Mountains
- 1861: Carl von Weinberg , German industrialist and patron
- 1862: Eugen Ehrlich , lawyer, legal sociologist
- 1864: Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood , British politician and diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
- 1871: Karl Joseph Schulte , German Cardinal and Archbishop of Cologne
- 1875: Jacob Koerfer , German architect
- 1876: César Klein , German painter, graphic artist and set designer
- 1877: Leonard Seppala , Norwegian musher and dog breeder
- 1879: Albert Amann , Baden politician
- 1879: Adriano Andreani , Italian gymnast
- 1879: Karl Becker , German general, ballistic scientist and military scientist
- 1879: Margaret Sanger , American suffragette
- 1880: Archie Hahn , American athlete
- 1880: Paul Fechter , German theater critic, editor and writer
- 1882: Harald Fryklöf , Swedish organist, music teacher and composer
- 1882: Marjorie Pickthall , English-Canadian writer
- 1883: Martin Dibelius , German theologian
- 1883: Richard Gerstl , Austrian painter
- 1883: Alexander Meißner , German physicist
- 1885: Carl de Vogt , German actor
- 1885: Ludwig Karl Hilberseimer , architect and town planner
- 1886: Erich Hoepner , German general and resistance fighter
- 1886: Jan Masaryk , Czech politician
- 1887: Karl Taylor Compton , physicist
- 1887: Friedrich Wagner , German archaeologist
- 1889: Johannes Degener , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Senator in Bremen
- 1891: Carl Johann Perl , Austrian musicologist
- 1895: Eugène Daignault , Canadian actor and singer
- 1895: Robert A. Lovett , American politician
- 1896: José Mojica , Mexican singer and actor
- 1898: Lawrence Gellert , American folklore and music researcher
- 1899: Josef Meisinger , German officer in the SS and police, war criminal
- 1899: Wolf-Werner von der Schulenburg , German officer and politician
- 1900: Robert Florey , French-American director, writer, and actor
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Arthur Welti , Swiss radio pioneer
- 1901: Andrei Andreevich Vlasov , Russian general
- 1902: Adolf Helke , German geologist
- 1902: Nikolai Ilyich Kamov , Soviet engineer
- 1902: Adolf Rieth , German prehistorian
- 1904: Richard Mohaupt , German composer and conductor
- 1904: André de la Varre , American travel filmmaker
- 1904: Anton Zischka , Austrian journalist and non-fiction author
- 1904: Rudolf Zurmühl , German mathematician
- 1906: Georg Abeler , German master goldsmith and watchmaker, founder of the Wuppertal watch museum
- 1906: Marcello Mascherini , Italian sculptor
- 1906: Franz Rellich , Italian mathematician
- 1907: Raffaele Alberti , Italian motorcycle racer
- 1907: Solomon Asch , Polish-American pioneer of social psychology
- 1907: Edel Mary Quinn , Irish legionnaire
- 1907: Walter Kurt Wiemken , Swiss painter
- 1909: Clara von Arnim , German author
- 1909: Jupp Becker , German gymnastics and sports teacher
- 1909: Peter Markham Scott , British ornithologist, conservationist and painter
- 1910: Gaston Defferre , French politician
- 1910: Jack Hawkins , British actor
- 1910: Rolf Liebermann , Swiss composer and artistic director
- 1911: Leslie Graham , British motorcycle racer
- 1912: Fritz Schäfer , German wrestler
- 1913: Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán , Guatemalan politician, president
- 1913: Severino Varela , Uruguayan football player
- 1914: Manlio Di Rosa , Italian fencer
- 1914: Bernard Dorival , French art historian and art critic
- 1914: Pietro Germi , Italian film director, screenwriter and actor
- 1914: Michał Spisak , Polish composer
- 1915: John Dobson , American astronomer
- 1916: Luis Corvalán , Chilean General Secretary of the Communist Party of Chile
- 1917: Rudolf Baumgartner , Swiss violinist and conductor
- 1917: Mack Hellings , American racing car driver
- 1917: Ettore Sottsass , Austrian-Italian architect and designer
- 1918: Georges Berger , Belgian racing driver
- 1918: Malcolm Yelvington , American country and rockabilly musician
- 1919: Irma Emmrich , German art historian
- 1920: Mario Benedetti , Uruguayan journalist, poet and writer
- 1920: Johannes Irmscher , German classical philologist
- 1920: Lawrence Klein , American economist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1921: Erhard Agricola , German linguist and writer
- 1921: Paulo Evaristo Arns , Brazilian bishop, cardinal and theologian
- 1921: Helmut Bantz , German gymnast
- 1921: Juan Xiol Marchal , Spanish film director and screenwriter
- 1922: Arthur Agstner , Austrian ambassador
- 1922: Michel Auclair , French actor
- 1922: Frances Bergen , American actress and model
- 1922: Bally Prell , German lecturer and folk singer
- 1922: Cioma Schönhaus , Swiss graphic artist
- 1922: Zizinho , Brazilian soccer player
- 1923: Giuseppe Attardi , Italian-American geneticist
- 1923: Radhamés Reyes Alfau , Dominican musician, composer and arranger
- 1924: John Coveart , Canadian pianist and music teacher
- 1925: Arnold Poll , German Roman Catholic priest
- 1925: Wiktor Zin , Polish architect
1926-1950
- 1926: Vincenzo Agnetti , Italian conceptual artist, photographer, art theorist and writer
- 1926: Michel Butor , French writer
- 1926: Georg May , German theologian and canon lawyer
- 1926: Mihály Tóth , Hungarian football player
- 1927: Markus Egen , German ice hockey player
- 1927: Ari Friðbjörn Guðmundsson , Icelandic swimmer and ski jumper
- 1927: Edmund Casimir Szoka , American Archbishop of Detroit
- 1928: Alberto Korda , Cuban photographer
- 1928: Günther Landgraf , German physicist, rector of the TU Dresden
- 1928: Humberto Maturana , Chilean biologist specializing in neurobiology
- 1928: Angus Ogilvy , British member of the British royal family
- 1929: Hans Clarin , German actor
- 1929: Larry Collins , American writer
- 1929: Ferdinand Oyono , Cameroonian writer and politician
- 1929: Dick Tiger , Nigerian boxer
- 1930: Hans Aregger , Swiss composer, conductor, clarinet and saxophone player
- 1930: Allan Bloom , American philosopher and professor
- 1930: Adam Smelczyński , Polish sports shooter
- 1931: Pavel Blatný , Czech composer
- 1931: Ivan Klíma , Czech writer
- 1931: Rudi Strahl , German playwright, storyteller and poet
- 1932: Albrecht Ade , German emeritus, photographer, animator and founding director of the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy
- 1932: Josh Culbreath , American hurdler
- 1932: Gerd Fuchs , German writer
- 1933: Vinicio Franco , Dominican singer
- 1933: Elfriede Karl , Austrian politician
- 1933: Beppo Mauhart , Austrian industrialist
- 1934: Sarah Kofman , French philosopher
- 1934: Kate Millett , American sculptor and feminist
- 1934: Don Walser , American country musician
- 1935: Fujio Akatsuka , Japanese manga artist
- 1935: Ernst-Günter Habig , German football player
- 1936: Manfred Kock , German theologian, Chairman of the Council of the EKD
- 1936: Walter Koenig , American actor
- 1936: Ferid Murad , American scientist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1936: Rudi Wilfer , Austrian pianist and composer
- 1937: David Heywood Anderson , British lawyer and diplomat
- 1937: Sigrid Brunk , German writer
- 1937: Renzo Piano , Italian architect
- 1938: Heide Buscher , German literary historian
- 1938: Kakuei Kin , Japanese writer
- 1938: Tiziano Terzani , Italian journalist and writer
- 1939: Jack Sarfatti , American theoretical physicist and author
- 1939: Eckard Sinzig , German writer and painter
- 1940: Manfred Ach , German politician
- 1940: James Morsley Anderson , American physician and chemist
- 1940: Larry Brown , American basketball coach
- 1940: Adolf Ernst , German politician
- 1940: Wenceslav Konstantinow , Bulgarian writer and translator
- 1941: Heinz Heinen , Belgian-German ancient historian
- 1941: Eckhard Henscheid , German writer
- 1941: Alberto Naranjo , Venezuelan musician and composer
- 1942: Manfred Butzmann , German graphic artist
- 1942: Oliver Lake , American jazz saxophonist and composer
- 1942: John Lehman , American banker, Secretary of the Navy
- 1942: Bernard MacLaverty , Irish author
- 1942: Kuldar Sink , Estonian composer
- 1943: Pete Wyoming Bender , American singer and composer
- 1943: Irwin Goodman , Finnish folk musician
- 1943: Ken Sasaki , Japanese pianist
- 1944: Günter Netzer , German soccer player
- 1944: Martin Sperr , German playwright and actor
- 1944: Bernd Tödte , German engineer and Vice President of the Federal Patent Court
- 1945: Lutz Brockhaus , German sculptor
- 1945: Jürgen Koppelin , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1945: Wolfgang Seguin , German football player
- 1946: Kristian Pech , German writer
- 1946: Rainer Schlutter , German soccer player
- 1947: Walter Adler , German director specializing in radio plays
- 1947: Egon Haar , Austrian FH dean and energy economist
- 1947: Zofia Kulik , Polish artist
- 1947: Fredy Lienhard , Swiss racing driver and entrepreneur
- 1947: Sam Neill , New Zealand actor
- 1947: Harry Parker , American baseball player
- 1947: Sebastian Pflugbeil , civil rights activist and minister without portfolio of the GDR
- 1947: Wolfgang Schwarz , Austrian figure skater, Olympic champion
- 1948: Vincenzo Aita , Italian politician
- 1948: Wulf Bernotat , German manager
- 1948: Rudolf Roth , Austrian football player
- 1948: Robert Taylor , American sprinter and Olympic champion
- 1949: Peter Engl , German painter and freelance artist
- 1949: Steven Earl Gaines , American musician
- 1949: Michael Häupl , Austrian politician, Mayor of Vienna
- 1950: Lukas Beckmann , German politician
- 1950: Paul Kossoff , British rock and blues guitarist
1951-1975
- 1951: Sergei Nikolajewitsch Arzibaschew , Russian theater director and actor
- 1951: Joe McDonnell , Northern Irish resistance fighter and hunger striker
- 1951: Volodymyr Melnykow , Ukrainian writer, poet and composer
- 1951: Franz Rampelmann , German actor
- 1951: Doina Rotaru , Romanian composer
- 1952: Martyn Burke , Canadian writer, screenwriter, and director
- 1952: Darrell Nulisch , American blues musician
- 1952: Margit Schumann , German luge athlete
- 1953: Uli Becker , German writer
- 1953: Christoph Haas , German musician, composer and rhythm teacher
- 1954: Barry Cowsill , American musician and singer
- 1955: Steve Berlin , American rock saxophonist and producer
- 1956: Kostas Karamanlis , Greek politician, Prime Minister
- 1956: Ray Wilkins , English football player and coach
- 1957: François Asselineau , French politician
- 1957: Dominic Dobson , American racing car driver
- 1957: Helmut Schulte , German soccer coach
- 1958: Beth Nielsen Chapman , American singer and composer
- 1958: André Lüderitz , German politician
- 1958: Robert McCall , Canadian figure skater
- 1958: Fernando Olivera Vega , Peruvian politician
- 1959: Norbert Bude , German politician, Lord Mayor of Mönchengladbach
- 1959: Ashlyn Gere , American porn actress
- 1959: Morten Harket , Norwegian singer ( A-ha )
- 1960: Christian Petzold , German film director
- 1960: Callum Keith Rennie , Canadian actor
- 1961: Martina Gedeck , German actress
- 1962: Martin T. Bohl , German economist
- 1964: Paoletta Magoni , Italian ski racer
- 1965: Markus Arndt , German physicist
- 1965: Dmitri Medvedev , Russian politician
- 1965: Dorothée Menzner , German politician
- 1965: Michelle Stafford , American actress
- 1966: Domenico Blass , Swiss screenwriter
- 1966: Nikola Jurčević , Croatian football player and coach
- 1967: Franz Aigner , Austrian football player and coach
- 1967: Florian König , German presenter and sports reporter
- 1968: Josef Pröll , Austrian politician, Federal Minister
- 1968: Shūichi Yoshida , Japanese writer
- 1969: Francesco Antonioli , Italian football player
- 1969: Bong Joon-ho , South Korean director and screenwriter
- 1969: Grigory Serper , American chess player
- 1970: Michael Baskette , American music producer
- 1970: Francesco Casagrande , Italian racing cyclist
- 1970: Matthias Zimmermann , German soccer player
- 1971: Alphonse Tchami , Cameroonian football player
- 1971: Kimberly Williams-Paisley , American actress and director
- 1972: Peter Németh , Slovak football player
- 1973: Cesla Virginia Amarelle , Swiss politician
- 1973: Dominique Arnold , American athlete
- 1973: Andrew Lincoln , British actor
- 1973: Marie Munz , German actress
- 1973: Nas , American rap musician
- 1973: Andreas Schmidt , German soccer player
- 1973: Oliver Schmidt , German soccer player
- 1974: Hicham El Guerrouj , Moroccan athlete
- 1974: Sunday Oliseh , Nigerian soccer player
- 1974: Gustav Policella , German football player
- 1975: Marian Petrov , Bulgarian chess player
- 1975: Rolf Ziegler , Swiss ice hockey player
1976-2000
- 1976: Agustín Calleri , Argentine professional tennis player
- 1976: Birkir Ívar Guðmundsson , Icelandic handball player
- 1976: Dirk Heidolf , German motorcycle racer
- 1976: Georgeta Narcisa Lecușanu , Romanian handball player
- 1976: Kevin Lyttle , Caribbean soca musician
- 1976: Raptile , German-Ethiopian rapper
- 1976: Andrea Schaller , German soccer player
- 1977: Alexsandro de Souza , Brazilian soccer player
- 1977: Paul Traynor , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1977: Yang Yang (S) , Chinese short track speed skater, Olympic medalist
- 1978: Carmen Kass , Estonian top model
- 1978: Mario Regueiro , Uruguayan football player
- 1978: Charlie Winston , British singer-songwriter
- 1979: Ivica Olić , Croatian football player
- 1980: Ivan Radeljić , Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player
- 1981: Miyavi , Japanese musician
- 1981: Stefan Reisinger , German soccer player
- 1981: Ashley Roberts , American singer and dancer
- 1982: Sunrise Adams , American porn actress
- 1982: Aykut Erçetin , Turkish soccer player
- 1982: Mario Hoppe , German handball player
- 1982: Henning Kreitel , German writer and photographer
- 1982: Florian Mader , Austrian soccer player
- 1982: SoShy , American-French singer
- 1983: Andres Ambühl , Swiss ice hockey player
- 1983: Arash Borhani , Iranian soccer player
- 1983: Amy Winehouse , British soul singer
- 1983: Steffen Wohlfarth , German soccer player
- 1983: Jennifer Zietz , German soccer player
- 1984: Maria Areosa , Portuguese triathlete
- 1984: Sonja Bertram , German actress
- 1984: Jonathan Pablo Bottinelli , Argentine soccer player
- 1984: Adam Lamberg , American actor
- 1984: Tom Veelers , Dutch cyclist
- 1985: Felix Hell , German organist
- 1985: Aya Ueto , Japanese actress
- 1985: Dennis Wilke , German handball player
- 1986: Hallbera Guðný Gísladóttir , Icelandic football player
- 1986: Steven Naismith , Scottish soccer player
- 1986: Sabine Stockhorst , German handball player
- 1989: Jimmy Butler , American basketball player
- 1989: Logan Henderson , American actor, singer, songwriter and dancer
- 1989: Jesse James , American actor
- 1989: Lee Jong-suk , South Korean actor
- 1990: Douglas Costa , Brazilian soccer player
- 1990: Petar Filipovic , German-Croatian soccer player
- 1990: Sam Lowes , British motorcycle racer
- 1990: Michael Pittnauer , Austrian soccer player
- 1990: Luisa Schulze , German handball player
- 1991: Lola Klamroth , German actress
- 1993: Andrés Artuñedo Martinavarro , Spanish tennis player
- 1995: Sander Sagosen , Norwegian handball player
- 1999: Tom Schaar , American skateboarder
21st century
- 2003: Maurizio Magno , German child actor
Died
Before the 15th century
- 9 v. Chr .: Nero Claudius Drusus , Roman military leader and politician, stepson of Emperor Augustus
- Cyprian of Carthage , father of the church 258:
- Crescentianus of Rome , Christian martyr 303:
- John Chrysostom (John of Antioch), Christian preacher, Archbishop of Constantinople, father of the church 407:
- Bidatsu , 30th Emperor of Japan 585:
- Constantine V , Byzantine emperor 775:
- Al-Hadi , Abbasid Caliph 786:
- Osred II , king of Northumbria 792:
- Stephan V , Pope 891:
- 1146: Zengi , Atabeg from Mosul and Aleppo
- 1164: Sutoku , 75th Emperor of Japan
- 1170: Heilika von Lengenfeld , Count Palatine of Bavaria
- 1214: Albert of Jerusalem , Bishop of Bobbio, Bishop of Vercelli and Patriarch of Jerusalem, saint of the Catholic Church
- 1253: Ulrich von Ortenburg , Bishop of Gurk
- 1273: George de Cantilupe , English nobleman
- 1321: Dante Alighieri , Italian poet and philosopher
- 1327: Gebhard III. von Graisbach , Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt
- 1343: Elisabeth von Virneburg , Duchess of Austria
- 1347: Konrad II von Schluesselberg , last representative of the house Schluesselberg
- 1376: John de Mohun , English nobleman and military man
- 1385: Munenaga , Japanese prince, Buddhist monk and poet
15th to 17th century
- 1404: Albrecht IV , Duke of Austria
- 1427: Johann von Beust , Bishop of Havelberg
- 1427: Jakob ben Moses haLevi Molin , Jewish scholar, rabbi
- 1435: John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford , English regent of France during the Hundred Years War
- 1457: Margarethe von Pfalz-Mosbach , Countess of Hanau
- 1487: Mara Branković , Serbian princess and wife of the Ottoman Sultan Murad II.
- 1498: Giovanni di Pierfrancesco de 'Medici , member of the younger line of the Medici
- 1515: Hans Bär the Younger , Basel councilor
- 1523: Hadrian VI. , Pope
- 1538: Heinrich III. von Nassau , Count of Nassau and Lord of Breda
- 1560: Anton Fugger , German merchant and banker
- 1587: Timotheus Kirchner , German Lutheran theologian
- 1602: Jean Passerat , French writer and poet
- 1609: Balthasar Sartorius , German Lutheran theologian
- 1638: John Harvard , English theologian
- 1646: Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex , English officer and politician
- 1650: Josias Rantzau , German military leader, Marshal of France
- 1671: Ascanio II Piccolomini , Archbishop of Siena
- 1672: Henri Charles de La Trémoille , leading figure in the Fronde
- 1698: Gottfried Handel , German Protestant theologian and hymn poet
18th century
- 1703: Gilles Jullien , French composer and organist
- 1708: Johann Baptist Adolph , German Jesuit and stage poet
- 1712: Giovanni Domenico Cassini , Italian-French astronomer and mathematician
- 1715: Dom Pérignon , French Benedictine monk, authoritative developer of the champagne process
- 1717: Johann Balthasar Beyschlag , German Protestant theologian and hymn composer
- 1719: Johann Gallus Hügel , German master stonemason and sculptor
- 1725: Ortensio Mauro , Italian writer and librettist
- 1730: Sophia Brenner , Swedish writer
- 1733: Johann Rigalia the Younger , master mason from Graubünden in the service of the Prince Diocese of Eichstätt
- 1743: Georg von Bertouch , composer and Danish-Norwegian general
- 1743: Nicolas Lancret , French painter
- 1745: Martino Altomonte , Neapolitan-Austrian baroque painter
- 1751: Johann Matthias Florin , German university professor
- 1751: Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt , German sculptor and builder
- 1752: Rudolf August Nolte , Brunswick lawyer and local historian
- 1755: Maria Celeste Crostarosa , Neapolitan nun and founder of the order
- 1759: Louis-Joseph de Montcalm , commander of the French army in Canada
- 1760: Caspar Jakob Huth , German Protestant theologian and university professor
- 1763: Johann Philipp Sack , German composer and keyboard player
- 1767: Konrad Christoph von Lehrbach , knight of the Teutonic Order in the Ballei Franken
- 1771: Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore , Lord Proprietor of the Colony of Maryland
- 1793: Heinrich Corrodi , Swiss Protestant theologian and educator
19th century
- 1809: Johannes Karasek , Bohemian leader of a band of robbers
- 1810: Wilhelm Florentin von Salm-Salm , Archbishop of Prague
- 1819: Carl Gottlieb Albrecht , German civil servant
- 1820: François-Joseph Lefebvre , Marshal of France
- 1821: Stanisław Kostka Potocki , Polish politician, general, MP, Freemason, writer, patron, architect, artist, archaeologist, art theorist and art collector
- 1823: Jürgen von Ahlefeldt , German bailiff
- 1833: Antoine Christophe Merlin, known as Merlin de Thionville , French politician
- 1834: Giovanni Antonio Giobert , Italian chemist and mineralogist
- 1836: Aaron Burr , American politician, vice president
- 1837: Agathon Fain , secret secretary of Napoleon I.
- 1841: Alessandro Rolla , Italian violin player and composer
- 1846: Jacques Dupré , American politician, Governor of Louisiana
- 1847: Meinrad Rahm , Swiss stenographer
- 1848: Gustav Dresel , German-American businessman and writer
- 1851: James Fenimore Cooper , American writer
- 1852: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington , British general and Prime Minister
- 1855: Johann Adam von Itzstein , German liberal politician
- 1857: Franz Joseph Merklin , German organ builder
- 1862: William Shepperd Ashe , American politician
- 1876: Rudolf Henneberg , German painter
- 1879: Bernhard von Cotta , German geologist
- 1882: Georges Leclanché , French chemist
- 1886: Hubert Ries , German violin player and composer
- 1887: Friedrich Theodor Vischer , German writer and politician
- 1891: Johannes Bosboom , Dutch painter
- 1893: Louis Ruchonnet , Swiss politician
- 1898: Adolphe Samuel , Belgian composer, conductor and music teacher
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901: William McKinley , American politician, 25th US President
- 1901: Heinrich Weidt , German composer, conductor and choir director
- 1904: Wilhelm Carl Heraeus , German pharmacist, chemist and entrepreneur, founder of the family company Heraeus
- 1905: Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza , French naval officer and traveler to Africa
- 1916: Pierre Duhem , French physicist
- 1916: Wilhelm Voigt , German architect
- 1919: Fritz Schöll , German classical philologist
- 1927: Hugo Ball , German author and biographer, co-founder of the Dada movement, pioneer of the phonetic poem
- 1927: Isadora Duncan , American dancer
- 1931: Francesco Ragonesi , cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1936: Irving Thalberg , American film producer
- 1937: Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk , co-founder and first President of Czechoslovakia, philosopher and writer
- 1938: Dionys Schönecker , Austrian football player, trainer and functionary
- 1940: Émile Argand , Swiss geologist and mineralogist
- 1943: Léonard Misonne , photographer
- 1944: Hermann Josef Wehrle , Catholic priest and resistance fighter
- 1945: Wilhelm Krieger , German sculptor
- 1947: Augustin Wibbelt , German Roman Catholic clergyman and Westphalian dialect poet and writer
- 1948: Vernon Dalhart , American singer and country musician
- 1949: Gottfried Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen , farmer and member of the Reichstag of the NSDAP
- 1950: Henry Homburger , American bobsledder and civil engineer
1951-1975
- 1951: Fritz Busch , German conductor
- 1955: Franz Carl Weiskopf , German-speaking writer
- 1959: Wilhelm Laforet , German politician and Member of the Bundestag
- 1960: Just Dillgardt , German Nazi local politician, SS officer, association official and corporate manager
- 1960: Richard Sjöberg , Swedish athlete
- 1962: Fred Schule , American hurdler and Olympic champion
- 1963: Gerhard Arndt , German farmer and politician
- 1965: Walter Le Coutre , professor, business economist and balance sheet theorist
- 1966: Nikolai Cherkassov , Russian actor
- 1967: Mohamed Abd al-Hakim Amer , Egyptian general
- 1967: Franz Stein , Lord Mayor of the City of Mainz
- 1969: Maximilian Rosenberg , German doctor, writer, music and theater critic
- 1970: Armgard von Alvensleben , German theologian
- 1970: Rudolf Carnap , philosopher
- 1970: Elfe Schneider , German actress, voice actress and photographer
- 1971: Harald Lander , Danish ballet dancer and choreographer
- 1973: Georg Ewald , Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Food Management of the GDR
- 1973: Albert Skira , Swiss publisher
- 1974: René A. Spitz , Austrian-American psychoanalyst
- 1975: Theodor Siebel , German politician
1976-2000
- 1979: Raymond Loucheur , French composer
- 1981: Furry Lewis , American musician
- 1982: Kristján Eldjárn , third President of Iceland
- 1982: John Gardner , American writer and translator
- 1982: Pablo Garrido , Chilean composer and jazz musician
- 1982: Bachir Gemayel , Lebanese President
- 1982: Grace Kelly , American actress, Princess of Monaco (Gracia Patricia)
- 1983: Henri Anet , Swiss politician
- 1984: Janet Gaynor , American actress
- 1985: John Caldwell Holt , American author and educator
- 1986: William E. Barrett , American writer
- 1986: Marcel Couraud , French conductor
- 1986: Allen Irvine McHose , American musicologist, music teacher and organist
- 1986: Ernst Rudolph , German carom player
- 1988: Manuel Simó , Dominican composer, conductor and music teacher
- 1989: Dámaso Pérez Prado , Cuban musician and composer
- 1990: Denis Payot , Swiss lawyer
- 1992: Friedrich Hachenberg , German forester and historian
- 1992: Bruce Hutchison , Canadian writer and journalist
- 1995: Hans-Gerd Fröhlich , German expellee politician
- 1995: Eiji Okada , Japanese actor
- 1996: Rose Ouellette , Canadian comedian, actress and singer
- 1998: Laten Johnny Adams , American blues singer
- 1998: Yang Shangkun , Chinese politician and president
- 1999: Attila Bozay , Hungarian composer
- 1999: Charles Crichton , British film director, editor, screenwriter and producer
- 1999: André Kostolany , American financial expert, journalist, and writer
- 2000: Beah Richards , American film and stage actress
21st century
- 2002: Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams , American blues and R&B saxophonist, composer and band leader
- 2003: Walter Davy , Austrian director and actor
- 2003: John Serry Sr. , American accordion virtuoso, arranger, composer and organist
- 2003: Fred Willamowski , German motorcycle racer
- 2004: Ove Sprogøe , Danish actor
- 2005: Robert Wise , American director and four-time Oscar winner
- 2006: Miklós Hargitay , Hungarian bodybuilder and actor
- 2006: Annette Zurstraßen , German historian
- 2007: Hermine Aichenegg , Austrian artist
- 2007: Bernhard Huhn , Apostolic Administrator of Görlitz
- 2007: Robert Savoie , Canadian singer and music educator
- 2009: Gerhard Leo , German journalist, author and fighter for the French Resistance
- 2009: Patrick Swayze , American actor and dancer
- 2010: Francisco Ribeiro , Portuguese musician
- 2011: Rudolf Mößbauer , German physicist and Nobel Prize winner (Mößbauer effect)
- 2012: Jacques Antoine , French television and radio journalist
- 2016: Hilmar Thate , German actor
- 2017: Grant Hart , American drummer, guitarist and songwriter
- 2017: Otto Wanz , Austrian boxer, wrestler, wrestler and actor
- 2018: Walter Remmers , German politician
- 2018: Rudolf Schieffer , German historian
- 2020: William H. Gates, Sr. , American attorney, philanthropist, and author
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Exaltation of the Cross (Anglican, Orthodox, Roman Catholic, partly: Protestant)
- St. Cyprian of Carthage , bishop and martyr (Protestant, the Roman Catholic Memorial Day is on September 16)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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