15th June
The June 15 is the 166th day of the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years ), thus remain 199 days by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 1094 : Valencia , taken by the Islamic Almoravids , is recaptured by El Cid . Until his death five years later, he considered the region to be the Christian kingdom of Castile .
- 1184 : In the Battle of Fimreite , the rival king Sverre Sigurdsson defeats his rival Magnus V and becomes the sole ruler of Norway .
- 1215 : King John Ohneland of England puts his seal on the Articles of the Barons , the document on which the Magna Carta is based.
- 1219 : During the battle of Lyndanise (now Tallinn ), in which King Waldemar II and the Danish army fight the pagan Estonians, legend has it that the Dannebrog , the flag of Denmark , falls from the sky and enables the Danes to win; this creates the oldest national flag in the world
- 1246 : The last Babenberg Friedrich II. Falls in the battle of the Leitha .
- 1389 : In the battle on the Amselfeld , the armies of Serbia with its allies and the Ottoman army face each other. The later transfiguration of the battle established the Serbian folk myth against Ottoman rule.
- 1502 : Christopher Columbus discovered on his fourth voyage to the Caribbean -Insel Martinique .
- 1591 : In Châlons-sur-Marne , the executioner publicly burns Pope Gregory XIV's bull of excommunication against King Henry IV of France .
- 1673 : In the Second Naval Battle of Schooneveld , the Dutch ships in the Third Anglo-Dutch War succeed in pushing the Anglo-French fleet that was brought to the coast of their country back into the Thames .
- 1775 : In the American War of Independence , George Washington is elected commander of the Continental Army .
- 1808 : The first siege of Zaragoza by Napoleonic troops during the Napoleonic Wars on the Iberian Peninsula , which lasts until August 13, begins.
- 1811 : The only bloodshed in the Swedish-British War occurs when a Swedish unit attacks a group of peasant compatriots who oppose the drafting of soldiers .
- 1836 : Arkansas , the previous Arkansas Territory , is accepted as the 25th state in the USA . The capital of the new state is the previous territory capital, Little Rock .
- 1846 : The Oregon Compromise sets the border between the USA and the British part of North America (later Canada) at the 49th parallel.
- 1859 : The American farmer Lyman Cutlar shoots a pig, the only victim in the pig conflict between the United States and Canada.
- 1864 : On the expropriated land of the Southern -Generals Robert Edward Lee in the created United States of Arlington National Cemetery .
- 1866 : Prussia gives the kingdoms of Hanover and Saxony as well as the Electorate of Hesse an ultimatum after they have agreed to a federal execution in the German Confederation against Prussia. The rejection of this demand leads to the declaration of war and the invasion of Prussian troops on the same or the following day.
- 1877 : In the Kissinger Dictation , the German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck lays down important principles of his policy on the Balkan crisis.
- 1883 : The German Reichstag makes health insurance to insurance .
- 1888 : The German Emperor Friedrich III. dies after only 99 days of reign in the three emperor's year . His son becomes Wilhelm II as the new German Emperor .
- 1893 : In the Reichstag election , the government-loyal, conservative former " cartel parties " and the Social Democrats win . The election became necessary after Chancellor Leo von Caprivi dissolved the Reichstag on May 6 after a vote defeat.
- 1907 : The Second Hague Peace Conference with 44 participating states on questions of martial law, disarmament and the peaceful settlement of international conflicts begins. It lasts until October 18th.
- 1920 : North Schleswig is incorporated into the Kingdom of Denmark after the previous referendum on February 10th .
- 1932 : When protesting a ban on demonstrations, the strike of the heating fitters leads to the Zurich Blood Night .
- 1941 : The Independent State of Croatia under the Ustasha leader Ante Pavelić joins the three-power pact of the Axis powers of the Second World War .
- 1944 : The Battle of the Mariana Islands begins in the Pacific War . The fighting begins with the battle for Saipan .
- 1945 : The SPD , banned by the National Socialists , is re-established in Berlin .
- 1950 : The German Bundestag approves the accession of the Federal Republic to the Council of Europe .
- 1961 : The Chairman of the State Council of the GDR , Walter Ulbricht , explains at a press conference: Nobody has any intention of building a wall!
- 1969 : In France , Georges Pompidou is elected as the new president.
- 1972 : Ulrike Meinhof and Gerhard Müller from the Red Army parliamentary group are arrested in the apartment of a teacher in Langenhagen .
- 1977 : In Spain , for the first time in 41 years, at the beginning of Francisco Franco's dictatorship , free elections take place again, which are won by the center-right alliance under Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez .
- 1998 : The United Nations Security Council extends the mandate of the SFOR peacekeeping force for Bosnia and Herzegovina .
- 2001 : The German Federal Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future" begins with the payment of financial compensation for forced labor in the era of National Socialism .
- 2008 : The constitution of the Republic of Kosovo comes into force after the new state declared its independence from the Republic of Serbia on February 17th of the same year.
- 2012 : The Gambian lawyer and former Minister of Justice Fatou Bensouda is sworn in as the new chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court .
- 2017 : In the 28 member states of the European Union , as well as Iceland , Norway and Liechtenstein , the roaming charges for the use of mobile phones in other EU countries for calls, SMS and internet access will be abolished.
economy
- 1844 : Charles Goodyear receives a patent from the United States Patent Office on the vulcanization of rubber.
- 1851 : The Baltimore dairy trader Jacob Fussell opens his first ice cream factory in the world .
- 1881 : The first Austrian telephone directory appears.
- 1882 : Wilhelm Bartelmann sets up the world's first beach chair on the Baltic Sea in Warnemünde . Despite the rheumatism, his client wanted to enjoy the maritime climate that was healthy for her .
- 1924 : The world's largest automobile manufacturer, Ford in Detroit, rolls off the ten millionth car.
- 1948 : From a regional party sheet of the Communist Party of China , the first edition of which is published, the Renmin Ribao ( People's Newspaper ) develops into the party's official mouthpiece and one of the two largest daily newspapers in the People's Republic of China .
- 2006 : Microsoft announces the resignation of Bill Gates as Chief Software Architect.
science and technology
- 763 BC BC : Assyrian astrologers record a solar eclipse on June 15, 763 BC. BC , which is used today as a fixed point in the chronology of the history of Mesopotamia .
- 1475 : Pope Sixtus IV regulates the structure of the extensive Vatican Library with the bull Ad decorem militantis Ecclesiae and appoints Bartolomeo Platina as its first librarian .
- 1667 : Jean-Baptiste Denis performs the first recorded successful blood transfer from animal blood (a lamb) to human (a 15 year old boy).
- 1741 : Vitus Bering leaves Petropavlovsk as part of the second Kamchatka expedition by ship with the task of exploring the American coast. Among other things, he discovers Alaska .
- 1785 : Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and his passenger Pierre Romain set off for Great Britain from Boulogne-sur-Mer in the Rozière , a mixture of hydrogen balloon and hot air balloon , which he developed . When trying to cross the English Channel , they become the first aviation casualties when, after five kilometers, the hydrogen in their Rozière ignites and the balloon gondola crashes.
- 1869 : The Second German North Pole Expedition , led by Carl Koldewey , leaves Bremerhaven for East Greenland.
- 1904 : Otto Nussbaumer achieves the first wireless transmission of music in the Physics Institute of the Graz University of Technology . For this purpose he uses the Dachstein song .
- 1910 : The Terra Nova leaves Cardiff Harbor in Wales. On board is the crew of the Antarctic expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott .
- 1916 : William Boeing makes the maiden flight with his first own design, the B&W Seaplane .
- 1919 : John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown complete the first non-stop transatlantic flight.
- 1956 : The Eindhoven University of Technology is the second technical university in the Netherlands.
Culture
- 1755 : The world premiere of the opera Il Don Chisciotte by Ignaz Holzbauer takes place in Schwetzingen .
- 1814 : The first performance of the Singspiel The Return of the Emperor by Johann Nepomuk Hummel takes place at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
- 1831 : The comic opera Der Liebestrank by Daniel-François-Esprit Auber is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
- 1893 : The operetta Poor Jonathan by Isaac Albéniz is premiered at the Prince of Wales' Theater in London.
- 1939 : In the exile magazine Die neue Weltbühne, published in Paris , Bertolt Brecht's poem An die Nachgeborben , written in Danish exile in Svendborg, appears .
- 1985 : In Leningrad, a deranged man carried out an acid and knife attack on the exhibited painting Danae by the painter Rembrandt van Rijn in the Hermitage .
society
- 1815 : The Duchess of Richmond's ball takes place on the eve of the Battle of Quatre-Bras .
- 1920 : A mob committed lynching in the port city of Duluth in the evening . Three African American circus workers are hanged after a mock trial for allegedly raping a young white woman . The rumor later turns out to be untrue.
- 1978 : The Jordanian King Hussein I marries the American Lisa Halaby in his fourth marriage .
religion
- 653 : The bedridden Pope Martin I is arrested and taken from Rome to Constantinople , where a trial awaits him.
- 1243 : After a sedis vacancy of 585 days, the conclave for the election of the successor to Pope Celestine IV, who died on November 10, 1241, begins in Anagni .
- 1520 : Pope Leo X threatens Martin Luther in his bull Exsurge Domine to be banned from the church .
Disasters
- 1896 : A severe earthquake on the Japanese island of Hondo kills about 27,000.
- 1904 : After a fire on the East River in New York , the paddle steamer General Slocum, chartered by the Markusgemeinde in Little Germany , sinks with 1,388 people on board. At least 1021 people are killed.
- 1991 : The Pinatubo volcano, which has been active since April 2, has its main eruption with a volcanic explosion index of 6.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
nature and environment
- 1934 : The Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the Appalachians , the most visited national park in the USA, is established.
Sports
- 1908 : The Saarland soccer club FC 08 Homburg is founded.
- 1954 : The European Football Association UEFA is founded in Basel .
- 1991 : The IOC awards the 1998 Winter Olympics to Nagano in Japan .
- 2012 : The American high wire artist Nik Wallenda is the first person to cross Niagara Falls at Horseshoe Falls with the help of a wire rope stretched from the American to the Canadian side.
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field . Entries on football world championship games can be found in the sub-pages of football world championships . The same goes for European football championships .
Born
Before the 19th century
- 1211 : Friedrich II. , Duke of Austria and Styria
- 1330 : Edward of Woodstock , the "Black Prince", English military leader in the Hundred Years War, Prince of Wales
- 1479 : Lisa del Giocondo , probably the Mona Lisa in the painting by Leonardo da Vinci
- 1479 : Veit Werner von Zimmer , German nobleman
- 1519 : Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset , English nobleman, illegitimate son of King Henry VIII.
- 1528 : Herbard VIII. Von Auersperg , Austrian governor and general
- 1529 : Josua Maaler , Swiss pastor and lexicographer
- 1584 : Anna Sophia , Princess of Anhalt
- 1594 : Nicolas Poussin , French artist
- 1605 : Thomas Randolph , English poet
- 1614 : Emilie von Oldenburg , regent of the county of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- 1623 : Cornelis de Witt , Dutch politician
- 1636 : Charles de La Fosse , French painter
- 1638 : Samuel Apostool , Dutch doctor of medicine and Mennonite preacher
- 1656 : Sebastian Gercken , mayor of Lübeck
- 1664 : Jean Meslier , French priest and early enlightenment man
- 1682 : Franz Georg von Schönborn , German elector-archbishop of Trier, prince abbot, prince-bishop, prince provost
- 1698 : Georg Browne , Russian field marshal
- 1706 : Johann Joachim KÄNDER , medalist at the Meissen porcelain manufactory
- 1707 : Maria Karolina von Königsegg-Rothenfels , abbess of the free worldly women's monastery in Buchau
- 1709 : Louis de Bourbon , Count of Clermont, French churchman, general and libertine
- 1715 : Ignaz Parhamer , Austrian educator and Jesuit
- 1724 : Maria Franziska von Pfalz-Sulzbach , Countess Palatine and Duchess of Birkenfeld
- 1725 : Johann Baptist Enderle , German painter
- 1726 : Johann Wilhelm Schröder , German orientalist
- 1727 : Charlotte Elisabeth Nebel , German hymn poet and author of edification
- 1728 : Shah Alam II , Emperor of the Indian Mughal Empire
- 1734 : Johann Ernst Altenburg , German composer, organist and trumpeter
- 1746 : Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle , German botanist
- 1747 : Detlev von Ahlefeldt , Danish chamberlain and district administrator
- 1749 : Georg Joseph Vogler , German composer, organist, priest, music teacher and music theorist
- 1761 : Sebastian Vitus Schlupf , German sculptor
- 1763 : Kobayashi Issa , Japanese haiku poet
- 1764 : Zygmunt Vogel , Polish painter, draftsman and teacher
- 1767 : Rachel Donelson , wife of the future US President Andrew Jackson
- 1769 : Jean-Baptiste Berton , French general
- 1771 : Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg , Swiss educator and agronomist
- 1773 : Johann David Heegewaldt , Prussian Privy Councilor
- 1798 : Alexander Michailowitsch Gorchakov , Russian diplomat, foreign minister and chancellor
19th century
- 1812 : Johann Andreas Deneys , German sculptor
- 1824 : Cesare De Sanctis , Italian composer, church musician and music teacher
- 1826 : Josef Pischna , Bohemian pianist and composer
- 1843 : Johannes Gallandi , Prussian lieutenant colonel and genealogist
- 1843 : Edvard Grieg , Norwegian pianist and Romantic composer
- 1843 : Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Koenigs , German banker
- 1844 : Charlotte Despard , British writer, suffragette and suffragette
- 1845 : Charles-Marie Panneton , Canadian pianist, music educator and composer
- 1848 : Adolf Láng , Hungarian architect
- 1856 : Otto von Herff , German doctor and professor
- 1860 : Karl Elleder , Austrian caricaturist and illustrator
- 1859 : Friedrich Schirmer , German local politician
- 1861 : Ernestine Schumann-Heink , Austrian opera singer
- 1863 : Elise Aun , Estonian writer
- 1866 : Charles Wood , Irish composer
- 1867 : Konstantin Dmitrijewitsch Balmont , Russian symbolist poet
- 1868 : Berthold Maurenbrecher , German classical philologist
- 1870 : Antonín Kalina , Czech politician
- 1874 : Alfred Klotz , German classical philologist
- 1875 : Libero Andreotti , Italian sculptor
- 1876 : Margaret Ives Abbott , American golfer
- 1880 : Blind Alfred Reed , American country musician
- 1880 : Albert Soergel , German literary scholar
- 1881 : Milly Steger , German sculptor
- 1882 : Ion Antonescu , Romanian general, politician, prime minister, dictator, perpetrator of the Holocaust
- 1882 : Morgan Foster Larson , American politician
- 1884 : Rodney Heath , Australian tennis player
- 1884 : Harry Langdon , American actor
- 1886 : William C. Stadie , American medic
- 1886 : Eftimios Youakim , Lebanese Archbishop
- 1888 : Frank Clement , British racing car driver
- 1889 : Clara Blumenfeld , German painter and illustrator
- 1889 : Josef Haubrich , German art collector and patron
- 1889 : Hans Piesch , Austrian politician
- 1890 : Wilhelm Leuschner , German trade unionist, politician, MdR and resistance fighter
- 1894 : Trygve Emanuel Gulbranssen , Norwegian writer
- 1897 : Rafael Ignacio , Dominican composer
- 1900 : Otto Luening , American composer and pioneer of electro-acoustic music
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : Elfriede Cohnen , German lawyer and doctor
- 1901 : Lutz Mackensen , German philologist and lexicographer
- 1902 : Max Rudolf , German-American conductor
- 1903 : Friedrich Wilhelm Jost , German physical chemist
- 1903 : Fyodor Ivanovich Koschewnikow , Russian lawyer
- 1904 : Anna Mahler , Austrian sculptor
- 1904 : Paul Z'dun , German "funny cyclist"
- 1905 : Rudolf Petersen , German naval officer
- 1906 : E. Preston Ames , American art director and production designer
- 1906 : Reinhard Aschenbrenner , German internist
- 1908 : Vera Atkins , British intelligence officer
- 1908 : Sam Giancana , American mafioso
- 1909 : Peter Clentzos , American pole vaulter
- 1909 : Florian Mueller , American oboist and composer
- 1910 : Walter Ulbrich , German television and film producer
- 1911 : Marie-Louise Henry , Franco-German theologian
- 1911 : Janusz Minkiewicz , Polish writer, poet, satirist, journalist and translator
- 1912 : Friedrich Kaulbach , German philosopher
- 1912 : John Nelson , British city commander
- 1913 : Harry Voigt , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1914 : Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov , Soviet politician, head of the KGB, general secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU, head of state
- 1915 : Thomas Huckle Weller , American bacteriologist, virologist and parasitologist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1916 : Gene Force , American racing car driver
- 1916 : Horacio Salgán , Argentine orchestra leader
- 1916 : Herbert A. Simon , American social scientist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1917 : Lillian Bassman , American photographer
- 1917 : John B. Fenn , American chemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1917 : Leon Payne , American country musician
- 1917 : Karl Steinbuch , German cyberneticist, communications engineer and information theorist
- 1918 : François Tombalbaye , first President of Chad
- 1920 : Alberto Sordi , Italian film actor
- 1920 : Hans Ziegler , German soccer player and athlete
- 1921 : Erroll Garner , American musician
- 1921 : Heinz Kaminski , German chemical engineer and space researcher
- 1922 : Jaki Byard , American jazz musician
- 1923 : Dieter Hennebo , German agricultural scientist and landscape architect
- 1923 : Erland Josephson , Swedish actor
- 1924 : Ezer Weizmann , Israeli politician, president
1926-1950
- 1926 : Modesta Bor , Venezuelan composer
- 1926 : Giancarlo Sala , Italian racing driver
- 1926 : Roland H. Wiegenstein , German freelance journalist and radio play director
- 1927 : Ross Andru , American comic book artist and publishing editor
- 1927 : Ben Flowers , American baseball player
- 1927 : Hugo Pratt , Italian comic book writer
- 1928 : Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt , Austrian behavioral scientist
- 1929 : George Barlow , American zoologist and ichthyologist
- 1929 : Fakir Baykurt , Turkish teacher and writer
- 1929 : Lotfi Mansouri , American opera director and director
- 1931 : Ingrid van Bergen , German actress
- 1931 : Jerzy Chromik , Polish athlete
- 1932 : Mario Cuomo , American politician
- 1934 : Jan Berdyszak , Polish sculptor, painter, installation artist, art theorist and teacher
- 1935 : Wilfredo García , Dominican photographer
- 1935 : François Jeanneau , French jazz saxophonist and flutist
- 1936 : Claude Brasseur , French actor
- 1936 : William Joseph Levada , American Archbishop and Cardinal Prefect
- 1937 : Herbert Feuerstein , German cabaret artist and entertainer
- 1937 : Waylon Jennings , American country musician
- 1938 : Tony Oxley , British drummer
- 1940 : Elter Akay , Turkish shot putter and volleyball coach
- 1941 : Hagen Kleinert , German physicist
- 1941 : Frank Strecker , German actor
- 1942 : Néstor Marconi , Argentine bandoneonist
- 1943 : Johnny Hallyday , French singer
- 1943 : Poul Nyrup Rasmussen , Danish politician
- 1946 : Brigitte Fossey , French actress
- 1946 : Demis Roussos , Greek singer
- 1947 : Efraín Amador , Cuban lutenist, composer and music teacher
- 1947 : Alain Aspect , French physicist
- 1947 : Paul Patterson , British composer
- 1949 : Klaus Havenstein , German soccer player and coach
- 1949 : Elmar Hörig , German radio and television presenter
- 1949 : Simone Rethel , German actress
- 1950 : Alan Feinberg , American pianist and music teacher
- 1950 : Christine Hunt , Australian javelin thrower
1951-1975
- 1951 : Steve Walsh , American keyboardist and singer
- 1953 : Eje Elgh , Swedish racing car driver
- 1953 : Antonia Rados , Austrian television journalist
- 1953 : Xi Jinping , Chinese politician, president
- 1954 : James Belushi , American actor and musician
- 1954 : Terri Gibbs , American country and gospel singer
- 1955 : Brent Anderson , American comic artist
- 1955 : Wolfgang Michael , German actor
- 1956 : Yevgeny Alexejewitsch Kisseljow , Russian television journalist
- 1956 : Bernie Shaw , Canadian rock singer ( Uriah Heep )
- 1958 : Neil Arthur , English singer-songwriter
- 1959 : Robert Cohen , British cellist and music teacher
- 1959 : Tor Endresen , Norwegian pop singer
- 1959 : Heinz-Jürgen Kronberg , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1960 : Reno Steba , Dutch jazz bassist
- 1961 : Halvor Asphol , Norwegian ski jumper
- 1961 : Miguel Angá Díaz , Cuban percussionist
- 1962 : Thomas Wiedling , German writer and translator
- 1963 : Marina Eduardowna Asjabina , Russian hurdler
- 1963 : Helen Hunt , American actress
- 1963 : Roland Schwab , Swiss musician
- 1964 : Courteney Cox , American actress
- 1964 : Michael Laudrup , Danish football player and coach
- 1964 : Pavel Ploc , Czechoslovakian ski jumper
- 1964 : Peter Schorowsky , German writer and musician ( Böhse Onkelz )
- 1965 : Hanna Scheuring , Swiss actress
- 1966 : Andreas Müller , German comedian and voice imitator
- 1967 : Paul Kingsman , New Zealand swimmer
- 1968 : Christine Chaladyniak , German soccer player
- 1968 : Roberto Lacorte , Italian entrepreneur, sailor and racing car driver
- 1969 : Hatice Akyün , German journalist and writer
- 1969 : Ice Cube , American rap musician and film actor
- 1969 : Oliver Kahn , German soccer player
- 1970 : Thomas Clemens , Austrian actor
- 1970 : Leah Remini , American actress
- 1970 : Thomas E. Bauer , German singer (baritone), co-founder of the vocal soloist ensemble Singer Pur
- 1971 : José Luis Arrieta Lujambio , Spanish cyclist
- 1972 : Hank von Helvete , Norwegian singer ( Turbonegro )
- 1973 : Neil Patrick Harris , American actor
- 1973 : Silke Scheuermann , German writer
- 1973 : Greg Vaughan , American actor and model
- 1974 : Andrejs Vlascenko , Latvian-German figure skater and coach
1976-2000
- 1977 : Kathrin von Steinburg , German actress and singer
- 1979 : Orosco Anonam , Nigerian-Maltese soccer player
- 1979 : Charles Zwolsman , Dutch racing car driver
- 1980 : Silke Meier , German handball player
- 1980 : Julian Reichelt , German journalist
- 1980 : Iker Romero , Spanish handball player, world champion
- 1981 : Marcus Cleverly , Danish handball player, European champion
- 1981 : Anke Johannsen , German singer, pianist and songwriter
- 1981 : Ameli Neureuther , German fashion stylist
- 1981 : John Paintsil , Ghanaian soccer player
- 1981 : Jakob Thoustrup , Danish handball player
- 1982 : Lander Aperribay , Spanish cyclist
- 1983 : Julia Fischer , German violinist and pianist
- 1983 : Laura Imbruglia , Australian folk rock singer
- 1983 : Ines Lutz , German actress
- 1983 : Dawid Statnik , Sorbian politician, Domowina chairman
- 1984 : Stefanie Alexandra Prenn , Austrian cellist
- 1985 : Gabriel Iloabuchi Agu , Nigerian soccer and beach soccer player
- 1986 : Oleksandr Areshchenko , Ukrainian chess master
- 1986 : Stoya , American porn actress
- 1988 : Jeffrey Boomhouwer , Dutch handball player
- 1988 : Timm Schneider , German handball player
- 1988 : Konstantin Madert , German handball player
- 1989 : Bryan Clauson , American racing driver
- 1990 : Roberto Dellasega , Italian ski jumper
- 1990 : Josef Král , Czech racing driver
- 1991 : Andrea Barlesi , Belgian racing car driver
- 1991 : Zlatan Alomerović , German-Serbian football player
- 1991 : Pascal Groß , German soccer player
- 1992 : Mohamed Salah , Egyptian soccer player
- 1992 : Magnus Walch , Austrian ski racer
- 1998 : Hachim Mastour , Moroccan football player
- 2000 : Lukas Tulovic , German motorcycle racer
Died
Before the 15th century
- 184 BC BC : Liu Gong , Emperor of China
- 686 : Landelin von Crespin , founder of the monastery and abbot
- 707 : Mommu , Emperor of Japan
- 756 : Lothar von Séez , bishop
- 923 : Robert I , King of West Franconia
- 948 : Romanos I , Byzantine naval commander and emperor
- 970 : Adalbert , Bishop of Passau
- 991 : Theophanu , wife of Emperor Otto II, co-empress of the Roman-German Empire
- 1004 : Adelheid of Aquitaine , Queen of France
- 1073 : Go-Sanjō , 71st Emperor of Japan
- 1088 : Gebhard , Archbishop of Salzburg
- 1107 : Dagobert of Pisa , Archbishop of Pisa and Patriarch of Jerusalem
- 1184 : Magnus V , King of Norway
- 1186 : Reginhard von Abenberg , Bishop of Würzburg
- 1189 : Minamoto no Yoshitsune , Japanese general
- 1197 : Heinrich Břetislav III. , Duke of Bohemia
- 1204 : Isfried von Ratzeburg , Bishop of Ratzeburg
- 1219 : Theodoric , Bishop of Estonia, founder of the Brotherhood of the Sword
- 1246 : Friedrich II. , Duke of Austria and Styria
- 1341 : Andronikos III. , Byzantine emperor
- 1357 : Jacopo Passavanti , Italian Dominican friar and writer
- 1374 : Johannes Klenkok , theologian and fighter against the Sachsenspiegel
- 1381 : Wat Tyler , English peasant leader
- 1383 : John VI. , Byzantine emperor
- 1389 : Lazar Hrebeljanović , Serbian prince, martyr of the Serbian Orthodox Church
- 1389 : Murad I , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- 1389 : Miloš Obilić , Serbian nobleman, national hero
- 1396 : Friedrich von Erdingen , Bishop of Chur and Brixen
- 1398 : Margaret de Vere , English noblewoman
15th to 18th century
- 1416 : Jean de Valois , Duke of Berry and Auvergne
- 1417 : Sigmar von Holleneck , Bishop of Seckau
- 1429 : Paulus Venetus , Italian philosopher and theologian
- 1467 : Philip III, the Good , Duke of Burgundy
- 1505 : Ercole I. d'Este , Duke of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio
- 1511 : Johannes von Parkentin , Bishop of Ratzeburg
- 1521 : Tamás Bakócz , Hungarian cardinal and politician
- 1524 : Niccolò Fieschi , Archbishop of Ravenna
- 1525 : Eitel Friedrich III. , Count of Hohenzollern
- 1528 : Gumpert von Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach , canon in Bamberg and papal envoy
- 1545 : Elisabeth of Austria , member of the House of Habsburg, titular queen of Poland
- 1570 : Simon Bruns , German theologian and reformer
- 1586 : Primož Trubar , Protestant preacher
- 1666 : Pieter de Bitter , Dutch admiral
- 1706 : Ferdinand Bonaventura I von Harrach , Austrian diplomat and statesman
- 1707 : Antonio Verrio , Italian painter in England
- 1708 : Romeyn de Hooghe , Dutch engraver
- 1715 : Euphrosyne Auen , German poet
- 1722 : Johann Bleyer , member of the state parliament in Electoral Saxony
- 1741 : Urban Gottfried Siber , German Protestant theologian
- 1751 : Michael Adolf Siebenhaar , German draftsman and painter
- 1752 : Michael Gottlieb Agnethler , Transylvanian natural scientist and numismatist
- 1757 : Johann Caspar Bagnato , builder from the Palatinate
- 1760 : Emo Lucius Vriemoet , German Reformed theologian and orientalist
- 1763 : Joseph Maria von Thun and Hohenstein , Bishop of Gurk and Prince-Bishop of Passau
- 1767 : Justus Juncker , German painter
- 1772 : Louis-Claude Daquin , French composer
- 1775 : Johann Anton Aigner , Austrian prince-bishop clergyman and pastor
- 1785 : Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier , French physicist and aviation pioneer, succeeded in mankind's first manned aviation
- 1792 : Frederik Sneedorff , Danish historian
19th century
- 1801 : Johann Sigismund Friedrich von Khevenhüller-Metsch , Austrian diplomat
- 1808 : Samuel Gottfried Geyser , German educator and Protestant theologian
- 1810 : Friedrich August Wilhelm Wenck , German historian
- 1812 : Anton Stadler , Austrian composer
- 1822 : Andreas Ludwig Krüger , German architect and engraver
- 1824 : Paul Brigham , American politician, lawyer, and governor of Vermont
- 1826 : August Friedrich Wilhelm Rudolph , German educator
- 1829 : Therese Huber , German writer
- 1848 : Johann Friedrich Röhr , Saxon theologian
- 1849 : James K. Polk , eleventh President of the United States, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Governor of the State of Tennessee
- 1851 : Elard Johannes Kulenkamp , German lawyer
- 1852 : Friedrich Groos , German doctor and philosopher
- 1854 : Friedrich Lindemann , German educator and philologist
- 1854 : Georges Bousquet , French composer, conductor and music critic
- 1858 : Ary Scheffer , French etcher and sculptor
- 1865 : Louis Leresche , Swiss Protestant clergyman
- 1865 : Pedro Ignacio Meza , Commander in Chief of the Paraguayan Navy
- 1876 : Hüseyin Avni Pascha , Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
- 1876 : Louis Stromeyer , German surgeon, professor and general practitioner
- 1878 : Shiv Dayal Singh , Indian mystic and founder of the Radhasoami religion
- 1882 : William Dennison Jr. , American politician, governor of the state of Ohio, US secretary of post
- 1885 : John Neergaard , Norwegian politician
- 1888 : Friedrich III. , King of Prussia and German Emperor
- 1888 : Ole Richter , Norwegian lawyer, editor and politician
- 1889 : Mihai Eminescu , Romanian poet
- 1890 : Hermann Friedrich Krummacher , German Protestant theologian
- 1893 : Ferenc Erkel , Hungarian composer
- 1895 : Richard Genée , German-Austrian librettist, playwright and composer
20th century
1901-1950
- 1905 : Carl Wernicke , German psychiatrist, discoverer of the sensory language center
- 1905 : Hermann von Wissmann , German Africa explorer, officer and colonial official, Reich Commissioner and Governor of German East Africa
- 1908 : Vojtěch Hřímalý , Czech composer, conductor and violinist
- 1915 : Hans Dülfer , German mountaineer
- 1917 : Friedrich Robert Helmert , German geodesist and mathematician
- 1920 : Gaston Carraud , French composer and music critic
- 1921 : Oscar Wilhelm Stübel , German diplomat
- 1927 : Sophie von Adelung , German writer and painter
- 1927 : Ottavio Bottecchia , Italian racing cyclist
- 1930 : Arthur Salomonsohn , German banker
- 1934 : Alfred Bruneau , French composer and music critic
- 1936 : Hans Böttcher , German radio pioneer, radio play director and speaker
- 1938 : Ernst Ludwig Kirchner , German painter and graphic artist of Expressionism ( Die Brücke )
- 1940 : Blumepeter , Mannheim local legend
- 1940 : Ernst Weiß , Austrian doctor and writer
- 1941 : Otfrid Foerster , German neuroscientist
- 1941 : Traugott von Jagow , German administrative officer and politician, police chief of Berlin
- 1945 : Friedrich von Lindequist , German colonial official, governor of German South West Africa
- 1949 : Gerhard Graf von Kanitz , German landowner and politician, MdR, Reichsminister, MdL
1951-2000
- 1956 : Ernst Leitz jr. , German entrepreneur and industrialist ( Leica )
- 1957 : Paul Ilg , Swiss writer
- 1962 : Alfred Cortot , Swiss pianist and conductor
- 1963 : Katharina Aline Ahlmann , German entrepreneur
- 1963 : Christian Heins , Brazilian racing car driver
- 1965 : Richard Suchwirth , Austrian, historian, politician and university professor, LAbg., MdR
- 1966 : Vicente Rojo Lluch , Spanish general
- 1967 : Estanislao Mejía , Mexican composer
- 1968 : Wes Montgomery , American jazz guitarist
- 1971 : Wendell Meredith Stanley , American chemist, biochemist, virologist and Nobel Prize winner
- 1971 : Wilhelm Techmeier , German-Brazilian painter
- 1974 : Fritz Johlitz , German politician, MdR, functionary of the German Labor Front (DAF)
- 1975 : William Crosby Pierce Austin , British actor
- 1979 : Juan Pedro Arremón , Uruguayan football player, Olympic champion
- 1979 : Ernst Meister , German writer
- 1980 : Sergio Pignedoli , Italian clergyman, Vatican diplomat, cardinal to the Curia
- 1982 : Art Pepper , American alto saxophonist
- 1983 : Mario Cardinal Casariego y Acevedo , Spanish religious, Archbishop of Guatemala
- 1984 : Edgar Jené , German-French painter and graphic artist, surrealist
- 1984 : Takeyama Michio , Japanese writer
- 1985 : Inoue Yūichi , Japanese painter
- 1985 : Andy Stanfield , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1989 : John Henry Barnes , American founder of the Christian Scouting Society Royal Rangers
- 1989 : Victor French , American actor
- 1991 : Helga Brauer , German pop singer
- 1991 : Happy Chandler , American politician and sports official, Kentucky Governor, Senator
- 1991 : W. Arthur Lewis , British economist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1992 : Jean Aerts , Belgian cyclist
- 1993 : James Hunt , British racing car driver
- 1993 : John Connally , American politician, governor of Texas, Secretary of the Treasury
- 1995 : John Atanasoff , American physicist
- 1996 : Ella Fitzgerald , American jazz singer
- 1998 : Hartmut Boockmann , German historian
- 1999 : Alan Cathcart, 6th Earl Cathcart , British peer and officer
- 1999 : Sigrid Hunke , German religious scholar and Germanist
21st century
- 2001 : Julius Juzeliūnas , Lithuanian composer and music teacher
- 2002 : Choi Hong-hi , South Korean founder of Taekwondo
- 2003 : Hume Cronyn , Canadian actor
- 2003 : René Touzet , Cuban pianist, composer and band leader
- 2004 : Werner Büdeler , German space travel journalist
- 2005 : Suzanne Flon , French actress
- 2005 : Alessio Galletti , Italian racing cyclist
- 2006 : Betty Curtis , Italian singer
- 2006 : Raymond Devos , Belgian comedian
- 2007 : Jocco Abendroth , German singer and songwriter
- 2007 : Sherri Martel , American professional wrestler
- 2008 : Stan Winston , American film designer and director
- 2010 : Thomas Ashley , American politician
- 2010 : Heidi Kabel , German actress
- 2013 : Heinz Flohe , German soccer player
- 2013 : José Froilán González , Argentine racing car driver
- 2014 : Casey Kasem , American radio presenter
- 2014 : Helmut Richter , Austrian architect
- 2015 : Kirk Kerkorian , American multi-billionaire
- 2015 : Harry Rowohlt , German writer, columnist, translator, reciter and actor
- 2016 : Ruth Epting , German-speaking Protestant clergyman and women activist
- 2016 : Klaus Hänel , German soccer player and coach
- 2016 : Milan Tošnar , Czechoslovak athlete
- 2017 : Ibrahim Abouleish , Egyptian chemist, entrepreneur and development worker
- 2017 : Alexei Vladimirovich Batalov , Soviet actor and director
- 2018 : Enoch zu Guttenberg , German conductor
- 2018 : Dieter Wellershoff , German writer
- 2019 : Karlheinz Miklin , Austrian jazz musician
- 2019 : Franco Zeffirelli , Italian film and opera director
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Georg Israel , Moravian preacher (Protestant)
- St. Vitus , Roman martyr and patron saint (Catholic); see also: St. Vitus's Day
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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