15th of November
The November 15 is the 319th day of the Gregorian calendar (320th in leap years ), thus remain 46 days by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 655 : Oswiu , the Christian king of Northumbria , defeats Penda , the pagan king of Mercia , in the battle of Winwaed , thus enabling the spread of Christianity in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
- 1028 : The fresh with the emperor's daughter Zoe married Romanos III. After the death of Constantine VIII. takes over the reign as Byzantine emperor.
- 1315 : Duke Leopold I of Habsburg is defeated in the Battle of Morgarten against Schwyzer and other forest people .
- 1532 : Spanish conquest of Peru : Francisco Pizarro arrives with 150 Spanish conquistadors in the Inca city of Cajamarca and begins negotiations with the Inca chief Atahualpa through the negotiator Hernando de Soto .
- 1533 : Francisco Pizarro conquers the Inca capital Cuzco , loots it and sets it on fire.
- 1630 : With the conclusion of the Treaty of Madrid , the Anglo-Spanish War that broke out in 1625 ends .
- 1631 : During the Thirty Years' War, Prague is taken by Electoral Saxon troops under Hans Georg von Arnim-Boitzenburg .
- 1666 : After nearly a year of fruitless siege of the city includes Sweden with Bremen the peace Habenhausen . Sweden under General Carl Gustaf Wrangel ends the siege, while Bremen undertakes to renounce imperial immediacy by the end of the century .
- 1679 : The Exclusion Bill is submitted to the House of Commons in London for approval. The intention is to exclude the brother of King Charles II , later King James II , from the line of succession because of his Roman Catholic faith .
- 1703 : In the Battle of the Speyerbach during the War of the Spanish Succession, the French, under their general Tallard, prevail over a Hessian-Dutch relief army for the besieged Landau fortress . Their victory immediately leads to the surrender of the fortress.
- 1715 : Austria and the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands conclude the third barrier treaty in Antwerp on occupation rights of the Dutch in the Austrian Netherlands .
- 1777 : During the American War of Independence, the Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation drawn up by the Philadelphia Convention , the first constitution of the United States .
- 1792 : Manuel de Godoy y Alvarez de Faria is made Chief Minister of Spain by Queen Marie Luise of Parma .
- 1796 : In the First Coalition War , the Battle of Arcole begins between the French revolutionary army under Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian troops, which will last until November 17th.
- 1796 : After the successes of Napoleon Bonaparte in the First Coalition War , the Transpadan Republic is proclaimed as the daughter republic of France in Northern Italy .
- 1818 : With the admission of France , the Holy Alliance becomes the pentarchy of the great European powers Russia , Great Britain , Austria , Prussia and France. It is declared at the Aachen Congress .
- 1825 : Portugal's King John VI. recognizes the independence of Brazil .
- 1832 : After secret negotiations, six conservative Swiss cantons form the Sarnerbund as a reaction to the seven concordat of the liberal cantons.
- 1848 : In Prussia , the military ordered by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV dissolves deliberations of the Prussian National Assembly , which is reluctant to move the seat from revolutionary Berlin to the city of Brandenburg. The king also rejects - like various Conservative MPs - the draft constitution, the Waldeck Charter .
- 1853 : With the death of Mary II , the House of Braganza dies out in Portugal . Her son Peter V from the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha takes over the throne, initially under the reign of his father Ferdinand II because of his minority .
- 1863 : Due to the unexpected death of the Danish King Friedrich VII. Prince Christian von Glücksburg arrives as King Christian IX. on the throne. He is the first monarch from the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg .
- 1884 : The Berlin Congo Conference , which ends with the division of Africa into colonial areas , begins at the invitation of Otto von Bismarck .
- 1889 : Due to a military coup in Brazil is Emperor Pedro II. Overthrown. Marshal da Fonseca calls the Republic of 8:30 am United States of Brazil from. The position of the stars over Rio de Janeiro at this time is shown in the flag of Brazil .
- 1908 : Leopold II , the King of the Belgians , sells his private property Congo Free State to the Belgian state after international pressure as a result of the Congo horrors , which converts it into the Belgian Congo colony .
- 1920 : The first meeting of the League of Nations takes place in Geneva .
- 1920 : Following the Treaty of Versailles , the Free City of Danzig is established , a free state under the protection of the League of Nations .
- 1923 : António Ginestal Machado becomes Prime Minister of Portugal .
- 1940 : On the night of November 16, German occupation forces begin to hermetically seal off the Warsaw ghetto from the outside world. Jews are no longer allowed to leave the ghetto.
- 1940 : In submitting the two hundred to the Swiss Federal Council, petitioners from the right-wing camp demand the disempowerment of editors-in-chief of bourgeois newspapers and the expulsion of the League of Nations from Switzerland.
- 1942 : The naval battle of Guadalcanal during World War II , which began on November 13, ends with an Allied victory.
- 1955 : The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is formed in Japan and remains in government without interruption until 1993.
- 1956 : The fighting between Soviet troops and rebellious Hungarians since November 4th ends with the suppression of the resistance.
- 1957 : The spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel is found guilty in the US in court on all three counts - spying on or transmitting defense information to the USSR as well as unauthorized agent activity - and sentenced to long prison terms.
- 1959 : The SPD resolves the Godesberg program at a party congress , in which the social market economy and “the free development of people” are demanded.
- 1966 : The South African professor and former ANC official Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews is appointed ambassador to the United States by the President of Botswana .
- 1969 : The Soviet nuclear submarine K-19 collides with the US submarine USS Gato (SSN-615) in the Barents Sea . While the latter does not suffer any serious damage, the K-19 has to show up severely damaged.
- 1974 : Following the experience of the oil crisis, the OECD Council decides to set up the International Energy Agency , which is supported by 16 founding members.
- 1983 : The Cyprus-Turkish federal parliament unanimously votes for the establishment of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus . The UN Security Council condemns the proclamation and reiterates the claim of the Republic of Cyprus to the area controlled by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
- 1987 : In communist Romania , around 20,000 people take part in the Brașov uprising and protest against Nicolae Ceaușescu's draining economic policy .
- 1988 : In Algiers, the Palestinian National Council , an organ of the PLO , proclaims a declaration of independence . Jerusalem is set as the capital of a previously nonexistent state of Palestine .
- 2000 : The new state of Jharkhand is formed from the southern part of the Indian state of Bihar .
- 2002 : Hu Jintao takes over from Jiang Zemin as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party .
- 2003 : A total of 24 people are killed in two bomb attacks on synagogues in Istanbul .
- 2017 : The military coups against 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, South Africa . An impeachment is anticipated on November 21 by declaring his resignation. He is succeeded by Emmerson Mnangagwa .
economy
- 1918 : The Stinnes-Legien Agreement between employers and trade unions in Germany is signed, in which they form a central working group unbureaucratically and in contrast to the revolutionary movements and agree on an eight-hour day while maintaining the existing power relations and private property rights .
- 1923 : With the introduction of the Rentenmark in Germany, inflation ends.
- 1926 : The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) starts broadcasting as a network in the United States with radio programs .
- 1953 : A patent is granted for the sugar shaker in Germany .
- 1970 : The Haringvlietdam is opened by Queen Juliana in the Netherlands . It is part of the Delta Works , which are supposed to protect against flooding.
- 1971 : With the 4004 , Intel brings the first series-produced single-chip microprocessor available on the market.
- 1975 : The heads of state and government of the six most important industrialized countries hold a summit on the global economic situation in Rambouillet , at the end of which the Bretton Woods economic system is formally terminated.
- 2005 : UK pubs curfew at midnight , provided they have applied for a special license.
science and technology
- 1849 : The Imperial and Royal Geological Institute , today's Federal Geological Institute , is founded in Vienna by the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I.
- 1966 : The US Gemini program comes with the successful splashdown of 12 Gemini capsule with Jim Lovell and Edwin Aldrin on board over.
- 1988 : The reusable Soviet spacecraft Buran 1.01 takes off for the first and so far only time from the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan and ends its mission on schedule after two orbits.
- 1996 : The first download version of the instant messaging service ICQ is released worldwide.
- 2004 : Iran's chief negotiator Hassan Rouhani announces after talks with Germany and France that Iran wants to forego further uranium enrichment on November 22nd . Nevertheless, the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna is not ruling out a secret Tehran's nuclear program.
Culture
- 1553 : The Arezzo Chimera , an example of Etruscan art, is found during the construction of fortresses near Arezzo , Italy .
- 1838 : The comic opera Lady Melvil by Friedrich von Flotow is premiered at the Théâtre de la Renaissance in Paris .
- 1847 : The first performance of the comic opera Les Premiers Pas ou Les Deux Génies by Jacques Fromental Halévy takes place at the Opéra-Comique in Paris .
- 1892 : The " Munch Case " played a key role in the history of modernity! of the fine arts in Germany.
- 1903 : The opera Tiefland by Eugen d'Albert with the libretto by Rudolf Lothar and conducted by Leo Blech is premiered at the New German Theater in Prague .
- 1923 : The opera Srdce ( The Heart ) by Josef Bohuslav Foerster is premiered at the National Theater in Prague .
- 1924 : The world premiere of the comedy Don Gil from the green pants by Walter Braunfels takes place at the State Opera in Munich .
- 1936 : The world premiere of the opera Enoch Arden or the Möwenschrei by Ottmar Gerster takes place in Düsseldorf .
- 1950 : At the Theater der Stadt Heidelberg operetta is love in the triad of Walter Goetze premiered.
- 1956 : Elvis Presley's first feature film premiered in the USA under the title Love me Tender .
- 1961 : Herr Karl , a relentless portrayal of opportunistic petty bourgeoisie by Carl Merz and Helmut Qualtinger , is shown for the first time on television.
- 1966 : The premiere of the opera Puntila by Paul Dessau takes place at the German State Opera Berlin .
- 2007 : The German premiere of the musical Wicked - The Witches of Oz takes place in the Palladium Theater of the SI Center in Stuttgart .
society
- 1959 : Perry Smith and Dick Hickock murder four members of a farming family in Kansas . Truman Capote later processed the fact in his factual novel in cold blood .
religion
- 1225 : Heinrich I von Müllenark becomes Archbishop of Cologne .
- 1966 : In a second announcement, the Vatican announces the official abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum . This listed books that Catholics were not allowed to read. A first announcement on the abolition appeared on June 14, 1966.
- 1980 : Pope John Paul II visits the Federal Republic of Germany. 198 years earlier, a Roman Catholic head of the church was last in Germany before him .
- 2004 : The Catholic theologian Brigitte Proksch is appointed as the first woman to the leadership team of a seminary in Austria, the International Carisianum seminary in Innsbruck .
Disasters
- 1960 : Near Pardubitz in Bohemia 110 people die in the worst train accident in Czechoslovakia .
- 1978 : A Douglas DC-8 returning from Mecca gets caught in a cyclone while approaching Bandaranaike Airport , Colombo, Sri Lanka . 183 people die, 66 are saved.
- 2007 : Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh with a wind speed of 215 km / h. At least 3,447 people are killed.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
Sports
- 1859 : The first Olympics take place in Athens . The model for the event organized by the merchant Evangelos Zappas is the ancient Olympic Games .
- 1870 : The second Olympics take place in Athens , this time in the Panathinaikon Stadium , which was excavated a year earlier on behalf of the Greek government by the German archaeologist and building researcher Ernst Ziller and which Anastasios Metaxas temporarily prepared for the games.
- 1893 : The football club FC Basel is founded.
- 1900 : Street soccer players found the NEC Nijmegen football club in the Netherlands.
- 1929 : The Russian exiled Alexander Alekhine defends the world chess title by beating Efim Bogolyubov with 15.5–9.5 points .
- 1960 : Basketball player Elgin Baylor of the Los Angeles Lakers scored 71 points against the New York Knicks a new NBA record.
- 1978 : Helmut Schön's farewell game as national coach takes place in Frankfurt am Main with the international match against Hungary . The game has to be canceled after 60 minutes of play due to fog.
- 2003 : The German national soccer team for women celebrates in Reutlingen with a 13-0 win against Portugal, the highest victory in its history.
- 2009 : The Swiss U-17 national football team beat hosts Nigeria 1-0 in the World Cup final and become world champions for the first time.
Entries of athletics world records can be found under the respective discipline under athletics .
Born
Before the 17th century
- 1316 : John I , son of Louis X. of France
- 1397 : Nicholas V , Pope
- 1498 : Eleanor of Castile , Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Spain and Queen of Portugal and France
- 1511 : Johannes Secundus (Jan Nicolai Everaerts), Dutch Neo-Latin poet, painter and sculptor
- 1544 : Dorothea Susanne von der Pfalz , Duchess of Saxe-Weimar
- 1563 : Abraham Suarinus , German Lutheran theologian
- 1577 : Piet Pieterszoon Heyn , Dutch privateer
- 1599 : Werner Rolfinck , German doctor, natural scientist and botanist
17th and 18th centuries
- 1601 : Anton Matthäus jun. , German legal scholar
- 1607 : Aniello Falcone , Italian painter and engraver
- 1609 : Henrietta Maria of France , wife of King Charles I of England
- 1640 : Nicolaus Adam Strungk , German composer (baptism date)
- 1662 : Christian Andreas Siber , German educator and Lutheran theologian
- 1673 : Franz Albert Aepinus , German theologian, writer and philosopher
- 1673 : Jesaias Friedrich Weissenborn , German Lutheran theologian
- 1685 : Balthasar Denner , German painter
- 1692 : Eusebius Amort , Bavarian theologian
- 1700 : Georg Friedrich Schmahl , German organ builder
- 1712 : Maria Theresia Isabella von Blumenthal , Prussian philanthropist and chief stewardess
- 1738 : Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel , German astronomer, musician and composer
- 1741 : Johann Caspar Lavater , Swiss Reformed pastor, philosopher and writer
- 1743 : Jean-Henry Gourgaud , called Dugazon , French actor
- 1746 : Joseph Quesnel , Canadian composer, writer and actor
- 1753 : Johann Nicolaus Schrage , German Protestant theologian
- 1757 : Jacques-René Hébert , French revolutionary
- 1771 : Jean Charles Abbatucci , French general
- 1778 : Giovanni Battista Belzoni , Italian adventurer, weightlifter
- 1784 : Jérôme Bonaparte , youngest brother of Napoléon Bonaparte
19th century
1801-1850
- 1802 : Georg Aenotheus Koch , German classical philologist and lexicographer
- 1804 : Eugenio Aguilar Gonzalez Batres , head of state of El Salvador
- 1812 : Achille Apolloni , Italian cardinal
- 1813 : John L. O'Sullivan , American journalist
- 1822 : Hugo Barthelme , German painter
- 1829 : Emmy von Rhoden , German writer ( The Defiant Head )
- 1834 : George Anthony Walkem , Canadian politician
- 1835 : José Reyes , Dominican composer and musician
- 1843 : Joseph König , German chemist
- 1845 : Tina Blau , Austrian painter
1851-1900
- 1852 : Tawfiq , Viceroy ( Khedive ) of Egypt
- 1862 : Adolf Bartels , German writer and literary historian
- 1862 : Gerhart Hauptmann , German playwright and writer ( Die Weber ), Nobel Prize winner
- 1866 : Gervase Elwes , English singer
- 1867 : Emil Krebs , German sinologist, linguistic genius
- 1872 : Hans Dominik , German writer, science fiction author, journalist and engineer
- 1872 : Okamoto Kidō , Japanese playwright
- 1874 : August Krogh , Danish doctor and zoologist
- 1877 : Albert Elmer Austin , American politician
- 1877 : William Hope Hodgson , English fantasy writer
- 1878 : Erich Basarke , German architect
- 1881 : Franklin Leopold Adams , American journalist, translator and radio announcer
- 1884 : Julius Herman Boeke , Dutch economist
- 1885 : Emil Hadina , Austrian-Sudeten German writer
- 1886 : Georg Anschütz , German psychologist
- 1886 : Pedro Sanjuán , Spanish composer and conductor
- 1887 : Ashida Hitoshi , Japanese politician and Prime Minister
- 1887 : Marianne Moore , American writer
- 1887 : Georgia O'Keeffe , American painter
- 1888 : Harald Ulrik Sverdrup , Norwegian oceanographer and professor
- 1889 : Emanuel II , last king of Portugal
- 1891 : Pierre Audiat , French journalist, Romance studies and literary scholar
- 1891 : Erwin Rommel , German field marshal and commander of the Africa Corps
- 1892 : Clarence Horning , American football player
- 1893 : Carlo Emilio Gadda , Italian writer
- 1895 : Olga Romanowa , daughter of Tsar Nicholas II.
- 1895 : Josef Schlick , German entrepreneur and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1897 : Viktor Agartz , German economist and trade unionist
- 1897 : Aneurin Bevan , British politician, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health, founder of the National Health Service
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : Stanisław Szpinalski , Polish pianist and music teacher
- 1903 : Jinzai Kiyoshi , Japanese writer and translator
- 1905 : Michael Arneth , German theologian and teacher
- 1905 : Hara Tamiki , Japanese writer
- 1905 : Annunzio Mantovani , Italian orchestra leader
- 1907 : Count Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg , German officer, resistance fighter of July 20, 1944
- 1908 : Rafael von Uslar , German prehistoric scientist
- 1908 : Carlo Abarth , Austrian-Italian motorcycle racer and entrepreneur
- 1909 : Auguste Hargus , German athlete
- 1910 : Josef Argauer , Austrian football coach
- 1910 : Sir Hugh Carleton Greene , British journalist, co-founder of NWDR (Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk)
- 1910 : Geoffrey Toone , Irish actor
- 1911 : Kay Walsh , British dancer and actress
- 1912 : Albert Baez , American physicist
- 1912 : Erich Mirek , German actor
- 1913 : Gus Johnson , American jazz bassist
- 1914 : Jorge Bolet , American-Cuban pianist
- 1914 : Giuseppe Caprio , Vatican diplomat, cardinal to the Curia
- 1914 : Etty Hillesum , Dutch writer
- 1914 : Vladimir Lotaryov , Soviet designer of jet engines
- 1915 : Dieter Aschenborn , Namibian painter
- 1915 : Billo Frómeta , Dominican musician and conductor
- 1917 : John Whiting , British playwright
- 1918 : Kurt Kohl , German psychologist
- 1918 : Adolfo Pedernera , Argentine football player and coach
- 1920 : Willi Fischer , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1920 : Jerome Richardson , American jazz saxophonist and flutist
- 1921 : Gil Bouley , American football player
- 1921 : Helmut Schönnamsgruber , German scientist, nature conservationist and club and association official
- 1922 : Francesco Rosi , Italian director
- 1923 : Marc Moret , Swiss manager
- 1925 : Jurriaan Hendrik Andriessen , Dutch composer
- 1925 : Howard Baker , American politician, Senator for Tennessee, Chief of Staff of the White House
- 1925 : Gerd Duwner , German actor and voice actor
- 1925 : Heinz Piontek , German writer
1926-1950
- 1926 : Alfred Biehle , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1926 : Helmut Fischer , German actor
- 1926 : Raúl Marrero , Puerto Rican Canto writer
- 1926 : Martin Wilke , German soccer coach
- 1928 : CW McCall , American musician
- 1928 : Jerry Toth , Canadian jazz musician, composer and arranger
- 1929 : Edward Asner , American actor
- 1929 : Józef Patkowski , Polish composer, musicologist and teacher
- 1930 : JG Ballard , British novelist
- 1930 : Aureliano Bolognesi , Italian boxer, Olympic champion
- 1930 : Herbert Häber , German politician, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee (ZK) of the SED
- 1931 : Mwai Kibaki , Kenyan politician, president
- 1932 : Petula Clark , British actress and pop singer
- 1932 : Clyde McPhatter , American singer
- 1932 : Jerry Unser , American racing car driver
- 1934 : Martin Bangemann , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister, EU Commissioner
- 1934 : Joanna Barnes , American actress and writer
- 1934 : Peter Dickinson , British composer, pianist and music critic
- 1934 : Adolf Katzenmeier , German physiotherapist, supervisor of the German national soccer team
- 1935 : Gabriele Ferro , Italian conductor
- 1936 : Wolf Biermann , German songwriter and poet
- 1939 : Karl Acham , Austrian sociologist, philosopher and science historian
- 1940 : Klaus Ampler , German racing cyclist
- 1940 : Roberto Cavalli , Italian fashion designer
- 1940 : Sam Waterston , American actor
- 1941 : Alice Calaprice , American biographer of Albert Einstein, publisher and editor of German-Armenian origin
- 1942 : Daniel Barenboim , Israeli pianist and conductor
- 1943 : Ali Haurand , German jazz musician
- 1944 : Marie-Louise Butzig , French soccer player
- 1944 : Joy Fleming , German singer
- 1944 : Jobst Knigge , German journalist and historian
- 1944 : Maurizio Micangeli , Italian racing car driver
- 1945 : Roger Donaldson , New Zealand film director, film producer and screenwriter
- 1945 : Anni-Frid Lyngstad ( Frida ), Swedish pop singer ( ABBA )
- 1945 : Bob Gunton , American actor
- 1946 : Larry Cole , American football player
- 1946 : Romain Feitler , Luxembourg racing driver
- 1946 : Rino Vernizzi , Italian bassoonist
- 1947 : Bill Richardson , American politician
- 1947 : Bob Dandridge , American basketball player
- 1948 : Andrzej Mysiński , Polish double bass player, conductor and music teacher
- 1948 : Georg Ringsgwandl , German cardiologist, cabaret artist and songwriter
- 1948 : Maria Bill , Swiss-Austrian actress and singer
- 1948 : Alois Schindler , German soccer player and coach
1951-1975
- 1951 : Alexander Bortnikow , head of the Russian domestic intelligence service FSB
- 1951 : Beverly D'Angelo , American actress
- 1951 : Eroc , German musician and music producer
- 1951 : Paul Seitz , American composer and music teacher
- 1952 : Rolf Arnold , German educator
- 1953 : Elizabeth Arthur , American writer
- 1953 : Philippe Auvray , French racing car driver
- 1954 : Hans-Günter Bruns , German soccer player
- 1954 : Anson Funderburgh , American blues guitarist
- 1954 : Herbert Heidenreich , German soccer player
- 1954 : Aleksander Kwaśniewski , Polish President
- 1954 : Uli Stielike , German soccer player and coach
- 1954 : Tony Thompson , American musician
- 1955 : Liane Dirks , German writer
- 1955 : Sergei Woitschenko , Belarusian artist and designer
- 1957 : Richard Gray , American level designer
- 1958 : Leslie Malton , German-American actress
- 1960 : Then Huff , American studio guitarist and music producer
- 1960 : Willi Langer , Austrian musician
- 1960 : Susanne Lothar , German actress
- 1961 : Volker Ahmels , German pianist
- 1961 : Christian Stückl , German general manager and director
- 1964 : Johannes Wohlwend , Liechtenstein judoka
- 1966 : Nury Guarnaschelli , Argentine horn player
- 1967 : Becky Anderson , British journalist and presenter
- 1967 : E-40 , American rapper
- 1967 : Pandeli Majko , Albanian head of government
- 1967 : François Ozon , French film director
- 1968 : René Adamczewski , German football player
- 1968 : Ol 'Dirty Bastard , American rapper
- 1968 : Uwe Rösler , German soccer player
- 1968 : Lucie Zedníčková , Czech actress
- 1969 : Big Hawk , American rapper
- 1969 : Harry Koch , German soccer player and coach
- 1970 : Uschi Disl , German biathlete, Olympic champion
- 1970 : Jack Ingram , American country musician
- 1971 : Maria Rachel J. Arenas , Filipino politician
- 1971 : Martin Pieckenhagen , German soccer goalkeeper
- 1973 : Muhammadqodir Abdullayev , Uzbek boxer
- 1973 : Ole Eisfeld , German actor
- 1974 : Oleksiy Ajdarow , Ukrainian biathlete
- 1974 : Chad Kroeger , Canadian singer and guitarist ( Nickelback )
- 1974 : Roland Schmaltz , German chess grandmaster
- 1974 : Isabella Müller-Reinhardt , German television presenter
- 1975 : Baby Bash , American rapper
1976-2000
- 1976 : Virginie Ledoyen , French actress and model
- 1976 : Claudia Llosa , Peruvian film director and screenwriter
- 1977 : Noureddine Daham , Algerian football player
- 1977 : Logan Whitehurst , American drummer and singer
- 1978 : Judith Richter , German actress
- 1979 : Robert Kendrick , American tennis player
- 1981 : Lorena Ochoa , Mexican golfer
- 1982 : Kalu Uche , Nigerian soccer player
- 1983 : Viviënne van den Assem , Dutch actress
- 1983 : Natalie Augsburg , German handball player
- 1983 : John Heitinga , Dutch football player
- 1983 : Veli-Matti Lindström , Finnish ski jumper
- 1983 : Laura Smet , French actress
- 1983 : Fernando Verdasco , Spanish tennis player
- 1984 : Katarina Bulatović , Montenegrin handball player
- 1985 : Guilherme Afonso , Swiss-Angolan football player
- 1985 : Jeffree Star , American drag queen, model and make-up artist, fashion designer, singer and DJ
- 1986 : Winston Duke , Trinidadian actor
- 1986 : Éder , Brazilian-Italian soccer player
- 1986 : Toni Wachsmuth , German soccer player
- 1987 : Anders Krohn , Norwegian racing driver
- 1988 : BoB , American rapper and producer
- 1989 : Troy Castaneda , American racing car driver
- 1991 : Konrad Baumann , German actor
- 1991 : Christian Dissinger , German handball player
- 1991 : Shailene Woodley , American actress
- 1992 : Pernille Harder , Danish football player
- 1992 : Bobby Wood , American football player
- 1993 : Paulo Dybala , Argentine soccer player
- 1993 : Valentina Margaglio , Italian skeleton pilot
- 1998 : Ophelia Preller , German canoeist
21st century
- 2001 : Jeremy Alcoba , Spanish motorcycle racer
Died
Before the 17th century
- 655 : Æthelhere , King of East Anglia
- 655 : Desiderius of Cahors , Bishop of Cahors, saint
- 655 : Penda , King of Mercia
- 697 : Marinus , Irish-Scottish wandering bishop and saint
- 878 : Fintan von Rheinau , Irish hermit and saint
- 923 : Richwin , Count of Verdun
- 1037 : Odo II , Count of Blois, Châteaudun, Chartres, Reims, Tours, Beauvais, Sancerre, Meaux and Troyes
- 1136 : Leopold III. , Margrave of Austria
- 1176 : Everard des Barres , Grand Master of the Templar Order
- 1184 : Beatrix of Burgundy , German Queen and Empress of the Holy Roman Empire
- 1184 : William de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Warwick , English magnate
- 1190 : Dietrich II of Montfaucon , Archbishop of Besançon
- 1194 : Margaret I , Countess of Flanders
- 1249 : Guillaume III. des Barres , French knight and crusader
- 1250 : Gottfried IV. , Count of Ziegenhain and von Nidda
- 1256 : Ludolf II , Count of Hallermund-Loccum
- 1280 : Albertus Magnus , German philosopher and scientist, Bishop of Regensburg
- 1305 : Volker von Fulach , abbot in Wettingen monastery
- 1351 : Johanna von Pfirt , Countess von Pfirt and Duchess of Austria
- 1379 : Otto V , Duke of Bavaria, Margrave and Elector of Brandenburg
- 1392 : Ortolf von Offenstetten , dean of the cathedral in Salzburg, nominally Bishop of Lavant
- 1398 : Gerhard vom Berge , Prince-Bishop of Verden and Hildesheim
- 1461 : Johann Lüneburg , mayor of Lübeck
- 1463 : Giovanni Antonio Orsini del Balzo , Italian nobleman, Prince of Taranto
- 1469 : Marguerite des Baux , Countess of Saint-Pol
- 1527 : Katherine of York , English princess and countess of Devon
- 1541 : Margarete Blarer , German Reformed deaconess
- 1553 : Lucrezia di Lorenzo de 'Medici , member of the patriciate of Florence
- 1557 : Ferrante I. Gonzaga , Count of Guastalla, Viceroy of Sicily and Governor of Milan
- 1560 : Dominico de Soto , Spanish theologian and philosopher
- 1574 : Tobias Egli , Swiss pastor
- 1579 : Franz Davidis , German Unitarian theologian
- 1589 : Philipp Apian , German geographer and mathematician
17th and 18th centuries
- 1606 : Erasmus Habermehl , German watchmaker and manufacturer of astronomical and geodetic instruments
- 1629 : Gábor Bethlen , Prince of Transylvania
- 1630 : Johannes Kepler , German natural philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, optician and theologian
- 1633 : Caspar Cunradi , German doctor, historian and poet
- 1633 : Martin Röber , German Lutheran theologian
- 1640 : Balthasar Walther , German philologist and Lutheran theologian
- 1670 : Jan Amos Komenský , Czech humanist, writer, educator
- 1675 : Cort Sivertsen Adeler , Norwegian seaman and admiral
- 1705 : Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach , Countess of Hessen-Darmstadt
- 1706 : Tshangyang Gyatsho , sixth Dalai Lama
- 1712 : James Douglas-Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton , English nobleman
- 1718 : Moritz Wilhelm , Duke of Saxony-Zeitz
- 1772 : Johann Christian Senckenberg , German doctor, founder, natural scientist and botanist
- 1773 : Bernard Gates , English composer, choir singer and conductor
- 1781 : Julián Apaza , Indian rebel
- 1784 : Jan Hataš , Czech composer
- 1787 : Christoph Willibald Gluck , German composer
- 1793 : Gaspard Jean-Baptiste de Brunet , French general
- 1793 : Charles-Joseph Mathon de La Cour , French economist, author and philanthropist
- 1795 : Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo , French portrait painter
19th century
- 1802 : George Romney , British painter
- 1808 : Mustafa IV. , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- 1828 : Maria Amalie Auguste , Countess Palatinate of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, Queen of Saxony and Duchess of Warsaw
- 1830 : Dominique You , French pirate
- 1831 : Vincenc Mašek , Bohemian composer
- 1832 : Jean-Baptiste Say , French economist and businessman
- 1839 : William Murdoch , Scottish inventor
- 1842 : Hermann Arntzenius , Dutch legal scholar
- 1844 : Nicolaas Cornelis de Fremery , Dutch medic, pharmacologist, zoologist and chemist
- 1853 : Charles Gordon Atherton , American politician
- 1853 : Maria II , Queen of Portugal
- 1857 : Alois Vock , Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman, educator and historian
- 1862 : Johann Karl Christoph Vogel , German theologian, pedagogue and lexicographer
- 1863 : Frederick VII , King of Denmark
- 1865 : Friedrich Theodor Schubert , Russian officer and geodesist
- 1883 : Josef Barák , Czech politician, journalist and poet
- 1885 : Friedrich August Eckstein , German classical philologist and lexicographer
- 1888 : Max in Bavaria , Bavarian Duke
- 1894 : Immanuel Stockmeyer , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1896 : Georg Ferdinand Dümmler , German classical philologist and archaeologist
- 1900 : Adolf Pichler , Austrian writer and scientist
20th century
1901-1950
- 1907 : Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley , British writer and politician
- 1907 : Josef Weikert , Bohemian church musician and composer
- 1908 : Cixi , concubine of the Chinese Emperor Xianfeng
- 1910 : Wilhelm Raabe , German narrator
- 1910 : Emil Schreiner , Norwegian classical philologist
- 1916 : Henryk Sienkiewicz , Polish writer, Nobel Prize winner
- 1917 : Hans Adam , Bavarian officer
- 1917 : John W. Foster , American politician
- 1918 : Robert Anderson , British policeman
- 1919 : Michail Ossipowitsch Doliwo-Dobrowolski , Polish-Russian engineer
- 1924 : Edwin Samuel Montagu , British politician
- 1926 : Hiram Abrams , American entrepreneur and first president of the United Artists film distributor
- 1928 : Paul Thiersch , German architect and university professor
- 1937 : Heinrich Eugen Abt , Swiss politician
- 1941 : Wal Handley , British motorcycle and automobile racer
- 1942 : Annemarie Schwarzenbach , Swiss writer
- 1949 : Narayan Apte , Indian assassin, murderer of Mahatma Gandhi
- 1949 : Nathuram Godse , Indian murderer of Mahatma Gandhi
1951-1975
- 1952 : Wassyl Krytschewskyj , Ukrainian art scholar, painter, architect, graphic artist and set designer
- 1954 : Lionel Barrymore , American actor
- 1954 : Charley Jordan , American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
- 1958 : Samuel Hopkins Adams , American journalist and writer
- 1958 : Tyrone Power , American actor
- 1962 : Irene Lentz , American costume designer
- 1963 : Theobald Schrems , German clergyman and church musician, founder of the Regensburger Domspatzen music high school
- 1964 : Luis Emilio Mena , Dominican composer and musician
- 1967 : Michael J. Adams , US test pilot
- 1969 : Ignacio Aldecoa , Spanish writer
- 1969 : Wilhelm Braun , German cross-country skier
- 1969 : Itō Sei , Japanese writer, translator and literary critic
- 1969 : Arthur Vollstedt , German speed skater
- 1970 : Franz Hartl , Austrian politician
- 1971 : Edie Sedgwick , American actress
- 1972 : William Ross Ashby , British psychiatrist and pioneer in cybernetics
1976-2000
- 1976 : Jean Gabin , French actor
- 1977 : William C. McGann , American film director, special effects designer, and cameraman
- 1978 : Margaret Mead , American anthropologist
- 1978 : Henry Pacholski , German rock singer and lyricist ( Lift )
- 1978 : Gerhard Zachar , German rock musician, singer, band leader and composer ( lift )
- 1980 : Emilio Pujol , Spanish guitarist and composer
- 1981 : Maulana Sadr ud-Din , imam in the Wilmersdorfer mosque in Berlin, first missionary of the Islamic denomination Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ischat-i-Islam Lahore
- 1984 : Hermann Dietzfelbinger , German pastor and theologian, Bavarian regional bishop
- 1984 : Anton Kehrer , Austrian politician
- 1985 : Meret Oppenheim , German-Swiss artist and poet of surrealism
- 1988 : Giovanni Vittorio Amoretti , Italian literary historian, literary scholar and Germanist
- 1989 : Georg Heubeck , German actuary
- 1992 : Adelquis Remón Gay , Cuban chess player
- 1993 : Jaan Koha Estonian composer
- 1993 : Leocadio Vizcarrondo , Puerto Rican musician, arranger and composer
- 1994 : Lia Wöhr , German actress and television producer
- 1997 : Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh , Dutch actor
- 1998 : Stokely Carmichael , Guinean civil rights activist and revolutionary
- 2000 : Max Hermann Archimowitz , German politician
- 2000 : Rinaldo Martino , Argentinian-Italian soccer player
- 2000 : Piero Pasinati , Italian football player and coach
21st century
- 2001 : Bienvenido Bustamante López , Dominican composer and clarinetist
- 2002 : Myra Hindley , British criminal
- 2003 : Mohamed Choukri , Moroccan writer
- 2004 : Elmer Lee Andersen , American politician
- 2004 : Annemarie Böll , German translator, wife of Heinrich Böll
- 2004 : Jürgen Schmidt , German actor ( Polizeiruf 110 )
- 2004 : Herbert Sczepan , German Baptist pastor and evangelist
- 2005 : Hanne Haller , German pop singer
- 2005 : Hermann Heinemann , German trade unionist and politician, MEP, State Minister
- 2005 : Robert Tisch , American entrepreneur, co-owner of the New York Giants
- 2006 : Martin Apeltauer , Austrian politician
- 2006 : Dieter Saldecki , German author and dramaturge
- 2007 : Don Fellows , American actor
- 2007 : Christoph Kirschner , German physician
- 2008 : Grace Hartigan , American painter
- 2008 : Peter W. Jansen , German film critic and journalist
- 2008 : Jan Krugier , Polish-Swiss gallery owner and art dealer
- 2008 : Robert Schollemann , French racing car driver
- 2009 : Pierre Harmel , Belgian legal scholar and politician, Minister, Prime Minister
- 2009 : Pavle , Serbian Patriarch, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Archbishop of Peć
- 2011 : William Barnes Arveson , American mathematician
- 2012 : Luís Carreira , Portuguese motorcycle racer
- 2013 : Raimondo D'Inzeo , Italian show jumper
- 2013 : Glafkos Klerides , Cypriot politician, President
- 2016 : Ada Pace , Italian racing car driver
- 2017 : Frans Krajcberg , Polish-Brazilian artist
- 2017 : Lil Peep , American rapper
- 2019 : Harrison Dillard , American track and field athlete
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Albertus Magnus , Bishop of Regensburg, religious and doctor of the church (Protestant, Roman Catholic)
- Johannes Kepler , German astronomer (Protestant)
- St. Leopold , Austrian nobleman (Roman Catholic)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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