September 15th
The September 15 is the 258th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 259th in leap years ), thus remain 107 days by year end.
|
Historical Anniversaries August · September · October |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
events
Politics and world events
- 533: Byzantine troops under Belisarius , the general of Justinian I , conquer Carthage and finally smash the Vandal Empire in Africa.
- 668: A valet kills the Eastern Roman Emperor Konstans II at his seat of government, which has been relocated to Syracuse since 661 .
- 921: Ludmilla of Bohemia is murdered on the orders of her pagan daughter-in-law Drahomíra .
- 1231: The Bavarian Duke Ludwig der Kelheimer is murdered on the bridge in Kelheim . His son Otto the Illustrious takes over the reign.
- 1324: In the war of the four masters , the citizens of Metz , whose independence is to fall, defend themselves against four nobles.
- 1405: Appenzell founded during the Appenzell Wars together with St. Gallen and other communities the federal government if the lake against the "prince of violence."
- 1697: Elector Friedrich August I of Saxony is crowned King of Poland as August II .
- 1779: Rivalries between Spanish settlers and British on the Yucatán peninsula lead to the destruction of the British lumberjack settlement Belize Town as a result of a Spanish attack . However, the British repopulated the place in what would later become British Honduras .
- 1806: The French army hands over the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg to the Kingdom of Bavaria .
- 1821: Guatemala , Costa Rica , El Salvador , Honduras and Nicaragua , previously parts of the viceroyalty of New Spain , become independent from Spain .
- 1861: After three days of fighting in the American Civil War , Union forces repel the Confederate attack on Cheat Mountain in western Virginia.
- 1894: Japan defeats China at Pyongyang during the First Sino-Japanese War .
- 1905: 100,000 people demonstrate in Budapest for the introduction of universal suffrage . In Hungary , out of 20 million citizens, only one million are allowed to vote.
- 1916: First World War : Great Britain uses nine armored tracked vehicles for the first time in the Battle of the Somme on the northern French front .
- 1918: After the Entente breaks through on the Macedonian front , the resistance of the Bulgarian army collapses in the First World War .
- 1923: By imposing martial law , the government of the state of Oklahoma opens the fight against the secret society Ku Klux Klan .
- 1931: The Invergordon mutiny in the Atlantic Fleet , part of the British Royal Navy , begins due to drastic pay cuts .
- 1935: At the seventh Reich Party Congress, the Reichstag adopts and proclaims the Nuremberg Race Laws . These deprive Germany's Jews of the right to hold public office. In addition, marriages between Jews and non-Jews are prohibited. The swastika flag becomes the national flag of the German Empire in place of the black, red and gold flag.
- 1939: August Dickmann , the first German conscientious objector , is executed during World War II .
- 1939: The Przemyśl massacre begins, in which a total of 600 Jews are killed by Germans in the Polish city of Przemyśl in five days . Task forces of the Security Police and the SD shoot people named in the special investigation book of Poland .
- 1942: The Battle of Bloody Ridge during the Pacific War , which began on September 13 around Henderson Field on Guadalcanal , ends with an American victory.
- 1944: With the landing of the Americans on Peleliu , an island in the Palau Archipelago, one of the bloodiest battles of World War II begins , which will last until November 25th.
- 1945: An American GI accidentally shoots the composer Anton Webern .
- 1946: Bulgaria transforms into a newly founded People's Republic with Wassil Kolarow as provisional president at the helm.
- 1947: A Free Territory of Trieste is created between Italy and Yugoslavia as a result of the Paris Peace Treaty of February 10, 1947 under the protection of the United Nations .
- 1949: Konrad Adenauer becomes the first Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany .
- 1950: The United States begin in the Korean War under the command of General Douglas MacArthur with the landing at Incheon .
- 1951: GDR Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl again calls for free elections for all of Germany and the formation of an all-German constituent council. As a concession, it waives - in contrast to earlier proposals - an equal composition.
- 1957: CDU and CSU achieve in the third election to the German Bundestag with the slogan No experiments! the absolute majority (50.2% of the votes cast).
- 1959: The Soviet head of government Nikita Khrushchev visits the USA as the first Soviet politician after the Second World War and meets the US President Dwight D. Eisenhower .
- 1963: Four African American children between the ages of 11 and 15 die in an attack on the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham , Alabama.
- 1973: Due to the death of King Gustav VI. Adolf becomes Carl XVI. Gustaf new regent in Sweden .
- 1981: In a bazooka attack by the RAF under the command of Christian Klar on the Commander-in-Chief of the US Army in Europe, General Frederick J. Kroesen , the General and three other people are injured in Heidelberg .
- 1982: PLO boss Yasser Arafat has a private audience with Pope John Paul II.
- 1991: Bangladesh makes the transition to parliamentary democracy.
- 1991: The Swedish Social Democratic Party achieves its worst election result since 1928 and loses its government mandate.
- 1999: The UN Security Council unanimously approves an international armed peacekeeping force for East Timor .
- 2001: The assassination of Sikh Balbir Singh Sodhi in Arizona in the wake of the September 11 attacks causes international attention.
- 2017: 30 people are injured in a bomb attack at Parsons Green underground station on a packed London underground. The terrorist militia Islamic State (IS) claims the attack for itself.
business
_-_n._4608_-_Milano_-_Ottagono_della_Galleria_Vittorio_Emanuele_ca._1880.jpg)
- 1867: In Milan , King Victor Emanuel II opens the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II shopping arcade named after him , a highlight of European arcade construction .
- 1968: The high alpine road over the Timmelsjoch is opened to traffic. It connects the Ötztal with the Passeiertal .
- 1995: In Tokyo , leading electronics manufacturers agree on a common technical standard for DVDs .
- 1997: The search engine Google , developed by Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford University , goes online.
- 2004: The semiconductor manufacturer Infineon agrees with the US Department of Justice on a fine of 160 million USD after the company pleaded guilty to illegal price fixing for memory chips ( DRAMs ).
- 2006: French authorities arrest three Austrians: Helmut Elsner , the former General Director of BAWAG , Austria , on charges of breach of trust , and Manfred Bodner and Norbert Teufelberger, members of the board of the Austrian internet betting company Bwin , during a press conference in Monte-Carlo . The organization is accused of illegal gambling .
- 2008: The result of the global banking and financial crisis crippled US investment bank Lehman Brothers sought after failed rescue attempts for bankruptcy protection after Chapter 11 . In addition, after two days of intensive negotiations, it is announced that the investment bank Merrill Lynch will be taken over by Bank of America .
science and technology
- 1830: The age of the steam train begins with the opening of the Liverpool – Manchester line . The politician William Huskisson is hit by the locomotive The Rocket and fatally injured. He is the first prominent fatality of the railway company.
- 1835: The HMS Beagle with the naturalist Charles Darwin on board reaches the Galapagos Islands .
- 1966: Gemini 11 , on board Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon , returns to Earth after a successful space flight.
- 1969: The US icebreaker - tanker SS Manhattan succeed the first time crossing the after just four weeks Northwest Passage without wintering.
- 1994: The Swiss astronomer Didier Queloz discovers the first planet outside our solar system .
- 1998: The Hanover – Berlin ICE line goes into operation.
Culture
- 1782: The opera buffa Il barbiere di Siviglia by Giovanni Paisiello based on the play Le Barbier de Séville by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais has its world premiere in St. Petersburg. The work was extremely successful until it was almost completely displaced from the opera repertoire in the 19th century by Rossini's setting of the same material.
- 1872: The Vienna City Theater , built by the architects Ferdinand Fellner the Elder and Ferdinand Fellner the Younger for a private company of the journalist Max Friedländer and the playwright and theater director Heinrich Laube , opened with Schiller's Demetrius in an adaptation of Laubes.
- 1900: The Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg opens on the initiative of wealthy Hamburg citizens and entrepreneurs.
- 1930: The premiere of the film Die Drei von der Gasstelle with Heinz Rühmann takes place in Berlin.
- 1968: The Neue Nationalgalerie , Berlin by architect Mies van der Rohe is opened.
- 1973: The world premiere of the opera Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy by Boris Blacher takes place in Wuppertal.
- 1978: Third WDR Rockpalast Night in the Grugahalle Essen with Paul Butterfield Band , Peter Gabriel and Alvin Lees Ten Years Later .
- 1982: USA Today , one of the most widely read newspapers in the United States, is founded.
- 1984: The German premiere of the baroque drama Katharina von Georgien by Andreas Gryphius, arranged by Hermann Wedekind, takes place at the Balver Höhle Festival in Balve .
- 1997: The Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City opens.
- 2000: The Wartburg in Eisenach is in the list of World Heritage of UNESCO added.
- 2002: The documenta11 in Kassel comes to an end with a record of 650,000 visitors.
society
- 1885: Presumably due to a switch fault, PT Barnum's famous circus elephant Jumbo is hit by a locomotive while reloading in St. Thomas , Ontario . The elephant and the engine driver are killed.
religion
- 608: Boniface IV. Succeeds Boniface III, who died on November 12 of the previous year . elected Pope .
- 1514: Thomas Wolsey is appointed Archbishop of York .
- 1590: Giovanni Battista Castagna is elected Pope and takes the name Urban VII . That same night he fell seriously ill, so that his pontificate would only last 12 days.
- 1644: Giovanni Battista Pamphili was elected Pope, taking the name of Innocent X to.
- 1666: The Jewish religious scholar and self-proclaimed Messiah Shabbetaj Zvi converts to Islam .
- 1909: With the Berlin Declaration , the Lutheran community movement distances itself sharply from the Pentecostal movement that is just emerging .
- 1920: In the encyclical Spiritus paraclitus , Pope Benedict XV turns . against failed attempts in biblical research to clarify unresolved questions about the Holy Scriptures .
- 1951: Pope Pius XII expresses himself in the encyclical Ingruentium malorum . to pray the rosary in the "rosary month" of October.
- 1965: Towards the end of the Second Vatican Council, Pope Paul VI promulgated . the Motu proprio Apostolica sollicitudo , with which the Synod of Bishops is established as a representative body of the college of bishops.
- 1991: Kurt Krenn takes over the office as bishop of the diocese of St. Pölten .
- 1997: The Concordat between the Holy See and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is signed by Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo and Prime Minister Berndt Seite .
Disasters
- 1590: An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.0 according to Richter south of Neulengbach shakes Vienna and Lower Austria .
- 1875: The Texas city of Indianola is devastated by a hurricane . Between 150 and 300 people are killed.
- 1883: In the event of a flood in Taranto , the entire city has to be evacuated.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1879: In Haarlem - the first pure oldest football club in the Netherlands is Haarlemsche Football Club - the 14-year Pim Mulier founded.
- 1994: The German ice hockey league , based on the model of the NHL , starts playing with the encounter between Augsburger Panther and Maddogs Munich (final score 1: 6)
- 2000: In Sydney , Australia , the XXVII. Summer Olympics opened
- 2001: Former Formula 1 racing driver Alex Zanardi had an accident during a cart race at the Lausitzring . He loses both legs in the accident.
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1326: Yolande of Flanders , regent of the County of Bar
- 1428: Donato Acciaiuoli , Italian scholar
- 1563: Elisabeth von Anhalt , Electress of Brandenburg
- 1564: Charles the Elder from Žerotín , Bohemian politician, author and gentleman
- 1572: Erasmus Widmann , German organist and composer
- 1583: Klas Horn , Swedish Imperial Councilor and Governor General of Swedish Pomerania
- 1600: Adolf von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf , second son of the reigning Duke Johann Adolf
- 1608: Johann Caspar Unrath , German legal scholar
- 1613: François de La Rochefoucauld , French writer
- 1621: Caspar Ziegler , German lawyer and hymn poet
- 1666: Sophie Dorothea of Braunschweig-Lüneburg , Princess of Ahlden
- 1675: Wachtang VI. , Georgian king and scientist
- 1676: Stanisław Poniatowski , Polish politician
- 1680: Johann Michael Bretschneider , German painter
- 1685: Gottfried Kirchhoff , German organist and composer of the Baroque
- 1687: Gerhard von Holy , German organ builder (date of baptism)
- 1695: Johann Peter von Montargues , royal Danish major general and chief of the Oldenburg infantry regiment
Sophie Dorothea of Braunschweig-Lüneburg
(* 1666)
Watchtang VI.
(* 1675)
18th century
- 1703: Guillaume-François Rouelle , French chemist
- 1709: Konrad Friedrich Ernst Bierling , German Lutheran theologian
- 1715: Jean-Baptiste Vaquette, vicomte de Gribeauval , French engineer and artillery general
- 1728: Carl Wilhelm Müller , multiple mayor of the city of Leipzig
- 1736: Jean-Sylvain Bailly , French astronomer and first mayor of Paris
- 1737: Jakob Philipp Hackert , German painter
- 1737: Miklós Küzmics , Slovenian priest and translator
- 1737: Gottlob Friedrich Ernst Schönborn , German diplomat in the Danish service
- 1744: Franz Kaspar Lieblein , German botanist
- 1746: Karl Gesenius , German lawyer and collector
- 1755: Werner Jasper Andreas von Moltke , Danish bailiff of the Faroe Islands
- 1756: Karl Philipp Moritz , German philosopher, writer and artist
- 1759: Maximilian Friedrich Scheibler , German clergyman
- 1760: Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien , Prussian infantry general
- 1772: Friedrich Konrad Hornemann , German Africa explorer in British service
- 1780: Johann Peter Krafft , German painter
- 1786: Johann Wilhelm Löbell , German historian
- 1787: Guillaume-Henri Dufour , Swiss humanist, general, politician, cartographer, engineer and co-founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross
- 1787: André Jolivard , French landscape painter
- 1789: James Fenimore Cooper , American writer
- 1792: Archibald Atkinson , American politician
- 1800: Paul Friedrich , Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Bogislav of Tauentzien
(* 1760)
Guillaume-Henri Dufour
(* 1787)
James Fenimore Cooper
(* 1789)
Paul Friedrich
(* 1800)
.png)
19th century
1801-1850
- 1804: Eduard Fleck , German lawyer
- 1807: Jan van Boom , Dutch composer, pianist and music teacher
- 1808: John Hutton Balfour , British botanist
- 1808: Louis Clapisson , French composer
- 1811: Charles de Morny , French politician
- 1811: Jan Nepomuk Škroup , Czech composer
- 1814: Ferdinand von Arnim , German architect
- 1814: Leopold Knebelsberger , Austrian composer
- 1816: Edouard Wolff , Polish pianist and composer
- 1819: Jules Pasdeloup , French conductor
- 1820: Hermann Heinrich Becker , German politician, Lord Mayor of Dortmund and Cologne
- 1821: Victor Guérin , French explorer and amateur archaeologist
- 1824: Josef Hergenröther , German cardinal and church historian
- 1824: Moritz Lazarus , German philosopher
- 1825: Iwakura Tomomi , Japanese statesman
- 1826: Theodor Piderit , German writer
- 1827: Karl Rudolf Friedenthal , German politician, lawyer and entrepreneur
- 1828: Alexander Michailowitsch Butlerow , Russian chemist
Hermann Heinrich Becker
(* 1820)
Heinrich von Treitschke
(* 1834)
- 1830: Porfirio Díaz , Mexican politician
- 1834: Heinrich von Treitschke , German historian and politician, MdR
- 1838: Friedrich Wilhelm Franz Nippold , German theologian, church historian
- 1839: Georg Lunge , German chemist
- 1842: Carl Diercke , German pedagogue and cartographer ( Diercke School Atlas )
- 1842: Theodor Fuchs , Austrian geologist, paleontologist and museum curator
- 1845: Andreas Reischek , Austrian explorer, ethnographer and ornithologist
- 1846: Oskar von Hase , German publisher and bookseller
- 1847: Ernest Crofts , British painter
- 1847: Friedrich von Schele , German officer, governor of German East Africa
- 1850: Fritz Kunert , German politician
- 1850: Hermann Dechent , German theologian and pastor
1851-1875
- 1855: Johann Friedrich Ahlhorn , German politician, MdR
- 1855: Joseph Cades , German architect
- 1857: William Howard Taft , American lawyer and politician, minister, president, chief federal judge
- 1858: Charles de Foucauld , French nobleman and founder of an order
- 1858: Jenő Hubay , Hungarian composer and violin virtuoso
William H. Taft
(* 1857)
- 1861: Henry Appia , Swiss Protestant clergyman
- 1861: M. Visvesvaraya , Indian civil and hydraulic engineer
- 1862: Friedrich von Lindequist , German politician, governor of German South West Africa
- 1863: Horatio Parker , American composer
- 1864: Ernesto Consolo , Italian pianist, music teacher and composer
- 1864: Valentin Haecker , German zoologist
- 1867: Petr Bezruč , Czech writer and poet
- 1869: Fritz Overbeck , German painter
- 1869: Paul Freye , German garden architect and construction director
- 1870: Bruno Donath , German physicist
- 1870: Rahel Hirsch , German doctor, first professor of medicine in the Kingdom of Prussia
- 1871: Aloys Fürst zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg , German nobleman and politician, President of the Central Committee of German Catholics, MdR
- 1872: Ina von Grumbkow , German adventurer and author
- 1873: Ferruccio Scattola , Italian painter
- 1873: Nikolaus Tietjen , German local politician
- 1873: Otto Wels , German politician, MdR
- 1875: Henry D. Hatfield , American politician
- 1875: James Jackson , Scottish-Australian football player
1876-1900
- 1876: Bruno Walter , American conductor, pianist and composer
- 1876: Frank E. Gannett , American media entrepreneur
- 1876: Nikolai Grigoryevich Sergejew , Russian dancer
- 1877: Wilhelm Adam , German general
- 1878: Detlev von Arnim-Kröchlendorff , German politician
- 1879: Anna Essinger , German educator
- 1879: Franz Gessner , Austrian architect
- 1881: Ettore Bugatti , Italian automobile manufacturer and designer
- 1882: Otto Weddigen , German submarine commander
- 1883: Julius Pinschewer , German film producer
- 1884: Floro Ugarte , Argentine composer
- 1885: Jafar Pascha al-Askari , Ottoman officer
- 1885: Grete Beier , German murderer
- 1885: Orvil Elliott , Canadian gymnast
- 1885: Ina Seidel , German writer
- 1885: Leo Winkel , German designer
- 1886: Paul Lévy , French mathematician
- 1887: Carlos Dávila , Chilean President, diplomat and journalist
- 1888: Hans Christoph Ade , German writer
- 1888: Antonio Ascari , Italian racing car driver
- 1889: Robert Benchley , American humorist, theater critic, and actor
- 1889: Joseph Erxleben , American long-distance runner
- 1890: Thomas C. Chattoe , Canadian organist, choir director and music teacher
- 1890: Agatha Christie , British writer
- 1890: Frank Martin , Swiss composer
- 1891: Hans Kohn , Austrian-American historian and Zionist
- 1891: Moscheh Ya'akov Ben-Gavriêl , Israeli writer
- 1892: Silpa Bhirasri , Italian-Thai sculptor
- 1894: Herbert Windt , German composer
- 1894: Jean Renoir , French film director and screenwriter
- 1894: Oskar Klein , Swedish physicist
- 1895: Aurelio Giorni , Italian-American pianist and composer
- 1895: Melanie Webelhorst-Zimmermann , Swiss actress
- 1895: Tamara Ramsay , German children's book writer
- 1895: Walter Spies , German painter and musician
- 1896: Bert Ambrose , English violinist and band leader
- 1896: Hilda Heinemann , German founder and patron, wife of Gustav Heinemann
- 1896: Theodor Haubach , German journalist and politician, resistance fighter
- 1897: Kurt Daluege , German General of the Ordnungspolizei, war criminal
- 1897: Theodor Adrian von Renteln , German politician
- 1898: John Amen , American prosecutor
- 1898: Edward Gottlieb , Russian-American entrepreneur
- 1900: Karl Julius Anselmino , German gynecologist and obstetrician
- 1900: Theodor Schaller , German theologian
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Walter Bader , German archaeologist and monument protector
- 1901: Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich , German writer and ancient historian
- 1902: Fritz Riemann , German psychoanalyst
- 1903: Roy Acuff , American singer-songwriter, country musician
- 1903: Herbert Trantow , German composer and conductor
- 1903: Israel Kristal , Polish-Israeli Holocaust survivor
- 1904: Umberto II , last king of Italy
- 1905: Pat O'Callaghan , Irish hammer thrower, Olympic champion
- 1906: Jacques Becker , French film director
- 1906: Irving Jaffee , American speed skater
- 1907: Alfred Delp , German Jesuit and resistance fighter
- 1907: Gunnar Ekelöf , Swedish writer
- 1907: Franz Villinger , German aircraft designer
- 1907: Fay Wray , American actress
- 1908: Gerd Gaiser , German writer
- 1908: Günther Herrmann , German lawyer and SS leader
- 1908: Miško Kranjec , Slovenian writer
- 1909: Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai , Indian politician and author
- 1909: Manutschehr Eghbal , Iranian minister and prime minister
- 1909: Carlos Estrada , Uruguayan composer, conductor and music teacher
- 1909: Hans Fischinger , German film director
- 1909: Johannes van Aartsen , Dutch politician
- 1909: Hans-Jürgen Nierentz , German writer and television director
- 1910: Patricia Blomfield Holt , Canadian composer, music teacher and pianist
- 1911: Emil Botta , Romanian actor and poet
- 1911: Franz Lucas , German concentration camp doctor
- 1911: Joseph Pevney , American director, actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1911: Wolfgang Schulte , German painter and graphic artist
- 1912: Mario Camorani , Italian chess composer
- 1912: Gisela Hernández Gonzalo , Cuban musicologist and composer
- 1913: Henry Brant , American composer
.jpg)
- 1913: Hans Filbinger , German politician, Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg
- 1913: John N. Mitchell , US Attorney General
- 1913: Paul-Heinz Schubert , German businessman and politician
- 1913: Johannes Steinhoff , German Air Force officer
- 1914: Creighton W. Abrams , American general
- 1914: Adolfo Bioy Casares , Argentine writer
- 1914: Jimmy Jungermann , German radio presenter
- 1914: Orhan Kemal , Turkish writer
- 1914: Jens Otto Krag , Danish politician, Prime Minister
- 1914: Gail Kubik , American composer, violinist and music teacher
- 1914: Will Quadflieg , German theater actor
- 1914: Christophe Senft , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1915: Meindest Boekel , Dutch composer and conductor
- 1915: Albert Aloysius Casey , American jazz guitarist
- 1915: John Conte , American actor
- 1915: Helmut Schön , German football player and coach
- 1916: Rupprecht Bernbeck , German physician and philosopher
- 1916: Antonio Branca , Swiss Formula 1 racing driver
- 1916: Ettore Puricelli , Uruguayan-Italian football player and coach
- 1917: Richard Arnell , British composer and conductor
- 1917: Hilde Güden , Austrian coloratura soprano and chamber singer
- 1919: Fausto Coppi , Italian racing cyclist
- 1919: Gerhard Klampäckel , German painter, graphic artist and sculptor
- 1920: Hans-Arnold Stahlschmidt , German fighter pilot
- 1921: Hugo Collet , German politician
- 1921: Joseph Iléo , politician of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 1921: Snooky Pryor , American blues musician and singer
- 1921: Moshe Shamir , Israeli writer
- 1921: Billy Ward , American songwriter, arranger, band leader, singer and pianist
- 1922: Robert James Gilbert Anderson , British fencer and actor
- 1922: Jackie Cooper , American actor
- 1922: Sergio de Castro , Argentine-French painter
- 1922: Mary Soames , British author, daughter of Winston Churchill
- 1923: Anton Heiller , Austrian composer, organist and music teacher
- 1923: Hamlet Lima Quintana , Argentine writer and musician
- 1924: Lucebert , Dutch painter and writer
- 1925: Lino Fayen , Venezuelan entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1925: James Coignard , French painter and graphic artist
- 1925: Robert Hoernschemeyer , American football player
- 1925: Erika Köth , German chamber singer and soprano
- 1925: Helle Virkner , Danish actress
1926-1950
- 1926: Klaus Dehler , doctor and Bavarian politician
- 1926: Ed Derwinski , American politician
- 1926: Shōhei Imamura , Japanese director
- 1926: Yevgeny Samsonov , Soviet rower and rowing coach, Olympic medalist
- 1926: Jean-Pierre Serre , French mathematician
- 1927: Rudolf Anderson Jr. , American pilot and officer
- 1927: Eberhard Stüber , Austrian biologist
- 1928: Cannonball Adderley , American jazz alto saxophonist
- 1928: Henry Silva , American actor
- 1929: Rudolf Bartsch , German writer
- 1929: Halina Birenbaum , Polish-Israeli writer and translator
- 1929: David Clarke , British racing car driver
- 1929: Armin Dassler , German entrepreneur and sports shoe manufacturer
- 1929: Johannes Dyba , German Roman Catholic theologian and diplomat, Bishop of Fulda
- 1929: Diego Febles , Puerto Rican racing car driver
- 1929: Murray Gell-Mann , American physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1930: Ondrej Bendík , Slovak ice hockey coach
- 1932: Frank Arlig , German writer, journalist and publisher
- 1932: Ann Bannon , American writer
- 1932: Charles Paul Wilp , German artist, photographer and short film director
- 1933: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos , Spanish conductor
- 1933: Henry Darrow , American actor
- 1934: Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan , Kurdish writer
- 1935: Gerold von Braunmühl , German diplomat, murder victim
- 1935: Dinkha IV , Catholicos Patriarch of the Holy Catholic Apostolic Assyrian Church of the East
- 1935: Petra Schürmann , German television presenter and actress, Miss World 1956
- 1936: Ashley Cooper , Australian tennis player
- 1936: Jurij Koch , Sorbian writer
- 1936: Knuts Skujenieks , Latvian poet
- 1936: Jürgen Timm , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1936: Lothar Warneke , German director and screenwriter
- 1937: Fernando de la Rúa , Argentine President
- 1937: Robert E. Lucas , American economist
- 1938: Rudolf Ahlswede , German mathematician
- 1938: Lya Luft , Brazilian writer and translator
- 1938: Rafael Osuna , Mexican tennis player
- 1938: Gaylord Perry , American baseball player
- 1938: Wu Xiangming , Chinese engineer
- 1939: Gerhard Dobesch , Austrian ancient historian, Celtologist and classical philologist
- 1939: Hartmuth Wrocklage , German lawyer and politician
- 1940: Klaus Guth , German actor
- 1940: Chris Menges , British cinematographer and film director
- 1940: Merlin Olsen , American football player and actor
- 1940: Jürgen Schröder , German politician, MEP
- 1940: Norman Spinrad , American science fiction writer
- 1941: Ruedi Aeschbacher , Swiss politician
- 1941: Flórián Albert , Hungarian football player
- 1941: Mirosław Hermaszewski , Polish cosmonaut, pilot, Polish politician
- 1941: Csaba Meleghegyi , Hungarian chess player
- 1942: Thomas Astan , German religious priest and former actor
- 1942: Ruth Feldgrill-Zankel , Austrian politician
- 1942: Gynter Mödder , physician and writer
- 1942: Wen Jiabao , Chinese politician; Prime Minister
- 1943: Shin'ichirō Ikebe , Japanese composer
- 1944: Jean-Claude Cousseran , French diplomat
- 1944: Otto Ebnet , German politician
- 1944: Hans Ree , Dutch chess grandmaster
- 1944: Jürgen Schrempp , German industrial manager
- 1944: Graham Taylor , English football player and coach
- 1945: Roy Brocksmith , American actor
- 1945: Bernhard Gertz , Colonel of the Federal Armed Forces and Federal Chairman of the German Federal Armed Forces Association
- 1945: Carmen Maura , Spanish actress
- 1945: Jessye Norman , American singer
- 1945: Hans-Gert Pöttering , German politician
- 1945: Ron Shelton , American baseball player and screenwriter, director, and producer
- 1946: Tommy Lee Jones , American actor
- 1946: René Schoenenberger , Swiss actor
- 1946: Oliver Stone , American film director
- 1946: Howard Waldrop , American writer
- 1947: Dirk Reinartz , German photographer
- 1949: Michael Lameck , German soccer player
- 1950: Mirza Masrur Ahmad , 5th Khalif of the Ahmadiyya
1951-1975
- 1951: Anna Cambiaghi , Italian racing car driver
- 1951: Pete Carroll , American football player and coach
- 1951: Lisa Fitz , German cabaret artist
- 1951: Francesco Fortugno , Italian politician
- 1951: Johan Neeskens , Dutch football player
- 1952: Jürgen Scharf , German politician
- 1953: Manuel Mello-Breyner , Portuguese car racing driver and motorsport official
- 1953: Patricia Rhomberg , Austrian porn actress
- 1954: Hrant Dink , Armenian journalist
- 1955: Gerhard Botz , German politician
- 1955: Linda Watson , Zimbabwean hockey player
- 1956: Ross John Anderson , British computer scientist, professor and security technology consultant
- 1956: Mie Miki-Schenk , Japanese accordionist and professor
- 1956: Maggie Reilly , British singer
- 1956: John Silk , Marshall Islands politician
- 1956: Rick Sutherland , American racing car driver
- 1958: Wendie Jo Sperber , American actress
- 1959: Andreas Eschbach , German science fiction author
- 1960: Klaus Abbelen , German entrepreneur and racing driver
- 1960: David Archer , American geologist
- 1960: Connie Hedegaard , Danish journalist and politician
- 1960: Daniel Hohrath , German military historian
- 1960: Uwe Zötzsche , German soccer player
- 1961: Frank Emmelmann , German athlete
- 1961: Hendrikje Fitz , German actress
- 1961: Dan Marino , American football player
- 1962: Rebecca Miller , American director, actress, sculptor, and painter
- 1962: Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker , German politician
- 1963: Maike Bollow , German actress
- 1963: Hermes Hodolides , Greek actor
- 1963: Johannes Kahrs , German politician
- 1963: Fernando Miceli , Argentine singer and composer
- 1964: Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein , American rock musician
- 1964: Robert Fico , Slovak Prime Minister and lawyer
- 1965: Thomas Stangassinger , Austrian ski racer
- 1965: Volker Wezel , German football referee
- 1966: Dejan Savićević , Montenegrin football player
- 1967: Gustavo Artacho , Argentine racing cyclist
- 1967: Steve Cox , Swiss paraglider pilot
- 1967: Rodney Eyles , Australian squash player
- 1967: Alberth Papilaya , Indonesian boxer
- 1967: Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm , German biathlete
- 1967: Bettina Rust , German journalist
- 1967: Hansjörg Tauscher , German ski racer
- 1968: Magid Musisi , Ugandan soccer player
- 1969: Revas Arweladze , Georgian football player and coach
- 1969: Peggy Beer , German athlete
- 1970: Maher Arar , Canadian citizen and alleged victim of torture
- 1970: Svetlana Sakharova , Russian athlete and marathon runner
- 1970: Bachirou Salou , German and Togolese soccer player
- 1971: Josh Charles , American film actor
- 1971: Wayne Ferreira , South African professional tennis player
- 1971: Will Shields , American football player
- 1971: Siegfried Terpoorten , German actor
- 1972: Timothy Mack , American athlete
.jpg)
- 1972: Letizia of Spain , Spanish journalist and Queen of Spain
- 1972: Mandakranta Sen , Indian writer
- 1972: Alois Vogl , German skier
- 1972: Kai Wegner , German politician and Member of the Bundestag
- 1973: Giandomenico Basso , Italian rally driver
- 1973: Radek Blahut , Czech cyclist
- 1973: Daniel of Sweden , Prince Consort of the Swedish heir to the throne, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
- 1973: Alexander-Martin Sardina , German politician
- 1974: Claudia Eberl , German journalist and television presenter
- 1974: Angélique Roujas , French soccer player
- 1974: Murat Yakin , Swiss soccer player, soccer coach
- 1975: Tom Dolan , American swimmer
- 1975: Andy LaPlegua , Norwegian singer
- 1975: Gerrit Schmidt-Foss , German actor
1976-2000
- 1976: Jonathan Liebesman , South African director
- 1977: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie , Nigerian writer
- 1977: Angela Aki , Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1977: Sophie Dahl , granddaughter of the writer Roald Dahl
- 1977: Tom Hardy , English actor
- 1977: René Haselbacher , Austrian professional cyclist
- 1977: Caterina Murino , Italian actress
- 1977: Jason Terry , American basketball player
- 1977: Carlos Varela , Spanish-Swiss football player
- 1977: Daniela Wutte , German actress
- 1978: Leonardo Conti , German ice hockey player
- 1978: Eiður Guðjohnsen , Icelandic football player
- 1978: Kew Jaliens , Dutch football player
- 1978: Marko Pantelić , Serbian football player
- 1978: Branco Vukovic , German actor, model and singer
- 1979: Dave Annable , American actor
- 1979: Lorenzo Bernucci , Italian racing cyclist
- 1979: Amy Davidson , American actress
- 1979: Marcel Gebhardt , German soccer player
- 1979: Sebastian Lang , German racing cyclist
- 1979: Patrick Marleau , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979: Carlos Ruiz , Guatemalan soccer player
- 1980: David Diehl , American football player
- 1981: Matthias Oomen German politician, lobbyist and journalist
- 1982: Hannes Ambelang , German volleyball and beach volleyball player
- 1982: Torsten Reuter , German soccer player
- 1983: Georges Akiremy , Gabonese football player
- 1983: Ashleigh McIvor , Canadian freestyle skier
- 1983: Ann Grete Nørgaard , Danish handball player
- 1983: Louisa von Spies , German actress
- 1983: Christian Weber , German soccer player
- 1984: Harald Leitinger , Austrian dart player
.jpg)
- 1984: Henry Mountbatten-Windsor , British Prince
- 1985: Ian Dyk , Australian racing driver
- 1985: Madelaine Edlund , Swedish football player
- 1985: François-Olivier Roberge , Canadian speed skater
- 1986: Anan Anwar , Thai pop singer and actor
- 1986: Paula Birnbaum , German actress
- 1986: Heidi Montag , American reality TV actress and singer
- 1986: Pierre Emmanuel Robe , French ski jumper
- 1986: Guillaume Thierry , Mauritian decathlete
- 1988: Daniel Abera , Ethiopian marathon runner
- 1988: Olga Abramowa , Russian biathlete
- 1988: Tom Austen , British actor
- 1990: Chris Payne , Australian soccer player
- 1991: Jonathan Rafael da Silva , Brazilian soccer player
- 1992: Philipp Weber , German handball player
- 1993: Dennis Schröder , German basketball player
Died
Before the 17th century
- 438: Glycerius , Archbishop of Milan
- 668: Constans II , Byzantine emperor
- 866: Ranulf I , Count of Poitou, Duke of Aquitaine and Abbot of Saint-Hilaire-de-Poitiers
- 886: Wulfhar von Minden , Bishop of Minden
- 921: Ludmilla of Bohemia , duchess and martyr, namesake
- 1054: García III. , King of Navarre
- 1146: Alain de Bretagne, 1st Earl of Richmond , first official holder of the title Earl of Richmond
- 1198: Friedrich II. , Count Palatine in Bavaria
- 1228: Heinrich I von Zipplingen , Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt
- 1231: Ludwig the Kelheimer , also known as Duke Ludwig I of Bavaria
- 1273: Henry of Sandwich , Bishop of London
- 1300: Konrad von Braunschweig-Lüneburg , Bishop of Verden
- 1326: Dimitri II , Grand Duke of Vladimir
- 1343: Henry Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby , English nobleman
- 1362: Wilhelm von Gennep , Archbishop of Cologne
- 1386: Roland von Salsomaggiore , Italian hermit, namesake
- 1500: John Morton , Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1504: Elisabeth of Bavaria , Countess Palatine near the Rhine and Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut
- 1508: Jakob von Liebenstein , Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, German Arch Chancellor
- 1510: Catherine of Genoa , Italian nurse and mystic, namesake
- 1512: John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl , Scottish nobleman
- 1516: Modestinus Pistoris , German legal scholar, city judge and mayor of Leipzig
- 1521: Neagoe Basarab , voivode of Wallachia
- 1525: Jan van Woerden , Dutch martyr of the Reformation period
- 1548: Johannes Langer , German Protestant theologian and reformer
- 1550: Jodok Mörlin , German reformer and professor of philosophy
- 1559: Isabella Jagiellonica , Queen of Hungary
- 1570: Theodor Fabricius , German Protestant theologian and reformer.
- 1574: Marguerite de Valois-Angoulême , Duchess of Berry and Duchess of Savoy
- 1586: Michael Teubner , German legal scholar
- 1596: Leonhard Rauwolf , German naturalist, botanist, doctor and explorer
17th and 18th centuries
- 1611: Georg Limnäus , German mathematician, astronomer and librarian
- 1612: Marek Bydžovský z Florentýna , Czech historian, astronomer, mathematician, scholar and humanist
- 1631: Gottlieb Aenetius , German physicist
- 1649: Francesco Gessi , Italian painter
- 1654: Cornelis Bicker , regent and mayor of Amsterdam
- 1660: Johann Kasimir , Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
- 1688: Otto Wilhelm Graf von Königsmarck , military leader and statesman in various services
- 1689: Balthasar Cellarius , German Protestant theologian
- 1690: Thomas Bartholin the Elder J. Royal archivist in Copenhagen.
- 1697: Catharina Charlotta De la Gardie , wife of Otto Wilhelm Graf von Königsmarck
- 1700: André Le Nôtre , French garden designer and landscape architect
- 1701: Edmé Boursault , French playwright and writer
- 1707: George Stepney , English diplomat and poet
- 1712: Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin , British politician
- 1725: Felix Fossa , German Catholic priest, respondent in the Theatine monastery in Munich and provost of the Theatines in Salzburg
- 1731: Catherine Repond , one of the last victims of the witch hunt in Switzerland
- 1743: Karl Adolf von Huss , Prussian legation secretary, chamber councilor and city president of Magdeburg
- 1747: Anton Erhard Martinelli , Austrian architect
- 1747: Johann Gotthilf Ziegler , German composer and organist
- 1748: Dorothea Sophie von der Pfalz , German princess
- 1748: Johann Georg Schmidt , Bohemian painter
- 1776: Joachim Erdmann Schmidt , German legal scholar and historian
- 1780: Jacob Rodrigues Pereira , famous educator, developed a teaching method for the deaf and mute
- 1781: Heinrich Otto Duysing , German Protestant theologian and university professor
- 1794: Abraham Clark , American politician
19th century
- 1803: Giovanni Francesco Albani , Italian cardinal
- 1825: Manuel Abad y Queipo , Spanish canon lawyer
- 1830: William Huskisson , British politician
- 1831: Alexander Bran , German journalist, writer and publisher
- 1834: William Harris Crawford , American politician
- 1834: Ernst Ludwig Heim , German doctor
- 1840: Franz Pecháček , Austro-German composer
- 1842: José Francisco Morazán Quezada , President of various Central and Central American states
- 1842: Pierre Baillot , French violin player and composer
- 1843: Karl Wilhelm Georg von Grolmann , German general and chief of staff
- 1844: Gustav von Hugo , German lawyer
Ernst Ludwig Heim
(† 1834)
José Francisco Morazán Quezada († 1842)
Karl Wilhelm Georg von Grolmann († 1843)
Gustav von Hugo
(† 1844)
.jpg)
- 1856: Hans Detlef Friedrich Asschenfeldt , German publisher and member of parliament
- 1856: Severin Løvenskiold , Norwegian politician and entrepreneur
- 1859: Isambard Kingdom Brunel , British engineer
- 1859: Václav Kliment Klicpera , Czech playwright
- 1862: Hermann Dreymann , German organ builder
- 1864: John Hanning Speke , British explorer of Africa
- 1875: Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne , French physiologist
- 1882: Otto Delitsch , German geographer
- 1883: Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau , Belgian physicist
- 1886: Carmine Gori-Merosi , Italian cardinal
- 1892: Erich Kling , German officer and explorer
- 1893: Hermann Sauppe , German classical philologist and epigraphist
- 1900: Abraham Kuhn , French doctor and professor
John Hanning Speke
(† 1864)
Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau († 1883)
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901: Carl Philipp Euler , German gymnastics teacher and writer
- 1905: Julio Ituarte , Mexican composer
- 1908: Friedrich Adler , German builder, architect and building researcher
- 1908: Georg Adler , German economist
- 1914: Koos de la Rey , Boer general
- 1915: Alfred-Pierre Joseph Agache , French painter
- 1916: Raymond Asquith , British lawyer
- 1916: Julius Ernest Wilhelm Fučík , Czech composer and conductor
- 1916: Isidore Legouix , French composer
- 1917: Kurt Wolff , German fighter pilot in the First World War
- 1920: Roberto Ardigò , Italian philosopher
- 1921: Roman von Ungern-Sternberg , baron of German-Baltic origin in the service of the Tsar
- 1922: Friedrich Nobbe , German agricultural chemist, botanist and seed researcher
- 1922: Fritz Stüber-Gunther , Austrian writer
- 1924: Jimmy Murphy , American racing car driver
- 1926: Rudolf Eucken , German philosopher and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
- 1929: Anton Maria Schwartz , Austrian priest and founder of the order
- 1931: Hermann Bernhard Joachim Ascher , German lawyer
- 1933: Max Hoelz , German politician
- 1934: Jean Bungartz , German animal painter and author
- 1936: Adolf Schenck , German geographer and botanist
- 1938: Gustav Karl Wilhelm Aubin , German-Austrian economist and economic historian
- 1938: Ferdinand Hueppe , German medic and President of the German Football Association
- 1938: Thomas Wolfe , American writer
- 1939: August Dickmann , German conscientious objector
- 1944: Mala Zimetbaum , Jewish resistance fighter in Auschwitz
- 1945: Clyde L. Herring , American politician
- 1945: Anton Webern , Austrian composer
- 1946: Elkan Nathan Adler , British lawyer and academic traveler
- 1949: Ludwig Hohlwein , German poster artist
Friedrich Adler
(† 1908)
Thomas Wolfe
(† 1938)
Anton Webern
(† 1945)
1951-2000
- 1951: Jacinto Guerrero , Spanish composer
- 1953: Erich Mendelsohn , German-British architect
- 1954: Raimund Nimführ , Austrian aviation theorist and aircraft pioneer
- 1954: Arthur Wieferich , German mathematician
- 1955: Eduard Strauch , SS, security police and SD commander and war criminal
- 1956: Jacques Companéez , French screenwriter
- 1957: Antonio Mediz Bolio , Mexican writer, journalist and politician
- 1958: Constant Feith , Dutch football player
- 1960: Héctor Castro , Uruguayan football player and coach
- 1963: Oliver Wallace , British-American composer and conductor
- 1964: Alfred Blalock , American surgeon
- 1964: Darcy Hadfield , New Zealand rower
- 1966: Fernand Lamy , French conductor, composer and music teacher
- 1967: Hans Haug , Swiss composer
- 1968: Josef Kentenich , founder of the International Schoenstatt Movement
- 1968: Otto Schön , office manager of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED in the GDR
- 1970: Jost Trier , German specialist in German
- 1971: Rudolf Anderl , German journalist and writer
- 1971: John Desmond Bernal , British physicist
- 1971: Umberto Malvano , Italian engineer, soccer player, referee and official
- 1972: Ásgeir Ásgeirsson , Icelandic President
- 1972: Erwin Hagedorn , German sex offender
- 1973: Gustav VI. Adolf , Swedish King
- 1973: Max Kneissl , German geodesist
- 1973: Heinrich Seywald , German major general
- 1973: Max Zimmering , German writer
- 1974: Arishima Ikuma , Japanese writer and painter
- 1974: Bernd Kaiser , German classical archaeologist
- 1975: Leon Abbey , American jazz violinist and band leader
- 1975: Antoine Abed , Lebanese Archbishop
- 1975: Pavel Ossipowitsch Sukhoi , Russian aircraft designer, chief designer
- 1976: Riccardo Assereto , Italian paleontologist and geologist
- 1976: Josef Sudek , Czech photographer
- 1977: Roberto Kinsky , Argentine conductor
- 1978: Wilhelm Emil Messerschmitt , German aircraft designer and entrepreneur
- 1980: Bill Evans , American jazz pianist and composer
- 1983: Johnny Hartman , American jazz singer
- 1985: Wolfgang Abendroth , German political scientist
- 1985: Bruno Banducci , American football player
- 1986: Virginia Gregg , American actress
- 1986: Freimut Stein , German psychologist and figure skater
- 1989: Robert Penn Warren , American writer and poet
- 1991: Karl-Herbert Scheer , German science fiction author
- 1991: Sulchan Zinzadze , Georgian composer
- 1995: Gunnar Nordahl , Swedish football player
- 1995: Rien Poortvliet , Dutch painter and draftsman
- 1999: Jean Mésange , French racing car driver
- 1999: Horst Ludwig Meyer , German RAF terrorist
21st century
- 2001: Herbert Burdenski , German soccer player
- 2001: Roland Leduc , Canadian cellist, conductor and music teacher
- 2002: Kay Espenhayn , German swimmer in disabled sports
- 2002: Heinz Seiler , German handball trainer and player
- 2003: Sergio Ortega , Chilean composer and pianist
- 2004: Hugo Borger , German medieval archaeologist, museum founder, building and ground conservationist, general director of the Cologne museums and university professor
- 2004: Johnny Ramone , American guitarist and founding member of the Ramones
- 2004: Daouda Malam Wanké , Nigerien politician and president
- 2005: Peter Urie , Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Kazakhstan
- 2006: Ivar Combrinck , German dubbing director and translator
- 2006: Oriana Fallaci , Italian resistance fighter, journalist and writer
- 2006: Jock Lawrence , British racing car driver
- 2006: Pablo Santos , Mexican actor and producer
- 2007: Colin McRae , Scottish rally driver
- 2007: Aldemaro Romero , Venezuelan composer and conductor
- 2007: Brett Somers , American actress and comedian
- 2008: Günter Rohrmoser , German social philosopher
- 2008: Richard Wright , British musician, keyboardist for the rock band Pink Floyd
- 2012: Pierre Mondy , French actor and director
- 2015: Meir Pa'il , Israeli officer and politician
- 2016: Rolf Losansky , German director
- 2017: Jean Aussanaire , French jazz musician
- 2017: Violet Brown , Jamaican supercentenarian
- 2017: Bruce Leven , American racing car driver and entrepreneur
- 2017: Albert Speer junior , German architect and urban planner
- 2017: Harry Dean Stanton , American actor
- 2020: Moussa Traoré , Malian President
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Jan van Woerden , Dutch priest and martyr (Protestant)
- St. Oranna (Catholic)
- St. Roland of Salsomaggiore , Italian Hermit (Catholic)
- Memory of the Sorrows of Mary (Catholic)
- State holidays and memorial days
- Guatemala : Independence from Spain (1821)
- International holidays and memorial days
- International Day of Democracy, proclaimed by the UN in 2007
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
Commons : September 15th - Collection of images, videos and audio files
