April 16
The April 16 is the 106th day of the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years ), thus remain still 259 days until the end of the year.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 1346 : Stefan Uroš IV. Dušan is crowned "Emperor of Serbia and the Roman Empire". Since he is in feud with the Patriarch of Constantinople , he had previously raised the Archbishop of Peć to Patriarch of Serbia in a council .
- 1520 : In the capital city of Toledo breaks under the leadership of Juan de Padilla of the revolt of the comuneros against the rule of the Habsburg Charles I in Spain going on. The rebels want to put Karl's mother Johanna on the throne.
- 1525 : Count Ludwig von Helfenstein is killed in the German Peasants' War against the will of the moderate peasant leader Wendel Hipler by rebellious peasants under Jäcklein Rohrbach and the black court maid in front of Weinsberg . For Martin Luther , the " Weinsberger Bloody Deed " is the reason for his writing Against the Murderous and Reubian Rotten der Bawren .
- 1525 : Großbottwar becomes a center of the uprising in the German Peasants' War. The citizens and farmers of the city and its surroundings choose the landlord and councilor Matern Feuerbacher on the Wunnenstein as their leader.
- 1582 : The conquistador Hernando de Lerma , governor of the province of Tucumán , founded the city of Ciudad de Lerma en el valle de Salta on behalf of Viceroy Toledo in order to secure the route to the viceroyalty of Peru .
- 1746 : English government troops under William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland destroy Charles Edward Stuart's army at the Battle of Culloden in Scotland , ending the Jacobite revolt .
- 1799 : In the battle of Mount Tabor , during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign, an Ottoman army is routed by outnumbered French soldiers.
- 1809 : In the Battle of Sacile in the Fifth Coalition War, Austrian troops in Friuli force the French Italian army to retreat from the battlefield.
- 1846 : The former forest attendant Pierre Lecomte carried out an assassination attempt on France's citizen-king Louis-Philippe at Fontainebleau Castle with a double shotgun . The royal family returning home in a carriage remains unharmed. The assassin will be executed on June 8th.
- 1856 : On the fringes of the Paris Peace Conference , the Paris Declaration of the Law of the Sea is concluded. In it, piracy is outlawed internationally and the right to award is restricted.
- 1866 : The Russian revolutionary Dimitri Karakosow assassinated Tsar Alexander II in St. Petersburg. It fails because of the intervention of the farmer Kommissarow.
- 1867 : The constituent Reichstag adopts the constitution of the North German Confederation , which is essentially identical to the Reich constitution passed exactly four years later.
- 1871 : The Bismarck constitution is passed as a law and becomes the legal basis for the German Empire . It consists of the summary of many individual contracts such as the November contracts including the final protocols as well as the constitutional amendment with regard to the designations German Reich and German Kaiser .
- 1888 : The German Empire annexes the Pacific island of Nauru , which was ravaged by the Nauruan tribal war . Chief Auweyida and his wife Eigamoiya are installed as king and queen. The conquest is co-financed by the Jaluit Society .
- 1916 : The Turkish army and people leave Trebizond . With the following entry of Russian soldiers, the city is again under the administration of an Orthodox empire over 450 years after the end of the state of the same name .
- 1917 : Lenin returns to Petrograd from exile in Switzerland after the February Revolution in Russia . The multi-day train journey through Germany, Sweden and Finland came about with the support of the German Supreme Army Command .
- 1917 : The French begin a major offensive against German positions on the Chemin des Dames ridge on the Western Front with the Battle of the Aisne .
- 1922 : With the Treaty of Rapallo between the German Reich and Russia concluded by Foreign Ministers Walther Rathenau and Georgi Wassiljewitsch Tschitscherin , both countries waive the reimbursement of war costs and the settlement of war damage to the other side.
- 1925 : Bulgarian communists, with Soviet help, bomb the Sveta Nedelja cathedral in the Bulgarian capital Sofia , killing more than 150 people, including high-ranking politicians and the military.
- 1934 : The rescue of the crew of the February 13 from March 5 to April 13 was carried Chukchi sunken Soviet expedition ship Cheliuskin that has on an ice floe can save, resulting in the Soviet Union to the creation of the title Hero of the Soviet Union .
- 1945 : With the attack on the Seelow Heights by the Red Army reinforced by Polish troops against the Army Group Vistula , which had just emerged from the ground, the battle for Berlin begins in World War II .
- 1947 : The US financier and politician Bernard Baruch uses the term " Cold War " for the first time in a speech in front of a larger audience and thus makes it known.
- 1949 : As part of the Berlin Airlift to West Berlin , the Western Allies flown into the blocked city the largest amount of supplies, 12,849 tons, in a single day .
- 1987 : A broadcast on the Swedish Radio exposes the Bofors scandal . In an arms deal with the Swedish company Bofors , bribes in the millions are said to have flowed to politicians in India .
- 1987 : The United States Naval Special Warfare Command is set up at Coronado Naval Base in San Diego, California , the command command for the special forces of the US Navy .
- 1992 : After mediation by the UN enters Mohammad Najibullah as head of government of Afghanistan and give the power to the front Kabul standing Mujahideen from. The Afghan civil war is not over, however, as the mujahideen groups under Ahmad Shah Massoud , Gulbuddin Hekmatyār , Burhānuddin Rabbāni and Abdul Raschid Dostum subsequently fight each other.
- 1993 : With Resolution 819 of the United Nations Security Council , Srebrenica is declared a UN protection zone in the Bosnian War .
- 1994 : Hutu soldiers begin the Nyarubuye massacre among the Tutsi in Rwanda . Up to around 2,000 people die in the city in this act of genocide, including the following day .
- 2002 : Four weeks before the parliamentary elections, the Dutch government under Wim Kok resigns because of the responsibility of the Dutch “ blue helmets ” from Dutchbat for the Srebrenica massacre in the 1995 war in Bosnia .
- 2003 : The heads of state and government of the previous fifteen EU states and the ten new eastern and south-eastern European member states sign the accession treaty for EU enlargement to the east in Athens . The accession of the states Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Malta and Cyprus will take place on May 1, 2004.
- 2004 : José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party is elected Prime Minister of Spain by the parliament in Madrid . He is replacing the conservative José María Aznar , who got caught in the crossfire of criticism due to his information policy in connection with the Madrid train attacks and thus clearly lost the elections from a month ago.
- 2012 : Taur Matan Ruak wins the runoff election for the presidency in East Timor against Francisco Guterres .
economy
- 1853 : With the opening of the railway line between Bombay and Thane , the first Indian passenger train runs. This is also the first railway connection in Asia.
- 1894 : The Barmer Bergbahn is the first two-lane rack railway in Germany to go into operation. From the town of Barmen, it opens up excursion destinations south of the Wupper .
- 1900 : Their first booklets of stamps are sold in the USA .
- 1904 : The captain Peter Mærsk Møller and his son Arnold Peter Møller found a steamship company in Svendborg , which over time will develop into the largest Danish company AP Møller-Mærsk and a global player in the logistics sector .
- 1948 : 16 European countries found the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris . The primary goal of the organization is to involve the European countries in the decision-making process about the use of the funds from the Marshall Plan .
- 1996 : In Germany, the almost complete ban on the cultivation of Cannabis sativa in the Narcotics Act is lifted. To avoid the cultivation of cannabis , however, the cultivation of commercial hemp is still subject to approval and the hemp must not exceed the tetrahydrocannabinol content of 0.3%.
science and technology
- 1705 : Isaac Newton is knighted by Queen Anne for services to science .
- 1780 : The University of Münster in Münster is ceremoniously opened by Baron Franz von Fürstenberg . The aim of the facility is the university education of talented local people in the faculties of theology, philosophy, law and medicine, so that they can then be appointed to the University of Cologne .
- 1811 : The 23-year-old Wilhelmine Reichard is the first woman in Germany to ascend in a balloon.
- 1912 : In a Blériot - monoplane , the first woman to cross the English Channel . The American Harriet Quimby arrives in a 59-minute flight from Dover to a beach in France 40 km from Calais.
- 1940 : The French Egyptologist Pierre Montet opens the tomb of Pharaoh Amenemope in Tanis in the tomb of Pharaoh Psusennes I, which was discovered intact by the researcher .
- 1943 : The Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann discovered at Sandoz accident that the psychoactive effects of LSD , which he in 1938 in his search for a cycle - stimulant has produced.
- 1972 : The Apollo 16 mission takes off from the Kennedy Space Center with astronauts John Watts Young , Ken Mattingly and Charles Moss Duke on board for the penultimate moon landing .
- 1982 : The first German "test tube baby " created by in vitro fertilization, Oliver, is born at the University Clinic in Erlangen .
- 2003 : The World Health Organization (WHO) announces that a coronavirus is the cause of the infectious disease SARS .
Culture
- 1722 : The first performance of the musical drama The incomparable Psyche by Reinhard Keizer with the libretto by Christian Heinrich Postel takes place in Copenhagen.
- 1782 : The opera Adriano in Siria by Luigi Cherubini with the libretto by Pietro Metastasio is premiered in Livorno.
- 1849 : The premiere of the opera Le prophète ( The Prophet ) by Giacomo Meyerbeer with the libretto by Eugène Scribe and Émile Deschamps takes place at the Grand Opéra Paris .
- 1851 : The first version of the opera Sapho ( Sappho ) by Charles Gounod with the libretto by Émile Augier has its world premiere at the Grand Opéra in Paris.
- 1905 : The opera Jessika by Josef Bohuslav Foerster with the libretto by Jaroslav Vrchlický based on William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice takes place at the National Theater in Prague .
- 1919 : The opera Don Ranudo by Othmar Schoeck with the libretto by Armin Rüeger based on a comedy by Ludvig Holberg is premiered in Zurich.
- 1937 : The Western Comedy Way Out West of Laurel and Hardy was first performed in the United States. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy later call the work their favorite film. In 1938 he received an Oscar nomination for best film music.
- 1940 : The premiere of the opera Maryša by Emil František Burian takes place in Brno. The libretto is based on a piece by Alois and Vilém Mrštík .
- 1958 : The opera Nana by Manfred Gurlitt based on Émile Zola and Max Brod is premiered in Dortmund.
- 1972 : The comic crime opera Another spoonful of poison, darling of Siegfried Matthus with the text by Peter Hacks based on the comedy Risky Marriage by Saul O'Hara has its world premiere at the Komische Oper Berlin .
- 1988 : The concert premiere of the opera Beatrice Cenci by Berthold Goldschmidt takes place in London.
society
- 1913 : Albert Schweitzer and his wife Helene arrive in Lambaréné in French Equatorial Africa . You start building a mission station that same year .
- 1964 : On the occasion of the Vienna International Horticultural Exhibition , the Danube Park and the 252 m high Danube Tower are opened in Vienna .
- 1964 : The band of robbers who carried out the Great Mail Train Robbery on August 8, 1963 , are sentenced to draconian sentences in Aylesbury . Ronald Biggs receives 30 years in prison. The leader Bruce Reynolds , however, has not yet been captured at this point in time.
- 2007 : A rampage at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Virginia kills 32 people and injures 29 others. The perpetrator then kills himself.
religion
- 556 : Pelagius I becomes Bishop of Rome . He is suspected of guilt for the death of his predecessor Vigilius , which he denies on oath. As a result, the three-chapter dispute leads to a schism .
- 1521 : Martin Luther arrives in Worms . He should after advocacy by Elector Friedrich III. von Sachsen explain and defend his theses again in front of the Reichstag in Worms on the following two days .
Disasters
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- 1850 : Due to the resonance caused by the storm and 730 soldiers marching without step but compensating for the vibrations, the suspension bridge of Angers in France collapses . 226 people died in the resonance disaster.
- 1945 : The sinking of the German ship Goya loaded with refugees in the Baltic Sea off the Pomeranian coast by the Soviet submarine L-3 kills around 7,200 people, and 176 people can be rescued. The commander of the submarine, Wladimir Konstantinowitsch Konovalov , is later honored as a Hero of the Soviet Union for the sinking . The wreck was discovered on April 16, 2003.
- 1947 : The Texas City explosion of the ammonium nitrate- laden cargo ships Grandcamp and Highflyer in the port of Texas City , Texas, kills 581, over 100 people missing, 5,000 injured, hundreds of homeless people and $ 65 million in damage. The force of the explosion makes people fall on their knees in Galveston, 10 miles away.
- 2014 : The South Korean ferry Sewol capsizes shortly before the island of Jindo . Of the 476 people on board, 174 survive.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
nature and environment
- 1908 : In the US state of Utah is Natural Bridges National Monument , a National Wildlife Refuge within the United States , built.
Sports
- 1996 : The Chicago Bulls with Michael Jordan win their 70th game within an NBA season, making them the first team in league history to reach this mark.
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1466 : Johannes V. Thurzo , Prince-Bishop of Breslau
- 1488 : Jungjong , 11th King of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea
- 1495 : Peter Apian , German astronomer and geographer
- 1536 : Poul Cypræus , Danish jurist, historian and diplomat
- 1538 : Hans von Khevenhüller-Frankenburg , imperial envoy in Madrid
- 1565 : Elizabeth Throckmorton , English court lady of Elizabeth I and wife of Sir Walter Raleigh
- 1600 : Paulus Arnolt , German piece and bell caster
- 1612 : Abraham Calov , German Lutheran theologian
- 1616 : Trijntje Keever , largest woman in the world ever measured
- 1619 : Jan van Riebeeck , Dutch ship's doctor, merchant and colony administrator
- 1635 : Frans van Mieris the Elder , Dutch portrait, history and genre painter
- 1646 : Jules Hardouin-Mansart , French architect
- 1647 : Matthys Naiveu , Dutch painter (date of baptism)
- 1649 : Jan Luyken , Dutch poet, illustrator and engraver
- 1652 : Clemens XII. , Pope
- 1660 : Hans Sloane , English scientist and doctor
- 1663 : Alexander Sigismund von der Pfalz , Prince-Bishop of Augsburg
- 1671 : John Law , Scottish economist
- 1682 : John Hadley , English astronomer and mathematician
- 1682 : Wolfgang Sigismund von Orsini-Rosenberg , Governor of Carinthia
- 1687 : Paul Christian Zink , German painter
- 1693 : Anna Sophie von Reventlow , wife of the Danish King Friedrich IV.
18th century
- 1702 : Juan de Balmaceda , Spanish lawyer, colonial administrator and governor of Chile
- 1728 : Joseph Black , British physicist and chemist from Scotland, discoverer of carbon dioxide, magnesium and latent heat
- 1730 : Henry Clinton , British general
- 1755 : Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun , French painter
- 1758 : Christian von Massenbach , Prussian colonel and writer
- 1766 : Wilhelm von Anns , German businessman and politician
- 1767 : Karl Julius Weber , German writer and satirist
- 1769 : Bahne Asmussen , Frisian pastor, poet, and teacher
- 1773 : Johann Karl von Fichard , German historian
- 1777 : John Alexander , American politician, member of the US House of Representatives
- 1780 : Otto August Rühle von Lilienstern , Prussian general
- 1788 : Johann Friedrich Ruthe , German botanist
- 1786 : Albrecht Adam , German battle painter
- 1796 : Louis Leresche , Swiss Protestant clergyman
- 1797 : Adolphe Thiers , French statesman and historian
- 1799 : John Wesley Davis , American politician, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Governor of the Oregon Territory
- 1800 : Jakob von Heine , German physician, discoverer of spinal polio
- 1800 : George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan , British Field Marshal
- 1800 : Józef Stefani , Polish composer
19th century
1801-1850
- 1802 : François-Christophe-Edouard Kellermann , French statesman and diplomat
- 1804 : August Hergenhahn , German politician, Prime Minister of the Duchy of Nassau
- 1808 : Eugène Emmanuel Amaury-Duval , French painter
- 1808 : Caleb Blood Smith , American politician, member of the US House of Representatives, US Secretary of the Interior
- 1817 : Rudolph von Delbrück , German and Prussian politician, MdR, Minister of State, close collaborator with Bismarck
- 1819 : Gustave Chouquet , French musicologist
- 1821 : Ford Madox Brown , British painter
- 1822 : Karl Theodor Robert Luther , German astronomer
- 1823 : Gotthold Eisenstein , German mathematician
- 1834 : Włodzimierz Czacki , Russian-Ukrainian Roman Catholic bishop and Vatican diplomat, cardinal
- 1838 : Ernest Solvay , Belgian chemist and amateur researcher
- 1838 : Sándor Wagner , Hungarian painter
- 1841 : Louis E. Atkinson , American politician
- 1843 : Louis Döllstädt , Weimar businessman and chairman of the municipal council
- 1844 : Anatole France , French writer
- 1847 : August Bender , German chemist and entrepreneur
- 1850 : Paul von Breitenbach , Prussian Minister for Public Works
- 1850 : Herbert Baxter Adams , American historian and university professor
- 1850 : Sidney Thomas , British metallurgist ( Thomas process , Thomas flour )
1851-1900
- 1851 : Ernst Josephson , Swedish painter
- 1854 : Vicente Casanova y Marzol , Spanish Roman Catholic Archbishop of Granada and Cardinal
- 1854 : Jacob van Rees , Dutch author and anarchist
- 1858 : Stanisław Barcewicz , Polish pianist, chamber musician, conductor and music teacher
- 1858 : Basilio Pompili , Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1858 : Johann Flierl , German missionary
- 1859 : Friedrich Traugott Helbig , Saxon sculptor
- 1861 : William F. Hooley , American singer
- 1865 : Harry Chauvel , Australian general
- 1866 : Rufin Steimer , Swiss Capuchin preacher and historian
- 1867 : Wilbur Wright , American aviation pioneer and aircraft manufacturer
- 1868 : Spottiswoode Aitken , British-American actor
- 1868 : Charles Silver , French composer
- 1871 : Henry Stephenson , British film and stage actor
- 1871 : John Millington Synge , Irish playwright
- 1873 : Oscar AH Schmitz , German author and philosopher
- 1875 : Erwin Baur , German doctor and botanist, geneticist and breeding researcher
- 1879 : Léon Théry , French racing driver
- 1881 : Wilhelm Ernst Asbeck , German writer
- 1882 : Jaromír John , Czech writer and journalist
- 1882 : Rudolf Jung , German-Austrian-Czech politician and SS general, theoretician of National Socialism
- 1885 : Frederick Chubb , Canadian organist, choir director, music educator, and composer
- 1885 : Leó Weiner , Hungarian composer
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- 1886 : Ernst Thälmann , German communist politician, MdR, candidate for the presidential election, Nazi victim in Buchenwald concentration camp
- 1887 : Gordon Bennett , Australian general
- 1889 : Charlie Chaplin , British comedian, actor, director, composer and producer
- 1890 : Walter Tausk , German sales representative and author, victim of the Holocaust
- 1890 : Nikolai Sergejewitsch Trubetzkoy , Russian linguist and ethnologist
- 1891 : Henri Auguste Arnaud , French middle-distance runner
- 1893 : Frederic Mompou , Catalan composer
- 1893 : Friedrich Franz von Unruh , German writer
- 1894 : Carl von Campe , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, diplomat
- 1894 : Erich Wewel , German publisher
- 1895 : Ove Arup , British-Danish-Norwegian engineer, structural engineer and theorist
- 1895 : Mischa Mischakoff , violinist and music teacher of Ukrainian origin
- 1896 : Tristan Tzara , French writer
- 1896 : Árpád Weisz , Hungarian football player and coach
- 1897 : Hermann Groine , German Nazi politician, MdR
- 1897 : Eugen Leibfried , German farmer and politician, Member of the Bundestag and State Minister, Member of the Bundestag
- 1897 : John Bagot Glubb , British officer, military strategist and Middle East expert
- 1897 : Pierre Goutte , French racing car driver
- 1898 : Hijikata Yoshi , Japanese theater director
- 1900 : Polly Adler , American brothel operator
- 1900 : Paul Weyres , German motorcycle racer
20th century
1901-1925
- 1903 : Paul Waner , American baseball player
- 1903 : Charles Coleman , British city commander
- 1905 : Paul-Pierre Philippe , French cardinal
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- 1905 : Frits Philips , Dutch industrialist
- 1907 : August Eigruber , German NSDAP Gauleiter and war criminal
- 1908 : Max Salpeter , English violinist
- 1909 : Roy Ashton , British makeup artist
- 1909 : Karlheinz Idelberger , German medic
- 1911 : William Thomas Stearn , British botanist
- 1912 : Edmond Jabès , French writer and poet
- 1912 : Yevgeny Valerianowitsch Samoilow , Russian actor
- 1913 : Don Fedderson , American television producer
- 1914 : Mark Lazarevich Gallai , Soviet test pilot and engineer
- 1914 : John Hodiak , American actor
- 1915 : Karl Hemfler , German lawyer and politician
- 1915 : Johannes Leppich , German Jesuit and traveling preacher
- 1915 : Alfred Otto Schwede , German writer
- 1917 : Charlotte Salomon , German painter
- 1918 : Juozas Petras Kazickas , Lithuanian entrepreneur, business consultant, philanthropist and patron
- 1918 : Spike Milligan , Irish comedian, writer, poet and jazz musician
- 1919 : Liesel Christ , Frankfurt folk actress
- 1919 : Merce Cunningham , American dancer and choreographer
- 1921 : Alfons M. Dauer , German musicologist and ethnologist
- 1921 : Wolfgang Leonhard , German historian
- 1921 : Peter Ustinov , writer, actor and director
- 1922 : Kingsley Amis , English writer and poet
- 1922 : Boby Lapointe , French singer
- 1922 : Leo Tindemans , Belgian politician and head of government
- 1923 : Warren Barker , American composer
- 1923 : Harry Cox , Belgian pianist and composer
- 1923 : Wolfgang Reinhold , German Colonel General
- 1923 : Erwin Wirschaz , German actor and radio play speaker
- 1924 : Henry Mancini , American musician
- 1925 : Walter Pecher , German football player
1926-1950
- 1926 : John Friedmann , American geographer and economist, founder of World City Research
- 1927 : Edie Adams , American actress
- 1927 : Claus Arndt , German politician and Member of the Bundestag
- 1927 : Benedict XVI. , Pope (bourgeois Joseph Alois Ratzinger )
- 1927 : John Chamberlain , American artist
- 1927 : Rolf Schult , German actor
- 1928 : Walter Grob , accordionist and composer from Switzerland
- 1928 : Richard Sylbert , American production designer
- 1928 : Hans-Jürgen Wegener , German forest official
- 1930 : René Ahlberg , German sociologist
- 1930 : Herbie Mann , American jazz flutist
- 1932 : Eberhard Panitz , German writer
- 1932 : Henk Schouten , Dutch football player
- 1933 : Francesco Amirante , Italian lawyer
- 1933 : Karl Blecha , Austrian politician
- 1933 : Ewald Eberle , Liechtenstein ski racer
- 1933 : Ludwig Haas , German actor
- 1933 : Marquitos , Spanish football player
- 1934 : Alfred Flury , Swiss clergyman and chansonist
- 1934 : Annelies Schulz , German author
- 1934 : Robert Stigwood , Australian music and film producer
- 1934 : Vicar , cartoonist at Disney
- 1935 : Nicolae Brânduș , Romanian composer
- 1935 : Siegfried Esajas , Surinamese athlete
- 1935 : Sarah Kirsch , German writer
- 1935 : Bobby Vinton , American singer
- 1936 : Dieter Adler , German sports journalist
- 1936 : William Robinson , Australian painter and lithographer
- 1937 : Gabriele Antonini , Italian actor
- 1937 : Vince Hill , British pop singer
- 1938 : Gabriella Andreini , Italian actress and voice actress
- 1938 : Anton Pointecker , Austrian actor
- 1939 : Karlheinz Essl senior , Austrian entrepreneur and art collector
- 1939 : Dusty Springfield , British soul singer
- 1940 : Rolf Dieter Brinkmann , German poet and narrator
- 1940 : Margrethe II , Queen of Denmark
- 1940 : Waltraud Meißner , Palatinate dialect poet
- 1940 : Erika Simm , German politician and Member of the Bundestag
- 1941 : Alois Büchel , Liechtenstein theater director, director and athlete
- 1942 : Frank Williams , team principal and co-owner of the Williams F1 racing team
- 1943 : Gerd Leo Kuck , German theater director, dramaturge and director
- 1943 : Dave Peverett , British rock musician
- 1943 : Jorge Pítari , Argentine tango composer
- 1943 : Sebastião Tapajós , Brazilian guitarist and composer
- 1944 : Dennis Russell Davies , American opera and concert conductor, pianist and chamber musician
- 1944 : Elmar Wepper , German actor
- 1945 : Stefan Grossman , American guitarist
- 1945 : Gojko Šušak , Croatian Defense Minister
- 1946 : Margot Adler , American author, journalist and Wicca priestess
- 1946 : Harald Haarmann , German linguist and cultural scientist
- 1946 : Karl Friedrich Sinner , German forester and conservationist
- 1946 : Pēteris Vasks , Latvian composer
- 1947 : Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , American basketball player
- 1947 : Gerry Rafferty , British musician
- 1947 : Fred Viebahn , German writer
- 1948 : John Fitzgerald , American football player
- 1949 : Machiel Evert Noordeloos , Dutch mycologist
- 1949 : Johannes Vöcking , German politician, chairman of the Barmer Ersatzkasse
- 1950 : Luqman Arnold , British manager
- 1950 : David Graf , American film actor
- 1950 : Karl-Martin Hentschel , German politician
- 1950 : Thierry Perrier , French racing car driver
1951-1975
- 1951 : Ioan Mihai Cochinescu , Romanian writer and essayist
- 1951 : Björgvin Helgi Halldórsson , Icelandic pop singer
- 1951 : Takazumi Katayama , Japanese motorcycle racer
- 1951 : Ari Kristinsson , Icelandic cameraman, producer, director and screenwriter
- 1951 : Bill Walker , American politician
- 1952 : Yochanan Afek , Israeli-Dutch chess composer, player, journalist, organizer and trainer
- 1952 : Peter Arnold , German horn player
- 1952 : Ulrich Deuschle , German politician
- 1952 : Esther Roth-Shachamorov , Israeli athlete
- 1952 : Rico Saccani , American conductor
- 1952 : Jukka Tolonen , Finnish jazz guitarist
- 1952 : Alexander Tschäppät , Swiss politician
- 1952 : Billy West , American voice actor
- 1952 : Peter Westbrook , American fencer
- 1953 : Jeremy Burgess , Australian engineer
- 1954 : Ellen Barkin , American actress
- 1954 : Sibylle Lewitscharoff , German writer
- 1955 : Jesús Emmanuel Acha Martínez , Mexican pop singer and composer
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- 1955 : Henri of Luxembourg , Grand Duke of Luxembourg
- 1955 : Kool DJ Herc , American-Jamaican musician and record producer
- 1955 : Ludger Tewes , German Romanist and historian
- 1956 : Lise-Marie Morerod , Swiss ski racer
- 1956 : Gabriel Senanes , Argentine composer
- 1956 : Andres Uibo , Estonian composer, organist and university professor
- 1957 : Shamil Abbjassow , Kyrgyz long and triple jumper
- 1957 : Oleksandr Zinchenko , Ukrainian politician
- 1959 : Stefan Hecker , German handball player
- 1959 : Hartmut Koschyk , German politician
- 1959 : Grzegorz Pojmański , Polish astronomer
- 1960 : Rafael Benítez , Spanish football coach
- 1960 : Anke Gebert , German crime novelist
- 1960 : Andreas Gruschke , German author, photographer and Tibetan scholar
- 1960 : Rochus Hahn , German comic and screenwriter
- 1960 : Sonja Leidemann , German politician
- 1960 : Pierre Littbarski , German football player and coach
- 1961 : Doris Dragović , Croatian singer
- 1962 : Jeff Dunham , American ventriloquist and stand-up comedian
- 1962 : Herbert Jösch , German musician and band leader
- 1962 : Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer , Austrian entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1962 : Ian MacKaye , American musician and label founder
- 1962 : Matthias Röhr , German guitarist ( Böhse Onkelz )
- 1963 : Jimmy Osmond , American musician
- 1964 : Michael Arnold , German politician
- 1964 : Jörg Bundschuh , German actor
- 1964 : Danny Quinn , Italian actor, director and film producer
- 1964 : Esbjörn Svensson , Swedish jazz pianist and band leader
- 1965 : Martin Lawrence , American actor
- 1965 : Jon Cryer , American actor
- 1966 : Ovo Maltine , German AIDS activist, politician and cabaret girl
- 1966 : Bruno Rangel , Brazilian dart player
- 1966 : Stefan Schmidt , German organist and university professor
- 1966 : Jarle Vespestad , Norwegian jazz drummer
- 1966 : Hiltrud Werner , German manager
- 1966 : Kai Wiesinger , German actor
- 1967 : Junko Ōnishi , Japanese jazz pianist
- 1968 : Martin Dahlin , Swedish football player
- 1968 : Andreas Hajek , German rower
- 1968 : Markus Hochhaus , German handball player
- 1968 : Sandra Maahn , German television presenter
- 1968 : Rüdiger Stenzel , German athlete
- 1969 : Thomas Asbridge , English professor
- 1969 : Michael Baur , Austrian soccer player
- 1969 : Germán Burgos , Argentine football player
- 1969 : Olivia Del Rio , Brazilian porn actress
- 1969 : Marcus Jehner , German ice hockey player
- 1971 : Kristian Asmussen , Danish handball player
- 1971 : Sven Fischer , German biathlete
- 1971 : Selena Quintanilla-Pérez , American singer
- 1971 : Natallja Swerava , Belarusian tennis player
- 1972 : Andreas Dittmer , German canoeist
- 1972 : Conchita Martínez , Spanish tennis player
- 1972 : John McGuinness , British motorcycle racer
- 1972 . Paolo Negro , Italian football player
- 1972 : Christof Spörk , Austrian clarinet and cabaret artist
- 1974 : Steffen Schroeder , German actor and writer
- 1974 : Zali Steggall , Australian skier
- 1975 : Karl Yune , American actor
1976-2000
- 1976 : Christopher Adolf , athlete from Palau
- 1976 : Shu Qi , Taiwanese actress
- 1977 : Akon , American musician
- 1977 : Freddie Ljungberg , Swedish football player
- 1977 : Stefanie Melbeck , German handball player
- 1977 : Thomas Rasmussen , Danish football player
- 1978 : Lara Dutta , Indian actress
- 1978 : Nikki Griffin , American actress
- 1978 : Isabelle Höpfner , German actress
- 1978 : Hailu Negussie , Ethiopian marathon runner
- 1978 : Igor Tudor , Croatian football player and coach
- 1979 : Christijan Albers , Dutch Formula 1 racing driver
- 1979 : Lars Börgeling , German athlete
- 1979 : Gustav Götz , Austrian radio presenter
- 1979 : Sixto Peralta , Argentine soccer player
- 1981 : Anestis Agritis , Greek football player
- 1981 : Gina Carano , American mixed martial arts fighter
- 1982 : Boris Diaw , French basketball player
- 1982 : Jonathan Vilma , American football player
- 1983 : Daniel Hubmann , Swiss orienteer
- 1983 : Michael Strasser , Austrian extreme athlete
- 1983 : James Winslow , British racing driver
- 1984 : Héctor Aguilar , Uruguayan cyclist
- 1984 : Amelia Atwater-Rhodes , American writer
- 1985 : Gregory Lovell , Belizean road cyclist
- 1985 : Benjamin Rojas , Argentine actor and singer
- 1985 : Taye Taiwo , Nigerian soccer player
- 1985 : Matthias Weidenhöfer , German actor
- 1986 : Paul di Resta , British racing driver
- 1987 : Cenk Akyol , Turkish basketball player
- 1987 : Lhadji Badiane , French-Senegalese football player
- 1987 : Martin Fenin , Czech football player
- 1987 : Aaron Lennon , English soccer player
- 1987 : Mark Wallenwein , German rally driver
- 1987 : Julie Bonnevie-Svendsen , Norwegian biathlete
- 1987 : David Peters , American poker player
- 1988 : Stanislaw Gorobchuk , German handball player
- 1988 : Peter Liebers , German figure skater
- 1989 : Benjamin Freudenthaler , Austrian soccer player
- 1989 : Chris Löwe , German soccer player
- 1990 : Senta-Sofia Delliponti , German singer, musical artist and actress
- 1990 : Jérémy Kapone , French actor, songwriter
- 1990 : Lily Loveless , British actress
- 1990 : Bruno Méndez , Spanish racing driver
- 1990 : Nadine Menz , German actress
- 1990 : Arthur Zanetti , Brazilian gymnast
- 1990 : Reggie Jackson , American basketball player
- 1993 : Hanna Glas , Swedish soccer player
- 1993 : Chance the Rapper , American rapper
- 1994 : Liliana Mumy , American actress
- 1996 : Alberto Cerri , Italian football player
- 1997 : Hugo Gießler , German actor
21st century
- 2002 : Sadie Sink , American actress
- 2003 : Alina Foley , American actress and voice actress
Died
Before the 17th century
- 69 : Otho , Roman Emperor
- 886 : Gauzlin , Arch Chancellor of West Franconia and Bishop of Paris
- 963 : Wilhelm I , first count of Weimar
- 1039 : Wilhelm III. , Count of Weimar and in Eichsfeld
- 1115 : Magnus of Scotland , Earl of the Orkneys and saint
- 1121 : Hartmann I , Count of Dillingen
- 1198 : Friedrich I , Duke of Austria
- 1203 : Menachem ben Jakob ben Solomon ben Menachem , German poet
- 1206 : Fujiwara no Yoshitsune , Japanese politician, poet and calligrapher
- 1219 : Hugh de Mapenore , Bishop of Hereford
- 1234 : Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke , English nobleman and Earl Marshal
- 1285 : Gottfried von Passau , Bishop of Passau
- 1292 : Thibaud Gaudin , Grand Master of the Templars
- 1297 : Konrad II of Rietberg , Bishop of Osnabrück
- 1332 : Kyōgoku Tamekane , Japanese poet and politician
- 1355 : Filippo Calendario , Venetian stonemason, sculptor and architect, alleged conspirator, executed
- 1375 : John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke , English nobleman and commander
- 1418 : Theodor II , Margrave of Montferrat
- 1424 : Conrad III. , Titular Count of Freiburg, Count of Neuchâtel and Lord of Badenweiler
- 1496 : Charles II , Duke of Savoy
- 1571 : Bertram Graf von Ahlefeldt , lord of the noble estate Lehmkuhlen
- 1587 : Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset , English nobleman and literary patron
- 1594 : Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby , English nobleman, No. 2 in line to the English throne
- 1597 : Caspar Cruciger the Younger , Lutheran theologian
17th and 18th centuries
- 1602 : Antonmaria Salviati , Cardinal of the Roman Church
- 1609 : Francisco Cabral , Portuguese Jesuit and missionary in Japan
- 1619 : Denis Calvaert , Flemish painter
- 1623 : Domenico Fetti , Italian painter
- 1628 : Rudolf Christian , Count of East Frisia
- 1640 : Charlotte Flandrina of Orange-Nassau , Dutch princess, abbess of Sainte-Croix
- 1645 : Tobias Hume , English composer, viol player and soldier
- 1689 : Aphra Behn , English writer
- 1690 : Gesina ter Borch , Dutch painter and draftsman
- 1695 : Pietro Delai , Italian builder of the Baroque in Tyrol
- 1715 : Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore , Lord Proprietor of the Province of Maryland
- 1722 : Johann Jacob Bach , German musician, member of the Bach family of musicians
- 1729 : Antonio Ferrante Gonzaga , Duke of Guastalla
- 1731 : Bartholomæus Deichman , Danish-Norwegian bishop of Christiania
- 1740 : José de Armendáriz , Viceroy of Peru
- 1742 : Pierre Brumoy , French Jesuit and man of letters
- 1748 : Muhammad Shah , Mughal Mughal of India
- 1756 : Jacques Cassini , French astronomer and geographer
- 1757 : Daniel Gran , Austrian baroque painter
- 1763 : Paul Wilhelm Schmid , German legal scholar
- 1782 : Giuseppe Vasi , Italian graphic artist and engraver
- 1783 : Benoît Joseph Labre , French mystic and Catholic saint
- 1783 : Christian Mayer , German experimental physicist, astronomer, geodesist, cartographer and meteorologist
- 1786 : Simon Gabriel Suckow , German university professor
- 1788 : Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon , French naturalist
- 1796 : Johann Friedrich Doles the Younger , German composer and lawyer
19th century
- 1807 : David von Neumann , Prussian general
- 1809 : Wassili Jakowlewitsch Tschitschagow , Russian admiral and polar explorer
- 1812 : Franz Anton von Weber , German musician, conductor and theater director
- 1818 : Johann Georg Geib , German master organ builder
- 1819 : Friedrich Valentin , German sculptor
- 1828 : Francisco de Goya , Spanish painter and printmaker
- 1832 : Justus Christian Loder , German-Baltic medic
- 1838 : Johanna Schopenhauer , German writer
- 1840 : Gebhard Anton von Krosigk , German civil servant and landowner
- 1846 : Domenico Carlo Maria Dragonetti , Italian double bass player and composer
- 1850 : Johann David Heegewaldt , Privy Councilor
- 1857 : Ferdinand Wedel-Jarlsberg , Norwegian officer
- 1858 : Johann Baptist Cramer , English pianist and composer
- 1859 : Alexis de Tocqueville , French publicist and politician
- 1860 : Bartolomeo Borghesi , Italian inscription researcher
- 1861 : Friedrich von Blittersdorf , Baden official
- 1863 : Cornelius de Greiff , German silk manufacturer
- 1870 : Marie Caroline de Bourbon-Deux Sicile, duchesse de Berry , eldest daughter of King Francis I of Naples
- 1870 : Johann Wilhelm Neumann , German lawyer, local politician and historian
- 1878 : Raphael Kühner , German classical philologist
- 1878 : Johann Baptist Schiedermayr the Younger , Austrian clergyman
- 1879 : Erik Bodom , Norwegian painter
- 1879 : Bernadette Soubirous , French nun and Catholic saint
- 1885 : Joshua Baker , American politician
- 1888 : Friedrich Grillo , German industrialist
- 1889 : Louis Ulbach , French writer and journalist
- 1891 : Elisabeth Rosenthal , founder of the first private secondary school for girls in Magdeburg
- 1892 : Matthias von Lexer , Austrian Germanist and lexicographer
- 1898 : Robert Milligan McLane , American politician
- 1900 : Dankmar Adler , American architect
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901 : Henry Augustus Rowland , American physicist
- 1905 : Otto Wilhelm von Struve , astronomer of German descent in Russia
- 1906 : William Farrer , Australian agronomist and wheat breeder
- 1907 : Eduard Paulus , German archaeologist and art historian
- 1911 : Adolf Quensen , German court decoration and church painter of historicism
- 1914 : Hermann Ahlwardt , German elementary school teacher and anti-Semitic agitator
- 1914 : George William Hill , American astronomer and mathematician
- 1918 : Jules Fournier , Canadian journalist, newspaper publisher, translator and essayist
- 1921 : Willibrord Benzler , German clergyman, Bishop of Metz
- 1932 : Ferruccio Cattelani , Italian composer
- 1934 : John J. Blaine , American politician
- 1938 : Steve Bloomer , English football player
- 1941 : Hans Driesch , German biologist and natural philosopher
- 1943 : Carlos Arniches , Spanish playwright and writer
- 1943 : Christoph Drollinger , German Protestant clergyman and founder of the Swiss community for early Christianity
- 1945 : Fritz Adam , German politician
- 1945 : Theodor Andresen , German building contractor and resistance fighter
- 1947 : Rudolf Höß , German SS-Obersturmbannführer, commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, war criminal
- 1948 : Juozas Gruodis , Lithuanian composer and music teacher
- 1950 : Eduard Oja , Estonian composer
1951-2000
- 1951 : Gábor Finály , Hungarian classical philologist and archaeologist
- 1951 : Martin Loibl , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1953 : Heinrich Claß , German publicist and politician, MdR, ideological pioneer of National Socialism
- 1954 : Friedrich Arenhövel , German writer
- 1954 : Ernst Krenn , Austrian Scandinavian
- 1954 : Lorenz Rogger , Swiss Catholic clergyman and educator
- 1956 : Jean de Marguenat , French director, screenwriter and racing car driver
- 1958 : Rosalind Franklin , British biochemist
- 1958 : Mieczysław Szaleski , Polish violist and music teacher
- 1962 : Hans Dirscherl , German politician
- 1965 : Wilhelm Banse , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1965 : Sydney Chaplin , British actor, brother of Charlie Chaplin
- 1968 : Wilhelm Ahlhorn , German lawyer
- 1968 : Fay Bainter , American actress
- 1968 : Albert Betz , German physicist and pioneer of wind power technology
- 1968 : Edna Ferber , American writer
- 1972 : Kawabata Yasunari , Japanese writer and Nobel Prize for Literature
- 1973 : Wilhelm Marinelli , Austrian zoologist, anatomist and popular educator
- 1975 : Richard Rudolf Walzer , German-British classical philologist, philosopher and orientalist
- 1976 : Ján Arpáš , Slovak football player
- 1976 : Anton Aschauer , German politician
- 1978 : Lucius D. Clay , US Army General, Military Governor of the American Zone of Occupation in Germany
- 1978 : Richard Lindner , American painter and printmaker
- 1981 : Sigurd Debus , German RAF terrorist
- 1982 : Anatoly Nikolajewitsch Alexandrow , Russian composer
- 1982 : Hermann Diebäcker , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1982 : Rudi Knees , German motorcycle racer
- 1988 : José Dolhem , French racing car driver
- 1989 : Ishikawa Kaoru , Japanese chemist, developed the concept of the quality circle
- 1991 : Ernst Theodor Eichelbaum , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1991 : David Lean , British film director
- 1991 : Joseph Cornelius Rossaint , German Roman Catholic priest, resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 1992 : Werner Holtfort , German politician
- 1994 : Ralph Ellison , American author
- 1995 : Cheyenne Brando , Tahitian model
- 1995 : Josef Hügi , Swiss football player
- 1996 : George Gordon Abel , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1996 : Madeleine Bourdouxhe , Belgian writer
- 1996 : Stavros Niarchos , Greek shipowner
- 1997 : Jan Bruins , Dutch motorcycle racer
- 1997 : Doug McMahon , Canadian soccer player
- 1997 : Roland Topor , French author, actor and painter
- 1998 : Kazimieras Antanavičius , Lithuanian economist and politician
- 2000 : Jean-Pierre Dautel , French conductor and composer
21st century
- 2001 : Klaus Kindler , German actor and voice actor
- 2002 : Olivier Eggimann , Swiss football player
- 2002 : Herbert Wernicke , German opera director
- 2003 : Erika Eisenblätter-Laskowski , German painter
- 2003 : Kurt Kluxen , German historian
- 2004 : Abu l-Walid , Chechen general of Saudi Arabian origin
- 2006 : Hans Peter Haller , German composer and pioneer of electroacoustic music
- 2006 : Kurt Mühlenhaupt , German painter, sculptor and writer
- 2008 : Janusz Dolny , Polish pianist and music teacher
- 2008 : Edward N. Lorenz , American mathematician and meteorologist
- 2009 : Rainer Hirsch , German journalist
- 2010 : Carlos Franqui , Cuban writer, art critic and journalist
- 2011 : Chinesinho , Brazilian soccer player and coach
- 2012 : Sári Barabás , Hungarian-German opera singer
- 2012 : George Kunda , Zambian politician
- 2012 : Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller , Danish shipowner
- 2012 : Yvette Z'Graggen , Swiss writer and translator
- 2013 : Reinhard Lettmann , German Roman Catholic Bishop
- 2013 : Klaus Schulze , German rower
- 2014 : Ernst Florian Winter , Austrian-American historian and political scientist
- 2014 : Peter Schiff , German actor
- 2015 : Attaphol Buspakom , Thai soccer coach and soccer player
- 2015 : Manfred Drescher , German tenor
- 2016 : Donald B. Easum , American diplomat
- 2016 : Bernhard Hassenstein , German behavioral biologist
- 2017 : Bernd Fritz , German journalist, satirist and writer
- 2017 : Spartaco Landini , Italian football player, coach and manager
- 2018 : Günter Högner , Austrian musician
- 2018 : Katharina Reiss , German translator and translation scholar
- 2019 : Ignace Murwanashyaka , Rwandan rebel leader
- 2020 : Ulrich Kienzle , German journalist
- 2020 : Luis Sepúlveda , Chilean writer
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Sundar Singh , Indian messenger of faith and Christian sadhu (Protestant)
- St. Bernadette Soubirous , French virgin and religious sister (Catholic)
- Name days
- Benedict , Bernadette , Enikő , Paul
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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