February 16
The February 16 is the 47th day of the Gregorian calendar , so stay 318 days (in leap years 319 days) by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 1279 : After the death of his father Alfons III. Dionysius ascends the Portuguese throne as the sixth king of the House of Burgundy .
- 1486 : The Habsburg Maximilian I is named Rex Romanorum in Frankfurt am Main .
- 1525 : 25 villages belonging to Memmingen protest because of their economic, social and religious circumstances and demand improvements from the imperial city and the Swabian Federation . Shortly afterwards, the farmers put forward their demands in the Twelve Articles . They were widely used in prints during the German Peasants' War and were among the first declarations of human and freedom rights in the world.
- 1630 : Dutch troops in Brazil take the city of Olinda from the Portuguese and subsequently conquer Pernambuco .
- 1704 : Opponents of the Polish electoral king August II meet in the Confederation of Warsaw . They dethrone the ruler, who also ruled Electoral Saxony , and proclaim an interregnum in Poland-Lithuania , which leads to civil war.
- 1707 : The Scottish Parliament approved with 110: 69 votes the Act of Union , the union with England . A number of MPs have been bribed beforehand or are hoping to get compensation for the failed Darién project by saying “yes” .
- 1804 : In the American-Tripolitan War , a small US contingent under Stephen Decatur jr. to break into the port of Tripoli and burn the pirate-captured frigate USS Philadelphia .
- 1817 : After the capture of Santiago de Chile in the Chilean War of Independence , Bernardo O'Higgins becomes Director Supremo de Chile , a president with dictatorial rights.
- 1862 : The five-day battle for Fort Donelson in the American Civil War ends with the unconditional surrender of the Confederates under Simon Bolivar Buckner . The capture of the fort enabled the Union under Ulysses S. Grant to advance along the Cumberland and Tennessee.
- 1871 : The last military operations end in the Franco-Prussian War . After 108 days of siege, the eastern French city of Belfort is surrendered to the German troops.
- 1881 : The French officer and Africa explorer Paul Flatters and his companions are lured into a trap and killed during an expedition to explore a route for a Trans-Saharan railway from Tuareg .
- 1918 : Lithuania's Lietuvos Taryba declares its independence from both Germany and Russia .
- 1919 : In the election of the constituent national assembly in Austria , women are allowed to vote for the first time . The Social Democratic Workers' Party becomes the strongest party with 40.8%, ahead of the Christian Social Parties .
- 1920 : France takes over the administration of the Memelland on behalf of the Western Allies without prior referenda in the wake of the Versailles Treaty .
- 1923 : For the first time, a separate juvenile criminal law is established in Germany : The first German juvenile court law ( RJGG ) drafted by Gustav Radbruch is enacted.
- 1925 : The state of emergency in Bavaria since the Hitler-Ludendorff putsch in 1923 is lifted. That clears the way for the re-establishment of the NSDAP .
- 1936 : In the last elections to the Spanish parliament before the beginning of the Spanish Civil War , the Frente Popular of the left under Manuel Azaña becomes the strongest force.
- 1940 : The German supply ship Altmark is attacked and boarded with 303 captured Allied sailors on board by the British destroyer HMS Cossack in territorial waters of Norway , which was neutral in World War II . The so-called Altmark incident is another reason for the Weser Exercise company , the occupation of Norway by the German Wehrmacht.
- 1959 : Fidel Castro is sworn in as head of government in Cuba and holds this office for 49 years until he cedes power to his brother Raúl in 2008 for health reasons .
- 1964 : Willy Brandt succeeds Erich Ollenhauer as chairman of the SPD . He held this office until 1987.
- 1982 : In Malta , Agatha Barbara is the first woman to be elected to the presidency.
- 1986 : In the runoff election for president in Portugal , Mário Soares wins with a 2% lead over Diogo Freitas do Amaral .
- 1987 : The former Flick manager Eberhard von Brauchitsch is sentenced to two years' probation in the process of the Flick affair in Bonn. The former Federal Ministers Hans Friderichs and Otto Graf Lambsdorff are sentenced to a fine for tax evasion.
- 1989 : In Baghdad establish Iraq , Jordan , Egypt and the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) the Arab Cooperation Council . The aim of the alliance, which was founded primarily on the initiative of Iraq, is to be the unity, solidarity and strengthening of the Arab nation. Despite a few cooperation agreements and other draft agreements, only a kind of free trade area is being created.
- 1990 : The politician of the South West African People's Organization , Sam Nujoma , is elected as the first president of an independent Namibia .
- 2005 : The 1997 Kyoto Protocol , in which the signatory states commit to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, comes into force.
- 2011 : In the course of the Arab Spring , tens of thousands of people in Bahrain gather on the Pearl Square in Manama to peacefully demonstrate against the Bahraini government under the slogan “The people demand the overthrow of the regime” . The place is cleared during the night using firearms.
economy
- 1852 : The German-born farmer, farrier and car maker Henry Studebaker founds the US car and automobile manufacturer Studebaker in South Bend , Indiana .
- 2006 : The controversial Japanese domestic airport Kobe goes into operation. Above all, the expected aircraft noise and the fact that there are already two airports in the metropolitan area, Kansai Airport and Osaka-Itami Airport, are criticized .
science and technology
- 1857 : In the United States at the initiative of Amos Kendall , the Gallaudet University under the name Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind founded the first university for the deaf and hard of hearing.
- 1863 : Kansas State University is founded in Manhattan , Kansas. It is the oldest and second largest college in the state.
- 1874 : The HMS Challenger was the first steamship to cross the Arctic Circle as part of the Challenger expedition .
- 1900 : During the Southern Cross Expedition , the Norwegian Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink and two companions set a new record of 78 ° 10'S in the closest approach to the geographic South Pole, 58 years after James Clark Ross .
- 1904 : After two years in the ice, a rescue expedition led by the Terra Nova succeeds in freeing the British research vessel RRS Discovery under Robert Falcon Scott from the pack ice in McMurdo Sound in Antarctica . Despite being locked in for a long time, the Discovery Expedition , in which Ernest Shackleton also participates, is a success.
- 1923 : Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon open the burial chamber of the ancient Egyptian king of the 18th dynasty , Tutankhamun , which Carter discovered on November 4th of the previous year in the Valley of the Kings . In the course of the excavation, you will find numerous treasures as well as the famous death mask of Tutankhamun.
- 1948 : The astronomer Gerard Peter Kuiper discovers the moon Miranda orbiting the planet Uranus .
- 1967 : The first helicopter with a rigid rotor head, the Bölkow Bo 105 , completes its maiden flight.
Culture
- 1699 : The world premiere of the opera The Connection of the Great Hercules with the beautiful Hebe by Reinhard Keizer takes place at the Hamburg Opera on Gänsemarkt .
- 1710 : The premiere of the opera Caio Gracco by Giovanni Bononcini takes place at the Vienna Hofburg .
- 1715 : The opera Il Tigrane ossia L'egual impegno d'amore e di fede by Alessandro Scarlatti is premiered with great success at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples .
- 1807 : Goethe's play Torquato Tasso was premiered in Weimar and received the highest praise from critics.
- 1832 : In Prague, the premiere of the opera takes the load carrier on the Thames by Conradin Kreutzer instead.
- 1854 : The opera L'étoile du nord ( Nordstern ) by Giacomo Meyerbeer , a revision of his earlier work Ein Feldlager in Schlesien , with the libretto by Eugène Scribe, premiered at the Paris Opéra-Comique .
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- 1858 : Near Xanten , six fishermen find the Xantener Knaben , a bronze statue from Roman times, on the banks of the Rhine .
- 1883 : The first performance of the opera The Prisoner in the Caucasus by César Cui takes place at the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg .
- 1893 : The symphonic poem En Saga by Jean Sibelius is premiered in Helsinki .
- 1895 : The opera Guglielmo Ratcliff ( William Ratcliff ) by Pietro Mascagni is premiered at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan .
- 1974 : The world premiere of the opera Einstein by Paul Dessau with the text by Karl Mickel is staged by Ruth Berghaus at the Deutsche Oper Berlin .
- 1985 : The opera Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke by Siegfried Matthus, based on the work of the same name by Rainer Maria Rilke, is premiered at the Dresden State Opera .
- 2003 : In This World by British director Michael Winterbottom is awarded the Golden Bear for best film in the competition at the 53rd Berlinale .
- 2017 : The British feature film T2 Trainspotting starts in German cinemas.
society
- 1994 : The first fixed room in Germany is set up in Hamburg-Billstedt .
religion
- 1222 : The birth of Nichiren one of the most important teachers of Japanese Buddhism. According to the Gregorian calendar, March 30th is also given as the date of birth, however, Nichiren Buddhists, also in the western calendar, usually celebrate February 16th.
- 1892 : In the encyclical Au milieu des sollicitudes on church and state in France , Pope Leo XIII. to improve the difficult relationship between the two institutions there.
Disasters
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- 1962 : On the night of February 17, a severe storm surge hits northern Germany , claiming over 300 lives in Hamburg alone .
- 1979 : Continuation of the snow disaster in Northern Germany in 1978 .
- 1998 : An Airbus A300 of China Airlines missed the runway in the Taiwanese capital of Taipei. A total of 203 people die.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
nature and environment
- 2007 : Tanja , the last walrus in a German zoo, dies at the age of 33 in Hanover Zoo .
Sports
- 1885 : The first Cresta race takes place in the Swiss health resort of St. Moritz as the forerunner of the sport of skeleton .
- 1899 : In Iceland, KR Reykjavík, the country's first football club, is founded.
- 1957 : With a 4: 0 final victory over the Ethiopian national team that wins Egyptian selecting the first African Cup of Nations , which on Feb. 10 began with the participation of four teams.
Entries of athletics world records can be found under the respective discipline under athletics .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1032 : Song Yingzong , fifth Chinese emperor of the Song Dynasty
- 1331 : Coluccio Salutati , Italian politician, philosopher
- 1447 : Johann Ludwig von Savoyen , administrator of the Archdiocese of Tarentaise and the Diocese of Geneva
- 1456 : Achille Grassi , Bishop of Bologna and Cardinal
- 1470 : Erich I , Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and ruling Prince of Calenberg-Göttingen
- 1481 : Sebastian von Diesbach , mayor of the city of Bern
- 1497 : Philipp Melanchthon , German reformer, theologian, philologist, philosopher, humanist, textbook author and poet
- 1514 : Georg Joachim Rheticus , Austrian mathematician and astronomer
- 1519 : Gaspard II. De Coligny , French admiral and Huguenot leader
- 1536 : Margaret of Austria , Archduchess of Austria and co-founder and canon of the Haller Damenstift
- 1543 : Kanō Eitoku , Japanese painter
- 1577 : Thomas Lansius , German lawyer
- 1580 : August Friedrich , Margrave of Brandenburg
- 1601 : Charles de Schomberg , French general
- 1620 : Friedrich Wilhelm , Elector of Brandenburg ("Great Elector")
- 1643 : Orazio Marinali , Italian sculptor
- 1656 : Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland , British politician
- 1659 : Peter Lackmann , German Protestant theologian and sacred song writer
- 1660 : Erdmann von Glasenapp , Royal Prussian Major General
- 1679 : Friedrich Wilhelm , Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
- 1684 : Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský , Czech composer and organ teacher
- 1698 : Pierre Bouguer , French geodesist and astronomer
- 1700 : Pedro Messía de la Cerda , Spanish officer, colonial administrator and viceroy of New Granada
18th century
- 1707 : Wilhelm Anton von der Asseburg , Prince-Bishop of Paderborn
- 1708 : Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim , Prince-Bishop of Würzburg and Bamberg
- 1709 : Carl Christoph Oelhafen von Schöllenbach , forest scientist, natural scientist and forest officer of the free imperial city of Nuremberg
- 1717 : Karl Gotthelf Müller , German rhetorician, poet and Lutheran theologian
- 1724 : Christian Ludwig Stieglitz , German lawyer, councilor and mineral collector
- 1727 : Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin , Austrian botanist and chemist
- 1727 : Friedrich von der Trenck , Prussian officer and adventurer
- 1731 : Marcello Bacciarelli , Italian painter of the Baroque and Classicism
- 1732 : Johann Friedrich Burscher , German Lutheran theologian
- 1734 : Georg Philipp Dohlhoff , pharmacist and mayor of the Palatinate Colony in Magdeburg
- 1736 : Helfrich Peter Sturz , German Enlightenment writer
- 1739 : Gottlieb Schlegel , German Protestant theologian and general superintendent for Western Pomerania
- 1740 : Giambattista Bodoni , Italian type designer, printer and publisher
- 1744 : Johann Georg Otto , German civil servant
- 1750 : Engelbert Arndts , Westphalian lawyer, imperial postmaster and civil servant
- 1753 : Friedrich Gustav Arvelius , Estonian-German Baltic writer and enlightener
- 1755 : Friedrich Wilhelm Bülow von Dennewitz , Prussian general
- 1761 : Jean-Charles Pichegru , French general of the Revolutionary Wars
- 1772 : Friedrich Gilly , German architect and builder
- 1774 : Pierre Rode , French violinist
- 1778 : John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton , British field marshal and colonial administrator
- 1786 : Maria Pawlowna , Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- 1789 : Charles Rivière-Hérard , President of Haiti
- 1790 : Juan Van Halen , Spanish general
- 1790 : Claude Servais Mathias Pouillet , French physicist
- 1791 : Friedrich von Ammon , German professor
- 1799 : Friedrich Gotthilf Fritsche , German Protestant clergyman
- 1799 : Heinrich von Kittlitz , German ornithologist, naturalist, traveler and draftsman
19th century
1801-1850
- 1801 : Constantine , last prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
- 1801 : Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg , German zoologist, entomologist and forest scientist
- 1802 : Carl Abraham Mankell , Swedish composer
- 1803 : Carl Julius Milde , German drawing teacher at the Katharineum
- 1805 : Heinrich von Hofstätter , German bishop of Passau
- 1808 : Franz Kaspar Drobe , German priest, bishop of Paderborn
- 1811 : Béla Wenckheim , Hungarian politician, Prime Minister
- 1812 : Henry Wilson , American politician
- 1813 : Joseph Reid Anderson , American engineer, brigadier general, and entrepreneur
- 1813 : Semen Hulak-Artemowskyj , Ukrainian opera singer and composer
- 1815 : Ottokar Maria Graf von Attems , Austrian Prince-Bishop
- 1815 : Gustav von Bonstetten , Swiss archaeologist
- 1816 : John Retcliffe , actually Hermann Goedsche, German writer
- 1818 : Wilhelm Wider , German painter
- 1821 : Heinrich Barth , German Africa explorer
- 1822 : James Patton Anderson , American major general
- 1822 : Francis Galton , British naturalist and medicin
- 1826 : Franz von Holstein , German composer
- 1826 : Joseph Victor von Scheffel , German writer and poet
- 1826 : Walpurga Schindl , Austrian poet from Tyrol
- 1827 : Carl Scheibler , German chemist
- 1830 : Émile Durand , French composer and music teacher
- 1831 : Benjamin Dwight Allen , American organist and composer
- 1831 : Nikolai Semjonowitsch Leskov , Russian writer
- 1834 : Ernst Haeckel , German zoologist and philosopher
- 1835 : Adolf von Donndorf , German sculptor
- 1838 : Henry Adams , American historian and cultural philosopher, Pulitzer Prize winner
- 1840 : Friederike Bognár , German actress
- 1841 : John Emory Andrus , American politician
- 1841 : Ferdinand von Droste zu Hülshoff , German ornithologist and writer
- 1844 : James Guillaume , Swiss anarchist and writer
- 1845 : François-Virgile Dubillard , Archbishop of Chambéry and Cardinal
- 1847 : Karl Bücher , German economist
- 1847 : Carl von Horn , Bavarian Colonel General and Minister of War
- 1847 : Philipp Scharwenka , German composer and music teacher
- 1848 : Hugo de Vries , Dutch biologist
- 1848 : Octave Mirbeau , French journalist, art critic and novelist
1851-1900
- 1852 : Charles Taze Russell , American founder of the Bible Students' Movement ( Jehovah's Witnesses )
- 1856 : Rudolph Karstadt , German textile entrepreneur
- 1856 : Alois Kreiten , German goldsmith
- 1863 : Ralph Aitken , Scottish football player
- 1864 : Hermann Stehr , German writer
- 1866 : Max von Guilleaume , German regatta sailor and entrepreneur
- 1866 : Paul von Schoenaich , German major general and pacifist
- 1871 : Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede , British civil servant, politician, writer and pacifist
- 1876 : Mack Swain , American actor
- 1877 : Wilhelm Vogelsang , German entrepreneur
- 1879 : Josef Andre , German politician
- 1881 : Hans Meiser , Protestant regional bishop of Bavaria
- 1881 : Hans Vogel , German wood sculptor and politician
- 1884 : Robert J. Flaherty , American documentary filmmaker
- 1884 : Alfred Grünwald , Austrian operetta librettist
- 1889 : Willy Appelhans , German racing cyclist and American bicycle maker
- 1891 : Hans FK Günther , German eugenicist, co-author of the National Socialist racial ideology ( racial pope)
- 1891 : Johannes Messner , Austrian theologian, legal scholar and politician
- 1891 : Nikolos Muschelischwili , Georgian mathematician
- 1891 : Pietro Parente , Italian cardinal, Archbishop of Perugia
- 1892 : Anselmo Albareda , Spanish clergyman, cardinal to the curia
- 1892 : Hans von der Au , German theologian and folklorist
- 1892 : Carl Auen , German film actor
- 1893 : Mikhail Nikolajewitsch Tukhachevsky , Soviet Marshal
- 1895 : Franz Böhm , German lawyer and economist
- 1895 : Franzischak Kuschal , Belarusian general and politician
- 1896 : Roberto Chery , Uruguayan football player
- 1896 : Carl Dreher , American sound engineer of Austrian origin
- 1896 : Michael Keller , Bishop of Münster
- 1897 : Heinrich Höfler , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1897 : Ludwig Preller , German folk and social scientist, politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag, State Minister
- 1899 : Cayetano Córdova Iturburu , Argentine journalist, art critic and writer
- 1899 : Hermann Grossmann , German author
- 1899 : Kurt Lieck , German actor and radio play speaker
- 1900 : Garabed Amadouni , Turkish clergyman
- 1900 : Jack Cummings , American film producer
- 1900 : Nasrollah Entezam , Iranian politician
- 1900 : Richard Langeheine , German lawyer, municipal official and politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : Joseph Ackermann , Swiss politician
- 1901 : Reinhold Ebertin , German astrologer, cosmobiologist and esotericist
- 1901 : Eugen Huth , German printer and local politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1902 : Hans Andersag , German chemist
- 1902 : Karl Saur , German engineer and State Secretary
- 1903 : Josef Krainer senior , Austrian politician, governor of Styria
- 1904 : James Baskett , American actor
- 1904 : George F. Kennan , American historian and diplomat
- 1904 : Hugo Wiener , Austrian composer and pianist
- 1906 : Norbert Dolezich , German graphic artist, painter and writer
- 1906 : Vera Menchik , Czech-British chess player
- 1907 : Harold Macfarlane Anstey , British film producer
- 1907 : Rudolf Braune , German writer and journalist
- 1907 : Jean Burger , French communist and resistance fighter
- 1907 : Adriano Chicco , Italian chess problem composer and chess historian
- 1907 : Herbert Drews , German motorcycle racer
- 1907 : Fritz Vonhof , German bobsledder
- 1907 : Alec Wilder , American composer
- 1908 : Rudolf Jacquemien , German writer and journalist
- 1909 : Sophie Dorothee von Podewils , German narrator and poet
- 1910 : Stig Andersson , Swedish wrestler
- 1910 : Yevgeny Kirillowitsch Golubew , Russian composer
- 1910 : Walter Fisch , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1911 : Agnes Kraus , German actress
- 1912 : Isaac Nemiroff , American composer, music teacher and scholar
- 1912 : Peggie Sampson , Canadian cellist, gambist and music teacher
- 1913 : Richard Jaeger , German lawyer and politician, Member of the Bundestag, MEP, Federal Minister, Vice-President of the Bundestag
- 1914 : Konrad Buchwald , German botanist, nature conservationist and landscape planner
- 1914 : Jimmy Wakely , American musician
- 1915 : Josef Adolf Schmoll called Eisenwerth , German art historian
- 1916 : Karl Brunner , German economist
- 1916 : Dương Văn Minh , South Vietnamese politician and general
- 1916 : Josef Rommerskirchen , German publicist, association official and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1917 : Adalbert Pilch , Austrian painter and graphic artist
- 1917 : Willi Weyer , German sports official
- 1918 : Patricia Marie Andrews , American singer
- 1918 : Achille Castiglioni , Italian designer and architect
- 1920 : Tony Crook , British racing driver and automobile manufacturer
- 1920 : Walt Faulkner , American racing car driver
- 1920 : Ger Lataster , Dutch painter
- 1921 : Jean Behra , French racing driver
- 1921 : Vera-Ellen , American film actress, dancer and singer
- 1922 : Sepp Folger , German ski racer
- 1922 : Luigi Meneghello , Italian writer
- 1922 : Gerhard Möllhoff , German neurologist, social medicine specialist and psychiatrist
- 1922 : Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer , German major and pilot
- 1922 : Rudolf Teschner , German chess master and journalist
- 1923 : Karl Otto Mühl , German writer
- 1924 : Ada Pace , Italian racing car driver
- 1925 : François-Xavier Ortoli , French politician and businessman
- 1925 : Alois Stacher , Austrian physician and politician
1926-1950
- 1926 : David CH Austin , British rose grower
- 1926 : Mario Cavagnaro , Peruvian singer-songwriter
- 1926 : Helma Schimke , Austrian architect and mountaineer
- 1926 : John Schlesinger , British director
- 1926 : Margot Frank , German victim of the Holocaust, sister of Anne Frank
- 1927 : Günter Apel , German trade unionist and politician
- 1927 : Ludwig Averkamp , German theologian, Archbishop of Hamburg
- 1927 : Botho Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, President of the DRK
- 1928 : Porfi Jiménez , Venezuelan composer, arranger and band leader
- 1928 : Edzard Reuter , German lawyer and CEO of Daimler-Benz AG
- 1929 : Kazimierz Kutz , Polish actor, film director and politician
- 1929 : Bernhard Luginbühl , Swiss artist
- 1929 : Christian Meier , German historian
- 1929 : Gerhard Hanappi , Austrian football player
- 1930 : Jack Sears , British racing car driver
- 1931 : Alfred Kolleritsch , Austrian writer and poet
- 1931 : Makoto Ōoka , Japanese poet and literary scholar
- 1931 : Ken Takakura , Japanese actor
- 1932 : Aharon Appelfeld , Israeli writer
- 1932 : Joseph Bourdon , French racing car driver
- 1932 : Ahmad Tejan Kabbah , Sierra Leonean President
- 1933 : Yoshishige Yoshida , Japanese film director and screenwriter
- 1934 : William Dean Tinker , American organist, pianist, harpsichordist and music teacher
- 1935 : Kurt Biesalski , German book and film author
- 1935 : Sonny Bono , American singer, actor and politician
- 1935 : Edda Dell'Orso , Italian soprano
- 1936 : Dieter Ahrendt , German football player
- 1936 : Christoph Anders , German politician
- 1936 : Joe Frank Harris , American politician
- 1936 : Eliahu Inbal , Israeli conductor
- 1936 : Pino Solanas , Argentine filmmaker
- 1937 : Valentin Wassiljewitsch Bondarenko , Ukrainian-Soviet pilot
- 1937 : Yuri Manin , Russian-German mathematician
- 1937 : Gerhard Päselt , German local politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1937 : Horst Peter , German educator, publicist and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1938 : John Corigliano , American composer
- 1939 : Czesław Niemen , Polish rock singer
- 1939 : Adelheid Tröscher , German educator and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1940 : Uwe Bremer , German painter and graphic artist
- 1942 : Ulrich Aust , German architect and preservationist
- 1942 : Gabriel Brnčić , Chilean composer
- 1943 : Anthony Dowell , British ballet dancer and choreographer
- 1944 : Dieter Brenninger , German football player
- 1944 : Richard Ford , American writer
- 1944 : Sigiswald Kuijken , Belgian violinist, viol player and conductor
- 1944 : António Mascarenhas Monteiro , Cape Verdean President
- 1945 : Rolf-Dieter Arens , German university professor and pianist
- 1946 : August Hanning , German lawyer, President of the Federal Intelligence Service
- 1946 : Gerd Knesel , German songwriter
- 1946 : Pete Postlethwaite , British actor
- 1947 : Toni Bortoluzzi , Swiss National Council
- 1947 : Rainer Nitschke , German radio and television presenter
- 1948 : Heinz-Uwe Küenle , German mathematician
- 1948 : Uwe Reimer , German author
- 1948 : Eckhard Uhlenberg , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister, President of the State Parliament
1951-1975
- 1951 : Franz-Josef Bode , German priest, Bishop of Osnabrück
- 1952 : Jan Kerouac , American author
- 1952 : Wolfgang Lippert , German singer, presenter and entertainer
- 1953 : Roberta Williams , American developer of computer games
- 1954 : Jeff Clayton , American jazz saxophonist
- 1954 : Iain Banks , British writer
- 1954 : Antonio Cid Cortés , Spanish bocce player
- 1954 : Margaux Hemingway , American actress and model
- 1954 : Klaus-Werner Jonas , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1954 : Isolde Kunkel-Weber , German trade unionist ( ver.di )
- 1955 : Meinhard Zanger , German director, actor and general manager
- 1956 : James Ingram , American soul musician, songwriter and producer
- 1956 : Sibylle Pomorin , German jazz musician and composer
- 1956 : Bodo Ramelow , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1956 : Zbigniew Tłuczyński , Polish handball player and coach
- 1956 : Claudia Wunderlich , German handball player
- 1957 : LeVar Burton , American actor
- 1958 : Bernhard Englbrecht , German ice hockey player and coach
- 1958 : Ice-T , American rapper and actor
- 1959 : Gordon Herbert , Canadian basketball coach
- 1959 : John McEnroe , American tennis player
- 1960 : Olga Antonova , Russian athlete
- 1960 : Andreas Homoki , German director and theater manager
- 1960 : Rike Koekkoek , German soccer player
- 1960 : Reiner Maurer , German soccer player and coach
- 1961 : Carl-Eduard von Bismarck , German entrepreneur and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1962 : John Balance , British musician
- 1962 : Uwe Jungandreas , German handball player and trainer
- 1963 : Iris Kammerer , German writer
- 1963 : Paddy Schmidt , German singer and songwriter
- 1964 : Bebeto , Brazilian soccer player
- 1964 : Ian Bousfield , British trombonist
- 1964 : Valentina Mikhailovna Egorova , Russian athlete, Olympic champion
- 1964 : Érik Maris , French banker and racing car driver
- 1965 : Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul , Thai sports official
- 1966 : Peter Neustädter , German soccer player
- 1966 : Monique Spartalis , Danish singer
- 1966 : Niklas Zennström , Swedish software developer ( KaZaA , Skype )
- 1967 : Pasha D. Lychnikoff , Russian actor
- 1968 : Warren Ellis , British comic book writer
- 1968 : Gábor Juhász , Hungarian jazz guitarist
- 1968 : Christian Grundner , German ultra marathon runner
- 1969 : Fermín Cacho , Spanish middle-distance runner, Olympic champion
- 1969 : Zlatko Perica , Croatian guitarist
- 1969 : Dimas Teixeira , Portuguese football player
- 1970 : Serdar Ortaç , Turkish singer
- 1970 : Angelo Peruzzi , Italian football player
- 1970 : Peter Schlickenrieder , German cross-country skier
- 1970 : Armand Van Helden , American house DJ and producer
- 1971 : Jack Rose , American guitarist
- 1972 : Jerome Bettis , American football player
- 1972 : Grit Breuer , German athlete
- 1972 : Wiebke Lorenz , German journalist and novelist
- 1973 : Cathy Freeman , Australian athlete, Olympic champion
- 1974 : Jamie Davies , British racing car driver
- 1974 : José Dominguez , Portuguese football player
1976-2000
- 1976 : Ayla Akat Ata , Turkish lawyer and politician
- 1977 : Ian Clarke , Irish computer scientist, developer of the Freenet network
- 1977 : Todd McClure , American football player
- 1978 : Frédéric Amorison , Belgian cyclist
- 1978 : Vala Flosadóttir , Icelandic athlete
- 1978 : Aikaterina Oikonomopoulou , Greek water polo player
- 1978 : Volker Oppitz , German soccer player
- 1978 : Philipp Plein , German fashion designer
- 1978 : Diego Pozo , Argentine soccer player
- 1979 : Valentino Rossi , Italian motorcycle racer, world champion
- 1981 : Olivier Deschacht , Belgian football player
- 1981 : Jay Howard , British racing driver
- 1981 : Jenny Kallur , Swedish athlete
- 1981 : Susanna Kallur , Swedish athlete
- 1982 : Lupe Fiasco , American rapper
- 1983 : Agyness Deyn , British model
- 1984 : Sofia Arvidsson , Swedish tennis player
- 1984 : Alexander Viktorovich Khoroshilov , Russian ski racer
- 1984 : Sokol Kacani , Albanian football player
- 1984 : Michał Przysiężny , Polish tennis player
- 1985 : Ron Vlaar , Dutch football player
- 1985 : Blumio , German rapper of Japanese origin
- 1986 : Fabian Aupperle , German soccer player
- 1986 : Ciprian Deac , Romanian football player
- 1986 : Diego Godín , Uruguayan football player
- 1986 : Äujes Jeljubajew , Kazakh billiards player
- 1986 : Mira Möller , German soccer player
- 1986 : Renger van der Zande , Dutch racing driver
- 1987 : Willy Aubameyang , Gabonese soccer player
- 1987 : Malte Schröder , German handball player
- 1987 : Marcel Lenz (born Stadel ), German football player
- 1988 : Andrea Ranocchia , Italian football player
- 1989 : Emilie Aubry , Swiss cyclist
- 1989 : Elizabeth Olsen , American actress
- 1989 : Phillipa Gray , New Zealand cyclist
- 1990 : Nico Abegglen , Swiss football player
- 1990 : Jonas Ahlstrand , Swedish cyclist
- 1990 : Nicol Gastaldi , Argentine ski racer
- 1990 : The Weeknd , Canadian singer
- 1991 : Sebastian Bender , German actor
- 1991 : Sergio Canales , Spanish football player
- 1991 : Sami Niemi , Finnish ski jumper
- 1992 : André Ramalho , Brazilian soccer player
- 1992 : Sarah Thonig , German actress
- 1993 : Raphael Holzhauser , Austrian soccer player
- 1993 : Matteo De Vettori , Italian ski racer
- 1994 : Ava Max , American singer
- 1995 : Giada Andreutti , Italian athletics and bobsleigh rider
- 1995 : Denzel Curry , American rapper and singer
- 1996 : Jimmy Pinchak , American actor
Died
Before the 16th century
- 637 : Maria al-Qibtiyya , Christian slave and concubine of the founder of the religion Mohammed
- 702 : K'inich Kan Bahlam II , ruler of the Mayan city of Palenque
- 1084 : Siegfried I of Mainz , abbot in Fulda and archbishop of Mainz
- 1184 : Richard of Dover , Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1204 : Manegold von Hallwyl , Abbot of St. Blasien
- 1236 : Philippa Mareri , Italian abbess and founder of the monastery
- 1247 : Heinrich Raspe , Landgrave of Thuringia, anti-king of Frederick II.
- 1264 : Azzo VII d'Este , Margrave and Signor of Ferrara
- 1279 : Alfons III. , Portuguese king
- 1281 : Gertrud von Hohenberg , Countess von Habsburg, Kyburg and Löwenstein and as Anna von Habsburg, Roman-German queen
- 1318 : Waldemar Magnusson , Swedish Prince and Duke of Finland
- 1364 : John Maltravers, 1st Baron Maltravers , English nobleman and courtier
- 1372 : Heinrich VII. Von Kranlucken , prince abbot of Fulda
- 1383 : Giovanni da Legnano , Italian lawyer, military theorist and canon lawyer
- 1390 : Ruprecht I , Elector Palatinate
- 1391 : John V , son of the Byzantine emperor Andronikos III.
- 1397 : Henry VI. , Count of Waldeck
- 1402 : Wilhelm I./III. , Duke of Geldern and Jülich
- 1466 : Burkhard von Weißpriach , Archbishop of Salzburg
16th to 18th century
- 1517 : Elisabeth Jagiellonica , Polish and Lithuanian princess, Silesian duchess of Liegnitz and Brieg
- 1531 : Johannes Stöffler , German mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, pastor, professor and manufacturer of astronomical instruments
- 1560 : Jean du Bellay , Cardinal and Archbishop of Paris
- 1573 : Georg Witzel (Wicelius), theologian and opponent of Luther
- 1579 : Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada , Spanish conquistador and lawyer
- 1613 : Johannes Letzner , chronicler of Lower Saxony
- 1617 : Caspar Ulenberg , German theologian and Bible translator, poet and composer
- 1624 : Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox , Scottish nobleman
- 1633 : Johann Vopelius , Electoral Saxon officer, fortress commander of the Pleißenburg in Leipzig
- 1635 : Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba , Spanish general
- 1637 : Henry Gellibrand , English astronomer
- 1653 : Johannes Schultz , German composer
- 1656 : Johann Klaj , German poet
- 1665 : Stefan Czarniecki , Polish general and general
- 1665 : Heinrich Saffe , Lübeck councilor
- 1666 : Jean de Lauzon , governor of New France
- 1696 : Friedrich von Dönhoff , lieutenant general in Brandenburg-Prussia
- 1705 : Gertraud Moller , Königsberg poet
- 1710 : Esprit Fléchier , French bishop, pulpit speaker and writer
- 1728 : Aurora von Königsmarck , German noblewoman, mistress of August II of Saxony, provess of the Quedlinburg monastery
- 1728 : Heinrich , Duke of Saxony-Weissenfels, General Elector of Saxony
- 1729 : Johann Kaspar Sing , Bavarian painter and Bavarian court painter to the electoral prince
- 1738 : Matthias Bernhard Braun , Bohemian sculptor
- 1738 : Carel de Moor , Dutch painter
- 1748 : Francesco Onorato Grimaldi , Abbot of Monaco and Archbishop of Besançon
- 1761 : Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont , French painter
- 1765 : Ferdinand August Hommel , German legal scholar
- 1766 : Johann August Landvoigt , German lawyer and flautist
- 1767 : Johann Friedrich Faselius , German medic
- 1780 : Johann Aloys I. zu Oettingen-Spielberg , Prince of the Principality of Oettingen-Spielberg
- 1782 : Heinrich Carl von Schimmelmann , Holstein-Danish count, merchant and slave trader
- 1792 : Johann Christian Hofmann , German civil servant
- 1794 : Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne , French politician and cleric
- 1799 : Karl Theodor , Elector Palatinate and Bavaria
19th century
- 1803 : Giovanni Punto , Bohemian horn player, violinist and composer
- 1805 : Johann Hermann Schacht , German Reformed theologian
- 1819 : Honoré IV , Prince of Monaco
- 1819 : Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes , French painter
- 1823 : Alexander Ferdinand von Mellentin , royal Saxon major general
- 1823 : Johann Gottfriedschicht , German composer and Thomaskantor
- 1829 : François-Joseph Gossec , Belgian composer and musician
- 1837 : Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus , German doctor and naturalist
- 1839 : Ludwig Berger , German composer, pianist and piano teacher
- 1840 : Andreas Ludwig Christoph Kettembeil , German lawyer and editor
- 1844 : Heinrich Stölzel , German musician
- 1854 : Henrich zu Stolberg-Wernigerode , regent of the county of Wernigerode
- 1857 : Elisha Kent Kane , American explorer, explorer, and doctor
- 1857 : Karl von Schönhals , Austrian Feldzeugmeister
- 1858 : Friedrich Creuzer , German philologist
- 1861 : Ernst Casimir II of Ysenburg and Büdingen , Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen
- 1864 : Wenzel Heinrich Veit , Czech composer
- 1870 : Heinrich Albert Oppermann , Hanoverian-German lawyer, politician and writer
- 1876 : Karl Gustav Nieritz , German folk and youth writer
- 1880 : Heinrich von Abendroth , Saxon lieutenant general and military writer
- 1880 : Alexander von Villers , Austrian writer and diplomat
- 1881 : Gustav Richard Neumann , German chess player
- 1882 : Julián Arcas , Spanish guitarist, composer and guitar teacher
- 1885 : Theodor Harms , German theologian
- 1885 : Herbert Stewart , British major general
- 1889 : Fritz Tillisch , Danish lawyer, landlord and minister
- 1892 : Henry Walter Bates , British naturalist, evolutionary biologist and entomologist (Bates' mimicry)
- 1895 : Anton Abt , German theologian and narrator
- 1896 : Carl Adler , German lawyer and politician
- 1899 : Félix Faure , French politician, minister, president
- 1900 : Julius Schrader , German painter
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901 : Truman Everts , American explorer
- 1907 : Giosuè Carducci , Italian poet and speaker, Nobel Prize for Literature
- 1907 : Clementine d'Orléans , Princess of France
- 1907 : Gustav Hertzberg , German author, historical and regional historian
- 1911 : Agnes Günther , German writer
- 1912 : Nikolai of Japan , Russian monk and Orthodox Archbishop of Tokyo and Japan
- 1914 : Aoki Shūzō , Japanese diplomat and politician
- 1917 : Octave Mirbeau , French journalist, art critic and novelist
- 1919 : John J. Adams , American lawyer and politician
- 1919 : Rudolf Dittrich , Austrian musician
- 1919 : Heinrich Bosse , German-Baltic clergyman and evangelical martyr
- 1920 : Johann Albrecht , German colonial politician, regent of Braunschweig
- 1921 : Ernst Ziel , German writer and editor
- 1922 : Paul von Andreae , German industrialist and landowner
- 1922 : Curt von Prittwitz and Gaffron , German admiral
- 1922 : Ferdinand Wittenbauer , Austrian technician
- 1924 : Wilhelm Schmidt , German engineer and inventor
- 1927 : Otto Keller , German classical philologist
- 1927 : Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de 'Bianchi , Italian clergyman, Vatican diplomat, cardinal to the Curia
- 1931 : Wilhelm von Gloeden , German photographer in Sicily, pioneer of nude photography
- 1932 : Julian Borchardt , German journalist and politician, MdL
- 1932 : Ferdinand Buisson , French politician and educator, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- 1937 : Paul Graetz , German cabaret artist and comedian
- 1938 : Luigi Capotosti , Italian clergyman, Bishop of Modigliana and cardinal to the Curia
- 1938 : Lev Lwowitsch Sedow , eldest son of Leon Trotsky and his second wife Natalia Sedova
- 1938 : Otto zur Linde , German writer
- 1939 : Jura Soyfer , Austrian writer
- 1940 : Isidore Marie Joseph Dumortier , Roman Catholic Bishop and Apostolic Vicar of Saigon
- 1943 : Mildred Harnack-Fish , US-American-German literary scholar, translator, resistance fighter
- 1944 : Bob Zurke , American jazz musician, pianist, composer
- 1947 : Alexander Löhr , Austrian officer in the German Air Force, Colonel General, war criminal
- 1948 : Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte , Italian clergyman, Vatican diplomat and cardinal to the Curia
- 1948 : Irmfried Eberl , Austrian-German SS doctor, director of two killing centers and the Treblinka extermination camp, war criminal
- 1948 : Richard von Kühlmann , German lawyer, industrialist and diplomat
- 1950 : Victor Julius Franz , German zoologist
1951-2000
- 1951 : Hans Böckler , German politician and trade union official
- 1951 : Heinrich von Srbik , Austrian historian
- 1954 : Senda Berenson Abbott , American physical education teacher
- 1957 : John Sealy Townsend , British physicist
- 1957 : Józef Hofmann , Polish-American pianist, composer, music teacher and inventor
- 1958 : Victor Arendorff , Swedish writer, journalist and poet
- 1958 : Rudolf Pleil , German serial killer ( Der Totmacher )
- 1959 : Tim Mara , American football official
- 1963 : Friedrich Dessauer , German radiologist, physicist, politician, member of the Bundestag, entrepreneur and publicist
- 1963 : László Lajtha , Hungarian composer
- 1965 : Liselotte Malkowsky , German pop singer
- 1968 : Paul Graetz , German officer, first traverser of Africa in an automobile
- 1968 : Healey Willan , Canadian composer, organist, choir director and music teacher
- 1970 : Francis Peyton Rous , American pathologist, cancer researcher, Nobel Prize winner
- 1970 : Carl de Vogt , German actor
- 1971 : Fritz Kolbe , German spy and resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 1972 : Jakob Fischbacher , German politician, MdL
- 1973 : Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz , German diplomat
- 1973 : Max Mack , German film director
- 1976 : Wilhelm Gutmann , German politician, MdL
- 1976 : Franz Mühlenberg , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1977 : Janani Luwum , Anglican Archbishop of Uganda
- 1977 : Rózsa Péter , Hungarian mathematician
- 1977 : Josef Schlick , German entrepreneur and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1978 : Pipí Franco , Dominican singer and composer
- 1978 : Svend Johannsen , Danish minority politician in Schleswig-Holstein
- 1980 : Edward Thomas Copson , British mathematician
- 1980 : Kurt Frör , German Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1980 : Erich Hückel , German chemist and physicist
- 1980 : Percy Legard , British pentathlete, Nordic combined athlete and officer
- 1982 : Heinrich Mauersberger , German engineer and inventor in the textile industry ( Malimo )
- 1982 : Alí Primera , Venezuelan composer and singer of protest music
- 1983 : Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna , Polish poet and translator
- 1984 : Charles Oulmont , French writer
- 1985 : Sigfried Asche , German art historian and museum director
- 1985 : Marian Engel , Canadian writer
- 1986 : Howard Da Silva , American film and stage actor
- 1986 : Anton Hilbert , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1987 : Alois Brems , German priest, Bishop of Eichstätt
- 1987 : Miguel Prado Paz , Mexican composer
- 1988 : Jean Carignan , Canadian fiddle player
- 1988 : Arturo Correa , Puerto Rican actor, film director and producer
- 1988 : Carlo Snider , Swiss canon lawyer
- 1989 : Ida Ehre , Austrian-German actress and director
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- 1990 : Keith Haring , American artist
- 1991 : Luis Escobar Kirkpatrick , Spanish actor and theater director
- 1991 : Max Strecker , German actor
- 1992 : George MacBeth , British poet and writer from Scotland
- 1992 : Jânio Quadros , President of Brazil
- 1994 : François Marty , French clergyman, Archbishop of Reims and Paris, cardinal
- 1996 : Brownie McGhee , American blues singer and guitarist
- 1997 : Chien-Shiung Wu , Chinese-US-American physicist
- 1999 : Necil Kâzım Akses , Turkish composer
- 2000 : Lilja Kedrowa , Russian actress
21st century
- 2001 : William Howell Masters , American gynecologist and sex researcher
- 2001 : Helen Vita , German chansonnière, actress and cabaret artist
- 2002 : Moisés Moleiro , Venezuelan politician and historian
- 2003 : Aleksandar Tišma , Serbian writer
- 2004 : Shirley Strickland de la Hunty , Australian athlete, Olympic champion
- 2004 : Doris Troy , American soul singer
- 2005 : Nicole DeHuff , American actress
- 2005 : Nariman Sadiq , last Egyptian queen
- 2005 : Marcello Viotti , Italian conductor
- 2005 : Gerry Wolff , German actor
- 2006 : Johnny Grunge , American wrestler
- 2006 : Ernie Stautner , American football player and coach
- 2008 : Hans Leussink , German civil engineer, university professor and politician, Federal Minister
- 2009 : Susanne von Almassy , Austrian actress
- 2009 : Konrad Dannenberg , German-American rocket pioneer
- 2011 : Matti Ilmari Aura , Finnish politician
- 2011 : Tonny van Ede , Dutch football player
- 2011 : Len Lesser , American actor
- 2013 : Tony Sheridan , British musician
- 2014 : Kralle Krawinkel , German guitarist
- 2015 : Lesley Gore , American singer
- 2015 : Heinrich Windelen , German politician, Federal Minister
- 2016 : Boutros Boutros-Ghali , Egyptian diplomat, sixth Secretary General of the United Nations
- 2016 : Hans-Jacob Krümmel , German business economist and university lecturer
- 2017 : Josef Augusta , Czech ice hockey coach and player
- 2017 : Dick Bruna , Dutch author and illustrator
- 2017 : Jannis Kounellis , Greek visual artist
- 2018 : Valentīna Freimane , Latvian-Jewish film and theater scholar
- 2018 : Hans Rinner , Austrian entrepreneur and football official
- 2018 : Jochen Schumann , German economist
- 2019 : Bruno Ganz , Swiss actor
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Wilhelm Schmidt , German engineer (Protestant)
- St. Juliana of Nicomedia , Roman martyr and patron saint (Catholic)
- State holidays and memorial days
- Lithuania : Establishment of the First Lithuanian Republic (1918)
- North Korea : Shining Star Day , Kim Jong-il's birthday
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
Web links
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