January 16
January 16 (in Austria and South Tyrol : January 16 ) is the 16th day of the Gregorian calendar , so there are 349 days (350 days in leap years) until the end of the year.
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events
politics and world affairs
- 27 B.C. BC: In the course of the state act lasting several days to end the civil war in Rome , Octavian receives the honorary title of Augustus ( Exalted ) from the Roman Senate at the suggestion of Lucius Munatius Plancus . This is considered the founding date of the Principate .
- 929: Abd ar-Rahman III. , the previous Emir of Córdoba , assumes the title of caliph and thus transforms his empire into a caliphate .
- 1082: A Norman army under Robert Guiskard takes the Byzantine port city of Durazzo .
- 1547: 16-year-old Ivan IV becomes first crowned Tsar of Russia . The reign of the monarch, who later became known as Ivan the Terrible , was initially characterized by modernization.
- 1556: In the course of the gradual abdication of Charles V , his son Philip takes over the Spanish kingdom and its colonies .
- 1756: The Convention of Westminster , a guarantee treaty between Prussia under Frederick II and Great Britain under George II , comes about. However, the defensive alliance, intended as a guarantee of peace, leads to the reversal of the alliances in Europe and thus promotes the emergence of the Seven Years' War .
- 1761: The British conquer the city of Pondicherry in French India and almost completely destroy the place.
- 1780: A British fleet under Admiral George Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney destroys a Spanish squadron in the naval battle of Cape St. Vincent , six of the nine ships of the line are captured and one is sunk.
- 1809: During the Napoleonic Wars on the Iberian Peninsula , the British General John Moore manages to hold off the French troops under General Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult in the Battle of La Coruña until all troops have been evacuated from the city , he however, he dies in the process.
- 1839: Britain captures the Yemeni city of Aden from the Ottomans.
- 1864: The Austrian and Prussian empires give Denmark a 48-hour ultimatum to rescind the November constitution and vacate the duchy of Schleswig . Since Denmark does not react to this, a few days later the German-Danish War breaks out .
- 1878: During the war against the Ottoman Empire , Russian troops conquer Plovdiv , the largest city in Bulgaria at the time .
- 1920: The 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution , ratified exactly one year earlier by US President Woodrow Wilson , prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating substances, goes into effect. This is the start of Prohibition in the USA .
- 1945: Due to the increasingly precarious situation during the Second World War , Adolf Hitler relocated the Führer headquarters to the recently completed Führerbunker .
- 1945: Large parts of Magdeburg are destroyed by an air raid during World War II.
- 1969: Student Jan Palach immolates himself in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest the suppression of the Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia .
- 1979: Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi leaves Iran in the wake of the Islamic Revolution and goes into exile in Egypt.
- 1988: The Independent Society for the Protection of Human Rights , the first opposition organization in the communist People's Republic of Bulgaria , is founded in Septemvri, Bulgaria, by 16 former political prisoners .
- 1992: The Peace of Chapultepec is signed in Chapultepec, Mexico, ending the ten-year civil war between the El Salvadoran government and the guerrilla movement Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional .
- 1996: In Sierra Leone there is a coup against Valentine Strasser , in power since 1992. His deputy Julius Maada Bio replaces him.
- 1998: The German Bundestag passes the controversial amendment to Article 13 of the German Basic Law , which allows for acoustic surveillance of private homes for law enforcement purposes .
- 2001: The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Laurent-Désiré Kabila , is assassinated. The background to the assassination, which took place exactly 40 years after the death of African freedom hero Patrice Lumumba , remains unclear.
- 2002: After defeating the rebel organization Revolutionary United Front under Foday Sankoh , the government of Sierra Leone under Ahmad Tejan Kabbah signed an agreement with the United Nations to set up a special court to prosecute war crimes committed in the civil war in Sierra Leone .
- 2006: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf becomes the first woman to be inducted into the post of head of state of an African state after winning the presidential elections in Liberia .
- 2007: At least 65 people are killed and another 140 injured in an attack at Al-Mustansiriyya University in Baghdad.
- 2015: US President Barack Obama implements numerous relaxations of the economic embargo against Cuba , which has existed for more than 50 years . However , significant parts that require the approval of the US Congress to be revoked remain in place.
business
- 1807: The Allgemeine Zeitung published by Johann Friedrich Cotta appears for the first time in Augsburg, where Cotta has moved because of the Württemberg censorship . This is where the influential liberal paper will have an important voice in Vormärz .
- 1945: The Renault automobile company was nationalized by France .
- 1983: The German ignition goods monopoly ends.
science and technology
- 1909: Two Australian geologists , Tannatt William Edgeworth David and Douglas Mawson , along with Scottish physician Alistair Mackay , are the first to reach the magnetic South Pole during the Nimrod expedition led by Ernest Shackleton .
- 1969: The two Soviet spaceships Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 succeed in the first docking maneuver in space. The two flight engineers Yevgeny Vasilyevich Khrunov and Alexei Stanislavovich Eliseyev undertake a spacewalk and change from Soyuz 5 to Soyuz 4 .
- 2003: The Space Shuttle Columbia launches into space on its final mission . On landing 16 days later, the space shuttle burns up in the atmosphere, killing the seven astronauts on board.
Culture
- 1632: Rembrandt van Rijn is present at a lecture given by the physician Nicolaes Tulp , at which he is performing an autopsy on the corpse of the highwayman Adriaan Adriaanszoon. After this experience the picture The Anatomy of Dr. tulip .
- 1739: The premiere of George Frideric Handel's oratorio Saul takes place in the Haymarket Theater in London .
- 1800: The opera Les deux journées ( The Water Carrier ) by Luigi Cherubini is premiered at the Théâtre Feydeau in Paris .
- 1843: The comic opera Le Part du diable ( The Devil's Share ) by Daniel-François-Esprit Auber is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris .
- 1861: The premiere of Louis Lacombe 's opera La Madone takes place at the Théâtre-Lyrique on the Boulevard du Temple in Paris .
- 1869: The premiere of the operetta L'Ecossais de Chatou by Léo Delibes takes place at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris .
- 1876: The romantic opera Die Hochländer by Franz von Holstein is premiered in Mannheim .
- 1918: The Dresden artists' association Die Zunft is dissolved.
- 1938: Benny Goodman gives a famous jazz concert with his orchestra in Carnegie Hall in New York City . This style of music becomes a huge hit after simultaneous radio broadcast.
- 1957: The Cavern Club opens in Liverpool . It is considered the cradle of British beat music .
- 1962: Shooting of the first James Bond film begins in Jamaica : James Bond – 007 chases Dr. no .
- 1995: The ORF youth station FM4 goes on the air.
society
- 1936: American serial killer Albert Fish was executed in the electric chair . The number of his victims is undetermined, one suspects 16 or more people.
- 1972: The Federal German Federal Ministry of the Interior decreed that the use of the designation " Fräulein " in federal authorities should be refrained from. The salutation "Frau" is to be used for every female adult.
- 1996: The humanitarian organization People Against Mines is founded in Germany to support non-governmental organizations in clearing landmines and building infrastructure in post-war scenarios.
religion
- 1946: Pope Pius XII. bestows the title of Doctor of the Church on St. Anthony of Padua .
disasters
- 1219: The First Marcellus Flood , a severe storm surge on the North Sea coast, kills around 36,000 people, West Friesland is hardest hit.
- 1362: The Frisian town of Rungholt sinks during the second Marcellus flood , which inspires Detlev von Liliencron to write his poem Trutz, blanke Hans more than 500 years later . The first Halligen appear.
- 1511: The Antoni flood breaks over East Friesland together with heavy ice . Many villages and parishes have to be abandoned. Significant land losses are at Dollart and Jade Bay .
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 2018: The Federal Labor Court (BAG) in Erfurt ruled on a legal dispute between former German soccer goalkeeper Heinz Müller and 1. FSV Mainz 05 that had been going on for years . German football clubs may continue to give professional footballers fixed-term contracts in the future.
Entries of track and field world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1093: Isaac Komnenos , Byzantine prince and pretender to the throne of the Komnenian dynasty
- 1245: Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster , son of Henry III. and Lord High Steward of England
- 1409: René I , titular king of Naples
- 1443: Erasmo da Narni, called Gattamelata , Italian condottiere
- 1516: Bayinnaung , king of the Taungoo dynasty in present-day Burma
- 1537: Albrecht VII , Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- 1538: Johann Friedrich III. , Prince of the Ernestine line of the Wettins, Duke of Saxony
- 1549: Johannes Pappus , Lutheran theologian and confessionalist
- 1558: Jakobe of Baden-Baden , Margravine of Baden and Duchess of Jülich-Kleve-Berg
- 1558: Lavinia della Rovere , Princess of Urbino
- 1590: Johannes Steuber , German Hebrew scholar and theologian
- 1605: Shahriyar , son of the Mughal emperor Jahangir and brother of Shah Jahan
- 1622: Anna Margareta Wrangel , wife of Swedish statesman Carl Gustav Wrangel
- 1626: Lucas Achtschellinck , Flemish landscape painter
- 1630: Har Rai , seventh guru of Sikhism
- 1633: Detlev von Ahlefeldt , canon of the cathedral chapter of Lübeck Cathedral
- 1641: Pontiaan van Hattem , Dutch theologian and philosopher of religion
- 1653: Johann Conrad Brunner , Swiss physician
- 1655: Bernard de Montfaucon , French scholar
- 1671: John Wentworth , British Lieutenant Governor of New Hampshire
- 1672: Francesco Mancini , Italian conductor and composer
- 1675: Louis de Rouvroy, Duke of Saint-Simon , French politician and writer
- 1680: Giampaolo De Dominici , Italian actor, singer and composer
- 1698: Johann Christoph Struchtmeyer , German Reformed theologian, historian and rhetorician
- 1699: Franz Christoph Anton von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen , canon of various cathedral chapters and Prime Minister of the Electorate of Cologne
18th century
- 1701: Christoph Gottfried Ungibauer , Protestant pastor, author of theological writings and promoter of potato cultivation near Leipzig
- 1724: Per Krafft the Elder , Swedish painter
- 1726: Daniel Funk , Swiss watchmaker
- 1728: Niccolò Piccinni , Italian composer
- 1731: Johann Joachim Christoph Bode , German translator
- 1731: Tyge Rothe , Danish writer
- 1734: John A. Treutlen , American politician, governor of Georgia
- 1745: Antonio José Cavanilles , Spanish botanist
- 1746: Johann Helfrich von Müller , German civil engineer and lieutenant colonel
- 1749: Vittorio Alfieri , Italian poet and playwright
- 1749: Johann Gottlieb Bärstecher , German publisher, theater theorist, deputy and revolutionary
- 1749: Michael Konrad Wankel , German master tanner and member of the first Bavarian state parliament
- 1752: Nicolas François Guillard , French librettist
- 1757: Samuel McIntire , American architect and artist
- 1763: Franz von Walsegg , Austrian nobleman and amateur composer, commissioner for Mozart's Requiem
- 1766: Christoph Ammon , German Protestant theologian
- 1768: Carl Andreas Göpfert , German composer
- 1771: Christoph Maurus Fuchs , German painter
- 1771: Joseph Antoine Morio , French officer and Minister of War for the Kingdom of Westphalia
- 1776: Johann Heinrich Moritz von Poppe , German mathematician and physicist
- 1785: Simon Kramer , Austrian robber ( Robin Hood of Carinthia )
- 1791: Henryk Dembiński , Polish general
- 1792: Rudolf André , German farmer and author
- 1792: Adam Karl Wilhelm Nikolaus Paul Eugen , Prince of Württemberg and officer
- 1794: Maximilian Joseph von Chelius , German ophthalmologist and surgeon
- 1795: Carl Christian Rafn , Danish antiquarian
19th century
1801-1850
- 1801: Thomas Clausen , Danish astronomer
- 1801: Ludwig Leopold Liebig , German gardener and plant breeder
- 1802: Friedrich Julius Stahl , German legal philosopher, jurist, Prussian Crown Counsel and politician
- 1806: Bernhard von Neher , German painter
- 1808: Charles Wellesley , British general and politician
- 1810: Karl Grunert , German actor
- 1811: Johann Dzierzon , Silesian priest and naturalist
- 1813: Georges Darboy , Archbishop of Paris
- 1814: Josip Mihalović , Hungarian-Croatian clergyman, Cardinal Archbishop of Agram (Zagreb)
- 1815: Henry Wager Halleck , American general
- 1816: Paula Elisabeth Cerioli , Italian founder of the order
- 1816: Adolph Oppenheim , German farmer and manor owner
- 1816: John Palmer Usher , American politician
- 1818: Ferdinand Kommerell , German mathematician
- 1818: Carl Wilhelm August Strandberg , Swedish author and journalist
- 1819: Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll , German classical scholar
- 1820: Johannes Rebmann , German missionary and traveler to Africa
- 1820: Pierre Louis Rouillard , French sculptor
- 1821: John C. Breckinridge , United States Vice President, Senator and Representative for Kentucky, Confederate General and Secretary of War in the Civil War
- 1822: Adelbert Delbrück , German entrepreneur and banker
- 1822: Henri d'Orléans, duc d'Aumale , French general, historian and art collector
- 1823: Louise Zeller , German author of historical novels
- 1825: Carl Abraham Pihl , Norwegian railway pioneer
- 1826: Julia Grant , United States first lady
- 1828: Karl Gottfried Mäser , German Mormon theologian and educator
- 1828: Félix Gustave Saussier , French general and MP
- 1829: Włodzimierz Spasowicz , Polish jurist and literary scholar
- 1831: Karl Alexander zur Lippe , German nobleman, incapacitated regent
- 1834: Otto Glagau , German journalist and writer
- 1836: Francis II , King of Sicily and Naples
- 1838: Franz Brentano , German philosopher and psychologist
- 1843: Adolf von Brüning , German industrialist, chemist and politician
- 1844: Friedrich Heinrich Suso Denifle , Austrian church historian and Dominican
- 1844: Ismail Qemali , Albanian politician and publicist, Prime Minister
- 1844: Paul Singer , German manufacturer, SPD co-founder, MdR
- 1845: Charles Dwight Sigsbee , US naval officer
- 1847: Kálmán Mikszáth , Hungarian writer
- 1848: Otto Techow , German architect and Prussian building official
- 1849: Juhana Heikki Erkko , Finnish writer
- 1850: Eduard Pelissier , German high school teacher and historian
1851-1900
- 1852: Stephan Burián , Austro-Hungarian politician
- 1853: Josef Maurer , Catholic pastor, poet and Lower Austrian local researcher
- 1853: André Michelin , French industrialist
- 1853: Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton , British general
- 1855: Eleanor Marx , German-English socialist, youngest daughter of Karl Marx
- 1857: Anton Kisa , German-Bohemian art historian, classical archaeologist, museum director
- 1858: Elwood Mead , American engineer, builder of Hoover Dam
- 1858: Eugen Zintgraff , German explorer of Africa and colonial propagandist
- 1859: Jón Magnússon , Prime Minister of Iceland
- 1863: Emanuel La Roche , Swiss architect
- 1866: Percy Sinclar Pilcher , British inventor and an aeronautical pioneer
- 1868: Armin Otto Leuschner , American astronomer
- 1868: Woldemar Tranzschel , Russian botanist and mycologist
- 1870: Jimmy Collins , American baseball player and manager
- 1870: Jüri Jaakson , Estonian jurist and politician
- 1870: Ludwig Kohlen , German local politician
- 1870: Wilhelm Normann , German chemist
- 1872: Henri Büsser , French composer
- 1872: Edward Gordon Craig , British actor, director, set designer and printmaker
- 1874: Robert W. Service , Canadian poet and novelist
- 1875: Leonor Michaelis , German-American biochemist and physician
- 1875: Ludwig Vierthaler , German sculptor
- 1877: Thomas Hakon Grönwall , Swedish mathematician
- 1880: Leopold Blauensteiner , Austrian painter
- 1884 Jules Supervielle , Uruguayan poet, playwright and short story writer
- 1884: Frederick Dewhurst Yates , English chess player
- 1885: Władysław Raczkiewicz , Polish civil servant and politician
- 1885: Zhou Zuoren , Chinese translator and author
- 1887: Kasai Zenzō , Japanese writer and journalist
- 1888: Ossip Maximovich Brik , Russian Soviet avant-garde writer
- 1890: Maura Böckeler , German Benedictine nun, writer and researcher on Hildegard von Bingen
- 1890: Karl Freund , German cameraman
- 1892: Homer Burton Adkins , American chemist
- 1892: Wilhelm von Apell , German officer
- 1892: Josef Skupa , Czech puppeteer
- 1893: Pauline Alderman , American musicologist and composer
- 1894: Irving Mills , American music publisher, producer, composer and singer
- 1896: Ferdinand May , German playwright and author
- 1896: Robert Meyn , German actor, theater manager
- 1896: Robert Wilkins , American blues and gospel guitarist and singer
- 1897: Kurt Hueck , German botanist
- 1897: Eva Gabriele Reichmann , German-Jewish historian
- 1898: Paul Jappe , American football player
- 1898: Gerta Overbeck , German painter, representative of the New Objectivity
- 1898: Irving Rapper , British film director
- 1899: Michl Lang , German folk actor
- 1900: Walter Hagemann , German newspaper scholar and politician
- 1900: Juan López Sánchez , Spanish syndicalist and politician
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Fulgencio Batista , Cuban President and Dictator
- 1901: Frank J. Zamboni , American inventor and entrepreneur
- 1902: Josef Aschauer , German mountaineer, mountain rescuer, skier and ski jumper
- 1902: Wilhelm Hauschild , German photographer
- 1902: Eric Liddell , British athlete, Olympic champion
- 1902: Karl Neuner , German Nordic combined athlete
- 1903: Gustav Mesmer , German airplane (bicycle) builder, visionary and basket weaver
- 1903: William Grover-Williams , Anglo-French racing driver and SOE spy
- 1905: Itō Sei , Japanese writer, translator and literary critic
- 1906: Erich Kähler , German mathematician
- 1907: Alexander Knox , Canadian actor
- 1907: Paul Nitze , American disarmament expert
- 1907: Martin Scherber , German composer
- 1908: Sammy Crooks , English footballer
- 1908: Ethel Merman , American actress and singer
- 1908: Günther Prien , German naval officer and U-boat commander
- 1909: Clement Greenberg , American art critic
- 1910: Walter Schellenberg , German general of the SS and police, head of the combined intelligence services of the SD and counterintelligence of the RSHA, war criminal
- 1911: Eduardo Frei Montalva , Chilean politician
- 1911: Roger Lapébie , French racing cyclist
- 1911: Hermann Schwabedissen , German prehistorian
- 1912: Heinrich Drimmel , Austrian politician and jurist
- 1912: Franz Tumler , Austrian writer
- 1914: Richard Eaton , Canadian choirmaster, organist and composer
- 1914: Buddy Moss , American blues musician
- 1915: Sammy Angott , American lightweight boxer
- 1915: Heinz Brendel , German racing driver
- 1917: Luigi Agustoni , Swiss theologian, church musician
- 1917: Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin , President of Beninese
- 1918: Josip Barković , Croatian novelist, screenwriter and film director
- 1918: Nel Benschop , Dutch poet
- 1918: Marcelo González Martín , Spanish priest, Archbishop of Toledo and cardinal
- 1918: Stirling Silliphant , American screenwriter
- 1918: Hermann-Josef Weidinger , Austrian Premonstratensian canon and missionary
- 1920: Claude Abadie , French bank manager, clarinetist and orchestra leader of the Dixieland Jazz
- 1920: Stephanos II Ghattas , Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria and Cardinal
- 1920: Early Wynn , American baseball player
- 1921: José Arribas , French coach
- 1921: Chasia Bornstein-Bielicka , German resistance fighter and partisan
- 1922: Hermann Bachmann , German painter
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- 1923: Willem Aantjes , Dutch politician
- 1923: Menotti Avanzolini , Italian footballer
- 1924: Katy Jurado , Mexican actress
- 1924: Aleksandar Tišma , Serbian writer
- 1925: Hans-Jürgen Augstein , German politician, MP
- 1925: Germund Dahlquist , Swedish mathematician
1926-1950
- 1926: Hans Berckhemer , German geophysicist
- 1926: Yoshino Hiroshi , Japanese poet
- 1927: Paul Antaki , Egyptian auxiliary bishop
- 1927: Oldřich Daněk , Czech writer, and director
- 1928: Boris Rung , Finnish motorsport official
- 1929: Pilar Lorengar , Spanish soprano
- 1929: Ernst Günther Schmidt , German classical philologist
- 1930: Clarence Ray Allen , American criminal
- 1930: Luki Botha , South African racing driver
- 1930: Shōmei Tōmatsu , Japanese photographer
- 1931: Alfred Ardelt , German politician
- 1931: Martin Mayer , German sculptor, printmaker and draftsman
- 1931: Johannes Rau , German politician, MdL, State Minister, Prime Minister, Federal President
- 1932: Keiko Ai , Japanese writer
- 1932: Raymond Fellay , Swiss ski racer
- 1932: Dian Fossey , American gorilla researcher
- 1932: Henryk Wojnarowski , Polish conductor, choir director and music teacher
- 1933: Mark Forest , American actor
- 1933: Susan Sontag , American writer, essayist and publicist
- 1934: Marilyn Horne , American opera and concert singer
- 1934: Richard Wernick , American composer and music educator
- 1935: Inger Christensen , Danish poet
- 1935: AJ Foyt , American racing driver
- 1935: Joachim Grubich , Polish organist and music teacher
- 1935: Christian Heins , Brazilian automobile racer
- 1935: Udo Lattek , German football coach
- 1936: Tinus Bosselaar , Dutch footballer
- 1936: Hartmut Schiedermair , German jurist
- 1936: Manfred Schmidt , German lawyer and politician, MdB, MEP
- 1937: Luiz Bueno , Brazilian automobile racer
- 1937: Klaus Ensikat , German graphic artist and illustrator
- 1937: Francis George , American priest, Archbishop of Chicago and cardinal
- 1937: Conny Vandenbos , Dutch chanson and pop singer
- 1938: Adolf Beck , German politician, MdL
- 1938: Hermann Seimetz , German politician, MdL
- 1939: Ralph Gibson , American photographer
- 1939: Jean Van Hamme , Belgian comics writer
- 1940: Willi Paul Adams , German Americanist and historian
- 1940: Reinhart Ahlrichs , German Professor of Theoretical Chemistry
- 1940: Hans Leutenegger , Swiss bobsledder
- 1940: Franz Müntefering , German politician, MdL, MP, state and federal minister
- 1940: William O. Studeman , US intelligence officer
- 1941: Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton , Archbishop of Beninese
- 1941: Ewa Demarczyk , Polish singer and actress
- 1941: Iris Gusner , German director
- 1941: Christine Truman , British tennis player
- 1941: Carlo Maria Viganò , Italian Curial Archbishop
- 1942: René Angélil , Canadian singer and manager
- 1942: Sigrid Combüchen , Swedish writer and literary critic
- 1942: Nicole Fontaine , French politician
- 1942: Uwe Grüning , German writer and politician, MdV, MdL
- 1942: Barbara Lynn , American singer, guitarist and songwriter
- 1943: Gavin Bryars , British composer and double bass player
- 1943: Ivar Combrinck , German voice actor and director
- 1943: Dieter Dowe , German historian
- 1943: Brian Ferneyhough , British composer
- 1943: Gregor Henckel-Donnersmarck , Austrian priest-monk of German origin
- 1943: Ronnie Milsap , American country and pop singer
- 1943: John Perry , American philosopher
- 1943: Mona Seilitz , Swedish actress, voice actress and presenter
- 1944: Alfred Eichhorn , German journalist
- 1944: Thomas Fritsch , German actor and voice actor
- 1944: Gerold Sprung , German local politician
- 1944: Jim Stafford , American country and pop singer
- 1944: Judy Baar Topinka , American politician
- 1945: Wim Suurbier , Dutch footballer
- 1946: Kabir Bedi , Indian actor
- 1946: Annegret Soltau , German body art collage artist
- 1947: Karl-Heinz Klar , German politician
- 1947: Magdalen Nabb , British crime writer
- 1947: Laura Schlessinger , American radio host and author
- 1948: John Carpenter , American director, actor and film score composer
- 1948: Gregor Gysi , German politician, MdL, Berlin Senator, MdB
- 1948: Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyov , Soviet cosmonaut
- 1948: Cliff Thorburn , Canadian snooker player
- 1948: Ulrich Tilgner , German journalist
- 1949: R.F. Foster , Irish historian and writer
- 1949: Norbert Kartmann , German politician, President of the Landtag of Hesse
- 1949: Amama Mbabazi , Ugandan politician
- 1949: Caroline Munro , British actress
- 1950: Gerhard Gäde , German-Italian Catholic theologian
- 1950: Damo Suzuki , Japanese singer
1951-1975
- 1951: Andris Šķēle , Latvian politician
- 1951: Bertram Wieczorek , German politician, MP
- 1951: Thomas Naumann , German actor
- 1953 Dave Brown , American football player and coach
- 1953: Reinhard Göhner , German politician and employer official, MdL, MP
- 1953: Reinhard Jirgl , German writer
- 1953: Wilfried Telkamper , German politician
- 1954: Reinhold Fanz , German football player and coach
- 1954: Wolfgang Schmidt , German discus thrower, Olympic medalist
- 1955: Klaus-Dieter Kurrat , German track and field athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1955: Markus Meier , Swiss scientist
- 1956: Martin Jol , Dutch football player and coach
- 1957: Ian Leslie Atkins , English football player and coach
- 1957: Reinhard Eugen Bösch , Austrian politician
- 1957: Ricardo Darín , Argentine actor
- 1958: Anatoly Bukreev , Kazakh extreme mountaineer and mountain guide
- 1958: Lena Ek , Swedish politician, MEP
- 1959: Sade Adu , Nigerian-British singer
- 1960: Andreas Raymond Dombret , German-American economist, board member of Deutsche Bundesbank
- 1960: Thaddaeus Ropac , Austrian gallery owner
- 1961: Kenneth Sivertsen , Norwegian guitarist and songwriter, jazz singer, composer and humorist
- 1961: Hajrudin Varešanović , Bosnian-Herzegovinian singer
- 1962: Petra Landers , German soccer player
- 1963: Butz Ulrich Buse , German actor and screenwriter
- 1963: Dodë Gjergji , Albanian bishop
- 1963: Han Polman , Dutch politician
- 1964: Lutz Hübner , German playwright, actor and director
- 1964: Massimo Pigliucci , American geneticist
- 1965: Hannes Apfolterer , Austrian clarinettist, composer and military bandmaster
- 1966: Jorge Aguilera , Cuban sprinter
- 1966: Jeff Olson , American alpine skier
- 1966: Carlos Sousa , Portuguese cross-country rally driver
- 1966: Anthony Washington , American track and field athlete
- 1967: Shawn Atleo , Canadian politician
- 1967: Alberto Puig , Spanish motorcycle racer
- 1968: Danni Ashe , American photographer and entrepreneur
- 1968: David Chokachi , American actor
- 1968: Jürg Stahl , Swiss politician
- 1969: Axel Britz , German soccer player
- 1969: Roy Jones Jr. , American boxer
- 1969: Per Yngve Ohlin , Swedish black metal singer
- 1970: Garth Ennis , British comics writer
- 1970: Petra Neomillnerová , Czech science fiction writer
- 1970: Bernd Wehren , German textbook author
- 1971: Sergi Bruguera , Spanish professional tennis player
- 1971: Frank Cordes , German handball player
- 1971: Henrike von Platen , German business economist and women's rights activist
- 1972: Salah Hissou , Moroccan long-distance runner
- 1973: Josie Davis , American actress, film producer and screenwriter
- 1973: Marcel Mahouvé , Cameroonian footballer
- 1974: Gaëtan Llorach , French alpine skier
- 1974: David Montero , Spanish footballer
- 1974: Kate Moss , British fashion model
- 1974: Kati Winkler , German figure skater
- 1974: Mattias Jonson , Swedish footballer
- 1975: Elena Antoci , Romanian middle-distance runner
1976-2000
- 1976: Artyom Vladimirovich Argokov , Kazakh ice hockey player
- 1976: Agoria , French techno DJ and producer
- 1976: Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie , Bahamian sprinter, Olympic champion
- 1976: Eva Habermann , German actress
- 1976: Martina Moravcová , Slovak swimmer
- 1977: Athirson , Brazilian soccer player
- 1977: Darius Kampa , German footballer
- 1978: André Vonarburg , Swiss rower
- 1978: Koldo Gil , Spanish cyclist
- 1978: Maik Petzold , German triathlete
- 1979: Aaliyah , American rhythm and blues singer
- 1979: Chas Barstow , English darts player
- 1980: Lars Bak , Danish cyclist
- 1980: Cédric Coutouly , French cyclist
- 1980: Cornelia Hirsch , German politician, MP
- 1980: Amira Mohamed Ali , German politician, MP
- 1980: Seydou Keita , Malian footballer
- 1980: Albert Pujols , Dominican baseball player
- 1980: Michelle Wild , Hungarian porn actress
- 1980: Lin-Manuel Miranda , American actor, composer, songwriter and rapper
- 1981: Samuel Ackermann , Swiss actor, director, film editor and author
- 1981: Martin Andersson , Swedish footballer
- 1981: Viktoria Como , German handball player and coach
- 1981: Vlad Munteanu , Romanian footballer
- 1981: Yūya Oikawa , Japanese speed skater
- 1981: Marta Roure , Andorran singer
- 1981: Bobby Zamora , English footballer
- 1982: Tuncay Şanlı , Turkish footballer
- 1982: Birgitte Hjort Sørensen , Danish actress
- 1983: Shay Abutbul , Israeli soccer player
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- 1983: Caroline Frier , German actress
- 1983: NEO , Swedish pop singer
- 1983: Emanuel Pogatetz , Austrian footballer
- 1983 Andriy Russol , Ukrainian footballer
- 1984: Diego León , Spanish footballer
- 1984: Stephan Lichtsteiner , Swiss footballer
- 1984: Mona Pirzad , German actress
- 1985: Tim Bauer , German footballer
- 1985: Craig Jones , British motorcycle racer
- 1985: Nikolas Ledgerwood , Canadian soccer player
- 1985: Renée Felice Smith , American actress
- 1985: Pablo Zabaleta , Argentine soccer player
- 1986: Aija Andrejeva , Latvian singer
- 1986: Christian Eggert , German footballer
- 1986: Marcel Hug , Swiss athlete
- 1986: Reto Ziegler , Swiss footballer
- 1987: Park Joo-ho , South Korean soccer player
- 1987: Quynh Anh , Belgian singer
- 1987: Adílson Warken , Brazilian soccer player
- 1987: Piotr Żyła , Polish ski jumper
- 1988: Nicklas Bendtner , Danish footballer
- 1988: Mehmet Boztepe , Turkish footballer
- 1988: Jorge Torres Nilo , Mexican soccer player
- 1989: Kiesza , Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1989: Yvonne Zima , American film actress
- 1990: Oliver Hofstetter , Swiss cyclist
- 1990: Valentino Stepčić , Croatian footballer
- 1990: Huang Yi-ting , Taiwan rower
- 1991: Lucas Musculus , German soccer player
- 1992: Noëlle Frey , Swiss handball player
- 1992: Fabian Graudenz , German footballer
- 1992: Maja Keuc , Slovenian singer
- 1993: Hannes Anier , Estonian footballer
- 1993: Magnus Cort Nielsen , Danish cyclist
- 1993: Ronja von Rönne , German blogger, journalist, writer and presenter
- 1994: Rosina Schneeberger , Austrian alpine skier
- 1996: Cameron Carolissen , South African darts player
- 1996: Jennie Kim , South Korean singer
- 1997: Carlos Anguita , Spanish carom player
- 1998: Odsonne Édouard , French footballer
- 1999: Jonah Harris , Nauruan track and field athlete
Died
Before the 16th century
- 680 BC BC: Sîn-aḫḫe-eriba , Assyrian king
- 429 or 430: Honoratus of Arles , Bishop of Arles and Catholic saint
- 484: Seine , Japanese Emperor
- 778: Tozzo , Bishop of Augsburg
- 975: Theobald I , Viscount of Blois and Tours
- 1045: Aribert , Archbishop of Milan
- 1051 or 1056: Henry of Lenzburg , Bishop of Lausanne
- 1142: Eilika Billung of Saxony , Countess of Ballenstedt
- 1160: Herman III of Baden , Margrave of Baden
- 1220: Berard of Carbio , Umbrian nobleman, martyr of the Franciscan Order
- 1243: Hermann V of Baden , Margrave of Baden
- 1249: Lüthold II von Rötteln , Bishop of Basel
- 1251: Přibyslav of Křižanov , Moravian nobleman, castellan of Veveří Castle, burgrave of Brno
- 1284: Ulrich von Blücher , Bishop of Ratzeburg
- 1299: Lajin , Egyptian Sultan of the Mamluks
- 1369: Peter I , Cypriot king
- 1373: Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford , English nobleman
- 1387: Elizabeth of Bosnia , Queen and Regent of Hungary, Croatia and Poland
- 1391: Muhammad V , Emir of Granada
- 1443: Gattamelata , Italian condottiere (mercenary leader)
- 1448: Johan II van Montfoort , governor of Holland and Zeeland
- 1455: Heinrich V Blumentrost , abbot of the Cistercian monastery in Ebrach
- 1496: Vratislav of Pernstein , Moravian-Bohemian nobleman
16th to 18th centuries
- 1524: Alexander Gordon , Scottish nobleman
- 1526: Katharina von der Pfalz , abbess of the Neuburg monastery
- 1538: Antonia del Balzo , Countess of Sabbioneta
- 1545: Georg Spalatin , German humanist, theologian, reformer and historian
- 1554: Ambrosius Moibanus , German humanist, Protestant theologian and reformer
- 1554: Christiern Pedersen , Danish humanist and writer
- 1574: Joachim Westphal , Lutheran theologian
- 1585: Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln , English nobleman and admiral
- 1592: Johann Kasimir von der Pfalz-Simmern , Count Palatine and Administrator of the Electoral Palatinate
- 1595: Murad III. , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- 1605: Vain Frederick IV , Count of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
- 1612: Charles III de Croÿ , governor in the Spanish Netherlands
- 1617: Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau , Prince Archbishop of Salzburg
- 1618: Stephan von Seiboldsdorf , Bishop of Freising
- 1630: Christina Plum , victim of witch hunts in Cologne
- 1632: Antoinette de Pons , French noblewoman
- 1656: Johannes Kornmann , German legal scholar
- 1668: Charles Alphonse Dufresnoy , French painter
- 1674: Heinrich Rantzau the Younger , Danish traveler to the Orient
- 1676: Georg Arnold , Austrian composer and organist
- 1695: Hans Adam Weissenkircher , Austrian painter
- 1700: Antonio Draghi , Italian composer, librettist and singer in Vienna
- 1703: Erik Dahlberg , Swedish field marshal
- 1706: Philipp Ludwig Hanneken , German Lutheran theologian
- 1710: Higashiyama , 113th tennō of Japan
- 1711: Joseph Vaz , Indian religious priest and missionary in India and Sri Lanka, saint of the Catholic Church
- 1718: Johann Hugo von Lente , German jurist and diplomat in Danish service
- 1747: Barthold Heinrich Brockes , German writer and poet
- 1748: Arnold Drakenborch , Dutch classical scholar
- 1756: Jakob Jehoschua Falk , Chief Rabbi of Frankfurt am Main and Lemberg and Talmudist
- 1759: Placidus Amon , Austrian Benedictine monk and philologist
- 1759: Johann Christoph von Buseck , Commander of the Teutonic Order
- 1761: Antonín Jiránek , Czech composer
- 1765: Thure Gustav Klinckowström , Chancellor of Swedish Pomerania
- 1765: Ludwig , Imperial Prince and Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
- 1767: Franz Joseph Burgener , governor of Valais
- 1767: Johann Jakob Greif , German Lutheran theologian and historian
- 1769: Johan Pasch , Swedish painter
- 1794: Edward Gibbon , British historian
19th century
- 1806: Nicolas Leblanc , French physician and chemist
- 1809: John Moore , British general
- 1810: Ekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-Dashkova , important figure of the Enlightenment in Russia
- 1817: Alexander J. Dallas , American attorney, politician, Secretary of the Treasury
- 1818: Heinrich Guttenberg , German engraver
- 1820: Paul Wolfgang Merkel , first representative of the city of Nuremberg in the Bavarian state parliament
- 1822: Elisabeth Berenberg , German banker
- 1828: Jules Anglès , French politician
- 1836: Joseph Lagrange , French general
- 1840: Christian Ferdinand Siemens , father of the founders of Siemens AG
- 1851: Karl von Müffling called Weiß , Prussian field marshal, military writer and surveyor
- 1853: Matteo Carcassi , Italian musician
- 1856: Friedrich Eichhorn , Prussian statesman, Minister of Education
- 1862: Manuel da Silva Passos , Portuguese lawyer and politician
- 1866: Friedrich Jakob Heller , Austrian military historian of German origin
- 1868: Friedrich Wilhelm Schoen , German painter and lithographer
- 1868: Theodor Schönemann , German mathematician
- 1871: Jacques-Louis Randon , French general and statesman, Marshal of France
- 1872: Christian Sartorius , German theologian, educator and writer
- 1873: Franz von Waldersee , Prussian cavalry general
- 1876: Georg Beer , German organ builder
- 1882: Karl Schmitz , German merchant and mayor of Mainz
- 1885: Edmond About , French writer
- 1886: Amilcare Ponchielli , Italian composer and conductor
- 1891: Léo Delibes , French composer
- 1892: Kraft Karl August Prince zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen , Prussian general and military writer
- 1898: Benjamin Butterworth , American politician
- 1899: Charles Chiniquy , Canadian priest
- 1899: Josef Mocker , Bohemian architect and restorer
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901: Arnold Böcklin , Swiss painter, draftsman, graphic artist and sculptor
- 1901: Hiram Rhodes Revels , American politician, clergyman
- 1912: Georg Heym , German writer, lyricist of early literary expressionism
- 1913: Gottfried Friedrich Aly , German classical scholar and school politician
- 1913: Edwin Le Roy Antony , American politician
- 1917: George Dewey , American admiral
- 1918: Hyacinth Holland , German historian of art and literature
- 1918: Ethel Sargant , British botanist
- 1918: Luis Weiler , German railway civil engineer
- 1919: Alexander Bernewitz , German-Baltic provost and evangelical martyr
- 1919: William Henry Andrews , American politician
- 1919: Jaroslav Jeremiáš , Czech composer
- 1920: Reginald De Koven , American composer
- 1924: Carl Zaar , German architect
- 1929: Josef Deitmer , German Catholic theologian, auxiliary bishop of Breslau based in Berlin
- 1930: Johannes Gilhoff , German writer
- 1935: Ma Barker , US "gang mother" during the "enemies of the state" era ( Barker-Karpis Gang )
- 1935: Franklin S. Billings , American politician, Governor of the State of Vermont
- 1935: Wilhelm Schulze , German classics and Indo-European studies
- 1935: Richard Wetz , German composer and music teacher
- 1936: Harry Steier , German opera singer (tenor)
- 1936: Oskar Barnack , German precision mechanic
- 1936: Peter Bares , German composer and organ reformer
- 1942: Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn , member of the British Royal Family
- 1942: Carole Lombard , American actress
- 1943: Maximilian Arnold , German politician
- 1943: Jane Avril , French dancer
- 1949: Mike Connors , Australian actor and theater director
- 1949: Gabriel Hatton , French racing driver
- 1949: Hermann Levy , German economist
- 1950: Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach , German diplomat, jurist and manager of Krupp AG
1951-2000
- 1951: Julius Bamberger , department store owner in Bremen
- 1955: Alexander Cartellieri , German historian
- 1957: Arturo Toscanini , Italian conductor
- 1961: Gustav Klingelhöfer , German politician, MdL, MP
- 1961: János Viski , Hungarian composer
- 1962: Frank Hurley , real name James Francis Hurley, American photographer and cinematographer
- 1962: Ivan Meštrović , Croatian sculptor and professor of sculpture
- 1963: Gilardo Gilardi , Argentine composer and music educator
- 1963: Ike Quebec , American jazz tenor saxophonist and music producer
- 1963: Corb Denneny , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1964: Noro Morales , Puerto Rican mambo and rumba musician
- 1965: Albert Amann , Baden politician
- 1967: Robert Jemison Van de Graaff , American physicist
- 1969: Rudolf Martin Argus , German politician
- 1969: Jules Jacob , Canadian singer (tenor)
- 1971: Fritz Eichler , Austrian archaeologist
- 1971: Max Suhrbier , German politician, deputy finance minister and deputy prime minister of East Germany
- 1971: Philippe Thys , Belgian racing cyclist
- 1972: Teller Ammons , American politician
- 1972: Ross Bagdasarian , American singer and songwriter
- 1973: Monique de la Bruchollerie , French pianist
- 1973: Clara Ward , American gospel singer
- 1974: Johnny Barfield , American old-time and country musician
- 1975: Frank Hanson , Canadian music educator and composer
- 1977: Ernest Alvin Archia Jr. , American tenor saxophonist
- 1977: Anna Klöcker , German politician and MdL
- 1977: Leif Panduro , Danish writer and dentist
- 1978: Paul Bode , German architect
- 1978: Ilse Decho , German glass and porcelain designer
- 1979: August Heissmeyer , German SS general and war criminal
- 1979: György Lehoczky , Hungarian-German architect and church window painter
- 1980: Max W. Kimmich , German director and screenwriter
- 1981: Gordon Delamont , Canadian composer, trumpeter and music educator
- 1981: Bernard Lee , British actor
- 1983: Carlos Bonnet , Venezuelan composer and conductor
- 1983: Fritz Neumeyer , German harpsichordist, pianist, musicologist and composer
- 1984: Kenneth Arnold , American pilot and businessman
- 1985 Ruth Orkin , American photographer and filmmaker
- 1986: Eugen Ray , German track and field athlete
- 1986: Stjepan Šulek , Croatian composer and conductor
- 1988: Andrija Artuković , Croatian politician
- 1989: Karl Pouva , German company founder ( Karl Pouva KG ), manufacturer of cameras and projectors
- 1989: Willemijn Posthumus-van der Goot , Dutch author and feminist
- 1990: Alfred Maleta , Austrian politician, President of the National Council
- 1991: Heinz Rein , German writer
- 1993: Luciano Liggio , Sicilian mafioso
- 1993: Wisa von Westphalen , German painter
- 1995: Hans-Jürgen Kidney , German writer and television director
- 1997: Romano Amerio , Italian theologian
- 1997: Juan Landázuri Ricketts , Peruvian priest, Archbishop of Lima and Cardinal
- 1998: Ludwig Waldleitner , German film producer
- 1998: Hermann Wedekind , German director
- 1999: John Einar Åberg , Swedish novelist and screenwriter
- 2000: Wolf Ackva , German actor, opera singer, director and theater manager
- 2000: Gene Harris , American jazz pianist
21st century
- 2001: Laurent-Désiré Kabila , President of the Congon
- 2002: Hilde Adolf , German politician, MdL and Senator
- 2002: Robert Hanbury Brown , British physicist and radio astronomer
- 2003: Henryk Czyż , Polish composer, conductor and music educator
- 2003: Hans Pietsch , German Go player
- 2004: Kalevi Sorsa , Finnish statesman and Prime Minister
- 2005: Charlie Bell , Australian President and Executive Chairman of McDonald's
- 2005: Agustín González , Spanish actor
- 2005: Klaus Jepsen , German actor and voice actor
- 2006: Hans-Dieter Bücken , German hydraulic engineer, civil servant and head of agency
- 2007: Karl Otto Hondrich , German sociologist
- 2007: Rudolf-August Oetker , German entrepreneur in the food industry and shipowner
- 2007: Yuri Stern , Israeli politician
- 2007: Gisela Uhlen , German film and television actress
- 2008: Jorge de Bagration , Spanish auto racer
- 2009: Georg Lentz , German publisher and writer
- 2009: John Mortimer , British lawyer and writer
- 2009: Eugenio Saini , Italian enduro athlete
- 2009: Andrew Wyeth , American painter
- 2010: Carl Smith , American country music singer
- 2011: Miguel Ángel Álvarez , Puerto Rican actor and director
- 2011: Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith , British diplomat and colonial administrator
- 2012: Gustav Leonhardt , Dutch conductor, harpsichordist and organist
- 2016: Wolfgang Schnur , German lawyer and politician
- 2017: Eugene Cernan , American astronaut
- 2017: Franz Jarnach , German musician and actor
- 2017: Hans Ziegler , German soccer player and track and field athlete
- 2018: Bradford Dillman , American actor
- 2018: Peter Groeger , German actor and director
- 2018: Dave Holland , UK drummer ( Judas Priest )
- 2018: Oliver Ivanović , Kosovo Serb politician
- 2019: Spartaco Dini , Italian racing car driver
- 2019: Mirjam Pressler , German writer and translator
- 2020: Christopher Tolkien , British medievalist and author
- 2020: Barry Tuckwell , Australian horn player and conductor
- 2021: Phil Spector , American music producer
holidays and commemorations
- Church commemorations
- Georg Spalatin , German superintendent and reformer (Protestant)
- name days
The list of commemoration and action days contains further entries .
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