January 16
The January 16 (in Austria and South Tyrol : January 16 ) is the 16th day of the Gregorian calendar , so stay 349 days (350 days in leap years) by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 27 BC Chr .: In the course of the state act to end the civil war in Rome , which lasted several days , Octavian received the honorary title Augustus ( Exalted ) from the Roman Senate at the suggestion of Lucius Munatius Plancus . This is considered to be the founding date of the principate .
- 929 : Abd ar-Rahman III. , the previous emir of Córdoba , takes on the title of caliph and transforms his empire into a caliphate .
- 1082 : An army of the Normans under Robert Guiskard takes the Byzantine port city of Durazzo .
- 1547 : 16-year-old Ivan IV becomes the 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 Westminster Convention , a guarantee treaty between Prussia under Frederick II and Great Britain under George II , is concluded. The defensive alliance, intended as a guarantee of peace, reverses 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 sea battle at Cape St. Vincent , six of whose nine ships of the line are captured and one sunk.
- 1809 : During the Napoleonic Wars on the Iberian Peninsula, the British General John Moore succeeds in stopping 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 but is killed himself in the process.
- 1839 : Great Britain conquers the Yemeni city of Aden from the Ottomans.
- 1864 : The Empire of Austria and Prussia make Denmark a temporary 48-hour ultimatum , the November Constitution repealed and the Duchy of Schleswig to evacuate. As Denmark did not react, the German-Danish war broke out a few days later .
- 1878 : Russian troops capture in the war against the Ottoman Empire with Plovdiv , the largest at that time the city of Bulgaria .
- 1920 : The 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified exactly one year earlier by US President Woodrow Wilson , which prohibits the manufacture, sale and transport of intoxicating substances, enters into force. This is how prohibition begins in the USA .
- 1945 : Due to the increasingly precarious situation in the Second World War, Adolf Hitler moves the Führer headquarters to the recently completed Führerbunker .
- 1945 : Large parts of Magdeburg are destroyed by an air raid in World War II.
- 1969 : The student Jan Palach burns himself to death on Prague's Wenceslas Square in protest against the crackdown on the Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia .
- 1979 : Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi leaves in the wake of the Islamic revolution to Iran and goes into exile in Egypt.
- 1988 : The Independent Society for the Protection of Human Rights is founded by 16 former political prisoners in the Bulgarian town of Septemwri , the first opposition organization in the Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria .
- 1992 : In the Mexican Chapultepec is peace of Chapultepec , signed the ten-year civil war between the El Salvadoran government and the guerrilla movement Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front ended.
- 1996 : In Sierra Leone there is a coup against Valentine Strasser , who has been 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 enables acoustic living space surveillance for the purposes of criminal prosecution .
- 2001 : The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Laurent-Désiré Kabila , is assassinated. The background to the attack, which took place exactly 40 years after the death of the African freedom hero Patrice Lumumba , remains unclear.
- 2002 : After defeating the rebel organization Revolutionary United Front under Foday Sankoh , the Sierra Leone government under Ahmad Tejan Kabbah concludes a treaty with the United Nations to establish a special court to prosecute war crimes in the civil war in Sierra Leone .
- 2006 : Ellen Johnson Sirleaf becomes the first woman to be elected head of state in an African country following her victory in the presidential election in Liberia .
- 2007 : At least 65 people are killed and another 140 injured in an attack in Al-Mustansiriyya University in Baghdad.
- 2015 : US President Barack Obama implements numerous eases of the economic embargo against Cuba that has existed for more than 50 years . However, essential parts, which require the approval of the US Congress to be repealed , remain in place.
- 2016 : Around 100 people are taken hostage in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou , 26 die.
economy
- 1807 : The by Johann Friedrich Cotta published Allgemeine Zeitung appears for the first time in Augsburg, where Cotta because of Württemberg censorship is avoided. Here the influential liberal paper becomes an important voice in the pre-March period .
- 1945 : The Renault automobile company is nationalized by France .
science and technology
- 1909 : The two Australian geologists Tannatt William Edgeworth David and Douglas Mawson , together with the Scottish doctor Alistair Mackay, were the first to reach the South Magnetic Pole during the Nimrod expedition under Ernest Shackleton .
- 1969 : The two Soviet spaceships Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 succeed in their first docking maneuver in space. The two flight engineers Jewgeni Wassiljewitsch Chrunow and Alexei Stanislawowitsch Jelissejew undertake a space exit and switch from Soyuz 5 to Soyuz 4 .
- 2003 : The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on its final mission into space . On landing 16 days later, the space shuttle burns up in the atmosphere, and the seven astronauts on board die.
Culture
- 1632 : Rembrandt van Rijn is present at a lecture given by the physician Nicolaes Tulp , during which he autopsies the body of the mugger Adriaan Adriaanszoon. After this experience the picture The Anatomy of Dr. Tulip .
- 1739 : The world 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 Part ) by Daniel-François-Esprit Auber is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris .
- 1861 : At the Théâtre-Lyrique on the Boulevard du Temple in Paris the premiere of the opera takes place La Madone of Louis Lacombe .
- 1869 : The world 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 dissolves.
- 1938 : Benny Goodman gives a famous jazz concert with his orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York City . This style of music becomes a great success after being broadcast simultaneously on the radio.
- 1957 : The Cavern Club opens its doors in Liverpool . He is considered the cradle of British beat music .
- 1962 : Shooting of the first James Bond film begins in Jamaica : James Bond - 007 is chasing Dr. No .
- 1995 : The ORF youth channel FM4 goes on air.
society
- 1936 : American serial killer Albert Fish is executed on the electric chair . The number of his victims is indefinite, 16 or more people are suspected.
- 1972 : The Federal Ministry of the Interior decreed that the use of the designation " Fräulein " in federal authorities should not be used. The salutation “woman” must be used for every female adult.
- 1996 : The humanitarian organization Menschen gegen Minen is founded in Germany to support non-governmental organizations in clearing landmines and building infrastructures in post-war scenarios.
religion
- 1946 : Pope Pius XII. gives Saint Anthony of Padua the title of Doctor of the Church .
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 : During the Second Marcellus Flood , the Frisian village of Rungholt sank , which more than 500 years later inspired Detlev von Liliencron to write his poem Trutz, blanke Hans . The first Halligen arise.
- 1511 : The Antoni flood breaks in over East Frisia together with heavy ice drift. Many villages and parishes have to be abandoned. There are significant land losses on the Dollard and Jade Bays .
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
Sports
- 2018 : The Federal Labor Court (BAG) in Erfurt judges a years-long dispute between the former German soccer - goalkeeper Heinz Müller and FSV Mainz 05 . German football clubs may also give professional footballers fixed-term contracts in the future.
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1093 : Isaak Komnenos , Byzantine prince and pretender to the throne from the Komnenen 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 what is now Burma
- 1537 : Albrecht VII , Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- 1538 : Johann Friedrich III. , Prince from the Ernestine line of the Wettins, Duke of Saxony
- 1549 : Johannes Pappus , Lutheran theologian and confessionalist
- 1558 : Jakobe von Baden-Baden , Margravine of Baden and Duchess of Jülich-Kleve-Berg
- 1558 : Lavinia della Rovere , Princess of Urbino
- 1590 : Johannes Steuber , German Hebrew and theologian
- 1605 : Shahriyar , son of Mughal Mughal Jahangir and brother of Shah Jahan
- 1622 : Anna Margareta Wrangel , wife of the 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 religious philosopher
- 1653 : Johann Conrad Brunner , Swiss doctor
- 1655 : Bernard de Montfaucon , French scholar
- 1671 : John Wentworth , English lieutenant governor
- 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
18th century
- 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
- 1757 : Samuel McIntire , American architect and artist
- 1771 : Joseph Antoine Morio , French officer and Minister of War of the Kingdom of Westphalia
- 1763 : Franz von Walsegg , Austrian nobleman and hobby composer, client for Mozart's Requiem
- 1766 : Christoph Ammon , German Protestant theologian
- 1768 : Carl Andreas Göpfert , German composer
- 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, lawyer, Prussian crown syndic 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 , founder of the Italian order
- 1818 : Ferdinand Kommerell , German mathematician
- 1818 : Carl Wilhelm August Strandberg , Swedish author and journalist
- 1819 : Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll , German classical philologist
- 1820 : Johannes Rebmann , German missionary and Africa traveler
- 1820 : Pierre Louis Rouillard , French sculptor
- 1821 : John C. Breckinridge , American Vice President, Senator, and MP for Kentucky, General, and Confederate 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 , American first lady
- 1828 : Karl Gottfried Mäser , German Mormon theologian and educator
- 1828 : Félix Gustave Saussier , French general and MP
- 1829 : Włodzimierz Spasowicz , Polish lawyer 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 industrial 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 , American naval officer
- 1847 : Kálmán Mikszáth , Hungarian writer
- 1848 : Otto Techow , German architect and Prussian construction officer
- 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 priest, poet and local researcher from Lower Austria
- 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 the Hoover Dam
- 1858 : Eugen Zintgraff , German Africa explorer and colonial propagandist
- 1859 : Jón Magnússon , Prime Minister of Iceland
- 1866 : Percy Sinclar Pilcher , British inventor and an aviation 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 lawyer 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 graphic artist
- 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, writer of plays and short stories
- 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 Maximowitsch Brik , Russian-Soviet avant-garde writer
- 1890 : Maura Böckeler , German Benedictine, 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 dramaturge and author
- 1896 : Robert Meyn , German actor, theater director
- 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 scientist 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 aviation (bicycle) builder, visionary and basket weaver
- 1903 : William Grover-Williams , British-French racing car 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 football player
- 1908 : Ethel Merman , American actress and singer
- 1908 : Günther Prien , German naval officer and submarine commander
- 1909 : Clement Greenberg , American art critic
- 1910 : Walter Schellenberg , German general of the SS and the police, head of the combined secret services of the SD and defense of the RSHA, war criminal
- 1911 : Eduardo Frei Montalva , Chilean politician
- 1911 : Roger Lapébie , French cyclist
- 1911 : Hermann Schwabedissen , German prehistorian
- 1912 : Heinrich Drimmel , Austrian politician and lawyer
- 1912 : Franz Tumler , Austrian writer
- 1914 : Richard Eaton , Canadian choir director, organist and composer
- 1914 : Buddy Moss , American blues musician
- 1915 : Sammy Angott , American lightweight boxer
- 1915 : Heinz Brendel , German racing car driver
- 1917 : Luigi Agustoni , Swiss theologian, church musician
- 1917 : Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin , President of Benin
- 1918 : Josip Barković , Croatian writer, 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 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 football player
- 1924 : Katy Jurado , Mexican actress
- 1924 : Aleksandar Tišma , Serbian writer
- 1925 : Hans-Jürgen Augstein , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1925 : Germund Dahlquist , Swedish mathematician
1926-1950
- 1926 : Hans Berckhemer , German geophysicist
- 1926 : Yoshino Hiroshi , Japanese lyric 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 car driver
- 1930 : Shōmei Tōmatsu , Japanese photographer
- 1931 : Alfred Ardelt , German politician
- 1931 : Martin Mayer , German sculptor, graphic artist and draftsman
- 1931 : Johannes Rau , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, 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 teacher
- 1935 : Inger Christensen , Danish poet
- 1935 : AJ Foyt , American racing car driver
- 1935 : Joachim Grubich , Polish organist and music teacher
- 1935 : Christian Heins , Brazilian automobile racing driver
- 1935 : Udo Lattek , German football coach
- 1936 : Tinus Bosselaar , Dutch football player
- 1936 : Hartmut Schiedermair , German lawyer
- 1936 : Manfred Schmidt , German lawyer and politician, MdB, MEP
- 1937 : Luiz Bueno , Brazilian racing car driver
- 1937 : Klaus Ensikat , German graphic artist and illustrator
- 1937 : Francis George , American priest, Archbishop of Chicago, and Cardinal
- 1938 : Adolf Beck , German politician, MdL
- 1938 : Hermann Seimetz , German politician, MdL
- 1939 : Ralph Gibson , American photographer
- 1939 : Jean Van Hamme , Belgian comic book writer
- 1940 : Willi Paul Adams , German Americanist and historian
- 1940 : Reinhart Ahlrichs , German professor for theoretical chemistry
- 1940 : Hans Leutenegger , Swiss bobsleigh driver
- 1940 : Franz Müntefering , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the State and Federal Minister
- 1940 : William O. Studeman , American secret service agent
- 1941 : Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton , Archbishop of Benin
- 1941 : Ewa Demarczyk , Polish singer and actress
- 1941 : Iris Gusner , German director
- 1941 : Christine Truman , British tennis player
- 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 football player
- 1946 : Kabir Bedi , Indian actor
- 1946 : Annegret Soltau , German body art collage artist
- 1947 : Karl-Heinz Klär , German politician
- 1947 : Magdalen Nabb , British crime writer
- 1947 : Laura Schlessinger , American radio presenter and author
- 1948 : John Carpenter , American director, actor, and film music composer
- 1948 : Gregor Gysi , German politician, MdL, Berlin Senator, MdB
- 1948 : Anatoly Jakowlewitsch Solowjow , Soviet cosmonaut
- 1948 : Cliff Thorburn , Canadian snooker player
- 1948 : Ulrich Tilgner , German journalist
- 1949 : RF Foster , Irish historian and writer
- 1949 : Norbert Kartmann , German politician, President of the State Parliament 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, Member of the Bundestag
- 1951 : Thomas Naumann , German actor
- 1953 : Dave Brown , American football player and coach
- 1953 : Reinhard Göhner , German politician and employer functionary, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1953 : Reinhard Jirgl , German writer
- 1953 : Wilfried Telkämper , German politician
- 1954 : Reinhold Fanz , German soccer player and coach
- 1954 : Wolfgang Schmidt , German discus thrower, Olympic medalist
- 1955 : Klaus-Dieter Kurrat , German 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 : Anatoli Bukrejew , 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, member of the board of the 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 clarinetist, composer and military bandmaster
- 1966 : Jorge Aguilera , Cuban sprinter
- 1966 : Jeff Olson , American ski racer
- 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 comic book 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 football player
- 1974 : Gaëtan Llorach , French ski racer
- 1974 : David Montero , Spanish soccer player
- 1974 : Kate Moss , British model
- 1974 : Kati Winkler , German figure skater
- 1974 : Mattias Jonson , Swedish football player
- 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 soccer player
- 1978 : André Vonarburg , Swiss rower
- 1978 : Koldo Gil , Spanish cyclist
- 1978 : Maik Petzold , German triathlete
- 1979 : Aaliyah , American rhythm and blues singer
- 1980 : Lars Bak , Danish cyclist
- 1980 : Cédric Coutouly , French racing cyclist
- 1980 : Cornelia Hirsch , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1980 : Amira Mohamed Ali , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1980 : Seydou Keita , Malian football player
- 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 football player
- 1981 : Viktoria Como , German handball player and trainer
- 1981 : Vlad Munteanu , Romanian football player
- 1981 : Yūya Oikawa , Japanese speed skater
- 1981 : Marta Roure , Andorran singer
- 1981 : Bobby Zamora , English footballer
- 1982 : Tuncay Şanlı , Turkish football player
- 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 football player
- 1983 : Andrij Russol , Ukrainian football player
- 1984 : Diego León , Spanish soccer player
- 1984 : Stephan Lichtsteiner , Swiss football player
- 1984 : Mona Pirzad , German actress
- 1985 : Tim Bauer , German soccer player
- 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 soccer player
- 1986 : Marcel Hug , Swiss athlete
- 1986 : Reto Ziegler , Swiss football player
- 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 soccer player
- 1988 : Mehmet Boztepe , Turkish football player
- 1988 : Jorge Torres Nilo , Mexican soccer player
- 1989 : Yvonne Zima , American film actress
- 1990 : Oliver Hofstetter , Swiss cyclist
- 1990 : Valentino Stepčić , Croatian football player
- 1991 : Lucas Musculus , German soccer player
- 1992 : Noëlle Frey , Swiss handball player
- 1992 : Fabian Graudenz , German soccer player
- 1992 : Maja Keuc , Slovenian singer
- 1993 : Hannes Anier , Estonian football player
- 1993 : Magnus Cort Nielsen , Danish racing cyclist
- 1993 : Ronja von Rönne , German blogger, journalist, writer and presenter
- 1994 : Rosina Schneeberger , Austrian ski racer
- 1996 : Cameron Carolissen , South African darts player
- 1996 : Jennie Kim , South Korean singer
- 1997 : Carlos Anguita , Spanish carom player
- 1998 : Odsonne Édouard , French football player
Died
Before the 16th century
- 680 BC Chr . : Sîn-aḫḫe-eriba , Assyrian king
- 429 or 430 : Honoratus of Arles , Bishop of Arles and Catholic saint
- 484 : Seinei , Japanese emperor
- 778 : Tozzo , Bishop of Augsburg
- 975 : Theobald I , Vice Count of Blois and Tours
- 1045 : Aribert , Archbishop of Milan
- 1051 or 1056 : Heinrich von Lenzburg , Bishop of Lausanne
- 1142 : Eilika Billung von Sachsen , Countess von Ballenstedt
- 1160 : Hermann 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 von Křižanov , Moravian nobleman, castelan of Veveří castle, burgrave of Brno
- 1284 : Ulrich von Blücher , Bishop of Ratzeburg
- 1299 : Ladschin , Egyptian sultan of the Mamelukes
- 1369 : Peter I , King of Cyprus
- 1373 : Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford , English nobleman
- 1387 : Elisabeth 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 Zealand
- 1496 : Vratislav von Pernstein , Moravian-Bohemian nobleman
16th to 18th century
- 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 Casimir von der Pfalz-Simmern , Count Palatine and Administrator of the Electoral Palatinate
- 1595 : Murad III. , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- 1605 : Eitel Friedrich IV. , Count of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
- 1617 : Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau , Prince Archbishop of Salzburg
- 1618 : Stephan von Seiboldsdorf , Bishop of Freising
- 1630 : Christina Plum , victim of the witch hunt in Cologne
- 1632 : Antoinette de Pons , French nobleman
- 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 lawyer and diplomat in the 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 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 , Prince and Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
- 1767 : Franz Joseph Burgener , governor of the 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 doctor and chemist
- 1809 : John Moore , British general
- 1810 : Ekaterina Romanovna Voronzowa-Daschkowa , important figure of the Enlightenment in Russia
- 1817 : Alexander J. Dallas , American lawyer, politician, Secretary of the Treasury
- 1818 : Heinrich Guttenberg , German engraver
- 1820 : Paul Wolfgang Merkel , first member of the city of Nuremberg in the Bavarian state parliament
- 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 geodesist
- 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 Heinrich von Waldersee , Prussian general of the cavalry
- 1882 : Karl Schmitz , German businessman 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 Prinz 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, poet of early literary expressionism
- 1913 : Gottfried Friedrich Aly , German classical philologist and school politician
- 1913 : Edwin Le Roy Antony , American politician
- 1917 : George Dewey , American admiral
- 1918 : Hyacinth Holland , German art and literary historian
- 1918 : Ethel Sargant , British botanist
- 1918 : Luis Weiler , German railway civil engineer
- 1919 : Alexander Bernewitz , German-Baltic provost and Protestant 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 Gillhoff , German writer
- 1935 : Ma Barker , American " 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 classical philologist and Indo-Europeanist
- 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 car driver
- 1949 : Hermann Levy , German economist
- 1950 : Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach , German diplomat, lawyer and manager of Krupp AG
1951-2000
- 1951 : Julius Bamberger , owner of a department store in Bremen
- 1955 : Alexander Cartellieri , German historian
- 1957 : Arturo Toscanini , Italian conductor
- 1961 : Gustav Klingelhöfer , German politician, MdL, MdB
- 1961 : János Viski , Hungarian composer
- 1962 : Frank Hurley , actually James Francis Hurley, American photographer and cameraman
- 1962 : Ivan Meštrović , Croatian sculptor and professor of sculpture
- 1963 : Gilardo Gilardi , Argentine composer and music teacher
- 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 the GDR
- 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 teacher
- 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 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 Nierentz , 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 writer and screenwriter
- 2000 : Wolf Ackva , German actor, opera singer, director and theater director
- 2000 : Gene Harris , American jazz pianist
21st century
- 2001 : Laurent-Désiré Kabila , Congonese President
- 2002 : Hilde Adolf , German politician, Member of the State Parliament and Senator
- 2002 : Robert Hanbury Brown , British physicist and radio astronomer
- 2003 : Henryk Czyż , Polish composer, conductor and music teacher
- 2003 : Hans Pietsch , German Go player
- 2004 : Kalevi Sorsa , Finnish statesman and prime minister
- 2005 : Charlie Bell , Australian President and Executive Director of McDonald's
- 2005 : Agustín González , Spanish actor
- 2005 : Klaus Jepsen , German actor and voice actor
- 2006 : Hans-Dieter Bücken , German hydraulic engineer, administrative officer and head of authorities
- 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 racing car driver
- 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 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 athlete
- 2018 : Bradford Dillman , American actor
- 2018 : Peter Groeger , German actor and director
- 2018 : Dave Holland , British drummer ( Judas Priest )
- 2018 : Oliver Ivanović , Kosovar 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
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Georg Spalatin , German superintendent and reformer (Protestant)
- Name days
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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