16th September
The September 16 is the 259th day of the Gregorian calendar (260th in leap years ). 106 days remain at the end of the year.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 1180 : Friedrich I Barbarossa withdraws control of the imperial fiefs of Bavaria and Saxony from his cousin Heinrich the Lion . The Wittelsbach Otto is enfeoffed with the - territorially restricted - Duchy of Bavaria instead . Ottokar IV becomes Duke of Styria .
- 1410 : The Andalusian city of Antequera , called Medina Antaquira by the Moors , is conquered by the army of Ferdinand I of Aragon during the Reconquista .
- 1620 : In Plymouth , England , the " Pilgrim Fathers " set off on board the Mayflower for the crossing to the " New World " in America .
- 1744 : During the Second Silesian War , the city of Prague surrenders to the Prussian army after a two-week siege . As a result, the Austrian troops withdrew far into the country, making it difficult for Prussian supplies .
- 1776 : In the Battle of Harlem Heights in the American Revolutionary War , the Americans win for the first time in a battle with the British armed forces.
- 1795 : The English take possession of the Cape Colony .
- 1809 : Eleven officers of the Schill Free Corps , which fought against Napoléon , are executed in Wesel .
- 1810 : With Miguel Hidalgo's appeal, the struggle for Mexican independence begins
- 1813 : Eleonore Prochaska (hunter August Renz), who slipped into the Lützow Freikorps as a man , was fatally injured in the Battle of the Göhrde during the Wars of Liberation .
- 1824 : Charles X becomes King of France .
- 1830 : Beginning of the five-day tailoring revolution in Berlin .
- 1837 : With the birth of his son Pedro , Ferdinand von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld , husband of the reigning Queen Maria II , is elevated to the title of Titular King of Portugal .
- 1859 : The German National Association for the Creation of a Liberal Small German State is founded.
- 1873 : After all installments of the war contribution agreed in the Peace of Frankfurt have been paid in full , the last German soldier leaves the territory of France .
- 1915 : Haiti becomes a US protectorate under military pressure .
- 1920 : In a bomb attack in New York's Wall Street explodes in front of the bank of JP Morgan Inc. one deposited in a horse cart bomb . There are at least 38 dead and around 400 injured. Anarchist circles are suspected to be the originator of the bomb attack .
- 1931 : The Invergordon mutiny in the Atlantic Fleet , a part of the British Royal Navy , which broke out the day before due to drastic pay cuts , ends peacefully.
- 1939 : The Japanese-Soviet border conflict is resolved with an armistice. The parties to the dispute agree on the existing limits.
- 1940 : In the USA , compulsory military service is introduced in peacetime for the first time .
- 1941 : Great Britain and the USSR force Reza Shah Pahlavi to resign and into exile as part of the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in order to create a military supply corridor for the Soviet troops ( Persian Corridor ).
- 1955 : A second military coup against President Juan Domingo Perón begins in Argentina , and this time it is successful.
- 1957 : In Thailand, an internal military clique around Sarit Thanarat puts into a coup against the government of Plaek Phibunsongkhram .
- 1963 : Malaya , Singapore , British North Borneo and Sarawak merge to form the Malaysia Federation .
- 1970 : The conflict between the Palestinians and the Jordanian government escalates in " Black September ".
- 1975 : The UN Trust Territory of Papua New Guinea , administered by Australia , becomes independent. Michael Somare becomes the first Prime Minister of the island state .
- 1979 : balloon flight : Two Thuringian families succeed with the help of a homemade hot air balloons that escape from East Germany .
- 1982 : Christian militias massacre old people, women and children in the Palestinian refugee camps Sabra and Shatila in Beirut . 800 people are killed.
- 1986 : The EC foreign ministers agree on economic sanctions against South Africa because of its apartheid policy in Brussels .
- 1987 : The Montreal Protocol to protect the ozone layer is signed. It comes into force on January 1, 1989 .
- 1993 : The former German Democratic Republic - Defense Minister Heinz Kessler and his deputy Fritz Streletz be for manslaughter because of political responsibility for the order to shoot to seven and four and a half years imprisonment convicted.
- 1999 : Algeria votes for President Abd al-Asis Bouteflika's peace plan for reconciliation with Islamist extremists .
- 1999 : In Volgodonsk , 17 people are killed when a car bomb explodes in front of a skyscraper (see explosive attacks on residential buildings in Russia ).
economy
- 1835 : The New York Sun admits that its expanding series of articles about sensational astronomer Sir John Herschel discoveries on the moon was a hoax . As the Great Moon Hoax, falsehood enriches the newspaper's history .
- 1889 : The London dock workers' strike, which began on August 15, is ended. The 180,000 or so workers involved in the labor dispute are essentially asserting themselves with their demands for an hourly wage of six pence and a minimum wage of two shillings a day.
- 1908 : The automobile company General Motors is founded by William Durant as a holding company for Buick and shortly thereafter takes over Oldsmobile .
- 1964 : The German federal government decides to found the Stiftung Warentest .
- 1986 : The merger of the Sperry Corporation and the Burroughs Corporation creates the world's second largest computer company after IBM , which a short time later is named Unisys .
- 1992 : On the so-called " Black Wednesday " there is a crisis in the European Monetary System (EMS) triggered by currency speculation , which ultimately leads to the withdrawal of Great Britain and Italy from the exchange rate mechanism of the EMS. Speculators, especially George Soros, make billions in profits.
- 2008 : During the night, the US Federal Reserve declares its readiness to grant a loan of 85 billion US dollars to the insurance company American International Group , which has been troubled as a result of the financial crisis. In return, it takes over 79.9 percent of the shares and receives Right of veto on dividend distribution .
science and technology
- 1859 : Lake Nyassa is discovered by David Livingstone and his companions as the first Europeans.
- 1975 : The Soviet MiG-31 interceptor takes off on its maiden flight . The machine was not put into service by the armed forces until 1981 .
Culture
- 1938 : The first performance of the cinema comedy Thirteen Chairs with the main actors Heinz Rühmann and Hans Moser takes place in Dresden.
- 1950 : The Romanian pianist Dinu Lipatti had to stop his last concert in Besançon prematurely due to illness and said goodbye to his audience with the piano arrangement of Bach's Jesus remains my joy . Two and a half months later he died of Hodgkin's lymphoma at the age of 33 .
- 1953 : The premiere of the monumental film Das Gewand by Henry Koster , the first film to be shot using the Cinemascope method , takes place in the USA .
- 1978 : The filming of The Life of Brian from Monty Python begins.
- 2002 : In Munich , the new one is Pinakothek der Moderne opened next to the Alte Pinakothek and the Neue Pinakothek , the third Pinakothek in Munich.
society
- 2005 : With the arrest of the wanted Camorra boss Paolo Di Lauro , the Italian police strike a blow against organized crime in Naples .
religion
- 681 : The 6th Ecumenical Council chaired by Emperor Constantine IV ends in the imperial palace of Constantinople .
- 1664 : In the Electorate of Brandenburg , the Elector Friedrich Wilhelm issued an edict of tolerance aimed at tolerating the Protestant denominations among one another.
Disasters
- 1928 : The Okeechobee hurricane hits land in Florida, where the next day the levee of Lake Okeechobee is flooded, killing over 2,500 people.
- 1961 : The tail of Hurricane Debbie sweeps across the British Isles , causing severe damage; 11 people die in Ireland . In Malin Head , the wind speed is 181.5 km / h.
- 1978 : Around 20,000 people die in an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 near Tabas in Iran .
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
Sports
- 1909 : The constituent assembly for the founding of the Jewish soccer club SC Hakoah Wien takes place in Vienna .
- 1923 : The Müngersdorfer Stadium in Cologne is inaugurated.
- 1925 : HC Rotterdam is founded, now the largest hockey club in the Netherlands.
- 2006 : In Leverkusen the national team of Saudi Arabia prevailed against the team from the Netherlands at the soccer world championship 2006 for people with disabilities 9: 8 and became world champions.
Entries of athletics world records can be found under the respective discipline under athletics .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 16 : Drusilla , sister and lover of the Roman emperor Caligula
- 1295 : Elizabeth de Clare , English noblewoman
- 1387 : Henry V , King of England
- 1397 : Bāisonqur , Prince of the Timurids, patron of the arts and architecture
- 1462 : Pietro Pomponazzi , Italian philosopher
- 1494 : Franciscus Maurolicus , Greek-Italian polymath
Franciscus Maurolicus
(* 1494)
Jiajing
(* 1507)
- 1507 : Jiajing , Chinese emperor of the Ming dynasty
- 1557 : Martin Behm , German writer and hymn writer
- 1584 : Francisco Correa de Arauxo , Andalusian organist and composer (baptism date)
- 1625 : Gregorio Barbarigo , Catholic cardinal and saint
- 1626 : Leopold Wilhelm von Baden-Baden , Margrave of Baden
- 1627 : Philip of the Palatinate , Prince of the Palatinate
- 1634 : Anselm Franz von Ingelheim , Archbishop and Elector of Mainz
- 1643 : Johann Grob , Swiss poet and epigrammatist
- 1651 : Engelbert Kaempfer , German doctor and explorer
- 1670 : William Penn , English admiral
- 1672 : Gustav Georg Zeltner , Protestant theologian
- 1678 : Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke , British politician and philosopher
- 1686 : Joseph Franz Valerian von Arco , Prince-Bishop of Chiemsee
18th century
- 1704 : Louis de Jaucourt , French writer
- 1707 : Wytze Foppes , Frisian carpenter, arithmetic master and instrument maker
- 1707 : Joseph Michael Schnöller , German builder and architect
- 1708 : Johann Caspar Richter , businessman, councilor and council builder in Leipzig
- 1715 : Charlotte Thouret , Carmelite and Blessed of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1722 : Christian IV , Duke of Zweibrücken
- 1725 : Nicolas Desmarest , French geologist
- 1725 : Anna Barbara Gignoux , Augsburg calico manufacturer
- 1730 : Franz Ludwig von Erthal , Bishop of Würzburg and Bamberg
- 1736 : Carter Braxton , one of the founding fathers of the USA
- 1736 : Johannes Nikolaus Tetens , German philosopher, mathematician and natural scientist
- 1744 : Fabrizio Dionigi Ruffo , cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1750 : Johann Melchior Kubli , Swiss politician
- 1751 : Ernst Friedrich Hector Falcke , Mayor of Hanover
- 1751 : Johann Joseph Kausch , Silesian medic and writer
- 1753 : Mühlhiasl , Bavarian soothsayer and prophet
- 1757 : Alexander Ferdinand von Mellentin , royal Saxon major general
- 1769 : Carl Albert Christoph Heinrich von Kamptz , German lawyer, Minister of State and Justice of Prussia
- 1770 : Friedrich Johann Christoph Cleemann , German Protestant clergyman and private scholar
- 1772 : Friedrich Karl Rumpf , German literary scholar, rhetorician, Protestant theologian and classical philologist
- 1777 : Nathan Mayer Rothschild , banker
- 1782 : Daoguang , Emperor of China
- 1782 : Johannes von Werner , German politician
- 1783 : Johann Gottfried Scheibel , German clergyman, church father of the Evangelical Lutheran (Old Lutheran) Church
- 1789 : Mariano de Aycinena y Piñol , Guatemalan head of state
- 1790 : Wilhelm von Ludwig , German medic
- 1790 : Thomas Vowler Short , British clergyman and writer
- 1794 : Floris Nollet , Belgian professor, company founder and inventor
- 1796 : Johann Daniel Elster , German music professor and choir director
- 1797 : Antonio Panizzi , Italian librarian
- 1797 : Johann Friedrich Ludwig Wöhlert , German entrepreneur
- 1800 : Johann Wilhelm Ernst Wägner , German writer and Protestant theologian
19th century
1801-1850
- 1806 : Fyodor Fjodorowitsch Andresen , Russian painter
- 1812 : Robert Fortune , English gardener and explorer.
- 1820 : Alwine Wuthenow , Low German poet
- 1823 : Mihailo Obrenović , Serbian prince
- 1825 : Simeon Bavier , Swiss politician, Federal Councilor
Simeon Bavier
(* 1825)
Peter V of Portugal
(* 1837)
Wilhelm von Gloeden
(* 1856)
Yuan Shikai
(* 1859)
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- 1826 : Ernst I , Duke of Saxony-Altenburg
- 1832 : George Washington Custis Lee , Confederate general, college president
- 1834 : Asa Bushnell , American politician
- 1834 : Julius Wolff , German poet and writer
- 1837 : Peter V , King of Portugal
- 1842 : Alessandro Fortis , Italian politician, Prime Minister
- 1844 : Leonie Aviat , French nun
- 1844 : Hendrik Jacobus Hamaker , Dutch legal scholar
- 1844 : Paul Taffanel , French flautist
- 1846 : Seth Carlo Chandler , American astronomer
- 1846 : Anna Kingsford , English doctor, suffragette, author and theosophist
- 1848 : John Joseph Adams , American lawyer and politician
- 1848 : Henry Goudy , British lawyer and university professor
- 1849 : Ottilie Schwahn , German narrator
- 1850 : Ottmar von Angerer , German medic
1851-1875
- 1851 : Emilia Pardo Bazán , Spanish writer
- 1853 : Albrecht Kossel , German biochemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1854 : Alfred von Montenuovo , Austrian court official
- 1856 : Wilhelm von Gloeden , German photographer in Sicily, pioneer of nude photography
- 1857 : Emanuel Wurm , German politician, State Secretary of the Reich Food Office
- 1858 : Andrew Bonar Law , British politician, Prime Minister
- 1859 : Frank Gooding , American politician
- 1859 : Yuan Shikai , Chinese army leader, president and self-appointed emperor
- 1861 : Otto Bollhagen , German industrial painter
- 1861 : Franz Matsch , Austrian painter
- 1862 : Juliusz Bursche , regional bishop of Poland
- 1863 : Karl Friedrich von Auwers , German chemist
- 1866 : Gerd Voigt , Lord Mayor of Frankfurt am Main
- 1867 : Alexander Kircher , German-Austrian naval and landscape painter and illustrator
- 1870 : John Pius Boland , Irish lawyer, politician and tennis player, Olympic champion
- 1870 : Abraham Mozes Reens , Dutch anarchist
John Pius Boland
(* 1870)
Herwarth Walden
(* 1878)
Nadia Boulanger
(* 1887)
Frans Eemil Sillanpää
(* 1888)
Karl Dönitz
(* 1891)
- 1874 : Frederic Edward Clements , American botanist and university professor
- 1874 : Heinrich Konen , German politician
- 1874 : Ricardo Flores Magón , Mexican anarchist
- 1875 : Enno Littmann , German orientalist
- 1875 : Eva Mylott , Australian opera singer
- 1875 : Wolfgang Wegener , German Vice Admiral
1876-1900
- 1876 : Francisco Camet , Argentine fencer
- 1876 : Marvin Hart , American heavyweight boxing champion
- 1878 : Karl Albiker , German sculptor and student of Auguste Rodin
- 1878 : Carl Joseph Kuckhoff , German politician, MdR
- 1878 : Rudolf Schäfer , German church painter
- 1878 : Herwarth Walden , German writer, publisher, gallery owner, musician and composer, promoter of the German avant-garde of the early 20th century
- 1880 : Carl Carls , German chess player
- 1880 : Alfred Noyes , British poet
- 1881 : Enrico Cobioni , Swiss aviation pioneer
- 1881 : Ludwig Klitzsch , publicist and entrepreneur
- 1882 : Ricardo Rojas , Argentine writer, essayist, educational politician and educator
- 1884 : Philipp Wilhelm Jung , German lawyer and politician, MdL, Prime Minister of the People's State of Hesse, Mayor of Vienna
- 1885 : Felix Basch , Austrian actor and director
- 1885 : Karen Horney , German-American psychoanalyst
- 1886 : Hans Arp , German-French painter, sculptor and poet
- 1886 : Dorothea von Arronet , Baltic German painter, illustrator and graphic artist
- 1886 : José Delaquerrière , Canadian singer, composer and music teacher
- 1887 : Hans Herwarth von Bittenfeld , German politician, MdL
- 1887 : Nadia Boulanger , French music teacher, composer and conductor
- 1887 : Louise Boyd , American polar and Greenland researcher
- 1888 : Walter Owen Bentley , British racing driver and entrepreneur, founder of the Bentley car brand
- 1888 : Charles Ruffell , British athlete
- 1888 : Frans Eemil Sillanpää , Finnish writer, Nobel Prize winner
- 1889 : Mercédès Jellinek , Austrian diplomat's daughter, namesake of the Mercedes-Benz automobile brand
- 1889 : Ludwig Tügel , German writer
- 1890 : Ernst Deutsch , Austrian actor
- 1891 : Karl Dönitz , German Grand Admiral, last President of the German Empire
- 1891 : Stephanie von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst , German spy
- 1891 : Rudolf Lehmann , German historian
- 1891 : Czesław Marek , Polish composer
- 1891 : Wilhelm Süssmann , German lieutenant general
- 1892 : Werner Bergengruen , German writer and translator
- 1893 : Alexander Korda , Hungarian-British film director
- 1893 : Albert von Szent-Györgyi Nagyrápolt , Hungarian biochemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1894 : Charles Crodel , French painter
- 1895 : Karol Rathaus , Polish composer
- 1899 : Hans Swarowsky , Austrian conductor
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : Rut Björkman , Swedish author
- 1901 : Hans Joachim Breustedt , German painter and graphic artist
- 1901 : Ugo Frigerio , Italian athlete, Olympic champion
- 1902 : Jean Bourgknecht , Swiss politician and Federal Councilor
- 1902 : Mildred Harnack , US-American-German literary scholar, translator and resistance fighter
- 1902 : Germaine Richier , French sculptor and graphic artist
- 1902 : Veli Saarinen , Finnish cross-country skier
- 1903 : Irving Asher , American film producer
- 1903 : Gwen Bristow , American journalist and writer
- 1903 : Russell Harlan , American cameraman
- 1903 : Joe Venuti , American musician
- 1904 : Stewart Adams , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1904 : Alfred Klahr , Austrian political scientist, party functionary, journalist and resistance fighter
- 1905 : Vladimír Holan , Czech poet
- 1908 : Pedro Geoffroy Rivas , Salvadoran journalist, poet, anthropologist and linguist
- 1908 : Marija Grinberg , Soviet pianist and piano teacher
- 1908 : Friedrich Torberg , Austrian writer and journalist
- 1909 : Marshall S. Carter , American officer, director of the NSA
- 1910 : Karl Kling , German automobile racing driver
- 1910 : Adolf Cornelius Piening , German submarine commander
- 1910 : Henri Roessler , French football player and coach
- 1911 : Charles Amer , British entrepreneur, President of Middlesbrough FC
- 1912 : György Sárosi , Hungarian football player and coach
- 1914 : Takada Toshiko , Japanese poet
- 1915 : Cloyd Duff , American timpanist
- 1917 : Alexander Schmorell , German student and artist, co-founder of the White Rose resistance group , victim of National Socialism
- 1918 : Władysław Kędra , Polish pianist and music teacher
- 1919 : Sven-Erik Bäck , Swedish composer
- 1919 : Lawrence Dobkin , American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1919 : Hilde Purwin , German journalist
- 1920 : Hannie Schaft , Dutch resistance fighter
- 1921 : Walter Boehlich , literary critic, publisher's editor, translator and editor
- 1921 : Fritz Geißler , German composer and violist
- 1921 : Jon Hendricks , American jazz singer
- 1922 : Hans Baltisberger , German motorcycle racer
- 1922 : Artur Doppelmayr , Austrian cable car pioneer
- 1922 : Guy Hamilton , British director
- 1922 : Janis Paige , American actress
- 1922 : Ursula Wölfel , German children's book author
- 1923 : Lee Kuan Yew , Singaporean politician
- 1924 : Lauren Bacall , American actress
- 1924 : Raoul Coutard , French cameraman and photographer
- 1924 : Gianfranco De Bosio , Italian film and theater director, screenwriter
- 1924 : Heinz Müller , German racing cyclist
- 1925 : Felix Auer , Swiss economist, journalist and politician
- 1925 : Jonny Buchardt , German comedian
- 1925 : Charlie Byrd , American jazz guitarist
- 1925 : BB King , American blues musician
- 1925 : Rudolf Sprung , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Parliamentary State Secretary
1926-1950
- 1926 : Doug Hepburn , Canadian weightlifter
- 1926 : Robert Schuller , American television preacher
- 1927 : Peter Falk , American actor, film producer and painter
- 1927 : Karel Gut , Czech ice hockey coach
- 1927 : Sadako Ogata , Japanese university professor and UN diplomat
- 1928 : Sieghart von Arnim , German manager and non-fiction author
- 1928 : Vladimír Boublík , Czech philosopher
- 1928 : John Adel Elya , Lebanese clergyman, Bishop of Newton (USA)
- 1929 : Hans Bouwmeester , Dutch chess player
- 1930 : Anne Francis , American film actress
- 1931 : Irène Galter , Italian actress
- 1931 : Tadeusz Gocłowski , Archbishop of Danzig
- 1931 : Jan Johansson , Swedish jazz musician and composer
- 1931 : Günther Kleiber , German politician, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED and Minister in the GDR
- 1931 : Little Willie Littlefield , American musician and songwriter
- 1931 : Werner Lueg , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1934 : Elgin Baylor , American basketball player
- 1934 : Pierre Bergé , French experimental physicist
- 1934 : Hans A. Engelhard , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister of Justice
- 1934 : Reinhard Döhl , German literary and media scholar, author and artist
- 1934 : Ronnie Drew , Irish singer and guitarist
- 1934 : George Chakiris , American actor
- 1934 : Jakup Mato , Albanian literary critic
- 1935 : Carl Andre , American object artist
- 1935 : Billy Boy Arnold , American blues musician
- 1935 : Andrew Hedges , British racing car driver
- 1935 : Esther Vilar , Argentine-German writer
- 1936 : Aharon Barak , Israeli lawyer, President of the Supreme Court
- 1936 : Günther Frank , Austrian singer, actor and painter
- 1936 : Ekkehard Gries , German lawyer and politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister, Member of the Bundestag
- 1936 : Karin Hübner , German actress
- 1936 : Claus Seibel , German television journalist
- 1937 : Horst Keil , pastor, journalist and author
- 1937 : Karel Milota , Czech poet, writer and translator
- 1938 : Gerd Peter Werner , German naturopath and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1939 : Breyten Breytenbach , South African writer and painter
- 1939 : Helge Gerndt , German folklorist
- 1939 : Hans Rettenbacher , Austrian bassist and cellist
- 1939 : Udo Steiner , judge at the Federal Constitutional Court
- 1940 : Lisle Arthur Atkinson , American jazz bassist
- 1940 : Dietrich H. Hoppenstedt , President of the German Savings Banks and Giro Association
- 1940 : Hamiet Bluiett , American jazz musician
- 1940 : Jutta Heine , German athlete
- 1941 : Hans-Georg Stümke , weather observer, writer, teacher, historian and publicist
- 1941 : Richard Perle , American politician
- 1942 : Beverly Aadland , American actress
- 1942 : Ingrid Stahmer , German local politician
- 1942 : Gabrielle Traxler , Austrian politician
- 1943 : Klaus Werner Grewlich , German diplomat
- 1943 : Oskar Lafontaine , German politician, Lord Mayor of Saarbrücken, Member of the State Parliament, Prime Minister of the Saarland, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister
- 1943 : Heiko Thieme , portfolio manager and investment advisor of German origin
- 1943 : Bärbel Wartenberg-Potter , Bishop of the North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church
- 1943 : Peter Schlack , Swabian dialect poet, visual artist, autodidact and jazz musician
- 1944 : Herma Koehn , German actress and radio play speaker
- 1944 : Klaus-Peter Müller , board spokesman at Commerzbank
- 1944 : Adrianus Schenk , Dutch speed skater
- 1945 : Jörg Grunert , German geographer
- 1945 : Alexander Wladimirowitsch Ruzkoi , Russian officer and politician
- 1947 : Russ Abbot , British musician, comedian and actor
- 1947 : Steven Gellman , Canadian composer, pianist and music teacher
- 1947 : Ilona Gusenbauer , Austrian athlete
- 1947 : Renate Rastätter , German teacher and politician, MdL
- 1947 : Dieter Riedel , German soccer player and coach
- 1947 : Hilda Elvira Santiago , Cuban pianist, composer, choir director and music teacher
- 1948 : Jürgen Dollase , German gastronomy critic and journalist
- 1948 : Kenney Jones , British musician
- 1948 : Takashi Suzuki , Japanese racing car driver
- 1949 : Ed Begley junior , American film actor
- 1949 : Rüdiger May , German political scientist, PR consultant and author
- 1949 : Franz-Josef Pauly , German football player
- 1949 : Oz Scott , American television director and producer
- 1950 : Loyola de Palacio , Spanish politician, EU commissioner
1951-1975
- 1951 : Alice Hoffmann , German actress and comedian
- 1951 : Andy Irvine , Scottish rugby player
- 1951 : René van de Kerkhof , Dutch football player
- 1951 : Thomas Kapielski , author, visual artist, musician
- 1951 : Willy van de Kerkhof , Dutch football player
- 1951 : Siegfried Lambor , German soccer player
- 1952 : Fatos Nano , Albanian politician, Prime Minister
- 1952 : Gernot Grumbach , German politician, MdL
- 1952 : Waltraud Pöhland , German athlete
- 1952 : Mickey Rourke , American film actor
- 1953 : Kurt Fuller , American actor
- 1953 : Olga Lara , Dominican singer and composer
- 1953 : Hans Jürgen Prömel , German mathematician
- 1953 : Christopher Rich , American actor
- 1954 : Patrick Bourdais , French racing car driver
- 1954 : Franz Thönnes , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Parliamentary State Secretary
- 1954 : Michael Nava , American writer and lawyer
- 1955 : Yolandita Monje , Puerto Rican singer and actress
- 1956 : David Copperfield , American magician
- 1956 : Seppo Eichkorn , German soccer coach
- 1956 : Mirko Šarović , Bosnian politician, President of the Republika Srpska
- 1956 : Peter Stellwag , German table tennis player
- 1957 : Mark Dies , American chess player
- 1957 : Assumpta Serna , Spanish actress
- 1958 : Jennifer Tilly , American actress
- 1958 : Matthias Deutschmann , German cabaret artist
- 1958 : Neville Southall , British football player
- 1958 : Peter Loontiens , German soccer player
- 1959 : Andreas Neumeister , German writer
- 1960 : Jayne Brook , American actress
- 1960 : Kurt Busiek , American comic book writer
- 1960 : Graham Haynes , American jazz musician
- 1960 : Danny John-Jules , British actor, dancer and singer
- 1960 : Taneti Mamau , Kiribati politician, President
- 1960 : Mike Mignola , American comic book writer and illustrator
- 1962 : Erik Hajas , Swedish handball player
- 1962 : Kimberly McArthur , American actress and playmate
- 1962 : Armin Medosch , Austrian journalist and media artist
- 1962 : Goran Perkovac , Croatian handball player
- 1963 : Dietmar Roth , German soccer player
- 1963 : Luc Frieden , Luxembourg politician, lawyer and bank manager, minister
- 1963 : Richard Marx , American singer and songwriter
- 1963 : Thomas Larcher , Austrian composer and pianist
- 1963 : Volker Tiemann , German sculptor
- 1964 : Britta Altenkamp , German politician
- 1964 : Molly Shannon , American actress
- 1965 : Karl-Heinz Riedle , German soccer player
- 1965 : Martin Kleen , German crime writer
- 1966 : Kevin Young , American athlete
- 1967 : Daniele Balli , Italian football player
- 1967 : Mike Smith , Canadian decathlete
- 1968 : Marc Anthony , Puerto Rican-American composer and singer
- 1968 : Rafael Alkorta , Spanish soccer player
- 1968 : Tekin Kurtuluş , actor of Turkish origin from Germany
- 1969 : Justine Frischmann , British-American musician
- 1969 : Reiner Kirsten , German folk music singer
- 1970 : Anders Hansen , Danish professional golfer
- 1970 : Nedeljko Jovanović , Serbian-German handball player
- 1970 : Kerttu Rakke , Estonian writer
- 1970 : Nick Sagan , American screenwriter and writer
- 1970 : Lars Fredrik H. Svendsen , Norwegian philosopher
- 1970 : Christine Urspruch , German actress
- 1971 : Annelise Coberger , New Zealand ski racer
- 1971 : Karsten Kobs , German athlete
- 1971 : Zilla Huma Usman , Pakistani politician and women's rights activist
- 1972 : Vebjørn Rodal , Norwegian athlete, Olympic champion
- 1972 : Netth Soul , Ivorian musician
- 1973 : Loona , Dutch singer
- 1973 : DJ Nosferatu , Dutch hardcore techno DJ
- 1973 : Alexander Vinokurov , Kazakh racing cyclist
- 1974 : Steffen Groth , German actor
- 1974 : Mario Haas , Austrian football player
- 1974 : Loretta Stern , German singer and actress
- 1975 : Therry Brunner , Swiss snowboarder
- 1975 : Gal Fridman , Israeli windsurfer, Olympic champion
- 1975 : Petra Haltmayr , German ski racer
- 1975 : Thekla Reuten , Dutch actress
1976-2000
- 1976 : Marie-Fleur Agema , Dutch politician
- 1976 : Adel Chedli , Tunisian football player
- 1976 : Elīna Garanča , Latvian mezzo-soprano
- 1976 : Jonathan Page , American cyclist
- 1977 : Josip Šimić , Croatian football player
- 1978 : Suad Filekovič , Slovenian football player
- 1978 : Claudia Marx , German athlete
- 1978 : Ebrahim Mirzapour , Iranian soccer player
- 1978 : Viktor Szilágyi , Austrian handball player and sports official of Hungarian origin
- 1978 : Michael Uhrmann , German ski jumper
- 1979 : Keisuke Tsuboi , Japanese soccer player
- 1980 : Olivier Nzuzi , Congolese soccer player
- 1980 : Mario Ranieri , Austrian music producer
- 1980 : Patrik Stefan , Czech ice hockey player
- 1980 : Special D. , German DJ and producer
- 1981 : Alexis Bledel , American actress and model
- 1981 : Anna Frenzel-Röhl , German actress
- 1982 : Lena Arnoldt , German politician
- 1982 : Ruti Asarsai , Israeli actress
- 1982 : Linus Gerdemann , German racing cyclist
- 1983 : Bernd Bozian , German actor
- 1983 : Kirsty Coventry , Zimbabwean swimmer
- 1983 : Nora Reiche , German handball player
- 1984 : Katie Melua , Georgian-British jazz and blues singer
- 1984 : Snorre Valen , Norwegian politician and musician
- 1985 : Miguel Ángel de Amo , Spanish volleyball and beach volleyball player
- 1985 : Sandro Burki , Swiss football player
- 1985 : Johan Remen Evensen , Norwegian ski jumper
- 1985 : Madeline Zima , American actress
- 1986 : Michael Allendorf , German handball player
- 1986 : Ian Harding , American actor
- 1986 : Hasib Hussain , British suicide bomber
- 1987 : Kyle Lafferty , Northern Irish soccer player
- 1989 : Marco Höger , German soccer player
- 1992 : Nick Jonas , American musician and actor ( Jonas Brothers )
- 1993 : Vasily Jegorow , Russian boxer
- 1997 : Elena Kampouris , American actress
Died
Before the 17th century
- 303 : Euphemia of Chalcedon , Christian martyr
- 307 : Severus , Roman emperor
- 506 : Caretene , Queen of the Burgundians, presumed wife of Gundobad
- 655 : Martin I , Pope
- 827 : Valentin , Pope
- 853 : Hardward von Minden , Bishop of Minden
- 984 : Edith von Wilton , English Benedictine nun, saint of the Catholic Church
- 1087 : Viktor III. , Pope
- 1100 : Bernold von Konstanz , Benedictine and historian
- 1122 : Vitalis von Savigny , founder of the Savigny monastery
- 1140 : Vulgrin II , Count of Angoulême
- 1150 : Siegfried von Truhendingen , Bishop of Würzburg
- 1343 : Philip III. , King of Navarre
- 1345 : John IV , Duke of Brittany
- 1360 : William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton , English magnate, military and diplomat
- 1365 : Berthold von Zollern , Bishop of Eichstätt
- 1380 : Charles V , French king
- 1394 : Clemens VII. , Antipope and adversary of Urban VI.
- 1406 : Kiprian , Metropolitan of Kiev and Moscow, hagiographer
- 1498 : Tomás de Torquemada , Spanish Inquisitor General
- 1583 : Katharina Jagiellonica , Polish-Lithuanian princess, queen of Sweden
- 1591 : Peder Aagesen , Danish philologist
- 1597 : Hans Irmisch , land builder from the Electoral Saxony
17th and 18th centuries
- 1660 : Hans XIV. Von Rochow , German landlord and company commander of the first standing army of the Mark Brandenburg
- 1670 : William Penn , English admiral
- 1672 : Anne Bradstreet , American poet
- 1674 : Johann Botsack , German theologian
- 1676 : Gaspar de Bracamonte y Guzmán , Spanish statesman, diplomat and Viceroy of Naples
- 1676 : Schabbtai Zvi , religious scholar and self-proclaimed messiah
- 1681 : Jahanara Begum , daughter of the Grand Mogul of India Shah Jahan
- 1696 : Andreas Herold , German piece and bell founder
- 1696 : Lambert Pietkin , composer and organist in the Principality of Liège
Johann von Werth
(† 1652)
Jahanara
(† 1681)
- 1701 : James II , King of England and Scotland
- 1706 : Matthias Petersen , North Frisian captain and whaler
- 1713 : Michael Khöll , Viennese master stonemason
- 1725 : Antoine V. de Gramont , French officer, general and diplomat
- 1726 : Jakob Prandtauer , Austrian baroque master builder
- 1736 : Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit , German physicist and instrument maker
- 1739 : Heinrich Freiherr von Huyssen , German diplomat and advisor to Peter the Great
- 1753 : Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff , German builder, painter and architect
- 1762 : Francesco Geminiani , Italian violinist and composer
- 1767 : David Gregory , English historian
- 1782 : Farinelli , Italian singer (castrato)
James II
(† 1701)
Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff
(† 1753)
Francesco Geminiani
(† 1762)
19th century
- 1803 : Nicolas Baudin , French explorer
- 1810 : Franz von Fürstenberg , German school reformer and university founder
- 1811 : Jakob Adam , Austrian engraver
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- 1824 : Louis XVIII. , King of France
- 1824 : Georg Friedrich Rebmann , German publicist
- 1824 : Giacomo Tritto , Italian composer and music teacher
- 1825 : Franciszek Karpiński , Polish poet and playwright
- 1837 : Filippo Buonarroti , Italian-French politician and publicist
- 1840 : Paul Rudolf von Bilguer , German chess master and theorist
- 1841 : Newton Cannon , American politician
- 1846 : Heinrich Menu von Minutoli , Swiss explorer and archaeologist
- 1847 : Grace Aguilar , British writer of Sephardic descent
- 1855 : Sergei Uvarow , Russian statesman and literary scholar
- 1855 : Benedetto Pistrucci , Italian engraver
- 1857 : Eugen Friedrich Karl Paul Ludwig von Württemberg , General of the Russian Infantry
- 1862 : Boniface de Castellane , French general and Marshal of France
- 1871 : Heinrich Marr , German actor
- 1873 : Sidi Muhammad IV , Sultan of Morocco
- 1877 : Levi Coffin , American Quaker, abolitionist, and businessman
- 1886 : Carl Damm , Catholic priest, politician and participant in the revolution of 1848/1849
- 1887 : William Aiken , American politician
- 1890 : Carl Franz Wilhelm Edel , German lawyer and politician
- 1895 : Ernst Wülcker , German Germanist, historian and archivist
- 1895 : Josua Zweifel , Swiss trader, discoverer of the Niger springs
- 1896 : James Mitchell Ashley , American politician
- 1896 : Antônio Carlos Gomes , Brazilian composer
- 1897 : Arnulfo Arroyo Romero , Mexican anarchist
- 1899 : Amadou dan Ténimoun , Sultan of Zinder
20th century
1901-1950
- 1904 : Gaston Thierry , German officer and colonial official
- 1910 : Hormuzd Rassam , Syrian Assyriologist
- 1911 : Edward Whymper , British mountaineer
- 1915 : Joseph Higgins , Roman Catholic bishop
- 1916 : José Echegaray , Spanish playwright, mathematician and politician
- 1919 : Karl Augustin , German auxiliary bishop
- 1920 : Dan Andersson , Swedish working-class poet and lyric poet
- 1924 : Augusta Bender , women's rights activist, writer
- 1925 : Leo Fall , Austrian operetta composer and conductor
- 1925 : Alexander Alexandrowitsch Friedmann , Russian physicist and mathematician
- 1927 : Max von Gruber , Austrian physician, biologist and racial hygienist, founder of modern hygiene
- 1928 : Marie Stritt , German women's rights activist
- 1931 : Umar al-Muchtar , Libyan teacher, independence fighter
- 1932 : Ronald Ross , British medic, Nobel Prize winner
- 1936 : Karl Buresch , Austrian politician
- 1938 : Adam Karrillon , German doctor and writer
- 1939 : Francesco Alberti , Swiss clergyman, journalist and politician
- 1939 : Alexander Kircher , German-Austrian marine and landscape painter and illustrator
- 1939 : Otto Wels , German politician, MdR
- 1942 : Carlo Bigatto , Italian football player and coach
- 1943 : Carl Abegg , Swiss textile manufacturer
- 1944 : Gustav Bauer , German politician, Prime Minister, Reich Chancellor
- 1946 : James Jeans , British physicist, astronomer and mathematician
- 1948 : Manuel Cardinal Arce y Ochotorena , Spanish clergyman, Archbishop of Tarragona
- 1949 : Victor Cordero Gonzales , Peruvian singer and composer
- 1950 : Robert Gradmann , German pastor, geographer, botanist and regional scientist
1951-2000
- 1955 : Leopold Stennett Amery , British politician
- 1955 : Gustav von Bergmann , internist and medical professor
- 1960 : Leo Spitzer , Austrian Romanist
- 1964 : Leo Weismantel , German writer and reform pedagogue, MdL, victim of National Socialism
- 1965 : Peter Paul Althaus , poet
- 1973 : Josef Aicher , Austrian architect and builder
- 1973 : Jean-Georges Branche , French racing car driver
- 1973 : Hermann Finsterlin , utopian architect, painter, poet and composer
- 1973 : Víctor Jara , Chilean musician
- 1973 : William Theodore Cardinal Heard , British clergyman, cardinal to the curia
- 1974 : Phog Allen , American basketball coach
- 1974 : Ludwig Auber , Austrian ornithologist
- 1975 : Françoise Cotron-Henry , French pianist and composer
- 1975 : Amy Price-Francis , Canadian actress
- 1977 : Günther Anders , German cameraman
- 1977 : Marc Bolan , British musician ( T. Rex )
- 1977 : Maria Callas , American soprano
- 1979 : Gio Ponti , Italian architect
- 1979 : Rob Slotemaker , Dutch racing car driver
- 1979 : Heinrich Tenhumberg , German theologian and bishop
- 1980 : Jean Piaget , Swiss developmental psychologist
- 1980 : Josef Wolfgang Steinbeißer , German actor and playwright
- 1981 : Michael DiSalle , American politician, governor of Ohio
- 1981 : Fritz Lange , German party functionary, resistance fighter and politician, Lord Mayor of Brandenburg an der Havel, Minister for Popular Education of the GDR
- 1984 : Cyril Paul , British racing car driver
- 1985 : Kurt Wegner , German artist
- 1986 : Luís Armando Rivera , Dominican composer, pianist and violinist
- 1989 : Arno Behrisch , German resistance fighter, politician and editor
- 1989 : Bruno Heck , German Federal Minister
- 1989 : Feliks Rączkowski , Polish organist, composer and music teacher
- 1992 : Enrico Assi , Italian bishop
- 1992 : Larbi Ben Barek , French-Moroccan football player
- 1992 : Millicent Fenwick , American politician
- 1993 : Rok Petrovič , Slovenian ski racer
- 1994 : Cardinal Albert Decourtray , French clergyman, Archbishop of Lyon
- 1994 : Dolly Haas , German-American actress
- 1998 : Heinrich Appelt , Austrian historian and diplomat
- 1999 : Elsie Attenhofer , Swiss cabaret artist and actress, writer and diseuse
21st century
- 2001 : Samuel Z. Arkoff , American film producer and director
- 2002 : Rika Unger , German sculptor
- 2003 : Danny Marino , Italian songwriter, chanson and pop singer
- 2004 : Livio Maitan , Italian politician
- 2004 : Dolly Rathebe , South African jazz singer and actress
- 2004 : Izora Rhodes Armstead , American singer
- 2005 : Harry Freedman , Canadian composer, cor anglais player and music teacher
- 2005 : Jean Kerguen , French racing car driver and entrepreneur
- 2005 : Rafael Alfaro Kotte , German accordionist and composer
- 2005 : Friedrich Karl Waechter , German draftsman, writer and satirist
- 2006 : Sten Andersson , Swedish politician, Foreign Minister
- 2006 : Rob Levin , American computer scientist, co-founder of the Freenode IRC network
- 2006 : Eduard Stöllinger , Austrian motorcycle racer
- 2006 : Michel Yatim , Syrian Archbishop
- 2007 : Robert Jordan , American writer
- 2007 : Buster Ramsey , American football player and coach
- 2008 : Norman Whitfield , American soul / rhythm and blues producer and songwriter
- 2009 : Myles Brand , American philosopher and sports official
- 2009 : Mary Travers , American folk singer and songwriter
- 2009 : Josef Wiese , German baker and confectioner, entrepreneur and inventor
- 2010 : Friedrich Wilhelm von Hohenzollern , German industrialist and long-time head of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- 2012 : Friedrich Zimmermann , German lawyer and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister
- 2013 : Frithjof Aurich , German physical chemist
- 2013 : Daniel Díaz Torres , Cuban film director
- 2014 : Ofelia Ramón , Venezuelan singer
- 2016 : Tarık Akan , Turkish actor
- 2016 : Edward Albee , American novelist and playwright
- 2016 : Carlo Azeglio Ciampi , Italian politician, Prime Minister, Minister, President
- 2018 : Horst Bosetzky , German sociologist and writer
- 2018 : Big Jay McNeely , American rhythm blues saxophonist
- 2019 : Luigi Colani , German designer
- 2019 : Davo Karničar , Slovenian mountaineer
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Caspar Tauber , Austrian martyr (Protestant)
- State holidays and memorial days
- Mexico : independence from Spain
- Papua New Guinea : Independence from Australia (1975)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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