17th August
The August 17 is the 229th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 230th in leap years ), thus remain 136 days by year end.
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events
Politics and world events
- 1000: Stephan I is crowned the first king of Hungary by a papal envoy in Gran .
- 1186: At the Georgenberger Handfeste , the Styrian Duke Ottokar IV and Leopold V of Austria conclude an inheritance agreement with the stipulation that Styria and Austria should remain undivided forever.
- 1386: The Republic of Venice and the Albanian Prince Karl Thopia form an alliance in which Venice pledges to provide assistance against the Turks , while Karl guarantees Venetian merchants protection in his country.
- 1424: In the Battle of Verneuil , the English prevail against a Franco-Scottish force in the Hundred Years' War .
- 1479: In the dispute between Louis XI. of France and Maximilian I for the Burgundian possession, it comes to the battle of Guinegate , in which Maximilian and his army defeat the French under Philippe de Crèvecœur .
- 1632: The troops of Gottfried Heinrich zu Pappenheim fail in the Thirty Years' War in an assault on the Dutch soldiers who are besieging the city of Maastricht in the Spanish Netherlands . The imperial military leader, lured by a high reward promised by the Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain , retreats to the Saale and plundered after the failure .
- 1648: In the English Civil War , Scots and royalists are crushed at the Battle of Preston .
- 1786: After the death of Frederick the Great , his nephew Friedrich Wilhelm II becomes King of Prussia .
- 1796: The attempt of the Batavian Republic to recapture the British-occupied Cape Colony fails due to the surrender of a Dutch fleet in Saldanhabucht (South Africa) .
- 1812: On his way to Moscow the army is victorious Napoleon Bonaparte in the battle of Smolensk on the Russian Western Army under Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly .
- 1848: The Republic of Yucatán , which has existed since 1846, is reunited with Mexico after the Mexican government pledged its support in the caste war in suppressing an uprising of the Mayan population.
- 1862: After the Bureau of Indian Affairs payments were delayed, starving Sioux ambushed and murdered five whites in search of food. This is considered to be the beginning of the Sioux uprising in Minnesota .
- 1863: The Frankfurt Fürstentag begins. He should advise on reforms in the German Confederation . According to Otto von Bismarck's strategy, Prussia's King Wilhelm I stays away from the meeting, which leads to the unsuccessful end of the conference around two weeks later.
- 1891: In the battle near Rugaro , the German protection force for German East Africa against the Hehe people suffers one of the worst defeats in their history.
- 1914: The Battle of Tannenberg on the German Eastern Front of World War I between the German Empire and Russia begins.
- 1920: Demonstrations against the Polish-Soviet War in Upper Silesia lead to riots that lead to the second uprising in Upper Silesia two days later .
- 1929: With the arrival of the Red Army in Manchuria starting Soviet-Chinese border war .
- 1935: Wilhelm Frick , Reich Minister of the Interior, bans Freemasonry in the German Reich.
- 1942: The US makes its first air raid in Europe during World War II .
- 1943: The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) suffer heavy losses from German anti-aircraft guns in bombing raids during Operation Double Strike in World War II .
- 1945: Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta declare the independence of the Dutch East Indies from the Netherlands under the name Indonesia . However, the Netherlands does not recognize independence.
- 1950: Indonesia, which has been federally structured since independence, is converted into a unitary state under the name Republic of Indonesia .
- 1956: The German Federal Constitutional Court bans the KPD because it is unconstitutional.
- 1960: The Republic of Gabon gains independence from France .
- 1962: Peter Fechter , one of the most famous victims of the order to shoot on the inner-German border, bleeds to death in the death strip of the Berlin Wall .
- 1987: The former Hitler -Stellvertreter and last prisoner in Spandau Prison , Rudolf Hess , commits to the warden suicide . Due to various circumstances that speak against suicide, the thesis arises that Hess was murdered.
- 2004: The Serbian National Assembly decides to use new state symbols for Serbia .
- 2017: At least 13 people died in a terrorist attack on Las Ramblas in Barcelona ; about 120 other people are injured.
business
- 1784: An ordinance of Emperor Joseph II allows everyone to sell and serve self-made food, wine and fruit must at all times. This means that the Heurige is officially born in Austria .
- 1807: Robert Fulton's steamer North River Steamboat , also known as the Clermont , begins regular steamship services on the Hudson River between New York City and Albany .
- 1835: The metric system is introduced in Switzerland , old units of measurement disappear.
- 1840: The Austrian Empire opens the Milan - Monza line as the second rail link . It later becomes part of the Lombard-Venetian railways .
- 1949: The Otto-Versand is founded by Werner Otto in Hamburg .
- 1998: The stock market crash in Russia leads to the collapse of the pyramid system with short-term government bonds (“GKO bonds”).
- 2000: The auction of the German UMTS licenses is concluded with a record result of 98.8 billion D-Marks .
science and technology
- 1877: The American astronomer Asaph Hall discovers the Martian moon Phobos .
- 1909: Hans Grade made the maiden flight with the dragonfly , which won the Lanz Prize for the Skies in October 1909 .
- 1933: The Soviet Union is the GIRD-09 , the first rocket launched with fluid drive. A new chapter in the history of Russian aviation begins.
- 1970: The Venus emission of Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 is started. On December 15, it was the first successful probe to land on Venus .
- 1977: The nuclear powered Soviet icebreaker Arktika is the first ship to cross water to reach the North Pole .
- 1978: After 137 hours and 5,781 km, the three Americans Ben Abruzzo , Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman land with their balloon Double Eagle II after the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in a balloon at Miserey near Paris .
- 1982: The Polygram record company presents the first audio CDs : Waltz by Frédéric Chopin , played by Claudio Arrau , and the album The Visitors by the ABBA music group .
- 1996: The first French space traveler Claudie André-Deshays takes off for the Russian Mir space station on the Soyuz TM-24 mission .
Culture
- 1661: Les Fâcheux ( The Troublesome ), the first comédie-ballet by the French comedy poet Molière , is premiered at Vaux-le-Vicomte Castle for the entertainment of King Louis XIV .
- 1772: The first performance of the comic opera Der Krieg by Johann Adam Hiller takes place in Berlin .
- 1852: Hans von und zu Aufseß founds the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg , which is now Germany's largest cultural and historical museum.
- 1876: Richard Wagner's opera Götterdämmerung is premiered at the first Bayreuth Festival .
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- 1908: The first known cartoon Fantasmagorie , created by Émile Cohl , premieres in Paris.
- 1945: The first edition of George Orwell's novel Animal Farm appears in Great Britain .
- 1953: The world premiere of the opera The Trial by Gottfried von Eine, based on the novel of the same name by Franz Kafka, takes place at the Salzburg Festival .
- 1954: The premiere of the opera Penelope by Rolf Liebermann takes place at the Salzburg Festival .
- 1957: As part of the Salzburg Festival, the new version of the three-act opera buffa Die Schule der Frauen by Rolf Liebermann is premiered at the Salzburg State Theater.
- 1959: Miles Davis ' eighth studio album, Kind of Blue , the best-selling album in jazz history , is released.
- 1960: The Beatles give their first concert under this name in Hamburg's red-light district St. Pauli.
- 1979: The world premiere of the feature film Monty Python's Life of Brian ( Life of Brian ) of the British comedy troupe Monty Python leads to protests of Christian and Jewish groups who perceive an insult to their religious feelings. As a result, performance boycotts and bans in several countries.
company
- 1896: In London , Bridget Driscoll becomes the first to be killed in an automobile accident .
- 2012: Three members of the punk band Pussy Riot are sentenced to prison terms in a Moscow court for “hooliganism out of religious hatred” .
religion
- 682: Leo II is ordained Pope . He succeeds Agatho, who died the year before .
- 1564: The Jesuit order formally takes over the University of Dillingen in the Danube city .
- 1740: Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini succeeds Clemens XII after six months of vacancy . elected Pope and takes the name Benedict XIV .
Disasters
- 1969: Hurricane Camille hits the coasts of the US states of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, devastating a large part of the Gulf Coast and killing 143 people.
- 1974: The hail storm on 16./17. August 1974 caused damage of at least 150 million DM in northern Germany and Bavaria.
- 1999: The earthquake in Gölcük with a magnitude of 7.6 in northwestern Turkey kills 17,217 people and injures 43,959, according to an official census.
- 2002: During the “ flood of the century ”, the water level of the Elbe in Dresden reached a new historical high. The Zwinger and the Semperoper are flooded.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1805: The first Unspunnen Festival takes place near Unspunnen Castle near Interlaken . The Alpine Shepherd Festival contributes to the revival of the Swiss sports wrestling and stone throwing .
- 1977: Dieter Müller sets a record that is still valid today with his six goals in the Bundesliga match 1. FC Köln against Werder Bremen (final score 7: 2).
- 1987: With her victory in the final of the Manhattan Beach tennis tournament over Chris Evert , Steffi Graf becomes the new number 1 in the women's tennis world rankings , replacing Martina Navrátilová . She will hold this position for 377 weeks .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1153: William of Poitiers , eldest son of Henry II of England
- 1443: Thilo von Trotha , German bishop of Merseburg, rector of the University of Leipzig
- 1473: Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York and Norfolk
- 1501: Count Philipp II of Hanau-Münzenberg , Count of Hanau-Münzenberg
- 1578: Francesco Albani , Italian painter of the Bolognese school
- 1578: Johann , first prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Johann Valentin Andreae
(* 1586)
Lennart Torstensson
(* 1603)
Johann III. Sobieski
(* 1629)
- 1586: Johann Valentin Andreae , German writer, mathematician, theologian
- 1603: Lennart Torstensson , Swedish field marshal, imperial councilor and governor general
- 1612: Jeremi Wiśniowiecki , Polish magnate and general
- 1629: Johann III. Sobieski , Polish king
- 1633: Michael Bergmann , German author of reference works
- 1636: Johann Kaspar Horn , German composer, lawyer and doctor
- 1637: Johann Gerhard Arnold , German historian, consistorial councilor and grammar school rector
- 1654: Hans Haubold von Einsiedel , court clerk of the Electorate of Saxony
- 1671: Niklaus Tscheer , Swiss pietist and writer
- 1675: Johann Adolph Wedel , German medic
- 1686: Nicola Antonio Porpora , Italian composer and singing teacher
- 1699: Bernard de Jussieu , French botanist
- 1700: Johann Michael Beer von Bleichten , Austrian builder and architect
18th century
- 1717: Heinrich Wilhelm von Huth , Danish general of the artillery
- 1720: Charles Eisen , French painter
- 1724: Gottlieb Friedrich Riedel , German painter and engraver
- 1735: Tobias Furneaux , British explorer, was the first to circumnavigate the earth in both directions
- 1738: Celestine II. Steiglehner , last prince abbot of St. Emmeram monastery
- 1743: Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann , German geographer and biologist
- 1753: Josef Dobrovský , Czech philologist and Slavist
- 1754: Louis-Marie Stanislas Fréron , French politician
- 1757: Adam von Bartsch , Austrian artist and art writer and founder of systematic-critical graphic studies
- 1761: William Carey , British botanist and missionary, founder of the Baptist Missionary Society
- 1764: Karl Friedrich von Holtzendorff , Prussian general
- 1768: Louis Charles Antoine Desaix , French general
- 1769: Peter Alois Gratz , Catholic biblical scholar
Tobias Furneaux
(* 1735)
Louis Charles Antoine Desaix
(* 1768)
Davy Crockett
(born 1786)
- 1774: Augustin Andreas Geyer , Catholic clergyman and fossil collector
- 1780: Ignaz Paul Vitalis Troxler , Swiss doctor, politician and philosopher
- 1780: Georg Christian von Wangenheim , Hanoverian Oberhofmarschall
- 1786: Davy Crockett , American politician and war hero
- 1786: Victoria von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld , mother of the British Queen Victoria
- 1798: Anton Antonowitsch Delwig , Russian poet
- 1798: Paul Demidow , Russian officer and philanthropist
- 1799: Franz Josef Greith , Swiss music teacher and composer
- 1799: Robert von Mohl , German political scientist
- 1799: Karlmann Tangl , Austrian classical philologist and historian
19th century
1801-1850
- 1801: Fredrika Bremer , Swedish writer, initiator of the Swedish women's movement
- 1806: Johann Kaspar Mertz , Austrian composer and guitarist
- 1806: Karl von Schrenck von Notzing , Bavarian politician
- 1808: Charles Derriey , French die cutter, typographer, printer and type caster
- 1811: Heinrich August Theodor Ludolphi , German writer
- 1811: Johannes Henricus Scholten , Dutch theologian
- 1814: Carl Ausfeld , German judge and politician
- 1816: Benjamin Bilse , German conductor and composer
- 1818: Heinrich Hirzel , Swiss Protestant clergyman
- 1819: Louis Gast , German businessman, honorary citizen of Wittenberg
Fredrika Bremer
(* 1801)
Benjamin Bilse
(* 1816)
Maria Deraismes
(* 1828)
Richard von Volkmann
(* 1830)
- 1821: Philetus Walter Norris , Second Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park
- 1828: Maria Deraismes , French writer, humanist and women's rights activist, founding member of Droit Humain
- 1830: Richard von Volkmann , German surgeon and fairy tale author
- 1833: Karl von Czyhlarz , Bohemian lawyer and politician
- 1834: Adolf von Beckerath , German art collector
- 1834: Peter Benoit , Belgian composer and professor
- 1839: Abdyl Frashëri , Albanian politician
- 1842: Hugo Egmont Hørring , Danish lawyer and politician, Prime Minister
- 1843: Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro , Italian Cardinal Secretary of State under Pope Leo XIII.
Menelik II
(* 1844)
Marcus Garvey
(* 1887)
Mae West
(* 1893)
- 1844: Menelik II , Emperor of Ethiopia
- 1844: Franziska von Wertheimstein , Viennese patron
- 1848: Richard Loening , German legal scholar
- 1850: Lucien Gautier , Swiss Protestant theologian and university professor
1851-1875
- 1851: Carl Hintze , German mineralogist and crystallographer
- 1851: Henry Drummond , Scottish Evangelical writer and lecturer
- 1855: Wilhelm Grube , German sinologist
- 1859: Helene Anton , German writer
- 1861: Ludwig von Hofmann , German painter, graphic artist and designer
- 1863: Fritz Greve , German painter and art professor
- 1863: Johannes Methöfer , Dutch author and anarchist
- 1864: James Adams , Scottish football player and umpire
- 1864: Charles Horton Cooley , American sociologist
- 1864: Edward W. Eberle , American Admiral, Chief of Naval Operations
- 1864: Paul Wendland , German classical philologist
- 1865: Otto Pflanzl , Austrian homeland poet
- 1866: Asaf Jah VI. , Prince of Hyderabad
- 1868: Edward Józef Abramowski , Polish philosopher, psychologist, sociologist and anarchist
- 1871: Wilhelm Appun , German politician
- 1874: Raimund Nimführ , Austrian aviation theorist and aircraft pioneer
- 1875: Karl Roth , German architect
- 1875: Knud Zimsen , Mayor of Reykjavík
1876-1900
- 1876: Theodor Däubler , German writer, epic poet, poet, narrator, and art critic
- 1876: James Eric Drummond , British politician and diplomat, first general secretary of the League of Nations
- 1876: Henri Winkelman , Dutch general
- 1877: Mathilde of Bavaria , Princess of Bavaria
- 1877: Dragutin Dimitrijević , Serbian politician and officer
- 1877: Ralph McKittrick , American golf and tennis player
- 1878: Oliver St. John Gogarty , Irish poet, author, doctor and Member of Parliament
- 1878: Paul Ludwig Troost , German architect
- 1879: Alexander Ilyich Dutow , Kazakh-Russian general in the Russian Civil War
- 1879: Samuel Goldwyn , American film producer
- 1880: Leo Ascher , Austrian composer and lawyer
- 1880: Karel Engliš , Czech economist and political scientist
- 1880: Paul Kammerer , Austrian zoologist
- 1882: Paul Andres , Swiss doctor and politician
- 1883: Friedrich Muckermann , German Catholic publicist and Jesuit, opponent of National Socialism
- 1884: Rudolf Gercke , German general
- 1884: Dario Resta , Italian-British racing car driver
- 1885: Kurt Hiller , German writer and publicist
- 1885: Clara Gertrud Wichmann , Dutch lawyer, publicist
- 1886: Stefan Bryła , Polish engineer
- 1887: Adriaan Daniël Fokker , Dutch physicist, musician and composer
- 1887: Marcus Garvey , Jamaican journalist
- 1887: Charles I , Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary
- 1887: Egon Lustgarten , Austrian conductor and composer
- 1887: Elvezia Michel-Baldini , Swiss painter, draftsman and weaver
- 1887: Samuel Alphonse Stritch , Archbishop of Chicago and Cardinal
- 1889: Lalla Carlsen , Norwegian actress and singer
- 1890: Harry Hopkins , American politician
- 1891: Arthur Julius Gütt , German doctor and eugenicist, SS general and main representative of Nazi racial hygiene
- 1891: Moritz Mitzenheim , bishop of the Protestant regional church of Thuringia
- 1891: Rudolf Trautvetter , German general
- 1893: Grete Albrecht , German neurologist, psychotherapist and president of the German Association of Women Doctors
- 1893: Walter Noddack , German chemist
- 1893: Paul Schultheiss , German general
- 1893: Mae West , American film actress and screenwriter
- 1894: Hans-Edgar Endres , German bobsleigh driver
- 1894: August Liessens , Belgian-Canadian organist and composer
- 1894: Erich Orthmann , German composer
- 1894: Otto Suhr , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, President of the House of Representatives, Governing Mayor of Berlin
- 1895: Caroline Haslett , British electrical engineer
- 1896: Hans Adametz , Austrian ceramist, sculptor and art teacher
- 1896: Leslie R. Groves , American general, military director in the Manhattan Project
- 1896: Lotte Jacobi , American photographer
- 1896: Tõnis Kint , Estonian politician in exile
- 1896: Józef Wittlin , Polish writer
- 1897: Jean Vaurez , French racing car driver
- 1899: Wilfried Basse , German documentary filmmaker and cameraman
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Heðin Brú , Faroese writer
- 1901: László Hartmann , Hungarian racing car driver
- 1901: Irena Kurpisz-Stefanowa , Polish pianist and music teacher
- 1901: Henri Tomasi , French composer and conductor
- 1902: Otto Fischl , Czechoslovak politician
- 1903: Abram Chasins , American composer, pianist and musicologist
- 1903: Olav Sunde , Norwegian athlete
- 1904: Franz Reuss , German major general
- 1905: Jorge Urrutia Blondel , Chilean composer
- 1905: Ada Falcón , Argentine tango dancer, singer and film actress
- 1906: Marcelo Caetano , Portuguese dictator
- 1906: Walter Knop , German politician
- 1906: Eduard Strauch , German officer, war criminal
- 1907: Roger Peyrefitte , French writer and diplomat
- 1907: Zygmunt Mycielski , Polish composer
- 1907: Heinrich Stühlmeyer , German custodian and cantor
- 1908: Kurt Hessenberg , German composer and music teacher
- 1909: Fritz Hippler , German film politician
- 1909: Wilf Copping , English football player
- 1910: Osmo "Ossi" Adolf Aalto , Finnish jazz drummer and orchestra leader
- 1910: Erkki Aaltonen , Finnish composer
- 1910: Roberto Kinsky , Argentine conductor
- 1911: Martin Sandberger , German officer, war criminal
- 1911: Mikhail Moissejewitsch Botvinnik , Russian chess grandmaster
- 1912: Margaret Scriven , British tennis player
- 1913: Mark Felt , American FBI agent, informant in the Watergate affair
- 1913: Oscar Gálvez , Argentine Formula 1 racing driver
- 1913: Siegfried Zoglmann , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1916: Urban Thiersch , German sculptor
- 1916: Walter Schwier , German politician and municipal official
- 1917: Gianni Agus , Italian actor
- 1917: Toni Hagen , Swiss geologist and development worker
- 1918: Evelyn Ankers , British actress
- 1918: Ike Quebec , American jazz tenor saxophonist and music producer
- 1920: Maureen O'Hara , Irish-American actress
- 1921: Geoffrey Rudolph Elton , British historian of German origin
- 1921: Walter Koschatzky , Austrian art historian
- 1921: Manfred Schäfer , German politician
- 1922: Frederick B. Dent , American politician
- 1922: Rudolf Haag , German physicist
- 1922: Maurice Tillieux , Belgian comic artist
- 1922: Paul Wiens , German poet, translator and author
- 1923: Larry Rivers , American musician and Pop Art artist
- 1923: Robert Sabatier , French writer and literary critic
- 1923: Chaleo Yoovidhya , Thai businessman
- 1924: Jim Finney , British football referee
- 1924: Peter Garden , German actor, singer and showmaster
- 1925: Ellen Umlauf , Austrian actress
1926-1950
- 1926: Duilio Brignetti , Italian modern pentathlon
- 1926: Jiang Zemin , Chinese party leader
- 1927: Sam Butera , American tenor saxophonist and arranger
- 1929: Petar Perović , Yugoslav handball player and coach
- 1929: Francis Gary Powers , American pilot
- 1930: Ted Hughes , British poet and writer
- 1931: Luisín Landáez , Venezuelan-Chilean singer
- 1931: Jacques Neirynck , Swiss-Belgian electrical engineer, consumer advocate, author and politician
- 1931: Topsy Küppers , Austrian actress and singer
- 1932: VS Naipaul , West Indian writer, Nobel Prize winner
- 1932: Duke Pearson , American jazz pianist, producer and composer
- 1932: Jean-Jacques Sempé , French cartoonist
- 1933: Ferdinando Angelini , Italian actor
- 1933: Tom Courtney , American middle-distance runner, Olympic champion
- 1933: Mark Dinning , American pop singer
- 1933: Gene Kranz , US NASA flight director for the Gemini and Apollo programs
- 1934: Marian Borkowski , Polish composer, pianist, musicologist and music teacher
- 1935: Don Lewis , Canadian stage actor
- 1935: Gunnar Wiklund , Swedish pop singer
- 1935: Katalin Szőke , Hungarian swimmer
- 1936: Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin , Ethiopian writer
- 1936: Arend Lijphart , American political scientist
- 1936: Ivan Parík , Slovak composer
- 1937: Michael Fitzgerald , Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1938: Abu Bakar Bashir , Indonesian Islamist
- 1938: Birgit Bergen , German actress
- 1938: Dorothee Jetter , German educator
- 1938: Hubert Markl , President of the Max Planck Society
- 1939: Ed Sanders , American musician and singer
- 1939: Luther Allison , American blues guitarist
- 1939: Peter Wenzel , German football player
- 1940: Klaus Riebschläger , German politician
- 1941: Stere Adamache , Romanian football player
- 1941: Dieter Ameling , German manager
- 1941: Fritz Wepper , German actor
- 1941: Ibrahim Babangida , Nigerian officer, president
- 1941: Lothar Bisky , German politician
- 1941: Werner Edelmann , Swiss entrepreneur and sports official
- 1941: Werner Schreiber , German politician
- 1941: Jutta Semler , German doctor
- 1941: Jürgen Thumann , President of the Federal Association of German Industry e. V.
- 1942: Michel Creton , French actor
- 1942: Emanuel Eckardt , German journalist, publicist and caricaturist
- 1942: Müslüm Maqomayev , Azerbaijani opera and pop singer
- 1942: Roshan Seth , British-Indian film and theater actor
- 1942: Ulrich Knellwolf , pastor, writer
- 1943: Christian Kluttig , German conductor, pianist and university professor
- 1943: Robert De Niro , American actor and producer
- 1943: Yukio Kasaya , Japanese ski jumper
- 1943: Panajotis Kondylis , Greek philosopher
- 1943: Marion Maerz , German pop singer
- 1943: Dave "Snaker" Ray , American blues singer and guitarist
- 1944: Jörg Friedrich , German writer
- 1944: Rexhep Meidani , Albanian President
- 1944: Franz-Peter Neumann , German football player
- 1944: Werner Weingärtner , German soccer player
- 1946: Bernd Noske , German drummer and singer
- 1946: Helmut Pechlaner , Austrian zoologist
- 1946: Angel Romero , Spanish guitarist and conductor
- 1946: Peter Schwenkmezger , German psychologist
- 1946: Karl Dietrich Seikel , German publishing manager
- 1947: Mohamed Abdelaziz , Moroccan politician
- 1949: Bub Asman , American sound designer and film editor
- 1949: Jean-Noël Augert , French ski racer
- 1949: Norm Coleman , American politician
- 1949: Henning Jensen , Danish football player
- 1949: Edgar Schneider , German soccer player
- 1950: Christian Kohlund , Swiss actor
1951-1975
- 1951: Anne Elisabet Jensen , Danish politician, MEP
- 1951: Konrad Weise , German soccer player
- 1951: Nicolai Worm , German ecotrophologist and nutritionist
- 1952: Gary Armagnac , American film actor
- 1952: Guillermo Vilas , Argentine tennis player
- 1952: Heiner Goebbels , German composer, director and radio play maker
- 1952: Mario Theissen , German manager and motorsport director at BMW
- 1952: Nelson Piquet , Brazilian Formula 1 racing driver
- 1952: Werner Stepanek , German educator
- 1953: Bernd Ziesemer , German journalist and editor-in-chief ( Handelsblatt )
- 1953: Herta Müller , Romanian-German writer and Nobel Prize winner
- 1953: Małgorzata Potocka , Polish actress, film director and producer
- 1953: Kevin Rowland , British singer
- 1953: Manfred Kolbe , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1954: Eric Johnson , American guitarist and singer
- 1954: Andrés Pastrana , Colombian President
- 1954: Ingrid Daubechies , Belgian professor
- 1955: Grażyna Auguścik , Polish jazz musician
- 1955: Kevin Welch , American country singer and songwriter
- 1956: Philippe Aghion , French economist
- 1956: John Kosmina , Australian football player and coach
- 1956: Nigel Lamb , British aerobatic pilot
- 1956: John Romita Junior , American comic artist
- 1956: Reinhard Hesse , German journalist and speechwriter
- 1957: Boris Nemšić , Austrian manager
- 1957: Rabih Abou-Khalil , Lebanese oud player and jazz musician
- 1957: Ralf Richter , German actor
- 1957: Robin Cousins , British figure skater, Olympic champion
- 1957: Toni Bürgler , Swiss ski racer
- 1958: Frank Augsten , German politician
- 1958: Belinda Carlisle , American singer and songwriter
- 1959: David Koresh , American cult leader
- 1959: Frank Siebeck , German athlete
- 1959: Jonathan Franzen , American writer
- 1960: Lisa Coleman , American musician
- 1960: Stephan Eicher , Swiss singer
- 1960: Frank Hartmann , German soccer player
- 1960: Ágúst Már Jónsson , Icelandic football player
- 1960: Michael Krammer , Austrian manager
- 1960: Sean Penn , American actor, director, and writer
- 1961: Stephan "Hugo" Hauck , German handball player
- 1961: Kati Outinen , Finnish actress
- 1961: Uwe Schmitt , German athlete
- 1962: Gilby Clarke , American guitarist
- 1962: Karl-Josef Wasserhövel , German politician
- 1962: Maritza Martén , Cuban athlete, Olympic champion
- 1962: Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss , German actor, director and screenwriter
- 1963: Christian Ehler , German politician
- 1963: Jan Heintze , Danish football player
- 1963: Jon Gruden , American football coach
- 1963: Christoph Wortberg , German actor and screenwriter
- 1963: Igor Cigolla , Italian ski racer
- 1963: Jens-Peter Berndt , German swimmer
- 1964: Peter Lang , Austrian conductor and choir director
- 1964: Felix Falkner , Swiss composer
- 1964: Jorginho , Brazilian soccer player and coach
- 1964: Maria McKee , American singer and songwriter
- 1964: Tilmann Schöberl , German radio and television presenter
- 1965: Mak Ka Lok , Macau racing driver
- 1965: Anton Pfeffer , Austrian football player
- 1965: Felix Weber , German artist
- 1966: Franziska Rochat-Moser , Swiss athlete
- 1966: Jüri Luik , Estonian diplomat
- 1966: Rodney Mullen , American skateboarder
- 1967: Henri Schmidt , German singer ( Die Prinzen )
- 1967: David Conrad , American actor
- 1967: Michael Preetz , German soccer player
- 1968: Nikolaj Antonow , Bulgarian sprinter and long jumper
- 1968: Miriam Cruz , Dominican merengue singer
- 1968: Christian Dalmose , Danish handball player and coach
- 1968: Anja Fichtel , German foil fencer
- 1968: Steffen Fetzner , German table tennis player
- 1968: Helen McCrory , British actress
- 1969: Markus Gisdol , German soccer player and coach
- 1969: Christian Laettner , American basketball player
- 1969: Susanne Stichler , German television presenter
- 1969: Massimo Strazzer , Italian racing cyclist
- 1969: Donnie Wahlberg , American singer and actor
- 1970: Jim Courier , American tennis player
- 1970: Andrus Kivirähk , Estonian writer
- 1970: Tony Rickardsson , Swedish speedway driver
- 1970: Ian White , English darts player
- 1971: Jorge Posada , Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1971: Dragan Terzić , Bosnian football player
- 1972: Andreas Schlütter , German cross-country skier
- 1972: Ty , British rapper and music producer
- 1973: Daniel Hope , South African-British violinist
- 1973: Franziska Petri , German actress
- 1974: Niclas Jensen , Danish football player
- 1974: Samuel Koejoe , Dutch football player
- 1974: Daniel Schröteler , German jazz drummer
- 1975: Christiane Weber , German singer, music cabaret artist and lyricist
- 1975: Gabriele Becker , German athlete
1976-2003
- 1976: Heather De Lisle , American television presenter
- 1976: Peter Gustafsson , Swedish golfer
- 1976: Olena Krassowska , Ukrainian athlete
- 1977: William Gallas , French football player
- 1977: Thierry Henry , French football player
- 1977: Daniel Pancu , Romanian football player
- 1977: Tarja Turunen , Finnish singer and songwriter
- 1978: Mehdi Baala , French athlete
- 1978: Anna Blomeier , German actress
- 1978: Jelena Karleuša , Serbian pop singer
- 1978: Jan Kullmann , German countertenor
- 1978: Alexandra Meisl , German handball player
- 1978: Vibeke Stene , Norwegian singer
- 1979: Lucy Redler , German politician and graduate social economist
- 1980: Manuele Blasi , Italian soccer player
- 1980: Doris Golpashin , Austrian actress and television and radio presenter
- 1980: Jason Hettenbaugh , American biathlete
- 1980: Jan Kromkamp , Dutch football player
- 1980: David Legwand , American ice hockey player
- 1980: Lene Marlin , Norwegian songwriter and pop singer
- 1981: Bettina Evers , German ice hockey player
- 1981: Don Muhlbach , American football player
- 1982: Hakan Arıkan , Turkish soccer player
- 1982: Sébastien Briat , French opponent of nuclear power
- 1982: Phil Jagielka , English football player
- 1982: Karim Ziani , French-Algerian soccer player
- 1982: Mark Salling , American actor and singer
- 1983: Dustin Pedroia , American baseball player
- 1984: Oxana Domnina , Russian figure skater
- 1984: Cédric Lachat , Swiss sport climber
- 1984: Lars Elton Myhre , Norwegian ski racer
- 1985: Yū Aoi , Japanese actress and model
- 1985: Yevgeny Olegowitsch Konobri , Russian ice hockey player
- 1986: Marcus Berg , Swedish football player
- 1986: Rudy Gay , American basketball player
- 1986: Niklas Hoheneder , Austrian soccer player
- 1986: Denis Alexandrowitsch Kornilow , Russian ski jumper
- 1986: Tobias Schönenberg , German actor
- 1986: Tyrus Thomas , American basketball player
- 1987: Martin Cikl , Czech ski jumper
- 1987: Marc Wilson , Northern Irish soccer player
- 1988: Aad el Achkar , Lebanese photographer
- 1988: João Miguel Coimbra Aurélio , Portuguese football player
- 1989: David Abdul , Aruban soccer player
- 1989: Farah Zeynep Abdullah , Turkish actress
- 1989: Lil B , American rapper
- 1989: Rachel Corsie , Scottish soccer player
- 1989: Frederick Lau , German actor
- 1990: Rachel Hurd-Wood , British actress
- 1990: David Zhu , Chinese racing car driver
- 1991: Austin Butler , American actor
- 1991: Richard Bradley , British-Singaporean racing driver
- 1991: Roberta D'Agostina , Italian ski jumper
- 1991: Steven Zuber , Swiss football player
- 1992: Spike Goddard , Australian racing car driver
- 1992: Harald Reinkind , Norwegian handball player
- 1993: Johannes Geis , German soccer player
- 1993: Sarah Sjöström , Swedish swimmer
- 1994: Taissa Farmiga , American actress
Gracie Gold (* 1995)
- 1995: Gracie Gold , American figure skater
- 1998: Kristo Ferkic , German actor
- 1999: Ismail Jakobs , German soccer player
- 2000: Lil Pump , American rapper and songwriter
- 2003: The Kid Laroi , Australian rapper
Died
Before the 17th century
- 309: Eusebius , Bishop of Rome
- 906: Wicburg , abbess of the Essen monastery
- 1021: Erkanbald , Archbishop of Mainz
- 1030: Ernst II , Duke of Swabia
- 1030: Werner von Kyburg , count from the noble family of Kyburg
- 1179: Roman von Leibnitz , Bishop of Gurk
- 1205: Ludolf von Kroppenstedt , Archbishop of Magdeburg
- 1236: William de Blois , Bishop of Worcester
- 1236: John II of Dražice , Bishop of Prague
- 1271: Rhys Fychan , Welsh Lord of Deheubarth
- 1291: Senge , Tibetan-Uighur monk student, religious head of the Yuan Empire
- 1304: Go-Fukakusa , 89th Emperor of Japan
- 1360: Konrad von Hainburg , Carthusian monk and Catholic theologian
- 1366: Johann II. Hut , Bishop of Osnabrück
- 1400: William Arundel , English courtier
- 1424: Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas , Scottish nobleman
- 1424: John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Buchan , Scottish nobleman and military officer
- 1461: Jacques de Milly , French nobleman, 37th Grand Master of the Order of St. John
- 1542: Dominik Zili , Swiss reformer
- 1547: Katharina von Zimmer , last abbess of the Fraumünster monastery in Zurich
- 1553: Charles III. , Duke of Savoy
- 1559: Gerolamo Priuli , 82nd Doge of Venice
- 1571: Marcantonio Bragadin , Venetian lawyer and officer, Governor General of Cyprus
- 1581: Sabine von Württemberg , Countess of Hesse-Kassel
- 1586: Sebastian Starck , German Lutheran theologian
- 1590: Jacob III. von Baden , Margrave of Baden-Hachberg
17th and 18th centuries
- 1623: Aron Bonn , German businessman and head of the Jewish community in Frankfurt am Main
- 1636: Kanō Kōi , Japanese painter
- 1637: Johann Gerhard , German Lutheran theologian
- 1640: Wilhelm Kettler , Duke of Courland
- 1657: Robert Blake , English admiral
- 1673: Reinier de Graaf , Dutch doctor and researcher
Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen
(† 1676)
Frederick the Great
(† 1786)
Karl of Hessen-Kassel
(† 1836)
José de San Martín
(† 1850)
- 1676: Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen , German writer
- 1681: Nikon , Russian patriarch
- 1687: Adam Tribbechov , German Protestant theologian, historian and ethnologist
- 1707: Petter Dass , Norwegian poet and hymn writer
- 1720: Anne Dacier , French writer
- 1723: Dorothea von Pfalz-Veldenz , Duchess of Pfalz-Zweibrücken
- 1731: Johann Augustin Kobelius , composer, court musician and band director
- 1736: Jeanne Delanoue , founder of the French order and saint of the Catholic Church
- 1754: Hans Christoph Friedrich von Hacke , Prussian lieutenant general and city commander of Berlin
- 1758: Stepan Fjodorowitsch Apraxin , Russian field marshal
- 1765: Reinhard Adrian von Hochstetten , Knight of the Teutonic Order
- 1767: Gaspare Diziani , Venetian painter, draftsman, engraver, set designer and restorer
- 1777: Giuseppe Scarlatti , Italian-Austrian composer
- 1778: Karl Maria Raimund Duke of Arenberg , Duke of Arenberg
- 1780: Ferdinand Stosch , German Reformed theologian
- 1785: Jonathan Trumbull Sr. , American politician, governor of Connecticut as a colony and as a state
- 1786: Frederick the Great , King of Prussia
- 1799: Christian Heinrich Spieß , German actor, playwright and author of trivial literature
19th century
- 1825: Raynor Taylor , British composer
- 1832: Johann Jakob Faesch , Swiss Protestant clergyman
- 1834: Karl Heinrich Gottfried Lommatzsch , German Protestant clergyman
- 1836: Karl von Hessen-Kassel , Hessian nobleman
- 1838: Lorenzo da Ponte , Austrian librettist
- 1850: José de San Martín , Argentine general and revolutionary
- 1853: Frederick Adam , British general and governor of Madras
- 1864: Carl Wilhelm Traugott von Mayer , German lawyer and member of the Saxon state parliament
- 1864: Dorothea Pfeiffer , German painter
- 1865: Heinrich Anz , German civil servant and politician
- 1867: Johann Heinrich Ammann , Swiss lawyer and politician
- 1869: Jules André , French landscape painter
Wilhelm Bleek
(† 1875)
Dietrich Landfermann
(† 1882)
Carl Zeller
(† 1898)
- 1875: Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel Bleek , German linguist
- 1876: Maximilian Joseph von Chelius , German ophthalmologist and surgeon
- 1878: Garnett Bowditch Adrain , American politician
- 1880: Ole Bull , Norwegian composer and violinist
- 1882: Dietrich Wilhelm Landfermann , German educator, democrat and headmaster in Duisburg
- 1882: Václav Bolemír Nebeský , Czech poet and philosopher
- 1886: Alexander Michailowitsch Butlerow , Russian chemist
- 1889: John Calvin Brown , American politician and major general in the Confederate Army
- 1889: Ernst Frank , German composer and conductor
- 1891: Emil von Zelewski , German officer and commander of the protection force for German East Africa
- 1896: Bridget Driscoll , first casualty in a car accident
- 1896: Peter Beising , German theologian
- 1898: Carl Zeller , Austrian lawyer and composer
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901: Edmond Audran , French organist and composer
- 1910: Julian Treumann , German chemist
- 1916: Umberto Boccioni , Italian painter and sculptor of Futurism
- 1916: Johann Hinrich Fehrs , German storyteller and poet
- 1918: Hugo Andresen , German Romanist and Medievalist
- 1920: Ray Chapman , American baseball player
- 1924: Paul Natorp , German philosopher and educator
- 1925: Ioan Slavici , Romanian writer and journalist
- 1926: Oskar Arke , German pioneer in the electrotechnical porcelain industry
- 1927: Erik Ivar Fredholm , Swedish professor of mathematics
- 1927: John Oliver , Canadian politician
- 1928: George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet , British historian and statesman in the William Gladstone government
- 1929: Otto Gleim , German governor of Cameroon
Charlotte Perkins
(† 1935)
Wojciech Korfanty
(† 1939)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
(† 1969)
Otto Stern
(† 1969)
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- 1935: Charlotte Perkins Gilman , American writer and suffragette
- 1936: John Avena , American criminal
- 1936: Pierre Octave Ferroud , French composer and music critic
- 1936: Haldis Halvorsen , Norwegian opera singer
- 1938: Wage Rudolf Soepratman , composer of the Indonesian national anthem
- 1939: Wojciech Korfanty , Polish nationalist
- 1940: Billy Fiske , American bobsledder, Olympic champion
- 1942: Herman Auerbach , Polish mathematician
- 1942: Gerbrandus Jelgersma , Dutch psychiatrist and neurologist
- 1942: Irène Némirovsky , French-speaking Ukrainian writer
- 1945: Stanley Gardner , Canadian pianist and music teacher
- 1945: Shimaki Kensaku , Japanese writer
- 1945: Fritz Weege , German archaeologist and Etruscanologist
- 1947: George Atcheson Jr. , American diplomat
- 1949: Sophie von Arnim , German writer
- 1950: Theodor Rehbock , German hydraulic engineer and professor
1951-1975
- 1954: Billy Murray , American singer
- 1955: Fernand Léger , French painter
- 1956: Abram Ilyich Jampolski , Russian violinist and music teacher
- 1958: Florent Schmitt , French composer
- 1959: Pedro Humberto Allende Sarón , Chilean composer
- 1961: Carlos Salzedo , French harpist and composer
- 1962: Peter Fechter , German wall victim
- 1964: Fred Barry , Canadian actor and singer
- 1965: Takami Jun , Japanese writer
- 1966: Ken Miles , British racing car driver
- 1967: Hermann Keller , German musician, musicologist, editor, author and composer
- 1967: Philippe Nabaa , Jordanian Archbishop of Beirut
- 1968: Marie Ahlers , German politician
- 1968: Bruno Paul , German architect and craftsman
- 1969: Wilhelm Heile , German politician
- 1969: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe , German-American architect
- 1969: Otto Stern , German-American physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1973: Conrad Aiken , American writer and Pulitzer Prize winner
- 1973: Jean Barraqué , French composer
- 1974: Aldo Palazzeschi , Italian writer and poet
- 1975: Siegfried Arno , German actor, comedian, singer and dancer
- 1975: Georges Dandelot , French composer
1976-2000
- 1978: Hans Wolter , German physicist
- 1979: Vivian Vance , American actress
- 1980: Harold Adamson , American composer, film composer and songwriter
- 1980: Gwen Bristow , American journalist and writer
- 1982: Charles E. Ackerly , American wrestler
- 1982: Bruno Nöckler , Italian ski racer
- 1982: Ilario Pegorari , Italian ski racer
- 1982: Ihor Naumowytsch Schamo , Ukrainian composer
- 1983: Ira Gershwin , American composer and songwriter
- 1984: Hammie Nixon , American blues musician
- 1987: Carlos Drummond de Andrade , Brazilian lyric poet
- 1986: Shipwreck Kelly , American football player
- 1987: Clarence Brown , American film director
- 1987: Rudolf Heß , National Socialist politician
- 1988: Bruno Mathsson , Swedish architect and designer
- 1988: Mohammed Zia-ul-Haq , Pakistani General and President
- 1993: Hermann Gerstner , German librarian and writer
- 1994: Luigi Chinetti , Italian-American racing driver
- 1995: Wild Bill Davis , American jazz organist, pianist and arranger
- 1995: Howard Koch , American screenwriter
- 1997: Lee Moore , American country musician
- 1998: Władysław Komar , Polish shot putter, Olympic champion
- 1998: Tadeusz Ślusarski , Polish pole vaulter, Olympic champion
- 1999: Eberhard Cohrs , German comedian and actor
- 1999: Reiner Klimke , German dressage rider and politician
- 2000: Franco Donatoni , Italian composer
21st century
- 2001: Hermann Steuri , Swiss mountain guide and ski racer
- 2003: Paolo Massimo Antici , Italian diplomat
- 2003: Mazen Dana , Iraqi cameraman
- 2004: Thea Astley , Australian writer
- 2004: Friedrich Auffarth , German judge, Vice President at the Federal Labor Court
- 2004: Gérard Souzay , French singer
- 2004: Arrigo Wittler , German painter
- 2005: John N. Bahcall , American astrophysicist, initiator of the Hubble Space Telescope
- 2006: André Dequae , Belgian politician
- 2007: Richard Beek , German actor
- 2007: Jos Brink , Dutch actor
- 2007: Eddie Griffin , American basketball player
- 2008: Franco Sensi , Italian entrepreneur and sports official
- 2008: Helmut Valentin , German physician
- 2009: Robert Feldhoff , German science fiction author
- 2009: Tullio Kezich , Italian film critic and screenwriter, writer and dramaturge
- 2010: Francesco Cossiga , Italian politician, President
- 2010: Alejandro Maclean , Spanish aerobatic pilot and film producer
- 2011: Pierre Quinon , French athlete, Olympic champion
- 2012: Norbert Zeilberger , Austrian organist, harpsichordist and pianist
- 2013: John Hollander , American lyric poet
- 2013: Claus Jacobi , German journalist, editor-in-chief, publisher and author
- 2013: Karl-Heinz Kalbfell , German automobile manager and racing driver
- 2013: Hans Peter Royer , Austrian evangelical preacher
- 2014: Wolfgang Leonhard , German historian and author
- 2015: Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder , German politician and sports official
- 2015: Fynn Henkel , German actor
- 2016: Arthur Hiller , Canadian film director
- 2016: Dieter Hagenbach , Swiss publisher, author and benefactor
- 2019: Walter Buser , Swiss Federal Chancellor
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Johann Gerhard , German general superintendent and theologian (Protestant)
- Saint Eusebius , Martyr and Bishop of Rome (Catholic)
- St. Clare of the Cross , Italian mystic, virgin and religious (Catholic)
- St. Mamas , Asian Minor Cypriot hermit, 3rd century (Catholic)
- Name days
- State holidays and memorial days
- Argentina : Memorial day in honor of General José de San Martín
- Gabon : independence from France (1960)
- Indonesia : Indonesian Declaration of Independence from the Netherlands (1945)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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