17. March
The March 17 is the 76th day of the Gregorian calendar (77th in leap years ), thus remain 289 days by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 45 BC Chr . : In the battle of Munda in southern Spain Gaius Iulius Caesar finally defeats the republican troops under Titus Labienus and Gnaeus Pompeius the Younger . The Roman Civil War ends for the time being and Caesar can soar to dictator in the Roman Empire .
- 180 : The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius dies in a military camp in Vindobona . His successor is his son Commodus .
- 455 : After the assassination of Valentinian III. Petronius Maximus becomes Western Roman Emperor. He is said to have been involved in the death of his predecessor.
- 624 : In the battle of Badr troops defeat Muhammad , the Quraysh and take your first step to establish an Islamic empire .
- 1328 : The English Queen Isabella recognizes for her underage son Edward III. in the Agreement of Edinburgh and Northampton on the independence of Scotland under Robert the Bruce "forever". This ends the first Scottish War of Independence .
- 1525 : The Eternal Council is founded in Mühlhausen , Thuringia , which includes the leaders of the peasant army around Thomas Müntzer and Heinrich Pfeiffer during the Peasants' War .
- 1560 : Huguenots and discontented nobles dare the decisive blow in the Amboise conspiracy . The storming of Amboise Castle to bring the French King Francis II into their power, however, fails, hundreds of conspirators die in the following days.
- 1677 : François-Henri de Montmorency-Luxembourg and his troops conquered the besieged city of Valenciennes for France during the Dutch War .
- 1776 : British forces begin evacuating Boston by sea. During the American Revolutionary War , units under the orders of George Washington and Henry Knox managed to position their artillery in favorable positions that could strike the city. The opposing commander William Howe therefore orders an evacuation of the besieged city .
- 1793 : The Rheinisch-German National Convention of the Republic of Mainz , elected on February 24, meets in the Deutschhaus Mainz . It is the first parliament on German soil to be elected according to democratic principles.
- 1805 : France's Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte becomes ruler in the newly created Kingdom of Italy . The dissolved Cisalpine Republic is incorporated here territorially.
- 1813 : The call to my people by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. marks the beginning of the wars of liberation against Napoleon Bonaparte for Prussia . At the same time the Landwehr is introduced.
- 1824 : Great Britain and the Netherlands regulate their relations with the East Indies in the Treaty of London . Sumatra is granted to the Dutch.
- 1861 : After the agreement between Giuseppe Garibaldi and Camillo Benso in is Turin that in the course of the Risorgimento from the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont emerged new Kingdom of Italy under King Victor Emmanuel II. Proclaimed. Count Cavour becomes the first Italian Prime Minister.
- 1920 : The Kapp Putsch against the government of the Weimar Republic collapses in Berlin . However, the putschists Wolfgang Kapp and Walther von Lüttwitz managed to flee abroad. The Ehrhardt Brigade, which played a key role in the putsch, was left in Berlin by Reichswehr Minister Gustav Noske .
- 1934 : Italy , Austria and Hungary agree closer economic cooperation in the Roman Protocols .
- 1942 : As part of the systematic murder of Polish Jews by the National Socialists , known as " Aktion Reinhardt " , the first train transport arrives at the Belzec extermination camp .
- 1945 : The Ludendorff Bridge between Remagen and Erpel, at that time the only still intact Rhine bridge, collapses 10 days after it was captured by the Allies in World War II . 32 US pioneers are killed.
- 1948 : The Brussels Pact, the forerunner of the Western European Union (WEU), is signed by Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
- 1959 : The Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso flees to India after the failure of the Tibetans' uprising against Chinese rule.
- 1967 : The Croatian cultural association Matica hrvatska , together with other associations, publishes the declaration on the name and status of the Croatian written language , thus triggering the Croatian Spring in Yugoslavia .
- 1969 : Golda Meir is elected Israeli Prime Minister to succeed the late Levi Eschkol .
- 1992 : In a referendum in South Africa, 68.7 percent of whites vote for the abolition of apartheid .
- 1992 : A car bomb explosion outside the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires kills 29 and injures over 200.
- 1995 : In Azerbaijan a coup attempt by parts of the military fails. The leader of the putschists, Deputy Interior Minister Rowzhan Javadov is killed.
- 2002 : After six years of reign of the socialists, the conservative Partido Social Democrata under José Manuel Barroso wins the parliamentary elections in Portugal with a relative majority with a turnout of 62.3%.
- 2004 : After Albanian media have fueled with sensational reports the mood, there will be insurrection of Kosovo Albanians , which are directed against the remaining Serbs in Kosovo . 19 people are killed and around 900 injured.
- 2005 : For the first time in German history there is no result in an election for Prime Minister in Schleswig-Holstein . Neither Heide Simonis (SPD) nor Peter Harry Carstensen (CDU) achieve a majority, so that the election is suspended after four unsuccessful ballots.
- 2009 : After military units had occupied the presidential palace the day before, the President of Madagascar , Marc Ravalomanana , resigns and hands over the official business to a military directorate under the direction of Vice Admiral Appolite Ramaroson Rarison , who refuses to take power and opposition leader Andry Rajoelina to the President declared.
- 2011 : With Resolution 1973 , the United Nations Security Council imposed a no-fly zone in view of the civil war in Libya .
economy
- 1798 : The Dutch East India Company , one of the largest trading companies of its time, is dissolved after 196 years of existence.
- 1816 : The first steamship crosses the English Channel . The Élise sails from Newhaven to Le Havre , where it will be used for passenger traffic in France.
- 1845 : The British Stephen Perry receives a patent for the rubber band he had invented .
- 1922 : The Reich Statistical Office publishes the first official stock index in Germany .
- 1929 : Wilhelm von Opel and his brother Friedrich Opel sell the majority of the shares in their automobile company Opel to the American automobile company General Motors .
- 1960 : The German Bundestag decides to privatize the state-owned Wolfsburg-based Volkswagen GmbH . The company is converted into a stock corporation. 60 percent of the shares are offered for sale to private individuals as people's shares .
- 1968 : The central banks of the western countries formally cancel their obligation that the national currency must be backed primarily by gold. The gold standard is thereby abandoned.
- 1999 : Thyssenkrupp AG is created when it is entered in the commercial register . Germany's largest steel and armaments company results from the merger of the steel groups Thyssen AG in Düsseldorf and Friedr. Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp in Essen.
science and technology
- 1899 : While evaluating photo plates taken on August 16, 1898, the astronomer William Henry Pickering discovers the moon Phoebe , the ninth companion of the planet Saturn .
- 1905 : In the “ Annus mirabilis ” of physics, Albert Einstein submits the first of four groundbreaking works to the Annals of Physics : In a heuristic point of view concerning the generation and transformation of light , he explains the photoelectric effect . For this he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for 1921 in November 1922 .
- 1908 : In England, a criminal is arrested for the first time with the help of photo telegraphy . A French jewel robber is arrested after the Daily Mirror printed a mug shot that had recently been sent from Paris to London.
- 1950 : At the University of California, Berkeley , atomic physicists Albert Ghiorso and Glenn T. Seaborg announce the successful production of a transuranic element , which they call Californium .
- 1958 : The Vanguard 1 satellite , the first solar- powered satellite, is put into orbit by the United States Naval Research Laboratory , from which, thanks to the solar energy supply, it has provided scientific data on Earth for years. Today, Vanguard is the oldest man-made object in orbit.
- 2000 : The Museum for Communication opens in Berlin in the former building of the Reichspostmuseum.
Culture
- 1804 : Friedrich Schiller's play Wilhelm Tell has its world premiere at the Weimar Court Theater under the direction of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , who was the theater's director at the time .
- 1810 : The drama Das Käthchen von Heilbronn by Heinrich von Kleist is premiered at the Theater an der Wien and soon becomes well known.
- 1830 : Frédéric Chopin gives his first concert of his own in the National Theater in Warsaw, where the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 21 , composed by him, is premiered.
- 1846 : The opera Attila by Giuseppe Verdi based on the tragedy Attila, King of the Huns by Zacharias Werner is premiered "with decent success" at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice.
- 1848 : Under the influence of the March Revolution in Germany , the poet Ferdinand Freiligrath writes the poem Black-Red-Gold, which was later set to music .
- 1883 : The first performance of the drama Dejanice by Alfredo Catalani takes place at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.
- 1932 : The world premiere of the opera La donna serpente ( The woman as a snake ) by Alfredo Casella with the libretto after Carlo Gozzi takes place at the Teatro Reale in Rome.
- 1941 : The National Gallery of Art , one of the most important art museums in the world, opens in Washington . She receives the art collection donated by Andrew W. Mellon .
- 1951 : The trial performance of the opera Das Verhör des Lukullus by Paul Dessau with the text by Bertolt Brecht takes place at the Städtische Oper Berlin . The public premiere with the final title The Condemnation of Lucullus will take place on October 12th.
- 1952 : The opera Proserpina and the Stranger by Juan José Castro is premiered at the Teatro alla Scala di Milano.
- 1959 : The Golden Lions from Radio Luxemburg are awarded for the first time. However, only three bronze lions will be awarded to Cornelia Froboess , Peter Kraus and Fred Bertelmann .
- 1967 : The opera Mourning Becomes Electra by Marvin David Levy after the play Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O'Neill is at the Metropolitan Opera in New York premiered.
society
- 1985 : Richard Ramírez committed two murders in one day in Los Angeles, which first brought media attention to the serial killer
- 2000 : In Uganda, over 500 followers of the Movement to Restore the Ten Commandments are imprisoned in a church in Kanungu by sect leader Joseph Kibwetteere and burned alive after they have reclaimed their property given to the sect because the end of the world was prophesied on December 31, 1999 has failed.
religion
- 1513 : Six days after his election as Pope , Leo X is ordained bishop to enable his coronation on March 19th.
- 1856 : In the encyclical Singulari quidem , Pope Pius IX praises . the Concordat concluded with the Austrian Empire . He also advises the clergy of evil machinations that threaten the progress of the Church.
Disasters
- 1800 : When the British liner HMS Queen Charlotte sank after a fire on board off Livorno , 673 sailors died, only 156 could be rescued.
- 1891 : The British passenger ship Utopia collides with the liner HMS Anson in the port of Gibraltar and sinks within five minutes. 535 people are killed.
- 1963 : The eruption of the Agung volcano on the island of Bali in Indonesia kills over 1,100.
- 1988 : Flight 410 of the Colombian airline Avianca crashes near the Colombian city of Cúcuta . All 136 passengers and 7 crew members of the Boeing 727 are killed.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
Sports
- 1991 : In a doping test , the soccer player Diego Maradona was found to be using cocaine . His contract with SSC Napoli is terminated and he is suspended for 15 months.
- 1994 : The Finn Toni Nieminen is the first ski jumper to jump 203 meters on the ski jumping hill in Planica , after the Austrian Andreas Goldberger was the first person to jump over 200 meters but fell.
Entries of athletics world records can be found under the respective discipline under athletics .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1473 : James IV , King of Scotland
- 1484 : John Sackville , English Member of Parliament
- 1503 : Niccolò Ardinghelli , Italian cardinal
- 1519 : Thoinot Arbeau , French canon and choreographer
- 1537 : Toyotomi Hideyoshi , Japanese general and politician
- 1591 : Gerard Seghers , Flemish painter
- 1605 : Georg II , Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
- 1623 : Charles II of Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn , German Roman Catholic Bishop of Olomouc and Breslau
- 1628 : François Girardon , French sculptor
- 1628 : Johannes Scheibler , German Protestant clergyman
- 1670 : Caspar Nicolaus Overbeck , German Protestant theologian
- 1685 : Jean Marc Nattier , French painter
- 1686 : Jean-Baptiste Oudry , French painter
- 1689 : Johann Christian Adami the Younger , German theologian
- 1693 : Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of the Palatinate , Electress of the Palatinate
- 1696 : Ludwig Batthyány , Hungarian court chancellor and palatine
18th century
- 1733 : Carsten Niebuhr , German-Danish explorer
- 1741 : William Withering , British medic
- 1743 : Johann Georg Meusel , German historian and lexicographer
- 1751 : Andreas Dahl , Swedish botanist
- 1754 : Jeanne-Marie Roland de la Platière , French revolutionary
- 1771 : Karl Theodor von Pappenheim , Bavarian Feldzeugmeister and last ruling Reich Count of the County of Pappenheim
- 1772 : Charles Victoire Emmanuel Leclerc , French general
- 1776 : Joel Abbot , American politician
- 1780 : Thomas Chalmers , founder of the Free Scottish Church
- 1780 : August Crelle , German mathematician, architect and engineer
- 1782 : Franz Körte , German natural and agricultural scientist
- 1782 : Sophie von Kühn , fiancee of Friedrich von Hardenberg (Novalis)
- 1784 : Egid von Löhr , German lawyer and university professor
- 1786 : Florentin zu Salm-Salm , Prince of Salm-Salm
- 1786 : Karl Wilhelmi , German theologian, founder of antiquity research in southwest Germany
- 1788 : Heinrich von Heß , Austrian field marshal
- 1800 : Ewald Rudolf Stier , German theologian
19th century
1801-1850
- 1807 : Karl Mathy , German journalist, politician, banker and Baden Minister of State
- 1809 : Wilhelm Lenk von Wolfsberg , kuk Feldzeugmeister and natural scientist
- 1811 : Karl Gutzkow , German writer, playwright and journalist
- 1813 : Anton Dominik von Fernkorn , German sculptor and sculptor
- 1813 : Kamehameha III. , Hawaiian King
- 1815 : Christian Wilhelm Bernhardt , German educator and local researcher
- 1822 : Muhammad Said , Egyptian viceroy
- 1823 : Peter Imandt , German representative of the labor movement and revolutionary
- 1828 : D. Wyatt Aiken , American politician
- 1832 : Walter Q. Gresham , American politician
- 1834 : Waldemar Atzpodien , German politician
- 1834 : Gottlieb Daimler , German engineer and inventor
- 1835 : Hermann von der Goltz , German theologian and church politician
- 1836 : Lucian Müller , German scholar
- 1837 : Horace Parnell Tuttle , American astronomer
- 1839 : Josef Gabriel Rheinberger , Liechtenstein composer
- 1839 : Hendrik Wefers Bettink , Dutch pharmacologist
- 1846 : Kate Greenaway , British watercolor painter and illustrator of children's books
- 1849 : Carl Zaar , German architect
1851-1900
- 1854 : Josip Lendovšek , Slovenian philologist and pedagogue
- 1855 : Ole Andreas Øverland , Norwegian historian
- 1859 : Albert Vater , German politician
- 1862 : Silvio Gesell , German economist
- 1862 : Heinrich Vogelsang , German merchant and consul
- 1864 : Alwin Reinhold Korselt , German mathematician
- 1865 : Gabriel Narutowicz , Polish hydraulic engineer and politician, first President of the Second Polish Republic
- 1866 : Alice Austen , American photographer
- 1868 : Nathan E. Kendall , American politician
- 1870 : Per Steenberg , Norwegian organist and composer
- 1873 : Wilhelm Kreis , German architect
- 1877 : Otto Gross , Austrian doctor and revolutionary
- 1879 : Hugo Küttner , German entrepreneur, artificial silk producer in Pirna
- 1880 : Julius Bamberger , German department store owner in Bremen
- 1880 : Guillermo Uribe Holguín , Colombian composer
- 1880 : Lawrence Oates , British polar explorer
- 1881 : Walter Rudolf Hess , Swiss neurophysiologist
- 1881 : Helene Weber , German politician, MdR, MdL, MdB, women's rights activist, one of the four "mothers of the Basic Law"
- 1883 : Johan Bierens de Haan , Dutch biologist and ethologist
- 1884 : Joseph Bonnet , French-Canadian organist, composer and music teacher
- 1884 : Javier Rengifo , Chilean composer
- 1884 : Ralph Rose , American athlete
- 1885 : Fridolin Gallati , Swiss entrepreneur
- 1886 : Emil Stumpp , German teacher, painter and press illustrator
- 1888 : Eduard Fraenkel , German-British classical philologist
- 1888 : Paul Ramadier , French Prime Minister
- 1888 : Hans Schimank , German physicist and history of science
- 1891 : René Fülöp Miller , American writer and sociologist
- 1893 : Aloys Scholze , German priest and opponent of National Socialism
- 1895 : Shemp Howard , American comedian ( The Three Stooges )
- 1896 : Eduard Erdmann , Latvian composer and pianist
- 1896 : Josef Sudek , Czech photographer
- 1898 : Jakob Ackeret , Swiss aerodynamicist
- 1898 : André Pisart , Belgian racing car driver
- 1898 : Yokomitsu Riichi , Japanese writer
- 1899 : Radie Britain , American composer
- 1900 : Alfred Newman , American film composer
- 1900 : Liliane Roehrs , German racing car driver and co-founder and president of the German Ladies Automobile Club
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : Ludolf-Hermann von Alvensleben , German adjutant to Heinrich Himmler
- 1901 : Christoph Aschmoneit , German shipbuilding engineer
- 1902 : Bobby Jones , American golfer
- 1903 : Wilhelm von Ammon , German lawyer
- 1903 : Josef Augusta , Czech paleontologist
- 1903 : Rudolf Signer , Swiss chemist
- 1904 : Patrick Hamilton , British writer
- 1904 : Walfried Winkler , German motorcycle racer
- 1905 : Toni Menzinger , German politician, MdL
- 1906 : Brigitte Helm , German actress
- 1907 : Franz Kartz , German boxer
- 1907 : Miki Takeo , Japanese Prime Minister
- 1908 : Józef Ciechan , Polish sculptor
- 1909 : Kenneth Anderson , American screenwriter and animator
- 1909 : Dag Bryn , Norwegian diplomat
- 1909 : Georg Stadtmüller , German historian and Byzantinist
- 1910 : Karl Hans Bergmann , German publicist
- 1912 : Benno Adolph , German medic
- 1912 : Joe Stydahar , American football player and coach
- 1912 : Fidel Wagner , German cross-country skier and Nordic combined athlete
- 1914 : Sammy Baugh , American football player and coach
- 1914 : Günter Hofé , German publishing director and writer
- 1914 : Juan Carlos Onganía , Argentine military and politician
- 1914 : Mario Ruiz Armengol , Mexican composer, pianist and conductor
- 1914 : Aida Tsunao , Japanese poet
- 1915 : Siegfried Theodor Arndt , German pastor
- 1915 : Wolfgang Döblin , German-French mathematician
- 1916 : Volodia Teitelboim , Chilean writer
- 1918 : Herb Lubalin , American typographer and graphic artist
- 1919 : Fedja Anzelewski , German art scholar
- 1919 : Nat King Cole , American singer and jazz musician
- 1920 : Mujibur Rahman , founder of Bangladesh
- 1920 : José Sánchez , Archbishop of Nueva Segovia and Cardinal
- 1921 : Meir Amit , Israeli general and director of the Mossad
- 1921 : Bruno W. Pantel , German actor
- 1922 : Günter Luther , German admiral
- 1922 : Lydia Roppolt , Austrian painter
- 1922 : Patrick Suppes , American philosopher of science
- 1923 : Friedrich W. Bauschulte , German actor
- 1923 : Wolfgang O. Sack , German-American veterinary atom
- 1924 : Werner Assmann , German handball player
- 1924 : Carl Little , Canadian pianist, organist and radio producer
- 1924 : Hans Milch , German priest and founder of the actio spes unica
- 1925 : Willi Steffen , Swiss football player
1926-1950
- 1926 : Peter Atteslander , Swiss sociologist
- 1926 : Siegfried Lenz , German writer
- 1929 : Peter L. Berger , Austrian-American sociologist
- 1930 : Betty Allen , American mezzo-soprano and lecturer
- 1930 : James Irwin , American astronaut
- 1930 : Paul Horn , American flautist
- 1932 : Fred Gamble , American racing car driver
- 1932 : ER Nele , German sculptor
- 1933 : Heather Armitage , British athlete
- 1933 : Bruno Horst Bull , German writer
- 1933 : Eckart Kleßmann , German historian
- 1933 : Siegfried Vergin , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1934 : Gloryette Clark , American film editor and screenwriter
- 1935 : Valerio Adami , Italian painter
- 1935 : Hans Wollschläger , German writer
- 1935 : Óscar Panno , Argentine chess grandmaster
- 1936 : Jürgen Hentsch , German actor
- 1936 : Klaus Lohmann , German politician
- 1936 : Ladislav Kupkovič , Slovak composer and conductor
- 1936 : Ken Mattingly , American astronaut
- 1938 : Keith Patrick O'Brien , Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh
- 1938 : Rudolf Chametowitsch Nurejew , Russian ballet dancer
- 1939 : Peter Aust , German actor
- 1939 : Nurcholis Madjid , Muslim thinker and scholar of Indonesia
- 1939 : Giovanni Trapattoni , Italian football coach
- 1940 : Anni Biechl , German athlete
- 1940 : Jim Telfer , Scottish rugby player and coach
- 1941 : Paul Kantner , American rock musician
- 1942 : John Wayne Gacy , American serial killer
- 1942 : Rudolf Gleißner , German cellist
- 1942 : Dietmar Keller , German politician, Minister for Culture in the GDR, Member of the Bundestag
- 1942 : Hans Pizka , Austrian horn player
- 1942 : Monika Wulf-Mathies , German trade union official
- 1943 : Bakili Muluzi , Malawian President
- 1944 : Pattie Boyd , British mannequin, wife of Beatle George Harrison
- 1944 : Franz Fiedler , President of the Austrian Court of Auditors and constitutional lawyer
- 1944 : Anthony Monn , German singer, composer, and music producer
- 1944 : Jürgen Peters , German trade union official
- 1944 : John Sebastian , American rock musician
- 1944 : Juan Ramón Verón , Argentine football player
- 1945 : Olli Maier , German actor
- 1945 : Elis Regina , Brazilian singer
- 1945 : Karl-Heinz Seiffert , German judge at the Federal Court of Justice
- 1946 : Michael Finnissy , English composer, pianist and music teacher
- 1946 : Edeltraud Hollay , German local politician
- 1946 : Eugen Jesser , President and Director of the Vienna Boys' Choir
- 1946 : Lindsay Owen-Jones , British manager and racing car driver
- 1946 : Rolf-Dieter Postlep , German economist and university president
- 1947 : Jan Andersson , Swedish politician
- 1947 : Lorenz Funk sr. , German ice hockey player
- 1947 : Sepp Kusstatscher , Italian politician, MEP
- 1948 : William Gibson , American science fiction writer
- 1949 : Hartmut Briesenick , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1949 : Patrick Duffy , American television actor
- 1949 : Werner Lämmerhirt , German guitarist
- 1949 : Daniel Lavoie , French-Canadian singer and pianist, songwriter and actor
- 1950 : Rötger Feldmann , German comic artist ( Werner )
1951-1975
- 1951 : Scott Gorham , American rock musician
- 1951 : Sydne Rome , American film actress
- 1951 : Kurt Russell , American actor
- 1952 : Elisabeth Koschorreck , German politician, MdL
- 1953 : Ulrich Klan , German composer and musician, educator and author
- 1954 : Jürgen Mannhardt , German admiral
- 1955 : Paul Overstreet , American country musician
- 1955 : Gary Sinise , American actor and director
- 1956 : Brigitte Aubert , French writer
- 1956 : Jürgen Pahl , German soccer player
- 1957 : Walter Mayer , Austrian cross-country skier and cross-country ski trainer
- 1958 : José Manuel Abascal , Spanish medium and long distance runner
- 1958 : Christian Clemenson , American actor
- 1959 : Danny Ainge , American basketball player
- 1960 : Wilfried Auerbach , Austrian athlete, politician and management consultant
- 1960 : Thomas Flohr , Swiss entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1960 : Thomas Kempe , German soccer player
- 1960 : Thomas Strobl , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1962 : Clare Grogan , British actress and singer
- 1962 : Christian Schuhböck , Austrian landscape ecologist
- 1962 : Rudi Spring , German composer, pianist and music teacher
- 1962 : Christiane Weber , German fencer, Olympic champion
- 1963 : Marion Walsmann , German politician
- 1964 : Stefano Borgonovo , Italian football player and coach
- 1964 : Lee Dixon , English football player
- 1964 : Rob Lowe , American actor
- 1964 : Claus Reitmaier , German football goalkeeper
- 1967 : Billy Corgan , American musician and man of letters
- 1968 : Valter Bonča , Slovenian racing cyclist
- 1968 : Yvan Lebon , French racing car driver
- 1969 : Werner Hasler , Swiss jazz trumpeter
- 1969 : Bernhard Röthlisberger , Swiss clarinetist and music teacher
- 1970 : Patrick Lebeau , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1970 : Yanic Truesdale , Canadian actor
- 1971 : Markus Becker , German pop singer
- 1972 : Phillip Archer , English golfer
- 1972 : Melissa Auf der Maur , Canadian rock musician
- 1972 : Oxana Vladimirovna Grishchuk , Russian figure skater
- 1972 : Mia Hamm , American soccer player
- 1974 : Miloš Jirovský , Czech chess player
- 1974 : Tõnis Kasemets , Estonian-American racing driver
- 1975 : Donna Vargas , Brazilian actress, porn star and producer
1976-2000
- 1976 : Marino Biliškov , Croatian football player
- 1976 : Brittany Daniel , American actress
- 1976 : Roxanne Hall , British porn actress
- 1976 : Satoshi Hirose , Japanese racing cyclist
- 1976 : Lene Jensen , Danish soccer player
- 1976 : Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir , Icelandic writer
- 1976 : Todd Perry , Australian tennis player
- 1976 : Álvaro Recoba , Uruguayan football player
- 1977 : Giuseppe Canale , Belgian football player
- 1977 : Xabier Zandio , Spanish cyclist
- 1978 : Corina-Isabela Peptan , Romanian chess player
- 1979 : Nicole Natalie Austin , American actress and model
- 1979 : Stormy Daniels , American porn actress
- 1979 : Stephen Kramer Glickman , American actor and stand-up comedian
- 1979 : Million Wolde , Ethiopian long-distance runner, Olympic champion
- 1980 : Nora Angehrn , Swiss professional golfer
- 1980 : Torsten Hiekmann , German racing cyclist
- 1980 : Katie Morgan , American porn actress
- 1980 : Oksana Pal , Russian handball player
- 1980 : Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi , Pakistani tennis player
- 1980 : Johannes Strate , German singer ( Revolverheld )
- 1981 : Aaron Baddeley , Australian golfer
- 1981 : Servet Çetin , Turkish football player
- 1981 : Kyle Korver , American basketball player
- 1981 : Mads Ø. Nielsen , Danish handball player
- 1981 : Leandro Romagnoli , Argentine football player
- 1981 : Stephanie Subke , Austrian handball player
- 1982 : Steven Pienaar , South African soccer player
- 1983 : Zenon Caravella , Australian soccer player
- 1983 : Raul Meireles , Portuguese soccer player
- 1983 : Matteo Paro , Italian soccer player
- 1983 : Emanuel Rivas , Argentine soccer player
- 1984 : Damien Farrell , Antiguan soccer player
- 1985 : Vasiliki Arvaniti , Greek beach volleyball player
- 1986 : Edin Džeko , Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player
- 1986 : Eugen Polanski , German soccer player
- 1986 : Olesya Rulin , American actress
- 1986 : Felipe Santana , Brazilian soccer player
- 1986 : Silke Spiegelburg , German athlete
- 1987 : Patrick Ebert , German soccer player
- 1987 : Federico Fazio , Argentine soccer player
- 1988 : Grimes , Canadian singer
- 1988 : Charlotte Mordal , Norwegian handball player
- 1989 : Sun Diego , German rap and hip hop musician
- 1989 : Luca Castiglia , Italian football player
- 1989 : Shinji Kagawa , Japanese soccer player
- 1990 : Johannes Heinrichs , German actor
- 1990 : Jakub Hrstka , Czech handball player
- 1990 : Saina Nehwal , Indian badminton player
- 1990 : Stéphane Richelmi , Monaco racing driver
- 1990 : Jacob Wilson , American racing car driver
- 1991 : Thomas Robinson , American basketball player
- 1992 : Rico Benatelli , German-Italian soccer player
- 1992 : Eliza Bennett , British actress and singer
- 1992 : Fahmi Ilyas , Malaysian racing driver
- 1993 : Matteo Bianchetti , Italian football player
- 1994 : Tarik Hadžić , Montenegrin ski racer
- 1994 : Christin Hussong , German athlete
- 1994 : Marcel Sabitzer , Austrian soccer player
- 1994 : Tobias Schwede , German soccer player
Died
Before the 16th century
- 45 BC BC : Titus Labienus , Roman general
- 180 : Mark Aurel , Roman emperor and philosopher
- 461 : Patrick of Ireland , Irish patron saint and national saint
- 659 : Gertrud von Nivelles , abbess in Brabant
- 836 : Haito , abbot in Reichenau monastery
- 1008 : Kazan , Japanese emperor
- 1036 : Gebhard II. , Bishop of Regensburg
- 1040 : Harald I , English king
- 1058 : Lulach , King of Scotland
- 1149 : Gebhard II von Grögling , Bishop of Eichstätt
- 1154 : Conrad of Bavaria , Cistercian
- 1159 : Gebhard von Henneberg , Bishop of Würzburg
- 1219 : Rudolf I , Count Palatine of Tübingen
- 1220 : Otto II von Berg , Bishop of Freising
- 1267 : Pierre de Montreuil , French builder, pioneer of the high Gothic
- 1270 : Philip of Montfort , Lord of Tire
- 1272 : Go saga , 88th Emperor of Japan
- 1273 : Ita von Entringen , German noblewoman
- 1285 : Heinrich IV. Von Barmstede , Holstein nobleman
- 1325 : Gerhard von Wippingen , Bishop of Lausanne and Basel
- 1338 : Johann Heinrich IV. , Count of Gorizia
- 1391 : Ulyana of Tver , Grand Duchess of Lithuania
- 1406 : Ibn Chaldun , Islamic historian and politician
- 1425 : Ashikaga Yoshikazu , Japanese Shogun
- 1433 : Nikolaus von Dinkelsbühl , German theologian
- 1499 : Georg Antworter , auxiliary bishop in Würzburg
16th and 17th centuries
- 1516 : Giuliano di Lorenzo de 'Medici , Duke of Nemours
- 1534 : Stephan Báthory of Somlyó , Voivode of Transylvania
- 1541 : Angelo Beolco, called Ruzante , Italian comedy poet
- 1556 : Richard Morison , English humanist and diplomat
- 1563 : Girolamo Seripando , Italian theologian, Prior General of the Augustinian Hermits and Archbishop of Salerno
- 1565 : Alexander Alesius , German theologian and reformer
- 1572 : Marcantonio Amulio , Italian cardinal
- 1575 : Georg Cracow , German lawyer and Saxon statesman
- 1578 : Cornelis Cort , Dutch engraver
- 1588 : Elisabeth von Sayn , abbess of the Essen monastery
- 1599 : Gaspard de Schomberg , Electoral Saxon officer in French service
- 1603 : Andreas Schato , German mathematician, physicist and doctor.
- 1605 : Pieter Bast , Dutch draftsman, engraver and cartographer
- 1620 : Johannes Sarkander , Bohemian priest and martyr of the Catholic Church
- 1638 : Charles I. de Blanchefort, marquis de Créquy , French military leader and Marshal of France
- 1666 : Diego Benavides de la Cueva , Spanish officer and colonial administrator, Viceroy of Navarre and Viceroy of Peru
- 1680 : François de La Rochefoucauld , French writer
- 1697 : Þórður Þorláksson , Icelandic Protestant bishop
18th century
- 1706 : Johann Jäger , Munich wine host and leader of the Bavarian people's uprising
- 1706 : Matthias Kraus , German butcher, leader of the Kraus uprising
- 1734 : Juan de Acuña , Spanish officer, colonial administrator and viceroy of New Spain
- 1743 : Dorothea Wilhelmine von Sachsen-Zeitz , Countess of Hesse-Kassel
- 1752 : Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de La Jonquière , French admiral and governor-general of New France
- 1765 : Paolo Fontana , Italian architect
- 1782 : Daniel Bernoulli , Swiss mathematician and physicist
- 1788 : Ernest Johann Nepomuk von Herberstein , Austrian Roman Catholic clergyman and first bishop of Linz
- 1790 : Benjamin Wilhelm Daniel Schulze , German educator and philologist
- 1791 : Johann August Dathe , German linguist
- 1793 : Hermann Erich Winkler , German Protestant clergyman
19th century
- 1808 : Carl Friedrich Hindenburg , German mathematician, professor of philosophy and physics
- 1813 : Jacques Pierre Abbatucci , Corsican general
- 1818 : Johann Christoph Bathe , German legal scholar
- 1823 : Marguerite-Catherine Haynault , French lady-in-waiting and mistress of Louis XV.
- 1824 : Johann Melchior Möller , German Protestant clergyman
- 1829 : Sophie Albertine of Sweden , from 1787 to 1803 the last abbess of Quedlinburg Monastery, which was directly imperial and free world
- 1830 : Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr , French politician
- 1840 : Ludwig von Wirschinger , Bavarian Minister of Finance
- 1846 : Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel , German astronomer, mathematician and geodesist
- 1847 : Grandville , French draftsman, book illustrator and caricaturist
- 1849 : Wilhelm II , King of the Netherlands
- 1852 : Ferdinand Oechsle , German mechanic, goldsmith and inventor
- 1853 : Christian Doppler , Austrian mathematician and physicist
- 1861 : Per Conrad Boman , Swedish composer
- 1875 : Ferdinand Laub , Czech violinist
- 1879 : Jean-Louis Ancrenaz , Swiss politician
- 1879 : Ludwig Reichenbach , German natural scientist
- 1884 : Paul Pogge , German traveler to Africa
- 1886 : Karl von Brandenstein , Prussian general
- 1886 : Leopold Zunz , German Jewish scientist, pioneer of the emancipation of Jews, is considered to be the founder of the science of Judaism
- 1895 : Wilhelm Pailler , Austrian theologian and folklorist
- 1898 : Blanche Bruce , American politician
20th century
1901-1950
- 1906 : Konrad Beyer , German poet and literary historian
- 1906 : Johann Most , German anarchist, speaker and editor
- 1907 : Ernesto Köhler , Italian flautist and composer
- 1907 : Rudolf Aderhold , German mycologist
- 1907 : Paolo Serrao , Italian composer and music teacher
- 1910 : Gustave Lefèvre , French composer and music teacher
- 1911 : Friedrich Haase , German actor, director and theater director
- 1912 : Lawrence Oates , British polar explorer
- 1914 : Giuseppe Buonamici , Italian composer
- 1917 : Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck , Norwegian dermatologist
- 1917 : Franz Brentano , German philosopher and psychologist
- 1917 : James Alexander Porterfield Rynd , Irish chess player
- 1919 : Kenyon Cox , American painter and illustrator, art critic and teacher
- 1920 : Filippo Giustini , Italian Roman Catholic theologian, papal secret chamberlain and cardinal
- 1921 : Oltwig von Kamptz , German officer
- 1921 : Nikolai Yegorowitsch Zhukovsky , Russian mathematician, aerodynamicist and hydrodynamicist
- 1928 : Paul Sprigade , German cartographer
- 1929 : Bona Peiser , first German public librarian
- 1934 : Wilhelm Meyer-Förster , German writer
- 1935 : William John Adie , Australian neurologist
- 1935 : Mary Grant Carmichael , English composer
- 1937 : Austen Chamberlain , British politician, foreign minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- 1938 : Ernst Deutsch-Dryden , Austrian graphic and fashion designer
- 1942 : Julio González , Spanish sculptor
- 1943 : Gustav Berling , German engineer and inventor
- 1947 : Karel Anděl , Czech selenographer, co-founder of the Czech Astronomical Society
- 1949 : Felix Bressart , German actor
1951-2000
- 1952 : Nándor Láng , Hungarian archaeologist, historian and classical philologist
- 1953 : Conrado del Campo , Spanish composer, violinist and music teacher
- 1956 : Irène Joliot-Curie , French chemist
- 1958 : John Pius Boland , Irish tennis player, lawyer and politician, first Olympic tennis champion
- 1959 : Galaktion Tabidze , Georgian poet
- 1960 : Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor , Spanish painter
- 1962 : Wilhelm Blaschke , Austrian mathematician and author
- 1963 : Karl Fischer , Austrian Trotskyist politician and resistance fighter
- 1964 : Franz Landsberger , German art historian
- 1966 : Walter Lang , Swiss composer, pianist and music teacher
- 1968 : Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast , American film director
- 1969 : Max Ariowitsch , German entrepreneur
- 1971 : Friedrich Wilhelm Wagner , German lawyer, Senate President at the Federal Constitutional Court, Member of the Bundestag and Member of the Bundestag
- 1972 : Francisco Javier Aguilar González , Mexican Ambassador
- 1973 : Giuseppe Ferretto , Italian priest, Vatican minister, bishop and cardinal
- 1974 : Paul Andres , Swiss doctor and politician
- 1976 : Luchino Visconti , Italian writer, theater and film director
- 1977 : Georg Lehmann-Fahrwasser , German painter
- 1977 : Max Mellin , German film architect
- 1978 : Horst Biernath , German writer
- 1978 : Leigh Brackett , American writer and screenwriter
- 1981 : William Lawrence , American pianist, singer and music teacher
- 1983 : Gigi Gryce , American jazz saxophonist
- 1985 : Irving Asher , American film producer
- 1986 : Mieczysław Drobner , Polish composer, conductor, musicologist and music teacher
- 1986 : Heinz Nixdorf , German computer pioneer, company founder and entrepreneur
- 1988 : Norbert Achterberg , German lawyer and university professor
- 1988 : Nikolas Asimos , Greek songwriter
- 1989 : Johann Baptist Auer , German theologian
- 1990 : Capucine , French actress
- 1990 : Mikio Andō , Japanese children's author, literary critic and university lecturer
- 1990 : Ric Grech , English musician
- 1992 : Jack Arnold , American film director
- 1992 : Monika Mann , German writer
- 1993 : Helen Hayes , American actress
- 1994 : Charlotte Auerbach , German-English biologist, geneticist and university professor
- 1994 : Walter Janka , German publisher and politician
- 1995 : Rick Aviles , American stand-up comedian and actor
- 1995 : Flor Contemplacion , Filipino double murderer
- 1995 : Sunnyland Slim , American blues pianist and singer
- 1996 : René Clément , French film director
- 1996 : Christa Wehling , German actress
- 1998 : Jacques Savoye , French entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1999 : Boleslaw Barlog , German theater director
- 1999 : Hubert Bognermayr , Austrian musician
- 1999 : Ernest Gold , American composer
- 2000 : Harry Blum , German local politician, Lord Mayor of Cologne
- 2000 : Jack Davis , Australian playwright and poet
21st century
- 2002 : Christian Graf von Krockow , German publicist
- 2002 : Luise Rinser , German writer
- 2003 : Herbert Aptheker , American historian
- 2003 : Zoltán Kádár , Hungarian archaeologist and art historian
- 2004 : Monique Laederach , Swiss writer and literary critic
- 2004 : Bernie Scherer , American football player
- 2005 : Gary Bertini , Israeli conductor
- 2005 : Lalo Guerrero , American singer, guitarist and songwriter
- 2005 : George F. Kennan , American historian and diplomat
- 2006 : Oleg Cassini , French fashion designer
- 2006 : Ray Meyer , American basketball coach
- 2006 : G. William Miller , American politician
- 2006 : Johannes Christiaan Mari Hattinga Verschure , Dutch physician and chemist
- 2007 : John W. Backus , American computer scientist
- 2007 : Freddie Francis , British cinematographer
- 2007 : Ernst Haefliger , Swiss tenor
- 2007 : William N. Panzer , American producer
- 2008 : Jakob Christ , Swiss psychiatrist
- 2010 : Alex Chilton , American songwriter, guitarist, singer and producer
- 2011 : Hanna Köhler , German actress
- 2011 : Herbert F. Schubert , German dancer and choreographer
- 2012 : John Demjanjuk , Ukrainian concentration camp guard
- 2012 : Schenuda III. , Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark of the Coptic Church
- 2012 : Chaleo Yoovidhya , Thai businessman
- 2013 : Mark Aizikovitch , German-Ukrainian klezmer singer and actor
- 2014 : Mareike Carrière , German actress
- 2015 : Konrad Birkholz , German politician
- 2016 : Rudolf Waldemar Brem , German actor
- 2016 : Meir Dagan , Israeli general and intelligence chief
- 2016 : Hugo Strasser , German clarinetist and band leader
- 2017 : Ingeborg Krabbe , German actress and cabaret artist
- 2017 : Laurynas Mindaugas Stankevičius , Lithuanian politician and Prime Minister, Minister
- 2017 : Derek Walcott , Lucian-British poet and Nobel Prize winner
- 2018 : Geneviève Fontanel , French theater and film actress
- 2018 : Michael Rutschky , German writer
- 2020 : Eduard Weniaminowitsch Limonow , Russian writer
- 2020 : Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo , Guinea-Bissau politician
- 2020 : Betty Williams , Northern Irish peace activist and Nobel Prize winner
- 2020 : Alfred Worden , American astronaut
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Patrick of Ireland , slave, missionary and patron saint (Protestant, Anglican, Catholic, Orthodox)
- St. Gertrud von Nivelles , Franconian abbess, virgin and patron saint (Catholic)
- State holidays and memorial days
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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