January 18th
January 18 (in Austria and South Tyrol : January 18 ) is the 18th day of the Gregorian calendar , leaving 347 days (348 days in leap years) until the end of the year.
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events
politics and world affairs
- Magnentius makes himself anti -emperor of Emperor Constans in Augustodunum . The usurper receives support from troops in the western part of the Roman Empire and orders Constans to be killed. 350: The Roman general
- Leo II becomes the new Eastern Roman Emperor after the death of his grandfather Leo I. 474: The six-year-old
- Nika uprising of the circus parties against the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. Flavius Hypatius is proclaimed emperor at the forum in Constantinople . The bloody suppression of the uprising by troops under Belisar claims around 30,000 lives. 532: During the
- 1126: The Chinese Emperor Song Huizong takes responsibility for the flight to Hangzhou - forced by Jurchen who were invading the Song Dynasty - and abdicates in favor of his son Song Qinzong .
- 1367: Ferdinand I, the Handsome , ascends the Portuguese throne as the last Burgundian king.
- 1486: With the marriage of the English King Henry VII of the House of Tudor to Elizabeth of York , the two feuding ruling houses of Lancaster and York are united . The Wars of the Roses are finally a thing of the past.
- 1535: After the conquest of Peru , the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founds the new capital Ciudad de los Reyes , today's Lima , on a native settlement to curb the influence of the previous Inca capital Cusco .
- 1629: The Swedish Reichstag approves the entry of the country ruled by King Gustav II Adolf into the Thirty Years' War against the armies of Emperor Ferdinand II in Germany.
- 1671: The English privateer Henry Morgan and his people conquered the city of Panama , which belonged to the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru . The looting brings fortunes to the attackers, the city is set on fire, its inhabitants are massacred .
- 1678: The Battle of Warksow takes place on Rügen during the Swedish-Brandenburg War . The Swedes reconquer the island taken by the Danes against a Danish-Brandenburg army. But eight months later, the other side is successful in a new fight.
- 1701: Friedrich III, Elector of Brandenburg , crowns himself as Friedrich I in Königsberg as “ King in Prussia ”. The ceremony, largely staged by Friedrich himself, takes place in Königsberg Castle .
- 1709: The cities of Berlin , Cölln , Friedrichswerder , Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichstadt are united by decree from Prussia 's King Friedrich I with effect from January 1, 1710 to form the "Royal Capital and Residence City Berlin".
- 1775: James Cook sighted the uninhabited Cooper Island in the South Atlantic .
- 1777: Under the leadership of Ethan Allen , Vermont declares itself an independent republic , dubbed New Connecticut .
- 1778: James Cook , on his third South Pacific voyage, becomes the first European to discover Hawaii and christens the islands the Sandwich Islands .
- 1801: Tsar Paul I of Russia makes Georgia a province of his country.
- 1871: Wilhelm I of Prussia is proclaimed Emperor of Germany in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles . He had this title since the German constitution of January 1st .
- 1915: Japanese Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu presents the President of the Chinese Republic , Yuan Shikai , with the Twenty-One Demands , designed to secure Japan 's greater influence in China.
- 1918: After the election of November 25 of the previous year, the Russian Constituent Assembly meets for the first time in the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg. It was dissolved the very next day by Russia 's Bolshevik government .
- 1919: The Paris Peace Conference 1919 is opened in Versailles , at which the First World War is to be ended under international law and the post-war order is to be established.
- 1942: The Battle of Cholm begins on the German-Soviet front with partisans attacking the German occupiers . Several thousand German soldiers ("Scherer Combat Group") are surrounded and only released after 105 days.
- 1943: The Nazis invade the Warsaw ghetto to liquidate it and deport the Jewish residents to extermination camps. After four days of fighting , the Jewish combat organization under Mordechai Anielewicz initially succeeded in driving the Germans out again.
- 1945: Two days after Adolf Hitler's arrival in Berlin, the last contingent of the Volkssturm is filmed on Wilhelmplatz in the city center , including a speech by Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels with the well-known part: "...our walls may break, but our hearts never...".
- 1947: After a party meeting at the Palazzo Barberini in Rome , the right wing of the Italian Socialist Party around Giuseppe Saragat splits to continue as the PSLI (later PSDI ) to support Alcide De Gasperi 's government and anchor Italy's anti-Soviet western orientation.
- 1956: The People's Chamber of the GDR decides to set up the National People's Army (NVA).
- 1963: The colony of Aden , part of the British Empire , joins the South Arabian Federation .
- 1974: Through the mediation of US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger , Egypt and Israel reach an agreement on disengagement after the Yom Kippur War .
- 1982: The French nuclear power plant under construction at Creys-Malville is fired at during protests with five rockets that narrowly miss the reactor core.
- 1996: In Lübeck , ten people die in an arson attack on accommodation for asylum seekers .
- 2000: At the request of the party, the former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl resigns as honorary chairman of the CDU because of the CDU donation scandal .
- 2002: Two days after the establishment of a special court by a treaty between Sierra Leone and the United Nations, the civil war in Sierra Leone is declared over in a solemn ceremony by President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah .
- 2009: With a unilateral ceasefire, the Israeli armed forces end Operation Cast Lead against Hamas facilities and members in the Gaza Strip , which had been ongoing since December 27 of the previous year .
business
- 1695: In France , King Louis XIV enacted a poll tax . The population is divided into 22 tax brackets. At the lowest one livre is payable to the state, at the highest it is 2,000 livres.
- 1799: Frenchman Nicholas-Louis Robert receives a patent for the fourdrinier paper machine he had invented the previous year .
- 1800: The Banque de France is created by First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte to promote economic growth after the severe recession of the Revolutionary Era. The bank's task is to issue banknotes to the presenter on sight in exchange for purchased commercial bills . However, business area is only the city of Paris .
- 1828: The kingdoms of Bavaria and Württemberg form the South German Customs Union .
- 1993: The first issue of the German news magazine Focus is published by Burda-Verlag Munich under the direction of publisher Hubert Burda and Helmut Markwort as editor-in-chief.
science and technology
- 1887: Lazar Edeleanu succeeds in the first synthesis of amphetamine at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-University .
- 1911: The aviation pioneer Eugene Burton Ely – two months after the first successful launch – landed on a ship for the first time, on a platform of the heavy cruiser USS Pennsylvania . Hugh Robinson's catch hook system, which is still used today, is used .
- 2005: The prototype of the Airbus A380 is presented to media representatives in the presence of prominent guests from politics in Toulouse .
Culture
- 1699: The premiere of the opera La fede pubblica by Giovanni Bononcini takes place at the Hofburg in Vienna .
- 1773: Under King Gustav III. Opera performances begin in Sweden at Bollhuset in Stockholm .
- 1825: The Petrovsky Theater , which burned down in 1805 and was rebuilt by Joseph Bové , is reopened under the name Bolshoi Theater with the prologue The Triumph of the Muses to music by Alexei Nikolayevich Werstovsky and Alexander Alexandrovich Alyabyev .
- 1893: The Mass in D major by Ethel Smyth , the composer's only sacred work, was first performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The premiere was only possible thanks to the intervention of the former French empress Eugénie de Montijo .
- 1901: Ernst von Wolzogen founds the first German cabaret in Berlin at Alexanderplatz , the Überbrettl .
- 1931: The comic opera King Midas by Wilhelm Kempff is premiered in Königsberg. The libretto , written by the composer, is based on the libretto to the Singspiel Midas' Judgment by Christoph Martin Wieland .
- 1941: The Museu Marítim de Barcelona opens to visitors. The opening of the museum, which had been planned earlier, was delayed due to the Spanish Civil War .
- 1951: The film The Sinner , starring Hildegard Knef , is shown for the first time and causes a scandal because of the alleged glorification of prostitution , euthanasia and suicide . Performance bans and ecclesiastical rejection from the pulpits arouse interest and ensure a cinematic success with the public.
- 1969: The first broadcast of the ZDF hit parade with Dieter Thomas Heck as moderator is broadcast.
- 1975: The opera A True Hero by Giselher Kleber is premiered in Zurich.
- 2002: Rudi Cerne takes over the moderation of Aktenzeichen XY … unsolved .
- 2007: More than 300 years after the dissolution of the first fruit -bearing society , the new fruit-bearing society in Köthen/Anhalt e . V. – Association for the Care of the German Language founded.
society
- 1990: Washington Mayor Marion Barry is arrested by the FBI for possession and use of a drug .
religion
- Marcus is elected Bishop of Rome , succeeding Silvester I after a 17-day vacancy . 336:
- Sisinnius is enthroned as Pope , succeeding John VII after an 89-day vacancy . 708:
- 1529: The Protestant Church publishes its first catechism .
disasters
- 1884: The American passenger liner City of Columbus sank after a rock collision off the island of Martha's Vineyard off the coast of the US state of Massachusetts . 29 people are saved while 103 drown or freeze to death in the freezing water, including all women and children on board.
- 1934: A severe earthquake in the Indian region of Bihar claims over 10,000 lives.
- 2003: The bushfires that broke out in the Australian capital Canberra on January 8th spiral out of control and breach the containment lines.
- 2007: Hurricane Kyrill , the heaviest hurricane since Lothar on December 26, 1999, swept across Europe. 47 people are killed and there is property damage of over a billion euros.
- 2018: Hurricane Friederike peaks as it sweeps across Europe . It claims eight dead, many injured and causes damage in the hundreds of millions.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
nature and environment
- 2000: About 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite Tagish Lake enters Earth's atmosphere and smashes into frozen Tagish Lake in northern Canada.
Sports
- 1953: The German Badminton Association is founded. Hans Riegel jr. becomes the first president . chosen.
Entries of track and field world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics .
Born
Before the 18th century
- Valentinianus Galates , Roman prince 366:
- 1503: Joachim , Duke of Munsterberg and Oels, Count of Glatz, Bishop of Brandenburg
- 1519: Isabella Jagiellonica , Polish-Lithuanian princess, Queen of Hungary
- 1523: Johannes Haller the Younger , Swiss Protestant theologian and reformer
- 1558: Johann Fladenstein , German jurist
- 1610: Hieronymus Kromayer , German theologian
- 1623: Sebastian Achamer , Austrian organ builder
- 1624: Thyrsus González , Spanish-Italian general of the order
- 1624: Johannes Lavater , Swiss evangelical clergyman and university teacher
- 1641: François Michel Le Tellier de Louvois , French statesman and Minister of War
- 1649: Wilhelm Moritz , Prince of Nassau-Siegen
- 1649: Johann Kahler , German mathematician and Lutheran theologian
- 1657: Heinrich Casimir II , Prince of Nassau-Dietz, governor of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe
- 1670: Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes , French aristocrat and mistress of King Victor Amadeus I of Sardinia-Piedmont
- 1682: Jonathan Belcher , British politician, governor of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New Jersey
- 1684: Martin Knobloch , German educator and theologian
- 1684: Johann David Köhler , German historian, numismatist and heraldist
- 1689: Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu , French writer, philosopher and state theorist of the Enlightenment (baptism date)
- 1694: Johann Gottfried von Hahn , Silesian doctor and medical councilor in Breslau
18th century
- 1701: Johann Jacob Moser , German constitutional law teacher
- 1707: Johann Aloys I of Oettingen-Spielberg , Prince of the Principality of Oettingen-Spielberg
- 1717: Fedele Tirrito , Sicilian painter, writer, preacher and Capuchin friar
- 1724: Johann Jacob Schramm , German organ builder
- 1726: Heinrich of Prussia , son of King Friedrich Wilhelm I
- 1733: Engelbert Klüpfel , German theologian
- 1734: Caspar Friedrich Wolff , German physiologist and anatomist
- 1735: Jeremias Majer , English painter of German origin
- 1743: Ignazio Gaetano Boncompagni-Ludovisi , Italian cardinal
- 1743: Karagoromo Kisshū , Japanese poet
- 1747: Michele Di Pietro , Italian cardinal
- 1750: Odano Naotake , Japanese painter
- 1750: Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider , German classical scholar, naturalist and lexicographer
- 1751: Ferdinand Kauer , Austrian composer and conductor
- 1757: Charles Pole , British admiral
- 1774: Johann Heinrich Bernhard Dräseke , German theologian, general superintendent and bishop
- 1778: George Bellas Greenough , British geologist
- 1778: Ludwig Georg Winter , German politician, Baden civil servant, minister and reformer
- 1779: Peter Mark Roget , British physician and lexicographer
- 1782: Daniel Webster , US Secretary of State
- 1788: Jonathan August Weichert , German classical scholar and educator
- 1792: Karl Gustav Bischof , German geologist and chemist
- 1795: Anna Pavlovna , Queen of the Netherlands
19th century
1801-1850
- 1801: James Evans , Canadian Methodist and linguist
- 1806: Dorothea Pfeiffer , German painter
- 1808: Franz Kugler , German art historian and writer
- 1810: Theodor Kliefoth , German theologian
- 1813: Theodor Engelbrecht , German pomologist
- 1815: Eduard Boas , German writer
- 1815: James Chesnut Jr. , American lawyer, politician and general
- 1815: Warren De La Rue , British astronomer and chemist
- 1815: Konstantin von Tischendorf , German theologian, researcher on the textual history of the New Testament
- 1818: Joseph Matthäus Aigner , Austrian portrait painter
- 1818: Adolf Aronheim , German jurist and politician
- 1818: August Ebrard , German theologian
- 1820: Thomas Joseph Hutchinson , British explorer and consul
- 1821: Theodor Goldstücker , German Sanskrit researcher
- 1822: Reinold Aßmann , German jurist and politician
- 1823: Victor Luffy , Swiss Federal Councilor
- 1825: Léon Carvalho , French singer and opera director
- 1825: Edward Frankland , British chemist
- 1826: Joseph-Henri Altès , French flutist
- 1828: Ehrenfried Friedhofl , German organ builder active in the Netherlands
- 1829: Ludvig Lorenz , Danish physicist
- 1830: Grigor Parlichev , Macedonian-Bulgarian writer
- 1831: Johann Jakob Bernoulli , Swiss archaeologist
- 1835: César Cui , Russian composer and music critic
- 1835: Eduard von Derenthall , German envoy
- 1840: Ernst Rudorff , German musician, art educator, and conservationist
- 1840: Alfred Percy Sinnett , British journalist, author and theosophist
- 1841: Emmanuel Chabrier , French composer and pianist
- 1841: Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy , German chemist and industrialist
- 1845: Hermann Grotefend , German archivist
- 1845: Bernhard Ludwig Suphan , German literary scholar
- 1848: Ioan Slavici , Romanian writer
- 1849: Edmund Barton , Australian Prime Minister
- 1849: Eugène Carrière , French painter and lithographer
- 1849: Antonio Cecchi , Italian explorer
- 1849: Richard Pichel , German Indologist
- 1849: Aleksander Świętochowski , Polish writer
- 1850: Seth Low , American educator and politician
1851-1900
- 1851: Heinrich Friedjung , Austrian historian, publicist and journalist
- 1852: Albert Geßmann , Austrian politician
- 1852: Adolf Walewski , Polish actor, director and playwright
- 1853: Kārlis Mīlenbahs , Latvian linguist
- 1853: Fanny Stresow , German painter
- 1854: Carl Giesecke , German engineer and industrialist
- 1856: Luigi Bianchi , Italian mathematician
- 1857: Otto von Below , German general in World War I
- 1857: Franz Georg von Glasenapp , German general
- 1861: Demetrios I Kadi , Syrian cleric and Patriarch of Antioch
- 1861: Hans Goldschmidt , German chemist
- 1863: Oscar Troplowitz , German pharmacist, entrepreneur and patron of the arts
- 1864: Marie Renard , Austrian opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
- 1867: Rubén Darío , Nicaraguan writer and diplomat
- 1869: Julius Meinl II , Austrian entrepreneur in the food industry
- 1871: Franz Blei , Austrian writer, translator and literary critic
- 1872: Emmanuel d'Orléans, duc de Vendôme , French nobleman
- 1873: Viktor Kienböck , Austrian politician and jurist
- 1873: Julius Kühlewein , German theologian
- 1875: Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov , Soviet pathologist and academic
- 1875: Julián Carrillo , Mexican composer
- 1876: Meshadi Azizbekov , Azerbaijani politician
- 1876: Elsa Einstein , cousin and second wife of Albert Einstein
- 1876: Rodolphe Plamondon , Canadian singer, cellist and music teacher
- 1877: Karl Hans Strobl , German writer
- 1878: Peter Christel Asmussen , German businessman and politician, MdL
- 1878: Thomas Edward Campbell , American politician
- 1878: Agostino Gemelli , Italian priest and medic
- 1879: Henri Giraud , French general
- 1879: Walter Kaesbach , German art historian
- 1879: Arnold Knoblauch , German architect and entrepreneur
- 1880: Paul Ehrenfest , Austrian physicist
- 1880: Robert Pollack , Austrian violinist and music teacher
- 1880: Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster , Italian priest, Archbishop of Milan and cardinal
- 1882: Arthur Deicke , German aircraft designer
- 1882: Lazare Lévy , French pianist, music teacher and composer
- 1882: A.A. Milne , British writer
- 1882: Anna Siemsen , German educator and politician
- 1883: Edith Andreae , German salonnière
- 1883: Henri Guibert , French racing car driver
- 1883: George Oliver , American golfer
- 1886: Ștefan Dimitrescu , Romanian painter
- 1886: Clara Nordstrom , German writer
- 1886: Ernst Schwarz , German-American politician, MdR
- 1887: Karl Zuhorn , German local politician
- 1888: Wim Bronger , Dutch footballer
- 1888: Michael Horlacher , German politician, MdR, MdL, President of the Landtag and MP
- 1888: Thomas Sopwith , British aviation pioneer and yachtsman
- 1890: Jeanne Demons , Canadian actress
- 1890: Charles Drouin , French racing driver
- 1892: Oliver Hardy , American comedian and film actor
- 1892: Paul Rostock , German surgeon and concentration camp doctor, defendant in the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial
- 1894: Ado Anderkopp , Estonian politician and journalist
- 1894: Robert Bréard , French composer
- 1894: Jan van Breda Kolff , Dutch footballer
- 1894: Lucia Moholy , Czech-Swiss photographer
- 1894: Wilhelm Heinrich Carl Tenhaeff , Dutch parapsychologist
- 1895: Johannes Mattfeld , German botanist
- 1896: Ville Ritola , Finnish athlete, Olympic champion
- 1899: Jan Bontjes van Beek , German sculptor and ceramist
- 1899: Fritz Bracht , German NSDAP Gauleiter of Upper Silesia, Reich Defense Commissar, organizer of death marches
- 1899: Lucian Wysocki , German police chief, SA and SS general
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Murayama Tomoyoshi , Japanese writer and theater director
- 1901: Pem , Anglo-German journalist and writer
- 1902: Umbo , German photographer and photojournalist
- 1902: Émile Aillaud , French architect
- 1903: Angelo Kramel , German lawyer, politician, member of the Bundestag, trade unionist and chairman of the civil servants' association
- 1903: Berthold Goldschmidt , German composer
- 1903: Werner Hinz , German actor
- 1904: Cary Grant , British-American actor
- 1905: Joseph Bonanno , American mob boss
- 1905: Herbert de Castro , Panamanian composer and conductor
- 1906: Hans Aeschbacher , Swiss painter and sculptor
- 1907: Werner Jacobi , German politician, MdL, MP
- 1908: Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , daughter of the last Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- 1908: Stanisław Stomma , Polish publicist and politician
- 1908: Seymour Rexite , Polish-American actor and singer of Yiddish theater, radio and television
- 1909: Calvin S. Hall , American depth psychologist and dream scientist
- 1910: Friedrich Bätjer , German architect
- 1910: Kenneth Ewart Boulding , American economist
- 1910: Ivo Veit , German radio director, actor and cabaret artist
- 1911: Gábor Darvas , Hungarian composer and musicologist
- 1911: Hans-Hilmar Staudte , German chess champion and composer
- 1911: José María Arguedas , Peruvian writer
- 1911: Danny Kaye , American actor, comedian and singer
- 1912: René Gabriëls , Belgian carom world champion and billiard table manufacturer
- 1912: Wilhelm Herz , German motorcycle racer and world record holder
- 1914: Arno Schmidt , German writer and translator
- 1915: Kaúlza Oliveira de Arriaga , Portuguese general, writer and politician
- 1915: Syl Apps , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1915: Waldemar Grube , German forester and entrepreneur
- 1915: Boris Viktorovich Rauschenbach , Soviet physicist, co-founder of Soviet space travel
- 1915: Vasilis Tsitsanis , Greek singer, composer and bouzouki virtuoso
- 1915: Santiago Carrillo , Spanish politician
- 1916: Horst Adamietz , German journalist
- 1916: Wilhelm Góra , Polish footballer
- 1918: Howie Richmond , American music publisher
- 1919: Juan Orrego-Salas , Chilean composer and music teacher
- 1919: Toni Turek , German soccer goalkeeper
- 1920: René Audet , Canadian Bishop
- 1920: Constance Moore , American actress
- 1921: Robert Étienne , French archaeologist
- 1921: Yōichirō Nambu , American physicist of Japanese descent, Nobel laureate
- 1921: Belding Scribner , American medical scientist
- 1924: Hubert Deuringer , German music teacher, arranger and orchestra leader
- 1925: Gilles Deleuze , French postmodern philosopher
- 1925: John V. Evans , American politician, Governor of Idaho
- 1925: Arthur Paul , American graphic designer
1926-1950
- 1926: Seth Abderhalden , Swiss mountaineer and extreme climber
- 1927: Werner Liebrich , German football player and coach
- 1927: Rudolf Schlott , German football coach
- 1928: Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky , Russian basketball player and coach
- 1928: Franciszek Pieczka , Polish actor
- 1929: Pierick Houdy , French-Canadian composer
- 1929: Henri Loche , French composer
- 1929: Helmut Schellhardt , German film actor and voice actor
- 1930: Kyŏng-ho An , North Korean politician
- 1930: Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo , Portuguese politician and Prime Minister
- 1931: Chun Doo-hwan , South Korean President
- 1931: Kōichi Isoda , Japanese literary critic and scholar
- 1932: Christa Berndl , German actress
- 1932: Hans-Jürgen Beug , German botanist
- 1932: Wilhelm Burgsmüller , German footballer
- 1932: Robert Anton Wilson , American writer
- 1933: Emeka Anyaoku , Nigerian Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations
- 1933: Benno Artmann , German mathematician
- 1933: John Boorman , British director, screenwriter and producer
- 1933: Jean Vuarnet , French alpine skier
- 1934: Hendrick Chin A Sen , Surinamese President
- 1935: Pjetër Arbnori , Albanian writer and politician
- 1935: Clemens Ganz , German organist
- 1936: Hugh Anderson , New Zealand motorcycle racer
- 1937: Ric Cartey , American rockabilly musician and songwriter
- 1937: John Hume , British politician from Northern Ireland, Nobel laureate
- 1937: Dieter Lindner , German track and field athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1937: L. David Mech , American behaviorist
- 1937: Luzius Wildhaber , Swiss jurist
- 1938: Anthony Giddens , British sociologist
- 1938: Werner Olk , German football player and coach
- 1938: Wolfgang Becker , German educator and local politician, Lord Mayor of Herne
- 1939: Denton Lotz , American theologian
- 1940: Martin Kayenburg , German politician, MdL and President of the Landtag
- 1940: Pedro Rodríguez , Mexican Formula One and sports car racer
- 1941: Bobby Goldsboro , American musician and record producer
- 1941: David Ruffin , American gospel and soul singer
- 1942: Reiner Körfer , German cardiac surgeon
- 1942: Horst Mendroch , German actor
- 1942: Franz Rottensteiner , Austrian publicist and critic in the field of science fiction and fantasy
- 1942: Vassula Ryden , Egyptian author
- 1942: Christiane Schröder , German actress
- 1942: Johnny Servoz-Gavin , French racing driver
- 1943: Ovidio G. Assonitis , Italian film producer and director
- 1943: Al Foster , American jazz drummer
- 1943: Dave Greenslade , British keyboardist
- 1943: Charlie Wilson , American politician
- 1944: Alexander Van der Bellen , Austrian politician and economist
- 1944: Paul Keating , Australian Prime Minister
- 1944: Gunnar Kvaran , Icelandic cellist and chamber musician
- 1944: Wilfried Weiland , German track and field athlete
- 1945: Isabel Allende , Chilean politician, daughter of Salvador Allende
- 1945: Philippe Gurdjian , French auto racer and motorsport official
- 1945: Hugh Hartwell , Canadian composer and music educator
- 1945: Ernst Leuenberger , Swiss politician, Council of States
- 1946: Joseph Deiss , Swiss Federal Councilor
- 1946: Henrique Pereira Rosa , President of Guinea-Bissau
- 1947: Cornelia Rimpau , German writer
- 1947: Horst Engel , German politician, MdL
- 1947: Ernst Peter Fischer , science publicist and science historian
- 1947: Takeshi Kitano , Japanese director and actor
- 1947: Jacques Rouvier , French pianist
- 1947: Jürgen Wertheimer , German university lecturer for modern German literature and comparative literature
- 1948: Bodo Abel , German economist
- 1948: Loránd Milassin , Hungarian track and field athlete
- 1948: Sergio Vitier , Cuban composer and guitarist
- 1948: Changuito , Cuban percussionist
- 1949: Bill Keller , American journalist, editor-in-chief of The New York Times
- 1949: Friedrich Stickler , Austrian sports official, President of the Austrian Football Association
- 1949: Paul Schäfer , German politician, MP
- 1949: Philippe Starck , French designer and architect
- 1949: Billie Zöckler , German actress
- 1950: Gilles Villeneuve , Canadian auto racer
- 1950: Michael Tomasello , American anthropologist and behavioral scientist
1951-1975
- 1951: Steve Grossman , American jazz saxophonist
- 1951: Bob Latchford , English footballer
- 1951: Sally Morgan , Australian artist and writer
- 1951: Keith Woodward , American bi- and duathlete and cross-country skier, cross-country skier and canoe triathlete
- 1951: Renato Zaccarelli , Italian football player and coach
- 1952: Michael J. Behe , American biochemist
- 1952: Michael Jüllich , German percussionist and composer
- 1952: Wim Rijsbergen , Dutch footballer
- 1952: KM Veerappan , Indian gang leader
- 1953: Paul Büchel , Liechtenstein judoka
- 1954: Alexander Semyonovich Anpilogov , Soviet-Georgian handball player
- 1955: Jutta Czurda , German choreographer and singer
- 1955: Kevin Costner , American actor, producer and director
- 1955: Gerburg Jahnke , German cabaret artist
- 1955: Frankie Knuckles , American DJ
- 1955: Marilyn Mazur , Danish jazz musician
- 1955: Tibor Nyilasi , Hungarian footballer
- 1955: Erik Solheim , Norwegian politician
- 1955: Fernando Trueba , Spanish film director
- 1955: Angela Winbush , American R&B singer, songwriter and producer
- 1956: Ralf Bursy , German singer
- 1956: Mark Collie , American country musician and film actor
- 1956: Hans-Ulrich Pfaffmann , German politician, MdL
- 1956: Christoph Prégardien , German singer
- 1957: Hans Caspar von der Crone , Swiss legal scholar
- 1957: Roman Schwaller , Swiss jazz saxophonist
- 1958: Heidrun Bluhm , German politician, MP
- 1958: Bernard Genghini , French footballer
- 1958: Brenda Phillips , Zimbabwean field hockey player
- 1958: Volker Pispers , German cabaret artist
- 1958: Jeffrey N. Williams , American astronaut
- 1959: Dagmar Lurz , German figure skater
- 1959: Volkmar Vogel , German politician, MP
- 1960: Mark Rylance , British-American actor
- 1961: Takashige Ichise , Japanese producer and screenwriter
- 1961: Mark Messier , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1961: Mikhail Shishkin , Russian writer and journalist
- 1962: Alison Arngrim , American actress, stand-up comedian and activist
- 1963: Petra Einhoff , German actress
- 1963: Jojo Mayer , Swiss jazz drummer
- 1963: Phillip Boa , German musician
- 1963: Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze , Nigerian philosopher
- 1963: Peter Stamm , Swiss author
- 1964: Jane Horrocks , British actress and comedian
- 1964: Enrico Lo Verso , Italian film actor
- 1965: Urs Augstburger , Swiss writer
- 1965: Anders Bohman , Swedish cinematographer
- 1965: Viktor Gernot , Austrian cabaret artist and actor, TV presenter and singer
- 1965: Claudio Passarelli , German wrestler
- 1966: Charles Ariiotima , Tahitian football referee
- 1966: Alexander Valeryevich Khalifman , Russian chess player
- 1966: Stefan Lorch , German theater actor
- 1966: Jan Quast , German politician, MdL
- 1967: Park Chul-min , South Korean actor
- 1967: Yvonne Trevino , American boxer
- 1967: Iván Zamorano , Chilean soccer player
- 1968: Ann Battelle , American freestyle skier
- 1968: Armin Falk , German economist
- 1968: Armin Pongs , German children's book author
- 1969: Dave Bautista , American professional wrestler
- 1969: Jesse L. Martin , American actor
- 1969: Raphaëlle Monod , French freestyle skier
- 1970: DJ Quik , American rapper
- 1970: Jang Joon-hwan , South Korean film director
- 1970: Dieter Johns , German-American pool player
- 1970: Peter Van Petegem , Belgian racing cyclist
- 1971: Florian Adamski , Austrian cabaret artist and actor
- 1971: Jonathan Davis , American singer ( Korn )
- 1971: Christian Fittipaldi , Brazilian auto racer
- 1971: Pep Guardiola , Spanish football player and coach
- 1971: Dru Mouser , American actress
- 1971: Adriana Santos , Brazilian basketball player and coach
- 1972: Conny Mayer-Bonde , German politician, MP
- 1972: Ralph Caspers , German TV presenter and author
- 1972: Kjersti Platzer , Norwegian track and field athlete
- 1973: Crispian Mills , British singer and musician
- 1973: Petur Pólson , Faroese poet and musician
- 1974: Marco Geisler , German rower
- 1974: Vladimir Miholjević , Croatian cyclist
- 1974: Benedikt Weber , German presenter and voice actor
- 1974: Maulik Pancholy , American actor
- 1974: Nubya , Swiss singer
1976-2000
- 1976: Tamara Bach , German writer
- 1976: Marcelo Daniel Gallardo , Argentine footballer
- 1976: Mala Ghedia , Australian actress and voice actress
- 1976: Pavel Mareš , Czech footballer
- 1976: Yevgeny Pupkov , Kazakh ice hockey player
- 1977: Didier Dinart , French handball player
- 1977: Tokessa Martinius , German actress
- 1977: Jean-Patrick Nazon , French cyclist
- 1978: Thor Hushovd , Norwegian cyclist
- 1978: Bogdan Lobonț , Romanian footballer
- 1978: Wandee Kameaim , Thai weightlifter
- 1978: Katja Kipping , German politician, MdL, MP
- 1978: Sebastian Siedler , German cyclist
- 1978: Stev Theloke , German swimmer
- 1979: Paulo Ferreira , Portuguese footballer
- 1979: Brian Gionta , American ice hockey player
- 1979: David Lago , American actor
- 1979: Milorad Popović , Serbian footballer
- 1980: Jason LaBarbera , Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- 1980: Robert Green , English footballer
- 1980: Nia Künzer , German soccer player
- 1980: Jason Segel , American actor
- 1980: Estelle Swaray , British soul singer and rapper
- 1981: Otgonbayar Ershuu , Mongolian artist
- 1981: Olivier Rochus , Belgian tennis player
- 1981: Antje Traue , German actress
- 1982: Christian Galenda , Italian swimmer
- 1982: Felix Luz , German footballer
- 1982: Joanna Newsom , American singer, songwriter and harpist
- 1983: Hamdi Kasraoui , Tunisian football goalkeeper
- 1983: Samantha Mumba , Irish actress, singer and fashion model
- 1983: Jaime Sifers , American ice hockey player
- 1984: Makoto Hasebe , Japanese soccer player
- 1984: Ophélie Meilleroux , French soccer player
- 1984: Leonardo Pisculichi , Argentine footballer
- 1984: Alaixys Romao , Togolese footballer
- 1984: Brian Welch , American ski jumper
- 1985: Dale Begg-Smith , Canadian-Australian freestyle skier, Olympic champion
- 1985: Riccardo Montolivo , Italian footballer
- 1986: Philip Baumgarten , German actor
- 1986: Maarja Kivi , Estonian singer and drummer
- 1986: Senad Lulić , Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer
- 1987: Johan Djourou , Swiss footballer
- 1987: İlhan Parlak , Turkish footballer
- 1988: Ironik , British R&B and grime musician
- 1988: Angelique Kerber , German tennis player
- 1989: Katharina Baunach , German soccer player
- 1990: İbrahim Eren Akduman , Turkish footballer
- 1990: Gorgui Dieng , Senegalese basketball player
- 1990: Constantin Gastmann , German actor
- 1990: Nacho , Spanish footballer
- 1990: Jenny Tamás , German ice hockey player
- 1991: Katharina Bunk , German memory athlete
- 1991: Jen Hoy , American soccer player
- 1991: Lasse Sobiech , German footballer
- 1992: Francesco Bardi , Italian footballer
- 1992: Patrick Breitkreuz , German footballer
- 1992: Steve Breitkreuz , German footballer
- 1992: Lukas Rath , Austrian footballer
- 1993: Juan Quintero , Colombian soccer player
- 1993: Nils Kretschmer , German handball player
- 1993: João Carlos Teixeira , Portuguese footballer
- 1993: Morgan York , American actress
- 1995: José Francisco Cevallos Enríquez , Ecuadorian soccer player
- 1995: Sandra Jessen , Icelandic soccer player
- 1995: Jack Miller , Australian motorcycle racer
- 1995: Felix Weber , German footballer
- 1996: Sarah Gilman , American actress
- 1997: Emil Audero , Italian footballer
- 1997: Robin Becker , German soccer player
- 1999: Karan Brar , American actor
21st century
- 2002: Lewis Williams , Welsh darts player
- 2005: Benedetta Pilato , Italian swimmer
Died
Before the 16th century
- Publius Clodius Pulcher , Roman politician 52 BC BC:
- Leo I , Eastern Roman Emperor 474:
- Odilo , ruler of the tribal duchy of Bavaria 748:
- Hatto II , Abbot of Fulda and Archbishop of Mainz 970:
- 1044: Azechus , Bishop of Worms
- 1107: Markward of Corvey , Abbot of Corvey and Bishop of Osnabrück
- 1138: Lambert of Ilsenburg , Bishop of Brandenburg
- 1152: Adalberon of Munsterol , Archbishop of Trier
- 1174: Vladislav II , Bohemian duke who secured the kingship for himself and his empire
- 1192: Conrad II , Bishop of Worms
- 1213: Tamar , Queen of Georgia
- 1213: Walther von Vatz , Bishop of Gurk
- 1216: Guy II , lord of Dampierre, Bourbon and Montluçon
- 1223: Giorgi IV Lasha , Georgian king
- 1236: Owain ap Gruffydd , Lord of the Welsh principality of Deheubarth
- 1246: Ioakim I , Bulgarian clergyman, founder of Ivanovo Monastery, Metropolitan of Tarnovo, and patriarch and saint of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
- 1254: Henry I , King of Cyprus and Regent of Jerusalem
- 1256: Maria von Brabant , Duchess of Bavaria and Countess Palatine of the Rhine
- 1258: Conrad I of Tölz and Hohenburg , Bishop of Freising
- 1270: Margaret of Hungary , Dominican, daughter of Béla IV of Hungary and niece of St Elizabeth
- 1272: Heinrich von Leiningen , Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, Bishop of Würzburg and Bishop of Speyer
- 1323: Catherine of Habsburg , Duchess of Calabria
- 1326: Robert Fitzwalter, 1st Baron Fitzwalter , English nobleman and military man
- 1344: Raoul I de Brienne , Count of Eu
- 1347: Ulrich Denklinger , abbot of the monastery of St. Mang in Füssen
- 1357: Maria of Portugal , Queen of Castile
- 1360: Luigi I Gonzaga , lord of the city and imperial vicar of Mantua
- 1367: Peter I , Portuguese king
- 1411: Jobst of Moravia , Roman-German king, Margrave of Moravia and Brandenburg
- 1423: Heinrich X. , Duke of Glogau and Freystadt and bailiff of Upper Lusatia
- 1425: Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March , English nobleman
- 1427: Eberhard III. von Neuhaus , administrator of the incorporated Reich Prelature of Berchtesgaden and Archbishop of Salzburg
- 1427: Otto I von Rohr , Bishop of Havelberg
- 1448: Conrad IX. , Imperial Chamberlain in the service of King Sigismund and King Albrecht II.
- 1470: Go-Hanazono , Japanese Emperor
- 1479: Louis IX , Duke of Bavaria-Landshut
16th to 18th centuries
- 1547: Pietro Bembo , Italian humanist, cardinal and scholar, theorist of Italian literary language
- 1586: Margaret of Parma , governor of the Spanish Netherlands
- 1589: Magnus Heinason , Faroese naval hero
- 1598: Johann Georg , Elector of Brandenburg
- 1604: Dorothea Katharina of Brandenburg-Ansbach , Countess of Meissen
- 1613: Regina Protmann , founder of the Order of Catherine and Catholic saint
- 1616: Karl , Count of Arenberg, military and diplomat
- 1628: Willem van den Blocke , sculptor and architect of Flemish descent
- 1650: Matteo Rosselli , Italian painter
- 1656: August , Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
- 1670: Andrea Vaccaro , Italian painter
- 1677: Jan van Riebeeck , Dutch ship's doctor, merchant and colony administrator
- 1703: Johann Friedrich Falckner , Saxon jurist and mayor of Leipzig
- 1719: Antoine Léger the Younger , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university teacher
- 1721: Otto von Schlabrendorf , Prussian infantry general, governor of Küstrin Fortress and heir to Groß Machnow and Blankenfeld
- 1726: Bartolomeo Laurenti , Italian violinist and composer
- 1729: Christoph Bernhard Francke , German officer and painter
- 1731: Johann Josua Mosengel , German organ builder
- 1735: Maria Clementina Sobieska , Polish princess, titular queen of Great Britain, Ireland and France
- 1744: Michele Marieschi , Italian painter
- 1747: Antonio de Literes , Spanish composer and cellist
- 1752: Johann Friedrich Ludwig , German goldsmith and master builder
- 1755: Johann Rudolph Engau , German legal scholar
- 1756: Franz Georg von Schönborn , German Elector-Archbishop of Trier, prince-abbot, prince-bishop, prince-provost
- 1760: Claudio Casciolini , Italian composer
- 1761: Karl Joseph of Habsburg-Lorraine , Archduke of Austria
- 1764: Leonhard Joseph von Lamberts zu Cortenbach , alderman and mayor of the imperial city of Aachen
- 1790: Stefano Ittar , Polish architect
19th century
- 1825: Johann Peter von Feuerbach , German political official
- 1829: Benjamin Geithner , evangelical minister
- 1840: Johann Adam Goez , German writer and educator
- 1840: Jodocus Heringa Eliza's zoon , Dutch Reformed theologian
- 1848: Joseph von Winiwarter , Austrian lawyer and university lecturer
- 1858: William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire , British peer and politician
- 1859: Alfred Vail , American engineer and inventor
- 1861: Joachim Heinrich Wilhelm Wagener , German banker and patron of the arts
- 1862: John Tyler , American politician, governor, senator and congressman for Virginia, President of the State
- 1863: Mangas Coloradas , chief of the Mimbreno Apaches
- 1863: Muhammad Said , Wali (Governor) of Ottoman Province of Egypt
- 1871: Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois , French playwright
- 1873: Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton , British novelist and politician
- 1874: Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg , Russian field marshal
- 1878: Antoine César Becquerel , French physicist
- 1881: Auguste Mariette , French Egyptologist
- 1884: Green Adams , American politician
- 1886: Karl Gaertner , German engineer, entrepreneur and politician
- 1892: Anton Maria Anderledy , Swiss Jesuit
- 1894: Theophan Govorov , Russian bishop
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901: Ludwig Bussler , German musicologist
- 1906: William Gatacre , British general
- 1909: Christian Arning , German judge and politician
- 1909: Ernest Lavigne , Canadian composer and conductor, cornetist and music publisher
- 1911: Otto Hetzer , German inventor and entrepreneur, founder of glued wood construction
- 1914: Marie-Georges Picquart , French officer and Minister of War, participant in the Dreyfus Affair
- 1916: Česlovas Sasnauskas , Lithuanian composer
- 1917: Bernhard Schmidt , German classical scholar
- 1918: Alfred Altherr , Swiss Protestant Reformation clergyman and writer
- 1918: Caroline Barbey-Boissier , Swiss botanist and writer
- 1918: Bohuslav Jeremiáš , Czech composer, organist, conductor and music teacher
- 1919: John Charles Francis of Great Britain and Ireland , son of George V
- 1920: Paul Güßfeldt , German geographer, explorer and alpinist
- 1921: Filippo Cardinal Camassei , Italian cleric, Patriarch of Jerusalem
- 1921: Wilhelm Foerster , German astronomer
- 1921: Adolf von Hildebrand , German sculptor
- 1923: Anna Marie Geibelt , German charitable benefactor in Pirna
- 1923: Wallace Reid , American actor
- 1927: Hermann Müller-Thurgau , Swiss plant physiologist, botanist, oenologist and vine grower
- 1928: Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond , British politician
- 1936: Rudyard Kipling , British novelist and journalist, Nobel laureate
- 1937: Johannes Rudolf Max Adler , German historian, literary scholar and educator
- 1938: Alexandre Georges , French organist, music teacher and composer
- 1938: Josef Schey von Koromla , Austrian legal scholar
- 1939: Ivan Ilyich Moschuhin , Russian actor
- 1941: Anton Kuh , Austrian journalist, essayist and storyteller
- 1944: Greten Handorf , German shipowner
- 1945: Harald von Hirschfeld , German officer, last lieutenant general in World War II
- 1945: Marie Andrae , German writer, educator and nurse
- 1946: Julio Fossa Calderón , Chilean painter
- 1946: Ludwig Huber , German farmer and politician
- 1949: Adalbert Hock , German painter
1951-2000
- 1951: Christian Portner , Swiss evangelist
- 1952: Curly Howard , American comedian
- 1954: Sydney Greenstreet , British actor
- 1956: Frantz Rosenberg , Norwegian sports shooter
- 1958: Edmund Adam , German correspondence chess player and chess official
- 1960: Raymond de Tornaco , Belgian racing driver
- 1960: Julius von Borsody , Austrian film architect and set designer
- 1964: Thomas Wimmer , German local politician, Lord Mayor of Munich
- 1970: Fannie Tremblay , Canadian actress and comedian
- 1971: Nora Stanton Blatch Barney , American civil engineer, architect and suffragette
- 1971: Warwick Braithwaite , New Zealand conductor
- 1971: Lothar Rendulic , Austrian general
- 1972: Bohumil Turek , Czechoslovak motorcycle and automobile racer
- 1976: Gertrud Gabl , Austrian alpine skier
- 1976: Friedrich Hollaender , German-British composer
- 1977: Luciano Re Cecconi , Italian footballer
- 1977: Max Reimann , German politician
- 1977: Carl Zuckmayer , German writer
- 1978: John Lyng , Norwegian politician
- 1979: Hubertus von Aulock , German general
- 1982: Nérée Arsenault , Canadian politician and forest engineer
- 1984: Hans Constantin Paulssen , German industrialist, President of the BDA
- 1984: Carl Sembach , German circus tamer
- 1984: Vasilis Tsitsanis , Greek singer, composer and bouzouki virtuoso
- 1984: Rudolf Zenker , German physician
- 1987: Renato Guttuso , Italian painter
- 1989: Bruce Chatwin , British novelist
- 1990: Manfred Künne , German writer
- 1993: Karl Bosl , German historian
- 1994: Rolf Singer , German mycologist
- 1995: Adolf Butenandt , German biochemist, Nobel laureate
- 1996: Leonor Fini , Argentine painter
- 1997: Frankie Bastille , American stand-up comedian
- 1999: Günter Strack , German theater and television actor
- 1999: Reginald Zupancic , Austrian clergyman and physicist
- 2000: Francis Haskell , British art historian
- 2000: Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky , Austrian architect
21st century
- 2003: Egon Boldt , German trade unionist and politician
- 2005: Luitpold Schuhwerk , German poet in Allgäu dialect
- 2005: Robert Moch , American rower
- 2005: Donald Hadfield , Canadian organist, choirmaster and church musician
- 2006: Jan Twardowski , Polish poet, religious educator and priest
- 2006: Anton Rupert , South African entrepreneur
- 2007: Bienvenido Brens , Dominican musician and composer
- 2007: August Humer , Austrian organist and harpsichordist
- 2007: Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil , Indian Major Archbishop of Trivandrum
- 2008: Hans Herbert Jöris , German conductor and university lecturer
- 2010: Rudolf Wöhrl , German clothing retail entrepreneur
- 2011: Sargent Shriver , American politician
- 2016: Glenn Frey , American rock musician
- 2016: Michel Tournier , French writer
- 2017: Peter Abrahams , South African writer
- 2017: Wilhelm Noll , German motorcycle racer
- 2018: Peter Mayle , British writer
- 2021: Marius van Heerden , South African track and field athlete
- 2021: Thorsten Johansson , Swedish sprinter
holidays and commemorations
- Church commemorations
- Confession of Simon Peter
- Ludwig Steil , German minister and martyr (Protestant)
- St. Athanasius the Great , Egyptian Church Father, Patriarch of Alexandria and Patron Saint (Orthodox)
- Saint Cyril of Alexandria , Egyptian Doctor of the Church, Father of the Church and Patriarch of Alexandria (Orthodox)
- St Margaret of Hungary , Hungarian nun (Catholic)
- name days
- More information about the day
- Germany : ReichsFoundation Day (1871–1918)
The list of commemoration and action days contains further entries .
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