18th of June

The June 18 is the 169th day of the Gregorian calendar (170th in leap years ), thus remain still 196 days until the end of the year.

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Events

Politics and world events

• 0217 BC BC : In the battle of Raphia , the decisive clash of the Fourth Syrian War , the Egyptian army under Ptolemy IV defeated the Seleucids under Antiochus III.
• 0618 : With the throne of Emperor Tang Gaozu begins in China , the Tang Dynasty .
• 1053 : At the Battle of Civitate , the Normans, led by Richard von Aversa , Humfred von Hauteville and Robert Guiskard, defeat a superior papal army. Pope Leo IX is taken prisoner and has to recognize the Norman possessions in southern Italy .
• 1155 : Friedrich I Barbarossa is crowned Roman-German Emperor in Rome by Pope Hadrian IV .

1156: Southern Italy around the year 1154

• 1156 : Pope Hadrian IV and William I of Sicily sign the Treaty of Benevento , in which the Pope finally recognizes the Norman Empire in southern Italy . As a result, a conflict arises in the bond between Pope and Emperor, who wants to fight the Norman conquest of southern Italy .
• 1264 : The first assembly of the Parliament of Ireland takes place in Ireland .
• 1363 : Elisabeth of Pomerania is crowned Queen of Bohemia .
• 1391 : In his second campaign against Toktamish , the leader of the Golden Horde and rival for power, the Mongol ruler Timur defeated the forces of the descendants of Genghis Khan with his troops near the Kondurcha River .

1429: Battle of Patay

• 1429 : The Battle of Patay in the Hundred Years' War wins the French armed forces under the decisive influence of Joan of Arc against the English troops under John Fastolf . The English are pushed north in the battle for Orléans .
• 1452 : In the papal bull Dum diversas , Pope Nicholas V allows the Portuguese King Alfonso V to conquer countries of the "infidels" in West Africa . The Pope condones the enslavement of black Africans .
• 1757 : In the Seven Years' War , Frederick the Great suffers the first defeat with his army in the Battle of Kolin . The Austrian army under Field Marshal Leopold Joseph von Daun prevailed. Almost 22,000 soldiers are killed or wounded in this battle.
• 1799 : The bloodless Jacobin coup d'état of the 30th Prairial VII fails in Paris . Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux and Philippe-Antoine Merlin are forced to resign.
• 1812 : The USA declares war on Great Britain after months of tension . The so-called war of 1812 breaks out.

1815: Battle of Waterloo

• 1815 : In the Battle of Waterloo , Napoleon Bonaparte is defeated by British and Prussian troops under Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher .
• 1825 : August Neidhardt von Gneisenau is appointed Prussian field marshal .

1849: Dissolution of the rump parliament

• 1849 : The rump parliament of the Frankfurt National Assembly , which has evaded to Stuttgart , is dissolved by military force. Non-Württemberg MPs are expelled from the state.
• 1881 : The secret three emperor's union between the German Reich , Austria-Hungary and Russia obliges the contracting parties to remain neutral in the event of a conflict with a fourth party. The alliance has a term of three years and replaces the three emperor agreement of 1873 , which was terminated by Russia .
• 1887 : The German Reich and Russia conclude the secret reinsurance treaty , which obliges both sides to "benevolent neutrality" in the event of war.
• 1925 : The Reichsgericht repeals the only approved prince expropriation in the Weimar Republic . The corresponding state law in the Free State of Saxony-Gotha on the confiscation of property of the Princely House of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha is not constitutional .
• 1935 : The German-British naval agreement on arms limitation is concluded, which limits the German navy to 35 percent of the tonnage of British naval forces.

1940: Charles de Gaulle

• 1940 : The French general Charles de Gaulle calls from London for French resistance against the German invaders and forms the provisional national committee ( government in exile ).

1940: Winston Churchill

• 1940 : Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivers his speech This Was Their Finest Hour in the British House of Commons to strengthen the motivation of the British to resist after the German successes in the western campaign of World War II .
• 1946 : The proclamation of the Republic of Italy ends the monarchical form of government.
• 1953 : Egypt becomes a republic. Muhammad Nagib becomes president.
• 1954 : Around 400 "freedom fighters" trained by the CIA penetrate the United Fruit Company in Guatemala to overthrow the democratically elected President Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán with Operation PBSUCCESS .
• 1957 : The law on equal rights for men and women in the field of civil law is promulgated in the Federal Republic .
• 1959 : Theodor Heuss takes over the Bellevue Palace in Berlin as the second official residence of the Federal President . Due to the political situation in West Berlin, the building is only used moderately.
• 1961 : 28 people die in a bomb attack on the Strasbourg-Paris express train . The OAS is probably responsible .
• 1970 : The German Bundestag passes an amendment to the Basic Law that grants 18-year-olds the right to vote and 21-year-olds to stand for election at federal level. After the approval of the Federal Council , the constitution-amending law comes into force on July 31. An announcement by Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt under the motto “We want to dare to dare more democracy” is fulfilled.

1979: Carter and Brezhnev signing the contract

• 1979 : In Vienna, Leonid Brezhnev and US President Jimmy Carter sign the SALT II treaties on behalf of the USSR to limit the strategic nuclear weapons systems of both countries. The US Senate later refused to ratify the treaty.
• 1982 : After the defeat in the Falklands War , the Argentine de facto president and war proponent Leopoldo Galtieri has to vacate his post. On an interim basis, General Alfredo Saint Jean took over the post during the military rule .
• 1989 : The military junta under Saw Maung , which has ruled since September 1988 , decides to rename the state of Burma to Myanmar and the capital Rangoon to Yangon.
• 1989 : In the European elections in Germany, the right-wing Republicans immediately entered the European Parliament with 7.1 percent of the vote with six members .
• 1994 : The last military parade of the Allies before their withdrawal takes place in Berlin .
• 2000 : At the mediation of the Organization for African Unity , Ethiopia and Eritrea sign a ceasefire agreement in Algiers to end the Eritrea-Ethiopia war .

economy

Opening of the Waterloo Bridge in 1817

• 1817 : Waterloo Bridge is officially opened in London by Prince Regent George . The bridge designed by John Rennie Sr. is the longest in the city.
• 1852 : The Italian chocolatier Domingo Ghirardelli founds the Ghirardelli & Girard company in San Francisco , the forerunner of the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, which is renowned in the United States and in the industry .
• 1974 : In connection with the reform of food law, the German Bundestag decides to ban commercials for cigarettes and tobacco products on radio and television.
• 1982 : The Italian banker Roberto Calvi is found hanged under London's Blackfriars Bridge . As president of Banco Ambrosiano , Calvi had fled Italy a few days earlier after the bank had declared bankruptcy . The banking house in which the Vatican Bank holds shares is suspected of illegal manipulation. The background to Calvi's death remains in the dark.

science and technology

1928: Amelia Earhart

• 1928 : The American Amelia Earhart arrives - as a passenger - on a woman's first flight across the Atlantic Ocean .
• 1928 : The Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen sets out in a flying boat to rescue Umberto Nobile from the Arctic who crashed on the airship Italia . Amundsen and his companions crash near Bear Island and are killed.
• 1981 : The US stealth bomber F-117 Nighthawk the US Air Force completed its first flight.
• 1983 : The Space Shuttle Challenger takes off from the Kennedy Space Center on the STS-7 mission . Sally Ride is on board . She becomes the first US female astronaut and the third woman in space .
• 2009 : NASA 's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is launched.

Culture

1821: Der Freischütz

• 1821 : The romantic opera Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber is premiered in the royal theater in Berlin.

1896: Kyffhäuser Monument

• 1896 : The Kyffhäuser Monument is inaugurated on Mount Kyffhäuser in Thuringia .
• 1967 : The Monterey Pop Festival , the cultural highlight of the Summer of Love, ends after two days .
• 1988 : Depeche Mode's 101st concert of the Music for the Masses tour takes place at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in front of over 60,000 fans.
• 1999 : Tom Tykwer's film Run Lola Run with Franka Potente receives eight awards at the German Film Prize .

society

• 2002 : On the third “Social Day” organized by Schüler Helfen Leben , 210,000 schoolchildren in Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg and Lower Saxony swap their school desk for a paid job and donate over 3.8 million euros for charitable purposes.

Disasters

• 1953 : A C-124 of the US Air Force crashed in Tokyo. All 129 people die.

Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .

Sports

1859: Aletschhorn

• 1859 : The English alpinist Francis Fox Tuckett completes the first ascent of the Aletschhorn in the Bernese Alps with the Swiss mountain guides Johann Joseph Bennen, Peter Bohren and V. Tairraz .
• 1906 : The Paraguayan Football Association is founded
• 1927 : The Nürburgring is inaugurated with a motorcycle race as part of the Eifel race .
• 1932 : The world basketball federation FIBA is founded in Geneva.
• 1972 : At the final of the European Football Championship , the German national football team wins its first European Championship title by defeating the Soviet Union 3-0. It is Germany's first European Championship title.
• 1995 : Norway wins the second women's soccer world championship by beating Germany 2-0 in the final. It is Norway's first world title.
• 2006 : Audi becomes the first manufacturer to win the Le Mans 24-hour race with a diesel vehicle.

Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field . Entries on football world championship games can be found in the sub-pages of football world championships . The same goes for European football championships .

Born

Before the 19th century

• 1269 : Eleanor of England , Countess of Bar
• 1294 : Charles IV , Count of La Marche, King of Navarre and King of France
• 1318 : Eleanor of England , English princess and by marriage Duchess of Geldern
• 1332 : John V , Emperor of Byzantium
• 1466 : Ottaviano dei Petrucci , Italian printer and music publisher
• 1480 : Albrecht VII , Count von Mansfeld
• 1489 : Francesco Maria Molza , Italian poet
• 1495 : Johannes von Bärenfels , politician and mayor of Basel
• 1511 : Bartolomeo Ammanati , Italian architect and sculptor
• 1517 : Ōgimachi , 106th Emperor of Japan
• 1521 : Maria of Portugal , Infanta of Portugal, patroness of literature and the arts
• 1543 : Petrus Albinus , professor in Wittenberg, founder of Saxon historiography
• 1669 : Maria Maddalena Musi , called "la Mignatta", Italian opera singer (soprano)
• 1673 : Antonio de Literes , Spanish composer

Johann Georg Zimmermann (* 1680)

• 1680 : Johann Georg Zimmermann , German post commissioner
• 1684 : Balthasar König , German organ builder
• 1716 : Carl Edzard , Prince of East Frisia
• 1716 : Joseph-Marie Vien , French painter
• 1730 : Samuel Luther von Geret , German Protestant theologian, lawyer and politician
• 1753 : Samuel John Galton , British arms manufacturer and banker
• 1754 : Anna Maria Lenngren , Swedish writer
• 1755 : Wilhelm Dietrich Hermann Flebbe , German civil servant
• 1757 : Ignaz Josef Pleyel , Austrian composer
• 1767 : Karl Christian Ferdinand Chop , German civil servant
• 1769 : Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry , British statesman
• 1796 : Friedrich Ernst , German farmer and settler

19th century

1801-1850

• 1812 : Ivan Alexandrowitsch Goncharov , Russian writer

Ludwig von der Tann-Rathsamhausen (* 1815)

• 1815 : Ludwig von der Tann-Rathsamhausen , Bavarian general
• 1815 : Maximilian Werner , Baden politician
• 1817 : Jang Bahadur Rana , Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Gorkha (Nepal)
• 1830 : Anna von der Asseburg , German nobleman
• 1831 : Peter Nicolai Arbo , Norwegian painter
• 1839 : Martin Greif , German poet
• 1841 : Katharina Brandis , German painter
• 1843 : David Popper , Czech cellist and composer
• 1843 : Robert Sputh , German entrepreneur, inventor of the beer mat
• 1845 : Alphonse Laveran , French physician, Nobel Prize winner
• 1850 : Richard Heuberger the Elder , Austrian composer, conductor, music teacher and music journalist

1851-1900

• 1854 : Dawid Alexandrowitsch Aitow , Russian cartographer and revolutionary
• 1856 : Friedrich Karl Paul Gustav von Arnim , Prussian officer
• 1858 : Ludwig Johannes Tschischko , Latvian pastor and Protestant martyr
• 1862 : Otto Immisch , German classical philologist
• 1863 : Frits Went , Dutch botanist
• 1864 : Aribert von Anhalt , regent of the Duchy of Anhalt

Miklós Horthy (* 1868)

• 1868 : Miklós Horthy , Hungarian admiral and statesman
• 1870 : Hans von Pezold , German medical officer and sex educator
• 1870 : Johannes Biehle , German physicist, bell and organ builder
• 1872 : Matti Aikio , Norwegian poet
• 1873 : Eduardo Chicharro y Agüera , Spanish painter
• 1873 : Erhard Kutschenreuter , German composer
• 1878 : John S. Robertson , American film director
• 1881 : Zoltán von Halmay , Hungarian swimmer and swimming coach
• 1882 : Louis Bailly , Canadian violinist and music teacher
• 1882 : Georgi Dimitrov , Bulgarian politician, Prime Minister
• 1882 : Hermann Foppa , Austrian politician, member of the Austrian National Council, MdR
• 1884 : Frédéric Gilliard , Swiss architect and archaeologist
• 1885 : Ernie Adams , American actor
• 1885 : Theodor Knolle , German theologian

George Mallory (* 1886)

• 1886 : George Mallory , British mountaineer
• 1887 : Marcet Haldeman , American author
• 1888 : Margarita Xirgu , Catalan actress
• 1889 : Laureano Guevara , Chilean painter
• 1892 : Ernst Anliker , Swiss politician
• 1894 : Ernst Schneider , Austrian inventor
• 1896 : Bruno Snell , German classical philologist
• 1898 : Samuel Elzevier de Jongh , Dutch pharmacologist

20th century

1901-1925

Anastasia Romanowa (* 1901)

• 1901 : Anastasia Nikolajewna Romanowa , Russian nobleman, youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II.
• 1901 : Hilde Spier , German philologist and journalist
• 1902 : Boris Wassiljewitsch Barnet , Soviet film director and actor
• 1903 : Felix von Eckardt , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1903 : Jeanette MacDonald , American actress
• 1903 : Raymond Radiguet , French writer
• 1904 : Clive Dunfee , British racing car driver
• 1904 : Manuel Rosenthal , French conductor and composer
• 1905 : Eduard Tubin , Estonian-Swedish composer
• 1905 : Marjorie Westbury , British actress, radio play speaker and singer
• 1906 : Anton Stankowski , German graphic artist, photographer and painter
• 1907 : Ruth Abramowitsch , German dancer, choreographer and representative of modern dance
• 1907 : Warlam Tichonowitsch Schalamow , Russian writer, opposition activist and dissident
• 1908 : Karl Hohmann , German football player
• 1908 : Maria Helena Vieira da Silva , Portuguese-French painter
• 1909 : Willy Kramp , German writer
• 1910 : Günther Serres , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1912 : Friedrich Maurer , Austrian handball player
• 1913 : Sammy Cahn , American songwriter
• 1913 : Stanisław Marusarz , Polish skier
• 1913 : Oswald Teichmüller , German mathematician
• 1915 : Paul Neal Adair , American firefighter
• 1915 : Robert Lannoy , French composer
• 1915 : Paul Zils , German documentary filmmaker
• 1916 : Gaston Allaire , Canadian musicologist and educator, organist, pianist and composer
• 1916 : Jean André , French film architect and set designer
• 1917 : Richard Boone , American actor
• 1917 : Cövdət Hacıyev , Azerbaijani composer
• 1917 : Theo Schöller , German entrepreneur

Jerome Karle (* 1918)

• 1918 : Jerome Karle , American physical chemist and crystallographer, Nobel Prize winner
• 1918 : Franco Modigliani , Italian economist, Nobel Prize winner
• 1920 : Utta Danella , German writer
• 1921 : Chaya Arbel , Israeli composer
• 1922 : Claude Helffer , French pianist
• 1923 : Veronica Carstens , German doctor
• 1923 : Ray Romero , Puerto Rican percussionist
• 1923 : Szymon Szurmiej , Polish actor, director and theater manager
• 1924 : George Mikan , American basketball player
• 1925 : Ennio Appignanesi , Italian Archbishop
• 1925 : Ben Rich , American aircraft designer

1926-1950

• 1926 : Gisela Schöbel-Graß , German swimmer
• 1926 : Aad Bak , Dutch football player
• 1926 : Gerhard Dallmann , German writer
• 1926 : Ingeborg Kleinert , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1928 : Maggie McNamara , American actress
• 1929 : Ernst Gottfried Mahrenholz , German judge, Vice President of the Federal Constitutional Court

Jürgen Habermas (* 1929)

• 1929 : Jürgen Habermas , German philosopher and sociologist
• 1930 : Werner Hoppe , German legal scholar and lawyer
• 1931 : Fernando Henrique Cardoso , Brazilian sociologist and politician
• 1931 : Hans Maier , German political scientist and politician, MdL
• 1931 : Klaus Wunderlich , German musician
• 1932 : Dudley R. Herschbach , American chemist
• 1932 : Günter Seuren , German writer
• 1933 : Nossrat Peseschkian , Iranian-German doctor for neurology and psychiatry
• 1934 : Mitsuteru Yokoyama , Japanese manga artist
• 1935 : José Enrique del Monte , Dominican choir director and composer
• 1935 : Herbert Paulmichl , German composer and organist
• 1936 : Denis Hulme , New Zealand racing car driver
• 1936 : Ronald Venetiaan , Surinamese President
• 1938 : Peter Graf , German tennis trainer and manager
• 1939 : Oleg Grigoryevich Jantschenko , Russian organist, composer and conductor
• 1940 : Mirjam Pressler , German writer
• 1941 : Norman Ascot , German singer
• 1941 : Roger Lemerre , French football player and coach
• 1942 : Roger Ebert , American film critic
• 1942 : Jürgen May , German athlete
• 1942 : Thabo Mbeki , South African politician, President

Paul McCartney (born 1942)

• 1942 : Paul McCartney , British musician, singer-songwriter and composer
• 1942 : Carl Radle , American musician
• 1942 : Wolfgang Zöller , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1943 : Matti Ilmari Aura , Finnish politician
• 1943 : Klaus-Peter Köhler , German politician, MEP
• 1944 : Rick Griffin , American artist
• 1944 : Salvador Sánchez Cerén , Salvadoran politician
• 1945 : Hans-Peter Neuhaus , German handball player and coach
• 1945 : Haico Scharn , Dutch athlete
• 1946 : Victor Abagna Mossa , Congolese bishop
• 1946 : Fabio Capello , Italian football player and coach
• 1947 : Romeo Crennel , American football coach
• 1947 : Carol Windley , Canadian writer
• 1947 : Hanns Zischler , German actor
• 1948 : Eliezer Halfin , Israeli wrestler
• 1949 : Jarosław Kaczyński , Polish politician, Prime Minister

Lech Kaczyński (* 1949)

• 1949 : Lech Kaczyński , Polish politician, president
• 1949 : Peggy Lukac , American actress, director, comedian and fashion designer
• 1949 : Jean-Philippe Maitre , Swiss politician
• 1949 : Paul Tonko , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
• 1950 : Annelie Ehrhardt , German athlete, Olympic champion
• 1950 : Jackie Leven , British song composer and folk musician

1951-1975

• 1951 : Yousif Abba , Syrian Catholic Archbishop
• 1952 : Marcella Bella , Italian singer
• 1952 : Isabella Rossellini , Italian actress
• 1953 : Peter Donohoe , English pianist
• 1955 : Greg Athans , Canadian freestyle skier and water skier
• 1956 : Karl Mittermaier , author, journalist and musician
• 1956 : Stefano Scodanibbio , Italian composer
• 1957 : Irene Epple-Waigel , German ski racer
• 1957 : Richard Powers , American writer
• 1958 : Peter Altmaier , German politician, Member of the Bundestag and Federal Minister
  

  Peter Altmaier (* 1958)
• 1958 : Gert Postel , German impostor
• 1959 : Ricky van Helden , German rock musician
• 1960 : West Arkeen , American musician
• 1961 : Jörg Löhr , German handball player and business consultant
• 1961 : Alison Moyet , British singer
• 1963 : Markus Brock , German television presenter
• 1963 : Jeff Mills , American DJ and record producer
• 1963 : Dizzy Reed , American musician
• 1963 : Bruce Smith , American football player
  

  Bruce Smith (born 1963)
• 1964 : Hans Florine , American speed climber
• 1964 : Udai Hussein , son of Saddam Hussein
• 1967 : Glen Benton , American bass player and singer
• 1968 : Daniel Brunhart , Liechtenstein judoka
• 1968 : Sabrina Staubitz , German presenter
• 1969 : Dirk Brand , German drummer and music teacher
• 1972 : Katja Primel , German speaker in radio plays and films
• 1972 : Anu Tali , Estonian conductor
• 1973 : Alexandra Meissnitzer , Austrian ski racer
• 1974 : Vincenzo Montella , Italian football player
• 1975 : Omid Nouripour , German-Iranian politician

1976-2000

• 1976 : Blake Shelton , American country singer
• 1977 : Kaja Kallas , Estonian politician
• 1977 : Kyle McLaren , Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 : Kathleen Aerts , Belgian singer

Tsugio Matsuda (* 1979)

• 1979 : Tsugio Matsuda , Japanese racing car driver
• 1979 : Andrew Sinkala , Zambian soccer player
• 1980 : Musa Audu , Nigerian sprinter
• 1980 : Kay Matysik , German beach volleyball player
• 1981 : Thomas Bruhn , Danish handball player
• 1981 : Marco Streller , Swiss football player
• 1982 : Nadir Belhadj , Algerian-French soccer player
• 1982 : Marco Borriello , Italian football player
• 1983 : Philipp Poisel , German singer

Ella Finally (* 1984)

• 1984 : Ella Endlich , German pop singer
• 1984 : Janne Happonen , Finnish ski jumper
• 1985 : Matías Abelairas , Argentine soccer player
• 1985 : Mohamed Mahmoud , Austrian Islamist and convicted terrorist
• 1986 : Brent Aubin , Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 : Richard Gasquet , French tennis player
• 1986 : Heinz Kügerl , Austrian basketball player
• 1986 : Meaghan Rath , Canadian actress
• 1987 : Melanie Iglesias , American actress, model and singer
• 1987 : Omar Arellano Riverón , Mexican soccer player
• 1987 : Vanessa Hegelmaier , German model
• 1987 : Zsuzsanna Tomori , Hungarian handball player
• 1988 : Islam Slimani , Algerian soccer player
• 1989 : Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang , Gabonese football player
• 1989 : Jonas Acquistapace , German soccer player

Anna Veith (* 1989)

• 1989 : Anna Veith , Austrian ski racer
• 1990 : Luke Adam , Canadian ice hockey player
• 1991 : Willa Holland , American model and actress
• 1994 : Claire Lavogez , French soccer player
• 1994 : Filippo Mondelli , Italian rower
• 1995 : Jan Gyamerah , German soccer player
• 1997 : Amine Harit , French soccer player
• 1997 : Max Records , American actor
• 2000 : Hans Nicolussi , Italian soccer player

Died

Before the 16th century

• 0725 : Aubert , Frankish bishop of Avranches
• 0741 : Leo III. , Emperor of Byzantium
• 1053 : Adalbert II , Count of Winterthur
• 1053 : Werner II. , Count of Maden
• 1061 : Florens I , Count of Holland
• 1095 : Sophia of Hungary , Margravine of Istria and Carniola and Duchess of Saxony
• 1164 : Elisabeth von Schönau , German Benedictine, saint
• 1178 : Baldwin I , Archbishop of Bremen
• 1179 : Erling Skakke , Norwegian nobleman
• 1185 : Gunzelin I , Count of Schwerin
• 1228 : Mathilde I , mistress of Bourbon
• 1234 : Chūkyō , Japanese emperor
• 1250 : Theresa of Portugal , Queen of Léon and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church
• 1273 : Jean de Cossonay , Bishop of Lausanne
• 1291 : Alfons III. , King of Aragon
• 1297 : Guta von Habsburg , Queen of Bohemia
• 1308 : Boniface de Challant , German clergyman and bishop
• 1312 : Leutold I. von Kuenring-Dürnstein , Austrian nobleman
• 1333 : Henry XV. , Duke of Lower Bavaria
• 1348 : Gentile da Foligno , Italian doctor, medic and natural philosopher
• 1371 : Wolfhart I von Brandis , Baron von Brandis
• 1441 : Ludwig III. , Duke of Ohlau and Nimptsch, Lüben and Haynau
• 1464 : Rogier van der Weyden , Flemish painter
• 1495 : Johannes von Bärenfels , politician and mayor of Basel

16th to 18th century

• 1512 : Eitel Friedrich II. , Count of Hohenzollern
• 1545 : Johann Ludwig , Count of Saarbrücken
• 1558 : Anton von Schaumburg , German nobleman, clergyman and archbishop
• 1564 : Anton von Stiten , mayor of Lübeck

Juliana zu Stolberg († 1580)

• 1580 : Juliana zu Stolberg , ancestor of the House of Orange
• 1600 : Eduard Fortunat , Margrave of Baden
• 1604 : Johann Conrad Meyer , Swiss politician and mayor of Schaffhausen
• 1629 : Piet Pieterszoon Heyn , Dutch privateer
• 1642 : Magnus Ernst Dönhoff , Voivode von Pernau and Starost von Dorpat
• 1649 : Juan Martínez Montañés , Spanish sculptor
• 1667 : Luise Henriette von Oranien , Electress of Brandenburg
• 1693 : Johann Heinrich von Anethan , German vicar general and auxiliary bishop
• 1715 : Heinrich Franz von Mansfeld , Austrian diplomat, field marshal and President of the Court War Council
• 1721 : Philipp , Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal
• 1726 : Michel-Richard Delalande , French composer
• 1726 : Michel Farinel , French violinist and composer
• 1727 : Georg Wartmann , Mayor of St. Gallen
• 1739 : Karl Friedrich , Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf
• 1756 : Benjamin Gottlieb Gerlach , German educator and author
• 1765 : Ferenc Barkóczy , Archbishop of Eger and Archbishop of Gran
• 1772 : Johann Ulrich von Cramer , German lawyer and philosopher
• 1772 : Gerard van Swieten , Austrian medic
• 1773 : Johann Christian Seidel , German theologian and astronomer
• 1780 : Johann Philipp Seuffert , German organ builder
• 1794 : François-Nicolas-Léonard Buzot , French revolutionary
• 1799 : Johann André , German musician, composer and music publisher

19th century

• 1807 : Joseph Anton Gall , German-Austrian priest and educator, Bishop of Linz
• 1815 : Thomas Picton , British Lieutenant General, Governor of Trinidad
• 1824 : Ferdinand III. , Grand Duke of Tuscany

William Cobbett († 1835)

• 1835 : William Cobbett , English writer
• 1837 : Carl Christian Horvath , German bookseller and founder of the Association of German Booksellers
• 1858 : Carl Ritschl , German Protestant theologian, bishop and general superintendent of Pomerania
• 1860 : Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck , German lieutenant general and military writer
• 1864 : Valentin Adrian new German philologist and librarian
• 1864 : Albert Knapp , German poet, pastor and founder of the animal protection association
• 1870 : Karl Eduard Vehse , German historian
• 1875 : Wilhelm Paul Corssen , German classical philologist and Etruscanologist
• 1880 : Johann August Sutter , US-American-Swiss land owner, founder of New Helvetia
• 1897 : Franz Krenn , Austrian composer

20th century

1901-1950

• 1901 : Josip Murn , Slovenian poet
• 1902 : Jacob Achilles Mähly , Swiss classical philologist

Carmine Crocco († 1905)

• 1905 : Carmine Crocco , Italian brigand
• 1905 : Hermann Lingg , German poet
• 1906 : Wenzel Lustkandl , Austrian politician and lawyer
• 1908 : Bertha von Brukenthal , Austrian composer
• 1916 : Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von Moltke , German general in the Prussian and imperial armies
• 1916 : Max Immelmann , German fighter pilot in World War I ( Adler von Lille )
• 1920 : Jewett W. Adams , American politician, governor of the state of Nevada
• 1921 : Eduardo Acevedo Díaz , Uruguayan writer and politician
• 1926 : Louis Svećenski , Croatian-American violist, violinist and music teacher

Roald Amundsen († 1928)

• 1928 : Roald Amundsen , Norwegian polar explorer
• 1929 : Carlo Airoldi , Italian marathon runner
• 1929 : Hermann Wagner , German geographer
• 1935 : René Crevel , French writer
• 1936 : Heinrich Lersch , German worker poet
• 1936 : Maxim Gorky , Russian writer
• 1936 : Edith Miller , Canadian singer
• 1942 : Jozef Gabčík , Czechoslovak resistance fighter
• 1942 : Jan Kubiš , Czechoslovak resistance fighter
• 1947 : Eric Nares , British officer
• 1950 : Kurt Witte , German classical philologist

1951-2000

• 1952 : Efim Bogolyubov , Ukrainian-German chess grandmaster
• 1952 : Heinrich Schlusnus , German opera singer

René Fonck († 1953)

• 1953 : René Fonck , French fighter pilot in World War I and aviation pioneer
• 1954 : Zygmunt Modzelewski , Polish politician and economist
• 1959 : Ethel Barrymore , American actress
• 1959 : Vincenzo Cardarelli , Italian journalist, writer and poet
• 1962 : Volkmar Andreae , Swiss composer and conductor
• 1962 : Reinhold Huhn , German NCO of the border troops of the GDR, killed by an escape helper
• 1963 : Pedro Armendáriz , Mexican actor
• 1963 : August Geislhöringer , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister
• 1963 : Robert Kautsky , Austrian theater painter, stage and costume designer
• 1964 : Giorgio Morandi , Italian painter and printmaker
• 1967 : Beat Fehr , Swiss racing car driver
• 1967 : Roland Totheroh , American cameraman

Paul Karrer († 1971)

• 1971 : Paul Karrer , Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize winner
• 1974 : Georgi Konstantinowitsch Schukow , Soviet general and four-time hero of the Soviet Union
• 1976 : Karl Adam , German rowing trainer
• 1976 : Franz Mueller-Darß , German forester, staff officer of the SS and Waffen-SS
• 1977 : Jacqueline Audry , French film director
• 1977 : Franco Rol , Italian racing car driver
• 1979 : Sigmund Graff , German writer
• 1980 : Terence Fisher , British film director
• 1980 : Robert Hoernschemeyer , American football player
• 1980 : Kazimierz Kuratowski , Polish mathematician
• 1980 : André Leducq , French racing cyclist

Curd Jürgens († 1982)

• 1982 : Curd Jürgens , Austrian stage and film actor
• 1982 : John Cheever , American writer
• 1983 : Marianne Brandt , German painter, sculptor and designer
• 1983 : Mona Mahmudnizhad , Iranian Baha'i
• 1984 : Heinrich Wehking , German farmer and politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1986 : Ágnes Salamon , Hungarian archaeologist
• 1988 : Archie Cochrane , British epidemiologist
• 1990 : Ulli Melkus , German car racing driver from the GDR
• 1992 : Peter Allen , Australian composer and entertainer
• 1992 : Mordecai Ardon , Israeli artist
• 1992 : Jürgen Spohn , German graphic artist
• 1993 : Wolfram Esser , German television journalist

Margret Hofheinz-Döring († 1994)

• 1994 : Margret Hofheinz-Döring , German painter
• 1995 : Harry Tisch , member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED and chairman of the FDGB in the GDR
• 1995 : Karl Atzenroth , German entrepreneur and politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1995 : Robert Schlienz , German national soccer player
• 1996 : Branko Bošnjak , Yugoslav-Croatian philosophy professor
• 1997 : Lev Zinovievich Kopelew , Russian Germanist, writer, dissident and humanist
• 1997 : Héctor Yazalde , Argentinian football player
• 2000 : Robert H. Abeles , American chemist
• 2000 : Luis Cardei , Argentine tango singer

21st century

• 2002 : Walter Villa , Italian motorcycle racer
• 2004 : Heinz Hoene , German firefighter
• 2004 : Hafiz Sabri Koçi , Albanian theologian
• 2004 : Peter Märthesheimer , German screenwriter
• 2006 : Vincent Sherman , American film director
• 2006 : Markus Zimmer , German musician
• 2007 : Vilma Espín , President of the Cuban Women's Organization
• 2008 : Jean Delannoy , French film director and screenwriter
• 2009 : Giovanni Arrighi , Italian sociologist
• 2010 : Bogdan Bogdanović , Serbian architect

José Saramago († 2010)

• 2010 : José Saramago , Portuguese novelist, poet, essayist, narrator, playwright and diary author, Nobel Prize winner
• 2011 : Ulrich Biesinger , German soccer player
• 2011 : Jelena Georgievna Bonner , Russian politician
• 2011 : Clarence Clemons , American saxophonist
• 2012 : Bruno Lewin , German Japanologist
• 2012 : Alketas Panagoulias , Greek football player and coach
• 2013 : Gerhard Fink , German classical philologist and didactic specialist
• 2013 : Alfred Planyavsky , Austrian double bass player and music historian
• 2014 : Stephanie Kwolek , American chemist

Horace Silver († 2014)

• 2014 : Horace Silver , American jazz musician and composer
• 2015 : Klaus Selignow , German soccer player
• 2015 : Heinz Vater , German linguist
• 2016 : Peter Feuchtwanger , German pianist, composer and piano teacher
• 2016 : Hans Ulrich Steger , Swiss cartoonist and children's book author
• 2017 : Lars Cavallin , Swedish clergyman, Catholic theologian and writer
• 2017 : Joel Joffe , South African-British lawyer and politician
• 2017 : Tony Liscio , American football player
• 2018 : Maria Rohm , Austrian actress
• 2018 : Leon White , American wrestler
• 2018 : XXXTentacion , American singer and rapper
• 2019 : Alexandre Masoliver , Spanish Cistercian monk and religious historian
• 2019 : Harriet Ndow , Gambian educator and educational entrepreneur
• 2020 : Tibor Benedek , Hungarian water polo player
• 2020 : Claus Biederstaedt , German actor
• 2020 : Sergei Nikititsch Khrushchev , Russian-American aerospace engineer and political scientist
• 2020 : Vera Lynn , British singer

Holidays and memorial days

• Church memorial days
  • Albert Knapp , German pastor and poet (Protestant)
  • St. Moses the Ethiopian , North African hermit, priest and martyr (Coptic)

• More information about the day
  • Autistic Pride Day (since 2005)

The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .

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