August 19th
The August 19 is the 231st day of the Gregorian calendar (the 232nd in leap years ), thus remain 134 days by year end.
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events
Politics and world events
- 1153: The Kingdom of Jerusalem under Baldwin III. wins the siege of Ascalon by surrendering the Fatimid defenders.
- 1477: Maximilian I marries Mary of Burgundy and thus acquires property in the Netherlands . He becomes iure uxoris Duke of Burgundy and thus acquires the claim to the Burgundian legacy of Charles the Bold .
- 1493: Maximilian I. is due to the death of his father Friedrich III. sole King of the Holy Roman Empire and Archduke of Austria .
- 1561: The 18-year-old widow Maria Stuart returns to Scotland to take over the Scottish throne after living in France for 13 years .
- 1587: Sigismund III. Wasa , a son of the Swedish King John III. , is elected King of Poland .
- 1619: The uprising of the estates in Bohemia leads to the deposition of the Bohemian King Ferdinand II from the House of Habsburg .
- 1691: In the battle of Slankamen , an imperial army under Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm ("Türkenlouis") defeats the Ottomans , whose general Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pascha dies.
- 1745: Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") hoists his standard in Glenfinnan on Loch Shiel and begins the Second Jacobite Rising .
- 1759: Off the coast of Portugal is in the naval battle of Lagos in the Seven Years' War , a French Mediterranean fleet of units of the British Royal Navy defeated.
- 1772: The Swedish King Gustav III. put a coup d'état with officers devoted to him against the aristocratic oligarchy . The imperial council , which met in a hall, was locked up, and citizenship in Stockholm was won through brilliant speeches from the ruler. Shortly thereafter, the Imperial Council accepted a constitution that was convenient for the king.
- 1812: The British-American War defeated the USS Constitution , the HMS Guerriere off the coast of New England. It is the first one-on-one defeat by a British frigate in a decade.
- 1878: When they invade Bosnia , Austrian troops under the command of Joseph Philippovich von Philippsberg take the city of Sarajevo .
- 1914: With the Battle of Gumbinnen in the First World War, the attack by Russian troops on German Reich territory in East Prussia begins .
- 1920: In Upper Silesia begins under the leadership of Alfonso Zgrzebniok the second Upper Silesian uprising .
- 1934: In a referendum on the head of state of the German Reich , 89.9% of those entitled to vote confirm the unification of the offices of Reich President and Reich Chancellor in the person of Adolf Hitler .
- 1936: The first of the Moscow trials begins, in which, as part of the Great Terror of Stalin, numerous leading participants in the October Revolution are convicted and executed for alleged anti-subversive activities.
- 1939: A trade and credit agreement between the German Reich and the Soviet Union is concluded in Moscow.
- 1942: Operation Jubilee , an attempt by British and Canadian troops to invade the northern French port city of Dieppe , fails.
- 1944: The Soviet operation Bagration in the German-Soviet war ends with the largely defeat of the German Army Group Center .
- 1953: After the overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh , Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi returns to Iran .
- 1960: Francis Gary Powers , pilot of the US U-2 spy plane that was shot down over the territory of the USSR , is sentenced to ten years in prison.
- 1963: The Federal Republic of Germany joins the nuclear test ban treaty .
- 1965: The verdict begins in the first Auschwitz trial and lasts two days.
- 1966: In the People's Republic of China , after Lin Biao's request the day before , the Red Guards start the campaign Smash the Four Elders . The Cultural Revolution gets rolling.
- 1978: 430 people die in the arson attack on the Cinema Rex cinema in Abadan . Behind the terrorist act are Shiite clergy around Ruhollah Khomeini who want to harm the Shah regime.
- 1979: After the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia , a tribunal of the provisional government formed under Heng Samrin sentences the Khmer Rouge leaders Pol Pot and Ieng Sary to death for crimes against humanity and mass murder. The judgment has no consequences for either of them.
- 1985: Hansjoachim Tiedge , responsible for the defense against GDR espionage at the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution , moves to the GDR.
- 1989: At the Pan-European Picnic near Sopron , over 600 GDR citizens flee to the West with Hungarian support.
- 1991: The August coup in Moscow against the Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev begins, but fails after three days. It prevents the establishment of the Union of Sovereign States .
- 2003: 22 people are killed in a bomb attack on the headquarters of the UN mission in Iraq in Baghdad, including the special envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello .
- 2005: The former rebel leader Pierre Nkurunziza is elected as the new President of Burundi .
- 2007: The demonstrations in Myanmar led by Buddhist monks and nuns begin.
- 2009: More than 100 people die in bomb attacks on the Iraqi finance and foreign ministries in Baghdad .
business
- 1848: The New York Herald newspaper reports gold discoveries in California, triggering the California gold rush .
- 1855: Gail Borden patents an industrial process for the production of condensed milk
science and technology
- 1839: The painter and inventor LJM Daguerre presents the first usable photographic process, the daguerreotype , to the Paris Academy of Sciences and at the same time to the public.
- 1885: The Irish Amateur astronomer Isaac Ward discovered in the Andromeda galaxy as S Andromedae called Supernova .
- 1889: Meteorological observations are made on the Eiffel Tower . A lightning strike caused by an unexpectedly drawn thunderstorm provides new knowledge for science. Installed lightning rods mean that people hardly notice anything on the platform
- 1911: The first cargo plane flew in Germany. A Harlan monoplane transported freshly printed copies of the Berliner Morgenpost from Berlin-Johannisthal to Frankfurt an der Oder.
- 1917: The American paleontologist Charles Walcott finds a fossilization of the extinct jellyfish species Fasciculus vesanus in the Burgess shale , which lived on Earth about 510 million years ago in the Cambrian .
- 1960: Sputnik 5 takes off into orbit with the two bitches Belka and Strelka and several mice and plants on board and lands safely on earth the next day.
- 1964: Syncom 3 is launched by NASA as the first geostationary satellite on Cape Canaveral with a Delta launcher. Stationed near the International Date Line, it will broadcast the Tokyo Summer Olympics to the United States .
Culture
- 1820: The world premiere of the opera Die Zauberharfe by Franz Schubert takes place at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
company
- 1854: In the Grattan massacre , Lakota Indians kill a 30-man US Army unit who wanted to arrest an Indian cattle thief , except for one soldier who had escaped badly . A soldier had previously shot the chief while he was leaving from the palaver . Immediately a punitive action takes place against the Indian tribe.
- 1987: The killing spree in Hungerford / England leads to the death of 16 people and leaves at least 13 injured before the perpetrator shoots himself.
- 1992: At the " Aktion Standesamt ", 250 same-sex couples apply to the registry offices nationwide to get married in order to draw attention to the unlawful situation of same-sex couples in Germany and to initiate the discussion about " gay marriage ".
- 1999: The violent criminal Dieter Zurwehme is caught and arrested by the police after several months on the run .
religion
- 1458: Cardinal Enea Silvio de 'Piccolomini, a former bon vivant and well-educated poet prince, succeeds Pope Calixt III by the conclave in the Vatican . elected and takes the name of Pius II .
- 1846: The founding meeting of the World Evangelical Alliance begins in London. By September 1, 921 Christians from twelve nations and 52 Reformation churches are working to create an international network of national and regional alliances of Protestant Christians.
Disasters
- 1867: A major fire destroys almost all of Johanngeorgenstadt .
- 1917: The major fire in Thessaloniki goes out. The old town has been destroyed and over 79,000 people are made homeless.
- 1935: Major fire at the international radio exhibition on the Berlin exhibition grounds. The restaurant of the Berlin radio tower burns out here. Since the fire only breaks out after the exhibition halls have closed, there are only three fatalities.
- 1941: The British passenger steamer Aguila is sunk by the German submarine U 201 to the southwest of the Fastnet rock on the Irish coast . 157 passengers and crew members die.
- 1966: An earthquake near Varto , Turkey kills around 2,500.
- 1980: After an emergency landing in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , the crew of Saudia Flight 163 initiated the evacuation of the burning Lockheed L-1011 too late. All 301 occupants are killed by fire gases .
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
nature and environment
- 1941: On the Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska , the reserve is Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge established.
Sports
- 1861: The British physicist John Tyndall , who researches glacier movements , among other things , succeeds in climbing the Weisshorn in the Valais Alps for the first time with two mountain guides .
- 2006: The basketball world championship in Japan begins.
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 232: Probus , Roman emperor
- 1398: Iñigo López de Mendoza , Marqués de Santillana y Conde del Real de Manzanares, Spanish statesman and poet
- 1518: Kaspar Brusch , German humanist, theologian, historian and poet
- 1521: Lodovico Guicciardini , Italian merchant, cartographer, humanist, geographer, politician, chronicler and writer
- 1539: Andreas Schato , German mathematician, physicist and doctor
- 1557: Friedrich I , Duke of Württemberg
- 1558: François de Bourbon , Prince of Conti, Prince of Chateau-Regnault, Knight of the Royal Orders, Governor and General
- 1591: Johann Georg von Herberstein , German bishop of Regensburg
Elisabeth Stuart
(* 1596)
Madame du Barry
(* 1743)
Orville Wright
(* 1871)
Manuel L. Quezon
(* 1878)
- 1596: Elisabeth Stuart , granddaughter of Maria Stuart and titular queen of Bohemia
- 1621: Gerbrandt van den Eeckhout , Dutch painter
- 1631: John Dryden , English poet, literary critic and playwright
- 1637: Aemilie Juliane , German poet of sacred songs
- 1646: John Flamsteed , English astronomer
- 1648: Johann Michael Bach , German composer (baptism date)
- 1673: Jacob Paul von Gundling , German historian
- 1689: Samuel Richardson , English novelist
18th century
- 1703: Johann Jakob Michael Küchel , German architect
- 1705: Johann Gottfried Biedermann , genealogist for the Franconian region
- 1708: Friedrich Gottfried Houck , German legal scholar
- 1711: Edward Boscawen , British admiral
- 1721: Philipp Friedrich Gmelin , German physician, botanist and chemist
- 1727: Thomas Albrecht Pingeling , German engraver
- 1730: Ephraim Paine , American politician
- 1736: Gioacchino Martorana , Sicilian painter
- 1741: Szczepan Hołowczyc , Archbishop of Warsaw
- 1742: Jean Dauberval , French dancer and choreographer
- 1743: Henricus Aeneae , Dutch scientist
- 1743: Madame Dubarry , mistress of King Louis XV.
- 1745: Johan Gottlieb Gahn , Swedish chemist
- 1748: Franz Regis Clet , French missionary in China, martyr, saint
- 1750: Johann Georg August Galletti , German historian and geographer
- 1751: Samuel Prescott , patriot in the American Revolutionary War
- 1753: Matwei Ivanovich Platov , Russian general
- 1756: Auguste Marie Henri Picot de Dampierre , French general
- 1757: Jean-Baptiste Annibal Aubert du Bayet , French politician and general
- 1777: Karl Wilhelm Salice-Contessa , Silesian romantic poet
- 1780: Pierre-Jean de Béranger , French poet and chansonnier
- 1791: Friedrich Schüler , German lawyer and democratic politician
- 1792: Edward Hincks , Irish Assyriologist, early cuneiform decipherer
- 1797: Friedrich Jahn , German organ builder
- 1800: Michael Beer , German playwright
19th century
1801-1850
- 1802: Hirsch Baer Fassel , Austrian rabbi
- 1803: Carl Ludwig Arndts , German-Austrian lawyer, professor and politician, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- 1805: Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire , French scholar and statesman
- 1805: Conrad von Rappard , German lawyer, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- 1808: James Nasmyth , British engineer and astronomer
- 1809: Heinrich Abeken , German theologian and Prussian civil servant
- 1809: Ludvig Kristensen Daa , Norwegian politician and publicist
- 1809: Karl Gottfried Nadler , German lawyer and Palatinate dialect poet
- 1819: Rudolf Lehmann , German-British painter
- 1819: Karl Lindemann-Frommel , French landscape painter, draftsman and lithographer
- 1819: Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt , Dutch statesman
Carl Ludwig Arndts
(* 1803)
Conrad von Rappard
(* 1805)
James Nasmyth
(* 1808)
Rudolf Lehmann
(* 1819)
- 1824: Georg Goltermann , German cellist
- 1830: Friedrich Ecklin , Swiss Protestant clergyman
- 1830: Lothar Meyer , German doctor and chemist
- 1833: Emil Oelbermann , German industrialist
- 1833: Gustav von Golz , Prussian general
- 1835: Julius Arnold , German pathologist
- 1836: Eugène Anthiome , French composer
- 1837: Ferdinando Gianella , Swiss engineer, architect and politician
- 1837: Heinrich Hansjakob , German Catholic pastor, native Baden writer and politician
- 1843: Charles Montagu Doughty , British writer and explorer
- 1843: Cyrus I. Scofield , American lawyer and theologian
- 1844: Johann Hermann Eschenburg , German wholesale merchant, mayor of Lübeck
- 1846: Luis Martín García , Spanish religious, 24th general of the Jesuit order
- 1846: Bernhardine Schulze-Smidt , German writer
- 1847: Joannes Chatin , French zoologist and botanist
- 1848: Gustave Caillebotte , French painter and art collector
1851-1900
- 1853: Heinrich Beck , German publisher and councilor of commerce
- 1853: Siegmund Seligmann , German businessman and entrepreneur
- 1854: Oskar Smreker , Austrian engineer
- 1855: Hugo Hartung , German architect
- 1855: Robert Schmohl , German architect
- 1856: Harold Frederic , American writer and journalist
- 1856: Friedrich II. Of Anhalt , Duke of Anhalt
- 1858: Sergei Korovin , Russian painter and illustrator
- 1863: Adele Sandrock , German-Dutch actress
- 1864: Josef Engelhart , Austrian painter and sculptor
- 1867: Eduard Euler , German painter
- 1867: Willis Linn Jepson , American botanist
- 1869: Isidro Gomá y Tomás , Spanish Archbishop of Toledo and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1869: Waldemar Titzenthaler , German photographer
- 1870: Bernard Baruch , American financier and stock market speculator
- 1870: Jann Berghaus , German politician, District President of East Frisia
- 1871: Orville Wright , American aviation pioneer and aircraft manufacturer
- 1873: Friedrich von der Leyen , German Germanist
- 1878: Manuel Quezon , Filipino politician
- 1878: György Sztantics , Hungarian athlete
- 1881: George Enescu , Romanian composer, violinist and conductor
- 1881: Georg Glatzl , German organ builder
- 1881: Eva von der Osten , German soprano
- 1882: Otto Steinwachs , German auxiliary bishop of the Old Catholic Church
- 1883: Coco Chanel , French fashion designer
- 1883: Richard Pellengahr , German general
- 1885: Werner Elert , German Protestant theologian
- 1886: Louis Abit , French racing car driver
- 1886: Paul Preuss , Austrian alpinist
- 1889: Arthur Waley , British sinologist
- 1890: Auguste Viktoria von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen , German wife of the last king of Portugal
- 1890: Konrad Knudsen , Norwegian journalist and politician
- 1891: Milton Lasell Humason , American astronomer
- 1891: Ernst Möller , German football player
- 1892: Maurice Benoist , French racing car driver
- 1892: Viktoria Steinbiß , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1893: Richard Reitzner , German politician
- 1894: Hermann Jahrreiß , German professor of law
- 1894: André Lefèbvre , French automobile designer and racing driver
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- 1894: Joseph Müller , German priest and pastor, opponent and victim of National Socialism
- 1894: Luis Padilla Nervo , Mexican politician, President of the UN General Assembly
- 1895: Arnolt Bronnen , German-speaking writer
- 1896: Josef Kammhuber , German Air Force General
- 1896: Walter Lang , Swiss composer, pianist and music teacher
- 1897: Arthur Frey , Swiss politician
- 1897: Ilse Thouret , German motorcycle and automobile racing driver, athlete and sports journalist
- 1897: Roman Vishniac , American biologist and photographer, pioneer of scientific photography
- 1898: Walter Burkhard , Swiss civil engineer
- 1898: Gerhard Storz , German writer and scientist, Minister of Culture of Baden-Württemberg
- 1899: Anton Powolny , Austrian football player
- 1899: Oluf Rygh , Norwegian archaeologist and place name researcher
- 1899: Bradley Walker Tomlin , American painter
- 1899: Karl Gero von Urach , German nobleman, head of the House of Urach
20th century
1901-1925
- 1902: Ogden Nash , American lyric poet
- 1903: Ludwig Apfelbeck , Austrian engineer and designer of internal combustion engines
- 1903: César Moro , Peruvian poet and surrealist painter
- 1906: Carlos Arévalo , Spanish director
- 1906: Leonid Solovyov , Russian writer and screenwriter
- 1906: Philo Farnsworth , American engineer and inventor
- 1907: Humphrey Jennings , British documentary filmmaker
- 1907: Friedrich Jungblut , German-Austrian speed skater
- 1908: Johannes Gohl , German officer
- 1909: Jerzy Andrzejewski , Polish writer
- 1910: Rudolf Svedberg , Swedish wrestler
- 1912: Bolesław Lewandowski , Polish composer and conductor
- 1912: Kurt Seeleke , German art historian and state curator for the state of Braunschweig
- 1912: Constance Worth , Australian actress
- 1913: Armido Gasparini , Italian Catholic religious, priest and missionary bishop
- 1913: Gerhard Brinkmann , German graphic artist and caricaturist
- 1913: John Argyris , Greek professor and founder of the institute
- 1913: Philipp von Bismarck , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1914: Gaston Godel , Swiss athlete
- 1914: Lajos Baróti , Hungarian football player and coach
- 1914: Raymond Marcellin , French politician
- 1915: Jay M. Gould , American economist, statistician, epidemiologist, and author
- 1916: Dennis Poore , British racing car driver
- 1917: Laurence Aarons , Australian politician
- 1917: Hermann Aichinger , Austrian architect
- 1917: Heinz Benthien , German table tennis player
- 1918: Bjørn Egge , Norwegian major general and resistance fighter
- 1918: Hans Pfohe , German entrepreneur, founder of the Lucia knitwear factory
- 1918: Jimmy Rowles , American jazz pianist
- 1918: Shankar Dayal Sharma , Indian politician and president
- 1919: Maurycy Janowski , German writer, screenwriter and dramaturge
- 1919: Qin Mu , Chinese writer
- 1919: Alfred Schrick , German writer
- 1920: Paul Kont , Austrian composer
- 1921: Jonas Algirdas Antanaitis , Lithuanian politician
- 1921: Gene Roddenberry , American screenwriter
- 1922: Léopold Anoul , Belgian football player
- 1922: Hans Adolf Halbey , German poet and lyric poet
- 1923: Erik Aalbæk Jensen , Danish writer
- 1923: Magdalene Ehlers , German author, poet and writer
- 1924: Willard Boyle , Canadian physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1925: Claude Gauvreau , Canadian writer
- 1925: Ottokar Runze , German director, producer, actor
- 1925: Gerhard Vogeley , German rower
1926-1950
- 1927: Emil Cimiotti , German sculptor
- 1928: Heinz Beck , German soccer player
- 1928: Norman Brooks , Canadian singer
- 1928: Peter C. Steiner , German cellist
- 1929: Gerd Wedler , German chemist
- 1929: Ion N. Petrovici , German neurologist
- 1930: Frank McCourt , Irish-American author
- 1931: Marianne Koch , German actress
- 1932: Alois Lampert , Liechtenstein cyclist
- 1932: Hans-Joachim Weimann , German forest scientist
- 1932: Banharn Silpa-archa , Prime Minister of Thailand
- 1933: Debra Paget , American actress
- 1934: Michael Naura , German jazz musician and journalist
- 1935: Martin Birrane , Irish entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1935: Story Musgrave , American astronaut
- 1937: Niall Mac Aindriú , Irish politician
- 1937: Peter Kauffold , German politician
- 1938: Diana Muldaur , American actress
- 1939: Alan Baker , British mathematician
- 1939: Ginger Baker , British drummer
- 1939: Jürgen Strube , German industrial manager
- 1939: Max Lorenz , German football player
- 1940: Jill St. John , American actress
- 1940: Johnny Nash , American pop and reggae musician
- 1941: Gerd vom Bruch , German football coach
- 1941: Paul Lindblad , American baseball player
- 1941: Rolf Königs , German football functionary
- 1941: Roswitha Esser , German canoeist
- 1942: Ray Cooper , English percussionist
- 1942: Gerda Kupferschmied , German high jumper
- 1942: Fred Thompson , American actor and politician
- 1943: Billy J. Kramer , British singer
- 1943: Bruce Arnold Ackerman , American philosopher
- 1943: Don Fardon , British singer
- 1944: Bernardo Baraj , Argentine jazz saxophonist
- 1944: Georg Lewandowski , German politician
- 1944: Adrian Smith , American architect
- 1944: Jakob von Uexküll , German-Swedish founder of the alternative Nobel Prize
- 1945: Ian Gillan , British rock singer
- 1945: Lars-Viggo Jensen , Danish racing car driver
- 1945: Rolf Junghanns , German pianist and musicologist
- 1946: Beat Raaflaub , Swiss conductor
- 1946: Bill Clinton , 42nd President of the United States
- 1946: Erich Wolfgang Bick , German commander of the medical command in Koblenz
- 1946: Willi Lemke , German football functionary and politician
- 1947: Gerald McRaney , American actor
- 1948: Robert Hughes , Australian actor
- 1948: Tommy Söderberg , Swedish football coach
- 1949: Werner Ablass , German author and coach
- 1949: Erika Skrotzki , German actress
- 1949: Inga , German singer ( Inga and Wolf )
- 1949: Stephen Bronner , American political scientist and philosopher
- 1950: Anita Ammersfeld , Austrian soprano, actress and theater director
- 1950: Jürgen Bähringer , German soccer player
1951-1975
- 1951: John Deacon , British musician
- 1951: Brenda Hampton , American screenwriter and film producer
- 1951: Gustavo Santaolalla , Argentine music producer, composer and songwriter
- 1951: Jean-Luc Mélenchon , French socialist politician
- 1952: Jonathan Frakes , American actor and director
- 1952: Gabriela Grillo , German entrepreneur and dressage rider
- 1952: Bodo Hombach , German politician, Federal Minister for Special Tasks
- 1952: David Munyon , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1953: Franz Xaver Kirschner , Bavarian politician and entrepreneur
- 1953: Nanni Moretti , Italian director, producer and actor
- 1954: Tim Hagans , American jazz trumpeter
- 1954: Roger Kusch , German politician, Hamburg Senator for Justice
- 1954: Oscar Larrauri , Argentine racing car driver
- 1955: Peter Gallagher , American actor
- 1955: Cindy Nelson , American skier
- 1956: Adam Arkin , American actor
- 1956: Maria Berger , Austrian politician, MEP
- 1956: Sergio Brio , Italian football player
- 1957: Rudi Bommer , German soccer player and coach
- 1957: Martin Donovan , American actor
- 1957: Klaus Heidegger , Austrian ski racer
- 1957: Engelbert Hüging , German table tennis player
- 1957: Cesare Prandelli , Italian football player and coach
- 1957: Márta Sebestyén , Hungarian folk song singer
- 1958: Leo Korn , Austrian singer
- 1958: Anthony Muñoz , American football player
- 1958: Brendan Nelson , Australian Minister for Education, Science and Training
- 1959: Maridalia Hernández , Dominican singer
- 1960: Morten Andersen , Danish American football player
- 1960: Manfred Auster , German diplomat
- 1961: Jonathan Coe , English writer
- 1961: Darryl Wills , American racing car driver
- 1962: Angelo Debarre , French jazz guitarist
- 1962: Valérie Kaprisky , French actress
- 1962: Bernd Lucke , German economist and politician
- 1962: Michael James Massimino , American astronaut
- 1962: Michelangelo Rampulla , Italian football goalkeeper
- 1963: Sophie Briard-Auconie , French politician
- 1963: Bonnie Bianco , American singer, songwriter, and actress
- 1963: Hector Pieterson , South African student, symbolic of the resistance against apartheid
- 1963: John Stamos , American actor
- 1963: Joey Tempest , Swedish singer and songwriter
- 1963: Alexander von Witzleben , German manager
- 1964: Axel Roos , German soccer player
- 1965: Hans-Georg Ambrosius , German visual artist
- 1965: Kevin Dillon , American actor
- 1965: Maria de Medeiros , Portuguese actress, singer, director and screenwriter
- 1965: Kyra Sedgwick , American actress
- 1965: Wolfgang Grünbauer , German folk musician
- 1966: Armin Wolf , Austrian television presenter
- 1966: Lee Ann Womack , American country singer
- 1967: Saʿid al-ʿUwairan , Saudi Arabian football player
- 1967: Frédérique Huydts , Dutch actress
- 1968: Uli Gaulke , German director, author and cameraman
- 1968: Anke Heinig , German tennis player
- 1969: Olapade Adeniken , Nigerian sprinter
- 1969: Nate Dogg , American R&B singer, musician, and rapper
- 1969: Anuschka glasses , German figure skater
- 1969: Matthew Perry , American actor
- 1969: Torkel Petersson , Swedish actor
- 1969: Clay Walker , American country singer
- 1970: Fat Joe , American rapper
- 1970: Heike Balck , German athlete
- 1971: Erik Andersson , Swedish ice hockey player
- 1971: João Pinto , Portuguese soccer player
- 1971: Guido Cantz , German comedian
- 1971: Mary Joe Fernández , American tennis player
- 1971: Giovanni Martusciello , Italian football player and coach
- 1972: Roberto Abbondanzieri , Argentine soccer player
- 1972: Nobuyuki Anzai , Japanese manga artist
- 1973: Marco Materazzi , Italian football player
- 1973: Mette-Marit of Norway , wife of the Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon
- 1974: Charli Baltimore , American rapper and model
- 1974: Laila Bokhari , Norwegian political scientist and politician
- 1975: Chynna Clugston , American comic book writer
- 1975: Marcus Schneck , German soccer player
1976-2000
- 1977: Iban Mayo , professional Basque cyclist
- 1977: Oliver Haidt , Austrian pop singer
- 1978: Michelle Borth , American actress
- 1978: Thomas Jones , American football player
- 1978: Walter Baseggio , Italian football player
- 1978: Ragnar Óskarsson , Icelandic handball player
- 1979: Oumar Kondé , Swiss football player
- 1980: Wiebke Binder , German television presenter
- 1980: Jin Pyol-hui , North Korean soccer player
- 1982: Erika Christensen , American actress
- 1982: Steve Ott , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1982: Bryan Sellers , American racing car driver
- 1983: Danny Baggish , American darts player of Guamian origin
- 1983: Mike Conway , British racing driver
- 1983: Reeva Steenkamp , South African model and presenter
- 1984: Wade Cunningham , New Zealand racing driver
- 1984: Javier Flaño , Spanish soccer player
- 1984: Miguel Flaño , Spanish soccer player
- 1984: Alessandro Matri , Italian football player
- 1984: Christian Ulmer , German ski jumper
- 1985: Laurent Mars , Belgian cyclist
- 1985: Tom Sykes , British motorcycle racer
- 1986: Michael Baindl , German ice hockey player
- 1986: Christina Perri , American singer-songwriter
- 1986: Sebastián Sosa , Uruguayan football player
- 1987: Nico Hülkenberg , German racing driver
- 1987: Marlon Knauer , German singer
- 1988: Katarina Bralo , Croatian handball player
- 1989: Uschi Freitag , German-Dutch tower and water diver
- 1989: Romeo , American rapper and actor
- 1989: Sara Nuru , German photo model and mannequin
- 1990: Toni Leistner , German soccer player
- 1990: Florentin Pogba , Guinean football player
- 1990: Mathias Pogba , Guinean football player
- 1990: Nora Quest , German actress
- 1991: Kendall Marshall , American basketball player
- 1993: Caprice Dydasco , American soccer player
- 1993: Kenan Kodro , Bosnian-Spanish soccer player
- 1994: Nick Cassidy , New Zealand racing car driver
- 1994: Melville McKee , British-Singaporean racing car driver
- 1994: Nikita Volodin , Russian billiards player
- 1994: Zhang Yuxuan , Chinese tennis player
- 1995: Annika Schrumpf , German actress
- 1997: Joseph Castanon , American actor
- 1999: Salem Ilese , American pop singer
21st century
- 2003: Bahattin Sofuoğlu , Turkish motorcycle racer
- 2004: Siena Agudong , American actress
Died
Before the 17th century
- 14: Augustus , Roman emperor
- 947: Abu Yazid , Kharijite resistance fighter
- 1114: Udo von Gleichen-Reinhausen , Bishop of Hildesheim and Count of Reinhausen
- 1130: Bartholomäus von Simeri , Greek monk, founder of a monastery, saint
- 1139: Gottfried , Count of Namur
- 1157: Guerric von Igny , Cistercian, pupil of St. Bernard
- 1167: Friedrich von Rothenburg , Duke of Swabia
- 1167: Werner II. Von Habsburg , son of Otto II. Von Habsburg
- 1186: Gottfried II , Duke of Brittany
- 1223: William of Cornhill , Bishop of Coventry
- 1245: Raimund Berengar V , Count of Provence
- 1282: Hartmann von Heldrungen , Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
- 1284: Alphonso, Earl of Chester , son and heir to the throne of Edward I of England
- 1295: Charles "Martell" of Anjou , titular king of Hungary
- 1297: Louis of Toulouse (Anjou-Naples), Archbishop of Toulouse, Franciscan and saint of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1318: Gerhard von Bevar , Bishop of Constance
- 1352: Otto III. , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- 1410: Louis II. De Bourbon , Duke of Bourbon
- 1457: Andrea del Castagno , Italian painter
- 1493: Friedrich III. , Holy Roman Emperor
- 1506: Alexander , Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland
- 1535: Katharina zu Stolberg , abbess of the Drübeck monastery
- 1580: Andrea Palladio , architect in Northern Italy
17th and 18th centuries
- 1625: Enno III. , Count of East Frisia
- 1625: Friedrich Wilhelm , Duke of Teschen
- 1646: Alexander Henderson , Scottish theologian
- 1657: Frans Snyders , Flemish painter
- 1662: Blaise Pascal , French philosopher, physicist and mathematician
- 1666: Anton Günther I , Count in Sondershausen
- 1684: Christian Richter , German architect and builder
- 1691: Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pascha , Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
- 1691: Adam Zrinski , Croatian nobleman and imperial officer
- 1692: Maria Catharina Stockfleth , German baroque poet
- 1700: Adrian Steger , electoral lawyer and mayor of Leipzig
- 1702: Anthony Gray, 11th Earl of Kent , English nobleman
- 1704: Jane Leade , English Christian mystic and author
- 1708: Gotthelf Friedrich von Schönberg , owner of the manors Bieberstein, Lockwitz and Trebitz as well as court and judiciary councilor
- 1713: Atanasie Anghel , Transylvanian bishop
- 1719: Carl Hildebrand von Canstein , Brandenburg court official and founder of the Canstein Bible Institute, the oldest Bible society in the world
- 1730: James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater , Scottish politician and Lord Chancellor of Scotland
- 1736: Pierre-Louis Villot-Dufey , French actor
- 1738: Helena Curtens , victim of the last witch trial on the Lower Rhine
- 1738: Paul Zeiller , Austrian painter
- 1743: Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn-Buchheim , German bishop
- 1753: Balthasar Neumann , German master builder of the Baroque and Rococo
- 1765: Axel Frederic Cronstedt , Swedish chemist
- 1767: Karl Georg Friedrich von Flemming , Saxon envoy, general of the infantry and secret cabinet minister
- 1771: Daniel Schiebeler , German writer
- 1774: Johann Ernst Schubert , German Protestant theologian
- 1780: Johann von Kalb , German-American general during the American Revolution
- 1782: Francesco de Mura , Italian painter
- 1783: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt , German sculptor
- 1785: Giuseppe Ignazio Appiani , Italian painter
- 1793: Paulus Mako , Hungarian Jesuit and university professor
- 1795: Friedrich Hartmann Graf , German composer
19th century
- 1804: Albert Androt , French composer
- 1804: Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer , French general
- 1814: Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt , Finnish-Swedish statesman, military and diplomat
- 1814: Angelo Tarchi , Italian composer
- 1815: Charles-Angélique Huchet, comte de Labédoyère , French lieutenant general
- 1821: Marie-Denise Villers , French classicist painter
- 1822: Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre , French astronomer
- 1827: Bernhard Joseph Anders , Austrian civil servant
- 1830: Friedrich Wilhelm Agthe , German composer and Kreuzkantor
- 1834: Johann Jakob Humann , Bishop of Mainz
- 1842: Alexandre Du Sommerard , French archaeologist and art collector
- 1844: Iver Hesselberg , Norwegian pastor and author
- 1855: Wilhelm Ludwig Volz , Baden officer and university professor
- 1867: William B. Campbell , American politician
- 1872: Eugène Prévost , French composer and conductor
- 1880: Heinrich Albert Hofmann , German bookseller, publisher and theater manager
- 1883: Jeremiah S. Black , American politician
- 1891: Theodor Aman , Romanian painter
- 1892: Richard Adelbert Lipsius , German Protestant theologian
- 1892: František Zdeněk Skuherský , Czech composer and music teacher
20th century
1901-1950
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- 1901: Josef Kaizl , Czech politician
- 1905: William Adolphe Bouguereau , French painter
- 1909: Ludwig Gumplovicz , Polish-Austrian political scientist, co-founder of European sociology
- 1910: Jean Baptiste Accolay , Belgian composer, violinist, violin teacher and conductor
- 1914: Franz Xaver Wernz , German order general
- 1915: Tevfik Fikret , Turkish poet
- 1920: Pablo Arosemena Alba , fifth President of Panama
- 1921: Heinrich Eduard Burlage , German politician
- 1922: Gustav Jacob Adt , German manufacturer and politician
- 1925: Wilhelm Streitberg , German Indo-Europeanist
- 1928: Richard Haldane , British politician and philosopher
- 1929: Sergei Djagilew , Russian editor, art critic and curator
- 1931: Eduard Euler , German painter
- 1932: Louis Anquetin , French painter
- 1932: Johann Schober , Austrian lawyer, civil servant and politician
- 1936: William Barbour Agnew , Scottish soccer player and soccer coach
- 1936: Federico García Lorca , Spanish writer
- 1939: Achille Fortier , Canadian composer and music teacher
- 1944: Günther von Kluge , General Field Marshal in the Third Reich
- 1944: Robert Lestienne , French racing car driver
- 1944: Juan Zanelli , Chilean racing car driver and resistance fighter in World War II
- 1946: Albert de Dion , French automobile pioneer
- 1947: Earl Fuller , American musician
- 1947: Oskar Moll , German painter
- 1948: Frederick Philip Grove , German and Canadian writer and translator
1951-2000
- 1951: Adolf Heinrich August von Achenbach , Prussian politician
- 1951: Walter Bloem , German writer
- 1954: Alcide De Gasperi , Italian politician
- 1959: Jacob Epstein , English sculptor, draftsman
- 1959: Blind Willie McTell , American musician and singer
- 1962: Robert Bürkner , German actor, theater director, director and author
- 1964: Ewald Kluge , German motorcycle racer
- 1965: Abby Berlin , American film director
- 1967: Pierre Chami , Lebanese Archbishop
- 1967: Hugo Gernsback , American publisher and writer
- 1968: Spiro Dellerba , American football player
- 1968: George Anthony Gamow , Russian-American physicist
- 1969: Nakayama Gishū , Japanese writer
- 1971: Reinhold Maier , Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg
- 1972: Leopold Reitz , German writer
- 1972: Tony Taylor , Australian volcanologist
- 1973: Paul Aellen , Swiss botanist
- 1974: Ada Anna Arena , Italian actress
- 1974: Fernando Cerchio , Italian director, screenwriter and film producer
- 1975: Konrad Swinarski , Polish theater director
- 1977: Groucho Marx , American comedian
- 1978: Hermann Jacobsen , German gardener
- 1978: Max Mallowan , British archaeologist
- 1979: Dorsey Burnette , American musician, guitarist and songwriter
- 1979: Morris Surdin , Canadian composer and conductor
- 1980: Otto Heinrich Frank , father of Anne Frank
- 1983: Rudolf Adametz , German politician
- 1985: Yamazaki Hōdai , Japanese writer
- 1986: Willy Kramp , German writer
- 1987: Fridolin Gallati , Swiss entrepreneur
- 1987: Ydnekachew Tessema , Ethiopian footballer and sports official
- 1988: Ferdinand Käs , Austrian professional soldier and civil servant
- 1990: To Rutgers , Dutch writer
- 1992: Jean Hubeau , French composer, pianist and music teacher
- 1992: Karl Storch , German athlete
- 1993: Hans Lebert , Austrian writer and opera singer
- 1993: Fritz Pirkl , German psychologist and politician, MdL, State Minister, MEP
- 1994: Ladislav Fuks , Czech writer
- 1994: Linus Carl Pauling , American chemist
- 1994: Robert Roshdestvensky , Russian writer
- 1994: Hanna-Maria Zippelius , German behavioral biologist
- 1994: Anton Peter Khoraiche , Lebanese Cardinal and Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and the whole of the Orient
- 1995: Silvio Amadio , Italian film director and screenwriter
- 1995: John Gilmore , American jazz musician
- 1995: Pierre Schaeffer , French composer
- 1996: Claire Rommer , German actress
- 1998: Hellmut Andics , Austrian journalist and author
- 1998: Vasily Alexandrowitsch Archipow , Soviet naval officer
21st century
- 2002: Eduardo Chillida , Spanish sculptor
- 2002: Otto Wüst , Bishop of Basel
- 2003: Rudolf Austen , German painter and graphic artist
- 2003: Sérgio Vieira de Mello , Brazilian UN Emergency Aid Coordinator, Special Envoy, High Commissioner for Human Rights
- 2003: Hermann Withalm , Austrian politician
- 2004: George Gibson , American football player
- 2004: Rudolf Miele , German entrepreneur
- 2004: Günter Rexrodt , German politician
- 2005: Aušra Augustinavičiūtė , Lithuanian psychologist, sociologist and economist
- 2005: Mo Mowlam , British politician
- 2006: Joseph Hill , Jamaican musician
- 2008: Leopold Abse , Welsh lawyer, politician, author and activist for gay rights
- 2008: Levy Mwanawasa , President of Zambia
- 2008: Walter Scheler , German accountant, victim of the uprising of June 17, 1953 in the GDR, honorary citizen of Jena
- 2009: Julio Ardiles Gray , Argentine writer
- 2010: Johannes Riedl , German soccer player
- 2011: Raúl Ruiz , Chilean-French film director
- 2012: Lothar Ruschmeier , German local politician
- 2012: Tony Scott , British film director
- 2012: David Weir , American racing car driver
- 2013: Wolfgang Lüder , German lawyer and politician
- 2013: Fritz Rau , German concert organizer
- 2013: Lee Thompson Young , American actor
- 2014: Kåre Kolberg , Norwegian composer and organist
- 2015: Egon Bahr , German politician and federal minister
- 2016: Ursula Lübbe , German publisher
- 2017: Brian Aldiss , British science fiction writer
- 2017: KO Götz , German painter and poet
- 2019: Federica Diémoz , Italian-Swiss Romance studies and dialectologist
- 2019: Stefan Hecker , German handball goalkeeper
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Blaise Pascal , French religious philosopher (Protestant)
- St. John Eudes , French priest and founder of the order (Catholic)
- St. Sebaldus of Nuremberg , hermit, messenger of faith and city patron (Catholic)
- St. Louis of Toulouse , Italian religious and bishop (Catholic)
- State holidays and memorial days
- Afghanistan (Independence Day)
Individual evidence
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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