19th March
The March 19 is the 78th day of the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years ), thus remain 287 days by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 1279 : After the defeat of China in the sea battle at Yamen against the Mongols , Prime Minister and Imperial Advisor Lu Xiufu drowns himself together with the eight-year-old heir to the throne, Song Bing, and thus ends the Song dynasty . The rule of the Mongols begins under the Yuan Dynasty proclaimed by Kublai Khan .
- 1452 : King Friedrich III. is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Nicholas V in Rome . It is the last imperial coronation in Rome.
- 1563 : In the Edict of Amboise , the Huguenots in France received the limited right to freedom of religion through Caterina de 'Medici . Paris and a few other cities are excluded from the regulation . This ends the First Huguenot War .
- 1616 : Sir Walter Raleigh is released from the Tower of London after thirteen years in prison .
- 1682 : The general assembly of the French clergy promulgates the Gallican articles which emphasize the independence of the French church and the kings of France in relation to the Pope's claim to leadership.
- 1687 : After the sinking of his last remaining ship, the La Belle , the French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle is murdered by mutinous members of his expedition in what is now Texas while trying to get help.
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- 1808 : Spain’s King Charles IV abdicates. His son Ferdinand VII takes over the reign. A few days later, Napoleon Bonaparte , whose troops are in the country , objected to Ferdinand's recognition as king, which subsequently led to the reign of power being returned to his father.
- 1812 : In Spain , the Cortes of Cadiz publish La Pepa , the first Spanish constitution. However, just two years later after his return, monarch Ferdinand VII , who was outside the country, put it out of force and absolutism was reintroduced.
- 1814 : The Battle of Vic-en-Bigorre at the end of the Napoleonic Wars on the Iberian Peninsula between the retreating French under General Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult and the English under Sir Arthur Wellesley ends in a draw. The Napoleonic army can retreat towards Toulouse .
- 1815 : In a protocol of the Congress of Vienna , questions of the state embassy and the permanent diplomatic representatives are regulated. Among other things, the ambassador has been the highest-ranking diplomat since then .
- 1822 : After less than a year in power, Agustín I abdicated as Emperor of Mexico . He receives a pension, but has to go abroad.
- 1848 : The barricade uprising during the March Revolution in Berlin kills over a hundred, the so-called March fallen . The troops are withdrawn from the city on the orders of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV .
- 1865 : Towards the end of the American Civil War , the Battle of Bentonville begins in North Carolina between Union forces under General William T. Sherman and the Confederate Army under Joseph E. Johnston , which lasts until March 21.
- 1911 : Initiated by Clara Zetkin , an International Women's Day is celebrated for the first time in Germany, Denmark, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland .
- 1914 : Demonstrations for the introduction of the right to vote for women take place in Germany on the occasion of International Women's Day .
- 1920 : The United States Congress fails to ratify the Treaty of Versailles and the United States to join the League of Nations .
- 1921 : Prussian police are used to restore order in Mansfeld , Hettstedt and Eisleben . The United Communist Party of Germany is therefore postponing an uprising that was planned anyway. The March fighting in central Germany begins.
- 1944 : After Hungary, allied with the Axis Powers , made contact with the Allies during World War II , Germany began the Margarethe enterprise , the German occupation of Hungary .
- 1944 : At least 9,000 Belarusian civilians die in the Osaritschi concentration camp operated by the Wehrmacht for a week .
- 1945 : As the defeat of the German Reich in World War II was looming, Adolf Hitler issued the Nero order , according to which the infrastructure in the German Reich was to be destroyed .
- 1945 : The Hessian city of Hanau is almost completely destroyed by an Allied air raid shortly before the end of the Second World War .
- 1945 : The bombing of the USS Franklin by a single Japanese aircraft results in the heaviest casualties of an American aircraft carrier in World War II, killing 743 .
- 1946 : The previous colonies of Guadeloupe , Martinique and Réunion are incorporated into the Fourth Republic as overseas departments as an integral part of France .
- 1950 : The Standing Committee of the World Peace Congress adopts the Stockholm appeal to outlaw the atomic bomb .
- 1970 : The German Chancellor Willy Brandt meets with the Prime Minister of the GDR , Willi Stoph , in Erfurt during the period of détente in order to achieve rapprochement between the two German states .
- 1978 : Five days after the start of Operation Litani , the Israeli invasion of Lebanon , taking the UN Security Council , the resolution 425 on a requirement for Israel immediately its troops to retreat to and the Interim Force of the United Nations in Lebanon ( UNIFIL is constituted).
- 1981 : In the case of Philippe Maurice , the Court of Cassation confirms a death sentence in the highest court for the last time in French judicial history.
- 1981 : In the Iran-Iraq war , the Iranian side starts a major counter-offensive , Operation Nasr , which ultimately remains without a winner.
- 1989 : The Egyptian President Husni Mubarak hoists the flag of Egypt in Taba in the south of the Sinai Peninsula , which was awarded to Egypt again in 1988 by an international arbitration tribunal after 22 years of Israeli occupation . Since then, a "national holiday" has been held annually on March 19 in the Egyptian governorate of Janub Sina .
- 1994 : During Kurdish protests in Germany supported by the Kurdistan Workers' Party , two women set themselves on fire in Mannheim. One dies, the other survives, seriously injured.
- 2006 : In the presidential election in Belarus , incumbent Aljaksandr Lukashenka received over 80% of the vote. That same night there were peaceful protests by thousands of people against the election manipulation in the Belarusian capital Minsk , which will continue in the next few days.
- 2006 : In the second round of the presidential elections in Benin , Boni Yayi prevails against Adrien Houngbédji with 75% of the vote .
- 2012 : Three children and a rabbi are shot by an assassin in front of a Jewish school in Toulouse .
economy
- 1799 : In the Helvetic Republic is Franken introduced. This is the first time that a nationwide currency will be created.
- 1964 : The first road traffic flows through the tunnel under the Grosser St. Bernhard Alpine Pass .
- 1979 : The US TV broadcaster C-SPAN , which reports exclusively on the United States government, begins operations.
science and technology
- 1932 : The Sydney Harbor Bridge in Sydney , one of the longest arch bridges in the world that the Sydney Harbor spans, is officially opened.
- 1969 : The tallest structure in Europe when it was built in 1964, the 385 meter high television tower Emley Moor , Great Britain, collapses during a winter storm as a result of heavy icing.
- 2008 : The gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B is discovered by NASA's Swift satellite . The gamma-ray burst will then become the most distant celestial object that has ever been seen with the naked eye.
Culture
- 1826 : The foundation stone for the Teatro Carlo Felice is laid in Genoa .
- 1852 : At the Opéra-Comique in Paris takes place the first performance of the opera Le farfadet by Adolphe Adam .
- 1859 : The premiere of the opera Faust by Charles Gounod takes place at the Théâtre-Lyrique in Paris. The work with the libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré based on Goethe's Faust I was a great success from the start.
- 1882 : The foundation stone of the Sagrada Família cathedral, designed by Antoni Gaudí and still unfinished, is laid in Barcelona .
- 1896 : Antonín Dvořák's Cello Concerto op. 104 is premiered in London under the direction of the composer.
- 1924 : Lazar Wechsler , an immigrant from Austro-Hungarian Galicia, founded Praesens-Film together with aviation pioneer Walter Mittelholzer in Zurich , which in the 1930s rose to become the only significant Swiss film production company for the next 20 years or so that would also gain international recognition and Awards received.
- 1953 : The Oscar - ceremony will be televised in the United States and Canada for the first time. Bob Hope acts as a presenter on stage.
- 1955 : In New York, the film has Blackboard Jungle ( Blackboard Jungle ) Release the song by the Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley is a worldwide success.
- 1988 : First concert by the band Nirvana .
- 1991 : The opera The Death of Klinghoffer by John Adams about the kidnapping of the cruise ship Achille Lauro is premiered in Brussels.
society
- 1514 : Admiral Tristão da Cunha brings an Indian elephant as a gift to the newly elected Pope Leo X in the name of the Portuguese King Manuel I. This gives him the name Hanno .
- 1996 : Winnie and Nelson Mandela were divorced.
religion
- 1227 : Ugolino dei Conti di Segni is elected Pope and calls himself Gregory IX.
- 1272 : Gregory X , elected Pope in his absence on September 1st of the previous year , is ordained a priest in Rome.
- 1447 : After his election on March 6th, Nicholas V is enthroned as Pope.
- 1513 : After all obstacles to his enthronement have been removed in the days after his election on March 11th, Leo X is crowned Pope.
- 1729 : Johannes Nepomuk , the Bohemian priest and martyr , is appointed by Pope Benedict XIII. canonized . Statues of the saint often stand on or next to bridges.
- 1856 : Bahāʾullāh , the Persian founder of the Baha'i religion, follows the request of some Babi and returns to Baghdad after two years of hermitage in the mountains of Kurdistan .
- 1902 : On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his pontificate , Pope Leo XIII publishes. the Apostolic Exhortation Annum ingressi sumus , in which he sums up his term of office so far and provides an outlook into the future.
- 1957 : Pope Pius XII. allows the celebration of evening masses , which Pope Pius V had forbidden in 1566 under threat of suspension . In this context, the commandment of eucharistic sobriety is relaxed.
- 2013 : Pope Francis is solemnly inducted into office 6 days after his election and receives a fishing ring and pallium .
Disasters
- 2004 : The bus accident at Konginkangas , in which an articulated lorry heavily loaded with paper rolls slips into a fully occupied coach , is the worst road accident in the history of Finland, killing 23.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
Sports
- 1905 : On the Muckenkogel near Lilienfeld, organized by Mathias Zdarsky , the first slalom run in ski history takes place.
- 1922 : In Sweden the first modern Vasa run takes place on the Vasaloppsleden between Sälen and Mora .
- 1933 : In Dayton , the first major "Soap Box Derby" (found soapbox race ) instead of 362 reported small drivers.
- 1954 : The first standardized mini golf course (Bongni system) is opened in Ascona .
- 1986 : Bayer 05 Uerdingen wins the quarter-final second leg in the 1985/86 European Cup Winners' Cup against SG Dynamo Dresden 7-3, making it into the semi-finals. Due to its history and the course of the game, the outcome of the game is also known as the “ Miracle of the Grotenburg ”.
- 2006 : The IX. Winter Paralympics in Turin, which started on March 10th, will end with the closing ceremony.
Entries of athletics world records can be found under the respective discipline under athletics .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1358 : Elisabeth of Luxembourg-Bohemia , Duchess of Austria
- 1409 : Heinrich IV. Von Absberg , Bishop of Regensburg
- 1488 : Johannes Magnus , Swedish clergyman
- 1525 : Caspar Cruciger the Younger , German Lutheran theologian
- 1534 : José de Anchieta , Spanish missionary, Jesuit and linguist
- 1542 : Jan Zamoyski , Polish magnate, statesman and grand hetman
- 1547 : Joachim Zollikofer , Swiss Mayor
- 1591 : Dirck Hals , Dutch painter
- 1594 : Aegidius Hunnius the Younger , German Lutheran theologian
- 1598 : Wilhelm Ulrich Romanus , German legal scholar
- 1600 : Tilemann Olearius , German Lutheran theologian and philologist
- 1601 : Alonso Cano , Spanish painter, sculptor and architect
- 1615 : Rasmus Vinding , Danish professor
- 1641 : Abd al-Ghani an-Nabulusi , Arab Sufi and man of letters from Damascus
- 1647 : Anna Elisabeth , Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg and Duchess of Württemberg-Bernstadt
- 1657 : Jean Leclerc , Swiss theologian and philologist
- 1661 : Francesco Gasparini , Italian composer
- 1663 : Georg Friedrich Schröer , German Lutheran theologian
- 1684 : Jean Astruc , French doctor, professor of medicine, naturalist and founder of the modern criticism of the Pentateuch
18th century
- 1706 : Johann Georg Achenbach , German politician
- 1715 : Heinrich Christoph Nebel , German literary scholar, rhetorician and Lutheran theologian
- 1721 : Tobias Smollett , Scottish writer
- 1721 : Simon Gabriel Suckow , German university professor
- 1727 : Ferdinand Berthoud , Swiss watchmaker
- 1728 : Franz Aumann , Austrian composer
- 1738 : José Gabriel Condorcanqui , leader of the Indian uprising 1780/81 in Peru
- 1742 : Christian Gottlob Thube , German Protestant theologian, mystic and prophet
- 1767 : Leonhard von Call , South Tyrolean composer
- 1767 : François Régis de La Bourdonnaye, comte de La Bretèche , French minister
- 1769 : François Joseph Bosio , French sculptor
- 1774 : Johann Baptist Heinrich , German politician and Lord Mayor of Mainz
- 1775 : Ramsay Richard Reinagle , English landscape, portrait and animal painter
- 1777 : José María Bustamante , Mexican composer
- 1778 : Edward Michael Pakenham , British major general
- 1780 : Miloš Obrenović , Prince of Serbia
- 1780 : Franz Theremin , German Protestant theologian
- 1785 : Pierre Zimmermann , French piano teacher and composer
- 1789 : Eberhard von Groote , German Germanist, writer and politician
19th century
1801-1850
- 1801 : Heinrich Joseph Wetzer , German orientalist
- 1803 : Joseph-Frédéric-Benoît Charrière , French instrument and apparatus maker
- 1805 : Pětr Młónk , Sorbian folk poet
- 1807 : Wilhelm von Braumüller , German bookseller and publisher
- 1808 : Johann Andreas Schubert , German civil engineer
- 1809 : Fredrik Pacius , German composer
- 1809 : Moritz Ludwig Seyffert , German philologist and educator
- 1811 : Josef Kling , German problem chess composer
- 1813 : David Livingstone , British missionary and explorer
- 1816 : Joseph Amberger , German theologian and clergyman
- 1819 : Theodor Harms , German theologian
- 1821 : Richard Francis Burton , British consul and researcher, translator and orientalist
- 1824 : Alexander Karl , Austrian Benedictine and politician
- 1825 : Josef Čapek , Czech composer
- 1831 : Franz Senn , Austrian clergyman and mountaineer, co-founder of the German Alpine Club
- 1834 : Francesco Acri , Italian philosopher and historian of philosophy
- 1834 : Oswald Berkhan , German medic
- 1837 : Eugen von Lommel , German physicist
- 1838 : Anton Anno , German actor, director, theater director and playwright
- 1841 : Georg von Hauberrisser , German-Austrian architect
- 1844 : Minna Canth , Finnish writer
- 1844 : Wilhelm Manchot , German architect
- 1845 : Ludwig von Aretin , German politician
- 1846 : Albert Mauritz Atterberg , Swedish chemist and soil mechanic
- 1848 : Wyatt Earp , American western hero
- 1849 : Alfred von Tirpitz , German Grand Admiral
1851-1900
- 1851 : Friedrich Franz III. , Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- 1851 : Roque Sáenz Peña , Argentine lawyer and politician
- 1852 : Heinrich Moritz Graf von Attems-Heiligenkreuz , Austrian cavalry general and Austro-Hungarian Privy Councilor
- 1858 : Kang Youwei , Chinese reformer, educator and philosopher
- 1858 : Virgile Rossel , President of the Swiss National Council
- 1860 : William Jennings Bryan , US Secretary of State
- 1864 : Charles M. Russell , American painter, illustrator, and writer
- 1865 : William Morton Wheeler , American ethologist and ant researcher
- 1867 : Philipp Fauth , German elementary school teacher and astronomer
- 1868 : Senda Berenson Abbott , American physical education teacher
- 1868 : Luigi Stefano Giarda , Italian composer, cellist and music teacher
- 1871 : Wilhelm August Johannes Aisch , German beekeeper, specialist writer and editor
- 1871 : Maria von Vetsera , Austrian noblewoman
- 1873 : Max Reger , German composer and organist
- 1875 : Karl Kutzbach , German mechanical engineer and scientist
- 1875 : Gustav Wyneken , German reform pedagogue
- 1876 : Felix Jacoby , German antiquarian and philologist
- 1877 : Joseph-Arthur Bernier , Canadian composer, organist, pianist and music teacher
- 1877 : Franz Fischer , German chemist
- 1878 : Walther Paucker , German-Baltic pastor, Protestant martyr
- 1879 : Joseph Haas , German composer and music teacher
- 1882 : Vladimir Dyck , Ukrainian composer and music teacher
- 1883 : Josef Matthias Hauer , Austrian composer and music theorist
- 1883 : Walter Norman Haworth , British chemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1883 : Joseph Stilwell , American general
- 1883 : Gladys Willan , Canadian music teacher and pianist
- 1884 : Josef Aigner , Austrian state official and politician
- 1887 : Josef Böhm , German politician
- 1888 : Josef Albers , German painter, art theorist and teacher
- 1888 : Léon Scieur , Belgian cyclist
- 1889 : Grigori Jakowlewitsch Löwenfisch , Soviet chess player
- 1891 : Josef Blatný , Czech composer and organist
- 1891 : Earl Warren , American politician, Governor of California and Chief Justice of the United States
- 1892 : Franz Baumann , Austrian architect
- 1892 : Siegfried Thomas Bok , Dutch neurologist
- 1893 : José María Velasco Ibarra , Ecuadorian President
- 1893 : Wilhelm Meinerzhagen , German doctor and politician
- 1895 : Ion Barbu , Romanian writer and mathematician
- 1895 : Ernst August Farke , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1897 : Joë Bousquet , French writer
- 1897 : Betty Compson , American actress
- 1897 : Joseph Darnand , French politician
- 1897 : Karl Springenschmid , Austrian writer
- 1897 : Heinz Steguweit , German writer
- 1899 : Jan Hendrik de Boer , Dutch physicist and chemist
- 1899 : Reinhard von Koenig-Fachsenfeld , German engineer, inventor and racing driver
- 1899 : Aksel Sandemose , Danish-Norwegian writer
- 1900 : Joseph John Annabring , Hungarian bishop
- 1900 : Frédéric Joliot-Curie , French physicist
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart , Dutch journalist, first UN High Commissioner for Refugees
- 1901 : Josef Wirmer , German lawyer and resistance fighter
- 1904 : Tadeusz Kassern , Polish composer
- 1904 : John Sirica , US Chief Justice of the District of Columbia Federal District Court
- 1905 : Beppe Assenza , Italian painter
- 1905 : Albert Speer , German Reich Minister, war criminal
- 1906 : Adolf Eichmann , German officer, war criminal
- 1906 : Normand Lockwood , American composer and music teacher
- 1907 : Hans Mayer , German literary scholar, writer and musicologist
- 1907 : Marc Vaubourgoin , French composer
- 1907 : Hans Wimmer , German sculptor
- 1908 : Marc Augier , French writer, adventurer and mountaineer
- 1908 : Otto Henze , German forester and ornithologist
- 1909 : Attilio Demaría , Argentine-Italian football player and coach
- 1909 : Rudolf Hiden , Austrian and French soccer player
- 1909 : Otto John , German President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
- 1910 : Denys Gaith , Syrian Archbishop
- 1912 : Adolf Adam , German prelate, pastoral theologian and liturgical scholar
- 1912 : Adolf Galland , German air force officer and fighter pilot
- 1912 : Donald Johan Kuenen , Dutch biologist
- 1913 : Günter Neumann , German composer, author and cabaret artist
- 1913 : Alexander Ivanovich Pokryschkin , Soviet pilot
- 1913 : José Villanueva , Filipino boxer
- 1914 : Jay Berwanger , American football player
- 1915 : Antonio Cardinal Agliardi , Italian clergyman and Vatican diplomat, cardinal to the Curia
- 1917 : Dinu Lipatti , Romanian pianist and composer
- 1917 : László Szabó , Hungarian chess player
- 1918 : Fukunaga Takehiko , Japanese writer and translator
- 1919 : Peter Abrahams , South African writer
- 1919 : José Alí Lebrún Moratinos , Archbishop of Caracas and Cardinal
- 1919 : Josef Stingl , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, President of the Federal Labor Office
- 1919 : Lennie Tristano , American jazz musician
- 1920 : Karl Biehlig , German horn teacher and professor
- 1920 : Albert Stief , German politician, minister and chairman of the Committee of the Workers and Peasants Inspection of the GDR
- 1920 : Albert Walter , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1921 : Émile Bongiorni , French football player
- 1921 : Joseph-Marie Trinh Van-Can , Archbishop of Hanoi and Cardinal
- 1922 : Eduard Amstad , Swiss judge and politician
- 1922 : Ernst Bokon , Austrian football player
- 1922 : Annelies Kammenhuber , German Hittite scientist
- 1923 : Bobby Brown , Scottish football player and coach
- 1923 : Oskar Fischer , German politician, Foreign Minister of the GDR
- 1923 : Dietrich Katzenstein , German lawyer, judge at the Federal Constitutional Court
- 1923 : Giuseppe Rotunno , Italian cameraman
- 1924 : Franz Heubl , German politician and lawyer, MdL
1926-1950
- 1927 : Richie Ashburn , American baseball player
- 1927 : Volkmar Gross , German artist
- 1927 : Eduardo Manet , Cuban writer
- 1927 : Allen Newell , American computer scientist and cognitive psychologist, is considered one of the fathers of artificial intelligence
- 1928 : Emil Handschin , Swiss ice hockey player
- 1928 : Hans Küng , Swiss theologian
- 1928 : Patrick McGoohan , American actor, screenwriter, and director
- 1928 : Hans Georg Zambona , German composer, pianist and writer
- 1929 : Richard Chatham Atkinson , American psychologist
- 1929 : Alexander von Elverfeldt , German farmer and forest manager, association official and author
- 1929 : Johannes Poigenfürst , Austrian trauma surgeon
- 1930 : Ornette Coleman , American jazz musician
- 1930 : Lina Kostenko , Ukrainian poet
- 1931 : Emma Andijewska , Ukrainian poet, writer and painter
- 1931 : Alfred Hirschmeier , German film architect
- 1932 : Władysław Bobowski , Polish clergyman and emeritus Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop
- 1932 : Nelly Söregi-Wunderlich , Hungarian violinist and professor
- 1933 : Philip Roth , American writer
- 1933 : Renée Taylor , American actress
- 1934 : Roland Hoff , probably the third casualty on the Berlin Wall
- 1934 : Walter Rempe , German politician
Ursula Andress (* 1936)
- 1936 : Ursula Andress , Swiss actress
- 1936 : Eduard Gufeld , Soviet-Ukrainian chess player
- 1936 : Ben Lexcen , Australian yacht builder and designer
- 1936 : Heinrich Neisser , Austrian politician
- 1937 : Julia Axen , German pop and chanson singer
Egon Krenz (* 1937)
- 1937 : Egon Krenz , German politician, SED General Secretary, Chairman of the State Council of the GDR
- 1937 : Carlo Mazzone , Italian football player and coach
- 1937 : Ahmed Oudjani , Algerian-French football player
- 1938 : Maria Cavaco Silva , Portuguese literary scholar
- 1938 : Lothar Zinn , German chess master
- 1939 : Mike Longo , American jazz musician
- 1939 : Peter Marzinkowski , German Spiritan Father and Bishop in the Central African Republic
- 1939 : Lynne Sharon Schwartz , American writer
- 1940 : Pete Smith , American baseball player
- 1941 : Bruno Leonardo Gelber , Argentine pianist
- 1941 : Ole Nydahl , Danish Buddhist
- 1941 : Tommi Piper , German actor and voice actor
- 1942 : Giuseppe Brizi , Italian football player and coach
- 1942 : Christel Buschmann , German screenwriter
- 1942 : Claus Möller , German politician
- 1943 : Mario José Molina , Mexican chemist
- 1943 : Mario Monti , Italian politician and EU commissioner
- 1943 : Vern Schuppan , Australian racing car driver and racing car designer
- 1944 : Joseph Celli , American composer and oboist
- 1944 : Tom Constanten , American musician ( Grateful Dead )
- 1944 : Uwe Holtz , German political scientist
- 1945 : Mark O'Connor , Australian lyric poet
- 1946 : Elliot Archilla , Puerto Rican biathlete
- 1946 : Benno Budar , Sorbian writer, translator and editor
- 1946 : Jan Pavel , Czech composer, conductor and music teacher
- 1946 : Joachim Sartorius , German lawyer, theater director and translator
- 1947 : Jeff Andrus , American screenwriter and writer
- 1947 : Joseph-Theodor Blank , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1947 : Glenn Close , American actress
- 1947 : Ernst Gerlach , German handball player
- 1947 : Daniel D. Harris , American guitarist and actor
- 1947 : Max E. Keller , Swiss composer and musician
- 1947 : José Lacay , Dominican singer
- 1947 : Erika Zuchold , German gymnast, world champion
- 1950 : Kirsten Boie , German writer
- 1950 : Manfred Hammes , German writer
- 1950 : Kurt Weigel , German priest, retreat guide and book author
1951-1975
- 1951 : Carl Barzilauskas , American football player
- 1951 : Christine Laser , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1952 : Joseph Borġ , Maltese politician, EU commissioner
- 1952 : Jörg Pfeifer , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1952 : Joseph J. Urusemal , President of the Federated States of Micronesia
- 1952 : Wolfgang Ambros , Austrian singer-songwriter of Austropop
- 1953 : Hans Rinn , German luge rider
- 1953 : Billy Sheehan , American bass player
- 1954 : Jill Abramson , American journalist, editor-in-chief of the New York Times
- 1955 : Volker Tannert , German painter, sculptor and draftsman, representative of the Neue Wilden
- 1955 : Muhedin Targaj , Albanian football player
Bruce Willis (* 1955)
- 1955 : Bruce Willis , American actor
- 1956 : Chris O'Neil , Australian tennis player
- 1957 : Øystein Sevåg , Norwegian new age musician
- 1958 : Jean-Jacques Aubert , Swiss ancient historian
- 1958 : Anne Marie Giørtz , Norwegian jazz singer
- 1958 : Theo Koll , German journalist
- 1958 : Michael Radanovics , Austrian composer, arranger and violinist
- 1959 : Terry Hall , British pop singer
- 1959 : Gunar Schimrock , German handball goalkeeper
- 1960 : Eliane Elias , Brazilian jazz musician
- 1961 : Rune Bratseth , Norwegian football player
- 1961 : Thomas Giessing , German athlete
- 1961 : Jim Matthews , American racing car driver
- 1961 : Dana Reeve , American actress
- 1962 : Adrian Bosshard , Swiss motorcycle racer and entrepreneur
- 1963 : Roger Lewentz , German politician
- 1964 : Nicola Larini , Italian racing driver
- 1964 : Jake Weber , English actor
- 1964 : Kanno Yōko , Japanese composer
- 1965 : Reiner Anselm , German theologian
- 1966 : Olaf Marschall , German football player
- 1967 : Vladimir Konstantinov , Russian ice hockey player
- 1969 : Gary Jules , American singer
- 1969 : Tuulikki Laesson , Estonian chess player
- 1969 : Ingo Römling , German illustrator, comic artist and musician
- 1969 : Connor Trinneer , American actor
- 1970 : Michael Krumm , German racing driver
- 1970 : Alex Melcher , German musical singer
- 1970 : Rick Mirer , American football player
- 1971 : Nadja Auermann , German photo model and actress
- 1971 : Barbara Morgenstern , German singer and musician
- 1972 : Julie Lunde Hansen , Norwegian ski racer
- 1972 : Alexander Spreng , German singer and front man of the band ASP
- 1972 : Daniel Vogt , Liechtenstein ski racer
- 1973 : Simmone Jade Mackinnon , Australian actress
- 1973 : Sergei Makarov , Russian athlete
- 1973 : Edith Rozsa , Canadian ski racer
- 1973 : Silvan Zingg , Swiss boogie pianist
- 1974 : Hanka Kupfernagel , German cyclist
- 1975 : Lucie Laurier , Canadian actress
1976-2000
Rachel Blanchard (* 1976)
- 1976 : Rachel Blanchard , Canadian actress
- 1976 : Alessandro Nesta , Italian football player
- 1976 : Ivica Šmid , Croatian football player
- 1977 : Michael Hegemann , German handball player
- 1977 : Robert Lindstedt , Swedish tennis player
- 1977 : Tina Nordlund , Swedish soccer player
- 1978 : Fisz , Polish rapper
- 1978 : Lenka , Australian singer
- 1979 : Ion Belaustegui , Spanish handball player
- 1979 : Franco Brienza , Italian soccer player
- 1979 : Bruno Bruni junior , Belgian-Italian actor
- 1979 : Ivan Ljubičić , Croatian tennis player
- 1979 : Christos Patsatzoglou , Greek football player
- 1979 : Hedo Türkoğlu , Turkish basketball player
- 1979 : Petr Voříšek , Czech football player
- 1980 : Harald Ambros , Austrian eventing rider
- 1980 : Michel Renggli , Swiss football player
- 1981 : Daniel Brack , German handball player
- 1981 : Christian Knappmann , German soccer player
- 1981 : Bastian Steger , German table tennis player
- 1981 : Kolo Touré , Ivorian football player
- 1982 : Brad Jones , Australian soccer player
- 1982 : Murat Kurnaz , former prisoner in Guantanamo
Eduardo Saverin (* 1982)
- 1982 : Eduardo Saverin , one of the founders of Facebook
- 1983 : Tomoyoshi Koyama , Japanese motorcycle racer
- 1984 : Silulu A'etonu , American-Samoan judoka
- 1984 : Jörg Rohde , German actor
- 1985 : Beatriz Fernández , Spanish handball player
- 1985 : Christine Guldbrandsen , Norwegian singer
- 1985 : Caroline Seger , Swedish soccer player
- 1985 : Ernesto Viso , Venezuelan racing car driver
- 1986 : Susanne Sundfør , Norwegian musician
- 1987 : Nicole Bauer , German politician (FDP)
- 1987 : April Jeanette Mendez , American wrestler
- 1987 : Matthias Morys , German soccer player
- 1988 : Josephine Schlanke , German soccer player
- 1989 : Hannes Aigner , German canoeist
- 1989 : José María Antón , Spanish football player
- 1990 : Isabella Benz , German writer
- 1991 : Maciej Gajos , Polish football player
- 1991 : Alexander Alexandrovich Kokorin , Russian football player
- 1991 : Yohandry Orozco , Venezuelan football player
- 1992 : Miloš Jojić , Serbian football player
- 1992 : Adam Loomis , American Nordic combined athlete
- 1995 : Héctor Bellerín , Spanish football player
- 1996 : Barbara Haas , Austrian tennis player
- 1996 : Maria Pudovkina , Ukrainian billiards player
- 1997 : Rūta Meilutytė , Lithuanian swimmer
- 1999 : Luca Maria Graf , German soccer player
Died
Before the 18th century
- 953 : Abu Tahir Ismail al-Mansur bi-'llah , Caliph of the Fatimids
- 967 : Einold , Abbot of Gorze
- 1118 : Burchard von Holte , Bishop of Münster
- 1124 : Siegfried II , Count of Weimar-Orlamünde
- 1205 : Constantine XI. Laskaris , Emperor of the Byzantine Empire in Nikaia
- 1231 : Rapoto II , Count Palatine of Bavaria and Count of Kraiburg and Marquartstein
- 1238 : Henry I , Duke of Silesia and Senior Duke of Poland
- 1246 : Siegfried , Bishop of Regensburg
- 1263 : Hugo von Saint-Cher , French Dominican and cardinal, papal adviser and diplomat and Bible commentator
- 1286 : Alexander III. , King of Scotland
- 1289 : John of Parma , Minister General of the Franciscan Order
- 1330 : Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent , English nobleman
- 1367 : Sibyllina Biscossi , Italian tertiary of the order of preachers
- 1469 : Rötger von Schade , abbot of the Grafschaft monastery
- 1478 : Friedrich II. , Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg
- 1504 : Hans von Hallwyl , Swiss hero
- 1527 : Christoph I , Margrave of Baden
- 1533 : John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners , English nobleman and politician
- 1534 : Ayşe Hafsa Sultan , mother of Sultan Suleyman I and influential woman in the Ottoman Empire
- 1534 : Michael Weisse , Bohemian pastor and poet
- 1539 : Edmund Howard , English nobleman
- 1563 : Arthur Brooke , English playwright
- 1589 : Heo Chohui , Korean poet, writer, painter and artist
- 1600 : Joachim von Ortenburg , Lower Bavarian Imperial Count
- 1610 : Salentin von Isenburg , Archbishop of Cologne
- 1634 : Antonio Freire de Andrade , Portuguese Jesuit, missionary and explorer
- 1637 : Peter Pázmány , Hungarian philosopher and theologian
- 1643 : Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton , English military, politician and peer
- 1656 : Georg Calixt , German theologian
- 1681 : Johann Christoph Falckner , German legal scholar
- 1687 : René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle , French navigator
18th century
- 1702 : Wilhelm III. , King of England, Scotland and Ireland
- 1704 : Imbert Rollaz du Rosey , Prussian major general
- 1708 : Samuel Rodigast , German poet
- 1711 : Josef Langer , Czech piarist scientist, mathematician and astronomer
- 1716 : Dietrich von Brömbsen , councilor of Lübeck
- 1721 : Clemens XI. , Pope
- 1744 : Ernst Christoph Arnoldi , German legal scholar
- 1750 : Sebastian Zeidlmayr , German clergyman, organist and music teacher
- 1752 : Joseph Schmuzer , German builder and plasterer
- 1785 : Hugh Reinagle , English cellist and composer
- 1797 : Philip Hayes , English composer
- 1797 : Sophie von Kühn , fiancee of Novalis
19th century
- 1801 : Ambrosio O'Higgins , Spanish governor of Chile and viceroy of Peru
- 1806 : James Jackson , American politician, governor and senator from Georgia
- 1811 : František Adam Míča , Czech composer
- 1814 : Johannes Albrecht , German doctor and writer
- 1832 : Ludwig Halirsch , Austrian civil servant and poet
- 1834 : Pierre-Auguste Adet , French doctor and chemist
- 1837 : Christian Adam Dann , Protestant theologian and animal rights activist
- 1837 : Otto Christian Friedrich Kuhfahl , German educator
- 1839 : Johann Stephan Schütze , German writer, belonged to the Goethe circle
- 1840 : Thomas Daniell , English painter and etcher
- 1850 : Adalbert Gyrowetz , Austrian composer
- 1851 : Friedrich Bird , German medic
- 1852 : Zoé Talon , Comtesse du Cayla, confidante of Louis XVIII.
- 1855 : Vladimir Ivanovich Istomin , Russian naval officer
- 1859 : Jacob van Hall , Dutch legal scholar
- 1860 : Albrecht Roscher , German geographer and Africa explorer
- 1862 : Wilhelm von Schadow , German painter
- 1866 : Louis Clapisson , French composer
- 1867 : August Abendroth , German lawyer, businessman and philanthropist
- 1870 : Domenico Chiodo , Italian naval officer, engineer and architect
- 1871 : Wilhelm Ritter von Haidinger , Austrian geologist and mineralogist
- 1875 : Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume , French violin maker
- 1876 : Józef Stefani , Polish composer
- 1881 : Arnold Duckwitz , German politician
- 1884 : Elias Lönnrot , Finnish medic
- 1884 : Charles Renaud de Vilbac , French organist and composer
- 1887 : Józef Ignacy Kraszewski , Polish writer, historian and publicist
- 1897 : Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie , French explorer
- 1900 : Charles-Louis Hanon , French pianist and composer
20th century
- 1902 : Victor Langer , Hungarian composer
- 1906 : Martin Nováček , Bohemian composer, conductor, music teacher and musician
- 1916 : Rudolf Linnemann , German architect, interior designer and glass painter
- 1917 : Christian Schmidt , German soccer player
- 1919 : Hugh Munro , British mountaineer
- 1919 : Christoph Strautmann , Latvian pastor, Protestant martyr
- 1925 : Marie Elisabeth Moritz , German painter
- 1929 : Agnes Sapper , German writer
- 1930 : Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour , British politician
- 1934 : Anthony Johannes Blok , Dutch criminal lawyer
- 1934 : Hugo Prinz , German ancient historian
- 1935 : Carl Duisberg , German chemist and industrialist
- 1940 : Besim Ömer Akalın , Turkish professor and politician
- 1941 : Matteo Ceirano , Italian racing car driver and entrepreneur
- 1943 : Abel Decaux , French composer, organist and music teacher
- 1945 : Willem Jan Aalders , Dutch theologian
- 1945 : Georges André , French winter sports enthusiast
- 1945 : Franz Xaver Josef Maria Augsberger , Austrian SS brigade leader and major general
- 1945 : Marcel Callo , French youth worker, victim of National Socialism
- 1947 : Ernst Krieck , German educator and writer
- 1949 : Vinçenc Kolë Prennushi , Albanian, Catholic archbishop
- 1950 : Edgar Rice Burroughs , American writer
- 1950 : Sir Walter Norman Haworth , British chemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1951 : Dmytro Doroshenko , Ukrainian historian and politician
- 1952 : Georg Ritter von Hengl , German SS-Obersturmbannführer and general of the mountain troops
- 1953 : Arkadi Dmitrijewitsch Schwezow , Soviet engine designer
- 1954 : Walter Braunfels , German composer
- 1956 : Rudolf Veiel , German general
- 1958 : Andy Reid , American football coach
- 1961 : Edric Cundell , English composer, horn player, pianist, conductor and music teacher
- 1965 : Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej , Romanian politician, President
- 1966 : Erik Aaes , Danish production designer
- 1966 : Otto Apel , German architect
- 1968 : Alfred Baeumler , German philosopher and educator
- 1968 : Else Ehser , German actress
- 1968 : Jake Lanum , American football player
- 1969 : Adolf Aeschbach , Swiss politician
- 1971 : Jean-Marie Beaudet , Canadian conductor, pianist and organist
- 1971 : Hans Walter Imhoff , Swiss football player
- 1972 : Paul Braess , German university professor
- 1973 : Ernst Adams , German politician
- 1973 : Weston Adams , Canadian sports official
- 1974 : Otto Krone , German actor
- 1976 : Paul Kossoff , English rock and blues guitarist
- 1977 : Pehr Edman , Swedish biochemist
- 1978 : Herbert Günther , German writer and poet
- 1978 : Gaston Maurice Julia , French mathematician
- 1978 : Ovila Légaré , Canadian actor and singer-songwriter
- 1978 : Carlos Torre , Mexican chess player
- 1981 : Tampa Red , American singer and guitarist (Hokum-Blues)
- 1982 : Sigi Engl , Austrian-American ski racer and ski school director
- 1982 : Randy Rhoads , American guitarist
- 1982 : Rudolf Trautvetter , German general
- 1983 : Werner Andert , German folklorist and publicist
- 1984 : Réal Gagnier , Canadian oboist and music teacher
- 1984 : Nakanoshima Kin-ichi , Japanese composer
- 1984 : Ivo Veit , German radio director, actor and cabaret artist
- 1987 : Louis-Victor de Broglie , French physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1989 : Akira Abe , Japanese writer
- 1989 : Alan Civil , British horn player and music teacher
- 1989 : Karl Anton Wolf , Austrian painter and sculptor
- 1990 : Franz Felke , German entrepreneur
- 1990 : Leopold Neumer , German-Austrian soccer player
- 1993 : Alexei Ivanovich Ajubei , Soviet journalist, publicist and politician
- 1993 : Georges Garvarentz , French composer and arranger
- 1995 : Trevor Blokdyk , South African speedway and racing car driver
- 1995 : Max Braithwaite , Canadian writer
- 1996 : Colin Pittendrigh , American biologist, co-founder of chronobiology
- 1998 : Klaus Havenstein , German actor, cabaret artist and presenter
- 1999 : Sylvia Gähwiller , Swiss singer and vocal teacher
- 1999 : José Agustín Goytisolo , Spanish poet
21st century
- 2002 : Marco Biagi , Italian professor of labor law
- 2002 : Erkki Salmenhaara , Finnish composer and musicologist
- 2003 : Émile Genest , Canadian actor and comedian
- 2003 : Michael Mathias Prechtl , German painter, illustrator and caricaturist
- 2004 : Leo Frank , Austrian crime novel writer
- 2004 : Josef Stingl , German politician, head of the Federal Labor Office
- 2005 : John DeLorean , American sports car designer
- 2005 : Werner Jackstädt , German entrepreneur, patron and founder of the foundation
- 2005 : Knox Ramsey , American football player
- 2006 : Radu Aldulescu , Romanian cellist
- 2007 : Menotti Avanzolini , Italian football player
- 2007 : Giampaolo Calanchini , Italian saber fencer
- 2007 : Johann Friedrich Henschel , German lawyer, Vice President of the Federal Constitutional Court
- 2007 : Luther Ingram , American soul singer and songwriter
- 2008 : Arthur C. Clarke , British science fiction writer
- 2008 : Hugo Claus , Flemish writer
- 2008 : Paul Scofield , British theater and film actor
- 2009 : Gertrud Fussenegger , Austrian writer
- 2011 : Patrick Vincent Ahern , American clergyman, auxiliary bishop
- 2011 : Jörn Klamroth , German television producer
- 2011 : Gustav Lantschner , Austrian-German ski racer
- 2011 : Werner Remmers , German economist and politician
- 2011 : Otto Schlichter , German lawyer, Vice President of the Federal Administrative Court
- 2014 : Hilderaldo Bellini , Brazilian soccer player
- 2017 : Roger Pingeon , French cyclist
- 2018 : Jürg Laederach , Swiss writer
- 2018 : Keith Patrick O'Brien , British Cardinal
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Joseph of Nazareth , foster father of Jesus (Anglican, Protestant, Catholic)
- St. Joseph's Day (Catholic)
- Michael Weisse , religious, priest, pastor, poet (Protestant)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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