March, 20th

The March 20 is the 79th day of the Gregorian calendar (80th in leap years ), thus remain 286 days by year end. The spring equinox takes place on March 20 or 21 . In the Iranian calendar , March 21st is usually New Year's Day (but sometimes March 20th or 22nd).

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Events

Politics and world events

• 44 BC Chr. : During the funeral of Julius Caesar reads Mark Antony , a friend and fellow consul, before the speaker's platform in the Roman Forum , the testament of the murdered and shows the Romans the bloody, 23 stabs torn robe of the dictator .
• 1381 : The second Rheinische Städtebund is established. It will be enlarged in the further course of the year by merging with the Swabian City Association to form the South German City Association . Medium-sized imperial cities in particular want to use the alliance to protect themselves against the territorial desires of neighboring rulers.

1413: Henry V.

• 1413 : Henry V succeeds his father Henry IV after his death as the second king of the House of Lancaster to the English throne.

1525: The twelve articles

• 1525 : Representatives of three Upper Swabian peasant groups adopt the Twelve Articles as their manifesto and the Federal Order as the constitution of the Upper Swabian Confederation during the German Peasant War in the free imperial city of Memmingen, which they sympathize with . They are considered to be the first written human rights in the world and the first constituent assembly in Germany.
• 1739 : After tumults in the population of Delhi , who resisted the collection of assets by Persian soldiers, a massacre begins in the city on the orders of the warlord Nadir Shah , killing at least 20,000 people.
• 1792 : The French National Assembly permits the use of the guillotine .
• 1799 : As part of his Egyptian campaign in the Second Coalition War , Napoleon Bonaparte begins the siege of the Syrian city of Acre , which he has to break off after 61 days without result.
• 1800 : In the battle of Heliopolis , the French expeditionary army under the command of Jean-Baptiste Kléber defeats Ottoman troops under the Grand Vizier Yusuf Pascha.
• 1814 : During the Wars of Liberation , the two-day battle begins at Arcis-sur-Aube between the French army under Napoleon Bonaparte and an Austrian army three times as large under Field Marshal Karl Philipp zu Schwarzenberg .
• 1815 : Napoleon Bonaparte , who fled exile on Elba, moves into Paris during his “ Reign of the Hundred Days ” .

1848: The Fall of the Angel , satirical depiction of the affair

• 1848 : During the March Revolution, Ludwig I abdicated as King of Bavaria in favor of his son Maximilian II, not least because of his affair with the dancer Lola Montez .

1890: Punch caricature for Bismarck's dismissal

• 1890 : Otto von Bismarck is dismissed as German Chancellor according to his request after a dispute over competencies between him and Kaiser Wilhelm II . Leo von Caprivi becomes the new Chancellor .
• 1913 : Song Jiaoren , a promising Kuomintang candidate for the post of prime minister in the Republic of China , is shot by an assassin and dies two days later. The authoritarian ruling President Yuan Shikai is believed to have been the mastermind behind the attack.
• 1919 : With the huelga de La Canadiense , the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo enforces the eight-hour day in Spain .
• 1921 : In the referendum in the wake of the Versailles Treaty in Upper Silesia, with a turnout of 98%, 59.6% vote to remain in the German Reich, 40.4% for Poland. As a result, the third uprising of Poles against the Germans in Upper Silesia begins on May 2nd .
• 1942 : In retaliation for the murder of two German police officers, 100 residents of the Polish city of Zgierz are shot by the National Socialists.
• 1945 : One month before Adolf Hitler's 56th birthday, the Reich Youth Leader Artur Axmann u. a. twenty Hitler Youths in the courtyard of the New Reich Chancellery to be personally awarded the Iron Cross by Hitler . This is considered Hitler's last public appearance and was captured on film and photographically.
• 1948 : German division : The Soviet military governor Wassili Danilowitsch Sokolowski leaves the Allied Control Council in protest against the London Six Power Conference , which never meets again.
• 1956 : Tunisia , a French protectorate since 1881 , gains full independence from France .
• 1986 : Jacques Chirac becomes Prime Minister of France for the second time following the election victory of his Rassemblement pour la République party . The first cohabitation took place with the socialist François Mitterrand as president.
• 1995 : Members of the Japanese organization Ōmu Shinrikyō carry out a poison gas attack with sarin in the Tokyo subway . 13 people are killed and over 6,000 are injured.
• 2001 : At the founding congress of the services union Ver.di is Frank Bsirske elected chairman.
• 2003 : Before daybreak, the Third Gulf War of the " Coalition of the Willing " under the leadership of the United States against Iraq begins with a targeted bombing of Baghdad .
• 2016 : With Barack Obama , a US president visits Cuba for the first time in 88 years and thus sets a temporary high point in the thaw in bilateral relations that began during his second term in office .
• 2019 : The capital of Kazakhstan is named Nur-Sultan (previously: Astana ) in honor of the long-time President Nursultan Nazarbayev .

economy

1602: The seal of the company

• 1602 : On the occasion of its establishment, the Dutch East India Company offers a partnership in the company by means of share certificates . These can be described as the first stocks in economic history.
• 1883 : The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property , one of the first international treaties in the field of industrial property , is concluded in Paris by 11 states . Today 171 nations belong to the treaty.
• 1949 : In the three western sectors of Berlin , the DM becomes the sole legal tender . The Western Allies thereby end the Ostmark that has been valid since the currency reform .
• 1970 : Federal President Gustav Heinemann opens Terminal 1 at Cologne / Bonn Airport .
• 1972 : The Seychelles International Airport is opened by the British Queen Elizabeth II .

science and technology

1591: Rialto Bridge (illustration from 1694)

• 1591 : The completed Rialto Bridge in Venice is open to traffic.
• 1781 : Pierre Méchain is the first to observe the galaxies Messier 95 and Messier 96 in the constellation Leo .
• 1786 : King Gustav III. founds the Svenska Academies in Stockholm to promote the Swedish language and literature based on the model of the Académie française .

1800: Scheme of a voltaic column

• 1800 : Alessandro Volta informs the Royal Society in London about a power source he devised, the principle of which is known as the voltaic column .
• 1882 : The French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan discovers a collection of galaxies that would later become known as Seyfert's Sextet .
• 1916 : Albert Einstein publishes the article The basis of general relativity theory in the journal Annalen der Physik . He traces the gravitation back to a geometric phenomenon in a curved 4-dimensional space-time .
• 1964 : The agreement of June 14, 1962 establishing the European Space Research Organization ( ESRO ) comes into force. It is one of the predecessor organizations of the European Space Agency ( ESA ).

1973: Eider Barrage

• 1973 : The largest coastal protection structure in Germany, the Eider Barrage , is inaugurated near Tönning in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein .
• 2008 : Emirates is the first airline in the world to offer the option of using your mobile phone to make calls during the flight.

Culture

• 1212 : The founding of the Leipzig St. Thomas Choir is confirmed by a certificate sealed by Emperor Otto IV at the Frankfurt Reichstag .

1852: Uncle Tom's Cabin

• 1852 : The novel Onkel Toms Hütte ( Uncle Tom's Cabin ) by Harriet Beecher Stowe is published for the first time in book form with a circulation of 5,000 copies. The work is out of stock within 48 hours.
• 1896 : The first documented public film screening in Austria takes place in the Vienna Teaching and Research Institute for Photography and Reproduction Processes by the Lumière brothers .
• 1925 : The world premiere of the opera The Garden of Mystery of Charles Wakefield Cadman place at the Metropolitan Opera held in New York City.

1931: Gripsholm Castle

• 1931 : The Berliner Tageblatt begins preprinting Tucholsky's story, Gripsholm Castle .
• 1937 : The ballet Die Kirmes von Delft by Sonja Korty (choreography and libretto) based on music by Hermann Reutter is premiered in Baden-Baden as part of the music festival of the International Society for New Music .
• 1939 : In the courtyard of the main fire station in Berlin-Kreuzberg , thousands of works of art from public collections ostracized by the National Socialists as degenerate art are burned.
• 1963 : Friedrich Dürrenmatt's comedy Hercules and the Augean Stable premieres in the Schauspielhaus Zurich .
• 1965 : France Gall wins the Grand Prix d'Eurovision de la Chanson with the title Poupée de cire, poupée de son .
• 1992 : The Paul Verhoeven film Basic Instinct starts in cinemas in the United States, starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone .
• 2010 : One day before Johann Sebastian Bach's 325th birthday, the Leipzig Bach Museum is reopened by Federal President Horst Köhler .
• 2010 : In Freiburg im Breisgau , the Augustinermuseum was reopened in a former monastery, showing exhibits from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.

society

1703: The graves of the Rōnin in Sengaku-ji

• 1703 : The 46 Rōnin sentenced to death after revenge for the death of their prince in Edo commit seppuku on the orders of the Japanese Shogun .
• 1899 : Martha M. Place is found guilty of the murder of her stepdaughter in New York and becomes the first woman to be sentenced to death in an electric chair .
• 1969 : The "Beatles" member John Lennon and the artist Yoko Ono get married in Gibraltar .

religion

1393: Nepomuk statue on Charles Bridge in Prague

• 1393 : Johannes Nepomuk , Vicar General of the Archbishop of Prague, is captured, tortured and finally drowned in the Vltava by King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia after church intrigues . He is considered a martyr of the Catholic Church.

Disasters

• 1731 : The Italian city of Foggia is partially destroyed by an earthquake. There are about 2,000 dead.
• 1760 : The “Great Fire of Boston ” destroys 349 buildings, about a tenth of the city.
• 1861 : An earthquake destroys the western Argentine city of Mendoza . An estimated 6,000 deaths, around a third of the population, are to be mourned.
• 1912 : The passenger liner Koombana is sunk by a cyclone on the coast of the Australian state of Western Australia . All 138 people on board die.

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

Sports

• 1966 : From London's Westminster Central Hall is Coupe Jules Rimet , the trophy of the World Cup Soccer Championships stolen. He was found in a front yard by the dog Pickles a week later .
• 1993 : The professional boxer Henry Maske from Frankfurt (Oder) wins the world light heavyweight championship by beating the American Charles Williams on points .
• 2002 : At the World Figure Skating Championship in Nagano, Japan, Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo from China win the pair skating title.

Entries of athletics world records can be found under the respective discipline under athletics .

Born

Before the 18th century

• 0043 BC BC : Ovid , Roman poet
• 1142 : Malcolm IV , King of Scotland
• 1224 : Sophie of Brabant , Duchess of Brabant
• 1298 : Thomas Wake, 2nd Baron Wake , English nobleman and military man
• 1320 : Lawrence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke , English magnate and military

Joan of Portugal (* 1439)

• 1439 : Joan of Portugal , Infanta of Portugal and Queen of Castile
• 1469 : Cecily of York , English princess
• 1479 : Ippolito I. d'Este , Archbishop and Cardinal
• 1502 : Pierino Belli , Piedmontese soldier and lawyer
• 1531 : Johann Sagittarius , German Protestant theologian
• 1559 : Johann Friedrich Schröter , German medic
• 1591 : Philipp Wilhelm von Innhausen and Knyphausen , East Frisian local politician
• 1606 : Georg von Derfflinger , Brandenburg General Field Marshal
• 1633 : Jan de Baen , Dutch portrait painter
• 1634 : Balthasar Bekker , German-Dutch theologian and philosopher
• 1635 : Elisabeth Amalie of Hessen-Darmstadt , Electress of the Palatinate
• 1664 : Johann Baptist Homann , German cartographer, publisher and engraver
• 1676 : Johann Heinrich Schramm , German theologian
• 1690 : Giuseppe Gonzaga , Duke of Guastalla
• 1691 : Dorothea Wilhelmine von Sachsen-Zeitz , Countess of Hessen-Kassel
• 1693 : Friedrich Wilhelm von Borcke , privy councilor and minister in Brandenburg-Prussia and Hesse-Kassel
• 1700 : Benedykt Chmielowski , Polish priest and encyclopaedist

18th century

• 1716 : Guillaume Coustou the Younger , French sculptor
• 1717 : Johann Gottlob Böhme , German historian
• 1717 : Georg Peter Zenckel , German Protestant theologian and university professor

Abdülhamid I (* 1725)

• 1725 : Abdülhamid I , Ottoman Sultan
• 1731 : Justus Christian Hennings , German moral philosopher and enlightener
• 1735 : Torbern Olof Bergman , Swedish chemist
• 1737 : Rama I , Siamese king
• 1741 : Jean-Antoine Houdon , French sculptor
• 1741 : Meinard Tydeman the Elder , Dutch jurist and historian
• 1744 : Johann von Ewald , Danish general
• 1760 : Joseph Christian Lillie , Danish architect
• 1761 : Helias Meder , German Reformed theologian in East Friesland
• 1763 : Christian Karl André , German educator and farmer
• 1765 : Hermann Arntzenius , Dutch legal scholar
• 1767 : Toussaint Charbonneau , French-Canadian explorer and trader, member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Friedrich Hölderlin (* 1770)

• 1770 : Friedrich Hölderlin , German poet and lyric poet, tutor and librarian
• 1770 : Johann Gottfried Tulla , German engineer in Baden, responsible for straightening the Upper Rhine
• 1771 : Heinrich Clauren , German writer
• 1774 : John Braham , English opera singer
• 1788 : Ludwig Bernhard Schmid , German clergyman and missionary
• 1791 : Marie Ellenrieder , German painter
• 1794 : René Primevère Lesson , French doctor and naturalist
• 1796 : Edward Gibbon Wakefield , British statesman

19th century

1801-1850

• 1803 : Franz Kirchgeßner , German lawyer
• 1806 : Désiré Nisard , French literary historian
• 1808 : Antoine Étex , French sculptor, painter, architect and writer
• 1809 : Georg Varrentrapp , German medic
• 1811 : Napoleon Franz Bonaparte , Duke of Reichstadt, son of Napoléon I.
• 1811 : Otto Kohlrausch , German doctor
• 1820 : Alexandru Ioan Cuza , founder and first prince of Romania
• 1822 : Karl Braun , German politician
• 1824 : Theodor von Heuglin , German Africa and polar explorer
• 1827 : Alfred Assolant , French writer
• 1827 : Alexander Spengler , doctor and revolutionary from Baden
• 1828 : Friedrich Karl von Prussia , general in the Prussian army

Henrik Ibsen (* 1828)

• 1828 : Henrik Ibsen , Norwegian playwright
• 1831 : Theodor Aman , Romanian painter
• 1831 : Isabel Burton , British travel writer
• 1831 : Moritz von Dobschütz , German entrepreneur
• 1834 : Charles William Eliot , American chemist
• 1840 : Franz Mertens , German mathematician
• 1845 : William Richard Gowers , British neurologist
• 1846 : Augusta Bender , German women's rights activist, writer
• 1846 : Rudolf Hirzel , German classical philologist
• 1847 : Gavriil Musicescu , Romanian composer
• 1848 : Friedrich Karl Henkel , German entrepreneur, founder of the Henkel Group
• 1849 : Henri Dallier , French composer and organist
• 1849 : Henry Petersen , Danish archaeologist

1851-1900

John Franklin Fort (* 1852)

• 1852 : John Franklin Fort , American politician
• 1854 : Claudius Blanc , French composer
• 1856 : Frederick Winslow Taylor , American engineer and ergonomist, founder of Taylorism
• 1856 : Gaetano Bisleti , cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• 1859 : Ludwig Auspitz , German theater actor and opera singer
• 1860 : Alfred Gercke , German classical philologist
• 1862 : Adolf Braun , Austro-German social democratic politician and journalist
• 1870 : Arthur Eloesser , German journalist and literary historian
• 1870 : Ernst Lejeune , German businessman and numismatist
• 1870 : Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck , German general and writer
• 1872 : Bernhard Goldenberg , German manager
• 1874 : Börries von Münchhausen , German writer and poet
• 1875 : Ben Fuller , Australian theater entrepreneur
• 1877 : Tiberiu Brediceanu , Romanian composer
• 1877 : CJ van Ledden Hulsebosch , Dutch pharmacist, chemist and criminalist
• 1879 : Emil Lueken , German lawyer, politician
• 1880 : Magda Trott , German writer and women's rights activist
• 1881 : Madame d'Ora , Austrian photographer
• 1881 : Leberecht Migge , German landscape architect
• 1881 : Eugène Schueller , French chemist, founder of L'Oréal

René Coty (* 1882)

• 1882 : René Coty , President of the French Fourth Republic
• 1882 : Arnold Heim , Swiss geologist
• 1882 : Harold Weber , American golfer
• 1883 : Martin Karl Hasse , German university professor, composer and music writer
• 1883 : George Wallach , British cross and long distance runner
• 1884 : Eugen Herrigel , German philosopher
• 1884 : Philipp Frank , German philosopher, physicist and mathematician
• 1884 : José Cavaquinho , Brazilian cavaquinho player, guitarist, flautist, conductor and composer
• 1884 : Sócrates Nolasco , Dominican writer, essayist, historian, politician and diplomat
• 1887 : Joseph Orbeli , Armenian orientalist
• 1888 : Franz Dornseiff , German classical philologist
• 1888 : Krsto Odak , Croatian composer
• 1888 : Renée Sintenis , German sculptor and graphic artist
• 1888 : Siegfried von Vegesack , German writer
• 1890 : Lauritz Melchior , Danish hero tenor

Beniamino Gigli (* 1890)

• 1890 : Beniamino Gigli , Italian opera singer and film actor
• 1890 : Elna Jørgen-Jensen , Danish ballet dancer and choreographer
• 1890 : Franz Winkler , Austrian politician
• 1891 : Edmund Goulding , British-American film director
• 1891 : Karl Meitmann , German politician, MdL, MdB
• 1892 : Ludwig Crüwell , German general
• 1892 : Mort Dixon , American musician, songwriter, and lyricist
• 1894 : Hans Langsdorff , German naval officer
• 1895 : Robert Benoist , French resistance fighter and racing car driver
• 1895 : Albert Hensel , German resistance fighter
• 1896 : Gilberte de Courgenay , soldier idol
• 1897 : Frank Hutchison , American old-time musician
• 1899 : Gunther Ipsen , Austrian sociologist and philosopher

20th century

1901-1925

• 1901 : Josef Adamczyk , German politician
• 1902 : Mario Magnozzi , Italian football player and coach
• 1903 : Arthur Kleiner , Austrian-American film composer
• 1903 : Vincent Richards , American tennis player
• 1903 : Josef Trischler , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1904 : Walter Elsasser , German-American physicist

BF Skinner (* 1904)

• 1904 : BF Skinner , American psychologist
• 1905 : Raymond Bernard Cattell , British-American psychologist
• 1906 : Abraham D. Beame , American politician, Mayor of New York City
• 1907 : Ellis Arnall , American politician
• 1907 : Helmut Echternach , German theologian and bishop
• 1908 : Kermit Murdock , American actor
• 1908 : Michael Redgrave , British actor
• 1910 : Helmut Bertram , German politician, MdB, MEP
• 1910 : Erwin Blask , German athlete, Olympic medalist
• 1911 : Arthur Knautz , German field handball player
• 1911 : Alfonso García Robles , Mexican politician, Nobel Prize winner
• 1912 : Harry F. Klinefelter , American endocrinologist
• 1915 : Rudolf Kirchschläger , Austrian judge, diplomat and politician, Federal President
• 1915 : Svyatoslaw Teofilowitsch Richter , Soviet pianist

Pierre Messmer (* 1916)

• 1916 : Pierre Messmer , French Prime Minister
• 1917 : Augustin Augustinović , Croatian religious priest, missionary and writer
• 1917 : Jigael Jadin , Israeli archaeologist
• 1917 : Vera Lynn , British singer
• 1917 : Gottfried Schädlich , German officer and writer
• 1918 : Bernd Alois Zimmermann , German composer
• 1919 : Gerhard Barkhorn , German air force officer and fighter pilot
• 1919 : Ernst Topitsch , Austrian philosopher and sociologist
• 1920 : Andrée Chedid , French writer of Lebanese origin
• 1920 : Bienvenido Fabián , Dominican composer, pianist and singer
• 1920 : Werner Klemperer , German-American actor and musician
• 1920 : Marian McPartland , British jazz pianist
• 1921 : Rudolf Noelte , German theater director
• 1922 : Irina Alexandrovna Antonowa , Russian art historian and museum director
• 1922 : Carl Reiner , American actor and director
• 1923 : Ralph Giordano , German journalist, writer and director
• 1924 : Walter Klingenbeck , German resistance fighter
• 1925 : Günter Discher , German music historian
• 1925 : John Ehrlichman , American lawyer and politician, White House legal advisor, key figure in the Watergate affair

1926-1950

• 1926 : Friedel Schirmer , German decathlete, Member of the Bundestag
• 1927 : Dewey Balfa , American Cajun musician
• 1927 : John Joubert , British composer
• 1928 : Inés Arredondo , Mexican writer

Rudi Glöckner (* 1929)

• 1929 : Rudi Glöckner , German soccer referee
• 1929 : Arna Mer-Chamis , Israeli human rights activist
• 1929 : Josef Reding , German writer
• 1930 : Marie Nejar , German pop singer and actress
• 1930 : Thomas Stafford Williams , Archbishop of Wellington and Cardinal
• 1931 : Antonio Tauriello , Argentine composer, conductor and pianist
• 1932 : Jürgen Warnke , German politician
• 1933 : Henryk Muszyński , Polish Archbishop
• 1933 : Michael Pflegehar , German film director
• 1933 : Azeglio Vicini , Italian football player and coach
• 1934 : Peter Berling , German author and actor
• 1934 : David Malouf , Australian author
• 1935 : Óscar Chávez , Mexican actor and singer
• 1935 : Sam Lay , American blues singer and drummer
• 1936 : Marie Daveluy , Canadian singer and music teacher
• 1936 : Lee Perry , Jamaican music producer
• 1937 : Lois Lowry , American writer for children and young people
• 1937 : Helmut Recknagel , German ski jumper and jumping judge
• 1937 : Jerry Reed , American country singer
• 1939 : Wolfgang Deichsel , German author and theater maker
• 1939 : Brian Mulroney , Prime Minister of Canada
• 1939 : Giorgio Rossano , Italian football player
• 1940 : Cees Andriessen , Dutch painter, sculptor and printmaker
• 1940 : Mary Ellen Mark , American photographer
• 1940 : Giampiero Moretti , Italian racing driver and entrepreneur
• 1943 : Helga Korén , German actress
• 1943 : Gerard Malanga , American writer, photographer, and filmmaker
• 1943 : Reinhard Schermann , German local politician
• 1944 : Christa Czekay , German athlete

Erwin Neher (* 1944)

• 1944 : Erwin Neher , German scientist, Nobel Prize winner
• 1944 : Dieter Wolst , German federal judge
• 1945 : Frank Ankersmit , Dutch professor of intellectual history and historical theory
• 1945 : Roger Magnusson , Swedish football player
• 1945 : Pat Riley , American basketball coach
• 1946 : Klaus Ackermann , German soccer player
• 1947 : John Boswell , American historian
• 1947 : Samuel Kobia , Kenyan theologian and WCC general secretary
• 1948 : John de Lancie , American actor
• 1948 : Bobby Orr , Canadian ice hockey player
• 1949 : Marcia Ball , American blues singer and pianist
• 1949 : Josip Bozanić , Archbishop of Zagreb and Cardinal
• 1950 : Linda Aronson , British writer
• 1950 : William Hurt , American actor
• 1950 : Carl Palmer , British musician
• 1950 : Franz Josef Radermacher , German mathematician and economist

1951-1975

• 1951 : Martin Ahrends , German writer and editor
• 1951 : Jimmie Vaughan , American blues rock guitarist and singer
• 1952 : Geoff Brabham , Australian racing car driver
• 1953 : Alicia Kozameh , Argentine writer
• 1954 : Patrick Abada , French pole vaulter
• 1954 : Renate Adolph , German journalist and politician
• 1954 : Rudi Margreiter , Swiss pop singer
• 1954 : Christoph Ransmayr , Austrian writer

Louis Sachar (* 1954)

• 1954 : Louis Sachar , American writer
• 1954 : Charlie Simmer , Canadian ice hockey player
• 1955 : Volker Schneider , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1956 : Catherine Margaret Ashton , British politician
• 1956 : Timothy Mahr , American composer and music teacher
• 1956 : Minken Fosheim , Norwegian actress and children's book author
• 1957 : Spike Lee , American film director
• 1957 : Theresa Russell , American actress
• 1958 : Holly Hunter , American actress

Sting (born 1959)

• 1959 : Sting , American wrestler
• 1959 : Martin Short , British racing car driver
• 1960 : Henning Heske , German poet and essayist
• 1960 : Norbert Pohlmann , German computer scientist and professor at the Gelsenkirchen University of Applied Sciences
• 1961 : Ingrid Arndt-Brauer , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1961 : Maja Maranow , German actress
• 1962 : Christoph Lauenstein , German filmmaker
• 1962 : Wolfgang Lauenstein , German filmmaker
• 1962 : Stephen Sommers , American film producer, screenwriter and director

Stephan Ackermann (* 1963)

• 1963 : Stephan Ackermann , Bishop of Trier / Germany
• 1963 : Paul Annacone , American tennis player
• 1963 : Andreï Sokolov , French chess master
• 1963 : David Thewlis , British actor
• 1964 : Natacha Atlas , Belgian musician
• 1967 : Xavier Beauvois , French actor, director and screenwriter
• 1967 : Yukito Kishiro , Japanese mangaka
• 1967 : Lara Naszinsky , German actress
• 1967 : Jonas Thern , Swedish football player
• 1967 : Miriam Vogt , German ski racer
• 1968 : John Kocinski , American motorcycle racer
• 1968 : Jörg Kunze , German handball player
• 1968 : Lawrence Makoare , New Zealand actor
• 1968 : Alexander Strehmel , German soccer player
• 1969 : Simon Busuttil , Maltese politician

Bernhard Hoëcker (* 1970)

• 1970 : Bernhard Hoëcker , German actor, comedy performer and presenter
• 1970 : Alice Psaroudaki , German ballet dancer, choreographer and dance teacher
• 1971 : Monique Kavelaars , Canadian fencer
• 1971 : Oliver Sturm , German soccer player
• 1973 : Ádám Szabó , Hungarian archaeologist, historian and museum curator
• 1974 : Mattias Asper , Swedish football goalkeeper
• 1974 : Anna Grisebach , German actress
• 1974 : Janine Kunze , German actress
• 1974 : Manuela Lutze , German rowing athlete, Olympic champion
• 1974 : Carsten Ramelow , German soccer player
• 1975 : Djamel Ainaoui , French wrestler
• 1975 : Hans Petter Buraas , Norwegian ski racer
• 1975 : Isolde Kostner , Italian skier

1976-2000

• 1976 : Chester Bennington , American singer
• 1976 : Kristian Hammer , Norwegian Nordic combined

Jens Petersen (* 1976)

• 1976 : Jens Petersen , German writer and doctor
• 1977 : Tor Hogne Aarøy , Norwegian football player
• 1977 : Bryan Adams , Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 : Balázs Ekker , Hungarian dancer
• 1978 : Mike Adler , German actor and rapper
• 1978 : Susanne Berckhemer , German actress
• 1979 : Freema Agyeman , British actress
• 1980 : Philipp Bönig , German soccer player
• 1980 : Surprise Moriri , South African soccer player
• 1981 : Khalid Askri , Moroccan football goalkeeper
• 1981 : Thomas Augustinussen , Danish football player
• 1981 : Celso Esquivel , Paraguayan soccer player
• 1981 : Ian Murray , Scottish soccer player

Tatjana Kästel (* 1982)

• 1982 : Tatjana Kästel , German actress
• 1982 : José Moreira , Portuguese football player
• 1982 : Christoph Vetter , German handball player
• 1983 : Michael Cassidy , American actor
• 1983 : Thomas Kahlenberg , Danish football player
• 1983 : Eiji Kawashima , Japanese soccer player
• 1983 : Jenni Vartiainen , Finnish pop singer
• 1984 : Robert Almer , Austrian soccer player
• 1984 : César Ferreira Cattaruzzi , Brazilian soccer player
• 1984 : Katharina Hartwell , German writer
• 1984 : Fernando Torres , Spanish soccer player
• 1985 : Morgan Amalfitano , French football player

Gergely Antal (* 1985)

• 1985 : Gergely Antal , Hungarian chess master
• 1985 : Eugene Boateng , German actor, choreographer, dancer and model
• 1985 : Nicolas Lombaerts , Belgian football player
• 1985 : Martin Vingaard , Danish football player
• 1986 : Rok Benkovič , Slovenian ski jumper
• 1986 : Maxime Martin , Belgian racing driver
• 1986 : Román Torres , Panamanian soccer player
• 1987 : Jô , Brazilian soccer player
• 1987 : Nizamettin Çalışkan , Turkish football player
• 1987 : Julian FM Stoeckel , German actor
• 1987 : Rollo Weeks , British actor
• 1989 : Xavier Dolan , French-Canadian film producer and actor
• 1990 : René Vollath , German soccer player
• 1991 : Jeon So-nee , South Korean actress
• 1991 : Alexis Pinturault , French ski racer
• 1991 : Oliver Webb , British racing driver
• 1992 : Lindsay Andretta , American actress
• 1992 : Lara Arruabarrena , Spanish tennis player
• 1992 : Yeni Asmarani , Indonesian badminton player
• 1993 : Thomas Karaoglan , German pop singer
• 1994 : Joshua Brenet , Dutch soccer player
• 1996 : Pascal Stenzel , German soccer player
• 1998 : Vitor Baptista , Brazilian racing car driver
• 1998 : Lee Suji , South Korean singer

Died

Before the 16th century

• 0687 : Cuthbert of Lindisfarne , Bishop of Lindisfarne
• 0729 : Nagaya , Japanese prince (* 684 ?)
• 0851 : Irmingard von Tours , wife of Emperor Lothar I.
• 0851 : Ebo of Reims , Archbishop of Reims and Bishop of Hildesheim
• 1036 : Wilhelm , Count of Friesach and Trixen, Margrave of Soune
• 1239 : Hermann von Salza , Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
• 1325 : William Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby , English nobleman
• 1351 : Muhammad bin Tughluq , Sultan of Delhi
• 1352 : Obizzo III. d'Este , Lord of Ferrara and Modena
• 1390 : Alexios III. , Emperor and Grand Commander of Trebizond
• 1393 : Johannes Nepomuk , martyr
• 1413 : Henry IV , King of England since 1399, founder of the House of Lancaster
• 1435 : Niccolò da Tolentino , Italian condottiere, marshal and lord of the castle
• 1439 : Thomas Peuntner , Austrian theologian; Author of several edification writings
• 1440 : Sigismund Kęstutaitis , Prince of Mosyr, Nowogrodek, Starodub and Grand Prince of Lithuania

16th to 18th century

• 1516 : Battista Mantovano , Italian poet and humanist
• 1543 : Johann Feige , Hessian lawyer and statesman

Thomas Seymour († 1549)

• 1549 : Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley , English nobleman, military leader, diplomat and politician
• 1568 : Albrecht von Brandenburg-Ansbach , first Duke of Prussia
• 1568 : Anna Maria , Duchess of Prussia
• 1616 : Augustin Haffner , Mayor of Vienna
• 1619 : Matthias , Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary
• 1649 : John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett , English nobleman, military man and politician
• 1653 : Wolfgang Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg , Duke of Pfalz-Neuburg and Jülich-Berg
• 1687 : Magdalena Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth , Electress of Saxony
• 1688 : Marie von Oranien-Nassau , Countess Palatine von Simmern
• 1691 : Dorothea Wilhelmine von Sachsen-Zeitz , Countess of Hessen-Kassel
• 1703 : Johannes Kunckel , German alchemist and glassmaker
• 1705 : Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus , Duke of Bavaria-Leuchtenberg and Regent of the Electorate of Bavaria
• 1705 : Martin Trumler , Italian sculptor
• 1707 : Juliane Elisabeth von Waldeck , German nobleman and benefactress
• 1710 : Johann Joseph von Breuner , Archbishop of Prague
• 1711 : Gotthilf Treuer , German poet and poet
• 1746 : Nicolas de Largillière , French painter
• 1757 : Johann Paul Kunzen , German organist and composer
• 1763 : Maximilian Hellmann , Austrian musician
• 1767 : Firmin Abauzit , French scholar
• 1771 : Louis-Michel van Loo , French portrait painter
• 1778 : Adam Friedrich von Arnstedt , Prussian colonel
• 1781 : Vincent Rumpff , Mayor of Hamburg
• 1799 : Manuel Antonio Flórez , Spanish officer, colonial administrator and viceroy of New Granada and New Spain

19th century

• 1812 : Johann Ladislaus Dussek , Czech pianist and composer
• 1816 : Maria I , Queen of Portugal and Queen of Brazil
• 1816 : Eberhard von der Recke , Knight of the Black Eagle Order, German lawyer and politician
• 1818 : Johann Nikolaus Forkel , German musician and music historian
• 1834 : Michael Schuster , Bohemian lawyer and university professor
• 1837 : Gottfried Bandhauer , German architect and designer

Caspar Voght († 1839)

• 1839 : Caspar Voght , Hamburg merchant and social reformer
• 1840 : Dietrich Friedrich von Holstein , German officer
• 1840 : Maximilian Friedrich Scheibler , German clergyman
• 1842 : Jacob Auch , German watchmaker, instrument maker and calculating machine designer
• 1844 : Peter Buell Porter , US politician, general and Secretary of War
• 1845 : Johannes Friedrich Ludwig Schröder , German Lutheran theologian and mathematician
• 1847 : Mademoiselle Mars , French actress
• 1850 : Vinzenz Adelmann , German medic
• 1851 : Karl Gustav Hesse , German medic and writer
• 1855 : Elisa von Ahlefeldt , German-Danish noblewoman
• 1855 : Joseph Aspdin , British inventor
• 1866 : Rikard Nordraak , Norwegian composer

Hans Christian Lumbye († 1874)

• 1874 : Hans Christian Lumbye , Danish composer
• 1876 : Alois Boczek , Austrian tax officer, journalist, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
• 1878 : Robert Mayer , German doctor and physicist
• 1880 : Wilhelm Philipp Schimper , Alsatian botanist and paleobotanist
• 1880 : Joaquim Calado , Brazilian flautist and composer
• 1884 : Vladimir Fyodorowitsch Adlerberg , Russian general and minister
• 1887 : Pawel Wassiljewitsch Annenkow , Russian landowner
• 1894 : Lajos Kossuth , Hungarian lawyer, politician and freedom fighter
• 1895 : Ludwig Schläfli , Swiss mathematician
• 1896 : Christian Nikolaus Schnittger , German painter, draftsman and photographer
• 1898 : Aristide Hignard , French composer
• 1898 : Karl August Tavaststjerna , Finnish writer

20th century

1901-1950

• 1906 : William Carlile Arnold , American politician

Ernst von Heynitz († 1912)

• 1912 : Ernst von Heynitz , German officer, farmer and landowner
• 1919 : Paul Wachtsmuth , German-Baltic pastor and Protestant martyr
• 1920 : Eva Mylott , Australian opera singer
• 1925 : George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston , British politician
• 1929 : Ferdinand Foch , French Marshal in the First World War
• 1931 : Hermann Müller , German politician
• 1933 : Jefferson De Angelis , American actor and singer
• 1934 : Emma von Waldeck and Pyrmont , wife of King Willem III of the Netherlands, mother of Queen Wilhelmina
• 1939 : Paul Arndt , German communist and resistance fighter
• 1940 : Johann Gottlieb von Langen , German industrialist
• 1940 : Alfred Ploetz , German doctor and racist
• 1942 : Vasily Pavlovich Kalafati , Russian composer
• 1942 : Teodoro Valcárcel , Peruvian composer
• 1943 : Frank Orren Lowden , American politician

Arthur von Weinberg († 1943)

• 1943 : Arthur von Weinberg , German chemist and honorary citizen of Frankfurt am Main
• 1944 : Felix Woyrsch , German composer and music director
• 1945 : Karl d'Angelo , German print shop owner, member of the SS, concentration camp leader, police director
• 1945 : Erhard Auer , German politician and first Bavarian Minister of the Interior
• 1946 : Henry Handel Richardson , Australian writer
• 1947 : Victor Moritz Goldschmidt , German geochemist
• 1948 : Avedis Aharonian , Armenian politician, revolutionary and writer
• 1949 : Karl Neuner , German Nordic combined athlete
• 1950 : Walter Eucken , German economist

1951-2000

• 1951 : Kathleen Lockhart Manning , American composer
• 1951 : Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno , Equadorian politician and president
• 1952 : Mario Ajmone Cat , Italian general
• 1955 : Larry Crockett , American racing car driver

Wilhelm Miklas († 1956)

• 1956 : Wilhelm Miklas , Austrian politician, Federal President
• 1958 : Yvan Goor , Belgian cyclist and motorcycle racer
• 1960 : Régulo Rico , Venezuelan composer and music teacher
• 1961 : Emil Lueken , German Protestant lawyer, politician
• 1962 : Armando Annuale , Italian actor
• 1962 : Andrew Ellicott Douglass , American astronomer
• 1963 : Manuel Arteaga , Cuban clergyman, Archbishop of Havana and Cardinal
• 1963 : Karl Otten , German writer
• 1964 : Brendan Behan , Irish writer, journalist and IRA activist
• 1965 : Edward Archibald , Canadian pole vaulter
• 1967 : Ludwig von Ficker , Austrian writer and publisher
• 1968 : Charles Chaplin junior , American actor

Carl Theodor Dreyer († 1968)

• 1968 : Carl Theodor Dreyer , Danish silent film director
• 1968 : Kathleen Long , English pianist and music teacher
• 1972 : Marilyn Maxwell , American actress
• 1972 : Curt Proskauer , German-American dentist and medical historian
• 1973 : Frederick Levi Attenborough , British academic
• 1976 : Wilhelm Marschall , German naval officer
• 1978 : Hubertus Brieger , German pediatrician and professor
• 1978 : Robert Gilbert , German composer, lyricist, singer and actor
• 1981 : Väinö Auer , Finnish geologist and geographer
• 1981 : Edith Schultze-Westrum , German actress
• 1982 : Marietta Sergejewna Schaginjan , Soviet writer
• 1983 : Rainer Christlein , German prehistorian
• 1988 : Jeanne Behrend , American pianist
• 1988 : Gil Evans , Canadian jazz musician
• 1989 : Peter René Körner , German actor, singer and presenter
• 1989 : Armando Soto La Marina , Mexican actor
• 1990 : Hildegard Bienen , German visual artist
• 1990 : Maurice Cloche , French director, screenwriter and film producer
• 1990 : Lev Yashin , Russian football goalkeeper
• 1992 : George Whelan Anderson junior , American admiral
• 1992 : Georges Delerue , French film composer
• 1993 : Polycarp Kusch , American physicist
• 1995 : Michael Arneth , German theologian and teacher
• 1995 : Werner Liebrich , German soccer player and coach
• 1997 : Tony Zale , American boxer
• 1999 : Elsa Barraine , French composer

21st century

• 2000 : Johan Anthierens , Belgian journalist and writer

Samuel Warren Carey († 2002)

• 2002 : Samuel Warren Carey , Australian geologist
• 2003 : Gordian Troeller , Luxembourg documentary filmmaker
• 2004 : Juliana von Orange-Nassau , Queen of the Netherlands
• 2006 : Dominique Gauthier , Canadian doctor and folklore researcher
• 2007 : Albert Baez , American physicist
• 2008 : Alexandru Custov , Romanian football player
• 2008 : Nikolai Sergejewitsch Portugalow , Soviet journalist and politician
• 2010 : Ai , American poet and university professor
• 2010 : Naim Krieziu , Albanian football player
• 2010 : Erwin Lehn , German musician and orchestra leader
• 2010 : Robin Milner , British computer scientist
• 2011 : Bob Christo , Australian actor
• 2011 : Kurt Hauenstein , Austrian musician

NMZS († 2013)

• 2013 : NMZS , German rapper
• 2015 : Malcolm Fraser , Australian politician
• 2015 : AJ Pero , American drummer
• 2016 : Anker Jørgensen , Danish politician and Prime Minister
• 2017 : Hida Shuntarō , Japanese doctor
• 2017 : Buck Hill , American jazz musician
• 2017 : David Rockefeller , American bank manager and philanthropist
• 2017 : Leticia Ramos Shahani , Filipino politician
• 2018 : Manfred Prasser , German architect and engineer
• 2018 : Werner Mützel , German specialist publisher and media entrepreneur
• 2020 : Kenny Rogers , American country singer and songwriter

Holidays and memorial days

• Church memorial days
  • Cuthbert von Lindisfarne Bishop (Catholic / Anglican)
  • Herbert von Derwent Water Monk and Hermit (Catholic)
  • St. Martin of Braga , Abbot and Bishop (Catholic)
  • Albrecht (Prussia) , Duke (Protestant)

• Name days
  • Claudia , Irmgard , Wolfram

• State holidays and memorial days
  • Tunisia : independence from France (1956)

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

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