September 20th
The September 20 is the 263rd day of the Gregorian calendar (the 264th in leap years ), thus remain 102 days by year end.
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Politics and world events
- 331 BC Chr .: Alexander the great crosses the Tigris on the way to the conquest of the Persian heartland . During the night, a lunar eclipse occurs , which the Persians perceive as a bad omen.
- 1187: After winning the Battle of Hattin , Saladin begins the siege of Jerusalem , the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem .
- 1217: The Peace of Lambeth ends the First Barons' War in England.
- 1410: After Ruprecht's death , King Sigismund of Hungary is elected as his successor by three electors . Shortly afterwards, the other electors appoint Sigismund's cousin Jobst of Moravia as the anti-king.
- 1459: Bucharest is mentioned for the first time in a document.
- 1519: Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda and begins the first circumnavigation of the world .
- 1600: In the Nine Years' War between England and the Irish rebels , the battle of Moyry Pass begins, which lasts until October 9th .
- 1604: The three-year siege of Ostend by the Spaniards ends with the surrender of the Dutch garrison.
- 1697: The Peace of Rijswijk ends the Palatine War of Succession between France , England , Spain and the Netherlands .
- 1792: The cannonade of Valmy during the First Coalition War leads to the first defeat of Austria and Prussia against the French revolutionary army .
- 1792: The National Convention meets for the first time during the French Revolution .
- 1819: In Frankfurt, the Bundestag of the German Confederation confirms the rigid Karlsbad resolutions to combat liberal and national tendencies in Germany.
- 1835: In the south of Brazil , with the capture of the provincial capital, an uprising against the central government begins .
- 1854: In the Battle of the Alma, the Allied British and French win their first victory in the Crimean War .
- 1857: The British take back Delhi with loyal troops . The Indian uprising is weakened, especially since the nominal leader, Mughal Mughal Bahadur Shah II , is captured by British officer William Hodson after his hiding place is betrayed .
- 1863: The Battle of Chickamauga in the American Civil War ends with a Confederate victory .
- 1865: The February patent of February 26, 1861 is suspended by Emperor Franz Joseph I , but forms the basis for the later constitution of Cisleithanien .
- 1868: The Hungarian-Croatian settlement following the Austro-Hungarian settlement of 1867 stipulates that Croatia-Slavonia should have an independent regional administration and court organization.
- 1870: Bersaglieri cut a breach in the city wall of Rome . Through the subsequent occupation of Rome took place wins Italy 's complete unit . Rome becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Italy two weeks later .
- 1880: In Argentina , the city of Buenos Aires declares itself independent from the provincial government and at the same time the capital of the country.
- 1881: Chester A. Arthur is sworn in as the 21st President of the United States of America after the assassination of James A. Garfield .
- 1909: The British Parliament adopts the Act to constitute the Union of South Africa , of establishing the Union of South Africa leads.
- 1911: The British cruiser Hawke rams the Olympic , the largest passenger ship in the world, near Southampton . People are not harmed.
- 1913: The Social Democrats elect Hugo Haase and Friedrich Ebert in Jena as their party leaders.
- 1916: The first issue of the communist underground newspaper Spartakusbrief appears under the direction of Rosa Luxemburg .
- 1924: The German unified shorthand is introduced by a government resolution.
- 1930: Reich President Paul von Hindenburg appoints Major General Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord as Chief of Army Command.
- 1930: The Reich conference of the group of revolutionary pacifists takes place in the Berlin town hall ( center ) .
- 1932: In prison in Pune ( India ) begins Mahatma Gandhi 's hunger strike.
- 1943: French troops land in Corsica during World War II . At the same time the German troops leave Sardinia .
- 1945: The Allied Control Council holds its sixth meeting in Berlin , including a common policy for the equal treatment of all Germans (in all zones or sectors) is decided. Laws etc. should be made equally accessible to all.
- 1945: For the first through smuggling and care of refugees, displaced persons and returnees is in post-war Germany , the border transit camp Friedland furnished.
- 1949: After the first German Chancellor and his cabinet have been sworn in , Konrad Adenauer makes his government statement.
- 1951: The Swiss Council of States again rejects women's suffrage.
- 1951: The interzone agreement between the FRG and the GDR comes into force.
- 1954: The first Chinese constitution comes into force. It replaces the transitional laws of 1949 and guarantees various civil rights, but no separation of powers. The Communist Party is de facto above the constitution.
- 1955: The Soviet Union granted the GDR the full sovereignty . The act underpins the two-state theory announced a few months earlier with regard to Germany.
- 1956: In front of the Berlin House of Representatives, its President Willy Brandt announces that the one millionth refugee from the GDR has arrived at the Marienfelde emergency reception center ( Tempelhof ) and has applied for political asylum .
- 1972: Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt poses the vote of confidence in the German Bundestag , which the latter answered negatively: There are early elections.
- 1972: The setting up of bilingual place-name signs in the Austrian state of Carinthia encourages the place-name sign dispute . The tower of the village signs starts that night .
- 1978: The North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament elects Johannes Rau to succeed Heinz Kühn as prime minister.
- 1979: The Central African Empire is abolished and the Central African Republic restored through a coup against the Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa , who was in Libya .
- 1985: The French defense minister Charles Hernu needs because of it approved sinking of the Greenpeace -Schiffes Rainbow Warrior resign.
- 1990: South Ossetia , an autonomous area within the Soviet Union within the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic , declares itself independent from the latter.
- 1996: The Special Forces Command ( KSK ) of the German Armed Forces officially begins its service in the Graf Zeppelin barracks in Calw . It is part of the Air Force Command / 4. Division ( KLK ) subordinates and has the operational focus of reconnaissance , counter-terrorism , rescue, evacuation and rescue , command warfare and military advice.
- 1999: First units of the United Nations International Armed Forces (INTERFET) arrive in East Timor .
- 2001: In a speech to Congress , US President George W. Bush announces the " war on terror " for the first time in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11th .
- 2003: In Latvia (with a turnout of 71.5%) 67% of voters vote in a referendum in favor of joining the EU .
- 2008: The bomb attack on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad leaves 54 dead and 266 injured. The fact remains unsolved.
- 2019: There are worldwide demonstrations of the Fridays for Future movement.
business
- 1753: With the convention foot , the convention thaler is introduced as the successor to the Reichstaler in the Bavarian imperial district .
- 1839: The first railway line in the Netherlands opens between Amsterdam and Haarlem . The Oude Lijn will later become the Amsterdam – Rotterdam railway line .
- 1859: George B. Simpson receives a US patent for the electric stove he invented .
- 2008: In the USA, over the weekend work is feverishly on a bill for a gigantic rescue package to restore confidence in the financial markets, which has been badly damaged as a result of the subprime crisis , before the stock exchanges open on Monday. The permitted upper limit of the national debt is to be raised from the current 10.6 to 11.3 trillion US dollars in order to use the 700 billion US dollars (around 493 billion euros) that will be freed up to buy bad bank loans.
science and technology
- 1898: Alberto Santos Dumont ascends in Paris with his first built airship . After driving up to a height of 400 meters there is a crash landing.

Orville Wright in Flyer II over Huffman Prairie (Dayton, Ohio)
- 1904: With the Wright Flyer II , the Wright brothers manage the first flight of a full circle on the Huffman Prairie near Dayton .
- 1931: The Australian George H. Wilkins returns to the port of Bergen with his submarine Nautilus after the failed North Pole dive .
- 1951: A Boeing B-47 flies over the North Pole for the first time .
- 1966: The 995.2 kg space probe Surveyor 2 takes off towards the moon , but will not be able to complete the mission successfully after a failed orbit correction and crashes two days after the start.
- 1974: Federal President Walter Scheel inaugurates the Köhlbrand Bridge in Hamburg, the second longest road bridge in Germany.
- 2002: The Rama VIII Bridge over the Mae Nam Chao Phraya ( Chao Phraya River ) is officially opened in Bangkok .
Culture
- 1779: The first performance of the melodrama Pygmalion by Georg Benda takes place in Gotha .
- 1839: The first performance of the comic opera Caramo or Das Fischerstechen by Albert Lortzing takes place at the Stadttheater in Leipzig .
- 1859: The first Danish zoo opens its doors to visitors in Copenhagen .
- 1898: The publisher Leopold Ullstein founds the Berliner Morgenpost as a liberal daily newspaper.
- 1909: The Basel City Theater is inaugurated.
- 1913: The first German autumn salon opens.
- 1914: The world-famous Gothic cathedral in Reims is badly damaged by German artillery .
- 1924: The musical festival The Ruins of Athens by Richard Strauss is premiered in Vienna.
- 1946: The 1st Cannes International Film Festival opens.
- 1958: Tommy Steele becomes the first rock 'n' roll musician to be exhibited as a wax figure in the Marie Tussaud Museum in London .
- 1959: The world premiere of the opera The Assassination of Caesar by Giselher Klebe takes place in Essen.
- 1963: Alfred Hitchcock's Die Vögel had its German premiere.
- 2014: The 10th Bundesvision Song Contest (German music competition) takes place in Göttingen .
religion
- 1159: Alexander III. is enthroned as the successor of Hadrian IV as Pope .
- 1378: Cardinal Robert Graf von Geneva becomes the antipope to Urban VI. elected Pope and takes the name Clement VII . Since Urban VI. but was able to assert himself in Italy, Clement VII flees to Avignon . With this begins the Great Occidental Schism .
- 1896: Pope Leo XIII. publishes another encyclical on the prayer of the rosary entitled Fidentem piumque animum .
- 1918: Padre Pio has visible wounds on his chest, hands and feet, alleged wounds of Christ .
- 1991: The 14th Dalai Lama announces the identity of the 9th Jebtsundamba Khutukhtu , whose existence has been kept secret for over 50 years.
- 1992: Ignatz Bubis is elected chairman of the Central Council of Jews in Germany .
society
- 1973: The telephone numbers 110 and 112 are introduced as emergency numbers in West Germany .
Disasters
- 1908: The barque Star of Bengal collides with rocks off Coronation Island on the northwest coast of Prince of Wales Island and sinks. 110 passengers and crew members die.
- 2018: About 50 meters from the pier in Ukara , the Nyerere ferry, completely overloaded with more than 400 people, capsizes on Lake Victoria in Tanzania . 224 dead are rescued, at least 40 people can be saved.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1879: The oldest Irish football club, Cliftonville FC, comes into being in Belfast when a businessman looks for prospects for the Cliftonville Association Football Club in the local newspaper .
- 1896: The world's first motorcycle race is held on the Paris- Nantes- Paris route by eight participants .
- 2019: The ninth Rugby Union World Cup begins in Japan.
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1449: Count Philipp I, the younger, von Hanau-Münzenberg , Count von Hanau-Münzenberg
- 1486: Arthur Tudor , English nobleman and Prince of Wales
- 1499: Johann Albrecht von Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach , Archbishop of Magdeburg and Bishop of Halberstadt
- 1504: Philip III. , Count of Nassau-Weilburg
- 1514: Philip IV of Hanau-Lichtenberg , Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
- 1599: Christian von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , Duke of Braunschweig
- 1607: Christoph Notnagel , German mathematician and astronomer
- 1613: Jean-François Paul de Gondi , French cardinal, statesman and author (date of baptism)
- 1663: Pirro Albergati , Italian composer
- 1663: Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton , English nobleman
- 1663: Friedrich Wilhelm , Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
- 1695: Johann Lorenz Bach , German composer
- 1697: Ludwig Debiel , Austrian Jesuit and theologian
18th century
- 1703: Christoph Timotheus Seidel , German Lutheran theologian
- 1711: Friedrich August , Prince-Bishop of Lübeck and Duke of Oldenburg
- 1721: Ernst Heinrich Abel , German portrait painter
- 1726: Honorius Roth von Schreckenstein , Prince Abbot of Kempten
- 1727: Mateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta , Spanish governor of Chile and president of the first government junta of Chile
- 1738: Joachim Nettelbeck , German navigator and writer
- 1744: Giacomo Quarenghi , Italian-Russian architect and painter
- 1748: Benjamin Goodhue , American politician
- 1755: Johann Nepomuk von Triva , Bavarian general and minister of war
- 1758: Jean-Jacques Dessalines , as Jacques I from 1804 to 1806 Emperor of Haiti
- 1759: Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles , French politician during the Revolution
- 1760: Christoph Wilhelm Mitscherlich , German classical philologist
- 1760: Clement Storer , American politician
- 1768: Johann Gottfried Steinhäuser , physicist, mathematician, montanist and lawyer
- 1778: Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen , Russian navigator and officer
- 1786: Franz Passow , German classical philologist
- 1798: Philipp Schey von Koromla , Hungarian-Austrian wholesaler and patron
19th century
1801-1850
- 1808: Albert Zimmermann , German painter
- 1814 : Antonio Gabrini , Italian-Swiss politician
- 1820: John Fulton Reynolds , American Union general in the Civil War
- 1821: Cornelis Willem Opzoomer , Dutch lawyer, philosopher, literary scholar and logician
- 1822: Peter Mitterhofer , Austrian carpenter and inventor
- 1826: Carl Wilhelm Julius Appelius , German lawyer
- 1827: Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm André , German lawyer and politician
- 1830: Yoshida Shōin , Japanese intellectual and revolutionary
- 1831: Hedwig Dohm , German writer, women's rights activist and feminist theorist
- 1832: Johann Joseph Abert , Czech composer
- 1833: Ernesto Teodoro Moneta , Italian politician, President of the Lombard Peace League, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
- 1835: Ferdinand Leopold Freiherr von Andrian-Werburg , Austrian geologist and anthropologist
- 1840: Hugo Jentsch , German high school teacher, regional historian and researcher of prehistory
- 1842: James Dewar , British physicist and chemist ( Dewar benzene, Dewar jar )
- 1843: Nikolaj Alexandrowitsch Romanow , Russian nobleman
- 1848: Friedrich Soennecken , German businessman, entrepreneur, inventor and graphic artist in the early days
1851-1900
- 1853: Chulalongkorn , King of Siam
- 1853: Joseph Kürschner , German writer and lexicographer
- 1860: James Gillett , American politician
- 1860: Arthur Walter , German-Baltic pastor and Protestant confessor
- 1861: Herbert Putnam , American librarian, director of the Library of Congress
- 1865: Lubor Niederle , Czech archaeologist and anthropologist, ethnographer and historian
- 1868: Paul Hoering , German pharmacist and chemist
- 1872: Maurice Gamelin , French general
- 1873: Lulu von Strauss and Torney , German poet and writer
- 1873: Ferenc Szisz , Hungarian racing driver
- 1875: Matthias Erzberger , German publicist and politician, MdR, Reich Finance Minister, assassination victim
- 1877: Armand Marsick , Belgian violin virtuoso and composer
- 1878: Upton Sinclair , American writer, Pulitzer Prize winner, and politician
- 1879: Victor Sjöström , Swedish film director
- 1880: Ildebrando Pizzetti , Italian composer
- 1880: Nazario Sauro , Italian naval officer and irredentist
- 1883: Albrecht Alt , German theologian
- 1885: Éva Gauthier , Canadian singer
- 1885: Curt Mücke , German painter and graphic artist
- 1886: Cecilie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin , German Crown Princess
- 1887: Erich Hecke , German mathematician
- 1889: Charles Reidpath , American city architect and planner
- 1890: Kathleen Parlow , Canadian violinist and music teacher
- 1890: Richard Sjöberg , Swedish athlete
- 1892: Hermann Tambornino , German educator and writer
- 1893: Hans Scharoun , German architect, important representative of organic architecture
- 1894: Hermann Meinert , German historian and archivist
- 1895: Henri D'Espine , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1896: Friedrich Sämisch , German chess player
- 1898: Norman Z. McLeod , American film director
- 1899: Bruno d'Harcourt , French racing car driver
- 1899: Leo Strauss , German-American philosopher
- 1900: Joachim Jeremias , German theologian and orientalist
- 1900: Uuno Klami , Finnish composer
- 1900: Nikolai Timofejew-Ressovsky , Russian geneticist
- 1900: Willem Adolf Visser 't Hooft , Dutch theologian
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Gus Edson , American cartoonist and comic artist
- 1902: Vladimír Clementis , Slovak politician, lawyer, writer and translator
- 1902: Vasily Mschawanadze , Georgian politician, first secretary of the Communist Party, member of the Politburo
- 1903: Joseph Breitbach , German writer
- 1904: Raymond Gaillard , French entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1906: Ishizuka Tomoji , Japanese writer
- 1907: Anton Peter Khoraiche , Lebanese Cardinal and Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and the whole of the Orient
- 1908: Ernest Manning , Canadian politician and preacher, Provincial Prime Minister
- 1908: Alexander Mitscherlich , German doctor, psychoanalyst and writer
- 1909: Friedrich Behrens , German economist and main representative of the New Economic System in the GDR
- 1916: Rudolf-August Oetker , German entrepreneur in the food industry and shipowner
- 1917: Red Auerbach , American basketball coach
- 1917: Fernando Rey , Spanish film actor
- 1917: Władysław Rubin , Polish auxiliary bishop of Gniezno and cardinal
- 1920: Hanns Cibulka , German writer and poet
- 1921: Carlo Parola , Italian football player and coach
- 1922: Pierre Barbizet , French pianist and music teacher
- 1924: August Angerer , German lawyer
- 1924: Eberhard Lämmert , German Germanist and literary scholar
- 1924: Guido Mancini , Italian entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1925: Ananda Mahidol , (Rama VIII), King of Thailand
1926-1950
- 1926: Wolfgang Gruner , German cabaret artist
- 1926: Harald Hakenbeck , German painter and graphic artist
- 1926: Libero Liberati , Italian motorcycle racer, world champion
- 1927: Red Mitchell , American jazz bassist
- 1927: Paul-Ernst Strähle , German entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1927: Katharina Tüschen , German actress
- 1929: Hans von Borsody , German actor of Austrian origin
- 1929: Vittorio Taviani , Italian film director
- 1930: Edwin Joseph Bocage , American musician
- 1930: Adolf Endler , German writer, essayist and poet
- 1930: André Haddad , Lebanese Archbishop
- 1933: Valentin Morkowkin , Soviet rower
- 1934: John Earls Dalton , Australian professor of cultural and social anthropology
- 1934: Sophia Loren , Italian actress
- 1934: Eberhard Stanjek , German sports journalist, ARD sports show presenter
- 1935: Walter Eschweiler , German football referee
- 1937: Gerhard Adolph , German athlete, actor and presenter
- 1937: Monica Zetterlund , Swedish singer and actress
- 1938: Eric Gale , American guitarist
- 1938: Gilda Mirós , American actress, radio and television producer and author of Puerto Rican origin
- 1939: Samih Moudallal , Syrian weightlifter and sports official
- 1939: Peter Radford , British athlete and Olympian
- 1940: Tarō Asō , Japanese politician
- 1940: Joseph J. DioGuardi , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
- 1941: Butch Byrd , American football player
- 1941: Gerhard Körner , German football player
- 1941: François Sérvanin , French racing car driver
- 1942: Mike Cooper , British guitarist and singer
- 1942: Jürgen Hart , German cabaret artist
- 1943: Sani Abacha , President of Nigeria
- 1943: Tommy Nobis , American football player
- 1944: Barbara Ahrons , German politician
- 1945: Laurie Spiegel , American composer
- 1945: Georg Westermann , German publishing bookseller
- 1946: Norbert Leben , German farmer and forest manager, association official and local politician
- 1947: Oscar Jairo Arboleda , Colombian football player and coach
- 1948: George RR Martin , American science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer, screenwriter, and producer
- 1948: Adrian Piper , American conceptual artist and analytical philosopher
- 1949: Sabine Azéma , French actress
- 1949: Carlos Babington , Argentine soccer player
- 1950: Hassan Aref , Egyptian-American engineer and physicist
- 1950: Hans-Peter Wetzel , German lawyer and politician, MdL
1951-1975
- 1951: Alfred Angelo Attanasio , American fantasy and science fiction writer
- 1951: Guy Lafleur , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1951: Javier Marías , Spanish writer
- 1952: Gabriele Badorek , German handball player
- 1952: Grażyna Rabsztyn , Polish athlete
- 1953: Horst Hayer , German soccer player
- 1954: Brinke Stevens , American actress, model, and author
- 1955: Georg Christoph Biller , German conductor and Thomaskantor in Leipzig
- 1955: Dan Magnusson , Swedish drummer
- 1956: John Harle , British saxophonist and composer
- 1956: Cyril Neveu , French motorcycle racer
- 1957: Sabine Christiansen , German television presenter, journalist and producer
- 1958: Arn Anderson , American wrestler
- 1958: Mychael Danna , Canadian film music composer
- 1958: Charlie Kaufman , American screenwriter and film director
- 1958: Norbert Meier , German national soccer player and coach
- 1959: Christian Lindner , German journalist
- 1960: Alice Brown , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1960: Ecki Stieg , German journalist and moderator
- 1962: Jim Al-Khalili , British professor
- 1962: William JC Amend III. , American comic artist
- 1962: Wilfried Theising , German priest, auxiliary bishop of Münster
- 1963: Alain Laroche , Canadian freestyle skier
- 1964: Jörg Witte , German theater and film actor, director and lecturer
- 1968: Ralf Hauptmann , German soccer player
- 1968: Monchi , Spanish football goalkeeper
- 1969: Keiko Atori , Japanese manga artist and illustrator
- 1969: Victoria Dillard , American actress
- 1969: Emiliano González , Andorran football player
- 1971: Elmar Brandt , German voice imitator
- 1971: Ralf Bohn , German racing car driver
- 1971: Henrik Larsson , Swedish football player
- 1971: Julia Westlake , German television presenter
- 1972: Henning Baum , German actor
- 1972: Thorsten Walther , German soccer player
- 1974: Karina Asnawurjan , Russian sword fencer and two-time Olympic champion
- 1974: Lars Gärtner , German actor
- 1975: Asia Argento , Italian actress
- 1975: Moon Bloodgood , American actress
- 1975: Juan Pablo Montoya , Colombian Formula 1 racing driver
- 1975: Björn Navarin , German handball player
1976-2000
- 1976: Jon Bernthal , American actor
- 1976: Agata Buzek , Polish actress
- 1976: Maximilian Grill , German actor
- 1976: Christian Hohenadel , German racing driver
- 1977: Namie Amuro , Japanese pop singer
- 1978: Martin Abraham , Czech football and futsal player
- 1978: Jason Bay , Canadian baseball player
- 1978: Sebastian Stahl , German automobile racing driver
- 1979: Lars Jacobsen , Danish football player
- 1979: Kerstin Wasems , German soccer player
- 1980: Christoph Giesa , German columnist, publicist and strategy consultant
- 1980: Robert Koren , Slovenian soccer player
- 1980: Igor Vori , Croatian handball player and coach
- 1981: Marco Fiorentini , Italian cross-country skier
- 1981: Feliciano López , Spanish tennis player
- 1982: Max Engelke , German actor
- 1982: Gülcan Kamps , German television presenter and actress of Turkish descent
- 1982: Maeckes , German hip-hop musician, rapper and producer
- 1983: Mustafa Akçay , Turkish football player
- 1983: Sayuri Anzu , Japanese model, actress and singer
- 1984: Tomasz Kaczmarek , Polish football coach
- 1984: Belén Rodríguez , Argentine presenter and model
- 1985: Meskerem Assefa , Ethiopian middle and long distance runner
- 1985: Julius Emrich , German handball player
- 1985: Ryan Joyce , English darts player
- 1985: Tim Morten Uhlenbrock , German singer and actor
- 1986: Cristian Ansaldi , Argentine soccer player
- 1987: Reza Ghoochannejhad , Iranian-Dutch soccer player
- 1987: Deon McCaulay , Belizean football player
- 1988: Imran Abbas , German music producer
- 1988: Chabib Nurmagomedow , Russian mixed martial arts fighter
- 1989: Stefan Wilson , British racing driver
- 1990: Marilou Bourdon , Canadian singer
- 1990: Donatas Motiejūnas , Lithuanian basketball player
- 1990: Jonas Nay , German actor and musician
- 1991: Reagy Ofosu , German soccer player
- 1992: Peter Prevc , Slovenian ski jumper
- 1992: Safura , Azerbaijani singer
- 1993: Julian Draxler , German soccer player
- 1994: Felix Mehrkens , German handball player and coach
- 1995: Laura Dekker , Dutch sailor
- 1995: Sammi Hanratty , American actress
- 1995: Rob Holding , British football player
- 1996: Marlos Moreno , Colombian soccer player
- 1997: Frederic Ananou , German soccer player
- 1999: Lisa Küppers , German actress
- 2000: Mathias Jørgensen , Danish football player
21st century
- 2001: Paul Sundheim , German actor
Died
Before the 15th century
- Gozbald , Bishop of Würzburg 855:
- Warin I , Abbot of Corvey Monastery 856:
- 1085: Hermann II , Count Palatine of Lorraine
- 1107: Raymond of Burgundy , progenitor of the house of Burgundy-Ivrea in Spain
- 1156: Hermann von Stahleck , Count Palatine near the Rhine
- 1161: Engelbert von Attel and Reichenhall , Count von Attel and Hallgraf for the salt system in Hall
- 1168: Paschal III. , Antipope to Alexander III.
- 1190: Adelog von Hildesheim , Bishop of Hildesheim
- 1241: Konrad II von Salzwedel , Bishop of Cammin
- 1246: Michael von Tschernigow , Prince of Perejaslavl, Prince of Novhorod-Siverskyj, Prince of Tschernigow, Prince of Novgorod, Prince of Halitsch and Grand Prince of Kiev
- 1281: Isengard von Hanau , Countess von Weilnau
- 1281: Reinhard I. von Hanau , Count of Hanau
- 1321: Dietrich II von Itter , Bishop of Paderborn
- 1346: Catherine de Valois-Courtenay , titular empress of Constantinople and regent of the Principality of Achaia, princess of Taranto
- 1369: Eve de Clavering , English noblewoman
- 1371: Johann I , Count of Nassau-Weilburg
- 1384: Ludwig I , unrecognized king of Naples from the house of Anjou
15th and 16th centuries
- 1440: Friedrich I , Elector of Brandenburg, Burgrave of Nuremberg
- 1460: Gilles Binchois , Franco-Flemish composer, poet and cleric
- 1501: Agostino Barbarigo , 74th Doge of Venice
- 1513: Wolfgang Tenk , German builder of the Gothic style
- 1518: Vinzenz von Efferen , lord of Stolberg / Rhld Castle.
- 1532: Heinrich Stackmann , German medic, philologist and physicist, poet and humanist
- 1543: Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland , English nobleman and politician
- 1556: Adolf III. von Schaumburg , Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cologne
- 1558: Catharina von Zehmen , Meissen-Saxon noblewoman
- 1563: Pankraz Labenwolf , German ore caster
- 1568: Christian Lotichius , coadjutor of the abbot of the Schlüchtern monastery
- 1586: Anthony Babington , chief suspect of the Babington conspiracy
- 1586: John Ballard , English Jesuit priest and mastermind of the Babington conspiracy
- 1588: Niklaus Zurkinden , Swiss politician
- 1590: Lodovico Agostini , Italian composer, singer, priest and teacher
- 1600: Melchior von Redern , imperial military leader in the Turkish wars
17th and 18th centuries
- 1609: Anna Elisabeth , Countess Palatinate of Simmern, Princess of the Palatinate, Countess of Hesse-Rheinfels and Countess Palatinate of Veldenz
- 1620: Giovanni Maria Nosseni , Swiss sculptor
- 1624: Isaac Le Maire , Dutch entrepreneur
- 1648: Ivan Lukačić , Croatian composer
- 1650: Bodo von Hodenberg , German poet
- 1677: Daniel Lüdemann , German Lutheran theologian
- 1704: Barbara Dietrich , victim of the witch hunt in Ingolstadt
- 1705: Johann Jakob Kees , Leipzig merchant and electoral Saxon chief postmaster
- 1710: Margherita Caffi , Italian painter
- 1711: Jakob Daniel Tepser , Mayor of Vienna
- 1714: Detlev Siegfried von Ahlefeldt , Lord of Brodau and Royal District Administrator
- 1714: Anna Waser , Swiss painter and etcher
- 1719: Jan Weenix , Dutch painter
- 1724: Ayuki , Khan of the Kalmyks on the Volga
- 1724: David von Krafft , Swedish painter
- 1724: Gurdon Saltonstall , governor of the Colony of Connecticut
- 1746: Johann Arnold de Reux , vicar general and official of the Archbishop of Cologne
- 1763: Gabriela Silang , Filipino insurgent
- 1766: Justina Catharina Steffan von Cronstetten , Frankfurt patrician and founder
- 1766: Franz Ignaz Albert von Werdenstein , Catholic clergyman; Canon, vicar general and auxiliary bishop in Freising
- 1793: Fletcher Christian , British seaman, leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
19th century
- 1802: Johann Georg Schulthess , Swiss theologian
- 1809: Simon Kramer , Austrian robber ( Robin Hood of Carinthia )
- 1814: Daniel Klugkist , German lawyer, Bremen senator and mayor
- 1819: José Custódio de Faria , Portuguese priest
- 1839: Thomas Masterman Hardy , British admiral
- 1840: José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia , dictator of Paraguay from 1814 to 1840
- 1848: Hartwig Peters , German clergyman and publicist
- 1850: Georg Friedrich Falcke , German lawyer
- 1859: Adolf Bäuerle , Austrian writer
- 1861: Maximilien Simon , French composer and civil servant
- 1863: Jacob Grimm , German linguist and literary scholar, lawyer, is considered the founder of German philology and classical studies
- 1866: Friedrich Adolph Haage , German gardener and botanist
- 1869: James DuPasquier , Swiss Protestant clergyman
- 1870: John Brinckman , Low German writer
- 1872: James Patton Anderson , American major general
- 1881: Martin Hammerich , Danish educator
- 1882: Albert Bitzius , Swiss politician and theologian
- 1893: Christoph Anton von Wolff , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, Oberamtmann
- 1894: Heinrich Hoffmann , German psychiatrist, poet and children's book author ( Struwwelpeter )
- 1896: Johan Gottfried Conradi , Norwegian composer
- 1898: Theodor Fontane , German writer and journalist, pharmacist
- 1900: Karl Schenkl , Austrian classical philologist
20th century
1901-1950
- 1908: Pablo de Sarasate , Spanish violinist and composer
- 1910: Josef Kainz , Austrian actor
- 1916: August Leskien , German Indo-Europeanist and Slavist
- 1918: Meschadi Azizbekow , Azerbaijani politician
- 1918: Stepan Shahumyan , Soviet-Armenian politician
- 1919: Ramón Barros Luco , Chilean politician
- 1923: Ferdinand Avenarius , German poet
- 1930: Moritz Pasch , German mathematician
- 1932: Ernst Hoff , German association official
- 1932: Léon Ringuet , Canadian organist, conductor and composer
- 1932: Max Slevogt , German painter, graphic artist, illustrator and set designer
- 1932: Wovoka , influential prophet of the Paiute Indians
- 1933: Annie Besant , British suffragette, theosophist and author
- 1933: Albrecht Höhler , German assassin, murdered Horst Wessel in 1930
- 1934: Víctor Mercante , Argentine educator and writer
- 1935: Hermanus Frederik Roll , Dutch doctor
- 1935: Amy Sherwin , Australian opera singer (soprano)
- 1938: Maria Tauscher , founder of the German order
- 1939: Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz , Polish journalist and writer
- 1942: Walther von Lüttwitz , German general
- 1945: William Buehler Seabrook , American writer, occultist, globetrotter and journalist
- 1945: Eduard Wirths , German SS medical officer in Auschwitz
- 1946: Hermann Kiefer , German lawyer
- 1947: Fiorello LaGuardia , American local politician, longtime New York City Mayor
- 1947: Heinz-Hellmuth von Wühlisch , German Lieutenant General
1951-1975
- 1952: Bill Schindler , American racing car driver
- 1955: Ermanno Amicucci , Italian journalist
- 1957: Jean Sibelius , Finnish composer
- 1958: Oscar O'Brien , Canadian composer, arranger, organist, pianist and music teacher
- 1960: Ida Rubinstein , Russian dancer
- 1962: Curley Weaver , American blues guitarist and singer
- 1964: Lazare Lévy , French pianist, music teacher and composer
- 1965: Arthur Holmes , British geologist
- 1966: Josef Arndgen , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister, Member of the Bundestag
- 1967: Henri Mulet , French organist and composer
- 1970: José Mojica , Mexican singer and actor
- 1970: Wilhelm Münker , German conservationist and co-founder of the German Youth Hostel Association
- 1971: Giorgos Seferis , Greek diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize Winner for Literature
- 1973: Jim Croce , American singer and songwriter
- 1973: Thomas Liessem , Cologne carnivalist and carnival organizer
- 1973: Glenn Strange , American actor
- 1973: Ben Webster , American jazz musician
- 1975: Saint-John Perse , French poet, diplomat and Nobel Prize winner in literature
1976-2000
- 1976: Carrie Tubb , British soprano
- 1978: Lilly Becher , German writer and publicist
- 1979: Ludvík Svoboda , Czechoslovak General and President
- 1980: Josias Braun-Blanquet , Swiss botanist
- 1984: Heinrich Abegg , Swiss politician
- 1985: Karl Angerstein , German officer
- 1986: Marguerite de Beaumont , Swiss sister of the reformed women's community Communauté de Grandchamp
- 1986: Johannes Caspers , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1989: Stig Andersson-Tvilling , Swedish ice hockey player
- 1990: Siegfried Behrend , German guitarist and composer
- 1991: Ricardo Arredondo , Mexican boxer
- 1991: Anton Besold , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1992: Musa Anter , Kurdish writer and intellectual
- 1992: Rudolf Jacquemien , German writer and journalist in Russia
- 1992: Kurt Rudolf Mirow , German-Brazilian entrepreneur and author
- 1993: Erich Hartmann , German air force officer and fighter pilot
- 1994: Lina Basquette , American actress
- 1994: Jule Styne , American composer
- 1995: José Saber Marroquín , Mexican composer and conductor
- 1996: Franco Angrisano , Italian actor
- 1996: Cheb Aziz , Algerian Raï singer
- 1996: Paul Erdős , Hungarian-Polish mathematician
- 1996: Nelson Wesley Trout , American Lutheran bishop
- 1997: Gerhard Menzel , German entrepreneur
- 1998: Muriel Humphrey , US Senator
- 1999: Waltraud Ahrndt , German writer and translator
- 1999: Raissa Maximowna Gorbacheva , Russian sociologist
- 1999: Willy Millowitsch , German theater actor and director, pop singer and Cologne original
- 2000: German Stepanowitsch Titow , Soviet cosmonaut
21st century
- 2001: Gerd E. Schäfer , German actor
- 2001: Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler , German journalist, chief commentator of GDR television and presenter of ( The Black Channel )
- 2002: Sergei Sergejewitsch Bodrov , Russian actor and director
- 2002: Joan Littlewood , British theater director
- 2003: Josef Anselm Patritius Graf Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden Freiherr von Hake , German theologian and writer
- 2003: Gareth Wyn Williams , British politician
- 2004: Brian Clough , English soccer player
- 2004: Nordin ben Salah , Dutch boxer
- 2004: Khaled Abu Selmiya , leader of the militant Palestinian organization Hamas
- 2005: Paul Arlt , American cartoonist and painter
- 2005: Simon Wiesenthal , Austrian architect, publicist, writer and head of the Jewish Documentation Center Vienna
- 2006: Armin Jordan , Swiss conductor
- 2006: Sven Nykvist , Swedish cameraman and film director
- 2006: Jimmy Vass , American jazz saxophonist and flutist
- 2006: Don Walser , American country musician
- 2008: Nappy Brown , American blues singer
- 2008: Wilfrid Joseph Dixon , American statistician
- 2009: Freddy Bienstock , American music producer
- 2009: Bertil Gärtner , Swedish bishop
- 2009: John Hart , American actor
- 2010: Prudent Bettens , Belgian football player
- 2010: Manfred Funke , German political scientist and contemporary historian
- 2012: Cardinal Fortunato Baldelli , Cardinal of the Curia
- 2012: Tomáš Durdík , Czech archaeologist
- 2012: Herbert Rosendorfer , German lawyer and writer
- 2013: Ercan Aktuna , Turkish soccer player, coach and functional
- 2013: Johannes Schasching , Austrian Jesuit and social ethicist
- 2014: Anatoly Berezovoy , Soviet cosmonaut
- 2014: Polly Bergen , American actress and singer
- 2014: Hans-Dieter Dechent , German entrepreneur, racing team owner and automobile racing driver
- 2015: Volker Kühn , German director and author
- 2016: Curtis Hanson , American film director
- 2017: Ene Mihkelson , Estonian writer
- 2018: Inge Feltrinelli , German-Italian photographer and publisher
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- First partial edition of the Luther Bible : German translation of the New Testament (Protestant)
- Carl Heinrich Rappard , Swiss missionary (Protestant)
- St. Eustachius , Roman martyr and helper in need (Catholic)
- St. Andrew Kim Taegon , priest and martyr in Korea (Catholic)
- St. Paul Chong Hasang , martyr in Korea (Catholic)
- Nelson Wesley Trout , American bishop (Protestant: ELCA )
- Name days
- Commemoration days of international organizations
- Children's Day (Germany) ( UNICEF )
- Legal holidays
- World Children's Day (see above) has been a public holiday in Thuringia since 2019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://landesrecht.thueringen.de/jportal/?quelle=jlink&query=FeiertG+TH+%C2%A7+2&psml=bsthueprod.psml&max=true
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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