21 July
The July 21 is the 202nd day of the Gregorian calendar (the 203rd in leap years ), thus remain 163 days by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 356 BC Chr .: The temple of Artemis in Ephesus , one of the seven wonders of the world , is set on fire by Herostratos .
- 1403: At the Battle of Shrewsbury , King Henry IV of England crushes a noble revolt led by Henry Percy .
- 1495: At the Reichstag in Worms , the county of Württemberg under Count Eberhard I is elevated to a duchy by the Roman-German King Maximilian I.
- 1568: Eighty Years' War : The Second Battle of Jemgum defeated Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba , the Beggars under Louis of Nassau .
- 1718: With the Peace of Passarowitz , the Habsburg Empire reaches its greatest territorial expansion.
- 1762: In the Seven Years' War the Prussians under Frederick the Great defeat the Austrians under Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Battle of Burkersdorf .
- 1774: The Peace of Küçük Kaynarca ends the Russo-Turkish War .
- 1798: In the Battle of the Pyramids , Napoleon Bonaparte's invading army defeats a Mamluk army under Murad Bey Muhammad on their Egyptian campaign .
- 1807: The city of Danzig, along with the adjacent area at the mouth of the Vistula, is proclaimed the Republic of Danzig .
- 1822: After the proclamation of the monarchy on May 18, Agustín de Iturbide is crowned Emperor of Mexico as Agustín I.
- 1831: Belgian state formation : Leopold I takes the oath on the Belgian constitution and becomes the first king after independence. This date has been Belgium's national holiday ever since.
- 1831: The Crown Colony of British Guyana is formed from several acquired possessions in South America , including the former Dutch colony Essequibo .
- 1861: In the first great battle of the American Civil War , the southerners defeat the northerners at the Bull Run near Manassas .
- 1866: In the Third Italian War of Independence , the Italians manage the only victory against Austrian troops in the Battle of Bezzecca under Giuseppe Garibaldi .
- 1871: In the British Navy, the purchase of officers' posts introduced in the 17th century is abolished.
- 1917: Georgi Lwow resigns as Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government . His successor is the previous Minister of War, Alexander Kerensky .
- 1922: On the occasion of the assassination of Reich Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau on June 24th, under Reich Justice Minister Gustav Radbruch, the Republic Protection Act to protect the Weimar Republic from anti-republican activities is passed.
- 1936: The French -minded military governor José Moscardó proclaims martial law in Toledo and thus incurs the siege of the Alcázar of Toledo at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War .
- 1938: In the peace treaty to end the Chaco War , Bolivia loses around a sixth of its national territory, but keeps its oil fields at the foot of the Andes, while Paraguay almost doubles its national territory.
- 1940: The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic is founded.
- 1941: With a total of 195 fighter planes , the German Air Force flies its first air raid on Moscow , which extends into the following day.
- 1951: The Dalai Lama returns to Lhasa from exile to resume his religious functions.
- 1954: At the Geneva conference , the partition of Vietnam is decided after the Indochina War .
- 1972: On Bloody Friday, the Provisional Irish Republican Army detonates 22 bombs in the Northern Irish capital, Belfast . Nine people are killed and over 100 injured.
- 1973: Lillehammer affair : The Mossad special unit Caesarea kills Ahmed Bouchiki , who was completely uninvolved in Lillehammer , because they mistake him for Ali Hassan Salameh , one of the masterminds of the 1972 Munich Olympics .
- 1992: In the Transnistrian conflict include Russia and the Republic of Moldova a cease-fire.
- 1994: Tony Blair is elected head of the Labor Party , making it the British opposition leader.
- 2005: 14 days after the terrorist attacks in London, explosives are again found in London, but this time they do not detonate.
- 2005: Federal President Horst Köhler dissolves the German Bundestag and sets new elections for September 18.
- 2008: Radovan Karadžić is arrested in Belgrade on the basis of an international arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court .
- 2016: After the failed coup attempt on July 15, a state of emergency is declared in Turkey for three months .
economy
- 1856: Leopold Sonnemann and Heinrich B. Rosenthal found the Frankfurter Annual Report , the forerunner of the Frankfurter Zeitung .
- 1919: Anton Herman Gerard Fokker , together with others, founds the company N.V. Nederlandsche Viegenuigenfabrieken , which becomes important as the Fokker aircraft factory .
- 2002: The telephone company WorldCom files for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the US bankruptcy law with the bankruptcy court in New York South and causes one of the biggest stock market scandals in history.
science and technology
- 1796: The British African explorer Mungo Park is the first European to penetrate the Niger .
- 1849: A balloon is launched from a ship for the first time . The Austrian Navy wants to use it to throw bombs on Venice from the air while fighting the Repubblica di San Marco . However, poor wind conditions prevent it from being released.
- 1879: In the Swiss canton of Bern is Giessbachbahn first funicular put in operation in Europe. It transports guests from Lake Brienz to the higher-lying Grand Hotel.
- 1946: The McDonnell FH prototype XFD-1 is the first US jet-powered aircraft to take off and land on an aircraft carrier .
- 1961: With Mercury-Redstone 4 as part of the Mercury program , Gus Grissom is the second American to be sent on a suborbital flight into space.
- 1969: Neil Armstrong becomes the first human to set foot on the moon (July 21, 1969 at 2:56:20 a.m. UT), followed shortly after by Buzz Aldrin .
- 1983: In the Vostok station in East Antarctica , the lowest temperature on earth to date is measured at −89.2 ° C.
- 2006: The Bayern II high-performance computer goes into operation in Garching .
- 2011: With the landing of the NASA space shuttle Atlantis, the era of the space shuttles comes to an end.
Culture
- 1843: The first Belgian zoo is founded in Antwerp .
- 1897: The London museum Tate Britain Art opened.
- 1987: The album Appetite for Destruction by Guns n 'Roses , one of the best-selling rock albums to this day, is released in the USA.
- 1990: Roger Waters performs The Wall on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin .
- 2007: The seventh and final Harry Potter volume is published in English.
society
- 1865: The first Wild West duel is reported from Springfield, Missouri . The gunslinger "Wild Bill" Hickok shoots Dave Tutt on the street.
- 1873: Jesse James and his gang carry out the first train robbery in the western United States near Adair, Iowa .
- 1925: In the Scopes trial in Dayton, Tennessee , the teacher John Thomas Scopes is fined 100 USD under the Butler Act for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution .
- 1950: The elephant cow Tuffi jumps from the Wuppertal suspension railway into the Wupper.
religion
- 1542: Pope Paul III. approves the formation of the Sanctum Officium (Holy Inquisition) in Rome .
- 1773: With the Breve Dominus ac redemptor noster, Pope Clement XIV orders the repeal of the Jesuit order .
Disasters
- 365: A severe earthquake struck off Crete , triggering a tsunami in the eastern Mediterranean . Several thousand people die in the Nile Delta and Alexandria alone . Almost all cities in Crete are damaged or destroyed. Among other Phalasarna where the dock by tectonic uplift of the land mass six to nine feet dry falls .
- 1902: The pleasure steamer Primus sinks after a collision with the tug Hansa on the Lower Elbe near Hamburg . 101 out of 206 passengers are killed.
- 2003: In the Chinese province of Yunnan , 16 people died in an earthquake measuring 5.9 in magnitude. 584 people are injured and over 260,000 buildings are completely destroyed.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1927: The Italian Alfredo Binda wins the UCI Road World Championships for professionals , which are held at the Nürburgring . Binda is the first to receive a rainbow jersey.
- 1938: The first ascent of the Eiger north face by Heinrich Harrer , Fritz Kasparek , Anderl Heckmair and Ludwig Vörg begins.
- 1974: Belgian Eddy Merckx wins the Tour de France for the fifth time , like French Jacques Anquetil before him .
- 1981: Sri Lanka becomes a full member of the International Cricket Conference (today's International Cricket Council, ICC).
- 1989: Mike Tyson wins his boxing match and world heavyweight title against Carl "The Truth" Williams in the Convention Hall in Atlantic City by a technical knockout.
- 1996: Bjarne Riis becomes the first overall Scandinavian Tour winner at the 83rd Tour de France .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field . Entries for World Cup games can be found in the bottoms of the Football World Cup . The same goes for European football championships .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 810: Al-Buchari , Persian scholar
- 1095: Kakuban , Buddhist monk of the Japanese Shingon school
- 1248: Bogo de Clare , English clergyman
- 1414: Sixtus IV , Pope
- 1476: Alfonso I d'Este , Duke of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio
- 1477: Christoph von Baden , Prince of Baden and Canon
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- 1515: Philipp Neri , Roman saint, founder of the Congregation of the Oratory
- 1535: García Hurtado de Mendoza , Spanish governor of Chile and viceroy of Peru
- 1620: Jean Picard , French astronomer and geodesist
- 1632: Paul Philipp Röber , German Lutheran theologian
- 1642: Justus Philipp Meyenberg , German Protestant theologian
- 1668: Adrian Bernhard von Borcke , Prussian Field Marshal General
- 1668: Friedrich Heinrich , Duke of Saxony-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt
- 1673: Karl Arnd , German Lutheran theologian
- 1693: Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , British politician and Prime Minister
18th century
- 1728: Georg Christian Crollius , German historian
- 1732: Amalie von Sachsen-Hildburghausen , Princess of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein zu Oehringen
- 1736: Maria Maximiliana von Stadion , abbess of the free worldly Buchau women's monastery in today's Bad Buchau am Federsee
- 1738: Rudolph Friedrich Schultze , German Protestant theologian
- 1762: Wilhelm Gustav Friedrich Bentinck , German imperial count
- 1765: Daniel-Alexandre Chavannes , Swiss Protestant clergyman, politician and natural scientist
- 1774: Louise Pauli , German printer and publisher
- 1782: Ernst von Grossi , German physician and university professor
- 1784: Jørgen Herman Vogt , Norwegian lawyer and politician
- 1784: Ralph James Woodford , governor of the Caribbean island of Trinidad
- 1789: Wasil Aprilow , Bulgarian doctor
19th century
1801-1850
- 1801: Jules Pierre Rambur , French doctor and entomologist
- 1805: Christian August Berkholz , German-Baltic clergyman and educator
- 1809: Clara Fechner , German writer
- 1811: Joseph DuMont , German publisher
- 1816: Paul Julius Reuter , German entrepreneur, founder of the news agency “Reuters Telegraphic Comp. Incorporated "
- 1821: Adolf von Auersperg , Prime Minister of Austria-Hungary
- 1824: Stanley Matthews , American judge and politician
- 1828: Heinrich Scharrer , German botanist and landscape architect
- 1841: Minna Kleeberg , German poet
- 1843: Maria Anna of Portugal , Princess of Braganza and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Infanta of Portugal
- 1844: Hedwig Kiesekamp , singer and writer in Münster (Westphalia)
- 1847: Blanche Willis Howard , American writer
- 1850: Alfred Eckbrecht von Dürckheim-Montmartin , German officer
1851-1900
- 1852: William Lossow , German architect
- 1856: Louise Blanchard Bethune , American architect
- 1856: Wilhelm Geiger , German Indologist and Iranist
- 1858: Lovis Corinth , German painter
- 1858: Maria Christina of Austria , regent of Spain
- 1863: Agnes Günther , German writer
- 1863: C. Aubrey Smith , British actor
- 1864: Frances Cleveland , American first lady
- 1865: Robert Kahn , German composer and music teacher
- 1866: Victor Franke , German commander of the protection force in German South West Africa
- 1866: Carlos Schwabe , German, later Swiss symbolist painter and graphic artist
- 1870: Christian Aigens , Danish artist
- 1870: Emil Orlik , Bohemian graphic artist
- 1873: Herbert Witherspoon , American singer, vocal teacher, and theater manager
- 1875: Oskar Moll , German painter
- 1879: Joseph AA Burnquist , American politician
- 1880: Rafail Abramowitsch , Russian Bundist and Menshevik
- 1883: Nat Phillips , Australian theater director, comedian and entertainer
- 1883: Leontine von Winterfeld-Platen , German writer
- 1884: Louis Grenville Abell , American rower
- 1885: Jacques Feyder , Franco-Belgian film director
- 1886: Henri Schaller , Swiss clergyman, journalist and newspaper publisher
- 1886: Eugen Schüfftan , German cameraman and inventor
- 1890: Eduard Dietl , German officer, most recently colonel general in World War II
- 1891: Erwin Faber , Austrian actor
- 1892: Renée Falconetti , French actress
- 1892: Anton Schnack , German writer
- 1893: Hans Fallada , German socially critical writer
- 1893: Alice Hechy , German actress and singer (soprano)
- 1893: Ellen Richter , Austrian actress and film producer
- 1893: Margarete Sommer , German social worker, Righteous Among the Nations
- 1894: Hermine Albers , co-founder of the working group for youth care and welfare
- 1894: Jakub Appenszlak , Polish journalist, literary critic and translator
- 1896: Jean Rivier , French composer
- 1897: Carl Bilfinger , German constitutional lawyer
- 1897: Olga Freiin von Lersner , German nurse, head of the nursing school at Heidelberg University
- 1897: Wassili Danilowitsch Sokolowski , Soviet general
- 1898: Sara Carter , American country singer
- 1899: Hart Crane , American lyric poet
- 1899: Ernest Hemingway , American writer, Nobel Prize winner ( The Old Man and the Sea )
- 1899: Ralph Staub , American short film producer
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Bill Andrews , British film architect
- 1901: Marta Astfalck-Vietz , German photographer and avant-garde artist
- 1902: Leah Rhodes , American costume designer
- 1903: Heinrich Wilhelm Ahrens , German lawyer, businessman and manager
- 1906: Elisabeth Freundlich , Austrian writer
- 1906: Annelies Kupper , German opera singer and lecturer at the Munich University of Music
- 1908: Erna Kelm , German victim of the Berlin Wall
- 1908: Ljerko Spiller , Argentine violinist, conductor and music teacher
- 1910: Piero Pasinati , Italian football player and coach
- 1911: Werner Bieder , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1911: Marshall McLuhan , Canadian media scholar
- 1912: Jacques Poch , French entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1913: Catherine Storr , English children's author
- 1914: Philippe Ariès , French historian
- 1914: Suso Cecchi D'Amico , Italian screenwriter
- 1919: Wendell Mayes , American screenwriter
- 1920: Mohammed Dib , Algerian journalist and writer
- 1920: Isaac Stern , American violinist
- 1921: Werner Schubert-Deister , German painter and sculptor
- 1922: Gabriele Meyer-Dennewitz , German painter and graphic artist
- 1922: Kay Starr , American singer
- 1922: Mollie Sugden , British actress
- 1923: Rudolph Arthur Marcus , American chemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1923: Ueda Miyoji , Japanese poet and literary critic
- 1925: Anne Meacham , American actress
1926-1950
- 1926: Norman Birnbaum , American sociologist
- 1926: Karel Reisz , Czech-English director
- 1927: Peter Haasen , German metal physicist
- 1927: Michael Janisch , Austrian actor
- 1932: Eero Aarnio , Finnish interior and furniture designer
- 1932: Micheline Tessier , Canadian singer and vocal teacher
- 1933: John Gardner , American writer and translator
- 1933: Brigitte Reimann , German writer in the GDR
- 1933: Hans-Henning von Sandrart , German general
- 1934: Américo Amorim , Portuguese entrepreneur
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- 1935: Jeanne Arth , American tennis player
- 1935: Norbert Blüm , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister
- 1936: Taijirō Amazawa , Japanese poet, translator and literary scholar
- 1936: Anatoly Nikolajewitsch Andrianow , Russian mathematician
- 1937: Leoš Faltus , Czech composer and music teacher
- 1937: Walter Link , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1938: Les Aspin , American politician, Secretary of Defense
- 1938: Hermann Schulz , German writer and publisher
- 1939: Jamey Aebersold , American jazz saxophonist and teacher
- 1939: Kim Fowley , American singer and songwriter
- 1939: Helmut Haller , German football player
- 1939: Bertold Klappert , German Protestant theologian
- 1942: Alfred Gomolka , German politician
- 1942: Gabriel Sala , choreographer and dance teacher
- 1943: Peter Gröbner , Austrian chemist and biochemist
- 1944: John Atta Mills , Ghanaian politician, president
- 1944: Tony Scott , British director
- 1946: Mark Aizikovitch , German-Ukrainian klezmer singer and actor
- 1946: Kenneth Starr , American lawyer
- 1947: Co Adriaanse , Dutch football coach
- 1948: Alberto Acosta Espinosa , Ecuadorian economist, politician and intellectual
- 1948: Brad Frisselle , American racing car driver
- 1948: Cat Stevens , British singer and songwriter
- 1950: Ubaldo Fillol , Argentine soccer player
1951-1975
- 1951: Eberhard Gienger , German gymnast and politician
- 1951: Karl Öllinger , Austrian politician
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- 1951: Robin Williams , American actor
- 1953: Eric Bazilian , American musician
- 1953: Harald Nickel , German soccer player
- 1955: Marcelo Bielsa , Argentine soccer player
- 1955: Taco , Dutch singer
- 1955: Béla Tarr , Hungarian film director
- 1956: Michael Connelly , American writer
- 1957: Rumjana Gotschewa , Bulgarian chess player
- 1957: Jon Lovitz , American actor
- 1959: Michael Hull , German competition dancer
- 1960: Fritz Walter , German soccer player
- 1961: Jim Martin , American musician
- 1962: Lee Aaron , Canadian singer
- 1962: Victor Adebowale, Baron Adebowale , British life peer and chief executive
- 1962: Gabi Bauer , German television presenter
- 1964: Saskia Valencia , German actress
- 1964: Jens Weißflog , German ski jumper, Olympic champion, world champion
- 1965: Ibrahim Bilali , Kenyan boxer
- 1965: Jovy Marcelo , Filipino racing car driver
- 1966: Tsering Woeser , Chinese writer, poet, essayist critical of the regime and blogger of Tibetan nationality
- 1967: Walter Arencibia , Cuban chess master
- 1967: Josef Schicklgruber , Austrian football player
- 1968: Abrar-ul-Haq , Pakistani pop, bhangra and folk singer
- 1969: Klaus Graf , German racing driver
- 1969: Isabell Werth , German dressage rider
- 1970: Alysia Reiner , American film and stage actress
- 1971: Anthony Beltoise , French racing car driver
- 1971: Charlotte Gainsbourg , French actress
- 1972: Paul Brandt , Canadian country singer
- 1972: Catherine Ndereba , Kenyan marathon runner
- 1973: Nelson Abeijón , Uruguayan football player
- 1973: Berhane Adere , Ethiopian long-distance runner
- 1973: Roberto Bisconti , Belgian football player
- 1974: Alexander Ladig , German handball player
- 1974: Florentine Lahme , German actress
1976-2000
- 1976: Vahid Hashemian , Iranian soccer player
- 1977: Sarah Biasini , French actress
- 1977: Danny Ecker , German pole vaulter
- 1977: Jamie Harnwell , Australian soccer player
- 1978: Josh Hartnett , American actor
- 1978: Damian Marley , Jamaican musician
- 1979: Luis Ernesto Michel , Mexican soccer player
- 1979: Andrij Voronin , Ukrainian football player
- 1981: Victor Hănescu , Romanian tennis player
- 1981: Stefan Schumacher , German racing cyclist
- 1981: Anja Taschenberg , German actress
- 1982: Katrin Bauerfeind , German Internet TV presenter
- 1982: Kristian Nushi , Albanian soccer player
- 1983: Milan Jovanović , Montenegrin football player
- 1983: Marcus G. Kulp , German singer, actor and musical performer
- 1983: Eivør Pálsdóttir , Faroese singer and composer
- 1984: Sarah Greene , Irish actress
- 1984: Katy Saunders , British-Italian actress and model
- 1985: Filip Polášek , Slovak tennis player
- 1986: Anthony Annan , Ghanaian soccer player
- 1986: Martin Fischer , Austrian tennis player
- 1987: Bashir Adam , German Taekwondo fighter
- 1987: Pyotr Walentinowitsch Tschaadajew , Russian ski jumper
- 1988: DeAndre Jordan , American basketball player
- 1989: Marco Fabián , Mexican soccer player
- 1989: Juno Temple , British actress
- 1990: Rut Arnfjörð Jónsdóttir , Icelandic handball player
- 1990: Anna Maiwald , German athlete
- 1991: Sabine Treml , German soccer player
- 1991: Andreas Wiegel , German soccer player
- 1992: Jessica Barden , British actress
- 1992: Aaron D'Souza , Indian swimmer
- 1994: Sebastian Wurth , German singer
- 1996: Rico Preißinger , German soccer player
- 1997: Frank Ronstadt , German soccer player
- 1998: Thomas Preining , Austrian racing car driver
- 1998: Anna Weiß , German soccer player
- 2000: Erling Braut Haaland , Norwegian soccer player
- 2000: Jens Lurås Oftebro , Norwegian Nordic combined skier
- 2000: Lara Schmidt , German soccer player
Died
Before the 18th century
- 570: Ahkal Mo 'Nahb II. , Ruler of the Maya city of Palenque
- 987: Gottfried I , Count of Anjou
- 1007: Gisela of Burgundy , eldest daughter of King Konrad of Burgundy
- 1077: Gertrude the Elder of Braunschweig , German nobleman and founder
- 1193: Matheus of Salerno , leading functionary of the Norman royal court in Sicily
- 1259: Gojong , 23rd King of the Korean Goryeo Empire
- 1349: John Lestrange, 2nd Baron Strange of Blackmere , English nobleman
- 1381: Conrad VI. von Haimberg , Bishop of Regensburg
- 1403: Henry Percy , English nobleman
- 1403: Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford , English nobleman
- 1405: Antonio Arcioni , Italian bishop and cardinal
- 1425: Manuel II (Byzantium) , Byzantine emperor
- 1482: Reinhard I. von Sickingen , Bishop of Worms
- 1504: Půta Švihovský , Bohemian nobleman
- 1551: Bartholomäus Bernhardi , German theologian
- 1552: Antonio de Mendoza , Spanish colonial administrator, viceroy of New Spain and Peru
- 1608: Johannes Angelus , German theologian
- 1637: Daniel Sennert , German doctor
- 1641: Thomas Mun , English businessman and economist
- 1655: Giovanni Burnacini , Italian theater architect and set designer
- 1688: James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde , Anglo-Irish statesman and soldier
18th century
- 1708: Conrad von Reventlow , Danish Prime Minister and Grand Chancellor
- 1711: Avetik von Tokat , Patriarch of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople
- 1718: Sabbatai Ben Josef , Jewish writer, scholar, bibliographer and publisher
- 1719: Robert Clicquot , French organ builder
- 1719: Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans , Duchess of Berry
- 1725: Johann Philipp von Wurzelbau , Nuremberg astronomer
- 1740: Johann Evangelist Holzer , German-Austrian painter of the Augsburg Baroque
- 1742: Johannes Steuchius , Swedish Lutheran theologian, Archbishop of Uppsala
- 1754: Joseph Saint-Pierre , French architect
- 1761: Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas , Scottish nobleman
- 1773: Sauveur François Morand , French surgeon
- 1779: Michael Adelbulner , German mathematician, physicist and astronomer
- 1796: Philipp Carteret , English navigator and explorer
- 1796: Robert Burns , Scottish writer and poet
- 1798: Charles Joseph de Croix, comte de Clerfait , Austrian field marshal
19th century
- 1807: Johanna Marianne Freystein , German painter
- 1807: Traugott Karl August Vogt , German medic
- 1824: Rama II , King of Siam
- 1838: Johann Nepomuk Mälzel , German inventor and mechanic
- 1851: Horace-François Sébastiani , French general and diplomat, Marshal of France
- 1855: Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom , Swedish poet
- 1856: Emil Aarestrup , Danish poet
- 1858: Gaspar Hernández , Peruvian priest, educator and politician in the Dominican Republic
- 1859: John Gayle , American lawyer and politician, governor and congressman of Alabama
- 1867: Antonio Barezzi , Italian merchant
- 1868: Friedrich Wilhelm Schubert , German historian and political scientist
- 1874: Ferdinand von Droste zu Hülshoff , German ornithologist and writer
- 1878: Johann Baptist Sonderland , German painter and etcher
- 1886: Maximilian Duncker , German historian and politician
- 1886: Carl Theodor von Piloty , German history painter
- 1897: Amand Goegg , Baden finance minister and revolutionary
- 1898: Franz Arnfelser , Austrian composer
- 1899: Louis Eysen , German painter
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901: Félix Joseph Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers , French physiologist and zoologist
- 1901: Isaak Mautner , Bohemian textile industrialist
- 1903: Henri Alexis Brialmont , Belgian general and military writer
- 1907: Nicolae Grigorescu , Romanian painter
- 1907: Wilhelm von Kardorff , Prussian-German politician and entrepreneur
- 1909: Gustav Karpeles , German publicist and literary historian
- 1910: Johan Peter Selmer , Norwegian composer
- 1912: Anton Paul Heilmann , Austrian painter and illustrator
- 1913: Hermann Credner , German geoscientist
- 1918: Johannes Eesekiel , German theologian
- 1922: Cemal Pasha , Turkish general and politician
- 1924: Jan van Leeuwen , Dutch Graecist
- 1926: Washington Augustus Roebling , American engineer
- 1928: Kostas Karyotakis , Greek poet and prose writer
- 1930: Karl von Düwell , German royal Bavarian officer
- 1936: Andreas Hinterstoißer , German mountaineer
- 1940: Hans Wagner , German philatelist, father of the Philatelist Days
- 1941: Romanus Bange , Catholic priest
- 1941: Willis C. Hawley , American politician
- 1942: Franciszek Raszeja , Polish doctor and university professor
- 1944: Ludwig Beck , German general and resistance fighter
- 1944: Werner von Haeften , German lawyer, officer and resistance fighter
- 1944: Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim , German officer and resistance fighter
- 1944: Friedrich Olbricht , German general and resistance fighter
- 1944: Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg , German officer and resistance fighter
- 1944: Henning von Tresckow , German general and resistance fighter
- 1945: Johannes Jessen , German Bible translator
- 1947: Joseph Emmanuel II. Toma , Iraqi priest, Patriarch of Babylon
- 1948: Arshile Gorky , American painter
1951-2000
- 1952: Edwin Hoernle , German writer and politician
- 1953: Anton Cromme , German pharmacist and politician, MdL
- 1955: Georg Oskar Schubert , German television technician
- 1958: Lenka von Koerber , German journalist and writer
- 1960: Massimo Bontempelli , Italian writer
- 1960: André Coyne , French dam engineer
- 1963: Ernst Keller , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1964: Jean Fautrier , French draftsman
- 1964: Ludwig Gruber , German composer and singer, author and conductor
- 1966: Luise Harkort , German ceramist
- 1967: Thomas Dehler , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister
- 1967: Jimmie Foxx , American baseball player and manager
- 1967: Albert John Luthuli , South African politician and religious leader, Nobel Prize winner
- 1967: Basil Rathbone , American actor
- 1969: Walter Hinrichsen , German-American music publisher
- 1971: Herbert B. Fredersdorf , German film director
- 1971: Karl Veken , German writer
- 1972: Ralph Craig , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1973: Roger Dubos , French racing car driver
- 1975: Carl Troll , German geographer
- 1977: Lee Miller , American photographer and journalist
- 1977: Henry Vahl , German actor
- 1979: Ludwig Renn , German writer
- 1980: Keith Godchaux , American musician
- 1981: Jean Vaurez , French racing car driver
- 1983: Radovan Richta , Czechoslovak sociologist and philosopher
- 1984: Felix Augenfeld , Austrian-American architect, interior designer, set designer and designer
- 1986: José Avelino , Filipino politician
- 1988: Kenneth Morgan Abbott , American classical philologist
- 1988: Stanisława Zawadzka , Polish opera singer and vocal teacher
- 1989: Wilhelm Jentzsch , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1990: Sergei Parajanov , Armenian film director
- 1992: Ernst Schäfer , German zoologist
- 1993: Richard Tee , American pianist, organist and arranger
- 1996: Waluliso , Viennese original
- 1997: Ernst Majonica , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1998: Alan Shepard , American astronaut
- 1998: Robert Young , American actor
- 1999: Jun Etō , Japanese literary critic
- 1999: David Ogilvy , British copywriter
- 2000: Iain Hamilton , British composer and music educator
- 2000: Stanojlo Rajičić , Serbian composer
21st century
- 2001: Steve Barton , American actor and singer
- 2001: Einar Schleef , German writer and director
- 2002: Eduardo Cabrera , Cuban pianist, arranger and band leader
- 2003: Ingrid von Bothmer , German theater actress
- 2003: Victor Hasler , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 2004: Jerry Goldsmith , American composer
- 2004: Edward B. Lewis , American biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize winner
- 2005: Long John Baldry , British-Canadian singer
- 2005: Andrzej Grubba , Polish table tennis player
- 2005: Tamara Lund , Finnish soprano
- 2006: Ugo Attardi , Italian painter, sculptor and writer
- 2007: Sophie Bothilde Jensen , German-Danish painter
- 2007: Jesús de Polanco , Spanish media entrepreneur
- 2009: Garnet Brooks , Canadian singer and vocal teacher
- 2009: Heinz Edelmann , German illustrator and graphic designer
- 2010: Luis Corvalán , Chilean politician
- 2010: Heinrich Schmieder , German actor
- 2012: Andrzej Łapicki , Polish actor, theater director and educator and politician
- 2012: Susanne Lothar , German actress
- 2013: Andrea Antonelli , Italian motorcycle racer
- 2013: Heinz Meier , German actor
- 2014: Hans-Peter Kaul , German international lawyer and judge at the International Criminal Court
- 2014: Georg Hertting , Austrian physician and pharmacologist
- 2015: Theodore Bikel , American singer and actor
- 2015: EL Doctorow , American writer
- 2016: Luc Hoffmann , Swiss patron and entrepreneur
- 2016: Felicitas Mayall , German writer
- 2017: Kurt Aurin , German educational scientist
- 2017: John Heard , American actor
- 2018: Ryū Matsumoto , Japanese politician
- 2018: Wolf-Dieter Montag , German figure skating official
- 2019: Robert M. Morgenthau , American lawyer
- 2019: Markus Ramseier , Swiss writer
- 2020: Andrew Mlangeni , South African anti-apartheid activist
- 2020: Annie Ross , American jazz singer and actress
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Ezekiel , Israelite prophet, possibly martyr (Orthodox, Armenian, Protestant: LCMS , the Catholic day of remembrance is on July 23)
- John Eliot (Missionary) , English Native American Messenger of Faith (Evangelical)
- St. Lawrence of Brindisi , Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church (Catholic)
- St. Praxedis , Roman virgin and martyr (Catholic)
- St. Arbogast of Strasbourg , bishop and patron saint (catholic)
- Name days
- Daniel , Daniela , Laurentius , Stella
- State holidays and memorial days
- Belgium : National Day (1831)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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