23rd October
The October 23 is the 296th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 297th in leap years ), thus remain 69 days by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 42 BC BC : In the battle of Philippi , the armies of the Caesar assassins Brutus and Cassius are subject to the associations of the triumvirate under Octavian and Marcus Antonius .
- 424 : Flavius Placidus Valentinianus , who was only five years old , is elevated to Caesar in Thessaloniki .
- 425 : With the proclamation of Valentinian III. to the emperor Westroms by the east Roman emperor Theodosius II. his mother Galla Placidia takes over the government business.
- 1086 : In the Battle of Zallaqa , the Almoravid army under Yusuf ibn Tashfin defeats the Castilian army of knights under Alfonso VI. devastating. As a result, the Almoravids conquered the Taifa kingdoms in Andalusia.
- 1295 : In Paris, Scotland and France sign an alliance treaty, which leads to war between England and Scotland .
- 1520 : The Aachen Cathedral is Charles V to the Roman-German king crowned.
- 1596 : The battle of Mezőkeresztes in the Long Turkish War begins. It lasts until October 26th.
- 1641 : The Irish Confederation Wars begin with the rebellion led by Phelim O'Neill .
- 1642 : The Battle of Edgehill is the first field battle of the English Civil War . The battle ends in a draw, but takes away the royalists' opportunity to march on London and thereby achieve a quick victory over the parliamentarians.
- 1689 : The new English royal couple Wilhelm III. of Orange and Mary II recognizes the Declaration of Rights passed by the English Parliament on February 13th , which leads to the Bill of Rights . This strengthens Parliament's rights vis-à-vis the Crown.
- 1702 : In the sea battle near Vigo , an Anglo-Dutch fleet defeats Spanish-French ships in the port of the War of the Spanish Succession , which shield treasure galleons from Cuba . The attackers sink all enemy ships and capture silver from the galleons that has not yet been discharged .
- 1707 : The British Parliament newly formed under the Act of Union meets for its first session.
- 1739 : With the declaration of war against Spain by the British Prime Minister Robert Walpole , the war for Jenkins' ear begins .
- 1792 : The first Jacobin Club is founded on German soil in the Electoral Palace in Mainz .
- 1812 : Malet conspiracy : the French general and staunch republican Claude François de Malet undertakes a coup d'état by spreading the news of Napoleon Bonaparte's death on the basis of forged documents when he withdrew from the failed Russian campaign . However, the plan fails, Malet and his co-conspirators are arrested and executed on October 29th.
- 1848 : Vienna, which was hit by the October Uprising during the German Revolution , is surrounded by counter-revolutionary troops under the orders of Joseph Jelačić von Bužim and Alfred I. zu Windisch-Graetz .
- 1911 : During the Italo-Turkish War , military reconnaissance is carried out from the air for the first time . The Italian Carlo Piazza flies over a Turkish position near Benghazi to observe the enemy .
- 1915 : During the First World War, the British submarine E8 torpedoed the German warship Prinz Adalbert in the Baltic Sea . 672 crew members are lost with the big cruiser , only three men survive the ship's sinking a few nautical miles off Libau .
- 1921 : During his second attempt at restoration in Hungary , there is a skirmish near Budaörs between units of the former King Charles I and Hungarian troops. To avoid civil war, Karl surrenders.
- 1923 : The Hamburg uprising , with which the KPD wants to seize power in the Weimar Republic , is put down on the same day.
- 1940 : Adolf Hitler meets Francisco Franco in Hendaye, France , to persuade him, ultimately unsuccessfully, to join the Second World War on the side of the Axis powers .
- 1942 : Africa campaign : The Second Battle of El Alamein begins in the Second World War , with the Allies launching a counter-offensive.
- 1943 : 80 percent of Kassel is destroyed in an air raid, over 10,000 people die.
- 1944 : The sea and air battle begins in the Gulf of Leyte during the Pacific War . The Imperial Japanese Navy tries to repel the Allied landing operation in the Philippines .
- 1952 : The Socialist Reich Party (SRP) is banned in Germany because of its open reference to the NSDAP .
- 1953 : In Mainz , the US armed forces present their new nuclear artillery with a range of 32 km.
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1954 : The Paris Treaties are signed. This includes:
- the Germany Treaty , on the sovereignty of Germany.
- the expansion of the Brussels Pact and its transformation into the Western European Union (WEU).
- Germany's accession to WEU and NATO .
- the European Saar Statute for the Europeanization of the Saarland .
- 1955 : The first regional elections take place in Upper Austria after the Allies withdrew from Austria.
- 1955 : In the referendum on the European Saar Statute , this is rejected by the population of the Saar area , Prime Minister Hoffmann resigns.
- 1956 : The Hungarian popular uprising develops from a large student demonstration in Budapest .
- 1975 : The Army of South Africa intervenes in the civil war in Angola . The troop invasion, with the approval of the USA, is intended to strengthen the position of the National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA) .
- 1983 : In Lebanon , 241 US soldiers and 58 French paratroopers are killed in two suicide attacks on the headquarters of the US and French troops during the civil war .
- 1989 : With the proclamation of the Hungarian Republic and the entry into force of a new constitution, the People's Republic of Hungary ends .
- 1991 : The Cambodian civil war parties sign the Paris Peace Accords .
- 2002 : Chechen terrorists take around 800 hostages during a performance of the musical Nord-Ost in Moscow's Dubrovka Theater .
- 2005 : In Poland the National Conservative wins Lech Kaczynski , the runoff for the presidency against Donald Tusk , who had received the most votes in the first ballot.
- 2005 : In Vienna find parliamentary and municipal elections held in which the ruling Social Democratic Party is expanding its absolute majority.
- 2011 : In Switzerland there are national and Council of States elections in which the SVP and the Greens lose seats, as do the CVP and the FDP , while the Green Liberals , the SP and the BDP have won seats.
economy
- 1949 : In Austria, bets are made on football results for the first time in sports pools. The sports totals law provides for the annual use of surpluses from all game rounds to promote sports .
- 1971 : Daimler-Benz registers its development of the airbag as an impact protection device for the occupants of a motor vehicle for a German patent .
- 1998 : Swatch Internet Time is launched by Swatch and the developer of the system, Nicholas Negroponte .
- 2001 : The first iPod with a 5 GB hard drive is introduced.
science and technology
- 1906 : Alberto Santos-Dumont succeeds in a 14- to 50-meter flight with the powered airplane . He wins the Archdeacon Prize with a grant of 3,500 Francs for the first powered flight over 25 meters.
- 1934 : An Italian MC72 sets the world record for propeller-driven seaplanes that still exists today at 709.209 km / h.
- 1944 : The Maria Curie Skłodowska University is founded in Lublin , Poland .
- 1970 : For the first time, a land vehicle reaches a speed of more than 1000 kilometers per hour . In the Great Salt Desert in the US state of Utah is Gary Gabelich in Rocket Car Blue Flame this milestone in the history of technology.
- 2011 : The heaviest German satellite to date, ROSAT , is destroyed when it re-enters the earth's atmosphere. It was in operation from 1990 to 1999.
Culture
- 1754 : The world premiere of the opera Anacréon of Jean-Philippe Rameau place in Fontainebleau instead.
- 1951 : The first six volumes of the Suhrkamp library appear. The publisher Peter Suhrkamp designed the book series for an elite reader .
- 1958 : The artist Peyo publishes a comic with the Smurfs in a supporting role for the first time in the French magazine Spirou .
- 1970 : The first part of the school girl report series, which is considered the most successful German cinema production, premieres.
- 1972 : The world premiere of the opera Elisabeth Tudor by Wolfgang Fortner takes place in Berlin.
- 2003 : The Walt Disney Concert Hall , built according to plans by architect Frank Gehry , opens in Los Angeles .
- 2005 : The Turkish author Orhan Pamuk receives the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade .
society
- 1814 : In Great Britain, the doctor Joseph Constantine Carpue uses the Indian nasal plastic surgery method for rhinoplasty for the first time in a nose cosmetic operation .
- 1829 : In the finished Penitentiary Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, the first to be prisoners taken.
- 1863 : In Turin is at the initiative of Quintino Sella the Italian Alpine Club was founded.
- 1902 : Max Brod meets Franz Kafka in the Prague “Reading and Speech Hall for German Students” when he was giving a lecture on Arthur Schopenhauer . A lifelong friendship begins.
- 1935 : The killers Emanuel Weiss and Charles Workman fire deadly shots in Newark (New Jersey) on behalf of high-ranking organized crime bosses at the mobster Dutch Schultz , his accountant Otto Berman and two other gang members.
religion
- 4004 BC BC : Faith in creation : According to calculations by the Anglican theologian James Ussher , the universe is created by God on this day.
- 585 : The Synod of Mâcon declares the previously voluntary church tithe to be compulsory.
- 1848 : The first German Bishops' Conference begins in Würzburg .
- 1988 : Niels Stensen , Latin Nicolaus Steno , Danish priest and bishop, is beatified by Pope John Paul II .
- 1996 : Pope John Paul II accepts the compatibility between theistic evolution and Darwinian evolution theory in the Christian faith with the remark that it is more than just a hypothesis .
Disasters
- 1940 : The Hurtigruten passenger steamer Prinsesse Ragnhild is shaken by an explosion shortly after casting off in Bodø off the island of Landegode and sinks. The cause is still unclear. 299 people die.
- 2004 : The worst earthquake in over 70 years with a magnitude of 6.8 on the Richter scale in Niigata , Japan kills over 20 people and injures around 1500.
- 2011 : At least 500 people are killed in an earthquake in eastern Turkey .
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
The 2011 Rugby Union Cup
Sports
- 1954 : In East Berlin is German Angling Association founded.
- 2011 : With an 8: 7 final victory over France , hosts New Zealand wins the Rugby Union World Cup .
Entries of athletics world records can be found under the respective discipline under athletics .
Born
Before the 18th century
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- 1516 : Charlotte of France , Princess of France
- 1532 : Joachim Cureus , German theological writer, historian and physician
- 1550 : Maria Andreae , German medicine and healing expert
- 1554 : Georg Limnäus , German mathematician, astronomer and librarian
- 1561 : Johann Konrad von Gemmingen , Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt
- 1572 : Konrad Bachmann , German literary scholar, historian and librarian
- 1636 : Hedwig Eleonora of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf , Queen of Sweden
- 1638 : Elisabeth Marie Charlotte von Pfalz-Simmern , Duchess of Brieg
- 1663 : Eleonore Juliane von Brandenburg-Ansbach , Duchess of Württemberg-Winnental
- 1677 : Rudolf Franz Erwein von Schönborn , German politician and diplomat
- 1689 : Johann Christoph Freiherr von Bartenstein , Austrian statesman and diplomat of German origin
- 1695 : François de Cuvilliés the Elder , French builder
18th century
- 1705 : Maximilian Ulysses Browne , Austrian field marshal of Irish descent
- 1713 : Pieter Burman the Younger , Dutch philologist
- 1713 : Johann Wendler , German bookseller, publisher and donor
- 1715 : Peter II , Russian tsar
- 1723 : Jean Baptiste Feronce von Rotenkreutz , statesman in the Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
- 1729 : Charles Gray, 1st Earl Gray , British general
- 1734 : Nicolas Edme Restif de la Bretonne , French writer
- 1756 : François Chabot , French revolutionary
- 1765 : Anton Wilhelm Stephan Arndts , German professor
- 1766 : Emmanuel de Grouchy , French general and Marshal of France
- 1769 : James Ward , English painter
- 1780 : Joseph Alois Graf von Attems-Heiligenkreuz , Austrian field marshal lieutenant and provincial commander of the Teutonic Order
- 1783 : George Watterston , American Head of the Library of the US Congress
- 1796 : Stefano Franscini , Swiss politician
- 1797 : Jan Jacob Rochussen , governor of the Dutch East Indies
- 1799 : Gottfried Wilhelm Lehmann , co-founder of the German Baptist congregations
- 1800 : Sampson Avard , British theologian
19th century
1801-1850
- 1801 : Peter Wilhelm Forchhammer , German classical philologist and archaeologist
- 1801 : Albert Lortzing , German composer
- 1805 : Adalbert Stifter , Austrian writer
- 1806 : Louis Ferdinand von Rayski , German painter
- 1813 : Ludwig Leichhardt , German explorer of Australia
- 1817 : Pierre Larousse , French teacher
- 1820 : Carl Feer-Herzog , Swiss politician, entrepreneur and railway pioneer
- 1821 : Max von Forckenbeck , German politician
- 1822 : Charles Albert Fechter , Franco-British actor
- 1823 : Wilhelm Heyd , German librarian and historian
- 1825 : Caspar Butz , German-American writer and politician
- 1825 : Julius Kühn , German agricultural scientist
- 1828 : Turner Ashby , American colonel
- 1834 : Hermann Usener , German classical philologist and religious scholar
- 1844 : Wilhelm Leibl , German painter
- 1848 : Amalie von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha , Duchess in Bavaria
1851-1900
- 1851 : Guillaume Couture , Canadian music teacher, music critic, conductor, choir director, composer, organist and singer
- 1857 : Juan Luna , Filipino painter
- 1861 : Wilhelm August Wrage , German painter
- 1864 : Achille Fortier , Canadian composer and music teacher
- 1869 : Albert Roberval , Canadian singer, conductor, theater director and music teacher
- 1871 : Gjergj Fishta , Albanian Franciscan priest, poet and translator
- 1871 : João Gomez de Araújo , Brazilian composer
- 1873 : William David Coolidge , American physicist
- 1875 : Gilbert Newton Lewis , American physical chemist
- 1877 : Ludwig Herbert Gustav Emil Arnsperger , German surgeon
- 1877 : H. Benne Henton , American saxophonist
- 1880 : Dominikus Böhm , German architect
- 1884 : Wilbur Louis Adams , American politician
- 1885 : Paul Lehmann-Brauns , German painter
- 1886 : Edwin Boring , American experimental psychologist
- 1886 : Ernest Friederich , French automobile racing driver and mechanic
- 1886 : Karl Hartleb , Austrian politician
- 1886 : Karl Schenker , German-British photographer and draftsman
- 1890 : Eberhard Wildermuth , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister, Member of the Bundestag and Federal Minister
- 1892 : Seymour Felix , American show dancer and choreographer
- 1892 : Gummo Marx , American actor
- 1893 : Jean Nicolas Joseph Absil , Belgian composer
- 1893 : Jean Acker , American actress
- 1894 : Ludger Westrick , German politician
- 1895 : Clinton Presba Anderson , American politician
- 1895 : Mildgitha Bachleitner , German nun
- 1899 : Hans Lehnert , German lawyer and resistance fighter
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : Albert Johann Anthony , German internist and university professor
- 1904 : Anni Berger , German rose breeder
- 1905 : Felix Bloch , Swiss-American physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1905 : Norah Lange , Argentine writer
- 1907 : Ralph B. Atkinson , American film technician and film producer
- 1907 : Annemarie Schradiek , German actress
- 1908 : Ilya Michailowitsch Frank , Russian physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1909 : Champion Jack Dupree , American musician, singer, and songwriter
- 1910 : Richard Mortensen , Danish painter
- 1912 : Helmut Beumann , German historian
- 1914 : Frank Kinard , American football player and coach
- 1914 : Otto Koenig , Austrian behavioral scientist, zoologist and writer
- 1916 : Philip Rosenthal , German entrepreneur and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1918 : Ulrik Neumann , Danish guitarist, singer, composer and film actor
- 1919 : Manolis Andronikos , Greek archaeologist
- 1919 : Rodrigo Arenas Betancur , Colombian writer and sculptor
- 1920 : Gianni Rodari , Italian writer
- 1922 : Gerhard Bronner , Austrian composer, musician and cabaret artist
- 1923 : Ned Rorem , American composer
- 1924 : Fritz Haller , Swiss architect and furniture designer
- 1925 : Johnny Carson , American television presenter
- 1925 : José Freire Falcão , Brazilian clergyman, Archbishop of Brasilia, cardinal
- 1925 : Jochen Müller , German soccer player
1926-1950
- 1926 : Larry Crockett , American racing car driver
- 1927 : Hans Batz , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1927 : Edward Kienholz , American artist
- 1927 : Leszek Kołakowski , Polish publicist and philosopher
- 1928 : Karl Heinz Bender , German actor, radio play speaker and presenter
- 1928 : Mario Alborghetti , Italian racing car driver
- 1929 : Leonard Freed , American photographer
- 1929 : Tamas Gamqrelidse , Georgian linguist and orientalist
- 1930 : Boozoo Chavis , American musician
- 1931 : Jim Bunning , American baseball player and Senator from Kentucky
- 1931 : Diana Dors , British actress
- 1931 : Donald Hadfield , Canadian organist, choirmaster and church musician
- 1932 : Dimitra Arliss , American actress
- 1935 : Arthur Hannemann , German athlete
- 1935 : Zbigniew Rudziński , Polish composer
- 1936 : Jean-Pierre Hanrioud , French racing car driver
- 1936 : Philip Kaufman , American director
- 1936 : Hans Zehetmair , German politician, MdL, State Minister
- 1937 : Xhevat Lloshi , Albanian linguist
- 1938 : Eugenio Fascetti , Italian football player and coach
- 1940 : Adolf Fehr , Liechtenstein ski racer
- 1940 : Pelé , Brazilian soccer player
- 1941 : Jürgen Egert , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1941 : Lawrence Foster , American conductor
- 1941 : Knut Hinz , German actor
- 1941 : Herbert Lübking , German national field and indoor handball player
- 1942 : Michael Crichton , American writer
- 1943 : Jorge Arbeleche , Uruguayan writer, essayist and lecturer
- 1944 : Inge Utzt , German local politician
- 1945 : Michel Vautrot , French football referee
- 1945 : Rodja Weigand , German author and editor
- 1947 : Abd al-Aziz ar-Rantisi , leader of the Palestinian Hamas
- 1947 : Kazimierz Deyna , Polish football player
- 1947 : Greg Ridley , British musician
- 1948 : Karl Aiginger , Austrian economic researcher
- 1948 : Gordon Gottlieb , American percussionist and music teacher
- 1948 : Feisal Abdul Rauf , Egyptian-American Imam
- 1949 : Hans Ager , Austrian politician
- 1949 : Tristan Honsinger , American cellist
- 1950 : Fidèle Agbatchi , Archbishop of Benin
- 1950 : Lothar Doering , German handball player and coach
- 1950 : Harry Sacksioni , Dutch musician and composer
1951-1975
- 1951 : Mauricio Pergelier , Chilean organist
- 1951 : Ingo Peter , German soccer player and coach
- 1951 : Fatmir Sejdiu , Kosovar President
- 1952 : Pierre Moerlen , French drummer and composer
- 1953 : Altuğ Taner Akçam , Turkish historian, sociologist and author
- 1953 : Marek Chołoniewski , Polish composer, music organizer and teacher
- 1954 : Ang Lee , Taiwanese director
- 1954 : Uli Stein , German soccer goalkeeper
- 1955 : Dominique Mentha , Swiss singer, theater director and director
- 1955 : Setsuko Shinoda , Japanese writer
- 1956 : Dianne Reeves , American jazz singer and songwriter
- 1956 : Katrin Saß , German actress
- 1956 : Dwight Yoakam , American country singer
- 1957 : Martin Luther King III , American human rights activist
- 1957 : Olga Alexandrovna Slavnikova , Russian journalist and writer
- 1958 : Rose Nabinger , German jazz singer
- 1958 : Frank Schaffer , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1959 : Svein Dag Hauge , Norwegian guitarist, songwriter and music producer
- 1959 : Sam Raimi , American producer and film director
- 1959 : Weird Al Yankovic , American musician, parodist, and accordion player
- 1960 : Max Patrick Adenauer , German entrepreneur
- 1961 : David Kitay , American film composer
- 1960 : Mirwais , French musician and record producer
- 1960 : Randy Pausch , American professor of computer science
- 1960 : Wayne Rainey , American motorcycle racer
- 1960 : Erich Rinner , Austrian solo trumpeter
- 1961 : Gabriela Amgarten , Swiss television presenter and editor
- 1961 : Andoni Zubizarreta , Spanish football player
- 1962 : Stefano Colantuono , Italian football player and coach
- 1962 : Beatie Edney , British actress
- 1963 : Ulrich Ritter , German make-up artist
- 1964 : Victor Sifton , Canadian racing car driver
- 1964 : Robert Trujillo , American electric bass player (Metallica)
- 1964 : Franziska Matthus , German actress
- 1966 : Marianne Cathomen , Swiss singer
- 1966 : Skúli Sverrisson , Icelandic jazz bassist
- 1966 : Baklai Temengil , Palau politician and sports official
- 1966 : Alessandro Zanardi , Italian racing driver
- 1968 : Gesine Cukrowski , German actress
- 1968 : Alexander Schmidt , German soccer coach
- 1969 : Dolly Buster , Czech actress and porn film producer
- 1969 : Trudi Canavan , Australian writer
- 1969 : Christian Schwarzer , German handball player
- 1970 : Kathrin Blacha , German handball player
- 1971 : Bohuslav Sobotka , Czech politician, deputy head of government and finance minister
- 1972 : Tiffeny Milbrett , American soccer player
- 1974 : María Abel , Spanish long distance runner
- 1974 : Aravind Adiga , Indian journalist and writer
- 1974 : Derek Landy , Irish writer and screenwriter
1976-2000
Ryan Reynolds (born 1976)
- 1976 : Ryan Reynolds , Canadian actor
- 1976 : Karsten Schäfer , German handball player and trainer, sports scientist
- 1979 : Ferdinand Feldhofer , Austrian football player
- 1979 : Vanessa Petruo , German pop singer
- 1979 : Prinz Pi , German rapper
- 1980 : Jesper Brian Nøddesbo , Danish handball player
- 1981 : Olivier Occéan , Canadian football player
- 1982 : Aleksandar Luković , Serbian football player
- 1983 : Valentin Demjanenko , Azerbaijani-Ukrainian canoeist
Izabel Goulart (* 1984)
- 1984 : Izabel Goulart , Brazilian model
- 1984 : Michael Köhler , German handball player
- 1985 : Mohammed Abdellaoue , Norwegian football player
- 1985 : Svenja Huber , German handball player
- 1986 : Emilia Clarke , British actress
- 1986 : Jovanka Radičević , Montenegrin handball player
- 1986 : Jessica Stroup , American actress
- 1987 : Arnór Þór Gunnarsson , Icelandic handball player
- 1988 : Nicolaj Moesgaard Agger , Danish football player
- 1988 : Dani Clos , Spanish racing driver
- 1988 : Carolin Schiewe , German soccer player
- 1988 : Franziska Alber , German actress
- 1988 : Elsie Uwamahoro , Burundian swimmer
- 1988 : Florian Büchler , German soccer player
- 1988 : Raphaël Joly , Dutch ice hockey player
- 1988 : Jordan Crawford , American basketball player
- 1989 : Franz Anton , German canoeist
- 1989 : Michelle Wiki , Swiss floorball player
- 1990 : Matt Angel , American actor
- 1990 : Paradise Oskar , Finnish singer-songwriter
- 1991 : Emil Forsberg , Swedish football player
- 1992 : Thomas Kaminski , Belgian football goalkeeper
- 1992 : Álvaro Morata , Spanish football player
- 1993 : Taylor Spreitler , American actress
- 1995 : Agnes Jebet Tirop , Kenyan long distance runner
- 1995 : Ireland Baldwin , American model
- 1996 : Ronaldo , Brazilian soccer player
- 1997 : Apache 207 , German rapper
- 1998 : Amandla Stenberg , American actress
- 1999 : Belle Delphine , British e-girl, model and web video producer
21st century
- 2002 : Shin Eun-soo , South Korean actress
Died
Before the 16th century
- 42 BC BC : Marcus Junius Brutus , Roman senator, one of the murderers of Caesar
- 640 : Romanus , Bishop of Rouen and saint of the Roman Catholic Church
- 877 : Ignatios I , Patriarch of Constantinople
- 902 : Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm II , Emir of the Aghlabids in Ifriqiya
- 930 : Daigo , Japanese emperor
- 945 : Hyejong , 2nd King of the Goryeo Empire in Korea
- 949 : Yōzei , Japanese emperor
- 1038 : Abū Nuʿaim , Arabic theologian and famous hadith collector
- 1095 : Heinrich II. , First Count Palatine near the Rhine
- 1157 : Sven III. , King of Denmark
- 1168 : Máel Coluim , Scottish nobleman
- 1169 : Hillin von Fallemanien , Archbishop of Trier
- 1229 : Heinrich von Köln , German preacher and Dominican prior
- 1249 : Johannes Bonus , Italian lay brother
- 1307 : Otto von Rietberg , Bishop of Paderborn
- 1349 : Nicholas of Lyra , French theologian
- 1354 : Ulrich V. von Pfannberg , Vogt of Obernburg, Marshal of Austria and captain in Carinthia
- 1425 : Jordan Pleskow , mayor of Lübeck
- 1456 : Johannes Capistranus , Italian traveling preacher
- 1497 : Anna , abbess of the Buchau women's monastery
16th to 18th century
- 1542 : Johannes Zwick , German theologian, lawyer, reformer and hymn poet
- 1550 : Tiedemann Giese , Bishop of Kulm and Bishop of Warmia
- 1590 : Bernardino de Sahagún , Spanish Franciscan and ethnologist
- 1595 : Luigi Gonzaga , Duke of Nevers and Duke of Rethel
- 1614 : Pancraz Krüger , German humanist and educator
- 1616 : Richard Hakluyt , English geographer and writer
- 1616 : Leonhard Hutter , German theologian
- 1632 : Giovanni Battista Crespi , Italian painter, sculptor and architect
- 1635 : Wilhelm Schickard , German astronomer and mathematician
- 1638 : Johann Ernst , Duke of Saxony-Eisenach
- 1656 : Erik Axelsson Oxenstierna , Swedish statesman and Imperial Chancellor
- 1692 : Alexander von Spaen , Field Marshal General of Brandenburg
- 1703 : Hannah Twynnoy , English barmaid, killed by a tiger
- 1714 : Philip Wilhelm von Hornick , Austrian economist, mercantilist and cameralist
- 1718 : Johann Caspar Posner , German physicist and rhetorician
- 1733 : Francisco Fernández de la Cueva Enríquez , Spanish colonial administrator and viceroy of New Spain
- 1745 : Johann Alexander Döderlein , Weißenburg scholar
- 1782 : Joseph Riepel , German music theorist, violinist and composer
- 1787 : Pasquale Cafaro , Italian composer
- 1799 : Count József Batthyány , Hungarian prelate
19th century
- 1801 : Johann Gottlieb Naumann , German composer
- 1823 : Marcos Coelho Neto , Brazilian composer
- 1836 : Heinrich Behrmann , German-Danish pedagogue, non-fiction author and private scholar
- 1842 : Wilhelm Gesenius , German theologian and historian
- 1850 : Karl Christoph Schmieder , German science historian, high school professor and author
- 1857 : Friedrich Kammerer , inventor in the field of matches
- 1867 : Franz Bopp , German linguist and Sanskrit researcher
- 1869 : Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby , British Prime Minister
- 1872 : Théophile Gautier , French writer
- 1874 : Abraham Geiger , member of the Jewish reform movement
- 1888 : Robert Justus Kleberg , German-American farmer, soldier and civil servant
- 1892 : Mehmed Emin Pascha (Eduard Schnitzer), German military doctor, traveler to Africa and politician
- 1896 : Columbus Delano , American politician
- 1897 : Friederike Amalie Agnes , Princess of Anhalt-Dessau and Duchess of Saxony-Altenburg
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901 : Georg von Siemens , German banker
- 1903 : August Nagel , German professor of geodesy
- 1910 : Chulalongkorn , Siamese king
- 1910 : Ferdinand Lachner , Czech violinist and music teacher
- 1914 : Siegfried Sudhaus , German classical philologist and papyrologist
- 1916 : Otto Bauer , politician, mayor of several cities
- 1924 : Arthur Osann , German lawyer and politician, MdR
- 1926 : Satyro Bilhar , Brazilian singer, guitarist and composer
- 1928 : François-Alphonse Aulard , French historian
- 1930 : Giuseppe Aiello , Italian-American mobster
- 1930 : Vicente Casanova y Marzol , Spanish Roman Catholic Archbishop of Granada and Cardinal
- 1933 : William N. Doak , American politician
- 1935 : Johannes Eduard Franz Bölsche , German musician and composer
- 1935 : Charles Demuth , American painter
- 1939 : Zane Gray , American writer
- 1940 : Ignacio Antinori , Italian-American mobster
- 1940 : Max Askanazy , Swiss pathologist and oncologist
- 1940 : George B. Cortelyou , American politician
- 1944 : Charles Glover Barkla , British physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1944 : Hana Brady , Czechoslovak Jewish victim of the Nazi regime
- 1944 : Krystana Iwanowa Janewa , Bulgarian resistance fighter
- 1946 : Kurt Daluege , German SS Colonel Group Leader, Chief of the Ordnungspolizei and war criminal
- 1947 : Franz Josef Koch , German teacher and author
- 1948 : Carl Bailey , American politician
- 1948 : Eugeniusz Morawski-Dąbrowa , Polish composer
- 1950 : Al Jolson , American singer and actor
1951-2000
- 1951 : Fritz Tarnow , German trade unionist and member of the Reichstag
- 1958 : Erich Köhler , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1962 : Henry D. Hatfield , American politician
- 1963 : Nerses W. Akinian , Armenian church historian, philologist and Armenist
- 1964 : Axel Ivers , German actor, theater director, radio play speaker, playwright and translator
- 1969 : Robert Dussaut , French composer and music theorist
- 1969 : Mongi Slim , Tunisian politician
- 1971 : Herbert Böhme , German poet, writer and publicist
- 1972 : Dave Simmonds , British motorcycle racer
- 1976 : Vera Guilaroff , Canadian pianist and composer
- 1978 : Maybelle Carter , American country singer and composer
- 1979 : Carlo Abarth , Italian motorcycle racer and entrepreneur
- 1979 : Antonio Cardinal Caggiano , Argentine clergyman, Archbishop of Buenos Aires
- 1981 : Reginald Butler , British sculptor
- 1984 : Josef Augstein , German lawyer
- 1984 : Oskar Werner , Austrian actor
- 1985 : Bernhard Bauknecht , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1985 : Mario Prassinos , Greek-French painter
- 1986 : Edward Adelbert Doisy , American biochemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1987 : Karlfranz Schmidt-Wittmack , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1987 : Alejandro Scopelli , Argentine-Italian soccer player and coach
- 1988 : Valter Åhlén , Swedish ice hockey player
- 1988 : Henry Melody Jackson Jr. , American boxing athlete
- 1988 : Tarō Asashio , Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1988 : Karl Augustin-Hartmann , Swiss printer and publisher
- 1992 : Ewa Bonacka , Polish actress and director
- 1992 : Wilfried Haslauer sen. , Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Salzburg
- 1994 : Theodor Veiter , German-Austrian international lawyer
- 1996 : Harold Hughes , American politician
- 1996 : Alexander Kelly , Scottish pianist and music educator
- 1997 : Pinchas Lapide , Jewish religious scholar and Israeli diplomat
- 1998 : Andrea Wolf , German radical left activist
- 2000 : Yokozuna , American wrestler
21st century
- 2001 : Ken Aston , English football referee
- 2001 : Gerd Mehl , German journalist
- 2002 : Marianne Hoppe , German actress
- 2003 : Lloyd Arthur Eshbach , American writer and editor
- 2003 : Chiang Mei-Ling , Chinese politician
- 2004 : Christian Büttrich , German Germanist and librarian
- 2004 : Robert Merrill , American opera singer
- 2004 : Friedel Neuber , German banker and politician
- 2004 : Bill Nicholson , British football coach
- 2004 : George Silk , New Zealand photographer
- 2006 : Kurt Anliker , Swiss classical philologist
- 2007 : George L. Hersey , American art and architecture historian
- 2007 : David George Kendall , British mathematician
- 2008 : Rolf Andresen , German sports official
- 2009 : Ferdinand Dux , German actor
- 2009 : Walther Fürst , German lawyer, President of the Federal Administrative Court
- 2011 : Jean Marius Amadou , French singer and humorist
- 2010 : Vince Banonis , American football player
- 2011 : John McCarthy , American logician and computer scientist
- 2011 : Marco Simoncelli , Italian motorcycle racer
- 2011 : Karl Heinz Spilker , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 2012 : Wilhelm Brasse , Polish photographer
- 2013 : Anthony Caro , British sculptor
- 2014 : Alvin Stardust , British musician
- 2016 : Pete Burns , British musician
- 2016 : Ricardo Lindo Fuentes , Salvadoran poet, storyteller, playwright and essayist
- 2017 : Walter Lassally , British cameraman
- 2018 : Laetitia Boehm , German historian
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. James the Righteous , one of the leaders of the Jerusalem early church and martyr (Orthodox, Armenian, Protestant: ELCA , LCMS )
- Johannes Zwick , German pastor and song writer (Protestant)
- St. Johannes Capistranus , Italian traveling preacher and military leader, inquisitor and patron saint (Catholic)
- St. Severin of Cologne , bishop and patron saint (catholic)
- Saint Romanus (Rouen) , French bishop and patron saint
- Name days
- State holidays and memorial days
- Thailand : Chulalongkorn Day (anniversary of King Chulalongkorn's death in 1910)
- Hungary : Hungarian popular uprising (since 1989)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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