September 23rd
The September 23 is the 266th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 267th in leap years ), thus remain 99 days by year end. September 23rd is next to September 22nd and 24th a possible day for the beginning of the astronomical autumn and the autumn equinox (equinox).
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events
Politics and world events
- 1122: With the Concordat of Worms between Emperor Henry V and Pope . Calixt II is Investiturstreit settled.
- 1459: The Battle of Blore Heath , one of the first battles of the Wars of the Roses , the defeated House of York , the House of Lancaster .
- 1805: After the invasion of Austria in Bavaria explains France Austria the war .
- 1806: The Lewis and Clark Expedition returns to the familiar civilization of St. Louis .
- 1823: The city of Cadiz , held by liberal revolutionaries, falls after the French invasion of Spain to crush the Spanish Revolution .
- 1862: Otto von Bismarck is appointed Prussian Prime Minister in the Prussian constitutional conflict.
- 1862: In the decisive battle of the Sioux uprising in Minnesota , the US Army under Colonel Henry Hastings Sibley defeats the Dakota on Wood Lake under the leadership of Little Crow , who, however, escapes.
- 1868: In the city of Lares , a revolt against the Spanish occupation of Puerto Rico breaks out with the Grito de Lares .
- 1870: The siege of Toul comes to an end during the Franco-Prussian War . After about eight hours of cannonade , the French soldiers capitulate in the fortress they had held until then .
- 1896: The city of Dongola in Sudan is taken by the British corps used to fight the Mahdi uprising after the previous victory in the Battle of Firket against a force of the Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad .
- 1905: With the Treaty of Karlstad , Sweden and Norway peacefully end the personal union of the two states, which has existed since 1814 .
- 1932: The Kingdom of Hejaz and Najd is renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia . This is considered to be the founding day of Saudi Arabia .
- 1943: In Northern Italy, the fascist Italian Social Republic is proclaimed under the military protection of Germany , which, however, is only recognized by the Axis powers of the Second World War . The head of state is Benito Mussolini, who was liberated a few days earlier .
- 1947: The US military government lifts civil letter censorship in Germany.
- 1973: In Argentina , Juan Perón is elected President and his wife Maria Estela Perón is elected Vice-President.
- 1990: A popular initiative for a moratorium on nuclear power plant construction is adopted in Switzerland .
- 1999: In the first direct election of the President in Yemen , President Ali Abdullah Salih is confirmed in office.
business
- 1889: The company Nintendo is of Fusajiro Yamauchi in Kyoto established to Hanafuda - playing cards to produce.
- 1895: The founding congress in Limoges ends with the creation of the Confédération générale du travail (CGT), the French trade union federation .
- 1930: The German Johannes Ostermeier receives patent protection in the USA for the flashlight bulb he invented .
- 1960: The newly built Europe bridge over the Rhine near Kehl on the border with France is inaugurated. It replaces the temporary bridge that was released for road traffic in 1951.
science and technology
- 1669: The University of Zagreb is founded by Emperor Leopold I in his capacity as Croatian king.
- 1816: Warsaw University of Natural Sciences is established.
- 1846: Johann Gottfried Galle , assisted by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest , discovers the planet Neptune at the position predicted by Urbain Le Verrier .
- 1885: The Austrian chemist Carl Auer von Welsbach patents the mantle in Germany under the name of Auer mantle .
- 1887: William Muir founds the University of Allahabad in British India .
- 1910: The French - Peruvian aviator Géo Chavez is the first to fly over the Alps in his Blériot XI monoplane .
- 1913: Roland Garros is the first to cross the Mediterranean in an airplane on a route that takes him from Fréjus in the south of France to Bizerta in Tunisia in less than eight hours .
- 1921: At the German Motor Show in Berlin, the first aerodynamically designed car ( Rumpler teardrop car ) is presented as a world first .
- 1999: Radio contact with NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter space probe is permanently lost due to a navigation error .
- 2002: The first version of the Mozilla Firefox web browser is published worldwide under the temporary name Phoenix.
Culture
- 1780: The world premiere of the opera Adelheit von Veltheim by Christian Gottlob Neefe takes place in Frankfurt am Main.
- 1877: The premiere of the opera Francesca von Rimini by Hermann Goetz takes place in Mannheim.
- 1896: The premiere of the opera The four-year post of Franz Schubert takes nearly 68 years after the composer's death at the Court Opera in Dresden instead.
- 1909: The first part of the serial novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra ( The Phantom of the Opera ) by the French journalist and writer Gaston Leroux is published in the newspaper Le Gaulois . The last part appears on January 8, 1910.
- 1952: The world premiere of the ballet opera Prussian fairy tale by Boris Blacher takes place in the Städtisches Opernhaus Berlin .
- 1956: The premiere of the opera König Hirsch by Hans Werner Henze takes place at the Städtische Oper in Berlin.
- 1963: The premiere of the film The Silence by Ingmar Bergman turns into a scandal because of sexual representations.
- 1980: Bob Marley performs for the last time in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 1988: Venus from Galgenberg is found in Stratzing ( Lower Austria ) . The more than 30,000 year old female statuette is the oldest artifact in the world to date .
society
- 1973: In Germany, on the initiative of the Björn Steiger Foundation, the nationwide, nationwide introduction of the emergency numbers 110 and 112 is decided.
- 1983: The German AIDS Aid Association is founded in Berlin . V. (DAH) founded.
religion
- 1828: In Mettmann , three evangelical mission associations from the Rhine Province merge to form the Rhenish Mission Society .
- 1972: Synod 72 is opened in Switzerland . The Roman Catholic bishops want to implement the decisions of the Second Vatican Council in a series of events with those affected and interested lay people .
- 2011: Pope Benedict XVI. visits the Augustinian monastery (Erfurt) , where Martin Luther lived as a monk between 1505 and 1512 .
Disasters
- 1726: A fire breaks out in Reutlingen . The fire rages through September 25th and destroys 80% of the city. Around 1,200 families become homeless, but almost no deaths are to be mourned.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1903: The Spielvereinigung Fürth (today SpVgg Greuther Fürth ) is founded.
- 1983: The South African Gerrie Coetzee surprisingly wins his boxing match against Michael Dokes and becomes WBA heavyweight world champion . Coetzee is the first title holder from Africa in the history of boxing.
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- Augustus , Roman emperor 63 BC Chr .:
- 1158: Gottfried II , Count of Anjou and Duke of Brittany
- 1161: Takakura , 80th Emperor of Japan
- 1215: Kublai Khan , Mongolian Great Khan and Chinese Emperor
- 1291: Bolesław III. , Duke of Breslau, Brieg and Liegnitz
- 1392: Filippo Maria Visconti , Regent of Pavia and Duke of Milan
- 1434: Jolande of France , Duchess of Savoy
- 1490: Johann Hess , German Lutheran theologian and reformer
- 1508: Simon Sulzer , Swiss Reformed theologian and reformer
- 1519: François de Bourbon, comte d'Enghien , French prince and general
- 1583: Christian II , Elector of Saxony
- 1583: Philipp Adolf von Ehrenberg , Prince-Bishop of Würzburg, counter-reformer and witch hunter
- 1591: Michael Lohr , German composer
- 1597: Francesco Barberini , Italian cardinal, antiquarian and patron
- 1598: Eleonora Gonzaga , wife of Emperor Ferdinand II, founder of the convent
- 1605: Daniel Czepko , German poet
- 1625: Ferdinand Maximilian of Baden-Baden , Hereditary Prince of Baden
- 1629: David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl , Swedish painter
- 1632: Augustinus Balthasar , German Protestant theologian
- 1642: Giovanni Maria Bononcini , Italian composer (baptism date)
- 1647: Joseph Dudley , colonial governor of Massachusetts
- 1656: Wilhelm Hieronymus Brückner German legal scholar
- 1661: Georg Pasch German ethicist, logician and Protestant theologian
- 1683: Johannes Ernst , Swiss Protestant clergyman
18th century
- 1713: Ferdinand VI. , King of Spain
- 1719: Johann Baptist Wenzel Bergl , Austrian painter
- 1727: Christoph Karl Friedrich von Bardeleben , Prussian major general
- 1728: Carlo Allioni , Italian physician and botanist
- 1740: Go-Sakuramachi , 117th Empress of Japan
- 1740: Jacques-André Mallet , Swiss mathematician and astronomer
- 1744: Alexander Trippel , German sculptor
- 1745: John Sevier , American politician, co-founder and governor of Tennessee, governor of the independent republic of the State of Franklin
- 1753: Joseph von Weber , German scientist and Catholic clergyman
- 1754: Johann Joachim Bellermann , German theologian and Semitist
- 1754: Anna Barbara von Stetten , German benefactress and founder
- 1756: John Loudon McAdam , British engineer and road builder
- 1759: Marie Clothilde of France , Queen of Sardinia-Piedmont
- 1766: Philipp Albert Stapfer , Swiss politician, diplomat and theologian
- 1771: Kokaku , 119th Emperor of Japan
- 1775: Elisabeth von Adlerflycht , German painter, inventor of the Rhine panorama
- 1775: Jens Christian Berg , Norwegian lawyer and historian
- 1780: Clara Anschel , German writer and actress
- 1782: Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied , German ethnologist and natural scientist
- 1783: Peter von Cornelius , German painter
- 1791: Heinrich Friedrich von Arnim-Heinrichsdorff-Werbelow , Prussian statesman
- 1791: Johann Franz Encke , German astronomer
- 1791: Theodor Körner , German poet, playwright and freedom fighter
19th century
1801-1900
- 1803: Jean Désiré Montagney Artôt , Belgian horn player
- 1812: Otto Fridolin Fritzsche , German theologian
- 1819: Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau , French physicist
- 1819: Johann Rudolf Weber , Swiss music teacher and composer
- 1820: Engelbert Lanz , Austrian composer and music teacher
- 1829: Hermann Müller , German botanist, correspondent of Charles Darwin, discoverer of coevolution
- 1831: Martin Garlieb Amsinck , German shipbuilder and shipowner
- 1833: Marie Blanc , German businesswoman
- 1834: Alexei Suvorin , Russian publisher and publicist
- 1837: Thomas Grainger Stewart , British pathologist
- 1838: Victoria Woodhull , American suffragette, spiritualist, finance broker, journalist and editor
- 1839: Christopher Bruun , Norwegian clergyman and founder of the Norwegian Adult Education Center
- 1840: Benno Jaffé , German chemist, industrialist and local politician
- 1846: Eugen Brandeis , German engineer and colonial official
- 1849: Hugo von Seeliger , German astronomer
- 1850: Richard Hertwig , German zoologist
1851-1900
- 1856: William Archer , Scottish theater critic, stage poet and Ibsen translator
- 1861: Adelheid von Bennigsen , German women's rights activist
- 1861: Robert Bosch , German entrepreneur
- 1865: Suzanne Valadon , French painter
- 1867: John Lomax , American musician
- 1868: Johannes Bell , German politician
- 1869: Otfrid von Hanstein , German writer
- 1870: Oluf Krag , Danish Minister of the Interior
- 1870: Georg Langerhans , German lawyer, mayor of Köpenick
- 1871: František Kupka , Czech painter
- 1872: Georg von Thaer , German civil servant and politician in Silesia
- 1876: Brudenell White , Australian general
- 1880: John Boyd Orr , British nutritionist
- 1883: Grigory Yevsejewitsch Zinoviev , Soviet politician
- 1884: Carl Moltmann , German politician
- 1885: Karl von Buchka , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1887: Wilhelm Hoegner , German lawyer and politician, MdR, MdB, MdL, Prime Minister and State Minister of Bavaria
- 1887: Alfieri Maserati , Italian automotive engineer and racing driver
- 1888: Rudolf Freidhof , German politician
- 1888: Gerhard Kittel , German Protestant theologian
- 1889: Walter Lippmann , American publicist
- 1890: Friedrich Paulus , German field marshal
- 1894: Albert Lewin , American film director, screenwriter and producer
- 1897: Paul Delvaux , Belgian painter and printmaker
- 1897: Walter Pidgeon , Canadian film actor
- 1898: Franz Xaver Fuhr , German painter
- 1898: Alfred Margul-Sperber , German-Romanian poet
- 1899: Odd Grüner-Hegge , Norwegian composer, conductor and pianist
- 1899: Hans-Detlef Herhudt von Rohden , German major general
- 1899: Wilhelm Nauhaus , German bookbinder, artist, archivist and publicist
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Ruth Andreas-Friedrich , German resistance fighter, writer and journalist
- 1901: Jaroslav Seifert , Czech poet, writer, journalist and translator, Nobel Prize winner
- 1904: Alfred Baum , Swiss composer, pianist and organist
- 1904: Wilhelm Reitz , German politician
- 1904: Geoffrey Waddington , Canadian violinist and conductor
- 1907: Werner Bockelmann , German lawyer and politician
- 1907: Walter Hinrichsen , German-American music publisher
- 1907: Curt Mahr , German composer and accordionist
- 1908: Franz Adler , American sociologist
- 1909: Blanche Honegger , Swiss-American violinist and conductor
- 1910: Jakob Streit , Swiss writer
- 1911: Lajzer Ajchenrand , Polish poet
- 1911: Franz Wagner , German-Austrian football player
- 1913: Carl-Henning Pedersen , Danish painter
- 1914: Leo Adamek , German politician
- 1914: Norman Cazden , American composer
- 1915: Sergio Bertoni , Italian football player and coach
- 1915: Clifford Glenwood Shull , American physicist
- 1916: Aldo Moro , head of the Italian government
- 1916: Omar Ali Saifuddin III. , Sultan of Brunei
- 1917: Imre Németh , Hungarian athlete, Olympic champion
- 1918: Karl Fischer , Austrian politician and resistance fighter
- 1918: Salvatore Cardinal Pappalardo , Archbishop of Palermo
- 1919: Bogdan Paprocki , Polish singer
- 1919: Kaneko Tōta , Japanese lyric poet
- 1920: Alexander Arutjunjan , Armenian composer
- 1920: Keith MacMillan , Canadian music producer, publisher and manager
- 1920: Mickey Rooney , American actor
- 1925: Angelo Acerbi , Italian Roman Catholic Archbishop and Vatican diplomat
- 1925: Hartmut von Hentig , German educator
1926-1950
- 1926: John Coltrane , American jazz saxophonist
- 1926: Henri Freylinger , Luxembourg wrestler
- 1927: Mighty Joe Young , American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
- 1930: Ray Charles , American singer
- 1930: Don Edmunds , American racing car driver
- 1930: Gerardo Guevara , Ecuadorian composer
- 1934: Per Olov Enquist , Swedish author
- 1934: Rolf Kosiek , German scientist, publicist and politician
- 1934: Franc Cardinal Rodé , Archbishop of Ljubljana, Cardinal Prefect in the Roman Curia
- 1934: Fisher Tull , American composer and music teacher
- 1935: Les McCann , American musician
- 1936: Klaus Knall , German conductor and cantor
- 1936: Manfred Tümmler , German voice actor and film actor
- 1937: Kurt Vossen , German football official, chairman of Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- 1938: Maria Perschy , Austrian film actress
- 1938: Romy Schneider , Franco-German actress
- 1939: Roy Buchanan , American musician
- 1939: Karl Meisner , German swimmer
- 1939: Jürgen Wolfrum , German physical chemist
- 1940: Gerhard Hennige , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1940: Tim Rose , American singer
- 1940: Hans Siemensmeyer , German football player
- 1941: Frank Deppe , German political scientist
- 1941: Margitta Terborg , German politician
- 1941: Norma Winstone , British jazz singer
- 1942: Mathew Anikuzhikattil , Indian bishop
- 1942: Wuelfo Gutiérrez , Cuban singer
- 1942: Dith Pran , Cambodian photojournalist
- 1942: Jeremy Steig , American jazz rock musician
- 1943: Remo Angioli , Italian film producer
- 1943: Gaby Dohm , Austrian actress
- 1943: Julio Iglesias , Spanish singer
- 1943: Lino Oviedo , Paraguayan Commander in Chief of the Army
- 1944: Magor , Czech lyric poet, critic and art historian
- 1945: Igor Ivanov , Secretary of the Security Council of Russia
- 1945: Paul Petersen , American actor
- 1946: Enrico Catuzzi , Italian football player and coach
- 1946: Franz Fischler , Austrian EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Development
- 1946: Gisela Frick , German politician
- 1946: Bernard Maris , French economist, journalist, author and university lecturer
- 1947: Christian Escoudé , French jazz guitarist
- 1947: Don Grolnick , American jazz, fusion and pop pianist, keyboardist, composer and producer
- 1947: Mary Kay Place , American actress and singer
- 1948: Ramón José Aponte Fernández , Venezuelan priest and bishop
- 1948: Vera Nikolić , Yugoslav athlete
- 1949: Quini , Spanish football player
- 1949: Juan Manuel Asensi Ripoll , Spanish soccer player
- 1949: Bruce Springsteen , American rock musician
- 1950: Niels Henrik Arendt , Danish bishop
- 1950: George Garzone , American jazz saxophonist and teacher
- 1950: Ilona Grübel , German actress
- 1950: Dietmar Lorenz , German judoka, Olympic champion
1951-1975
- 1953: Vera Dominke , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1954: Guglielmo Andreini , Italian enduro athlete
- 1954: Cherie Blair , British lawyer, wife of Tony Blair
- 1956: Peter David , American writer
- 1956: Paolo Rossi , Italian football player
- 1957: Jochem Ahmann , German artist and designer
- 1957: Suzanne von Borsody , German actress
- 1957: Rosalind Chao , American actress
- 1957: Gerold Wucherpfennig , German politician, MdL, State Minister
- 1958: F. Jörg Haberland , German visual artist
- 1958: Besnik Mustafaj , Albanian politician
- 1959: Jason Alexander , American actor, director, and film producer
- 1959: Elizabeth Peña , American actress of Hispanic descent
- 1959: Didier Squiban , French pianist and composer
- 1959: Dale Whittington , American racing car driver
- 1960: Barbara Mensing , German archer
- 1961: Daúde , Brazilian singer
- 1961: Chi McBride , American actor
- 1961: Axel Noack , German walker
- 1961: Manfred Schubert-Zsilavecz , Austrian scientist
- 1962: John Harbaugh , American football coach
- 1963: Gabriele Reinsch , German discus thrower
- 1964: Regine Hentschel , German actress
- 1965: Brad Armstrong , Canadian porn actor, director and producer
- 1965: Aleqa Hammond , Greenlandic politician, Prime Minister
- 1968: Kazushige Abe , Japanese J-Bungaku writer
- 1969: Donald Audette , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1969: Tapio Laukkanen , Finnish rally driver
- 1969: Michael Rich , German racing cyclist
- 1969: Silvia Seidel , German actress
- 1970: Franz Almer , Austrian soccer player
- 1970: Christina Große , German actress
- 1971: Ingebrigt Håker Flaten , Norwegian jazz bassist
- 1971: Lee Mi-yeon , South Korean actress
- 1971: Park Tae-bun , South Korean musician
- 1972: Jermaine Dupri , American hip hop musician
- 1973: Valentino Fois , Italian racing cyclist
- 1973: René Lohse , German ice dancer
- 1973: Trick Daddy , American rapper
- 1974: Matt Hardy , American wrestler
- 1974: Félix Mantilla , Spanish tennis player
- 1974: Jan-Pieter Martens , Belgian football player and official
- 1975: FlowinImmO , German rapper
- 1975: Thilo Krapp , German children's book author, illustrator and comic artist
- 1975: Layzie Bone , American rapper
- 1975: Marina Schuster , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
1976-2000
- 1976: Halim Haryanto , Indonesian badminton player
- 1976: Katja Poensgen , German motorcycle racer
- 1977: Magomed Aripgadijew , Belarusian boxer
- 1977: Daniela Jansen , German politician
- 1979: Patrice Bernier , Canadian soccer player
- 1980: Silvio Adzic , German soccer player
- 1981: Robert Doornbos , Dutch Formula 1 racing driver
- 1981: Steffen Freiberg , German political official
- 1981: Natalie Horler , German singer (Cascada)
- 1982: Shyla Stylez , American porn actress
- 1982: Gill Swerts , Belgian football player
- 1983: Michael Bernshausen , German grass skier
- 1983: Marcelo Melo , Brazilian tennis player
- 1983: Lucas Prisor , German actor
- 1984: Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker , German soccer player
- 1984: Patrick Ehelechner , German ice hockey player
- 1985: Boris Hüttenbrenner , Austrian football player
- 1985: Hossein Kaabi , Iranian soccer player
- 1985: Usim Nduka , Nigerian-Azerbaijani football player
- 1985: Anna Unterberger , Italian actress
- 1986: Emre Aktaş , Turkish football player
- 1986: Eduarda Amorim , Brazilian handball player
- 1986: Florian Kirchner , German handball player
- 1986: Gina-Lisa Lohfink , German model
- 1987: Skylar Astin , American actor
- 1987: Jay Bridger , British racing driver
- 1988: The Asian , German rapper
- 1988: Juan Martín del Potro , Argentine tennis player
- 1988: David Unterberger , Austrian ski jumper
- 1989: Brandon Jennings , American basketball player
- 1990: Martin Finger , German poker player
- 1991: Mayke Dähn , German-Slovenian actress and voice actress
- 1991: Trevor Morrice , Canadian ski jumper
- 1991: Nick van der Lijke , Dutch cyclist
- 1991: Kevin Vogt , German soccer player
- 1992: Linn Reusse , German actress
- 1993: Robin Pröpper , Dutch football player
- 1994: Yerry Mina , Colombian soccer player
- 1996: Sierra Kidd , German rapper
- 1997: Fridolin Wagner , German soccer player
- 1998: Wladyslaw Wyschnewskyj , Ukrainian snooker player
- 1999: Rui Andrade , Angolan racing car driver
- 1999: Elias Kaßner , German actor
21st century
- 2001: Nick Julius Schuck , German actor
Died
Before the 16th century
- Adomnan , abbot of Iona Monastery, biographer of St. Columban 704:
- Ælfwald I , king of Northumbria 788:
- Michael III. , Emperor of Byzantium 867:
- Al-Mutanabbi , Arabic poet 965:
- Michael , Bishop of Regensburg 972:
- 1220: Ulrich von Sax , Abbot of St. Gallen
- 1241: Snorri Sturluson , Old Icelandic poet, historian and politician
- 1253: Wenceslas I , King of Bohemia
- 1267: Béatrice de Provence , Countess of Provence and Queen of Sicily
- 1319: Heinrich von Würben , Prince-Bishop of Breslau
- 1346: Ulrich II. Von Hanau , Lord of Hanau
- 1373: Diedrich Morneweg , councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
- 1390: John I , Duke of Lorraine
- 1408: Heinrich von Horn , inhabitant of Liège and insurgent
- 1419: Johann II of Nassau , Archbishop of Mainz
- 1440: Lorenzo di Giovanni de 'Medici , Florentine banker
- 1448: Adolf II , Duke of Cleves
- 1450: Ludwig I , Count of Württemberg
- 1461: Charles of Viana , French nobleman, Prince of Viana
- 1463: Giovanni di Cosimo de Medici , younger son of Cosimo de Medici
- 1468: Sejo , 7th King of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea
- 1479: Lucrezia d'Alagno , Italian nobleman, mistress of King Alfonso V of Aragón
16th to 18th century
- 1508: Beatrix of Aragón , Queen of Hungary and Bohemia
- 1525: Giovanni Gonzaga , Italian condottiere
- 1527: Charles de Lannoy , imperial general and viceroy of the Kingdom of Naples
- 1532: Rudolf von Baden , Prince of Baden and Canon
- 1535: Katharina von Sachsen-Lauenburg , Queen of Sweden
- 1543: Johanna von Hachberg-Sausenberg , Countess of Neuchâtel
- 1550: Innocenzo Cibo , Italian cardinal
- 1552: Barbara von Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach , Landgrave of Leuchtenberg
- 1571: John Jewel , Bishop of Salisbury
- 1582: Louis III. de Bourbon , Duke of Montpensier, French military leader
- 1598: Jacques Mahu , Dutch explorer
- 1612: Johann Glandorp , Lübeck councilor and patron
- 1624: Willem Pietersz. Buytewech , Dutch painter
- 1657: Joachim Jungius , German mathematician, physicist and philosopher
- 1666: Hannibal Sehested , Danish statesman
- 1675: Valentin Conrart , French writer
- 1689: Johann Caspar Pflaume , Leipzig councilor and city judge
- 1692: Dorothea Hedwig of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg , abbess of the Gandersheim monastery
- 1695: Karl II. Von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn , German Roman Catholic Bishop of Olomouc and Breslau
- 1700: Nicolaus Adam Strungk , German composer
- 1705: Johann Heinrich Schweizer , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1723: Domenico Antonio Mele , Italian poet and librettist
- 1725: John Clayton , British clergyman, geographer and naturalist
- 1728: Christian Thomasius , German lawyer and philosopher, opponent of the witch trials and torture
- 1736: Tatiana Fyodorovna Prontschishcheva , first Russian explorer in the Arctic
- 1738: Hermann Boerhaave , Dutch medic
- 1739: Johann Christoph Aurbach , German civil servant and office director of the Quedlinburg Abbey
- 1780: Ernst Friedrich III. , Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
- 1791: Carl von Gontard , German architect
- 1793: Christianus Carolus Henricus van der Aa , Dutch Lutheran theologian
19th century
- 1803: Joseph Ritson , English antiquarian and lawyer
- 1814: Johann Jakob von Pistor , Russian lieutenant general
- 1828: Richard Bonington , British painter
- 1835: Georg Adlersparre , Swedish general, politician and writer
- 1835: Vincenzo Bellini , Italian composer
- 1836: Maria Malibran , Spanish singer (mezzo-soprano)
- 1838: Gerhardus Marthinus Maritz , Boer entrepreneur and Voortrekker leader
- 1844: Alexander von Benckendorff , Russian general
- 1850: José Gervasio Artigas , Uruguayan freedom fighter and national hero
- 1850: Sukaseum , King of Luang Phrabang
- 1863: Johannes Voigt , historian and father of the humanism researcher Georg Voigt
- 1870: Prosper Mérimée , French writer and archaeologist
- 1872: Feodora zu Leiningen , Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
- 1875: Ulrike von Pogwisch , German prioress
- 1877: Urbain Le Verrier , French mathematician and astronomer
- 1879: Gustav von Epstein , Austrian banker and entrepreneur
- 1882: Friedrich Wöhler , German chemist
- 1885: Carl Spitzweg , German painter
- 1888: François-Achille Bazaine , Marshal of France
- 1889: Wilkie Collins , British author, author of the first mystery thriller
- 1889: Placido Maria Schiaffino , Italian abbot and cardinal
- 1890: Lorenz von Stein , Austrian economist and constitutional lawyer
- 1896: Ivar Aasen , Norwegian poet and linguist
- 1896: Gilbert Duprez , French opera tenor and composer
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901: Lothar Anton Alfred Pernice , German professor of Roman law
- 1904: Émile Gallé , French artisan
- 1905: Karl Schilling , German-Baltic pastor and Protestant martyr
- 1909: Ernst aus'm Weerth , German historian and archaeologist
- 1911: Samuel Oettli , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1916: Oliver Godfrey , British motorcycle racer and aviator in World War I.
- 1917: Werner Voss , German fighter pilot
- 1919: Heinrich Bruns , German mathematician and astronomer
- 1920: Heinrich Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden , German politician
- 1924: Julius Keck , German politician
- 1926: Paul Kammerer , Austrian zoologist
- 1926: Stanislas-Arthur-Xavier Touchet , French bishop
- 1928: Matthew Arthur , Scottish businessman and peer
- 1929: Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois , French clergyman, Archbishop of Rouen and Paris
- 1929: Richard Zsigmondy , Austrian chemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1938: Aurelio Giorni , Italian-American pianist and composer
- 1939: Frits van den Berghe , Belgian painter and draftsman
- 1939: Sigmund Freud , Austrian neurologist, founder of psychoanalysis
- 1939: Louis Levin , German lawyer of Jewish origin, President of the Braunschweig Higher Regional Court
- 1942: Wilhelm Wandschneider , German sculptor
- 1943: Lucien Sicotte , Canadian violinist and music teacher
- 1943: Theodor Wolff , German writer, publicist and critic
- 1944: Eduard Hamm , German politician
- 1947: Nikola Petkow , Bulgarian politician
- 1948: Gustav Ricker , German doctor and pathologist
- 1949: Pierre de Bréville , French composer
1951-2000
- 1951: Siegfried Bettmann , British bicycle, motorcycle and car manufacturer
- 1952: Karel Hoffmeister , Czech pianist and musicologist
- 1955: Ludwig Adamovich senior , German lawyer, President of the Austrian Constitutional Court
- 1955: Konstantin Hierl , German officer, politician and party functionary, Reich labor leader
- 1958: Walter F. Otto , German classical philologist and religious scholar
- 1961: John Eldredge , American actor
- 1961: Jacques Moreau , Belgian ancient historian
- 1961: Hans Schaefer German ancient historian
- 1962: Ernst von Leyser , German general, war criminal
- 1963: Willie Eckstein , Canadian pianist and composer
- 1963: Margarethe Faas-Hardegger , Swiss women's rights activist and trade unionist
- 1964: Fred M. Wilcox , American film director
- 1965: Joseph Ferche , auxiliary bishop in Breslau and Cologne
- 1965: Jean Goulet , Canadian violinist, clarinetist, conductor and music teacher
- 1966: Carlo Colombi , Swiss engineer and university professor
- 1968: Pater Pio , stigmatized Italian Capuchin priest
- 1969: Hans Deppe , German director
- 1970: Charlotte Armbruster , German politician
- 1970: Bourvil , French actor
- 1972: Theodor M. Auer , German diplomat
- 1972: Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta , Mexican media entrepreneur
- 1973: Eduard Berend , German Germanist
- 1973: Alexander Sutherland Neill , British reform pedagogue
- 1973: Pablo Neruda , Chilean poet and writer, Nobel Prize winner
- 1974: Jacques Ary , French boxer, wrestler and wrestler, saxophonist and orchestra leader, screenwriter and actor
- 1974: Hanada Kiyoteru , Japanese literary critic
- 1974: Willem van der Woude , Dutch mathematician
- 1975: René Thomas , French racing driver and aviation pioneer
- 1978: Ernst Kolb , Austrian politician and lawyer
- 1980: Jiří Hrzán , Czech actor
- 1981: Dan George , Canadian actor and chief of the Salish Indian tribe
- 1982: Jimmy Wakely , American singer
- 1984: Harald Meschendörfer , Romanian-German painter and graphic artist
- 1985: Beppe Assenza , Italian painter
- 1987: Bob Fosse , American choreographer and director
- 1987: Maria Müller-Gögler , German writer
- 1988: Friedrich Jost , German physical chemist
- 1989: Bradley Kincaid , American folk and old-time musician
- 1994: Robert Bloch , American author
- 1994: Alfred Lemmnitz , German typesetter and minister in the GDR
- 1996: František Rauch , Czech pianist and music teacher
- 2000: Carl Rowan , American journalist and author
21st century
- 2001: Henryk Tomaszewski , Polish actor and pantomime
- 2002: Erich Oberdorfer , German plant biologist
- 2002: Eberhard Werner , German artist and landscape painter
- 2004: Roy Drusky , American country singer and songwriter
- 2004: André Hazes , Dutch singer
- 2004: Nigel Nicolson , British author, publisher and politician
- 2004: Johann Scherz , Austrian carom player, world champion
- 2004: Dido Sotiriou , Greek writer
- 2005: Peter Tettinger , German legal scholar, judge at the Constitutional Court of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 2005: Peter Thom , German actor
- 2006: Malcolm Arnold , British composer
- 2006: Etta Baker , American blues singer and guitarist
- 2009: Klaus Riebschläger , German politician
- 2012: Andrzej Chłopecki , Polish musicologist and critic
- 2012: Helmut Deuschle , German soccer player
- 2012: Corrie Sanders , South African boxer
- 2012: Peter Kirmße , German politician
- 2013: Óscar Espinosa Chepe , Cuban economist, diplomat and dissident
- 2013: Heimo Kuchling , Austrian art theorist
- 2013: Paul Kuhn , German pianist, band leader and singer
- 2014: Gilles Latulippe , Canadian theater director, actor, director and playwright
- 2015: Cecilia Martínez , Venezuelan actress, broadcaster and television presenter
- 2016: Rudi Lüttge , German athlete
- 2016: Max Mannheimer , German Holocaust survivor
- 2017: Charles Bradley , American soul singer
- 2017: Walter Lehmann , Swiss gymnast
- 2018: Charles Kuen Kao , US-British physicist and Nobel Prize winner
- 2018: Afërdita Tusha , Albanian sports shooter
- 2019: Elaine Feinstein , British writer
- 2020: Juliette Gréco , French chanson singer and actress
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Maria de Bohorques , Spanish martyr (Protestant)
- St. Zacharias (Catholic)
- St. Linus , Roman Bishop and Pope (Catholic)
- St. Lutwinus , Franconian nobleman, founder of a monastery and bishop (Catholic)
- St. Pio of Pietrelcina , Italian Capuchin, stigmatized (Catholic)
- State holidays and memorial days
- Saudi Arabia : Day of the Unification of Hejaz and Nejd to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (1932)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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