June 24th

The June 24 is the 175th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 176th in leap years ), thus remain another 190 days until the end of the year.

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Events

Politics and world events

217 BC Chr .: Battle of Lake Trasimeno

• 217 BC BC : In the Second Punic War , the Carthaginian general Hannibal , who had moved to Italy, defeated two armies of the Romans with his army in the battle of Lake Trasimeno .
• 0079 : Titus becomes Roman emperor after his father Vespasian died the day before during a spa stay.
• 0356 : Julian defeats the Alemannic army in the siege of Autun .
• 0972 : In the Battle of Zehden ( Cedynia ), the Polish Duke Mieszko I defeats the Margrave Hodo from East Markets .
• 1295 : The Peace of Anagni , negotiated with the participation of the Pope, the Roman Curia , King Jacob II of Aragon, King Philip IV of France and Charles II of Anjou-Naples , is signed. The treaty re-regulates the balance of power in southern Italy and the western Mediterranean.
• 1314 : In the Battle of Bannockburn , the Scots under Robert the Bruce defeat an English army that was almost three times as large under Edward II and thus give Scotland independence from England for a long time.
• 1340 : In the naval battle of Sluis , the first major battle in the Hundred Years War , the English are victorious under King Edward III. about the French fleet. You thwart the plan of Philip VI. an invasion of England.
• 1380 : Troops of the Republic of Venice under Vettor Pisani succeed in recapturing Chioggia from the Genoese during the Chioggia War .
• 1497 : Giovanni Caboto reaches the North American continent, but thinks he is in China . Where exactly he went ashore, whether in Labrador , New England or Newfoundland , is uncertain.

1509: Henry VIII.

• 1509 : Henry VIII is crowned King of England.
• 1535 : After almost one and a half years of siege, troops of Bishop Franz von Waldeck take the city of Münster , in which the Anabaptists around Bernd Rothmann , Jan van Leiden , Heinrich Krechting , Bernd Krechting and Bernd Knipperdolling established the Anabaptist Empire of Münster , and begin with a bloodbath in the city .

1667: Burning English ships during the attack in the Medway

• 1667 : The Dutch fleet ends the raid on the Medway , which has been ongoing since June 19 . In this operation of the Anglo-Dutch War , under the command of Admiral Michiel de Ruyter , they invaded the River Medway from the Thames estuary and captured or sank numerous ships of the Royal Navy .
• 1762 : Allied and French troops clash near Wilhelmsthal Castle in the Seven Years' War . After their defeat in the Battle of Wilhelmsthal , the French had to withdraw from northern Germany.
• 1763 : After an outbreak of smallpox in Fort Pitt, Captain Ecuyer, as an officer of the commander of the British troops, Sir Jeffrey Amherst, gave indigenous people contaminated blankets from the hospital. In his diary he wrote: "I hope it will have the desired effect."
• 1789 : Joseph River Medway II. Hungary founds a military stud in the town of Bábolna , which later became the national stud and the birthplace of the Shagya Arabian breed .
• 1793 : The National Convention adopts a new French constitution . However, this never comes into force.
• 1812 : With the crossing of the Memel by the Grande Armée of around 475,000 soldiers , Napoleon's campaign against Russia begins .
• 1813 : During the British-American War in Canada , British forces force an outnumbered American division to surrender at the Battle of Beaver Dams .
• 1821 : In the Battle of Carabobo , Venezuelan troops under the leadership of Simón Bolívar defeat the Spanish colonial power, thus fighting for Venezuela's independence and strengthening the independence movements throughout South America .

1839: Mohammed Ali Pasha

• 1839 : Egyptian troops under Viceroy Muhammad Ali Pasha defeat the Ottoman army of Sultan Mahmud II in the battle of Nizip .
• 1848 : On the occasion of the closure of the national workshops , which had opened up employment opportunities for the unemployed, there is an uprising of the workers in France , which is brutally suppressed.

1859: Henry Dunant

• 1859 : The Battle of Solferino defeated Napoleon River MedwayIII. Austria. Under the impression of the conditions after the battle, Henry Dunant founds the International Committee of Aid Societies for the Care of the Wound , later the Red Cross . The Battle of San Martino also takes place on the same day .
• 1864 : Austria and Prussia reach the Karlovy Vary Agreement during the German-Danish War .
• 1866 : In the Battle of Custozza in the Third Italian War of Independence, the attempt to conquer Veneto and Trentino from the Austrian Empire fails .
• 1894 : After a speech by French President Marie François Sadi Carnot in Lyon, the anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio stabs the politician with a knife. The injuries suffered lead to Carnot's death hours later.
• 1916 : The Battle of the Somme begins with British artillery fire , developing into the battle with the greatest losses in the First World War .
• 1921 : On the Åland question, the League of Nations decides that the islands should continue to belong to the national territory of Finland , but demands various guarantees in favor of the Swedish-speaking population.

1922: Forward edition on the murder of Walther Rathenau

• 1922 : The German Reich Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau is murdered by members of the right-wing extremist secret society Organization Consul . Because of his Jewish roots and because of the conclusion of the Treaty of Rapallo with Soviet Russia, he has become hostile to the political right.
• 1932 : A non-violent military coup in Siam leads to the replacement of the absolutist monarchy by a constitutional monarchy .
• 1939 : The country name of Siam is changed at the instigation of the dictator General Plaek Phibunsongkhram in Thailand ( Prathet Thai  = "Land of the Free").
• 1945 : The Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 on Red Square becomes the largest military parade in the history of the Soviet Union with 40,000 participating soldiers, 1,850 military vehicles and a duration of two hours .
• 1948 : The Berlin blockade begins with the interruption of the power supply to West Berlin , all road and rail traffic and inland shipping between Berlin and the western zones through the Soviet Union .
• 1967 : A Bolivian military unit massacres miners and civilians on the grounds of the Siglo XX tin mine and occupies the Catavi tin mine. About 20 dead and 70 injured as a result of anti- union military action.
• 1997 : In Israel , Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu survives a vote of no confidence.
• 2005 : In a runoff is Tehran Mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the sixth president of the Islamic Republic of Iran elected.
• 2007 : In the UK , Gordon Brown replaces Tony Blair as Prime Minister and Chair of the Labor Party .

2010: Julia Gillard

• 2010 : After Kevin Rudd's surprising disempowerment as chairman of the Australian Labor Party , Julia Gillard is elected Australia's first female Prime Minister .

economy

• 1705 : The Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung appears with its first edition. It has nothing in common with today's daily newspaper of the same name.

1841: Technical drawing of the first Borsig steam locomotive

• 1841 : The Berlin heavy machinery factory August Borsig delivers its first locomotive.
• 1910 : A change in the company creates the automobile manufacturer Alfa Romeo in Milan .
• 1948 : The Deutsche Mark is introduced with the imprint "B" in the three western sectors of Berlin .
• 1952 : The first issue of the BILD newspaper appears with a total circulation of 250,000 copies.

science and technology

• 1982 : On board the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz T-6 starts with Jean-Loup Chrétien , the first Frenchman in space.

Culture

• 1038 : The oldest dated bell in Germany, the Lullus bell , is cast in Bad Hersfeld .

1854: Theater ticket to the Hoftheater Weimar

• 1854 : 26 years after the composer's death, the opera Alfonso and Estrella by Franz Schubert is premiered under the direction of Franz Liszt at the Weimar Court Theater . The libretto was written by Franz von Schober .
• 1901 : The first exhibition by the 18-year-old Spanish painter Pablo Picasso opens in the Galérie Vollard in Paris .
• 1910 : The German Theater Museum opens in Munich in the house of the royal Bavarian court actress Clara Ziegler .
• 1937 : First performance of the opera Don Juan de Mañara by Eugène Aynsley Goossens at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London.
• 1966 : The Beatles begin their tour of Germany.
• 1995 : After more than twenty years of preparation, the art installation Wrapped Reichstag by the artist couple Christo and Jeanne-Claude is presented in Berlin .

society

• 1282 : In Portugal, King Dionysius marries the twelve-year-old Elizabeth of Portugal , the daughter of King Peter III. of Aragon.
• 1717 : The First Grand Lodge of England is founded through the amalgamation of four Masonic lodges .
• 1929 : After driving 46,063 kilometers, racing driver Clärenore Stinnes and cameraman Carl-Axel Söderström return to Berlin after the first circumnavigation of the world in a standard passenger car .

1860: Florence Nightingale with nursing students

• 1860 : The Nightingale School of Nursing is opened in London as the first western nursing school without church affiliation .
• 1947 : The American pilot Kenneth Arnold , according to his own statements, sees nine strangely racing objects in flight, for which the term flying saucer is used for the first time .
• 1995 : The memorial for the gay and lesbian victims of National Socialism in Cologne is unveiled.

religion

• 1888 : Pope Leo XIII. advises the Irish through the bishops in the encyclical Saepe nos to obedience, justice and legal action in times of upheaval in Ireland .

1906: St. Paul

• 1906 : The St. Paul Church in Munich, built in neo-Gothic style, is inaugurated.
• 1933 : The National Socialist German Reich under Adolf Hitler bans Jehovah's Witnesses . During the entire period of National Socialism, the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses continued mainly because of their pacifism and the refusal to give the Hitler salute.
• 1967 : In the encyclical Sacerdotalis caelibatus , Pope Paul VI. to the celibacy of the priests , which he maintains as an ecclesiastical regulation.

Disasters

• 2002 : In the People's Republic of China , a flood disaster in Shanxi Province kills over 500 people.

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

Sports

• 1958 : In the Battle of Gothenburg in the semi-finals of the World Cup in Sweden, the host team defeated Germany 3-1 in the Nya Ullevi Stadium . The game played with excessive rigor will continue to put a strain on the sporting relations between the two countries for a long time.
• 1990 : Martina Navratilova wins her ninth Wimbledon title with her 6: 4 and 6: 1 victory over Zina Garrison . She becomes the sole record holder of the most important tennis tournament in the world.
• 1995 : South Africa wins the final of the Rugby Union World Cup in Johannesburg 15:12 against New Zealand .
• 2004 : After the German team retired from the preliminary round of the 2004 European Football Championship in Portugal , Rudi Völler resigned as team boss and Michael Skibbe as assistant coach of the German national football team.
• 2010 : With a total length of 11 hours and 5 minutes, the longest tennis match in history ended with a five-set win (70:68 in the last set) for American John Isner over French Nicolas Mahut .

Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field . Entries on football world championship games can be found in the sub-pages of football world championships . The same goes for European football championships .

Born

Before the 16th century

• 1088 : Ibn al-ʿArīf , Andalusian Sufi
• 1210 : Florens IV , Count of Holland and Zeeland
• 1244 : Heinrich I , first Landgrave of Hesse
• 1287 : John Giffard, 2nd Baron Giffard , English nobleman and rebel
• 1292 : Otto von Braunschweig-Göttingen , Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Prince of Göttingen, Prince of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
• 1311 : Philippa of Hainaut , Queen of England
• 1322 : Johanna , Duchess of Brabant, Duchess of Limburg and Margravine of Antwerp

Nuno Álvares Pereira (* 1360)

• 1360 : Nuno Álvares Pereira , Portuguese monk and military leader
• 1386 : Johannes Capistranus , Italian traveling preacher
• 1443 : Hans von Werthern , German nobleman, imperial knight
• 1463 : Heinrich I , Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg and Prince of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
• 1480 : Johannes Werner von Zimmer the Younger , German nobleman, Lord of Messkirch
• 1485 : Johannes Bugenhagen , German reformer
• 1485 : Elisabeth of Denmark, Norway and Sweden , Electress of Brandenburg
• 1489 : Lorenz Fries , Würzburg prince-bishop council, historian and chronicler
• 1499 : Johannes Brenz , German theologian and reformer

16th Century

• 1504 : Johannes Mathesius , German pastor and Lutheran reformer
• 1512 : Balthasar Brusch , Eger bookbinder, bookseller and chronicler
• 1514 : Johann Baumgart , German theologian, hymn poet and school dramatist

Théodore de Bèze (* 1519)

• 1519 : Théodore de Bèze , Geneva reformer
• 1532 : Edzard II , Count of East Frisia
• 1532 : Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester , English nobleman
• 1532 : Wilhelm IV , Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
• 1535 : Johannes Clajus , German pedagogue, theologian and grammarian
• 1542 : John of the Cross , Spanish Carmelite and mystic
• 1546 : Robert Parsons , English Jesuit and politician
• 1561 : Rombout Hogerbeets , Dutch statesman
• 1593 : Abraham von Franckenberg , Silesian mystic
• 1596 : Johannes Arnoldi , German Jesuit priest and martyr
• 1600 : Juan de Palafox y Mendoza , Bishop of the Catholic Church and Viceroy of New Spain

17th century

• 1607 : Jean-Jacques Renouard de Villayer , French lawyer and postal pioneer
• 1611 : Johan Axelsson Oxenstierna , Swedish statesman
• 1616 : Philipp , Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

Rijklof van Goens (* 1619)

• 1619 : Rijklof van Goens , Governor of Ceylon and Governor General of the Dutch East Indies
• 1624 : Job Ludolf , German orientalist, founder of Ethiopian studies
• 1624 : Bernhard Rosa , abbot of the Cistercian monastery Grüssau and important reformer of his order
• 1636 : Giovanni Battista degli Antonii , Italian composer
• 1637 : Johann Arnold Friderici , German medic and botanist
• 1665 : Johann Amsel , German legal scholar
• 1667 : Johann Jakob Dachs , Swiss Protestant clergyman
• 1687 : Johann Albrecht Bengel , German theologian
• 1695 : Martin van Meytens , Dutch painter
• 1697 : Heinrich Joseph von Auersperg , Prince of Auersperg and Duke of Münsterberg

18th century

• 1703 : Johann Baptist Regondi , Italian stonemason and sculptor

Johann Georg Platzer (* 1704)

• 1704 : Johann Georg Platzer , Tyrolean baroque painter
• 1713 : Johann Gottlieb Gonne , German lawyer and university professor
• 1717 : Johann Ernst Schubert , German theologian
• 1721 : Johann Friedrich Faselius , German medic
• 1723 : George Christoph von Arnim , German officer
• 1733 : Johann Ernst Basilius Wiedeburg , German physicist, astronomer and mathematician
• 1735 : Albrecht von Anhalt , Prussian major general
• 1735 : Friederike Caroline von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld , Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Bayreuth
• 1736 : Christian Günther III. , Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
• 1736 : Johann Clemens Tode , German-Danish physician, university professor and writer
• 1738 : Johann Friedrich Wilhelm von Charpentier , German geologist
• 1740 : Juan Ignacio Molina , Chilean priest and naturalist
• 1742 : Johannes Jacobus van Rhijn , old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
• 1753 : William Hull , American politician and officer
• 1755 : Anacharsis Cloots , French politician and revolutionary
• 1759 : Jean Jacques Antoine Caussin de Perceval , French orientalist
• 1759 : John Parker , American politician
• 1762 : Johann Paul Wessely , Czech composer
• 1769 : August Ferdinand Bernhardi , German linguist and writer
• 1770 : Eli P. Ashmun , American politician
• 1770 : Albrecht Ludwig Berblinger , German aviation pioneer (Der Schneider von Ulm)

John Ross (* 1777)

• 1777 : John Ross , British rear admiral and polar explorer
• 1783 : Johann Heinrich von Thünen , German author
• 1785 : Karl Friedrich Bachmann , German philosopher and mineralogist
• 1787 : Giovanni Arrivabene , Italian economist
• 1790 : Karl von Jacobi , German general and minister
• 1794 : Henricus Egbertus Vinke , Dutch Reformed theologian
• 1795 : William Smellie , British encyclopaedist and naturalist from Scotland
• 1795 : Ernst Heinrich Weber , German physiologist and anatomist

19th century

1801-1850

• 1802 : Johann Friedrich Arndt , German preacher
• 1803 : George J. Webb , American organist and composer
• 1806 : Julius von Leypold , German landscape painter
• 1813 : Henry Ward Beecher , American preacher
• 1816 : Évariste de Valernes , French painter
• 1824 : Friederike Amalie Agnes , Princess of Anhalt-Dessau and Duchess of Saxony-Altenburg
• 1828 : Adolphe Blanc , French composer
• 1833 : Gustaf Åkerhielm , Swedish politician
• 1833 : Otto Andreae , German entrepreneur and art patron
• 1835 : Ludwig von Schwabe , German classical philologist and archaeologist
• 1836 : Adolf Brecher , German educator and historian

Gustav von Schmoller (* 1838)

• 1838 : Gustav von Schmoller , German economist
• 1839 : Emanuel Herrmann , Austrian economist, co-inventor of the postcard
• 1842 : Ambrose Bierce , American writer, journalist and bon vivant
• 1843 : Andreas Ascharin , Baltic-Russian chess player, writer, educator and translator
• 1847 : Gaston Salvayre , French composer
• 1848 : Brooks Adams , American historian
• 1850 : Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener , British general and politician

1851-1900

Viktor Adler (* 1852)

• 1852 : Victor Adler , Austrian politician
• 1852 : Eugen von Aichelburg , Austrian politician
• 1854 : Konstantin Jireček , Czech politician, diplomat, historian and Slavist
• 1863 : Karel Baxa , Czech lawyer and politician, first mayor of Prague
• 1879 : Juan Demóstenes Arosemena Barreati , President of Panama
• 1882 : Carl Diem , German sports official and scientist
• 1883 : Victor Franz Hess , Austrian-American physicist, Nobel Prize winner
• 1883 : Fritz Löhner-Beda , Austrian librettist, songwriter and writer
• 1888 : José de Jesús Angulo del Valle y Navarro , Mexican bishop
• 1888 : Gerrit Rietveld , Dutch architect
• 1889 : Conrad A. Nervig , American film editor
• 1889 : Howard Wilcox , American racing car driver
• 1890 : Freddy Charlier , Belgian ice hockey player and automobile racing driver
• 1891 : Richard Abelein , German veterinarian
• 1891 : Irving Pichel , American actor and film director

Gregor Ebner (* 1892)

• 1892 : Gregor Ebner , medical director of all homes in Lebensborn e. V. during the Nazi regime
• 1893 : Hans Sachtleben , German zoologist, entomologist
• 1893 : Hans Siburg , German general
• 1894 : Juan Bautista Espínola Reyes , Dominican musician and composer
• 1895 : Jack Dempsey , American boxer
• 1896 : Vladimir Vauhnik , Yugoslav officer, military attaché and agent leader during World War II
• 1897 : Hermann Busch , German cellist
• 1897 : Omkarnath Thakur , Indian singer, music educator and scholar
• 1897 : Adrienne Thomas , German-Austrian author
• 1899 : Ludwig Auber , Austrian ornithologist
• 1900 : Gene Austin , American singer and songwriter

20th century

1901-1925

• 1901 : Marcel Mule , French saxophonist and composer
• 1904 : Louis Debeugny , French racing car driver
• 1904 : Kurt Kusenberg , German art critic and writer
• 1905 : Georgia Hale , American actress
• 1907 : José de Lima Siqueira , Brazilian composer and conductor

Hugo Distler (* 1908)

• 1908 : Hugo Distler , German composer and Protestant church musician
• 1909 : Katherine Dunham , American dancer, choreographer, and civil rights activist
• 1910 : Francisco Benkö , German-Argentinian chess player
• 1910 : Johannes Ernst Köhler , German organist, cantor and university professor
• 1911 : Georg Heubeck , German actuary
• 1911 : Ernesto Sabato , Argentine writer
• 1911 : Juan Manuel Fangio , Argentine racing car driver
• 1913 : Elisa Huezo Paredes , Salvadoran writer and painter
• 1915 : Fred Hoyle , British astronomer and mathematician
• 1916 : Alice Schmidt , German writer
• 1916 : Ruth Shaw Wylie , American composer and music teacher
• 1918 : Hans-Günther Assel , German political scientist
• 1919 : Eugen Oker , German games critic and writer
• 1921 : Hans Geissberger , Swiss painter and sculptor
• 1921 : Gerhard Sommer , German SS Untersturmführer
• 1922 : Manny Albam , Dominican jazz baritone saxophonist and arranger
• 1922 : Anneliese Römer , German actress
• 1923 : Harvey Patton , German science fiction author
• 1923 : Marc Riboud , French photographer
• 1923 : Cesare Romiti , Italian managing director of Fiat
• 1924 : Kurt Furgler , Swiss politician and Federal Councilor
• 1924 : Mario Hernández , Puerto Rican musician and composer

1926-1950

• 1926 : Muslim Aremu Arogundade , Nigerian sprinter
• 1927 : Willi Aberer , Austrian politician, LAbg.
• 1927 : Franz Josef Delonge , German lawyer and local politician
• 1927 : Richard Faust , German zoologist
• 1927 : Martin Lewis Perl , American physicist
• 1929 : Günter Emig , German Roman Catholic clergyman
• 1929 : Mona Hofland , Norwegian actress

Claude Chabrol (* 1930)

• 1930 : Claude Chabrol , French film director
• 1930 : Clemens Zintzen , German classical philologist
• 1931 : Habib Bacha , Jordanian Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil
• 1931 : Tita Carloni , Swiss architect
• 1931 : Rudolf Müller , former bishop of Görlitz
• 1932 : Hans-Jürgen von Maydell , German forest scientist
• 1933 : Fritz Auer , German architect and university professor
• 1933 : Herbert Steininger , Austrian lawyer, President of the Supreme Court (OGH)
• 1934 : Ferdinand Biwersi , German football referee
• 1934 : Tommy Bridger , British racing car driver
• 1935 : Juan Bautista Agüero , Paraguayan football player
• 1935 : Jiří Teml , Czech composer
• 1937 : Renzo Arbore , Italian radio presenter, actor, screenwriter, film director and musician
• 1938 : Klaus Angermann , German sports journalist
• 1939 : Annette Andre , Australian actress
• 1939 : HA Schult , German action artist
• 1940 : Inge Bauer , German athlete
• 1941 : Hans-Dieter Arntz , German historian
• 1941 : Julia Kristeva , Bulgarian literary theorist, psychoanalyst, writer and philosopher
• 1942 : Uwe Appold , German graduate designer, sculptor and painter
• 1942 : Arthur Brown , British rock singer
• 1942 : Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle , Chilean politician, president
• 1942 : Liane Winter , German athlete
• 1943 : Juan Carlos Arellano , Uruguayan artist
• 1943 : Frank Lowe , American jazz saxophonist

Jeff Beck (born 1944)

• 1944 : Jeff Beck , British rock guitarist
• 1944 : Chris Wood , British rock musician
• 1945 : Gustav-Wilhelm Bathke , German educationalist
• 1945 : Colin Blunstone , British singer and musician
• 1945 : George Pataki , American politician (53rd Governor of New York)
• 1947 : Mick Fleetwood , British musician (Fleetwood Mac)
• 1947 : Peter Weller , American actor and director
• 1948 : John M. Armleder , Swiss concept artist, performance and object artist, painter, sculptor and art critic
• 1948 : Georg Boomgaarden , German diplomat and ambassador to Spain and Andorra
• 1948 : Annemarie Lütkes , German lawyer and politician, MdL, State Minister, District President of Düsseldorf
• 1948 : Patrick Moraz , Swiss musician
• 1948 : Werner Roth , German football player
• 1949 : John Illsley , British bass player
• 1949 : Brigitte Mohnhaupt , German terrorist in the Red Army Faction (RAF)
• 1949 : Ulrich Steinwedel , judge at the German Federal Social Court

1951-1975

• 1951 : Raelene Boyle , Australian athlete
• 1951 : Ivar Formo , Norwegian cross-country skier, Olympic champion
• 1953 : Takao Wada , Japanese racing car driver
• 1954 : Mark Edmondson , Australian tennis player
• 1954 : Eugen Ruge , German writer, director and translator
• 1956 : Joe Penny , American actor
• 1957 : David Abram , American cultural ecologist, philosopher and author
• 1957 : Georges Nicolas Haddad , Lebanese Archbishop of Banyas
• 1957 : Angela Roy , German actress and director
• 1959 : Markus Wienstroer , German guitarist and violinist
• 1960 : Siedah Garrett , American R&B singer and songwriter
• 1960 : Jacqueline de Quattro , Swiss politician, national councilor
• 1960 : Ian Rogers , Australian chess master
• 1961 : Susanne Beyer , German athlete
• 1961 : Marvin Smitty Smith , American jazz drummer
• 1961 : Konstantine Gamsachurdia , Georgian politician

Christine Neubauer (* 1962)

• 1962 : Christine Neubauer , German actress
• 1963 : Yuri Dmitrijewitsch Kasparjan , Russian guitarist
• 1963 : Eric Weber , Swiss journalist and politician
• 1964 : Günther Mader , Austrian ski racer
• 1964 : Adel Massaad , German-Egyptian table tennis player and pharmaceutical PR entrepreneur
• 1965 : Uwe Krupp , German ice hockey player
• 1965 : Harald Roth , German historian
• 1966 : Sevan Boyaciyan , Armenian-German concert guitarist
• 1966 : Steve Driehaus , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
• 1966 : Bernhard Winkler , German soccer player and coach
• 1967 : Markus Acher , German singer, guitarist and composer
• 1967 : Richard Kruspe , German musician
• 1968 : Boris Gelfand , Israeli chess player

Sissel Kyrkjebø (* 1969)

• 1969 : Sissel Kyrkjebø , Norwegian singer
• 1969 : Michael Vergers , Dutch racing car driver
• 1970 : Glenn Medeiros , American pop musician
• 1971 : Asitha Ameresekere , British film director
• 1971 : Armin Dollinger , German boxer
• 1972 : Mitch Berger , American football player
• 1972 : Robbie McEwen , Australian cyclist
• 1973 : Alexander Beyer , German actor
• 1974 : Tamina Kallert , German television presenter

1976-2000

• 1976 : Julia Blesken , German writer
• 1977 : Francine Jordi , Swiss singer
• 1978 : Ariel Pink , American musician

Juan Román Riquelme (* 1978)

• 1978 : Juan Román Riquelme , Argentine footballer
• 1978 : Emppu Vuorinen , Finnish guitarist
• 1979 : Dafydd Jones , Welsh rugby player
• 1980 : Cicinho , Brazilian soccer player
• 1980 : John Bryant Davila , American actor
• 1980 : Minka Kelly , American actress
• 1981 : Juliette Greco (actress) , German actress
• 1981 : Marco Vorbeck , German soccer player
• 1982 : Sylvain Guintoli , French motorcycle racer
• 1982 : Joanna Kulig , Polish actress
• 1982 : Lotte Verbeek , Dutch actress, singer, dancer and model
• 1983 : Johan Andersson , Swedish handball player
• 1984 : Salvatore Amirante , Italian soccer player
• 1984 : Christian Nagiller , Austrian ski jumper
• 1985 : Atheer Adel , German actor
• 1985 : Bastien Arnaud , French handball player
• 1985 : Saralisa Volm , German actress
• 1986 : Harrison Afful , Ghanaian soccer player
• 1986 : Solange Knowles , American singer and actress
• 1986 : Michael Parensen , German soccer player
• 1987 : Semen Hildebrand , German-Russian ice hockey player
• 1987 : María Irigoyen , Argentine tennis player
• 1987 : LiSA , Japanese singer and songwriter
• 1987 : Wesley Lopes Beltrame , Brazilian soccer player

Lionel Messi (* 1987)

• 1987 : Lionel Messi , Argentine soccer player
• 1987 : Steven Ruprecht , German soccer player
• 1988 : Dominic Pürcher , Austrian soccer player
• 1988 : Micah Richards , English soccer player
• 1989 : Juan Barros , Peruvian-Colombian soccer player
• 1989 : Fabian Böhm , German handball player
• 1989 : Fabian Koch , Austrian soccer player
• 1990 : Richard Sukuta-Pasu , German soccer player
• 1990 : Caroline Thomas , German handball player
• 1992 : David Alaba , Austrian soccer player
• 1992 : Sam Harrison , Welsh track cyclist
• 1992 : Isaac Kiese Thelin , Swedish football player
• 1992 : Felix Serralles , Puerto Rican racing car driver
• 1993 : Apostolos Angelis , Greek biathlete and cross-country skier
• 1993 : Brandon Maïsano , French racing driver
• 1994 : Mitch Evans , New Zealand racing driver
• 1994 : Sandra Ittlinger , German volleyball player
• 1996 : Edoardo Affini , Italian racing cyclist
• 1997 : David Barišić , Croatian football player
• 2000 : Nehuén Pérez , Argentine football player

Died

Before the 16th century

• 0217 BC BC : Gaius Flaminius , Roman statesman
• 0988 : Eticho , Bishop of Augsburg
• 1088 : William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey , Norman aristocrat
• 1142 : Wilhelm von Vercelli , hermit and founder of the order
• 1160 : Arnold , Archbishop of Mainz
• 1186 : Robert von Torigni , Norman chronicler

Albrecht the Proud († 1195)

• 1195 : Albrecht the Proud , Margrave of Meissen
• 1214 : Gilbert de Glanville , Bishop of Rochester
• 1229 : Walter III. Brisebarre , Lord of Caesarea, Connétable of the Kingdom of Cyprus
• 1240 : Heinrich I , Bishop of Meissen
• 1241 : Ivan Assen II , Bulgarian tsar
• 1314 : Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester , English nobleman
• 1314 : Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford , English magnate and military man
• 1314 : John Comyn , Scottish nobleman
• 1314 : Edmund Mauley , English courtier and knight
• 1314 : Miles Stapleton, 1st Baron Stapleton , English nobleman and courtier
• 1314 : William de Vescy of Kildare , Anglo-Irish nobleman and politician
• 1322 : Matteo I. Visconti , political leader of Milan
• 1340 : Nicolas Béhuchet , Treasurer and Admiral of France
• 1343 : Aymon , Count of Savoy
• 1369 : Jost I. von Rosenberg , highest chamberlain of Bohemia
• 1382 : Winrich von Kniprode , Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
• 1398 : Hongwu , Chinese emperor and founder of the Ming dynasty
• 1407 : Theodor I , Byzantine despot of Morea
• 1408 : Wilhelm II , Count von Berg and as Wilhelm I Duke von Berg
• 1439 : Friedrich IV. , Duke of Tyrol
• 1472 : Barbara von Bayern , Bavarian nobleman and Poor Clare in Munich
• 1497 : Michael An Gof , English blacksmith, leader of the Cornish uprising of 1497
• 1497 : Thomas Flamank , English lawyer, leader of the Cornish Revolt of 1497

16./17. century

• 1503 : Reginald Bray , English nobleman and politician
• 1510 : Johann von Waldburg-Sonnenberg , Truchseß von Waldburg
• 1513 : Edmund Carew , English nobleman and military man
• 1519 : Lucrezia Borgia , Italian princess
• 1522 : Elisabeth von der Pfalz , Landgravine of Hessen-Marburg and Margravine of Baden
• 1551 : Charles II. De Croÿ , French nobleman
• 1564 : Simon Jacob , German mathematician and arithmetic master
• 1597 : Johannes Posthius , German doctor and poet

Juan de Palafox y Mendoza († 1600)

• 1600 : Juan de Palafox y Mendoza , Spanish bishop of the Catholic Church and viceroy of New Spain
• 1601 : Henriette de Clèves , Duchess of Nevers and Rethel
• 1604 : Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford , English nobleman, Lord Great Chamberlain at the court of Elizabeth I, possible author of Shakespeare's works
• 1615 : Simon Ulrich Pistoris , legal scholar and Saxon diplomat
• 1630 : William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton , English peer
• 1652 : Andries Bicker , regent and mayor of Amsterdam
• 1676 : Carl Gustaf Wrangel , Swedish military leader and statesman
• 1700 : Anton Günther Heshusius , German philosopher

18th century

Anna Dorothea of ​​Saxe-Weimar (†)

• 1704 : Anna Dorothea von Sachsen-Weimar , abbess of the Quedlinburg Imperial Monastery
• 1707 : Kaspar von Stieler , German scholar and member of the Fruit Bringing Society
• 1711 : Agnes Heinold , Swabian poet
• 1712 : Simon van der Stel , the first governor of the Cape Colony
• 1716 : Hans Rudolf Tschudi , Swiss pastor in Wartau, Canton St. Gallen
• 1718 : Ludwig Friedrich I. , Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Count von Hohnstein, Lord of Rudolstadt, Blankenburg and Sondershausen
• 1718 : Mathias Prininger , Austrian bell founder
• 1732 : Johann Baptist Kral , Austrian stonemason and sculptor
• 1740 : Woldemar Freiherr von Löwendal , Danish-Norwegian nobleman and electoral Saxon court marshal
• 1742 : Jacopo Appiani , Italian plasterer
• 1748 : Christoph Heinrich Zeibich , German Lutheran theologian
• 1766 : Adrien-Maurice de Noailles , Marshal of France
• 1767 : Johan Henrik Freithoff , Danish-Norwegian composer, violinist and civil servant
• 1768 : Johann Julius Hecker , founder of the first Prussian teacher training college
• 1768 : Maria Leszczyńska , Polish wife of the French King Louis XV.
• 1796 : Joseph Maria , Prince of Fürstenberg
• 1798 : Maria Christina of Austria , Archduchess of Austria and Duchess of Saxony-Teschen

19th century

• 1802 : Johann Friedrich Esaias Steffens , German Protestant theologian
• 1824 : Friedrich Traugott Wettengel , Bohemian Lutheran theologian
• 1829 : Louis de Friant , French general

Peter Joseph Trieste († 1836)

• 1836 : Peter Joseph Triest , Belgian canon and founder of the order
• 1843 : Johann Friedrich Kind , German writer
• 1847 : Carlo Francesco Remonda , French general
• 1849 : Wilhelm Ludwig Viktor Henckel von Donnersmarck , Prussian general
• 1851 : Moritz Bauschke , German writer, publisher, bookseller and publicist
• 1852 : Wilhelm Carl Ferdinand von Ahlefeldt , Canon of the Cathedral Chapter of Lübeck Cathedral
• 1855 : Johann Gottfried Flügel , German philologist and lexicographer
• 1860 : Jérôme Bonaparte , King of Westphalia
• 1861 : John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell , British politician and lawyer

Wilhelm Ferdinand Ermeler († 1866)

• 1866 : Wilhelm Ferdinand Ermeler , Berlin industrialist and secret councilor of commerce
• 1868 : Hermann Plüddemann , German history painter
• 1870 : Adam Lindsay Gordon , Australian poet
• 1871 : Karl Theodor Albert Liebner , German Lutheran theologian, philologist and historian
• 1876 : Jules Assézat , French journalist, publisher and anthropologist
• 1879 : Franz Xaver Chwatal , Czech composer and music teacher
• 1880 : Jules Antoine Lissajous , French physicist
• 1882 : Joachim Raff , Swiss composer
• 1892 : Anton Ronacher , Austrian theater entrepreneur
• 1900 : Rudolph Sack , German mechanical engineering entrepreneur

20th century

1901-1950

Grover Cleveland († 1908)

• 1904 : Frederick Field Bullard , American composer
• 1908 : Grover Cleveland , American politician, president
• 1908 : Gustav Adolph Kietz , German sculptor
• 1922 : Alexander Stepanowitsch Antonov , leader of the Tambov peasant uprising during the Russian Civil War
• 1922 : Walther Rathenau , German industrialist, writer and politician, Reich Foreign Minister
• 1925 : Max Wiese , German sculptor, medalist and university lecturer
• 1928 : Frank Gooding , American politician
• 1929 : Karl Arnold , German chemist and mineralogist, scholar, lecturer, privy councilor, alpinist, non-fiction author and writer
• 1934 : Dirk Agena , German lawyer, farmer and politician, MdR
• 1935 : Carlos Gardel , Argentine tango singer
• 1942 : Karl Albert Ludwig Aschoff , German pathologist
• 1943 : Alice Rühle-Gerstel , German writer
• 1943 : Otto Rühle , German politician and writer, MdR

1951-2000

• 1952 : Botho Henning Elster , German major general
• 1953 : George Herbert Walker , American banker
• 1957 : Frank Blachford , Canadian violinist, music teacher, conductor and composer
• 1967 : Raúl Borges , Colombian composer, guitarist and music teacher
• 1969 : Frank O. King , American cartoonist and comic artist
• 1969 : Oskar Sima , Austrian theater and film actor
• 1970 : Fritz Adler , German archivist and museum director
• 1971 : Hans Mersmann , German music researcher
• 1972 : Hans Heyck , German poet and writer
• 1975 : Luigi Raimondi , Diplomat and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
• 1975 : Louis Van Hege , Belgian football player and bobsleigh driver

Imogen Cunningham († 1976)

• 1976 : Imogen Cunningham , American photographer
• 1976 : Rudolf Sieber , German film producer, husband of Marlene Dietrich
• 1976 : Minor White , American photographer
• 1978 : Mstislav Vsevolodowitsch Keldysch , Soviet-Latvian mathematician
• 1979 : István Örkény , Hungarian writer and playwright
• 1980 : VV Giri , Indian politician, President
• 1980 : Boris Kaufman , American cameraman
• 1982 : Jakob Streitle , German soccer player
• 1982 : Paul Benthien , German table tennis player
• 1984 : William Keighley , American film director
• 1987 : Jackie Gleason , American comedian, actor, composer and big band leader
• 1988 : Marta Abba , Italian actress

Csaba Kesjár († 1988)

• 1988 : Csaba Kesjár , Hungarian racing car driver
• 1988 : Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann , German actor and voice actor
• 1991 : Franz Hengsbach , German Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Essen
• 1993 : Archie Williams , American athlete, Olympic champion
• 1994 : Jean Vallerand , Canadian composer, music critic and conductor
• 1999 : Wilhelm Sandfuchs , German church journalist
• 2000 : Rodrigo Alejandro Bueno , Argentine Cuarteto singer
• 2000 : Vera Atkins , British intelligence officer

21st century

• 2001 : Louis Klemantaski , British racing car driver and photographer
• 2002 : Frank Ripploh , German actor and director

Pierre Werner († 2002)

• 2002 : Pierre Werner , Luxembourg politician, Prime Minister
• 2006 : Hulda Autenrieth-Gander , Swiss pioneer of women's rights
• 2007 : Chris Benoit , Canadian wrestler
• 2007 : Natasja , Danish-Sudanese reggae, dancehall, hip-hop musician
• 2007 : Hans Sturm , German soccer player
• 2008 : Pinkas Braun , Swiss theater, film and television actor
• 2010 : Fred Anderson Jr. , American jazz musician
• 2010 : Francis Dreyfus , French music agent, music producer and publisher, founder of Dreyfus Records
• 2012 : Richard Anders , German writer
• 2012 : Gad Beck , German-Jewish resistance fighter against National Socialism and author
• 2013 : Lilli Nielsen , Danish psychologist
• 2014 : Eli Wallach , American actor

Walter Browne († 2015)

• 2015 : Walter Browne , American chess player
• 2015 : Johannes Heydenreich , German physicist
• 2016 : Werner Fenz , Austrian art historian
• 2016 : Bernie Worrell , American radio musician, composer and producer
• 2017 : Paul Fitzgerald , Australian portrait painter
• 2017 : Nils Nilsson , Swedish ice hockey player
• 2018 : Harald von Boehmer , German physician
• 2018 : Sergei Sergejewitsch Ogorodnikow , Russian ice hockey player
• 2019 : Henriette Cohen , French Holocaust survivor
• 2019 : Iván Eröd , Hungarian-Austrian composer and pianist
• 2020 : Gösta Ågren , Finnish poet and writer
• 2020 : Marc Fumaroli , French historian, literary scholar and essayist

Holidays and memorial days

• Church memorial days
  • St. John's Day , birth of John the Baptist (Protestant, Catholic)

• Name days
  • John

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

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