January 25th
January 25 (in Austria and South Tyrol : January 25 ) is the 25th day of the Gregorian calendar , leaving 340 days (341 days in leap years ) until the end of the year.
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events
politics and world affairs
- 750: The Abbasids under Abu al-Abbas as-Saffah decisively beat the Umayyads under Marwan II in the battle on the Zab , a river in modern-day Iraq that has been raging since January 16, and thus bring about a change in the dynasty of the caliphs .
- 1077: During the Investiture Controversy, the Roman-German King Henry IV arrives at the Canossa Castle of Mathilde von Canossa on his way to Canossa to ask Pope Gregory VII to lift the ban on the Church .
- 1153: An army of the Kingdom of Jerusalem led by King Baldwin III. , reinforced by Knights Hospitaller and Templars , begins the siege of Askalon .
- 1204: In Byzantium, a meeting of senators and priests meets, which three days later elects Nikolaos Kanabos against his will as – for a short time – emperor of the Byzantine Empire .
- 1442: Ludwig I and his brother Ulrich V conclude the Nürtingen Treaty to divide the state of Württemberg into a Stuttgart line and an Urach line. The division lasts until 1482.
- 1494: After the death of his father King Ferdinand I , Alfonso II of the House of Aragon ascends the throne of Naples .
- 1515: The French King Francis I is anointed and crowned in Reims Cathedral.
- 1533: The English king Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn as his second wife, although the pope has not approved a dissolution of the marriage to Catherine of Aragon .
- 1554: On the Feast of Pauli Conversion , the Jesuit Father José de Anchieta founds the town of São Paulo to build a Jesuit monastery in Brazil .
- 1576: The city of Luanda , later Angola , is founded by Portuguese settlers.
- 1782: During the American Revolutionary War , off the Caribbean island of St. Kitts , the two-day naval battle of St. Kitts begins between a British fleet under Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood and a French fleet under François Joseph Paul de Grasse .
- 1890: The German Reichstag rejects a government bill by Otto von Bismarck to extend the Socialist Law indefinitely by a vote of 167 to 98.
- 1907: In the so-called “ Hottentot election ” for the 12th German Reichstag , the SPD loses almost half of its mandates due to constituency agreements between the other parties. Although it remains the strongest party in terms of votes, its upward trend has been halted for the time being and Chancellor Bernhard von Bülow 's Bülow bloc receives the majority of seats.
- 1915: A coup by conservative officers in Portugal overthrows the government of Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho and dissolves parliament. The "dictatorship of swords" under General Joaquim Pimenta de Castro lasts until May 14th.
- 1921: The Federal Constitutional Law on the status of Burgenland as an independent and equal state in the federal government and on its provisional establishment , with which Burgenland is incorporated into the Republic of Austria , is passed.
- 1942: The federal people's initiative «for the election of the Federal Council by the people and the increase in the number of members» , which calls for the enlargement of the Federal Council and its election by the people, is rejected by the people.
- 1950: US government official Alger Hiss , suspected of spying for the Soviet Union but not charged because of the statute of limitations, was sentenced to five years in prison for perjury by the Committee on Un-American Activities based on testimony by Whittaker Chambers and Richard Nixon .
- 1955: The USSR ended the state of war with Germany by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR .
- 1971: While President Milton Obote is not in the country, army chief Idi Amin takes power in Uganda in a bloodless coup .
- 1971: In India , the northern state of Himachal Pradesh is created from a previously existing union territory.
- 1980: Abolhassan Banisadr is elected Iran 's first President after the Islamic Revolution . However, the moderate politician can only remain in power until July 1981.
- 1981: In China , the verdicts are pronounced in the trial of the so-called Gang of Four: Mao's widow Jiang Qing and Zhang Chunqiao are sentenced to death, Yao Wenyuan and Wang Hongwen to 20 years imprisonment each. The death sentences were later commuted to life imprisonment.
- 1982: Robert Havemann and Pastor Rainer Eppelmann publish the Berlin Appeal – create peace without weapons in the GDR , with which they call for a pan-German peace movement and call for disarmament in East and West .
- 1985: The German Bundestag denies the judgments of the People's Court of Justice during the Third Reich any legal effect in the Federal Republic of Germany .
- 1987: In the federal elections in Germany, the FDP and the Greens win votes and mandates, while the CDU in particular , under Chancellor Helmut Kohl , suffers massive losses. However, the governing coalition of CDU/CSU and FDP still has the majority in the German Bundestag .
- 2004: After his overwhelming election victory on January 4, Mikheil Saakashvili is sworn in as President of Georgia . His inauguration marks a triumph of the Rose Revolution against Eduard Shevardnadze .
- 2006: The radical terrorist unit Hamas , which questions Israel's right to exist, wins the elections to the Legislative Council in the Palestinian Autonomous Territories with a large majority and replaces Fatah , which has been in power until then .
- 2011: Mass protests against President Hosni Mubarak begin in Egypt during the Arab Spring .
business
- 1774: Hairdresser David Low opens the world 's first grand hotel in Covent Garden , London .
- 1904: On behalf of the manufacturer John B. Timberlake, a patent is applied for at the United States Patent Office for the invented wire coat hanger .
- 1915: During World War I , the supply of bread is rationed in Germany . The bread card is the first of other food stamps to follow .
- 1949: The Soviet Union , Bulgaria , Poland , Romania , Czechoslovakia and Hungary establish the Economic Community Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON), referred to in the West as COMECON (Council for Mutual Economic Assistance), as a socialist counterbalance to the Marshall Plan and OEEC .
- 2006: China's National Bureau of Statistics reports that the country's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 9.9% in 2005 to the equivalent of $1.83 trillion . This means that China has overtaken France and Great Britain, which only show GDP growth of 1.6% and 1.7% respectively, and is becoming the world's fourth largest economy.
- 2008: In the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Serbian President Boris Tadić , the purchase of a majority stake from Russia's Gazprom in the state-owned Serbian energy company NIS for EUR 400 million is signed. In addition, the Russian and Serbian sides agree on the planned construction of the South Stream gas pipeline through Serbian territory.
science and technology
- 1755: At the suggestion of Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov , Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov founds the first university in Russia , today's Lomonosov University , in accordance with a decree from Tsarina Elizabeth I in Moscow .
- 1957: The first attempt to launch the US Thor , the world's first medium-range missile, from Cape Canaveral fails.
- 2004: NASA's Opportunity spacecraft lands on the planet Mars in a small crater on the Meridiani Planum , 20 days after its sister spacecraft Spirit .
Culture
- 1694: The opera Xerse by Giovanni Bononcini is premiered at the Tordinona in Rome .
- 1782: The opera Armida abbandonata by Luigi Cherubini is premiered in Florence.
- 1861: The operetta Les Musiciens d'orchestre by Léo Delibes and Aristide Hignard has its world premiere at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris .
- 1884: The premiere of the operetta Gasparone by Carl Millöcker to the libretto by Friedrich Zell and Richard Genée takes place at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna .
- 1902: World premiere of Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin 's Symphony No. 2 in St. Petersburg.
- 1905: Arnold Schönberg conducts the premiere of his symphonic poem Pelleas und Melisande , based on the drama by Maurice Maeterlinck , in the Großer Musikvereinssaal in Vienna .
- 1908: The opera Leyli va Majnun by Azerbaijani composer Üzeyir Hacıbəyov is premiered at the Haji Zeynalabdin Tagiyev Theater in Baku. It is based on Fuzūlī 's version of the popular love story Leila and Majnun .
- 1909: The symphony opera Elektra by Richard Strauss with the libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal is successfully premiered at the Hofoper in Dresden . Ernestine Schumann-Heink sings Clytemnestra .
- 1949: With the handover of the radio station operated by the US military government, Radio Munich , to German hands, Bayerischer Rundfunk was established .
- 1964: The ARD broadcasts the first episode of the Hessian Broadcasting Corporation 's game show , "One will win" ( EWG ) with Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff . Producer Martin Jente already has his first final appearance here as "Butler".
society
- 1308: Eight kings and queens are present when the English King Edward II and Isabelle de France are married in Boulogne-sur-Mer Cathedral .
- 1858: Prussian Crown Prince Frederick married Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland , daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria , in the chapel of St James' Palace, London . The wedding march played at the wedding from A Midsummer Night 's Dream by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy subsequently became very popular at weddings in general.
- 1890: The US journalist Nellie Bly completes her journey around the world in the footsteps of Phileas Fogg on the 73rd day.
- 1998: The US couple Tom and Eileen Lonergan are forgotten by their dive boat while diving on the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland , Australia and are never found again. The plot of the US feature film Open Water is roughly based on this fate.
religion
- 817: Paschalis I , previously abbot at St. Stephen in Rome , is elected pope .
- 1802: In a cabinet order, the Bavarian Elector Maximilian IV Joseph decreed the abolition of all non-estates monasteries (i.e. above all the mendicant orders ) in Bavaria . This marks the beginning of secularization in Bavaria .
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- 1959: Pope John XXIII. announces in the chapter room of the Patriarchal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls before 17 cardinals that he intends to convene a council for the universal Church under the leitmotif of the Aggiornamento .
- 1983: Pope John Paul II promulgates the current version of the CIC with the Apostolic Constitution Sacrae Disciplinae Leges .
- 2006: Pope Benedict XVI publishes his first encyclical Deus caritas est ( God is love ), signed on December 25, 2005 , in which he deals with love in different dimensions.
disasters
- 1348: An earthquake with a magnitude of 8 to 9 on the twelve-point EMS-98 scale with its epicenter in Friuli causes damage within a radius of several hundred kilometers and triggers a landslide on the Dobratsch .
- 1939: An 8.3 magnitude earthquake in Chillán , Chile kills around 28,000.
- 1990: Hurricane Daria swept through northern and central Europe, killing at least 94 people and causing billions in damage.
- 1999: A 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Colombia kills over 1,000.
- 2005: A panic at Mandher Devi Temple in Wai in Maharashtra , India results in at least 330 dead and over 200 injured.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1924: The “ International Winter Sports Week ” organized by the International Olympic Committee begins in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (France) , which is only subsequently awarded the title I. Olympic Winter Games . The competitions last until February 5th.
Entries of track and field world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1408: Catherine , daughter of Reinhard II von Hanau
- 1442: Johannes Nuhn , German secular clergyman, author, chronicler
- 1455: Albrecht of Baden , Margrave of Baden
- 1459: Paul Hofhaimer , Austrian composer
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- 1477: Anne of Bretagne , Queen of France
- 1488: Georg von Waldburg-Zeil , German general ( Bauernjörg )
- 1507: Johannes Oporinus , Swiss humanist, printer, publisher, secretary and teacher
- 1509: Giovanni Morone , Italian Catholic cardinal
- 1515: Christoph Preuss von Springenberg , Hungarian poet and rhetorician
- 1521: Paul von Eitzen , German theologian and reformer
- 1526: Adolf I , Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf
- 1532: Owen Günther , German philosopher
- 1534: Christoph Walther II , German sculptor
- 1538: Joachim of Furstenberg-Heiligenberg , Count of Furstenberg
- 1540: Edmund Campion , English Jesuit monk, martyr
- 1556: Charles de Lorraine, duc d'Aumale , Duke of Aumale, governor of Picardy
- 1567: Margaretha of Austria , Austrian archduchess and nun at the Santa Clara de las Descalzas Reales convent in Madrid
- 1597: Johann Philipp , Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- 1615: Govaert Flinck , Dutch painter
- 1627: Johann Georg Lorenz , German educator
- 1630: Louis VI. , Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
- 1635: Daniel Casper von Lohenstein , German poet
- 1640: William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire , English peer and politician
- 1647: Ludwig Günther Martini , German jurist, writer and court official
- 1650: Georg Bose , Leipzig councilor and merchant
- 1655: Cornelius Anckarstjerna , Swedish admiral and baron
- 1657: Giuseppe Nicola Nasini , Italian painter
- 1661: Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten , Brandenburg-Prussian general field marshal and diplomat
- 1661: Antoine I , Prince of Monaco
- 1695: Franz Ernst of Hesse-Darmstadt , German nobleman
- 1696: Jakob Friedrich Duttenhofer , mayor in Nürtingen, member of the Landtag
18th century
- 1702: Franz Anton Engl Count of Wagrain , bishop of the Csanáder diocese
- 1708: William Hayes , British organist and composer
- 1715: Reinhard Christoph Ungewitter , German Reformed theologian
- 1720: Johann Peter Snell , German Protestant theologian
- 1723: Claire Clairon , French actress
- 1726: Hans Strøm , Norwegian naturalist
- 1731: Anna Catharina von Passow , Danish actress and author
- 1736: Joseph-Louis Lagrange , Italian mathematician and astronomer
- 1742: Manuel Caetano de Sousa , Portuguese architect
- 1743: Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi , German philosopher and writer
- 1746: Félicité de Genlis , French writer
- 1750: Johann Gottfried Vierling , German organist and composer
- 1752: Friedrich Valentin , German sculptor
- 1759: Caroline von Bentheim-Steinfurt , German writer
- 1759: Robert Burns , British writer and poet of the Enlightenment
- 1766: Wolf Ladenburg , German merchant and bank founder in Mannheim
- 1768: Christoph Wilhelm Friedrich Penzenkuffer , German clergyman, pedagogue and linguist
- 1768: Justus Erich Walbaum , German typographer, type foundry and die cutter
- 1773: Georg Karl Friedrich Emmrich , German Protestant clergyman and educator
- 1776: Joseph Görres , German publicist
- 1777: Karoline Jagemann , German singer
- 1781: Marquard Georg Seufferheld , German merchant, benefactor and politician
- 1781: Röttger von Veltheim , German squire and private scholar
- 1782: Johann Michael Ackner , German archaeologist and naturalist
19th century
- 1802: Johann Karl Erler the Younger , German Protestant theologian
- 1804: Antoni Edward Odyniec , Polish poet, playwright and translator
- 1811: Alejandro Ciccarelli , Italian-Chilean painter
- 1818: Théodore Mozin , French composer and music teacher
- 1818: Ferdinand Schlöth , Swiss sculptor
- 1820: Adelbert Heinrich von Baudissin , German writer
- 1825: George Edward Pickett , American general in the Confederate Army in the Civil War
- 1829: Franz von Mendelssohn , German banker
- 1832: Paul Bronsart von Schellendorff , Prussian general and Minister of War
- 1833: Ernst Heinrich Lindemann , German local politician, Lord Mayor of Essen, Dortmund and Düsseldorf
- 1839: August Ammann , German poet, writer and high school teacher
- 1840: Karl Appold , German painter, draftsman and engraver
- 1841: John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher , British admiral and first sea lord
- 1843: Hermann Amandus Schwarz , German mathematician
- 1850: Paul Rowald , German architect
- 1851: Jan Blockx , Belgian composer
- 1851: Arne Garborg , Norwegian writer
- 1855: Eduard Meyer , German ancient historian
- 1856: Pierre Decourcelle , French writer
- 1862: Carl Heyer , German forester
- 1863: Rufus Jones , American author, college professor, mystic, philosopher, and Quaker
- 1865: Paul Dahlke , German physician and pioneer of Buddhism in Germany
- 1866: Antonio Scotti , Italian singer (baritone)
- 1866: Émile Vandervelde , Belgian politician
- 1867: Simon Fraser Tolmie , Canadian politician
- 1869: Max Hoffmann , German general and diplomat
- 1869: Max tom Dieck , German politician
- 1870: Helge von Koch , Swedish mathematician
- 1871: Albert Südekum , German journalist and SPD politician
- 1873: Georg Amft , German composer and music teacher
- 1874: William Somerset Maugham , British playwright, novelist, physician and secret agent
- 1876: Herbert Eulenberg , German poet and writer
- 1878: Ernst Fredrik Werner Alexanderson , Swedish-American electrical engineer
- 1878: Harry L. Davis , American politician
- 1880: Bernhard Raestrup , German entrepreneur and politician, MP
- 1880: Arthur Schütz , Austrian engineer and writer
- 1881: Elly Heuss-Knapp , German politician, MdL, social reformer, founder of the mothers ' convalescent work , wife of Theodor Heuss
- 1881: Emil Ludwig , German writer
- 1882: Virginia Woolf , British Classic Modernist writer and publisher , literary role model for the women's movement
- 1885: Kitahara Hakushū , Japanese writer
- 1886: Ernst Eschmann , Swiss writer
- 1886: Wilhelm Furtwangler , German conductor and composer
- 1886: Willie Smith , English snooker and English billiards player
- 1889: Raúl Hugo Espoile , Argentine composer
- 1889: Nakamura Kenkichi , Japanese lyric poet
- 1890: Karl Adler , German musicologist
- 1891: William C. Bullitt , American diplomat
- 1892: Paulus af Uhr , Swedish major general and track and field athlete
- 1892: Toni Bauhofer , German automobile and motorcycle racer
- 1892: Takagi Takeo , Vice Admiral, Imperial Japanese Navy
- 1894: Aino Aalto , Finnish architect and designer
- 1894: Sergei Vasilyevich Yevseev , Russian composer
- 1894: Marguerite Roesgen-Champion , Swiss composer and harpsichordist
- 1894: Mikheil Chiaureli , Georgian film director
- 1895: Heinrich Landahl , German politician, Hamburg school senator
- 1895: Paolo Marella , Vatican diplomat and Curia cardinal
- 1896: Corb Denneny , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1898: Anton Diel , German politician, MP
- 1899: Sleepy John Estes , American blues musician
- 1899: Gérard Marinier , French racing driver
- 1899: Paul-Henri Spaak , Belgian politician and statesman
- 1900: Ali Gholi Ardalan , Persian Ambassador and Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1900: Theodosius Dobzhansky , Russian-American geneticist and evolutionary biologist
- 1900: István Fekete , Hungarian writer
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Roman Cycowski , Polish-American singer ( Comedian Harmonists )
- 1901: Mildred Dunnock , American actress
- 1901: Itzhak Stern , Polish-Israeli accountant to Oskar Schindler
- 1902: Gustav Abel , Austrian film architect and set designer
- 1902: Johann von Leers , German publicist and historian, anti-Semitic propagandist
- 1902: Nakano Shigeharu , Japanese writer
- 1904: Géza Frid , Hungarian pianist and composer
- 1905: Edward Colman , American cinematographer
- 1905: Maurice Roy , Canadian priest, Archbishop of Quebec and cardinal
- 1905: Margery Sharp , British novelist
- 1905: Julia Frances Smith , American composer and pianist
- 1906: Toni Ulmen , German motorcycle and automobile racer
- 1907: Franco Cornacchia , Italian entrepreneur and racing driver
- 1908: Bernard Hügl , Yugoslav football player and coach
- 1908: Anton Stingl , German guitar performer and pedagogue
- 1909: Hans Graß , German evangelical clergyman and university teacher
- 1909: Karl Hasel , German forest scientist
- 1909: Glenn Kruspe , Canadian organist, conductor and music teacher
- 1909: Reinhold Munzenberg , German soccer player
- 1910: Homer Ledbetter , American football player
- 1910: Henri Louveau , French racing driver
- 1911: Kurt Maetzig , German director
- 1912: Lucho Bermúdez , Colombian composer
- 1913: Jürgen Aschoff , German biologist
- 1913: Witold Lutosławski , Polish composer and conductor
- 1915: Viktor Reimann , Austrian journalist and politician
- 1916: Frederick Valentine Atkinson , British mathematician
- 1916: Hans Coppi , German resistance fighter against Nazism
- 1917: Ilya Prigogine , Russian-Belgian physical chemist
- 1917: Jânio Quadros , Brazilian politician, President of the State
- 1917: Enrique Sáenz-Valiente , Argentine sports shooter and auto racer
- 1917: Georg Tressler , Austrian film director
- 1920: Pedro Licinio Valerio , Dominican guitarist and singer
- 1921: Juan Vicente Mas Quiles , Spanish composer and conductor
- 1921: Alfred Reed , American composer
- 1922: Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza , Italian population geneticist
- 1923: Rudolf Arendt , German rear admiral
- 1923: Arvid Carlsson , Swedish pharmacologist
- 1923: Spiro Dellerba , American football player
- 1923: Bob Heinz , German comic artist
- 1923: Eva Zeller , German writer
- 1924: Lou Groza , American football player
- 1925: Harry Kramer , German dancer, artist and sculptor, exponent of kinetic art
- 1925: Kurt Kranich , German journalist
- 1925: Paul Pörtner , German writer and translator
1926-1950
- 1926: Youssef Chahine , Egyptian film director
- 1927: Antônio Carlos Jobim , Brazilian singer and composer
- 1928: Helmut Ahner , German actor and voice actor
- 1928: Eduard Shevardnadze , President of Georgia and Soviet Foreign Minister
- 1929: Jochen Brauer , German jazz and entertainment musician
- 1929: Robert Faurisson , French literary scholar, neo-Nazi and Holocaust denier
- 1929: Benny Golson , American jazz musician
- 1929: Michael Michai Kitbunchu , Archbishop of Bangkok and first Thai cardinal
- 1929: Klaus Mertens , German actor
- 1930: Heinz Schiller , Swiss racing car driver
- 1930: Raymund Schmitt , German politician, President of the District Council of Lower Franconia
- 1930: Hans-Günther Toetemeyer , German politician, MdL, MP
- 1930: Marta Traba , Argentine writer and art historian
- 1931: Stikkan Anderson , Swedish businessman and producer, music publisher and lyricist
- 1931: Günter Biermann , German politician, MP
- 1931: Carlo Binetti , Swiss politician and football coach
- 1931: Dean Jones , American actor
- 1931: André Mocand , Swiss rower
- 1932: Nikolai Petrovich Anikin , Russian cross-country skier
- 1932: Paolo Salman , Syrian Archbishop in Jordan
- 1933: Corazon Aquino , President of the Philippines
- 1934: Hiroshi Hasegawa , Japanese motorcycle racer
- 1935: António Ramalho Eanes , Portuguese President
- 1935 Don Maynard , American football player
- 1935: Franco Nenci , Italian boxer
- 1937: Ange-Félix Patassé , President of Central Africa
- 1937: Werner Schneyder , Austrian cabaret artist
- 1938: Etta James , American singer
- 1938: Leiji Matsumoto , Japanese mangaka
- 1938: Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky , Russian actor, poet and singer
- 1939: Otto Wesendonck , German sculptor
- 1940: Gonzalo Aguirre Ramírez , Uruguayan politician, lawyer and journalist
- 1940: Brent McCall , American composer
- 1940: Wolfgang Paul , German soccer player
- 1940: Hans-Jürgen Sundermann , German football player and coach
- 1941: Buddy Baker , American racing driver
- 1941: Sara Jenkins , Canadian swimmer
- 1941: Libgart Schwarz , Austrian actress
- 1942: Miguel Alfonseca , Dominican poet, storyteller, playwright and philosopher
- 1942: Dieter Bogatzki , German track and field athlete
- 1942: Martin Dolde , German engineer and church politician
- 1942 - Carl Eller , American football player
- 1942: Eusébio , Portuguese footballer
- 1943: Ute Apfelbeck , Austrian politician
- 1943: Dagmar Berghoff , German radio and television presenter
- 1943: Roy Black , German pop singer and actor
- 1943: Agata Hikari , Japanese writer
- 1943: Norbert Königshofen , German politician, MP
- 1944: Heinz P. Adamek , Austrian jurist
- 1944: Alfred Gulden , German writer, songwriter and filmmaker
- 1944: Tom Koenigs , German politician, MP
- 1945: Iris von Arnim , German fashion designer
- 1945: Sławomir Idziak , Polish cameraman
- 1945: Helmut Rellergerd (pseudonym: Jason Dark ), German author
- 1947: Ángel Nieto , Spanish motorcycle racer
- 1948: Göran Åberg , Swedish football player and coach
- 1949: Doc Bundy , American auto racer
- 1949: Paul Nurse , British biochemist, geneticist, cell biologist and Nobel laureate
- 1950: Jean-Marc Ayrault , French politician, Mayor, Member of the National Assembly, Prime Minister
1951-1976
- 1951: Hans-Jürgen Dörner , German football player and coach
- 1951: Bill Viola , American video and installation artist
- 1952: Malan Marnersdóttir , first feminist Faroese literary scholar
- 1953: Jutta Kaddatz , German politician
- 1954: Klaus Amrath , German soccer player
- 1954: Ricardo Bochini , Argentine footballer
- 1954: David Grossman , Israeli writer
- 1954: Christiane Sadlo , German screenwriter, dramaturge and journalist
- 1955: Rick Adduono , Canadian ice hockey coach and player
- 1955: Olivier Assayas , French director and screenwriter
- 1955: Petra Gerster , German television journalist and presenter
- 1955: Max Krott , Austrian forest scientist and political scientist
- 1955: Jürgen Renfordt , German pop singer
- 1955: Tōru Iwatani , Japanese video game developer
- 1956: Johnny Cecotto , Venezuelan racing driver
- 1956: Piergiuseppe Perazzini , Italian racing car driver
- 1957: Luis Garavito , Colombian serial killer
- 1958: Eric Abetz , Australian politician
- 1958: Alessandro Baricco , Italian writer
- 1958: Jürgen Hingsen , German track and field athlete, Olympic silver medalist
- 1958: Paulus Manker , Austrian actor and director
- 1958: Dinah Manoff , American actress
- 1958: Kidane Yebio , Eritrean bishop
- 1959: Radomír Ištvan , Czech composer and music teacher
- 1959: Toni Servillo , Italian actor and theater director
- 1960: Hansjörg Thurn , German director and screenwriter
- 1961: Miguel M. Abrahão , Brazilian novelist, historian and playwright
- 1962: Gary Ray Bowles , American serial killer
- 1962: Chris Chelios , American ice hockey player
- 1962: Georges Grün , Belgian footballer
- 1962: Bruno Martini , French footballer
- 1964: Billy Andrade , American professional golfer
- 1966: Mahmut Calışkan , Turkish footballer
- 1966: Patrik Liljestrand , Swedish handball player and coach
- 1967: Wawau Adler , German jazz guitarist
- 1967: Nicole Uphoff , German dressage rider
- 1967: Stephan Winkler , German composer and conductor
- 1968: Matthias Wahls , German chess player
- 1969: Tanja Brakensiek , German politician, MdL
- 1970: Rune Djurhuus , Norwegian chess player
- 1970: Daniel Volk , German politician, MP
- 1971: Brett Aitken , Australian track and road cyclist
- 1971: Luca Badoer , Italian racing driver
- 1971: Torsten Friedrich , German handball goalkeeper
- 1971: Jacques Lazier , American racing driver
- 1971: Pooh-Man , American rapper
- 1972: Pauli Jaks , Swiss ice hockey player
- 1972: Silke Rottenberg , German soccer player
- 1974: Adam Bousdoukos , German actor
- 1974: Robert Budreau , Canadian producer, director and screenwriter
- 1974: Claudelle Deckert , German actress and model
- 1974: Marek Mastič , Slovak ice hockey player
- 1975: Mia Kirshner , Canadian actress
- 1975: Martin Laciga , Swiss beach volleyball player
- 1975: Markus Schroth , German footballer
1976-2000
- 1976: Mário Haberfeld , Brazilian racing driver
- 1977: Tom Aage Aarnes , Norwegian ski jumper
- 1977: Lidia Chojecka , Polish track and field athlete
- 1977: Luke Roberts , Australian cyclist
- 1978: Denis Nikolayevich Menshov , Russian cyclist
- 1978: Charlène of Monaco , South African swimmer and Princess of Monaco
- 1978: Volodymyr Zelenskyi , President of Ukraine and actor
- 1979: Kasime Adilo , Ethiopian marathon runner
- 1979: Christine Lakin , American actress
- 1979: Jonathan Rivera Vieco , Spanish handball player
- 1980: Paulo Assunção , Brazilian soccer player
- 1980: Anna König , German actress
- 1980: Michelle McCool , American professional wrestler
- 1980: Christian Olsson , Swedish athlete
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- 1980: Xavi , Spanish footballer
- 1981: Charlie Bewley , British actor
- 1981: Alicia Keys , American pop and soul singer
- 1981: Clara Morgane , French model and actress
- 1981: Toše Proeski , Macedonian singer
- 1981: Bianca Rech , German soccer player
- 1982: Peter van Agtmaal , Dutch racing cyclist
- 1982: Alejandro Argüello , Mexican soccer player
- 1982: Ömür Arpacı , Turkish actor
- 1982: Daniel Simon Atherton , British mountain bike racer
- 1982: Bennet Wiegert , German handball player
- 1982: Noemi , Italian singer
- 1983: Sarah Günther , German soccer player
- 1983: Moritz Hellfritzsch , German director and author
- 1983: Josh Powell , American basketball player
- 1984: Stefan Kießling , German soccer player
- 1984: Simon W. Kristiansen , Danish handball player
- 1984: Robinho , Brazilian soccer player
- 1985: Martin Arlofelt , Danish footballer
- 1985: Tina Karol , Ukrainian singer
- 1985: Paul Thomik , German footballer
- 1985: Marco Parolo , Italian footballer
- 1986: Sumi Hwang , South Korean opera singer
- 1987: Hafsia Herzi , French actress
- 1987: Marija Kirilenko , Russian tennis player
- 1987: Daniel Larsson , Swedish footballer
- 1988: Hugo Diego Arismendi Ciapparetta , Uruguayan footballer
- 1988: Tatiana Golovin , French tennis player
- 1989: Mihai Marinescu , Romanian racing driver
- 1989: Dominik Weiß , German handball player
- 1990: Marco Königs , German footballer
- 1990: Fábio Silvestre , Portuguese cyclist
- 1991: Svenja Huth , German soccer player
- 1991: Nigel Melker , Dutch racing driver
- 1991: Rupert Simonian , British actor
- 1992: Brandon Linder , American football player
- 1992: Ivana Rudelić , German soccer player
- 1993: Amel Majri , Tunisian soccer player
- 1993: Pavel Sergeyevich Mogilevets , Russian footballer
- 1998: Kilian Jakob , German soccer player
- 1998: Riuler de Oliveira Faustino , Brazilian soccer player
- 1999: Bujantogtochyn Sumjaa , Mongolian speed skater
- 2000: Remco Evenepoel , Belgian racing cyclist
21st century
- 2001: Simon Asta , German soccer player
- 2002: Lil Mosey , American rapper
Died
Before the 16th century
- 390: Gregory of Nazianzus , Bishop and Doctor of the Church
- 477: Genseric , king of the Vandals
- 750: Ibrāhīm ibn al-Walīd , Umayyad Caliph
- 844: Gregory IV , Pope
- 1003: Lothar , Count of Walbeck and Margrave of the Nordmark
- 1004: Giselher , Bishop of Merseburg and Archbishop of Magdeburg
- 1138: Anaclet II , antipope to Pope Innocent II.
- 1139: Godfrey VI. , Duke of Lower Lorraine
- 1273: Odo of Châteauroux , French theologian and Cardinal Bishop of Frascati
- 1290: Henry II , Count of Hoya
- 1333: Elisabeth von Maltitz , German noblewoman
- 1338: Hermann Morneweg , Mayor of Lübeck
- 1350: Alvarus Pelagius , Galician Franciscan and theologian, Bishop of Silves
- 1355: John de Cobham , English nobleman and politician
- 1366: Heinrich Seuse , German medieval mystic
- 1389: Simon von Sternberg , Prince-Bishop of Paderborn
- 1397: Ruprecht Pipan , Electoral Prince of the Palatinate
- 1413: Maud Ufford , English noblewoman
- 1431: Charles II , the Bold, Duke of Lorraine
- 1457: Heinrich IV von Rosenberg Bohemian nobleman, governor of Silesia
- 1494: Ferdinand I , King of Naples
- 1497: Catherine , Hereditary Duchess of Guelders
16th to 18th centuries
- 1508: Henry III. von Schauenburg , Bishop of Minden
- 1534: Magdalene of Saxony , Electoral Princess of Brandenburg
- 1559: Christian II , King of Denmark
- 1568: Kilian Goldstein , German jurist
- 1578: Mihrimah Sultan , Ottoman princess, daughter of Süleyman I
- 1580: Willibald Imhoff , Nuremberg patrician, art collector, merchant and banker
- 1583: Johannes Pistorius the Elder (Niddanus), Hessian reformer and superintendent
- 1586: Lucas Cranach the Younger , German painter and printmaker
- 1591: Alexius Payos , Italian master mason and sculptor
- 1622: Karl Filip of Sweden , Duke of Södermanland
- 1632: Maria Andreae , German physician and healer
- 1640: Robert Burton , English writer and Anglican clergyman
- 1644: Hermann Georg von Neuhof , Prince-Abbot of Fulda
- 1664: Reinhold Franckenberger , German historian
- 1665: Adriaan Clant , Dutch diplomat
- 1669: Michael Lechleitner , Tyrolean sculptor
- 1670: Nicholas II , Duke of Lorraine
- 1671: Heinrich X. Reuss zu Lobenstein , German nobleman and rector of the University of Leipzig
- 1678: Joan Maetsuycker , Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
- 1707: John Cutts of Gowran , English lieutenant-general and politician
- 1721: Robert Challe , French traveler and writer
- 1722: Joachim Friedrich , Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Ploen
- 1726: Guillaume Delisle , French cartographer
- 1740: Geminiano Giacomelli , Italian composer and singing teacher
- 1741: Maria Karolina of Austria , Austrian princess
- 1742: Edmond Halley , British astronomer, mathematician, cartographer, geophysicist and meteorologist
- 1747: Juan Antonio de Vizarrón y Eguiarreta , Spanish bishop and colonial administrator, viceroy of New Spain
- 1756: Christian Vater , German organ builder
- 1757: Octavio Piccolomini , Duke of Amalfi, imperial general, imperial prince and landlord of the East Bohemian dominion of Nachod
- 1760: Johanna Magdalena of Saxe-Weissenfels , Duchess of Courland
- 1775: Georg Friedrich Schmidt , German engraver, etcher and painter
- 1784: Johann Kaspar Arletius , German educator and polymath
- 1794: Georg Marcus Stein , German organ builder
- 1797: Franz Anton Hillebrandt , Austrian architect
- 1799: Georg Heinrich Sieveking , Hamburg entrepreneur and enlightener
19th century
- 1814: Ludwig Friedrich von Domhardt , Prussian official
- 1821: Maciej Kamieński , Polish composer
- 1823: Johann Heinrich Bleuler , Swiss painter and engraver
- 1829: Conrad Wilhelm Kambli , Swiss evangelical clergyman
- 1831: Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann , German Romantic writer
- 1837: Georg Wilhelm Sigismund Beigel , German diplomat, librarian, naturalist and mathematician
- 1842: Bernhard Christoph Faust , German physician, founder of solar engineering
- 1844: Jean-Baptiste Drouet d'Erlon , French general and Marshal of France
- 1849: Elias Parish Alvars , British harpist and composer
- 1852: Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen , Russian navigator and officer
- 1855: Dorothy Wordsworth , British poet and diarist
- 1857: Andrew Stevenson , American politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives
- 1865: Karl Henrik Anckarswärd , Swedish colonel and politician
- 1865: Peter Karl Thurwieser , Austrian meteorologist, alpinist and theologian
- 1866: Minna Wagner , German actress and first wife of Richard Wagner
- 1870: Achille-Léon-Victor de Broglie , French statesman and diplomat
- 1871: Thomas Garrett , American abolitionist
- 1871: Wilhelm Weitling , German early socialist
- 1872: Richard Stoddert Ewell , American officer, general in the Confederate Army in the American Civil War
- 1881: Sophie von Hatzfeldt , German socialist and life companion of Ferdinand Lassalle
- 1884: Johann Gottfried Piefke , German military musician and composer
- 1885: Carl Eduard Abendroth , Hamburg merchant and member of the Hamburg Parliament
- 1885: Alois Emanuel Biedermann , Reformed theologian from Switzerland
- 1887: Johannes Carl , German Protestant theologian, consistorial councilor and poet
- 1890: Pieter de Jong , Dutch orientalist
- 1899: Adolphe d'Ennery , French writer
20th century
1901-1950
- 1907: René Pottier , French cyclist
- 1908: Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin , Russian chess player
- 1912: Karl Junker , German painter, sculptor and architect
- 1916: Ferenc Szoldatits , Hungarian painter
- 1925: Anton Griessen , Swiss supporter of the Antonians, specialist historian and biographer
- 1926: Wilhelm Autenrieth , German pharmacist
- 1927: William E. Cameron , American politician
- 1933: Honoré Vaillancourt , Canadian singer (baritone)
- 1935: Valerian Vladimirovich Kuibyshev , Soviet politician
- 1936: Edmond Aman-Jean , French painter
- 1936: Titus Maria Horten , German Dominican and Catholic priest, victim of Nazism
- 1937: Harold Samuel , English pianist and composer
- 1938: William Slavens McNutt , American screenwriter and novelist
- 1944: Monzō Akiyama , Japanese rear admiral
- 1946: Martin Möbius , German botanist
- 1947: Al Capone , American criminal and crime boss
1951-1975
- 1952: Sveinn Björnsson , President of Iceland
- 1955: Maria Marc , German painter
- 1960: Ilse Arlt , Austrian social worker
- 1960: Ernst Gehrcke , German physicist
- 1960: Beno Gutenberg , German seismologist
- 1963: Robert Leibbrand , German politician, MP
- 1963: Marion Sunshine , American actress, songwriter and composer
- 1968: Richard Eaton , Canadian choir director, organist and composer
- 1970: Jane Bathori , French singer
- 1972: Sophia Antoniadis , Greek Neo -Greek scholar
- 1972: Erhard Milch , German Field Marshal, Inspector General of the Luftwaffe, Master of the Air Force, war criminal
- 1973: Elinor Hubert , German politician, MP
- 1975: Yvonne Georgi , German ballet dancer and choreographer
1976-2000
- 1976: Erwin Schoettle , German politician, MP, resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 1981: Adele Astaire , American dancer and entertainer
- 1983: Fritz Fremersdorf , German provincial Roman archaeologist, archaeologist and museum director
- 1986: Ernst Schnabel , German writer and pioneer of the radio feature
- 1987: Emil Hlobil , Czech composer and music teacher
- 1990: Ava Gardner , American actress
- 1991: Kurahara Korehito , Japanese literary critic
- 1991: Frank Soo , English footballer of Chinese descent
- 1992: Raban Adelmann , German politician and winery owner, MP
- 1993: Martin Lohmann , German economist
- 1995: Fritz Dorls , German politician, MdB, MdL of the banned SRP
- 1996: Ruth Berghaus , German choreographer, opera and theater director
- 1997: Werner Aspenström , Swedish poet and essayist
- 1997: Elisabeth Rögner-Seeck , German painter, children's book author and art teacher
- 1998: Peter Aschenbrenner , Austrian mountaineer and pioneer
- 1998: Maurice Beerblock , Belgian actor and director
- 1998: Attila Zoller , Hungarian jazz guitarist
- 1999: Bill Crofut , American banjo player and folk singer
- 1999: John Hibbett DeWitt , American electrical engineer
- 1999: Rudi Glöckner , German football referee
- 1999: Élie Kagan , French photojournalist
21st century
- 2004: Fanny Blankers-Koen , Dutch track and field athlete, Olympic champion
- 2004: Miklós Fehér , Hungarian footballer
- 2005: Philip Johnson , American architect
- 2005: Ray Peterson , American rock 'n' roll singer
- 2005: Max Velthuijs , Dutch author and draftsman
- 2005: Nettie Witziers-Timmer , Dutch track and field athlete, Olympic champion
- 2005: Dieter Zehntmayr , Austrian cartoonist
- 2006: Luther Green , American basketball player
- 2006: Moss Mabry , American costume designer
- 2006: Anna Malle , American actress
- 2006: Sudharmono , Indonesian politician
- 2006: Allan Temko , American architecture critic and journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
- 2007: Heidrun Hesse , German philosopher
- 2007: Ken Kavanaugh , American football player and coach
- 2008: Reinhard Aschenbrenner , German internist
- 2008: Andreas Hönisch , German clergyman and founder of an order
- 2008: Helmut Meyer-Abich , German naval officer and geologist
- 2009: Tony Curiel , Dominican opera singer (baritone)
- 2009: Helmut Kahlert , German social scientist and watch historian
- 2009: Kim Manners , American television producer and director
- 2010: Ali Hasan al-Majid , Iraqi politician and general
- 2011: Daniel Bell , American sociologist
- 2011: Edmund de Unger , Hungarian real estate agent and collector of Islamic art
- 2012: Paavo Berglund , Finnish conductor
- 2012: Veronica Carstens , German medical doctor, wife of Karl Carstens
- 2012: Knud Wollenberger , German-language poet of Danish nationality
- 2013: Martial Asselin , Canadian politician
- 2013: Oliver Colbentson , American violinist and music educator
- 2014: Kurt Krenn , Austrian Bishop
- 2015: Demis Roussos , Greek singer
- 2017: John Hurt , British theater and film actor
- 2017: Mary Tyler Moore , American actress
- 2018: Claribel Alegría , Nicaraguan writer
- 2019: Dušan Makavejev , Yugoslav film director
holidays and commemorations
- Church commemorations
- Pauli Conversion (Anglican, Evangelical, Catholic)
- Sel. Heinrich Seuse , German religious and mystic (Protestant, Catholic: in Germany on January 23)
- St. Gregory of Nazianzus , poet and church father, bishop and metrolite (Orthodox)
- More information about the day
- Burn's supper
- bird wedding
The list of commemoration and action days contains further entries .
web links
Commons : January 25 - Collection of images, videos and audio files
itemizations
- ↑ Jürg Altwegg: Noam Chomsky and the reality of the gas chambers. Time Online , November 21, 2012