25th June

The June 25 is the 176th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 177th in leap years ), thus remain still 189 days until the end of the year.

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Events

Politics and world events

• 0524 : The Battle of Vézeronce takes place in the Burgundian War . After the victory of the Burgundian troops under Godomar II and the death of their King Chlodomer , the Franks withdraw from Burgundy .
• 0841 : Charles the Bald and Ludwig the German defeat their brother Lothar I at the Battle of Fontenoy .

1080: Heinrich IV. (Left) and Clemens III. (Center)

• 1080 : The German King Heinrich IV reacts to the exemption from church which Pope Gregory VII once again imposed on him in the investiture dispute by calling on Clemens III at the synod in Brixen . as an antipope.
• 1183 : The Peace of Constance between Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa and the northern Italian cities makes the Lombard League permanent. Milan gains a supremacy within the federal government.
• 1525 : After the farmers surrendered the day before in the Battle of Pfeddersheim in the Palatinate Peasants' War , the non-Palatinate farmers are ordered to leave the imperial city of Pfeddersheim unarmed . Around 3,000 people followed the request. It is linked to the condition not to flee. When there were attempts to escape, the troops of Elector Ludwig V set up a bloodbath among the rebels that cost 800 their lives.

1530: Reading of the Confessio Augustana

• 1530 : The Confessio Augustana is presented to the emperor by representatives of the Protestant estates at the Reichstag in Augsburg .
• 1645 : With the landing of around 60,000 Ottoman soldiers near La Canea , the war for Crete begins , which is ruled by the Republic of Venice .
• 1788 : Virginia becomes the tenth of the former Thirteen Colonies to ratify the United States Constitution , making it the tenth state in the United States .
• 1806 : A British invasion of the Río de la Plata begins with the capture of the city of Quilmes by troops commanded by General William Beresford . Two days later, Buenos Aires is taken by them.
• 1807 : Negotiations between Napoleon Bonaparte and Tsar Alexander I begin in Tilsit , which shortly afterwards lead to the Peace of Tilsit .
• 1862 : In the American Civil War , the Battle of Oak Grove begins a series of armed conflicts between the Union and the southern states , known as the Seven Day Battle .
• 1864 : The London Conference ends without result. The signatory states to the London Protocol of 1852 have tried since April 25, 1864 to end the German-Danish War diplomatically.
• 1864 : With the death of his father Wilhelm I , Karl becomes the third king of Württemberg .
• 1870 : The Spanish Queen Isabella II, who fled to France, renounces in favor of her son Alfonso XII. on the throne.

1876: Battle of Little Bighorn

• 1876 : In the Battle of Little Bighorn , the seventh US cavalry regiment under George A. Custer is defeated by the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians under their leaders Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse .
• 1914 : The Swiss judge Charles Edouard Lardy from the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague falls one award on the disputed border demarcation between the two colonial powers Portugal and the Netherlands on the Southeast Asian island of Timor . It is almost identical to today's border between Indonesia and East Timor .
• 1938 : After all political parties have agreed on the poet Douglas Hyde , he becomes the first President of Ireland .
• 1944 : The battle of Tali-Ihantala begins on the Karelian Isthmus between armed forces of the Soviet Union and the Finnish troops supported by Germany .
• 1948 : General Lucius D. Clay orders the construction of the Berlin Airlift to supply West Berlin . The victorious Soviet Union has imposed a blockade on the divided city .
• 1950 : The Korean War begins when troops of the People's Army of North Korea cross the demarcation line at the 38th parallel .
• 1953 : In Germany, a nationwide five percent hurdle is introduced for federal elections .
• 1959 : Éamon de Valera becomes President of Ireland .
• 1963 : An economic conference of the Central Committee of the SED ends in East Berlin with a resolution of guidelines for a new economic system of planning and management , which is intended to reform the planned economy .
• 1975 : At the instigation of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi , a state of emergency is declared in India. It lasts until March 21, 1977.
• 1975 : Mozambique gains independence from Portugal .
• 1979 : In the morning, the RAF carried out an assassination attempt on Alexander Haig , NATO's commander in chief in Europe , in Belgium, which failed.
• 1991 : Croatia and Slovenia declare independence. This triggered the ten-day war in Slovenia and the war in Croatia, which lasted more than four years .
• 1993 : In Turkey , Tansu Çiller is the first woman to lead the government.
• 2010 : The German BGH ruled that passive euthanasia is not punishable if it corresponds to the patient's wishes.

economy

• 1930 : After the Brig – Visp railway line went into operation, the Glacier Express ran for the first time between Zermatt and St. Moritz .
• 1946 : The World Bank begins operations in Washington, DC with an initial capital of USD 12 billion.
• 1998 : Microsoft releases the Windows 98 operating system .

science and technology

1678: Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia

• 1678 : Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman in the world to receive a doctorate in philosophy . The university of Padua does not allow her to study theology , arguing that a woman should be silent in the church.
• 1795 : The Bureau des Longitudes is established in France to solve the longitude problem that shipping at sea has with longitudes .
• 1919 : The Junkers F 13 designed by Otto Reuter makes its maiden flight as the first all-metal aircraft in civil aviation.
• 1937 : Ewald Rohlfs reached a height of 2,339 m with his Focke-Wulf Fw 61 helicopter .
• 1958 : The United States Air Force selects nine test pilots, including Neil Armstrong  , for the Man In Space Soonest (MISS) program. It is the first astronaut selection in history.

Culture

• 1702 : The opera L'Offendere per amore overo la Telesilla by Johann Joseph Fux has its world premiere at the Hoftheater in Vienna.
• 1840 : The first performance of the symphony cantata Lobgesang by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy takes place in the Thomaskirche in Leipzig under the direction of the composer.
• 1850 : The opera Genoveva by Robert Schumann is premiered in the Staatstheater Leipzig under the direction of the composer.

1910: Figurine for The Firebird

• 1910 : Performed by Sergei Pawlowitsch Djagilev's Ballets Russes , Igor Stravinsky's ballet L'Oiseau de feu ( The Firebird ) with conductor Gabriel Pierné premieres in Paris . The libretto by Michel Fokine based on two Russian folk tales.
• 1929 : The opera Judith by Eugène Aynsley Goossens is premiered at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London.
• 1949 : The world premiere of the opera The Enchanted I by Ottmar Gerster takes place in Wuppertal.
• 1967 : The BBC telecast Our World will broadcast the first television broadcast worldwide via satellite. Also included is the Beatles song All You Need Is Love, composed especially for the show .
• 2009 : At the annual meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee , the Dresden Elbe Valley is stripped of the title of World Heritage Site due to the controversial construction of the Waldschlößchen Bridge .

society

1906: Second Madison Square Garden

• 1906 : The American architect Stanford White is shot in a fit of jealousy by the millionaire Harry Thaw on the roof of the second Madison Square Gardens in New York City.
• 2007 : After apparently killing his wife Nancy, their son Daniel, and then himself the previous weekend, wrestling champ Chris Benoit and his family are found at their home in Fayetteville, Georgia.

religion

• 0253 : Lucius I is bishop of Rome , but immediately exiled by Emperor Trebonianus Gallus .
• 1094 : In the recently completed St. Mark's Basilica in Venice , the alleged bones of St. Mark are “found again” through a “miracle”. This day became the Inventio Sancti Marci holiday .

1115: Bernhard of Clairvaux

• 1115 : Bernhard von Clairvaux founds the Clairvaux monastery with some confreres . It is one of the four primary abbeys (first daughter monasteries) of Cîteaux .
• 1243 : The Genoese church lawyer and Cardinal Sinibaldo Fieschi is elected Pope and takes the name Innocent IV . The friendship of Emperor Frederick II with him gives way to hostility to the Pope.

1580: Title page of the Book of Concords

• 1580 : The Book of Concords appears in German in Dresden. It contains a complete collection of the so-called symbolic books of the Lutheran Church .
• 1951 : The Bishop of Nice inaugurates the Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence . The chapel designed by Henri Matisse took the artist almost four years to complete.

Disasters

1888: Sundsvall after the fire

• 1888 : The biggest fire in Sweden to date breaks out in Sundsvall . 400 farms are destroyed and 9,000 people are left homeless. On the same day, a major fire raged in Umeå , killing 2500 of the 3000 residents.

1997: Soufrière Hills volcano

• 1976 : An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 on Guinea calls for 422 deaths.
• 1997 : The Soufrière Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat erupts.
• 2001 : A typhoon in the Chinese province of Fujian kills over 100 people.

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

Sports

• 1978 : In the final of the World Cup , hosts Argentina defeated the Netherlands 3-1 after extra time .
• 1982 : Gijón non-aggression pact : A scandalous 1-0 game in the World Cup preliminary game between the Federal Republic of Germany and Austria means that both teams qualify for the second final round.
• 1983 : India wins the third Cricket World Cup in England by beating the West Indies with 43 runs in the final.
• 1988 : The Netherlands become European champions by beating the Soviet Union 2-0 in the European Championship final in Munich .
• 1991 : The ULEB , an association of European basketball federations, is founded in Rome.
• 1999 : The San Antonio Spurs defeat the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals and become NBA champions for the first time in franchise history.

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 18th century

• 1181 : al-Hasan ibn Muhammad as-Saghānī , hadith scholar and Arabic lexicographer of Hanafi teaching
• 1242 : Beatrix of England , daughter of King Henry III. from England
• 1259 : Hugo XIII. von Lusignan , Lord of Lusignan and Count of La Marche and Angoulême
• 1340 : John Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray , English nobleman

Federico I. Gonzaga (* 1441)

• 1441 : Federico I. Gonzaga , Margrave of Mantua
• 1456 : Heinrich V. von Rosenberg , Bohemian nobleman
• 1484 : Bartholomäus V. Welser , German patrician and wholesale merchant
• 1507 : Maria Jakobäa von Baden , Duchess of Bavaria
• 1517 : Georg Aemilius , German theologian and botanist
• 1552 : Hans von Schweinichen , German writer
• 1560 : Wilhelm Fabry , city doctor in Bern, founder of scientific surgery
• 1560 : Juan Sánchez Cotán , Spanish painter
• 1568 : Gunilla Bielke , Queen of Sweden
• 1602 : Rudolf Christian , Count of East Frisia
• 1612 : Johann Albert Wasa , Prince of Poland-Lithuania, Prince-Bishop of Warmia and Cracow
• 1646 : Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia , Italian scholar
• 1649 : Johann Friedrich Landsberger , German merchant
• 1655 : Rinaldo d'Este , Duke of Modena and Reggio, cardinal
• 1664 : Johann Paul Hebenstreit , German moral philosopher and Lutheran theologian
• 1667 : Johann Franz Buddeus , German philosopher and theologian
• 1685 : Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt , German sculptor and builder

18th century

• 1717 : Giuseppe Aglio , Italian art historian
• 1717 : Johannes Ringk , German composer and organist
• 1725 : Johann Stephan Pütter , German constitutional law teacher and journalist
• 1737 : Johann Ludwig Ferdinand Arnoldi , German educator and Protestant theologian
• 1737 : Francesco La Vega , Spanish archaeologist
• 1739 : Jeremias Nicolaus Eyring , German rector and university professor
• 1745 : Thomas Tudor Tucker , American doctor and politician, member of the Continental Congress and House of Representatives, Treasurer of the United States
• 1747 : Daniel Hiester , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
• 1748 : Joseph Peirce , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
• 1755 : Wilhelmine von Hessen-Darmstadt , Prussian noblewoman and first wife of Tsar Paul I (Russia)
• 1756 : Karl Friedrich am Ende , Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal
• 1759 : William Plumer , American politician, senator, governor of New Hampshire

Lazare Hoche (* 1768)

• 1768 : Lazare Hoche , French general
• 1768 : Jakob Albrecht von Sienen , Senate Syndicus
• 1769 : Ferdinand Friedrich , Prince of Anhalt-Köthen and Prussian Lieutenant General
• 1770 : Friedrich Adrian von Arnstedt , German district administrator
• 1778 : John Varnum , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
• 1780 : Isaac Wilson , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
• 1781 : Friedrich Schmalz , German agricultural scientist
• 1789 : Wilhelm Heinrich Ackermann , German educator
• 1792 : Carlos Coolidge , American politician, governor of Vermont
• 1797 : Paul Wilhelm von Württemberg , Duke of Württemberg, natural scientist and explorer
• 1799 : David Douglas , British gardener, botanist and plant hunter

19th century

1801-1850

• 1804 : Friedrich Henning von Arnim , German entrepreneur
• 1807 : Edward A. Hannegan , American lawyer and politician, member of the House of Representatives, Senator

Friedrich Alexander von Bismarck-Bohlen (* 1818)

• 1818 : Friedrich Alexander von Bismarck-Bohlen , Prussian general
• 1820 : Ludwig Binswanger the Elder , German psychiatrist
• 1821 : Bartolomé Miter , Argentine statesman, military leader and historian
• 1824 : Henry C. Goodwin , American lawyer and politician, member of the House of Representatives
• 1828 : Friederike Kempner , German writer
• 1830 : Thomas A. Boyd , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
• 1841 : Thomas Jefferson Majors , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
• 1842 : Eloy Alfaro , Ecuadorian military and politician, president
• 1842 : Frank Lawler , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
• 1842 : Heinrich Seidel , German engineer and writer
• 1846 : John Joseph O'Neill , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
• 1848 : Peter P. Mahoney , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
• 1848 : Paul Puget , French composer

1851-1900

• 1852 : Antoni Gaudí , Spanish architect
• 1857 : James O'Hanlon Patterson , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
• 1858 : Georges Courteline , French writer
• 1860 : Gustave Charpentier , French composer
• 1861 : Reginald Wingate , British Governor General of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, High Commissioner in Egypt
• 1864 : Oskar Baumann , Austrian explorer of Africa

Walther Nernst (* 1864)

• 1864 : Walther Nernst , German physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize winner
• 1866 : Stephen Bolles , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
• 1866 : Hubert Knackfuß , German building researcher and archaeologist
• 1869 : Heinrich Lüders , German orientalist and Indologist
• 1869 : Alfred Wilm , German chemist and metallurgist
• 1871 : Grethe Auer , Swiss-Austrian writer
• 1878 : Jean Gallon , French composer and composition teacher
• 1878 : Marie-Elisabeth Lüders , German politician and women's rights activist, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
• 1878 : Wilhelm Pinder , German art historian
• 1880 : Felix Swinstead , British pianist, composer and music teacher
• 1883 : Hans Vogts , German architect and preservationist
• 1884 : Henrik Hildén , Finnish-Swedish writer and literary scholar
• 1884 : Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler , German-French gallery owner, art historian and author
• 1886 : Henry H. Arnold , American general
• 1886 : Otto Goetze , German surgeon and university professor
• 1887 : George Abbott , American writer, director, and actor
• 1887 : Arnold Trowell , New Zealand cellist, composer and music teacher
• 1889 : Willem Frederik Donath , Dutch physiologist and hygienist
• 1889 : Paul Fallot , French geologist and paleontologist

Hermann Oberth (* 1894)

• 1894 : Hermann Oberth , German physicist and space pioneer
• 1895 : Marguerite de Beaumont , Swiss sister of the reformed women's community Communauté de Grandchamp
• 1896 : Alfred Anderson , British war veteran
• 1896 : Oskar Müller , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
• 1898 : William Jordan , American rower
• 1899 : Charlotte von Kirschbaum , German theologian
• 1899 : Hans Schwippert , German architect and university professor
• 1900 : Marta Abba , Italian actress
• 1900 : Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma , British admiral and statesman

20th century

1901-1925

• 1901 : Chester Arthur Arnold , American paleobotanist and botanist
• 1901 : Giacomo Debenedetti , Italian literary critic
• 1902 : William T. Carroll , American politician
• 1903 : Thomas C. Hennings , American politician, House of Representatives, Senator
• 1903 : George Orwell , English writer and essayist
• 1904 : Matthias Hoogen , German lawyer and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Defense Commissioner of the German Bundestag
• 1904 : Wladimir Konstantinowitsch Kokkinaki , Soviet test pilot
• 1905 : Arthur Maria Rabenalt , Austrian director
• 1905 : Rupert Wildt , German-American astronomer
• 1907 : Wacław Geiger , Polish composer, conductor and music teacher
• 1907 : Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen , German physicist and Nobel Prize winner
• 1907 : Mario Revelli di Beaumont , Italian motorcycle racer and vehicle designer
• 1908 : Willard Van Orman Quine , American philosopher
• 1908 : Friedrich Kempf , German church historian
• 1909 : Dimitar Dimow , Bulgarian writer
• 1910 : Heinrich Appelt , Austrian historian and diplomat
• 1910 : Guillermo Castillo Bustamante , Venezuelan pianist and composer
• 1911 : William Howard Stein , American biochemist
• 1912 : William T. Cahill , American politician, member of the House of Representatives, governor of New Jersey
• 1912 : Nino Franchina , Italian sculptor
• 1913 : Eberhard Cronshagen , German actor and dubbing director
• 1917 : Nils Karlsson , Swedish cross-country skier
• 1918 : Ray Smith , American singer
• 1919 : James MacKay , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
• 1920 : Joe Viola , American jazz musician
• 1921 : Celia Franca , Canadian ballet dancer and choreographer
• 1921 : Heinrich Windelen , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister
• 1923 : Jamschid Amusegar , Iranian politician, multiple minister, prime minister
• 1923 : Sam Francis , American painter
• 1923 : Georg Kossack , German prehistory researcher
• 1924 : Karl-Heinz Krause , German sculptor
• 1924 : Sidney Lumet , American film director

1926-1950

• 1926 : Ingeborg Bachmann , Austrian writer
• 1927 : Clemens Neuhaus , German painter

Alexei Abrikossow (* 1928)

• 1928 : Alexei Alexejewitsch Abrikossow , Russian physicist, Nobel Prize winner
• 1928 : Michel Brault , Canadian cameraman and director
• 1928 : Hermann Buschfort , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Parliamentary State Secretary
• 1928 : Peyo , Belgian comic artist
• 1929 : Eric Carle , American children's author and illustrator
• 1929 : Francesco Marchisano , Italian Archpriest of the Vatican Basilica, cardinal
• 1929 : Helmut Seibt , Austrian figure skater
• 1930 , Petar Šegvić , Yugoslav rower
• 1931 : Miroslav Košler , Czech choir director and music teacher
• 1931 : Vishwanath Pratap Singh , Indian politician, Prime Minister
• 1932 : Peter Blake , British painter
• 1932 : Ichirō Ogimura , Japanese table tennis player and official
• 1932 : George Sluizer , Dutch film director
• 1933 : Álvaro Siza Vieira , Portuguese architect
• 1935 : Lloyd McCollough , American rockabilly musician
• 1935 : Kurt Schwertsik , Austrian composer
• 1935 : Richard Alvin Tonry , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
• 1936 : Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie , Indonesian politician, President
• 1936 : Bert Hölldobler , German behavioral scientist, sociobiologist and evolutionary ecologist
• 1937 : Eddie Floyd , American soul and R&B singer
• 1937 : Keizō Obuchi , Japanese politician, Prime Minister
• 1937 : Victor Yoran , Russian cellist and composer
• 1938 : Hans-Dieter Klenk , German virologist

Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker (* 1939)

• 1939 : Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker , German environmental scientist and politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1940 : Peer Augustinski , German actor, voice actor, radio play speaker and audio book interpreter
• 1940 : Thomas Köhler , German luge rider
• 1941 : Denys Arcand , Canadian film director
• 1941 : Knut Urban , German physicist
• 1942 : Joe Chambers , American jazz drummer
• 1942 : Bengt Johansson , Swedish handball coach
• 1942 : Willis Reed , American basketball player
• 1944 : Prince Amartey , Ghanaian boxer
• 1945 : Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
• 1945 : Carly Simon , American singer and songwriter
• 1946 : Roméo Dallaire , Canadian UN General in Rwanda
• 1946 : Ulrik le Fevre , Danish football player
• 1946 : Norbert Haas , German trauma surgeon
• 1946 : Henk van Kessel , Dutch motorcycle racer
• 1946 : Ian McDonald , British rock musician
• 1946 : Wolfgang Mutzeck , German educational scientist and university professor
• 1947 : Charles Mendez , American racing driver and motorsport official
• 1947 : John Powell , American discus thrower
• 1947 : Jacques Zegers , Belgian singer
• 1949 : Patrick Tambay , French racing car driver
• 1950 : Paul Breuer , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1950 : Michel Côté , Canadian actor

1951-1975

• 1952 : Hans-Joachim Abel , German football player

Marieluise Beck (* 1952)

• 1952 : Marieluise Beck , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag, Parliamentary State Secretary
• 1952 : Péter Erdő , Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest and Cardinal
• 1953 : Olivier Ameisen , French cardiologist and book author
• 1953 : Erich Räuker , German musician and voice actor
• 1953 : Udo Samel , German actor
• 1954 : David Paich , American keyboardist ( Toto )
• 1954 : Sonia Sotomayor , American lawyer, Supreme Court Justice
• 1955 : Maxime Bossis , French football player
• 1955 : Rudolf Braun , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1956 : Anthony Bourdain , American chef, writer and protagonist of television documentaries

Kirsten Harms (* 1956)

• 1956 : Kirsten Harms , German opera director
• 1956 : Madeleine Petrovic , Austrian politician, member of the National Council, LAbg.
• 1957 : Doris König , German legal scholar, Vice President of the Federal Constitutional Court
• 1958 : Serik Akhmetov , Kazakh politician, Prime Minister
• 1958 : Harald Sicherheitsitz , Austrian screenwriter and director
• 1958 : Oscar van Dillen , Dutch composer
• 1959 : Lutz Dombrowski , German athlete
• 1959 : Jari Puikkonen , Finnish ski jumper
• 1960 : Vittorio Hösle , German philosopher
• 1960 : Thomas Schirrmacher , German theologian
• 1960 : Aldo Serena , Italian soccer player
• 1961 : Timur Nuruachitowitsch Bekmambetow , Russian film producer

Ricky Gervais (born 1961)

• 1961 : Ricky Gervais , British comedian, radio host and actor
• 1963 : Doug Gilmour , Canadian ice hockey player and official
• 1963 : George Michael , British singer, songwriter, composer, musician and producer
• 1964 : Johnny Herbert , British racing driver
• 1964 : Greg Raymer , American poker player
• 1964 : Ernst Vettori , Austrian ski jumper
• 1966 : Bernd Metzke , German handball player
• 1966 : Dikembe Mutombo , Congolese basketball player
• 1967 : Andreas Kunstein , German composer
• 1967 : Niels van der Zwan , Dutch rower
• 1968 : Dorinel Munteanu , Romanian football player and coach
• 1970 : Erki Nool , Estonian athlete, Olympic champion
• 1970 : Sven Stricker , German radio play director and author
• 1971 : Neil Lennon , Northern Irish football player
• 1971 : Jason Lewis , American actor
• 1971 : Robert Reichel , Czech ice hockey player
• 1972 : Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi , Libyan politician
• 1972 : Peter Möller , Swedish handball player
• 1972 : Kalle Wallner , German musician, songwriter and composer
• 1974 : Ceylan Avcı , Turkish-Kurdish singer
• 1974 : Glen Metropolit , Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 : Albert Costa , Spanish tennis player
• 1975 : Vladimir Borissowitsch Kramnik , Russian chess player, world champion
• 1975 : Linda Cardellini , American actress

1976-2000

• 1976 : Alex Pagulayan , Filipino-Canadian pool and snooker player
• 1977 : Antonio Borghini , Italian jazz bassist
• 1978 : Stuart Arthur , Canadian badminton player
• 1979 : Jan Gustafsson , German chess player, grandmaster
• 1979 : Daniel Jensen , Danish football player
• 1979 : Haddy N'jie , Norwegian singer, songwriter, author, journalist and television presenter
• 1980 : Wael El Hindi , Egyptian squash player
• 1980 : Robert Müller , German ice hockey player

Simon Ammann (* 1981)

• 1981 : Simon Ammann , Swiss ski jumper
• 1981 : Matt Schaub , American football player
• 1982 : Thomas Hübener , German soccer player
• 1982 : Michail Michailowitsch Juschny , Russian tennis player
• 1982 : Rain , South Korean singer
• 1982 : Nicolas Renavand , French tennis player
• 1983 : Pegah Ferydoni , German actress
• 1983 : Daniele Gastaldello , Italian football player
• 1983 : Marc Janko , Austrian soccer player
• 1984 : Fatih Atik , French-Turkish soccer player
• 1985 : Anton Korobov , Ukrainian chess player
• 1985 : Karim Matmour , Algerian-French soccer player
• 1986 : Charlie Davies , American football player
• 1986 : Linn Gossé , Norwegian handball player
• 1987 : Elis Bakaj , Albanian football player
• 1987 : Claudio Corti , Italian motorcycle racer

Alissa Czisny (* 1987)

• 1987 : Alissa Czisny , American figure skater
• 1987 : Elsa Baquerizo Macmillan , Spanish beach volleyball player
• 1987 : Justin Mercier , American ice hockey player
• 1988 : Therese Johaug , Norwegian cross-country skier
• 1988 : Judith Wyder , Swiss orienteer
• 1990 : Ryan Agung Saputra , Indonesian badminton player
• 1990 : Low Wee Wern , Malaysian squash player
• 1991 : Julia Debitzki , German soccer player
• 1991 : Soner Demirtaş , Turkish wrestler
• 1991 : Jack Lisowski , English snooker player
• 1991 : Victor Wanyama , Kenyan soccer player

Anna Zaja (* 1991)

• 1991 : Anna Zaja , German tennis player
• 1991 : Simone Zaza , Italian soccer player
• 1992 : Leonora Armellini , Italian pianist
• 1992 : Dorian Electra , American gender-fluid musician
• 1992 : Kelsey Robinson , American volleyball player
• 1993 : Barney Clark , British actor
• 1994 : Felix von der Laden ("Dner"), German YouTuber
• 1995 : Timo Kastening , German handball player
• 1996 : Mohamed Dräger , German-Tunisian soccer player
• 1997 : Henry Horn , German singer and actor
• 1997 : Rodrigo Bentancur , Uruguayan football player

21st century

• 2002 : Mason Vale Cotton , American actor

Died

Before the 16th century

• 0524 : Chlodomer , oldest legitimate son of the Frankish king Clovis I
• 0862 : Al-Muntasir , Abbasid Caliph
• 1134 : Niels , King of Denmark
• 1150 : Heinrich Zdik , Prague diplomat and bishop
• 1165 : Gottfried von Admont , Abbot of Admont
• 1218 : Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester , leader of the Albigensian Crusade
• 1245 : Konrad von Eberstein , Prince-Bishop of Speyer
• 1304 : Otto I , Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben
• 1317 : Heinrich von Harclay , English scholastic and university professor
• 1329 : Conrad IV von Schöneck , Bishop of Worms
• 1337 : Frederick II of Aragon , King of Sicily
• 1348 : Rudolf IV , Margrave of Baden
• 1355 : Dietrich von Waldeck , provost of the cathedral in the diocese of Münster
• 1394 : Dorothea von Montau , Catholic saint
• 1402 : Walter Devereux , English knight and politician
• 1423 : Rainald , Duke of Jülich and Geldern
• 1462 : Catherine d'Alençon , French noblewoman, Duchess of Bavaria-Ingolstadt
• 1483 : Thomas Vaughan , Welsh politician, courtier, military and diplomat
• 1483 : Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers , English nobleman

16th to 18th century

• 1531 : Adam I , Supreme Chancellor of Bohemia

Mary Tudor († 1533)

• 1533 : Maria Tudor , English nobleman and Queen of France
• 1549 : Wendel Roskopf , master craftsman in Görlitz and master builder in Silesia
• 1558 : Johannes Ferrarius , German lawyer, theologian and philosopher
• 1560 : Konrad Nesen , German humanist and mayor of Zittau
• 1565 : Herluf Trolle , Danish admiral and naval hero
• 1595 : William Aubrey , Welsh legal scholar
• 1598 : Giacomo Gaggini , Sicilian sculptor
• 1601 : Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby , English nobleman, diplomat and general
• 1648 : Godart van Reede , Dutch statesman
• 1652 : Abraham von Franckenberg , Silesian mystic
• 1665 : Sigmund Franz , Prince of Tyrol
• 1669 : François de Bourbon-Vendôme, duc de Beaufort , Duke of Beaufort, peer of France
• 1671 : Giovanni Riccioli , Italian astronomer
• 1673 : Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan , Musketeer of the Guard of Louis XIV.
• 1709 : Friedrich VII. Magnus , Margrave of Baden-Durlach
• 1715 : Jean Baptiste du Casse , French flibustier and admiral
• 1731 : Johann Christian Schröter , German legal scholar
• 1734 : Johann Friedrich Riederer , German poet
• 1734 : Johann Andreas Thelott , Augsburg goldsmith, draftsman and engraver
• 1747 : Bonaventura Stapf , Allgäu painter and gilder
• 1750 : Diego Francesco Carlone , Italian plasterer
• 1764 : Wilhelm Ernst Starke , German Reformed theologian, philologist and hymn poet
• 1767 : Gottfried Sellius , German lawyer, natural scientist and translator
• 1767 : Georg Philipp Telemann , German Baroque composer
• 1774 : Johann Casper Beck , German organ builder
• 1791 : Conrad Wilhelm von Ahlefeldt , German general and minister of war
• 1799 : Asada Gōryū , Japanese astronomer and anatomist

19th century

• 1804 : Georges Cadoudal , French general

ETA Hoffmann († 1822)

• 1822 : ETA Hoffmann , German writer, lawyer and composer, conductor and music critic, illustrator and caricaturist
• 1825 : Friedrich Carl Christian Ulrich von Ahlefeldt , German lieutenant and general
• 1827 : Johann Gottfried Eichhorn , German orientalist and historian
• 1848 : Jakob von Albertini , Swiss politician
• 1855 : August Friedrich Ernst von Arnswaldt , German writer
• 1856 : Max Stirner , German philosopher
• 1857 : Langdon Cheves , American politician
• 1858 : Friedrich August Gotthold , German educator and school director
• 1860 : Louis Drechsler , German cellist
• 1861 : Abdülmecid I , Ottoman Sultan
• 1863 : Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel , German agronomist and explorer of the Kamchatka Peninsula
• 1864 : Otto Ruppius , German writer
• 1864 : Wilhelm I , German nobleman, King of Württemberg
• 1868 : Carlo Matteucci , Italian physicist and neurophysiologist, politician, senator and minister of education
• 1875 : Heinrich Wilhelm Breidenfeld , German organ builder

George A. Custer († 1876)

• 1876 : George Armstrong Custer , American cavalry general
• 1884 : Hans Rott , Austrian composer and organist
• 1894 : Marie François Sadi Carnot , French President
• 1899 : Francis of Paula Schönborn , Cardinal, Archbishop of Prague
• 1900 : Ludwig Abel , German Semitist

20th century

1901-1950

• 1904 : Wilhelm Jordan (writer) , German writer and politician

August Gregory († 1905)

• 1905 : Augustus Gregory , Australian explorer
• 1906 : Stanford White , American architect
• 1907 : Hubert Stier , German architect
• 1912 : Hubert Latham , French aviation pioneer
• 1912 : Lawrence Alma-Tadema , Dutch painter and draftsman
• 1914 : Georg II. Von Sachsen-Meiningen , German nobleman, reformer and promoter of the theater, theater director, director, stage designer and cultural politician
• 1914 : Karl Wegener , German railway engineer, master builder, architect and entrepreneur as well as club and association functionary
• 1915 : Rafael Joseffy , Hungarian pianist and music teacher
• 1919 : Richard Seifert , German chemist
• 1925 : Josef Breuer , Viennese doctor, physiologist and philosopher
• 1929 : Georges Courteline , French writer
• 1933 : Giovanni Giacometti , Swiss painter and graphic artist ( Post-Impressionism )
• 1935 : Erich Schultz-Ewerth , German colonial official and writer
• 1938 : Nikolai Sergejewitsch Trubetzkoy , Russian linguist and ethnologist
• 1939 : Richard Seaman , British racing driver
• 1944 : James Atkin, Baron Atkin , British lawyer
• 1945 : Eberhard Kinzel , German general

1951-1975

• 1952 : Luke Jordan , American blues guitarist and singer
• 1953 : Antonio Abenoza , Spanish soccer player
• 1956 : Ernest J. King , American admiral
• 1956 : Miyagi Michio , Japanese composer and koto player
• 1957 : Thea Aichbichler , German actress
• 1958 : Heinz Winkler , German politician, Minister for Development in the GDR
• 1960 : Otto Ender , Austrian politician, Governor of Vorarlberg, Federal Chancellor
• 1960 : Walter Baade , German astronomer and astrophysicist

Erna von Dobschütz († 1963)

• 1963 : Erna von Dobschütz , German portrait painter
• 1963 : Georg Pelster , German trade unionist and politician, Member of the Bundestag, MEP
• 1964 : Gerrit Rietveld , Dutch master carpenter
• 1969 : Franz Klafböck , Austrian politician, LAbg.
• 1971 : Valentin Baur , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
• 1971 : Mario Magnozzi , Italian football player and coach
• 1971 : John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr , British nutritionist
• 1975 : Javier Ambrois , Uruguayan soccer player
• 1975 : Antonio Romera , Chilean art scholar and critic, illustrator and caricaturist

1976-2000

• 1976 : Johnny Mercer , American singer
• 1977 : Olave Baden-Powell , British co-founder of the Girl Scouts
• 1977 : Petko Stajnow , Bulgarian composer
• 1978 : Ahmad Koroh , 5th ceremonial head of state of the Malaysian state of Sabah
• 1979 : Ewa Bandrowska-Turska , Polish singer and music teacher
• 1979 : Philippe Halsman , Latvian-American portrait photographer
• 1980 : Herbert Kühn , German prehistoric scientist, religious scholar, philosopher and art historian
• 1983 : Maria Viktoria von Attems , Austrian restaurateur
• 1983 : Alberto Ginastera , Argentine composer
• 1984 : Michel Foucault , French philosopher
• 1985 : Connie Curtis Crayton , American blues singer and guitarist
• 1986 : Reinhold Munzenberg , German soccer player
• 1986 : Hans Wildberger , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor

Mildred Gillars (* 1988)

• 1988 : Mildred Gillars , American radio host
• 1988 : Hillel Slovak , American guitarist ( Red Hot Chili Peppers )
• 1989 : Ludwig Aulbach , German journalist and editor-in-chief
• 1989 : Jimmy Patton , American country and rockabilly musician
• 1990 : Peggy Glanville-Hicks , Australian composer
• 1990 : Melba Roy Mouton , American computer scientist
• 1992 : Irma Tübler , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1992 : James Stirling , British architect
• 1993 : Mona Baptiste , blues and pop singer from Trinidad and Tobago
• 1993 : Miguel Mármol , Salvadoran trade union activist
• 1995 : Ernest Walton , Irish physicist and Nobel Prize winner
• 1997 : Jacques-Yves Cousteau , French marine researcher
• 1999 : Peter Abeles , Australian entrepreneur
• 1999 : Rawilja Agletdinowa , Soviet middle-distance runner
• 2000 : Wilson Simonal , Brazilian singer

21st century

• 2001 : Barbara Dittus , German actress
• 2001 : Kurt Hoffmann , German director
• 2002 : Karl-Heinz Klostermeier , German economist and broadcasting director
• 2003 : Lester Maddox , American politician, governor of Georgia
• 2005 : Shana Alexander , American journalist
• 2005 : Jiří Kodet , Czech actor
• 2006 : Arif Mardin , Turkish music producer
• 2007 : Michel Lotito , French entertainer
• 2009 : Farrah Fawcett , American actress

Michael Jackson († 2009)

• 2009 : Michael Jackson , American singer, songwriter and entertainer
• 2011 : Friedrich Adrario , Austrian officer
• 2012 : Doris Schade , German actress
• 2014 : Harry Arlt , German soccer player
• 2014 : Ana María Matute , Spanish writer
• 2015 : Patrick Macnee , British-American actor
• 2015 : Hans-Jochen Tschiche , German civil rights activist and politician, member of the Volkskammer, MdB, MdL
• 2016 : Peter Asmussen , Danish writer, playwright and screenwriter
• 2016 : Manfred Deix , Austrian cartoonist and author
• 2017 : Félix Mourinho , Portuguese football player and coach
• 2017 : Tono Eitel , German lawyer and diplomat
• 2018 : David Goldblatt , South African photographer
• 2018 : Artur Pommerenke , German politician
• 2019 : Kevin McKenna , Northern Irish paramilitary
• 2019 : Astrid North , German singer
• 2020 : Jacques Coursil , French linguist and jazz trumpeter
• 2020 : Peter Toschek , German physicist

Holidays and memorial days

• Church memorial days
  • Remembrance day of the Confessio Augustana (Protestant)
  • Prosper Tiro of Aquitaine , Roman lay brother and poet (Protestant, Roman Catholic)
• Name days
  • Dorothea , Heinrich , Wilhelm
• State holidays and memorial days
  • Croatia : national holiday
  • Mozambique : Independence from Portugal (1975)
  • Slovenia : Independence from Yugoslavia (1991)

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

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