October 25
The October 25 is the 298th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 299th in leap years ), thus remain 67 days by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 732 : The Frankish caretaker Karl Martell defeats the Moors in the battle of Tours and Poitiers .
- 1147 : A crusader army under Konrad III. is defeated by the Rum Seljuks in the Battle of Dorylaum .
- 1415 : In the Hundred Years' War , the English achieve a major victory against the French at the Battle of Azincourt through the use of longbowmen .
- 1495 : After the death of his grandfather Johann II , Emanuel I of the Avis family becomes King of Portugal with the support of his grandmother Eleanor .
- 1521 : Maria Pacheco, the widow of Juan de Padilla , who was executed in April , negotiates the surrender of the city of Toledo , where the rebels are, with King Charles I at the time of the Spanish Comuneros uprising .
- 1555 : Charles V announces his decision to abdicate as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in a state ceremony in Brussels . It will be carried out in the following year.
- 1616 : With the shore leave on the Dirk Hartog Island named after him in Shark Bay on the west coast of Australia , the Dutch navigator Dirk Hartog is the second European to set foot on Australian soil.
- 1679 : Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg, known as the Great Elector , declares in the secret treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye that he is ready to give France's ruler Louis XIV his vote in an application as Roman-German Emperor.
- 1722 : In the cathedral of Reims the twelve year old Louis XV. anointed the French king.
- 1760 : With the death of his grandfather George II, who has been in power since 1727 , Georg Wilhelm Friedrich becomes George III. King of Great Britain .
- 1812 : The American frigate USS United States defeats the British frigate HMS Macedonian in a single battle and forces it to surrender. This American success caused quite a stir in both the US and the UK.
- 1854 : In the Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War , the famous attack by the British Light Brigade takes place .
- 1936 : With a secret friendship treaty between Italy and the German Reich , the " Berlin-Rome axis " is established.
- 1950 : The Chinese "volunteer army" deployed in North Korea has enemy contact during the Korean War and fights for the first time with a South Korean infantry unit .
- 1955 : 12-year-old Sadako Sasaki dies as Hibakusha of the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima . They make origami cranes a symbol against nuclear weapons.
- 1956 : Adolf Hitler is officially declared dead by the Berchtesgaden District Court .
- 1961 : American tanks hit Checkpoint Charlie after East German border guards prevented Western Allies from entering the Soviet sector. On October 27th, Soviet tanks followed suit. On October 28, both sides withdraw again.
- 1962 : As part of the Cuban Missile Crisis , a meeting of the UN Security Council in New York City led to a diplomatic exchange of blows between UN Ambassadors Walerian Sorin (USSR) and Adlai Stevenson (USA) Soviet missile positions in Cuba .
- 1971 : With UN Resolution 2758 , the People's Republic of China is admitted to the UN , Taiwan is excluded.
- 1979 : The Spanish regions of Catalonia and Basque Country become autonomous to a limited extent.
- 1980 : The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction is signed.
- 1983 : Operation Urgent Fury : The USA and six other Caribbean states occupy the island of Grenada following the assassination of the local Prime Minister Maurice Bishop .
- 1984 : Rainer Barzel resigns as President of the German Bundestag because of his involvement in the Flick affair .
- 1989 : The press spokesman Gennady Gerasimov, who works for the Soviet Foreign Ministry, coined the term Sinatra Doctrine . It replaces the Brezhnev doctrine and means the Soviet renunciation of violence against an opposing alliance, a neutral state or a state of its own alliance , declared on the same day by Mikhail Gorbachev during a state visit to Helsinki .
- 1990 : Kazakhstan declares its sovereignty from the Soviet Union .
- 1995 : Latvia applies for EU membership .
- 1997 : After the escape of the previous President Pascal Lissouba , Denis Sassou-Nguesso is declared President of the Republic of the Congo . This ends a four-month civil war .
- 2000 : After a flurry of protests by the dictator kicking Ivory Coast , Robert Guei , who lost the presidential election of 22 October, in favor of the election winner Laurent Gbagbo back. However, the exclusion of Alassane Ouattara from the elections led to an armed conflict in the African country two years later .
- 2001 : The USA PATRIOT Act is passed as part of the “ War on Terrorism ” .
- 2009 : Two car bombs explode in suicide bombings in Baghdad near the Justice Department and the governor's seat, killing 155 people and injuring hundreds.
economy
- 1861 : The Toronto Stock Exchange opens in Canada .
- 1929 : On " Black Friday ", the extraordinary price losses of the previous day continued on the New York Stock Exchange .
- 2006 : ATI Technologies is dissolved.
science and technology
- 1671 : Giovanni Domenico Cassini discovers the Saturn moon Iapetus .
- 1909 : The German-Chinese university in the German leased area Kiautschou (China) is officially opened.
- 1937 : Hanna Reitsch flies 108.9 km from Stendal to Berlin in her Focke-Wulf Fw 61 helicopter , setting a new world record.
- 1971 : With the University of Kassel , Germany's first comprehensive university begins teaching.
- 1979 : The last wooden transmission tower in the GDR in Golm is blown up due to its dilapidation.
- 1979 : The Battle Tank Leopard 2 of the Bundeswehr is put into service.
- 1991 : The long-haul Airbus A340 takes off on its maiden flight .
- 2000 : In Kenya , fossilized hominid bones are discovered by French and Kenyan archaeologists in at least six million year old volcanic rocks of the East African Rift.
- 2001 : Microsoft releases the new Windows XP operating system
- 2007 : Singapore Airlines completed the first flight of an Airbus A380 with passengers on board.
Culture
- 1795 : In France , the republican institute national des sciences et des arts is created as the successor to the former royal academies , which the National Convention banned on August 8, 1793. The new organization later becomes the Institut de France , to which the Académie des Beaux-Arts is also subordinate.
- 1836 : The 23 m high Luxor obelisk is erected in Paris , a gift from the Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali Pascha to the French king Louis Philippe .
- 1853 : The Neue Pinakothek opens in Munich as a museum for contemporary painting.
- 1885 : Johannes Brahms ' 4th symphony is premiered by the Meiningen court orchestra .
- 1912 : The opera Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss with the libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal is premiered in the Small House of the Hoftheater Stuttgart .
- 1913 : The operetta Polenblut by Oskar Nedbal with the libretto by Leo Stein based on a story by Alexander Sergejewitsch Pushkin is premiered at the Vienna Carltheater .
- 1947 : The premiere of the opera Genoveva by Natanael Berg takes place at the Kungliga Teatern in Stockholm .
- 1983 : Udo Lindenberg is allowed to perform at a rock concert in the Berlin Palace of the Republic . The only appearance in the GDR - as it turned out later - was triggered by his hit Sonderzug to Pankow , in which the singer ironically appeals to the head of state Erich Honecker .
- 2000 : The memorial for the Austrian Jewish victims of the Shoah on Vienna's Judenplatz is unveiled.
- 2006 : The first concert on the national holiday takes place in Vienna.
- 2016 : Paul Beatty becomes the first American writer to receive the British Man Booker Prize for his satirical novel The Sellout .
religion
- 1241 : . Celestine IV is the successor of Gregory IX. elected pope.
- 1887 : Twenty priests found the Munich Catechist Association , which was to become the nucleus for the German Catechist Association .
- 1905 : The Protestant League of France is created, in which the most important Protestant denominations are represented.
Disasters
- 1918 : The Canadian steamship Princess Sophia runs aground on a reef off Alaska and capsizes. All 343 people on board die.
- 1927 : The Italian luxury steamer Principessa Mafalda loses part of the starboard shaft housing off Porto Seguro (Brazil) and goes under, 312 people are killed.
- 1998 : The timber freighter Pallas runs aground off Amrum and causes the heaviest pollution of the German North Sea coast to date.
- 2010 : An earthquake off Sumatra and a subsequent tsunami that hit the Mentawai Islands kills more than 400 people.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
Sports
- 1990 : Evander Holyfield wins his boxing match against James "Buster" Douglas at the Mirage in Las Vegas by knockout and becomes world heavyweight champion.
- 2003 : The football club Benfica Lisbon opens its new sports arena, Estádio da Luz .
Entries of athletics world records can be found under the respective discipline under athletics .
Born
Before the 18th century
Samuel Heinrich Schwabe (* 1789)
- 1102 : William I. Clito , Duke of Normandy and Count of Flanders
- 1330 : Ludwig II , Count of Flanders
- 1442 : Anna von Lichtenberg , heiress of the Lichtenberg rule, Countess von Hanau-Lichtenberg
- 1531 : Matthias Wesenbeck , Flemish lawyer
- 1558 : Johann Georg Agricola , German medic
- 1558 : Eva Christina , Princess of Württemberg-Mömpelgard
- 1574 : François d'Escoubleau de Sourdis , French archbishop and cardinal
- 1592 : Cornelis Bicker , regent and mayor of Amsterdam
- 1643 : Georg Ludwig Agricola , German musician
- 1664 : Friedrich Girtanner , Mayor of St. Gallen and representative of the Diet
- 1669 : Martin Chladni , Hungarian theologian
- 1675 : Johann Benedict Carpzov III. , German historian, lawyer and mayor of Zittau
- 1692 : Elisabetta Farnese , Queen of Spain
18th century
- 1702 : Christoph II von Dohna-Schlodien , Prussian general
- 1709 : Georg Gebel the Younger , German composer
- 1714 : James Burnett, Lord Monboddo , Scottish lawyer and man of letters
- 1718 : Reinhold Rücker Angerstein , Swedish metallurgist, civil servant and entrepreneur
- 1741 : Heinrich Zimmermann , German traveler and travel writer
- 1754 : Richard Howell , American politician
- 1757 : Karl Freiherr vom und zum Stein , Prussian reformer
- 1759 : Sophie Dorothee von Württemberg , Russian Tsarina ( Maria Fjodorowna )
- 1772 : Géraud-Christophe-Michel Duroc , French general and diplomat
- 1773 : Claude Charles Aubry de La Boucharderie , French division general
- 1785 : Enrico Acerbi , Italian medic
- 1786 : Jules-Maurice Quesnel , Canadian explorer, businessman and politician
- 1789 : Samuel Heinrich Schwabe , German astronomer
- 1790 : Robert Stirling , British priest and engineer
- 1792 : Jeanne Jugan , French nun
- 1793 : Jean Massin , French composer
- 1797 : Johann Weißheimer II. , German politician and chronicler
19th century
1801-1850
Georges Bizet (* 1838)
- 1802 : Richard Parkes Bonington , British painter
- 1806 : Max Stirner , German philosopher
- 1811 : Évariste Galois , French mathematician
- 1812 : Franz Heinrich Kleinschmidt , German Protestant missionary
- 1813 : Henry Smart , British organist and composer
- 1814 : Louis d'Orléans, duc de Nemours , French general
- 1816 : Johann Georg Fischer , German poet and playwright
- 1821 : Antonio Ciseri , Italian painter
- 1825 : Johann Strauss (son) , Austrian composer
- 1827 : Alexander Büchner , Franco-German literary scholar
- 1827 : Marcelin Berthelot , French chemist and politician
- 1838 : Georges Bizet , French composer
- 1847 : Karl Alfred Lanz , Swiss painter and sculptor
- 1848 : Karl Emil Franzos , Austrian writer
1851-1900
- 1856 : Paul d'Ivoi , French writer
- 1858 : Johann Gottlieb von Langen , German industrialist
- 1864 : Alexander Tichonowitsch Gretschaninow , Russian composer
- 1864 : José Gregorio Hernández , Venezuelan medic
- 1865 : Walter Leistikow , German painter
- 1867 : Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki , Polish general
- 1872 : Alexander Hardcastle , British naval captain and amateur archaeologist
- 1872 : Franc-Nohain , French writer and librettist
- 1875 : Paul Korff , German builder and architect
- 1877 : Henry Norris Russell , American astronomer
- 1879 : William Law Anderson , Scottish American professional golfer
- 1879 : Fritz Haarmann , German serial killer
- 1879 : Alfred Käser , Swiss evangelist
- 1879 : Stepan Grigoryevich Pissachow , Russian painter and writer
Pablo Picasso (* 1881)
- 1881 : Pablo Picasso , Spanish painter, printmaker and sculptor
- 1882 : Florence Easton , English soprano
- 1883 : Alexander Jegorow , military leader of the Red Army in the Russian Civil War and Marshal of the Soviet Union
- 1883 : Rosa Neuwirth , Austrian ceramist
- 1886 : Leo G. Carroll , English actor
- 1887 : Willem Christiaan Nicolaas Andriessen , Dutch composer and musician
- 1887 : Radaslau Astrouski , Belarusian politician and activist
- 1888 : Richard Evelyn Byrd , American polar explorer
- 1889 : Peter Etzenbach , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1889 : Abel Gance , French film director
- 1891 : Bernhard Lohmüller , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1894 : Wolfgang Jacobi , German composer
- 1895 : Levi Eschkol , Israeli politician
- 1896 : Clara Asscher-Pinkhof , Dutch educator and writer
- 1897 : Erwin von Lahousen , Austrian intelligence officer, resistance fighter, key witness in the Nuremberg trial of major war criminals
- 1898 : Karl Anton , Czech film director, screenwriter and film producer
- 1900 : Hans Klotz , German church musician and organologist
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : Ike Mahoney , American football player
- 1902 : Alfred E. Driscoll , American politician
- 1904 : Cemal Reşid Rey , Turkish composer
- 1904 : Meta Scheele , German novelist and historian
- 1909 : Dieter Borsche , German actor
- 1910 : Wilhelm Brinkmann , German field handball player
- 1910 : Ernesto Epstein , Argentine pianist, musicologist and educator
- 1911 : Roelof Frankot , Dutch artist
- 1912 : Josef Angermann , Austrian typesetter and communist
- 1912 : Abdelkader Ben Bouali , Algerian football player
- 1912 : Alfred Klingler , German field handball player
- 1913 : Klaus Barbie , German National Socialist and war criminal ( butcher of Lyon )
- 1913 : Ruth Dirx , German author
- 1914 : Warren Arthur Ambrose , American mathematician
- 1914 : Max Eckard , German actor
- 1916 : Noel Gilroy Annan , British intelligence officer
- 1918 : David Paul Ausubel , American educator, learning theorist and university professor
- 1918 : Chubby Jackson , American jazz bassist
- 1919 : Bruno Heinrich Schubert , German entrepreneur, consul and patron
- 1919 : Beate Uhse , German pilot and entrepreneur
- 1920 : Sultan Amet-Chan , Soviet pilot
- 1920 : Anatoli Grigoryevich Egorov , Russian philosopher
- 1921 : Michael I , the last king of Romania
- 1923 : Achille Silvestrini , Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1924 : Earl C. Palmer , American rhythm and blues and rock 'n' roll drummer
- 1925 : Klaus Friedrich Roth , British mathematics professor
1926-1950
- 1926 : Jimmy Heath , American composer
- 1926 : Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya , Russian soprano
- 1927 : Jorge Batlle Ibáñez , Uruguayan President
- 1928 : Wolfgang Eger , German historian and author
- 1928 : Essien Udosen Essien-Udom , Nigerian political scientist and sociologist
- 1928 : Peter Naur , Danish computer scientist
- 1929 : Peter Rühmkorf , German poet, writer and essayist
- 1930 : Harold Brodkey , American writer
- 1930 : Werner Lutz , Swiss writer, painter and graphic artist
- 1930 : Horst Aloysius Massing , German doctor, specialist journalist and local politician
- 1931 : Annie Girardot , French actress
- 1932 : Jerzy Pawłowski , Polish fencer, Olympic champion
- 1932 : Mary Schneider , Australian singer
- 1933 : Eberhard Esche , German actor
- 1935 : John Annus , Latvian-American painter and photographer
- 1935 : Hannelore Raepke , German athlete
- 1936 : Joaquín Pérez , Mexican rider
- 1937 : Jeanne Black , American country singer
- 1938 : Basile Georges Casmoussa , Iraqi Catholic Archbishop
- 1938 : Claude Minière , French poet and essayist
- 1939 : Robert Cogoi , Belgian singer
- 1939 : Gabriele Iwersen , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1939 : Dave Simmonds , British motorcycle racer
- 1941 : Helen Reddy , Australian singer and film actress
- 1941 : Anne Tyler , American writer
- 1944 : Jon Anderson , British singer ( Yes )
- 1945 : Wolfgang Kopp , German Brigadier General
- 1946 : Stephan Remmler , German singer and songwriter ( trio )
- 1946 : Wolfgang Rümmele , Austrian politician
- 1947 : Brigitte Asdonk , German terrorist
- 1947 : Thomas Natschinski , German composer and singer
- 1947 : Glenn Tipton , British rock guitarist ( Judas Priest )
- 1948 : César Amaro , Uruguayan guitarist
- 1949 : Nikolaus Brass , German composer
- 1950 : Chris Norman , British musician and songwriter
1951-1975
- 1951 : Hans-Georg Aschenbach , German ski jumper
- 1953 : Adelbert von Deyen , German musician, composer, painter and graphic artist
- 1953 : Corina Dietz , German film editor
- 1954 : Mike Eruzione , American ice hockey player
- 1955 : Robin Eubanks , American jazz trombonist
- 1955 : Matthias Jabs , German rock musician ( Scorpions )
- 1955 : Peter Nocke , German swimmer
- 1956 : Bernard Harvey , Jamaican pianist, keyboardist and organist
- 1957 : Harry Arroyo , American boxer
- 1957 : Dhruba Ghosh , Indian sarang player
- 1957 : Robbie McIntosh , British rock guitarist
- 1957 : Robert Treutel , German presenter and comedian
- 1958 : Kornelia Ender , German swimmer
- 1958 : Peter Untucht , German author
- 1959 : Christine Joy Amphlett , Australian singer, songwriter and actress
- 1960 : Elias Nassar , Lebanese bishop
- 1961 : Franck Amsallem , French jazz pianist and composer
- 1961 : Tom Liwa , German singer and songwriter
- 1961 : Chad Smith , American drummer
- 1962 : Martin Haase , German Romance scholar and linguist
- 1962 : Frank-Immo Zichner , German concert pianist and chamber musician
- 1963 : John Levén , Swedish musician
- 1964 : Nicole Hohloch , German singer
- 1965 : Mathieu Amalric , French actor and director
- 1965 : Nils Kopagh , German musician and freelance artist
- 1965 : Rainer Strecker , German actor
- 1968 : Gülşen Degener , Turkish-German carom player
- 1968 : Doris Fitschen , German soccer player
- 1968 : Jannik Inselkammer , German entrepreneur
- 1968 : Dirk Müller , German stockbroker and book author
- 1969 : Oleg Salenko , Russian football player
- 1969 : Ilham Tohti , Chinese economist, university professor and critic of the regime from the Uighur ethnic group
- 1970 : Peter Aerts , Dutch martial artist
- 1971 : Jakob Hein , German doctor and author
- 1971 : Kay-Uwe Jendrossek , German soccer player
- 1971 : Stefan Puntigam , Austrian actor, speaker and director
- 1972 : Dario Andriotto , Italian racing cyclist
- 1974 : Daniel Aichinger , German actor
- 1975 : Antony Starr , New Zealand actor
1976-2000
- 1976 : Ahmad ad-Duchi ad-Dussari , Saudi Arabian football player
- 1976 : DJ Dean , German hard trance DJ
- 1976 : Julia Malik , German actress
- 1977 : Bodipo , Spanish-Equatorial Guinean soccer player
- 1977 : Birgit Prinz , German soccer player, world soccer player
- 1978 : Young-hak An , North Korean soccer player
- 1978 : Zachary Knighton , American actor
- 1978 : Dino Lunardi , French racing car driver
- 1978 : Daniela Vogt , German handball player
- 1980 : Nikolai Weber , German handball player
- 1981 : Hiroshi Aoyama , Japanese motorcycle racer
- 1981 : Shaun Wright-Phillips , English soccer player
- 1982 : Victoria Francés , Spanish artist
- 1982 : Martin Höfer , German concept and media artist
- 1984 : Federico Martín Higuaín , Argentine soccer player
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- 1984 : Katy Perry , American singer
- 1985 : Ciara , American R&B singer
- 1985 : Eddie Gaven , American football player
- 1985 : Michael Liendl , Austrian soccer player
- 1986 : Kristian Sarkies , Australian soccer player
- 1987 : Black Angelika , Romanian porn actress
- 1987 : Darron Gibson , Irish football player
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- 1987 : Fabian Hambüchen , German gymnast
- 1988 : Tommy Schwimmer , German actor
- 1988 : Chandler Parsons , American basketball player
- 1990 : Wayne Boyd , British racing driver
- 1990 : Mitar Markez , Serbian handball player
- 1991 : Manuel Schönhuber , German soccer player
- 1994 : Jefferson Lerma , Colombian soccer player
- 1995 : Conchita Campbell , Canadian actress
- 1996 : Lara Casanova , Swiss snowboarder
- 1997 : Federico Chiesa , Italian soccer player
- 2000 : Dominik Szoboszlai , Hungarian football player
21st century
- 2001 : Elisabeth of Belgium , heir to the Belgian throne
- 2001 : Marita Kramer , Austrian ski jumper and Nordic combined athlete
Died
Before the 15th century
- 1047 : Magnus I , King of Denmark and Norway
- 1053 : Enguerrand II , Count of Ponthieu
- 1079 : Landulf of Pisa , Bishop of Pisa
- 1131 : Friedrich I. von Schwarzenburg , Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cologne
- 1154 : Stephen of Blois , King of England
- 1180 : John of Salisbury , English theologian
- 1200 : Konrad I von Wittelsbach , Archbishop of Mainz
- 1207 : Cyprian , Bishop of Lebus and Breslau
- 1230 : Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford , English magnate
- 1252 : al-Hasan ibn Muhammad as-Saghānī , Arabic scholar of hadith and lexicographer
- 1256 : Thomas de Vipont , Bishop of Carlisle
- 1292 : Robert Burnell , Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Bath and Wells
- 1328 : Jean de Cherchemont , Chancellor of France
- 1332 : Hartung Münch , Bishop of Basel
- 1349 : Jacob III. , King of Mallorca, Count of Cerdanya and Roussillon, Lord of Montpellier from the House of Barcelona
- 1351 : Johann V , Count von Gützkow
- 1357 : Mohammed ibn Juzayy , Arab-Andalusian scholar, poet and historian
- 1359 : Beatrix of Castile , Queen of Portugal and Princess of Castile
Geoffrey Chaucer († 1400)
- 1400 : Geoffrey Chaucer , English novelist and poet, author of the Canterbury Tales
15th to 18th century
- 1415 : Anton , Count von Rethel, Duke of Brabant and Duke of Luxembourg
- 1415 : Charles I. d'Albret , French nobleman, Count von Dreux
- 1415 : Edward III. , French nobleman, Duke of Bar
- 1415 : Edward of Norwich , English nobleman, 2nd Duke of York
- 1415 : Jean IV. De Bueil , French nobleman, Count of Bueil-en-Touraine
- 1415 : Jean de Montaigu , Bishop of Chartres and Archbishop of Sens
- 1415 : John I of Valois , first Duke of Alençon
- 1415 : John VI. , French nobleman, Count of Roucy and Braine
- 1415 : Michael de la Pole , English nobleman, 3rd Earl of Suffolk
- 1415 : Philip II of Nevers , French nobleman, Count of Nevers
- 1415 : Robert von Bar , French nobleman, Count of Soissons and Marle
- 1460 : Luís Alimbrot , Flemish painter
- 1478 : Katarina Kosača-Kotromanić , Queen of Bosnia
- 1482 : Peter II of Luxembourg , Count of Saint-Pol, Brienne, Marle and Soissons
Johann II. († 1495)
- 1495 : John II , King of Portugal
- 1604 : Claude de La Trémoille , Duke of Thouars
- 1647 : Evangelista Torricelli , Italian naturalist, inventor of the barometer
- 1653 : Theophraste Renaudot , French doctor and philanthropist
- 1676 : Justus Georg Schottelius , German language scholar
- 1693 : Theodor Heinrich von Strattmann , German diplomat and Imperial Chancellor under Leopold I.
- 1702 : Gerhard Schott , Hamburg lawyer and councilor, founder and director of the Opera on the Gänsemarkt
- 1714 : Sébastien Le Clerc , Lorraine etcher and engraver
- 1720 : Nicolas de Fer , French cartographer
- 1730 : Johann Michael Rottmayr , Salzburg Baroque painter
- 1757 : Anton Sturm , German baroque and rococo sculptor
- 1760 : George II , King of Great Britain
- 1786 : Friedrich Immanuel Schwarz , German theologian and educator
- 1795 : Francesco Antonio Uttini , Italian composer
19th century
- 1805 : Albrecht Heinrich von Arnim , Prussian Minister of Justice
- 1805 : Jacques Antoine Marie de Cazalès , French politician
- 1814 : Anton Auer , German porcelain painter
- 1818 : Joseph Freiherr von Aichen , Austrian diplomat and lawyer
- 1822 : Antal Csermák , Hungarian composer
- 1822 : James Sowerby , British naturalist and painter
- 1826 : Hans Conrad von Orelli , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1828 : Christoph Wilhelm Friedrich Penzenkuffer , German clergyman, educator and linguist
- 1833 : Abbas Mirza , Persian prince and military leader
- 1839 : Conrad Karl Friedrich von Andlau-Birseck , Baden politician
- 1842 : Johann Joachim Bellermann , German theologian and Semitist
Heinrich Cotta († 1844)
- 1844 : Heinrich Cotta , German forest scientist
- 1860 : Grizzly Adams , American animal catcher, tamer and showman
- 1861 : Gotthard Emanuel von Aderkas , German-Baltic diplomat and administrative officer
- 1861 : Friedrich Carl von Savigny , German legal scholar and crown syndicate, founder of the historical school of law
- 1878 : Carl August Schwerdgeburth , German engraver and painter
- 1889 : Émile Augier , French playwright
- 1895 : Ludwig Rütimeyer , Swiss zoologist, anatomist and paleontologist
- 1895 : Henri Ernest Moltzer , Dutch Dutch scholar and literary scholar
20th century
1901-1950
- 1902 : Frank Norris , American writer
- 1910 : William Law Anderson , Scottish-American professional golfer
- 1910 : Adolf Schwarz , Austro-Hungarian chess master
- 1911 : Édouard François André , French gardener, garden designer and botanist
- 1916 : William Merritt Chase , American artist
- 1916 : Giulio Cottrau , Italian composer
- 1919 : Eugène Luffy , Swiss politician
- 1920 : Alexandros I , King of Greece
- 1921 : Fritz Arnold , German painter
- 1926 : Charles M. Russell , American painter and sculptor, illustrator and writer
- 1928 : Hirotsu Ryūrō , Japanese writer
- 1933 : Carl Blankenstein , German theater actor and radio play speaker
- 1933 : William John Bowser , Canadian politician
- 1933 : Albert Wangerin , German mathematician
- 1939 : Maximilian Eugen Graf von Attems-Gilleis , Austrian imperial count
- 1941 : Robert Delaunay , French painter
- 1945 : Robert Ley , German chemist and politician, head of the German labor front, accused major war criminal
- 1946 : Artur Streiter , German writer and anarchist
1951-2000
Amélie d'Orléans († 1951)
- 1951 : Amélie d'Orléans , French princess and the last queen of Portugal
- 1952 : Sergej Eduardowitsch Bortkiewicz , Russian composer
- 1955 : Sadako Sasaki , Japanese schoolgirl, victim of the Hiroshima atomic bombing
- 1957 : Albert Anastasia , American Mafioso
- 1957 : Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany , Irish writer
- 1957 : Henry van de Velde , Belgian architect
- 1958 : Josef Achmann , German painter and graphic artist
- 1959 : Joseph Friedrich Abert , German historian and archivist
- 1962 : Louis Grenville Abell , American rower
- 1963 : Roger Désormière , French conductor
- 1963 : Abu-Bakr Khairat , Egyptian composer
- 1965 : Hans Knappertsbusch , German conductor
- 1967 : Heinrich Eduard Jacob , German-American writer
- 1968 : Rudolf Forster , Austrian actor
- 1972 : Johnny Mantz , American racing car driver
- 1973 : Abebe Bikila , Ethiopian marathon runner
- 1973 : Robert Scholl , German politician, father of the Scholl siblings
- 1974 : José López Alavez , Mexican composer
- 1976 : Raymond Queneau , French writer
- 1977 : Inagaki Taruho , Japanese writer
- 1980 : Virgil Keel Fox , American organist
- 1980 : Herb Stein , American football player
- 1981 : Franz Grasberger , Austrian musicologist
- 1982 : Karl Bruckner , Austrian writer
- 1983 : Hermann Ambrosius , German composer and music teacher
- 1982 : Werner Naumann , German State Secretary and personal advisor to Joseph Goebbels
- 1984 : Pascale Ogier , French actress
- 1989 : Mary McCarthy , American writer
- 1990 : Werner Bergmann , German cameraman
- 1990 : Major Holley , American jazz bassist
- 1991 : Albert Baldauf , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1992 : Roger Miller , American country singer and songwriter
- 1992 : Richard Pousette-Dart , American painter
- 1993 : Vincent Price , American actor
- 1994 : Gioacchino Attaguile , Italian politician
- 1994 : Karl-Heinz Metzner , German soccer player
- 1994 : Mildred Natwick , American actress
- 1995 : Bernhard Heiliger , German sculptor
- 1995 : Jan Hoffman , Polish pianist and music teacher
- 1995 : Viveca Lindfors , American actress
- 1997 : Virgilio Expósito , Argentine tango composer and pianist
- 1997 : Hans Löfflad , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1998 : Heinz Maegerlein , German sports journalist
- 1998 : Friedrich Türcke , German forester and hunting scientist
- 1998 : Hans Dieter Zeidler , German actor
- 1999 : Payne Stewart , American golfer
- 2000 : Günter Anlauf , German sculptor and graphic artist
- 2000 : Jeanne Lee , American jazz singer
21st century
- 2001 : Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari , wife of the Shah Reza Pahlavi
- 2002 : Annemie Fontana , Swiss artist
- 2002 : Richard Harris , Irish actor
- 2002 : René Thom , French professor of mathematics
- 2003 : Primo Angeli , Italian jazz and entertainment musician
- 2003 : Heinz Piontek , German writer
- 2003 : Veikko Hakulinen , Finnish cross-country skier
- 2004 : Brigitte Adler , German politician
- 2004 : John Peel , British radio DJ
- 2006 : Emilio Vedova , Italian painter
- 2007 : Harvey Shapiro , American cellist and music teacher
- 2008 : Gerard Damiano , American film director
- 2009 : Camillo Cibin , Italian papal bodyguard
- 2010 : Hans Arnold , Swiss-Swedish animator and illustrator
- 2010 : Gregory Isaacs , Jamaican singer and musician
- 2010 : Andrzej Tomaszewski , Polish art historian, monument conservator and architect
- 2012 : Claudette Charbonneau-Tissot , Canadian writer
- 2012 : Emanuel Steward , American boxing trainer
- 2013 : Katharina von Arx , Swiss writer and journalist
- 2013 : Peter Mitterer , Austrian innkeeper and politician, National Councilor
- 2013 : Hal Needham , American stuntman, director, actor, and screenwriter
- 2013 : Bill Sharman , American basketball player and coach
- 2014 : Jack Bruce , British musician
- 2014 : Rudolf Scharpf , German painter and graphic artist
- 2016 : Carlos Alberto , Brazilian soccer player and coach
- 2016 : Paul Vincent , German guitarist
- 2017 : Silvia Bovenschen , German literary scholar and author
- 2017 : Bernhard Hoffmann , German politician
Holidays and memorial days
- Taiwan Return Day (Republic of China, Taiwan)
- Church memorial days
- St. Tabitha , widow in Joppa (Jaffa) (Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant: LCMS )
- Philipp Nicolai , German pastor and song writer (Protestant)
- St. Chrysanthus , Roman Martyr (Catholic)
- St. Daria , Roman martyr (Catholic)
- Hl. Crispin and Crispinian , Roman Martyr (Anglican)
- St. Lydia , first Christian in Europe (Evangelical: LCMS )
- St. Phoibe , deaconess in Kenchreä (Evangelical: LCMS )
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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