January 26th
January 26 (in Austria and South Tyrol also: January 26 ) is the 26th day of the Gregorian calendar , so there are 339 days (340 days in leap years) until the end of the year.
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events
politics and world affairs
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- 1340: The English King Edward III. proclaims himself King of France at the start of the Hundred Years' War .
- 1500: Vicente Yáñez Pinzón , in present-day Pernambuco , becomes the first Spaniard to set foot on Brazilian soil .
- 1556: By the death of his father Humayun , Akbar I becomes ruler of the Mughal Empire in northern India . For the office, which the only 13-year-old takes up on February 14, he will initially have his guardian Bairam Khan at his side.
- 1628: The imperial general Wallenstein secretly bought the two duchies of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Güstrow after their dukes had been deposed by Emperor Ferdinand II .
- 1699: The Peace of Karlowitz ended the Great Turkish War between Austria and the Ottoman Empire . Austria receives Hungary and Transylvania with the exception of the Banat, the Ottoman conquests are returned to Poland-Lithuania , the possessions of the Republic of Venice are recognized by Sultan Mustafa II .
- 1782: The naval battle of St. Kitts in the West Indies between a British and a French fleet, which took place as part of the American Revolutionary War , ended in a British victory under Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood . Despite this, the French under François Joseph Paul de Grasse succeed in conquering the island of St. Kitts .
- 1788: The British establish Australia 's first penal colony at Sydney Cove with the arrival of the First Fleet , and their first white settlers arrive under Commander Arthur Phillip .
- 1802: The Cisalpine Republic is renamed the Italian Republic and elects Napoleon Bonaparte as its President.
- 1808: The Rum Rebellion takes place in Australia , the only successful anti-government armed uprising in the country's history. William Bligh , the governor of New South Wales , is detained by the New South Wales Corps in a power struggle .
- 1821: The Ljubljana Congress begins. At the Third Monarchs ' Congress, the political deliberations will focus on the situation after the putsch in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies .
- 1822: In their struggle for independence , the Greeks succeed in capturing the strategically important mountain fortress of Acrocorinth . After negotiations with the rebels, the Turkish garrison withdraws without a fight.
- 1827: After the end of Spanish rule , an uprising against the reigning dictator Simón Bolívar in Peru also ended the supremacy he had striven for in Greater Colombia . Peru goes its own way.
- 1837: Michigan becomes the 26th state of the United States .
- 1855: After an agreement concluded in Turin, Sardinia entered the Crimean War against Russia on the side of the Allies and wanted to provide a contingent of 15,000 soldiers.
- 1861: Louisiana becomes the sixth southern state to leave the United States . Barely two weeks later, it co-founded the Confederate States of America .
- 1871: Rome is officially designated as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy .
- 1885: The Mahdists , followers of the Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad , capture the Sudanese capital Khartoum after a siege of almost a year , killing the British governor Charles George Gordon .
- 1887: In the Battle of Dogali , an overwhelming Ethiopian army defeated a 500-man Italian force that had advanced into the Abyssinian highlands. Defeat becomes a matter of prestige for Italy and it intensifies its military efforts in East Africa , aiming at a colony of Eritrea .
- 1924: The city of Petrograd is renamed Leningrad by the Second Congress of Soviets of the USSR in permanent honor of the late revolutionary and state founder Lenin .
- 1934: The signing of the German-Polish non-aggression pact on Adolf Hitler's initiative marks a turning point in German foreign policy.
- 1937: The German Reich government enacted the Greater Hamburg Law reorganizing the territorial expansion of Hamburg . It also passes the German Civil Service Act , which requires civil servants to do their work in the service of the National Socialist movement.
- 1939: In the final phase of the Spanish Civil War , the nationalists under Francisco Franco conquered Barcelona , one of the last strongholds of the Republicans and thus helped Francoism to further advance.
- 1950: In the newly constituted Republic of India , the constitution that is still in force today comes into force.
- 1956: The Soviet Union hands Porkkala back to Finland.
- 1957: Jammu and Kashmir becomes a state of India with the enactment of the state constitution .
- 1963: Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi 's 6-point reform program of the White Revolution is accepted in a referendum with an overwhelming majority.
- 1991: A coup in Somalia deposes dictator Siad Barre and the United Somali Congress under Ali Mahdi Mohammed forms a provisional government. This is how the Somali civil war reached its climax.
- 1993: Václav Havel is elected the first President of the Czech Republic .
- 1995: Border patrols from Ecuador and Peru engaged in firefights in the Cordillera del Condor region, which had been disputed for decades. The Peruvian-Ecuadorian border war flares up again. The incident is the reason for a contractual settlement of the smoldering conflict in 1998.
- 2001: 29-year-old Joseph Kabila becomes President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , succeeding his father Laurent-Désiré Kabila , who was assassinated .
- 2020: In India, the new Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu is formed by merging two Union Territories .
business
- 1905: The largest rough diamond to date is found in the Premier mine near Pretoria . It weighs 3,106 carats and is given the name of the mine owner as Cullinan .
- 1928: The luxury cinema Titania-Palast opens in Berlin.
- 1932: Ernest Lawrence applied for patent protection in the USA for the cyclotron he had invented , which he was granted on February 20, 1934
- 1977: The first issue of Alice Schwarzer 's feminist magazine EMMA is published.
- 1990: The Deutsche Terminbörse ( DTB ) begins trading in options as the first nationwide and first fully electronic stock exchange in Germany .
- 1998: The US computer manufacturer Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) is bought by the competitor Compaq .
- 2008: The Civil Aviation Authority of the People's Republic of China announces that the government has released the equivalent of 42 billion euros for the construction of 97 more airports by the year 2020.
science and technology
- 1911: American aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss made the first seaplane launch .
- 1918: Tiflis State University is founded.
- 1926: John Logie Baird demonstrates the first working mechanical television to members of the Royal Institution of Great Britain .
Culture
- 1789: The first performance of the comic opera Der Schulz in the village or Der enamored Herr Doctor by Justin Heinrich Knecht takes place in Biberach an der Riss .
- 1790: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Così fan tutte ( That's how everyone does it ) based on a text by Lorenzo Da Ponte is premiered in Vienna 's Burgtheater .
- 1804: The opera La Romance by Henri Montan Berton is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris .
- 1847: The premiere of the operetta A rural engagement party in Sweden by Franz Berwald takes place at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna .
- 1884: The string quartet in E major op. 1 by Ethel Smyth is premiered in Leipzig .
- 1907: John Millington Synge's tragic comedy The Playboy of the Western World premieres at Dublin's Abbey Theater to a tumult from the audience.
- 1911: The premiere of the opera Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss takes place at the Royal Opera House in Dresden under the direction of Ernst von Schuch . The libretto was written by Hugo von Hofmannsthal , who dedicated it to his friend Harry Graf Kessler .
- 1957: The opera Dialogues des Carmélites ( Conversations of the Carmelites ) by Francis Poulenc , based on the story The Last at the Scaffold by Gertrud von le Fort , premieres at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan .
- 1988: The musical The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber has its Broadway premiere .
society
- 1835: In Lisbon, Queen Maria II of Portugal and Auguste de Beauharnais marry . The marriage will be short-lived, as on March 28th the husband falls victim to angina .
- 1970: Student riots dubbed the First Quarter Storm erupt in Manila
disasters
- 1531: An earthquake occurs in Lisbon , killing about 30,000 people.
- 1947: A Douglas DC-3 crashes at Kastrup Airport near Copenhagen , killing all 22 occupants, including Swedish Hereditary Prince Gustav Adolf and US opera singer and actress Grace Moore .
- 2001: A 7.7 magnitude earthquake in the Indian state of Gujarat claims around 20,000 lives.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
nature and environment
- 1915: US President Woodrow Wilson establishes Rocky Mountain National Park .
- 1936: Niagara Falls freezes over due to a cold snap .
- 2004: When transporting a dead stranded sperm whale near Tainan in Taiwan , the whale exploded due to an internal gas jam. None of the approximately 600 onlookers were injured.
Sports
- 1871: Rugby Football Union is formed in London .
- 1956: The VII Olympic Winter Games are opened in Cortina d'Ampezzo .
- 1963: The three German mountaineers Rainer Kauschke, Peter Siegert and Gerd Uhner climb the so-called Superdirettissima on the north face of the Große Zinne in the Sesto Dolomites in winter.
- 1966: FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt is founded from the football departments of Turbine Erfurt and BSG Optima Erfurt .
- 1997: The Green Bay Packers win Super Bowl XXXI against the New England Patriots at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans , Louisiana, 35–21. Desmond Howard is named Most Valuable Player .
Entries of track and field world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1200: Dōgen , Japanese Zen master
- 1312: Wikbold Dobilstein , Bishop of Kulm
- 1404: Gottfried IV Schenk of Limpurg , Prince Bishop of Würzburg
- 1468: Guillaume Budé , French philologist, humanist, diplomat and librarian at the court of Francis I.
- 1497: Go-Nara , 105th Emperor of Japan
- 1555: Charles II , Lord of Monaco
- 1563: Georg Silberschlag the Younger , German Lutheran minister
- 1567: Georg Erasmus von Tschernembl , Austrian Calvinist and spokesman for the estates in Austria above the Enns
- 1582: Giovanni Lanfranco , Italian painter
- 1595: Antonio Maria Abbatini , Italian composer
- 1599: Heinrich Rantzau the Younger , Danish traveler to the Orient
- 1608: Johann Henrich Ursinus , German theologian and humanistic theological scholar and author
- 1613: Johann Jakob Wolleb the Elder , Swiss organist and theologian
- 1624: Georg Wilhelm , Duke of the Principality of Calenberg and Duke of the Principality of Lüneburg
- 1629: Johann Georg Crocius , German Reformed theologian
- 1649: Narabayashi Chinzan , Japanese interpreter and physician
- 1657: William Wake , Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1667: Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset , English lady-in-waiting to Mary II of England
- 1667: Hendrick Zwaardecroon , Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
- 1670: Jacob van Schuppen , court painter at the Imperial Court in Vienna
- 1672: Anna Mons , Westphalian mistress of Peter the Great
- 1682: Benjamin Lay , British philanthropist, Quaker and writer
- 1689: Johann Jacob Leu , Swiss encyclopaedist, mayor of Zurich and banker
- 1693: Beat Holzhalb , Swiss Pietist
18th century
- 1712: Giacomo Puccini , Italian composer and organist, great-great-grandfather of the composer of the same name
- 1713: Julius Hieronymus Zollikofer , Mayor of St. Gallen (Switzerland)
- 1714: Jean-Baptiste Pigalle , French sculptor
- 1716: George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville , British soldier and politician
- 1750: Johann Friedrich Facius , German educator and classical scholar
- 1753: Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess of Derby , British noblewoman
- 1759: Louis Auguste Curtat , Swiss evangelical clergyman and politician
- 1761: Jens Zetlitz , Norwegian lyric poet
- 1763: Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte , French general and King of Sweden and Norway
- 1765: Hermann Fitting , German landowner and politician
- 1781: Achim von Arnim , German poet of the Heidelberg Romantic period
- 1783: Helmina von Chézy , German poet and librettist
- 1785: Ernst Siegfried Mittler , German publisher
- 1786: Benjamin Robert Haydon , British painter
- 1789: Józef Damse , Polish composer
- 1793: Georg Merz , German optician and astronomer
- 1797: Therese von Jacob , German writer, researcher of folk songs and Slavic scholar
- 1798: Albert August Wilhelm Deetz , Prussian soldier and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- 1799: Émile Clapeyron , French physicist
- 1799: Samuel Gobat , Protestant Bishop of Jerusalem
- 1800: Johann Gerhard Oncken , founder of the German and continental European Baptist churches
19th century
1801-1850
- 1803: Franz Burghardt , German physician and businessman
- 1804: Delphine Gay , French poet
- 1814: Jean-Chrysostome Brauneis , Canadian composer and organist
- 1818: Gustav Dresel , German-American merchant and writer
- 1819: Amédée de Noé , French caricaturist
- 1820: Heinrich von Littrow , Austrian cartographer and writer
- 1829: Ferdinand Attlmayr , Austrian naval tactician and officer
- 1830: Karl Holub , Bohemian weapons engineer
- 1830: Hermann Otto Pflaume , German architect and councilor in Cologne
- 1831: Anton de Bary , German scientist, physician and botanist
- 1833: Josef Barák , Czech politician, journalist and poet
- 1833: Cornelius Newton Bliss , American politician, Secretary of the Interior
- 1842: François Coppée , French writer
- 1845: Dominique Antoine , German veterinarian and politician
1851-1900
- 1852: Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza , French naval officer and traveler to Africa
- 1852: Frederick Corder , British composer
- 1854: Eli Marcus , German writer and actor
- 1859: Richard Wossidlo , German ethnologist
- 1860: Harry M. Daugherty , American jurist, politician, Attorney General
- 1861: Vasily Vasilyevich Andreyev , Russian virtuoso balalaika, orchestra leader and composer
- 1861: Louis Anquetin , French painter
- 1861: Frank Orren Lowden , American politician
- 1863: Hans Fraungruber , Austrian writer
- 1864: Karl Schell , Swiss composer and conductor
- 1865: Sabino Arana Goiri , Spanish poet and politician
- 1865: Franz Kneisel , American violist and music teacher of Romanian descent
- 1868: Joseph Hammels , German auxiliary bishop
- 1871: Samuel Hopkins Adams , American journalist and writer
- 1876: Josef Bohatec , Czech philosopher and theologian
- 1877: Mikhail Gerdzhikov , Bulgarian revolutionary
- 1878: Rudolf Alexander Schröder , German writer
- 1880: Douglas MacArthur , American general, Chief of Staff of the Army, most decorated soldier in the US Armed Forces
- 1880: Peet Stol , Dutch footballer
- 1880: Willy de Vos , Dutch footballer
- 1881: Forrest Lamont , Canadian singer and music teacher
- 1881: Alfons Paquet , German journalist, writer and poet
- 1882: Toni Attenberger , German film director, film producer, screenwriter, journalist and writer
- 1883: Kees Bekker , Dutch footballer
- 1883: Hans Georg von Mackensen , German State Secretary and Ambassador
- 1884: Roy Chapman Andrews , American explorer, adventurer, and paleontologist
- 1884: Edward Sapir , American ethnologist and linguist
- 1885: Hellmuth von Rabenau , German naval officer and head of sailing schools
- 1886: Eugen Lacroix , German chef and entrepreneur
- 1886: Hermann Schubert , German politician
- 1886: Pieter Boelmans ter Spill , Dutch footballer
- 1887: François Faber , Luxembourg cyclist
- 1889: Alfred Victor Robert Auger , French fighter pilot
- 1890: Grantly Dick-Read , British physician
- 1891: George Duller , British jockey and racing driver
- 1891: Amakasu Masahiko , Japanese lieutenant
- 1891: Ilya Grigoryevich Ehrenburg , Russian writer and war correspondent
- 1891: August Froehlich , German priest, resistance fighter against the Nazi regime and martyr
- 1891: Charles Journet , Swiss cardinal
- 1891: Wilder Penfield , American physician
- 1891: Salvador Sturla , Dominican composer and musician
- 1892: Bessie Coleman , American pilot
- 1893: Heinrich Gleißner , Austrian jurist and politician
- 1893: Dennis McGee , American fiddler and accordionist
- 1895: Amos Arbor , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1897: Erwin Blumenfeld , German photographer
- 1898: Hildegard Domizlaff , German sculptor, woodcut and jewelry artist
- 1898: Walter Frey , Swiss pianist and music teacher
- 1898: Hermann Hänchen , German discus thrower
- 1898: Hermann Jacobsen , German gardener
- 1900: Andrew Auld , American soccer player
- 1900: Zdeněk Folprecht , Bohemian composer
- 1900: Yva , German photographer
20th century
1901-1925
- 1902: Kurahara Korehito , Japanese literary critic
- 1902: Curt Herzstark , Austrian inventor and office machine mechanic
- 1903: Franz Marx , German politician and resistance fighter
- 1904: Otto Kässbohrer , German entrepreneur and vehicle designer
- 1904: Seán MacBride , Irish politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- 1905: Marceau Fourcade , French rower
- 1905: John Carmel Heenan , Cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster
- 1905: Bernhard Minetti , German actor
- 1905: Karl Schefold , German-Swiss classical archaeologist
- 1905: Maria Augusta von Trapp , American singer and writer
- 1906: Guglielmo Sandri , Italian automobile and motorcycle racer
- 1907: María Luisa Anido , Argentine guitarist, composer and music teacher
- 1907: Karl Gößwald , German zoologist
- 1907: Hans Selye , Canadian physician
- 1908: Fritz Dähn , German painter
- 1908: Rupprecht Geiger , German painter
- 1908: Stéphane Grappelli , French jazz violinist
- 1908: Gideon Ståhlberg , Swedish chess player
- 1910: Marijan Lipovšek , Slovenian composer
- 1910: Eugen Nerdinger , German typeface and book designer, resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 1910: Little Shoe , American country music artist
- 1911: Max Gluckman , South African ethno-sociologist
- 1911: Polykarp Kusch , American physicist
- 1911: Norbert Schultze , German composer
- 1913: Jimmy Van Heusen , American composer
- 1914: Charles Wallace Adair Jr. , US bank teller and ambassador
- 1915: Adolf Hempel , German general
- 1916: Hans Martin , German composer, choirmaster and organist
- 1917: Edgar Barth , German racing driver
- 1918: Ingrid von Bothmer , German actress
- 1918: Nicolae Ceaușescu , Romanian politician, president and dictator
- 1918: Philip José Farmer , American science fiction and fantasy writer
- 1918: Mala Zimetbaum , Belgian-Jewish resistance fighter at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp
- 1919: Pavel Makarov , Russian-Uruguayan footballer
- 1919: Valentino Mazzola , Italian footballer
- 1919: Bill Nicholson , British footballer
- 1920: Erich Hartmann , classical double bass player and composer
- 1920: Heinz Kessler , German General and Minister of Defense of the GDR
- 1920: Elfriede von Nitzsch , German track and field athlete
- 1922: Abraham Malamat , Austro-Israelite historian
- 1924: Alice Babs , Swedish schlager and jazz singer
- 1924: Warren Benson , American composer, percussionist, and music educator
- 1924: Heinz Hoppe , German opera, lied and operetta singer
- 1924: James W. McCord, Jr. , American burglar ( Watergate Affair )
- 1925: Ernst Haar , German trade unionist and politician, MP
- 1925: Paul Newman , American actor, film director, race car driver and entrepreneur
1926-1950
- 1926: Kurt-Heinz Stolze , German composer, pianist, harpsichordist and conductor
- 1927: Hans Bardens , German politician, MP
- 1927: José Simón Azcona del Hoyo , President of Honduras
- 1927: Erni Mangold , Austrian actress
- 1927: Vic Mees , Belgian footballer
- 1928: Heinrich Franke , German politician, MdL, MP, President of the Federal Labor Office
- 1928: Roland Hüttenrauch , German physicist and engineer, head of Stiftung Warentest
- 1928: Roger Vadim , French film director
- 1929: Ernst Kölz , Austrian composer and recorder player
- 1929: Jochen Pommert , German journalist
- 1933: Ercole Baldini , Italian cyclist
- 1933: Javier Lozano Barragán , Mexican cardinal and Bishop of Zacatecas
- 1933: Rubens Bassini , Brazilian percussionist
- 1933: Andreas Hauff , Austrian singer and lyricist
- 1933: Hans Petermandl , Austrian pianist
- 1934: David Forbes , Australian regatta sailor
- 1935: Corrado Augias , Italian journalist, author and TV presenter
- 1935: Lee Baxandall , American writer, translator and activist in the nudism movement
- 1935: Henry Jordan , American football player and concert promoter
- 1935: Hans-Kurt Mees , German judge at the Federal Court of Justice
- 1935: Friðrik Ólafsson , Icelandic chess grandmaster
- 1935: Peter Ronnefeld , German composer and conductor
- 1937: Joseph Saidu Momoh , President of Sierra Leone
- 1938: Carl-Detlev Freiherr von Hammerstein , German politician, MP
- 1938: Klaus Müller , German handball player and coach
- 1939: Cyrille Salim Bustros , Archbishop of Newton (Melkite Church)
- 1939: Oswin Müller , German jurist
- 1940: Rafael Martínez Arteaga , Colombian singer, composer and poet
- 1941: Scott Glenn , American actor
- 1941: Kurt Laurenz Metzler , Swiss sculptor
- 1941: Jochen Missfeldt , German writer
- 1941: Heinrich von Pierer , German manager, chairman of the board and supervisory board of Siemens
- 1942: Guy Chasseuil , French auto racer
- 1942: Horst Jankhöfer , German handball player and handball coach
- 1943: Heinz Horrmann , German gastronomy critic, journalist and book author
- 1943: Kazimira Prunskienė , Lithuanian politician
- 1943: Bernard Tapie , French politician, actor and businessman
- 1944: Angela Davis , American civil rights activist, sociologist and writer
- 1945: Ashley Hutchings , British folk rock singer and bass player
- 1945: Jacqueline du Pré , British cellist
- 1945: Ulrich Gumpert , German jazz musician
- 1945: Peter Rauen , German politician, MdL, MP
- 1945: Jeremy Rifkin , American economist and publicist
- 1945: Erika Stubenvoll , Austrian politician
- 1947: Robert Cailliau , Belgian computer scientist
- 1947: Patrick Dewaere , French actor
- 1947: Klaus Glashoff , German mathematician and logician
- 1947: Michel Sardou , French singer-songwriter
- 1948: Boris Davidovich Belkin , Russian violinist
- 1948: Cindy , German singer ( Cindy & Bert )
- 1949: Jonathan Carroll , American fantasy writer
- 1949: David Strathairn , American actor
- 1950: Ivan Hlinka , Czech ice hockey player and coach
- 1950: Jörg Haider , Austrian politician and governor of Carinthia
- 1950: Jiří Lábus , Czech actor
- 1950: Paul Pena , American blues musician
1951-1975
- 1951: Jarmila Kratochvílová , Czech track and field athlete
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- 1951: Fulvio Pelli , Swiss politician
- 1951: Hubert Rehm , German publicist, author and publisher
- 1951: Erick Wujcik , American role-playing game developer and co-founder of role-playing game publisher Palladium Books
- 1952: Mimi Leder , American film director
- 1952: Frédéric Lodéon , French cellist and conductor
- 1952: Konrad Samwer , German physicist and materials scientist
- 1953: Reinhard Bütikofer , German politician, MdL, MEP
- 1953: Anders Fogh Rasmussen , Prime Minister of Denmark
- 1953: Klaus Müller , German footballer
- 1953: Ulrike Poppe , German civil rights activist
- 1953: Robertas Sutkus , Lithuanian correspondence chess grandmaster
- 1953: Lucinda Williams , American singer and songwriter
- 1954: Robert Benz , German pianist and music teacher
- 1954: Owen Underhill , Canadian composer, conductor, flutist and music educator
- 1954: Jürgen Vormeier , German jurist
- 1955: Björn Andrésen , Swedish actor
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- 1955: Eddie Van Halen , American rock guitarist
- 1955: Philippe Martin , Belgian racing driver
- 1956: Steve Dobrogosz , American composer
- 1957: Masamicz Amano , Japanese composer
- 1957: Rolf Fringer , Austrian football coach
- 1958: Anita Baker , American jazz singer
- 1958: Christophe Coin , French cellist, viol player and conductor
- 1958: Ellen DeGeneres , American actress, presenter and comedian
- 1958: Gian Piero Gasperini , Italian football player and coach
- 1958: Wolfram König , German engineer and President of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection
- 1959: Moritz Hunzinger , German public relations entrepreneur
- 1959: Ingo Schachtschneider , German politician, MdL
- 1959: Erwin Vandenbergh , Belgian footballer
- 1960: Petsch Moser , Swiss freestyle skier
- 1960: María Rivas , Venezuelan singer and composer
- 1961: Benjamín Rausseo , Venezuelan comedian and entertainer
- 1961: Wayne Gretzky , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1962: Andreas Aguilar , German artistic gymnast
- 1962: Lena Biolcati , Italian singer
- 1962: Anna LaCazio , American singer
- 1962: Oscar Ruggeri , Argentine footballer
- 1963: Riddell Akua , Nauruan politician
- 1963: José Mourinho , Portuguese football manager
- 1963: Gundula Rapsch , German actress
- 1964: Danilo Antonipieri , Italian biathlete and cross-country skier
- 1964: Paul S. Aspinwall , British theoretical physicist and mathematician
- 1964: Wendy Melvoin , American guitarist and singer-songwriter
- 1964: Torkil Nielsen , Faroese football and chess player
- 1965: Allison Hossack , Canadian actress
- 1965: Gernot Klemm , German local politician
- 1965: Siavash Shams , Iranian singer
- 1967: Anno Hamacher , German jurist
- 1968: Frank Aehlig , German football official
- 1969: Maarten den Bakker , Dutch racing cyclist
- 1969: Leif Schrader , German politician, MdL
- 1970: Franco Colturi , Italian alpine skier
- 1970: Kirk Franklin , American gospel musician
- 1970: Scott Murphy , American politician
- 1971: Helge Sten , Norwegian jazz, rock and ambient musician
- 1971: Hubert Aiwanger , German politician
- 1971: Dorian Gregory , American actor
- 1971: Rick Kavanian , German comedian
- 1973: Rupert Ursin , Austrian physicist
- 1973: Luke Vibert , British musician
- 1974: Paul Breisch , Luxembourg cathedral organist
- 1974: César Cruchaga Lasa , Spanish footballer
- 1974: Marco Ratschiller , Swiss journalist and cartoonist
- 1975: Tonje Larsen , Norwegian handball player and coach
- 1975: Pia Wunderlich , German soccer player
1976-2000
- 1976: Frédéric Rothen , Swiss ice hockey player
- 1976: Shirin Soraya , German actress
- 1977: Nicholaus Arson , Swedish lead guitarist and backing vocalist ( The Hives )
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- 1977: Vince Carter , American basketball player
- 1977: Fumanschu , German rapper
- 1977: Park Hae-il , South Korean actor
- 1978: Nastja Čeh , Slovenian footballer
- 1978: Kelly Stables , American actress
- 1978: Adam Svoboda , Czech ice hockey player
- 1979: Vital Julian Frey , Swiss harpsichordist
- 1979: Sara Rue , American actress
- 1980: Ertuğrul Arslan , Turkish footballer
- 1980: Maximiliano Pellegrino , Argentine footballer
- 1980: Tom Skinner , British jazz musician
- 1981: Richard Antinucci , American racing driver
- 1981: Lisa Antoni , Austrian musical actress
- 1981: Eva Meckbach , German actress
- 1981: Svetlana Ognjenović , Serbian handball player
- 1981: Nina Ritter , German ice hockey player
- 1981: Leandro Somoza , Argentine footballer
- 1982: Justin Cochrane , Antiguan soccer player
- 1982: Miloš Putera , Slovak handball player
- 1983: Christian Adam , German soccer goalkeeper
- 1983: Florian Gruber , German racing driver
- 1984: Silvi Antarini , Indonesian badminton player
- 1984: Antonio Rukavina , Serbian footballer
- 1984: Grzegorz Wojtkowiak , Polish footballer
- 1985: Frank Hördler , German ice hockey player
- 1986: DJ Arafat , Ivorian musician
- 1986: Delia Arnold , Malaysian squash player
- 1986: César Arzo , Spanish footballer
- 1986: Matthew Heafy , American singer and guitarist
- 1987: Sebastian Giovinco , Italian footballer
- 1987: Gojko Kačar , Serbian footballer
- 1987: Olson , German rapper
- 1988: Błażej Augustyn , Polish footballer
- 1988: Jannis Meng , German actor
- 1988: KC Rebell , German rapper
- 1989: Mattia Pozzo , Italian cyclist
- 1989: MarShon Brooks , American basketball player
- 1990: Geraldine Kemper , Dutch TV presenter
- 1990: Christopher Massey , American actor
- 1990: Sergio Pérez , Mexican automobile racer
- 1990: Peter Sagan , Slovakian cyclist
- 1991: Lucia Anger , German cross-country skier
- 1991: Alex Sandro , Brazilian soccer player
- 1991: Grégoire Demoustier , French automobile racer
- 1991: Pål Varhaug , Norwegian automobile racer
- 1992: Alexander Winkler , German footballer
- 1993: Cameron Bright , Canadian actor
- 1993: Alice Powell , British motor racing driver
- 1993: Anna Schaffelhuber , German monoskier
- 1997: Gedion Zelalem , American soccer player
- 1998: Jan Zabystřan , Czech alpine skier
21st century
- 2001: Ai Ogura , Japanese motorcycle racer
Died
Before the 16th century
- 404: Paula of Rome , Roman saint
- 724: Yazid II , Umayyad Caliph
- 738: John of Dailam , Syrian monk and monastery founder in Mesopotamia and Persia, saint of the East Syriac Church
- 840: Notburga von Bühl , Scottish king's daughter
- 946: Edgitha , Anglo-Saxon princess and wife of Otto the Great
- 985: Ryōgen , Japanese monk
- 1003: Rozala-Susanna of Italy , Countess of Flanders and wife of the later French King Robert II.
- 1080: Amadeus II , Count of Savoy
- 1109: Alberic of Cîteaux , Benedictine abbot in Cîteaux
- 1135: Ivanko Pavlovich , governor of Novgorod
- 1143: Ali ibn Yusuf ibn Tashfin , ruler of the Almoravids
- 1170: Anséric I , Lord of Montréal
- 1188: Øystein Erlendsson , Norwegian Archbishop of Nidaros (Trondheim)
- 1275: Ulrich von Liechtenstein , Middle High German poet
- 1302: Godfrey Giffard , Royal Chancellor and Bishop of Worcester
- 1313: Conrad of Luppurg , Elect of Gurk and Bishop of Regensburg
- 1390: Adolf VII the Mild , Count of Holstein-Kiel and Count of Holstein-Plon
- 1398: Hilger Quattermart von der Stesse , mayor of Cologne and diplomat
- 1425: Catherine of Burgundy , Duchess in the Habsburg Forelands
- 1487: Philipp von Henneberg , Prince Bishop of the Bishopric of Bamberg
16th to 18th centuries
- 1556: Humayun , Mughal Emperor of India
- 1576: Juan Ortiz de Zárate , Spanish conquistador
- 1582: Thomas Platter the Elder , Swiss writer
- 1622: Khusrau Mirza , eldest son of Mughal Emperor Jahangir and brother of Shah Jahan
- 1623: Johannes Olearius , German Lutheran theologian and philologist
- 1630: Henry Briggs , English mathematician and astronomer
- 1631: Ludwig Friedrich von Württemberg-Mömpelgard , German prince
- 1642: Johann Matthäus Meyfart , German Lutheran theologian, educator and fighter against the witch hunts
- 1650: Johann Ludwig von Erlach , Swiss general and statesman
- 1675: Domenico II Contarini , 104th Doge of Venice
- 1679: Domenico Carlone , Italian master builder and plasterer
- 1685: Johann Michael Nicolai , German violinist and composer
- 1688: Wolfgang Christoph Truchsess von Waldburg , electoral Brandenburg major general
- 1690: Abraham Delosea , Swiss evangelical clergyman and local historian
- 1695: Johann Heinrich Horb , German Protestant theologian
- 1704: Rudolf August , Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
- 1706: Guillaume Poitevin , French serpent player, conductor and composer
- 1709: Eleonore Charlotte of Saxe-Lauenburg , Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
- 1713: Jean Chardin , French explorer
- 1715: Veit Hans Schnorr von Carolsfeld , Hammer and Blaufarbenherr in Saxony, founder of Carlsfeld in the Ore Mountains
- 1724: Wolferdus Senguerdius , Dutch natural philosopher
- 1725: Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani , Georgian monk, politician and writer
- 1726: Gregorio De Ferrari , Italian painter and fresco artist
- 1730: Henrico Albicastro , German composer
- 1734: Alexander Hermann von Wartensleben , officer in various services, Prussian Field Marshal and as Real Privy Councilor part of the Cabinet of the Three Counts
- 1744: Johann Friedrich Henckel , German physician, mineralogist, metallurgist, and chemist
- 1744: Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller , Imperial Field Marshal
- 1747: Willem van Mieris , Dutch genre, history and portrait painter
- 1748: Pierre Rameau , French dance master and choreographer
- 1752: Anton Leodegar Keller , member of the Lucerne Council, Vogt and delegate to the Diet
- 1757: René Louis d'Argenson , French nobleman and minister
- 1759: Johanna Katharina von Montfort , Princess and Regent of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- 1761: Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet de Belle-Isle , French general, Marshal of France
- 1775: Domingo de Boenechea , Spanish navigator and explorer
- 1775: Johann Gregorius Höroldt , German porcelain painter
- 1776: Johann Caspar Högl , Austrian local politician, master stonemason and sculptor
- 1779: Thomas Hudson , British portrait painter and art collector
- 1793: Nicolas-Germain Léonard , French poet and novelist
- 1795: Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach , German musician and composer
- 1798: Christian Gottlob Neefe , German composer, organist, conductor and musicologist
- 1800: Felix Matthäus Stupan von Ehrenstein , Austrian jurist
19th century
- 1804: José Nicolás de Azara , Spanish politician, diplomat and patron of the arts
- 1806: Richard Law , American jurist and politician
- 1806: Jean-Joseph Mounier , French politician
- 1806: Johann Christoph Friedrich Schulz , German Protestant theologian
- 1815: David von Wyss the Elder , Mayor of Zürich
- 1823: Edward Jenner , British physician and discoverer of smallpox vaccination
- 1824: Théodore Géricault , French Romantic painter
- 1825: Johann Gottfried Bornmann , German evangelical clergyman and local historian
- 1826: Christian Gottlob Thube , German evangelical theologian, mystic and prophet
- 1829: Anuvong , King of the Lao Kingdom of Vientiane
- 1832: Alexander Cochrane , British admiral
- 1832: Johan Storm Munch , Norwegian bishop and writer
- 1839: Stephen Van Rensselaer III. , American politician, general and philanthropist
- 1849: Thomas Lovell Beddoes , British poet
- 1851: Nikolaus von Flüe , Swiss officer in Spanish service and governor
- 1855: Gérard de Nerval , French writer
- 1859: Lodewijk Gerard Visscher , Dutch literary scholar and historian
- 1860: Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient , German opera singer (soprano)
- 1864: Clemens Maria Franz von Bönninghausen , Dutch-German jurist, homeopath and botanist
- 1864: Otto Lindblad , Swedish composer
- 1866: Robert Foulis , British inventor
- 1872: Heinrich Riemann , German fraternity member and theologian
- 1873: Carlo d'Arco , Italian art historian, painter and political economist
- 1873: Amélie von Leuchtenberg , Empress of Brazil
- 1876: Frédérick Lemaître , French actor
- 1877: Daniel Haines , American politician
- 1878: Ernst Friedrich Adickes , German politician
- 1878: Ernst Heinrich Weber , German physiologist and anatomist
- 1879: Julia Margaret Cameron , British photographer
- 1884: John Letcher , American attorney and politician, governor and member of the House of Representatives for Virginia
- 1885: Charles George Gordon , British general
- 1886: David Rice Atchison , American politician
- 1891: Nicolaus Otto , German automobile pioneer and inventor (combustion engine, four-stroke principle)
- 1892: Ludovika Wilhelmine of Bavaria , German noblewoman, Princess of Bavaria
- 1895: Arthur Cayley , British mathematician
- 1895: Nikolai Karlovich de Giers , Russian statesman
- 1897: Sebastian Abratzky , conqueror of Königstein Fortress
- 1899: Augustus Hill Garland , American politician
20th century
1901-1950
- 1902: Almon Strowger , American inventor of the basis for an automatic telephone exchange
- 1903: Pierre Coullery , Swiss physician and politician
- 1905: Johann Baptist Schneider , Austrian Vicar General and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Vienna
- 1906: Bruno zu Ysenburg und Büdingen , German nobleman, Prince zu Ysenburg-Büdingen
- 1911: Friedrich Arnd , German publicist
- 1912: Cesare Pollini , Italian pianist, composer, conductor, music educator and concert promoter
- 1913: Adolf Boettge , German military musician
- 1915: Akaki Tsereteli , Georgian writer and politician
- 1916: William Shakespeare Burton , British genre and history painter
- 1918: Ewald Hering , German physiologist and brain researcher
- 1918: Ludwig Edinger , German physician, neurologist and brain researcher, first professor of neurology in Germany
- 1919: Hermann von Boenninghausen , German athlete and Olympian
- 1921: Oskar von Hase , German publisher and bookseller
- 1922: Luigi Denza , Italian composer.
- 1922: Alfred Gercke , German classical scholar
- 1926: Joseph Beattie Armstrong , New Zealand botanist
- 1927: Lyman J. Gage , American politician
- 1929: Anton Feith , German organ builder
- 1929: William Edwin Haesche , American composer
- 1932: Harry Fuld , German industrialist
- 1932: William Wrigley Jr. , American industrialist and chewing gum manufacturer
- 1932: Oskar Ziethen , German local politician, first mayor of the city of Lichtenberg
- 1941: Marie Narelle , Australian singer
- 1942: Albert Elmer Austin , American politician
- 1942: Felix Hausdorff , German mathematician
- 1943: Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov , Russian botanist and geneticist
- 1948: Thomas Theodor Heine , German painter, draftsman and writer
- 1948: John Lomax , American folklore and musicologist
- 1948: Heinrich Sohnrey , German popular writer and publicist
1951-2000
- 1952: Chorloogiin Choibalsan , Mongolian communist politician
- 1953: Georges Aeby , Swiss composer and professor
- 1954: Adolf Spilker , German chemist and engineer
- 1959: Bruno Gröning , German controversial spiritual healer
- 1960: Hans Lukaschek , German politician and federal minister
- 1961: Walter Folger Brown , American politician
- 1962: Fran Lhotka , Croatian composer
- 1962: Lucky Luciano , American criminal and mafioso (mobster)
- 1963: Maurice Hankey , British civil servant, co-inventor of the tank gun
- 1964: Bastiampillai Anthonipillai , Sri Lankan chaplain
- 1965: George Enacovici , Romanian composer
- 1965: Harry Stuhldreher , American football player and coach
- 1966: Thea Arnold , German politician, MP
- 1966: Curt Baller , German lawyer, local politician and Prussian civil servant
- 1967: Hermann Adler , German officer
- 1967: August Klingenhnen , German Africanist
- 1970: Eduard Wirz , Swiss local historian and poet
- 1973: Edward G. Robinson , American actor
- 1974: Wiktor Łabuński , Polish-American composer, pianist and music educator
- 1974: Julius Patzak , Austrian opera and lieder singer (tenor)
- 1974: Siegfried von Vegesack , German writer
- 1975: Fritz Selbmann , German writer, minister and party functionary in East Germany
- 1975: Helmut Koch , German conductor and choir director
- 1975: Josef Andreas Jungmann , Austrian Jesuit, liturgist and Council advisor
- 1976: Luis Alberti , Dominican merengue composer
- 1976: Walter Artelt , German physician, dentist and medical historian
- 1976: Max Daetwyler , first Swiss conscientious objector, pacifist and supporter of the temperance movement
- 1977: Dietrich von Hildebrand , German Catholic philosopher and author
- 1978: Armand James Quick , American physician and chemist
- 1979: Waldemar Augustiny , German writer
- 1979: Werner Kallmorgen , German architect
- 1979: Nelson Rockefeller , American politician, Vice President of the United States
- 1984: Leny Marenbach , German actress
- 1985: Jacob Yuchtman , Soviet-US chess champion
- 1985: Kenny Clarke , American jazz musician
- 1987: Charles Wolcott , American music director, composer, and film composer
- 1988: Gustav Aufhammer , German crop production scientist and plant breeder
- 1988: Stephan Koren , Austrian politician, economist, Minister of Finance, President of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank
- 1990: Hal Draper , American socialist, Marxism researcher, author and translator
- 1990: Bob Gerard , British racing driver
- 1990: Miloslav Ištvan , Czech composer and music educator
- 1990: Lewis Mumford , American architectural critic and scholar
- 1990: Higashikuni Naruhiko , Japanese politician and prime minister
- 1992: José Ferrer , Puerto Rican actor
- 1993: Axel von dem Bussche , German officer and resistance fighter
- 1993: Robert Jacobsen , Danish sculptor, painter and printmaker
- 1994: Ales Adamovich , Belarusian writer, critic and literary scholar
- 1994: Lejaren Hiller , American composer
- 1996: Cyrus Atabay , Persian writer
- 1996: Peter Aust , German actor
- 1996: Harold Brodkey , American writer
- 1996: Saul Goodman , American timpani player, composer and music educator
- 1997: László Halmos , Hungarian composer
- 1998: Suzuki Shin'ichi , Japanese violinist
- 1999: August Everding , German director, manager, cultural politician and artistic director
- 2000: Don Budge , American tennis player
- 2000: Jean-Claude Izzo , French writer and journalist
- 2000: Alfred Elton van Vogt , Canadian science fiction writer
21st century
- 2001: Arnim André , German actor and voice actor
- 2001: Ingeborg Bingener , German author and politician
- 2002: Eduardo André Muaca , Angolan Roman Catholic Archbishop of Luanda
- 2003: Valery Nikolayevich Brumel , Soviet track and field athlete
- 2003: Annemarie Schimmel , German Islamic scholar
- 2003: Ernst Topitsch , Austrian philosopher and sociologist
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- 2003: Hugh Trevor-Roper , British historian
- 2004: Wolf-Dietrich Berg , German actor
- 2005: Christian Bieniek , German writer
- 2005: Rudi Falkenhagen , Dutch actor
- 2005: Inge Pohmann , German tennis player
- 2005: Otto Theisen , German politician, MdL, Minister of Justice in Rhineland-Palatinate
- 2005: Wolfgang Venohr , German journalist and writer
- 2007: Glen Tetley , American dancer and choreographer
- 2008: Franz Karl Mater Formosa Prince of Auersperg , Austrian politician and trade unionist
- 2008: Christian Brando , American actor
- 2008: George Habash , Palestinian politician
- 2010: Louis Stanton Auchincloss , American writer
- 2010: Götz Kauffmann , Austrian actor
- 2011: Gladys Horton , American singer ( The Marvelettes )
- 2011: David Kato , Ugandan gay activist
- 2011: Günter Tembrock , German ethologist and zoologist
- 2012: Dimitra Arliss , American actress
- 2012: André Asselin , Canadian pianist and composer
- 2012: Clare Fischer , American pianist
- 2012: Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver , Puerto Rican Bishop
- 2013: Edwin London , American composer, horn player, conductor and music educator
- 2013: Hiroshi Nakajima , Japanese medical doctor
- 2014: José Emilio Pacheco , Mexican writer
- 2015: Lucjan Lis , Polish cyclist and world champion
- 2016: Black , British singer
- 2016: Abe Vigoda , American actor
- 2016: Doris Abeßer , German actress
- 2017: Mike Connors , American actor
- 2017: Michael Tönnies , German soccer player
- 2019: Michel Legrand , French composer, pianist and singer
- 2020: Kobe Bryant , American basketball player
- 2021: Sergei Eduardovich Prikhodko , Russian politician and diplomat
holidays and commemorations
- Church commemorations
- St. Timothy (Anglican, Evangelical, Catholic)
- St. Titus (Anglican, Evangelical, Catholic)
- Johann Matthäus Meyfart , German teacher, pastor and songwriter, pioneer against the persecution of witches (Protestant)
- St. Paula of Rome (Catholic)
- St. Silas , Companion of the Apostle Paul (Evangelical: ELCA )
- State holidays and commemorations
- Australia : Australia Day (1788)
- Japan : Bunkazai Bōka Day (“Cultural Property Fire Prevention Day”) (1955)
- India : Republic Day (1950)
- Commemorations of international organizations
The list of commemoration and action days contains further entries .
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