November 26th

The November 26 is the 330th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 331st in leap years ), thus remain 35 days by year end.

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Events

Politics and world events

• 0986 : The French city of Montpellier is first mentioned in a document.

1346: Charles IV at the coronation meal

• 1346 : Charles IV is crowned German king in Bonn as an antagonist to Ludwig the Bavarian .
• 1553 : On Conraditag in the Second Margrave War, the royal seat of Kulmbach is conquered by the federal troops under the command of Duke Heinrich II of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and all male residents are killed. The conquest of Kulmbach is the tragic climax of the wars of Margrave Albrecht Alcibiades of Brandenburg-Kulmbach .
• 1580 : The Seventh Huguenot War ends in France with the Peace of Fleix . This confirms agreements of two previous peace agreements in the religious struggle of the Protestants .
• 1713 : Negotiations between France and Austria begin in Rastatt to resolve the War of the Spanish Succession . The Rastatt Peace comes about in the following year.
• 1715 : In Poland is confederation of Tarnogród formed. With this, the Polish nobility turned against King August II and his reforms as well as the stationing of Saxon troops in the country.
• 1741 : During the First Silesian War against the House of Habsburg and its allies in the War of the Austrian Succession , Prague is taken by the French, Saxony and Bavaria.

1778: Maui (west coast)

• 1778 : James Cook navigates on his third voyage with his ship off the Hawaiian island of Maui , previously unknown to Europeans , but does not find a suitable landing site.
• 1812 : When retreating from Moscow during the Russian campaign , the Grande Armée reaches the Beresina . The Russians used the chaos that broke out when crossing the river to attack, which led to the Battle of the Berezina on November 28th .

1865: Vice-Admiral Juan Williams Rebolledo

• 1865 : During the Spanish-South American War , there is a naval battle at Papudo, in which the Chilean fleet under Juan Williams Rebolledo celebrates a victory over the Spaniards.
• 1924 : As the second socialist state the world is in Ulaanbaatar , the Mongolian People's Republic was founded.
• 1925 : Prajadhipok is crowned King of Siam , which becomes a constitutional monarchy under his reign .
• 1927 : Richard Strebinger, member of the monarchist and anti-Semitic defense formation Ostara , tries to shoot the Viennese mayor Karl Seitz in his company car near Universumstrasse . Karl Seitz remains unharmed in the attack.

1941: The Kido Butai's path to attack Pearl Harbor

• 1941 : The US Secretary of State hands the Japanese Ambassador the Hull Note , which ends diplomatic relations and Japan declares war . On the same day, the Japanese attack force, under the command of Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku , set out in strictest secrecy to attack the American Pacific fleet in Pearl Harbor .
• 1943 : The US victory in the Battle of Cape St. George in the Pacific War marks the end of both the Tokyo Express and the Japanese resistance in the Solomon Islands .
• 1948 : Soviet Union : In a decree, special settlers, especially Germans from Russia , are condemned in commandant offices to remain in the place of exile “forever”. They are not allowed to return to their original place of residence.
• 1949 : India , previously a monarchy within the Commonwealth of Nations with the British King George VI. as head of state is constituted as a republic .

1950: Battle of the Chosin Reservoir

• 1950 : After the intervention of Chinese troops on the north side, the battle for the Chosin Reservoir begins during the Korean War and lasts until December 13th.
• 1976 : The dissident Robert Havemann is sentenced to house arrest by the Fürstenwalde district court . To the displeasure of the GDR leadership, he publicly campaigned for the expatriate songwriter and Wolf Biermann , who was his friend .
• 1983 : The two former members of the CSU Bundestag, Franz Handlos and Ekkehard Voigt, found the Republicans party in Munich .
• 1989 : President Ahmed Abdallah is assassinated in the Comoros with the help of the French mercenary Bob Denard .
• 1989 : In the referendum on the initiative of the Group for a Switzerland without an Army ( GSoA ), over a third of the Swiss voters vote for the abolition of the Swiss Army .
• 1991 : The United States surrenders its Clark Air Base military base on the island of Luzon to the Philippines . The Philippine Senate had previously rejected an extension of the agreement with the United States.
• 1993 : After a series of attacks on Turkish institutions, the PKK is banned by the German Interior Ministry.

1998: Tony Blair

• 1998 : Tony Blair becomes the first UK Prime Minister to address the Irish Parliament .
• 2000 : The first case of BSE in Germany is officially confirmed.
• 2008 : A terrorist group starts attacks in ten places in Mumbai . The hotels Trident Oberoi and Taj Mahal Palace & Tower are among those affected . The balance after days of exchanges of fire with the police: 174 dead and at least 239 injured.

economy

• 1985 : The Intertrading scandal breaks out in Austria . A subsidiary of the state VÖEST - Group has made highly speculative deals in the oil market, the losses of at least 5.7 billion shillings lead (814 million German marks / 414 million euros).
• 2003 : The last Concorde flight takes place under the direction of Chief Pilot Mike Bannister from London Heathrow Airport to the Aviation Museum in Filton .

science and technology

• 1801 : Charles Hatchett reports on the chemical element he discovered columbium , which is later given the name niobium .
• 1805 : The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales opens. It is the longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain.
• 1832 : The world's first horse-drawn streetcar goes into service in New York City .
• 1872 : The first edition of Charles Darwin's work The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals ( The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals ) appears.

1922: Tutankhamun's burial chamber

• 1922 : Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun for the first time .
• 1925 : A prototype of the bomber and all-metal aircraft ANT-4 makes its maiden flight in Russian aviation .
• 1965 : France launches the Asterix satellite from Hammaguir in Algeria with a Diamant A rocket . This is the first satellite launch without US or USSR involvement.
• 1966 : The Rance tidal power plant , the first and, until 2011, largest tidal power plant in the world, goes into operation in France.
• 1985 : The ICE forerunner InterCityExperimental is officially presented to the public. On the same day, he set a new speed record for rail vehicles in Germany at 317 km / h.
• 1990 : The Delta II missile, further developed after the Challenger disaster , completes its first flight.
• 2011 : NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission , with the Rover Curiosity on board, is launched.
• 2018 : The stationary lander of NASA's InSight space probe successfully touches down on the surface of Mars.

Culture

• 1718 : The first performance of the opera Il trionfo dell'onore by Alessandro Scarlatti takes place at the Teatro dei Fiorentini in Naples .
• 1721 : The first performance of the musical drama Arianna e Teseo by Leonardo Leo takes place at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples .
• 1847 : Giuseppe Verdi's first French Grand opéra Jérusalem is premiered at the Académie Royale de Musique in Paris .

1860: Emma Livry in Le Papillon

• 1860 : At the Paris Opera is Jacques Offenbach's ballet pantomime Le Papillon choreographed by Marie Taglioni premiered. The performance turns out to be a triumph, thanks also to the skills of the young ballerina Emma Livry .
• 1862 : Lewis Carroll sends the handwritten manuscript of Alice's Adventures Underground to ten-year-old Alice Liddell .
• 1930 : The first volume of Robert Musil's novel The Man Without Qualities appears.
• 1937 : More than 80 years after its creation, the Violin Concerto of Robert Schumann in Berlin premiered.
• 1942 : The film Casablanca by Michael Curtiz has its premiere at the Hollywood Theater in New York City.
• 1945 : The children's book Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren appears.
• 1988 : In Berlin the European Film Awards , which are dubbed Felix, are awarded for the first time .

society

1894: The wedding of Nicholas II and Alexandra

• 1894 : A few weeks after the death of Tsar Alexander III. his son Nikolaus marries Princess Alix of Hessen-Darmstadt in the St. Petersburg Hermitage . She rules with him as Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna.
• 1983 : In a robbery on a warehouse near London Heathrow Airport, several perpetrators loot 6,800 gold bars with a total weight of three tons as well as diamonds . It is with an estimated booty worth 25 million pounds of the currently largest robbery in British criminal history.

religion

1523: Pope Clement VII.

• 1523 : Cardinal Giulio de Medici , Archbishop of Florence since 1513 , is enthroned as Pope and takes the name of Clement VII .
• 1648 : Pope Innocent X protests against the religious law provisions of the Peace of Westphalia with the Breve Zelo domus Dei . It remains ineffective.
• 1784 : An Apostolic Prefecture is established in the United States under the direction of the Jesuit John Carroll appointed by the Holy See .
• 2000 : Pope John Paul II proclaims the Basic Law of the State of Vatican City , which replaces the previous constitution from 1929 on February 22, 2001.

Disasters

• 1898 : The American liner Portland sinks off Cape Ann in a severe storm that struck the New England coast and claimed more than 450 lives . All 192 people on board are killed. The storm is therefore called The Portland Gale (roughly "The Portland Storm").
• 1914 : The British battleship Bulwark is destroyed by an ammunition chamber explosion off Sheerness . 738 of the 750 crew members are killed.
• 1943 : In an earthquake of 7.6 magnitude in Turkey about 4,000 people are killed.
• 1979 : A Boeing 707 operated by Pakistan International Airlines , full of pilgrims from Mecca , crashes shortly after take-off in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia. All 156 people die.
• 1992 : A major fire in the Vienna Hofburg on the night of November 27th destroys parts of the building.

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

Sports

• 1982 : Larry Holmes wins his boxing match and world heavyweight title against Randall "Tex" Cobb at the Astrodome , Houston , Texas , USA , by winning on points.
• 2005 : Indian millionaire Vijaypat Singhania takes a hot air balloon to an unprecedented height of 21,291 meters.

Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .

Born

Before the 19th century

• 0117 : Aelius Aristides , Greek rhetorician and writer
• 0907 : Rosendo de Celanova , Bishop of Mondoñedo
• 1188 : Juri II , Grand Duke of Vladimir
• 1288 : Go-Daigo , 96th Emperor of Japan
• 1350 : Ibn al-Jazari , Islamic lawyer and Koran scholar
• 1462 : Alexander von Pfalz-Zweibrücken , Duke of Zweibrücken and Veldenz
• 1588 : Anton von Ditfurth , member of the Fruit Bringing Society
• 1604 : Johann Bach , German musician, first representative of the Bach family
• 1607 : John Harvard , English theologian
• 1633 : Johann Christoph Wagenseil , German polyhistor , legal scholar and orientalist
• 1637 : Antonio Carneo , Venetian Baroque painter
• 1643 : Jean Chardin , French explorer
• 1647 : Marie Hedwig of Hessen-Darmstadt , Duchess of Saxony-Meiningen
• 1657 : William Derham , English clergyman and natural philosopher
• 1662 : Georg Albrecht Hamberger , German mathematician and physicist
• 1670 : Maria Amalia von Brandenburg-Schwedt , Duchess of Saxony-Zeitz
• 1672 : Ernst Wladislaus von Dönhoff , Prussian lieutenant general
• 1678 : Karl Leopold , Duke of Mecklenburg
• 1706 : Karl August von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf , Prince-Bishop of Lübeck
• 1727 : Artemas Ward , American officer and politician, member of the Continental Congress and the House of Representatives
• 1728 : Jules Crozet , French explorer
• 1731 : William Cowper , English poet
• 1736 : Charles-Joseph Panckoucke , French writer and publisher
• 1774 : Georg Cancrin , Russian general
• 1795 : Karl Philipp Fohr , German painter
• 1800 : Anton Martin Slomšek , Slovenian clergyman, writer and poet

19th century

1801-1850

• 1802 : Johann Schön , Austrian lawyer, political scientist and writer.
• 1810 : William George Armstrong , British engineer

Louise Aston (* 1814)

• 1814 : Louise Aston , German writer and suffragette
• 1818 : James Ferguson Dowdell , American lawyer and politician
• 1827 : Ellen G. White , American cofounder and prophet of the Seventh-day Adventists
• 1831 : Emil Schreiner , Norwegian classical philologist
• 1841 : Giovanni Battista Piamarta , Italian priest and founder of the order
• 1843 : Karl Arnau , Austrian actor
• 1847 : Dagmar of Denmark , Danish wife of Tsar Alexander III.
• 1850 : John Forrester Andrew , American politician
• 1850 : Henricus van de Wetering , Dutch cleric and archbishop

1851-1900

• 1852 : Hermann Howaldt , German engineer
• 1854 : Émile Wambach , Belgian composer and music teacher
• 1855 : Franz Xaver Nagl , Austrian Archbishop and Cardinal
• 1857 : Ferdinand de Saussure , Swiss linguist
• 1858 : Israel Abrahams , British Judaist
• 1863 : Emil von Rappard , German officer
• 1864 : Auguste Charlois , French astronomer
• 1875 : Carl Burger , German sculptor
• 1876 : Ernst Bickel , German classical philologist
• 1876 : Ernst Münch , German forest scientist
• 1879 : Hans Bredow , German radio pioneer
• 1879 : Edgar Katzenstein , German rower
• 1881 : Leo Smith , Canadian composer, cellist and music educator
• 1882 : Arishima Ikuma , Japanese writer and painter

Heinrich Brüning (* 1885)

• 1885 : Heinrich Brüning , German politician, MdR, MdL, Reich Chancellor
• 1888 : Francisco Canaro , Uruguayan-Argentinian musician and arranger, band leader and composer
• 1888 : Franz Jung , German writer, economist and politician
• 1890 : Aleksander Wielhorski , Polish pianist and composer
• 1892 : Charles Brackett , American screenwriter
• 1892 : Joe Guyon , American football player
• 1894 : Wilhelm Marinelli , Austrian zoologist, anatomist and popular educator
• 1894 : Norbert Wiener , American mathematician
• 1895 : William Griffith Wilson , American co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
• 1897 : Manuel Apolinario Odría Amoretti , Peruvian general and politician, President
• 1898 : Alfred Arndt , German architect
• 1898 : Paul Gibbert , German politician, MdR, MdL, MdB
• 1898 : Karl Ziegler , German chemist

20th century

1901-1925

• 1903 : Alice Herz-Sommer , Austrian-Israeli pianist and music teacher
• 1903 : Sebastián Piana , Argentine tango composer, pianist and music teacher
• 1904 : Hanna Adenauer , German art historian
• 1904 : Paul Klüber , German painter
• 1906 : Leo Aario , Finnish geographer and geologist
• 1906 : Heinz Frommhold , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1906 : Maximilian zu Hardegg , Austrian nobleman and automobile racing driver
• 1908 : Jimmy Davidson , Canadian band leader, jazz cornetist and singer
• 1909 : Fritz Buchloh , German football player
• 1909 : Eugène Ionesco , Franco-Romanian playwright, main exponent of the absurd theater
• 1910 : Cyril Cusack , Irish actor
• 1911 : Samuel Reshevsky , American chess player of Polish descent
• 1912 : Gunnar Sønstevold , Norwegian composer
• 1912 : Eugen York , German director and screenwriter

Gordon A. Craig (born 1913)

• 1913 : Gordon A. Craig , American-British historian and writer
• 1914 : Cuno Fischer , German painter
• 1915 : Earl Wild , American pianist
• 1918 : Patricio Aylwin , Chilean politician, President
• 1919 : Tom Archia , American tenor saxophonist
• 1919 : Ryszard Kaczorowski , Polish politician, last president of the Polish government-in-exile in London
• 1919 : Marie Schlei , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister
• 1919 : Henri Vidal , French actor
• 1920 : Daniel Petrie , Canadian director

Charles M. Schulz (* 1922)

• 1922 : Charles M. Schulz , American comic book artist, creator of the Peanuts
• 1923 : Ingeborg Hoffmann , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1924 : Walter Absil , Austrian Holocaust survivor
• 1924 : Edward T. Breathitt , American lawyer and politician, governor of Kentucky
• 1924 : Michael Holliday , British singer
• 1925 : Annemarie Düringer , Swiss actress
• 1925 : Eugene Istomin , American pianist

1926-1950

• 1926 : Armand Penverne , French football player
• 1926 : Ralf Wolter , German actor
• 1927 : Wolfgang Ecke , German writer
• 1929 : Slavko Avsenik , Slovenian composer and accordionist
• 1930 : Uladsimir Karatkewitsch , Belarusian writer, poet and translator
• 1930 : Berthold Leibinger , German entrepreneur
• 1931 : Adolfo Maria Pérez Esquivel , Argentine civil rights activist
• 1931 : Adrianus Johannes Simonis , Archbishop of Utrecht and Cardinal
• 1932 : Helmut Assing , German historian and logician
• 1933 : Robert Goulet , American singer and actor
• 1935 : Roque de Pedro , Argentine composer, pianist, musicologist and educator
• 1936 : Freimut Duve , German publicist and politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1938 : Samuel Bodman , American politician, Secretary of Energy
• 1938 : Luisa Valenzuela , Argentine writer and journalist
• 1938 : Hans Georg Wagner , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag, Parliamentary State Secretary
• 1939 : Greetje Kauffeld , Dutch pop and jazz singer: F

Tina Turner (born 1939)

• 1939 : Tina Turner , American-Swiss singer and actress
• 1940 : Quentin Skinner , British political scientist and historian
• 1943 : Pierre Antoniucci , French painter
• 1943 : Dieter Hooge , German trade unionist and politician
• 1944 : Roberto Fontanarrosa , Argentine cartoonist
• 1944 : Karin Schubert , German actress
• 1944 : Johanna Schut , Dutch speed skater
• 1945 : Enrico Arbarello , Italian mathematician
• 1945 : Daniel Davis , American actor
• 1945 : John McVie , British musician ( Fleetwood Mac , John Mayall )
• 1946 : Pfuri Baldenweg , Australian musician
• 1946 : Art Shell , American football player and coach
• 1947 : John Amagoalik , Canadian politician
• 1947 : Dieter E. Appelt , German politician, MdL
• 1947 : Roger Wehrli , American football player

Elizabeth Blackburn (* 1948)

• 1948 : Elizabeth Blackburn , Australian-American molecular biologist, Nobel Prize winner
• 1948 : Egon Müller , German speedway driver
• 1949 : Marí Bin Amude Alkatiri , East Timorese politician, Prime Minister
• 1949 : Shlomo Artzi , Israeli pop and rock singer
• 1950 : Stefan Bartmann , German director
• 1950 : Dieter Burdenski , German soccer player
• 1950 : Waltraud Dietsch , German athlete

1951-1975

• 1951 : Angelika Barbe , German politician, GDR opposition
• 1952 : Eva Brunner , Swiss author and translator
• 1952 : Richard Carrión , Puerto Rican finance manager and sports official
• 1952 : Jan Philipp Reemtsma , German social researcher
• 1953 : Hilary Benn , British politician
• 1954 : Marta Andreasen , Spanish-British accountant and politician
• 1956 : Ronald Schminke , German politician
• 1956 : Udo Tischer , German politician and trade unionist, Member of the Bundestag
• 1957 : Matthias Reim , German pop singer
• 1957 : Manuel Tejada , Dominican composer and arranger
• 1957 : Andrea Zogg , Swiss actor and director
• 1958 : Andreas Aebi , Swiss politician
• 1958 : Ellen Fiedler , German athlete
• 1958 : Nader Mashayekhi , Iranian composer and conductor
• 1960 : Delio Rossi , Italian football player and coach
• 1961 : Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier , Ghanaian bishop
• 1961 : Dirk Michaelis , German singer and composer
• 1961 : Philippe Roussel , Swiss actor
• 1962 : László Marosi , German handball player
• 1963 : Richard Robert Arnold , American astronaut
• 1963 : Richard Hermann Ratka , German handball player and coach
• 1963 : Katharina Schubert , German actress
• 1964 : Vreni Schneider , Swiss ski racer
• 1965 : Bernard Allison , American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
• 1965 : Ewald Arenz , German writer and teacher
• 1965 : Christian Clerici , Austrian television presenter
• 1966 : Garcelle Beauvais , American actress
• 1965 : Patrice Goueslard , French racing car driver
• 1965 : Thomas Rudnick , German actor
• 1970 : John Amaechi , British-American basketball player
• 1970 : Nils Collingro , German basketball player
• 1971 : Marcel Chyrzyński , Polish composer
• 1972 : Sam Eisenstein , German-Greek theater and television actor
• 1972 : James Dashner , American writer
• 1973 : Peter Facinelli , American actor
• 1973 : Michel Frey , Swiss racing driver and entrepreneur
• 1973 : Clelia Sarto , German actress
• 1975 : Stefan Mross , German trumpeter and pop star
• 1975 : DJ Khaled , American DJ, backup rapper and music producer

1976-2000

• 1976 : Andreas Augustsson , Swedish football player
• 1976 : Joe Nichols , American country musician
• 1977 : Ivan Basso , Italian racing cyclist
• 1977 : Sebastian Deyle , German actor, presenter and musician
• 1977 : Hanna Marklund , Swedish football player
• 1978 : Markus Wingenbach , German soccer referee
• 1979 : Massimiliano Blardone , Italian ski racer
• 1979 : Torsten Laen , Danish handball player and coach
• 1979 : Kathrin Scholl , German handball player
• 1980 : Aruna Dindane , Ivorian football player
• 1980 : Albert Montañés , Spanish tennis player
• 1980 : Jan Větrovec , Czech handball player and coach
• 1980 : Robert Vujević , Croatian-German soccer player
• 1981 : Ibrahim Adamu , Nigerian badminton player
• 1981 : Stephan Andersen , Danish football player
• 1981 : Natasha Bedingfield , British singer
• 1981 : Natalie Gauci , Italian-Maltese singer
• 1982 : Said Daftari , Afghan soccer player
• 1982 : Michael Reisecker , Austrian documentary filmmaker
• 1983 : Baadur Dschobawa , Georgian chess player
• 1983 : Matt Garza , American baseball player
• 1983 : Chris Hughes , American entrepreneur, co-founder of Facebook
• 1984 : Antonio Puerta , Spanish soccer player
• 1985 : Baba Saad , German rapper
• 1987 : Matthew Ebden , Australian tennis player
• 1987 : Giorgos Tzavelas , Greek football player
• 1989 : Oleksandr Kolchenko , Ukrainian activist
• 1990 : Osama Akharraz , Danish-Moroccan football player
• 1990 : Avery Bradley , American basketball player
• 1990 : Chip , British grime rapper
• 1990 : San Holo , Dutch DJ and music producer

Rita Ora (* 1990)

• 1990 : Rita Ora , British singer
• 1990 : Gabriel Paulista , Brazilian soccer player
• 1996 : Louane , French singer
• 1997 : Béla Gabor Lenz , German actor
• 1997 : Robeilys Peinado , Venezuelan pole vaulter
• 1999 : Jonas Holdenrieder , German actor

Died

Before the 19th century

Vanozza de 'Cattanei († 1518)

• 0399 : Siricius , Bishop of Rome
• 0975 : Konrad I von Altdorf , Bishop of Constance
• 1126 : Aq Sunqur al-Bursuqi , Atabeg of Mosul
• 1206 : Helmbert , Bishop of Havelberg
• 1246 : Gerhard von Malberg , Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
• 1261 : Hōjō Shigetoki , Japanese nobleman
• 1267 : Silvestro Guzzolini , Italian abbot and founder of the order, saint of the Catholic Church
• 1275 : Aymon de Cruseilles , Bishop of Geneva
• 1294 : Albrecht von Ramstein , Abbot of the Lake Constance Monastery in Reichenau
• 1316 : Robert Wishart , Bishop of Glasgow
• 1317 : Rixa von Werle , Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Göttingen
• 1401 : Frederick XI. , Count of Hohenzollern
• 1500 : Martin Flach the Elder , Strasbourg printer
• 1504 : Isabella I , Queen of Castile
• 1518 : Vanozza de 'Cattanei , Italian mistress of Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia (Pope Alexander VI.)
• 1521 : Martin Karith , Bishop of Cammin
• 1547 : Giovanni Cariani , Italian painter
• 1549 : Antonio Abbondi , Venetian sculptor and architect
• 1589 : Heinrich Moller , German Protestant theologian
• 1589 : David Voit , German Protestant theologian
• 1592 : Patrick Adamson , Archbishop of St Andrews
• 1624 : Benedikt Carpzov the Elder , German professor of law
• 1637 : Andries de Witt , acting council pensioner of Holland
• 1651 : Henry Ireton , General of the Parliament Armies in the English Civil War
• 1681 : Giovanni Paolo Oliva , 11th general of the Societas Jesu
• 1688 : Augustinus Balthasar , German Protestant theologian
• 1694 : Francesco Maria Capellini, known as Stechinelli , Italian landdrost and court banker of the Guelphs
• 1707 : Leonhard Dientzenhofer , German builder and architect
• 1727 : Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford , British Admiral
• 1744 : Christopher Mansel, 3rd Baron Mansel , Welsh nobleman and politician
• 1770 : Gerlach Adolph von Münchhausen , Hanover statesman
• 1781 : Christian Ludwig von Hardenberg , Hanoverian field marshal
• 1785 : Johann Stapf , South German sculptor and building expert
• 1797 : Andrew Adams , American attorney, lawyer, and politician

19th century

Karl August von Hardenberg († 1822)

• 1810 : Nicolas-Étienne Framéry , French writer and composer
• 1817 : Pierre-Antoine Antonelle , French politician, journalist and revolutionary
• 1818 : Joseph Colloredo-Mels and Wallsee , Austrian minister and general
• 1822 : Prince Karl August von Hardenberg , Prussian statesman
• 1842 : Robert Smith , US Secretary of State
• 1849 : Julius Eduard Hitzig , German writer and chamber judge
• 1855 : Adam Mickiewicz , Polish national poet

Joseph von Eichendorff († 1857)

• 1857 : Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff , German writer and poet
• 1866 : Adrien-François Servais , Belgian cellist and composer
• 1867 : August Müller , German double bass player
• 1872 : Charles Spackman Barker , British organ builder
• 1873 : Carl Friedrich Naumann , German geologist
• 1876 : Heinrich Ernst Bindseil , German librarian and historian
• 1878 : Theodor Albert Anton Muther , German legal scholar and historian
• 1879 : Charles Spackman Barker , English organ builder
• 1883 : Sojourner Truth , American abolitionist and suffragette
• 1885 : Thomas Andrews , Irish physicist and chemist
• 1895 : Lucy Escott , American singer
• 1896 : Antonio Cecchi , Italian explorer

20th century

1901-1950

• 1903 : Madatya Karakaschian , Armenian linguist, teacher, publicist and mechitarist
• 1904 : Peter Heinrich Brincker , German missionary in German South West Africa
• 1906 : Carl Abel , German linguist
• 1912 : Theodor Bumiller , German Africa explorer
• 1914 : Eduard Kremser , Austrian composer, arranger and conductor
• 1915 : Georg Loeschcke , German classical philologist and archaeologist
• 1917 : Leander Starr Jameson , British doctor and politician
• 1925 : Johannes Haarklou , Norwegian composer
• 1926 : John Moses Browning , American arms maker
• 1926 : Eliška Krásnohorská , Czech writer
• 1927 : Giovanni Bonzano , cardinal
• 1928 : Reinhard Scheer , German admiral
• 1930 : Otto Sverdrup , Norwegian polar explorer
• 1932 : Vincenzo Appiani , Italian composer, pianist and music teacher
• 1933 : Franz Bracht , German politician
• 1935 : Paul Askonas , Austrian actor
• 1935 : Paul Gisevius , German agricultural scientist
• 1937 : Peldschidiin Genden , President and Prime Minister of the Mongolian People's Republic
• 1937 : Heinz Neumann , German politician
• 1942 : Francesco Agello , Italian test pilot
• 1943 : Charles GD Roberts , Canadian poet and writer
• 1945 : Wilhelm Holle , German administrative lawyer and politician, Lord Mayor of Essen
• 1947 : Ernie Adams , American actor
• 1950 : Hedwig Courths-Mahler , German writer

1951-1975

Sven Hedin († 1952)

• 1952 : Sven Hedin , Swedish geographer and explorer
• 1956 : Tommy Dorsey , American musician
• 1957 : Jack Gardner , American jazz pianist
• 1958 : Monte Attell , American boxer
• 1959 : Albert Ketèlbey , English composer
• 1959 : Willem Willeke , Dutch-American cellist, pianist and music teacher
• 1961 : Styles Bridges , American politician
• 1961 : Alexander Borissowitsch Goldenweiser , Russian pianist and composer
• 1962 : Alexander Pavlovich Antonov , Soviet actor
• 1963 : Amelita Galli-Curci , Italian coloratura soprano
• 1964 : Bodil Ipsen , Danish actress and director
• 1965 : Emil Kemmer , German lawyer and politician, Reich Minister
• 1965 : Wilhelm Matthießen , German author for children and young people
• 1967 : Johannes Hanssen , Norwegian composer, conductor and military musician
• 1968 : Arnold Zweig , German writer
• 1971 : Giuseppe Antonio Doto , Italian mafioso
• 1973 : John Rostill , British musician ( The Shadows )
• 1975 : Anton Storch , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister

1976-2000

• 1978 : Willi Steinhörster , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
• 1979 : John Cromwell , American film director
• 1979 : Conny Méndez , Venezuelan actress, painter, caricaturist, writer and composer, founder of the Movimiento de Metafísica Cristiana
• 1980 : Peter DePaolo , American racing car driver
• 1980 : Conrad A. Nervig , American film editor
• 1981 : Max Euwe , Dutch chess player, world champion
• 1982 : Juhan Aavik , Estonian composer
• 1982 : Antonino Janner , Swiss diplomat
• 1984 : Albert Vietor , German economic manager
• 1985 : Sergei Appolinarijewitsch Gerasimow , Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor
• 1985 : José Antonio Zorrilla , Mexican composer, writer, screenwriter and director
• 1987 : Ove Joensen , Faroese rowing legend
• 1988 : Antonio Estévez , Venezuelan composer
• 1990 : Ludwig von Moos , Swiss politician
• 1991 : Heinz Marten , German singer (tenor)
• 1994 : Michael Schneider , German organist, choir director, music teacher and musicologist
• 1994 : Joey Stefano , American porn actor
• 1995 : Wim Thoelke , German television presenter
• 1996 : Hans Klein , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister
• 1997 : Okuno Takeo , Japanese literary critic
• 1997 : Werner Höfer , German journalist
• 1999 : Angelika Hurwicz , German actress

21st century

• 2001 : Regine Hildebrandt , German politician, state minister
• 2001 : Lajos Kada , Roman Catholic Archbishop and Vatican diplomat
• 2002 : Wilhelm Bittorf , German journalist and documentary filmmaker
• 2003 : Albert Fischer , German painter and restorer
• 2003 : Soulja Slim , American rapper
• 2004 : Abdul Qader Arnaoot , Syrian scholar of Islam
• 2004 : Philippe de Broca , French director
• 2004 : Johann Lang , German letter bomb bomber
• 2004 : Hans Schaffner , Swiss politician
• 2005 : Dieter Krieg , German painter
• 2006 : Robert Ferguson , American blues singer and pianist
• 2006 : Isaac Gálvez , Spanish cyclist
• 2006 : Renee Harmon , German actress
• 2006 : Raúl Velasco , Mexican television presenter and producer
• 2008 : Ingo Wegener , German computer scientist
• 2009 : Pia Beck , Dutch jazz pianist and singer
• 2010 : Reno Achenbach , German soccer player
• 2010 : Maria Hellwig , German singer, presenter and entertainer
• 2010 : Mathou , German singer
• 2012 : Theo Brandmüller , German composer and organist
• 2012 : Joseph Edward Murray , American surgeon, Nobel Prize winner, kidney transplant pioneer
• 2013 : Adolf Schmidt , German trade unionist and politician
• 2014 : Tuğçe Albayrak , German student teacher of Turkish descent
• 2014 : Helmut Arntzen , German literary scholar, essayist, aphorist and fable author
• 2014 : Annemarie Düringer , Swiss actress
• 2015 : Norbert Gastell , German actor and voice actor
• 2016 : Peter Hintze , German politician
• 2017 : Georg Iggers , American historian
• 2018 : Bernardo Bertolucci , Italian director
• 2018 : Stephen Hillenburg , American comic artist
• 2018 : Leo Schwarz , German auxiliary bishop
• 2019 : Köbi Kuhn , Swiss soccer player and coach

Holidays and memorial days

• Church memorial days
  • St. Konrad von Konstanz , bishop (Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox)
  • St. Gebhard von Konstanz , Franconian nobleman, bishop and patron saint (Catholic)
  • St. Stylian , monk (Catholic, Orthodox)

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

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