April 27

The April 27 is the 117th day of the Gregorian calendar (118th in leap years ), thus remain still 248 days until the end of the year.

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Events

Politics and world events

• 0395 : Around three months after the division of the empire in 395 , the Eastern Roman emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia , daughter of Bauto . Possibly this hasty marriage was arranged by the eunuch Eutropios in order to curtail the influence of the general Rufinus , the guardian of the young emperor, who wanted to marry off his daughter to Arcadius.
• 1296 : In the battle of Dunbar in the first battle of the Scottish Wars of Independence, the troops of King Edward of England wiped out the Scottish army of John Balliol to a large extent.

1509: Pope Julius II.

• 1509 : Pope Julius II , a member of the League of Cambrai, imposes an interdict on the Republic of Venice to allow the members of the League to expand their territory at the expense of the Maritime Republic .
• 1521 : On the Philippines island of Mactan , the Portuguese navigator and explorer Ferdinand Magellan, sailing under the Spanish flag, is killed during a fight against the local population under their chief Lapu-Lapu . After the death of the admiral, Juan Sebastián Elcano takes over the leadership of the circumnavigation of the world .
• 1522 : In the Battle of Bicocca in northern Italy, the troops of Emperor Charles V prevail over the army sent by the French King Franz . Arquebuses and artillery of the smaller Spanish-Habsburg armed forces are decisive in the armed forces. The Duchy of Milan comes after the battle in the imperial sphere of influence.

1622: Battle of Mingolsheim

• 1622 : In the Battle of Mingolsheim , the united armies of Peter Ernst II von Mansfeld and Georg Friedrich von Baden-Durlach defeat the imperial army under Johann T'Serclaes von Tilly am Weizenberg in the Thirty Years War . The place Mingolsheim device during the battle on fire and is largely destroyed.

1763: Pontiac calls for the fight against the British

• 1763 : At a large meeting near Fort Detroit , the emissaries of several Algonquin tribes under the leadership of Ottawa chief Pontiac decide to rebel against the British colonial power on the Great Lakes.
• 1775 : High prices lead to looting of the grain market in Beaumont-sur-Oise, France . The regional uprising spreads in the following weeks and reaches as far as the suburbs of Paris. The military put down the flour war in May, but King Louis XVI. must direct the return from private to state trade.
• 1790 : During the French Revolution , the Club des Cordeliers , considered radical, is founded. Its members popularize the motto Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité .
• 1792 : In St. Petersburg, a part of the Polish magnate closes under the patronage of the Russian Empress Catherine II. Two days later in Targowica announced Targowica Confederation . Its main goal is to reverse the reforms in Poland and in particular the constitution of May 3, 1791 .

1840: The Palace of Westminster under construction (1842)

• 1840 : The foundation stone for the new building of the British parliament building Palace of Westminster is laid. The previous building was largely destroyed by a major fire in 1834.

1848: Georg Herwegh

• 1848 : The Baden Revolution as part of the March Revolution fails: In the battle near Dossenbach , the German Democratic Legion, led by the revolutionary poet Georg Herwegh, is defeated by counter-revolutionary troops from Württemberg .
• 1848 : With the décret d'abolition de l'esclavage drawn up by Victor Schœlcher , Senator from Martinique and Guadeloupe, the French National Assembly decides once again to abolish slavery in France and its colonies . The law comes into force on May 22nd.
• 1861 : Following the decision of the Virginia Secession Assembly to separate from the United States and join the Confederate States of America , Virginia's northwestern counties, in turn , declare secession from Virginia and remain in the Union .
• 1880 : The German Reichstag rejects the Samoa bill introduced by Chancellor Otto von Bismarck on April 14th with a narrow majority . The bill is still seen today as the beginning of the official German colonial policy.

1898: The German lease area Kiautschou

• 1898 : The Kiautschou bay, leased by China on March 6, is officially placed under German "protection" . Due to its main function as a naval base for the Imperial Navy will reserve not by the Imperial Colonial Office , but by the Admiralty managed.
• 1904 : Labor politician Chris Watson becomes Prime Minister of Australia and thus the world's first national head of government from a workers' party . However, he will only hold this office until August 17th.

1909: Sultan Mehmed V

• 1909 : The Young Turks , led by Enver Pasha , Cemal Pasha , Talaat Pasha and Ziya Gokalp overthrow the Ottoman Empire after its vain attempted coup on April 13, Sultan Abdulhamid II. , Who in office by his brother Mehmed V will be replaced.

1920: Greater Berlin Act (former area dark red)

• 1920 : The Parliament of the Free State of Prussia passes the Greater Berlin Act to reorganize the municipality of Berlin: the merger of the seven municipalities of Charlottenburg , Köpenick , Lichtenberg , Neukölln , Schöneberg , Spandau and Wilmersdorf with 59 rural municipalities and 27 manor districts doubles the population of Berlin to 3.8 million; the area of ​​the urban area triples to 878 km².
• 1940 : Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler orders the establishment of a "quarantine camp" for 10,000 inmates near the small Polish town of Oświęcim , which later became the Auschwitz concentration camp .

1941: The Greek campaign

• 1941 : The German Wehrmacht conquers the Greek capital Athens during the Balkan campaign in World War II .
• 1945 : The concentration camp complex Kaufering near Landsberg am Lech , the largest concentration camp complex in the German Reich with the status of a satellite camp of the Dachau concentration camp , is liberated by the US Army.
• 1945 : The Provisional State Government formed in Vienna under State Chancellor Karl Renner - with Leopold Figl (ÖVP), Adolf Schärf (SPÖ) and Johann Koplenig (KPÖ) as deputies - is recognized by the USSR. In front of the parliament building on Ringstrasse, she proclaimed the restoration of independent, democratic Austria and declared the annexation to Germany of 1938 through the Austrian declaration of independence as null and void. This is considered to be the birth of the Second Republic .

1960: flag of Togo

• 1960 : Togo , until then formally a UN trust territory under French administration, receives full independence and a new flag . Sylvanus Olympio becomes first president.
• 1961 : Sierra Leone declares its independence from Great Britain , but remains in the Commonwealth of Nations . Milton Margai becomes first prime minister.
• 1969 : The Chinese People's Liberation Army dissolves the marauding Red Guards by resolution of the 9th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and thus ends the Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China .
• 1969 : In a referendum on the reform of the Senate and regional administration in France, 52.41% vote against the proposed law favored by President Charles de Gaulle . He then resigns from the office of President the following day.
• 1972 : In the German Bundestag, the constructive vote of no confidence by the CDU under Rainer Barzel against the social-liberal government of Willy Brandt fails completely surprisingly . Later it became known that the Ministry for State Security of the GDR bribed the two Union MPs Julius Steiner and Leo Wagner .
• 1978 : A military coup against President Mohammed Daoud Khan takes place in Afghanistan , in which he is murdered. Only Muhammad Taraki becomes the new president and Hafizullah Amin becomes the second man in the state.

1987: Kurt Waldheim

• 1987 : At the request of the World Jewish Congress and after approval by the Office of Special Investigations , the US Justice Minister Edwin Meese puts the newly elected Austrian Federal President Kurt Waldheim on the “ watchlist ” of the United States, thereby imposing an entry ban. The Waldheim affair, due to its unclear role in National Socialist war crimes in World War II, began during the election campaign for the 1986 presidential election .

1992: The breakup of Yugoslavia 1989-2006

• 1992 : The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) is formed through the merger of the Yugoslav republics of Serbia and Montenegro .
• 1993 : The first democratic and secret elections in the history of the country take place in the united Yemen . Both men and women are entitled to vote. Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas remains the country's prime minister.
• 1994 : A new constitution comes into force in South Africa after the end of apartheid . It guarantees equality and the right to vote for people of all races. The homelands are reunited with South Africa.
• 1996 : A ceasefire agreement ends Operation The Fruits of Anger , a military campaign by Israel against Hezbollah in Lebanon that began on April 11 on the orders of Prime Minister Shimon Peres, together with the South Lebanese Army .
• 1997 : In the second parliamentary elections in Yemen , the General People's Congress (AVK) of President Ali Abdullah Salih celebrates an overwhelming success and is able to continue to govern.

2002: Jean-Marie Le Pen

• 2002 : In France , hundreds of thousands demonstrate against the success of right-wing extremist Jean-Marie Le Pen in the first round of the presidential election on April 21.
• 2003 : In Paraguay , Nicanor Duarte Frutos is elected president, at the same time the ruling party Partido Colorado receives a relative majority in the parliamentary elections with 35% of the vote.
• 2005 : In Egypt , hundreds of supporters of the Kifaya movement demonstrate in 15 different cities for more democracy and against President Husni Mubarak .
• 2007 : In Estonia , on the basis of a law passed on February 15, the authorities remove the bronze soldiers from Tallinn who were deployed in the Soviet era . This leads to diplomatic resentment with Russia and serious unrest in Tallinn .
• 2018 : Kim Jong-un meets with South Korean President Moon Jae-in in Panmunjeom . This is the first time that a North Korean head of state has entered South Korean territory.

economy

• 1940 : With the completion of the dismantling of the last two Zeppelins LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin and LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II on command Hermann Goering , the era of big ending airship ride with rigid airships .
• 1950 : The Belgian entrepreneur Gérard Blitz founds the Club Méditerranée as a non-profit organization and realizes his idea of ​​an all-inclusive vacation for travelers in the same year.

2005: Airbus A380 after the first flight

• 2005 : To the applause of thousands of onlookers, the wide- bodied Airbus A380 takes off on its maiden flight after several postponements in Toulouse. Airbus hopes to expand its market share compared to Boeing .

science and technology

• 1868 : In Hann. Münden , the Royal Prussian Forest Academy Hannoversch Münden is opened.
• 1899 : At the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Vienna is the world's first sound archive the Phonogrammarchiv founded.
• 1941 : In the annexed Reichsgau Wartheland , the National Socialists found the University of Posen with an "educational mandate" based on their ideological principles.
• 1960 : The nuclear submarine USS Tullibee (SSN-597) is launched. It is specially designed for submarine hunting missions and is equipped with a quieter turbo-electric drive.
• 2006 : At Ground Zero in New York City , the foundation stone is laid for the One World Trade Center (former name of the Freedom Tower) to be built on the site of the World Trade Center destroyed in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 .

Culture

1720: Director's book for the world premiere of Radamisto

• 1720 : At the King's Theater in London in the presence of King carried George the premiere of the opera Radamisto by George Frideric Handel with libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym , of the libretto to L'Amor tirannico, o Zenobia of Domenico Lalli has taken as a model.

1749: Fireworks on the Thames

• 1749 : To celebrate the end of the Austrian War of Succession through the Peace of Aachen , the British King George II had a fireworks display in London's Green Park . The fireworks music by Georg Friedrich Handel , which was premiered on the occasion of the event , was received with enthusiasm.
• 1784 : After several years of censorship, the play Le mariage de Figaro ( The Great Day or Figaro's Wedding ) by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais from 1778 is premiered in Paris and immediately becomes a triumphant success.

1810: The beginning of Für Elise

• 1810 : Ludwig van Beethoven probably dedicates the piece Für Elise to one of his piano students .
• 1867 : The operetta Bandit Pranks by Franz von Suppè is premiered at the Carltheater in Vienna .
• 1877 : The opera Le roi de Lahore by Jules Massenet with the libretto by Louis Gallet is premiered at the Opéra Garnier of the Grand Opéra Paris .
• 1919 : The play Die Wupper by Else Lasker-Schüler has its world premiere at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin.
• 1922 : The first part of the two-part film Dr. Mabuse, the player of Fritz Lang and Thea von Harbou with Rudolf Klein-Rogge in the title role, is premiered in Berlin with great success.
• 1929 : The world premiere of the opera Jürg Jenatsch by Heinrich Kaminski based on the historical novel of the same name by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer takes place at the State Opera in Dresden.
• 1985 : The GDR playwright Heiner Müller receives the Georg Büchner Prize from the German Academy for Language and Poetry .

society

• 1578 : In the fight for the favor of the French king Heinrich III. face each other - despite the royal ban  on duels - in the duel of the mignons , one of the most famous duels in French history, three " mignons " and three other members of the royal entourage.

1883: The Royal Red Cross

• 1883 : The Royal Red Cross is established by Queen Victoria as a military award for merit in nursing.
• 1982 : After he failed to get a train ride and his wedding failed due to lack of money, the South Korean policeman Woo Bum-kon goes on a rampage through five towns in Gyeongsangnam-do province . The rampage , in which 58 people including the perpetrator were killed and 35 others injured, also led to the resignation of South Korean Interior Minister Suh Chung-hwa.

religion

1859: Pius IX.

• 1859 : Pope Pius IX published in the encyclical Cum sancta mater ecclesia . a worldwide call to prayer for the victims in the Italian wars of unification .
• 1902 : In Germany, the first tent mission begins on the Tersteegensruh hill near Mülheim an der Ruhr .

Disasters

• 1863 : The passenger steamer Anglo Saxon of the Allan Line collided off Cape Race on the coast of Newfoundland in thick fog with a rock and sinks, 238 people die. The sinking of the Anglo Saxon is the worst shipping accident on the North Atlantic to date .

1865: The Sultana disaster

• 1865 : The steamship Sultana explodes on the Mississippi River with 2,300 passengers on board, most of them former soldiers of the Civil War on their way home . 1,700 people are killed in the worst shipping disaster in American history.
• 1895 : The dam of the reservoir of Bouzey in Epinal in the French Vosges breaks during a flood. The disaster caused by the tsunami caused between 86 and 200 deaths.
• 1978 : When the scaffolding collapsed on Willow Island , 51 workers fell 50 meters and were killed while a cooling tower was being built for a coal-fired power station in West Virginia.

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

Sports

1908: Olympic medal

• 1908 : The IV. Modern Summer Olympic Games are opened in London without any great ceremony. Until the main part of the games in July, however, there will only be competitions in the four sports of rackets , indoor tennis , jeu de paume and polo .
• 1956 : The Italian-American boxer and world heavyweight champion Rocco Francis Marchegiano, known as Rocky Marciano , ends his career unbeaten.
• 1975 : The Italian Lella Lombardi is the only woman to have made it into the points at the Formula I Grand Prix race in Spain . She ranks sixth.
• 1999 : Adler Mannheim become German ice hockey champions for the fourth time and manage the title hat trick after 96/97 and 97/98.

2002: SC Magdeburg

• 2002 : With a victory over KC Veszprém from Hungary, the handball club SC Magdeburg is the first German Bundesliga team to win the men's EHF Champions League, which was founded in 1994 .
• 2010 : The South Korean Oh Eun-sun climbed the summit of Annapurna and was the first woman in history to reach all 14 mountain peaks in the world above 8000 m .

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

Born

Before the 18th century

• 1468 : Friedrich Jagiello , Polish Prince and Duke of Lithuania, Bishop of Krakow, Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland-Lithuania
• 1495 : Suleyman I , Ottoman Sultan

Henry Percy (* 1564)

• 1564 : Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland , English nobleman
• 1650 : Charlotte Amalie von Hessen-Kassel , as wife of Christian V, Queen of Denmark and Norway
• 1654 : Johann Anton Gumpp , Austrian painter
• 1676 : Frederick I , King of Sweden and Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
• 1683 : Johann David Heinichen , German composer and music theorist
• 1691 : August I , Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

18th century

• 1701 : Charles Emanuel III. , King of Sardinia-Piedmont and Duke of Savoy
• 1709 : Gottfried Heinsius , German mathematician, geographer and astronomer
• 1720 : Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon , British nobleman
• 1727 : Charles DeWitt , American politician
• 1733 : Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter , German botanist and professor of natural history
• 1735 : Franz Karl Joseph Anton von Hompesch zu Bolheim , Bavarian Minister of Finance
• 1745 : Gottfried Christian Cannabich , German Lutheran theologian
• 1748 : Adamantios Korais , Greco-French scholar and writer
• 1755 : Carl Ludwig Amelang , Prussian lawyer and civil servant
• 1755 : Marc-Antoine Parseval , French mathematician
• 1757 : Carl Johan Adlercreutz , Swedish general

Mary Wollstonecraft (* 1759)

• 1759 : Mary Wollstonecraft , English writer and suffragette
• 1764 : Johann Friedrich Cotta , German publisher, industrial pioneer and politician
• 1765 : Johann Adolf von Thielmann , Saxon and Prussian general
• 1767 : Andreas Romberg , German violinist, conductor and composer
• 1768 : Jeremiah Mason , American politician
• 1770 : Edward Codrington , British admiral
• 1771 : Jean Rapp , French count, lieutenant general and adjutant to Napoleon Bonaparte
• 1776 : Hyacinthe Jadin , French composer and professor
• 1788 : Georg von Owstin , Prussian major general
• 1791 : Samuel FB Morse , American inventor
• 1796 : Johann Friedrich Christian Hessel , German crystallographer
• 1796 : Maria of Saxony , Grand Duchess of Tuscany
• 1797 : Victor Audouin , French naturalist, entomologist and ornithologist

19th century

1801-1850

• 1803 : Alfred Julius Becher , Viennese October revolutionary from 1848

Maria Christina of Spain (* 1806)

• 1806 : Maria Christina , Queen and Regent of Spain
• 1812 : Friedrich von Flotow , German composer
• 1820 : Herbert Spencer , British philosopher and sociologist
• 1820 : Hermann Theodor Breithaupt , German geologist, engineer and patriot
• 1821 : Henry Willis , English organ builder
• 1822 : Ulysses S. Grant , Commander in Chief of the US Army in the Civil War, 18th President of the USA
• 1822 : Peregrin Teuschl , Austro-Hungarian master stonemason and sculptor of historicism
• 1827 : Tommaso Agudio , Italian engineer
• 1828 : Leopold Auerbach , German anatomist and pathologist
• 1828 : August Becker , German writer
• 1829 : Benjamin Vautier , German painter
• 1835 : Gustav Hache , German politician
• 1836 : Eugen Felix , Austrian painter
• 1837 : Kurt Wachsmuth , German philologist
• 1837 : Paul Gordan , German mathematician
• 1840 : Edward Whymper , English mountaineer
• 1841 : Friedrich Gumpert , German horn player and professor
• 1842 : Emil Jakob Schindler , Austrian painter

Emil Jakob Schindler (* 1844)

• 1844 : Albert von Keller , Swiss painter
• 1844 : Alois Riehl , Austrian philosopher
• 1844 : Klara Ziegler , German actress
• 1845 : Friedrich von Hefner-Alteneck , German designer, electrical engineer and engineer
• 1848 : Johann Desch , German clothing manufacturer
• 1848 : Otto I , King of Bavaria
• 1850 : Hans von Beseler , Prussian general and politician of the Wilhelminian era
• 1850 : Theophil spokesman von Bernegg , Chief of the General Staff of the Swiss Army

1851-1900

• 1855 : Caroline Rémy de Guebhard , French socialist, journalist and feminist
• 1855 : Hans Olde , German painter

Tongzhi (* 1856)

• 1856 : Tongzhi , Emperor of China
• 1857 : Johannes Chrząszcz , Silesian priest and regional historian
• 1857 : Theodor Kittelsen , Norwegian draftsman
• 1858 : Hilda Sehested , Danish pianist and composer
• 1860 : Franz Winkelmeier , Austrian, one of the greatest people in the world
• 1861 : Georgi Catoire , Russian composer
• 1861 : William Arms Fisher , American composer, music historian and publisher
• 1866 : Ludwig Karpath , Austrian music writer
• 1869 : Fritz Wischer , German writer in the Low German language
• 1871 : Albert Jodlbauer , German physician, pharmacologist and toxicologist
• 1871 : Arthur Nevin , American composer, conductor and music teacher
• 1873 : Robert Wiene , German director
• 1874 : Rudolf Linnemann , German architect, interior designer and glass painter

Maurice de Broglie (* 1875)

• 1875 : Maurice de Broglie , 6th Duke of Broglie, physicist, member of the Académie française
• 1876 : Heinrich Mache , Austrian physicist
• 1877 : Lisa Baumfeld , Austrian-Jewish writer
• 1878 : Sadriddin Aini , Tajik poet, writer, journalist, historiographer and lexiographer
• 1878 : Victor Arendorff , Swedish writer, journalist and poet
• 1878 : John Rimmer , British athlete, Olympic champion
• 1879 : Otto Buchwitz , German politician
• 1879 : Alfred Roth , German politician and anti-Semitic agitator
• 1881 : Moritz Esterházy , Hungarian Prime Minister
• 1883 : Richard Arnold Bermann , Austrian journalist and writer
• 1884 : Arthur Wieferich , German mathematician
• 1885 : Rosa Aschenbrenner , German politician
• 1885 : Arthur Zarden , finance expert and finance state secretary in the Weimar Republic
• 1887 : Warren Wood , American golfer
• 1888 : Alexander Andrae , German officer
• 1888 : Paul Riege , German police general and SS group leader in World War II
• 1888 : Waldemar von Grumbkow , German lawyer and writer
• 1890 : Otto Ernst Schweizer , German architect
• 1892 : Howard Fogg , Canadian conductor and composer

Draža Mihailović (* 1893)

• 1893 : Draža Mihailović , Serbian general and Yugoslav defense minister
• 1894 : Lajos Kovács , Hungarian football player and coach
• 1894 : George Petty , American photographer
• 1895 : Eduard Henneberger , Swiss pianist and composer
• 1895 : Pedro Rebolledo , Panamanian composer
• 1896 : Zygmunt Berling , Polish general and politician
• 1896 : Wallace Hume Carothers , American chemist
• 1897 : Paulina Olga Guszalewicz , German press illustrator
• 1899 : Erik Aaes , Danish production designer

20th century

1901-1925

• 1901 : Frank Belknap Long , American author
• 1902 : Thomas Dolliver Church , American landscape architect
• 1902 : Rudolf Schoeller , Swiss racing car driver
• 1903 : Karl Maron , Minister of the Interior of the GDR
• 1904 : Arthur F. Burns , American economist and diplomat
• 1904 : Cecil Day-Lewis , Anglo-Irish writer

Fritz Weitzel (* 1904)

• 1904 : Fritz Weitzel , senior SS and police leader for the west and north of Nazi Germany
• 1904 : Syd Nathan , American R&B producer
• 1906 : Aimé Maeght , French lithographer, art dealer, gallery owner and editor
• 1906 : Hermann Mörchen , German philosopher, religious and literary scholar
• 1907 : Thure Andersson , Swedish wrestler
• 1908 : Carlo Felice Trossi , Italian racing driver
• 1909 : Jos Moerenhout , Belgian composer and conductor
• 1910 : Chiang Ching-kuo , Chinese politician
• 1910 : Gordon Cleaver , British fighter pilot
• 1910 : Władysław Kruczek , Polish politician
• 1912 : Parashkew Chadschiew , Bulgarian composer
• 1913 : Luz Long , German athlete and Olympic medalist
• 1913 : Willy Schürmann , German painter and graphic artist

• 1913 : Philip Hauge Abelson , American physicist and chemist
• 1913 : Werner Sanß , German theologian and peace activist
• 1914 : Albert Soboul , French historian
• 1915 : Howhannes Schiras , Armenian poet
• 1915 : Perry Schwartz , American football player
• 1916 : Enos Slaughter , American baseball player
• 1916 : Peter Keetman , German photographer
• 1916 : Sigurd Lunde , Norwegian bishop, composer, writer
• 1916 : Jan Rychlík , Czech composer
• 1918 : Francisco María Aguilera González , Mexican theologian and auxiliary bishop
• 1920 : Guido Cantelli , Italian conductor
• 1921 : Erwin Ringel , Austrian depth psychologist and neurologist
• 1921 : Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff , German actor and television presenter

John Stott (born 1921)

• 1921 : John Stott , British theologian
• 1921 : Robert Dhéry , French film actor and director
• 1921 : Pietro Mitolo , Italian politician
• 1922 : Hans Bemmann , German writer
• 1922 : Max Geiger , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
• 1922 : Jack Klugman , American film and television actor
• 1922 : Sheila Scott , English pilot
• 1924 : Lena Stumpf , German athlete
• 1925 : Brigitte Auber , French actress

1926-1950

• 1927 : Coretta Scott King , American civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King
• 1927 : Drago Tršar , Slovenian sculptor
• 1929 : Nina Apollonowna Ponomarjowa , Russian athlete and Olympic champion
• 1929 : Willi Hoss , German Green politician
• 1931 : Erhard Rittershaus , German manager and Hamburg senator
• 1931 : Igor Dawidowitsch Oistrach , Ukrainian violinist
• 1931 : Krzysztof Komeda , Polish jazz musician and composer

Anouk Aimée (* 1932)

• 1932 : Anouk Aimée , French film actress
• 1932 : Rolf Anschütz , German restaurateur
• 1932 : Horst Aschermann , German sculptor and professor of art
• 1932 : Pik Botha , South African Foreign Minister
• 1932 : Casey Kasem , American radio host
• 1932 : Gian-Carlo Rota , Italian-American mathematician
• 1933 : Bob Bondurant , American racing car driver
• 1933 : Leonid Michailowitsch Roschal , Russian expert from the World Health Organization
• 1934 : Jürgen Kühling , judge at the Federal Constitutional Court
• 1935 : Ursula Hinrichs , German actress
• 1937 : Hermann Benjes , German landscape gardener, nature photographer and writer
• 1937 : Sandy Dennis , American actress
• 1937 : Adalbert Kraus , German tenor
• 1937 : Manfred Schubert , German composer, conductor and music critic
• 1938 : Reinhard von Schorlemer , German politician
• 1939 : Erik Pevernagie , Belgian painter

João Bernardo Vieira (* 1939)

• 1939 : João Bernardo Vieira , President of Guinea-Bissau
• 1939 : Stanisław Dziwisz , Secretary of Pope John Paul II, later Archbishop of Cracow and Cardinal
• 1940 : Peter Siewert , German ancient historian, epigraphist and classical philologist
• 1941 : Lutz Ackermann , German sculptor
• 1941 : Friedrich Goldmann , German composer and conductor
• 1941 : Fethullah Gülen , Turkish Islamic preacher
• 1941 : Peter Ensikat , German writer and cabaret artist
• 1941 : Rainer Nachtigall , German football player
• 1942 : Jim Keltner , American drummer
• 1942 : Valery Vladimirovich Polyakov , Soviet cosmonaut
• 1943 : Helmut Marko , Austrian racing car driver
• 1943 : Freddie Waits , American jazz drummer
• 1944 : Bassam Salih Kubba , Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister
• 1944 : Heikki Westerinen , Finnish chess player
• 1944 : Walter Kolbow , German politician
• 1945 : Roberto Bonadimani , Italian comic artist
• 1945 : August Wilson , American playwright and playwright
• 1945 : Martin Chivers , English football player
• 1946 : Gordon Haskell , British musician
• 1946 : Franz Roth , German football player
• 1946 : Gerd Wiltfang , German show jumper
• 1947 : Heribert August , German priest
• 1947 : Maria del Mar Bonet , Mallorcan singer
• 1947 : Pete Ham , British rock singer and guitarist
• 1947 : Renate Will , German politician

Frank Abagnale (* 1948)

• 1948 : Frank Abagnale , American impostor and check fraudster
• 1948 : Yves Courage , French racing car driver and racing team owner
• 1948 : Josef Hickersberger , soccer player and coach
• 1949 : Jean Asselborn , Luxembourg politician, Foreign Minister of Luxembourg
• 1949 : P. Sathasivam , Indian lawyer, Chief Justice of India
• 1950 : Paolino Pulici , Italian football player
• 1950 : Reinhard Wolf , German geographer, nature and monument conservationist, non-fiction author

1951-1975

• 1951 : Ace Frehley , American musician
• 1951 : Viviane Reding , Luxembourg journalist and politician
• 1952 : Hilary J. Bader , American screenwriter
• 1953 : Michael Edward Arth , American artist, house, landscape and town planner, futurologist and author
• 1953 : Jari Askins , American politician
• 1952 : Ari Vatanen , Finnish rally driver and politician
• 1953 : Pat Hennen , American motorcycle racer
• 1954 : Stefan Fredrich , German voice actor
• 1955 : Gudrun Berend , German athlete

Léa Linster (* 1955)

• 1955 : Léa Linster , Luxembourg entrepreneur
• 1955 : Eric Schmidt , American computer scientist and manager
• 1956 : Dagmar Patrasová , Czech actress, singer and presenter
• 1957 : Edgar Steinborn , German football referee
• 1957 : Eric Bristow , British darts player
• 1957 : Michael Henke , German soccer player and coach
• 1958 : Christoph Achenbach , German manager
• 1958 : Ronald Adam , German soccer player
• 1958 : Jon Cassar , Canadian director and film producer
• 1958 : Horst Hamann , German photographer
• 1959 : Nicola Bardola , Swiss author, journalist and translator
• 1959 : Sheena Easton , British singer
• 1959 : Daniel E. Freeman , American music historian and scholar

Andrew Z. Fire (* 1959)

• 1959 : Andrew Z. Fire , American biologist and Nobel Prize winner
• 1959 : Scott Robinson , American jazz saxophonist
• 1960 : Hanne Hegh , Norwegian handball player
• 1961 : Karl Alpiger , Swiss ski racer
• 1961 : Mónica Regonesi , Chilean middle and long distance runner
• 1961 : Charles Uzor , Nigerian composer
• 1962 : Robin S. , American pop singer
• 1963 : Stephan Freund , German historian
• 1963 : Dorota Mogore-Tlałka , Polish ski racer
• 1963 : Małgorzata Mogore-Tlałka , Polish ski racer
• 1963 : Masaya Katō , Japanese actor
• 1964 : Þórir Hergeirsson , Icelandic handball coach
• 1966 : Jill Lepore , American historian and essayist
• 1966 : Oliver Maria Schmitt , German writer and satirist
• 1966 : Yoshihiro Togashi , Japanese mangaka
• 1967 : Jan Ditgen , German magician, comedian and presenter
• 1967 : Willem-Alexander , King of the Netherlands
• 1968 : Cristian Mungiu , Romanian film director and screenwriter
• 1968 : Darius Ruželė , Lithuanian chess player
• 1968 : Henrik Schaefer , German conductor
• 1968 : Knut Reinhardt , German soccer player
• 1971 : Kjell-Børge Freiberg , Norwegian politician
• 1971 : Marc Olejak , German politician
• 1972 : Caspar Arnhold , German actor and director
• 1972 : Murat Gözay , German politician
• 1972 : Mehmet Kurtuluş , German actor
• 1973 : Jillian Bach , American actress
• 1974 : Edgardo Adinolfi , Uruguayan football player
• 1974 : Richard Johnson , Australian soccer player
• 1974 : Henning Wiechers , German handball goalkeeper
• 1975 : Mandala Tayde , German actress
• 1975 : Kazuyoshi Funaki , Japanese ski jumper
• 1975 : Jozef Dumoulin , Belgian jazz pianist

1976-2000

Sally Hawkins (* 1976)

• 1976 : Sally Hawkins , British actress
• 1976 : Benjamin Tewaag , German actor
• 1976 : Olaf Tufte , Norwegian rower
• 1977 : Daryl Andrews , Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 : Judith Hildebrandt , German actress
• 1977 : Jeff Ulmer , Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 : Pinar Atalay , German-Turkish radio and television presenter
• 1978 : Jakub Janda , Czech ski jumper
• 1978 : Sebastián Ariel Romero , Argentine football player
• 1980 : Michele La Rosa , Italian racing car driver
• 1980 : Ananda Mikola , Indonesian racing car driver
• 1980 : Terese Pedersen , Norwegian handball player
• 1980 : Marco Sullivan , American ski racer
• 1981 : Magnus Andersson , Swedish football player

Sandy Mölling (* 1981)

• 1981 : Sandy Mölling , German pop singer ( No Angels )
• 1982 : Nicole Hosp , Austrian politician (FPÖ)
• 1984 : Kim Hyung-il , South Korean soccer player
• 1984 : Patrick Stump , American lead singer and guitarist ( Fall Out Boy )
• 1985 : Andrej Antonau , Russian-Belarusian ice hockey player
• 1985 : Anita Asante , English soccer player
• 1985 : Horacio Zeballos , Argentine tennis player
• 1986 : Jenna Coleman , British actress
• 1986 : Dinara Mikhailovna Safina , Russian tennis player
• 1987 : Gerry Carroll , Northern Irish politician
• 1987 : Alexandra Lacrabère , French handball player
• 1987 : William Moseley , British film actor
• 1988 : Sezer Akgül , Turkish wrestler
• 1988 : Lizzo , American singer, rapper and songwriter
• 1989 : Chris Adcock , English badminton player
• 1989 : Adrijan Antunović , Croatian football player

Lars Bender (* 1989)

• 1989 : Lars Bender , German soccer player
• 1989 : Sven Bender , German soccer player
• 1989 : GReeeN , German rapper and singer
• 1989 : Emily Rios , American actress and model
• 1990 : Vyacheslav Anatolyevich Akimov , Russian biathlete
• 1990 : Will Atkinson , Scottish DJ and music producer
• 1990 : Can Çelebi , Turkish handball player
• 1990 : Pawel Vladimirovich Karelin , Russian ski jumper
• 1990 : Maria Liku , Fijian weightlifter
• 1991 : Lara Gut-Behrami , Swiss ski racer
• 1992 : Pascal Kleßen , German actor
• 1992 : Tom Weilandt , German soccer player
• 1995 : Nick Kyrgios , Australian tennis player
• 1999 : Julia Beautx , German web video producer
• 1999 : Silvia Crosio , Italian rower

Died

Before the 16th century

• 0630 : Ardashir III. , Persian great king
• 1051 : Fulko Bertrand I , Count of Provence
• 1076 : Wilhelm I , Bishop of Utrecht
• 1144 : Siegfried IV. , Count of Boyneburg and Vogt of the Corvey, Bursfelde and Helmarshausen monasteries
• 1270 : Wladislaw von Schlesien , Bishop of Bamberg and Passau, Archbishop of Salzburg and Administrator of Breslau
• 1271 : Isabella of France , Queen of Navarre and Countess of Champagne
• 1272 : Zita , Italian maid and saint of the Catholic Church
• 1295 : John de Vescy , English knight and civil servant
• 1304 : Petrus Armengol , Spanish Mercedarian
• 1321 : Niccolò Alberti , Italian cardinal and bishop of Spoleto
• 1326 : Eudo Zouche , English nobleman
• 1386 : Leonore Teles de Menezes , Portuguese nobleman
• 1404 : Philip II the Bold , Duke of Burgundy
• 1457 : Johann Bere , councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
• 1463 : Isidore of Kiev , Greek church politician, Metropolitan of Moscow
• 1486 : Liborius von Schlieben , Bishop of Lebus and electoral council in Brandenburg

16th and 17th centuries

• 1509 : Margaret of Brandenburg , Princess of Brandenburg, abbess of the Hof monastery
• 1511 : Jacob II of Baden , Archbishop and Elector of Trier

Ferdinand Magellan († 1521)

• 1521 : Ferdinand Magellan , Portuguese navigator who sailed for the Spanish crown
• 1524 : Anton Tucher , German merchant and patron
• 1536 : Johann Apel , German lawyer and humanist
• 1570 : Johann Ulrich Zasius , Vice Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire
• 1571 : Ambrosius Meyer , mayor of Lübeck
• 1578 : Louis de Maugiron , favorite of the French King Henry III.
• 1584 : Mikołaj Radziwiłł Rudy , Grand Chancellor and Grand Hetman of Lithuania
• 1586 : Adam Henricpetri , author of a multi-volume historical work
• 1605 : Leo XI. (Alessandro Medici), Pope from April 1st to April 27th, 1605
• 1641 : Wilhelm von Rath , German soldier
• 1646 : Konrad Bachmann , German literary scholar, historian and librarian
• 1648 : Johann Behm , German Lutheran theologian
• 1656 : Gerrit van Honthorst , Dutch painter
• 1656 : Jan van Goyen , Dutch painter
• 1660 : Johann Rudolf Stucki , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
• 1672 : Kurt Reinicke von Callenberg , German soldier and administrative officer
• 1682 : Tetsugen Dōkō , Japanese Buddhist monk
• 1694 : Johann Georg IV. , Elector of Saxony from the House of Wettin
• 1697 : Kanō Einō , Japanese painter

18th century

• 1701 : Paul Fugger von Kirchberg and Weißenhorn , Reichshofrat and Obersthofmeister in Bavaria
• 1702 : Jean Bart , privateer from Dunkirk
• 1706 : Bernhard I , Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
• 1707 : Maria Franziska von Eptingen , abbess at Olsberg Abbey
• 1713 : Marie Elisabeth zu Mecklenburg , abbess of the Gandersheim monastery
• 1714 : Vincenzo Gonzaga , Duke of Guastalla, Lord of Bozzolo and Pomponesco and Sabbioneta
• 1715 : Valerian Brenner , master builder of the Vorarlberg Baroque
• 1716 : Ferdinand Karl Weinhart , Austrian physician and university professor, personal physician to Joseph I and Charles VI.
• 1721 : Eva von Buttlar , German mystical-libertine sectarian
• 1725 : Johann Anton I. Knebel von Katzenelnbogen , Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt
• 1738 : Johann Friedrich Künnecke , builder from Mecklenburg
• 1739 : Gioacchino Vitagliano , Sicilian sculptor
• 1745 : Jean-Baptiste Morin , French composer
• 1749 : Mechitar of Sebasteia , Armenian Apostolic, later Armenian Catholic clergyman and founder of the order
• 1751 : Johann Wilhelm von Berger , German philosopher, rhetorician and historian
• 1752 : Henri de Favanne , Anglo-French painter
• 1753 : Marcus Tidemann , Lübeck merchant and councilor
• 1754 : Karoline von Fuchs-Mollard , educator and chief stewardess at the imperial court in Vienna
• 1763 : Johann Georg Üblhör , German plasterer and sculptor
• 1766 : Lorenz Pasch the Elder , Swedish painter
• 1770 : José Solís Folch de Cardona , Spanish officer, clergyman, colonial administrator and viceroy of New Granada
• 1782 : John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun , British peer, politician and general
• 1784 : Ambrosio de Benavides , Spanish colonial administrator, governor of Puerto Rico, Charcas and Chile
• 1785 : Johann Seivert , Transylvanian-Saxon poet, historian and lexicographer
• 1794 : James Bruce , Scottish traveler
• 1794 : William Jones , British Indologist and lawyer, Supreme Court Justice in Calcutta
• 1794 : Everard Scheidius , Dutch Reformed theologian, philologist and orientalist.

19th century

Amalie von Gallitzin († 1806)

• 1803 : Jeremias Nicolaus Eyring , German rector and university professor
• 1806 : Amalie von Gallitzin , co-founder of romantic Catholicism
• 1817 : Georg Ernst Waldau , German Protestant theologian and church historian
• 1818 : Christopher Greenup , American politician
• 1827 : Joaquín Blake y Joyes , Spanish general
• 1830 : Anton Wilhelm Stephan Arndts , German professor
• 1833 : Emmerich Joseph von Dalberg , Baden diplomat and French politician
• 1837 : Heinrich Schmelka , German actor
• 1845 : Karl Friedrich Alexander von Arnswaldt , German science politician and Minister of State
• 1847 : Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley , English statesman and diplomat
• 1854 : Hermann Abeken , German author and politician
• 1856 : Friederike Julie Lisiewska , German portrait painter
• 1860 : Ulrich Himbsel , German building advisor
• 1874 : Johann Ulrich von Salis-Soglio , Swiss general

Émile de Girardin († 1881)

• 1881 : Émile de Girardin , French publisher
• 1882 : Carl Aubel , German engineer
• 1882 : Ferdinand Reich , German chemist and physicist
• 1882 : Ralph Waldo Emerson , American philosopher and poet
• 1886 : Eugène Isabey , French painter
• 1887 : Alfred von Reumont , German statesman and historian
• 1892 : Eduard August von Regel , German gardener and botanist
• 1894 : Johann Joseph Oppel , German pedagogue, physicist and linguist
• 1896 : Albert Fischer , Protestant pastor and hymnologist
• 1897 : Wilhelm von Baden , Prince of Baden, politician and general

20th century

1901-1950

• 1901 : Adolph von Pfretzschner , German politician and Bavarian state minister

Rufus Bullock († 1907)

• 1907 : Rufus Bullock , American politician
• 1913 : Adolf Römer , German classical philologist
• 1913 : Gabriel von Seidl , German architect and representative of historicism
• 1915 : Alexander Nikolajewitsch Scriabin , Russian pianist and composer ( Mystical Chord )
• 1916 : Bruno Schmitz , German architect
• 1918 : Oscar Troplowitz , German pharmacologist and entrepreneur
• 1924 : Chapman L. Anderson , American politician
• 1924 : Nikolai Ivanovich Andrussow , Russian geologist and paleontologist
• 1933 : Anna Blos , German politician, member of the Weimar National Assembly
• 1933 : Albert Funk , German politician
• 1936 : Karl Pearson , British mathematician and philosopher

Antonio Gramsci († 1937)

• 1937 : Antonio Gramsci , Italian writer, politician and theoretician of communism
• 1938 : Edmund Husserl , German philosopher
• 1943 : Hans Lang , German football player
• 1943 : Fanny Starhemberg , Austrian politician
• 1944 : Kurt Münzer , German writer
• 1944 : Dmitri Alexejewitsch Smirnow , Russian singer (tenor)
• 1945 : Gerhart Rodenwaldt , German archaeologist
• 1945 : Hans Schleif , German archaeologist
• 1947 : Heinrich Altherr , Swiss painter
• 1950 : Karl Straube , German organist and Thomaskantor

1951-2000

• 1959 : Alfred Adolph , German politician
• 1959 : William Fielding Ogburn , American sociologist
• 1961 : Josef Scheuber , Swiss clergyman and educator
• 1963 : Lilo Linke , German writer and reporter
• 1963 : Kenneth Macgowan , American film producer and Oscar winner
• 1964 : Georg Britting , German writer
• 1965 : Paul Beckers , German comedian
• 1968 : Wassili Nikolajewitsch Aschajew , Soviet writer
• 1970 : Ilmari Kianto , Finnish writer
• 1970 : Alexei Wassiljewitsch Schubnikow , Russian crystallographer and mathematician
• 1971 : Karl Abel , German trade unionist and politician

Kwame Nkrumah († 1972)

• 1972 : Kwame Nkrumah , President of Ghana
• 1973 : Roger Filiatrault , Canadian singer (baritone) and music teacher
• 1975 : Otto H. Förster , German art historian
• 1976 : Carlos Villarias , Spanish-American film actor
• 1978 : Mohammed Daoud Khan , Afghan President
• 1979 : Celal Atik , Turkish wrestler
• 1979 : Willi Paul , German author, editor and resistance fighter
• 1979 : Willibald Schmaus , Austrian-German soccer player
• 1983 : Georg von Holtzbrinck , German publisher
• 1984 : ZZ Hill , American singer
• 1985 : Wilhelm Abel , German economic historian
• 1985 : Friedrich Märker , German writer and publicist
• 1985 : Pierre Kamel Medawar , Israeli bishop
• 1986 : J. Allen Hynek , American astrophysicist
• 1986 : Rudolf Schütrumpf , German palynologist
• 1987 : Attila Hörbiger , Austrian actor
• 1987 : Gioacchino Colombo , Italian automotive engine designer
• 1987 : Walther Kauer , Swiss writer
• 1988 : Olaf Wieghorst , Danish-American painter
• 1989 : Matsushita Kōnosuke , Japanese industrialist
• 1989 : Julia Frances Smith , American composer and pianist
• 1991 : Fritz Corterier , German politician and Member of the Bundestag

• 1992 : Olivier Messiaen , French composer and organist
• 1993 : Jörgen Andersen , Danish politician
• 1995 : Willem Frederik Hermans , Dutch writer
• 1996 : Rudolf Schulten , German physicist and nuclear technologist
• 1998 : Karlhans Abel , German classical philologist
• 1998 : Carlos Castaneda , Peruvian-American anthropologist and writer
• 1998 : Anne Cécile Desclos , French author
• 1999 : Al Hirt , American musician
• 1999 : Mark Weiser , American computer scientist
• 2000 : Lothar Herbst , Polish poet
• 2000 : Joachim Kemmer , German actor, cabaret artist and voice actor

21st century

• 2002 : George Alec Effinger , American science fiction writer
• 2002 : Ruth Handler , US President of Mattel, inventor of the Barbie doll
• 2002 : Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon , Swiss entrepreneur and art collector
• 2003 : Klaus Mertens , German actor
• 2003 : Dorothee Sölle , German Protestant theologian
• 2004 : Alex Randolph , American game designer
• 2004 : Ulrich Stranz , German composer
• 2005 : Martin Wienbeck , German gastroenterologist

Mstislav Tostropowitsch († 2007)

• 2007 : Mstislaw Leopoldowitsch Rostropowitsch , Russian cellist, conductor, pianist and humanist
• 2008 : Ulrich Dibelius , German musicologist and critic
• 2010 : Nossrat Peseschkian , German-Iranian neurologist, psychiatrist and psychotherapeutic doctor
• 2011 : Willem Albert Wagenaar , Dutch legal psychologist
• 2012 : David Weiss , Swiss artist
• 2013 : Jürgen Warnke , German politician (CSU), Member of the Bundestag
• 2014 : Friedel Münch , German motorcycle designer
• 2014 : Winand Victor , German painter
• 2015 : Vivienne Newport , British dancer and choreographer
• 2015 : Alexander Rich , American chemist, molecular biologist and biophysicist
• 2016 : Wolfgang Hess , Swiss voice actor and actor
• 2016 : Horst Tautenhahn , German soccer player
• 2017 : Vito Acconci , American artist
• 2017 : Eduard Brunner , Swiss clarinetist and university professor
• 2018 : Álvaro Arzú Irigoyen , Guatemalan politician and president
• 2019 : Negasso Gidada , Ethiopian politician
• 2020 : Ron Holzschuh , German actor

Holidays and memorial days

• Church memorial days
  • Origen , Egyptian teacher and theologian (Protestant)
  • St. Petrus Canisius , Dutch writer, theologian and doctor of the church (Catholic (only in Germany))

• Name days
  • Zita

• State holidays and memorial days
  • Netherlands : Koningsdag (since 2014)
  • Togo : independence from France (1960)

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

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