August 27th
The August 27 is the 239th day of the Gregorian calendar (240th in leap years ), thus remain 126 days by year end.
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Politics and world events
- Persian Wars come to an end with the Battle of Platää and the almost simultaneous naval battle of Mykale . The Persians are defeated by the allied Greek small states . 479 BC Chr .: On or around this day the
- 1105: In the third battle of Ramla , a Fatimid force is defeated, as in the two previous battles, by the army of the Kingdom of Jerusalem under Baldwin I. After that, the Egyptians refrain from attempting to recapture Palestine .
- 1301: After the Árpáden became extinct , the Přemyslid Wenceslas III. in Szekesfehervar as Ladislaus V the Hungarian king crowned.
- 1333: Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian grants the city of Heilbronn the Neckar privilege . The associated construction of weirs will interrupt the continuous shipping on the Neckar until the 19th century at the city, which will contribute to its economic prosperity.
- 1388: The victory of Bosnian troops in the Battle of Bileća gives the locals a breather in the battle with the expanding Ottoman Empire .
- 1526: The Reichstag in Speyer resolves on the religious question to allow the imperial estates to live, rule and hold for themselves, like everyone else against God, and Käyserl. Your Majesty hopes and trusts to answer. The Edict of Worms is thus effectively repealed; a final decision is reserved for a national council that has yet to be convened.
- 1569: Pope Pius V gives Cosimo I de 'Medici the title of Grand Duke of Tuscany in a bull , ignoring imperial resistance.
- 1597: Due to various gross mistakes by the Korean naval admiral Won Gyun , the Joseon navy suffers a severe defeat against the Japanese in the Imjin War at the sea battle of Chilchonryang ; as a consequence, almost the entire Korean fleet is destroyed.
- 1626: In the Battle of Lutter , troops of the Catholic League under Tilly defeat the Danish army under King Christian IV and conquer Lutter Castle in the Thirty Years' War .
- 1664: After taking the Dutch colony of Nieuw Amsterdam , the British rename it Newe York; the city of the same name becomes today's New York .
- 1728: Vitus Bering discovers a group of islands between Russia and Alaska , which he calls the Diomedes Islands .
- 1776: In the American War of Independence , the British win against the colonists' troops in the Battle of Long Island and then occupy New York City .
- 1777: The largest exchange deal of the 18th century is regulated in the Treaty of Tsarskoye Selo . Denmark receives Holstein , while Lübeck's Prince-Bishop Friedrich August I receives the Duchy of Oldenburg, which was created shortly thereafter .
- 1791: Emperor Leopold II. And King Friedrich Wilhelm II. Of Prussia decide on the Pillnitz Declaration after the three-day meeting of the princes in Pillnitz Castle . This provides for the formation of a coalition to crush the French Revolution .
- 1813: Napoléon's Grande Armée wins the two-day battle for Dresden in the sixth coalition war .
- 1813: Prussian units and a French corps fight the Battle of Hagelberg during the Wars of Liberation , which ends with the escape of the French due to the intervention of Russian Cossacks .
- 1816: The city of Algiers is shelled from the sea ( Algiers bombing ). A British fleet of 19 warships under the command of Edward Pellew and eleven Dutch frigates under the command of Admiral Theodorus Frederik van Capellen destroy the city and its fortifications, as well as the fleet of Deys Omar. The punitive action leads to the release of captured Christian slaves and the repayment of ransom money already paid by the ruler over corsairs .
- 1828: With the Treaty of Rio de Janeiro , Brazil and Argentina recognize Uruguay's independence under British pressure .
- 1832: The last Indian War east of the Mississippi River in the United States ends with the capture of the surrendering Chief Black Hawk .
- 1874: The Brussels Conference of 1874 ends with the Declaration on the Laws and Customs of War , which, although never binding under international law, forms the basis for the Hague Peace Conferences .
- 1896: In the British-Zanzibar War , which is considered to be the shortest war in world history, the British secure their rule over Zanzibar .
- 1910: The German socialist and women's rights activist Clara Zetkin proposes the introduction of an international women's day at the Second International Socialist Women's Conference in Copenhagen , but without favoring a specific date. It will later be set for March 8th.
- 1914: During World War I , the German colony of Togo surrenders to the troops of Great Britain and France .
- 1916: Romania joins the Entente in the First World War after the country has been promised far-reaching territorial gains.
- 1928: The Briand-Kellogg Pact is signed in Paris . The treaty contains the renouncement of the participants to make war the means of their politics.
- 1941: Mass shooting of 23,600 Jews by the SS and 320 police battalion in the Kamenets-Podolsk massacre . For the first time, all Jews in a region, regardless of their age or gender, are murdered.
- 1979: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and three other people die in an IRA bombing his yacht .
- 1985: General Ibrahim Babangida takes power in Nigeria through a coup .
- 1991: The Republic of Moldova becomes independent.
- 1992: In the wake of the Gulf War , a no-fly zone is established over southern Iraq to protect the Shiite population .
- 1994: A two-day referendum begins in Bosnia and Herzegovina , in which around 96 percent of Serbs speak out against the international peace plan.
- 2001: The NATO operation “Essential Harvest” starts in Macedonia , with which the weapons of the warring parties are to be collected.
- 2003: The Maoist leadership announces a ceasefire in Nepal .
business
- 1664: The French East India Company is created through a royal privilege on the initiative of Finance Minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert .
- 1859: Edwin L. Drake comes across the coveted raw material while drilling near Titusville , Pennsylvania, where crude oil suddenly seeped from the ground in 1857. With the industrial extraction now possible , the age of the petroleum industry begins in the United States.
- 1924: The Zeppelin LZ 126 , later in American service as the ZR-3 USS Los Angeles , makes its maiden voyage.
- 1931: The Dornier Do X flying boat , the largest aircraft of its time, lands in New York City after a flight of several months and is greeted with great cheers.
- 1945: The Wiener Kurier, forerunner of the Kurier , appears for the first time.
- 1962: The monthly satirical magazine pardon comes out in the Federal Republic of Germany .
- 1992: The German illustrated magazine Quick ceases its weekly publication after 43 years.
science and technology
- 1783: The first with hydrogen gas -filled balloon of the builder Jacques Charles rises unmanned from Paris' Champs de Mars and is destroyed by farmers during the landing as a supposed Devil device with pitchforks.
- 1783: When Caroline Herschel discovers a new celestial object in the constellation Andromeda , nobody suspects that this elliptical galaxy was observed by Charles Messier ten years earlier . Today it is known as Messier 110 . It was not until 1798 that Messier published his knowledge on this.
- 1893: The Columbian Naval Review takes place in New York Harbor on the occasion of the World's Fair in Chicago .
- 1909: In the Abri Combe Capelle in the French Dordogne department , the man of Combe Capelle is found during excavations . The discovered skeleton is dated to the lower Aurignacia and is therefore at least 28,000 years old.
- 1930: In the US state of Washington , the Diablo Dam, the world's highest dam wall at that time, is inaugurated.
- 1939: The test flight of the world's first jet turbine aircraft, the Heinkel He 178 , piloted by the pilot Erich Warsitz , marks the beginning of the jet age.
- 1962: The Mariner 2 space probe takes off for Venus . On the way there she discovers the solar wind .
- 1966: Francis Chichester starts in Plymouth to a one-handed - circumnavigation .
- 2001: For demonstration purposes , the largest sensor network to date , a computer network consisting of small computers, is put into operation at the University of California, Berkeley .
- 2005: In Kazan , the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan , which is part of the Russian Federation , the Kazan Metro is opened in the course of the millennium celebrations .
- 2005: The Turning Torso skyscraper , then Europe's tallest residential building, is inaugurated in Malmö, Sweden .
Culture
- 1748: The premiere of the opera Pigmalion by Jean-Philippe Rameau takes place at the Grand Opéra Paris .
- 1900: The opera Prometheus by Gabriel Urbain Fauré is premiered in Béziers .
- 1912: The first story with the character Tarzan , invented by Edgar Rice Burroughs , appears.
- 1933: The Moorsoldatenlied is performed for the first time by prisoners of the Börgermoor concentration camp in Emsland, but already banned two days later by the camp administration.
- 1950: The film Der Reigen by Max Ophüls based on the play by Arthur Schnitzler has its international premiere at the Venice Biennale .
- 1955: The first bound edition of The Guinness Book of Records is available.
society
- 1824: Johann Christian Woyzeck , the historical model for Georg Büchner's drama Woyzeck , is executed in Leipzig for the murder of Johanna Woost. It is the last public execution within the city of Leipzig .
Disasters
- 1883: The Krakatau volcano in Indonesia emits the most powerful of several eruptions since the previous day. At least 36,000 people died as a result of the eruption, tidal waves ( tsunamis ) and pyroclastic currents .
- 1955: All of Central Europe is hit by severe storms . In Germany, at least 12 people are killed in very intense thunderstorms. In northern Germany 40 farms are destroyed by lightning, and many other buildings are badly damaged. In Schleswig-Holstein alone, more than 100 head of cattle are killed by lightning in the pastures. The fire damage in northern Germany is over five million DM.
- 1993: When the Gouhou Dam broke in Gonghe County in the Chinese province of Qinghai , the tidal wave kills at least 240 people and makes around 3,000 Chinese homeless.
- 2005: Due to the approaching Hurricane Katrina , a state of emergency is declared in the US states of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1820: Josef Naus and his two companions are the first people on the Zugspitze . They perform surveying tasks on the mountain .
- 1998: The 1. FFC Frankfurt is founded.
- 2006: The soccer World Cup for people with disabilities is ceremoniously opened in the Kölnarena .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 17th century
- 1407: Ashikaga Yoshikazu , Japanese shogun
- 1471: George the Bearded , Duke of Saxony
- 1487: Anna of Brandenburg , Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf
- 1512: Friedrich Staphylus , German theologian
- 1542: Johann Friedrich , Duke of Pomerania
- 1545: Alessandro Farnese , Duke of Parma
- 1548: Bernardino Poccetti , Italian painter
- 1599: Francisco López de Zúñiga y Meneses , Spanish officer and governor of Chile
17th century
- 1612: Joachim Kunkler , Mayor of St. Gallen
- 1619: Anne Geneviève de Bourbon-Condé , Duchess of Longueville, Princess of Neufchatel
- 1622: Jakob Thomasius , Saxon teacher, philosopher and humanist
- 1630: Maria van Oosterwijk , Dutch baroque painter
- 1635: Michael Strauch German mathematician
- 1650: Johann Samuel Welter , German composer
- 1650: Philipp Karl von Wylich and Lottum , Prussian field marshal
- 1665: Joachim Friedrich von Flemming , General Elector of Saxony and Governor of Leipzig
- 1667: Otto Ferdinand Count von Abensperg and Traun , Austrian field marshal
- 1669: Anne Marie d'Orléans , Queen of Sicily and Sardinia
- 1687: Giuseppe Simone Assemani , Arab orientalist
- 1700: Joaquín de Montserrat , Spanish officer, colonial administrator and viceroy of New Spain
18th century
- 1702: Johann August von Berger , German lawyer
- 1703: August von Hallerstein , German-Austrian Jesuit and China missionary
- 1708: Giovanna Maria Farussi , Italian actress and mother of Giacomo Casanova
- 1710: Giuseppe Vasi , Italian graphic artist and engraver
- 1721: Johann Adam von Auersperg , Prince, Chamberlain and Hereditary Land Marshal of Tyrol
- 1724: John Joachim Zubly , Swiss-American politician
- 1727: Gian Battista Frizzoni , Swiss pastor and hymn poet
- 1730: Johann Georg Hamann , German philosopher and writer
- 1731: Hans Arentz , Norwegian judge and political and topographical writer
- 1748: Johann Gottfried Kletschke , German Protestant clergyman
- 1752: Georg Friedrich von Zentner , Bavarian State Minister
- 1765: Georg Wilhelm Bartholdy , German educator, magazine editor and writer
- 1768: Joseph Vitus Burg , Bishop of Mainz
- 1769: Johann Adam Freiherr von Aretin , Bavarian politician
- 1770: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel , German philosopher, most important representative of German idealism
- 1776: Barthold Georg Niebuhr , German ancient historian
- 1776: Georg Andreas Reimer , German publisher
- 1785: Agustín Gamarra , Peruvian President
- 1786: Johannes Voigt , German historian, father of the humanism researcher Georg Voigt
- 1789: Joseph von Sachsen-Altenburg , Duke of Sachsen-Altenburg
19th century
1801-1850
- 1801: Anna Kraus-Wranitzky , Austrian opera singer
- 1807: Karl Franzewitsch Albrecht , Russian composer
- 1809: Carl Johann Ludwig Dham , German lawyer and politician, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- 1809: Hannibal Hamlin , American politician, governor of Maine, member of the Senate and House of Representatives, vice president
- 1821: Alwin Wieck , German violinist and piano teacher
- 1822: Eduard Bruna , Czech philosopher and professor
- 1824: Louis Katzenstein , German painter
- 1828: Auguste Bazille , French organist and composer
- 1829: Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Thudichum , German doctor, founder of brain chemistry
- 1830: Maximilian Steiner , Austrian actor and theater director
- 1831: Hermann Heinrich Fitting , German lawyer
- 1833: Margarethe Meyer-Schurz , founder of the first kindergarten in the USA
- 1834: Roden Noel , British poet and essayist
- 1835: Reinhold Persius , German architect and Prussian construction officer
- 1836: Albrecht Roscher , German geographer and Africa explorer
- 1837: Heinrich Urban , German composer, violinist and music teacher
- 1842: Eugen Jäger , German publisher and publicist
- 1843: Wilhelm Wisser , German high school professor and dialect researcher
- 1845: Ödön Lechner , Hungarian Art Nouveau architect
- 1845: Friedrich Fromhold Martens , Russian diplomat and lawyer, expert in international law
- 1846: Bruno Adam , German architect and builder
- 1847: Caspar Augustin Geiger , German genre, history and still life painter
- 1850: Augusto Righi , Italian physicist
1851-1900
- 1851: Emil Pott , German animal breeding scientist
- 1855: Hugo von Kathen , German general
- 1856: Ivan Franko , Ukrainian poet and writer
- 1858: Giuseppe Peano , Italian mathematician and linguist
- 1858: Per Winge , Norwegian composer, conductor, pianist and organist
- 1859: Helene von Forster , German women's rights activist and writer
- 1859: Ferdinand Schirnböck , academic painter and engraver
- 1862: Abram Jefimowitsch Archipow , Russian landscape painter
- 1862: Constantin Brunner , German-Jewish philosopher, writer, literary critic and agent
- 1864: Helena Patursson , Faroese writer and women's rights activist
- 1864: Hermann Weingärtner , German gymnast, Olympic champion
- 1865: James H. Breasted , American Egyptologist and historian
- 1865: Charles Gates Dawes , American banker and politician, Vice President, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
- 1869: Karl Haushofer , German geographer and geopolitician
- 1870: Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire , British nobleman and lady-in-waiting to Queen Mary
- 1870: Romolo Murri , Italian theologian
- 1870: Amado Nervo , Mexican writer, journalist and diplomat
- 1871: Theodore Dreiser , American writer
- 1872: Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano , Italian priest, Archbishop of Bologna, cardinal
- 1873: Maud Allan , Canadian dancer
- 1874: Carl Bosch , German chemist, technician, industrialist, military economist, Nobel laureate
- 1875: Ferdinand Exl , Austrian theater actor
- 1877: Charles Rolls , British entrepreneur, co-founder of Rolls-Royce , aviation pioneer
- 1877: Ernst Wetter , Swiss politician, Federal Councilor, Federal President
- 1878: Pyotr Nikolajewitsch Wrangel , Baltic-Russian general of the White Army in the Russian Civil War
- 1879: Karl Schapper , German resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 1880: Édouard Flament , French composer
- 1880: Otto Zehentbauer , German sculptor
- 1881: Josef Beyerle , German lawyer and politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister
- 1882: Jaroslav Křička , Czech composer
- 1882: Hubert Marischka , Austrian director and screenwriter
- 1884: Alexander Abascheli , Georgian-Soviet poet
- 1884: Vincent Auriol , French lawyer and statesman, minister, president
- 1884: Alfredo Baldomir , Uruguayan architect and politician, president
- 1884: John Edward Brownlee , Canadian politician
- 1885: Ellen Lax , German industrial physicist
- 1885: Georg Wilhelm Pabst , Austrian film director
- 1885: Arnold Pressburger , Austrian-German film producer
- 1886: Rebecca Clarke , British composer and viola player
- 1886: Otto Eggerstedt , German politician
- 1886: Gladys Moore Vanderbilt , American member of the Vanderbilt family
- 1887: James Finlayson , British film actor and comedian
- 1890: Man Ray , American photographer, film director, painter and object artist of Dadaism, Surrealism and modernism
- 1891: Hedwig Wachenheim , German social politician and historian, MdL
- 1892: Alexander Chuhaldin , Canadian violinist, conductor, composer and music teacher
- 1892: Gusti Jirku , Austro-Soviet writer and spy
- 1893: Victor Heerman , American director and screenwriter
- 1893: Herbert Jilski , German police general
- 1893: Natalija Iljinitschna Saz , Russian children's and music theater director
- 1894: Kurt Bürger , German politician, Prime Minister of Mecklenburg
- 1894: Kazimierz Wierzyński , Polish writer
- 1895: Andreas Alföldi , Hungarian ancient historian, epigraphist, numismatist and archaeologist
- 1895: Heinrich Will , German painter
- 1896: Miyazawa Kenji , Japanese poet
- 1896: Karl Plauth , German pilot
- 1896: Leon Theremin , Russian physicist, inventor and musician, pioneer of electronic music
- 1898: James A. Long , American theosophist
- 1899: Anselme Brusa , Italian-French rower and gymnast
- 1899: Michl Ehbauer , German dialect poet
- 1899: Cecil Scott Forester , British writer and journalist
- 1899: Byron Foulger , American actor
- 1899: Eduardo Torroja Miret , Spanish civil engineer and architect
- 1899: Hans Wilhelmi , German lawyer and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister
- 1900: René Delacroix , French film director
- 1900: Elisabeth Jaspersen , German portrait and landscape painter
- 1900: Hermann von Valta , German bobsledder
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Fritz Berg , German entrepreneur, first President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI)
- 1901: Heinrich Hauser , German writer, sailor, globetrotter, farmer and photographer
- 1901: Pierre Villon , French architect and politician, member of the Resistance, founder of a newspaper
- 1901: Ernst Wilm , German pastor and church functionary
- 1902: Heinrich Altvater , German soccer player
- 1902: Herbert Menges , English composer and conductor
- 1902: Walter Roemer , German lawyer
- 1903: Leopold Achberger , Evangelical Lutheran Superintendent of Styria
- 1903: Ernst Bettermann , German farmer and politician, MdL
- 1903: Rudolf Kühnhold , German physicist
- 1904: Ernst Degn , Austrian painter
- 1905: Paul Gehlhaar , German football player
- 1905: Heinz Lammerding , German engineer, general of the SS and Waffen-SS, war criminal
- 1905: Heinz Liepmann , German writer and journalist
- 1906: Lis Beyer-Volger , German textile designer, weaver and graphic artist
- 1906: Ed Gein , American serial killer
- 1908: Donald Bradman , Australian cricketer
- 1908: Lyndon B. Johnson , American politician, vice president, president
- 1908: Karl Ernst Rahtgens , German officer, resistance fighter of July 20, 1944
- 1908: Kurt Wegner , German artist
- 1909: Walter Arnold , German sculptor, chairman of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR
- 1909: Sylvère Maes , Belgian racing cyclist
- 1909: Leo Sexton , American athlete
- 1909: Lester Young , American tenor saxophonist
- 1910: Max Weiler , Austrian painter
- 1911: Johnny Eck , American actor and artist
- 1911: Susi Lanner , Austrian-American actress and singer
- 1912: Ruth Cohn , German psychoanalyst, founder of topic-centered interaction
- 1913: Herbert Fechner , German politician
- 1913: Nina Schenk Countess von Stauffenberg , wife of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
- 1914: Heidi Kabel , German popular actress
- 1914: Paula Kleinmann , German innkeeper
- 1914: Eulace Peacock , American athlete
- 1914: Heinz Schubert , German SS officer, war criminal
- 1914: Waldemar Verner , officer in the People's Navy of the National People's Army of the GDR
- 1915: Holger Hagen , German actor
- 1915: Norman Foster Ramsey , American physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1916: Halet Çambel , Turkish archaeologist
- 1916: Martha Raye , American actress
- 1917: Orlandus Wilson , American gospel singer and arranger
- 1918: Maria Curcio , Italian pianist and piano teacher
- 1918: Hortense Raky , Austrian actress
- 1918: Anneliese Uhlig , German-American actress and journalist
- 1918: Jelle Zijlstra , Dutch economist and politician
- 1919: Josef Landlinger , Austrian politician
- 1920: Lisa Jobst , German writer
- 1920: Eugenio Santoro , Swiss sculptor
- 1921: Georg Alexander zu Mecklenburg , head of the Mecklenburg-Strelitz family
- 1921: Gerhard Kander , Canadian violinist
- 1921: Leo Penn , American film director, actor, screenwriter and film producer
- 1921: Karel Ptáčník , Czech writer
- 1921: Manuel Rueda , Dominican writer and pianist
- 1922: Frank Kelly Freas , American painter and illustrator
- 1922: Fanny Rabel , Polish-Mexican painter
- 1922: Arnulf Schlüter , German astrophysicist
- 1923: Inge Egger , Austrian film actress
- 1923: Rolando Laserie , Cuban singer
- 1924: Uwe Dallmeier , German actor
- 1924: David Rowbotham , Australian poet
- 1925: Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo , diplomat of the Holy See, cardinal
- 1925: Darry Cowl , French musician and comedian
- 1925: Nat Lofthouse , English football player and coach
- 1925: Leopoldo Pirelli , Italian entrepreneur
- 1925: Maruya Saiichi , Japanese writer
1926-1950
- 1926: Karl-Heinz Heddergott , German soccer coach and author of specialist literature
- 1926: Werner Ludwig , German politician
- 1926: Kristen Nygaard , Norwegian mathematician, programming language pioneer
- 1927: Morris Levy , American record empresario
- 1927: Liselott Linsenhoff , German dressage rider
- 1927: Rainer Wolffhardt , German television director and screenwriter
- 1928: Vaidotas Antanaitis , Lithuanian forest scientist, politician and diplomat
- 1928: Vitaly Michailowitsch Bujanowski , Russian horn player, music professor and composer
- 1928: Mangosuthu Buthelezi , South African politician
- 1928: Othmar Schneider , Austrian ski racer and marksman
- 1928: Osamu Shimomura , Japanese biochemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1929: Jelisaveta Petrovna Bagrjanzewa , Soviet athlete
- 1929: Peter Heinz Kersten , Austrian magician
- 1929: Lyubov Vladimirovna Kosyrewa , Russian cross-country skier
- 1929: Ira Levin , American writer
- 1930: Hannelore Mabry , German, author, journalist, women's rights activist and sociologist
- 1930: Heinrich Reiter , German lawyer
- 1930: Gholamreza Takhti , Iranian wrestler
- 1930: Wilfried Wessel , German politician
- 1931: Chinmoy , Indian spiritual teacher, writer, poet, composer, musician, artist and athlete
- 1932: Cor Brom , Dutch football player and coach
- 1932: Antonia Fraser , British historian and bestselling author
- 1932: Karekin Sarkissian , Supreme Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church
- 1932: Saye Zerbo , Head of State and Government of Upper Volta
- 1933: Kerstin Ekman , Swedish writer
- 1933: Nancy Friday , American author
- 1934: Silvia Grandjean , Swiss figure skater
- 1934: Sylvia Telles , Brazilian singer of Bossa Nova
- 1936: Hans Georg Bertram , German composer and organist
- 1936: Lien Chan , Taiwanese politician
- 1936: Hans Scheibner , German cabaret artist
- 1937: Alice Coltrane , American jazz musician
- 1937: JD Crowe , American country musician
- 1937: Tommy Sands , American singer and actor
- 1937: Phil Shulman , British musician and singer
- 1939: Hans Heinrich Formann , Austrian writer
- 1939: Nikola Pilić , Croatian tennis player and coach
- 1939: Heide Wunder , German historian
- 1940: Enrico Feroci , Italian Archbishop and Cardinal
- 1940: Joachim Giesel , German photographer
- 1940: Manfred Pohlschmidt , German soccer player
- 1940: Dieter Senghaas , German political scientist and peace researcher
- 1940: Sonny Sharrock , American jazz guitarist
- 1940: Günter Weninger , Austrian politician and trade union official
- 1941: Götz Dieckmann , German historian
- 1941: Bernard Ebbers , Canadian manager, co-founder of WorldCom , accounting fraud
- 1941: Cesária Évora , Cape Verdean singer
- 1941: Yuri Wassiljewitsch Malyschew , Soviet pilot and cosmonaut
- 1941: Michael Sauer , German athlete and journalist
- 1941: Monika Sperr , German writer and journalist
- 1942: Tanya Maria Atwater , American geophysicist and marine geologist
- 1942: Tom Belsø , Danish racing car driver
- 1942: Marion Berry , American politician
- 1942: Dieter Hoffmann , German athlete
- 1942: Bill Ivy , British motorcycle racer
- 1942: Per Stig Møller , Danish publicist and politician, Foreign Minister
- 1943: Tina Croll , American dancer and choreographer
- 1943: Peter Henisch , writer, songwriter and journalist
- 1943: Bob Kerrey , American politician, governor of Nebraska
- 1943: Wolfgang Nordwig , German athlete, Olympic champion
- 1943: Tuesday Weld , American actress
- 1944: Gebhard Arbeiter , Austrian state official, trade unionist and politician
- 1944: Tim Bogert , American musician
- 1944: Barry Conyngham , Australian composer and music educator
- 1944: Herb Pedersen , American country musician
- 1945: GW Bailey , American actor
- 1945: Maimu Berg , Estonian essayist, writer and translator
- 1945: Marianne Sägebrecht , German actress and cabaret artist
- 1945: Christa Stewens , German politician, Bavarian minister
- 1946: Suzanne Doucet , German singer and songwriter
- 1946: Mamoun Fansa , Syrian prehistorian and museum director who lives and works in Germany
- 1946: Flossie Wong-Staal , virologist and molecular biologist
- 1947: John R. Anderson , American psychologist
- 1947: Barbara Bach , American actress and model
- 1947: Harry Reems , American theater and porn actor
- 1947: Fritz Schramma , German politician, Lord Mayor of Cologne
- 1948: Michael Goetze , German comic artist
- 1948: Ralf Reinders , German-Dutch terrorist
- 1948: Robert Remus , American wrestler
- 1949: Akira Amari , Japanese politician
- 1949: Miles Goodman , American composer
- 1949: Istvan Kantor , Hungarian-Canadian artist and musician
- 1950: Mario Benusiglio , Italian racing car driver
1951-1975
- 1951: Robert Torricelli , American politician
- 1951: Christof Wackernagel , German actor, author and terrorist ( RAF )
- 1952: Karl Adamek , German music sociologist
- 1952: Daniel Astegiano , Argentine soccer player
- 1952: Karel De Wolf , Belgian composer and conductor
- 1952: Undine Gruenter , German writer
- 1952: Matthias Raue , German composer and musician
- 1953: Jørn Didriksen , Norwegian speed skater
- 1953: Gabriele Haefs , German literary translator
- 1953: Alex Lifeson , Canadian musician
- 1953: Peter Stormare , Swedish actor
- 1954: Dettlef Günther , German luge rider
- 1954: Derek Warwick , British Formula 1 racing driver
- 1955: Laura Fygi , Dutch singer
- 1955: Sandra de Sá , Brazilian singer and composer
- 1955: Diana Scarwid , American actress
- 1955: Dorothea Störr-Ritter , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1955: Manfred Strecker , German geologist
- 1955: Can Togay , Hungarian screenwriter, film director and actor
- 1956: Kürşat Atılgan , Turkish politician
- 1956: Jean-François Larios , French football player
- 1956: Alois Lipburger , Austrian ski jumper and trainer
- 1956: Glen Matlock , British bassist ( Sex Pistols )
- 1957: Bernhard Langer , German golfer
- 1957: David Leadbetter , British golf coach
- 1957: Dietlinde Turban , German actress
- 1958: Stalking Cat , American body artist
- 1958: Sergei Konstantinowitsch Krikaljow , Russian cosmonaut
- 1958: Tom Lanoye , Belgian writer
- 1958: Marcos Paquetá , Brazilian soccer coach
- 1958: Maurizio Sandro Sala , Brazilian racing car driver
- 1959: Jürgen Becker , German cabaret artist, author and television presenter
- 1959: Gerhard Berger , Austrian Formula 1 driver
- 1959: Attila Doğudan , Austrian restaurateur
- 1959: Zdzisław Hoffmann , Polish athlete
- 1959: Gundolf Köhler , German neo-Nazi
- 1959: Markus , German pop singer
- 1959: Daniela Romo , Mexican singer and actress
- 1960: Peter Gaffert , German forester and politician
- 1960: Tom Nekljudow , Finnish jazz bassist
- 1961: Yolanda Adams , American gospel singer
- 1961: Thomas Buchholz , German composer
- 1961: Tom Ford , American fashion designer
- 1961: Armin Görgens , German soccer player
- 1962: Thomas Krüger , German writer
- 1962: Manfred Linzmaier , Austrian soccer coach
- 1962: Adam Oates , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1962: Sjón , Icelandic writer and artist
- 1962: Sarah Wiener , Austrian cook and restaurant owner
- 1963: Geert Keil , German philosopher
- 1963: Monika Pieper , German politician, MdL
- 1964: Jelena Alexejewna Batalowa , Russian freestyle skier
- 1964: Andrzej Chyra , Polish actor
- 1965: Rez Abbasi , American fusion and jazz guitarist, music producer and composer
- 1965: Thomas Dörflinger , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1965: E-Type , Swedish dance musician
- 1965: Karim Ojjeh , Saudi entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1966: Jill Lepore , American historian and essayist
- 1966: Martin Molitor , German actor
- 1966: Juhan Parts , Estonian politician
- 1967: Catalin Dorian Florescu , Swiss writer
- 1967: Jens Häusler , German handball player and coach
- 1967: Oliver Steller , German musician and reciter
- 1968: Eric Correa , American percussionist
- 1968: Christiane Hoffmann , German society journalist and presenter
- 1968: Jörg Vogeltanz , Austrian artist
- 1969: Silke Heise , German actress
- 1969: René Henriksen , Danish football player
- 1969: Christof Straub , Austrian musician and composer
- 1970: Peter Ebdon , English snooker player
- 1970: Jim Thome , American baseball player
- 1970: Kelly Trump , German porn actress
- 1971: Herbie Hide , Nigerian boxer
- 1971: Karsten Hutwelker , German soccer player
- 1971: Ole Schröder , German politician
- 1971: Julian Weigend , Austrian actor
- 1972: Chris Armas , American football player
- 1972: Heinz Arzberger , Austrian soccer player
- 1972: Roland Garber , Austrian cyclist
- 1972: Denise Lewis , British athlete
- 1972: Jimmy Pop , American singer ( Bloodhound Gang )
- 1972: Dalip Singh , Indian wrestler, bodybuilder and weightlifter
- 1973: Dietmar Hamann , German soccer player
- 1973: Alexander Kiersch , German actor
- 1973: Sigurbjörg Þrastardóttir , Icelandic author
- 1973: Christian Zübert , German screenwriter and film director
- 1974: Christian Bärthel , German politician
- 1974: Manny Fernandez , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975: Jonny Moseley , American freestyle skier
- 1975: Bodie Olmos , American actor
1976-2000
- 1976: Ivan Benito , Swiss-Spanish soccer player
- 1976: Sarah Chalke , Canadian actress
- 1976: Carlos Moyá , Spanish tennis player
- 1976: Benoît Poilvet , French cyclist
- 1976: Mark Webber , Australian Formula 1 racing driver
- 1977: Deco , Portuguese soccer player
- 1977: Mase , American rapper
- 1977: Aljaksandr Ussau , Belarusian cyclist
- 1978: Sebastian Haseney , German Nordic combined athlete
- 1978: Philipp Löhle , German playwright and director
- 1979: Ole Bischof , German judoka
- 1979: Aaron Paul , American actor
- 1979: Melanie Schulz , German athlete
- 1980: Sarah Christ , German-Australian harpist
- 1981: Patrick J. Adams , Canadian actor
- 1981: Alessandro Gamberini , Italian football player
- 1981: Maxwell , Brazilian soccer player
- 1981: Collin Samuel , soccer player from Trinidad and Tobago
- 1981: Richard Sterne , South African golfer
- 1982: Jan Männer , German soccer player
- 1982: Lolita Pille , French writer
- 1982: Daniel Szarata , German politician
- 1983: Weijiang An , Chinese speed skater
- 1983: Felice Piccolo , Italian football player
- 1984: Torben Ehlers , German handball player
- 1984: Sulley Muntari , Ghanaian soccer player
- 1984: Aziz Corr Nyang , Gambian soccer player
- 1985: Maro Engel , German racing driver
- 1985: Kayla Ewell , American actress
- 1985: Brian Holden , American actor
- 1985: Nikica Jelavić , Croatian football player
- 1985: Daniel Küblböck , German singer
- 1985: Sören Pirson , German soccer player
- 1985: André Rankel , German ice hockey player
- 1986: Mario Barrett , American R&B singer
- 1986: Sebastian Kurz , Austrian politician
- 1986: Michael Schubert , German swimmer
- 1987: Jordi Torres , Spanish motorcycle racer
- 1987: Nicky Verjans , Dutch handball player
- 1988: Jane Schumacher , German-Danish handball player
- 1988: Alexa Vega , American actress
- 1989: Romain Amalfitano , French football player
- 1992: Sarah Attar , Saudi Arabian athlete
- 1992: Stefan Lainer , Austrian soccer player
- 1992: Moritz Moser , Austrian soccer player
- 1993: Sarah Hecken , German figure skater
- 1994: Jacqueline Ada , Cameroonian football player
- 1994: Breanna Stewart , American basketball player
- 1995: David Nolden , German actor
- 1995: Sergei Sirotkin , Russian racing car driver
- 1996: Stefanie Giesinger , German model
- 1998: Anastassija Sergejewna Silantjewa , Russian ski racer
- 1999: Mile Svilar , Belgian-Serbian soccer player
Died
Before the 16th century
- Caesarius of Arles , Archbishop of Arles, saint 542:
- Eugene II , Pope 827:
- Montoku , 55th Emperor of Japan 858:
- Gebhard von Konstanz , Bishop of Konstanz, saint 995:
- 1127: Ulrich I. von Kyburg-Dillingen , Bishop of Constance
- 1146: Erik III. , King of Denmark
- 1150: Guarinus , Bishop of Sion
- 1159: Amadeus , Bishop of Lausanne
- 1183: Mary of Antioch , Empress of Byzantium
- 1208: Irene of Byzantium , Roman-German queen and wife of Philip of Swabia
- 1237: al-Malik al-Ashraf Musa Abu 'l-Fath Muzaffar ad-Din , Sultan of Syria
- 1297: Reinboto von Meilenhart , Bishop of Eichstätt
- 1312: Arthur II , Duke of Brittany
- 1314: Gottfried von Hexenagger , Bishop of Freising
- 1327: Thomas Cobham , English diplomat and clergyman
- 1336: Walram von Veldenz , Bishop of Speyer
- 1337: Johann II. , Lord of Werle
- 1381: Simone Borsano , Archbishop of Milan and Cardinal
- 1394: Chōkei , 98th Tennō of Japan
- 1397: Ralph de Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell , English nobleman
- 1439: John Gray de Ruthyn , English knight
- 1444: Hynek Ptáček z Pirkštejna , Bohemian nobleman and representative of the Hussites
16th to 18th century
- 1501: Thomas Grote , Bishop of Lübeck
- 1521: Josquin Desprez , Franco-Flemish composer and singer
- 1522: Giovanni Antonio Amadeo , Italian sculptor and builder
- 1523: Domenico Grimani , Patriarch of Aquilea, important patron and art collector
- 1574: Bartolomeo Eustachi , Italian physician and anatomist
- 1576: Titian , Italian painter
- 1590: Sixtus V , Pope
- 1603: Petrus Wesenbeck , Flemish lawyer
- 1611: Tomás Luis de Victoria , Spanish composer
- 1618: Albrecht Friedrich , ruling prince of the Duchy of Prussia
- 1627: Francesco Maria Bourbon Del Monte , Italian cardinal
- 1635: Lope de Vega , Spanish poet
- 1644: Katharina von Brandenburg , Princess of Transylvania and Duchess of Saxony-Lauenburg
- 1647: Pietro Novelli , Sicilian painter
- 1653: Niklaus Leuenberger , leader of the Bernese subjects in the Swiss Peasants' War
- 1664: Francisco de Zurbarán , Spanish painter
- 1674: Wenzel Scherffer von Scherffenstein , German baroque poet and translator
- 1679: David Lewis , Welsh Jesuit and Catholic saint
- 1680: Joan Cererols , Catalan Benedictine and composer
- 1681: Nikon , Russian Patriarch, Patriarch of Moscow 1652–1658
- 1681: Wilhelm Christoph , Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
- 1723: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek , Dutch naturalist and microscope maker
- 1725: Johann Wilhelm Jahn , German Protestant theologian and historian
- 1735: August David zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein , regent of the County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
- 1743: Matthias Sigismund Biechteler , Styrian composer and court conductor in Salzburg
- 1746: Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer , German composer
- 1748: James Thomson , Scottish poet
- 1758: Maria Barbara de Bragança , Queen of Spain
- 1759: Bampfylde Moore Carew , British impostor and popular hero
- 1766: Heinrich Andreas Koch , Brunswick lawyer and historian
- 1780: Johann Wilhelm Fuhrmann , German Protestant theologian and university professor
- 1782: Henriette Maria Luise von Hayn , German poet of sacred songs
- 1788: Albrecht Friedrich von Erlach , mayor of Bern
- 1800: Peter Aloysius Marquis d'Agdollo , Saxon court master
19th century
- 1811: Jean-Baptiste Huet , French painter
- 1813: David von Andrássy , Hungarian military
- 1814: Johann Baptist Seele , German painter
- 1820: Christian Philipp Wolff , German sculptor, plasterer and master builder
- 1824: Johann Christian Woyzeck , model for the main character in Georg Büchner's drama Woyzeck
- 1830: Louis VI. Henri Joseph , Prince of Condé
- 1830: Louis-Philippe de Ségur , Count of Segur d'Aguesseau, French diplomat
- 1840: Hermann Wedel-Jarlsberg , Norwegian politician
- 1851: Ferdinand Georg August von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld-Koháry , general in Austrian service
- 1862: Henricus Egbertus Vinke , Dutch Reformed theologian
- 1865: Thomas Chandler Haliburton , Canadian writer
- 1865: Friedrich Emanuel von Hurter , Swiss-Austrian historian and theologian
- 1868: Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee , Swiss composer and music author
- 1869: Johann Jakob Langen , Cologne industrialist
- 1871: Paul de Kock , French writer
- 1876: Michel Rodange , Luxembourgish writer
- 1879: Rowland Hill , British Postal Reformer
- 1879: Henriette Nissen-Saloman , Swedish opera singer
- 1883: Richard La Nicca , Swiss engineer
- 1884: Maximilian von Wächter , German local politician, first mayor of Nuremberg
- 1887: Wilhelm Valentin Volckmar , German organ virtuoso and composer
- 1893: Peter Mitterhofer , carpenter and inventor
- 1894: Heinrich Keil , German classical philologist
- 1897: Eduard von Hofmann , Austrian forensic doctor
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901: Rudolf Haym , German philosopher and literary historian
- 1905: Amalia del Pilar de Borbón , Infanta of Spain
- 1914: Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk , Austrian economist
- 1918: Hermann Hitzig , Swiss classical philologist
- 1919: Louis Botha , first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa
- 1921: Friedrich Schumann , German murderer
- 1922: Georges Sorel , French social philosopher
- 1924: William Bayliss , British physiologist
- 1924: Henry William Massingham , British journalist
- 1924: Robert Müller , Austrian writer, journalist and publisher
- 1929: Giulio Bas , Italian composer and organist
- 1929: Herman Potočnik , Austrian officer and space theorist
- 1931: Louis Andrieux , French politician, prefect of police of Paris and ambassador
- 1931: Frank Harris , Irish-English author and editor
- 1933: Horst von Waldthausen , German-Swiss automobile racing driver
- 1935: Otto Schott , German chemist and glass technician
- 1936: George Henry Dern , American politician
- 1937: Constantin Brunner , German-Jewish philosopher, writer, literary critic and agent
- 1937: Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild , British banker and zoologist
- 1942: Walter Steinbeck , German actor
- 1944: Mafalda of Savoy , Italian noblewoman
- 1947: Johanna Ey , German gallery owner
- 1948: Oscar Lorenzo Fernández , Brazilian composer
- 1950: Cesare Pavese , Italian writer
1951-2000
- 1952: Armand Gagnier , Canadian clarinetist and conductor
- 1953: Nikolai Berezowski , Russian composer
- 1958: Johannes Gronowski , German politician, MdL
- 1958: Ernest O. Lawrence , American nuclear physicist and Nobel Prize winner
- 1959: Joseph John Annabring , Hungarian bishop
- 1962: Carlos Lavín , Chilean composer and musicologist
- 1963: WEB Du Bois , US-Ghanaian civil rights activist, sociologist, philosopher, journalist and pacifist
- 1963: Jim Denny , American music manager
- 1963: Adolf Grimme , German politician and resistance fighter
- 1965: Le Corbusier , Swiss-French architect, architectural theorist, town planner, painter, draftsman, sculptor and furniture designer
- 1967: Henri-Georges Adam , French painter and sculptor
- 1967: Eduard Edert , German politician, non-party, Member of the Bundestag
- 1967: Brian Epstein , British manager for the Beatles
- 1969: Erika Mann , German actress and writer
- 1971: Lil Hardin Armstrong , American jazz pianist, singer and composer
- 1971: Margaret Bourke-White , American photo reporter
- 1972: Angelo Dell'Acqua , Italian clergyman, cardinal to the Curia
- 1974: Erwin Jürgens , German politician, MdL
- 1974: Otto Strasser , German National Socialist politician
- 1975: Haile Selassie I , last emperor of Ethiopia
- 1975: Efraín Orozco , Colombian composer, conductor and instrumentalist
- 1979: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma , British admiral and statesman
- 1979: Bill Spear , American racing car driver
- 1979: Bolesław Szabelski , Polish composer
- 1982: Anandamayi Ma , Indian spiritual master
- 1983: Bill Stein , American football player
- 1985: Walter Frey , Swiss pianist and music teacher
- 1986: Georgi Tadschijewitsch Agsamow , Soviet chess master
- 1988: Max Black , American philosopher
- 1990: Afonso Arinos de Melo Franco , Brazilian lawyer, politician, historian, teacher, essayist and critic
- 1990: Pearl Bailey , American actress and singer
- 1990: Stevie Ray Vaughan , American blues musician
- 1995: Mary Beth Hughes , American actress
- 1996: Wayne D. Overholser , American western writer
- 1997: Julio Elías Musimessi , Argentine soccer player
- 1999: Hélder Câmara , Archbishop of Olinda and Recife
- 2000: Edmund Karp , Estonian football, basketball and volleyball player
21st century
- 2001: Witold Krzemieński , Polish composer, conductor and music teacher
- 2001: Abu Ali Mustafa , Palestinian politician
- 2001: Franz Nauber , German horn player
- 2002: Justus Ahlheim , German politician
- 2002: Jane Tilden , Austrian actress
- 2003: Pierre Poujade , French politician
- 2004: Alfred Gleitze , Berlin local politician
- 2004: Julio Tahier , Argentine writer and director
- 2006: Jesse Pintado , American musician
- 2007: Hans Ruesch , Swiss racing driver, publicist and writer
- 2008: Del Martin , American author, journalist and suffragette
- 2008: Abie Nathan , Israeli pilot and peace activist
- 2009: Sergei Vladimirovich Michalkow , Russian writer
- 2010: Ueli Beck , Swiss actor and radio host
- 2010: Anton Geesink , Dutch judoka
- 2011: Nikolaus Fheodoroff , Austrian composer, conductor, pianist and sound engineer
- 2012: Neville Alexander , South African linguist and civil rights activist
- 2012: Malcolm Browne , American photojournalist
- 2014: Winnie Gebhardt-Gayler , German illustrator
- 2014: Peret , Spanish singer and guitarist
- 2014: Benno Pludra , German writer
- 2016: Hans Gustav Auras , German architect
- 2017: Wulf Bernotat , German manager
- 2019: Dawda Kairaba Jawara , Gambian President
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Monika von Tagaste , Roman mother of Augustine of Hippo , patron saint of mothers (Protestant, Anglican, Roman Catholic, Orthodox)
- St. Caesarius of Arles , Archbishop of Arles (Protestant, Roman Catholic)
- Name days
- State holidays and memorial days
- Moldova , independence from the Soviet Union (1991)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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