December 27th
The December 27 is the 361st day of the Gregorian calendar (the 362nd in leap years ), so stay for four days until the end of the year.
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events
Politics and world events
- 1253: The Flemish explorer Wilhelm von Rubruk reaches the Mongolian capital Karakorum , where he and his companions are allowed to stay for several months at the court of the great Khan Möngke Khan .
- 1428: During the Hussite wars defeat Hussites in the Battle of Altwilmsdorf in Kladsko the troops contingent of Munster Berger Duke Johann I.
- 1512: In the Leyes de Burgos , Spain legally regulates the dealings with the indigenous population in the Spanish colonies of the New World . The new law requires their participation in catechesis , outlaws bigamy and reserves the monopoly of force for Spanish officials.
- 1587: In Krakow is Sigismund III. Wasa to Polish crowned king.
- 1594: Jean Châtel carries out a knife attack on the French King Henry IV , which the regent survives injured. The attack leads to the expulsion of the Jesuits from France.
- 1637: In the Shimabara uprising , rebellious Japanese peasants defeat an army of 3,000 samurai .
- 1794: Under the command of Jean-Charles Pichegrus , the French Revolutionary Army invades the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands , which despite declared neutrality in the First Coalition War continued to act as an important donor to Great Britain .
- 1796: In northern Italy, under the influence of the French Revolution, the Cispadan Republic is founded as a French subsidiary .
- 1848: March Revolution : The Frankfurt National Assembly enacts the Reich law on the fundamental rights of the German people . It later forms the core of the Paulskirche constitution .
- 1851: To stop the Atlantic slave trade, British troops take the city of Lagos in the Kingdom of Benin .
- 1870: An attack is carried out on the Spanish Prime Minister Juan Prim when he is leaving a session of parliament. Prim dies of the injuries three days later.
- 1918: The Poznan uprising begins. The Poles in the Prussian province of Posen are fighting militarily for the integration of their region into the Second Polish Republic .
- 1949: Indonesia gains independence from the Netherlands .
- 1959: In a referendum, the inhabitants of the French protectorate Wallis and Futuna , which consists of two archipelagos in the South Pacific, decide on the future status of a French overseas territory .
- 1979: Soviet invasion of Afghanistan : In Operation Storm-333 , President Hafizullah Amin is liquidated and replaced by Babrak Karmal .
- 1985: In a terrorist attack at Vienna-Schwechat airport , three passengers waiting in front of the counter of the Israeli airline El Al are killed and more than thirty injured, some seriously. At the same time, there is an attack on Rome Fiumicino Airport , in which 15 people are killed. The Abu Nidal Organization assumes responsibility for both attacks .
- 2007: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is killed in an attack in Rawalpindi .
- 2008: Israeli forces begin Operation Cast Lead against Hamas facilities and members in the Gaza Strip . The military action in the Middle East conflict lasts until January 18, 2009.
business
- 1703: In the Methuen Treaty , England acquires the right to export textiles to Portugal without restriction , while, conversely, Portugal is exclusively allowed to supply England with wine .
- 1886: The Olympia exhibition hall , built by the National Agricultural Company , opens in London, making it the largest steel and glass building in Great Britain at the time.
- 1919: The Swedish film company Svensk Filmindustri (SF), producer of numerous Bergman films , is formed.
- 1945: The International Monetary Fund , founded on July 22, 1944 at the Bretton Woods Conference , begins its work.
- 1951: In Germany, teachers' right to punish apprentices is abolished.
- 2007: After losing a lawsuit over ownership of the Linux source code and being declared bankrupt in September 2007, the SCO Group is banned from trading on the Nasdaq .
science and technology
- 1831: Charles Darwin embarks on his five-year historic voyage aboard HMS Beagle under Captain Robert FitzRoy .
- 1845: Crawford Williamson Long first uses ether as an anesthetic in the birth of a child.
- 1968: After the orbit of the moon Wassert Apollo 8 with astronauts Frank Borman , Jim Lovell and William Anders safely in the Pacific.
- 1982: The US news magazine Time voted the computer " Machine of the Year ".
- 1984: A meteorite is found in the Allen Hills ice field in Antarctica , which nine years later will be identified as a Martian meteorite under its designation ALH 84001 .
- 2006: From the Baikonur Cosmodrome from which is space telescope COROT on a Russian Soyuz rocket into a polar orbit brought.
Culture
- 1696: The opera Il trionfo di Camilla regina de Volsci by Giovanni Bononcini is premiered at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples .
- 1778: The comic opera La scuola de 'gelosi by Antonio Salieri is premiered at the Teatro San Moisè in Venice.
- 1857: The opera Pianella by Friedrich von Flotow is premiered in Schwerin.
- 1900: The new Braunschweig town hall , built in the high Gothic style, is inaugurated.
- 1904: The play Peter Pan by James Matthew Barrie premieres in London.
- 1904: With three one-act plays by William Butler Yeats and Lady Gregory which is Abbey Theater opened in Dublin.
- 1932: Radio City Music Hall in New York City opens to the public with a spectacular stage show . However, the return to high-class vaudeville that he was striving for failed.
religion
- 418: A part of the Roman clergy elects Eulalius to succeed Zosimus, who died the day before, as Pope. Since Boniface I, who was also elected the following day, was declared the rightful Pope by Emperor Honorius , he is now considered an antipope .
- 537: Hagia Sophia is inaugurated in the presence of Emperor Justinian I in Byzantium .
- 1618: The Upper German Cistercian Congregation is founded.
Disasters
- 1939: A 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Erzincan , Turkey kills around 33,000.
- 1975: In Chasnala in the Indian state of Jharkhand , an explosion occurs in a coal mine, followed by a flood . 372 miners lose their lives in one of the world's worst mining disasters .
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1925: The Schattenbergschanze in Oberstdorf is inaugurated.
- 1979: Toni Innauer wins the first competition of the first ski jumping World Cup season in front of two other Austrians in Cortina d'Ampezzo .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1350: John I , King of Aragon
- 1390: Anne de Mortimer , English noblewoman
- 1459: Johann I Albrecht , King of Poland
- 1493: Johann Pfeffinger , German Protestant theologian and reformer
- 1555: Johann Arndt , German theologian
- 1556: Johanna von Lestonnac , founder of the French order
- 1564: Anton Matthäus , German legal scholar
- 1566: Jan Jessenius , Slovak medic, politician and philosopher
- 1571: Johannes Kepler , German natural philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, optician and theologian
- 1584: Philipp Julius of Pomerania , last Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast
- 1619: Ruprecht von der Pfalz, Duke of Cumberland , Earl of Holderness, English generalissimo and admiral
- 1645: Giovanni Antonio Viscardi , Italian builder of the Baroque era
- 1650: Johann Achamer , Austrian metal and bell founder
- 1663: Johann Melchior Roos , German painter
- 1674: Auguste , Princess of Dargun
- 1676: Johann Georg Joch , German Protestant theologian
- 1679: Maria Renata Singer von Mossau , German victim of the witch hunt, nun and superior in the Unterzell monastery
- 1683: Conyers Middleton , English clergyman and author
- 1689: Jacob August Franckenstein , German lawyer, philosopher and lexicographer
- 1700: Johann Dietrich Busch , German organ builder
18th century
- 1708: Johann Albrecht von Bülow , Prussian infantry general
- 1711: Johann Dietrich Winckler , German theologian
- 1715: Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy , Marshal of France
- 1717: Pius VI. , Pope
- 1719: Johann Stapfer , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1721: Frans Hemsterhuis , Dutch philosopher
- 1722: Vincent von Orsini-Rosenberg , governor of Carinthia
- 1737: Joseph Pignatelli , Spanish Jesuit and priest, saint of the Catholic Church
- 1747: Richard Luke Concanen , first Roman Catholic bishop of New York
- 1749: Sophie Eleonore von Kortzfleisch , German writer
- 1755: Anton , King of Saxony
- 1761: Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly , Russian general and minister of war
- 1761: Friedrich Wilhelm Offelsmeyer , German Protestant clergyman
- 1765: Adam Lux , German revolutionary
- 1770: Carl Weisflog , German writer
- 1772: Benjamin Williams Crowninshield , American politician
- 1773: George Cayley , British engineer, flight theorist, inventor of the science of flight
- 1774: Pierre Tobie Yenni , Bishop of Lausanne-Geneva
- 1777: Karl Bertuch , German journalist and writer
- 1781: Karl Funk , German educator
- 1793: Alexander Gordon Laing , British explorer of Africa
- 1796: Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz , Prussian Field Marshal General
- 1797: Manuela Sáenz , South American freedom fighter
- 1799: Estébanez Calderón , Spanish writer
- 1799: Carl Friedrich Flemming , German psychiatrist
- 1800: John Goss , British organist and composer
19th century
1801-1850
- 1802: Gerardus Johannes Mulder , Dutch physician, pharmacologist and chemist, is considered to be the discoverer of protein
- 1802: Johann Heinrich Pallenberg , German furniture manufacturer and art patron
- 1803: Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Wander , German educator and proverb collector
- 1805: August Seebeck , German physicist
- 1806: Ramón Cabrera y Griño , Spanish nobleman and officer, military leader of the Carlist
- 1806: Ferdinand Gustav Kühne , German writer and literary critic
- 1807: Johann Preleuthner , Austrian sculptor
- 1808: August von Witzleben , Prussian lieutenant general and military writer
- 1813: Hugues Oltramare , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1820: Ignaz Reimann , German teacher, church musician and composer
- 1822: Louis Pasteur , French chemist and pioneer in microbiology
- 1823: Mackenzie Bowell , Canadian politician, journalist and entrepreneur, Prime Minister
- 1828: William Wyatt Gill , Australian missionary and ethnologist
- 1828: Barnim Grüneberg , German organ builder
- 1829: Albrecht Ohly , German lawyer and local politician, mayor of Darmstadt
- 1831: Karl von Brandenstein , Prussian general
- 1832: Pawel Tretyakov , Russian merchant, art patron and art collector
- 1833: Federico Delpino , Italian botanist
- 1838: Lars Oftedal , Norwegian pastor, editor and politician
- 1838: Paul Pogge , German traveler to Africa
- 1840: John Wilbur Atwater , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
- 1840: Jakob Geis , Bavarian folk singer
- 1841: Philipp Spitta , German musicologist and Bach biographer
- 1845: Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond , British politician
- 1846: Gottlieb von Thäter , Bavarian major general
- 1847: Albert Amlacher , German teacher, pastor and writer
- 1848: José Manuel Pando , Bolivian officer and politician, President
- 1849: Lucien Magne , French architect
- 1850: Heinrich Ancker , German politician and entrepreneur, MdR
1851-1900
- 1856: André Gedalge , French music teacher and composer
- 1857: Friedrich August Emil Heuer , German farrier and wagon builder
- 1857: William Douw Lighthall , Canadian lyric poet and writer
- 1858: Juan Luis Sanfuentes Andonaegui , Chilean lawyer and politician, President
- 1860: William Bates , American ophthalmologist
- 1860: David Hendricks Bergey , American physician and bacteriologist
- 1862: William Cropper , English soccer and cricketer
- 1863: Louis Emmerson , American politician, governor of Illinois
- 1864: Harold Jarvis , Canadian singer
- 1867: Léon Delacroix , Belgian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister, Minister
- 1867: Fredrik Stang , Norwegian lawyer and politician, minister
- 1870: Georg Hax , German water diver , water polo player, artistic gymnast and sports official
- 1877: Adolf Kašpar , Czech painter and illustrator
- 1879: Karl Appelbaum , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1879: Sydney Greenstreet , British actor
- 1879: Bunk Johnson , American cornetist and trumpeter
- 1880: Theodor Litt , German educator, philosopher
- 1881: Kurt Beyer , German civil engineer
- 1881: António Joaquim Granjo , Portuguese lawyer and politician, minister, prime minister
- 1882: Agustín Abarca , Chilean painter
- 1882: Fridolin Keidel , German aviation pioneer
- 1882: Mina Loy , British artist and poet
- 1882: Alexander Rueb , Dutch chess official, President of the International Chess Federation ( FIDE )
- 1885: Pavel Dědeček , Czech conductor and music teacher
- 1887: Edward Andrade , British physicist
- 1888: Thea von Harbou , German screenwriter
- 1888: Tito Schipa , Italian tenor and composer
- 1889: Lino Salini , German painter, draftsman and caricaturist
- 1890: Emil Dovifat , German journalist
- 1892: Walther Kühn , German politician, co-founder of the FDP, Member of the Bundestag
- 1892: Feliks Łabuński , Polish-American composer, pianist and music teacher
- 1894: Annot , German painter, art teacher, art writer and pacifist
- 1894: Mieczysław Grydzewski , Polish journalist, newspaper publisher, columnist and literary critic
- 1895: Siegfried Arno , German actor, comedian, singer and dancer
- 1896: Louis Bromfield , American writer
- 1896: Carl Zuckmayer , German writer
- 1896: Maurice Dewaele , Belgian racing cyclist
- 1896: Wilhelm Käber , German politician, Member of the State Parliament and State Minister
- 1896: Cornelia Venema-Schaeffer , Dutch entomologist
- 1897: Louis Pichard , French racing car driver
- 1898: Inejirō Asanuma , Japanese politician
- 1899: Christian Charier , French racing car driver
- 1899: Walther Kolbe , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1899: Lasgush Poradeci , Albanian poet
- 1900: Hans Stuck , German-Austrian automobile racing driver
20th century
1901-1925
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- 1901: Marlene Dietrich , German-American actress
- 1901: Stanley William Hayter , British painter and printmaker
- 1902: Francesco Agello , Italian test pilot
- 1902: Ferenc Szabó , Hungarian composer
- 1903: Hans Ekstrand , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1903: Hermann Cardinal Volk , German priest, Bishop of Mainz
- 1904: René Bonnet , French racing driver and vehicle designer
- 1904: Georg Groscurth , German doctor and resistance fighter
- 1904: Konrad Wölki , German composer and mandolinist
- 1905: Paul Krause , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1906: Gualterio Enrique Ahrens , Argentine Brigadier General and Ambassador
- 1906: Andreas Feininger , American photographer
- 1906: Erwin Geschonneck , German actor
- 1907: Sebastian Haffner , German-British publicist
- 1907: Willem van Otterloo , Dutch conductor, cellist and composer
- 1907: Johann Wilhelm Trollmann , German boxer
- 1908: Karl Berg , Austrian clergyman
- 1909: Lou Brero , American racing car driver
- 1909: Henryk Jabłoński , Polish politician, Chairman of the State Council
- 1909: Albert Oeckl , German PR and communication scientist
- 1910: Ian Donald , British gynecologist
- 1910: Josef Mayr-Nusser , South Tyrolean resistance fighter, victim of National Socialism
- 1911: Heinz Maegerlein , German sports journalist
- 1911: Juana Francisca Rubio , Spanish poster artist and painter
- 1912: Hermann Höhn , German Protestant pastor
- 1914: Giuseppe Berto , Italian writer
- 1914: Dorris Bowdon , American actress
- 1915: William Masters , American sex researcher
- 1915: Gyula Zsengellér , Hungarian football player
- 1916: Werner Baumbach , German Air Force officer
- 1916: Friedrich von Bömches , German painter
- 1916: Johnny Frigo , American jazz bassist and violinist
- 1919: Charles Sweeney , American Air Force general
- 1920: Hans Rose , German politician, Member of the State Parliament
- 1920: Robert Whittaker , American botanist, climatologist, and university professor
- 1921: Fernand Nault , Canadian dancer and choreographer
- 1921: Emil Obermann , German journalist and television presenter
- 1921: Yohannes Woldegiorgis , Ethiopian bishop
- 1922: Karel Hiršl , Czechoslovak resistance fighter
- 1923: Andrej Awanessowitsch Babajew , Azerbaijani composer
- 1923: Alfons Bayerl , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag, MEP
- 1923: Elsbeth Janda , German conférencière, cabaret artist, actress, author and editor
- 1923: Franz-Josef Steffens , German actor
- 1925: Moshe Arens , Israeli politician, minister
- 1925: Michel Piccoli , French actor
- 1925: Heinz Ulzheimer , German athlete, Olympic medalist
1926-1950
- 1926: Jerome Courtland , American film director, film producer, and actor
- 1927: Hermann Ansorge , German agricultural chemist
- 1927: Anne Armstrong , US diplomat and politician
- 1927: Bill Crow , American jazz bassist
- 1927: Wolf-Dietrich Großer , German politician, MdL
- 1927: Stefan Knafl , Austrian politician, LAbg
- 1928: Manfred Arlt , German architect
- 1928: Martin Arnold , German physician and university professor
- 1928: Walter Romberg , German politician, member of the People's Chamber, Minister of the GDR
- 1929: Zdeněk Bláha , Czech folk musician and composer
- 1929: Gyula Kovács , Hungarian jazz drummer
- 1930: Jacqueline Fontyn , Belgian composer and professor
- 1930: William H. Hill , American composer and music teacher
- 1930: Hannelore Schlaf , German table tennis player and official
- 1931: Josef Lapid , Israeli politician, Minister of Justice
- 1931: Scotty Moore , American musician
- 1932: Hans Piazza , German historian and university professor
- 1932: Tilman Pünder , German politician, district president von Gießen
- 1933: Gianni Amico , Italian film director, screenwriter and cultural worker
- 1933: John year jr. , German publisher
- 1933: Amanullah Parsa , Afghan artist and professor
- 1934: Larissa Latynina , Soviet gymnast, Olympic champion, world champion
- 1934: Pat Moss , British rally driver
- 1936: Igor Kostin , Moldovan-Ukrainian photographer and journalist
- 1936: Martin Wienbeck , German gastroenterologist
- 1938: Valentina Prudskowa , Soviet foil fencer, Olympic champion, world champion
- 1938: Rolf Wolfshohl , German racing cyclist, world champion
- 1939: John Amos , American football player and actor
- 1940: Enrico Bacher , Italian ice hockey player
- 1941: Jean-Claude Bouillon , French actor
- 1941: Mike Pinder , British musician
- 1942: Klaus Hoffer , Austrian writer
- 1942: Oscar Cardozo Ocampo , Argentine arranger, pianist and composer
- 1942: Claus Schiprowski , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1943: Georges Bou-Jaoudé , Lebanese Archbishop
- 1943: Joan Manuel Serrat , Catalan singer-songwriter
- 1943: Peter Sinfield , British musician, singer and songwriter
- 1943: Stephan Sulke , Swiss singer and composer
- 1944: Vijay Arora , Indian film actor
- 1944: Hans-Jürgen Buchner , German musician and composer
- 1944: Magne Hegdal , Norwegian composer, pianist and music critic
- 1944: Mick Jones , British musician, singer and songwriter
- 1944: Inge Meyer-Dietrich , German author for children and young people
- 1944: Markus Werner , Swiss writer
- 1946: Schiffkowitz , Austrian musician
- 1947: Irene Adams , British politician
- 1947: Mariella Mehr , Swiss writer
- 1947: Tracy Nelson , American singer
- 1947: Roberto Quintanilla , Mexican entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1948: Gérard Depardieu , French actor
- 1948: Meja Mwangi , Kenyan writer
- 1948: Joachim Poss , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1949: Klaus Fischer , German soccer player and coach
- 1949: Akwasi Osei Adjei , Ghanaian politician, minister
- 1950: Joe Armstrong , British computer scientist
- 1950: Roberto Bettega , Italian football player and official
- 1950: Terry Bozzio , American drummer
1951-1975
- 1951: William Waldorf Astor , British nobleman and politician
- 1951: Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León , Mexican economist and politician, president
- 1952: Ainsley Armstrong , sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago
- 1952: Bob Flanagan , American writer and artist
- 1952: David Knopfler , British musician, singer and songwriter ( Dire Straits )
- 1952: Gerlinde Kaupa , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1953: Steven Dann , Canadian violist
- 1953: Hans Jörg Schelling , Austrian entrepreneur and politician, National Councilor, Federal Minister
- 1954: Novella Calligaris , Italian swimmer
- 1954: John Watts , British singer, guitarist and poet
- 1955: Reiner Alhaus , German soccer player and coach
- 1955: Marie Zimmermann , German dramaturge and artistic director
- 1956: Rachel Bissex , American folk singer and singer-songwriter
- 1956: Horst Kummeth , German actor, director and author
- 1956: Doina Melinte , Romanian athlete, Olympic champion
- 1956: Rabe Perplexum , German painter and performance artist
- 1956: Arno Scherzberg , German legal scholar
- 1957: Christos Yiannopoulos , German screenwriter and author
- 1958: Florian Martens , German actor
- 1958: Steffen Mensching , German cultural scientist and writer, actor and director
- 1960: Maryam d'Abo , British actress
- 1960: Gerald Eckert , German composer, cellist and painter
- 1960: Martin Glover , British music producer
- 1960: Valdas Tutkus , Lithuanian officer, commander in chief of the national armed forces
- 1961: Guido Westerwelle , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister
- 1963: Gaspar Noé , French film director
- 1964: Thomas Gaevert , German author and freelance journalist
- 1964: Tor Mikkel Wara , Norwegian politician, minister
- 1965: Salman Khan , Indian actor
- 1965: Christian Kleiminger , German lawyer and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1965: Michael Mertens , German shot putter
- 1966: Chris Abani , Nigerian writer
- 1966: Bill Goldberg , American wrestler
- 1966: Eva LaRue , American actress
- 1967: Gregory B. Waldis , Swiss actor
- 1968: David W. Moore , American music educator and composer
- 1968: Massimo Rastelli , Italian football player and coach
- 1969: Marco Antonio Regil , Mexican television presenter
- 1969: Hans Rosendahl , Swedish swimmer
- 1970: Andrea Andersson , American badminton player
- 1970: Isabella Schmid , Swiss actress
- 1971: Sabine Spitz , German mountain biker
- 1971: Sergei Sergejewitsch Bodrov , Russian film actor and director
- 1972: Thomas Grandi , Canadian ski racer
- 1972: Malin Schwerdtfeger , German writer
- 1972: Michael Wiesinger , German professional footballer
- 1973: Bert Appermont , Belgian composer and musician
- 1973: Jelisaweta Alexandrovna Koschewnikowa , Russian freestyle skier
- 1973: Kristoffer Zegers , Dutch composer
- 1974: Luc-Arsène Diamesso , Congolese football player
- 1974: Masi Oka , Japanese actor and visual effects artist
- 1974: Warren Ostergard , American film producer and actor
- 1974: Julia Stinshoff , German actress
- 1975: Aigars Fadejevs , Latvian athlete
- 1975: Heather O'Rourke , American film actress
- 1975: Sara Wedlund , Swedish athlete
1976-2000
- 1976: Michael Borgstede , German harpsichordist and journalist
- 1976: Sabine Heinrich , German radio and television presenter
- 1976: Aaron Stanford , American actor and film producer
- 1976: Curro Torres , Spanish soccer player
- 1977: Florence Ekpo-Umoh , German athlete of Nigerian origin
- 1977: Sinead Keenan , Irish actress
- 1978: Sabine Ansel , German fistball player, world champion
- 1978: Luca Ariatti , Italian soccer player
- 1978: Antje Buschschulte , German swimmer, Olympic medalist, world champion
- 1980: Nadia Anjuman , Afghan poet and journalist
- 1980: Elizabeth De Razzo , American actress
- 1980: Nina Moghaddam , German television presenter
- 1981: Emilie de Ravin , Australian actress
- 1981: Lise Darly , French singer
- 1981: Javine , British singer
- 1981: Jana Schadrack , German soccer player
- 1982: Ovidiu Hoban , Romanian football player
- 1983: Cole Hamels , American baseball player
- 1983: Kevin Rudolf , American singer
- 1984: Gilles Simon , French tennis player
- 1985: Jérôme D'Ambrosio , Belgian racing driver
- 1985: Thomas Holzer , German racing car driver
- 1985: Daiki Itō , Japanese ski jumper
- 1985: Thomas Ower , German ice hockey player
- 1985: Cristian Villagra , Argentine soccer player
- 1986: Sandra Auffarth , German show jumper, Olympic champion
- 1986: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce , Jamaican sprinter, Olympic champion, world champion
- 1987: Andrea Arnaboldi , Italian tennis player
- 1987: Logan Bailly , Belgian football goalkeeper
- 1988: Hayley Williams , American singer-songwriter and keyboardist
- 1989: Anželika Ahmetšina , Estonian soccer player
- 1990: Milos Raonic , Canadian tennis player
- 1991: Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht , German actor and singer
- 1995: Timothée Chalamet , American-French actor
- 1996: Timon Haugan , Norwegian ski racer
- 1998: Ngawang Namgyel , Bhutanese judoka
- 1998: Briar Nolet , Canadian dancer and actress
Died
Before the 16th century
- 975: Balderich , Bishop of Utrecht
- 1065: Ferdinand I , "the great", King of Castile and León
- 1071: Karl , Bishop of Constance
- 1076: Svyatoslav II , Grand Duke of the Kievan Rus
- 1087: Bertha of Savoy , Roman-German Queen and Empress
- 1247: Hermann II , Count of Weimar-Orlamünde
- 1342: Hrelja , Serbian military leader and magnate
- 1351: Jean de Marigny , French clergyman, military man and statesman, Bishop of Beauvais, Archbishop of Rouen
- 1351: Johann I , Bishop of Naumburg
- 1356: Christine Ebner , German nun and mystic
- 1377: Johann II. , Count of Hoya
- 1381: Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March , English nobleman
- 1397: Robert Waldby , English clergyman
- 1420: Jakob Twinger von Königshofen , German chronicle writer
- 1426: Philippo Scolari , Hungarian military leader, Banus of Temesvár
- 1428: Johann I , Duke of Münsterberg
- 1439: Isabel le Despenser, 5th Baroness Burghersh , English noblewoman
- 1443: Eberhard von Saunsheim , German master of the Teutonic Order
- 1498: Alexander Hegius , German clergyman and humanist
16th to 18th centuries
- 1513: Martin Pollich , German philosopher, physician and theologian, founding rector of the University of Wittenberg
- 1516: Jacques d'Amboise , French cleric
- 1534: Antonio da Sangallo the Elder , Italian architect and fortress builder
- 1543: Georg the Pious , Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Regent of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and Duke of Jägerndorf and Oppeln-Ratibor
- 1546: Johann Schnabel , German Protestant theologian and reformer
- 1548: Francesco Spiera , legal scholar from Italy
- 1562: Joachim , Duke of Münsterberg and Oels
- 1564: Hans Ungnad , Austrian statesman
- 1571: Johannes Criginger , German Lutheran theologian, cartographer and writer
- 1585: Pierre de Ronsard , French poet
- 1614: Bartosz Paprocki , Polish and Czech writer, historian, translator, poet and heraldist, pioneer of Polish and Czech genealogy
- 1636: Iskandar Muda , Sultan of Aceh, Indonesian national hero
- 1642: Hermann op den Graeff , leading figure of the Krefeld Mennonites
- 1654: Theodor Zwinger the Younger , Swiss pastor and professor of theology
- 1663: Christina of France , Duchess of Savoy
- 1668: Franz Romanus German jurist
- 1682: Konrad Schinkel , Lübeck mayor
- 1683: Maria Francisca Elisabeth of Savoy , Queen of Portugal
- 1693: Joseph Adelmann , German Jesuit and university professor
- 1696: Johann Anton Kirchberger , mayor of Bern
- 1696: Jacob Lüdecke , German lawyer and bailiff
- 1701: Johann Wolfgang Textor the Elder , German lawyer and archivist
- 1702: Jacob Arlet , Bohemian Cistercian monk
- 1704: Hans Albrecht von Barfus , Brandenburg-Prussian General Field Marshal
- 1707: Jean Mabillon , French Benedictine monk and scholar, founder of the auxiliary historical sciences
- 1713: Balthasar Adelmann , German Jesuit and teacher
- 1722: Anna Pogwisch , German nobleman and patroness
- 1754: Charles Craven , British governor of the Province of South Carolina
- 1756: Barbara Christine von Bernhold , Countess of Hesse, mistress and confidante of two landgraves
- 1756: Peter Karl Christoph von Keith , Prussian military, personal page of Frederick the Great
- 1771: Henri de Pitot , French hydraulic engineer
- 1783: Karl Friedrich Paelike , German lawyer and university professor
- 1800: Hugh Blair , Scottish clergyman and writer
19th century
- 1802: Wilhelm Heinrich Bethmann , German organ builder
- 1802: Johann Gottfried Brügelmann , German textile entrepreneur, pioneer of the industrial revolution
- 1802: Johann Joachim Busch , German architect and sculptor
- 1802: Jens Juel , Danish painter
- 1832: Emanuel von Schimonsky , Prince-Bishop of Breslau
- 1836: Stephen F. Austin , Founder of the Republic of Texas, Minister
- 1841: Joseph Leonhard Knoll , Bohemian educator
- 1842: Gottlieb Ludwig Heinrich von Gess , German chief bailiff
- 1849: Jacques-Laurent Agasse , Swiss animal and landscape painter
- 1850: Giacinto Amati , Italian theologian
- 1881: John J. Bagley , American politician, governor of Michigan
- 1889: Eduard Bendemann , German painter
- 1890: Woldemar Frege , German lawyer and university professor
- 1890: Walter Grimshaw , British author of chess problems
- 1891: Antonio Arenas , Peruvian lawyer and politician, President
- 1900: William George Armstrong , British industrialist
20th century
1901 to 1950
- 1902: Otto Agricola , German politician, district administrator, MdR
- 1906: Gerhard Ahlhorn , German farmer and politician, Member of the State Parliament, President of the Landtag, Member of the State Parliament
- 1913: Antonia Maria of Portugal , Infanta of Portugal
- 1914: Ottó Herman , Hungarian naturalist, ethnologist and politician
- 1916: Nikolai Feopemptowitsch Solowjow , Russian composer and music teacher
- 1916: Hugo Süchting , German chess player
- 1918: Birt Acres , British photographer and film pioneer
- 1918: Carl Schlechter , Austrian chess player
- 1924: William Archer , Scottish theater critic, stage poet and Ibsen translator
- 1924: Léon Bakst , Russian-French painter, stage and costume designer
- 1931: Walter Courvoisier , Swiss composer
- 1932: Arvid Järnefelt , Finnish writer
- 1932: Sidonie Werner , German social politician and women's rights activist, co-founder of the Jewish Women's Association
- 1936: Louis Aubert , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1936: Mehmet Akif Ersoy , Turkish poet
- 1937: William Noble Andrews , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
- 1938: Émile Vandervelde , Belgian politician, Chairman of the Second International, Minister
- 1942: Reginald Blomfield , British landscape architect
- 1942: William G. Morgan , American salesman and sportsman, inventor of volleyball
- 1942: Julius Schoeps , German doctor, Prussian guard officer
- 1945: Frieda Fischer-Wieruszowski , German donor, museum director and writer
- 1945: Janko Jesenský , Slovak writer
- 1947: Friedrich Schwendimann , Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman and church historian
- 1948: Arrigo Serato , Italian violinist and music teacher
- 1949: Ivie Anderson , American jazz singer
- 1950: Max Beckmann , German painter
1951 to 2000
- 1952: Horst Caspar , German actor
- 1952: Henri Winkelman , Dutch general
- 1953: Józef Turczyński , Polish pianist and music teacher
- 1953: Julian Tuwim , Polish poet
- 1955: Kurt Agricola , German officer
- 1957: Otto Nuschke , German politician, member of the Weimar National Assembly, MDL, Deputy Prime Minister of the GDR
- 1957: Egon Ranshofen-Wertheimer , Austrian-American diplomat, journalist, lawyer and political scientist
- 1958: Édouard Flament , French composer
- 1959: Dietrich Kralik , Austrian old Germanist
- 1963: Wildcat Wilson , American football player
- 1964: Pierre-Aurèle Asselin , Canadian singer
- 1965: Edgar Ende , German painter
- 1966: Herbert Otto Gille , German general of the SS and Waffen-SS
- 1969: Alexei Pawlowitsch Sokolski , Soviet chess master
- 1972: Lester Pearson , Canadian politician, minister, prime minister
- 1976: Karl Abenthum , German pastor and papal house prelate
- 1976: Anders Ahlgren , Swedish wrestler, Olympic medalist, world champion
- 1978: Houari Boumedienne , Algerian politician, head of state
- 1978: Bob Luman , American singer
- 1979: Hafizullah Amin , Afghan politician, President
- 1980: Fritz Schröder-Jahn , German actor and radio play director
- 1981: Hoagy Carmichael , American composer
- 1982: Erwin Bootz , German pianist
- 1982: Jack Swigert , American astronaut and politician, member of the House of Representatives
- 1985: Ferhat Abbas , Algerian freedom fighter and politician, head of state
- 1985: Dian Fossey , American gorilla researcher
- 1985: Hanns Koren , Austrian folklorist and politician, festival founder ( steirischer herbst )
- 1985: Jean Rondeau , French racing car driver and designer
- 1986: Louis Van Lint , Belgian painter
- 1987: Harry Buckwitz , German theater director
- 1987: Josef Grohé , German politician, MdL, MdR, Gauleiter, Reich Commissioner
- 1988: Hal Ashby , American director
- 1988: Christophe Senft , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1989: Rodney Arismendi , Uruguayan politician and Marxist theorist
- 1989: Friedrich Kaufhold , head of the Berlin fire brigade
- 1990: Əbülfət Əliyev , Azerbaijani mugham and opera singer
- 1991: Louis Descartes , French racing car driver and racing team owner
- 1992: Kay Boyle , American writer and journalist
- 1992: Stephen Albert , American composer
- 1993: Meliton Kantaria , Georgian Soviet soldier
- 1993: André Pilette , Belgian Formula 1 and sports car racing driver
- 1995: Ferdinand Auth , German politician, MdL
- 1997: Hans Blickensdörfer , German sports journalist and writer
- 1997: Saïd Brahimi , Algerian-French football player and coach
- 1998: Ricardo Tormo , Spanish motorcycle racer
- 1999: Kurt Jaggberg , Austrian actor, screenwriter and director
- 2000: Erwin Ammann , German politician, MdL
- 2000: Nikolai von Michalewsky (Mark Brandis), German writer
21st century
- 2002: Carla Henius , German mezzo-soprano
- 2002: George Roy Hill , American director ( The Clou )
- 2002: Hans Joachim Stoebe , German Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 2003: Alan Bates , British actor
- 2003: Heinz Kiessling , German musician, orchestra leader, composer and music producer
- 2004: Hank Garland , American guitarist
- 2005: Herbert Kautz , Austrian politician, LAbg
- 2006: Pierre Delanoë , French chanson writer
- 2006: Boris Guds , Russian writer
- 2007: Ardyth Alton , American cellist and music teacher
- 2007: Benazir Bhutto , Pakistani politician, first Muslim head of government in the world as Prime Minister
- 2008: Heinrich Pommerenke , German violent criminal and serial killer
- 2010: Peter Kreisky , Austrian social scientist
- 2011: Michael Dummett , British philosopher and logician
- 2012: Jesco von Puttkamer , German-American aerospace engineer and publicist
- 2012: Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. , American General
- 2014: Tomaž Šalamun , Slovenian poet
- 2015: Stein Eriksen , Norwegian ski racer
- 2015: François Gross , Swiss journalist
- 2015: Ellsworth Kelly , American painter and sculptor
- 2015: Haskell Wexler , American cinematographer and director
- 2016: Carrie Fisher , American actress and author
- 2016: Claude Gensac , French actress
- 2016: Betty-Jean Hagen , Canadian violinist and music teacher
- 2016: Hans Tietmeyer , German economist and President of the Bundesbank
- 2017: Bernard Gordon Lennox , British officer
- 2018: Kuno Hämisegger , Swiss economist
- 2018: Hans A. Nikel , German publisher
- 2020: Maria Gąsienica Bukowa-Kowalska , Polish cross-country skier
- 2020: Marian Jochman , Polish athlete
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. John , Evangelist, traditionally equated with the apostle of the same name (Protestant, Catholic)
Further entries can be found in the list of days of remembrance and action .
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