January 28th
January 28 (in Austria and South Tyrol : January 28 ) is the 28th day of the Gregorian calendar , leaving 337 days (338 days in leap years) until the end of the year. It is also known as Karlstag after the day of Charlemagne 's death .
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events
politics and world affairs
- 98: After the death of the first adoptive emperor Nerva , Trajan , who had been adopted by him a few months earlier, is proclaimed the first provincial to be the Roman emperor .
- 893: The thirteen -year-old Carolingian Charles III. is elevated to anti-king of the Robertian Odo of Paris in Reims , which leads to civil war in burgeoning France .
- 1077: At the height of the Investiture Controversy , the German King Henry IV was released from the ban by Pope Gregory VII at Canossa Castle in Northern Italy after he had shown his penitence by going to Canossa .
- 1204: Nikolaos Kanabos is elected Emperor of the Byzantine Empire against his will . Only a few days later he is deposed again.
- 1393: King Charles VI of France is throwing a hen party for one of Queen Isabeau 's maids of honor . The ball later known as the Bal des Ardents (“Ball of the Burning”) catches fire, killing four of the king's friends. He then goes completely insane.
- 1519: Duke Ulrich von Württemberg invades the free imperial city of Reutlingen and thus enters into a war with the Swabian League .
- 1521: Emperor Charles V opens the Diet of Worms , which lasts until May 25, and which, in addition to problems of imperial administration such as the imperial regiment and the imperial registers, also deals with the Causa Lutheri as the last item .
- 1547: After the death of his father Henry VIII. Edward VI. first Protestant ruler of England .
- 1795: The Dutch fleet is handed over to French command. The ships are trapped by ice in a harsh winter on the island of Texel .
- 1810: The Tyrolean freedom fighter Andreas Hofer is arrested by the French on the Pfandleralm near St. Martin in Passeier . Franz Raffl revealed his hiding place .
- 1820: The Russian Antarctic Expedition led by Bellingshausen and Lazarev discovers the Antarctic mainland.
- 1827: After a successful uprising in Peru against Simón Bolívar , who ruled in personal union with Greater Colombia , Andrés de Santa Cruz becomes Peruvian President.
- 1846: The Battle of Aliwal takes place between the British East India Company and the Sikh Army of Punjab in the First Sikh War .
- 1871: The threat of food shortages in Paris after a siege of several months forces the French government to give in in the Franco-Prussian War . In Versailles , an armistice negotiated between Otto von Bismarck and Jules Favre is agreed, which expressly does not apply to the Départements Doubs , Côte-d'Or and Jura . In fact, this is where the French defeat begins .
- 1897: The patent law is enacted in Austria-Hungary . It replaces the regulations in imperial patents , which previously granted protective rights for inventions.
- 1912: The German Wehrverein (DWV) is founded in Berlin to convince the German population of the need for much stronger army armaments. General August Keim takes the chair.
- 1915: The United States Coast Guard is formed through the merger of the Revenue Cutter Service and the Life Saving Service .
- 1915: After the January 25 coup in Portugal , President Manuel de Arriaga appoints the leader of the coup, General Joaquim Pimenta de Castro , as the new prime minister.
- 1918: The Russian Red Army is established by a decision of the Council of People's Commissars led by Leon Trotsky .
- 1918: The Spartakusbund around Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg called for a January strike for better living and working conditions, the end of the First World War and democratization .
- 1920: In Albania , the Congress of Lushnja , a national assembly for the independence of the occupied and threatened country, begins .
- 1932: Japanese troops attack Shanghai to break the boycott of Japanese goods during the Manchurian Crisis . The first Battle of Shanghai begins.
- 1933: After talks with Reich President Paul von Hindenburg , German Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher resigns and recommends that Adolf Hitler be appointed Chancellor. The Weimar Republic ended with the “ seizure of power” two days later .
- 1934: The Sopade , the foreign branch of the SPD in Prague, calls for the overthrow of Hitler 's National Socialist government in the Prague Manifesto appearing in the Neues Vorwarts .
- 1935: Iceland passes the Abortion Abortion Act , making abortion legal for the first time in the world under certain circumstances.
- 1959: The Kingdom of Thailand adopts a new constitution.
- 1972: At the suggestion of the Standing Conference of the Interior Ministers of the federal states , the principles on the question of anti-constitutional forces in the public service are decided in Germany as a means of militant democracy . The so-called radical decree is a reaction to the left-wing terror of the RAF and is intended to exclude “anti-constitutional people” from civil service positions.
- 1981: The Council of Europe agrees the European Data Protection Convention , a treaty governing the protection and cross-border exchange of personal data .
- 1987: Mikhail Gorbachev calls for reforms in his speech and closing remarks at the plenary session of the Central Committee of the CPSU : the beginning of glasnost and perestroika .
- 2010: Five military personnel involved in the August 1975 assassination of President Mujibur Rahman and his family were hanged in Dhaka .
- 2018: Finnish President Sauli Niinistö is re-elected in the first ballot . It is the first time in the history of the direct election of the President of Finland that a candidate has succeeded.
business
- 1505: The Fondaco dei Tedeschi , the branch of the German merchants in Venice, is in ruins after a nighttime fire in the morning . A rebuild is required.
- 1855: The first Panama Railroad Company train operated on the completed route between Colón and Panama City . The route connects the two port cities on the Atlantic and Pacific . The $8 million investment is funded by the New York City -based company, and its shares are rising.
- 1867: After the victory in the German War and the occupation of Frankfurt am Main, Prussia forces the princely house of Thurn and Taxis , which has held postal carriage in the Reich since the postal regime of 1597 , to conclude a contract on the cancellation of the postal service , which takes effect on July 1 will.
- 1873: The Deutsche Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt, formerly Roessler AG ( Evonik Degussa ), is founded in Frankfurt am Main .
- 1930: The Reichstag passes the Zündwarenmonopolgesetz by a vote of 240 to 143 with 7 abstentions and one invalid vote . Due to this law, matches in the German Reich may only be sold by the German ignition goods monopoly company .
- 1958: The Danish company Lego registers a patent for the Lego brick in its current form .
- 1999: Ford acquires Volvo 's passenger car division , Volvo Car Corporation , for $6.45 billion.
- 2005: Procter & Gamble announces its intention to buy The Gillette Company , which mainly manufactures safety razors, for 57 billion US dollars.
science and technology
- 1724: Today's Saint Petersburg State University is founded by Peter the Great as the first university in Russia.
- 1754: The term serendipity is first used by the English author Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford in a letter to Horace Mann for an accidental observation of something that was not the original aim of an investigation.
- 1807: The first streetlights using gas are installed along Pall Mall in the City of Westminster , London .
- 1821: Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen , admiral in Russian service, discovered an island in the Southern Ocean that he believed to be part of the Antarctic mainland. He calls it Alexander I Island after his client, Tsar Alexander I.
- 1841: On his Antarctic expedition , the British polar explorer James Clark Ross discovered the Ross Ice Shelf with his ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror in the Ross Sea and began extensive mapping.
- 1851: Northwestern University is founded in the US state of Illinois .
- 1878: The first public payphone is installed in New Haven , Connecticut .
- 1887: In Paris , the Gustave Eiffels firm begins construction of the Eiffel Tower , designed from an idea by Swiss builder Maurice Koechlin . The construction is completed on March 31, 1889 in time for the World Exhibition .
- 1897: Rudolf Diesel successfully starts the engine he invented .
- 1902: Andrew Carnegie donates $ 10 million to science. This creates the Carnegie Institution of Washington .
Culture
- 1747: At the Teatro Apollo in Rome, the premiere of the opera The Abandoned Dido ( Dido abbandonata ) by Niccolò Jommelli .
- 1788: The comic opera The Harvest Wreath by Justin Heinrich Knecht is premiered in Biberach an der Riss .
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- 1813: British novelist Jane Austen anonymously publishes her novel Pride and Prejudice .
- 1821: The premiere of the opera Esop in Lydien by Conradin Kreutzer takes place in Donaueschingen .
- 1830: The Théâtre Feydeau in Paris premieres the comic opera Fra Diavolo or The Inn of Terracina by Daniel-François-Esprit Auber with the libretto by Eugène Scribe .
- 1916: The operetta Liebeszauber by Oscar Straus is premiered at the Bürgertheater in Vienna .
- 1927: The world premiere of Jacques Ibert 's opera Angélique takes place in Paris .
- 1936: Two days after Stalin 's visit to Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Pravda publishes an unsigned article , Chaos Instead of Music , which leads to the unperformability of the opera, which has been running with overwhelming success for two years.
- 1944: The feature film Die Feuerzangenbowle by Helmut Weiss and starring Heinz Rühmann , which is closely based on the novel of the same name by Heinrich Spoerl and Hans Reimann , has its premiere in Berlin.
- 1956: The premiere of the play Opera from the Fair by Emil František Burian takes place in Prague.
- 2010: As part of the Capital of Culture year RUHR.2010 , the Museum Folkwang reopens in Essen , a new building designed by British architect David Chipperfield .
society
- 1946: Canadian gaff schooner Bluenose , a multiple Fisherman's Cup winner , struck a reef off Haiti and sank.
- 1953: 19-year-old Derek Bentley is executed at Wandsworth Jail in London, despite strong public protests, by executioner Albert Pierrepoint for a murder committed by his accomplice after his arrest. The verdict on which this execution was based is overturned more than 40 years later.
- 1958: American serial killer Charles Starkweather murders the family of his 14-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate.
religion
- 1573: The Confederation of Warsaw grants full religious freedom to minority denominations in Poland . The term dissident is used for the first time in the Edict of Tolerance , which was created under the impression of Saint Bartholomew 's Night in France .
disasters
- 1870: After leaving Halifax , the British Inman Line passenger liner City of Boston disappears without a trace on the North Atlantic with 191 people on board.
- 1907: 150 people die in a firestorm followed by a coal dust explosion in the Reden mine in Landsweiler-Reden, today's Schiffweiler near Neunkirchen .
- 1969 : Uncontrolled oil spill from a Unocal drilling platform in the Santa Barbara Channel causes an oil spill on the coast and the four northern Channel Islands off California .
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- 1977: The Blizzard of '77 , which lasted until February 1 and primarily affected the Buffalo , New York area, killed 29 people and caused over $220 million in economic damage.
- 1986: The Space Shuttle Challenger breaks up on mission STS-51-L shortly after launch from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral . The seven astronauts Francis Scobee , Michael Smith , Judith Resnik , Ellison Onizuka , Ronald McNair , Gregory Jarvis and Christa McAuliffe die in the process . It was the deadliest accident in US space history.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1900: The German Football Association ( DFB ) is founded by 86 clubs at a founding meeting in Leipzig . Ferdinand Hueppe , the representative of DFC Prague , is elected the first president.
- 2018: The Swiss tennis player Roger Federer wins the Australian Open for the sixth time in his career and thus his 20th Grand Slam title.
Entries of track and field world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1311: Joanna II , Queen of Navarre
- 1453: Simonetta Vespucci , Italian muse and ideal of beauty
- 1457: Henry VII , King of England
- 1504: Anna II zu Stolberg , abbess of the Imperial Chapter of Quedlinburg
- 1507: Ferrante I Gonzaga , third son of Margrave Gianfrancesco II Gonzaga
- 1523: Paul Dumerich , German educator and professor
- 1533: Paul Luther , German physician and personal physician to the Duke of Saxony, son of Martin Luther
- 1539: Nicolò Donà , 93rd Doge of Venice
- 1540: Ludolph van Ceulen , Dutch mathematician
- 1548: Paul Mathesius , German Lutheran theologian
- 1582: John Barclay , Scottish poet and satirist
- 1585: Domenico II Contarini , 104th Doge of Venice
- 1600: Clement IX. , Pope
- 1608: Giovanni Alfonso Borelli , Italian physicist and astronomer
- 1611: Johannes Hevelius , German astronomer
- 1622: Adrien Auzout , French physicist and astronomer
- 1659: Johann Christian Schröter , German legal scholar
- 1671: William Stephens , British colonial governor of the Province of Georgia
- 1673: Georg Gsell , Swiss Baroque painter
- 1674: Jean Ranc , French painter
- 1679: Karl Wilhelm , Margrave of Baden, founder of Karlsruhe
- 1684: Jean-Baptiste de Durfort , Marshal of France
- 1690: Friedrich Bernhard Werner , German draftsman and engraver
18th century
- 1701: Charles Marie de La Condamine , French mathematician and astronomer
- 1706: John Baskerville , British type designer, master scribe, printer
- 1712: Tokugawa Ieshige , Japanese shogun
- 1717: Mustafa III. , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- 1722: Johann Ernst Bach , German composer
- 1726: Laurent Angliviel de La Beaumelle , French writer and librarian
- 1726: Christian Felix Weisse , German writer
- 1741: Johann August Weppen , German civil servant and writer
- 1750: Caroline von Herder , wife, editor and biographer of Johann Gottfried von Herder
- 1751: Georg Heinrich Sieveking , German merchant and enlightener
- 1751: Georg Adolf Suckow , German scientist, physicist, chemist, mineralogist and mining expert
- 1752: Bernhard Joseph Ritter Anders von Porodim , Austrian official
- 1755: Samuel Thomas von Soemmerring , German anatomist, anthropologist, paleontologist and inventor, discoverer of the 'yellow spot' in the eye
- 1760: David Leonard Barnes , American jurist
- 1761: Marguerite Gérard , French Neoclassical painter
- 1764: Gottlob Heinrich Schulz , German jurist and mayor
- 1768: Axel Bundsen , Danish architect and builder
- 1768: Frederick VI. , King of Denmark and Norway
- 1778: Christian Sethe , German jurist
- 1780: Giovanni Battista Velluti , Italian opera singer, last of the great castrati († 1861)
- 1784: George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen , British statesman and Prime Minister
- 1786: Nathaniel Wallich , Danish botanist
- 1789: Ernst von Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld , Russian cavalry general
- 1791: Ferdinand Hérold , French composer
- 1795: Friedrich Gottlob Schulze , German political economist and farmer
- 1800: Friedrich August Stüler , Prussian master builder
19th century
1801-1850
- 1801: Jean Victor Vincent Adam , French history painter and lithographer
- 1802: Johann Nepomuk Amberg , Austrian priest and politician
- 1804: Eugène de Ligne , Belgian politician
- 1806: William Aiken , American politician
- 1807: Robert John Le Mesurier McClure , British navigator and polar explorer, discoverer of the Northwest Passage
- 1809: Theodor Benfey , German orientalist and linguist
- 1814: Cornélie Falcon , French opera singer († 1897)
- 1815: Andrew Jackson Hamilton , American politician, Governor of Texas
- 1815: Philipp Gustav Passavant , German physician and Privy Medical Councilor
- 1818: George S. Boutwell , American politician
- 1822: Alexander Mackenzie , Prime Minister of Canada
- 1826: Louis Favre , Swiss engineer and tunnel builder
- 1827: August Wilhelm von Babo , Austrian viticulture researcher of Baden origin, developer of the Klosterneuburger Most Waage
- 1828: Roberto Ardigò , Italian philosopher
- 1829: Gustav Karl Heinrich Ferdinand Emil von Arnim , Prussian general
- 1832: Franz Wüllner , German composer and conductor
- 1833: Charles George Gordon , British general
- 1836: Theodor Weber , German bishop
- 1838: James Craig Watson , American astronomer
- 1841: Victor Ernst Nessler , German composer
- 1841: Martin Joseph Schlimbach , German organ builder
- 1841: Henry Morton Stanley , British journalist and explorer of Africa
- 1842: Franziska Feifalik , Austrian hairdresser and confidante of Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary
- 1847: William V. Allen , American politician
- 1847: Franziska Ellmenreich , German actress
- 1850: John Collier , British painter and author
1851-1900
- 1851: Andreas Aubert , Norwegian art historian and art critic
- 1852: Louis Brennan , Irish-Australian designer and inventor
- 1853: José Martí , Cuban national poet, symbol of the struggle for independence
- 1853: Carl Ulrich , German politician, Prime Minister of Hesse
- 1858: Tannatt William Edgeworth David , British geologist, surveyor and polar explorer
- 1858: Eugène Dubois , Dutch anatomist and geologist
- 1858: Abraham Hammerschmidt , German lawyer, notary and politician
- 1858: Gerhard Korte , German mine operator, merchant and chairman of the German potash syndicate
- 1864: Florens Christian Rang , German Protestant theologian, writer and politician
- 1865: Charles Nollet , French general and Chairman of the Inter-Allied Control Commission and Secretary of War
- 1865: Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg , President of Finland
- 1867: Albert Ahn , German publisher and industrialist
- 1868: Julián Aguirre , Argentine composer, pianist and music teacher
- 1869: Peter Fass bands , German-Swiss composer
- 1870: Marie Narelle , Australian singer
- 1871: Olga Rudel-Zeynek , Austrian politician
- 1872: Otto Braun , German politician, State Minister, Prime Minister of Prussia
- 1873: Colette , French writer, cabaret artist and journalist
- 1874: James Larkin , Irish activist and leader of the Union Union
- 1877: Wilhelm Anthes , German politician
- 1878: Walter Kollo , German operetta composer
- 1878: Gertrud Lodahl , German politician
- 1879: Julia Bell , British human geneticist
- 1880: Herbert Freundlich , German physical chemist, basic researcher in colloid chemistry
- 1880: Camil Ressu , Romanian painter
- 1881: Juan José de Amézaga , Uruguayan jurist
- 1881: Siegfried Jacobsohn , German journalist and theater critic
- 1882: Alice Tisdale Hobart , American novelist
- 1882: Pascual Orozco , Mexican revolutionary and general
- 1883: Otto Ostrowski , German politician, Lord Mayor of Berlin
- 1884: Joseph Boulnois , French composer and organist
- 1884: Auguste Piccard , Swiss deep sea diver, balloonist and physicist
- 1884: Jean-Felix Piccard , American chemist and balloonist
- 1885: Fritz Linnert , German politician, MP
- 1886: Marthe Bibesco , French writer
- 1886: Yagi Hidetsugu , Japanese physicist
- 1887: Artur Rubinstein , American-Polish pianist
- 1888: Louis Mordell , American-British mathematician
- 1889: Ramon Iglésias Navarri , Spanish priest, Bishop of Urgell and Co-Prince of Andorra
- 1890: José Martínez , Argentine musician and bandleader
- 1891: Anna Beddies , German politician
- 1891: Nora Kershaw Chadwick , British historian and literary scholar
- 1891: Karel Boleslav Jirák , Czech composer
- 1892: Carlo Emilio Bonferroni , Italian mathematician
- 1892: Luke Jordan , American blues guitarist and singer
- 1892: Maria Moritz , German politician, MdL
- 1892: Willy Rosenstein , German pilot, fighter pilot and automobile racer
- 1893: Adolf Aber , German musicologist and critic
- 1894: Felix Fechenbach , German journalist and poet
- 1897: Valentin Petrovich Katayev , Soviet playwright and novelist
- 1898: Erik Adolf Efraim Abrahamsson , Swedish long jumper and ice hockey player
- 1899: Rupert Angermair , German moral theologian and textbook author
- 1899: August Annist , Estonian literary scholar, translator, folklorist and lyricist
- 1900: Anni Holdmann , German track and field athlete
- 1900: Hermann Kesten , German writer
- 1900: Alice Neel , American painter
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Takahashi Shinkichi , Japanese lyric poet
- 1902: Alfred Barr , American art historian and founding director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York
- 1902: Willy Popp , German chess problem composer and functionary
- 1903: William Nelson Austin , American film editor
- 1903: Lotte Lemke , German welfare worker
- 1903: Kathleen Lonsdale , British physicist
- 1904: Stella Klein-Löw , Austrian politician
- 1905: Jörgen Andersen , German politician of the Danish minority in Schleswig-Holstein, MdL
- 1905: Ellen Fairclough , Canadian politician
- 1905: Mathieu Lange , German musician
- 1905: Peggy Saunders , British tennis player
- 1905: Luther George Simjian , Armenian-American inventor
- 1907: Lev Ginsburg , Russian cellist and musicologist
- 1910: John Banner , Austrian actor
- 1910: Tatjana Sais , German actress and cabaret artist
- 1912: Hilde Eisler , German journalist and editor-in-chief
- 1912: Ursula Herking , German actress and cabaret artist
- 1912: Jackson Pollock , American painter of Abstract Expressionism, action and drip paintings
- 1913: Ernst Cramer , German publicist, Chairman of the Axel Springer Foundation
- 1913: Bernie Scherer , American football player
- 1914: Gudrun Loewe , German prehistorian
- 1914: Juan Urteaga Loidi , Spanish organist, choirmaster, music teacher and composer
- 1915: Elisabeth Frenzel , German literary scholar
- 1915: Brian Shawe-Taylor , British racing driver
- 1917: Abdel-Kader Zaaf , Algerian cyclist
- 1918: Suzanne Flon , French theater and film actress
- 1918: Sandro Puppo , Italian soccer player and coach
- 1919: Vicente Asensi , Spanish football player and coach
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- 1919: Olivier Eggimann , Swiss footballer
- 1919: Hubert Negele , Liechtenstein ski racer
- 1920: Maria Becker , German-Swiss actress
- 1920: Eva Cassirer , German philosopher and astronomer, "Righteous Among the Nations"
- 1921: Pierre Galet , French specialist in vine breeding and ampelography
- 1922: Robert W. Holley , American biochemist, Nobel laureate
- 1923: Richard Herrmann , German footballer
- 1923: Franz Liebl , German author of the Egerland and Upper Palatinate dialect
- 1923: Ivo Robić , Croatian crooner
- 1924: Marcel Broodthaers , Belgian artist
- 1925: Raja Ramanna , Indian nuclear scientist
- 1925: Andrzej Stelmachowski , Polish legal scholar and politician
1926-1950
- 1926: Mousavi Ardebili , Persian cleric
- 1926: Jimmy Bryan , American racing driver
- 1926: Gene Hartley , American racing driver
- 1926: Otto Milfait , Austrian local historian
- 1927: Vera Baker Williams , American children's book author and illustrator
- 1927: Per Oscarsson , Swedish actor
- 1927: Achille Perilli , Italian painter
- 1927: Hans Stefan Seifriz , German politician, MdB, MEP, Senator in Bremen
- 1927: Hiroshi Teshigahara , Japanese film director
- 1928: Akiko Baba , Japanese writer and literary scholar
- 1928: Jirō Kawamura , Japanese translator, literary scholar and critic
- 1929: Acker Bilk , British musician
- 1929: Edith M. Flanigen , American chemist and inventor
- 1929: Claes Oldenburg , Swedish Pop Art sculptor
- 1930: Kurt Biedenkopf , German politician, lawyer, MP, Prime Minister
- 1930: Margo Glantz , Mexican writer
- 1930: Luis de Pablo , Spanish composer and music teacher
- 1931: Felicia Donceanu , Romanian composer
- 1931: Bringfried Müller , German football player and coach
- 1932: Karl Bilek , German gynecologist and obstetrician
- 1932: Parry O'Brien , American shot putter
- 1935: Jürgen Andrees , German industrial engineer and politician
- 1935: David Lodge , British writer
- 1935: Hermann Peter Piwitt , German writer
- 1935: Adolf Schwarte , German middle-distance runner
- 1935: Gerulf Stix , Austrian politician and economic advisor
- 1936: Alan Alda , American actor
- 1936: Ismail Kadare , Albanian writer
- 1937: Helmut F. Spinner , German philosopher, philosopher of science and sociologist
- 1938: Leonid Ivanovich Shabotinsky , former Soviet weightlifter
- 1938: William Voltz , German writer
- 1940: Guido Bachmann , Swiss writer and actor
- 1940: Miguel Barnet , Cuban writer and ethnologist
- 1940: Helma Gautier , Austrian actress
- 1940: Přemysl Krbec , Czechoslovak gymnast
- 1941: Jochen Busse , German actor and cabaret artist
- 1941: Carlos Slim Helú , Mexican entrepreneur
- 1941: Wolfgang Hepp , German actor
- 1941: King Tubby , reggae musician
- 1941: Peter Voss , German journalist
- 1941: Jürgen Zartmann , German actor and voice actor
- 1942: Hans-Jürgen Bäumler , German figure skater
- 1942: André Waignein , Belgian composer and conductor
- 1943: Manfred Jendryschik , German storyteller and poet, essayist and editor
- 1943: Dick Taylor , British musician
- 1944: Alister Allan , British sport shooter
- 1944: Susan Howard , American actress
- 1944: Achim Reichel , German musician, composer and producer
- 1944: John Kenneth Tavener , British composer
- 1945: Herbert Kautz , Austrian politician
- 1945: Marthe Keller , Swiss actress
- 1945: Albrecht Moser , Swiss gun and long-distance runner
- 1945: Helga Vlahović , Croatian presenter, journalist and TV producer
- 1945: Robert Wyatt , British musician
- 1946: Carlos Cano , Spanish copla singer, composer and songwriter
- 1946: Thomas Mann , German politician, MEP
- 1947: Friedrich Pongratz , German psychologist and sociologist
- 1948: Antonio Autiero , Italian theologian and philosopher
- 1948 Mikhail Baryshnikov , American ballet dancer, choreographer and actor
- 1948: Heinz Flohe , German soccer player
- 1948: Charles Taylor , Liberian President, accused at UN Special Court
- 1949: Barry Robinson , British motor racing driver
- 1949: Gregg Popovich , American basketball coach
- 1950: Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa , King of Bahrain
- 1950: Heinz Wewering , German trotting racer and trainer
1951-1975
- 1951: Karl Honz , German athlete
- 1951: Toni Valeruz , Italian extreme skier
- 1952: Michael Jones , French singer and guitarist
- 1952: Michael Karst , German track and field athlete
- 1952: Helmut Wiesinger , Austrian actor
- 1953: Richard Anconina , French actor
- 1953: Chris Carter , British experimental musician ( Throbbing Gristle )
- 1953: Biljana Jovanović , Serbian writer, civil rights activist and peace activist
- 1953: Helmut Middendorf , German artist
- 1954: Kurt Albert , German rock climber, mountaineer, photographer and teacher
- 1954: Peter Lampe , German theologian
- 1954: Rick Warren , American clergyman
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- 1955: Nicolas Sarkozy , French politician, Minister, President of the Republic
- 1955: Karl Schlögl , Austrian politician, Minister of the Interior
- 1956: Tim Flannery , Australian biologist and zoologist
- 1956: Ulrich Gebauer , German actor
- 1956: Peter Schilling , German musician
- 1957: Vasyl Archypenko , Ukrainian hurdler
- 1957: Harald Hudak , German athlete
- 1959: Frank Darabont , American film director
- 1960: Elie Bechara Haddad , Lebanese Archbishop
- 1960: Robert von Dassanowsky , Austrian-American cultural and film historian
- 1961: Arnaldur Indriðason , Icelandic detective novelist
- 1961: Rémy Pochauvin , French auto racer
- 1962: Noriko Ogawa , Japanese pianist
- 1963: Kia Asamiya , Japanese mangaka (comic artist)
- 1964: Wolfram Adolph , German publicist and music journalist
- 1964: Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn , German entrepreneur
- 1965: Nadia Bonfini , Italian alpine skier
- 1966: Julian Argüelles , British tenor saxophonist and composer
- 1966: German Anatolyevich Andreyev , Russian football player and coach
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- 1966: Andrea Berg , German singer
- 1966: Maik Lippert , German writer
- 1966: Christin-Désirée Rudolph , German writer
- 1968: Sarah McLachlan , Canadian singer
- 1968: DJ Muggs , American DJ and record producer
- 1968: Alexa Maria Surholt , German actress
- 1968: Tore Torvbråten , Norwegian curler
- 1969: Edi Members , Austrian footballer
- 1969: Steffen Menze , German football player and coach
- 1969: Kathryn Morris , American actress
- 1970: Julia Jäger , German actress
- 1971: Gerrit Grass , German actor
- 1971: Christoph Kottenkamp , German actor
- 1971: Miriam Smolka , German actress
- 1971: Hartfrid Wolff , German politician, MP
- 1972: Amy Coney Barrett , Justice of the United States Supreme Court
- 1972: Lars Funke , German speed skater
- 1973: Tomislav Marić , Croatian footballer
- 1974: Haila Mompié , Cuban singer
- 1974: Kari Traa , Norwegian female skier
- 1975: Jaliesky García , Icelandic handball player
- 1975: Tim Montgomery , American track and field athlete
1976-2000
- 1976: Dominik Auer , German voice actor, dialogue director and dialogue book author
- 1976: Rick Ross , American rapper
- 1976: Oliver Wnuk , German actor, author and radio play speaker
- 1977: Daunte Culpepper , American football player
- 1977: Takuma Satō , Japanese Formula One racing driver
- 1978: Gianluigi Buffon , Italian footballer
- 1978: Jamie Carragher , English footballer
- 1978: Papa Bouba Diop , Senegalese footballer
- 1978: Jasmin Handanovič , Slovenian footballer
- 1979: Ali Boulala , Swedish skateboarder
- 1980: Nick Carter , American singer
- 1980: Salvatore Greco , Swiss actor
- 1981: Patrick Mtiliga , Danish footballer
- 1981: André Muff , Swiss footballer
- 1981: Thomas Schlieter , German footballer
- 1981: Elijah Wood , American actor
- 1982: Anna Andersson , Swedish ice hockey player
- 1982: Caspar Austa , Estonian mountain bike and road bike racer
- 1982: Jan Kopecký , Czech rally driver
- 1983: Michael Kempter , German football referee
- 1983: Shirli Volk , German actress
- 1983: Kimmo Yliriesto , Finnish ski jumper
- 1984: Andre Iguodala , American basketball player
- 1984: Philipp Rellstab , Danish-Swiss jazz musician, bandleader, composer and arranger.
- 1985: J. Cole , American rapper and producer
- 1985: Aya Miyama , Japanese soccer player
- 1985: Lisbeth Trickett , Australian swimmer
- 1985: Basharmal Sultani , Afghan boxer
- 1985: Harm Osmers , German football referee
- 1986: Jessica Ennis-Hill , British track and field athlete
- 1986: Andreas Lienhart , Austrian footballer
- 1986: Tommy Milner , American racing driver
- 1987: Alexandria Anderson , American sprinter
- 1987: Eldar Djangirov , Kyrgyz pianist
- 1987 Steven O'Dor , Australian footballer
- 1988: Stanko Sabljić , Croatian handball player
- 1988: Yuri Sardarov , American actor
- 1989: Jeroen Engelsman , German-Dutch actor
- 1989: Jason Hoffman , Australian footballer
- 1990: Daylon Claasen , South African footballer
- 1990: Tim Treude , German footballer
- 1991: Jacco Arends , Dutch badminton player
- 1991: Kai Kazmirek , German athlete
- 1991: Tim Schreder , German TV presenter, reporter, journalist and magician
- 1992: Suzana Lazović , Montenegrin handball player and coach
- 1992: Nazanin Malaei , Iranian rower
- 1993: Maximilian Artajo , German voice actor and actor
- 1993: Richmond Boakye , Ghanaian footballer
- 1993: John Anthony Brooks , German-American soccer player
- 1994: Maluma , Colombian singer
- 1995: Merle Frohms , German soccer goalkeeper
- 1995: Marc Oliver Kempf , German footballer
- 1998: Ariel Winter , American actress and singer
- 1999: Agathe Bessard , French skeleton pilot
- 2000: Christian Früchtl , German soccer player
Died
Before the 19th century
- 661: Ali ibn Abi Talib , fourth Sunni caliph
- 814: Charlemagne , Frankish king and Roman emperor
- 995: Heribert the Younger , Count of Meaux and Troyes
- 1061: Spytihněv II , Prince of Bohemia
- 1135: Ludwig von Pfullendorf , Abbot of Reichenau
- 1204: Isaac II , Byzantine Emperor
- 1204: Alexios IV , Emperor of the Byzantine Empire
- 1227: Heinrich Borwin I , Prince of Mecklenburg
- 1232: Pedro de Montaigu , Grand Master of the Templar Order
- 1245: Giovanni Colonna , Italian cardinal
- 1256: William of Holland , Roman-German king
- 1271: Isabella of Aragon , Queen of France
- 1284: Alexander , heir apparent to the Scottish throne and Lord of Man
- 1290: Johann I , count of the anterior county of Sponheim
- 1294: Safi ad-Din al-Urmawi , musician and music theorist
- 1323: Uilleam, 3rd Earl of Ross , Scottish nobleman
- 1328: Meister Eckhart , German Dominican, preacher and theologian (traditional date of death, uncertain)
- 1450: Manfred of Riva , Italian priest and hermit
- 1469: Konrad Kuene van der Hallen , German stone sculptor and cathedral builder in Cologne
- 1505: Giovanni Garzoni , Italian humanist, rhetorician and teacher
- 1522: Jakob Heller , Frankfurt patrician, councilor and mayor
- 1528: Philipp von Kleve-Ravenstein , Burgundian nobleman, governor in Milan and Genoa
- 1547: Henry VIII , King of England and King of Ireland
- 1549: Elijah Levita , German-Jewish poet, humanist, and linguist
- 1550: Magnus III. , Duke of Mecklenburg and Administrator of the Diocese of Schwerin
- 1558: Jakob Micyllus , German humanist, poet and educator
- 1571: Anne Bourchier, 7th Baroness Bourchier , English noblewoman, baroness in her own right
- 1591: Agnes Sampson , Scottish midwife and healer, victim of the North Berwick witch trials
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- 1596: Francis Drake , English privateer, explorer, vice admiral and first English circumnavigator
- 1612: Thomas Bodley , English statesman and scholar
- 1617: Charles II , Duke of Munsterberg and Oels
- 1621: Paul V , Pope
- 1627: Gerhard Rantzau , Danish governor in the royal portion of Schleswig-Holstein
- 1640: Heinrich Matthias von Thurn , Bohemian main leader of the Bohemian Revolt
- 1663: Jacob Lossius , German Lutheran theologian
- 1671: Vollrad Ludolf von Krosigk , German soldier and local politician
- 1685: David Mozart , Augsburg mason and master builder
- 1687: Johannes Hevelius , German astronomer
- 1690: Thomas von Quentel , German priest and official
- 1697: John Fenwick , English Jacobite conspirator
- 1725: Louis d'Aubusson, duc de La Feuillade , French military
- 1726: Marie-Elisabeth de Ludres , maid of honor at the French royal court and mistress of Louis XIV.
- 1730: Samuel Strimesius , German physicist and Reformed theologian
- 1734: Danylo Apostol , Ukrainian Cossack hetman
- 1753: Nathaniel Rice , British colonial governor of North Carolina
- 1754: Ludvig Holberg , Danish-Norwegian poet
- 1755: André Falquet , Swiss merchant, trader and member of the Geneva Council of Two Hundred
- 1761: Francesco Feo , Neapolitan composer
- 1774: Antonio Galli da Bibiena , Italian decorative painter and architect
- 1776: Julián Manuel de Arriaga y Rivera , Spanish nobleman, officer and minister
- 1779: Joseph Franz Xaver von Hoppenbichl , German Catholic clergyman and economist
- 1782: Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville , French geographer and cartographer
- 1785: Johann Gottfried Clemen , German plantation owner
19th century
- 1803: Karl von Marinelli , Austrian actor and writer
- 1805: Mihály Csokonai Vitéz , Hungarian poet
- 1817: Michel-François Calmelet , French engineer
- 1819: Johann Karl Wezel , German poet, writer and educator
- 1820: Ádam Pálóczi Horváth , Hungarian poet
- 1825: Johann Ludwig Klohss , German physician
- 1829: Albrecht Ludwig Berblinger , German aviation pioneer ( The Tailor of Ulm )
- 1832: Augustin-Daniel Belliard , French general
- 1832: Carsten Tank , Norwegian merchant and politician
- 1836: Marie von Clausewitz , German editor of her husband Carl von Clausewitz 's military history works
- 1838: Sophie von Dönhoff , wife of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm II.
- 1839: William Beechey , British painter
- 1840: Heinrich Christian von Ulmenstein , German jurist and civil servant
- 1844: Peter Karl Attenhofer , Swiss politician
- 1844: Johannes van den Bosch , Dutch lieutenant general and governor of the Dutch East Indies
- 1845: Ernst von Houwald , German novelist and playwright
- 1846: Johann Friedrich Erdmann , German physician
- 1849: Rudolf Burnitz , German architect
- 1856: Helmina von Chézy , German poet and librettist
- 1859: Carl Adolph Agardh , Swedish botanist
- 1859: Eugen von Maucler , German politician
- 1859: Frederick Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon , British politician
- 1864: Émile Clapeyron , French physicist
- 1865: Felice Romani , Italian opera librettist
- 1868: Adalbert Stifter , Austrian local poet, painter and teacher
- 1871: Édouard Armand Lartet , French jurist and paleontologist, discoverer of Pliopithecus
- 1874: Ludwig von Gablenz , Austrian general
- 1874: James Thompson , American lawyer and politician
- 1876: Ferenc Deák , Hungarian politician
- 1877: Johann Rudolf Kölner , Swiss publicist and poet
- 1880: James De Mille , Canadian professor of classical literature and writer
- 1883: Carl Adolf Riebeck , German industrialist and mining entrepreneur
- 1884: August Wilhelm Grube , German educator and writer
- 1889: Đồng Khánh , ninth emperor of Vietnam's Nguyễn dynasty
- 1891: Felipe Poey , Cuban naturalist
- 1895: François Certain de Canrobert , French general and Marshal of France
- 1896: August Wild , German gem engraver
20th century
1901-1950
- 1903: John Beard Allen , American politician
- 1904: Karl Emil Franzos , Austrian publicist and writer
- 1907: Oskar Nast , German Lord Mayor of Cannstatt
- 1908: Josef Freinademetz , Catholic religious, missionary to China
- 1910: Angelo Agostini , Brazilian cartoonist and journalist
- 1911: August Aschinger , German restaurateur
- 1911: Maurice Yvon , French architect
- 1912: Eloy Alfaro , Ecuadorian military and politician
- 1918: John McCrae , Canadian poet, writer and medical scientist
- 1919: Ernst Adam , German writer
- 1919: Franz Mehring , German publicist, politician and historian
- 1922: Elizabeth Jane Gardner , American-French painter
- 1924: Teófilo Braga , Portuguese man of letters and statesman
- 1928: Vicente Blasco Ibáñez , Spanish writer
- 1931: Gunther Pluchow , German naval officer and aviation pioneer ( Flieger von Tsingtau )
- 1931: Bernardo Soto Alfaro , President of Costa Rica
- 1932: Feliciano Ama , indigenous peasant leader
- 1935: Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov , Russian composer and conductor
- 1936: Oscar K. Allen , American politician
- 1938: Bernd Rosemeyer , German racing driver
- 1938: Giacinto Sertorelli , Italian alpine skier
- 1939: William Butler Yeats , Irish poet
- 1940: Rodolphe Plamondon , Canadian singer, cellist and music teacher
- 1940: Alexander Ivanovich Uspensky , Soviet head of state security and intelligence services ( Cheka, GPU, NKVD )
- 1941: Charles Nollet , French general and Chairman of the Inter-Allied Control Commission and Secretary of War
- 1942: Heinrich Finkelstein , German pediatrician, pioneer of infant medicine
- 1946: Anton Rintelen , Austrian jurist and politician
- 1947: Reynaldo Hahn , French composer
- 1948: Ludwig Schaschek , Austrian cinematographer
- 1949: Jean-Pierre Wimille , French racing driver
- 1950: Joe McCoy , American blues guitarist and singer
1951-2000
- 1953: Hans Freundt , German actor, radio play director, radio announcer and author
- 1953: James Scullin , Australian politician and Prime Minister
- 1953: Theophil Wurm , German theologian and Protestant bishop
- 1956: Marie Juchacz , German social reformer and women's rights activist, founder of Arbeiterwohlfahrt ( AWO )
- 1960: Zora Neale Hurston , American anthropologist and writer
- 1962: Genoveva Schauer , German local politician
- 1963: John Farrow , Australian screenwriter and director
- 1963: Gustave Garrigou , French cyclist
- 1963: Jean-Felix Piccard , American chemist and balloonist
- 1964: Karl Abetz , German forest scientist and university lecturer
- 1965: Ernst Exss , German general
- 1965: Maxime Weygand , French general and politician
- 1967: Ludwig Frederick Audrieth , American chemist
- 1969: Jakob Grimminger , German SS officer and Nazi flag bearer
- 1969: Louis Villeneuve , French racing car driver
- 1970: Martha Maas , German photographer
- 1970: Seyyed Hassan Taqizadeh , Iranian scientist, publicist, MP, minister and diplomat
- 1971: Peter Dembowski , German mathematician
- 1971: Donald Winnicott , British pediatrician and psychoanalyst
- 1972: Fritz Apelt , German politician
- 1972: Dino Buzzati , Italian writer
- 1973: John Banner , Austrian actor
- 1973: JO LaMadeleine , Canadian fiddler
- 1975: Antonín Novotný , Czechoslovakian politician, President of the Republic
- 1976: Anna Beddies , German politician
- 1976: Erich Brock , German-Swiss philosopher and university lecturer
- 1976: Marcel Broodthaers , Belgian artist
- 1976: Ray Nance , American jazz trumpeter and violinist
- 1977: Benito Quinquela Martín , Argentine painter
- 1978: Arnold Hauser , Hungarian-German art historian and art sociologist
- 1980: Pat Griffith , British motor racing driver
- 1982: Hans Sprung , German motorcycle racer
- 1983: Rudolf Aschenauer , German jurist
- 1983: Bryher , British novelist
- 1983: Billy Fury , British rock 'n' roll singer
- 1984: Al Dexter , American country musician and songwriter
- 1985: Alfredo Foni , Italian football player and coach
- 1985: Tommy Jarrell , American fiddle and banjo player and singer
- 1985: Richard Paquier , Swiss evangelical minister
- 1986: Gregory Bruce Jarvis , American astronaut
- 1986: Horace Lapp , Canadian pianist, organist, conductor and composer
- 1986: Christa McAuliffe , American teacher and astronaut
- 1986: Ronald McNair , American astronaut
- 1986: Ellison Shoji Onizuka , American astronaut
- 1986: Francis Richard Scobee , American astronaut
- 1986: Michael John Smith , American astronaut
- 1986: Judith Resnik , American astronaut
- 1987: Grete Rehor , Austrian politician
- 1988: Klaus Fuchs , German-British nuclear physicist, Soviet "nuclear spy"
- 1990: Josef Konrad Scheuber , Swiss clergyman and youth and folk writer
- 1991: Red Grange , American football player
- 1992: Arvo Ylppö , Finnish pediatrician for neonatology (newborn medicine)
- 1994: Georges Anawati , Egyptian Dominican, priest and Islamic scholar
- 1994: Rosa Jochmann , Austrian politician
- 1995: Aldo Gordini , French auto racer
- 1996: Jerry Siegel , American comic book writer, co-creator of Superman
- 1996: Joseph Brodsky , Russian-American poet and Nobel laureate in literature
- 1997: Bruce Jennings , American racing driver
- 1997: Edmond de Stoutz , Swiss musician and conductor, founder of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra
- 1997: Mikel Koliqi , Albanian cardinal
- 1998: Ernst Klett , German publisher
- 1999: Leonard C. Lewin , American writer and satirist
- 1999: František Vláčil , Czech director
- 2000: Hans Winkler , German painter
21st century
- 2001: Hartmut Reck , German film actor and voice actor
- 2001: Max Weiler , Austrian painter
- 2001: Ivan Prasko , Ukrainian bishop
- 2002: Astrid Lindgren , Swedish children's author
- 2002: Jean Piaubert , French painter
- 2003: Miloš Milutinović , Yugoslav football player and coach
- 2004: Mel Pritchard , British musician
- 2005: Daniel Branca , Argentine painter and comic artist
- 2005: Jim Capaldi , British musician
- 2005: Ernst Knoesel , German soccer player and sports official
- 2005: Karen Lancaume , French actress
- 2005: Jacques Villeret , French actor
- 2006: Reza Homam , German-Iranian make-up artist
- 2006: Yitzchak Kaduri , Israeli Rabbi
- 2007: Wiktoria Calma , Polish opera singer
- 2007: Werner Hackmann , German politician and sports official
- 2007: Wolfgang Schoor , German composer
- 2007: Karel Svoboda , Czech composer
- 2008: Erwin van Aaken , German architect
- 2008: Christodoulos I , Greek Archbishop
- 2008: Juana Francisca Rubio , Spanish poster artist and painter
- 2008: Marie Takvam , Norwegian poet and writer
- 2009: Glenn Davis , American hurdler, Olympic champion
- 2009: Werner Flume , German legal scholar
- 2009: Billy Powell , American musician
- 2011: Hamida Barmaki , Afghan jurist, human rights activist and politician
- 2011: Margaret Price , British soprano
- 2013: Ceija Stojka , Austrian writer and artist, Holocaust survivor
- 2015: Yves Chauvin , French chemist and Nobel laureate
- 2015: Eleonore Kastner , known as Oma Ella, former hairdresser, was 105 years old
- 2018: Heinz Beinert , German functionary in youth work
- 2018: Coco Schumann , German jazz musician and guitarist
- 2018: Gene Sharp , American political scientist
- 2019: Yoskar Sarante , Dominican bachata singer
- 2021: Rodney Boll , Canadian sports shooter
- 2021: Hernan Borja , American soccer player and coach
- 2021: Paul J. Crutzen , Dutch meteorologist and Nobel laureate
- 2021: Rafael Heredia , Mexican basketball player
- 2021: Alberto Matos , Portuguese track and field athlete
- 2021: Cicely Tyson , American actress
holidays and commemorations
- Church commemorations
- St. Charlemagne , Frankish king (Protestant; Catholic: unofficial)
- St. Thomas Aquinas , Italian philosopher, theologian and doctor of the Church (Catholic)
- St. Manfred of Riva , Italian hermit and priest (Catholic)
- St. Ephrem the Syrian , Roman writer and Doctor of the Church (Orthodox)
- Commemorations of international organizations
- European Data Protection Day ( Council of Europe ) (since 2007)
The list of commemoration and action days contains further entries .
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