28th of May

The May 28 is the 148th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 149th in leap years ), thus remain still 217 days until the end of the year.

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Events

Politics and world events

• 585 BC Chr .: A solar eclipse predicted by Thales of Miletus causes, according to tradition, a truce between the Lydians and the Medes in the battle of the Halys .
• 1037 : The Constitutio de feudis issued by Emperor Konrad II allows the lower nobility to inherit fiefdoms in imperial Italy .
• 1172 : The Venetian doge Vitale Michiel II is stabbed to death by Marco Casolo in the lagoon city near the church of San Zaccaria . The Doge is assumed to be responsible for the defeat in a campaign of revenge against Byzantium .
• 1259 : England's King Henry III. recognizes the loss of continental possessions in the Treaty of Paris .

1357: Peter I.

• 1357 : Peter I the Cruel becomes King of Portugal .
• 1539 : Hernando de Soto lands in Florida to take possession of it for Spain , to settle it and to search for treasures.
• 1588 : The first ships of the Spanish Armada set out for the English Channel . The rest of the fleet starts on the following two days.
• 1635 : In the Battle of Belfort in the Thirty Years' War, the French and Swedes defeat the troops of Duke Charles IV of Lorraine, who was on the imperial side .

1741: Nymphenburg (picture from 1761)

• 1741 : Spain and Bavaria join forces in the War of the Austrian Succession in the Treaty of Nymphenburg .
• 1754 : With the battle of Jumonville Glen , the Franco-British border conflict escalates in North America: the French and Indian wars begin.
• 1812 : The Treaty of Bucharest ends the sixth Russo-Turkish War with territorial expansion for Russia .
• 1830 : US President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act to forcibly relocate the Indians of North America .
• 1858 : The Treaty of Aigun regulates the border on the Amur between Russia and China .
• 1864 : By detaching the northeastern part of the Idaho Territory , US President Abraham Lincoln establishes the Montana Territory as a territory of the United States .
• 1871 : The 72-day uprising of the “National Committee of the National Guard” and the Parisian population allied with it ( Paris Commune ), which began among other things as a result of the rejection of the ceasefire conditions after the Franco-Prussian War , ends after a six-week bombardment of Paris in the “Blood Week” from May 21st to 28th. 20,000–30,000 people lost their lives in the fighting and the mass executions that followed. 147 leading activists of the uprising are shot at the wall of the Père Lachaise cemetery .
• 1878 : The Ten Years War against the colonial power Spain officially ends in Cuba . The provisional government succeeds in persuading the rebel group commanded by Antonio Maceo to recognize the peace of Zanjón . In it the Cuban Independence Army surrenders.
• 1900 : Britain declared Buren -Republik Orange Free State to the colony .
• 1905 : The sea ​​battle at Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese War that began the day before ends with a success for the Japanese fleet.
• 1918 : Armenia declares itself an independent republic .
• 1918 : The independent Republic of Azerbaijan is founded.

1926: Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa

• 1926 : The coup of General Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa leads to the end of the first republic in Portugal .
• 1938 : Hitler orders the expansion of the Western Wall, which had begun before 1937, to become France .
• 1940 : The British government orders all German women aged 16 to 60 living in Great Britain to be interned on the Isle of Man .
• 1940 : Leopold III. , the King of the Belgians , surrenders with his troops to the German Empire without having any political powers. He cites the inability to act of Hubert Pierlot's government, which fled to London .
• 1942 : The Soviet troops encircled in Kharkov since May 23, surrender in the Second Battle of Kharkov in the German-Soviet War . Around 240,000 Soviet soldiers are taken prisoner of war. With this victory, the Germans achieved the strategic prerequisites for the 1942 summer offensive .
• 1945 : In the American zone is Fritz Schaffer as Prime Minister of Bavaria used. He also heads the Ministry of Finance .
• 1964 : The constituent session of the Palestinian National Council , which founded the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), begins in East Jerusalem .
• 1973 : The Bavarian State Government files a complaint with the Federal Constitutional Court against the basic treaty that was ratified by a majority by the Bundestag . The treaty concluded by the two German states violates the reunification requirement , applies only to a limited extent to Berlin and hinders a duty of care with regard to the German Democratic Republic .
• 1979 : The accession treaty with Greece to the European Community ( EC ) is signed.
• 1983 : The Swiss Green Party is founded.
• 1986 : Sinking of the trawler "Chian-der 3" near the Falkland Islands

1987: Approximate flight route from Mathias Rust

• 1987 : On the Day of the Border Guard, Mathias Rust lands in a Cessna on Red Square in Moscow.
• 1991 : Troops of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) march into the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa and overthrow the communist Derg regime.
• 1993 : Edmund Stoiber becomes Prime Minister in Bavaria .
• 2008 : The Constituent Assembly in Nepal votes overwhelmingly for the abolition of the monarchy. Only six MPs are voting against the bill.
• 2019 : The Austrian federal government under Sebastian Kurz , which was overthrown the day before, is removed from office by Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen .

economy

• 1901 : William Knox D'Arcy obtained for 20,000  GBP in cash and 20,000 GBP to share a 60-year concession to explore oil deposits in Iran .

1905: Circus Krone

• 1905 : The showman Carl Krone names his menagerie as Circus Charles , which later becomes the Circus Krone .
• 1937 : The "Society for the preparation of the German Volkswagen mbH" is founded. She builds up the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg .
• 1975 : With the signing of the Lagos Treaty in the Nigerian capital, the West African Economic Community is founded. The purpose is “collective self-sufficiency” for the member states through the establishment of a large internal market and an economic and monetary union .
• 1982 : The American software company Electronic Arts , known as a developer and publisher of computer and video games, is founded.

science and technology

1903: Barrier wall of the Sengbach dam

• 1903 : The Sengbach dam , built according to the Intze principle , is inaugurated near Solingen .
• 1930 : The Chrysler Building is inaugurated in Manhattan , New York City . At 319 m, it replaced the Bank of Manhattan Company Building as the tallest building in the world after just one month .
• 1932 : The completion of the final dike turns the Dutch Zuiderzee into an inland body of water, henceforth called the IJsselmeer .
• 1935 : The German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aircraft, which took off in Augsburg, completes its maiden flight .
• 1937 : The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is opened to traffic.
• 1948 : The Technical Academy Wuppertal , called TAW for short, one of Germany's oldest and largest further education institutes, is founded.
• 1959 : NASA launched the two primates Able and Baker , a rhesus monkey and a squirrel monkey, into space with a Jupiter rocket from Cape Canaveral as part of the Mercury program . A few hours later they land safely on earth again.
• 1970 : In connection with the language dispute, the University of Brussels is legally divided into two separate universities. The Université libre de Bruxelles , which teaches in French , and the Dutch- speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel are created .
• 2003 : Munich , as the first major city in Germany, decides to equip its urban IT with Linux instead of Windows .

Culture

1608: Claudio Monteverdi

• 1608 : The world premiere of the opera L'Arianna by Claudio Monteverdi takes place in Mantua.
• 1859 : The last edition of the weekly Household Words published by Charles Dickens appears in London.
• 1904 : The revised version of Giacomo Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly is premiered in Brescia .
• 1905 : The world premiere of the children's opera The Snow Hero by César Cui takes place in Yalta.
• 1920 : The world premiere of the operetta The Blue Mazur by Franz Lehár takes place at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
• 1922 : Alexander von Zemlinsky's opera Der Zwerg is premiered in Cologne .
• 1934 : The premiere of the opera Rolande et le mauvais garçon by Henri Rabaud takes place at the Grand Opéra Paris .
• 1934 : The first Glyndebourne Festival opens in Great Britain.
• 1938 : The opera Mathis der Maler by Paul Hindemith is premiered at the Stadttheater in Zurich.
• 1962 : In Vienna , the Theater an der Wien is reopened after restoration.

society

• 1883 : In Oranienburg , 18 Berlin vegetarians found the first vegetarian settlement in Germany with the Vegetarian Fruit Growing Colony Eden eGmbH .
• 1884 : The Chief Court of Mysore (now the Karnataka High Court ) begins its work in the Indian princely state of Mysore .
• 1892 : In San Francisco, John Muir and several university professors found the Sierra Club conservation organization . In the course of time it developed into the largest association of its kind in the USA.
• 1934 : The Dionne quintuplets are born in the Canadian province of Ontario . They are the first known surviving quintuplets.

1961: Amnesty International logo

• 1961 : The British weekly newspaper The Observer publishes an appeal by lawyer Peter Benenson to campaign for the release of political prisoners through letters. Amnesty International is born.
• 1991 : The DKMS (German bone marrow donor database) is founded in Tübingen .

religion

• 0640 : Pope Severinus , elected in 638 but not confirmed by Emperor Herakleios for a long time, begins his pontificate .

1453: Hagia Sophia

• 1453 : The last Christian service takes place in the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople .
• 1536 : The Wittenberg Agreement on the Lord's Supper is passed.
• 2003 : The first Ecumenical Church Congress , a lay meeting of Christians , especially of the two major denominations in Germany, under the slogan “You should be a blessing”, begins in Berlin .

Disasters

• 1940 : The French passenger ship Brazza is sunk on the west coast of Portugal by the German submarine U 37 . Of the 576 passengers and crew members, 379 are killed.
• 1977 : A fire in the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky kills 165.
• 1995 : An earthquake of intensity 7.5 rocked the city of Neftegorsk on Sakhalin , Russia , about 2000 deaths.

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

Sports

• 1907 The Tourist Trophy , one of the most traditional motorcycle races in the world, is held for the first time on the Isle of Man .
• 1997 : Borussia Dortmund wins the UEFA Champions League for the first time with a 3-1 win over Juventus Turin in the Olympic Stadium in Munich .

Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field . Entries on football world championship games can be found in the sub-pages of football world championships . The same goes for European football championships .

Born

Before the 18th century

Johann without fear (* 1371)

• 1371 : Johann Ohnefurcht , Duke of Burgundy
• 1435 : Raimund Peraudi , French cardinal, bishop of Gurk and Saintes
• 1553 : Eberhard von Weyhe , court official, lawyer and writer
• 1570 : Ludolf von Münchhausen , German private scholar
• 1600 : Christoph Gumpp the Younger , Austrian court architect and court carpenter
• 1602 : Katharina von Brandenburg , Princess of Transylvania and Duchess of Saxony-Lauenburg
• 1656 : Anton Florian , Prince of Liechtenstein
• 1663 : Johann Peter Münch von Münchenstein-Löwenburg , Swiss civil servant
• 1667 : Johann Ortwin Westenberg , German legal scholar

18th century

• 1731 : Franz de Paula Gundaker von Colloredo-Mannsfeld , last Imperial Vice Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire
• 1733 : Cornelius Hermann von Ayrenhoff , Austrian officer and writer
• 1735 : François-Christophe Kellermann , French general
• 1737 : Ludwig Benjamin Martin Schmid , German Protestant clergyman and university professor
• 1738 : Tristram Dalton , American politician, Senator from Massachusetts

Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (* 1738)

• 1738 : Joseph-Ignace Guillotin , French doctor and politician
• 1740 : Fedot Ivanovich Schubin , Russian sculptor
• 1743 : Johann David Wyss , Swiss author
• 1759 : William Pitt the Younger , Prime Minister of Great Britain
• 1760 : Alexandre de Beauharnais , President of the French National Assembly
• 1779 : Thomas Moore , Irish writer
• 1783 : Rosa Maria Antonetta Paulina Assing , German poet, storyteller, translator, silhouette artist and educator
• 1786 : Louis McLane , US Secretary of State
• 1787 : Peter Feddersen Stuhr , German university professor and historian
• 1789 : Bernhard Severin Ingemann , Danish writer
• 1789 : Heinrich Weiss , Swiss politician

19th century

1801-1850

Louis Agassiz (* 1807)

• 1807 : Louis Agassiz , American zoologist and geologist
• 1818 : Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard , American Confederate General in the American Civil War ( Napoleon in Gray )
• 1835 : Wilhelm Albermann , German sculptor
• 1836 : Alexander Mitscherlich , German chemist
• 1838 : Otto Keller , German classical philologist
• 1839 : Wilhelm von Hartel , Austrian classical philologist and Minister for Education and Culture
• 1840 : Hans Makart , Austrian painter and decorator
• 1841 : Giovanni Sgambati , Italian pianist
• 1848 : Bernarda Bütler , Catholic missionary and founder of the order

1851-1900

• 1853 : Carl Larsson , Swedish painter
• 1854 : Germán Riesco Errázuriz , Chilean politician
• 1858 : Heinrich Wolf , German writer
• 1862 : Theodor Fischer , German architect and town planner
• 1863 : Georg Adler , German economist
• 1864 : Michael O'Shaughnessy , Irish-born civil engineer and city planner of San Francisco
• 1867 : Reimmichl , Tyrolean folk poet
• 1868 : Claude Anet , French writer and tennis player
• 1870 : Heinrich Bockelmann , German banker and diplomat

Warwick Deeping (* 1877)

• 1877 : Warwick Deeping , British writer
• 1877 : Maximilian Alexandrowitsch Voloshin , Russian poet and landscape painter
• 1879 : Vanessa Bell , British painter and interior designer
• 1879 : Milutin Milanković , Serbian astrophysicist
• 1879 : Henri-Pierre Roché , French writer
• 1881 : Augustin Bea , German Jesuit, cardinal
• 1884 : Edvard Beneš , co-founder, foreign minister and president of Czechoslovakia
• 1885 : Hellmuth Felmy , German general in World War II
• 1886 : Jakob Fischbacher , German politician, MdL
• 1886 : Karl Aloys Schenzinger , German doctor, author of novels, non-fiction books and Nazi propaganda
• 1888 : Nikolaus von Arseniew , Russian emigrant and theologian

Richard Réti (* 1889)

• 1889 : Richard Réti , Austro-Hungarian chess player
• 1892 : Elisabeth Wilhelmine Johanna Bitterling-Wolters , German painter
• 1892 : Sepp Dietrich , German Colonel General of the Waffen SS, war criminal
• 1893 : Mina Witkojc , Lower Sorbian poet and journalist
• 1895 : Yvonne Hubert , Canadian pianist and music teacher
• 1897 : Lambertus Johannes Bot , Dutch author, anti-militarist and anarchist
• 1899 : Bill Stein , American football player
• 1900 : Taffy Abel , American ice hockey player
• 1900 : Maria Müller-Gögler , German writer

20th century

1901-1925

• 1901 : Karl Otto Stegmann , German motorcycle racer

Luis César Amadori (* 1903)

• 1903 : Luis César Amadori , Argentine filmmaker, screenwriter and writer
• 1903 : Dagobert David Arian , German-Israeli police and state official
• 1905 : Stefan Auer , Romanian-Hungarian football player
• 1906 : Wolf Albach-Retty , Austrian actor
• 1907 : Trude Schiff-Löwenstein , German-American surgeon
• 1907 : Francesco Severi , Italian racing car driver
• 1908 : Ian Fleming , British writer ( James Bond )
• 1910 : Lorenzo Calogero , Italian poet
• 1910 : Georg Gaßmann , German politician, Lord Mayor of Marburg, MdL
• 1910 : Guy Moll , Algerian racing car driver
• 1910 : T-Bone Walker , American musician
• 1911 : Fritz Hochwälder , Austrian playwright

Patrick White (born 1912)

• 1912 : Verena Loewensberg , Swiss painter
• 1912 : Patrick White , Australian writer and Nobel Prize winner
• 1913 : Marko Feingold , Austrian Holocaust survivor
• 1913 : Peter Mitchell-Thomson, 2nd Baron Selsdon , British racing car driver
• 1915 : Joaquín Piñeros Corpas , Colombian writer and politician
• 1915 : Wolfgang Schneiderhan , German violinist
• 1916 : Christa Siems , German folk actress
• 1917 : Papa John Creach , American musician
• 1918 : Helmut Friedmann , German-Palestinian philologist, linguist and writer
• 1918 : Marie-Luise Jahn , German resistance fighter
• 1920 : Eugen Loderer , German trade unionist
• 1921 : Heinz G. Konsalik , German writer
• 1921 : Bill Paschal , American football player

György Ligeti (* 1923)

• 1923 : György Ligeti , Hungarian composer
• 1924 : Alfonso zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg , German nobleman
• 1924 : Jiří Šotola , Czech poet, writer and dramaturge
• 1925 : Bülent Ecevit , Turkish head of government
• 1925 : Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , German chamber singer
• 1925 : Heinz Reincke , German actor and voice actor

1926-1950

• 1926 : Gerhard Beil , German politician, Minister for Foreign Trade of the GDR
• 1926 : Russ Freeman , American jazz pianist
• 1926 : Joachim Salzgeber , Swiss Benedictine and educator
• 1927 : Habil Əliyev , Azerbaijani Kamantsch player
• 1928 : Dennis Armitage , British jazz pianist, saxophonist and painter
• 1929 : Werner Achmann , German production designer and film set designer

Horst Frank (* 1929)

• 1929 : Horst Frank , German actor
• 1929 : Georg Langemeyer German father and theologian
• 1930 : Frank Drake , American astronomer and astrophysicist
• 1931 : Carroll Baker , American actress
• 1931 : Friedrich Gabler , Austrian horn player
• 1931 : Eric Von Schmidt , American painter and illustrator, folk, blues singer and singer-songwriter
• 1932 : Senji Kuroi , Japanese writer
• 1933 : Ursula Am Ende , German actress
• 1933 : Zelda Rubinstein , American actress
• 1934 : Dionne Quintuplets , Canadian first known surviving quintuplets
• 1938 : Jerry West , American basketball player
• 1938 : Eppie Wietzes , Canadian racing car driver
• 1939 : Maeve Binchy , Irish writer and columnist
• 1940 : Wilfried Baasner , German actor
• 1940 : John Bergamo , American drummer and composer
• 1941 : Manfred Bock , German athlete
• 1941 : Guntram Vesper , German writer
• 1944 : Nick Faure , British racing car driver
• 1944 : Rudolph Giuliani , American politician, Mayor of New York
• 1944 : Rudolf Kimmina , German painter

Gladys Knight (born 1944)

• 1944 : Gladys Knight , American singer and actress
• 1944 : Sondra Locke , American actress and director
• 1944 : Gary Stewart , American country musician and songwriter
• 1945 : Patch Adams , American doctor
• 1945 : Gerhard Athing , German lawyer and judge at the Federal Court of Justice
• 1945 : John Fogerty , American musician, singer, and songwriter
• 1945 : Leo Pleysier , Belgian writer
• 1946 : Bruno Oberhammer , Austrian composer, organist and music teacher
• 1947 : Firəngiz Əlizadə , Azerbaijani composer
• 1947 : Zahi Hawass , Egyptian Egyptologist
• 1947 : Leland Sklar , American bassist, singer and composer
• 1948 : Wil Hartog , Dutch motorcycle racer and entrepreneur
• 1948 : Pierre Rapsat , Belgian singer
• 1949 : Ernst Burgbacher , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Parliamentary State Secretary

1951-1975

• 1953 : Arto Lindsay , American guitarist, singer, music producer and sound artist
• 1953 : Marc di Napoli , French actor
• 1953 : Kevin Van Hentenryck , American actor

Walter Heiler (* 1954)

• 1954 : Walter Heiler , German politician
• 1955 : Eddie Jobson , British rock musician and composer
• 1956 : Don Burgess , American cameraman
• 1956 : Jerry Douglas , American country musician
• 1957 : Jörg Arnold , German lawyer
• 1957 : Paul van Buitenen , European civil servant
• 1957 : Frank Schätzing , German writer
• 1958 : Rainer Bischoff , German politician
• 1958 : Natalja Jurjewna Tschmyrjowa , Soviet tennis player
• 1958 : Rosalie Varda , French costume designer and film producer
• 1959 : Frank Astor , German coach, trainer, entertainer, actor and author

Steve Strange (born 1959)

• 1959 : Steve Strange , British singer and songwriter
• 1961 : Ömer Asan , Turkish folklorist, photographer and author
• 1962 : Klaus-Jürgen Deuser , German presenter and comedian
• 1963 : Oliver Breite , German actor
• 1963 : Gavin Harrison , British drummer
• 1964 : Jeff Fenech , Australian boxer and boxing coach
• 1964 : Phil Vassar , American country musician
• 1966 : Martin Bayerstorfer , German politician
• 1966 : Sina , Swiss dialect rock singer
• 1967 : Sunday Adelaja , Ukrainian preacher
• 1967 : Tania Evans , British singer ( Culture Beat )
• 1967 : Omar Pedrini , Italian musician

Kylie Minogue (born 1968)

• 1968 : Kylie Minogue , Australian singer and actress
• 1968 : Claudio Scremin , Canadian ice hockey player
• 1969 : Werner Amon , Austrian politician
• 1969 : Eric Fish , German singer and musician
• 1970 : Mark Richardson , British drummer
• 1971 : Katja Aßmann , German cultural manager and curator
• 1971 : Thomas Bartholomäus , German actor and speaker
• 1971 : Isabelle Carré , French film actress
• 1971 : Ekaterina Alexandrovna Gordejewa , Russian figure skater
• 1971 : Marco Rubio , American Republican Party politician
• 1972 : Kate Ashfield , British actress

Michael Boogerd (* 1972)

• 1972 : Michael Boogerd , Dutch cyclist
• 1972 : Steven Bryant , American composer
• 1972 : Boris Palmer , German politician, MdL
• 1973 : Paolo Amodio , Luxembourg football player and coach
• 1974 : Hans Jörg Butt , German soccer player
• 1974 : Romain Duris , French actor
• 1974 : Florian Weber , German drummer
• 1975 : Chalid Arrab , German mixed martial arts fighter

1976-2000

Alexei Nemow (* 1976)

• 1976 : Alexei Jurjewitsch Nemow , Russian gymnast and Olympic champion
• 1976 : Judit Neumann , German lawyer and judge at the Federal Social Court
• 1976 : Michael Thurk , German soccer player
• 1977 : Annett Gamm , German diver
• 1978 : Ferréol Cannard , French biathlete
• 1979 : Nonso Anozie , British actor
• 1979 : Monica Keena , American actress
• 1980 : Olivier Thomert , French football player
• 1981 : Adam Green , American singer
• 1981 : Boris Herrmann , German professional sailor
• 1981 : Derval O'Rourke , Irish athlete
• 1981 : Janne Schäfer , German swimmer

Aaron Schock (* 1981)

• 1981 : Aaron Schock , American politician
• 1981 : Gábor Talmácsi , Hungarian motorcycle racer
• 1982 : Marisa Brunner , Swiss soccer player
• 1983 : Metin Akan , Turkish soccer player
• 1983 : Jernej Damjan , Slovenian ski jumper
• 1983 : Matthias Lehmann , German soccer player
• 1985 : Colbie Caillat , American singer-songwriter
• 1985 : Sebastian Urzendowsky , German actor
• 1985 : Kevin Wölk , German soccer player
• 1986 : Berrick Barnes , Australian rugby player
• 1986 : Colby Lopez , American wrestler
• 1986 : Sami Allagui , German-Tunisian soccer player

Carmen Jordá (* 1988)

• 1988 : Carmen Jordá , Spanish racing driver
• 1988 : Larissa Rieß , German presenter, DJ and singer
• 1988 : Ufo361 , German rapper
• 1989 : Lauri Asikainen , Finnish skier
• 1989 : Peter Dorfmayr , Austrian horn player
• 1990 : Tobias Bogner , German ski jumper
• 1990 : Jamina Roberts , Swedish handball player
• 1990 : Ruben Rupp , German politician
• 1990 : Kyle Walker , English soccer player

Gene Shinozaki (* 1991)

• 1991 : Gene Shinozaki , Japanese-American beatboxer, web video producer, singer-songwriter, street performer, multi-instrumentalist, and music producer
• 1991 : Ji Dong-won , South Korean soccer player
• 1991 : Alexandre Lacazette , French football player
• 1993 : Jaelene Hinkle , American soccer player
• 1994 : Son Yeon-jae , South Korean rhythmic gymnast
• 1994 : John Stones , English soccer player
• 1996 : José Gutiérrez , Mexican racing car driver
• 1999 : Cameron Boyce , American actor
• 2000 : Phil Foden , English soccer player
• 2000 : Frédéric Loboda , German pianist

21st century

• 2001 : Izabela Vidovic , American actress

Died

Before the 18th century

• 0576 : Germanus , Bishop of Paris
• 0812 : William of Aquitaine , Count of Toulouse
• 1089 : Lanfrank von Bec , medieval theologian and Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1172 : Vitale Michiel II , 38th Doge of Venice
• 1206 : Ubaldesca Taccini , Italian nun and saint
• 1242 : Guillaume Arnaud , Inquisitor of Toulouse
• 1295 : Konrad II , Bishop of Minden
• 1321 : John Iweyn , English knight
• 1327 : Robert Baldock , English clergyman

Alfons IV († 1357)

• 1357 : Alfonso IV , King of Portugal
• 1365 : Roger de Pins , Grand Master of the Johanniter
• 1419 : Johannes von Wallenrode , knight in the Teutonic Order, Archbishop of Riga and Bishop of Liège
• 1427 : Erich I , Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Prince of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen
• 1427 : Heinrich IV of Holstein , Count of Holstein and pretender to the duke of Schleswig
• 1444 : Wildhans von Breitenlandenberg , Swiss nobleman and captain of Greifensee
• 1452 : Heinrich X. , Duke of Haynau
• 1462 : Luis de Beaumont , Navarre nobleman, 1st Conde de Lerín
• 1489 : Gerontius , Russian Orthodox Bishop of Kolomna and Metropolitan of Moscow
• 1505 : Ascanio Sforza , Archbishop of Eger, Cardinal
• 1509 : Caterina Sforza , Countess of Forli
• 1513 : Henry VIII , Count of Waldeck
• 1519 : Bernardo Bembo , statesman of the Republic of Venice
• 1531 : Balthasar Merklin , Vice Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire
• 1541 : Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury , English noblewoman and Catholic martyr
• 1551 : Johannes Aal , Swiss theologian, composer and playwright
• 1565 : Mikołaj Radziwiłł Czarny , Lithuanian nobleman, civil servant and statesman
• 1575 : Sophia Jagiellonica , Duchess of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
• 1583 : Lazarus von Schwendi , German diplomat, statesman and general
• 1599 : Maria von Nassau , Countess von Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden and Diez
• 1604 : Johann von Wattenwyl , Schultheiss von Bern
• 1607 : Georg Mylius , German Lutheran theologian
• 1607 : Georg Popel von Lobkowicz , Bohemian nobleman and politician
• 1626 : Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk , English politician
• 1637 : Anton Matthäus I. German jurist
• 1650 : Agnes , Princess of Hessen-Kassel and Princess of Anhalt-Dessau
• 1662 : Robert Douglas , Scottish-Swedish field marshal
• 1678 : Daniel Herz , German-Austrian organ builder
• 1700 : Jan Six , Dutch art collector, patron and Amsterdam regent

18th century

• 1709 : Friederike von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg , Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst
• 1713 : Caspar Corswant , Mayor of Stargard in Pomerania
• 1713 : Georg Otho , German orientalist
• 1724 : Michael Butterfield , English manufacturer of scientific instruments in Paris
• 1739 : James Anderson , Scottish preacher

Luc de Clapiers († 1747)

• 1747 : Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues , French philosopher, moralist and writer
• 1749 : Pierre Subleyras , French painter
• 1750 : Franz Anton Baumann , Austrian church musician and composer
• 1750 : Samuel Lutz , Swiss pietist pastor
• 1750 : Sakuramachi , 115th Emperor of Japan
• 1752 : Renatus von Zinzendorf , German hymn poet
• 1753 : Sóror Maria do Céu , Portuguese nun, poet and playwright
• 1758 : Ernst August II. Constantine , Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach
• 1762 : Gustav Adolf von Gotter , German diplomat and patron of the arts
• 1763 : Jacob Hochbrucker , German harpist, plucked instrument maker, violin maker and lute maker
• 1763 : Diego Silang , Filipino insurgent
• 1767 : Maria Josepha of Bavaria , Empress of the Holy Roman Empire
• 1773 : Georg Gottlob Richter , German medic
• 1787 : Leopold Mozart , Salzburg violinist, music teacher, composer
• 1796 : Fyodor Grigoryevich Orlow , Russian lieutenant general, brother of Grigory Orlow

19th century

• 1804 : Castolus Reichlin von Meldegg , last prince abbot of Kempten

Luigi Boccherini († 1805)

• 1805 : Luigi Boccherini , Italian composer and cellist
• 1828 : Andreas Schumann , German educator and author
• 1833 : Friedrich Haeffner , Swedish composer
• 1836 : Anton Reicha , Czech composer
• 1837 : Friedrich Carl August Rücker , German bookseller and publisher
• 1849 : Anne Brontë , British writer
• 1862 : Lev Alexandrovich Mei , Russian poet
• 1864 : Josef Netzer , Austrian composer and conductor
• 1869 : Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg , German Protestant theologian
• 1872 : Sophie Friederike von Bayern , Bavarian Princess, Archduchess of Austria

Johann Classen-Kappelmann († 1879)

• 1879 : Johann Classen-Kappelmann , German entrepreneur and politician
• 1890 : Victor Ernst Nessler , German composer
• 1890 : Carlos Céleo Arias López , Honduran politician
• 1890 : Otto Mengelberg , German history and portrait painter and lithographer
• 1893 : Felipe Villanueva , Mexican composer
• 1895 : Josef Ignaz Amiet , Swiss historian, state clerk and state archivist
• 1895 : Walter Q. Gresham , American politician
• 1900 : Louis Deffès , French composer and music teacher

20th century

1901-1950

Adolf Kussmaul († 1902)

• 1902 : Adolf Kussmaul , German doctor and medical researcher
• 1905 : Balduin Möllhausen , German traveler and writer
• 1905 : Friedrich Junge , German biologist
• 1907 : Valdemar Tofte , Danish violinist and music teacher
• 1908 : Alfred Trappen , German mechanical engineer
• 1910 : Kálmán Mikszáth , Hungarian writer
• 1910 : Emil Zuckerkandl , Austrian physician
• 1912 : Paul Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran , French chemist
• 1916 : Albert Lavignac , French musicologist and composer

Iwan Franko († 1916)

• 1916 : Ivan Franko , Ukrainian poet and writer
• 1918 : Richard Assmann , German meteorologist
• 1922 : Emilio Zanini , Swiss teacher and writer
• 1925 : João Pinheiro Chagas , Portuguese journalist, diplomat and Prime Minister
• 1930 : Louis Luçon , Archbishop of Reims
• 1931 : Jacques Normand , French writer
• 1933 : Marga von Etzdorf , German aviator
• 1934 : Leonhard Angerer , Austrian natural scientist
• 1936 : Bertha Pappenheim , Austrian-German women's rights activist, social pioneer, founder of the Jewish Women's Association , patient Anna O. von Sigmund Freud
• 1936 : Karl Litzmann , German infantry general in World War I.
• 1936 : Louis Vivin , French painter
• 1937 : Alfred Adler , Austrian physician, founder of individual psychology
• 1938 : Diedrich Speckmann , German writer
• 1939 : Rose Austerlitz , German writer and editor
• 1940 : Friedrich Karl of Hesse , Prince and Landgrave of Hesse and King of Finland
• 1940 : Walter Connolly , American actor
• 1941 : Theodor Siebs , German Germanist
• 1944 : Josefine Dora , Austrian actress
• 1946 : Carter Glass , American politician
• 1948 : Hubert Eisdell , English singer

1951-2000

• 1953 : Agustín Abarca , Chilean painter
• 1953 : Hori Tatsuo , Japanese writer
• 1957 : Martin Wagner , German architect and urban planner
• 1959 : Ludlow Griscom , American ornithologist and botanist
• 1963 : Dina Kuhn , Austrian ceramist
• 1967 : Doc Walsh , American country musician
• 1970 : Iuliu Hossu , Bishop of Fagaras

Audie Murphy († 1971)

• 1971 : Audie Murphy , American film actor
• 1971 : Jean Vilar , French actor
• 1972 : Edward VIII, King of Great Britain
• 1974 : Hans Georg Wunderlich , German geologist
• 1976 : Steffan Danielsen , Faroese painter
• 1976 : Dale Van Every , American novelist and screenwriter
• 1977 : Adolf Horion , German clergyman and entomologist
• 1979 : Irene Schaschl-Schuster , Austrian craftsperson
• 1981 : Garland Grange , American football player
• 1981 : Mary Lou Williams , American jazz pianist

Stefan Wyszyński († 1981)

• 1981 : Stefan Wyszyński , Archbishop of Warsaw and Primate of Poland
• 1983 : Pitseolak Ashoona , Canadian Inuit artist
• 1983 : Oscar Gans , German dermatologist
• 1984 : Marco Tulio Maristany , Venezuelan singer
• 1985 : Nils Nobach , German pop composer and producer
• 1989 : Iván Palazzese , Venezuelan motorcycle racer
• 1989 : Takada Toshiko , Japanese poet
• 1989 : Erwin Welke , German politician
• 1990 : Taiichi Ōno , Japanese engineer and inventor (Toyota production system: Kanban, just-in-time)
• 1990 : Wilhelm Wagenfeld , German consumer designer
• 1990 : Gundel Wittmann , German athlete and handball player
• 1991 : Ernst Anders , Austrian actor
• 1993 : Ugo Locatelli , Italian soccer player, world champion and Olympic champion
• 1996 : Jimmy Rowles , American jazz pianist
• 1999 : Jan Lebenstein , Polish painter
• 1999 : Aamir Ageeb , Sudanese refugee, victim of deportation
• 2000 : Donald Watts Davies , British physicist, information technology pioneer

21st century

• 2001 : Tony Ashton , English musician
• 2003 : Friedrich W. Bauschulte , German actor

Ilya Prigogine († 2003)

• 2003 : Ilya Prigogine , Russian-Belgian chemist, Nobel Prize winner
• 2003 : Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov , Soviet engineer and cosmonaut
• 2004 : Jerzy Klempel , Polish handball player
• 2006 : Umberto Masetti , Italian motorcycle racer
• 2007 : Jörg Immendorff , German painter and sculptor
• 2007 : David Eden Lane , American right-wing extremist and author
• 2007 : Fritz Bornemann , German architect
• 2008 : Gerhard Konzelmann , German journalist
• 2009 : Helmut Gestrich , German local politician
• 2010 : Gary Coleman , American actor
• 2011 : Alys Robi , Canadian singer
• 2011 : Luigi Valenzano , Italian racing car driver
• 2012 : Harry Parker , American baseball player
• 2013 : Eddi Arent , German actor and comedian
• 2013 : Viktor Georgievich Kulikov , Soviet Marshal

Maya Angelou († 2014)

• 2014 : Maya Angelou , American writer and civil rights activist
• 2014 : Ali Çoban , Turkish soccer player and coach
• 2015 : Hans Bender , German writer and editor
• 2015 : Hans Georg Fassbender , German pathologist
• 2016 : Werner Reutter , German physician and molecular biologist
• 2016 : Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen , British politician
• 2017 : Eric Broadley , British vehicle designer and entrepreneur
• 2017 : Volker Weise , German journalist
• 2018 : Serge Dassault , French entrepreneur
• 2018 : Jens Christian Skou , Danish biophysicist and Nobel Prize winner
• 2019 : Andre Asriel , Austrian-German composer
• 2019 : Edward Seaga , Jamaican politician
• 2020 : Bob Kulick , American rock musician

Holidays and memorial days

• Church memorial days
  • St. Germanus of Paris , Franconian hermit and priest, bishop and patron saint (Catholic, Orthodox)
  • Carl Mez , German manufacturer and benefactor (Protestant)

• Name days
  • Wilhelm

• State holidays and memorial days
  • Ethiopia : Day of the Defeat of the Mengistu Regime (1991)
  • Azerbaijan : Republic Day (1918)

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

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