September 28th
The September 28 is the 271st day of the Gregorian calendar (the 272nd in leap years ), thus remain 94 days by year end.
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Politics and world events
- Pompey , who fled to Egypt and who was Caesar's adversary in the Roman civil war , is killed by courtiers of King Ptolemy XIII. murdered. 48 BC BC: The Roman general
- Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius in the battle of Mursa . 351: The Roman emperor
- Procopius can be proclaimed as counter-emperor to the actual Roman ruler of Valens . 365:
- Boleslav I of the Přemyslid family becomes ruler of the principality around Prague, which dominates Bohemia , after having murdered his brother Wenceslaus of Bohemia . 935:
- Bohemia , the Přemyslids Boleslav II attacked the Slavnikid fortress in Libice and wiped out almost the entire family. 995: In the struggle for supremacy in
- 1043: The Norwegian-Danish King Magnus I defeated an army of several thousand men from the Wends with his troops in the heath near Lürschau .

Bayeux Tapestry : The Normans conquer England in 1066
- 1066: William the Conqueror lands with an invasion fleet near Pevensey in southern England .
- 1106: In the Battle of Tinchebray , the English King Henry I defeats his older brother Robert of Normandy , imprisons him and annexes the Duchy of Normandy to the English crown.
- 1197: With the death of Henry VI. Empress Konstanze takes over the reign of the two-year-old son Friedrich . In Germany, the Staufer party elects Philip of Swabia , the Guelph side Otto IV of Braunschweig as king.
- 1198: In the Battle of Gisors , the outnumbered knights around the English King Richard the Lionheart defeat the army of knights led by the French King Philip II .
- 1238: Jacob I of Aragon and his troops succeed in taking the city of Valencia, held by the Almohads , as part of the Reconquista after a five-month siege .
- 1302: With the conquest of the island fortress of Aruad, held by the Knights Templar , by the Mamluks , the last Christian base in the Holy Land is lost.
- 1322: In the battle of Mühldorf , the Wittelsbacher Ludwig the Bavarian defeats the Habsburg Frederick the Fair and takes him prisoner. He did not release him until three years later, after Friedrich had renounced the imperial title. The battle is now considered to be the last knight's battle without firearms.
- 1448: The rule of Christian I , a count of Oldenburg, begins in Denmark .
- 1538: The Ottoman fleet under the Turkish admiral Khair ad-Din Barbarossa wins the naval battle of Preveza over the fleet of the Holy League . As a result of the success, the Ottomans rose to become the strongest sea power in the Mediterranean by 1571.
- 1542: Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo is the first European to go ashore on the site of today's San Diego and declares the surrounding area to be owned by the Spanish crown .
- 1597: The siege of Groenlos by the Dutch in the Eighty Years' War ends with the capitulation of the Spaniards to Prince Moritz of Orange and the withdrawal of the Spanish garrison.
- 1717: In Prussia , the general is compulsory education introduced.
- 1781: During the American War of Independence , the Americans begin the siege of Yorktown , supported by French troops .
- 1810: Insurgents led by Miguel Hidalgo storm the Alhóndiga de Granaditas in Guanajuato during the Mexican War of Independence .
- 1864: The First International is founded in London .
- 1868: Due to the defeat of royalist troops in the battle of Alcolea against insurgent troops under the command of General Serranos , the Spanish Queen Isabella II fled into exile in France. After the fall of the ruler, the Spanish constitution of 1869 was created in the period called Sexenio Revolucionario .
- 1870: During the Franco-Prussian War , the city of Strasbourg surrenders after several weeks of heavy bombardment by German troops.
- 1871: The Brazilian Senate passes the Lei do Ventre Livre ( Free Belly Act ) as the first step towards the abolition of slavery . Thereafter, from this point in time, children of female slaves are born free.
- 1883: At the inauguration of the Niederwald monument , an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Kaiser Wilhelm I and the assembled princes by the anarchists August Reinsdorf and Emil Küchler .
- 1885: As a further step towards the abolition of slavery , the Lei dos Sexagenários ( Law of the Sixty Years ) is announced in Brazil , according to which all slaves over 60 years of age are released.
- 1919: In a referendum , the participating Luxembourg voters decide, on the one hand, with 77.8 percent of the votes in favor of maintaining the monarchy under Grand Duchess Charlotte and, on the other hand, prefer economic affiliation with France (60.1 percent of the votes).
- 1932: With the gusset decree , Prussia declares war on offensive swimwear .
- 1939: The Polish capital Warsaw surrenders during World War II after the three-week siege of Warsaw by the German Wehrmacht .
- 1939: The German Reich and the Soviet Union conclude a border and friendship treaty , with which the border agreements of the German-Soviet non-aggression pact are changed.
- 1941: The commander of the Free French troops in the Levant , Georges Catroux , declares Syria independent. In fact, the French still hold power in the country.
- 1951: The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe begins its work.
- 1958: In a referendum, the French people adopt a new constitution, coined by Charles de Gaulle, which gives the president greater power. With the entry into force of this Constitution on October 4th, the Fourth French Republic ends and is replaced by the Fifth Republic .
- 1961: The United Arab Republic between Egypt and Syria dissolves after Syria leaves.
- 1969: After the election to the 6th German Bundestag , the SPD and FDP agree on a social-liberal coalition with Willy Brandt as Federal Chancellor . The CDU / CSU received the most votes again, but had to join the opposition for the first time .
- 1971: The Hungarian Cardinal and Archbishop József Mindszenty leaves the US Embassy in Budapest and goes into exile after living there as a political refugee for 15 years since 1956.
- 1973: The ITT buildings in New York City and Rome are bombed because the company is involved in the coup in Chile . The Chilean telephone company belongs to the ITT group.
- 1973: In Lower Austria Marchegg when are Schoenau Ultimatum by Palestinians Soviet command Jews at entry as hostages taken.
- 1995: The interim agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip between Israel and the PLO is officially signed a second time by Yitzchak Rabin and Yasser Arafat in Taba, Egypt .
- 2000: Ariel Sharon visits the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Militant Palestinians use this as an opportunity for the Second Intifada .
- 2009: In the violent suppression of protests against the military government Moussa Dadis Camara in the coming Guinean capital Conakry 157 people dead.
- 2015: The Afghan city of Kunduz falls to the Taliban .
business
- 1855: The Sankt Gallisch-Appenzell Railway inaugurates its first line from Winterthur to Wil.
- 1896: The four Pathé brothers set up a company selling phonographic equipment in Paris. It developed into a major film and record producer .
- 1933: The state-approved Society for the Exploitation of Musical Copyrights (STAGMA) , renamed the Society for Musical Performance and Mechanical Reproduction Rights (GEMA) in 1947 , receives the monopoly in Germany to exercise music performance rights.
- 1990: The portable game console Game Boy from Nintendo will be released in Europe. It is rapidly becoming one of the most commercially successful game consoles of the 1990s.
- 2000: With a turnout of 87.5%, the Danish population rejects the introduction of the euro in a referendum with a majority of 53.1% . The issuance of Danish euro coins is thus postponed into the future.
- 2003: There is a large-scale power outage in Italy .
science and technology
- 1858: The American astronomer William Cranch Bond succeeds in taking the second photographic image of Comet Donati . The night before, the British photographer William Usherwood had taken the first photograph of this comet.
- 1924: In Seattle , the first flight around the world in numerous stages comes to an end after 175 days. Of the four Douglas World Cruiser planes that took off, two, the Chicago and New Orleans, made it back to their place of departure.
- 1928: The bacteriologist Alexander Fleming accidentally noticed that one of his staphylococci cultures in which molds of the genus Penicillium had gotten has been killed. His further investigations lead to the development of the antibacterial agent penicillin .
- 1951: The astronomer Seth Barnes Nicholson discovers the outer moon Ananke orbiting the planet Jupiter .
- 2003: The launch of the first European lunar probe SMART-1 with ion drive takes place together with the Indian communication satellite INSAT-3E and Eutelsat satellite E-Bird from the European spaceport Kourou in French Guiana .
- 2005: In the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B , the first pictures of a living giant squid, taken on September 30, 2004, are published in its habitat by Tsunemi Kubodera and Kyoichi Mori .
Culture
- 1745: The later British national anthem God Save the King is premiered in an arrangement by Thomas Arne in honor of King George II of Hanover .
- 1767: The first performance of the comic opera Le Double Déguisement by François-Joseph Gossec takes place at the Comédie Italienne in Paris.
- 1824: The first children's festival takes place in St. Gallen . It emerged from various older festive customs in the course of the school reforms at the beginning of the 19th century.
- 1831: The world premiere of the opera Die Amazone or The Women and Love Victory by Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner takes place in Stuttgart.
- 1834: The world premiere of the opera The Guarantee of Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner takes place in Stuttgart.
- 1850: The soprano Jenny Lind gives her first concert in the USA in New York City , triggering a storm of enthusiasm.
- 1865: The premiere of the opera Straszny Dwór ( The Haunted Castle ) by Stanisław Moniuszko takes place in Warsaw.
- 1928: The Comedian Harmonists make their debut at the Great Berlin Playhouse.
- 1987: The first episode of Starship Enterprise: The Next Century airs in the United States.
- 2006: The musical Rebecca by Sylvester Levay and Michael Kunze based on the novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier is premiered at the Raimund Theater in Vienna .
- 2017: The US horror film ES starts in German cinemas. It is the second film adaptation of Stephen King 's novel of the same name and is currently considered the most successful horror film of the year due to worldwide box office results.
society
- 1857: During the meeting of two emperors in Stuttgart , the Russian tsar Alexander II , the French emperor Napoléon III. and the Württemberg King Wilhelm I made an excursion to the Cannstatter Volksfest .
- 1987: A lead container stolen from a radiation therapy device in the Brazilian city of Goiânia is identified as the source of the illness of several people. In the two weeks prior to the so-called Goiânia accident , numerous people and entire streets of the city were contaminated by the leakage of radioactive cesium -137 .
religion
- Maximinus Thrax , Pontianus resigns from his office as Bishop of Rome. 235: After being exiled to Sardinia by Emperor
- 1230: Pope Gregory IX. publishes the papal bull Quo elongati , with which he declares the will of St. Francis not urgently legally binding. This bull contributes significantly to the poverty struggle that has flared up in the Franciscan order .
- 1362: Guillaume de Grimoard is elected Pope Urban V in Avignon .
- 1394: In Avignon , Pietro de Luna is unanimously elected to succeed Antipope Clement VII and reigns there as Antipope Benedict XIII.
- 1823: Annibale Sermattei della Genga is elected Pope by the conclave and takes the name Leo XII. at.
- 1978: John Paul I dies after only 33 days in office.
Disasters
- 1705: 121 people are killed in a fire in a pilgrims' house in Svatý Kopeček in the Czech Republic .
- 1992: An Airbus A300 from Pakistan International Airlines crashes into a mountain south of Kathmandu Airport . All 117 people on board die.
- 1994: The Estonian ferry Estonia sinks off the coast of Finland on the crossing to Stockholm after the bow hatch broke open on the high seas. 852 people died in the accident.
- 2018: More than 2000 people die and hundreds are injured on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi as a result of an earthquake and a tsunami triggered by it.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1893: The Portuguese football club FC Porto is founded.
- 1976: Muhammad Ali wins his boxing match and world heavyweight title against Ken Norton at Yankee Stadium , Bronx, New York by winning on points.
- 1979: Larry Holmes wins his boxing match and world heavyweight title against Earnie Shavers at Caesars Palace , Las Vegas , Nevada , by technical knockout
- 2003: Paul Tergat , Kenya runs the men's marathon in Berlin in 02:04:55 h.
- 2004: The 12th Paralympic Games in Athens end with the closing ceremony . The most successful country in these Paralympic Games , which started on September 17th, is China with 141 medals.
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 19th century
- 1158: Ibn Yaʿīsch , Arabic grammarian
- 1493: Agnolo Firenzuola , Italian poet
- 1529: Abraham Buchholzer , German Protestant theologian, educator and historian
- 1534: Samuel Eisenmenger , German medic, theologian and astrologer
- 1540: Charles I , Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
- 1555: Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne , Duke of Bouillon, French military leader, diplomat, politician and leader of the French Huguenots
- 1589: Daniel Stahl , German philosopher
- 1597: Justus Suttermans , Flemish painter
- 1612: Michel Anguier , French sculptor
- 1617: Johann Christfried Sagittarius , German church historian and Lutheran theologian
- 1679: Mihael Omerza , Slovenian composer
- 1681: Johann Mattheson , German composer and music writer
- 1686: Cosmas Damian Asam , German painter and sculptor
- 1698: Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis , French mathematician, physicist and philosopher
- 1705: Johann Peter Kellner , German composer
- 1706: Nikolaus Friedrich Stöhr , German educator and Lutheran theologian
- 1714: Friederike Luise von Prussia , Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach
- 1725: Arthur Guinness , Irish brewer and founder of the Guinness Brewery
- 1739: John Haring , American politician
- 1746: William Jones , British Indologist
- 1746: Giovanni Punto , Bohemian horn player, violinist and composer
- 1762: Michael Andreaš , Slovenian poet
- 1763: Johannes Schulthess , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1765: Johann Friedrich Schilling , Prussian court mason
- 1766: Archibald McBryde , American politician
- 1788: Carl Friedrich Heinze , German civil servant and councilor
- 1789: Charles Victor Prévôst , French writer
- 1790: Christian Ludwig Wilhelm Stark , German Protestant theologian
- 1797: Friedrich Benjamin von Lütke , Russian naval officer, circumnavigator, explorer and writer
- 1798: Bonaventura Genelli , German painter and graphic artist
19th century
1801-1850
- 1803: Prosper Mérimée , French writer
- 1803: Ludwig Richter , German painter
- 1809: Elisabeth Concordia Crola , German painter
- 1811: Friedrich Hecker , German lawyer, politician and radical democratic revolutionary in Baden ( Heckerzug ), emigrant
- 1817: Michael Tompa , Hungarian poet
- 1823: Alexandre Cabanel , French painter
- 1825: Aunt Hanna , German people's missionary
- 1825: Rafael Núñez , President of Colombia
- 1828: Friedrich Albert Lange , German philosopher (Neo-Kantian), educator, economist and socialist
- 1828: Antoinette de Mérode , Princess of Monaco
- 1828: Karl Tomaschek , Austrian Germanist, literary historian and university professor
- 1833: Alessandro Busi , Italian composer and music teacher
- 1834: Charles Lamoureux , French conductor
- 1839: Caroline Luxburg Abbot , German writer
- 1841: Georges Clemenceau , French journalist, politician and statesman, minister, prime minister
- 1845: Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck , Norwegian dermatologist
- 1846: Karl Schwering , German mathematician and educator
1851-1900
- 1852: Henri Moissan , French chemist
- 1854: Heinrich Kreutz , German astronomer
- 1858: Gustav Cleemann , German-Baltic pastor and Protestant confessor
- 1858: Paul Gisevius , German agricultural scientist
- 1858: Gustaf Kossinna , German philologist and archaeologist
- 1859: Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno , Equadorian politician and president
- 1863: Charles I , King of Portugal
- 1864: Arthur Kampf , German history painter
- 1865: Amélie d'Orléans , Princess of France and Queen of Portugal
- 1867: Ottomar Enking German writer and professor
- 1867: Hiranuma Kiichirō , Japanese Prime Minister
- 1870: Florent Schmitt , French composer
- 1872: Richard Alexander Georg Wühner , Estonian Protestant pastor and martyr
- 1877: Albert Freude , German Roman Catholic pastor
- 1880: Emma Cotta , German actress, fashion illustrator, editor and sculptor
- 1880: Stanko Premrl , Slovenian composer
- 1882: Alexander Pavlovich Kutepow , Russian general in the tsarist army in the civil war, one of the leaders of the white party
- 1885: Alexander Grundner-Culemann , German forester and politician
- 1887: Avery Brundage , American sports official
- 1889: Rudolf Pfeiffer , German classical philologist
- 1892: Elmer Rice , American playwright
- 1892: Benvenuto Terzi , Italian composer and concert guitarist
- 1894: Kurt Pastenaci , German writer and historian
- 1895: Prentice Cooper , American politician, governor of Tennessee
- 1897: Muchtar Omarchanuly Äuesow , Kazakh writer
- 1897: Heinrich Fraenkel , British writer and chess composer of German origin
- 1898: Baconin Borzacchini , Italian racing driver
- 1900: Otto Braun , German writer, party functionary, military advisor and 1st secretary of the GDR Writers' Association
- 1900: Max Strub , German violin virtuoso and violin teacher
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Ed Sullivan , American entertainer, host of the Ed Sullivan Show
- 1903: Jorge Carrera Andrade , Ecuadorian poet, writer and diplomat
- 1903: Albert Vigoleis Thelen , German writer
- 1904: Luperce Miranda , Brazilian mandolinist and composer
- 1905: Max Schmeling , German heavyweight boxer and world boxing champion
- 1908: Marin Goleminov , Bulgarian composer
- 1909: Al Capp , American comic book artist and writer
- 1909: Fred Rauch , Austrian lyricist, cabaret artist and singer
- 1909: Fritz G. Waack , German engineer and pioneer of stereo photography
- 1910: Mirko Basaldella , Italian-American sculptor and painter
- 1912: Raban Adelmann , German winery owner and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1912: Ōhara Tomie , Japanese writer
- 1913: Edith Pargeter , British writer
- 1914: Giuseppe Accattino , Italian film director, screenwriter and producer
- 1915: Ethel Rosenberg , American communist and alleged spy
- 1916: Peter Finch , Australian actor
- 1918: Alan A. Freeman , Australian music producer
- 1918: Willy Ritschard , Swiss Federal Councilor
- 1920: Alan Davie , British painter
- 1922: Francesco Caroli , Italian clown
- 1922: Andreas Flitner , German professor of education
- 1924: Pierre Aigrain , French physicist and Secretary of State for Research
- 1924: Rudolf Borissowitsch Barschai , Russian conductor and viola player
- 1924: Giuseppe Chiappella , Italian football player and coach
- 1924: Merwin Coad , American politician, member of the House of Representatives for Iowa
- 1924: Marcello Mastroianni , Italian actor
- 1924: Barbara Noack , German author
- 1924: Siegfried Unseld , German publisher
- 1925: Seymour Cray , American supercomputing pioneer
- 1925: Ib Storm Larsen , Danish rower
- 1925: Carl Weiss , German journalist
1926-1950
- 1926: Alice Karger , German athlete
- 1927: Alan Bridges , British director, actor and producer
- 1927: Robert Thomas , French playwright
- 1928: Hans Geister , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1928: Egon Hoegen , German actor and television announcer
- 1928: Günther Steines , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1928: Koko Taylor , American blues singer
- 1929: Michael Kohl , German diplomat
- 1931: John Gilmore , American jazz musician
- 1932: Andreas Feldtkeller , German architect and town planner
- 1932: Jeremy Isaacs , British television producer
- 1932: Víctor Jara , Chilean songwriter
- 1933: Madeleine M. Kunin , American politician
- 1933: Johnny Mathis , American country singer and composer
- 1934: Dietrich Alexander , German philosopher
- 1934: Brigitte Bardot , French film actress
- 1934: René Libeer , French boxer
- 1935: Heinz Jankofsky , German cartoonist
- 1935: Ronald Lacey , British film and stage actor
- 1935: Alan Shepherd , British motorcycle racer
- 1937: Edward Applebaum , American composer, music educator and psychologist
- 1937: Heinz Hornig , German soccer player
- 1937: Ernst Schubert , German pharmacist and medical officer
- 1938: Charles Richard Ashcraft , American political scientist
- 1938: Peter Grosser , German football player
- 1938: Metschyslau Hryb , Belarusian President
- 1938: Ben E. King , American musician, singer, and songwriter
- 1939: Rrok Kola Mirdita , Albanian Archbishop
- 1941: Mary Penelope Aubrey-Fletcher , British peeress and politician
- 1941: Edmund Stoiber , German administrative lawyer and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Minister, Prime Minister in Bavaria, candidate for Chancellor
- 1941: Charley Taylor , American football player
- 1942: Donna Leon , American writer
- 1943: Traudl Hecher , Austrian ski racer
- 1943: Nick St. Nicholas , German musician
- 1943: Win Percy , British racing car driver
- 1943: JT Walsh , American actor
- 1943: Ursula Werner , German actress
- 1944: Thomas Graf , Austrian virologist and cancer researcher
- 1944: Ameli Koloska , German athlete
- 1944: Miloš Zeman , Czech Prime Minister
- 1945: Jörg Draeger , German television presenter
- 1945: Marielle Goitschel , French ski racer
- 1946: Jean-Claude Ferrarin , French racing car driver
- 1946: Kenneth Knudsen , Danish jazz musician
- 1946: Helen Shapiro , British singer
- 1946: Manfred Weinreich , German rower
- 1947: Herbert Haupt , Austrian politician
- 1948: Franz-Karl Effenberg , Austrian politician
- 1950: William Barton , American writer
- 1950: John Sayles , American writer and actor
- 1950: Peter Timm , German director
1951-1975
- 1951: Luciano Castelli , Swiss painter, graphic artist, photographer and sculptor
- 1951: Jim Diamond , British singer
- 1952: Sylvia Kristel , Dutch actress
- 1952: Lenny Solomon , Canadian jazz violinist, arranger and composer
- 1953: Gerold Reichenbach , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1954: Margot Wallström , Swedish politician
- 1955: Kenny Kirkland , American jazz pianist
- 1956: Paul Michael Achleitner , Austrian banker
- 1957: Hubert Steiner , Austrian historian
- 1957: Wolfgang Tomböck , Austrian horn player
- 1959: Laura Bruce , American artist
- 1959: Ron Fellows , Canadian racing car driver and entrepreneur
- 1960: Mehmed Baždarević , Yugoslav soccer player and Bosnian-Herzegovinian soccer coach
- 1960: Jennifer Rush , American rock and pop singer
- 1961: Jordanka Donkowa , Bulgarian athlete, Olympic champion
- 1961: Tineke Strik , Dutch politician
- 1962: Stellan Brynell , Swedish chess player
- 1962: Fred Merkel , American motorcycle racer
- 1962: Dietmar Schacht , German soccer player and current trainer
- 1963: Wolfgang Wagner , German actor and voice actor
- 1964: Gregor Fisken , British entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1964: Michael Stürzenberger , German right-wing populist
- 1965: Ginger Fish , American drummer ( Marilyn Manson )
- 1965: Peter Sendscheid , German soccer player
- 1965: Hans Ulrik , Danish jazz saxophonist and band leader
- 1966: Maria Canals-Barrera , American actress
- 1966: Leilani Sarelle , American actress
- 1967: Mira Sorvino , American actress
- 1967: Diego Moltrer , Italian politician, President of the Regional Council
- 1968: Mika Häkkinen , Finnish automobile racing driver, two-time Formula 1 world champion
- 1968: Rob Moroso , American racing driver
- 1968: Carré Otis , American model and actress
- 1968: Johannes F. Sievert , German film director
- 1968: Naomi Watts , American actress
- 1969: Ines Arland , German journalist and presenter
- 1970: Fırat Arslan , German boxer
- 1970: Kimiko Date Krumm , Japanese tennis player
- 1971: Joseph Arthur , American singer and guitarist
- 1972: Alexander Baumgärtel , German speed skater
- 1972: Dita Von Teese , American representative of New Burlesque, cover girl, nude model and actress
- 1973: Cornelius Hartz , German writer
- 1974: Muhammad al-Jahani , Saudi Arabian soccer player
- 1974: Marija Kisseljowa , Russian synchronized swimmer and three-time Olympic champion
- 1975: Ana Brnabić , Serbian politician
1976-2000
- 1976: Frank von Behren , German handball player
- 1977: Lounès Gaouaoui , Algerian football player
- 1978: Bushido , German rapper
- 1978: Marzena Godecki , Polish-Australian actress
- 1979: Bam Margera , American skateboarder and actor
- 1981: Willy Caballero , Argentine soccer player
- 1981: Jerrika Hinton , American actress
- 1981: Mauro Iván Óbolo , Argentine football player
- 1982: Alexander Anyukov , Russian football player
- 1982: Takeshi Aoki , Japanese soccer player
- 1982: César Andrés Carignano , Argentine football player
- 1982: Stefan Haschke , German actor and radio play speaker
- 1982: Nolwenn Le Magueresse , Breton singer
- 1982: Kate Reed , British long distance runner
- 1983: Michael Kraus , German handball player
- 1983: Addy-Waku Menga , Congolese soccer player
- 1983: Marie Schöneburg , German actress
- 1983: Sarah Wright , American actress and model
- 1984: Andreas Attenberger , German ice hockey player
- 1984: Melody Thornton , American singer ( Pussycat Dolls )
- 1984: Mathieu Valbuena , French football player
- 1986: Andrés Guardado , Mexican soccer player
- 1986: Bernd Nehrig , German soccer player
- 1987: Hilary Duff , American actress
- 1988: Marin Čilić , Croatian tennis player
- 1988: Corentin Fila , French actor
- 1989: Alligatoah , German musician
- 1989: Darius Johnson-Odom , American basketball player
- 1989: Artyom Stolyarov , Russian trance DJ and producer
- 1992: Skye McCole Bartusiak , American actress
- 1992: Paweł Niewrzawa , Polish handball player
- 1993: Franziska Schubert , German ski jumper
- 1997: Xaver Schlager , Austrian soccer player
- 1998: Alessandro Covi , Italian racing cyclist
Died
Before the 16th century
- Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus , Roman general and politician 48 BC Chr .:
- Wenceslas I, Duke of Bohemia 929:
- 1057: Otto III. , Count an der lower Altmühl (Kelsgau), Margrave in Nordgau, Count an der lower Naab, Duke of Swabia
- 1068: Werner I. , Abbot of St. Blasien
- 1088: Hermann von Salm , German rival king
- 1105: Simon , ruler of Sicily and the eldest son of Rogers I.
- 1168: Konrad II of Babenberg , Bishop of Passau and Archbishop of Salzburg
- 1178: Evergis , Bishop of Paderborn
- 1193: Robert de Sablé , Grand Master of the Templar Order
- 1197: Henry VI. , Holy Roman Emperor
- 1206: Ulrich I. von Wettin , German nobleman
- 1213: Gertrud von Andechs , Countess of Andechs-Meran and Queen of Hungary
- 1225: Nicholas II , Lord of Gadebusch
- 1261: Konrad von Hochstaden , Archbishop of Cologne
- 1330: Elisabeth , the last Bohemian queen of the Přemyslid family
- 1349: Katharina von Habsburg , mistress of Coucy, countess of Hardegg and castle countess of Magdeburg
- 1354: François Prévôt , Bishop of Lausanne
- 1366: Gerhard II von Schauenburg , Bishop of Minden
- 1373: Guillaume Sudre , French bishop and cardinal
- 1381: Taddea Visconti , Duchess of Bavaria
- 1396: Henry II of Montfaucon , Lord of Orbe, Echallens, Oron, Palézieux and Montagny-le-Corbe
- 1403: Albrecht II , Count of Holstein
- 1404: John II , Count of Auvergne and Boulogne
- 1410: Johann Sokol von Lamberg , Moravian military leader in the battle of Tannenberg
- 1411: Zbynko Zajíc von Hasenburg , Bohemian nobleman and Archbishop of Prague
- 1429: Cimburgis of Masovia , Austrian duchess
- 1433: Olivier de Châtillon , Count of Penthièvre, Vice Count of Limoges, Lord of Avesnes, Landrecies etc.
- 1433: Přemysl I , Duke of Troppau and Leobschütz
- 1487: Keckhans von Gemmingen , Palatine nobleman and military leader
16th to 18th century
- 1501: Jean Cordier , Dutch tenor singer
- 1529: Adolf Clarenbach , German Protestant reformer and martyr
- 1543: Georg von Kunheim the Elder , Prussian administrative officer and political advisor to Duke Albrecht of Prussia
- 1567: Hans Staininger , bearded governor of Braunau am Inn
- 1574: Guidobaldo II. Della Rovere , Duke of Urbino
- 1582: George Buchanan , Scottish philosopher and historian
- 1601: Aert Mytens , Flemish painter
- 1607: Heinrich Maius , German Protestant theologian
- 1608: Henri de Joyeuse , French Capuchin, military leader and Marshal of France
- 1612: Ernst Soner , German medic and philosopher
- 1613: Ernst von Brandenburg , Margrave of Brandenburg
- 1620: Sidonia von Borcke , Pomeranian aristocrat, victim of the witch hunts
- 1623: Johann Georg , Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
- 1652: Jan Asselijn , Dutch landscape and history painter
- 1657: Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana von Orange-Nassau , Countess Palatine von Zweibrücken-Landsberg
- 1670: Alexander More , Franco-Scottish Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1673: Herman Fleming , Swedish politician
- 1678: Maurizio Cazzati , Italian composer
- 1687: Francesco della Torre , royal Prague stonemason master
- 1687: François Turrettini , Swiss theologian
- 1697: Christian Flor , German composer and organist
- 1704: Jacob Henning , German Protestant theologian
- 1725: Wolf Dietrich von Beichlingen , Grand Chancellor and High Court Marshal of the Elector of Electoral Saxony
- 1747: Philipp Ludwig von Sinzendorf , Bishop of Raab and Prince-Bishop of Breslau
- 1749: Christian , non-ruling Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- 1765: Giampietro Zanotti , Italian painter, etcher, poet and art historian
- 1767: Friedrich Carl , Prince of Gedern
- 1789: Thomas Day , English writer
- 1797: Gunning Bedford , American politician, governor of Delaware
- 1797: Samuel Luther von Geret , German theologian, lawyer and politician
19th century
- 1805: Christoph Franz von Buseck , last Prince-Bishop of Bamberg
- 1806: August von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg , prince of the Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg line
- 1807: Johann Friedrich August Kinderling , German philologist and pastor
- 1810: John Archer , American politician
- 1815: Nicolas Desmarest , French geologist
- 1825: Barbara Krafft , Austrian painter
- 1835: Benjamin Ames , American politician
- 1838: Cay Wilhelm von Ahlefeldt , provost of the Preetz monastery for women
- 1839: William Dunlap , American painter and writer
- 1840: Claude-Emmanuel de Pastoret , French politician and writer
- 1841: Johann Georg von Dillis , German painter
- 1843: Reinhold Bernhard Jachmann , German theologian and educator
- 1850: Johann Philipp Krebs , German classical philologist
- 1852: Jehu Jones , American pastor
- 1859: Carl Ritter , German geographer
- 1859: Carl Johann Philipp Spitta , German theologian and poet
- 1869: Guglielmo Libri , Italian mathematician and book thief
- 1873: Émile Gaboriau , French writer
- 1888: Carl Giesecke , German organ builder
- 1890: Ludwig zu Bentheim-Steinfurt , Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt
- 1891: Herman Melville , American writer, poet, and essayist
- 1895: Louis Pasteur , French chemist, pioneer in microbiology
- 1898: Tan Sitong , Chinese politician, thinker and reformer
- 1899: Giovanni Segantini , Italian-Swiss symbolism painter
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901: Emil Karl Goetze , German tenor
- 1902: Iosif Ivanovici , Romanian composer
- 1907: Friedrich I , Grand Duke of Baden
- 1914: Conrad Wilhelm Kambli , Swiss Protestant clergyman
- 1915: Saitō Hajime , Japanese fighter
- 1918: Eduard von Keyserling , German writer and playwright of impressionism
- 1921: Ludwig Forrer , Swiss politician, Federal Councilor
- 1921: Oskar Panizza , German doctor and writer
- 1922: William J. Seymour , American preacher
- 1923: Ferdinand Hanusch , Austrian social reformer
- 1927: Willem Einthoven , Dutch physician, Nobel Prize in Medicine
- 1935: Italo Azzoni , Italian composer, pianist, conductor and music teacher
- 1935: Hans Baluschek , German painter, graphic artist and writer
- 1935: William KL Dickson , Scottish engineer and inventor
- 1937: Fridolin Suter , Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman, honorary canon and honorary citizen of Bischofszell
- 1938: Joseph Hayes Acklen , American politician
- 1938: Edgar Atzler , German physiologist
- 1939: Felicjan Szopski , Polish composer, music teacher and critic
- 1943: Julius Ritter , German SS officer, responsible for forced labor in occupied France
- 1944: Josef Bürckel , German politician under National Socialism, Gauleiter, jointly responsible for deportations ( Wagner-Bürckel-Aktion )
- 1947: Elsa von Gutmann , Princess of Liechtenstein
- 1948: Gregg Toland , American cameraman
- 1948: Emma Zimmer , German superintendent in the Ravensbrück concentration camp and Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, war criminal
- 1949: Nancy Dalberg , Danish composer
- 1950: Joë Bousquet , French writer
1951-1975
- 1951: Carl Albert Andersen , Norwegian athlete and gymnast
- 1953: Edwin Hubble , American astronomer
- 1956: William Edward Boeing , American aircraft designer
- 1958: Munrezzan Andreossi , Swiss ice hockey player
- 1958: Jimmy Reece , American racing car driver
- 1959: Rudolf Caracciola , German racing car driver
- 1959: Frank Martin Church , American organist, composer and music teacher
- 1962: Robert Pferdmenges , German banker and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1963: Laughing Charley Lincoln , American blues guitarist and singer
- 1964: Harpo Marx , American actor and comedian (Marx-Brothers)
- 1965: Robert Dannemann , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1966: André Breton , French poet and writer
- 1968: Norman Brookes , Australian tennis player
- 1968: Margot Claussen , German painter
- 1968: Otto Schubert , German architect and university professor
- 1970: Gamal Abdel Nasser , Egyptian officer and politician, President
- 1970: John Dos Passos , American writer
- 1972: Paul Richter , German painter and illustrator
- 1974: Marga Philip , German social politician and women's rights activist
- 1975: Agnes Windeck , German stage, film and television actress
1976-2000
- 1978: Ben d'Armagnac , Dutch performance artist
- 1978: John Paul I , Pope
- 1979: Franz Gruss , Austrian painter and draftsman
- 1979: Lothar Wolleh , German photographer
- 1981: Karl Artelt , German politician
- 1982: Sadegh Ghotbzadeh , Iranian politician, foreign minister
- 1983: Roy C. Sullivan , American forest worker, survivor of seven lightning strikes
- 1984: Hans Joachim Breustedt , German painter and graphic artist
- 1985: LB Abbott , American cinematographer and special effects artist
- 1986: Ewa Szelburg-Zarembina , Polish writer
- 1987: Mario von Galli , Austrian Catholic priest, Jesuit, editor and publicist
- 1988: Eva Lissa , German actress
- 1989: José Arribas , French coach
- 1989: Ferdinand Marcos , Filipino politician, President
- 1989: Elise Riesel , Austrian-Soviet linguist
- 1990: Bob Gibson , American folk musician
- 1991: Eugène Bozza , French composer
- 1991: Miles Davis , African American jazz trumpeter
- 1996: Mennato Boffa , Italian racing car driver
- 1997: Munir Bashir , Iraqi musician
- 2000: Pierre Trudeau , Canadian politician, Member of the House of Commons, Prime Minister
21st century
- 2003: Hanns Adrian , German architect and urban planner
- 2003: Olle Anderberg , Swedish wrestler
- 2003: Althea Gibson , American tennis player
- 2003: Elia Kazan , American director
- 2004: Mulk Raj Anand , Indian writer
- 2004: Liviu Comes , Romanian composer
- 2004: Christl Cranz , German ski racer
- 2004: Viktor Rosow , Russian playwright
- 2005: Pol Bury , Belgian painter and sculptor
- 2005: Leo Sternbach , American chemist and pharmacist
- 2007: Anton Schall , German orientalist
- 2009: Guillermo Endara , Panamanian lawyer and politician
- 2009: Horst Feilzer , German soccer player
- 2010: Kurt Albert , German climber, mountaineer, photographer and teacher
- 2010: Arthur Penn , American film director
- 2010: Jim Wagstaff , American football player and coach
- 2011: Fernando Bernabé Agüero Rocha , Nicaraguan politician
- 2011: Maple Batalia , Indian-Canadian actress
- 2011: Jaroslav Juhan , Guatemalan racing car driver
- 2013: Walter Schmidinger , Austrian actor
- 2016: Shimon Peres , Israeli President
- 2017: Željko Perušić , Yugoslav football player
- 2017: Jürgen Roth , German publicist
- 2017: Andreas Schmidt , German actor and director
- 2017: Erich Schneider-Wessling , German architect
- 2017: Benjamin Whitrow , British actor
- 2020: Douglas Brinham , Canadian basketball player
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Lioba von Tauberbischofsheim , English abbess and missionary (Protestant, Roman Catholic)
- Adolf Clarenbach , German teacher and martyr (Protestant)
- St. Wenceslaus of Bohemia , Bohemian Duke and patron saint (Roman Catholic)
- Name days
- State holidays and memorial days
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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