29th August
The August 29 is the 241st day of the Gregorian calendar (the 242nd in leap years ). This leaves 124 days until the end of the year.
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events
Politics and world events
- 1315: In the battle of Montecatini , troops from Pisa and Lucca under the command of Uguccione della Faggiolas prevail over the army of an Italian city coalition under Florentine leadership and their Neapolitan allies.
- 1348: In the naval battle of Karystos , the Venetians defeat the rival Genoese .
- 1350: An English fleet commanded by King Edward III is defeated in the Battle of Winchelsea . and the Black Prince , a forty-ship squadron of the Kingdom of Castile .
- 1475: After the Treaty of Picquigny between France's King Louis XI. and England's King Edward IV. Charles the Bold , Duke of Burgundy , loses English support for his battles.
- 1526: In the Battle of Mohács , the Ottomans under Suleyman I defeat the Hungarian army under King Ludwig II and Pál Tomori and subsequently can incorporate large parts of Hungary into their national territory. With the death of Ludwig, the Jagiellonians die out.
- 1622: In the Battle of Fleurus during the Thirty Years' War , the troops of Ernst von Mansfeld and Christian von Halberstadt engage in a losing battle against the Spanish troops under General Córdoba .
- 1637: After several days of cannonade, the Dutch gain the Portuguese fort São Jorge da Mina in Elmina on the Gold Coast by surrendering their crew. The fortress is now a Ghanaian World Heritage Site .
- 1756: In Europe, the Seven Years' War begins with the invasion of Saxony by the Prussian army without prior declaration of war .
- 1833: The Factory Act passed by the English Parliament restricts the working hours of children and young people in the textile industry for the first time. Child labor under the age of 9 is prohibited.
- 1842: The First Opium War ends with the signing of the Treaty of Nanking between China and England .
- 1862: Risorgimento : The battle of the Aspromonte , a mountain range in Calabria , is won by the Piedmontese troops against the volunteer organizations of Giuseppe Garibaldi , who is injured in the fight.
- 1867: The speech of the official assessor Karl Heinrich Ulrichs at the German Juristentag in Munich, where he publicly calls for the abolition of all paragraphs directed against Urninge for the first time in front of a large audience , is lost in protest.
- 1897: The first Zionist World Congress begins in Basel, chaired by Theodor Herzl .
- 1900: In Milan is anarchist Gaetano Bresci for its deadly attack on King Umberto I. to hard labor in prison on the island of Santo Stefano convicted.
- 1905: The battle of Mahenge in German East Africa begins.
- 1914: The German colony of Samoa is occupied by New Zealand troops during the First World War .
- 1944: The Slovak national uprising against the Jozef Tisos regime, which served Nazi Germany, begins.
- 1944: The Hungarian ruler Miklós Horthy dismisses the Nazi-friendly Sztójay government and appoints the loyal General Géza Lakatos as prime minister.
- 1944: During the second major bomb attack by the Royal Air Force on Königsberg , the historic old town is largely destroyed by a firestorm .
- 1962: The CIA discovered on spy photos of a Lockheed U-2 first rocket launch sites in Cuba . This then leads to the Cuban Missile Crisis in October of that year.
- 1991: The nuclear test site near Semipalatinsk , Kazakhstan , is closed.
- 1991: After the August coup in Moscow , the Supreme Soviet of the USSR bans the Communist Party of the Soviet Union .
- 1992: As a reaction to the riots in Rostock-Lichtenhagen , a demonstration takes place under the motto Stop the pogroms with 15,000 participants.
- 1995: An assassination attempt on Eduard Shevardnadze in Georgia fails.
- 2003: In a car bomb attack, the Shiite spiritual leader in Iraq, Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim , is killed in front of the Imam Ali mosque in Najaf immediately after Friday prayers . More than 100 people die with him.
business
- 1751: In the cellar of Heidelberg Castle which is largest wine barrel in the world completed. It can hold 221,726 liters of wine.
- 1857: In Argentina, the first railroad runs from the Plaza del Parque station in Buenos Aires to Floresta .
- 1885: Gottlieb Daimler receives a patent for his riding car , the prototype for the motorcycle . He developed the vehicle with side support wheels together with Wilhelm Maybach .
- 1893: The American inventor Whitcomb Judson receives a patent for the zipper he invented .
- 1898: Frank and Charles Seiberling founded in Akron ( Ohio ), the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company . Rubber tires for carriages and bicycles as well as rubber products are the first products manufactured.
- 1912: In Eindhoven , the expanding company Philips & Co. is transferred to the incorporated limited company N.V. Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken .
- 1924: The Gutenberg Book Guild is founded by the Educational Association of German Book Printers in Leipzig to give ordinary people access to education and culture through cheap books.
- 1997: The US film industry company Netflix is founded.
science and technology
- 1831: Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction .
- 1949: The Soviet Union detonates its first atomic bomb on the Semipalatinsk nuclear weapons test site .
- 1965: The spaceship Gemini 5 , on board the two astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad , returns to earth after a long-term record of 8 days in space and 120 orbits and hits the Atlantic.
- 1970: The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 completes its maiden flight.
- 1982: The chemical element meitnerium is produced for the first time at the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research (then the Society for Heavy Ion Research) in Darmstadt.
- 2008: The German satellite constellation RapidEye starts into an earth orbit .
Culture
- 1775: The world premiere of the opera L'incontro improviso ( The Unexpected Gathering ) by Joseph Haydn takes place in Esterház .
- 1787: Friedrich Schiller's drama Don Carlos is premiered in Hamburg.
- 1861: The scenic premiere of the one-act Singspiel The Conspirators or The Domestic War by Franz Schubert takes place in Frankfurt am Main.
- 1951: The first Mickey Mouse comic appears in Germany.
- 1952: The movie Casablanca premieres in Germany in a heavily shortened version.
- 1952: The piece of music 4'33 " by avant-garde artist John Cage is premiered in the Maverick Concert Hall near Woodstock (New York) .
- 1964: The film Mary Poppins , produced by Walt Disney , opens in cinemas in the United States , two days after its premiere in Los Angeles.
- 1966: The Beatles give their last joint public concert in San Francisco in Candlestick Park Stadium (not counting the last legendary concert on the roof of the Apple Studios on January 30, 1969).
- 1994: The British band Oasis releases their debut album Definitely Maybe .
- 2009: In Hagen attended by the North Rhine-Westphalian Prime Minister is Jürgen Rüttgers and the President of the Bundestag Norbert Lammert , the Art Quarter Hagen opened. The Museum Quarter, which includes the Osthaus Museum Hagen , is the prologue for RUHR.2010 - European Capital of Culture .
society
- 1968: In Oslo, Crown Prince Harald of Norway marries Sonja Haraldsen, who comes from a middle-class family .
- 1985: On a rampage through several suburbs of Karlsruhe , a 32-year-old shoots five people he does not know.
religion
- 1178: Antipope Calixt III. submits to Pope Alexander III. , for which the previous antipope is entrusted with the administration of the church property in Benevento .
- 1261: The French-born Jacques Pantaléon is elected by a board of only seven cardinals to succeed Pope Alexander IV and takes the name Urban IV . He is the last Pope who was not a cardinal before .
- 1484: Cardinal Giovanni Battista Cibo is bribed to be Pope and takes the name Innocent VIII . During his pontificate, the inquisition and the persecution of witches experience a first climax with the "witch bull" Summis desiderantes affectibus .
Disasters
- 1741: A volcanic eruption on the island of Oshima-Ōshima is accompanied by a tsunami in the Sea of Japan that kills at least 1,600 people.
- 1782: The British liner Royal George capsizes and sinks while at anchor in the Solent . Between 800 and 950 people drown, including Vice Admiral Richard Kempenfelt and large numbers of children and women. To this day, the sinking is the worst peacetime shipwreck in the history of the Royal Navy .
- 1907: The Québec Bridge over the Saint Lawrence River collapses while it is being built. 75 construction workers are killed.
- 1996: Spitzbergen , Norway: A Russian Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into a mountain. All 141 people on board die.
- 2005: Hurricane Katrina hits the US Gulf Coast, a storm surge floods New Orleans and floods large parts of the US states Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. More than 1000 people are killed, the financial damage is estimated at over 125 billion euros.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
nature and environment
- 1916: On the island of Tasmania are the Mount Field National Park and the Freycinet National Park created protected areas for nature.
Sports
- 1895: The George Hotel in Huddersfield which is Northern Rugby Football Union was founded.
- 2004: The Brazilian marathon runner Vanderlei de Lima is the eighth athlete to receive the Pierre de Coubertin Medal for exemplary sportsmanship from the International Olympic Committee .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1116: Philip , French king
- 1347: John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke , English nobleman and commander
- 1434: Janus Pannonius , Hungarian theologian and poet
- 1499: Johann Neefe , personal physician to Electors Moritz and August of Saxony
- 1524: Johann IX. von Haugwitz , Bishop of Meissen
- 1529: Marquard von Hattstein , Bishop of Speyer
- 1540: Elisabeth von Brandenburg-Küstrin , wife of Georg Friedrich von Brandenburg-Ansbach
- 1584: Patrick Young , Scottish scholar
- 1605: Johann Wilhelm Simler , Swiss poet
- 1619: Jean-Baptiste Colbert , French statesman and founder of mercantilism
- 1632: John Locke , English philosopher and enlightenment thinker
- 1662: Alvise Mocenigo III. , Doge of Venice
- 1664: Giuseppe Torretti , Italian sculptor
- 1679: Franz Konrad von Stadion and Thannhausen , Prince-Bishop of Bamberg
- 1683: Samuel von Marschall , Prussian minister
- 1690: Agostino Masucci , Italian painter
- 1695: Julius Leopold von Caprivi , German archivist, historian and poet of hymns
- 1697: Adalbert II. Von Walderdorff , provost in Blankenau and prince abbot and bishop of Fulda
18th century
- 1701: Felix Anton Scheffler , German painter and fresco artist
- 1709: Jean Baptiste Louis de Gresset , French poet
- 1712: Adolf Jasper von Ahlefeldt , Canon of the Cathedral Chapter of Lübeck Cathedral
- 1724: Friedrich Wilhelm Gottfried Arnd von Kleist , Prussian general
- 1725: Charles Townshend , British nobleman and politician
- 1725: Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch , German theologian
- 1728: Maria Anna of Saxony , Electress of Bavaria
- 1734: David von Neumann , Prussian general
- 1737: John Hunter , Scottish captain, Australian pioneer and Governor of New South Wales
- 1744: Johann Wilhelm Schmid , German Protestant theologian
- 1748: James Armstrong , American politician
- 1750: Johann Christoph Stelzhammer , Austrian Catholic clergyman and physicist
- 1755: Jan Henryk Dąbrowski , Polish general, national hero
- 1756: Heinrich von Bellegarde , Austrian general and statesman
- 1756: Jan Śniadecki , Polish mathematician and astronomer
- 1758: Franz Anton von Hartig , Austrian diplomat, historian, poet and geographer
- 1758: Corentin de Leissegues , French admiral
- 1769: Philippine Rose Duchesne , French nun, missionary and saint
- 1770: Ludwig Wilhelm , Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
- 1770: Franz Pettrich , German sculptor
- 1771: Christian August Fischer , German writer
- 1773: Aimé Bonpland , French naturalist
- 1773: Raphael Georg Kiesewetter , Austrian music historian, Vice President of the Vienna Society of Friends of Music
- 1776: François-Marie Daudin , French zoologist
- 1776: Georg Friedrich Treitschke , German playwright, theater director and lepidopterist
- 1780: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres , French painter
- 1786: Josef von Teng , Mayor of Munich
- 1790: Leopold von Baden , Grand Duke of Baden
- 1792: Juan José de Aycinena y Piñol , Guatemalan priest, businessman and politician
- 1793: Josef Naus , Bavarian officer and surveyor
- 1796: Franz Borberg , German baker and city councilor
- 1800: Heinrich Hahn , Prussian politician and founder of a Catholic association
19th century
1801-1850
- 1801: Michelangelo Grigoletti , Italian painter
- 1802: Charles Texier , French traveler, architect and archaeologist
- 1805: William Gannaway Brownlow , American politician
- 1808: Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch , German politician and trade unionist
- 1809: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. , American doctor and writer
- 1810: Juan Bautista Alberdi , Argentine politician, diplomat, writer and journalist
- 1815: Franz Varrentrapp , German chemist
- 1817: August Ferdinand Wäldner , German organ builder
- 1820: Carlo Cavina , Italian priest
- 1820: Otto Spamer , German bookseller and publisher
- 1821: Gabriel de Mortillet , French prehistorian
- 1829: Rudolf Geschwind , Hungarian rose breeder
- 1830: Wilhelm Sohn , German painter
- 1834: Amalie Marby , German writer
- 1838: John F. Appleton , American lawyer and general
- 1842: Wilhelm Rimpau , German seed breeder and agricultural scientist
- 1843: Alfred Agache , French painter
- 1845: Gonville Bromhead , British officer
- 1847: Moritz von Egidy , German officer and moral philosopher
- 1848: Albert Bartholomé , French painter and sculptor
1851-1900
- 1855: Emil Paur , Austrian conductor and composer
- 1856: Oskar Witzel , German physician
- 1857: Paul Friedlaender , German chemist
- 1857: Karl Mack , German physicist and meteorologist
- 1860: Heinrich von Nauendorf , German officer
- 1862: Andrew Fisher , Australian politician, Prime Minister
- 1862: Maurice Maeterlinck , Belgian writer
- 1862: Ernst Meumann , German experimental psychologist
- 1863: August Brinkmann , German classical philologist
- 1865: Hedwig Lachmann , writer
- 1866: Hermann Löns , German journalist and writer
- 1869: Alberto Valenzuela Llanos , Chilean painter
- 1870: Arnošt Bart-Brězynčanski , Sorbian politician, first Domowina chairman
- 1870: Martha Schrag , German painter and graphic artist
- 1871: Albert Lebrun , French politician and statesman, last President of the Third Republic
- 1871: Jack Butler Yeats , Irish painter
- 1874: Eilhard Alfred Mitscherlich , German soil scientist and agricultural scientist
- 1875: Leonardo Argüello Barreto , Nicaraguan politician, multiple minister, president
- 1876: Wilhelm Abegg , German lawyer, as State Secretary, founder and head of the modern Prussian police
- 1876: Charles Kettering , American engineer and scientist, inventor and philosopher
- 1878: Wilhelm zur Nieden , German engineer and resistance fighter
- 1880: Curt Baller , German lawyer, local politician and Prussian administrative officer
- 1881: Alfred Fischer , German architect
- 1881: Alfred Hauptmann , German psychiatrist and neurologist
- 1881: Edvin Kallstenius , Swedish composer
- 1881: Valery Larbaud , French writer and literary critic
- 1882: Mushanokōji Kintomo , Japanese nobleman and special envoy, signer of the Anti-Comintern Pact
- 1883: Erich Anders , German composer
- 1884: Ehm Welk , German writer
- 1885: Hans Jahn , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1885: Ugo Sivocci , Italian racing car driver
- 1886: Joseph Godehard Machens , Bishop of Hildesheim
- 1887: Luis Abraham Delgadillo , Nicaraguan composer
- 1888: Mikawa Gun'ichi , Japanese Vice Admiral
- 1890: Richard Gardiner Casey , Australian politician
- 1894: Semjon Iljitsch Bogdanow , Soviet head of the military administration in Brandenburg
- 1894: Werner Gilles , German painter
- 1895: Carlo Bigatto , Italian football player and coach
- 1897: Victor Bourgeois , Belgian architect and town planner
- 1897: Helge Rosvaenge , Danish opera singer (tenor)
- 1897: Paul Schneider , German pastor and victim of National Socialism
- 1898: Preston Sturges , American screenwriter and director
- 1900: Franz Hayler , German businessman, MdR, State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Economics
- 1900: Erich Preiser , German economist
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Aurèle Joliat , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1902: Erich Wendt , German publishing director and state secretary
- 1903: Ernst Kreuder , German writer
- 1904: Werner Forßmann , German heart surgeon, Nobel Prize winner
- 1904: Louise Piëch , Austrian entrepreneur
- 1905: Hermann Berg , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1905: Al Taliaferro , American comic artist
- 1906: Ingo Braecklein , bishop of the Protestant regional church of Thuringia
- 1906: Karl Gerold , German journalist and editor of the Frankfurter Rundschau
- 1906: Sepp Müller , German motorcycle racer
- 1907: Theodor Andresen , German building contractor and resistance fighter
- 1907: Nando Barbieri , Italian racing driver
- 1910: Engelbert Broda , Austrian chemist and physicist
- 1910: Roberto Pineda Duque , Colombian composer
- 1910: Vivien Thomas , African American surgeon
- 1912: Emil Schumacher , German painter
- 1912: Son of Kee-chung , Japanese marathon runner and Olympic medalist of Korean descent
- 1912: Barry Sullivan , American actor
- 1913: Jan Ekier , Polish pianist, composer and music teacher
- 1913: Georges Houot , French naval officer and marine researcher
- 1914: Erwin Scharf , Austrian politician
- 1915: Ingrid Bergman , Swedish film actress
- 1915: Jay R. Smith , American child actor
- 1916: George Montgomery , American actor
- 1916: Consuelo Velázquez , Mexican composer
- 1917: John Leonard King , British business leader
- 1918: Anthony Crosland , British politician, foreign secretary and socialist theorist
- 1919: Armando Hunziker , Argentine botanist
- 1919: János Rácz , Hungarian mathematician, teacher and author
- 1919: Irmtraut Wäger , German human rights activist
- 1919: Herbert Wahrendorf , German educator, athlete and sports official
- 1920: Charlie Parker , American jazz saxophonist
- 1920: Giorgos Sisilianos , Greek composer
- 1921: Gerhard Grüneberg , German politician
- 1921: Erni Singerl , German folk actress
- 1921: Wolfgang Spann , German coroner
- 1922: Harri Asi , Estonian writer and poet
- 1922: Richard Blackwell , American fashion critic
- 1923: Richard Attenborough , British actor and director
- 1923: Werner Eilitz , German footballer
- 1924: Peter Selinka , German art collector
- 1924: Dinah Washington , American jazz, pop and blues singer
- 1925: Demetrio Basilio Lakas , President of Panama
1926-1950
- 1926: Hélène Ahrweiler , Greek Byzantinist and UNICEF ambassador
- 1927: Gerard Gratton , Canadian weightlifter
- 1927: Thomas Raymond Kelly , American jazz bassist
- 1927: Forrest Westbrook , American jazz pianist
- 1928: Volodymyr Apatskyj , Ukrainian bassoonist
- 1928: Adolf Bieringer , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1928: Klaus Bölling , German journalist and government spokesman
- 1928: Aaron Victor Cicourel , American sociologist
- 1928: Jürgen Fijalkowski , German political scientist and sociologist
- 1928: Herbert Meier , Swiss writer
- 1928: Stefan Moses , German photographer
- 1928: Dick O'Neill , American actor
- 1928: Dzidra Ritenberga , Latvian actress and director
- 1928: Thomas Stewart , American opera singer (bass baritone)
- 1928: Kurt Stöber , German Rechtspfleger and legal specialist author
- 1929: John Arthur , South African heavyweight boxer
- 1929: Thom Gunn , British poet and university teacher
- 1930: Atif Muhammad Nagib Sidqi , Egyptian politician, Prime Minister
- 1932: Jerry Dodgion , American jazz saxophonist
- 1933: Arnold Koller , Swiss politician, Federal Councilor
- 1933: Alan Stacey , British Formula 1 racing driver
- 1934: Steve Arneil , British Budoka
- 1934: Henrique de Curitiba , Polish-Brazilian composer
- 1934: Horst Szymaniak , German football player
- 1935: Djamel Amrani , Algerian writer
- 1935: William Friedkin , American director, screenwriter, and producer
- 1935: Peter Kirsten , German musician, producer and music publisher
- 1936: Gilbert Amy , French composer and conductor
- 1936: John McCain , American Senator
- 1936: Inga Voronina , Soviet speed skater
- 1937: James Florio , American governor
- 1937: Dieter Kalenbach , German comic artist
- 1938: Gerry Byrne , English football player
- 1938: Peter Fröhlich , Austrian actor and singer
- 1938: Elliott Gould , American actor
- 1938: Christian Müller , German soccer player
- 1938: Hermann Nitsch , Austrian artist
- 1938: Alberto Pagani , Italian motorcycle racer
- 1938: Roy Pike , American racing car driver and entrepreneur
- 1938: Robert Rubin , US Secretary of the Treasury
- 1939: Joel Schumacher , American director, screenwriter and producer
- 1940: Ulrike Behrmann von Zerboni , German actress
- 1940: James Brady , American activist
- 1940: Til Erwig , German actor
- 1940: Bennie Maupin , American jazz musician
- 1940: Rotraud Schindler , German actress and comedian
- 1941: Sibylle Bergemann , German photographer
- 1941: Christel Deichmann , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1941: Reinhard Soltau , German politician
- 1942: Gottfried John , German actor
- 1942: Sterling Morrison , British musician and guitarist
- 1942: Gillian Rubinstein , British author
- 1942: Cornelie Sonntag-Wolgast , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1942: Coen Zuidema , Dutch chess player
- 1943: Joachim Cochlovius , German Evangelical Lutheran theologian
- 1944: Lukas Hartmann , Swiss writer
- 1944: Arun Singh , Indian politician
- 1944: Hans-Joachim Veen , German political scientist
- 1945: Harry S. Morgan , German director, producer and journalist
- 1945: Jean Ragnotti , French rally and racing driver
- 1945: Alain Richard , French politician, Minister of Defense
- 1945: Wyomia Tyus , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1946: Bob Beamon , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1946: Lutz Helmig , German entrepreneur and doctor
- 1947: Irene Dyk-Ploss , Austrian university professor and politician
- 1947: Temple Grandin , American commercial animal husbandry specialist
- 1947: James Hunt , British racing car driver
- 1948: Jan Graubner , Czech Archbishop of Olomouc and Metropolitan of Moravia
- 1948: Wilfried Loth , German historian and political scientist
- 1949: John A. Agnew , British-American geographer and university professor
- 1949: Wolfgang Dziony , German musician
- 1949: Kurt Mehlhorn , German computer scientist
- 1950: Norbert Rüther , German politician
- 1950: Manfred Zöllmer , German politician
1951-1975
- 1951: Klaus Wockenfuß , German chess master
- 1952: Sanny Åslund , Swedish football player, coach and manager
- 1952: Deborah Van Valkenburgh , American film and stage actress
- 1952: Michael Wessing , German athlete
- 1953: Rainer Scheithauer , Rector of the FH Furtwangen
- 1954: Michèle Wolf , French soccer player
- 1955: Bernarda Fink , Argentine singer
- 1955: Diamanda Galás , American singer and songwriter
- 1955: Captain Horn , German musician and composer, lyricist, performance artist and painter
- 1956: GG Allin , American rock and punk musician
- 1956: Mark Morris , American dancer and choreographer
- 1956: Eddie Murray , Canadian American football player
- 1957: Severino Bottero , Italian alpine ski trainer
- 1957: Grzegorz Ciechowski , Polish rock musician
- 1957: Susanne Kippenberger , German journalist and book author
- 1957: Miki Malör , Austrian theater maker
- 1957: Dmitri Svetschnikow , artist of abstract painting
- 1958: Michael Jackson , American musician
- 1959: Rebecca De Mornay , American actress
- 1959: Ernesto Rodrigues , Portuguese violinist
- 1959: Sjaak Troost , Dutch footballer
- 1959: Stephen Wolfram , British mathematician
- 1960: Çingiz Mustafayev , Azerbaijani journalist
- 1961: Ahmed Aboutaleb , Dutch politician
- 1961: Carsten Fischer , German field hockey player
- 1961: Philipp Moog , German actor
- 1962: Richard Angelo , American serial killer
- 1962: Jutta Kleinschmidt , German rally driver
- 1962: Jorge Martínez , Spanish motorcycle racer, world champion
- 1963: Stella Adorf , actress
- 1963: Anita Hörskens , German painter and author
- 1963: Mathias Jeschke , German publisher and writer
- 1963: Karl Markovics , Austrian actor
- 1963: Klaus Schüle , German politician, MdL
- 1964: Doris Ahnen , German politician
- 1964: Jordi Arrese , Spanish tennis player
- 1964: Jana Bobošíková , Czech politician, MEP
- 1964: Vladislav Broda , German table tennis player
- 1964: Délia Fischer , Brazilian musician, singer, composer and arranger
- 1965: Peter Andersson , Swedish ice hockey player and coach
- 1965: Neno Ašćerić , Austrian basketball coach and player
- 1965: Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum , German ancient orientalist
- 1965: Ella Lemhagen , Swedish director
- 1965: Gerhard Rodax , Austrian football player
- 1966: Armin Trost , German psychologist
- 1967: Jon Almaas , Norwegian presenter and actor
- 1967: Jiří Růžek , Czech photographer
- 1968: Willi Landgraf , German soccer player
- 1968: Meshell Ndegeocello , American musician and composer
- 1969: Michael Pinnella , American progressive metal keyboardist
- 1969: Stephani Victor , American-Swiss monoski bob rider
- 1970: Jacco Eltingh , Dutch tennis player
- 1970: Saša Gedeon , Czech director
- 1971: Oliver Berben , German director and film producer
- 1971: Tina Bøttzau , Danish handball player
- 1971: Carla Gugino , American actress
- 1972: Bae Yong-joon , South Korean actor
- 1972: Radek Bejbl , Czech football player
- 1972: Daniele Ganser , Swiss historian and journalist
- 1972: Amanda Marshall , Canadian pop musician
- 1972: Jost Pieper , German actor
- 1973: Daniel Burman , Argentine film director
- 1973: Olivier Jacque , French motorcycle racer
- 1973: Aleksandar Tesla , German actor
- 1973: Thomas Tuchel , German soccer coach
- 1974: Nicola Amoruso , Italian football player
- 1974: Denis Caniza , Paraguayan football player
- 1974: Markus Feldhoff , German soccer player
- 1975: Maria Bertrand , Canadian actress
1976-2000
- 1976: Michael Blackwood , Jamaican athlete
- 1976: Stephen Carr , Irish football player
- 1976: Mieko Kawakami , Japanese writer
- 1976: Pablo Mastroeni , American football player
- 1976: Jon Dahl Tomasson , Danish football player
- 1977: John Hensley , American actor
- 1977: Stefan Leitl , German soccer player
- 1977: John O'Brien , American football player
- 1977: Carl Pettersson , Swedish golf professional
- 1977: Jo Weil , German actor and voice actor
- 1978: Déborah Anthonioz , French snowboarder
- 1978: Volkan Arslan , Turkish soccer player
- 1978: Celestine Babayaro , Nigerian soccer player
- 1978: Jens Boden , German speed skater
- 1978: Daniel Christensen , German-Danish actor
- 1978: Timo Rost , German soccer player
- 1979: Zoltán Almási , Hungarian chess master
- 1979: Kristjan Rahnu , Estonian athlete
- 1980: David Desrosiers , Canadian musician
- 1980: Perdita Felicien , Canadian athlete
- 1980: William Levy , Cuban actor
- 1980: Faiz Mangat , German pop singer
- 1981: Miyo Akao , Japanese badminton player
- 1981: Émilie Dequenne , Belgian actress
- 1981: Martin Erat , Czech ice hockey player
- 1981: Siarhei Rutenka , Spanish handball player
- 1982: A + , American rapper
- 1982: Vincent Enyeama , Nigerian soccer player
- 1982: Isabella Jantz , German actress
- 1982: Felix von Jascheroff , German film actor
- 1983: Tino Mohaupt , German marksman
- 1983: Xabi Prieto , Spanish soccer player
- 1984: Jim Ashilevi , Estonian writer and playwright
- 1984: Christian Lell , German soccer player
- 1984: Helge Meeuw , German swimming athlete
- 1985: Gonzalo Jara , Chilean soccer player
- 1985: Michael Schmerda , German ice hockey player
- 1985: Lucas Vogelsang , German journalist and author
- 1986: Andrey Amador , Costa Rican cyclist
- 1986: Daniel Brauneis , Austrian soccer player
- 1986: Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla , Lithuanian conductor
- 1986: Lea Michele , American singer and actress
- 1987: Rudy Mbemba , Swedish basketball player
- 1988: Harry Aikines-Aryeetey , British athlete
- 1989: Dario Burgener , Swiss telemarker
- 1989: Clemens Maria Schreiner , Austrian cabaret artist, presenter and actor
- 1990: Nicole Anderson , American actress
- 1990: Maria Augutis , Swedish athlete
- 1990: Gianluca Korte , German soccer player
- 1990: Raffael Korte , German soccer player
- 1990: Patrick van Aanholt , Dutch football player
- 1991: Anikó Kovacsics , Hungarian handball player
- 1991: Lea Kurka , German actress
- 1993: Jacopo Mosca , Italian racing cyclist
- 1993: Liam Payne , British singer
- 1993: Frederic Vystavel , Danish rower
- 1994: Amanda Fondell , Swedish pop singer
- 1996: PVLACE , German music producer
- 1999: Giorgi Chakvetadze , Georgian football player
Died
Before the 16th century
- Ulpia Marciana , older sister of the Roman emperor Trajan 112:
- Basil I the Macedonians , Byzantine emperor 886:
- Hugo , first bishop of Zeitz 979:
- 1020: Dodiko , count in the Saxon Hessengau, Ittergau and Nethegau
- 1093: Hugo I , Duke of Burgundy and Abbot of Cluny
- 1123: Øystein I , King of Norway
- 1124: Ralph von Battle , Dept.
- 1135: Al-Mustarshid , Abbasid Caliph
- 1184: Waleran , Bishop of Rochester
- 1204: Marie of Champagne , Countess of Flanders and Empress of the Latin Empire
- 1208: Dietrich II of Kittlitz , Bishop of Meissen
- 1268: Beatrijs of Nazareth , Flemish mystic
- 1272: Henry de Percy , English nobleman
- 1287: Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond , English nobleman
- 1298: Eleanor of England , Countess of Bar
- 1315: Pietro Tempesta , Count of Eboli
- 1354: Fra Moriale , military leader in Italy
- 1363: Philip of Navarre , Count of Longueville
- 1395: Albrecht III. , Duke of Austria
- 1435: Paulus de Santa Maria , Jewish apostate, bishop of Cartagena and Burgos
- 1436: Focko Ukena , East Frisian chief of the Moormer and Lengen lands
- 1442: John VI. , Duke of Brittany
- 1499: Alesso Baldovinetti , Italian painter
16th to 18th century
- 1523: Ulrich von Hutten , German humanist and writer
- 1526: Ludwig II , King of Hungary and Bohemia
- 1526: Thomas Stoltzer , German composer
- 1542: Cristóvão da Gama , Portuguese military leader
- 1543: Maria von Jülich , Duchess of Jülich-Kleve-Berg
- 1586: Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of March , Scottish nobleman
- 1604: Otto Heinrich , Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach
- 1622: Friedrich von Sachsen-Weimar , colonel in the Thirty Years War
- 1642: Georg Huber , Mayor of St. Gallen
- 1661: Louis Couperin , French composer, organist and violin player
- 1672: Nicolaus Zapf , German Lutheran theologian
- 1676: Luise Charlotte of Brandenburg , Duchess of Courland
- 1683: Adam Haresleben , Austrian master builder
- 1690: Christoph Hartmann Schacher , German lawyer
- 1704: Johann Adolf , Count of Tecklenburg
- 1709: Johann Friedrich Schweitzer , German alchemist, botanist and physician
- 1726: Johann Adrian Slevogt , German medic
- 1729: Moses Benjamin Wulff , court factor in Berlin and Dessau
- 1734: Berndt Otto I. von Stackelberg , heir to Hallinap in the Baltic rural community of Järva-Jaani, baron, Swedish field marshal and major general
- 1738: Charlotte von Hessen-Homburg , Duchess of Saxe-Weimar
- 1749: Matej Bel , Hungarian-Slovak historian, Lutheran theologian, educator and historian
- 1750: Kasimir Anton von Sickingen , Prince-Bishop of Constance
- 1762: Stanisław Poniatowski , Polish politician
- 1763: Georg Wilhelm Bauernfeind , German draftsman and engraver
- 1780: Jacques-Germain Soufflot , French architect
- 1781: Dorothea Widmer , Swiss spouse murderer
- 1790: Ludwig Günther II , Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- 1796: Johann Karl Volborth , German Lutheran theologian
- 1799: Pius VI. , Pope from 1775 to 1799
19th century
- 1813: Heinrich Adolph Grimm , German orientalist
- 1816: Johann Hieronymus Schroeter , German lawyer, civil servant and astronomer
- 1844: Edmund Ignatius Rice , Irish missionary and founder of the order
- 1853: Charles James Napier , British general, commander in chief of the East India Company troops
- 1859: Hans Caspar Escher , Swiss architect and industrial pioneer
- 1862: Francesco Carlini , Italian astronomer and geodesist
- 1865: John Brough , American politician
- 1865: Gustav Harkort , German entrepreneur, banker and railway pioneer
- 1866: Tokugawa Iemochi , 14th Shogun of the Edo period in Japan
- 1868: Christian Friedrich Schönbein , German-Swiss chemist
- 1873: Hermann Hankel , German mathematician
- 1875: Gustave Lannes de Montebello , French general
- 1877: Brigham Young , Mormon leader, founder of Utah and the city of Salt Lake City
- 1879: Jeanne Jugan , French nun
- 1880: Paul Octave Hébert , American politician, Governor of Louisiana
- 1881: Jean-Baptiste Auriol , French clown and artist
- 1899: Catharine Parr Traill , British-Canadian botanist and author
- 1900: Ernest Combe , French-Swiss clergyman and university professor
20th century
1901-1950
- 1904: Murad V , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- 1911: Asaf Jah VI. , Prince of Hyderabad
- 1913: Hermann Aron , German electrical engineer
- 1914: George Shoobridge Carr , British mathematician
- 1915: Julius Payer , Austro-Hungarian polar and alpine researcher
- 1917: Albert Gray, 4th Earl Gray , British politician and statesman
- 1918: Max Dauthendey , German poet and painter
- 1920: Cardinal Léon-Adolphe Amette , French clergyman, Archbishop of Paris
- 1920: Gustav Jenner , German composer
- 1922: Vic Gonsalves , Dutch football player
- 1923: Anastasia , Princess of Greece and Denmark
- 1925: Anton Nowacki , Swiss crop scientist
- 1926: John George Adami , British-Canadian pathologist
- 1926: Alfred Amschl , Austrian lawyer and writer
- 1932: Teibi Andō , Japanese general
- 1935: Carl Andres , German landowner, viticulture lobbyist and politician
- 1935: Astrid Sofia Lovisa Thyra of Sweden , Queen of the Belgians
- 1938: Béla Kun , Hungarian politician
- 1944: Jean-Claude Touche , French organist and composer
- 1945: Hans Hausrath , German forest scientist
- 1946: Chino Shōshō , Japanese Germanist and translator
- 1950: Albert Michael Koeniger , German church historian and canonist
1951-2000
- 1953: Richard Euringer , German writer
- 1960: Vicki Baum , Austrian harpist and writer
- 1960: Hanno Hahn , German art historian and architecture researcher
- 1963: Fritz Flinte , German painter
- 1965: Karl Hartleb , Austrian politician
- 1966: Auguste Viktoria von Hohenzollern , wife of Emanuel II, the last king of Portugal
- 1966: Saiyid Qutb , theoretician of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
- 1967: Emmy Brode , German painter
- 1967: Charles Darrow , alleged American inventor of the board game Monopoly
- 1967: Pedro Echavarría Lazala , Dominican flautist, music teacher and composer
- 1970: Luis Martínez Serrano , Mexican pianist, composer and conductor of Spanish origin
- 1972: Lale Andersen , German singer ( Lili Marleen ) and actress
- 1972: Herta Ilk , German politician
- 1972: Jan Kreczmar , Polish actor
- 1972: René Leibowitz , French conductor and music teacher, writer and composer
- 1973: Stringer Davis , British actor
- 1973: Joseph Erxleben , American long-distance runner
- 1974: János Gyarmati , Hungarian football player and coach
- 1975: Eamon de Valera , Irish President
- 1976: Hans Nieland , German politician under National Socialism, Lord Mayor of Dresden
- 1976: Jimmy Reed , American singer
- 1977: Annemarie Steinsieck , German actress
- 1980: Franco Basaglia , Italian psychiatrist
- 1982: Ingrid Bergman , Swedish actress
- 1982: Nahum Goldmann , Belarusian-German Zionist, co-founder and president of the World Jewish Congress
- 1984: Pierre Gemayel , Lebanese politician
- 1985: Evelyn Ankers , British actress
- 1987: Lee Marvin , American actor
- 1989: Peter Markham Scott , British ornithologist, conservationist and painter
- 1992: Félix Guattari , French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
- 1992: Wolfgang Güllich , German climber
- 1992: Mary Norton , British children's author
- 1995: Pierre-Max Dubois , French composer
- 1995: Thomas Strittmatter , German writer
- 1998: Erik Asmussen , Danish architect
- 1999: Giuseppe Pattoni , Italian motorcycle racer, mechanic and entrepreneur
- 2000: Conrad Marca-Relli , American painter
21st century
- 2001: Andrei Wladimirowitsch Anikin , Russian economist and writer
- 2001: Francisco Rabal , Spanish actor
- 2002: Lance Macklin , English racing driver
- 2002: Siegfried Pitschmann , German writer
- 2003: Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim , Shiite clergyman
- 2003: Horace Welcome Babcock , American astronomer
- 2004: Suehiro Tanemura , Japanese Germanist, translator and literary critic
- 2004: Hans Vonk , Dutch conductor
- 2005: Jacques Dufilho , French actor
- 2005: Nurcholis Madjid , Indonesian Muslim scholar
- 2006: Kent Andersson , Swedish motorcycle racer
- 2006: Jumpin 'Gene Simmons , American country, rockabilly, and rock' n 'roll musician
- 2007: Klaus Lindemann , German graphic artist
- 2007: Miyoshi Umeki , Japanese actress
- 2009: Frank Gardner , Australian racing car driver
- 2009: Mady Rahl , German actress
- 2009: Ken Rudd , British entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 2010: Günter Freund , German radio presenter
- 2010: Hans Ulrich Humpert , German composer and radio play maker
- 2011: David Honeyboy Edwards , American guitarist
- 2012: Hans Jürgen Diedrich , German actor and cabaret artist
- 2014: Eberhard Sengpiel , German sound engineer
- 2014: Björn Waldegård , Swedish rally driver
- 2016: Bronisław Baczko , Polish philosopher and historian
- 2016: Gene Wilder , American actor and comedian
- 2017: Kurt Dahlmann , German journalist
- 2018: Erich Lessing , Austrian photographer
- 2018: James Mirrlees , British economist, Nobel Prize winner
- 2020: Uli Stein , German cartoonist and photographer
- 2021: Jacques Rogge , Belgian sports official
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Beheading of John the Baptist (Catholic, Anglican, Orthodox, Armenian, Protestant: LCMS , since pericope revision also EKD )
- Martin Boos , German priest (Protestant)
- St. Sabina , Roman martyr and patron saint (Catholic)
- Name days
- State holidays and memorial days
- Slovakia , Slovak National Uprising (1944)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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