May 29th
The May 29 is the 149th day of the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years ), thus remain 216 days by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 363 : The Roman emperor Julian achieves a victory with his army over the army of the Sassanids at Ctesiphon .
- 1176 : A Lombard army defeats the forces of Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa in the Battle of Legnano .
- 1328 : Philip VI. is crowned King of France.
- 1418 : In the civil war of the Armagnacs and Bourguignons , the Burgundians succeed in taking Paris, supported by townspeople who open a town gate to the officer Jean de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam .
- 1453 : The conquest of Constantinople by the Ottomans under Mehmed II after a two-month siege seals the fall of the Byzantine Empire .
- 1500 : Four ships of the second Portuguese expedition to India led by Pedro Álvares Cabral sink off the Cape of Good Hope , killing Bartolomeu Dias .
- 1555 : The Peace of Amasya ends the Ottoman – Safavid War , which lasted from 1532 to 1555, and ensures peace between the Ottoman and Persian empires for the next 20 years.
- 1660 : In England the monarchy is reintroduced with the arrival of King Charles II in London on his 30th birthday .
- 1692 : The French fleet is drastically decimated by the English and Dutch during the War of the Palatinate Succession in the naval battles of Barfleur and La Hougue .
- 1780 : In the Waxhaw massacre , British cavalrymen under the command of Banastre Tarleton defeat a unit of the Virginia's Continental Army .
- 1790 : Rhode Island becomes the 13th state to join the United States of America .
- 1807 : Under pressure from the Janissaries , Selim III. , ruler of the Ottoman Empire willing to reform since 1789 , dethroned and arrested.
- 1809 : In the second battle on Bergisel , Andreas Hofer defeated Bavaria, allied with the French .
- 1814 : The French, under the command of Louis-Nicolas Davout, surrender the city of Hamburg , which had been held since May 30, 1813, to the coalition troops under Levin August von Bennigsen . This is the end of the French period in Hamburg for good .
- 1825 : Charles X is crowned King of France in Reims .
- 1848 : Wisconsin becomes the 30th state in the United States .
- 1895 : Japanese troops land in Keelung on the island of Taiwan , which has been ceded to them by China , to fight the Republic of Formosa , which has been declared there .
- 1900 : The French found Fort Lamy in Africa . It develops into the capital of Chad and is later renamed N'Djamena .
- 1918 : The Finnish national flag is introduced by law.
- 1921 : In a referendum held in Salzburg 99.5% are of the vote on the connection to the German Reich . However, the vote has no consequences.
- 1940 : At the funeral of Wilhelm Prince of Prussia , who fell during the Western Campaign , in Potsdam with around 50,000 participants the largest spontaneous and unorganized demonstration during the Third Reich takes place. This demonstration triggers Hitler's so-called “ Prince's Decree ”.
- 1947 : The British and US military governments in Germany sign an agreement to set up an economic council for the bizone . Its main task is to improve the supply situation in both occupation zones . He can pass laws that require the consent of the military government.
- 1949 : The chairman of the KPD , Max Reimann , is arrested in Paderborn on the orders of the British occupying forces.
- 1954 : In the Hotel de Bilderberg in Oosterbeek , the Netherlands , the first of the Bilderberg Conferences, which has been kept top secret to this day, begins as a private meeting of high-ranking personalities.
- 1970 : Former Argentine President Pedro Eugenio Aramburu is kidnapped by a Peronist group and murdered a few days later.
- 1974 : In Israel , Yitzchak Rabin replaces the resigned Golda Meir as prime minister, Shimon Peres replaces the previous defense minister, Moshe Dayan .
- 1986 : The newly adopted European flag is raised for the first time to the sound of the European anthem in front of the Berlaymont building in Brussels.
- 1990 : Boris Yeltsin is elected parliamentary president of the Soviet republic of Russia .
- 1991 : Björn Engholm is elected as the new chairman at the SPD federal party conference . The successor to Hans-Jochen Vogel received 97.4% of the votes of the delegates.
- 1993 : Five Turkish women and girls are killed in a xenophobic arson attack on a residential building in Solingen .
- 1999 : Nigeria becomes a federal republic with presidential democracy, and Olusegun Obasanjo becomes president .
- 2000 : After the entire Fiji cabinet was taken hostage in a coup by George Speight on May 19 , and President Kamisese Mara resigned, the head of the armed forces, Frank Bainimarama , declared himself interim head of state with the aim of the coup knock down.
- 2001 : In Afghanistan , Mohammed Omar , the leader of the Taliban , decreed that Sikhs and Hindus must wear yellow identification tags.
- 2005 : France's voters reject the new EU constitution in a referendum with 54.8% no votes. However, nine EU states have already completed ratification .
- 2012 : The Myanmar opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi , who has been under house arrest for years, sets out on her first trip abroad in 24 years to neighboring Thailand .
economy
- 1935 : The French passenger ship Normandie begins its maiden voyage. The ocean liner has been the world's largest ship for five years.
- 1958 : Food rationing ends in the GDR .
- 1990 : In Paris, 40 countries, the European Commission and the European Investment Bank conclude an agreement to set up the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development .
- 1992 : By joining the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund which takes Switzerland a decisive step in multilateralism. This will normalize their relations with the Bretton Woods institutions and strengthen their position as a neutral state in the international community.
science and technology
- 1813 : The Metz – Mainz optical telegraph line based on the Claude Chappes system is opened. Important messages are passed on in coded form via signal stations, provided there is a line of sight that is unaffected by the weather.
- 1886 : The new construction of London's Putney Bridge , spanning the Thames , is opened. The bridge is internationally known as the starting point of the annual boat race between the rowers from Oxford and Cambridge Universities .
- 1919 : An expedition led by Arthur Eddington measures the deflection of starlight by gravity during a solar eclipse - the first experimental evidence for Einstein's general theory of relativity .
- 1988 : With the section Fulda – Würzburg of the high-speed line Hanover – Würzburg , a new railway line for long-distance traffic goes into operation in Germany - for the first time since the Second World War.
- 2003 : The unmanned solar airplane Helios , which set a new altitude record for non-rocket propelled aircraft on August 13, 2001, crashes.
- 2007 : Russia is testing a new intercontinental ballistic missile of the type RS-24 . It reaches its target on the Kamchatka Peninsula within an hour of taking off from Plesetsk with the expected accuracy .
Culture
- 1898 : The first memorial for the composer Anton Bruckner , who died in 1896, is unveiled in Steyr.
- 1913 : The first performance of the ballet music Le sacre du printemps, composed by Igor Stravinsky for the Ballets Russes Sergei Djagilews in Paris, causes a scandal . It is only thanks to the stoic calm of the conductor Pierre Monteux that the performance can even be played to the end. The scandal finally made Stravinsky famous, but the reactions hurt him very much; he primarily blames Vaslav Nijinsky , who from his point of view could not cope with the work choreographically .
- 1942 : Bing Crosby and other contributors record Irving Berlin's composition White Christmas in the Decca Studios in New York City . The song will become the world's most successful Christmas single commercially .
- 1945 : The German writer Thomas Mann gives the speech Germany and the Germans in the Library of Congress, initially in English . The German version will be published in the Neue Rundschau magazine in October . It is an essayistic work to accompany the extensive period novel Doctor Faustus .
- 1963 : The Munch Museum opens in Oslo , which houses the works of the painter and graphic artist Edvard Munch that have been left behind.
- 1967 : The pop concert Barbeque 67 takes place in Spalding , Lincolnshire, England . Six of the year's leading rock and R&B groups, including Pink Floyd , Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix , perform in front of around 4,000 people in the Tulip Bulb Action Hall .
- 2010 : Lena Meyer-Landrut wins the Eurovision Song Contest for Germany with satellite ; Nicole last succeeded in doing this in 1982 with a little peace .
society
- 1865 : The German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People is founded in Kiel .
religion
- 757 : Paul I becomes Pope as the successor to his late brother Stephan II. He is the first Pope to announce his election no longer to the Byzantine Emperor, but to the King of the Franconian Empire , Pippin the Younger .
- 1138 : The antipope Viktor IV resigns from the papacy a few weeks after his election in January. The intervention of Bernhard von Clairvaux promoted this decision.
- 1157 : With the Monastery of Balamand in the county of Tripoli , the Cistercians establish their first abbey outside of Europe.
- 1453 : The Hagia Sophia in Constantinople holds what is believed to be the first Muslim Salāt after the fall of the city.
- 1529 : Because he had preached the Reformation in the Catholic county of Uznach , the Reformed pastor Jakob Kaiser in Schwyz is burned at the stake as a heretic . The execution is another trigger for the First Kappel War .
- 1724 : Pietro Francesco Orsini is elected Pope after a conclave of 70 days and takes the name Benedict XIII. at.
- 1934 : The Theological Barmen Declaration is in Wuppertal on the first Barmen Confessional Synod from 29 to 31 May, the Confessing Church within the Evangelical Church of Germany established to guard against the conformity and influencing the Church by the Nazis to fight back.
Disasters
- 1613 : Heavy thunderstorms trigger the Thuringian Flood . The unruly nature is responsible for the deaths of 2,261 people.
- 1914 : The passenger steamer Empress of Ireland , en route from Québec to Liverpool, is rammed by the coal freighter Storstad in thick fog near Pointe-au-Père and sinks - over 1000 people die.
- 1985 : Before the football final in the European Cup in the Heysel Stadium in Brussels between Juventus Turin and Liverpool FC , riots by hooligans lead to mass panic. 39 people died in the Heysel disaster and over 200 were injured.
- 2010 : Tropical storm Agatha kills around 180 people in the border area between Guatemala and Mexico. At least 20,000 people become homeless. The following day the tropical cyclone dissolves.
- 2016 : Four people are killed in severe storms in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. The town of Braunsbach is hardest hit , where a mudslide pours through the town.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1932 : The Hockenheimring opens with a motorcycle race in front of 45,000 spectators .
- 1953 : Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay succeed in the first ascent of Mount Everest .
- 1957 : The members of the Austrian Broad Peak Expedition; Fritz Wintersteller , Marcus Schmuck , Kurt Diemberger and Hermann Buhl manage the first ascent of the Broad Peak pre-summit. Due to the late time of day, they will no longer reach the main summit, but will only make another attempt on June 9th.
- 1966 : The Aztec Stadium in Mexico City opens. With around 105,000 seats, it is one of the largest football arenas on earth.
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field . Entries for World Cup games can be found in the bottoms of the Football World Cup . The same goes for European football championships .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1439 : Pius III. , Pope
- 1443 : Viktorin , Bohemian nobleman, Count von Glatz, Duke of Münsterberg and Troppau, Imperial Count
- 1444 : Otto III. , Duke of Pomerania-Szczecin
- 1464 : Roberto Pucci , Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1562 : Johann Wilhelm von Jülich-Kleve-Berg , Bishop of Münster and Duke of Jülich-Kleve-Berg
- 1581 : Camillo II Gonzaga di Novellara , Count of Novellara and Bagnolo
- 1610 : Maria Cunitz , astronomer
- 1617 : Anna Maria von Baden-Durlach , German poet and painter
- 1627 : Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans , Duchess of Montpensier
- 1630 : Charles II , King of England
- 1660 : Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough , English nobleman and confidante of Queen Anne
- 1678 : Adolf von Dalberg , prince abbot of Fulda
- 1680 : Ferdinand Albrecht II , Duke of Braunschweig
- 1698 : Edmé Bouchardon , French draftsman, sculptor, medalist and architect, pioneer of classicism
18th century
- 1702 : Michael Karl von Althann , Count of Goldburg and Murstetten, Archbishop of Bari and Bishop of Waitzen
- 1716 : Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton , French naturalist
- 1716 : Ernst Ludwig Pauli , German Protestant theologian
- 1725 : Angelo Maria Durini , Italian cardinal of the Roman Church
- 1729 : Elisabeth Geertruida Wassenbergh , Dutch genre painter
- 1733 : Giovanni Battista Cardinal Caprara , Archbishop of Milan, Apostolic Nuncio in Cologne, Cardinal Legate in Paris and executor of the French Concordat of 1801
- 1733 : Franz Edmund Weirotter , Austrian painter and etcher
- 1743 : Bonaventura Andres , German Jesuit priest, pedagogue, university professor and writer
- 1747 : Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse , French admiral and politician
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- 1760 : Louis-Michel Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau , politician during the French Revolution
- 1768 : Gottfried Menken , Protestant pastor, is considered the most important representative of the theology of revival in north-west Germany
- 1771 : Theobald Fritz , Austrian Roman Catholic theologian and university professor
- 1773 : Ernst von Schwarzenberg , Prussian bishop, composer and canon in Cologne
- 1776 : Peter Erasmus Müller , Danish bishop, historian and linguist
- 1783 : Benedetto Pistrucci , Italian engraver
- 1787 : Konstantin Batjuschkow , Russian poet
- 1791 : Maria Selebam de Cattani , Italian naturalist
- 1794 : Johann Heinrich von Mädler , German astronomer
19th century
1801-1850
- 1803 : John Tuttle Andrews , American lawyer and politician
- 1807 : Matthias Aulike , Prussian civil servant and politician
- 1816 : Robert Oswald von Ulrici , German forester and civil servant
- 1817 : Benedikt von Arx , Swiss politician, notary and judge
- 1820 : Gustav von Arnim , Prussian politician
- 1824 : Leopold Schmidt , German classical philologist
- 1830 : Louise Michel , French anarchist
- 1837 : Luca Fumagalli , Italian pianist, composer and music teacher
- 1841 : Robert Anderson , British policeman
- 1843 : Émile Pessard , French composer
- 1844 : Stephen Alfred Forbes , American biologist, co-founder of limnology
- 1846 : Albert von Apponyi , Hungarian aristocrat and politician
- 1848 : Heinrich Welsch , German teacher
- 1849 : Lorenz Adlon , German restaurateur and hotelier
- 1850 : Max Buntzel , royal horticultural director and Berlin tree nursery owner
1851-1900
- 1851 : Otto Wilhelm Scharenberg , German architect and town planner
- 1851 : Rodolphe Salis , French painter and graphic artist
- 1855 : David Bruce , Australian-English physician and microbiologist
- 1859 : Konrad Burdach , German Germanist
- 1859 : Hugo Hergesell , German meteorologist and geophysicist
- 1860 : Isaac Albéniz , Spanish composer and pianist
- 1868 : Abdülmecid II , last caliph of the Ottoman Empire
- 1868 : Fritz Lach , Austrian painter and graphic artist
- 1873 : Rudolf Tobias , Estonian composer and organist
- 1874 : GK Chesterton , British writer and journalist
- 1875 : Francesco Ciuppa , Italian racing car driver
- 1875 : Albrecht Saathoff , German Lutheran pastor and historian
- 1876 : Marguerite Hasselmans , French pianist
- 1876 : Johannes Henricus Zaaijer , Dutch medic
- 1877 : Otto Fee , German actor
- 1879 : Kosta Abrašević , Serbian poet
- 1880 : Ernst Aufseeser , German painter, lithographer, xylograph, graphic designer and university professor
- 1880 : Edmund Löns , German forester and cynologist
- 1880 : Oswald Spengler , German historical philosopher and cultural historian
- 1882 : Jacobus Schoemaker , Dutch football player
- 1887 : Carl Schröter , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1894 : Josef von Sternberg , Austrian film director
- 1896 : Walter Abendroth , German composer, editor, music writer
- 1897 : Erich Wolfgang Korngold , Austrian composer
- 1897 : Johannes Winkler , German aerospace engineer
- 1898 : Esmond Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere , British press magnate
- 1899 : Gebhard Amann , Austrian politician, LAbg
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : Hermann Kopf , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1903 : Bob Hope , American comedian
- 1904 : Grigori Romanowitsch Ginsburg , Russian pianist
- 1904 : Gregg Toland , American cameraman
- 1905 : Marigard Bantzer German children's book illustrator
- 1905 : Kurt Schwabe , German chemist
- 1905 : Fela Sowande , Nigerian composer, organist and music teacher
- 1906 : Paul Almásy , French photographer
- 1907 : Alfred Rasser , Swiss cabaret artist, actor and politician
- 1908 : Hans Weigel , Austrian writer
- 1909 : Anna-Eva Bergman , Norwegian painter
- 1910 : Peter Platzer , Austrian football player
- 1911 : Fernando Chueca Goitia , Spanish historian and architect
- 1911 : Leah Goldberg , Israeli writer, translator and linguist
- 1911 : Charles Jay , French composer
- 1913 : Oskar Steinbach , German motorcycle racer
- 1914 : Anna Andersch-Marcus , German glass painter
- 1914 : Eduard Pestel , German engineer
- 1915 : Kenneth Arnold , American pilot and businessman
- 1915 : Karl Münchinger , German conductor
- 1917 : Miguel Ablóniz , Italian musician and composer
- 1917 : John F. Kennedy , 35th President of the United States
- 1920 : John Harsanyi , Hungarian-American economist
- 1920 : Fredy Knie senior , Swiss circus director
- 1921 : Alessandro Bausani , Italian Iranist, Islamic scholar and linguist
- 1922 : Iannis Xenakis , Greek composer and architect
- 1924 : Lars Bo , Danish artist and writer
- 1924 : Miloslav Kříž , Czech lawyer and basketball player
1926-1950
- 1926 : Abdoulaye Wade , Senegalese lawyer and politician, President
- 1929 : Fernande Chiocchio , Canadian singer and music teacher
- 1929 : Peter Higgs , British physicist
- 1929 : Peter GJ Pulzer , British historian and political scientist
- 1930 : Burkhard Hirsch , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, State Minister
- 1930 : Ekkehard Schall , German actor, actor in Brecht
- 1932 : Norbert Achterberg , German lawyer and university professor
- 1932 : Richie Guerin , American basketball player and coach
- 1932 : Otto-Joachim Grüsser , German physiologist
- 1933 : Tarquinio Provini , Italian motorcycle racer
- 1933 : Helmuth Rilling , German choir director, conductor and teacher
- 1934 : Luis Aparicio , Venezuelan baseball player
- 1934 : Theo Lehmann , German pastor
- 1934 : Karl-Heinz Schäfer , German civil engineer and building contractor
- 1934 : Bill Vander Zalm , Canadian politician
- 1935 : André Brink , South African writer
- 1935 : Wolfgang Lohmann , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1936 : Josef Deimer , German politician, MdL, Lord Mayor of Landshut
- 1936 : Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Ovtschinnikow , Russian composer
- 1936 : Klaus Winter , German lawyer, judge at the Federal Constitutional Court
- 1937 : Alois Kothgasser , Archbishop of Salzburg
- 1937 : Irmin Schmidt , German musician
- 1937 : Alwin Schockemöhle , German show jumper
- 1939 : Ilse Pagé , German actress
- 1939 : Bernd Schmidbauer , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Parliamentary State Secretary
- 1939 : Al Unser , American racing car driver
- 1940 : Curtis Anthony Anderson , American philosopher
- 1941 : Inger Aufles , Norwegian cross-country skier
- 1941 : David McHugh , American composer
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- 1941 : Doug Scott , British extreme mountaineer
- 1941 : Bob Simon , American CBS correspondent
- 1942 : Cox Kocher , Swiss entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1943 : Burkhard Glaetzner , German oboist and conductor
- 1944 : Helmut Berger , Austrian actor
- 1944 : Maurice Bishop , Grenadian putschist and politician, Prime Minister
- 1944 : Dagmar Chidolue , German writer
- 1945 : Gary Brooker , British musician, songwriter and singer
- 1946 : Jean-Louis Capette , French racing car driver
- 1946 : Héctor Yazalde , Argentine football player
- 1947 : Astrid Proll , German RAF member and photographer
- 1948 : Nick Mancuso , Canadian actor
- 1948 : Peter Paziorek , German basketball player and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Parliamentary State Secretary, District President of Münster
- 1948 : Günter Sebert , German football player
- 1949 : Brian Kidd , English football player
- 1949 : Johann Krieger , German lawyer and local politician
- 1949 : Francis Rossi , British composer, singer and guitarist
- 1950 : Oskar Ansull , German writer and reciter
- 1950 : Hermann Gretsch , German designer
- 1950 : Lothar Hay , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister
1951-1975
- 1952 : Walter Landin , German dialect poet
- 1952 : Pia Tafdrup , Danish poet and writer
- 1952 : Georg Wessels , German shoemaker
- 1953 : Alexander Gawriilowitsch Abdulow , Russian actor and director
- 1953 : Danny Elfman , American film music composer
- 1953 : Michel Krine , French entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1954 : John Hencken , American swimmer
- 1954 : Angelika Perdelwitz , German actress
- 1954 : Jacqueline Todten , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1955 : Frank Baumgartl , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1955 : John Hinckley, Jr. , American assassin
- 1955 : Mike Porcaro , American bass player
- 1955 : Frank Wartenberg , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1956 : La Toya Jackson , American singer
- 1956 : Filippo Lombardi , Swiss politician
- 1956 : Anant Singh , South African film producer and opponent of apartheid
- 1957 : Peter R. Adam , German film editor
- 1957 : Lynne Arriale , American jazz pianist and university professor
- 1957 : Ted Levine , American actor
- 1957 : Mohsen Makhmalbaf , Iranian film director and author
- 1958 : Annette Bening , American actress
- 1958 : Till Mairhofer , Austrian publisher and writer
- 1958 : Uwe Rapolder , German soccer coach
- 1958 : Kenny Washington , American jazz drummer
- 1959 : Rupert Everett , British actor
- 1959 : Mel Gaynor , British drummer
- 1959 : Steve Hanley , Irish musician
- 1959 : Roland Koch , Swiss actor
- 1959 : Adrian Paul , British actor
- 1960 : Jesse Johnson , American musician
- 1961 : Melissa Etheridge , American rock musician and guitarist
- 1962 : Semino Rossi , Argentinian-Austrian pop singer
- 1963 : Blaze Bayley , British rock musician and singer ( Iron Maiden )
- 1963 : Ukyō Katayama , Japanese Formula 1 driver
- 1963 : Stephan Weidner , German musician, songwriter and singer ( Böhsen Onkelz )
- 1964 : Emanuele Cisi , Italian jazz saxophonist
- 1964 : Oswaldo Negri , Brazilian racing car driver
- 1965 : Pierre-François Aubameyang , Gabonese soccer player, soccer coach, scout and consultant
- 1967 : Omar Arellano Nuño , Mexican football player and coach
- 1967 : Noel Gallagher , British musician, songwriter and singer ( Oasis )
- 1967 : Heidi Mohr , German soccer player
- 1968 : Karsten Homrighausen , German firefighter
- 1968 : Sigríður Ingibjörg Ingadóttir , Icelandic politician
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- 1970 : Roberto Di Matteo , Italian football player and coach
- 1970 : Julian Sas , Dutch blues, blues rock guitarist and singer
- 1970 : Sergei Jurjewitsch Slobin , Russian racing car driver
- 1971 : Éric Lucas , Canadian boxer
- 1971 : Bernd Mayländer , German racing driver
- 1972 : Simon Jones , British musician
- 1973 : Aydo Abay , German singer and songwriter
- 1973 : Anthony Azizi , American actor
- 1974 : Oliver Fleischer , German actor
- 1975 : Melanie Brown , British singer ( Spice Girls )
- 1975 : David Burtka , American actor
1976-2000
- 1976 : Caçapa , Brazilian soccer player
- 1976 : Alexander Job , German handball player and coach
- 1977 : Massimo Ambrosini , Italian football player
- 1977 : Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez , Spanish tennis player
- 1977 : Marco Cassetti , Italian football player
- 1977 : Sandrine Mittelstädt , German actress and speaker
- 1977 : Lebo Lebo , former Angolan football player
- 1979 : Arne Friedrich , German soccer player
- 1979 : Martin Stocklasa , Liechtenstein soccer player
- 1980 : Thomas Antonic , Austrian literary scholar, author and musician
- 1980 : Ernesto Farías , Argentine soccer player
- 1980 : Dagmar Geppert , German actress
- 1981 : Andrei Sergeevich Arshavin , Russian football player
- 1982 : Hisham Mohd Ashour , Egyptian squash player
- 1982 : Ailyn , Spanish singer
- 1982 : Elyas M'Barek , Austrian actor
- 1983 : Nele Kiper , German actress
- 1983 : Alberto Medina , Mexican soccer player
- 1984 : Carmelo Anthony , American basketball player
- 1985 : Simone Bentivoglio , Italian football player
- 1985 : Maike Daniels , German handball player
- 1985 : Hernanes , Brazilian soccer player
- 1985 : Leni Wesselman , German actress
- 1986 : Cyril Bessy , French road cyclist
- 1986 : Caio César Alves dos Santos , Brazilian soccer player
- 1987 : Lina Andrijauskaitė , Lithuanian long jumper
- 1987 : Taner Ari , Austrian-Turkish soccer player
- 1987 : Anita Briem , Icelandic musician and actress
- 1987 : Daniela Ryf , Swiss triathlete
- 1988 : Tobin Heath , American soccer player
- 1988 : Daria Kinzer , German-Croatian singer
- 1989 : Alon Abelski , German soccer player
- 1989 : Martín Campaña , Uruguayan football player
- 1989 : Riley Keough , American actress and model
- 1989 : Victoria Reich , German actress
- 1990 : Antony Golec , Australian soccer player
- 1991 : Arijan Ademi , Croatian football player
- 1991 : Layes Abdullayeva , Azerbaijani middle-distance, long-distance and obstacle runner
- 1991 : Sergi Guardiola , Spanish soccer player
- 1991 : Steven Matz , American baseball player
- 1992 : Anne-Luise Tietz , German actress
- 1993 : Richard Carapaz , Ecuadorian cyclist
- 1993 : Maika Monroe , American actress
- 1995 : Joss Advocaat , Canadian speed skier
- 1998 : Felix Passlack , German soccer player
Died
Before the 16th century
- 931 : Jimeno , King of Navarre
- 1026 : Adelheid von Anjou , wife of the future French King Louis V.
- 1029 : Hermann von Eenham , Margrave of Eenham, Count of Verdun and Count in Eifelgau and Westphalia
- 1040 : Rainald I , Count of Nevers
- 1108 : Sancho Alfónsez , heir to the throne of León-Castile
- 1108 : García Ordóñez , Castilian nobleman
- 1137 : Bruno II. Von Berg , Archbishop of Cologne
- 1146 : Egilbert , Bishop of Bamberg
- 1205 : Rudolf I , Bishop of Verden
- 1207 : Bona of Pisa , Augustinian and patron saint
- 1250 : Robert of Lexinton , English clergyman and judge
- 1259 : Christopher I , King of Denmark
- 1275 : Sophie von Brabant , Duchess of Brabant and ancestral mother of the House of Hesse
- 1299 : John Giffard, 1st Baron Giffard , English nobleman and military man
- 1317 : Guido von Avesnes , Bishop of Utrecht
- 1343 : Francesco I. Manfredi , 1st lord of Faenza and Imola
- 1379 : Henry II , King of Castile and León
- 1411 : Hermann von Alen , German merchant and mayor of Lübeck
- 1425 : Hongxi , fourth Chinese emperor of the Ming dynasty
- 1432 : Johannes Holt , German theologian, university professor and canon
- 1453 : Constantine XI. , last Byzantine emperor
- 1457 : Johann Schleeter , auxiliary bishop of Cologne
- 1458 : Hermann von Sachsenheim , German poet
- 1460 : Bolko V. (Opole) , Duke of Opole and Klein Glogau
- 1500 : Bartolomeu Dias , Portuguese navigator and explorer
16th to 18th century
- 1504 : Antun Vrančić , Hungarian archbishop, scientist and diplomat
- 1511 : Nicolás de Ovando , Spanish soldier and governor of Hispaniola
- 1531 : Georg Truchsess von Waldburg-Zeil , German military leader in the Peasants' War known as "Bauernjörg"
- 1546 : David Beaton , Scottish Cardinal
- 1555 : Henry II , titular king of Navarre
- 1576 : Petrus Paganus , German neo-Latin poet and humanist
- 1578 : Jacques de Lévis, comte de Caylus , French nobleman and participant in the duel of the Mignons
- 1586 : Adam Lonitzer , German naturalist, doctor and botanist
- 1612 : Joachim Zehner , clergyman and superintendent in Schleusingen
- 1628 : Anaukpetlun , King of Hongsawadi
- 1637 : Jiří Třanovský , Slovak hymn poet and composer
- 1659 : Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick , English nobleman
- 1660 : Frans van Schooten , Dutch mathematician
- 1682 : Benjamin Olitzsch , electoral Saxon miner and leader of an expedition of Saxon miners to the East Indies
- 1695 : Giuseppe Recco , Napoletan still life painter
- 1697 : Siface (originally Giovanni Francesco Grossi), Italian singer and castrato
- 1704 : Johann Schadowitz , Croatian rider, historical model for the Sorbian legendary figure Krabat
- 1706 : Caspar March , German medic
- 1707 : Samuel Bottschild , Dresden painter
- 1716 : Carl Piper , Swedish statesman
- 1717 : Tobias Dressel , Saxon organ builder
- 1731 : Violante Beatrix of Bavaria , governor of Siena
- 1750 : Giuseppe Porsile , Italian composer and singing teacher
- 1767 : Johann Dietrich von Hülsen , Prussian lieutenant general
- 1789 : Johann Peter Miller , German Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1790 : Israel Putnam , British officer in the French and Indian War
19th century
- 1807 : Léonard Bourdon , French politician
- 1814 : Joséphine de Beauharnais , Empress of the French
- 1820 : Christian Konrad Wilhelm von Dohm , Prussian diplomat and enlightening writer
- 1823 : Girolamo Ruggia , Swiss Jesuit and university professor
- 1829 : Humphry Davy , British chemist
- 1831 : Gottfried Fähse , German classical philologist and pedagogue
- 1833 : Paul Johann Anselm von Feuerbach , German legal scholar and founder of modern German criminal law
- 1847 : Emmanuel de Grouchy , French general and Marshal of France
- 1861 : Joachim Lelewel , Polish historian and freedom fighter
- 1862 : Franciszek Mirecki , Polish composer
- 1865 : Bernard-Pierre Magnan , French general and Marshal of France
- 1866 : Winfield Scott , American officer and commander in chief
- 1868 : Julius Abegg , German criminal lawyer
- 1868 : Franz Pfeiffer , German Germanist
- 1870 : Karl Friedrich Ameis , German classical philologist
- 1871 : Blasius Kozenn , Austrian cartographer
- 1876 : Friedrich Christian Diez , German Romanist
- 1879 : Enoch Wedgwood , English entrepreneur
- 1880 : Maximilian Steiner , Austrian actor and theater director
- 1882 : Hermann Hettner , German literary and art historian
- 1883 : Marianne von Oranien-Nassau , Princess of Prussia
- 1885 : Jan Dobrzański , Polish journalist, revolutionary and theater director
- 1891 : Peregrin Obdržálek , Czech Catholic priest, author of religious literature
- 1892 : Bahāʾullāh , Persian founder of the Baha'i religion
- 1894 : Jean-Frédéric Astié , French evangelical clergyman and theologian
- 1897 : Julius Sachs , German botanist
20th century
1901-1950
- 1902 : Olga Arendt , German writer and actress
- 1908 : William Arnold Anthony , American physicist
- 1909 : Eugen von Gothard , Hungarian nobleman and amateur astronomer
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- 1910 : Mili Alexejewitsch Balakirew , Russian composer, pianist and conductor
- 1911 : Remigio Acevedo Gajardo , Chilean organist and composer
- 1911 : William Schwenck Gilbert , British librettist
- 1913 : Eduard Pechuel-Loesche , German geographer and Africa explorer
- 1914 : Peter-Paul Mauser , German weapons designer and manufacturer
- 1916 : Hugo Jentsch , German grammar school teacher, regional historian and researcher of prehistory
- 1916 : Jan Otto , Czech publisher
- 1918 : René Vierne , French organist and composer
- 1919 : Konstantin Uhder , Latvian pastor and evangelical martyr
- 1920 : Oswald Ahnert , German lawyer and politician
- 1930 : George Washington Lambert , Australian painter
- 1931 : Wilhelm Exner , President of the Austrian Trade Association
- 1933 : Johannes Peisker , Czech sociologist
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- 1935 : Josef Suk , Czech composer, son-in-law of Antonín Dvořák
- 1939 : Karl Ettlinger , German writer
- 1940 : Mary Anderson , American actress
- 1941 : Friedrich Wilhelm Constantin Ashoff , German entrepreneur
- 1941 : Léo-Pol Morin , Canadian pianist, music critic and composer
- 1942 : John Barrymore , American actor
- 1945 : Mihail Sebastian , Romanian writer and dramaturge
- 1946 : Karl Janisch , German mechanical engineer
- 1946 : Johann Baptist Eichelsdörfer , German war criminal
- 1947 : Franz Böhme , Austrian officer and general of the mountain troops in the German armed forces, alleged war criminal
- 1948 : May Whitty , British actress
- 1950 : Wilhelm Bendow , German actor and comedian
1951-2000
- 1951 : Fanny Brice , American actress
- 1951 : Josef Bohuslav Foerster , Czechoslovak composer
- 1951 : Robert Kahn , German composer and music teacher
- 1951 : Géza Maróczy , Hungarian chess player
- 1956 : Hermann Abendroth , German conductor
- 1956 : Johannes Jørgensen , Danish poet
- 1957 : James Whale , British director
- 1958 : Juan Ramón Jiménez , Spanish poet and prose writer, Nobel Prize winner
- 1967 : Georg Wilhelm Pabst , Austrian film director
- 1968 : Adolf Helbok , Austrian historian and folklorist
- 1969 : Wilhelm von Scholz , German writer and playwright
- 1970 : Sünuhi Arsan , Turkish lawyer
- 1971 : Oliver Auge , German historian
- 1972 : Margaret Ruthven Lang , American composer
- 1975 : Kurt Großkurth , German actor and singer
- 1976 : Samuel Elzevier de Jongh , Dutch pharmacologist
- 1978 : Hans Werner von Aufseß , German lawyer, ministerial official and author
- 1979 : Mary Pickford , American actress
- 1981 : Omar Khorshid , Egyptian guitarist
- 1981 : Janusz Minkiewicz , Polish writer, poet, satirist, journalist and translator
- 1982 : Romy Schneider , Franco-German actress
- 1985 : Mario Revelli di Beaumont , Italian motorcycle racer and vehicle designer
- 1987 : Max Lang , Swiss musician, composer and conductor
- 1987 : Chaudhary Charan Singh , Prime Minister of India
- 1988 : Vladimír Menšík , Czechoslovak actor
- 1989 : Edmond Soussa , Egyptian carom player and eleven-time world champion
- 1990 : Joseph Asher , German-American rabbi
- 1991 : Coral Browne , Australian-American actress
- 1994 : Erich Honecker , German politician, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the SED and Chairman of the State Council of the GDR
- 1994 : Joseph Janni , British screenwriter and film producer
- 1996 : Isidro Maiztegui , Argentine composer
- 1996 : Antonín Mrkos , Czech astronomer
- 1997 : Jeff Buckley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1997 : Victor Kirst , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1997 : Herbert Weicker , German actor and voice actor
- 1998 : Barry Goldwater , American politician
- 1999 : Mattia Moreni , Italian painter
21st century
- 2002 : Adolf Giele , German handball player and trainer
- 2002 : Friedrich Kempf , German Jesuit and church historian
- 2003 : Karlheinz Idelberger , German doctor
- 2003 : Hans Peter Willberg , German typographer, book illustrator, book designer
- 2004 : Archibald Cox , US special investigator in the "Watergate Affair"
- 2004 : Reinhard Döhl , German literary and media scholar, author and artist
- 2004 : Ivica Šerfezi , Yugoslavian pop singer
- 2005 : Oscar Brown Jr. , American singer and songwriter
- 2005 : Hamilton Naki , South African surgeon, employee of Christiaan Barnard and victim of apartheid policy
- 2006 : Slim Aarons , American photographer
- 2008 : Mathilde Berghofer-Weichner , German lawyer and politician (CSU)
- 2008 : Luc Bourdon , Canadian ice hockey player
- 2009 : Robert T. Anderson , American organist, composer and music teacher
- 2009 : Stanley Wolfe , American composer and music teacher
- 2010 : Dennis Hopper , American actor and director
- 2010 : Dany Mann , German pop singer, jazz singer and actress
- 2011 : Josef von Ferenczy , German-Hungarian media manager, publisher and film producer
- 2011 : Sergei Bagapsch , Abkhazian politician
- 2012 : Shindō Kaneto , Japanese film director and screenwriter
- 2012 : Roberto Pries , German handball player
- 2012 : Doc Watson , American songwriter, musician and guitarist
- 2013 : Werner Andermatt , Swiss painter and graphic artist
- 2013 : Franca Rame , Italian artist and politician
- 2014 : Karlheinz Böhm , Austrian actor and founder of the foundation
- 2014 : Peter Eduard Glaser , American aerospace engineer
- 2015 : Günter Brocker , German soccer player
- 2015 : Walter Mossmann , German songwriter and activist
- 2015 : Bruno Pesaola , Argentine-Italian soccer player and coach
- 2015 : Käthe Recheis , Austrian writer and translator
- 2016 : Svetozar Koljević , Serbian literary scholar
- 2016 : Hans-Dieter Krebs , German journalist
- 2017 : Konstantinos Mitsotakis , Greek politician
- 2017 : Manuel Noriega , Panamanian politician and military
- 2018 , Yoseph Imry , Israeli physicist
- 2018 : Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez , Mexican bishop
- 2019 : Otfried K. Linde , German author and pharmaceutical director
- 2019 : Michael Spicer, Baron Spicer , British politician and author
- 2019 : Peggy Stewart , American actress
- 2019 : Roberto Yanés , Argentine singer
- 2020 : Alfred Kolleritsch , Austrian writer
- 2020 : Abderrahmane Youssoufi , Moroccan politician
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Jerome of Prague , Czech theologian and martyr (Protestant)
- St. Bona of Pisa , Italian member, mystic and patron saint (Catholic)
- Jiří Třanovský , Slovak hymn writer (Evangelical: ELCA )
- State holidays and memorial days
- Nepal : proclamation of the republic
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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