3rd August
The August 3 is the 215th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 216th in leap years ). That leaves 150 days until the end of the year.
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events
Politics and world events
- 8: Tiberius Caesar Augustus defeats the rebellious Dalmatians in the province of Illyricum .
- 178: Emperor Marcus Aurelius and his son Commodus set off from Rome for the second Marcomannic War .
- 881: Ludwig III defeated in the Battle of Saucourt . of France the Vikings , but can only contain their attacks for a short time. Victory is celebrated in the Ludwigslied .
- 1234: The Bull of Rieti confirms the Teutonic Order 's rightful rule over the Kulmer Land and all future territorial conquests in Prussia .
- 1450: The Bohemian King Georg von Podiebrad is accused of poisoning his adversary Meinhard von Neuhaus at the regional assembly of aristocrats of the Strakonice Alliance .
- 1492: Christopher Columbus sets off on his first voyage of discovery with the ships Santa Maria , Niña and Pinta .
- 1530: The victory of imperial troops in the Battle of Gavinana against Florentine forces paves the way for the displaced Medici to return to power in Florence .
- 1628: The siege of Stralsund by the troops of Wallenstein ends unsuccessfully with the withdrawal of the last units.
- 1645: Thirty Years War : In the Battle of Alerheim (Second Battle of Nördlingen) France defeats a Bavarian-Imperial army, but cannot take advantage of this success. The village of Alerheim is completely devastated in this battle, so that the reconstruction can only be completed 70 years later.
- 1692: In the Battle of Steenkerke, an Allied attempt in the Palatinate War of Succession to oust the French army from Flanders fails .
- 1708: In the battle of Trenčín , the Hungarian nobleman Franz II. Rákóczi and an army of Kuruzen suffer a defeat against troops of the Habsburg monarchy . Nonetheless, his uprising continues.
- 1795: In the Treaty of Greenville , several Native American tribes cede large parts of what is now Ohio to the United States after their Battle of Fallen Timbers, which they lost the previous year . In return, the Indians received goods worth US $ 20,000 .
- 1808: In the Kingdom of Prussia , in the course of the Prussian army reform as a result of the defeat in the Fourth Coalition War, non-nobility is granted access to the officer's profession by royal decree. In addition, corporal punishments such as beating and running the gauntlet are abolished and general conscription is introduced.
- 1835: The so-called fireworks revolution breaks out in Berlin.
- 1881: The South African Boer Republic of the Transvaal receives extensive self-government from Great Britain after an uprising triggered by the British annexation in 1877 .
- 1889: An Anglo-Egyptian army defeats the Mahdists in Egypt at the Battle of Toski .
- 1904: Units of the British Indian Army occupy the Tibetan capital Lhasa during the Tibet campaign . The Dalai Lama has fled the city.
- 1914: First World War : The German Reich declares war on France and - following the Schlieffen Plan - invades neutral Belgium . At the same time, the German Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg tries in a letter to persuade England to remain neutral in this war, even though it is a member of the Entente and has concluded an assistance treaty with Belgium.
- 1923: Calvin Coolidge is appointed 30th President of the United States .
- 1945: The daily newspaper Der Morgen appears for the first time in the Soviet occupation zone in Germany, which later became the GDR .
- 1960: Niger , part of the French West Africa colony until 1958 , gains independence from France .
- 1975: Less than a month after the Comoros gained independence , President Ahmed Abdallah is overthrown in a coup with the support of mercenary leader Bob Denard . A revolutionary committee chaired by Ali Soilih takes control of the island nation .
- 1979: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo overthrew his uncle Francisco Macías Nguema , the first president of Equatorial Guinea , and had him executed on September 29th. He subsequently ruled as chairman of a military council.
- 2005: In Mauritania , a military coup led by Ely Ould Mohamed Vall overturns President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya , who is on his flight home from the funeral of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. The Military Council for Justice and Democracy takes power.
- 2014: The Islamic State begins genocide against the Yazidis in the Iraqi city of Sinjar and the surrounding area.
business
- 1875: The Bavarian King Ludwig II approves the establishment of the Bavarian Central Bank . This function has so far been held by the Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechselbank , which, however, does not want to accept any restrictions on its other banking business .
- 1884: The German Association of Technicians sets up an aid fund for architects, engineers and technicians .
- 1900: Harvey Samuel Firestone founds the tire company Firestone Tire & Rubber Company in Akron .
- 2005: The sporting goods manufacturer adidas announces that the company plans to buy its competitor Reebok for 3.1 billion euros .
science and technology
- 1787: Measurements by the Geneva naturalist Horace-Bénédict de Saussure show that Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in Europe.
- 1804: Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland return from their great trip to America.
- 1818: The Russian Rurik expedition comes to an end after three years without the hoped-for discovery of the Northwest Passage , but with a whole series of other discoveries and research materials in its luggage. The expedition participant Adelbert von Chamisso processed his experiences later in his work Reise um die Welt in the years 1815-1818 .
- 1858: In his search for the source of the Nile , the British John Hanning Speke was the first European to come to Lake Victoria .
- 1933: The French flying boat Blériot 5190 takes off on its maiden flight .
- 1935: After five years of construction, the Grossglockner High Alpine Road is opened.
- 1958: The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus is the first watercraft to reach the geographic North Pole .
- 1984: In Germany, the first Internet e-mail is received at 10.14 CET . This was sent from Cambridge (Massachusetts) to the University of Karlsruhe (TH) the day before .
- 2004: NASA - space probe MESSENGER is part of the Discovery Program started. Your flight is aimed at exploring the planet Mercury in the inner solar system .
Culture
- 1713: The Marqués von Villena and friends found the Real Academia Española , the main institution for cultivating the Spanish language.
- 1777: The world premiere of the opera Il mondo della luna ( The World on the Moon ) by Joseph Haydn takes place in Esterház .
- 1778: The Teatro alla Scala opera house in Milan opens with the world premiere of the opera L'Europa riconosciuta by Antonio Salieri .
- 1816: The premiere of the opera Undine by ETA Hoffmann takes place at the State Theater on Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin . The libretto comes from Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué based on his own story of the same name .
- 1829: The opera Guillaume Tell ( Wilhelm Tell ) by Gioachino Rossini is premiered at the Grand Opéra Paris . The text comes from Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy and Hippolyte Bis after Friedrich Schiller's play Wilhelm Tell .
- 1830: The Royal Museum on Berlin's Museum Island , a building by Karl Friedrich Schinkel , is opened.
- 1860: The first performance of the comic opera La colombe by Charles Gounod takes place in Baden-Baden .
- 1909: The operetta Miss Bagpipes by Rudolf Nelson is premiered at the Kleiner Schauspielhaus in Berlin .
- 1957: On the occasion of the radio exhibition in Frankfurt am Main , the first program Zum Blauen Bock with Otto Höpfner is broadcast by ARD .
- 1963: The Beatles play their last concert at the Cavern Club in Liverpool .
- 2004: The Statue of Liberty reopens to visitors after being closed in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks .
company
- 1883: Gröna Lund amusement park opens on Djurgården Island in Stockholm .
- 1883: The Jews accused of alleged ritual murder in Szabolcs County are acquitted in court. The Tiszaeszlár affair, portrayed in agitation , becomes the starting point for anti-Semitism in Hungary.
religion
- 449: In Ephesus the church assembly called the robber synod by Pope Leo I is opened. There is a violent attempt to enforce Monophysitism .
- 1057: Frederick of Lorraine becomes Pope Stephan IX. enthroned .
- 1881: With the encyclical Licet multa , Pope Leo XIII turns . to the Belgian Cardinal Victor-Augustin-Isidore Dechamps and the Belgian bishops in the school dispute and calls for the unity of the Catholic Church to be preserved.
Disasters
- 1783: A severe eruption of the Asama volcano in Japan kills 1,000 people. The ash rain rising into the atmosphere results in a harsh winter and causes crop failures in northern Japan.
- 1918: The German submarine UC 49 sinks the Australian hospital ship HMAT Warilda in the English Channel , killing 123 people.
- 1975: A Boeing 707 crashes into a mountain near Agadir . None of the 188 people on board survived.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1811: Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer, with their guides Joseph Bortis and Alois Volker, succeed in the first ascent of the Jungfrau , the third highest mountain in the Bernese Alps .
- 1909: With the adoption of the association's statutes, Honvéd Budapest is officially founded as the Kispesti Atlétikai Club .
- 1936: Jesse Owens wins the gold medal in the 100-meter run at the Olympic Games in Berlin.
- 1949: The National Basketball Association (NBA) is created in the USA from the amalgamation of the financially weak National Basketball League (NBL) and the financially strong Basketball Association of America .
- 2001: The Wankdorf Stadium in Bern , the site of the final of the 1954 World Cup , is blown up to make way for a new building.
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1468: Albrecht I , Duke of Münsterberg and Oels and Count von Glatz
- 1486: Imperia Cognati , Roman courtesan
- 1491: Maria von Jülich , Duchess of Jülich-Kleve-Berg
- 1513: Johann I , Prince of the Margraviate of Brandenburg-Küstrin
- 1524: Kaspar von Logau , Bishop of Breslau
- 1580: Johannes Hildbrand , Mayor of St. Gallen and mint master
- 1584: Johann von Ahlefeldt , heir of Stendorf, Nüchel and district administrator
- 1596: Joachim Carstens , German lawyer and syndic of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
- 1638: Wilhelm Ludwig , Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
- 1645: August Kühnel , German composer and gambist of the Baroque era
- 1654: Karl , Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
- 1662: Sophia Henriette von Waldeck , Duchess of Saxony-Hildburghausen
- 1663: Nicola Malinconico , Italian painter
- 1682: George Werner , Saxon architect and builder
18th century
- 1710: Johann Gabriel Schleich , painter from Württemberg
- 1713: Elisabeth Albertine von Sachsen-Hildburghausen , Duchess of Mecklenburg in Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- 1723: Nicolas de Pigage , French builder
- 1725: Joseph Anton Carl , German scientist and physician
- 1729: Richard Caswell , American politician and governor of North Carolina
- 1729: Dodo Heinrich zu Innhausen and Knyphausen , Prussian diplomat
- 1733: Friedrich August von Zinzendorf , Saxon statesman
- 1735: Juliane Charlotte Friederike Grimm , aunt of the Brothers Grimm
- 1736: William Montgomery , American politician
- 1738: Friedrich Gottlieb Barth , German pedagogue and linguist
- 1739: Dominika von Gillern , abbess of Trebnitz
- 1739: Johann Jakob von Pistor , Russian lieutenant general
- 1745: Domenico Pozzi , Ticino painter
- 1746: James Wyatt , British architect
- 1749: Domenico Alberto Azuni , Italian historian and legal scholar
- 1750: Ludwig Engelbert Marie Joseph Augustin , Duke of Arenberg, Aarschot and Meppen and Prince of Recklinghausen
- 1758: Friedrich Theodor Kühne , German university professor and linguist
- 1770: Friedrich Wilhelm III. , Prussian King
- 1777: Peter Motzfeldt , Norwegian State Councilor
- 1787: Johann Gottlob Mende , German organ builder
- 1790: John Cockerill , Belgian industrialist of British origin, one of the pioneers of industrialization in Belgium
- 1795: Anne Bignan , French writer and translator
- 1796: Anna Lühring , German soldier
- 1798: Wilhelm Ludwig Deichmann , German banker
19th century
1801-1850
- 1803: Joseph Paxton , British gardener, writer and architect, builder of the Crystal Palace
- 1808: Hamilton Fish , American politician
- 1811: Wilhelm Hanstein , German chess master
- 1811: Elisha Graves Otis , American inventor
- 1814: Jānis Cimze , Livonian educator and musician
- 1817: Albrecht Friedrich of Austria , Archduke of Austria and general
- 1818: Katharine Weißgerber , received the Cross of Merit for women and virgins
- 1820: Luther Orlando Emerson , American composer
- 1823: Francisco Asenjo Barbieri , Spanish composer and literary and music historian
- 1823: Johannes Diermissen , Low German author and folklorist.
- 1823: Gustav Richter , German painter
- 1823: Thomas J. Robertson , American politician
- 1824: Ida Masius , German head of the Schwerin Women's Association for Nursing
- 1827: Sergei Semjonowitsch Urussow , Russian chess player
- 1832: Edward Wilmot Blyden , Liberian statesman and Pan-Africanist
- 1832: Ivan Zajc , Croatian composer and conductor
- 1833: Auguste Schmidt , German teacher, writer and co-founder of the German women's movement
- 1834: Franz August Schenk von Stauffenberg , German lawyer, landowner and politician
- 1836: Greene Vardiman Black , American professor of dentistry
- 1840: James Elton , British traveler to Africa and travel writer
- 1846: Paul Otto , German sculptor
- 1847: Emil Ferdinand Fehling , Lübeck mayor
- 1847: Jan de Louter , Dutch constitutional and international lawyer
- 1849: Joseph Jules Dejerine , French neurologist
1851-1875
- 1851: George Francis FitzGerald , Irish philosopher
- 1852: Clemens Denhardt , German Africa explorer
- 1852: Domenico Serafini , Italian Benedictine, priest, diplomat, Archbishop of Spoleto and Cardinal of the Curia
- 1854: Johanna Ambrosius , German author
- 1854: Fernand de La Tombelle , French composer and organist
- 1856: Alfred Deakin , Australian politician and Prime Minister
- 1857: Alice Hughes , British photographer
- 1858: Paul Sabatier , French theologian and historian
- 1860: William KL Dickson , British film pioneer
- 1860: August Wörle , teacher and member of the German Reichstag
- 1861: Michel Verne , French writer
- 1862: Oswald Külpe , German psychologist
- 1863: Géza Gárdonyi , Hungarian writer
- 1864: Christian Palm , German stenographer
- 1864: Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen , German epigraphist and archaeologist
- 1865: Carl Dorno , German naturalist
- 1867: Augustus Herring , American aviation pioneer
- 1867: Eugen von Hippel , German ophthalmologist
- 1867: Stanley Baldwin , British politician and Prime Minister
- 1870: Millie Peacock , Australian Speaker of Parliament from Victoria, Australia
- 1871: Matthias Ehrenfried , German priest, Bishop of Würzburg, "Resistance Bishop" against the Nazi regime
- 1871: Hàm Nghi , 8th emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn dynasty
- 1871: Vernon Louis Parrington , American literary scholar and historian
- 1872: Haakon VII , King of Norway
- 1872: Christian Schreiber , German bishop
- 1874: Fritz Rehn , German judge, first President of the People's Court
1876-1900
- 1876: Elisabeth Andrae , German painter
- 1876: Luis Felipe Arias , Guatemalan pianist and composer
- 1878: Constantino Gaito , Argentine composer
- 1882: Anna Exl , Austrian theater actress and director
- 1882: Louis Biester , German politician, MdR
- 1882: Segundo Luis Moreno , Ecuadorian composer
- 1882: Vilém Mathesius , Czech linguist, historian and English scholar
- 1883: Karl Riedel , German lawyer and politician
- 1884: Josias Braun-Blanquet , Swiss botanist
- 1884: Georges Boillot , French racing car driver and fighter pilot in the First World War
- 1884: Constant Feith , Dutch football player
- 1884: Ilse Heller-Lazard , German-Swiss painter
- 1884: Robert Schröder , German gynecologist
- 1884: Margarete Trappe , German-British big game hunter
- 1887: Ernst Deutsch-Dryden , Austrian graphic and fashion designer
- 1887: Rupert Brooke , British poet
- 1888: Agnes Gerlach , German women's rights activist and local politician
- 1888: August Kubizek , friend of Adolf Hitler during his time in Vienna
- 1888: Ferdinand Freiherr von Lüninck , German landowner and officer
- 1890: Louis Charavel , French racing car driver
- 1890: Charles Edison , American politician
- 1890: Konstantin Stepanowitsch Melnikow , Russian architect
- 1890: Josef Friedrich Perkonig , Austrian writer
- 1890: Karl Friedrich Roth , German portrait painter
- 1890: Marianne Schmidl , Austrian ethnologist and librarian
- 1891: Maria Kahle , German writer
- 1893: Felix Tarbuk , Austrian lieutenant colonel in the German Wehrmacht
- 1893: Walter Gordon , German physicist
- 1894: Harry Heilmann , American baseball player
- 1897: Jóhannes Gunnarsson , Roman Catholic Bishop and Vicar Apostolic in Iceland
- 1898: Herbert Behrens-Hangeler , German painter and graphic artist
- 1898: Ildebrando Antoniutti , Vatican diplomat and cardinal to the Curia
- 1898: Konrad Gauckler , German naturalist
- 1898: Karl Kehrle , German beekeeper
- 1899: Louis Chiron , Monaco racing driver
- 1899: Hanny Christen , Swiss collector of folk music
- 1900: Richard Berger , German teacher and local researcher
- 1900: Peter Wilhelm Brand , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1900: Heinrich Schönfeld , Austrian football player
- 1900: Duy Tân , eleventh emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn dynasty
- 1900: John Thomas Scopes , American teacher
- 1900: Otto Theuner , German politician
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Enrico Glori , Italian actor
- 1901: Friedrich-Wilhelm Krummacher , Bishop of the Pomeranian Evangelical Church
- 1901: Antonie Nopitsch , German social worker, founder of the "Bavarian Mothers Service"
- 1901: John C. Stennis , American Senator
- 1901: Stefan Wyszyński , Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw and cardinal
- 1902: Ray Bloch , American choir and orchestra conductor, composer, pianist and arranger
- 1902: Junius F. Brown , American psychologist
- 1902: Achim Gercke , German biologist
- 1902: Regina Jonas , first female rabbi practicing in Germany
- 1902: Martin Noth , German theologian
- 1902: Fritz Pellkofer , German cross-country skier
- 1902: Helene Potetz , Austrian politician
- 1902: Karl Rost , German politician
- 1902: Lorenz Zotz the Younger , Austrian master of plastering
- 1903: Habib Bourguiba , Tunisian President
- 1903: Sonja Bragowa , German expressive, revue and solo dancer
- 1903: Rudolf Wolters , German architect
- 1904: Gisbert Kley , German lawyer and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1904: Wilhelm Naegel , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1904: Clifford D. Simak , American journalist and author
- 1904: Dolores del Río , Mexican film actress
- 1905: Franz König , Austrian priest and theologian, military bishop, Archbishop of Vienna and cardinal
- 1906: John H. Auer , American director and producer
- 1906: Andreas Frederik Djurhuus , Faroese postal worker and politician
- 1907: Adrienne Ames , American actress
- 1907: Greta Kraus , Canadian pianist, harpsichordist and music teacher
- 1907: Irmgart Wessel-Zumloh , German painter and graphic artist
- 1907: Yang Shangkun , Chinese politician, president
- 1908: Birgit Cullberg , Swedish choreographer
- 1908: Ernesto Geisel , Brazilian President
- 1909: José María de Areilza , Spanish diplomat and politician
- 1909: Eduard Hundt , German football player
- 1909: Walter van Tilburg Clark , American writer
- 1910: Wilhelm Jentzsch , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1911: Manuel Esperón , Mexican film composer
- 1912: Fritz Hellwig , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, MEP
- 1912: Otto Siffling , German football player
- 1913: Raimund Bauer , Austrian homeland researcher
- 1915: Arthur Birch , Australian chemist
- 1915: Donald R. Griffin , American zoologist
- 1915: Ejnar Krantz , American composer, pianist, organist and music teacher
- 1915: Peter Newell , Canadian basketball coach
- 1915: Louise Platt , American actress
- 1916: Hertha Feiler , German actress
- 1917: Rudolf Gnägi , Swiss politician
- 1917: Denis Harbor , Canadian singer
- 1917: Antonio Lauro , Venezuelan composer and guitarist
- 1917: Charlie Shavers , American jazz trumpeter
- 1918: Eddie Jefferson , American jazz singer
- 1919: Jean Estager , French racing car driver
- 1920: Norman Dewis , British test and racing car driver
- 1920: PD James , British crime novelist
- 1921: Gert von Kortzfleisch , German business economist, professor and university lecturer
- 1921: Marilyn Maxwell , American actress
- 1922: Manuel Correia de Andrade , Brazilian author, historian, geographer, lawyer and professor
- 1922: Tom Kines , Canadian folk singer, folk music collector and multi-instrumentalist
- 1922: Kurt Zips , Austrian actor
- 1923: Richard Adler , American composer and songwriter
- 1923: Jean Hagen , American actress
- 1923: Schenuda III. , Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark of the Coptic Church
- 1924: Walter Fusi , Italian painter
- 1924: James Komack , American film director, actor and screenwriter
- 1924: Karl Kromer , Austrian prehistorian
- 1924: Andrés Sandoval , Venezuelan composer
- 1924: Leon Uris , American writer
- 1925: Alain Touraine , French sociologist
1926-1950
- 1926: Rushdy Said Bughdady Abaza , Egyptian actor
- 1926: Rona Anderson , British actress
- 1926: Maurice Auslander , American mathematician
- 1926: Tony Bennett , American singer
- 1926: Anthony Sampson , British journalist and writer
- 1927: Walter Meier , German athlete
- 1927: Gordon Scott , American actor
- 1928: Cécile Aubry , French actress, director and writer
- 1928: Dodie Heath , American film actress
- 1928: Irene Koss , German television announcer
- 1929: Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak , Polish athlete
- 1929: Bethel Leslie , American actress
- 1929: Sebastian Lybeck , Finnish children's author
- 1930: Kenneth Anthony Angell , American old bishop
- 1932: Ewald Hasler , Liechtenstein cyclist
- 1933: Philippe Bonzon , Swiss writer
- 1934: Jonas Savimbi , Angolan politician, founder and leader of the UNITA rebels
- 1935: Omero Antonutti , Italian actor
- 1935: Richard Lamm , American politician
- 1935: Lorenz Menz , German lawyer and politician, state minister
- 1935: Georgi Stepanowitsch Schonin , Soviet cosmonaut
- 1936: Sven Gösta Ågren , Finnish-Swedish poet, translator and literary scholar
- 1936: Erich Hof , Austrian football player and coach
- 1936: Vice Vukov , Croatian singer and politician
- 1937: Andrés Gimeno , Spanish tennis player
- 1937: Reiner Groß , German archivist and historian
- 1938: Ingrid Caven , German chanson singer and actress
- 1939: Jimmie Nicol , British drummer
- 1940: Lance Alworth , American football player
- 1940: Joseph Dorfman , Israeli composer and music teacher
- 1940: Ray Draper , American jazz tuba player
- 1940: Roscoe Mitchell , American jazz musician
- 1940: Martin Sheen , American actor
- 1941: Hans-Peter von Kirchbach , German general
- 1941: Grzegorz Rosiński , Polish comic artist
- 1941: Martha Stewart , American entrepreneur
- 1942: Friedel Grützmacher , German politician, MdL
- 1942: Gudrun Gundelach , German actress
- 1942: Hugo Simon , Austrian show jumper
- 1943: Steven Millhauser , American writer
- 1944: Wilhelm Bender , German manager
- 1944: Roland Bock , German wrestler
- 1944: Christel Frese , German athlete
- 1944: Wolfgang Nagel , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, Senator
- 1945: Jürgen Emig , German television reporter
- 1945: Domenica Niehoff , German street worker and dominatrix
- 1945: Karl Kremser , German / American American football player
- 1945: Juliane C. Wilmanns , German medical historian and professor
- 1946: Keith Ackerman , American bishop
- 1946: Jack Straw , British politician
- 1946: Syreeta , American soul singer and songwriter
- 1946: Wolfgang M. Werner , German prehistorian and monument conservator
- 1946: John York , American musician
- 1947: Francisco J. Lombardi , Peruvian film director and producer
- 1947: Inge Schneider , German film editor
- 1948: Mirko Kovats , Austrian investor
- 1948: Ivan Monighetti , Russian cellist and conductor
- 1948: Jean-Pierre Raffarin , French Prime Minister
- 1949: Philip Casnoff , American actor
- 1949: Fritz Egner , German radio and television presenter
- 1949: Christoph Geiser , Swiss writer
- 1949: Valery Ivanovich Vasilyev , Soviet ice hockey player
- 1950: Waldemar Cierpinski , German marathon runner, Olympic champion
- 1950: John Landis , American film director
- 1950: Jo Marie Payton-Noble , American actress
- 1950: Ernesto Samper , Colombian President
- 1950: Alfred Sauter , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag, State Minister
1951-1975
- 1951: Marcel Dionne , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1951: Ralf Fücks , German politician, MdL
- 1951: Hans Wilhelm Schlegel , German astronaut
- 1951: Lucien Weiler , Luxembourg politician
- 1952: Osvaldo Ardiles , Argentine soccer player
- 1952: Thomas Munkelt , German athlete, Olympic champion
- 1952: Martin Nauer , Swiss accordion player
- 1952: Axel Schäfer , German politician, MEP, Member of the Bundestag
- 1953: Michael Lerchenberg , German actor, director and general manager
- 1954: Robert Ronald Atwell , British bishop
- 1954: Juan Antonio Corbalán , Spanish basketball player
- 1954: Lothar Woelk , German soccer player
- 1956: Ian Crichton , Canadian musician
- 1956: Graeme Koehne , Australian composer
- 1957: Sabine Doering-Manteuffel , German folklorist
- 1957: Vítězslav Jandák , Czech actor and minister of culture
- 1957: Bodo Rudwaleit , German soccer player
- 1958: Günther Bansemer , German soccer player
- 1958: Peter Eriksson , Swedish politician
- 1958: Bettine Jahn , German athlete
- 1959: Uwe Dittus , German soccer player
- 1959: Tanaka Koichi , Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1959: Jürgen Martens , German politician, MdL, State Minister
- 1959: John C. McGinley , American actor, producer, and writer
- 1959: Stefan Oberndorfer , German entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1960: Antonello Antinoro , Italian politician
- 1960: Tim Mayotte , American tennis player
- 1960: Kim Milton Nielsen , Danish football referee
- 1960: Greg Osby , American jazz saxophonist
- 1960: Udo Weigelt , German picture book author
- 1961: Jochen Feldmann , German physicist
- 1961: Uschi Zietsch , German writer
- 1962: Gudrun Abt , German athlete
- 1962: Doris Bures , Austrian politician
- 1962: Mini Bydlinski , Austrian cabaret artist and actor
- 1963: Tasmin Archer , British singer
- 1963: Graham Arnold , Australian football player and coach
- 1963: Giovanni Francini , Italian football player
- 1963: James Hetfield , American singer and rhythm guitarist ( Metallica )
- 1963: Lisa Ann Walter , American actress
- 1963: Isaiah Washington , American actor
- 1964: Kai Böcking , German radio and television presenter
- 1964: Norbert Mauser , Austrian mathematician and university professor
- 1964: Lucky Dube , South African musician
- 1964: Joan Elizabeth Higginbotham , American astronaut
- 1964: Radek Knapp , Austrian writer
- 1964: Nate McMillan , American basketball coach
- 1964: Abhisit Vejjajiva , Thai politician
- 1965: Dariusz Pasieka , Polish football player
- 1965: Beatrice Weder di Mauro , Swiss economist
- 1966: Eric Esch , American boxer
- 1966: Svenja Pages , German actress
- 1967: Mathieu Kassovitz , French actor, director and screenwriter
- 1967: Camilla Nilsson , Swedish ski racer
- 1967: Peter Truschner , Austrian writer
- 1968: Aamir Ageeb , Sudanese refugee
- 1968: Ulli Sima , Austrian politician
- 1968: Eyjólfur Sverrisson , Icelandic football player
- 1968: Isao Yukisada , Japanese screenwriter and director
- 1969: James Black , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1969: Ingo Oschmann , German comedian and television entertainer
- 1969: Claudia Vogt , German actress
- 1970: Gina G , Australian pop singer
- 1970: Masahiro Sakurai , Japanese game designer
- 1971: Yoshitoshi ABe , Japanese mangaka
- 1972: Erika Marozsán , Hungarian actress
- 1972: Sandis Ozoliņš , Latvian ice hockey player
- 1973: Marica Bodrožić , German writer
- 1973: Jay Cutler , American bodybuilder
- 1973: Roland Diethart , Austrian cross-country skier and trainer
- 1973: Stephen Graham , British actor
- 1973: Kevin McGarrity , British racing car driver
- 1973: Daniel Stephan , German handball player
- 1973: Katja Studt , German actress
- 1973: Arūnas Vaškevičius , Lithuanian handball player
- 1974: Oxmo Puccino , French rapper
- 1974: Andreas Schifferer , Austrian ski racer
- 1975: Felix Brych , German football referee
- 1975: Wael Gomaa , Egyptian soccer player
1976-2000
- 1976: Mia Löfgren , Swedish pop singer
- 1976: Ghizlane Samir , French speed skater
- 1977: Kriton Arsenis , Greek politician
- 1977: Špela Bračun , Slovenian ski racer
- 1977: Tom Brady , American football player
- 1977: Óscar Pereiro , Spanish cyclist
- 1977: Kristina Schröder , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister
- 1977: Rui Silva , Portuguese athlete
- 1978: Patrice Abanda , Cameroonian football player
- 1978: Håkon Andersen , Norwegian biathlete
- 1978: Collin Benjamin , Namibian soccer player
- 1978: Ellery Cairo , Dutch football player
- 1978: Juan Carlos Higuero , Spanish athlete
- 1978: Mariusz Jop , Polish football player
- 1978: Dan Tudin , Italian-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979: Evangeline Lilly , Canadian actress
- 1979: Vivian Lindt , German pop singer
- 1980: Nadia Ali , Pakistani-American singer-songwriter
- 1981: Pablo Ibáñez , Spanish football player
- 1982: Volodymyr Boschtschuk , Ukrainian ski jumper
- 1982: Kristine Riis , Norwegian actress and comedian
- 1982: Robert Stadlober , Austrian actor
- 1983: Mamie Gummer , American actress
- 1984: Kasper Andersen , Danish racing driver
- 1984: Mile Jedinak , Australian soccer player
- 1984: Kollegah , German-Canadian rapper
- 1984: Muhabbet , German-Turkish singer
- 1984: Kyle Schmid , Canadian actor
- 1985: Benjamin Herth , German handball player
- 1986: Michela Andreola , Italian biathlete
- 1986: Emil Berggren , Swedish handball player and official
- 1986: Darja Domratschawa , Belarusian biathlete
- 1986: Daniel Winkler , Swiss sport climber
- 1986: Thilo Corzilius , German writer
- 1987: Eric Breininger , German terrorist
- 1987: Gary Medel , Chilean soccer player
- 1988: Sven Ulreich , German soccer player
- 1989: Jules Bianchi , French racing driver
- 1989: Tobias Hegewald , German racing driver
- 1989: Melanie Herrmann , German handball player
- 1989: Ricky Taylor , American racing car driver
- 1990: Mareike Adermann , German wheelchair basketball player
- 1991: Philip Petermann , Austrian football player
- 1992: Denis Michailowitsch Abljasin , Russian gymnast
- 1992: Daniel Bragg , Australian soccer player
- 1993: Tom Liebscher , German canoeist
- 1993: Matteo Politano , Italian football player
- 1994: Endogan Adili , Swiss football player
- 1994: Todd Gurley , American football player
- 1994: Corentin Tolisso , French football player
- 1995: Kenta Yamashita , Japanese racing car driver
- 1998: Florian Dietz , German soccer player
- 1998: Emily Hegarty , Irish rower
- 2000: Tony Arbolino , Italian motorcycle racer
- 2000: Landry Bender , American actress
Died
Before the 17th century
- 908: Burchard of Thuringia , Count of the Sorbian Mark and Margrave and Duke of the Thuringians
- 908: Rudolf I , Bishop of Würzburg
- 940: Benno von Einsiedeln , Bishop of Metz
- 998: Hildebold , Bishop of Worms
- 1030: Hildeward von Gleißberg , bishop of the diocese of Naumburg-Zeitz
- 1080: Wernher , Abbot of St. Lambrecht
- 1100: Otto , Bishop and Imperial Prince of Strasbourg
- 1151: Konrad von Feistritz , highly free nobleman
- 1159: Waltheof von Melrose , English abbot and saint
- 1171: Herold , Bishop of Würzburg
- 1191: al-Kāsānī , Islamic legal scholar
- 1231: Richard Grant , Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1270: Johann von Damiette , son of King Louis IX. of France and Margaret of Provence
- 1290: Rudolf von Hoheneck , Archbishop of Salzburg
- 1326: Roger Mortimer of Chirk , English nobleman and rebel
- 1331: Otto II von Woldenberg , Bishop of Hildesheim
- 1348: Gauscelin de Jean , French cardinal of the Catholic Church
- 1383: Wittekind II von Schalksberg , Bishop of Minden
- 1387: Johannes von Klenedenst , Bishop of Lübeck
- 1423: Georg von Hohenlohe , Prince-Bishop of Passau
- 1451: Elisabeth von Görlitz , Duchess of Luxembourg
- 1460: James II , King of Scotland
- 1468: Henning Iven , Bishop of Cammin
- 1479: Giacopo Antonio Venier , Cardinal of the Catholic Church, Bishop of Syracuse, León and Cuenca
- 1486: Angelus Geraldini , diplomat, bishop of Sessa Aurunca and Cammin
- 1513: Ernst II of Saxony , Archbishop of Magdeburg and Administrator of Halberstadt
- 1527: Scaramuccia Trivulzio , Italian cardinal
- 1546: Antonio da Sangallo the Younger , Italian architect
- 1553: Thomas Atzersen , German pastor
- 1559: Andreas von Barby , Danish politician and Bishop of Lübeck
- 1573: William Kirkcaldy of Grange , Scottish politician and general
- 1599: Elisabeth Strupp , victim of the persecution of witches in Gelnhausen
17th century
- 1614: François de Bourbon , Prince of Conti, sovereign Prince of Chateau-Regnault, knight of the royal orders, military leader during the Wars of Religion
- 1616: Hans Meinhard von Schönberg , German Feldobrister and Hofmeister
- 1619: Dorothy Percy, Countess of Northumberland , English noblewoman
- 1621: Anna Caterina Gonzaga , Princess of Mantua and Montferrat, Princess of Tyrol
- 1632: Josua Stegmann , German theologian and hymn poet
- 1638: Philipp Moritz von Hanau-Münzenberg , Count of Hanau-Münzenberg
- 1645: Franz von Mercy , German general in the service of the Catholic League
- 1656: Giangiacomo Teodoro Trivulzio , Italian cardinal and politician
- 1680: Tomáš Pešina z Čechorodu , Czech historian and writer
- 1683: Georg Rimpler , fortress builder and miner in German-speaking countries
- 1686: Anna Margarete , Princess of Hesse-Homburg and Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg
- 1688: Christian Dreier , German Lutheran theologian
- 1690: Gottfried Meisner , German Protestant theologian
- 1692: Hugh Mackay , Scottish general
18th century
- 1702: Antonio della Porta , Italian builder, architect and contractor
- 1711: Tobias Holländer , bailiff, councilor, bag master, envoy and mayor of the city of Schaffhausen
- 1713: Johann Caspar de Gabrieli , German plasterer
- 1715: Conrad von Rosen , Livonian general in French service, Marshal of France
- 1716: Sebastián Durón , Spanish organist and composer
- 1719: Johann Philipp von Greiffenclau-Vollraths , Prince-Bishop of Würzburg, Duke in Franconia
Anthonie Heinsius
(† 1720)
Grinling Gibbons
(† 1721)
Johann Matthias Gesner
(† 1761)
Giovanni Battista Martini
(† 1784)
- 1720: Anthonie Heinsius , Dutch statesman and councilor
- 1721: Grinling Gibbons , Dutch sculptor
- 1745: Johann Paul Schilck , Austrian stonemason and sculptor
- 1757: Karl Wilhelm Friedrich , Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
- 1761: Johann Matthias Gesner , German pedagogue, philologist and librarian
- 1770: Guillaume François Rouelle , French chemist
- 1780: Étienne Bonnot de Condillac , French clergyman, philosopher and logician
- 1784: Giovanni Battista Martini , Italian composer and music theorist
Sir Richard Arkwright
(† 1792)
Jeffrey Amherst
(† 1797)
Prince Heinrich of Prussia
(† 1802)
Philipp August Böckh
(† 1867)
- 1792: Richard Arkwright , British industrialist and inventor
- 1795: Louis Jeremiah Abershawe , English mugger
- 1797: Jeffrey Amherst , British general
- 1800: Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch , German musician
- 1800: Friedrich Gilly , Prussian master builder
19th century
- 1802: Carl Adolph von Brühl , Prussian general and prince educator
- 1802: Heinrich von Prussia , son of King Friedrich Wilhelm I and Sophie Dorothea von Hannover
- 1804: Christoph Andreae , German entrepreneur
- 1806: Michel Adanson , French botanist
- 1824: Augustin Monneron , French entrepreneur, politician and banker
- 1827: Lorenz Leopold Haschka , Austrian poet
- 1837: Pius August in Bavaria , Duke of Bavaria
- 1839: Dorothea Schlegel , German literary critic, writer
- 1843: Fabrizio Sceberras Testaferrata , Maltese cardinal
- 1846: Kaspar Maximilian von Droste-Vischering , German Roman Catholic bishop
- 1848: Edward Baines , British publicist and Member of Parliament
- 1850: Joseph van der Giese , German poet in Düren dialect
- 1853: Georg von Sachsen-Altenburg , German nobleman
- 1859: Eugène Sue , French writer
- 1860: Alexander Schöppner , German educator and writer
- 1866: Friedrich Karl Hermann Kruse , German historian
- 1867: August Boeckh , German classical philologist and archaeologist
- 1868: Ludwig von Alvensleben , German writer
- 1870: Pompejus Bolley , German chemist
- 1872: Karl August Devrient , German theater actor
- 1872: William Davies Evans , Welsh chess player
- 1874: Hans Ferdinand Maßmann , German educator
- 1875: Heinrich Dreber , German painter
- 1876: Theodor Reuning , state official in the Kingdom of Saxony
- 1881: William Fargo , American postal, rail, and transportation entrepreneur
- 1881: Charles Heaphy , British surveyor in New Zealand
- 1884: Paul Abadie , French builder and restorer
- 1890: Georg Heinrich Bacmeister , Minister of the Kingdom of Hanover
- 1890: Louise-Victorine Ackermann , French writer and member of the Parnassiens
- 1892: August Nauck , German classical philologist
- 1894: Karl Maximilian von Bauernfeind , German engineer and geodesist
- 1897: Marie Seebach , German actress and opera singer
- 1898: Charles Garnier , French architect
- 1898: Karl Knies , German economist
20th century
1901 to 1950
- 1902: August Klughardt , German composer and conductor
- 1911: Reinhold Begas , German sculptor and painter
- 1911: Edward Murphy Jr. , American politician
- 1913: Friedrich Wilhelm Putzger , German educator and textbook author
- 1916: Roger Casement , British diplomat and Irish national hero
- 1917: Ferdinand Georg Frobenius , German mathematician
- 1918: Friedrich Wilhelm Franz Nippold , German Protestant theologian, church historian
- 1922: Matyáš Lerch , Czech mathematician
- 1922: Minna Cauer , German educator and women's rights activist
- 1924: Joseph Conrad , British writer
- 1927: Emil Ferdinand Fehling , Mayor of Lübeck
Emil Berliner
(† 1929)
Thorstein Veblen
(† 1929)
Richard Willstätter
(† 1942)
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
(† 1954)
- 1929: Josef Andergassen , Austrian cabinet maker, altar builder and sculptor
- 1929: Emil Berliner , German inventor of the record and the gramophone
- 1929: Thorstein Veblen , American economist and sociologist
- 1930: Joseph Anton Sickinger , German grammar school teacher, city school councilor and school reformer
- 1932: Ignaz Gaugengigl , German painter
- 1933: Otto Stapf , Austrian botanist
- 1934: Georg Metzendorf , German architect
- 1935: Carl-Friedrich von Langen , German dressage rider, Olympic champion
- 1935: Lydia Rabinowitsch-Kempner , German microbiologist, first professor of medicine in Berlin
- 1939: August Enna , Danish musician and composer
- 1942: Richard Willstätter , German chemist
- 1944: Aurelia Wyleżyńska , Polish writer and journalist
- 1945: Sydney Arnold , British politician
- 1947: José Pardo y Barreda , Peruvian President
- 1949: Oskar Grether , German Protestant theologian and university professor
- 1949: Ignotus , Hungarian publicist
1951 to 2000
- 1954: Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette , French writer, cabaret artist and journalist
- 1954: William Douw Lighthall , Canadian lyric poet and writer
- 1956: Albert Finck , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister
- 1956: Émile Mathis , Franco-German automobile manufacturer
- 1956: Erich Schairer , German journalist and publicist
- 1958: Peter Collins , English racing driver
- 1959: Jakob Nielsen , Danish mathematician
- 1961: Giovan Battista Angioletti , Italian journalist and writer
- 1961: Cardinal Nicola Canali , Italian clergyman, cardinal to the Curia
- 1961: Zoltán Tildy , Hungarian pastor and politician, Prime Minister, President of the State
- 1963: Philip Graham , American publisher
- 1963: Karl Valentin Müller , German sociologist
- 1966: Lenny Bruce , American comedian
- 1967: Paul Löbe , German politician, Member of the Reichstag, President of the Reichstag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1967: Frederick Zimmermann , American double bass player and music teacher
- 1968: Konstantin Konstantinowitsch Rokossowski , Soviet and Polish marshal
- 1968: Max Stähelin-Maeglin , Swiss business lawyer , survivor of the sinking of the Titanic
- 1968: Yang Shuo , Chinese poet and essayist
- 1969: Ferdinand Poggel , German politician
- 1974: Joachim Ritter , German philosopher
- 1974: Almira Sessions , American actress
- 1975: Jack Molinas , American basketball player, main character in the NBA betting scandal
- 1977: Georg Abesser , German physician
- 1977: Wanda Achsel , German opera singer
- 1977: Makarios III. , Cypriot clergyman and politician
- 1977: Yoshida Ken'ichi , Japanese writer
- 1979: Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani , Italian clergyman, cardinal to the Curia
- 1979: Bertil Ohlin , Swedish economist
- 1983: Carolyn Jones , American actress
- 1984: Werner Haarnagel , German archaeologist
- 1984: Vladimir Fyodorowitsch Tendryakov , Russian writer
- 1986: Otmar Emminger , German economist, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank
- 1986: Beryl Markham , British aviation pioneer
- 1987: Joseph Desch , American cryptologist
- 1987: Heinz Dunkhase , German director
- 1987: Bruno Heusinger , German lawyer, President of the Federal Court of Justice
- 1987: Karl Hoppe , German motorcycle racer
- 1987: Bert Niosi , Canadian band leader, clarinetist, saxophonist and composer
- 1988: Tucker McGuire , American actress
- 1989: Antonia Brico , American conductor
- 1989: Johannes Schöne , German soccer player
- 1990: Betty Amann , German-American actress
- 1991: Hans Auenmüller , German conductor and composer
- 1992: Manda Parent , Canadian actress
- 1993: Chinmayananda , teacher of modern Hinduism, founder of the Chinmaya Mission
- 1993: Alwyn Gentry , American botanist
- 1994: Rildia Bee Cliburn , American music teacher
- 1994: Innokenti Smoktunowski , Russian actor
- 1995: Ida Lupino , British actress, director, writer, film producer
- 1995: Edward Whittemore , American writer
- 1998: Arnim Dahl , German stuntman and artist
- 1998: Alfred Schnittke , German-Russian composer and pianist
- 1999: Abdulwahab Al-Bayyati , Iraqi poet
- 1999: Knut Herschel , German correspondence chess grandmaster
21st century
- 2001: Franz Josef Bach , German engineer, diplomat, lobbyist and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 2001: Hans Holt , Austrian actor
- 2001: Stefan Rachoń , Polish violinist and conductor
- 2002: Dietmar Schlee , German politician
- 2003: Joseph Saidu Momoh , Sierra Leonean officer and politician, President of the Republic
- 2003: Peter Safar , American anesthetist
- 2003: Anton Spitaler , German orientalist, Semitic and Arabic philologist
- 2004: Henri Cartier-Bresson , French photographer, director, actor, draftsman, painter
- 2005: Hans E. Schons , German actor
- 2005: Gert Fritz Unger , German writer
- 2006: Arthur Lee , American rock musician
- 2006: Helmut Bein , German rally driver and motorsport official
- 2006: Vera Kistler , American composer, music teacher and writer
- 2006: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf , German opera and lied singer (soprano)
- 2008: Alexander Solzhenitsyn , Russian writer, playwright and Nobel Prize winner
- 2009: Katrin Höngesberg , German draftsman, painter, illustrator and writer
- 2011: Louise Behrend , American violinist and music teacher
- 2011: Rudolf Brazda , Nazi victim, last survivor of those imprisoned in Buchenwald concentration camp for homosexuality
- 2011: Bubba Smith , American football player and actor
- 2012: Carl Andersen , Austrian film critic and director
- 2012: Rolf Castell , German folk and theater actor, director and television writer
- 2015: Robert Conquest , British historian and writer
- 2017: Robert Hardy , British actor
- 2017: Ángel Nieto , Spanish motorcycle racer
- 2020: John Hume , Northern Irish politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Josua Stegmann , German pastor and song writer (Protestant)
- St. Salome (disciple) (Orthodox, Protestant: LCMS )
- St. Johanna Chusa , Judean disciple of Jesus (Evangelical: LCMS )
- St. Maria Cleophae , Judean disciple of Jesus (Evangelical: LCMS )
- Hll. Nine Chercheulidze brothers , Georgia
- Name days
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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