3rd of July
The July 3 , the 184th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 185th in leap years ), thus still 181 days remain until the end of the year.
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Events
Politics and world events
- Constantine the Great in March decreed decree, throughout the Roman Empire to Sunday to commit as general rest day is implemented. Only agricultural work is allowed on this day. 321: The Emperor
- Constantine the Great defeats his co-emperor Licinius in the battle of Adrianople , who then flees to Byzantion . 324:
- battle of Mons Seleucus , the Eastern Roman ruler Constantius II defeats the Western Roman usurper Magnentius . 353: In the
- Hugo Capet as King of France , the Carolingian rule over the West Frankish Empire ends , while the Capetian rule begins. 987: With the coronation of
- 1428: Jakobäa von Bayern recognizes Philip III. of Burgundy as co-regent and heir in the Delft Treaty of Reconciliation .
- 1608: The French explorer Samuel de Champlain founded the Saint Lawrence River to place Quebec .
- 1630: Emperor Ferdinand II opens the Regensburg Electoral Congress , from which he promises to help the imperial estates against the States General , France in the Mantuan War of Succession and the threat from King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden, who wants to support the Protestant side in the Thirty Years' War .
- 1721: Hans Egede arrives in Greenland , which marks the beginning of the Danish colonial era in Greenland.
- 1778: Prussia declares war on Austria after previous diplomatic skirmishes . The following War of the Bavarian Succession brought only a few skirmishes for the troop supply, which earned him the nicknames Potato War and Plum Rumpus.
- 1790: During the Russo-Swedish War , the Swedish fleet near Vyborg is ordered to use King Gustav III's escape route . secure. The Battle of Vyborg Bay ends eventually successful with heavy losses.
- 1836: In the United States , in preparation for the admission of Michigan as a state, the law separating the Wisconsin Territory from the Michigan Territory and establishing it as the Territory of the United States comes into force .
- 1844: In the Wanghia Treaty , China opens up to trade with the USA .
- 1849: French and Spanish intervention troops conquer Rome to defeat Pope Pius IX. to restore worldly power. The Roman Republic is being abolished by force.
- 1863: The Battle of Gettysburg ( Pennsylvania ), the decisive battle in the American Civil War , is a victory of the Northern states to an end.
- 1866: In the battle of Königgrätz , General von Moltke decides the Prussian-Austrian fratricidal war with a victory against Austria in favor of Prussia and thus paves the way for the " Little German Solution ".
- 1890: Idaho becomes the 43rd state in the USA .
- 1894: Federal troops mobilized by US President Grover Cleveland arrive in Chicago to suppress the Pullman strike .
- 1898: In the naval battle of Santiago de Cuba in the Spanish-American War, the technically superior US Navy destroyed the entire Spanish Atlantic fleet .
- 1905: After months of debate, the French National Assembly votes 341 to 233 for a bill to separate church and state .
- 1914: Representatives of the United Kingdom and Tibet sign an agreement in Shimla on the border between Tibet and India and the status of Tibet under international law. The representative of China does not sign and China does not later recognize the agreement.
- 1919: The Weimar National Assembly determines the colors black, red and gold , the colors of the revolution of 1848, to be the imperial colors.
- 1921: As requested by the Allies, the Zeppelin LZ 120 Bodensee is transferred to Italy as reparation.
- 1940: Under the code name Operation Catapult , the British attack part of the French fleet in Mers-el-Kébir to prevent the ships from falling into German hands. 1147 French are killed.
- 1942: At the start of the First Battle of El Alamein fails the test of General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel commanded German Afrika Korps , by defending position of the British 8th Army to break.
- 1973: The first Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe ( CSCE ) opens.
- 1976: Spain's Transición from Franquism to Democracy: King Juan Carlos assigns Adolfo Suárez to form a government.
- 1976: Operation Entebbe , an Israeli commando frees 105 hostages at Entebbe airport ( Uganda ).
- 1979: The German Bundestag resolves to finally lift the statute of limitations in the case of murder and genocide , thus ending the post-war statute of limitations debate . This should enable Nazi criminals discovered later to be prosecuted.
- 2003: The US government offers a $ 25 million reward for clues about the hiding place of the ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein , which ultimately leads to his arrest.
- 2004: After a meeting between UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir , the leadership in Khartoum promises to disarm the Janjawid militias in the crisis region of Darfur .
- 2013: In Egypt, the military overthrew President Mohammed Morsi .
economy
- 1767: The first daily newspaper in Norway is published in Trondheim , today's Adresseavisen .
- 1848: The first edition of the daily newspaper Die Presse, founded by entrepreneur August Zang , appears in Vienna .
- 1878: The playing card tax becomes a legal source of income in the German Reich and replaces state taxes.
- 1884: The first US stock index , the Dow Jones Railroad Average developed by Charles Dow , is published for the first time.
- 1897: Vienna has one more landmark: the Ferris wheel in the Prater begins its operation .
- 1935: The VW Beetle is presented to the public.
- 2004: The Bangkok Metro opens.
science and technology
- 1869: The world's first rack railway , operated by the Mount Washington Cog Railway and leading up Mount Washington , opens in New Hampshire .
- 1880: Thomas Alva Edison founds Science magazine .
- 1886: Carl Benz makes the first test drive with his "vehicle with gas engine drive" in Mannheim .
- 1886: The New York Tribune puts Ottmar Mergenthaler's first Linotype typesetting machine into operation. His invention accelerated the setting of newspapers.
- 1969: The second test of a Soviet N1 moon rocket ends as a fiasco after a few seconds . The missile falls back to earth from a height of 200 meters due to the safety shutdown of its rocket engines . The explosion caused by the impact devastated the launch site.
- 2002: Steve Fossett manages the first successful solo circumnavigation of the world with a balloon in thirteen and a half days .
Culture
- 1866: After the victory of Prussian troops in the battle of Königgrätz over Austria's army, the military musician Johann Gottfried Piefke supposedly composes the Königgrätzer March on the battlefield .
- 1874: The first zoo in Switzerland, the Basel Zoo , is opened.
- 1944: The film noir masterpiece Woman Without a Conscience , directed by Billy Wilder, premieres in Baltimore .
religion
- 1234: Dominic , the founder of the Dominican order , is appointed by Pope Gregory IX. canonized.
- 1655: The diocese of Leitmeritz is established.
- 1721: The Norwegian priest Hans Egede applies to Greenland , where he dropped from the faith Vikings believed -Nachfahren he proselytize wants. Instead, he encounters local Inuit whom he can familiarize with Christianity .
- 1876: The eight-year-old girls Margaretha Kunz, Katharina Hubertus and Susanna Leist from Marpingen in Saarland report for the first time that they had an apparition of Mary in Härtelwald . The apparitions of Mary in Marpingen 1876/1877 , which supposedly last until September 3, 1877, are still not recognized by the Catholic Church.
- 1907: The Sanctum Officium rejects 65 points in the decree Lamentabili sane exitu , which the Roman Catholic Church regards as errors.
- 1996: The Concordat between the Holy See and the Free State of Saxony is concluded.
Disasters
- 1970: A De Havilland Comet DH.106 of Dan-Air crashes in the Sierra del Montseny southwest of Arbúcies from. All 112 people on board die.
- 1988: The civil Iran Air Flight 655 , an Airbus A300 with 290 people on board, is shot down over the Persian Gulf by missiles from the US cruiser USS Vincennes . There are no survivors.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1913: The new horse racing track opens in Dortmund, replacing an earlier horse racing track that has given way to the expansion of an ironworks.
- 1921: The International Stadium Festival ( ISTAF ) in Berlin is held for the first time.
- 1931: With her final victory over Hilde Krahwinkel, Cilly Aussem becomes the first German to win the Wimbledon tennis tournament .
- 1953: The Austrian Hermann Buhl is the first person in the world to climb the 8,125 meter high Nanga Parbat peak in the western Himalayas .
- 1982: Martina Navratilova defeated Chris Evert in the Wimbledon final 6: 1, 3: 6 and 6: 2.
- 1999: Italy wins the men's European basketball championship . The Italians defeat the Spaniards in the final with 64:56.
- 2005: Roger Federer wins Wimbledon for the third time in a row in the final against Andy Roddick .
- 2007: The Swiss sailing syndicate Alinghi successfully defended the America's Cup against Emirates Team New Zealand .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field . Entries on football world championship games can be found in the sub-pages of football world championships . The same goes for European football championships .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1421: Giovanni di Cosimo de 'Medici , Florentine patrician, younger son of Cosimo de Medici
- 1423: Louis XI. , King of France
- 1442: Go-Tsuchimikado , 103rd Emperor of Japan
- 1503: Franz Burchart , German scholar and politician
- 1534: Myeongjong , 13th King of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea
- 1576: Anna , Electress of Brandenburg
- 1596: Johan Banér , Swedish field marshal
- 1619: Hyojong , 17th King of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea
- 1619: Taco van Glins , Dutch jurist
- 1624: Shah Shuja , son of the Indian Grand Mogul Shah Jahan
- 1676: Leopold I , Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
- 1683: Edward Young , English poet
18th century
- 1706: Johann Joseph von Khevenhüller-Metsch , diplomat of the Habsburg monarchy
- 1709: Wilhelmine of Prussia , Margravine of Bayreuth, favorite sister of Frederick the Great
- 1716: Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch , Prince-Bishop of Breslau
- 1723: Heinrich Gottlieb von Lindenau , Electoral Saxon Privy Councilor, Chamberlain and Chief Stable Master
- 1725: Joseph Whipple III , British merchant and politician, lieutenant governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
- 1728: Robert Adam , British builder
- 1738: John Singleton Copley , American-English painter
- 1742: Johann I. Nepomuk Anton Joseph Joachim Prokop Prince of Schwarzenberg , German-Bohemian nobleman
- 1746: Sophie Magdalene of Denmark , Queen of Sweden
- 1773: Christine Boyer , wife of Lucien Bonaparte
- 1778: Carl Ludwig Engel , German-Finnish architect and painter
- 1783: Wilhelm von Prussia , Prussian general, governor general of the Rhine provinces and governor of the Mainz fortress
- 1789: Friedrich Overbeck , German painter
- 1794: Eberhard Friedrich Walcker , German organ builder
19th century
1801-1850
- 1808: Konráð Gíslason , Icelandic-Danish linguist
- 1814: John Brinckman , Low German writer
- 1818: Johann Ludwig Hinrichs , German clergyman, co-founder of the German Baptist congregations
- 1819: Louis Théodore Gouvy , Franco-German composer
- 1820: Hugo Emil Schober , German agricultural scientist
- 1821: Ferdinand Kürnberger , Austrian writer
- 1826: Rudolf Westphal , German classical philologist
- 1839: Friedrich Arnd , German publicist
- 1844: Dankmar Adler , American architect
- 1847: Max Bösenberg , German architect
- 1848: Lothar von Trotha , German infantry general
- 1849: Viktor von Grumbkow , Prussian major general
1851-1900
- 1852: Rafael Joseffy , Hungarian pianist and music teacher
- 1854: Leoš Janáček , Czech composer
- 1860: Charlotte Perkins Gilman , American writer and suffragette
- 1862: Bolesława Maria Lament , Polish clergyman, founder of the order, blessed
- 1863: Ciro Luis Urriola , President of Panama
- 1864: Anton Schmutzer , Austrian musician and composer
- 1866: Albert Gottschalk , Danish painter
- 1866: Victor Michels , German Germanist
- 1870: Richard Bedford Bennett , Prime Minister of Canada
- 1871: Kurt Streitwolf , German officer
- 1874: Johan Gunnar Andersson , Swedish archaeologist, paleontologist and geologist
- 1875: Hans Studer , Swiss engineer
- 1875: Ferdinand Sauerbruch , German surgeon
- 1876: Oscar Näumann , German gymnast
- 1876: Heinrich Vedder , German Protestant missionary, linguist and ethnologist
- 1878: Hans Woldemar Schack , German botanist
- 1880: Heinrich Droste , German publisher
- 1880: Lejaren Hiller , American photographer and illustrator
- 1881: Heinrich Brandler , Austrian politician, founding member of the KPD and KPD-O, party chairman, head of the IVKO
- 1881: Blind Simmie Dooley , American blues singer and guitarist
- 1883: Franz Kafka , German-speaking writer ( The Judgment , The Trial )
- 1882: Dirk Lotsy , Dutch football player
- 1886: Harmodio Arias Madrid , Panamanian politician, President
- 1886: Francis Carco , French writer
- 1886: Raymond A. Spruance , American admiral
- 1887: Federico Della Ferrera , Italian cyclist and motorcycle racer, engineer and entrepreneur
- 1889: Karla König , German journalist, writer and cultural functionary
- 1890: Biagio Nazzaro , Italian automobile and motorcycle racing driver
- 1892: Franz Heske , German-Austrian forest scientist, founder of the "world forestry"
- 1893: Sándor Bortnyik , Hungarian painter
- 1896: Rudolf Heberle , German-American sociologist
- 1897: Jesse Douglas , American mathematician
- 1898: Erich Akt , German politician, MdR
- 1898: Martin David , German-Dutch legal historian of the Orient and papyrologist
- 1899: Thomas Peter McKeefry , Archbishop of Wellington
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Thelma Wood , American Silverpoint artist and sculptor
- 1901: Ruth Crawford Seeger , American composer
- 1902: Otto A. Friedrich , German entrepreneur
- 1902: Hermann Nuding , German politician and party functionary, resistance fighter against National Socialism, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1903: Wolfgang Haußmann , German lawyer, notary and politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister
- 1905: Richard Corts , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1906: Hilde Körber , Austrian actress
- 1906: George Sanders , British actor
- 1908: Thomas Narcejac , French writer
- 1909: Earl Butz , American politician, Secretary of Agriculture
- 1909: Stavros Niarchos , Greek shipowner
- 1910: Fritz Kasparek , Austrian alpinist
- 1910: Auguste Veuillet , French racing driver and entrepreneur
- 1911: Marcel Storr , French artist
- 1913: Dorothy Kilgallen , American actress, reporter, and television presenter
- 1914: Carl Scarborough , American racing car driver
- 1915: Heinz Körvers , German handball player, Olympic champion
- 1920: Walter Roderer , Swiss folk actor
- 1921: Leo Navratil , Austrian psychiatrist
- 1922: Corneille , Dutch artist
- 1922: Helmut Schoeck , Austrian sociologist
- 1923: Johnny Hartman , American jazz singer
- 1923: Milan Munclinger , Czech flautist, conductor, composer and musicologist
- 1924: Peter Sandloff , German film composer
- 1925: Antoine Duhamel , French composer
1926-1950
- 1926: Johnny Coles , American jazz trumpeter
- 1926: Charlie Ashcroft , English football player
- 1927: Ken Russell , British director and filmmaker
- 1928: Günter Bruno Fuchs , German writer and graphic artist
- 1928: Jan Machulski , Polish actor and director
- 1930: Ron Collier , Canadian jazz trombonist, composer and arranger
- 1930: Carlos Kleiber , Austrian conductor
- 1931: Klaus Schröter , German literary scholar and historian
- 1932: Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski , German politician and economic functionary, member of the Central Committee of the SED, one of the most important men in the GDR economy
- 1932: Johann Scherz , Austrian carom player, world champion
- 1933: Alexandar Fol , Bulgarian historian and thracologist
- 1934: Manfred Bieler , German writer
- 1934: Wolfgang Milde , German manuscript scholar and librarian
- 1935: Rainer Assmann , German lawyer, student historian and regional historian
- 1935: Osvaldo Bagnoli , Italian football player and coach
- 1935: Charles Brauer , German actor
- 1935: Willi Forrer , Swiss ski racer
- 1936: Leo Wilden , German football player
- 1937: Tom Stoppard , British playwright, journalist and screenwriter
- 1938: John Heard , American jazz bassist and visual artist
- 1939: Brigitte Fassbaender , German opera singer
- 1939: Angelo Sormani , Brazilian-Italian soccer player and coach
- 1940: Lamar Alexander , American politician, governor of Tennessee, senator
- 1940: Jerzy Buzek , Polish politician, Prime Minister, President of the EU Parliament
- 1940: Peer Raben , German composer
- 1941: Oskar Bachmann , Swiss politician
- 1941: Liamine Zéroual , Algerian military and politician, Commander in Chief, Minister of Defense, President of the State
- 1942: Kevin Johnson , Australian singer-songwriter
- 1942: Allan Rae , Canadian composer and music teacher
- 1943: Ulrich Ammon , German linguist
- 1943: Garland Jeffreys , American pop singer
- 1943: Kurtwood Smith , American actor
- 1943: Norman Thagard , American astronaut
- 1944: Michel Polnareff , French singer and songwriter
- 1944: Jethro Pugh , American football player and entrepreneur
- 1946: Johnny Lee , American musician
- 1946: Leszek Miller , Polish politician, Prime Minister
- 1947: Betty Buckley , American actress and singer
- 1947: Rob Rensenbrink , Dutch football player
- 1948: Paul Barrère , American musician and singer
- 1948: Peter Ruzicka , German composer and artistic director
- 1949: Bernard Robin , French racing car driver
- 1950: James Hahn , American politician, Mayor of Los Angeles
- 1950: Jan Zajíc , Czech student
1951-1975
- 1951: Jean-Claude Duvalier , Haitian politician, dictatorial president
- 1952: Laura Branigan , American pop singer
- 1952: Andy Fraser , British musician, singer and songwriter
- 1954: Herbert Hainer , German manager
- 1954: Claudia Märtl , German historian
- 1955: Sylvain Boulay , French racing car driver
- 1955: Wilfried Gräfling , German fire brigade officer
- 1955: Manfred Grund , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1956: Jorge Luis Prats , Cuban pianist
- 1958: Kurt Bock , German manager
- 1958: Aaron Tippin , American country singer and songwriter
- 1959: Kader Arif , French politician, MEP, Minister
- 1959: Helmut Kurrat , German handball player and trainer
- 1960: Vince Clarke , British musician and songwriter
- 1962: Tom Cruise , American actor and producer
- 1963: Martin Arz , German writer and artist
- 1963: Peter Davor , German actor and radio play speaker
- 1963: Tracey Emin , British artist
- 1964: Antje Hermenau , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1964: Yeardley Smith , American actress and voice actress
- 1965: Hans Dorfner , German soccer player
- 1966: Daniel Plaza , Spanish athlete, Olympic champion
- 1966: Oswald Sallaberger , Austrian conductor and violinist
- 1967: Iulia Bulie , Romanian rower, world champion, Olympic medalist
- 1967: Sandra Ceccarelli , Italian actress
- 1968: Ramush Haradinaj , Kosovar politician, Prime Minister
- 1969: Gedeon Burkhard , German actor
- 1969: Stephan Zünd , Swiss ski jumper
- 1970: Bruno Martini , French handball player
- 1970: Audra McDonald , American singer
- 1970: Shawnee Smith , American actress and singer
- 1971: Julian Assange , Australian journalist and political activist
- 1971: Pascal Kober , German theologian and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1972: Matt Schulze , American musician and actor
- 1973: Adrian Aucoin , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1973: Ólafur Stefánsson , Icelandic handball player
- 1973: Patrick Wilson , American actor
- 1974: Stephan Luca , German actor
- 1974: Gabor Schablitzki , German musician
1976-2000
- 1977: Simon Mora , German actor and dubbing director
- 1977: Sandra Smisek , German soccer player, world champion, Olympic medalist
- 1978: Ian Anthony Dale , American actor
- 1978: Kim Kirchen , Luxembourg cyclist
- 1979: Ludivine Sagnier , French actress
- 1980: Tatjana Jurjewna Logunowa , Russian sword fencer, Olympic champion
- 1980: Olivia Munn , American television presenter, actress, and model
- 1980: Roland Schoeman , South African swimmer, Olympic champion, world champion
- 1980: Birgit Thumm , German volleyball player
- 1981: Inés Arrimadas , Spanish politician, Member of the Catalan Parliament
- 1983: Kieron Achara , British basketball player
- 1983: Shin'ya Aoki , Japanese mixed martial arts fighter
- 1983: Dorota Masłowska , Polish writer
- 1984: Anthony Deane , Australian handball player and skeleton pilot
- 1984: Fernando Vega , Spanish soccer player
- 1985: Jure Šinkovec , Slovenian ski jumper
- 1986: Sascha Dum , German soccer player
- 1986: Óscar Ustari , Argentinian football player
- 1987: Kontra K , German rapper
- 1987: Mariano Tripodi , Argentine soccer player
- 1987: Sebastian Vettel , German racing driver, Formula 1 world champion
- 1988: Anssi Koivuranta , Finnish Nordic combined and ski jumper, Olympic medalist, world champion
- 1988: James Troisi , Australian soccer player
- 1989: Elle King , American singer, songwriter, and actress
- 1989: Felix Schmidl , German handball player
- 1990: Fabio Aru , Italian road cyclist
- 1990: Kento Sakuyama , Japanese ski jumper
- 1992: Aljona Adanitschkina , Russian triathlete
- 1992: Crystal Dunn , American soccer player
- 1993: Shinoona Salah al-Habsi , Omani athlete
- 1993: Kerem Demirbay , German-Turkish soccer player
- 1993: Kevin Möhwald , German soccer player
- 1995: Felipe Fraga , Brazilian racing car driver
- 1997: Moritz Heinrich , German soccer player
- 1998: Callan Rydz , English darts player
21st century
- 2001: Chosen Jacobs , American actor
Died
Before the 18th century
- : 362 BC BCEpaminondas , Greek statesman
- : 458Anatolios of Constantinople , Patriarch of Constantinople
- : Pope 683Leo II , saint of the Catholic Church
- : 964Heinrich I , Archbishop of Trier
- 1090: Ekbert II , Margrave of Meissen
- 1191: Albéric Clément , lord of Mez, Marshal of France and crusader
- 1205: Wilhelm von Saillon , Bishop of Sitten
- 1285: Margaret of Flanders , Duchess of Brabant
- 1312: Marino Zorzi , 50th Doge of Venice
- 1348: Giovanni Colonna , Italian cardinal
- 1431: Antonio Panciera , Italian clergyman, Bishop of Concordia, Patriarch of Aquileia, Cardinal Bishop
- 1476: Nicholas I , Duke of Opole
- 1495: Sigmund II von Hollenegg , Archbishop of Salzburg
- 1503: Pierre d'Aubusson , French Grand Master of the Order of St. John
- 1519: Gallus Kopf , librarian at the St. Gallen Monastery
- 1519: Degenhart Pfäffinger , south German nobleman
- 1531: Thomas von Absberg , Franconian robber baron
- 1570: Aonio Paleario , Italian humanist, rhetorician and reformer
- 1592: Francesco Bassano the Younger , Italian painter
- 1597: John Norreys , English military leader
- 1640: Giuseppe Cesari , Italian painter
- 1642: Maria de 'Medici , as wife of Henry IV. Queen of France
- 1672: Francis Willughby , British natural scientist
- 1699: Johann Just Winckelmann , German writer
18th and 19th centuries
- 1706: Catharina Priggen , abbess of the Heidekloster Medingen near Bevensen
- 1710: Wolf von Lindenau , German manor owner and governor
- 1714: Paolo Amato , Italian architect
- 1721: Hermann von Brevern , German-Baltic lawyer
- 1729: Johann Martin Gumpp the Elder , Austrian architect
- 1732: Karl Gustav Düker , Swedish Field Marshal, Governor General of Livonia and President of the Swedish War College
- 1734: Carlo IV. Borromeo , Italian nobleman in the service of the Habsburgs and the Holy Roman Empire, Viceroy of Naples and plenipotentiary of Imperial Italy
- 1736: Giuseppe Nicola Nasini , Italian painter
- 1741: Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine , Queen of Sardinia
- 1750: Jesaias Friedrich Weissenborn , German Lutheran theologian
- 1763: Michael Christian Göring , German administrative officer and promoter of industry
- 1767: Matthew Dubourg , Irish virtuoso violinist and composer
- 1778: Anna Maria Mozart , mother of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1792: Ferdinand von Braunschweig , Prussian field marshal
- 1794: Vincent von Orsini-Rosenberg , Governor of Carinthia
- 1809: Joseph Quesnel , Canadian composer, writer and actor
- 1816: Christina von Brühl , German landscape architect
- 1847: Johann Christian August Grohmann , German philosopher, psychologist and rhetorician
- 1847: Franz Martin Seuffert , German-Austrian organ and piano builder
- 1851: Juliana Blasius , German robber bride of Johannes Bückler
- 1859: August Wilhelm Bullrich , German pharmacist
- 1870: Alfred von Auerswald , Prussian general landscape director and interior minister
- 1884: Candelario Obeso , Colombian writer
- 1889: Wilhelm Hasenclever , German politician, MdR
- 1895: Richard Morris Hunt , American architect
20th century
1901-1950
- 1904: Theodor Herzl , Austro-Hungarian writer, publicist and journalist, founder of modern political Zionism
- 1907: Heinrich Carl Friedrich Kreutz , German astronomer
- 1908: Joel Chandler Harris , American journalist and writer
- 1911: Ernst Hoeltzer , German telegraph operator and photographer
- 1913: Adolph Amberg , German sculptor
- 1914: Hermann Suchier , German Romanist
- 1918: Mehmed V , Ottoman Sultan
- 1924: Franz Boll , German classical philologist
- 1927: Gérard de Courcelles , French racing car driver
- 1933: Franz Wilhelm Seiwert , German painter, sculptor and avant-garde, member of the Cologne Progressives
- 1934: Heinrich zu Mecklenburg , Dutch prince
- 1934: Ludwig Sütterlin , German linguist and Germanist
- 1935: André Citroën , French automobile designer
- 1936: Štefan Lux , Czechoslovak artist and journalist
- 1937: Antonietta Meo , Italian girl and Venerable Servant of God
- 1939: Ramiro Artieda , Bolivian serial killer
- 1941: Friedrich Karl Akel , Estonian politician and diplomat
- 1941: Gottfried Krüger , German physician and local researcher
- 1942: Marian Abramski , Polish victim of National Socialism
- 1942: Josef Lenzel , German priest, resistance fighter
- 1943: Curt Agthe , German genre and landscape painter
- 1945: Achmad Mochtar , Indonesian molecular biologist
- 1946: Alfred Schultze , German legal scholar and legal historian
- 1950: David Whitworth , British motorcycle racer
1951-2000
- 1951: Tadeusz Borowski , Polish writer
- 1952: Wilhelm Schmidtbonn , German writer
- 1952: Daniel Zamudio , Colombian composer and musicologist
- 1957: Richard Mohaupt , German composer and conductor
- 1959: Johan Bojer , Norwegian writer
- 1961: Petar Graf Orssich , Austrian nobleman and racing car driver
- 1966: Heinrich Achenbach , German politician, MdL
- 1966: André Gailhard , French composer
- 1969: Wilhelm von Apell , German officer
- 1969: Brian Jones , British musician ( The Rolling Stones )
- 1969: Hermann Grabner , Austrian composer
- 1971: Jim Morrison , American singer ( The Doors ), songwriter and poet
- 1973: Karel Ančerl , Czech conductor
- 1976: Eugen Huth , German printer and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1977: Gertrude Abercrombie , American artist
- 1977: Alexander Melentjewitsch Wolkow , Russian writer and mathematics professor
- 1982: Annibale Bugnini , Italian religious, archbishop and liturgical scholar
- 1984: Ernesto Mascheroni , Uruguayan-Italian soccer player
- 1985: Erik Ågren , Swedish boxer, Olympic medalist
- 1988: Fritz Wiessner , German-American mountaineer
- 1991: Tommy Bridger , British racing car driver
- 1991: Ernst Witt , German mathematician
- 1993: Don Drysdale , American baseball player
- 1993: Walter Markov , German historian
- 1995: Georg Richter , German rower
- 1996: Barry Crump , New Zealand writer
- 1996: Luis Alfonzo Larrain , Venezuelan composer and musician
- 1997: Johnny Copeland , American blues musician
- 1998: George Lloyd , British composer
- 1999: Herta Heuwer , German snack bar operator, is considered to be the inventor of the currywurst
- 1999: Yoko Tani , Franco-Japanese actress
- 1999: Marigard Bantzer , German children's book illustrator
- 2000: Kemal Sunal , Turkish actor
21st century
- 2001: Mordecai Richler , Canadian writer
- 2001: Paolo Silveri , Italian opera singer (baritone) and music teacher
- 2002: Franz Bachem , German publisher
- 2002: Josef Haiböck , Austrian general
- 2004: Lorenz Betzing , German spy
- 2004: Andrijan Grigoryevich Nikolajew , Soviet cosmonaut
- 2005: Pierre Michelot , French jazz musician
- 2006: Oskar , German draftsman, caricaturist and painter
- 2006: François Stahly , Franco-German sculptor
- 2007: Herbert Bardenheuer , German artist
- 2007: Johnny Frigo , American jazz bassist and violinist
- 2009: Jorge Enrique Adoum , Ecuadorian writer
- 2010: Abu Daoud , Arab terrorist
- 2010: Herbert Erhardt , German soccer player
- 2011: Anna Massey , British actress
- 2012: Andy Griffith , American actor
- 2012: Sergio Pininfarina , Italian automobile designer
- 2013: Karin Andersen , German actress
- 2013: Gisela Fritsch , German actress and voice actress
- 2014: Volkmar Groß , German soccer player
- 2014: Annik Honoré , Belgian journalist and concert organizer
- 2015: Franz-Josef Wolfframm , German soccer player
- 2015: Péter Záboji , Hungarian business consultant, financial investor and manager
- 2016: Noel Neill , American actress
- 2016: Markus Werner , Swiss writer
- 2017: Cholo Brenes , Dominican music promoter, lawyer, political scientist, sociologist and columnist
- 2017: Paolo Villaggio , Italian actor and writer
- 2018: Hans Hautmann , Austrian historian
- 2018: Robby Müller , Dutch cameraman
- 2019: Sarah Schumann , German painter
- 2019: Arseni Dmitrievich Mironov , Soviet test pilot
- 2020: Lore Krainer , Austrian cabaret artist, singer, composer and author
- 2020: Erika Taube , German ethnologist
Holidays and memorial days
- National holidays
- Independence Day of the Republic of Belarus, national holiday in Belarus
- Church memorial day
- Aonio Paleario , Italian humanist and martyr (Protestant)
- St. Thomas , Apostle (Anglican, Catholic, Protestant: ELCA , one of two possible dates for the EKD ; traditional date is December 21)
- Name days
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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