January 30th
January 30 (in Austria and South Tyrol : January 30 ) is the 30th day of the Gregorian calendar , so there are 335 days (336 days in leap years) until the end of the year.
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events
politics and world affairs
- 1018: In the Peace of Bautzen on the Ortenburg in Bautzen , the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire , Heinrich II. , and the Polish Duke and later King of Poland , Bolesław Chrobry , agree on a settlement of their warlike disputes.
- 1349: After the death of Ludwig the Bavarian , Günther von Schwarzburg is elected by the Wittelsbach party as anti-king to Charles IV .
- 1607: A royal Spanish Cédula Real forbids the use of Indians baptized as Christians as serfs. This encourages the establishment of Jesuit reductions in South America from 1609.
- 1648: The envoys' signatures to the Peace of Munster formally ended the Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands . With the solemn invocation of the treaty on May 15, the Republic of the Seven United Provinces seceded from the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1649: The English Civil War ends with the execution of the English King Charles I in front of the Banqueting House in London by order of Parliament under Oliver Cromwell .
- 1661: On the anniversary of Charles I's execution, at the beginning of the Stuart Restoration in England , a posthumous execution is staged at London's Tyburn gallows with the exhumed bodies of Oliver Cromwell , John Bradshaw and Henry Ireton .
- 1667: Poland-Lithuania and Russia sign the Peace of Andrussovo ending the Russo-Polish War that had been going on since 1654 .
- 1791: Honoré Gabriel de Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau , as a member of the Third Estate , becomes President of the French Constituent Assembly , which is responsible for drafting the country's first constitution.
- 1835: Richard Lawrence carries out the first assassination attempt on a US president : Andrew Jackson is unharmed, however, as both of the shooter's pistols fail to fire.
- 1847: The California city of Yerba Buena is renamed San Francisco .
- 1869: After a speech by Otto von Bismarck in the Prussian House of Representatives , in which he used the words "malicious reptiles", the term reptile fund was coined afterwards.
- 1902: The United Kingdom and Empire of Japan form the Anglo-Japanese Alliance .
- 1921: In Switzerland , a popular initiative for mandatory referendums on state treaties is accepted.
- 1927: In Schattendorf , Burgenland, two people are shot dead by members of the German-Austrian frontline fighters ' association at an event organized by the Social Democratic Workers' Party . The perpetrators are later acquitted in the Schattendorf trial .
- 1933: The Weimar Republic ends with the so-called “ seizure of power ”, the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Reich Chancellor of the German Reich by Reich President Paul von Hindenburg . Franz von Papen becomes Vice-Chancellor .
- 1934: With the Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich , the sovereignty of the German states is abolished in the course of the co -ordination; these are directly subordinate to the imperial government .
- 1935: The German Municipal Code, which was designed to be uniform throughout the Reich, introduces the leader principle at municipal level . Democratic elements such as the mayoral election or votes in the council committee are abolished, and the decisive position of the NSDAP is firmly established.
- 1943: Japan defeats the United States at the Battle of Rennell Island during the War of the Pacific .
- 1945: The Malta Conference begins.
- 1945: The work education camp "Oderblick" near Schwetig is closed due to the approach of the Red Army . The prisoners who are able to walk are sent on a death march to other camps, 70 prisoners stay behind and die in the burned barracks.
- 1948: Radical Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse assassinates Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi .
- 1968: On the Vietnamese Buddhist New Year festival Tết Nguyên Đán , North Vietnamese and Viet Cong units in the Vietnam War begin the Tet Offensive against US troops in the early hours of the morning , which initiates the US military collapse in Vietnam.
- 1972: Pakistan resigns from the Commonwealth of Nations in protest at Bangladesh 's admission .
- 1972: On Bloody Sunday , at least 14 pro-Irish demonstrators are shot dead by British paratroopers in the northern Irish city of Derry . The Northern Ireland conflict intensified in the wake of the massacre.
- 1980: The right-wing extremist Wehrsportgruppe Hoffmann is banned by the Federal German Ministry of the Interior .
business
- 1929: The US airline Hawaiian Airlines is founded under the name Inter-Island Airways . Flight operations will start in November.
- 1949: The trade union for public services, transport and traffic (ÖTV) is founded in Stuttgart, an individual trade union with a large number of members of the DGB , which was created in the same year .
- 2007: Microsoft releases the Windows Vista operating system .
science and technology
- 1790: The first lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne in England.
- 1820: British polar explorer Edward Bransfield lands on the Antarctic Peninsula and is believed to be the first person to set foot in Antarctica .
- 1826: The Menai Bridge between the British island of Anglesey and mainland Wales opens.
- 1862: The USS Monitor , the US Navy's first ironclad , built by Swede John Ericsson for the Northern States during the Civil War , is launched in Brooklyn .
- 1889: The University of Idaho is incorporated by law.
- 1902: The British Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott discovers the Edward VII Peninsula in Antarctica .
- 1930: A radiosonde on a weather balloon launched by Soviet meteorologist Pavel Molchanov sets the standard for further development of the sonde. It measures temperature and pressure during ascent and transmits the measured values to the receiver via Morse code .
- 1962: The Tanganyika laughing epidemic was an epidemic based on mass hysteria that occurred in Tanganyika (now part of Tanzania ).
- 1964: The US spacecraft Ranger 6 launches with high-resolution cameras on board en route to the Moon , where it will arrive three days later.
- 1996: Japanese amateur astronomer Yūji Hyakutake discovers the " Great Comet of 1996", Hyakutake .
Culture
- 9 B.C. BC: The Augusti solarium and the Ara Pacis altar of peace are inaugurated on the Campus Martius in Rome .
- 1667: The premiere of the musical drama Atalanta by Johann Caspar von Kerll takes place in Munich.
- 1777: The original version of the sentimental Singspiel Lila by Johann Wolfgang Goethe was premiered at the Weimar amateur theater on the occasion of the 20th birthday of Duchess Luise von Sachsen-Weimar.
- 1827: The comic opera L'Artisan by Jacques Fromental Halévy is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, but is unsuccessful.
- 1838: The opera Maria de Rudenz by Gaetano Donizetti is premiered at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice .
- 1858: The Hallé Orchestra made its first appearance as a symphony orchestra in its home city of Manchester .
- 1869: The first comic in the country and one of the first in the world appears in Brazil. The graphic artist and caricaturist Angelo Agostini conceived it as a children's story.
- 1873: The novel Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours ( Around the World in 80 Days ) by Jules Verne is published.
- 1907: The Korsør Biograf Teater opens in the Danish town of Korsør . It is now the oldest cinema in the world that is still in use .
- 1917: The one-act opera Eine Florentinische Tragedy by Alexander von Zemlinsky is premiered at the Hoftheater in Stuttgart .
- 1931: Charlie Chaplin's film City Lights premieres in Los Angeles .
- 1969: The Beatles play their last live concert on the roof of Apple Studios on Savile Row in London . Because of an impending traffic chaos, the concert had to be canceled after 42 minutes.
society
- 1853: The French Emperor Napoleon III is buried in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris . and Eugénie de Montijo married.
- 1889: During the night, the heir to the Austrian throne, Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary , kills his mistress, Baroness Mary Vetsera , at her request , and then himself in Mayerling Castle .
religion
- 1592: Ippolito Aldobrandini is elected pope by the conclave and takes the name Clement VIII .
disasters
- 1895: After a collision, the North German Lloyd express steamer Elbe sinks in the North Sea, killing more than 300 people. The sinking of the Elbe is considered the most serious maritime accident in the history of North German Lloyd.
- 1945: On the 50th birthday of her namesake , the Wilhelm Gustloff is sunk by the Soviet submarine S-13 . The sinking of the KdF ship, which was used to transport refugees, claimed the lives of around 9,000 people and is considered the greatest disaster in maritime history to date.
- 1959: The Hans Hedtoft sank off Greenland, killing 92 people. It is the last fatal shipwreck to date caused by a collision with an iceberg.
- 2000: A dam burst in the wastewater basin of a gold mine in Baia Mare , Romania, leading to the worst environmental catastrophe in parts of Eastern Europe since the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Wastewater containing cyanide and heavy metals destroys fish, other aquatic organisms and birds over hundreds of kilometers on its way via Someș and Tisza to the Danube .
- 2000: A Kenya Airways Airbus A310 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean after takeoff from Abidjan , off the Ivory Coast . 169 of 179 people on board are killed.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1948: Swiss Federal President Enrico Celio opens the V Olympic Winter Games in St. Moritz . German and Japanese athletes are not allowed to participate.
Entries of track and field world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics .
Born
Before the 18th century
- Livia Drusilla , wife of the Roman Emperor Augustus 58 BC BC:
- Didius Julianus , Roman Emperor 133:
- 1517: Johann Aurifaber , Silesian theologian
- 1550: Giorgio Basta , Habsburg general
- 1563: Franciscus Gomarus , Reformed theologian
- 1573: Georg Friedrich , Margrave of Baden-Durlach
- 1580: Gundaker von Liechtenstein , Austrian nobleman and Oberhofmeister in Habsburg service
- 1581: Christian , Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
- 1586: Johann Hermann Schein , musician and composer of Baroque music
- 1599: Hans Georg von Schleinitz , German administrator and occasional poet
- 1603: David Denicke , German jurist and hymn writer
- 1609: Wenzel Eusebius von Lobkowicz , Bohemian nobleman and politician, and Duke of Sagan
- 1620: Dominikus Dietrich , German jurist and mayor of Strasbourg
- 1621: George II Rákóczi , Prince of Transylvania
- 1628: George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham , English diplomat
- 1697: Johann Joachim Quantz , German composer
18th century
- 1706: Daniel Högger , mayor of the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland
- 1706: Ernestine Eleonore Reuss zu Ebersdorf , German Pietist and member of the Moravian Church
- 1707: Johann Gottlieb Immermann , German Protestant clergyman and educator
- 1711: Abraham Roentgen , German carpenter (Ebenist) and cabinet maker, member of the Moravian Church
- 1716: Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz , Swedish architect
- 1723: Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein , German naturalist
- 1727: József Count Batthyány , Archbishop of Gran, Prince Primate of Hungary and Cardinal
- 1728: Benedikt Stattler , German Catholic theologian, educator and philosopher
- 1730: Thomas Osbert Mordaunt , British soldier and poet
- 1736: Michael Ignaz Schmidt , German theologian
- 1736: James Watt , British engineer and inventor from Scotland (steam engine improvement)
- 1745: Ernst II , Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, scientist
- 1748: Frederick V , Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
- 1754: John Lansing , delegate for Maryland to the Continental Congress
- 1757: Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt , Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar; "Rescuer" of Weimar from Napoleon's troops
- 1760: Jonas Rein , Norwegian poet
- 1761: Justinian Freiherr von Adlerflycht , German jurist
- 1763: Meinrad Dreher , German organ builder
- 1767: Ulrich Jasper Seetzen , German physician, scholar and orientalist
- 1769: Dietrich von Miltitz , Prussian general and founder of the Scharfenberg Circle
- 1771: George Bass , English explorer
- 1775: Walter Savage Landor , British writer
- 1781: Adelbert von Chamisso , German writer and botanist ( Peter Schlemihl's wondrous history )
- 1781: Christian von Steven , Russian botanist
- 1785: Alexandre Abel de Pujol , French history painter
- 1786: Robert Glutz von Blotzheim , Swiss writer and journalist
- 1787: Johann Ulrich Himbsel , German building supervisor
- 1789: Wolf Heinrich von Baudissin (diplomat) , German diplomat, writer and translator
- 1796: Annette von Menz , citizen of Bozen
19th century
1801-1850
- 1807: Ludwig Mooser , Austrian organ and piano builder
- 1809: Georg Friedrich Blaul , German pastor and poet
- 1810: Karl Bernhard Hundeshagen , German Reformed theologian
- 1814: Ferdinand Schichau , German engineer and shipyard owner
- 1815: William Jenner , British physician
- 1816: Nathaniel Prentiss Banks , American politician and general
- 1821: Franz von Sonnenfeld , Swiss writer
- 1827: Wilhelm Heine , German painter and traveller
- 1832: Karl von Thielen , Prussian politician, president of the railway office, state minister
- 1837: Bernhard Schmidt , German classical scholar
- 1841: Félix Faure , French politician, President
- 1841: Ernst Formes , German theater actor
- 1841: Samuel Loyd , American game inventor and puzzle specialist
- 1844: Moritz von Bissing , Prussian Generaloberst
- 1844: Otto Leßmann , German composer and music critic
- 1845: José Domingo de Obaldía , second President of the Republic of Panama
- 1846: Ángela de la Cruz , Spanish religious founder
- 1846: Francis Herbert Bradley , British philosopher
- 1846: Max Fürbringer , German anatomist, ornithologist and physician
- 1848: Ferdinand Mannlicher , German-Austrian inventor and weapons designer
- 1849: Josef Anton Schobinger , Swiss politician
1851-1900
- 1851: Jacob McGavock Dickinson , American politician
- 1851: Henry Ogg Forbes , British explorer and botanist
- 1852: Carl Schrader , German astronomer and bryologist
- 1854: Moriz von Kuffner , Austrian brewing entrepreneur ( Ottakringer Brewery ), patron and mountaineer
- 1861: Charles Martin Loeffler , German-American composer, violinist and violist
- 1862: Alfred Stabell , Norwegian sports shooter
- 1868: Franz Feldmann , German politician, MdR
- 1868: Richard Nordhausen , German poet and writer
- 1875: Hans Bader , Swiss clergyman
- 1877: Sigfús Einarsson , Icelandic composer
- 1878: Ingeborg Andresen , German teacher and regional writer
- 1882: Franklin D. Roosevelt , American politician, 32nd President of the United States for four terms ( New Deal, Good Neigbor Policy )
- 1883: Hildegard Burjan , German-Austrian religious founder and politician
- 1883: Joseph Carlebach , German rabbi, scientist and writer
- 1884: Pedro Pablo Ramírez , President of Argentina
- 1885: Iuliu Hossu , Greek Catholic Bishop of Gherla and Cardinal
- 1885: Heribert Jone , German Catholic moral theologian and canon lawyer
- 1889: Antonio Caggiano , Archbishop of Buenos Aires and Cardinal
- 1889: José Garibi y Rivera , Mexican Archbishop of Guadalajara and cardinal
- 1890: Peter Jensen , German politician, MdL
- 1890: Emy Roeder , German sculptor and painter
- 1891: Hellmuth von Hase , German publisher
- 1893: Albert Hochleitner , Austrian politician
- 1894: Boris III. , King of Bulgaria
- 1895: Marianne Golz , German actress, resistance fighter, Righteous Among the Nations
- 1895: Wilhelm Gustloff , German regional group leader of the NSDAP foreign organization in Switzerland
- 1897: Georg Hann , Austrian Kammersänger (bass)
- 1897: Lucien Lemesle , French racing car driver
- 1899: Max Theiler , South African bacteriologist, Nobel laureate
- 1900: Wilhelm Aschka , German politician
- 1900: Isaak Osipovich Dunaevsky , Ukrainian musician and composer
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Rudolf Caracciola , German racing driver
- 1901: Ramón Díaz Freeman , Dominican composer, bassoonist and organist
- 1901: William Kroll , American violinist, composer, and music educator
- 1901: Hans Erich Nossack , German writer
- 1902: Giovanni Battista Guidotti , Italian racing driver and motorsport official
- 1902: Alexander Graf Stenbock-Fermor , German author and resistance fighter against Nazism
- 1902: Nikolaus Pevsner , German-British art historian
- 1903: Slatan Dudov , Bulgarian director
- 1904: Fritz Duda , German painter and printmaker
- 1904: Louis Häfliger , Swiss delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross
- 1904: Max Mellin , German film architect
- 1905: Eli Lotar , French photographer
- 1905: Agnes Primocic , Austrian politician and resistance fighter
- 1906: Carl Merz , Austrian cabaret artist and writer
- 1906: Gerty Molzen , German actress and singer
- 1907: Takami Jun , Japanese writer
- 1907: Lotte Knabe , German archivist and historian
- 1908: Otto Heinrich Greve , German politician, MdL, MP
- 1909: Saul Alinsky , American civil rights activist
- 1909: Mihály Hajdú , Hungarian composer
- 1909: Wilhelm Lanzky-Otto , Danish horn player
- 1910: Carola Höhn , German stage and film actress
- 1911: Roy Eldridge , American jazz trumpeter
- 1911: Paris Pişmiş , Turkish-Armenian astronomer
- 1912: Helmut Hugo Alfred Augustin , German pastor
- 1912: Ricarda Schwerin , German photographer
- 1912: Barbara Tuchman , American reporter and author
- 1913: Forrest H. Anderson , American lawyer and politician
- 1913: Amrita Sher-Gil , Indo-Hungarian artist
- 1915: Horst Feistel , German cryptologist
- 1915: Joachim Peiper , German Waffen-SS officer, aide-de-camp to Heinrich Himmler, war criminal
- 1915: John Profumo , British politician ( Profumo Affair )
- 1917: Paul Frère , Belgian racing driver
- 1918: Heinz Rutishauser , Swiss mathematician
- 1919: Ernst Gutting , auxiliary bishop of Speyer
- 1920: Michael Joseph Anderson , British film director
- 1920: Hasegawa Machiko , Japanese manga artist
- 1920: Delbert Mann , American director
- 1923: Alexander Brändle , German writer
- 1923: Václav Chochola , Czech photographer
- 1924: Lloyd Alexander , American fantasy writer
- 1924: Hans Künzi , Swiss politician
- 1924: Werner Reichardt , German physicist and biologist
- 1925: Douglas C. Engelbart , American inventor
- 1925: Dorothy Malone , American actress
1926-1950
- 1926: Vasily Alexandrovich Arkhipov , Soviet naval officer
- 1926: Ursula Langrock , German actress
- 1927: Olof Palme , Swedish politician, two-time Prime Minister and assassination victim
- 1928: Ruth Brown , American rhythm and blues singer
- 1929: Isamu Akasaki , Japanese scientist
- 1929: Boštjan Hladnik , Slovenian film director
- 1930: William R. Bennett , American physicist
- 1930: Gene Hackman , American actor
- 1930: Alfred Herrhausen , German banker, board spokesman for Deutsche Bank and assassination victim of the RAF
- 1930: Egon Klepsch , German politician, MP and MEP
- 1930: Usko Meriläinen , Finnish composer and conductor
- 1930: Nikolai Georgievich Puchkov , Russian ice hockey player
- 1931: Linda Nochlin , American art historian
- 1934: Eva Mozes Kor , Romanian survivor of the Holocaust
- 1934: Giovanni Battista Re , Italian priest, Vatican diplomat, cardinal
- 1935: Richard Brautigan , American writer
- 1935: Ambros Seelos , German saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and arranger
- 1935: Maria Sturm , German track and field athlete
- 1935: Jean Tiberi , French politician
- 1936: Horst Jankowski , German jazz pianist and bandleader
- 1937: Bruce Johnstone , South African racing driver
- 1937: Jeanne Pruett , American country music singer and songwriter
- 1937: Vanessa Redgrave , British theater and film actress
- 1937: Boris Vasilyevich Spassky , Russian-French chess grandmaster
- 1938: Islam Karimov , Uzbek politician and President
- 1939: Kathrin Ackermann , German actress and voice actress
- 1939: Eugenio Saini , Italian enduro athlete
- 1940: Hans-Jürgen Felsen , German track and field athlete
- 1941: Gregory Benford , American science fiction writer
- 1941: Dick Cheney , American politician, Vice President and Secretary of Defense of the United States
- 1942: Heidi Brühl , German actress and singer
- 1943: Marty Balin , American rock musician ( Jefferson Airplane )
- 1943: Günter Hirsch , German jurist, President of the Federal Court of Justice
- 1943: Bernd Munck , German handball player
- 1943: Wolfgang Spanier , German politician and MP
- 1944: Wolfgang Antes , German politician
- 1944: Daisy Door , German pop singer
- 1944: Jógvan við Keldu , Faroese politician, Minister of the Interior
- 1944: Stephan Reimers , German theologian Plenipotentiary of the Council of the EKD
- 1944: Wolfgang Rudolph , German TV presenter
- 1944: Wolfgang Steguweit , German numismatist
- 1944: Beatrice Weber-Dürler , Swiss legal scholar
- 1945: Bernd Aust , German rock musician and concert promoter
- 1945: Gerd Wittmann , German ice hockey coach
- 1946: Ottorino Assolari , Italian bishop
- 1947: Steve Marriott , British rock musician
- 1947: Barbara Wood , American writer
- 1948: Edzard Ernst , first Professor of Alternative Medicine in Britain
- 1948: Gert Heidler , German soccer player
- 1948: Manfred Hofmann , German handball goalkeeper
- 1949: Peter Agre , American physician and molecular biologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1949: Jacques Alméras , French racing driver and racing team owner
- 1950: Hélène Gagné , Canadian cellist and music teacher
- 1950: Karlheinz Weimar , German politician, MdL and state minister
1951-1975
- 1951 - Phil Collins , British rock/pop singer, drummer ( Genesis ), songwriter and actor
- 1952: Lorenz-Günther Köstner , German football coach
- 1952: Christa Moog , German writer
- 1953: Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller , German track and field athlete
- 1954: Rahim Ademi , Croatian general
- 1954: Jochen Kowalski , German countertenor
- 1955: John Baldacci , American politician
- 1955: Judith Tarr , American writer
- 1956: Thomas Albeck , German soccer player and official
- 1957: Polly Horvath , North American writer
- 1957: Payne Stewart , American golfer
- 1958: Bjørn Klakegg , Norwegian jazz guitarist
- 1959: Michael Has , German human and environmental rights activist, university lecturer
- 1959: Steve Augeri , American singer
- 1959: Alexander Bob , German physician and publishing manager
- 1959: Lutz Hoffmann , German gymnast
- 1959: Anke Sevenich , German actress
- 1959: Davide Tardozzi , Italian motorcycle racer
- 1959: Jody Watley , American musician
- 1960: Jürgen Aust , German football referee
- 1961: Ulrike Dietmann , German author
- 1961: Gerardo Di Giusto , Argentine composer and pianist
- 1961: Richard Reichensperger , Austrian journalist and literary critic
- 1962: Abdullah II bin al-Hussein , King of Jordan
- 1962: Anton Schaaf , German politician, MP
- 1962: Eugen Tripolsky , Ukrainian chess referee and player
- 1963: Daphne Ashbrook , American actress
- 1963: Thomas Brezina , Austrian TV presenter and author
- 1963: Pam Fletcher , American alpine skier
- 1965: Wolfgang Feiersinger , Austrian footballer
- 1967: Sergei Vladimirovich Chepikov , Russian biathlete
- 1968: Felipe VI , Spanish king
- 1969: Flavio Anastasia , Italian cyclist
- 1969: Alexei Sergeyevich Dreev , Russian chess player
- 1970: Ben Aucott , British motor racing driver
- 1970: Maxim Leo , German journalist, screenwriter and novelist
- 1970: Marco Milesi , Italian cyclist
- 1970: Yves Vanderhaeghe , Belgian footballer
- 1971: Gero Weinreuter , German director
- 1974: Christian Bale , British actor
- 1974: Jemima Goldsmith , British journalist, film and television producer
- 1974: Abdel Zaher El-Saqua , Egyptian footballer
- 1975: Magnus Bäckstedt , Swedish cyclist
- 1975: Juninho , Brazilian soccer player
- 1975: Luigi Sartor , Italian footballer
1976-2000
- 1976: Cristian Brocchi , Italian footballer
- 1976: Mike Petke , American soccer player
- 1977: Dan Hinote , American ice hockey player
- 1978: MC Créu , Brazilian producer and DJ
- 1979: Otmane El Assas , Moroccan footballer
- 1979: Raphael Schäfer , German soccer player
- 1979: Davide Simoncelli , Italian alpine skier
- 1980: Yvonne Leuthold , Swiss-British handball player and coach
- 1980: Axel Schreiber , German actor and speaker
- 1980: Christoph Teinert , German footballer
- 1980: Wilmer Valderrama , American actor, voice actor and producer
- 1980: Jurica Vranješ , Croatian footballer
- 1980: Marlene Weingärtner , German tennis player
- 1980: Angela Williams , American sprinter
- 1980: Katell Quillévéré , French director
- 1980: Axel Schreiber , German actor
- 1981: Dimitar Berbatov , Bulgarian footballer
- 1981: Peter Crouch , English footballer
- 1981: Afonso Alves Martins Jr. , Brazilian soccer player
- 1981: Björn Joppien , German badminton player
- 1983: Richard Adjei , German bobsledder and American football player
- 1983: Bayan monk in Ankhchimeg , Mongolian chess player
- 1983: Mansour Assoumani , French footballer
- 1983: Thomas Mogensen , Danish handball player
- 1984: Kid Cudi , American rapper and actor
- 1984: Chad Power , American child actor
- 1985: Conkarah , Jamaican reggae singer
- 1986: Lucas Biglia , Argentine footballer
- 1986: Vincent Millot , French tennis player
- 1987: Arda Turan , Turkish footballer
- 1987: Dario Venitucci , Italian footballer
- 1988: Florian Bissinger , German cyclist
- 1988: José-Alex Ikeng , German-Cameroonian soccer player
- 1989: Kylie Bunbury , Canadian actress
- 1989: Kang Han-na , South Korean actress
- 1989: Christopher Schorch , German footballer
- 1990: David Asphalt , German rapper
- 1990: Jazmyne Avant , American soccer player
- 1990: Jonas Strifler , German soccer player
- 1990: Jake Thomas , American actor
- 1992: Dario Đumić , Bosnian Danish footballer
- 1995: Danielle Campbell , American actress
- 1995: Marcel Hilssner , German soccer player
- 1995: Marcos Llorente , Spanish footballer
- 1996: Sinje Irslinger , German actress
- 1999: Noé Claye , French telemarker
Died
Before the 16th century
- Bathilde , Anglo-Saxon slave in the Frankish Empire, as wife of Clovis II Queen of the Frankish Empire, nun and saint of the Catholic Church 680:
- Aldegundis , abbess and saint 684:
- 1030: Hizzo , Bishop of Prague
- 1039: Sophia , abbess in Gandersheim and Essen, eldest daughter of Emperor Otto II.
- 1043: Amnichad of Fulda , German Benedictine monk
- 1164: William FitzEmpress , French nobleman
- 1181: Takakura , 80th Emperor of Japan (1168–1180)
- 1230: Pelagius of Albano , Spanish cardinal and canonist, Cardinal Bishop of Albano and papal legate of the Fifth Crusade
- 1308: Margaret of Antioch , mistress of Tyre
- 1314: Margarete von Hochstaden , Countess of Berg
- 1316: Gottfried I , Count Palatine of Tübingen and Count of Böblingen
- 1344: Chunghye Wang , 28th king of Korea's Goryeo Empire
- 1344: William Montagu , English military and magnate
- 1384: Louis II , Count of Flanders
- 1402: Johann von Mayrhofen , Bishop of Gurk
- 1483: Francis Phoebus , King of Navarre
16th to 18th centuries
- 1512: Reinhard IV von Hanau- Münzenberg , co-regent of the county of Hanau- Münzenberg
- 1523: Fabian von Lossainen , Prince-Bishop of Warmia
- 1551: Andrea Cornaro , Italian cardinal, Bishop of Brescia
- 1574: Damião de Góis , Portuguese diplomat and historian
- 1574: George Hay, 7th Earl of Erroll , Scottish nobleman and politician
- 1584: Pieter Pourbus , Dutch painter
- 1586: Kaspar Heidenreich , German Lutheran theologian and reformer
- 1606: Benedikt von Ahlefeldt , squire of the noble estate Lehmkuhlen
- 1627: Sophia Agnes von Langenberg , Cologne nun, victim of the Cologne witch hunts
- 1629: Carlo Maderno , Italian master builder
- 1645: Maria Ward , English founder of an order
- 1649: Charles I , King of Great Britain and Ireland
- 1652: Georges de la Tour , French Baroque painter
- 1677: Francesco Caratti , Bohemian architect of Ticino origin
- 1681: Meinrad I , Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- 1700: Clara Elisabeth von Platen , mistress and mastermind of the Königsmarck affair in Hanover
- 1702: Charles Eugène de Croÿ , field marshal in the service of the Holy Roman Emperor and the Russian Tsar
- 1702: Jost Liebmann , court factor in Berlin
- 1707: Philibert de Gramont , French officer, courtier and nobleman at the court of Louis XIV.
- 1714: Leffmann Behrens , German court and chamber agent of the Hanoverian Welf dukes
- 1716: Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d'Arquien , French noblewoman, Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania
- 1727: Franz Josef von Manteuffel , steward and eunuch of Bavaria
- 1728: Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of the Palatinate , Hereditary Princess of the Palatinate
- 1729: Lothar Franz von Schönborn , Bishop of the Diocese of Bamberg and Archbishop of the Diocese of Mainz
- 1749: Ernst Christoph von Manteuffel , Electoral Saxon envoy and cabinet minister, Habsburg secret agent, writer and patron
- 1756: Johann Caspar Delius , founder of the entrepreneurial dynasty of the same name in Bielefeld
- 1773: Johann Michael Stock , German draftsman and engraver
- 1790: Jacques-André Mallet , Swiss mathematician and astronomer
- 1791: Claude-Carloman de Rulhière , French historian
- 1797: Antoni Barceló , Mallorcan navigator and corsair in the service of the Spanish Crown
- 1797: Johann Abraham Sixt , German composer
19th century
- 1806: Ernst Ludwig Wilhelm von Dacheröden , German civil servant
- 1820: Josepha Auernhammer , Austrian pianist and composer
- 1821: Vincenz Darnaut , Austrian clergyman and topographer
- 1823: Rudolph von Wrbna , Austrian civil servant
- 1826: Fyodor Vasilyevich Rostopchin , Russian general and minister
- 1832: David August von Apell , German composer, writer, theater manager and privy councillor
- 1836: Betsy Ross , American housekeeper, reputedly sewed the first flag of the United States
- 1837: Gottfried Daniel Krummacher , German theologian
- 1840: Johann Karl Gottlob von Nostitz-Jänkendorf , German landowner
- 1843: Friedrich von Adelung , German jurist and philosopher
- 1844: Johann Baptist Farina , German entrepreneur
- 1845: Johann Georg von Aretin , Bavarian civil servant, jurist and political economist
- 1845: Franz Körte , German natural and agricultural scientist
- 1857: Agostino Aglio , Italian painter, engraver and lithographer
- 1857: Pierre Arnollet , French engineer
- 1858: Coenraad Jacob Temminck , Dutch zoologist
- 1860: Carl Heinrich Saemann , German musician
- 1863: Joseph Gottfried Pargfrieder , Austrian army supplier and builder of the Heldenberg Memorial
- 1867: Friedrich Kohlrausch , educator and historian
- 1867: Kōmei , Emperor of Japan
- 1868: Éléonore Denuelle , mistress of Napoleon I
- 1869: Franz Julius Anders , German stenographer
- 1869: William Carleton , Irish writer
- 1872: Francis Rawdon Chesney , British general and explorer
- 1880: Paul Devaux , Belgian statesman
- 1881: Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens , Belgian organist and composer
- 1882: Friedrich Aulenbach , German poet
- 1886: Gustave Chouquet , French musicologist
- 1888: Asa Gray , North American botanist
- 1889: Rudolf of Austria-Hungary , Archduke of Austria, heir apparent to the throne of Austria-Hungary
- 1889: Mary Vetsera , Austrian noblewoman, mistress of Crown Prince Rudolf
- 1890: Hayreddin Pasha , Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
- 1890: Karl Merz , American composer
- 1891: Charles Bradlaugh , British publicist and politician
- 1891: Charles Chaplin , French painter and engraver
- 1895: Hermann Gruson , German inventor, scientist and entrepreneur
- 1896: Ernst Kapp , German educator, geographer and philosopher
- 1898: Jules Péan , French surgeon
- 1898: Carl Friedrich Tamms , German local politician
20th century
1901-1950
- 1903: Ernst Mey , German entrepreneur
- 1903: Albrecht Rudolf Rüetschi , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university teacher
- 1905: Eduard Ebel , German Protestant pastor and poet
- 1907: Ludwig Woltmann , German anthropologist
- 1909: Anton Spitalsky , Austrian industrialist
- 1911: Theodor Christomannos , Austrian jurist, pioneer of tourism in South Tyrol
- 1911: Emil Hundrieser , German sculptor
- 1912: Luis Cordero Crespo , President of Ecuador
- 1913: James Henderson Berry , American politician
- 1914: Matthias Büssem , German clergyman
- 1914: Paul Déroulède , French author and politician
- 1916: Julius Pohlig , German engineer and pioneer in cable car construction
- 1918: Franz Löhr , German sculptor
- 1919: Xaver Marnitz , German-Baltic provost and evangelical martyr
- 1920: Henriette Goldschmidt , German women's rights activist, educator and social worker
- 1920: Henriette von Meerheimb , German writer
- 1920: Lydia Adelheid Hellenbrecht , Hamburg original known as Vogeljette
- 1922: Friedrich Eduard Bilz , German naturopath
- 1923: Franz Brümmer , German teacher and lexicographer
- 1925: Hermann Brandt (Siedler) , German settler and farmer
- 1925: Lilian Suzette Gibbs , British botanist
- 1926: Barbara La Marr , American actress
- 1927: Ahmed Abdul-Malik , American jazz musician
- 1927: Simeon Eben Baldwin , American politician
- 1928: Karl Bleibtreu , German writer
- 1928: Johannes Fibiger , Danish bacteriologist, pathologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine
- 1929: La Goulue , French can-can dancer and animal tamer
- 1934: Albert Bachmann , Swiss linguist
- 1937: Henri Duvernois , French writer
- 1937: Maria Elisabeth Pembaur , German pianist
- 1941: Emil von Guttenberg , Austrian Lieutenant Marshal and Minister of Railways
- 1941: Heinrich von Zügel , German painter
- 1942: Ina von Grumbkow , German travel writer
- 1942: Frederick Haultain , Canadian politician and judge
- 1943: Pierre-Barthélemy Gheusi , French writer, journalist and theater director
- 1944: Eduardo Dagnino , Italian composer, musicologist and chess player
- 1944: Willy Jaeckel , German Expressionist painter
- 1944: Hermann Kükelhaus , German poet
- 1944: Clara Salbach , German theater actress
- 1945: Herbert L. Clarke , American cornetist and composer
- 1945: Klara Griefahn , Hungarian doctor
- 1946: Carl Gröpler , German executioner
- 1946: Maryse Hilsz , French pilot and aviation pioneer
- 1947: James Larkin , socialist activist and leader of the Irish Trade Union Union
- 1948: Nigel De Brulier , British actor
- 1948: Mahatma Gandhi , Indian lawyer, publicist, moral teacher, ascetic and pacifist
- 1948: Herb Pennock , American baseball player
- 1948: Orville Wright , American aviator and aircraft builder
- 1949: Homer Hoch , American lawyer and politician
- 1949: Robert von Bemberg-Flamersheim , German administrative lawyer
- 1949: Otto Heinrich Engel , German painter
- 1949: Max Gundel , German hygienist, bacteriologist and university lecturer
- 1949: Rice W. Means , American politician
- 1949: Gottlob Kralik von Meyrswalden , Bohemian-German glass manufacturer
- 1949: Adolf Schinnerer , German painter, graphic artist and draftsman
- 1950: Franz Friedrich Andreae , German banker
- 1950: Yevgeny Ottowitsch Gunst , Russian composer
1951-2000
- 1951: Ferdinand Porsche , Austro-German car designer
- 1951: Arnold Zimmermann , Swiss evangelical clergyman and local historian
- 1953: Ernst August , last reigning Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- 1956: Hans Beschorner , German archivist and historian
- 1956: Gottfried Gelfort , German rower
- 1958: Ernst Heinkel , German engineer and aviation pioneer
- 1963: Francis Poulenc , French pianist and composer
- 1963: Arno Vetterling , German conductor and composer
- 1965: Paul Brohmer , German biologist
- 1965: Frol Romanovich Kozlov , Russian politician
- 1969: Theodor Asholt , German politician
- 1969: Li Zongren , Chinese general and politician, President
- 1969: Fritzi Massary , Austrian singer and actress
- 1969: Dominique Pire , Belgian Dominican friar, founder of charities and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- 1970: Nikolaus Adler , German theologian
- 1970: Curt Frenzel , German educator and journalist, persecuted by National Socialism, publisher of the Augsburger Zeitung
- 1970: Rose Stoppel , German professor of botany
- 1971: Albert Marier , Canadian singer
- 1972: Karel Boleslav Jirák , Czech composer
- 1973: Jack MacGowran , Irish actor
- 1974: Frida Hockauf , German weaver at VEB Mechanic Weberei Zittau , hero of the work by plan overachieved
- 1974: Olav Roots , Estonian conductor and pianist
- 1975: Boris Blacher , German-Baltic composer, librettist and composition teacher ( Abstract Opera No. 1 , Jewish Chronicle )
- 1975: František Čech , Czech composer and conductor
- 1975: Kurt Helbig , German weightlifter
- 1976: Arnold Gehlen , German philosopher and sociologist
- 1978: Paul Brosselin , French auto racer
- 1978: Mîndru Katz , Israeli composer
- 1980: Professor Longhair , American musician
- 1982: Stanley Holloway , British actor
- 1982: Lightnin' Hopkins , American musician
- 1984: Walter A. Berendsohn , German literary scholar
- 1984: Luke Kelly , Irish singer and banjo player
- 1984: Fritz Nüßlein , German hunting and forestry scientist
- 1986: Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin , Soviet polar explorer
- 1986: Gusztáv Sebes , Hungarian football player and coach
- 1987: Joe Lederer , Austrian journalist and writer
- 1989: Ruth Shaw Wylie , American composer and music teacher
- 1990: Ross Hill American actor, adopted son of Terence Hill
- 1991: John Bardeen , American physicist, Nobel laureate ( transistor effect , theory of superconductivity )
- 1991: Kurt Bittel , German archaeologist
- 1992: Albert Francis Birch , American geophysicist
- 1994: Pierre Boulle , French writer
- 1995: Antonio Brivio , Italian automobile racer, bobsledder and motorsport official
- 1995: Fritz Buri , Swiss pastor and professor of theology
- 1997: Ulrich Kiesow , German fantasy writer
- 1998: Héctor Campos-Parsi , Puerto Rican composer
- 1998: Samuel Eilenberg , Polish mathematician
- 1998: Ferdy Mayne , German actor
- 2000: Tatiana Ahlers-Hestermann , German textile, mosaic and glass artist
- 2000: Jimmy Haggett , American country and rockabilly musician
21st century
- 2002: Kristin Heyne , German politician, MP
- 2002: Carlo Karges , German musician
- 2002: Bernt von Kügelgen , German journalist
- 2002: Inge Morath , Austrian-US photographer
- 2004: Malachi Favors , American jazz bassist
- 2005: Wolfgang Becker , German film director
- 2006: Samuel Ashcroft , American Braille pioneer
- 2006: Coretta Scott King , American civil rights activist, widow of Martin Luther King
- 2006: Wendy Wasserstein , American playwright
- 2007: Arben Minga , Albania international footballer
- 2007: Sidney Sheldon , American novelist and screenwriter
- 2008: Marcial Maciel , Mexican Catholic priest and founder of the order
- 2009: Hans Beck , German carpenter, inventor of the toy Playmobil
- 2009: Mike Francis , Italian singer and composer
- 2009: H. Guy Hunt , American politician
- 2009: Sune Jonsson , Swedish documentary filmmaker, photographer and author
- 2009: Franz Weart , Austrian politician
- 2010: Erna Baumbauer , German acting agent
- 2010: Ruth Cohn , German psychoanalyst, founder of Theme- Centered Interaction
- 2011: Ajahn Maha Bua Nanasampanno , Thai monk, Abbot of Wat Pa Ban Tat Monastery
- 2011: John Barry , British film composer
- 2012: Rolf Appel , German chemist
- 2012: Eladio Acosta Arteaga , Colombian chaplain, Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquía
- 2013: Patricia Marie Andrews , American singer
- 2013: Carl Fredrick Becker , American violin maker and restorer
- 2013: Gonzague Olivier , French auto racer and boat builder
- 2015: Carl Djerassi , American-Austrian chemist and writer, inventor of the birth control pill
- 2015: John Hopkins , British photographer and journalist
- 2015: Shelyu Shelev , Bulgarian politician and President
- 2015: Gerrit Voorting , Dutch racing cyclist
- 2016: Frank Finlay , British actor
- 2017: Anne-Marie Vurpas , French dialectologist
- 2018: Mark Salling , American actor
- 2018: Rolf Schafstall , German football player and coach
- 2018: Azeglio Vicini , Italian football player and coach
- 2021: Wilhelm Knabe , German politician and forest scientist
- 2021: Sophie , British musician, singer and DJ
holidays and commemorations
- Church commemorations
- Xaver Marnitz , German-Baltic provost and martyr (Protestant)
- St. Bathilde , Frankish queen and nun, monastery founder and patron saint (Catholic)
- St. Martina , Roman noblewoman, virgin and martyr (Catholic)
The list of commemoration and action days contains further entries .
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