30th July
The July 30 is the 211th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 212th in leap years ), thus remain 154 days by year end.
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Politics and world events
- Gaius Marius destroys the Cimbri on the Raudic Fields near Vercellae (today's Vercelli ) and thus banishes the danger of the Germans from the north. 101 BC Chr .:
- Abbasid caliph Al-Mansur founds Baghdad as the new capital. 762: The
- 1419: The first lintel in Prague heralds the Hussite Wars in Central Europe .
- 1502: On his fourth voyage, Christopher Columbus sets foot on the Caribbean island of Guanaja near the north coast of what is now Honduras .
- 1505: Maximilian I decides the Landshut War of Succession at the Reichstag in Cologne : the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg is established.
- 1656: In the Second Northern War , a Swedish - Brandenburg army wins the Battle of Warsaw over a numerically superior army made up of Poles and Crimean Tatars .
- 1775: James Cook returns to Great Britain after three years and 18 days from his second voyage to the South Seas .
- 1792: A volunteer battalion from Marseille moves into Paris and sings the marching song Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin , which became the battle song of the revolution and is known as Marseillaise .
- 1809: On the island of Walcheren in the Dutch province of Zeeland , a British invasion with a strength of 39,000 men begins in the Fifth Coalition War . This Walcheren expedition later failed on December 10th.
- 1811: The Mexican priest and revolutionary Miguel Hidalgo is executed after a death sentence by the Spanish Inquisition .
- 1815: Under the command of Otto von Kotzebue , the Russian warship Rurik sets out from St. Petersburg on an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage . The trip will take three years and will take you around the world .
- 1839: During the First Anglo-Afghan War , British troops capture the Afghan capital, Kabul .
- 1847: The execution of three Mayan leaders leads to a Mayan uprising in the Republic of Yucatán . The so-called caste war lasted until 1901 and was ultimately unsuccessful for the Maya.
- 1864: The Battle of the Crater during the American Civil War , the defeat Southern , the Northern States after they tried to break through the enemy lines after an underground explosion.
- 1878: The German Reichstag election is won by the Conservatives after two attacks on Kaiser Wilhelm I that preceded this year , and they can now find a majority for the Socialist Law desired by Chancellor Otto von Bismarck .
- 1893: Rosa Luxemburg , Leo Jogiches and Julian Balthasar Marchlewski found the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Poland and Lithuania as a revolutionary alternative in Poland and Lithuania .
- 1903: The Second Congress of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Russia is secretly opened in Brussels . He had to be moved to London soon afterwards because the police asked the delegates to leave Belgium .
- 1914: Tsar Nicholas II orders the general mobilization of the Russian army , thereby activating the alliance obligations that lead to the First World War .
- 1916: The Black Tom explosion of 1,000 tons of ammunition in Jersey City , probably caused by sabotage by German agents, kills up to seven people and damages the Statue of Liberty .
- 1937: Nikolai Ivanovich Jeschow , head of the Soviet secret service NKVD , signs the NKVD order No. 00447 . On its basis, around 800,000 people were shot or sent to Gulag camps between August 1937 and November 1938 . The command is the most comprehensive of all the so-called mass operations of the Great Terror in the Soviet Union .
- 1941: The Polish government-in-exile , represented by Prime Minister Władysław Sikorski , and the Soviet ambassador to Great Britain, Iwan Michailowitsch Maiski , sign the Sikorski-Maiski agreement to jointly combat the Third Reich, but due to the Katyn massacre that became known two years later has no practical significance.
- 1945: The Japanese submarine I-58 sinks the USS Indianapolis , which a few days earlier had brought parts for the atomic bombs from the US west coast to Tinian . Due to the high level of secrecy, the last 316 survivors of the 1,196-strong crew are discovered by chance after five days.
- 1958: The Federal Constitutional Court appealed against considers an intended referendum on the installation of nuclear weapons under NATO command in the German federal territory to be unconstitutional. The Fight against Nuclear Death movement, supported by a broad alliance, then gave up its campaign.
- 1965: US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the law introducing Medicare and Medicaid .
- 1975: The Organization of American States lifts the sanctions imposed on Cuba in 1964 under pressure from the USA .
- 1975: Jimmy Hoffa , former president of the American transport workers' union Teamsters , disappears without a trace.
- 1977: Jürgen Ponto , CEO of Dresdner Bank , is shot dead by Christian Klar and Brigitte Mohnhaupt in his house in Oberursel (Taunus) in an RAF campaign .
- 1980: With the consent of the two protecting powers France and Great Britain, Vanuatu gains full sovereignty to its independence, declared on February 18th
- 1980: The Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law , which declares all of Jerusalem , including occupied East Jerusalem , to be the "eternal capital" of Israel.
- 2000: Hugo Chávez is elected President of Venezuela for the second time with almost 60% of the vote .
- 2006: During the Lebanon War , the Israeli Air Force carries out an air raid on the town of Kana, killing 27 people.
- 2007: The British military ends its 38-year presence in Northern Ireland on the night of July 31st . At midnight, the police take sole responsibility for internal security .
- 2008: The former president of the Republika Srpska in hiding , Radovan Karadžić , is handed over to the United Nations Detention Unit in The Hague . He has to answer before the International Criminal Court for crimes during his term of office.
business
- 1838: In the Dresden Mint Treaty, the double thaler is created as a joint coin of the German Customs Union .
- 1909: Eugène Schueller founded the Société Française de teinture inoffensives pour cheveux from which the cosmetics - Group L'Oréal created.
- 1935: inexpensive By offering the first ten Penguin Books - paperbacks revolutionized Allen Lane the British book market.
- 1939: The Albert Canal is opened in Belgium . The waterway connects the cities of Liège and Antwerp .
- 2003: The last VW Beetle rolls off the assembly line at the Volkswagen plant in Puebla ( Mexico ).
science and technology
- 1741: Vitus Bering discovered Alaska during the Great Nordic Expedition .
- 1908: On the occasion of its 350th anniversary, the zoologist and free thinker Ernst Haeckel donates the Phyletic Museum he founded to the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena .
- 1971: David Scott and James Irwin land on the Apollo 15 lunar module as the fourth NASA mission on the moon, on which they will spend three days. The Lunar Roving Vehicle will be used for the first time on this mission .
- 1982: The University of Castile-La Mancha is founded.
Culture
- 1756: The architect Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli presents the completely renovated Catherine Palace to Tsarina Elisabeth I and the court .
- 1791: The world premiere of the opera The Surrender of Calais by Samuel Arnold will take place on Little Theater in London.
- 1932: The short film Flowers and Trees , produced in Technicolor , is premiered in the series of Silly Symphonies films . He will later Walt Disney the first Oscar in the category Best Animated Short Film contribute.
religion
- Vitalian , elected four weeks earlier, is enthroned . 657: Pope
- 1806: With royal approval, the first Protestant parish in the Bavarian capital is allowed to be established in Catholic Munich .
- 2000: The millennial anniversary of the construction of the first sacred building in Iceland is an occasion for Norway to present the island state with the Heimaey stave church , a replica of a medieval stave church .
Disasters
- 1814: A fire almost completely destroys the Bavarian city of Tirschenreuth.
- 1865: In a stormy sea, the paddle steamer Brother Jonathan collides with a previously unrecorded underwater rock off Crescent City on the California coast and sinks. 225 passengers and crew drown.
- 1871: 125 people are killed in the worst ferry accident in New York Harbor when the boiler on the Westfield passenger ferry explodes .
- 1917: An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 in the Republic of China approximately 1,800 calls dead.
- 1971: A Boeing 727 collides with an F-86 fighter jet over the Japanese city of Morioka ; 162 people die in the process .
- 2004: A gas pipeline explodes in the Belgian village of Ghislenghien . 24 people die, 132 more people are injured, some seriously.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1845: ATV Leipzig 1845 is founded.
- 1927: Edi Hans Pawlata is the first European to play the Eskimo role .
- 1930: Uruguay wins the first soccer World Cup in the final against Argentina 4-2.
- 1932: The X Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles are opened.
- 1966: England is in the World Cup in their own country by a 4: 2 victory after extra time against Germany for the first time won the World Cup . Geoff Hurst scored the famous Wembley goal to mean 3-2.
- 1995: Michael Schumacher from Kerpen is the first German Formula 1 driver to win the German Grand Prix at the Hockenheim Ring in his Benetton Renault .
- 1997: The Stadium of Light, newly built for soccer games, is ceremonially opened in Sunderland , UK .
- 2002: Lisa Leslie becomes the first WNBA player to perform a slam dunk .
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 19th century
- 1294: Chungsuk Wang , 27th King of the Korean Goryeo Empire
- 1470: Hongzhi , Chinese emperor of the Ming dynasty
- 1511: Giorgio Vasari , Italian painter
- 1537: Christoph zu Mecklenburg , administrator of Ratzeburg and the Mirow commandery
- 1549: Ferdinando I de 'Medici , Grand Duke of Tuscany
- 1579: Tokugawa Hidetada , Japanese shogun
- 1593: Wilhelm , Margrave of Baden
- 1601: Anna Eleonore von Hessen-Darmstadt , Duchess of Braunschweig
- 1625: Sibylle Hedwig von Sachsen-Lauenburg , Duchess of Sachsen-Lauenburg
- 1641: Reinier De Graaf , Dutch doctor and researcher
- 1645: Miguel Núñez de Sanabria , Spanish lawyer and viceroy of Peru
- 1670: Carlo Archinto , Italian nobleman
- 1683: Sophia Albertine von Erbach-Erbach , Duchess of Saxony-Hildburghausen
- 1721: Antonín Boll , Czech philosopher and Jesuit
- 1746: Louise du Pierry , French astronomer
- 1751: Maria Anna Mozart , sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer, child prodigy
- 1759: Marianne Baumann , German actress
- 1762: Juan O'Donojú , Spanish lieutenant general and viceroy of New Spain
- 1764: Carl Friedrich Ludwig von Gontard , Berlin lieutenant colonel and honorary citizen
- 1766: Carlo Ignazio Pozzi , German architect and builder
- 1770: José Ignacio de Gorriti , Argentine politician and general of the War of Independence
- 1772: Ignaz zu Hardegg , Austrian cavalry general and President of the Court War Council
- 1774: Charles de Graimberg , French engraver and landscape painter
- 1776: Maximilian Speck von Sternburg , German businessman, entrepreneur and art collector
- 1777: Karl Wilhelm Georg von Grolmann , Prussian general and chief of staff
- 1777: Johann Friedrich Röhr , Saxon theologian
- 1777: Johann Caspar Schlimbach , German organ and instrument builder
- 1784: Leopold Schefer , German poet and composer
- 1778: Julius Friedrich Winzer , German ethnologist and Protestant theologian
- 1792: John Anderson , American politician
- 1794: Johann Martin Lappenberg , German historian
- 1800: Ignaz Schwörer , German gynecologist and obstetrician
19th century
1801 to 1850
- 1801: Napoléon Lannes de Montebello , French statesman and diplomat
- 1808: Ida Frick , German writer
- 1810: Leonhard von Blumenthal , Prussian field marshal
- 1814: Johann Georg Halske , German entrepreneur
- 1815: Herman Severin Løvenskiold , Norwegian composer
- 1817: Johan Fredrik Åbom , Swedish architect
- 1817: Gottlieb Leonhard Gaiser , German merchant
- 1818: Emily Brontë , British writer
- 1822: James PT Carter , American politician
- 1826: Reinhard Friedrich von Adelebsen , German politician
- 1833: Archduke Karl Ludwig , father of the Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand
- 1842: Vojtěch Hřímalý , Czech composer, conductor and violinist
- 1845: Wilhelm Koch , German dialect author
- 1848: Franz Borgias Maerz , German organ builder
- 1848: Mathilde von Mevissen , German women's rights activist
1851 to 1900
- 1855: Georg Wilhelm von Siemens , German industrialist, son of the company founder Werner von Siemens
- 1856: Richard Burdon Haldane , British politician and philosopher
- 1857: Thorstein Bunde Veblen , US-Norwegian ecologist and sociologist
- 1863: Henry Ford , American entrepreneur, founder of the Ford Motor Company
- 1868: Alfred Weber , German economist, sociologist and cultural philosopher
- 1872: Clementine of Belgium , Princess of Belgium
- 1872: Max Pohlenz , German classical philologist
- 1878: Hermann Jordan , German Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1878: Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen , Danish engineer and industrialist
- 1879: Hans Franck , German writer
- 1882: Peter Mieden , German farmer, agricultural functionary and politician
- 1886: Dutch Speck , American football player
- 1888: Werner Jaeger , German classical philologist
- 1888: Emilie Kiep-Altenloh , German politician, MdR, MdL, MdB, co-founder of the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband
- 1888: Harry Smith , American long-distance runner
- 1888: Raden Soetomo , Indonesian doctor
- 1889: Nikolai Pawlowitsch Anziferow , Russian historian, writer and local researcher
- 1889: Frans Masereel , Belgian artist
- 1890: Casey Stengel , American baseball player and manager
- 1893: Fatima Jinnah , Pakistani politician, sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- 1894: Gerda Müller , German actress
- 1894: Blanche Wolf Knopf , American publisher
- 1895: Alfred Adolph , German politician
- 1896: Johanna Hofer , German actress, wife of Fritz Kortner
- 1897: Maria Fischer , Austrian silk winder, resistance fighter against Austrofascism and National Socialism
- 1898: Friedl Dicker-Brandeis , Austrian painter, craftsman and interior designer
- 1898: Henry Moore , British sculptor and painter
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Walter Oehmichen , German founder of the puppet theater Die Augsburger Puppenkiste
- 1904: Irène Aïtoff , French pianist
- 1904: Rudolf Anderl , German journalist and writer
- 1906: Richard Krebs , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1908: Heinrich Andergassen , Austrian SS officer
- 1908: Arno Assmann , German actor, director and general manager
- 1909: Cyril Northcote Parkinson , British historian and sociologist
- 1911: Wolf Ackva , German actor and voice actor
- 1911: André Clément Henri Adam , French sociologist and ethnologist
- 1911: Heinrich Ebersberg , German lawyer and ministerial official in the German Reich and in the Federal Republic
- 1911: Pierre Souvairan , Swiss-Canadian pianist and music teacher of French origin
- 1914: Béatrix Beck , French writer
- 1914: Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin , Irish journalist and sports official (IOC President)
- 1914: Elisabeth Scherer , German actress
- 1914: Tachihara Michizō , Japanese poet
- 1916: Friedrich Adler , German engineer
- 1919: Berniece Baker Miracle , American writer and sister of actress Marilyn Monroe
- 1920: Barbara Laage , French actress
- 1920: Richard Stoop , British racing car driver and aviator in World War II
- 1920: Marie Tharp , American scientist
- 1922: Miron Białoszewski , Polish poet
- 1922: Hansgeorg Stengel , German journalist and writer, satirist and cabaret artist
- 1922: Zbigniew Wiszniewski , Polish composer and music teacher
- 1923: Dipa Nusantara Aidit , Indonesian politician
- 1924: Hugh Gallen , American politician
- 1924: Attilio Giovannini , Italian football player
- 1925: Bienvenido Brens , Dominican musician and composer
- 1925: Peter Neuhof , German radio and newspaper journalist
1926-1950
- 1928: Chris Howland , British-German actor and entertainer
- 1928: Egon Reimers , German theater actor
- 1929: Werner Tübke , German painter and graphic artist from the Leipzig School , an important representative of GDR art
- 1930: Russ Adams , American sports photographer
- 1931: Moshe Atzmon , Israeli conductor
- 1931: Ursula Donath , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1933: Edd Byrnes , American actor and singer
- 1933: Irene Ruttmann , German writer
- 1934: André Prévost , Canadian composer
- 1935: Győző Forintos , Hungarian chess master
- 1936: Luciana Aigner-Foresti , Italian ancient historian and Etruscanologist
- 1936: Buddy Guy , American musician
- 1936: María del Pilar of Spain , Spanish Infanta, Duchess of Badajoz and sister of King Juan Carlos I.
- 1936: Dietz-Werner Steck , German actor
- 1936: Istvàn Zelenka , Hungarian composer
- 1937: James Spaulding , American jazz alto saxophonist, flautist and composer
- 1938: Bernd Rabehl , German author
- 1938: Dia Succari , French composer and music teacher of Syrian origin
- 1939: Peter Bogdanovich , American film director
- 1940: Ingrid Roitzsch , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1941: Paul Anka , Canadian singer
- 1943: Horst Neißer , German writer, publisher and librarian
- 1943: Willi Vallendar , German lawyer and judge at the Federal Administrative Court
- 1944: Jimmy Cliff , Jamaican singer and songwriter
- 1945: Patrick Modiano , French writer
- 1945: David Sanborn , American musician
- 1947: William Atherton , American stage and film actor
- 1947: Françoise Barré-Sinoussi , French virologist and Nobel Prize winner
- 1947: Arnold Schwarzenegger , Austro-American actor and Governor of California
- 1948: James H. Burnley , American politician
- 1948: Michael Linden , German specialist and psychotherapist
- 1948: Jean Reno , French actor
- 1948: Gerd Sonnleitner , German farmer and agricultural functionary
- 1948: Julia Tsenova , Bulgarian composer and pianist
- 1949: Gerd Antes , German mathematician and biometrician
- 1950: Erroll Fraser , speed skater from the British Virgin Islands
- 1950: Manfred Kremser , Austrian ethnologist and consciousness researcher
- 1950: Frank Stallone , American singer
1951-1975
- 1951: Erwin Leder , Austrian actor and stage director
- 1952: Renata Al-Ghoul , German business lawyer, artist and oil painter
- 1952: Ilan Chester , Venezuelan musician and singer
- 1953: Walter Aichinger , Austrian doctor and politician
- 1955: Mieczysław Litwiński , Polish composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer and music teacher
- 1956: Georg Gänswein , German Archbishop of Curia, private secretary of Pope Benedict XVI.
- 1957: Jochen Cornelius-Bundschuh , German Protestant theologian and regional bishop
- 1957: Detlev Müller-Siemens , German composer and conductor
- 1957: Berdien Stenberg , Dutch flautist
- 1958: Richard Burgi , American actor
- 1958: Kate Bush , British singer and songwriter
- 1958: Chris Dercon , Belgian curator and theater scholar
- 1959: Petra Felke , German athlete, Olympic champion
- 1960: Luis Frank Arias Mosquera , Cuban singer and band leader
- 1960: Richard Linklater , American film director
- 1960: Arni Thor Sigurdsson , Icelandic politician
- 1961: Hervé Darmenton , French comic artist
- 1961: Laurence Fishburne , American actor
- 1962: Loren Avedon , American actor
- 1962: Barbara Sletto , American composer, choir director and music teacher
- 1963: Lisa Kudrow , American actress
- 1963: Neal McCoy , American country singer
- 1964: Vivica A. Fox , American actress
- 1964: Rainer Furch , German actor
- 1964: Jürgen Klinsmann , German soccer player and coach
- 1964: Rune Kristiansen , Norwegian freestyle skier
- 1966: Kerry Fox , New Zealand actress
- 1966: Lisa Madigan , American politician
- 1967: James Murphy , American guitarist
- 1968: Terry Crews , American actor and football player
- 1968: Sofie Gråbøl , Danish actress
- 1968: Robert Korzeniowski , Polish athlete
- 1969: Simon Baker , Australian actor
- 1970: Susanne Abbuehl , Swiss jazz singer
- 1970: Eugenio Corini , Italian football player
- 1970: David Frétigné , French enduro racer
- 1970: Christopher Nolan , British-American director, screenwriter, and producer
- 1971: Tom Green , American comedian
- 1971: Christine Taylor , American actress
- 1973: Ümit Davala , Turkish soccer player
- 1973: Isa Katharina Gericke , Norwegian opera singer
- 1973: Sonu Nigam , Indian musician and singer
- 1974: Hilary Swank , American actress
1976-2000
- 1976: Nikolai Kinski , German actor
- 1976: Gernot Schedlberger , Austrian composer and musician
- 1977: Javier Botet , Spanish actor
- 1977: Jaime Pressly , American actress
- 1978: Annett Möller , German television presenter
- 1979: Carlos Arroyo , Puerto Rican basketball player
- 1979: Show Luo , Taiwanese singer
- 1980: April Bowlby , American actress
- 1980: Wojtek Czyz , German athlete, Paralympics winner
- 1980: Sasa Todosijevic , Swedish handball player
- 1981: Lisa Goldstein , American actress
- 1981: Nicky Hayden , American motorcycle racer
- 1981: Juan Smith , South African rugby player
- 1981: Hope Solo , American soccer player
- 1982: Adrian Pfahl , German handball player
- 1982: Yvonne Strahovski , Australian actress
- 1983: Mariano Andújar , Argentine football player
- 1983: Cristian Molinaro , Italian football player
- 1983: Petya Nedeltschewa , Bulgarian badminton player
- 1984: Robin van Aggele , Dutch swimmer
- 1984: Marko Asmer , Estonian racing car driver
- 1984: Antoine Guignard , Swiss ski jumper
- 1984: Elizabeth Swaney , American-Hungarian freestyle skier
- 1985: Daniel Huber , German ice hockey player
- 1985: Tobias Weis , German soccer player
- 1986: Arthur Abele , German decathlete
- 1986: Karolina Horster , German actress
- 1986: Hannes Lindt , German handball player
- 1988: Julián Arredondo , Colombian road cyclist
- 1988: Gina Lorentsen , Norwegian handball player
- 1988: Andreas Stjernen , Norwegian ski jumper
- 1988: Alexander Vlahos , British actor
- 1989: Aleix Espargaró , Spanish motorcycle racer
- 1989: Cristian Codrin Gherhard , German handball player and model
- 1989: Johannes Halbig , German singer and guitarist
- 1989: Mario Roberto Martínez , Honduran football player
- 1990: Corry Evans , Northern Irish soccer player
- 1990: Molly McCook , American actress and singer
- 1990: Martin Stosch , German pop singer
- 1991: Benjamin Posern , German rapper
- 1992: Fabiano Caruana , American-Italian chess player
- 1992: Kevin Volland , German soccer player
- 1993: Michelle Barthel , German actress
- 1993: André Gomes , Portuguese football player
- 1994: Mathilde Bundschuh , German actress
- 1996: Dominik Widemann , German soccer player
- 1997: Jessica Berscheid , Luxembourg soccer player
- 1997: Finneas O'Connell , American singer-songwriter, record producer and actor
- 1999: Joey King , American actress
- 2000: Laura Müller , German It girl and reality show participant
21st century
2001-2025
- 2002: Alex Gufler , Italian luge rider
- 2003: Fynn-Luca Nicolaus , German handball player
Died
Before the 16th century
- Jakob Baradai , theologian of the Monophysite Syrian Orthodox Church 578:
- Benedict I , Pope 579:
- Tatwin , Archbishop of Canterbury 734:
- 1085: Suanhild , abbess at the Essen monastery
- 1156: Ala ad-Din Atsiz , Khorezm Shah
- 1180: Ulrich von Halberstadt , Bishop of Halberstadt
- 1214: Otto I , Bishop (Elekt) of Gurk
- 1224: Andreas von Guttenstein , Bohemian clergyman and bishop
- 1228: Guido II of Assisi , bishop
- 1233: Konrad von Marburg , German Franciscan, Grand Inquisitor and politician
- 1284: Sturla Þórðarson , Icelandic writer and skald
- 1285: Johann I , Duke of Saxony
- 1286: Gregorius Bar-Hebraeus Abu al-Faraj , Armenian polymath and Maphrian of the east of the Syrian Orthodox Church
- 1308: Chungnyeol Wang , 25th King of the Korean Goryeo Empire
- 1358: Nicholas of Luxembourg , Patriarch of Aquileia
- 1450: Henry XVI. , Duke of Bavaria-Landshut
- 1488: Clarice Orsini , Italian nobleman
- 1491: Arnold Heymerick , German Abbreviator and Domdechan
16th to 18th century
- 1505: Johannes Welmecher , auxiliary bishop in Paderborn, Cologne and Havelberg
- 1516: Johann V , Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
- 1526: García Jofre de Loaísa , Spanish navigator
- 1528: Jacopo Palma (the old man) , Italian painter
- 1540: Robert Barnes , English Reformation theologian and martyr
- 1540: Erich I , the elder, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and ruling Prince of Calenberg-Göttingen
- 1543: Mary Boleyn , English lady-in-waiting, sister of Anne Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII of England
- 1550: Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton , English nobleman
- 1575: Giovanni Battista Aostalli , South Tyrolean builder
- 1585: Nicolò da Ponte , 87th Doge of Venice
- 1599: Philipp Lonicer , German historian and Protestant theologian
- 1611: Markus Bäumler , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1615: Evert Horn , Swedish field marshal
- 1624: Bernhardin II. Von Herberstein , imperial baron, imperial high court marshal
- 1635: Daniel Engelhardt , German theologian
- 1642: Franz von Hatzfeld , Prince-Bishop of Würzburg and Bamberg
- 1666: Franz Erdmann , Duke of Sachsen-Lauenburg and Imperial Field Marshal General
- 1671: Louis Joseph de Lorraine , Duke of Guise
- 1683: Queen Marie Therese of France , cousin and wife of Louis XIV.
- 1691: Daniel Georg Morhof , German literary historian and polymath
- 1709: Edward Lhuyd , Welsh scientist and humanities scholar
- 1712: Paul Tallemant the Younger , French cleric and writer
- 1718: William Penn , Founder of the Pennsylvania Colony
- 1720: Bernhard Matfeldt , German lawyer, councilor and mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
- 1731: Emanuel König , Basel physicist and doctor
- 1741: Wirich Philipp von und zu Daun , Prince von Teano and Imperial Field Marshal
- 1746: Francesco Trevisani , Italian painter
- 1762: Johann Valentin Görner , German baroque composer
- 1764: Philipp Hafner , Austrian writer and literary critic
- 1771: Thomas Gray , British poet, scholar and letter writer
- 1775: Daniel Heinrich Arnoldt , German theologian
- 1775: Christian Reichart , German founder of horticulture
- 1781: Carl August von Veltheim , German Lieutenant General and Inspector General of the Hanoverian Cavalry
- 1791: Johann Gottfried Hermann , German Lutheran theologian
- 1795: Allard Hulshoff , Dutch Reformed theologian
19th century
- 1802: Franciscus Kareu , Polish general of the Jesuits
- 1810: Johann Andreas Sixt , German Protestant theologian and philologist
- 1811: Miguel Hidalgo , Mexican priest and revolutionary
- 1820: Ewald Georg von Massow , Prussian minister of state and governor for Silesia
- 1840: Jean Joseph Jacotot , French scholar and founder of the teaching method named after him
- 1848: Wilhelm Karl Friedrich Suckow , German medic
- 1856: Georg Weerth , German businessman and writer
- 1866: Gábor Egressy , Hungarian actor
- 1873: Christian Gottlieb Ziller , German master builder
- 1868: Michael Tompa , Hungarian poet
- 1880: Francesco Saverio Apuzzo , Italian Archbishop and Cardinal
- 1880: Hipolit Skimborowicz , Polish author, journalist and editor
- 1883: Dục Đức , fifth emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn dynasty
- 1884: Mark Pattison , British author
- 1890: Ferdinand Schmidt , German writer and public educator
- 1897: Alfred von Arneth , Austrian historian and politician
- 1898: Otto von Bismarck , German politician and statesman, first Chancellor of the German Empire
- 1899: Oktavio von Boehn , Prussian infantry general
- 1900: Alfred , Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901: Herbert Baxter Adams , American historian and university professor
- 1901: Richard Felix von Arnim , Prussian officer
- 1904: Joseph Lajeunesse , Canadian musician and music teacher
- 1905: August Ferdinand Wäldner , German organ builder
- 1908: James Budd , American politician
- 1911: Adolphe Deslandres , French composer and organist
- 1912: Anton Cardinal Fischer , Archbishop of Cologne
- 1912: Meiji , Emperor of Japan
- 1913: August Sternickel , German murderer
- 1917: Harrison Gray Otis , American publisher
- 1921: Luise Ahlborn , German writer
- 1922: Karl Dove , German geographer, meteorologist and Africa explorer
- 1924: Wilhelm Marx , German local and structural politician
- 1924: James-Alfred Porret , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1927: James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey , Ghanaian teacher and missionary
- 1927: Robert de Flers , French playwright and journalist
- 1929: Karl Henckell , German poet and writer
- 1930: Joan Gamper , Swiss founder of the FC Barcelona football club
- 1931: Johannes Benjamin Brennecke , German secret medical adviser and doctor
- 1932: Siro Borrani , Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman and church historian
- 1934: Ernst von Wolzüge , German writer
- 1935: Adolf Damaschke , German educator and leader of the land reform movement
- 1936: Wilhelm Baldensperger , French theologian
- 1938: Eva Adelheid von Arnim-Fredenwalde , German writer
- 1941: Ado Anderkopp , Estonian politician and journalist
- 1943: Anna Croissant-Rust , German writer
- 1943: Benjamin Dale , English organist and composer
- 1944: Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Polikarpow , Soviet aircraft designer
- 1945: Kuno von Westarp , German lawyer, administrative officer and politician, MdR
- 1947: Joseph Cook , Australian politician and Prime Minister
- 1947: Rohan Koda , Japanese writer
- 1950: Alfred Wiłkomirski , Polish violinist, violist and music teacher
1951-2000
- 1951: Assen Raszwetnikow , Bulgarian writer
- 1955: Fritz Schuler , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1960: Carl Otto Czeschka , Austrian-German graphic artist and painter
- 1961: Domenico Tardini , Italian priest, cardinal secretary of state and cardinal
- 1962: Walter Frevert , German forester and hunting writer
- 1966: Hazel Hempel Abel , American politician, Senator for the state of Nebraska
- 1967: Antonio Drapier , Archbishop and Apostolic Delegate Emeritus for Indochina
- 1967: Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach , German engineer and head of the Krupp Group
- 1967: Marios Varvoglis , Greek composer
- 1968: Jón Leifs , Icelandic composer
- 1969: Konstantin Prinz von Bayern , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1970: George Szell , Hungarian-American conductor
- 1973: Aref al-Aref , Arab journalist, politician and civil servant
- 1974: Eddie Johnson , American racing car driver
- 1975: Jimmy Hoffa , American union leader
- 1976: Rudolf Karl Bultmann , German theologian and philosopher
- 1977: Jürgen Ponto , German spokesman for the board of Dresdner Bank AG
- 1978: Curt Mahr , German composer and accordionist
- 1978: Umberto Nobile , Italian airship pioneer
- 1980: Louis Pons , French racing car driver
- 1980: Elli Schmidt , German chairwoman of the DFD in the GDR
- 1983: Lynn Fontanne , British actress
- 1983: Robert Vandivier , American basketball player
- 1984: Kon Hidemi , Japanese writer
- 1985: Andreina Ardizzone Emeri , Italian politician, women's rights activist and lawyer
- 1985: Robert Sénéchal , French entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1986: John N. Dalton , American politician
- 1992: Ulrich Aust , German architect and preservationist
- 1993: Edward Raczyński , Polish diplomat
- 1995: Aleksander Bardini , Polish actor and director
- 1995: Nikolai Dmitrievich Kuznetsov , Soviet engine designer
- 1996: Claudette Colbert , French-American actress
- 1996: Magda Schneider , German actress
- 1997: Bảo Đại , Vietnamese emperor
- 2000: Werner Cyprys , German singer and composer, songwriter and music producer
- 2000: Hermann Gablenz , German motorcycle racer
21st century
- 2001: Ekkehard Gries , German lawyer and politician, MdL, Hessian Minister of the Interior, MdB
- 2001: Anton Schwarzkopf , German designer of roller coasters
- 2002: Josef Arthold , Austrian politician
- 2002: Willy Mattes , Austrian composer
- 2003: Steve Hislop , British motorcycle racer
- 2003: Sam Phillips , American discoverer of Elvis Presley
- 2003: Hansgeorg Stengel , German journalist, writer, satirist and cabaret artist
- 2004: Ellen Auerbach , German-American photo artist
- 2004: Jan Hanuš , Czech composer
- 2004: Wolfgang Ullmann , German theologian, church historian and politician
- 2005: John Garang , Sudanese rebel leader and politician
- 2005: Pepe Jara , Mexican singer
- 2005: Erni Singerl , German actress
- 2006: Duygu Asena , Turkish journalist, writer and women's rights activist
- 2006: Emanuel Scharfenberg , German sculptor
- 2007: Michelangelo Antonioni , Italian director
- 2007: Ingmar Bergman , Swedish director
- 2007: Louis Moyse , French flautist and composer
- 2007: Makoto Oda , Japanese writer
- 2007: Bill Walsh , American football coach
- 2008: Anne Armstrong , US diplomat and politician
- 2009: Dieter Ahlers , German lawyer
- 2009: Peter Zadek , German director
- 2012: Maeve Binchy , Irish writer
- 2012: Ulrike Hessler , German author, journalist and director
- 2013: Uwe Bahnsen , German automobile designer
- 2013: Berthold Beitz , German industrialist
- 2014: Harun Farocki , German filmmaker
- 2015: Lynn Anderson , American country singer
- 2016: Gloria DeHaven , American actress
- 2016: Angelika Schrobsdorff , German writer
- 2017: Thomas Fredrickson , American double bass player and composer
- 2018: Uwe Brandner , German film director and author
- 2018: Gerhard Jagschitz , Austrian historian
- 2020: Lee Teng-hui , Taiwanese politician
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- August Vilmar , German theologian, State Councilor and literary scholar (Protestant)
- William Penn , English Quaker, founder of the later US state of Pennsylvania (Protestant)
- Robert Barnes , English martyr (Evangelical: LCMS )
- Name days
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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