December 4th
The Dec. 4 is the 338th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 339th in leap years ), thus remain 27 days by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 771 : After the death of his brother and co-regent Karlmann I, Charlemagne becomes sole ruler in the Franconian Empire .
- 1110 : A crusader army takes the city of Sidon .
- 1248 : The Moorish fortress above Alicante , today's Castillo de Santa Bárbara , is conquered by Castilian troops under King Alfonso X.
- 1259 : In the Treaty of Paris , Henry III come to an agreement . of England and the French King Louis IX. about mainland English possession. France returns part of previously conquered territories to England, while Henry gives up the claims to some formerly English lands and swears the feudal oath to the French king.
- 1534 : Sultan Suleiman I conquers the city of Baghdad in conflict with the Persian Safavids . Mesopotamia falls to the Ottoman Empire .
- 1581 : In Klagenfurt , the state parliament meets for the first time in the newly built country house .
- 1644 : In Münster , Westphalia , consultations begin between France , Spain and Sweden about an end to the Thirty Years' War , which ultimately leads to the Peace of Westphalia .
- 1676 : In the Scanian War wins Sweden , led by King Charles XI. , in the battle of Lund over Denmark .
- 1808 : The Napoleonic Wars on the Iberian Peninsula : The Spanish capital Madrid surrenders to the troops of Napoleon Bonaparte .
- 1808 : Napoleon Bonaparte repeals the Inquisition in Spain by decree.
- 1875 : William Tweed , a politician incarcerated for corruption , leader of the Tammany Hall men’s union , third largest landowner in New York and election fraud, manages to escape to Cuba.
- 1897 : The Turkish-Greek War ends with a peace treaty . Despite the Ottoman victory, Crete becomes an international protectorate , but Greece has to pay reparations so high that the country subsequently becomes insolvent .
- 1938 : In the Sudetenland , following its annexation to the German Reich, a supplementary election to the Greater German Reichstag is held.
- 1943 : Leipzig experiences its heaviest bomb attack by British bombers during World War II .
- 1944 : The air strike on Heilbronn , which are preceded by some weaker attacks, destroying the entire historic center of the city . With over 6,500 dead, it is one of the heaviest air raids of World War II .
- 1945 : The dismissed mayor of Cologne , Konrad Adenauer , is allowed again by the British military government to carry out the political activity it had previously banned.
- 1945 : The French cabinet calls for the cession of the Rhineland and the Ruhr area for France's consent to the formation of a German central government.
- 1958 : Benin leaves the group of French colonies in Africa as an autonomous republic .
- 1976 : Jean-Bédel Bokassa declares the Central African Republic a monarchy and himself, as Bokassa I, the emperor of the Central African Empire . The government is replaced by the Conseil de la Révolution Centrafricaine . Exactly one year later, he is crowned emperor in a lavish ceremony.
- 1981 : Homeland Ciskei is given formal independence from South Africa . However, independence is not recognized internationally due to the rejection of apartheid policy .
- 1997 : The London Conference on Nazi Gold comes to an end. The return of a remaining gold stock of 5.5 tons in Allied administration to Holocaust victims does not meet with general approval.
- 2016 : In a referendum, the voters of Italy vote with a clear majority against the constitutional reform projected by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi . Renzi resigns a few days later as a result of the vote defeat.
economy
- 1718 : France's regent Philip II of Orléans grants John Law permission to convert his bank into the Banque Royale . After the Mississippi Company had been founded , speculation in stocks was fueled, which a few months later led to the ruin of the two companies and the stock ownership through inflationary paper money.
- 1791 : The Observer publishes the first Sunday newspaper in London .
- 1871 : The German Reich is Goldmark introduced 100 Pfennig as single currency.
- 1881 : The Los Angeles Daily Times appears for the first time. After a bankruptcy, the paper becomes a high-circulation US daily under the current name of Los Angeles Times .
- 1924 : The first German radio exhibition is opened by President Friedrich Ebert in Berlin.
- 1954 : The first fast-food restaurant of the fast food chain Burger King serves its customers in Miami , Florida .
- 1964 : The German Bundestag approves the establishment of the Stiftung Warentest , which is an independent institution to check the goods and services offered.
- 1965 : The agreement to establish the Asian Development Bank is signed in Manila .
- 1985 : In Düsseldorf it is announced that Friedrich Karl Flick intends to sell his empire to Deutsche Bank .
science and technology
- 1639 : Jeremia Horrocks succeeds in observing a transit of Venus for the first time .
- 1894 : The meteorologist Arthur Berson sets a new world altitude record of 9155 m in scientific aviation .
- 1915 : With the inauguration of the keystone, the main station in Leipzig goes into operation.
- 1948 : The newly founded Free University of Berlin is inaugurated.
- 1958 : With the 152 / I V1 , the first passenger jet aircraft developed in Germany takes off on its maiden flight in Dresden.
- 1959 : As part of the Mercury program , NASA takes a rhesus monkey Sam with the mission Little Joe 2 into space to test the functionality of the rescue system. The test is successful.
- 1965 : Frank Borman and James A. Lovell start their 14-day space flight with Gemini 7 .
- 1967 : The Rance tidal power station near Saint-Malo in Brittany feeds electricity into the French grid for the first time. It will remain the largest power plant of its kind for more than 40 years.
- 1996 : The NASA - Lander Mars Pathfinder , with the Rover Sojourner on board is started.
- 1998 : Unity , the second module of the International Space Station ( ISS ), is launched aboard the space shuttle Endeavor as part of the STS-88 mission
- 2012 : The Katzenberg Tunnel , at 9,385 m the longest two-tube railway tunnel in Germany, is opened.
Culture
- 1773 : The world premiere of the lyrical tragedy Sabinus by François-Joseph Gossec takes place in Versailles .
- 1909 : At the Munich Court Theater is the comic opera Susanna secret of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari premiered.
- 1913 : At the Court Opera in Dresden that is comic opera The lover as a doctor of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari premiered.
- 1920 : The premiere of the opera Die tote Stadt by Erich Wolfgang Korngold takes place at the same time at the Hamburg City Theater and Cologne City Theater .
- 1926 : In Dessau , Germany, the new building of the so-called Bauhaus , designed by Walter Gropius , the art, design and architecture school of classical modernism, is inaugurated.
- 1930 : The film Nothing New in the West, based on the novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque , premieres in Berlin's Mozart Hall on Nollendorfplatz, whereupon a massive campaign by the National Socialists against the pacifist film begins.
- 1964 : The game show The Golden Shot begins for the first time on ZDF with the moderating entertainer Lou van Burg .
- 1971 : A fire breaks out during a Frank Zappa & the Mothers concert in Montreux - the event inspires Deep Purple to create Smoke on the Water .
- 1980 : After the death of drummer John Bonham on September 25th, Led Zeppelin announce their breakup.
- 1993 : The full-length action ballet Mata Hari by Renato Zanella (choreography and libretto) based on music by Dmitri Shostakovich from the Stuttgart Ballet is premiered in the Great House of the Württemberg State Theater in Stuttgart .
society
- 1974 : Jean-Paul Sartre receives permission from the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court to visit the terrorist Andreas Baader , who is imprisoned in the Stuttgart penal institution .
religion
- 963 : Leo VIII is elected Pope by a synod .
- 1154 : Nicholas Breakspear is the first and so far only Englishman to be elected Pope and takes office under the name of Hadrian IV with the enthronement that takes place on the following day .
- 1563 : The Council of Trent comes to an end with the third session. The Roman Catholic Church differentiates itself from Protestantism .
- 1829 : The British Governor General in India, Lord William Cavendish-Bentinck , forbids widow burning (sati) , which is rooted in the Hindu faith .
- 1963 : At the end of the second session, the Second Vatican Council approves the documents Sacrosanctum Concilium on the liturgical reform , according to which Catholic masses may be held in the respective national language, and Inter mirifica on modern means of communication. Pope Paul VI also announces to the completely unprepared council members that he will travel to the Holy Land of Israel from January 4th to 6th of the following year .
Disasters
- 1872 : The cargo ship Mary Celeste is discovered as a ghost ship in the Azores on the Atlantic, drifting without a pilot. There is no trace of the people on board.
- 1974 : A Dutch Douglas DC-8 carrying Indonesian Muslims on a pilgrimage to Mecca on board crashes over Colombo, Sri Lanka. All 191 people die.
- 1977 : A hijacked Boeing 737 of Malaysia Airlines exploded for unknown reasons about Joho Bahrain, Malaysia. Every 100 people on board die.
- 2009 : 113 people died in a fire caused by fireworks in a nightclub in Perm , Russia .
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
nature and environment
- 1934 : Daisetsuzan National Park , Japan's largest national park with an area of 2,267.64 km², is established.
Sports
- 1887 : Founding of the Swedish football club Örgryte IS .
- 1894 : The Berlin meteorologist Arthur Berson sets a new world altitude record of 9155 m with the Phönix hydrogen balloon .
- 1909 : The French-speaking Canadian ice hockey team Le Club de Hockey Canadien , a founding member of the North American ice hockey league NHL since 1917 and one of the most successful teams in its history, is founded in Montréal .
- 1934 : In Bangkok, the annual soccer game between Chulalongkorn University and Thammasat University is held for the first time on the Sanam Luang . Graduates of the Suan Kulab Wittayalai School initiate the game as a competition comparison between the two universities based on the model of the traditional boat race between Oxford and Cambridge or the Japanese Keio - Waseda baseball game.
- 2004 : The IAAF awards the 2009 World Athletics Championships to Berlin.
- 2011 : The USA becomes the first world champion in roller derby with a 336:33 victory over Canada . The final will be held in Toronto .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 19th century
- 34 : Aulus Persius Flaccus , Roman poet of Etruscan descent
- 1428 : Bernhard VII , German nobleman, sovereign of Lippe
- 1495 : Matthäus Alber , German reformer
- 1512 : Jeronimo Zurita , Spanish historian
- 1595 : Jean Chapelain , French writer
- 1614 : Hans Joachim Haltmeyer , Swiss pharmacist and mayor of St. Gallen
- 1617 : Evaristo Baschenis , Italian painter
- 1639 : Heinrich Balthasar Roth , German legal scholar
- 1655 : Charles XI. , King of Sweden and Duke of Zweibrücken
- 1692 : Ferdinand Leopold , Count von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and first Minister of the Electorate of Cologne
- 1711 : Maria Barbara de Bragança , Queen of Spain
- 1717 : Norbert Grund , Bohemian painter
- 1718 : Carl August von Veltheim , German Lieutenant General and Inspector General of the Hanoverian Cavalry
- 1727 : Johann Gottfried Zinn , German medic and botanist
- 1729 : Johann Philipp Julius Rudolph , German physician and university professor
- 1730 : Johann Jacob Sartorius , German Protestant clergyman and pedagogue
- 1737 : Christian Jacob von Zwierlein , German lawyer and procurator at the Reich Chamber of Commerce in Wetzlar
- 1752 : Fernando José de Portugal e Castro , Portuguese nobleman and viceroy of Brazil
- 1754 : Friedrich Julius Heinrich von Soden , German writer, theater director, publicist and politician
- 1777 : Julie Récamier , French salon lady
- 1787 : Johan Fredrik Berwald , Swedish composer
- 1791 : Jane Griffin , British nobleman and adventurer
- 1791 : Johann Gottlob Töpfer , German organist, composer and theoretician of organ building
- 1792 : Johann Philipp Julius Rudolph , German physician and university professor
- 1795 : Thomas Carlyle , British essayist
- 1800 : Emil Aarestrup , Danish poet
- 1800 : William Fenwick Williams , British general and Governor of Gibraltar
19th century
- 1803 : Aloys Zötl , Austrian master dyer and painter
- 1804 : August Heinrich Andreae , German architect, city architect, painter and etcher
- 1804 : Joseph Aub , German reform rabbi
- 1806 : Wilhelm Meyer , Swiss officer and stage and architecture painter
- 1808 : Max Joseph in Bavaria , Bavarian Duke
- 1811 : Martin Hammerich , Danish educator
- 1817 : Leopold Alexander Friedrich Arends , German stenographer and system inventor
- 1817 : Nikolos Baratashvili , Georgian poet
- 1817 : Giocondo Storni , Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman
- 1821 : Johan Gabriel Anrep , Swedish genealogist
- 1821 : Ernst Tempel , German astronomer and lithographer
- 1822 : Carl Heinrich Hübler , German horn player and composer
- 1822 : Johan Adam Wijnne , Dutch historian
- 1835 : Samuel Butler , British writer
- 1836 : Edward Arber , English scholar and author
- 1836 : Charles Augustus Semlin , Canadian politician
- 1838 : Melisio Morales , Mexican composer
- 1844 : Fritz Baedeker , German publisher
- 1849 : Ernesto Köhler , Italian flautist and composer
- 1850 : Knud Sehested , Danish politician
- 1854 : Waso Abashidze , Georgian actor
- 1855 : Franz Muncker , German literary historian
- 1859 : Ludwig Ahlmann , German banker and politician
- 1861 : Hannes Hafstein , Icelandic writer and politician
- 1864 : Maria Bonardi , Italian nun and founder
- 1865 : Edith Cavell , British nurse
- 1869 : Henri Leclercq , French writer
- 1875 : Rainer Maria Rilke , Austrian poet
- 1877 : Andrejs Upīts , Latvian writer
- 1878 : Mikhail Alexandrowitsch Romanow , Russian Grand Duke
- 1881 : Felice Nazzaro , Italian racing car driver
- 1881 : Erwin von Witzleben , German field marshal and resistance fighter
- 1883 : Felice Casorati , Italian painter
- 1885 : David Rivett , Australian chemist and science manager
- 1886 : Ludwig Bieberbach , German mathematician
- 1886 : Jan Thomée , Dutch football player
- 1887 : Will Grohmann , German art historian
- 1889 : Jack Ernst , American football player
- 1889 : René Gaudin , French racing car driver
- 1890 : Karl Angerstein , German officer
- 1890 : Gerhard Krahmer , German archaeologist
- 1891 : Licco Amar , Hungarian violinist
- 1892 : Carlyle Atkinson , British swimmer
- 1892 : Francisco Franco , Spanish dictator
- 1895 : Jorge Délano Frederick , Chilean painter, caricaturist, director and screenwriter
- 1899 : Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler , German artist
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : Michail Rafailowitsch Rauchwerger , Russian composer
- 1903 : Aaron Siskind , American photographer
- 1903 : Cornell Woolrich , American crime writer
- 1904 : Herman Autrey , American jazz trumpeter
- 1906 : Toni Babl , German motorcycle racer
- 1907 : Josef Rudin , Swiss Jesuit, depth psychologist and university professor
- 1908 : Alfred Day Hershey , American molecular biologist
- 1908 : Helmut Thielicke , German theologian
- 1910 : R. Venkataraman , Indian President
- 1910 : Thelma White , American actress
- 1911 : Heinz Leinfellner , Austrian sculptor
- 1913 : Robert Adler , American physicist, electronics technician and inventor
- 1913 : Johann Cilenšek , German composer
- 1913 : Adolf Emile Cohen , Dutch historian
- 1913 : John Kitzmiller , American actor
- 1914 : Rudolf Hausner , Austrian painter
- 1915 : Eddie Heywood , American jazz pianist and composer
- 1919 : Ingeborg Finke-Siegmund , German pianist and piano teacher
- 1920 : Nadir Afonso , Portuguese painter
- 1920 : Michael Bates , British actor
- 1920 : Therese Neudorfer , Austrian politician
- 1920 : Michel Yatim , Syrian Archbishop
- 1921 : Carlos Franqui , Cuban poet, writer, journalist and art critic
- 1921 : Paul Schäfer , German sect leader
- 1922 : Luis Benjamín , Puerto Rican pianist
- 1922 : Gérard Philipe , French actor
- 1923 : Arnold Kempkens , German composer and conductor
- 1924 : Frank Press , American geophysicist
- 1925 : Sauro Tomà , Italian football player
1926-1950
- 1926 : Fernando Valenti , American harpsichordist
- 1927 : Werner von Aesch , Swiss cabaret artist
- 1927 : Gerhard Arnold , German politician
- 1927 : Gaetana Aulenti , Italian architect, interior designer, designer and architectural theorist
- 1927 : William Labov , American linguist
- 1927 : Leopold Wagner , Austrian politician
- 1928 : Frank Tiberi , American jazz musician
- 1930 : Marc Adrian , Austrian avant-garde artist and filmmaker
- 1930 : Paul-Heinz Dittrich , German composer
- 1932 : Moritz Heidegger , Liechtenstein bobsledder
- 1932 : Roh Tae-woo , South Korean general and president
- 1932 : Edgar Valcárcel , Peruvian composer
- 1933 : Horst Buchholz , German actor
- 1934 : Victor French , American actor
- 1936 : Franz Brungs , German football player
- 1936 : Michiko Yamamoto , Japanese writer
- 1937 : Erich Ansorge , German economic functionary
- 1937 : Ernie Carson , American jazz musician
- 1938 : Dimitri T. Analis , Greek writer and diplomat
- 1938 : George Eyre Andrews , American mathematician
- 1939 : Hans Friedrich , German painter and graphic artist
- 1940 : Gerd Achterberg , German soccer player and coach
- 1940 : Barbara Amiel , British-Canadian journalist and writer
- 1940 : Freddy Cannon , American singer and songwriter
- 1940 : Ulla Norden , German pop singer
- 1941 : Hans Angerer , German administrative lawyer and civil servant
- 1942 : Maria Scharwieß , German composer, organist and church musician
- 1942 : Dieter Zlof , kidnapper of Richard Oetker
- 1943 : Constanze Angerer , German judge and public prosecutor
- 1943 : Werner Becker , German musician
- 1943 : Christine Beckers , Belgian racing driver
- 1943 : Björn-Hergen Schimpf , German television presenter
- 1944 : Chris Hillman , American country musician
- 1944 : François Migault , French racing car driver
- 1944 : Dennis Wilson , American musician and songwriter
- 1947 : Cayle Chernin , Canadian actress and film producer
- 1947 : Andy LaVerne , American jazz pianist and composer
- 1948 : Udo Arndt , German musician, sound engineer and producer
- 1948 : Jim Hiscott , Canadian composer and accordionist
- 1948 : Southside Johnny , American singer and songwriter
- 1949 : GG Anderson , German composer, producer and pop singer
- 1949 : Jeff Bridges , American actor
- 1950 : Renate Augstein , German lawyer
- 1950 : Barry Blue , British singer and songwriter
1951-1975
- 1951 : Gary Rossington , American musician
- 1952 : Heinz Strobl , Austrian composer and musician
- 1953 : Arulappan Amalraj , Indian bishop of Ootacamund
- 1953 : Jean-Marie Pfaff , Belgian football player
- 1954 : F. Javier García Arnaiz , Spanish general
- 1954 : Gregory Hlady , Ukrainian-Canadian actor
- 1955 : Andre Arnold , Austrian ski racer
- 1955 : Yasser Ayyash , Jordanian Archbishop
- 1955 : Yōjirō Takita , Japanese film director
- 1955 : Cassandra Wilson , American jazz singer
- 1956 : Guy Morin , Swiss politician
- 1956 : Lisa Politt , German cabaret artist
- 1957 : Christa Zechmeister , German ski racer
- 1958 : Jonathan Asselin , Canadian show jumper
- 1958 : Stefan Klöckner , German theologian, musician and musicologist
- 1959 : Nico Hofmann , German director
- 1960 : Glynis Nunn , Australian athlete, Olympic champion
- 1962 : Aykut Kayacık , German actor and director
- 1963 : Jozef Sabovčík , Slovak figure skater
- 1963 : Rochelle Swanson , American actress
- 1964 : Thomas Danielsson , Swedish racing car driver
- 1964 : Sertab Erener , Turkish singer
- 1964 : Uwe Kröger , German musical actor
- 1964 : Marisa Tomei , American actress
- 1964 : Feridun Zaimoglu , German-Turkish writer and visual artist
- 1965 : Ulf Kirsten , German soccer player
- 1966 : Frederick R. Armisen , American actor, comedian, and musician
- 1967 : Adamski , British musician and producer
- 1967 : Guillermo Amor Martínez , Spanish football player
- 1968 : Heike Axmann , German handball player
- 1969 : Yui Asaka , Japanese singer and actress
- 1969 : Jay-Z , American musician
- 1970 : Fat Pat , American rapper
- 1970 : Kevin Sussman , American actor
- 1971 : Michael Frick , German double bass player, singer and instrument maker
- 1971 : Gábor Wéber , Hungarian racing car driver
- 1972 : Marc Bator , German journalist
- 1972 : Charly Hübner , German theater, film and television actor
- 1972 : Sebastian Karpiniuk , Polish politician
- 1973 : Tyra Banks , American model
- 1974 : Anke Huber , German tennis player
- 1974 : Jose Manuel García Luena , Andorran football player
1976-2000
- 1976 : Amie Comeaux , American country singer
- 1976 : Nadine Luck , German author and journalist
- 1976 : Mbo Mpenza , Belgian football player
- 1978 : Lars Bystøl , Norwegian ski jumper, Olympic champion
- 1978 : Éva Tófalvi , Romanian biathlete
- 1979 : Jay DeMerit , American football player
- 1979 : Maite Kelly , Irish-American singer ( The Kelly Family )
- 1979 : Andrej Komac , Slovenian football player
- 1979 : Mina Tander , German actress
- 1980 : Stefan Pfannmöller , German canoeist
- 1980 : Dag Inge Ulstein , Norwegian politician
- 1981 : Matilda Boson , Swedish handball player
- 1981 : Kim Viljanen , Finnish dart player
- 1982 : Marteria , German rapper
- 1982 : Waldo Ponce , Chilean soccer player
- 1982 : Ho-Pin Tung , Chinese racing driver
- 1984 : Matthias Werner , German handball player
- 1986 : Lewis Chalmers , English football player
- 1986 : Mohammed Lartey , German soccer player
- 1986 : Mateusz Molęda , Polish pianist
- 1988 : Hilary Cruz , American actress and model
- 1988 : Hanno Holzhüter , German handball player
- 1990 : Lukman Haruna , Nigerian soccer player
- 1992 : Daniel Allerstorfer , Austrian judoka
- 1992 : Kim Seokjin , South Korean singer
- 1993 : Nataša Andonova , Macedonian football player
- 1994 : Franco Morbidelli , Italian motorcycle racer
- 1994 : Gregory Wüthrich , Swiss football player
- 1995 : Dina Asher-Smith , British sprinter
- 1995 : Vita Tepel , German actress
Died
Before the 15th century
- 771 : Karlmann I , King of Franconia
- 811 : Charlemagne , son of Charlemagne, king in Neustria
- 880 : Seiwa , 56th Emperor of Japan
- 1075 : Anno II of Cologne , Archbishop of Cologne and saint
- 1117 : Norbert von Iburg , head of the Benedictine Abbey of Iburg
- 1122 : Heinrich III. , Duke of Carinthia and Margrave of Verona
- 1131 : Omar Chajjam , Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher and poet
- 1181 : as-Salih Ismail , Zengid ruler of Aleppo
- 1214 : William I ("the Lion"), King of Scotland
- 1228 : Bruno II of Porstendorf , Bishop of Meißen
- 1245 : Christian von Prussia (also: Christian von Oliva), first bishop of Prussia
- 1245 : Poppo von Andechs-Meranien , Bishop of Bamberg
- 1260 : Aymer de Lusignan , Bishop of Winchester
- 1270 : Theobald II , King of Navarre
- 1274 : William Button , English clergyman
- 1304 : John de Pontoise , Bishop of Winchester
- 1322 : Hugo I , Lord of Arlay and von Vitteaux
- 1327 : Beatrix von Holte , abbess of the Essen monastery
- 1334 : Isabel le Despenser , English noblewoman
- 1334 : John XXII. , Pope
- 1340 : Henry Burghersh , English Lord Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1371 : Rainald III. , Duke of Guelders
- 1371 : Stefan Uroš V , Tsar of Serbia
- 1393 : Friedrich the Wise , Duke of Bavaria-Landshut from the House of Wittelsbach
- 1398 : Gerard Zerbold van Zutphen , Dutch theologian and writer
15th to 18th century
- 1408 : Valentina Visconti , daughter of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan
- 1409 : William Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby , English peer and politician
- 1427 : Hermann Bokholt , German Cistercian and abbot of Doberan Monastery
- 1456 : Charles I , Duke of Bourbon and Auvergne
- 1459 : Adolf VIII , Count of Holstein and Duke of Schleswig
- 1460 : Guarino da Verona , Italian scholar, humanist
- 1464 : Maso Finiguerra , Italian goldsmith and engraver
- 1469 : Thiébaut IX. de Neufchâtel , Marshal of Burgundy
- 1476 : Zdeněk Konopišťský ze Šternberka , Bohemian nobleman, diplomat and politician
- 1511 : Johann III. Rode von Wale , Archbishop of Bremen
- 1514 : Peter Offenburg , Basel politician
- 1516 : Ludwig Ebmer , Bishop of Chiemsee
- 1528 : Jakob Locher , German humanist writer and translator
- 1568 : Johann Schneidewein , German lawyer
- 1595 : William Whitaker , English Reformed theologian and professor
- 1626 : Johann Ernst I , Duke of Saxe-Weimar
- 1628 : Peter Carlone , Austrian builder
- 1628 : Thomas Platter , Swiss doctor and writer
- 1637 : Hartger Henot , Cologne canon, lawyer and doctor of both rights
- 1642 : Armand Jean du Plessis Richelieu , French aristocrat, prince of the church and statesman
- 1670 : Emilie von Oldenburg , regent of the county of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- 1670 : Stephan II. Thököly , Hungarian count and landowner
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- 1679 : Thomas Hobbes , English mathematician, state theorist and philosopher
- 1680 : Petronio Franceschini , Italian composer
- 1681 : Moritz , Duke of Saxony-Zeitz
- 1696 : Meishō , 109th Empress of Japan
- 1715 : Charles III. Joseph von Lothringen , Bishop of Olmütz and Osnabrück, Archbishop and Elector of Trier
- 1727 : Sophie Wilhelmine von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld , Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- 1728 : Christian Wildvogel , German legal scholar
- 1732 : John Gay , English writer
- 1733 : Wolfgang Philipp von und zu Guttenberg , German Knight of Malta
- 1739 : Johann Josef Auer , German sculptor and wood carver
- 1746 : Johann Harper , Swedish painter
- 1749 : Claudine Guérin de Tencin , French salonnière
- 1756 : Amand von Buseck , Prince-Bishop in Fulda
- 1773 : Johann Thomas Richter , member of the Electoral Chamber of Commerce, art and antiquity collector
- 1789 : Étienne Jeaurat , French painter and engraver
- 1798 : Luigi Galvani , Italian doctor and naturalist
19th century
- 1822 : Friedrich von Schlichtegroll , German biographer and philologist, numismatist and archaeologist
- 1828 : Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool , British statesman
- 1834 : Joseph Franz Appel , Austrian numismatist
- 1839 : Samuel Butler , British scholar and bishop
- 1844 : Christian Friedrich Illgen , German Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1850 : William Sturgeon , British physicist and inventor
- 1854 : José Joaquín Guarín , Colombian composer
- 1861 : José María Bustamante , Mexican composer
- 1865 : Adolph Kolping , German Catholic priest ( Kolping Society )
- 1867 : Engelbert Sterckx , Belgian cardinal
- 1886 : Nikolaus Ludwig Arnold , German lawyer
- 1886 : Johann Wilhelm Ernst Wägner , German writer and Protestant theologian
- 1891 : Frederick Whitaker , Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 1893 : Heinrich Göbel , German-American inventor
- 1893 : John Tyndall , Irish physicist
- 1893 : Marie Wiegmann , German painter
- 1894 : Leon Abbett , American politician
- 1897 : Arnold Otto Aepli , Swiss politician and lawyer
- 1897 : Adolf Neuendorff , German-American composer, pianist, director and theater manager
- 1897 : Eugen Zintgraff , German Africa explorer and colonial propagandist
20th century
1901-1950
- 1908 : Max Arnhold , German banker and Freemason
- 1911 : Adolf Walewski , Polish actor, director and playwright
- 1916 : Preston Lea , American politician
- 1927 : Sascha Kolowrat-Krakowsky , Austrian film pioneer ( Sascha Film , later Wien-Film )
- 1932 : Gustav Meyrink , Austrian poet
- 1933 : Stefan George , German poet
- 1934 : Georg Bilgeri , Austrian officer and mountaineer
- 1934 : Albert Besnard , French painter
- 1937 : Wilbur Louis Adams , American politician
- 1938 : Jacob Astor , German politician
- 1942 : Nakajima Atsushi , Japanese writer
- 1943 : Otto Arpke , German painter, illustrator and commercial artist
- 1943 : Felix Atenstädt , German classical philologist and grammar school teacher
- 1944 : Salvator Issaurel , French singer and music teacher
- 1945 : Wolfgang Golther , German Germanist and literary historian
- 1945 : Thomas Hunt Morgan , American geneticist
- 1946 : Ernst Kornemann , German ancient historian
- 1948 : Karl Bonhoeffer , German psychiatrist
1951-2000
- 1953 : Daniel Gregory Mason , American composer
- 1959 : Emil Felden , German Protestant theologian, writer and politician, MdL, MdR
- 1962 : Walther Kühn , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1967 : Daniel Jones , British English and phonetician
- 1967 : Oswald Rothaug , German lawyer during the Nazi era
- 1968 : Jack Eaton , American film producer and director
- 1968 : Archie Mayo , American film director
- 1969 : Karl Kaufmann , German politician, Nazi Gauleiter and Reich Governor in Hamburg
- 1971 : Meinrad Inglin , Swiss writer
- 1971 : Georg von Rauch , German anarchist
- 1972 : Arnold Fischer , German politician
- 1974 : Lee Kinsolving , American actor
- 1975 : Hannah Arendt , German philosopher
- 1976 : Tommy Bolin , American musician
- 1976 : Benjamin Britten , British composer
- 1979 : Friedrich Ebert junior , German politician and party functionary, MdR, Lord Mayor of East Berlin
- 1979 : Ray Smith , American singer
- 1982 : Rudolph Arbesmann , American classical philologist
- 1987 : Pericle Fazzini , Italian sculptor
- 1987 : Rouben Mamoulian , American film director
- 1988 : Gerd Arntz , German artist and graphic designer
- 1988 : Alberto Uria , Uruguayan racing car driver
- 1989 : Bernard Piché , Canadian organist, composer and music teacher
- 1993 : Frank Zappa , American musician and composer
- 1994 : Geoffrey Rudolph Elton , British historian of German origin
- 1995 : Warren Ambrose , American mathematician
- 2000 : Hans Carl Artmann , Austrian poet
- 2000 : Henck Alphonsus Eugène Arron , Surinamese politician
21st century
- 2004 : Mahmut Atalay , Turkish wrestler
- 2004 : Willy Eichberger , Austrian-American film and theater actor
- 2004 : Wolfgang Hempel , German sports reporter
- 2006 : Lenard Sutton , American racing car driver
- 2007 : David Reese , American poker player
- 2007 : Pimp C , American rapper
- 2008 : Forrest James Ackerman , American editor, writer, and publisher
- 2008 : Fritz Behrendt , German-Dutch newspaper cartoonist
- 2009 : Harold Bell , American merchandising agent
- 2009 : Edward Umar Fatu , American wrestler
- 2011 : Adam Hanuszkiewicz , Polish actor and theater director
- 2011 : Besim Kabashi , German-Kosovar kickboxer
- 2011 : Sócrates , Brazilian soccer player
- 2011 : Hubert Sumlin , American blues guitarist
- 2015 : Robert Loggia , American actor
- 2015 : Eric De Vlaeminck Belgian cyclist
- 2017 : Shashi Kapoor , Indian actor
- 2017 : Christine Keeler , British model
- 2017 : Manuel Marín , Spanish politician
- 2017 : Ali Abdullah Salih , Yemeni politician, President
- 2019 : Thomas Elsaesser , German film scholar
- 2019 : Bodo Staiger , German musician and producer
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Barbara of Nicomedia , virgin, martyr and patron saint (Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, Armenian, Coptic, Syrian)
- St. John of Damascus , monk, theologian and church father (Anglican, Catholic, Orthodox, Armenian, Protestant: ELCA , LCMS )
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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