4th of July
The July 4 is the 185th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 186th in leap years ), thus remain 180 days by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 907: In the Battle of Pressburg , the army spell led by Margrave Luitpold of Bavaria is defeated by the Hungarians , he himself and numerous other secular and spiritual dignitaries lose their lives. The Ostmark is lost for around 50 years.
- 1187: In the Battle of the Horns of Hattin , the army of the Crusader states is defeated by the troops of Saladin .
- 1190: Philip II of France and Richard I of England set off with their armies on the Third Crusade .
- 1253: An army of knights from the Lower Rhine defeats a Franco-Flemish army in the battle of Westkapelle during the War of the Flemish Succession .
- 1376: The Swabian Association of Cities is founded. Ulm and 13 other imperial cities defend themselves against noble rule.
- 1456: Sultan Mehmed II tries in a lightning campaign to subdue the Kingdom of Hungary . It begins with the siege of Belgrade and its border fortress .
- 1534: The Danish nobility elects Christian III. to the king of Denmark and Norway .
- 1610: The Russians and their allied Swedes are defeated in the Battle of Klushino in the Polish-Russian War . This has consequences for Tsar Vasily IV , who is overthrown shortly afterwards.
- 1635: General Octavio Piccolomini , who entered service in Spain, succeeds in relieving the city of Leuven in Flanders . The French and Dutch fail with their siege and withdraw to the area around Roermond .
- 1710: In the Great Northern War , the city of Riga surrenders to the troops of the Russian general Boris Petrovich Sheremetev after a long siege .
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1776: Signing of the American Declaration of Independence ( painting by John Trumbull )
- 1776: Second Continental Congress adopts the United States' Declaration of Independence .
- 1800: A law comes into effect in the United States that makes the western part of the Northwest Territory a separate territory of the United States as Indiana Territory . The rest of the divided territory becomes the State of Ohio in 1803 .
- 1805: The United States forms the Louisiana Territory from part of the territory purchased by France in the Louisiana Purchase .
- 1819: From a part of the Missouri Territory is under US President James Monroe , the Arkansas Territory created. Arkansas Post Office becomes the capital of the United States Territory .
- 1838: The western part of the Wisconsin Territory is separated and becomes a separate territory of the United States under the name Iowa Territory . Burlington becomes the territory capital, and Robert Lucas becomes the first governor of the new territory.
- 1863: In the Civil War , Ulysses S. Grant's troops are victorious in the Battle of Vicksburg , the city surrenders to the northern states after around six weeks of siege . Because Union ships now rule the Mississippi , Texas and Arkansas are cut off from a continental connection to the other southern states .
- 1870: In the beginning of the Viennese high treason trial , fourteen people responsible for organizing a rally for political and trade union rights of the workers , attended by around 20,000 people, stand on trial .
- 1879: The decisive battle of the Zulu War takes place near the Zulu capital Ulundi , which is won by the British .
- 1892: Samoa moves to the eastern side of the date line .
- 1894: A republic is proclaimed in the Kingdom of Hawaii , whose fortunes have been governed by a provisional government following the abdication of Queen Liliʻuokalani the previous year. Its first and only president will be Sanford Dole .
- 1918: In Constantinople, Mehmed V, who died the day before, is followed by his brother Mehmed VI. to the head of the Ottoman Empire . He will be its last sultan .
- 1926: The first NSDAP party congress takes place in Weimar and the Hitler Youth is founded.
- 1933: Members of the SS murder eleven KPD members near the small town of Rieseberg near Königslutter am Elm. The giant mountain murders are by appearing in the same year brochure Terror in Brunswick by Hans Reinowski known internationally.
- 1933: The German Center Party and the Bavarian People's Party decide to dissolve themselves.
- 1939: The German Reich is discrimination of Jews with the creation of the National Association of Jews in Germany continued.
- 1941: After the German Wehrmacht captured Riga on July 1st, the task force men of the Arājs command burn down the Great Choral Synagogue in Gogoļa iela and other Jewish prayer houses. T. dozens of people are located. July 4th has been a statutory day of remembrance since the restoration of Latvia's sovereignty .
- 1945: An agreement on Allied control in occupied Austria is signed in London . The national territory and Vienna are each divided into four zones of occupation.
- 1946: The Philippines gain independence from the USA.
- 1946: The Kielce pogrom in Poland results in one of the largest anti-Semitic pogroms in Europe after the end of the Second World War, which has not yet been fully clarified.
- 1953: Imre Nagy is elected Hungarian Prime Minister.
- 1967: The Freedom of Information Act comes into force in the USA . In principle, the law grants everyone the right to receive information about executive documents .
- 1973: The Caribbean Community is established in the Treaty of Chaguaramas .
- 1976: Elite units flown in from Israel liberate the hostages from the Air France plane hijacked on June 27th in Entebbe on the night of July 3rd . Seven of the ten terrorists are killed in Operation Entebbe , three of 103 hostages die. An Israeli and 20 Ugandan soldiers who open fire on the attackers are also killed in the commando operation.
- 2000: Bavaria introduces a “ Blue Card ” for foreign computer specialists, where the residence permit is linked to the duration of the work permit.
- 2003: In the sack affair in northern Iraq, Turkish army members who operated in civilian clothing are captured by US forces, carried away with sacks over their heads and interrogated.
- 2004: The foundation stone for the One World Trade Center is laid at Ground Zero , the former location of the World Trade Center in New York . However, construction does not begin until 2006.
- 2010: In a referendum in Bavaria, 61% of the electorate vote for the referendum on "Non-smoker protection" in Bavaria . This makes Bavaria a pioneer in the field of smoking bans.
- 2012: After major international protests, the Free Trade Agreement Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is rejected by the European Parliament.
- 2017: The SPD politician Manuela Schwesig is elected first female Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .
economy
- 1837: The railway companies Grand Junction Railway takes England to train operation with steam locomotives on one of the first long-distance routes, connecting Birmingham - Warrington on. It continues there with a change to Liverpool .
- 1840: The Cunard Line shipping company sets up regular steamboat connections between Liverpool and Halifax and Boston . The RMS Britannia is the first ship to be used in the postal service.
- 1886: The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled transcontinental railroad train reaches its western terminus at Port Moody in British Columbia .
science and technology
- 1054: Chinese astronomers observe a " new star " in the constellation Taurus , which will turn out to be a supernova that gives rise to the Crab Nebula .
- 1878: The Swedish polar explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld sets off from Gothenburg with his auxiliary sailor Vega towards the Arctic. After spending the winter in the pack ice, he will be able to make his first passage through the Northeast Passage .
- 1882: The light in Stannard Rock Light , a lighthouse in Lake Superior , is lit for the first time. The lighthouse is 24 miles from the shore, making it the most distant lighthouse in the United States and one of the country's greatest engineering feats.
- 1913: The chemist Fritz Klatte receives the patent for his invention, the most important plastic in the world today , PVC .
- 1931: The international high-alpine research station opens on the Jungfraujoch in the Bernese Alps.
- 1997: NASA 's Pathfinder probe lands on Mars .
- 1998: Japan's first Nozomi spacecraft is sent towards Mars.
- 1999: Two grave robbers find the Nebra Sky Disc , which is considered to be the world's oldest concrete representation of the sky.
- 2005: NASA 's Deep Impact probe observed the impact of a projectile launched by it on comet Tempel 1 .
- 2006: The Space Shuttle Discovery starts with Thomas Reiter as the first German visitor to the International Space Station (ISS).
- 2012: The CMS and ATLAS experiments at the European nuclear research center CERN announce the discovery of the Higgs boson .
- 2016: The Juno space probe reaches Jupiter .
Culture
- 1862: On a boat trip on the Thames, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson tells a story to the sisters Alice, Edith and Lorina Lidell , which Alice asks him to write down. Exactly three years later , the first edition of Alice in Wonderland appeared in London under his stage name Lewis Carroll .
- 1991: In the last episode of the German television program Total Normal , the prank becomes Hurz! broadcast by Hape Kerkeling and Achim Hagemann .
society
- 1568: Karin Månsdotter and King Erik XIV, who had been secretly married for almost a year, officially marry in Stockholm . The next day the queen is crowned.
religion
- 1348: Pope Clement VI. speaks out in a bull against the persecution of the Jews at the time of the Black Death . However, his writing is largely ignored.
- 1872: Jesuit branches in the German Empire are abolished by the Jesuit Law .
Disasters
- 1898: The French passenger steamer La Bourgogne is rammed by an English sailing ship in the fog on the coast of Nova Scotia and sinks. Of the 730 people on board, 165 survive, including only one woman.
- 1905: The volcano Mont Pele on the Antilles -Insel Martinique has the latest minor eruption phase of its activity from 1902 to 1905, on 8 May 1902, the loss richest in the volcanic eruption of the 20th century was recorded at around 30,000 dead.
- 2001: A Tupolev Tu-154 of the Vladivostok Avia crashes on the third attempt to land near Irkutsk . All 145 people on board die.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1919: The American Jack Dempsey becomes the new heavyweight boxing world champion . He defeated the defending champion Jess Willard by technical knockout.
- 1954: The first title win of a German national team at the 5th World Cup in Switzerland in the Bern Wankdorf Stadium with a 3-2 win against Hungary is considered the " miracle of Bern ".
- 1982: The American tennis player Jimmy Connors triumphs in the Wimbledon final against his compatriot John McEnroe with 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 7, 7: 6 and 6: 4.
- 1993: Germany becomes European basketball champions under coach Svetislav Pešić with a 71:70 final victory over Russia in Munich .
- 1993: Argentina wins the final against Mexico , the 1993 Copa América with 2: 1.
- 2004: Greece become European champions for the first time by beating host country Portugal 1-0 in the final of the men's European football championship.
- 2007: The 2014 Winter Olympics are awarded to the Russian city of Sochi by the International Olympic Committee .
- 2015: The Chilean national soccer team wins an international title for the first time with a 4-1 on penalties against Argentina at the Copa America .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field . Entries on football world championship games can be found in the sub-pages of football world championships . The same goes for European football championships .
Born
Before the 18th century
Ulrich Rülein von Calw (* 1465)
Johannes Aventinus (* 1477)
Louis VI. from the Palatinate (* 1539)
Murad III (* 1546)
- 1095: Usama ibn Munqidh , Arabic writer and poet, politician and diplomat
- 1330: Ashikaga Yoshiakira , Japanese Shogun
- 1465: Ulrich Rülein von Calw , German humanist, doctor and mining scientist
- 1403: Johannes Schlitpacher , Austrian Benedictine in Melk
- 1428: Filippo Strozzi the Elder , Florentine merchant
- 1466: Wilhelm I , Landgrave of Hesse
- 1477: Johannes Aventinus , German historian
- 1509: Magnus III. , Duke of Mecklenburg
- 1515: Eleonora d'Este , Italian nobleman
- 1532: Friedrich Widebrand , German Protestant theologian
- 1539: Ludwig VI. , Count Palatine of Simmern and Elector Palatinate
- 1546: Murad III. , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- 1572: Ludwig Jungermann , German botanist and doctor
- 1656: John Leake , English admiral
- 1676: José de Cañizares , Spanish playwright and librettist
- 1685: Christian Reichart , German founder of horticulture
- 1693: Valentin Johann Beselin , German lawyer and First Mayor of Rostock
- 1694: Louis-Claude Daquin , French composer
18th century
Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (* 1715)
Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin (* 1744)
George Everest (* 1790)
Oscar I of Sweden and Norway (* 1799)
- 1707: Georg Friedrich von Kleist , Prussian lieutenant general
- 1715: Christian Fürchtegott Gellert , German poet
- 1731: Johann August Dathe , German linguist
- 1732: Clemens August von Merle , auxiliary bishop in Cologne
- 1739: Johann Karl Christoph Ferber , German university professor and philosopher
- 1743: Louis-Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld , French aristocrat and politician
- 1744: Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin , German physician, botanist and naturalist
- 1753: Jean-Pierre Blanchard , French balloonist
- 1767: Kyokutei Bakin , Japanese writer
- 1776: Ethan Allen Brown , American attorney, judge, politician, governor, and senator for Ohio
- 1779: Heinrich Arnold Huyssen , German industrialist and politician
- 1781: Karl Maximilian Andree , German medic and gynecologist
- 1790: George Everest , British surveyor in India
- 1793: Franz Xaver Pecháček , Austro-German composer
- 1796: Karl Maria von Aretin , Bavarian historian, diplomat and politician
- 1799: András Bartay , Hungarian composer
- 1799: Oskar I , King of Sweden and Norway
19th century
1801-1850
Isabella Maria of Portugal (* 1801)
Nathaniel Hawthorne (* 1804)
Giuseppe Garibaldi (* 1807)
Émile Auguste Carolus-Duran (* 1837)
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- 1801: Isabella Maria , Portuguese princess and regent
- 1802: Joseph Labitzky , Czech dance composer
- 1803: Julius Léopold Eduard Avé-Lallemant , German botanist
- 1804: Charles G. Atherton , American politician
- 1804: Nathaniel Hawthorne , American writer
- 1807: Giuseppe Garibaldi , Italian freedom fighter and politician, main figure of the Risorgimento , national hero
- 1815: Daniel Cornelius Danielssen , Norwegian doctor and zoologist, MP for the Storting
- 1819: John Henry Gurney , British banker and amateur ornithologist
- 1828: Wilhelm Ahlwardt , German orientalist and university professor
- 1835: Johann Hinrich Köser , German entrepreneur
- 1835: Eugène Vast , French organist and composer
- 1837: Émile Auguste Carolus-Duran , French painter
- 1841: William Preyer , German physiologist
- 1845: Thomas John Barnardo , Irish-British benefactor
- 1845: Pál Szinyei Merse , Hungarian painter
- 1847: Julius Lassen , Danish lawyer
- 1848: Alfred Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden , German officer and writer
1851-1900
Ernst Beckmann (* 1853)
Calvin Coolidge (* 1872)
George Appo (* 1880)
Gertrude Lawrence (* 1898)
- 1853: Ernst Beckmann , German chemist
- 1855: Vlaho Bukovac , Croatian painter
- 1856: George Appo , American criminal
- 1862: Walter L. Fisher , American lawyer and politician, Secretary of the Interior
- 1863: Adolf Spilker , German chemist and technician
- 1863: Hugo Winckler , German archaeologist and linguist
- 1866: Otto Brunck , German chemist
- 1868: Rudolf Presber , German writer and journalist
- 1872: Calvin Coolidge , American politician, governor of Massachusetts, president
- 1872: Adam David , Swiss African explorer and big game hunter
- 1875: Richard Genserowski , German gymnast
- 1877: Bogislav von Selchow , German writer and naval officer
- 1881: Paul Augé , French publisher, Romance writer and lexicographer
- 1882: Hermann von Wenckstern , German forestry and economist
- 1886: Arminio Janner , Swiss university professor and journalist
- 1888: Henry Armetta , Italian-American actor
- 1890: Adam Sołtys , Polish composer, conductor and music teacher
- 1894: Arthur Laumann , German officer and fighter pilot
- 1895: Massimo Campigli , Italian painter
- 1898: Gertrude Lawrence , British actress
- 1899: Roy Henderson , British baritone and music teacher
- 1899: Benjamin Péret , French poet and surrealism writer
- 1899: Schaggi Streuli , Swiss screenwriter, cabaret artist and dialect actor
- 1900: Robert Desnos , French writer and journalist
- 1900: Walther Kiaulehn , German journalist and writer
- 1900: Alfred Rust , German archaeologist
20th century
1901-1925
Meyer Lansky (* 1902)
Wilhelm of Prussia (* 1906)
Gloria Stuart (born 1910)
Malte Jaeger (* 1911)
- 1902: Meyer Lansky , American mobster
- 1903: Corrado Bafile , Italian clergyman, curia cardinal and Vatican diplomat
- 1903: Flor Peeters , Belgian composer, organist and music teacher
- 1903: Erich Jakowlewitsch Sternberg , German-Russian geriatric psychiatrist
- 1904: Gerhard Just , German actor
- 1905: Miguel Mármol , Salvadoran trade union activist
- 1905: Lionel Trilling , American literary critic
- 1906: Wilhelm von Prussia , eldest son of the German and Prussian Crown Prince
- 1906: Daniel Edwin Rutherford , British mathematician
- 1907: Willem Roelof Oege Goslings , Dutch medic
- 1907: Hans Linser , Austrian agricultural chemist
- 1907: Ernst Loof , German engineer, racing driver, race director and entrepreneur
- 1908: Aurelio Peccei , Italian industrialist, co-founder of the Club of Rome
- 1910: Gloria Stuart , American actress
- 1911: Franco Ferrara , Italian conductor
- 1911: Malte Jaeger , German actor
- 1911: Mitch Miller , American band leader
Bishop Gerhard Schaffran (* 1912)
Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino (* 1916)
Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV. (* 1918)
Eva Marie Saint (* 1924)
- 1912: Gerhard Schaffran , Catholic Bishop of Dresden-Meißen
- 1912: Fritz Schulz-Reichel , German jazz pianist and composer
- 1915: Christine Lavant , Austrian artist and writer
- 1916: Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino , Japanese-American radio presenter
- 1917: Jean Hémard , French racing car driver
- 1918: Johnnie Parsons , American racing driver
- 1918: Taufaʻahau Tupou IV. , King of Tonga
- 1920: Johannes Cornelis Anceaux , Dutch orientalist and philologist
- 1921: Gérard Debreu , French economist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1921: Tibor Varga , Hungarian violinist, conductor and teacher
- 1923: Rudolf Friedrich , Swiss politician, Federal Councilor
- 1924: Eva Marie Saint , American actress
1926-1950
Alfredo Di Stéfano (* 1926)
Gina Lollobrigida (* 1927)
Stephen Boyd (born 1931)
Sonja of Norway (* 1937)
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- 1926: Alfredo Di Stéfano , Argentine football player and coach
- 1926: Günter Mast , German manager ( Mast-Jägermeister SE ), is considered the first shirt sponsor in German football
- 1927: Gina Lollobrigida , Italian actress
- 1927: Neil Simon , American writer
- 1928: Cathy Berberian , American opera singer
- 1928: Giampiero Boniperti , Italian football player
- 1929: Darío Castrillón Hoyos , Colombian Cardinal Curia
- 1929: Konrad Swinarski , Polish theater director
- 1930: Fernando García , Chilean composer
- 1930: Mher Mkrtchjan , Soviet theater and film actor
- 1930: George Steinbrenner , American baseball entrepreneur
- 1931: Stephen Boyd , American actor
- 1933: Józef Stompel , Polish pianist and music teacher
- 1934: Mal Sondock , American disc jockey, radio presenter, music producer and singer
- 1934: Helmut Teitzel , German trade union official
- 1937: Wolf von Lojewski , German television journalist
- 1937: Thomas Nagel , American philosopher
- 1937: Sonja of Norway , Queen of Norway
- 1938: Ernest Pieterse , South African racing car driver
- 1938: Bill Withers , American singer and songwriter
- 1940: Wolfgang Schwabenicky , German archaeologist and building historian
Eckart Witzigmann (* 1941)
Heide Simonis (* 1943)
Jeremy Spencer (* 1948)
Horst Seehofer (* 1949)
- 1941: Helmut Castritius , German ancient historian
- 1941: German Frers , Argentine yacht designer
- 1941: Eckart Witzigmann , German celebrity chef
- 1942: Floyd Little , American football player
- 1942: Peter Rowan , American bluegrass musician
- 1943: Conny Bauer , German jazz musician, trombonist
- 1943: Roger Maes , Belgian volleyball player
- 1943: Orestes Rodríguez Vargas , Peruvian-Spanish chess grandmaster
- 1943: Heide Simonis , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of Parliament, State Minister, Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein, Chairwoman of UNICEF Germany
- 1943: Alan Wilson , American musician ( Canned Heat )
- 1943: Christoph Zöpel , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister, Member of the Bundestag
- 1944: Harvey Brooks , American musician
- 1945: Stanisław Ryłko , Polish Curia Cardinal
- 1945: Walter Wippersberg , Austrian writer and screenwriter
- 1946: Skeeter McKitterick , American racing car driver
- 1946: Birgit Schnieber-Jastram , German politician, MdHB, MdB, Senator, MEP
- 1948: René Arnoux , French racing car driver
- 1948: Walter Bockmayer , German director
- 1948: Andreas von Schoeler , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Parliamentary State Secretary, Lord Mayor of Frankfurt am Main
- 1948: Jeremy Spencer , British singer and songwriter ( Fleetwood Mac )
- 1949: Horst Seehofer , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister, Prime Minister of Bavaria
1951-1975
Álvaro Uribe Vélez (* 1952)
Bettina Böttinger (* 1956)
Victoria Abril (* 1959)
Richard Garriott (* 1961)
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- 1952: Álvaro Uribe Vélez , Colombian politician, President
- 1952: John Waite , British musician, singer and songwriter
- 1953: Bob Breunig , American football player
- 1953: Gerda Haßler , German linguist and Romance philologist
- 1954: Alessandra Belloni , Italian singer, tambourine player, dancer, actress and composer, music ethnologist and therapist
- 1954: Julian Dawson , British musician
- 1954: Hans Pum , Austrian ski sports official
- 1955: Graeme Crosby , New Zealand motorcycle racer
- 1956: Bettina Böttinger , German television presenter
- 1959: Victoria Abril , Spanish actress
- 1959: Uwe Klett , German local politician
- 1960: Caroline Attia , French ski racer
- 1960: Roland Ratzenberger , Austrian racing driver
- 1961: Richard Garriott , British computer game developer
- 1962: Claudia Zaczkiewicz , German athlete, Olympic medalist
Henri Leconte (* 1963)
Ute Lemper (* 1963)
Edi Rama (* 1964)
Alexei Shirov (* 1972)
- 1963: Henri Leconte , French tennis player
- 1963: Ute Lemper , German singer and dancer
- 1963: Alex Younger , British intelligence officer, head of MI6
- 1964: Edi Rama , Albanian politician, minister, prime minister
- 1964: Elie Saab , Lebanese fashion designer
- 1965: Michael Apitz , German painter and cartoonist
- 1965: Giancarlo Marocchi , Italian football player
- 1967: Matthias Konradt , German theologian and university professor
- 1967: Mohamed Sifaoui , Algerian journalist and book author
- 1968: Dan Maffei , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
- 1970: Nik Breidenbach , German actor
- 1970: Tony Vidmar , Australian soccer player
- 1971: Ned Zelic , Australian soccer player
- 1972: Alexei Schirow , Latvian-Spanish chess player, grandmaster
- 1972: Karin Thürig , Swiss cyclist
- 1973: Keiko Ihara , Japanese racing car driver
- 1973: Tony Popovic , Australian soccer player
- 1974: Jakob Larsen , Greenlandic handball player and coach
- 1974: Denis Wladimirowitsch Pankratow , Russian swimmer, Olympic champion
- 1975: Reinhard Divis , Austrian ice hockey player
1976-2000
Kazem Abdullah (* 1979)
Patrick Groetzki (* 1989)
David Kross (* 1990)
Era Istrefi (* 1994)
- 1976: Daijirō Katō , Japanese motorcycle racer
- 1976: Eva Zeglovits , Austrian political scientist
- 1978: Marcos Daniel , Brazilian tennis player
- 1978: Emile Mpenza , Belgian football player
- 1979: Kazem Abdullah , American conductor and musician
- 1979: Germán Anchieri , Uruguayan rower
- 1979: Vitaly Georgievich Atjuschow , Russian ice hockey player
- 1980: Alpa Gun , German rapper
- 1981: Christoph Preuss , German football player
- 1981: Tahar Rahim , French actor
- 1982: Nicole da Silva , German pop singer, presenter, actress and model
- 1983: Katharina Hentschel , German field hockey player
- 1983: Amantle Montsho , Botswana sprinter, world champion
- 1984: Jin Akanishi , Japanese actor and musician ( KAT-TUN )
- 1984: Lee Je-hoon , South Korean actor
- 1985: Goran Antic , Swiss football player
- 1986: Rafael Arévalo , Salvadoran tennis player
- 1986: Ömer Aşık , Turkish basketball player
- 1986: Willem Janssen , Dutch football player
- 1988: Sandrino Braun , German soccer player
- 1988: Uwe Kalski , German handball player
- 1989: Patrick Groetzki , German handball player
- 1989: Benjamin Hübner , German soccer player
- 1989: Maike Johanna Reuter , German actress
- 1990: Jake Gardiner , American ice hockey player
- 1990: David Kross , German actor
- 1991: Dries De Bondt , Belgian cyclist
- 1993: Akın Açık , Turkish soccer player
- 1993: Haziq Kamaruddin , Malaysian archer
- 1994: Era Istrefi , Kosovar pop singer
- 1994: Hanna Bredal Oftedal , Norwegian handball player
- 1995: Post Malone , American rapper
- 1996: James Allen , Australian racing car driver
- 1998: Celine Bethmann , German model
21st century
- 2002: Dirk Geiger , German motorcycle racer
Died
Before the 18th century
Otto II of Brandenburg († 1205)
Otto I of Braunschweig-Lüneburg († 1279)
Rudolf I of Bohemia († 1307)
Elisabeth of Portugal († 1336)
- 518: Elias of Jerusalem , Orthodox Bishop and Patriarch of Jerusalem
- 673: Ecgberht I , King of Kent
- 760: Sidonius of Constance , Bishop of Constance, Abbot of the Reichenau Monastery
- 907: Luitpold of Bavaria , margrave in Carantania and Upper Pannonia
- 907: Theotmar , Archbishop of Salzburg
- 943: Taejo , founder of the Korean kingdom Goryeo and the dynasty of the same name
- 973: Ulrich von Augsburg , Catholic bishop and saint
- 975: Gwangjong , 4th King of the Korean Kingdom of Goryeo
- 1014: Hathui , abbess of the Gernrode monastery
- 1200: Tekisch , Khorezm-Shah
- 1205: Otto II , Margrave of Brandenburg
- 1279: Otto I of Braunschweig-Lüneburg , Bishop of Hildesheim
- 1296: Konrad von Feuchtwangen , Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
- 1299: Gottfried Hagen , city clerk of Cologne
- 1301: Wilhelm von Berthout , Bishop of Utrecht
- 1307: Rudolf , Duke of Austria and Styria, King of Bohemia
- 1308: Eberhard I. von der Mark , Vogt of Essen, Count of Mark and Altena
- 1310: Heinrich I. von Rosenberg , Chamberlain of the Kingdom of Bohemia
- 1327: Stefano Visconti , son of Matteo I. Visconti
- 1336: Elisabeth of Portugal , Princess of Aragon, Queen of Portugal
- 1349: Jehuda ben Ascher , Talmudist from Cologne, rabbi in Toledo
- 1429: Carlo I. Tocco , Italian Count Palatine of Kefalonia, Despot of Epirus
- 1450: Enrico Rampini , Archbishop of Milan
- 1499: Urs Werder , Swiss glass painter
Pedro de Alvarado († 1541)
Pietro Bonomo († 1546)
Khair ad-Din Barbarossa († 1546)
Philip of Palatinate-Neuburg († 1548)
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- 1534: Anastasia von Brandenburg , Countess von Henneberg
- 1541: Pedro de Alvarado , Spanish conquistador
- 1546: Pietro Bonomo , humanist, politician and bishop of Trieste and Vienna
- 1546: Khair ad-Din Barbarossa , Ottoman ruler of Algiers, Kapudan Pascha
- 1548: Philip , Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg
- 1590: Adrian Albinus , German legal scholar
- 1603: Philippe de Monte , Flemish composer
- 1621: Simon Rudnicki , Prince-Bishop of Warmia
- 1664: George III. , Duke of Brieg
- 1667: John VI. , Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
- 1693: Valentin Johann Beselin , German lawyer and First Mayor of Rostock
18th century
Johann Kasimir Kolb von Wartenberg († 1712)
Cajetan Anton Notthannt von Weißenstein († 1752)
Samuel Richardson († 1761)
Karl Alexander of Lorraine († 1780)
- 1706: Gianbettino Cignaroli , Italian painter
- 1712: Johann Kasimir Kolb von Wartenberg , Prussian minister
- 1714: Antonio Magliabechi , Florentine scholar, bibliophile and librarian
- 1717: Joachim Luhn , German painter
- 1720: Johann Diecmann , German pedagogue and Lutheran theologian
- 1723: Johann Christoph Männling , German poet and writer
- 1751: Jürgen Matthias von der Hude , German painter
- 1752: Cajetan Anton Notthracht von Weißenstein , Prince Provost of Berchtesgaden
- 1754: Philippe Néricault Destouches , French comedy poet
- 1761: Johann Philipp Fresenius , German Lutheran theologian
- 1761: Samuel Richardson , British writer
- 1767: Balthasar Geyder , German theologian and author
- 1768: Johann Gottfried Borlach , German mine founder
- 1780: Karl Alexander von Lothringen , Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
- 1787: Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise , French general and statesman, peer and marshal of France
19th century
John Adams († 1826)
Thomas Jefferson († 1826)
James Monroe († 1831)
François-René de Chateaubriand († 1848)
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- 1803: Peter Ascanius , Norwegian zoologist and mineralogist
- 1808: Fisher Ames , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
- 1814: Konrad Gottlob Anton , German linguist and orientalist
- 1814: Dirk Lohmann , German organ builder
- 1815: Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann , German geographer and biologist
- 1824: Johannes Petrus Minckeleers , Dutch scientist and inventor
- 1826: John Adams , American politician, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Vice President, President of the Republic
- 1826: Thomas Jefferson , American politician and state theorist, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, chief author of the Declaration of Independence, President
- 1830: Friedrich Delbrück , Prussian theologian and educator
- 1831: James Monroe , American politician, ambassador, governor of Virginia, secretary of state, president
- 1831: Caspar Josef Carl von Mylius , German soldier in the Austrian army
- 1848: François-René de Chateaubriand , French writer and diplomat
- 1850: William Kirby , British entomologist and priest
- 1854: Karl Friedrich Eichhorn , German lawyer and professor of law
- 1857: William L. Marcy , American politician, senator, governor of New York, Secretary of War and Secretary of State
Francisco del Rosario Sánchez († 1861)
Robert H. Vance († 1876)
Theodor Storm († 1888)
Hannibal Hamlin († 1891)
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- 1861: Francisco del Rosario Sánchez , Dominican politician, one of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic
- 1864: August Peters , German narrator
- 1871: Vital Maria Conçalves de Oliveira , Brazilian bishop
- 1873: Józef Michał Poniatowski , Polish composer, singer and diplomat
- 1876: Robert H. Vance , American photography pioneer
- 1887: Friedrich Hundt , German photographer
- 1887: Félix Le Couppey , French music teacher, pianist and composer
- 1888: Friedrich Albert Mehmel , German organ builder
- 1888: Theodor Storm , German lawyer and writer ( Der kleine Hävelmann , Der Schimmelreiter )
- 1889: Srpuhi Nschan Kalfayan , founder of the Armenian order
- 1890: Philipp Friedrich Arnold , German anatomist and physiologist
- 1891: Hannibal Hamlin , American politician, House of Representatives, Senator, Governor of Maine, Vice President
- 1891: August Haupt , German organist, music teacher and composer
- 1894: August Dillmann , German orientalist and theologian
- 1897: Amor De Cosmos , Canadian politician and journalist, Prime Minister of British Columbia
20th century
1901-1950
Vivekananda († 1902)
Max Klinger († 1920)
Marie Curie († 1934)
Marie Louise von Larisch-Wallersee († 1940)
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- 1901: Johannes Schmidt , German linguist
- 1902: Vivekananda , Hindu monk and scholar
- 1910: John Wilbur Atwater , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
- 1910: Giovanni Schiaparelli , Italian astronomer
- 1912: Hinrich Wrage , German landscape painter and graphic artist
- 1916: Alan Seeger , American poet
- 1920: Max Klinger , German sculptor, painter and graphic artist of symbolism
- 1925: George W. Atkinson , American lawyer and politician, Congressman, Governor of West Virginia
- 1934: Chaim Nachman Bialik , Ukrainian-Israeli poet, author and journalist
- 1934: Marie Curie , French-Polish chemist and physicist, two-time Nobel Prize winner
- 1938: Jean-Baptiste Dubois , Canadian cellist, conductor and music teacher
- 1938: Suzanne Lenglen , French tennis player
- 1940: Marie Louise von Larisch-Wallersee , German niece of Empress Elisabeth of Austria
- 1941: Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński , Polish poet and literary translator
- 1941: Eugen Schilling , German chemist
- 1943: Władysław Sikorski , Polish officer, statesman and politician, prime minister, minister, commander in chief
- 1946: Othenio Abel , Austrian paleontologist and evolutionary biologist
- 1946: Ewa Paradies , German concentration camp guard
- 1948: Christian Kautz , Swiss automobile racing driver
- 1948: Richard Teschner , Austrian painter
- 1949: François Brandt , Dutch rower
1951-2000
August Derleth († 1971)
Leonid Stein († 1973)
Astor Piazolla († 1992)
- 1958: Birger Forell , Swedish pastor and resistance fighter
- 1958: Fernando de Fuentes , Mexican film director
- 1962: Karl Aloys Schenzinger , German doctor, author of novels, non-fiction books and Nazi propaganda
- 1962: Thomas Jefferson Jackson See , American astronomer
- 1963: Adolf Meschendörfer , German writer
- 1963: Fritz Reuter , German musicologist, music educator, composer and conductor
- 1964: Samuil Jakowlewitsch Marschak , Russian writer
- 1968: Aline Bußmann , German actress, radio play speaker and publicist
- 1969: Erwin Blumenfeld , German photographer
- 1970: Barnett Newman , American painter
- 1970: Walter Strzygowski , Austrian economic geographer
- 1971: August Derleth , American author
- 1973: Erwin Leuchter , Argentine musicologist and conductor
- 1973: Leonid Stein , Soviet grandmaster in chess
- 1975: Otto Dowidat , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1976: Wilfried Böse , German terrorist
- 1976: Yonatan Netanyahu , Israeli lieutenant colonel
- 1978: Carola Braunbock , German actress
- 1978: Arne Gunnar Walter Hülphers , Swedish jazz musician, pianist and conductor
- 1979: Theodora Kroeber , American ethnologist and author
- 1980: Gregory Bateson , Anglo-American anthropologist
- 1981: Klaus Thormaehlen , winemaker and inventor of the mulching sickle
- 1983: John Bodkin Adams , British medic and impostor
- 1985: Lotte Strauss , German pathologist
- 1986: Flor Peeters , Belgian composer, organist and music teacher
- 1987: Bernard U. Taylor , American music educator
- 1992: Guy Gale , British racing car driver
- 1992: Astor Piazzolla , Argentine composer
- 1993: Yvette Amice , French mathematician
- 1994: Frank Seiboth , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1994: Hedda Zinner , German writer, journalist and radio director
- 1995: Eva Gabor , American-Hungarian actress
- 1995: Bob Ross , American painter and actor
- 1996: Arlie Duff , American country musician
- 1997: Amado Carrillo Fuentes , Mexican mafioso
- 1998: Herbert Haufrecht , American composer and folklore researcher
- 1998: Henrik Stangerup , Danish author and film director
- 2000: Antonia Magdalena Arté , Dominican musician and music teacher
- 2000: Mausberg , American rapper
21st century
Barry White († 2003)
Otto von Habsburg († 2011)
Daniil Granin († 2017)
Eva Mozes Kor († 2019)
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- 2002: Lutz Moik , German actor and voice actor
- 2002: Laurent Schwartz , French mathematician, Fields Medalist
- 2003: André Claveau , French chansonnier
- 2003: Armin Mohler , Swiss philosopher, publicist, writer and journalist
- 2003: Barry White , American soul singer and producer
- 2004: Jean-Marie Auberson , Swiss conductor and violinist
- 2004: Thomas Mancuso , American medic
- 2005: Marga López , Mexican actress
- 2005: Hank Stram , American football coach
- 2006: Milton Peláez , Dominican rock musician, composer and comedian
- 2007: Barış Akarsu , Turkish rock musician and actor
- 2007: Liane Bahler , German professional cyclist
- 2008: Thomas M. Disch , American writer
- 2008: Jesse Helms , American Politician, Senator for North Carolina
- 2008: Nicolaus Sombart , German cultural sociologist and writer
- 2008: Janwillem van de Wetering , Dutch writer
- 2009: Allen Klein , American businessman
- 2009: Robert Louis-Dreyfus , French-Swiss entrepreneur
- 2011: Otto von Habsburg , German-Austrian writer, publicist and politician, MEP, son of the last Austrian emperor
- 2012: Vinzenz Guggenberger , German auxiliary bishop
- 2013: Javier Artiñano , Spanish costume designer and set designer
- 2013: Erich Kiesl , German politician
- 2014: Hanna von Hoerner , German astrophysicist and entrepreneur
- 2014: Richard Mellon Scaife , American media entrepreneur
- 2015: Walter Rummel , German doctor and pharmacologist
- 2016: Abbas Kiarostami , Iranian film director
- 2016: Martina Servatius , German actress
- 2017: Daniil Alexandrowitsch Granin , Soviet or Russian writer
- 2017: Heinz Schneiter , Swiss football player
- 2018: Boukary Adji , Nigerien politician
- 2018: Marianne Lutz , German voice actress
- 2019: Eva Mozes Kor , American Holocaust survivor and activist
- 2019: Elisabeth Zwick , German psychologist, educator and theologian
- 2020: Chrono Popp , Austrian musician
- 2020: Frithjof Vierock , German actor
- 2020: Ladislaus Weiss , German painter
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial day
- St. Ulrich von Augsburg , German missionary and bishop (Protestant and Roman Catholic)
- St. Ulrich's Day , Holy Festival
- State holidays and memorial days
- USA : Independence Day (since 1777)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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