June 4th
The June 4 is the 155th day of the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years ), thus remain still 210 days until the end of the year.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 774 : The nine-month siege of Pavia by the Franks under Charlemagne ends with the surrender of the city.
- 1039 : With the death of his father Konrad II , Heinrich III. Roman-German king.
- 1094 : During the siege of the city of Huesca , at that time part of al-Andalus , King Sancho I of Aragon dies. His son Peter I becomes the new ruler.
- 1365 : The German Emperor Charles IV is crowned King of Burgundy (Arelat).
- 1525 : During the Peasants' War , the Landsknechte of the Truchsess von Waldburg smashed the "Hellen Lichten Haufen" of the Franconian peasants in the battle of Sulzdorf . Florian Geyer's tightly organized Black Heap can evade destruction.
- 1745 : Second Silesian War : In the Battle of Hohenfriedeberg , Frederick the Great defeated the allied armies of Austria and Saxony .
- 1794 : During the Revolution, Abbé Henri Grégoire presented a report to the French National Convention in which he called for the suppression of "dialects" and the exclusive use of French . The accompanying measures initiate a long-term policy that will lead to the decline of regional and minority languages such as Occitan .
- 1796 : In the Battle of Altenkirchen in the First Coalition War, the French under Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult are victorious against Austrian troops, which Archduke Karl commands.
- 1797 : The Libro d'Oro is burned in Venice after the French revolutionary troops have moved in . The Golden Book kept for centuries to participate in the Grand Council of the city of the registered aristocratic patrician families before.
- 1799 : In the Second Coalition War , Austrian troops under the command of Archduke Karl defeat the French army commanded by André Masséna in Switzerland in the First Battle of Zurich .
- 1805 : The Ligurian Republic with its capital Genoa is incorporated into the French Empire , as is the neighboring northern Italian duchy of Parma .
- 1812 : To avoid confusion with the state of Louisiana , which was admitted to the Union on April 30, the previous Louisiana Territory is renamed Missouri Territory .
- 1814 : With the promulgation of the Charte constitutionnelle , the restoration of the monarchy in France is completed. Louis XVIII is the new French king .
- 1831 : The National Congress of Belgium elects the German Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who lives in England, as the first King of the Belgians .
- 1844 : In the Silesian Owl Mountains there is a weaver revolt , which will have a lasting impact on political events in Vormärz .
- 1849 : In the Schleswig-Holstein War , German and Danish ships fight each other at Heligoland , the only one in the German imperial fleet .
- 1859 : In the Battle of Magenta , the Austrian Empire is subject to the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont and its allies France.
- 1878 : The Ottoman Empire cedes the island of Cyprus to Great Britain in an initially secret treaty , but the Sultan reserves the right to sovereignty. The British promise to support him in return for Russian expansion.
- 1919 : The US Senate passes the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution . When it came into effect on August 18, 1920, women were given the right to vote in the United States .
- 1920 : With the Treaty of Trianon between the Allies and Hungary, the fourth of the Paris suburb treaties to end the First World War is signed.
- 1940 : The Destroyer War Badge is donated to the German Navy .
- 1940 : Coinciding with the completion of Operation Dynamo holds Prime Minister Winston Churchill before the House and then in broadcasting a speech under the motto We shall fight on the beaches . In it he strengthens the will of his people to defend against National Socialist Germany .
- 1940 : Allied bombers carry out the first air raid on Frankfurt am Main , the damage of which is still limited.
- 1942 : The Battle of Midway between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy begins. The battle lasts until June 7th and is considered a turning point in favor of the Allies in the Pacific War .
- 1944 : Rome is liberated from fascist rule: the 1st US Armored Division moves into the city after Field Marshal Albert Kesselring , the German commander in chief in Italy, ordered the German Wehrmacht units to withdraw without resistance .
- 1946 : Colonel Juan Perón becomes President of Argentina .
- 1970 : King Taufaʻahau Tupou IV. Proclaims the complete independence of the Pacific island state of Tonga , which had been a British protectorate since 1900.
- 1980 : Police and BGS evacuate the " Republic of Free Wendland ", a village built by opponents of nuclear power in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district in Lower Saxony .
- 1989 : As a result of the round table discussions , the first free elections in Poland's post-war history take place.
- 1989 : Tian'anmen massacre : The Chinese leadership violently ends weeks of mass demonstrations by the democracy movement in Beijing's Square at the Gate of Heavenly Peace . Thousands of demonstrators are killed in the process.
- 1989 : In Iran , after the death of Ayatollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khāmene'ī takes his place.
- 2001 : Prince Gyanendra Bir Bikram becomes King of Nepal .
economy
- 1860 : The Basler Centralbahnhof , joint station of the Centralbahn and the French Eastern Railway , goes into operation.
- 1888 : The King of the Belgians, Leopold II , opens the first of the hydraulic boat lifts on the Belgian Canal du Center . The further construction of the waterway has been delayed for reasons of cost.
- 1894 : In Germany, the Law on Payments comes into force. It enables buyers to purchase goods of higher value , the purchase price of which they can pay in installments .
- 1928 : Gustav Hartmann , the iron Gustav, arrives in Paris in his horse-drawn carriage. With the ride he protests against the demise of the cabs by cars.
- 1981 : The construction of the Airbus A320 , one of the most successful civil aircraft in the decades around the turn of the millennium, is unofficially decided.
- 1999 : The US investment bank Bankers Trust is taken over by Deutsche Bank . Measured against the total assets , the result will be the largest bank in the world to date.
science and technology
- 1783 : In Annonay , the Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their first unmanned hot air balloon .
- 1887 : The Pasteur Institute is founded in Paris . In addition to research and consulting tasks, the monitoring of infectious diseases is in the foreground of his work.
Culture
- 1666 : The Misanthrope (Le Misanthrope) , a five-act comedy by Molière , premieres in Paris.
- 1780 : First performance of the opera La finta Amante by Giovanni Pacini in Mogiljow on the Dnepr .
- 1811 : Carl Maria von Weber's one-act opera Abu Hassan is premiered at the Munich Residenztheater.
- 1908 : The Laeiszhalle opens in Hamburg. The shipowner Carl Laeisz, as a patron, made the construction of this concert hall possible.
- 1917 : The first Pulitzer Prize is awarded.
- 1921 : World premiere of the opera Murderer, Hope of Women by Paul Hindemith at the State Opera in Stuttgart .
- 1931 : At the Komische Oper Berlin , the operetta women like it ...! premiered by Walter Kollo .
religion
- 1013 : Because of his rejection of the monastery reform of Gorze , which was partly forcibly introduced by Heinrich II , Branthog was deposed as abbot of the Fulda monastery by Archbishop Erkanbald of Mainz . He then went with some of the monks to Halberstadt , where they were taken in by Bishop Arnulf and sent on to the new Ilsenburg monastery in the Harz Mountains . Poppo , already Abbot of Lorsch at this point , also becomes the new Abbot of Fulda.
- 1055 : The first council of Florence is held in the church of Santa Reparata in the presence of Pope Viktor II and Emperor Heinrich III. opened.
- 1995 : Damian de Veuster , Belgian missionary, is beatified by Pope John Paul II in Brussels .
Disasters
- 1629 : The sailing ship Batavia of the Dutch East India Company runs onto a reef in the Houtman-Abrolhos archipelago off the west coast of Australia . About twenty people died, most of the crew and passengers were able to save themselves on small islands. As a result, 125 people are killed under the beginning reign of terror of Jeronimus Cornelisz and his cronies .
- 1989 : 645 people die in the railway accident near Ufa , Soviet Union , when two trains crossing each other trigger a gas explosion in a leaky pipeline due to flying sparks .
- 2000 : An earthquake of 7.9 magnitude on Sumatra , Indonesia , calls for 103 human lives.
- 2002 : The Zeyzoun Dam in Syria breaks. The tsunami killed up to 100 people.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1860 : The Bornheim gymnastics community , today one of the largest gymnastics and sports clubs in Germany with around 18,000 members , is founded.
- 1907 : The Swedish football club Helsingborgs IF is created through the merger of two clubs .
- 1924 : During the British Mount Everest Expedition , Edward Felix Norton reached the altitude record for mountaineers of 8,573 meters in what was later to be known as the Norton Couloir . He has to break off the ascent of Mount Everest because of the late time of the day.
- 1950 : In the stadium of the Polish Army in Warsaw, the series of the Hungarian Golden Elf around Ferenc Puskás begins with a 5-2 win against the Polish national football team , which only ends on July 4, 1954 in the World Cup final in Bern's Wankdorf Stadium.
- 1961 : The ARD broadcasts the sports show for the first time .
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
- 1394 : Philippa of England , Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, Duchess of Pomerania
- 1489 : Anton II , Duke of Lorraine
- 1513 : Niels Hemmingsen , Danish Protestant theologian, philologist and school reformer
- 1575 : Gwanghaegun , 15th King of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea
- 1582 : Rudolf von Drachenfels , German administrative officer and occasional poet
- 1604 : Claudia de 'Medici , Archduchess of Austria and Duchess of Tyrol
- 1607 : Brandanus Daetrius , German Lutheran theologian
- 1612 : August Carpzov , German statesman
- 1613 : Michael Conrad Hirt , German painter
- 1615 : Gaspard Poussin , Italian painter
- 1618 : Daniel Herz , German-Austrian organ builder
- 1628 : Christoph Delphicus von Dohna , Swedish field marshal
- 1636 : Melchor Portocarrero Lasso de la Vega , Spanish colonial administrator, viceroy of New Spain and Peru
- 1644 : Godert de Ginkell, 1st Earl of Athlone , Dutch general
- 1694 : François Quesnay , French doctor and economist
18th century
- 1704 : Benjamin Huntsman , English watchmaker and inventor
- 1707 : Henning Alexander von Kleist , royal Prussian lieutenant general
- 1728 : Therese von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , abbess of the imperial free secular imperial monastery of Gandersheim
- 1736 : Ignaz Fränzl , German composer, violinist, violist and conductor
- 1738 : George III. , King of Great Britain and Ireland
- 1739 : Johann Beckmann , German economist
- 1739 : Christian Hartmann Samuel von Gatzert , German lawyer and politician
- 1742 : Ignacio Jordán Claudio de Asso y del Rio , Spanish lawyer, diplomat and naturalist
- 1743 : Jean-Baptiste Rondelet , French architect
- 1752 : John Eager Howard , American politician
- 1759 : Maria Rosa Coccia , Roman composer
- 1760 : Christian August Günther , German painter, draftsman and engraver
- 1770 : James Hewitt , American composer
- 1771 : Charles Antoine Morand , French general
- 1777 : Alexei Yermolow , Russian general and diplomat
- 1782 : Christian Martin Joachim Frähn , German orientalist and numismatist
- 1785 : Luman Reed , American entrepreneur and art patron
- 1786 : George Pollock , British field marshal
- 1787 : Constant Prévost , French geologist
19th century
1801-1850
- 1809 : Columbus Delano , American politician
- 1816 : Adele Beckmann , Italian soubrette, singer and dancer
- 1825 : John DeWitt Clinton Atkins , American politician
- 1833 : Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley , British Field Marshal, Commander in Chief of the British Army
- 1834 : Paul Friedrich August Ascherson , German botanist, historian, ethnographer and linguist
- 1837 : Sigurd Abel , German historian
- 1841 : Karl Binding , German jurist in criminal law and rector
- 1843 : Charles Conrad Abbott , American archaeologist and naturalist
1851-1900
- 1859 : Gustav Hartmann , German cab driver
- 1862 : Teresa Claramunt , Spanish feminist, anarchist and syndicalist
- 1862 : Camille Decoppet , Swiss politician and Federal Councilor
- 1867 : Eugen Abresch , German entrepreneur, inventor, art collector and politician
- 1867 : Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim , Finnish military leader and statesman
- 1872 : William Willard Ashe , American botanist and forester
- 1873 : Heinrich Rudolph Wahlen , German businessman and Swedish consul for German New Guinea
- 1875 : Oskar Adler , Austrian musician and astrologer
- 1876 : Lore Agnes , German women's rights activist and politician, MdR
- 1877 : Heinrich Wieland , German biochemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1878 : Frank Buchman , American theologian, spiritual leader of the Oxford Group
- 1878 : Wilhelm Ewald , German heraldist and museum director
- 1879 : Theodor Haecker , German writer, cultural critic and translator, representative of the intellectual resistance against National Socialism
- 1881 : Barthélémy Bruyère , Belgian racing driver
- 1881 : Richard Kurt Donin , Austrian art historian
- 1882 : John Bauer , Swedish painter
- 1882 : Erwin Lendvai , Hungarian composer
- 1882 : Karl Valentin , German comedian, cabaret artist, author and film producer
- 1883 : Hans Ehrenberg , German theologian
- 1883 : Adolf Maurer , Swiss theologian and poet
- 1888 : Fritz Arendt , German classical philologist and high school teacher
- 1887 : Tino Danieli , Italian entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1888 : Ingeborg Steffensen , Danish opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
- 1889 : Cliff Eros , German circus entrepreneur, sensational actor, artist and tamer
- 1889 : Beno Gutenberg , German seismologist
- 1890 : Hans Morgenthaler , Swiss writer
- 1891 : Leopold Vietoris , Austrian mathematician
- 1892 : Franz Xaver von Hornstein , Swiss Catholic clergyman, pastoral theologian and university professor
- 1894 : Mary Bolduc , Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1895 : George Stevenson Wallace , Australian comedian and actor
- 1895 : Fritz Weber , Austrian writer and storyteller
- 1899 : Stringer Davis , English actor and husband of Margaret Rutherford
20th century
1901-1925
- 1902 : Franz Firbas , German botanist
- 1903 : Karl Hennig , German Protestant theologian
- 1903 : Charlie Monroe , American musician
- 1904 : Henry Grob , Swiss chess master
- 1904 : Anni Krahnstöver , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1904 : Rudolf Preising , German Roman Catholic pastor, teacher, local researcher and archivist
- 1904 : Paul Schachtschabel , German soil scientist
- 1906 : Ivan Lyudwigowitsch Knunjanz , Soviet chemist
- 1906 : Alice Treff , German actress
- 1907 : Rosalind Russell , American actress
- 1908 : Geli Raubal , niece of Adolf Hitler
- 1908 : Texas Ruby , American country musician
- 1909 : Hanuš Burger , Czech director
- 1909 : Hans-Otto Meissner , German diplomat and writer
- 1910 : Robert B. Anderson , American politician
- 1910 : Christopher Cockerell , British engineer, inventor of the hovercraft
- 1912 : Maria Andergast , German actress
- 1912 : Robert Jacobsen , Danish sculptor, painter and graphic artist
- 1913 : Ahmad Tajuddin , Sultan of Brunei
- 1913 : Bruno Bettinelli , Italian composer
- 1913 : Arved Deringer , German lawyer and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1914 : John Mansfield Addis , British diplomat
- 1915 : Alan Shulman , American composer and cellist
- 1915 : Heinrich Tenhumberg , Bishop of Münster
- 1918 : Marcelo Koc , Argentine composer
- 1918 : Jan van Dijk , Dutch composer and pianist
- 1920 : Otto Rosenheinrich , German soccer player
- 1922 : Jaroslaw Serpan , Czech-French painter
- 1923 : Carlos Teppa , Venezuelan composer and cellist
- 1924 : Ettore Chimeri , Venezuelan racing car driver
- 1924 : Dennis Weaver , American actor
- 1924 : Heinz Westphal , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister
- 1925 : Hubert Suschka , German actor
1926-1950
- 1926 : Miguel Arteche Salinas , Chilean writer and poet
- 1927 : Willy Hagara , Austrian pop singer and actor
- 1928 : Ruth Westheimer , German-American sex therapist and non-fiction author
- 1929 : Günter Strack , German theater and television actor
- 1931 : Jan Zábrana , Czech writer, poet and translator
- 1931 : Erasmus Schöfer , German writer
- 1932 : John Drew Barrymore , American actor
- 1932 : Oliver Nelson , American musician
- 1933 : Richard Askey , American mathematician
- 1933 : Godfried Danneels , Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels and a cardinal
- 1934 : Vilhjálmur Einarsson , Icelandic athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1934 : Yaak Karsunke , German writer
- 1935 : Roderich Reifenrath , German journalist
- 1936 : Yvette Amice , French mathematician
- 1936 : Bruce Dern , American actor
- 1937 : Minoru Betsuyaku , Japanese playwright
- 1937 : Freddy Fender , American songwriter and singer
- 1940 : Josefina Miniño , Dominican ballet dancer and choreographer
- 1940 : Ludwig Schwarz , Austrian bishop
- 1941 : Klaus Michael Grüber , German theater and opera director
- 1941 : Winfried Holtmann , German cycling manager and journalist
- 1943 : Salomon Korn , chairman of the Jewish community in Frankfurt am Main
- 1943 : Gladys Rodríguez , Puerto Rican actress
- 1944 : Ricky Shayne , French-Lebanese singer
- 1945 : Ralf Thenior , German writer
- 1945 : Regina Weicker , German radio play and screenwriter
- 1945 : Adrian Yates-Smith , British racing car driver
- 1947 : Hans-Joachim Böttcher , German author
- 1947 : Viktor Klima , Austrian politician, Federal Chancellor
- 1948 : Margaret Gibson , Canadian writer
- 1948 : Paquito D'Rivera , Cuban jazz musician
- 1948 : Jürgen Sparwasser , German soccer player
- 1949 : Rainer Ulrich , German soccer player and coach
- 1949 : Gwendolyn von Ambesser , German author, director, actress
1951-1975
- 1951 : Volker Dornquast , German politician, MdL
- 1951 : Eva Klotz , South Tyrolean politician
- 1951 : Bronisław Malinowski , Polish athlete
- 1952 : Bronisław Komorowski , Polish politician, Minister of Defense, Speaker of Parliament, President of the State
- 1952 : Mikhail Kuznetsov , Russian-Soviet rower, Olympic champion
- 1952 : Karl-Heinz Lambertz , Belgian politician, Prime Minister of the German-speaking Community
- 1953 : Walter Novellino , Italian football player and coach
- 1953 : Linda Lingle , American politician, governor of Hawaii
- 1954 : Hermann Gerland , German soccer player and coach
- 1954 : Luc-Adolphe Tiao , politician from Burkina Faso
- 1955 : Adolf Sauerland , German local politician, Lord Mayor of Duisburg
- 1955 : Val McDermid , Scottish crime writer
- 1956 : Martin Adams , English darts player
- 1956 : Bernd Posselt , German politician, journalist and expellee official, MEP
- 1957 : Norbert Nachtweih , German soccer player
- 1957 : Franz Pany , German expellee functionary
- 1958 : Andreas Giebel , German cabaret artist and actor
- 1958 : Christoph Eidens , German jazz vibraphonist
- 1959 : Anil Ambani , Indian businessman
- 1959 : Brent Michael Davids , American composer
- 1960 : Åse Michaelsen , Norwegian politician
- 1960 : José Antonio Molina , Dominican conductor, composer and pianist
- 1961 : Ferenc Gyurcsány , Hungarian politician, head of government
- 1962 : Den Harrow , Italian musician
- 1962 : Krzysztof Hołowczyc , Polish rally driver and politician
- 1963 : Jim Boni , Italian ice hockey player and coach
- 1965 : Mick Doohan , Australian motorcycle racer
- 1966 : Cecilia Bartoli , Italian opera singer
- 1966 : Petros Ovsepyan , Armenian classical music composer
- 1967 : Michael Stepwieser , Austrian basketball coach
- 1967 : Marcus Weinberg , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1968 : Iwona Arent , Polish politician
- 1968 : Scott Wolf , American actor
- 1969 : Iwona Mironiuk , Polish pianist
- 1969 : Zeresenay Alemseged , Ethiopian paleoanthropologist
- 1970 : Richie Hawtin , Canadian techno producer
- 1970 : Izabella Scorupco , Polish actress and photo model
- 1970 : Kathrin Passig , German journalist and writer
- 1973 : Sonsee Neu , German actress
- 1974 : Alexander Mierzwa , German handball player
- 1975 : Radost Bokel , German actress and singer
- 1975 : Angelina Jolie , American actress
1976-2000
- 1976 : Kasey Chambers , Australian country singer
- 1976 : Nenad Zimonjić , Serbian tennis player
- 1977 : Candie Herbert , French soccer player
- 1978 : Suat Arslanboğa , Turkish football referee
- 1978 : Hartmut Pötzelberger , Austrian American football player
- 1979 : Naohiro Takahara , Japanese soccer player
- 1980 : Håvard Augensen , Norwegian handball player
- 1980 : Tom Steinbrecher , German musician and radio play producer
- 1981 : Tobias Karlsson , Swedish handball player
- 1981 : Georgios Seitaridis , Greek football player
- 1982 : Gaetano D'Agostino , Italian football player
- 1982 : Jon Mirasty , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983 : Stephanie Atanasov , Austrian singer
- 1983 : Emmanuel Eboué , Ivorian football player
- 1983 : Guillermo García López , Spanish tennis player
- 1983 : Abdulaziz Al Faisal , Saudi Arabian racing driver
- 1983 : Romaric , Ivorian football player
- 1984 : RAF Camora , Austrian rapper and music producer
- 1984 : Marvin Nartey , German handball player
- 1985 : Juhamatti Aaltonen , Finnish ice hockey player
- 1985 : Anna-Lena Grönefeld , German tennis player
- 1985 : Dominique Gisin , Swiss ski racer
- 1985 : Evan Lysacek , American figure skater
- 1985 : Lukas Podolski , German soccer player
- 1986 : Tolgahan Acar , Turkish soccer player
- 1986 : Sebastian Asch , German racing driver
- 1986 : Oona Castilla Chaplin , Spanish actress
- 1986 : Dominika Valachová , Slovak volleyball player
- 1987 : Kevin Köhler , German musical actor
- 1989 : Sabrina Anderlik , German actress
- 1989 : Christian Schwerin , German handball player
- 1990 : Greg Monroe , American basketball player
- 1990 : Jetsun Pema , Queen of Bhutan
- 1991 : Jordan Hinson , American actress
- 1991 : Lorenzo Insigne , Italian football player
- 1992 : Marvin Gille , German handball player
- 1992 : Morgan Griffin , Australian television and film actress
- 1993 : Juan Iturbe , Argentine soccer player
- 1994 : Richard Assmus , German track cyclist
- 1994 : Aaron Koszuta , German actor
- 1996 : Jesper Verlaat , Dutch football player
21st century
- 2001 : Philip Noah Schwarz , German actor
Died
Before the 17th century
- 756 : Shōmu , Japanese emperor
- 800 : Luitgard , Queen of the Franks, consort or consort of Charlemagne
- 863 : Charles of Aquitaine , Archbishop of Mainz
- 1039 : Conrad II , Holy Roman Emperor
- 1076 : Sancho IV , King of Navarre
- 1094 : Sancho I , King of Aragon
- 1102 : Władysław I. Herman , Duke of Poland since 1079
- 1134 : Henrik Skadelår , Danish prince
- 1134 : Magnus , King of Sweden
- 1135 : Song Huizong , Chinese emperor, painter and calligrapher
- 1155 : Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon , English nobleman
- 1200 : Heinrich I , regent of the county of Arnsberg
- 1201 : Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani , Muslim chronicler
- 1206 : Adela of Champagne , Queen of France
- 1246 : Isabella of Angoulême , Countess of Angoulême in her own right and Queen Consort of England
- 1248 : Rapoto III. , Count of Kraiburg-Marquartstein and Count Palatine of Bavaria
- 1257 : Przemysł I , Duke of Greater Poland
- 1336 : Guillaume Pierre Godin , Cardinal of the Roman Church
- 1394 : Mary de Bohun , English noblewoman, mother of Henry V of England
- 1439 : Adolf von Essen , German monk
- 1444 : Aleksander Ziemowit , Prince-Bishop of Trento and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1463 : Flavio Biondo , Italian historian
- 1472 : Nezahualcóyotl , ruler in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
- 1534 : Veit Warbeck , translator of the novel The beautiful Magelone
- 1539 : Maria von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , abbess of the imperial free secular imperial monastery of Gandersheim
- 1566 : Matthaeus Collinus , Czech teacher and writer
- 1575 : Johann Eglof von Knöringen , Bishop of Augsburg
- 1577 : Alvise Mocenigo I , 85th Doge of Venice
- 1585 : Marcus Antonius Muretus , French humanist
17th and 18th centuries
- 1627 : Marie de Bourbon , Duchess of Montpensier in her own right
- 1633 : Paulus Götz , German historian and educator
- 1650 : Johann Caspar Unrath , German legal scholar
- 1663 : William Juxon , Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1668 : Ernestine von Ligne , Countess of Nassau-Siegen
- 1674 : Jan Lievens , Dutch painter
- 1678 : Catherine Charlotte de Gramont , Princess of Monaco
- 1680 : August von Sachsen-Weißenfels , Duke of Sachsen-Weißenfels
- 1680 : Tokugawa Ietsuna , Japanese shogun
- 1703 : Philis de La Charce , French war heroine
- 1703 : Luise Katharina von Rautter , Prussian landowner and hydraulic engineering entrepreneur
- 1705 : Wilhelm Jakob Rinck von Baldenstein , Prince-Bishop of Basel
- 1723 : Angelo Maria Fiorè , Italian composer and cellist
- 1723 : Leopold Clemens Karl , Hereditary Prince of Lorraine
- 1737 : François Lemoyne , French painter
- 1738 : Naum Akimowitsch Senjawin , Vice Admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy
- 1745 : Johann Wilhelm , Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
- 1750 : Friedrich Ludwig , Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
- 1752 : Kaspar von Fels , Swiss mayor and delegate to the Diet
- 1752 : Karl zu Mecklenburg , Prince of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- 1752 : Daniel Marot , French architect and engraver
- 1763 : Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein , Archbishop and Elector of Mainz and Bishop of Worms
- 1769 : Giambattista Lolli , Italian chess player
- 1772 : Johann Michael Feuchtmayer the Younger , German plasterer and sculptor
- 1784 : David Tschanz , Swiss Pietist
- 1789 : Johann Friedrich Hähn , German clergyman and educator
- 1792 : Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz , German writer
- 1792 : John Burgoyne , British general and writer
- 1793 : Joachim Bernhard von Prittwitz , Prussian general of the cavalry
- 1798 : Giacomo Casanova , Italian writer and adventurer
19th century
- 1801 : Frederick Muhlenberg , first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- 1804 : Johann Friedrich Ackermann , German physician and university professor
- 1809 : Nicolai Abildgaard , Danish painter, sculptor and neoclassical architect
- 1810 : William Windham , British politician
- 1825 : John Adam , British Interim Governor General
- 1830 : Antonio José de Sucre , South American freedom hero
- 1832 : Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat , French sinologist and librarian
- 1846 : Friedrich Bernhard Gottfried Nicolai , German astronomer
- 1852 : Jens Christian Berg , Norwegian lawyer and historian
- 1852 : James Pradier , French sculptor
- 1858 : James Pinckney Henderson , American lawyer and politician, Senator and 1st Governor of Texas
- 1872 : Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant , French general and Marshal of France
- 1872 : Stanisław Moniuszko , Polish composer
- 1874 : Christian Friedrich Schubert , German teacher and politician
- 1874 : Franz Winiewski , German classical philologist
- 1875 : Carl von Jacobi , German general and minister
- 1875 : Eduard Mörike , German poet, narrator, translator and pastor
- 1876 : Abdülaziz , 32nd Sultan of the Ottomans
- 1879 : Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Wander , German educator and proverb collector
- 1887 : William A. Wheeler , 19th Vice President of the United States
- 1894 : Wilhelm Roscher , German economist and founder of the older historical school of economics
- 1895 : Abu Bakar of Johor , Sultan of Johor
20th century
1901-1950
- 1905 : Gaston d'Audiffret-Pasquier , French politician
- 1905 : Orla Rosenhoff , Danish composer and music teacher
- 1906 : Arthur Pue Gorman , American politician
- 1913 : Léon Deubel , French poet
- 1921 : Harry Walden , German actor
- 1922 : Hermann Diels , German classical philologist and historian of philosophy
- 1923 : Dmitri Nikolajewitsch Anuchin , Russian geographer, ethnologist and anthropologist
- 1925 : August Conrady , German sinologist
- 1925 : Pierre Louÿs , French writer
- 1933 : Ahmet Haşim , Turkish poet
- 1935 : Raban Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden , German ministerial official and diplomat
- 1936 : Mathilde Verne , English pianist and music teacher
- 1938 : John Flanagan , American athlete
- 1941 : Wilhelm II , last German Emperor and King of Prussia
- 1942 : Mordechaj Gebirtig , Jewish-Polish poet and composer
- 1942 : Reinhard Heydrich , German general of the SS and the police, head of the RSHA , entrusted with the "final solution to the Jewish question", war criminal
- 1943 : Kermit Roosevelt , American writer, businessman, and officer
- 1945 : Georg Kaiser , German playwright of the expressionist generation
- 1945 : Carl Krone , German circus director
- 1947 : Zaven der Yeghiayan , Armenian Archbishop and Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
- 1948 : Albrecht Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode , German politician and member of the Reichstag
- 1949 : Miel van Leijden , Dutch football player
- 1950 : Ahmad Tajuddin , Sultan of Brunei
1951-2000
- 1951 : Sergei Alexandrowitsch Kussewizki , Russian-American conductor and double bass player
- 1952 : Ena Rottenberg , Hungarian-Austrian craftswoman, glass painter and ceramicist
- 1956 : Elisabeth Walter , German teacher and writer
- 1957 : Louise Schroeder , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1958 : Eleanor Hallowell Abbott , American poet, novelist, and children's book author
- 1959 : Hijikata Yoshi , Japanese theater director
- 1960 : Willy Anker , German politician and resistance fighter
- 1960 : Jan Morávek , Czech historian and archivist
- 1961 : William Astbury , English physicist and molecular biologist
- 1965 : Ernst Rodenwaldt , German medic
- 1966 : Paul Barnickel , German lawyer
- 1967 : JR Ackerley , English writer
- 1971 : Georg Lukács , Jewish-Hungarian philosopher, literary scholar and critic
- 1973 : Ludwig Armbruster , German zoologist
- 1973 : Maurice René Fréchet , French mathematician
- 1974 : Ernst Nebhut , German writer, librettist and screenwriter
- 1975 : Valentin Ferdinandowitsch Asmus , Russian philosopher, logician and historian of logic
- 1976 : Bruno Beye , German painter and graphic artist
- 1979 : Robert Doutrebente , French racing car driver
- 1981 : Fritz Steuben , German writer
- 1981 : Billy Starr , American country musician
- 1984 : Hans Kies , German sculptor and politician
- 1986 : Albert LaMadeleine , Canadian fiddle player
- 1988 : Marcelle Bard , Swiss Protestant clergyman and women's rights activist
- 1989 : Ingeborg Kleinert , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1991 : Rudolf Vogel , German politician
- 1994 : Roberto Burle Marx , Brazilian landscape architect, plant collector and painter
- 1994 : Zeke Clements , American country musician
- 1994 : Bill Hoffman , American football player
- 1996 : María Luisa Anido , Argentinian guitarist, composer and music teacher
- 1997 : Erwin Amend , German composer and concert master
- 1997 : Ronnie Lane , British rock musician
- 1997 : Johnny Hammond Smith , American jazz musician
- 1998 : Miguel Montuori , Italian-Argentine soccer player
21st century
- 2001 : John Hartford , American country singer
- 2001 : Felicitas Kukuck , German composer
- 2002 : Cliff Gleaves , American rockabilly musician and DJ
- 2003 : Maria Singer , Austrian folk actress
- 2004 : Steve Lacy , American jazz saxophonist
- 2004 : Nino Manfredi , Italian actor
- 2004 : Rolf Moebius , German actor
- 2005 : Chloe Jones , American porn actress
- 2005 : Jürgen Seifert , German political scientist and civil rights activist
- 2007 : Alain Le Ray , French general and resistance fighter
- 2008 : Reinhard Peters , German conductor and musician
- 2009 : Günter Spendel , German legal scholar
- 2010 : Pétur Sigurgeirsson , Icelandic bishop
- 2011 : Dimi Mint Abba , Mauritanian musician
- 2011 : Curth Flatow , German playwright
- 2012 : Nikolaus Aidelsburger , German politician
- 2012 : Eduard Anatoljewitsch Chil , Russian singer
- 2013 : Günter Erbach , German sports official
- 2013 : Dorin Giurgiuca , Romanian table tennis player
- 2014 : Joseph Befe Ateba , Cameroonian bishop
- 2014 : Franz Weiss , Austrian painter and sculptor
- 2015 : Ernst Waldemar Bauer , German radio journalist and biologist
- 2015 : Edith Hancke , German actress
- 2015 : Arno Klönne , German sociologist, political scientist and author
- 2015 : Hermann Zapf , German typographer and calligrapher
- 2016 : Antti Hyry , Finnish writer
- 2016 : Carmen Pereira , Guinea-Bissau politician
- 2017 : Juan Goytisolo , Spanish writer
- 2018 : Dwight Clark , American football player
- 2018 : Georgann Johnson , American actress
- 2019 : Lennart Johansson , Swedish football official
- 2019 : Yuri Moissejewitsch Kagan , Soviet or Russian physicist
- 2020 : Steve Priest , British rock musician ( The Sweet )
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- State holidays and memorial days
- Tonga : Independence from Great Britain (1970)
- More information about the day
- Action day sustainability , initiated by the Council for Sustainable Development on the occasion of the international environmental conference Rio + 20
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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