December 5th
The December 5 is the 339th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 340th in leap years ), thus remain 26 days by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 63 BC BC : Cicero holds the last of his speeches against Catiline . Cato's expression of opinion then leads to the imposition of the death penalty for the conspirators of the attempted coup in the Roman Empire .
- 1082 : Raimund Berengar II , one of the two Counts of Barcelona , is killed in a hunt. Popular opinion considers his twin brother Berengar Raimund II to be the instigator because he seeks power in Catalonia .
- 1212 : Friedrich II of Staufer is confirmed as Roman-German king in a by-election in Frankfurt am Main .
- 1408 : After the conquest of Perejaslavl and Nizhny Novgorod, the emir Edigü appears with his Golden Horde before Moscow . However, he subsequently withdrew after paying a ransom of 3,000 rubles .
- 1492 : Christopher Columbus discovered the Caribbean island of Hispaniola on his first voyage .
- 1560 : After the death of 16-year-old King Franz II , his 10-year-old brother Karl IX. new ruler in France . As a guardian, his mother Katharina von Medici took over government affairs . The widowed Queen Maria Stuart has little support at court and returns to Scotland in August 1561 .
- 1757 : Prussian troops defeat the almost twice as strong Austrians in the Battle of Leuthen in the Seven Years' War . For the last time, the crooked order of battle is used as a military tactic.
- 1792 : In the second US presidential election , George Washington is re-elected as president and John Adams as vice-president of the electoral college.
- 1831 : The uprising of the silk weavers in Lyon is violently suppressed by the French army. 10,000 people have to leave the city afterwards.
- 1848 : Due to a speech given by US President James K. Polk to the US Congress that gold had actually been found in California , the California gold rush developed into a national "migration of peoples".
- 1848 : The unruly Prussian National Assembly is dissolved by a decree by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV . On the same day the regent enacts the constitution imposed on Prussia according to his ideas .
- 1865 : After some armed conflict with Spain , which shows ambitions to recapture its former colonies, Peru and Chile form a formal alliance. The Spanish-South American War begins.
- 1894 : With the ceremonial laying of the keystone in Berlin , the Reichstag building is given its intended purpose.
- 1916 : The law on patriotic auxiliary service comes into force in the German Reich . This means that all men who have not been drafted into the army or who work in an agricultural or forestry company can be obliged to work in a company that is important to the war effort.
- 1917 : Sidónio Pais seizes power in Portugal . President Bernardino Machado refuses to step down and is temporarily detained.
- 1931 : The Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow is destroyed by order of Joseph Stalin .
- 1933 : The alcohol ban in the USA , which has existed since 1919, ends federally with the ratification of the 21st Amendment to the Constitution of the United States in the state of Utah. However, individual states continue to maintain prohibition .
- 1936 : A Stalinist constitution is passed in the USSR . It replaces the Soviet constitution of 1924 .
- 1941 : During the Battle of Moscow , the Red Army begins a major offensive against the Wehrmacht , which leads to the end of the German Blitzkrieg tactics in the Russian campaign and ultimately to the turning point in World War II .
- 1944 : British troops intervene in the Battle of Athens on the side of the royalists against the Greek People's Liberation Army ELAS and begin to occupy Athens .
- 1945 : The Christian Social Union (CSU) is recognized in Bavaria as the fifth political party by the military government .
- 1945 : Flight 19 of the US Navy will disappear on a routine training flight. This event lays the foundation for the myth of the Bermuda Triangle .
- 1948 : Only two years after the last general election in Berlin , elections to the city council are held again due to the division of the city in the western sectors of Berlin . With 64.5% of the votes cast , the SPD achieved the highest result ever achieved by a party in democratic elections in Germany.
- 1952 : Germany ratifies the European Convention on Human Rights .
- 1955 : The Montgomery bus boycott begins. It is directed against the US policy of segregation and is the impetus for the end of racial segregation in the US.
- 1956 : In the Lübeck judgment, the Federal Constitutional Court confirms the refusal of the Federal Ministry of the Interior to a petition for a referendum on the creation of a German federal state, Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck .
- 1961 : The train driver Harry Deterling escapes with 24 other people on a passenger train from the GDR through the border barriers to West Berlin . The event was filmed in 1963 by Frank Wisbar under the title Breakthrough Locomotive 234 .
- 1963 : Berthold Seliger Forschungs und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH demonstrates military-grade missiles to representatives of the military from non-NATO countries in the Wadden area of Cuxhaven . Although this demonstration does not violate Allied law and the rockets presented land on a parachute after their flight, this action leads to protests on the part of the Soviet Union.
- 1969 : The US magazine Life publishes Seymour Hersh's report on the My Lai massacre on March 16, 1968, shocking the world public.
- 1976 : French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac founds the bourgeois party Rassemblement pour la République (RPR) and becomes its first chairman.
- 1978 : NATO introduces the AWACS early warning system .
- 1992 : Inauguration of what is probably the first memorial for deported and murdered Sinti and Roma in the Federal Republic by the Wiesbaden mayor Achim Exner ( SPD ).
- 1993 : The Mayor of Vienna Helmut Zilk is seriously injured by a letter bomb .
- 1995 : In Brussels , the foreign ministers of the NATO countries unanimously elect their Spanish counterpart Javier Solana as the new Secretary General.
- 2001 : The Afghanistan conference on the Petersberg near Bonn ends with the Petersberg Agreement , which regulates the political reorganization of the country after the fall of the Taliban .
economy
- 1360 : The first gold coins, known by the people as Francs , are introduced in France .
- 1766 : Christie's London auction house holds its first auction.
- 1854 : Ernst Litfaß receives the first approval from the city of Berlin for the installation of the advertising pillars that will later be named after him .
- 1905 : The roof of Charing Cross station in London collapses.
- 1906 : The Hamburg S-Bahn is opened under the name Hamburg-Altonaer Stadt- und Vorortbahn .
- 1955 : The two large US trade unions AFL and CIO merge into one organization under the name American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations ( AFL-CIO ).
science and technology
- 1889 : Otto Lilienthal publishes his scientific publication Der Vogelflug as the basis of the art of flying in Berlin .
- 1914 : Start of the endurance expedition under Ernest Shackleton in South Georgia .
- 1957 : The Soviet Union finds launching of the nuclear-powered icebreaker Lenin instead.
- 1973 : The University of Oldenburg is founded.
Culture
- 1514 : The Salbuch of the Naumburg Monastery is sealed.
- 1602 : The world premiere of the opera Eurydice by Giulio Caccini takes place in the Palazzo Pitti in Florence .
- 1787 : The opera La Dame invisible ou L'Amant à l'épreuve by Henri Montan Berton is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris .
- 1788 : At the Grand Opéra Paris is the opera Demophon of Luigi Cherubini premiered.
- 1830 : The Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz is premiered at the Conservatoire de Paris under the direction of François-Antoine habeneck .
- 1858 : The Munich Marionette Theater gives its first performance. It is considered the oldest stationary stage for puppets in the German-speaking area.
- 1887 : The Bern Convention for the Protection of Works of Literature and Art comes into force in the German Empire.
- 1912 : Ludwig Borchardt from the German Orient Society (DOG) finds the famous Nefertiti bust in Thutmose's sculptor's workshop in Tell el-Amarna, Egypt .
- 1916 : The world premiere of the chamber opera Savitri by Gustav Holst takes place in London .
- 1974 : The final episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus airs on BBC Two .
- 1995 : The first episode of the Harald Schmidt Show is broadcast.
- 2005 : Günter Grass founds the Lübeck literary meeting of authors .
religion
- 1154 : Hadrian IV , the only Pope from England , is enthroned as the successor of Anastasius IV after a sedis vacancy of only 2 days .
- 1301 : In the bull Ausculta fili , Pope Boniface VIII invites the French bishops and King Philip IV to a synod in Rome. He also asked the king to release the arrested papal legate .
- 1484 : At the instigation of Heinrich Institoris , Pope Innocent VIII signs the witch bull Summis desiderantes affectibus . In doing so, he officially confirms the existence of witches , deviates from the previous ecclesiastical doctrine of canon episcopi and simplifies the persecution of witches .
- 1590 : Niccolò Sfondrati is elected Pope after a two-month conclave and takes the name Gregory XIV .
Disasters
- 1952 : The Great Smog begins in London , claiming around 12,000 lives by March 1953.
- 2009 : 155 visitors die in a fire in a restaurant with a dance shop in Perm, Russia .
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
Sports
- 1993 : Germany's handball players become world champions with a 22:21 a.m. against Denmark in Oslo .
- 1993 : Germany wins the Davis Cup in Düsseldorf 4-1 against Australia .
- 2006 : The world chess championship with a chess computer ends in Bonn . Wladimir Borissowitsch Kramnik is defeated by the chess program Deep Fritz with 2: 4. In chess it is the second defeat of a world champion against a computer.
- 2017 : The International Olympic Committee (IOC) decides to suspend Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang - for the first time an entire nation is excluded from the Olympic Games. The decision of the IOK is based on the McLaren Report as well as the findings and recommendations of the investigative commission, which was headed by former Swiss Federal Councilor Samuel Schmid . From this report it emerged that there was systemic doping in Russia for which the Russian Ministry of Sport and the Russian Olympic Committee were responsible. Individual Russian athletes, on the other hand, can take part in Pyeongchang under strict conditions and without national emblems or anthems.
Entries of athletics world records can be found under the respective discipline under athletics .
Born
Before the 19th century
- 1377 : Jianwen , second Chinese emperor of the Ming dynasty
- 1389 : Zbigniew Oleśnicki , Bishop of Cracow, Cardinal, Diplomat, Duke of Siewierz and Regent of Poland
- 1443 : Giuliano della Rovere , as Julius II Pope from 1503 to 1513
- 1537 : Ashikaga Yoshiaki , Japanese Shogun
- 1547 : Ubbo Emmius , German theologian, historian, educator and founding rector of the University of Groningen
- 1585 : Heinrich Julius von Wietersheim , master court master in Quedlinburg
- 1593 : Liborius Wagner , Catholic priest
- 1612 : Hans Caspar Waser , Swiss Protestant clergyman
- 1613 : Carl Gustaf Wrangel , Swedish military leader and statesman
- 1639 : Johann Christoph Pezel , German town piper and composer
- 1661 : Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer , British politician
- 1666 : Francesco Scarlatti , Italian violinist and composer
- 1671 : Joseph Clemens of Bavaria , Archbishop of Cologne
- 1683 : Georg Friedrich Christian Seekatz , German painter
- 1687 : Francesco Geminiani , Italian composer and violinist
- 1712 : Fernando de Sousa e Silva , Patriarch of Lisbon
- 1730 : José Nicolás de Azara , Spanish politician, diplomat and patron of the arts
- 1753 : Johann Gottlieb Drasdo , German Lutheran theologian
- 1780 : Heinrich August Schott , German Lutheran theologian
- 1782 : Martin van Buren , 8th President of the United States
- 1778 : Karl Christoph Schmieder , German science historian, high school professor and author
- 1788 : Christian Wilhelm Bronisch , Sorbian pastor and linguist
- 1788 : Friedrich Wilhelm von Schubert , German Lutheran theologian, clergyman, Scandinavian and university professor
- 1792 : Andrés de Santa Cruz , Peruvian and Bolivian President
- 1799 : Rosina Regina Ahles , German actress
19th century
- 1803 : Fyodor Tjuttschew , Russian poet
- 1808 : Hippolyte Colet , French composer, music educator and theorist
- 1822 : Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz , American educator and naturalist
- 1825 : Eugenie Marlitt , German writer
- 1830 : Christina Rossetti , British poet
- 1838 : Leopold Auspitz , Austrian major general and writer
- 1839 : George Armstrong Custer , American general
- 1839 : Pascual Ortega Portales , Chilean painter
- 1840 : Bertha Akermann-Hasslacher , German writer
- 1847 : Vinzenz Feckter , German photographer
- 1849 : Helene Adler , German writer
- 1850 : Alexander Girardi , Austrian actor
- 1860 : Hugo Gaudig , German educator
- 1862 : William Walker Atkinson , American businessman, lawyer, and author
- 1867 : Antti Amatus Aarne , Finnish fairy tale researcher
- 1867 : Józef Piłsudski , Polish general and statesman
- 1868 : Arnold Sommerfeld , German physicist
- 1870 : Vítězslav Novák , Czech composer
- 1875 : Ángel Castro Argiz father of Fidel, Raul and Ramón Castro
- 1877 : Alessandro Anzani , Italian engineer and racing driver
- 1879 : Dionisio Kfoury , Syrian auxiliary bishop in Antioch
- 1879 : Clyde Vernon Cessna , American aircraft manufacturer
- 1883 : Eduard Berend , German Germanist
- 1887 : Louis Chenard , French entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1890 : Katharina Aline Ahlmann , German entrepreneur
- 1890 : Fritz Lang , Austrian-German-American film director
- 1891 : Hirotsu Kazuo , Japanese writer
- 1891 : Theodor Kröger , German writer
- 1892 : Cyril Ring , American actor
- 1895 : Martynas Anysas , Lithuanian lawyer, historian and diplomat
- 1896 : Carl Ferdinand Cori , Austrian-American physician, physiologist, biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1897 : Gershom Scholem , German-Jewish religious historian
- 1897 : Sonny Boy Williamson II , American musician
- 1897 : Ernst Zündorf , German motorcycle racer
- 1899 : Bolesław Woytowicz , Polish composer, pianist and music teacher
- 1900 : Rudolf Appelt , Czechoslovak politician
- 1900 : Everhard Bungartz , German entrepreneur and politician
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : Walt Disney , American animator and director
- 1901 : Milton Erickson , American psychiatrist and psychotherapist
- 1901 : Werner Heisenberg , German physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1901 : Franz Königshofer , Austrian-Swiss conductor, composer and musicologist
- 1901 : Henri Trébor , French racing car driver
- 1902 : Strom Thurmond , American politician
- 1903 : María Luisa Escobar , Venezuelan composer, pianist and singer
- 1903 : Johannes Heesters , Dutch singer and actor
- 1903 : Cecil Frank Powell , British physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1905 : Mohammed Abdullah , Indian politician
- 1905 : Otto Preminger , Austrian-American director
- 1905 : Franz Schubert , German politician
- 1908 : Heinz-Eberhardt Andres , German politician
- 1908 : Hermann A. Eplée , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1908 : Walter Rieger , German lawyer and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1909 : Wilhelm Müller , German field handball player
- 1910 : Luis Alcaraz , Mexican composer, pianist and singer
- 1911 : Ferdinand Friedensbacher , Austrian ski racer and ski jumper
- 1911 : Wladyslaw Szpilman , Polish musician
- 1914 : Anatole Abragam , French physicist
- 1914 : Stanisław Dygat , Polish writer
- 1914 : Hans Hellmut Kirst , German writer
- 1916 : Paul Aste , Austrian luge and bobsleigh athlete
- 1917 : Ken Downing , British racing car driver
- 1917 : Wenche Foss , Norwegian actress and singer
- 1919 : Hans Kuhn , Swiss physical chemist
- 1919 : Artur Pipan , Austrian general
- 1919 : Hennes Weisweiler , German soccer coach
- 1920 : Dorothea Klieber , German volunteer and activist
- 1920 : Josef Lindauer , German classical philologist and high school teacher
- 1921 : Satoshi Anabuki , Japanese fighter pilot
- 1921 : Louis de Froment , French conductor
- 1922 : Kurt Weinmann , German chemist
- 1924 : Jean-Pierre Hurteau , Canadian opera singer
- 1925 : Anastasio Somoza Debayle , Nicaraguan dictator
- 1925 : Erica Zentner , Canadian violinist and music teacher
1926-1950
- 1926 : Clarisse Ratsifandrihamanana , Malagasy writer
- 1926 : Romain Weingarten , French playwright
- 1927 : Bhumibol Adulyadej ("Rama IX."), King of Thailand
- 1927 : Anton Jaumann , German politician, MdL, State Minister
- 1928 : Barbara Krafftówna , Polish actress
- 1930 : Klaus Quinkert , German soccer coach
- 1930 : Guido Weber , German actor, journalist and radio play speaker
- 1930 : Roger Vonlanthen , Swiss football player
- 1931 : Ladislav Novák , Czechoslovak football player and coach
- 1932 : Sheldon Lee Glashow , American physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1932 : Jim Hurtubise , American racing car driver
- 1932 : Jack Klotz , American football player
- 1932 : Little Richard , American rock 'n' roll singer, pianist, songwriter, and actor
- 1934 : Fayza Ahmed , Egyptian singer and actress
- 1934 : Hassan Akesbi , Moroccan football player
- 1934 : Udo Sopp , German clergyman
- 1935 : Andrei Wassiljewitsch Abramow , Soviet boxer
- 1935 : Totti Bergh , Norwegian jazz musician
- 1935 : Marise Chamberlain , Australian athlete
- 1936 : Joseph Banowetz , American pianist and music teacher
- 1936 : James Lee Burke , American writer
- 1937 : Maud Hansson , Swedish actress
- 1937 : Wolfgang Krueger , German politician
- 1938 : Alois Brandstetter , Austrian writer
- 1938 : JJ Cale , American musician, singer, and songwriter
- 1938 : JD McDuffie , American NASCAR racing driver
- 1938 : Julius Natterer , German engineer
- 1938 : Heidi Schmid , German fencer, world champion and Olympic champion
- 1939 : Luis Díaz , Guatemalan painter, graphic artist, sculptor and architect
- 1939 : Klaus Langhoff , German handball trainer and handball player
- 1940 : Alfred Heiss , German soccer player
- 1941 : Péter Balázs , Hungarian politician and EU commissioner
- 1942 : Herbert Dreilich , German rock musician ( Karat )
- 1942 : Klaus Sammer , German soccer player and coach
- 1944 : Hideyuki Ashihara , Japanese karateka
- 1946 : José Carreras , Spanish tenor
- 1946 : Andy Kim , Canadian singer
- 1946 : Sarel van der Merwe , South African racing car driver
- 1946 : Tadeusz Sławek , Polish poet, essayist, translator, literary critic and scholar
- 1947 : Ursula Cantieni , Swiss-German actress
- 1947 : Bruce Golding , Jamaican Prime Minister
- 1947 : Jim Plunkett , American football player
- 1947 : Kim Simmonds , British musician and songwriter
- 1948 : Ernst Schwanhold , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, State Minister
- 1948 : Ernst Kausen , German mathematician, computer scientist and linguist
1951-1975
- 1952 : Günther Förg , German painter, sculptor and photo artist
- 1952 : Walter Sittler , German actor
- 1954 : Dieter Bartke , German handball goalkeeper
- 1954 : Hanif Kureishi , British-Pakistani writer and screenwriter
- 1954 : Dorothée Reize , Swiss actress
- 1955 : Mychajlo Andrussjak , Ukrainian author
- 1955 : Andreas Hofmann , Swiss motorcycle racer
- 1956 : Klaus Allofs , German soccer player
- 1956 : Rosalía Arteaga Serrano de Fernández de Córdova , Ecuadorian lawyer, writer and politician
- 1956 : Krystian Zimerman , Polish pianist
- 1957 : Patriz Ilg , German athlete
- 1958 : Sarah Davidson , Canadian harpist and music teacher
- 1958 : Klaus Nierhoff , German actor
- 1959 : Dieter Falk , German music producer and keyboard player, arranger and composer
- 1960 : Frans Adelaar , Dutch football player and coach
- 1962 : Marion Kracht , German actress
- 1962 : Fred Rutten , Dutch football player and coach
- 1963 : Michael Edwards , British ski jumper
- 1964 : Cliff Eidelman , American film composer and conductor
- 1964 : Arve Furset , Norwegian jazz pianist and keyboarder, composer and music producer
- 1964 : Marcin Pałys , Polish chemist
- 1965 : Siegrun Appelt , Austrian artist
- 1966 : Meelis Atonen , Estonian politician
- 1966 : Patricia Kaas , French singer
- 1966 : Marcus Rudolph , German radio presenter and actor
- 1967 : Gary Allan , American country singer
- 1968 : Aino Havukainen , Finnish illustrator and children's book author
- 1969 : Gunda Ebert , German actress
- 1969 : Ramón Ramírez , Mexican soccer player
- 1970 : Harut Vardanyan , Armenian football player
- 1971 : Markus Aerdken , German soccer player
- 1971 : Oliver Elias , German actor, speaker and director
- 1971 : Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg , former German politician, Member of the Bundestag, ex-Federal Minister, EU commission advisor
- 1972 : Amir Muhammad , Malaysian journalist and filmmaker
- 1972 : Linus Sandgren , Swedish cameraman
- 1973 : Argo worker , Estonian football player
- 1973 : José Guillermo Cortines , Dominican singer and actor
- 1975 : Gonçalo Gomes , Portuguese racing car driver
- 1975 : Aleksander Knavs , Slovenian football player
- 1975 : Ronnie O'Sullivan , English snooker player
- 1975 : Paula Patton , American film actress
1976-2000
- 1976 : Amy Acker , American actress
- 1977 : Paddy Kelly , Irish-American singer, musician and composer
- 1978 : Petr Hlinka , Slovak football player
- 1978 : Marcelo Zalayeta , Uruguayan football player
- 1979 : Frédéric Barth , Swiss racing driver
- 1979 : Rustam Kasimjanov , Uzbek chess player
- 1979 : Nick Stahl , American actor
- 1979 : Cristina Vărzaru , Romanian handball player
- 1979 : Nathalie Walker , American actress
- 1980 : Jessica Paré , Canadian actress
- 1981 : Gamal Hamza , Egyptian soccer player
- 1982 : Keri Hilson , American R&B singer and songwriter
- 1982 : DJ D , Italian DJ
- 1983 : Rico Bonath , German handball player
- 1983 : Foued Kadir , French-Algerian football player
- 1984 : Camille Anne Françoise Abily , French soccer player
- 1984 : Tracey Andersson , Swedish hammer thrower
- 1984 : Shūhei Aoyama , Japanese motorcycle racer
- 1984 : Faouzi Chaouchi , Algerian soccer player
- 1984 : Abdelkader Ghezzal , Algerian football player
- 1984 : Manuela Schär , Swiss athlete
- 1985 : McJoe Arroyo , Puerto Rican boxer
- 1985 : McWilliams Arroyo , Puerto Rican boxer
- 1985 : André-Pierre Gignac , French football player
- 1985 : Jürgen Gjasula , German-Albanian football player
- 1985 : Frankie Muniz , American actor
- 1986 : Josephine Rita Akaffou Leyo , Ivorian soccer player
- 1986 : James Hinchcliffe , Canadian racing driver
- 1986 : Nicolas Marroc , French racing driver
- 1988 : Ross Bagley , American actor
- 1988 : Manuel Schmiedebach , German soccer player
- 1988 : Miralem Suleymani , Serbian football player
- 1988 : Rumi Utsugi , Japanese soccer player
- 1989 : Kwon Yu-ri , South Korean pop singer
- 1990 : Diego Dellasega , Italian ski jumper
- 1990 : Andri Mikaelsson , Icelandic ice hockey player
- 1990 : Cléber Reis , Brazilian soccer player
- 1992 : Ilya Antonov , Estonian football player
- 1993 : Luciano Vietto , Argentine soccer player
- 1994 : Ondrej Duda , Slovak football player
- 1995 : Nicolas Jamin , French racing car driver
- 1995 : Anthony Martial , French soccer player
- 1996 : Sterling Court Judge , American football player
- 1996 : Phan Khắc Khoan , Vietnamese hurdler
Died
Before the 16th century
- 63 BC BC : Gaius Cornelius Cethegus , Roman politician
- 63 BC BC : Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura , Roman politician
- 30 BC Chr . : Sujin , Japanese Tenno
- 532 : Sabas , monk and hermit in Jerusalem
- 749 : John of Damascus , Orthodox theologian
- 902 : Ealhswith , Queen of Wessex
- 992 : Gerdag , Bishop of Hildesheim
- 1023 : Hartwig , Archbishop of Salzburg
- 1037 : Reginhard , Bishop of Liège, saint of the Catholic Church
- 1055 : Konrad I , Duke of Bavaria and Lord of Zutphen
- 1082 : Raimund Berengar II , Count of Barcelona
- 1105 : Gregory II. Vkayaser , Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church
- 1212 : Dietrich II von Ahr , Bishop of Utrecht
- 1223 : Otto I. von Lobdeburg , Bishop of Würzburg
- 1226 : Heinrich Borwin II , Prince of Mecklenburg and Lord of Rostock
- 1242 : Al-Mustansir , Abbasid Caliph
- 1244 : Johanna , Countess of Flanders and Hainaut
- 1246 : Thomas Gallus , French philosopher and scholastic
- 1304 : William Latimer, 1st Baron Latimer , English nobleman and military man.
- 1355 : Johann III. , Duke of Brabant and Limburg
- 1365 : Thomas de Lucy, 2nd Baron Lucy , English nobleman and military man
- 1378 : Gilles II. Aycelin de Montaigut , French diplomat and cardinal
- 1392 : Everhard von Westerheim , auxiliary bishop in Cologne
- 1393 : Henry VI. , Duke of Sagan, Glogau and Crossen
- 1428 : Hans Erer the Elder , German mayor of the imperial city of Heilbronn
- 1433 : Engelbert Wusterwitz , German chronicler of Brandenburg history
- 1440 : Johannes von Mewe , priest of the Teutonic Order, Bishop of Pomesania
16th to 18th century
- 1503 : Johann Spender , auxiliary bishop in Cologne
- 1545 : Bartlmä Häberle , Innsbruck painter, presumably court painter at the Austrian court
- 1550 : Lorenz Fries , Würzburg prince-bishop council, historian and chronicler
- 1560 : Francis II , King of France 1559–1560
- 1590 : Johann Habermann , German theologian, author of edification and Hebraist
- 1594 : Hieronymus Nymmann , German medic
- 1608 : Sigismund I. Rákóczi , Prince of Transylvania
- 1612 : Ottavio Acquaviva d'Aragona , Italian cardinal
- 1619 : Helwig Garth , German Lutheran theologian
- 1624 : Caspar Bauhin , Swiss anatomist and botanist
- 1657 : Johan Axelsson Oxenstierna , Swedish statesman
- 1679 : Christoph Joachim Bucholtz , German legal scholar and mayor of Hameln
- 1686 : Niels Stensen , Danish bishop and naturalist
- 1695 : Johann Georg Starcke , Saxon architect
- 1705 : Ernst Jacob von Audorf , Bohemian captain of the Breslau city garrison, military engineer and novelist
- 1708 : Seki Takakazu , Japanese mathematician
- 1718 : Johann Friedrich Willading , Swiss statesman
- 1722 : Marie-Anne de La Trémoille , French nobleman, chambermaid of Queen Maria Luisa of Savoy
- 1734 : Joseph Vivien , French portraitist
- 1758 : Johann Friedrich Fasch , German composer
- 1770 : James Stirling , Scottish mathematician
- 1779 : Herman Antonín Jelínek , Czech composer and violin virtuoso
- 1784 : Phillis Wheatley , Senegalese-American poet
- 1787 : Sven Lagerbring , Swedish historian
- 1791 : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , composer from Salzburg
- 1800 : Jean Baptiste Audebert , French naturalist and painter
19th century
- 1802 : Lemuel Francis Abbott , English portrait painter
- 1814 : José Tomás Boves , Venezuelan military leader
- 1815 : Christian Gottfried Gruner , German physician and historian
- 1827 : Enrico Acerbi , Italian medic
- 1831 : Karl Ludwig Nitzsch , German theologian
- 1832 : Christoph Gotthelf König , German educator
- 1835 : August Graf von Platen , German poet
- 1836 : David Christoph Huber , Swiss Protestant clergyman
- 1858 : Johann Leonhard Appold , German copper and steel engraver
- 1860 : August Arnold , German historical philosopher and political scientist
- 1860 : Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann , German historian and statesman, one of the Göttingen Seven , co-author of the Paulskirchen constitution
- 1862 : Aloys Henhöfer , German theologian
- 1870 : Alexandre Dumas the Elder , French writer
- 1870 : Herman Severin Løvenskiold , Norwegian composer
- 1871 : John Durant Ashmore , American politician
- 1873 : George Rex Andrews , American lawyer and politician
- 1883 : Josef František Hunke , Bohemian composer
- 1891 : Lotte Mende , German actress
20th century
1901-1950
- 1908 : Robert Beyschlag , German genre painter
- 1914 : Angelo Di Pietro , Italian clergyman, cardinal to the Curia
- 1916 : Hans Richter , Austro-Hungarian conductor
Gustav Sack
(† 1916)
Władysław Reymont
(† 1916)
Claude Monet
(† 1926)
Aurobindo Ghose
(† 1950)
- 1916 : Gustav Sack , German writer, poet and playwright
- 1918 : Martin Boelitz , German writer
- 1925 : Władysław Reymont , Polish writer and Nobel Prize winner
- 1926 : Claude Monet , French painter and main exponent of Impressionism
- 1932 : Otto Apelt , German classical philologist, translator and grammar school teacher
- 1937 : Hōjō Tamio , Japanese writer
- 1945 : Bella Ouellette , Canadian actress
- 1947 : Kurt Klamroth , German entrepreneur
- 1950 : Aurobindo Ghose , Indian politician, philosopher, Hindu mystic, yogi and guru
1951-2000
- 1951 : Franz Arnholdt , German trade unionist, publisher and local politician
- 1955 : Frederik Samuel Knipscheer , Dutch theologian and historian
- 1955 : Paul Harvey , American actor
- 1958 : William Reuben Applegarth , British sprinter, Olympic champion
- 1960 : Hashim Chalid al-Atassi , Syrian statesman
- 1962 : Alsing Andersen , Danish politician
- 1962 : Edward Lewis Wallant , American writer
- 1963 : Karl Amadeus Hartmann , German composer
- 1963 : Herbert H. Lehman , American politician
- 1963 : Tom London , American actor
- 1965 : Joseph Erlanger , American physiologist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1969 : Claude Dornier , German aircraft engineer
- 1970 : Heinz Auerswald , German lawyer
- 1971 : Andrej Andrejewitsch Andrejew , Soviet politician
- 1974 : Pietro Germi , Italian director and screenwriter
- 1974 : Karl Lahr , German farmer and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1974 : Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman , American tennis player
- 1977 : Rahsaan Roland Kirk , American saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist
- 1977 : Alexander Wassilewski , Soviet major general and politician
- 1978 : Dajos Béla , Russian violinist and dance band leader
- 1979 : Sonja Delaunay-Terk , French-Russian painter and designer
- 1982 : Georg André , German politician
- 1983 : Robert Aldrich , American director
- 1983 : Casandra Damirón , Dominican singer
- 1987 : Johannes Arnold , German writer
- 1989 : Edoardo Amaldi , Italian physicist
- 1990 : Emerson Meyers , American composer, pianist and music teacher
- 1991 : Elias Shaheen , Lebanese Archbishop in Canada
- 1991 : Richard Franklin Speck , American serial killer
- 1992 : Otto Koenig , Austrian behavioral scientist, zoologist and writer
- 1994 : Heinz Fülfe , German draftsman, puppeteer and ventriloquist
- 1994 : Harry Horner , Austrian production designer and director
- 1994 : Robert Lowry , American writer
- 1995 : Reiner Bredemeyer , German composer
- 1995 : Clair Cameron Patterson , American geochemist
- 1996 : Wilf Carter , Canadian country singer
- 1997 : Rudolf Bahro , German philosopher
21st century
- 2001 : Anton Benya , Austrian politician
- 2002 : Heinrich Wilhelm Ahrens , German lawyer, businessman and manager
- 2002 : Bob Berg , American jazz musician
- 2002 : Ne Win , Myanmar politician
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- 2004 : Albert E. Kaiser , Swiss conductor and music teacher
- 2004 : Annette Meeuvissen , German touring car driver
- 2005 : Wilfried Bauer , German photographer
- 2005 : Stephen Mosko , American composer, conductor and music teacher
- 2005 : Frits Philips , Dutch industrialist
- 2006 : David Bronstein , Russian chess grandmaster
- 2006 : Gernot Jurtin , Austrian soccer player
- 2006 : Basilius Streithofen , German Dominican priest, theologian, sociologist and publicist
- 2007 : Karlheinz Stockhausen , German composer
- 2007 : Hans Rudolf Zöbeley , German composer, choir conductor and church musician
- 2008 : Alexius II head of the Russian Orthodox Church
- 2008 : George Brecht , American Fluxus artist
- 2008 : Bernd Niestroj , German television journalist
- 2009 : Alfred Hrdlicka , Austrian artist
- 2009 : Jörg Huffschmid , German economist
- 2009 : Otto Graf Lambsdorff , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister
- 2009 : Jack Rose , American guitarist
- 2010 : Alan A. Armer , American television producer
- 2011 : Berni Kelb , German author
- 2012 : Dave Brubeck , American jazz pianist
- 2012 : Oscar Niemeyer , Brazilian architect
- 2013 : Günther Förg , German visual artist
- 2013 : Barry Jackson , British actor
- 2013 : Nelson Mandela , South African anti-apartheid fighter, president and Nobel Peace Prize winner
- 2013 : Erich Schmeil , German soccer player
- 2013 : Colin Wilson , English writer
- 2014 : Fabiola Mora y Aragón , Queen of Belgium
- 2016 : Dave Edwards , American football player
- 2016 : J. Jayalalithaa , Indian actress and politician
- 2017 : Johnny Hallyday , French singer, songwriter and actor
- 2017 : Michael I , King of Romania
- 2017 : Jean d'Ormesson , French writer
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Aloys Henhöfer , German pastor (Protestant)
- St. Anno II. , German theologian and bishop (Catholic (only in Germany))
- Anniversaries of international organizations
- International Volunteer Day ( UN ) (since 1986)
- State holidays and memorial days
- Thailand : King Bhumibol Adulyadej 's birthday and Father's Day
- regional customs
- More information about the day
- World Soil Day ( IUSS )
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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