June 5th

The June 5 is the 156th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 157th in leap years ), thus remain still 209 days until the end of the year.

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Events

Politics and world events

• 8498 BC BC : After a calculation, the Mayan calendar begins .
• 0774 : After the successful Lombard campaign , Charlemagne named himself Rex Francorum et Langobardorum ( King of the Franks and Lombards ).
• 1098 : A few days after the Christian army of the First Crusade took the city of Antioch , a Muslim Seljuk army under Kerboga reached the city and began the second siege of Antioch .
• 1288 : The Battle of Worringen ends the Limburg succession dispute and leads to the weakening of the Archbishop of Cologne and the rise of the cities of Cologne and Düsseldorf.
• 1568 : The Counts Lamoral of Egmond and Philippe de Montmorency are beheaded in the market square in Brussels . The Spanish governor Alba had them tried before the Council of Troubles , which sentenced the accused to death for high treason . The executions helped trigger the Eighty Years War between the Netherlands and Spain .

1654: Christina I.

• 1619 : With the " storm petition ", the deputies of the Protestant estates in Lower Austria try in vain to obtain from Archduke Ferdinand a renunciation peace with the rebellious Bohemia and concessions with regard to the practice of the Protestant faith.
• 1654 : Christina I renounces the Swedish throne and secretly converts to Catholicism.

1806: Louis Bonaparte

• 1806 : Napoleon Bonaparte appoints his brother Louis Bonaparte as regent of the Kingdom of Holland , the previous Batavian Republic .
• 1827 : In the Greek struggle for independence , the besieged occupation on the Athens Acropolis is forced to capitulate. Ottoman troops then occupy the city.
• 1832 : The June republican uprising against King Louis-Philippe I of France breaks out in Paris .
• 1837 : Houston becomes the provisional capital of the Republic of Texas , but loses this status two years later.
• 1849 : Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy through the adoption of the Basic Law . June 5th has been the Danish national holiday since then.
• 1862 : In the Treaty of Saigon , the city becomes the capital of the French colony of Cochinchina .
• 1900 : During the Second Boer War , the British take Pretoria .
• 1915 : As the fifth country in the world leads Denmark, a women's suffrage and anchored it in its basic law .
• 1916 : Faisal , the son of the Grand Sherif of Mecca , declares the independence of the Arabs and, supported by the British TE Lawrence , begins guerrilla actions against the Ottoman Empire , including in Transjordan .
• 1944 : In preparation for the invasion, 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German positions in Normandy .
• 1945 : After the end of the Second World War in Europe , the Allied Control Council officially takes over the supreme power of government in Germany through the Berlin declaration of the victorious powers.

1947: US poster on the Marshall Plan

• 1947 : US Secretary of State George C. Marshall gives a speech to the Harvard University graduate class on the basis of the Marshall Plan to support Europe.
• 1953 : The Danish King Frederik IX. puts a constitutional reform into force.

1963: Khomeini on the way to prison

• 1963 : After the arrest of Hujjat al-Islam Ruhollah Khomeini occurs in the Iranian cities Tehran and Qom to the unrest in Iran in June 1963 marking the beginning of the Islamic Revolution Mark.
• 1963: The British Army Minister John Profumo resigns after telling a falsehood about his relationship with the photo model Christine Keeler in front of a committee of inquiry .
• 1966 : Willy Brandt is elected chairman of the SPD .
• 1967 : The Six Day War between Israel and its neighbors begins.
• 1968 : Robert F. Kennedy , promising candidate in the Democratic nomination campaign for the 1968 presidential election , is fatally injured in an assassination attempt in Los Angeles .
• 1972 : The first World Environment Conference begins in Stockholm  - June 5th has been the annual World Environment Day since then .
• 1973 : In the Lebach judgment , the German Federal Constitutional Court confirms the ban on broadcasting a TV documentary about a criminal case, as it endangers the rehabilitation of the perpetrators - a fundamental judgment on the relationship between freedom of broadcasting and personal rights in Germany.
• 1975 : EEC membership referendum in the United Kingdom : 67% of voters vote for the United Kingdom to remain in the EEC .
• 1977 : A coup succeeds in the Seychelles , in which the country's first president, James Mancham, is ousted .

1984: Golden Temple

• 1984 : In the conflict between the Sikhs and the Indian central government over Punjab , Indira Gandhi gives the order to storm the Golden Temple in Amritsar .
• 1993 : In Somalia , 23 Pakistani UN soldiers are killed by units of the Somali National Alliance led by Mohammed Farah Aidid .
• 1998 : In the Eritrea-Ethiopia war , the first bilateral air strikes take place.
• 2003 : The EU Council of Ministers decides to found the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA).
• 2006 : Serbia formally declares its sovereignty and leaves the confederation of Serbia and Montenegro . Montenegro left the confederation on June 3rd.
• 2011 : There are parliamentary elections in Macedonia , in which the incumbent Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is re-elected.

economy

• 1832 : As a result of the Belgian Revolution , the Belgian franc is introduced as the new currency , the value of which is linked to the French franc for many years .

1883: Orient Express

• 1883 : The first Orient Express starts from the Paris Ostbahnhof to travel to Varna on the Black Sea , where travelers can take a ship to Constantinople .
• 1989 : With a Ariane-4 rocket is communication satellite DFS Kopernikus 1 of the German Federal Post Office of Kourou and in starting a geostationary accommodated position. It is used to transmit television programs and telephone calls.

science and technology

1224: University of Naples

• 1224 : Emperor Friedrich II founds the University of Naples against the will of the Church. The first European university is born without the consent of a papal bull to establish it .
• 1924 : Ernst Fredrik Werner Alexanderson sends the first fax across the Atlantic.
• 1981 : The CDC bulletin published the first case reports of a disease that would subsequently become known as AIDS .
• 1995 : A Bose-Einstein condensate is produced for the first time , for which Eric Allin Cornell , Wolfgang Ketterle and Carl Edwin Wieman from the University of Colorado at Boulder receive the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Culture

• 1843 : The premiere of the opera Maria di Rohan by Gaetano Donizetti based on a libretto by Salvadore Cammarano takes place at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna. Eugenia Tadolini sings the title role , the two protagonist roles Carlo Guasco and Giorgio Ronconi . The work was received favorably by Viennese critics.

1851: Uncle Tom's Cabin (title page)

• 1851 : The appearing in Washington DC weekly newspaper The National Era begins with the imprint of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin ( Uncle Tom's Cabin ).

1872: Program of the premiere in Karlsruhe

• 1872 : The first complete performance of Johannes Brahms' triumphal song takes place at the Grand Ducal Court Theater in Karlsruhe as part of a large concert conducted by Hermann Levi , which is also his farewell concert.
• 1918 : The world premiere of the opera Theophano by Paul Graener takes place in Munich.
• 1948 : The play Herr Puntila and his servant Matti is premiered by Bertolt Brecht at the Schauspielhaus Zürich . The model is the piece The Sawdust Princess ( Sahanpuruprinsessa ) by the Finnish poet Hella Wuolijoki .
• 1965 : The 24-hour happening with Joseph Beuys , Bazon Brock , Charlotte Moorman , Nam June Paik , Tomas Schmit and Wolf Vostell takes place in the Parnass Gallery .

religion

754: Death of Boniface, portrayal from the 10th century.

• 0754 : The Benedictine monk and missionary Bonifatius , later called the Apostle of the Germans , is slain near the Frisian Dokkum .
• 1305 : Bertrand de Got was elected Pope, taking the name of Clement V to.
• 1409 : The Council of Pisa to end the Western Schism declares the two Popes Gregory XII. in Rome and Benedict XIII. in Avignon for deposed and decides to elect a new Pope.
• 1954 : The encyclical Ecclesiae fastos of Pope Pius XII. pays tribute to the work of St. Boniface , whom the Pope describes as an apostle for Europe and a Christian envoy.

Disasters

• 1870 : A large fire raged in Constantinople in the Pera district, killing at least 3,000 houses and around 1,300 residents.

1976: The Teton Dam breaks

• 1976 : The break of the Teton Dam kills 11 people and 13,000 livestock . The damage caused by the flooding of the region is estimated at one billion US dollars.
• 2000 : An earthquake of 7.9 magnitude on Sumatra leaving more than 100 dead.

Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .

Sports

• 1971 : On the last day of the season , Borussia Mönchengladbach succeeded in defending their title for the first time in the history of the Bundesliga . Borussia wins 4-1 in Frankfurt, while the previous front runner FC Bayern Munich loses 2-0 in Duisburg.

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

• 1251 : Hōjō Tokimune , Japanese regent of the Kamakura shogunate and leader of the Japanese armed forces in repelling the two Mongol invasions in Japan
• 1341 : Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York , English nobleman
• 1396 : Giannozzo Manetti , Florentine humanist and politician
• 1412 : Luigi III. Gonzaga , son of Marquis Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga of Mantua
• 1420 : Anna , Countess of Hesse
• 1436 : Louis of Savoy , Count of Geneva, King of Cyprus

Johann I (* 1455)

• 1455 : John I , King of Denmark
• 1493 : Justus Jonas the Elder , German reformer
• 1523 : Marguerite de Valois-Angoulême , Duchess of Berry and Duchess of Savoy
• 1554 : Benedetto Giustiniani , Italian cardinal of the Roman Church
• 1555 : Statius von Münchhausen , German nobleman, entrepreneur and builder
• 1578 : Claude de Lorraine, duc de Chevreuse , French nobleman
• 1587 : Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick , English colonial administrator, admiral and puritan
• 1617 : Pellegro Piola , Italian painter
• 1637 : Philipp Ludwig Hanneken , German Lutheran theologian
• 1656 : Joseph Pitton de Tournefort , French clergyman and botanist
• 1671 : Carmine Nicolao Caracciolo , Spanish colonial administrator of Italian origin, Viceroy of Peru
• 1676 : Marco Ricci , Venetian painter
• 1677 : Hans Jacob Rietmann , Mayor of St. Gallen (Switzerland)
• 1693 : Heinrich Martin Thümmig , German Protestant theologian
• 1695 : Johann Conrad Schlaun , German builder
• 1696 : Franciscus Volckland , German organ builder

18th century

• 1702 : Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle , British politician and diplomat
• 1711 : Ludwig Ernst von Benkendorf , Saxon equestrian general
• 1731 : Woldemar Salomo Hausdorf , German Protestant theologian
• 1744 : Henriette Katharina Agnes von Anhalt-Dessau , dean at Herford Abbey and Baroness von Loën
• 1746 : Karl Emanuel , Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
• 1749 : Jenny von Voigts , German writer
• 1758 : Georg Ludwig Alexander von Wahlen-Jürgaß , Prussian lieutenant general

Johan Gadolin (* 1760)

• 1760 : Johan Gadolin , Finnish chemist
• 1762 : Bushrod Washington , American judge
• 1765 : Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger , German astronomer and mathematician
• 1769 : Edward Daniel Clarke , English mineralogist
• 1771 : Ernst August I , King of Hanover
• 1773 : Kaspar Georg Karl Reinwardt , German naturalist and botanist in the Netherlands
• 1777 : Catherine Josephine Duchesnois , French actress
• 1777 : Oluf de Schouboe , Norwegian lawyer and minister
• 1782 : Luise von Haugwitz , German writer
• 1786 : Johann Carl Gottlieb Arning , German lawyer and senator
• 1791 : Said ibn Sultan , Sultan of Muscat, Oman and Zanzibar

19th century

1801-1850

• 1805 : Samuel Adams , American politician
• 1805 : Jacob Niclas Ahlström , Swedish composer
• 1815 : Franz Stollwerck , German industrialist
• 1819 : John Couch Adams , British mathematician
• 1825 : Felicjan Faleński , Polish writer
• 1825 : Louis Schwartzkopff , German entrepreneur
• 1825 : Georg Rudolf Zimmermann , Swiss Protestant clergyman and local researcher

Carmine Donatelli Crocco (* 1830)

• 1830 : Carmine Crocco , Italian brigand
• 1838 : Barnabé Akscheislian , Bishop of the Armenian Catholic Church
• 1842 : Georg Franzius , German hydraulic engineer
• 1845 : Hermann von Barth , German mountaineer
• 1848 : Ludwig Geiger , German-Jewish literary and art historian
• 1850 : Pat Garrett , American sheriff and murderer of Billy the Kid

1851-1900

• 1852 : Elkan Bauer , Austrian composer
• 1852 : Oscar Drude , German botanist
• 1855 : Josef Neuwirth , Austrian art historian
• 1855 : Hanuš Wihan , Czech cellist and music teacher
• 1857 : Árpád Doppler , Hungarian-German composer
• 1859 : Eduard Anthes , German prehistorian

Allvar Gullstrand (* 1862)

• 1862 : Allvar Gullstrand , Swedish ophthalmologist, Nobel Prize winner
• 1865 : Felicjan Szopski , Polish composer, music teacher and critic
• 1868 : James Connolly , Irish trade unionist and politician
• 1868 : Jan Thorn Prikker , Dutch painter
• 1869 : Hans Aull , German judge
• 1871 : Michele Angiolillo , Italian anarchist and assassin
• 1872 : Cesare Galeotti , Italian composer, conductor and pianist
• 1874 : Eugen Fischer , German anthropologist and racial hygienist
• 1875 : Stanislav Kostka Neumann , Czech poet
• 1876 : Anton Günther , folk poet and singer of the Ore Mountains
• 1876 : Tony Jackson , American pianist, singer, and composer

Pancho Villa (* 1878)

• 1878 : Pancho Villa , Mexican revolutionary
• 1879 : Fritz Theodor Kuhnen , German politician and member of the Reichstag
• 1879 : Marcel Tournier , French harpist and composer
• 1881 : Axel Wenner-Gren , Swedish industrialist
• 1882 : Franz Hörner , German automobile racing driver
• 1883 : John Maynard Keynes , English mathematician and economist
• 1884 : Armando Annuale , Italian actor
• 1884 : Ralph Benatzky , Austrian composer ( Im Weiße Rößl )
• 1887 : Ruth Benedict , American anthropologist
• 1888 : Armand Léon Annet , French politician and governor
• 1888 : Max Picard , Swiss writer
• 1889 : Helene Thimig , Austrian actress
• 1890 : Konrad Frühwald , German politician and Member of the Bundestag
• 1892 : Carsten M. Carlsen , Norwegian organist, composer and conductor
• 1892 : Hans Constantin Paulssen , German industrialist and President of the BDA
• 1893 : Albert Mähl , German writer and journalist
• 1893 : Georges-Émile Tanguay , Canadian organist, composer and music teacher
• 1894 : Peter van Aubel , German economist and association official
• 1895 : George Grant Blaisdell , American inventor and engineer

Jara Beneš (* 1897)

• 1897 : Jara Beneš , Czech composer
• 1898 : Hans Ambs , German politician
• 1898 : Federico García Lorca , Spanish poet
• 1900 : Dennis Gábor , Hungarian-British physicist and Nobel Prize winner
• 1900 : Robert J. Havighurst , American educationalist and sociologist

20th century

1901-1925

• 1901 : Bruce Hutchison , Canadian writer and journalist
• 1902 : Walter Plunkett , American costume designer
• 1903 : Adolf Kainz , Austrian canoeist

Rolf Müller-Landau (* 1903)

• 1903 : Rolf Müller-Landau , German painter
• 1905 : John Abbott , British actor
• 1906 : Eraldo Monzeglio , Italian football player and coach
• 1907 : Richard Adler , German painter, illustrator and graphic artist
• 1907 : Rudolf Peierls , German-British physicist
• 1908 : Franco Rol , Italian racing car driver
• 1909 : Alfred Uhl , Austrian composer and conductor
• 1911 : Paul Söllner , German rower and sports organizer
• 1912 : Dean Amadon , American ornithologist
• 1912 : Josef Neckermann , German mail order merchant and dressage rider
• 1913 : Conrad Marca-Relli , American painter
• 1913 : Friedrich Wildgans , Austrian composer and clarinetist
• 1914 : Felix Aprahamian , British music critic and author

Vojin Bakić (* 1915)

• 1915 : Vojin Bakić , Croatian sculptor
• 1918 : Theodore Wilbur Anderson , American mathematician
• 1918 : Branimir Sakač , Croatian composer
• 1919 : Heinz Giese , German actor and voice actor
• 1919 : Richard Scarry , American author and illustrator
• 1920 : Kurt Edelhagen , German musician
• 1920 : Marion Motley , American football player
• 1923 : Edgar Meddings , British bobsledder
• 1924 : Alberto Beltrán , Dominican singer
• 1924 : Jean Costa , French organist
• 1925 : Art Donovan , American football player
• 1925 : Boy Gobert , German actor and director

1926-1950

• 1926 : Johannes von Thurn und Taxis , German nobleman, large landowner and entrepreneur
• 1926 : Camillo Cibin , Italian papal bodyguard
• 1928 : Gilles Aillaud , French painter, printmaker, set designer and author
• 1928 : Umberto Maglioli , Italian racing driver
• 1928 : Tony Richardson , British director
• 1928 : Otto F. Walter , Swiss writer
• 1929 : Hermann Josef Unland , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1930 : Carl Otto Lenz , German lawyer and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Advocate General at the European Court of Justice

Ursula Lehr (* 1930)

• 1930 : Ursula Lehr , German psychologist and gerontologist
• 1931 : Zygmunt Apostoł , Polish film, television and theater actor
• 1932 : Max Dünki , Swiss politician
• 1933 : William Kahan , Canadian mathematician and computer scientist
• 1933 : Per Ung , Norwegian sculptor
• 1933 : Bata Živojinović , Serbian actor, cabaret artist and theater actor.
• 1934 : Ulrich Immenga , German legal scholar
• 1935 : Helmut Benthaus , German soccer player and coach
• 1935 : Peter Schat , Dutch composer, music teacher and music writer
• 1938 : Karin Balzer , German athlete

Jacobus Prins (* 1938)

• 1938 : Jacobus Prins , Dutch football player
• 1939 : Joe Clark , Canadian politician
• 1939 : Manuel de Elías , Mexican composer
• 1940 : Gerlinde Hämmerle , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, District President of Karlsruhe
• 1940 : Peter Nidetzky , Austrian television presenter
• 1941 : Martha Argerich , Argentine pianist
• 1941 : Arne Fuhrmann , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1942 : Charles Dodge , American composer
• 1943 : Jaak Panksepp , Estonian-American psychologist and university professor
• 1944 : Whitfield Diffie , American cryptologist
• 1944 : Christopher Finnegan , British boxer
• 1944 : Reinhard Günzel , German general

Rainer Ortleb (* 1944)

• 1944 : Rainer Ortleb , German politician, member of the People's Chamber, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister
• 1944 : Tommie Smith , American athlete
• 1945 : Mark J. Ablowitz , American mathematician
• 1945 : John Carlos , American athlete
• 1946 : Herbert Prügl , Austrian motorcycle racer
• 1946 : Stefania Sandrelli , Italian actress
• 1947 : Laurie Anderson , American artist and musician
• 1947 : David Hare , British film director and playwright
• 1948 : Sérgio Abreu , Brazilian musician
• 1948 : Gail Davies , American country singer and songwriter
• 1949 : Arthur Borren , New Zealand hockey player

Ken Follett (born 1949)

• 1949 : Ken Follett , British writer
• 1949 : Frank Schubert , German enduro athlete
• 1950 : Albrecht Beutelspacher , German professor of mathematics
• 1950 : Ronnie Dyson , American pop singer
• 1950 : Bruce Li , Chinese martial artist, actor and director
• 1950 : Johannes Voggenhuber , Austrian politician, member of the National Council, MEP

1951-1975

Bernd Busemann (* 1952)

• 1952 : Bernd Busemann , German politician, Minister of Education for Lower Saxony
• 1952 : Nicko McBrain , British musician and drummer ( Iron Maiden )
• 1954 : Juan-José Aguirre Muñoz , Spanish bishop
• 1954 : Peter Erskine , American jazz drummer
• 1954 : Robert Hochbaum , German politician
• 1956 : Kenny G , American soprano saxophonist
• 1956 : Nicolette Goulet , American actress
• 1956 : Keith Marshall , British musician and member of the band Hello
• 1956 : Christiaan Tonnis , German painter, draftsman and video artist
• 1957 : Thomas Kling , German poet
• 1958 : Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi , Comorian President
• 1959 : Hansjörg Göritz , German architect, professor and author
• 1959 : Werner Schildhauer , German athlete
• 1960 : Leslie Hendrix , American actress
• 1961 : Anke Behmer , German athlete
• 1961 : Mary Kay Bergman , American voice actress
• 1961 : François Carrier , Canadian jazz and improvisation musician
• 1962 : Buck Angel , American porn actor
• 1962 : Astrid of Belgium , Belgian princess
• 1964 : Martin Heuberger , German handball player and coach
• 1964 : Rick Riordan , American writer
• 1966 : Douglas O'Keeffe , Canadian actor

Sebastian Krumbiegel (* 1966)

• 1966 : Sebastian Krumbiegel , German singer ( Die Prinzen )
• 1967 : Sven Authorsen , German figure skater
• 1967 : Géraldine Olivier , Swiss singer
• 1967 : Simon Stockhausen , German composer
• 1967 : Stefan Weinzierl , German acoustician and musicologist
• 1967 : Sven-Christian Witt , German lawyer and judge at the Federal Fiscal Court
• 1968 : Ron Livingston , American actor
• 1968 : Thorsten Wirth , German software developer and politician (pirates)
• 1969 : Bobby Selvaggio , American jazz musician
• 1970 : Friedemann Friese , German game developer
• 1970 : Claudia Urbschat-Mingues , German actress, dubbing and radio play speaker
• 1971 : Susan Lynch , British actress

Mark Wahlberg (* 1971)

• 1971 : Mark Wahlberg , American actor, model, and singer
• 1972 : Chakall , Argentinian chef
• 1973 : Daniel Gildenlöw , Swedish musician and songwriter
• 1973 : Galilea Montijo , Mexican television actress and presenter
• 1975 : Torge Greve , German handball player
• 1975 : Egidio Perfetti , Norwegian entrepreneur and racing car driver
• 1975 : Britta Siebert , German politician, MdL
• 1975 : Steve West , English darts player

1976-2000

• 1976 : Aesop Rock , American hip hop musician
• 1976 : Belinda Halloran , Australian duathlete and triathlete
• 1977 : Navi Rawat , American actress

Liza Weil (* 1977)

• 1977 : Liza Weil , American actress
• 1978 : Stephan Görgl , Austrian ski racer
• 1978 : Fernando Meira , Portuguese soccer player
• 1979 : Antonio Di Salvo , Italian football player
• 1979 : Pete Wentz , American bassist and songwriter
• 1980 : Rik De Voest , South African tennis player
• 1980 : Antonio García , Spanish racing car driver
• 1981 : Serhat Akın , Turkish soccer player
• 1982 : Zvjezdan Misimović , Bosnian football player

Nadine Schön (* 1983)

• 1983 : Nadine Schön , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
• 1984 : Bart Aernouts , Belgian duathlete and triathlete
• 1984 : Aferdita Kameraj , German soccer player
• 1985 : Jeremy Abbott , American figure skater
• 1985 : Gabriel Riera , Andorran football player
• 1986 : Sergio Campana , Italian racing car driver
• 1986 : Marcel Gebers , German soccer player
• 1986 : Martin Strobel , German handball player
• 1987 : Robert Sweeting , American cyclist
• 1988 : Austin Daye , American basketball player

Cam Atkinson (born 1989)

• 1989 : Cam Atkinson , American ice hockey player
• 1989 : Ed Davis , American basketball player
• 1990 : Charlotte Bilbault , French soccer player
• 1990 : Sophie Lowe , Australian actress
• 1990 : Youssouf Mhadjou , Comorian sprinter
• 1990 : Matthias Ostrzolek , German-Polish soccer player
• 1993 : Erdal Akdarı , German-Turkish soccer player
• 1993 : Eddie Cheever III , Italian racing car driver
• 1993 : Laura Giuliani , Italian football goalkeeper
• 1995 : Troye Sivan , South African singer, YouTuber and actor
• 1998 : Dave , British rapper

Died

Before the 15th century

• 0301 : Sima Lun , Chinese usurper
• 0535 : Epiphanios , Patriarch of Constantinople
• 0754 : Boniface , Benedictine monk and missionary, "Apostle of the Germans"
• 0902 : Drogo , Bishop of Minden
• 0928 : Louis the Blind , King of Lower Burgundy

Sanjō († 1017)

• 1017 : Sanjō , 67th Tennō of Japan
• 1021 : Balderich von Drenthe , Count in Düffelgau and Count of Drenthe
• 1036 : Otto von Hammerstein , lord of the castle of Zütphen and count in the Wetterau and Engersgau
• 1036 : Meinwerk , Bishop of Paderborn (* around 975 )
• 1118 : Robert I , Count of Meulan
• 1237 : Ekbert von Andechs-Meranien , imperial governor for Austria and Styria, bishop of Bamberg
• 1239 : Władysław Odonic , Duke of Greater Poland
• 1243 : Constantia of Austria , Austrian noblewoman
• 1249 : Hugo X of Lusignan , Lord of Lusignan, Count of La Marche and Angoulême
• 1254 : Marguerite de Reynel , Countess of Sidon and Beaufort
• 1288 : Henry VI. , Count of Luxembourg and Arlon
• 1288 : Walram I , Lord of Ligny, Roussy and Laroche
• 1291 : Johann I , Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
• 1296 : Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster , English nobleman, military man and diplomat
• 1308 : Gottfried von Schlüsselberg , Franconian nobleman
• 1310 : Amalrich , titular prince of Tire, constable of Jerusalem, as well as constable and regent of Cyprus
• 1316 : Louis X , King of France and King of Navarre
• 1320 : Peter von Aspelt , Archbishop of Mainz

Peter von Aspelt († 1320)

• 1325 : Eberhard I , Count of Württemberg
• 1358 : Ulrich von Friedingen , Bishop of Constance
• 1366 : Agnes von Hohenberg , Duchess of Teck
• 1374 : William Whittlesey , Bishop of Rochester, Bishop of Worcester and Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1382 : Andrea Contarini , 60th Doge of Venice
• 1398 : Antoniotto Adorno , Doge of the Republic of Genoa
• 1400 : Friedrich , Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg

15th to 18th century

• 1424 : Braccio da Montone , Italian condottiere
• 1443 : Ferdinand von Avis , Infant of Portugal
• 1461 : Stephan Krumenauer , German builder
• 1502 : Georg I. Göler von Ravensburg , German nobleman

Lamoral of Egmond († 1568)

• 1568 : Lamoral von Egmond , knight and governor of Flanders and Artois
• 1568 : Philippe de Montmorency, Count von Hoorn , Dutch knight, admiral and freedom fighter
• 1572 : Ulrich von Mordeisen , Saxon politician and diplomat
• 1586 : Matthias Wesenbeck , Flemish lawyer
• 1599 : Josua Maaler , Swiss pastor and lexicographer
• 1604 : Thomas Muffet , English doctor and naturalist
• 1615 : Toyotomi Hideyori , Japanese samurai and general
• 1656 : Francesco Cornaro , 101st Doge of Venice
• 1667 : Francesco Maria Sforza Pallavicino , Italian cardinal and theologian
• 1679 : Francesco Maria Borzone , Italian painter
• 1688 : Maximilian Heinrich of Bavaria , Archbishop of Cologne
• 1716 : Roger Cotes , English mathematician
• 1722 : Johann Kuhnau , German organist, composer and lawyer
• 1740 : Johann Georg Abicht , German theologian and linguist
• 1757 : Bernhardine Christiane Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach , Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
• 1758 : Johann Peter Reusch , German philosopher and Lutheran theologian

19th century

• 1802 : Johann Christian Gottlieb Ernesti , German classical scholar
• 1806 : Gabriel François Doyen , French painter
• 1816 : Giovanni Paisiello , Italian composer
• 1819 : Bodawpaya , king of the Konbaung dynasty in Burma
• 1825 : Odysseas Androutsos , Greek liberation fighter
• 1825 : Ferdinand von Bubna and Littitz , Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal

Carl Maria von Weber († 1826)

• 1826 : Carl Maria von Weber , German composer
• 1833 : Immanuel Christian Leberecht von Ampach , German numismatist, art collector and patron
• 1836 : Hans Joachim Steinmann , Mayor of St. Gallen
• 1848 : Karl Samuel Wild , civil servant, archivist and writer
• 1852 : Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki , Polish composer
• 1855 : Siegmund Anczyc , Polish theater actor and director
• 1857 : Henry Hubbard , American politician
• 1860 : Carl Gamradt , Prussian district administrator, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly and the Prussian House of Representatives
• 1860 : Samuel D. Ingham , American politician
• 1863 : Marie Ellenrieder , German painter
• 1868 : Anselm Hüttenbrenner , Austrian composer and music critic
• 1878 : Ernst von Bibra , German naturalist and writer
• 1885 : Julius Benedict , British composer and conductor of German origin
• 1887 : Hans von Marées , German painter
• 1893 : Julio Popper , cartographer of Havana
• 1900 : Stephen Crane , American writer

20th century

1901-1950

• 1904 : Sami Frashëri , Albanian man of letters

Eduard von Hartmann († 1906)

• 1906 : Eduard von Hartmann , German philosopher
• 1908 : Luca Fumagalli , Italian pianist, composer and music teacher
• 1910 : William Sydney Porter , American writer
• 1912 : Francis James Gillen , Australian anthropologist and ethnologist
• 1913 : Theodor Wieland , German chemist
• 1916 : Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener , British general and politician
• 1916 : Karl August Lingner , German entrepreneur and philanthropist
• 1918 : Helene Hübener , German writer
• 1919 : Eugen Leviné , German revolutionary and KPD politician
• 1921 : Georges Feydeau , French playwright

George Hendrik Breitner († 1923)

• 1923 : George Hendrik Breitner , Dutch painter and photographer, representative of Amsterdam Impressionism
• 1923 : Carl von Horn , Bavarian Colonel General and Minister of War
• 1925 : Jenny Apolant , German women's rights activist
• 1927 : Victor Attinger , Swiss photographer and publisher
• 1928 : Kurt von Schleinitz , German officer
• 1930 : Eric Lemming , Swedish javelin thrower
• 1931 : Crescente Errázuriz Valdivieso , Chilean Dominican friar, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile, church historian and lawyer
• 1931 : Adolf von Groß , financial administrator of the Bayreuth Festival
• 1931 : Max Kienitz , German forester, forest scientist and conservationist
• 1932 : Arthur Schloßmann , German pediatrician, founder of the first infant clinic
• 1932 : Karl Stiegler , Austrian horn player and professor
• 1934 : Corrado Ricci , Italian archaeologist and art historian
• 1936 : Luigi Forino , Italian cellist and music teacher
• 1938 : Henri Carré , French veterinarian, discoverer of the distemper virus

Hermann Thiersch († 1939)

• 1939 : Hermann Thiersch , German archaeologist
• 1942 : István Abonyi , Hungarian chess player and chess official
• 1942 : Herbert Bochow , German communist and resistance fighter
• 1943 : Heinrich Backhaus , German politician
• 1944 : Józef Beck , Polish politician
• 1944 : Jacob Dahl , Faroese provost and Bible translator
• 1944 : Riccardo Zandonai , Italian composer and conductor
• 1946 : Gustav Müller , German politician, MdL, MdR
• 1948 : Glen Edwards , American test pilot

1951-2000

• 1956 : Rudolph Sauerwein , German automobile racing driver
• 1958 : Maurice-Yves Sandoz , Swiss writer
• 1960 : Percy Bryant , American bobsledder
• 1961 : Eduard Cruse , German officer in the protection force in the German colony of German South West Africa
• 1961 : Ludwik Fleck , Polish microbiologist, physician and scientific theorist

Adrian Carton de Wiart († 1963)

• 1963 : Adrian Carton de Wiart , British general
• 1964 : Ernst Waldow , German actor
• 1965 : Eleanor Farjeon , British children's author, poet and playwright
• 1965 : William of Sweden , Duke of Södermanland
• 1968 : Ellen Gleditsch , Norwegian chemist
• 1970 : Hans Wilhelmi , German lawyer and politician, Member of the Bundestag and Federal Minister
• 1971 : Otto Waffenschmied , Austrian illustrator and comic artist
• 1973 : Werner Jadassohn , Swiss dermatologist
• 1974 : Bruno Brehm , Austrian writer
• 1975 : Paul Keres , Estonian chess player
• 1976 : Robert Wichard Pohl , German physicist
• 1977 : Luis César Amadori , Argentine filmmaker, screenwriter and writer
• 1977 : Sleepy John Estes , American musician

Heinz Erhardt († 1979)

• 1979 : Heinz Erhardt , German comedian, musician and entertainer, actor and poet
• 1980 : Lauritz Lauritzen , German Federal Minister, Member of the Bundestag
• 1980 : Margret Dünser , Austrian journalist
• 1982 : Roger Bonvin , Swiss Federal Councilor
• 1982 : Olle Hellbom , Swedish director and screenwriter
• 1983 : Kurt Tank , German engineer, aircraft designer and aviator
• 1984 : Fuad Mohieddin , Egyptian Prime Minister
• 1985 : Josef Maria Reuss , auxiliary bishop in Mainz and titular bishop of Sinope
• 1986 : Lisa Ullrich , German politician, MdR, resistance fighter against National Socialism
• 1987 : Takahashi Shinkichi , Japanese lyric poet
• 1990 : Frederick Nnabuenyi Ugonna , Nigerian linguist and literary scholar
• 1991 : Oskar Audörsch , German major general
• 1992 : Franz Reuss , German major general
• 1993 : Conway Twitty , American country singer
• 1993 : Wolf von Baudissin , German general and peace researcher
• 1995 : Johana Harris , Canadian pianist, composer and music teacher
• 1998 : Dieter Roth , Swiss poet and graphic artist and action and object artist
• 1999 : Mel Tormé , American singer, musician and actor
• 1999 : Ernie Wilkins , American jazz musician
• 2000 : Hushang Golschiri , Iranian writer

21st century

• 2002 : Curtis Amy , American saxophonist and flautist
• 2002 : Dee Dee Ramone , bass player for the American band Ramones
• 2003 : Heinz Behling , German caricaturist, draftsman and children's book author
• 2003 : Patricia Blomfield Holt , Canadian composer, music teacher and pianist
• 2003 : Jürgen Möllemann , German Federal Minister, Member of the Bundestag
• 2003 : Manuel Rosenthal , French conductor and composer
• 2004 : Karl-Ernst Maedel , German railway author and railway photographer
• 2004 : Necdet Mahfi Ayral , Turkish actor

Ronald Reagan († 2004)

• 2004 : Ronald Reagan , American actor and politician, Governor of California, 40th US President
• 2005 : Susi Nicoletti , German-Austrian actress
• 2005 : Lothar Warneke , German director
• 2006 : Irène Aïtoff , French pianist
• 2007 : André David , French composer
• 2008 : Eugenio Montejo , Venezuelan poet and essayist
• 2010 : Esma Agolli , Albanian actress
• 2010 : Neil Anderson , New Zealand Vice Admiral
• 2010 : Bolívar Echeverría , Ecuadorian-Mexican scientist, philosopher and writer
• 2012 : Ray Bradbury , American writer
• 2012 : Caroline John , British actress
• 2013 : Werner Andler , German pediatrician
• 2013 : Don Bowman , American country musician
• 2014 : Rolf Hachmann , German prehistorian
• 2014 : Johnny Leach , English table tennis player
• 2015 : Tariq Aziz , Iraqi politician
• 2015 : Jerry Collins , New Zealand rugby player

Christine Wiegand († 2016)

• 2016 : Christine Wiegand , German director and screenwriter
• 2016 : Jerome Bruner , American psychologist
• 2017 : Peter Ehlers , German soccer player, coach and official
• 2017 : Cheik Tioté , Ivorian football player
• 2018 : Illa Blaue , German painter
• 2018 : Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak , Polish architect
• 2018 : Kate Spade , American fashion designer
• 2019 : Wolfram Eicke , German writer and songwriter
• 2019 : Elio Sgreccia , Italian cardinal

Holidays and memorial days

• Church memorial days
  • St. Boniface , Anglo-Saxon theologian, abbot and missionary, martyr, bishop and patron saint (Protestant, Anglican, Roman Catholic)

• Name days
  • Boniface , Winfried

• State holidays and memorial days
  • Denmark : Grundlovsdag (1849)

• Commemoration days of international organizations
  • World Environment Day ( UN ) (since 1972)

The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .

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