July 6th
The July 6 is the 187th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 188th in leap years ), thus still 178 days remain until the end of the year.
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Events
Politics and world events
- Fatimids begin in they conquered Egypt with the construction of their new residence of Cairo . 969: The
- 1189: Richard the Lionheart becomes King of England through the death of his father Heinrich II .
- 1253: After his conversion to Christianity, the Lithuanian prince Mindaugas receives the royal crown at the instigation of Pope Innocent IV . He becomes the only king in Lithuanian history.
- 1415: The Bohemian reformer Jan Hus is burned as a heretic at the Council of Constance , although King Sigismund has promised him safe conduct.
- 1483: Richard III. from the House of York is crowned King of England .
- 1495: The Holy League, under the command of Gianfrancesco II Gonzaga, defeats Charles VIII of France in the Battle of Fornovo . The Venetians and their allies succeeded temporarily in driving the French out of Italy in the First Italian War .
- 1535: The English statesman and author Thomas More is executed on London's Tower Hill after a death sentence for refusing to oath . As a Catholic , he did not want to take the oath of supremacy .
- 1573: The first siege of the Huguenot stronghold of La Rochelle during the Fourth Huguenot War by Charles IX. of France ends unsuccessfully.
- 1609: Emperor Rudolf II grants religious freedom to the estates in Bohemia in a letter of majesty .
- 1618: In a long smoldering legal dispute, the Reich Chamber of Commerce confirms Hamburg's status as a Free Imperial City . The judgment is not recognized by the Danish King Christian IV . It was not until the Gottorp Treaty in 1768 that people would give in.
- 1630: Gustav II Adolf lands in Germany with an army of 13,000 Swedish troops and intervenes in the Thirty Years' War .
- 1777: During the American Revolutionary War , the British take Fort Ticonderoga without firing a shot.
- 1799: Ranjit Singh's 25,000 men march towards Lahore to unite the Punjab under his leadership.
- 1801: A French squadron defeats a British squadron in the First Naval Battle of Algeciras .
- 1808: Napoleon Bonaparte's brother Joseph is made King of Spain in Bayonne .
- 1809: Fifth coalition war : French army under Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Austrian army in the battle of Wagram .
- 1827: In the Treaty of London , the great powers Great Britain , France and Russia demand the cessation of the hostilities between the Greeks and the Ottoman Empire triggered by the Greek Revolution . They offer their mediation in the creation of an independent Greek state.
- 1854: The first meeting of the American Republican Party takes place in Jackson, Michigan .
- 1892: Dadabhai Naoroji becomes the first Indian Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland .
- 1914: Prehistory of the First World War : In the historical blanket power of attorney , the German Kaiser Wilhelm II declares " to stand faithfully at the side of Austria-Hungary in accordance with his alliance obligations and his old friendship ".
- 1917: Arab troops under the leadership of Thomas Edward Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") conquer Aqaba from the Turks.
- 1918: Russian Civil War : Cheka employees assassinate the German ambassador in Moscow, Wilhelm von Mirbach-Harff , thereby triggering the uprising of the Left Social Revolutionaries .
- 1923: The Central Executive Committee of the USSR adopts the Soviet constitution .
- 1938: Beginning of the Évian Conference . She advises on asylum options for German Jews.
- 1950: In the Görlitz Agreement between the GDR and the People's Republic of Poland , the Oder-Neisse line is established as the new Polish western border.
- 1964: Malawi declares its independence from Great Britain . Exactly two years later, the republic is proclaimed with a one-party system. Hastings Kamuzu Banda becomes president with dictatorial powers.
- 1964: In the battle of Nam Dong , the Viet Cong attack an American field base of the US Army Special Forces in Vietnam.
- 1967: Biafra War : Nigerian troops invade Biafra and start a nearly three-year war that kills nearly two million people.
- 1975: The Comoros declare their independence from France .
- 1988: From a peppered with roadside presidential election in Mexico 's Carlos Salinas de Gortari emerged victorious.
- 1995: The SPD politician Johannes Rau is elected Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia for the fifth time .
- 2003: In a referendum in Corsica , a narrow majority of voters reject the proposed reform of the Corsican institutions.
- 2004: In Hyde Park in London , Queen Elizabeth II inaugurates a fountain in memory of Princess Diana .
- 2006: The border pass at Nathu La between India and the People's Republic of China is reopened to traffic after being closed for 44 years.
economy
- 1785: The US dollar is unanimously chosen as money for the United States . This is the first time a state has adopted a decimal monetary system .
- 1909: Kaiser Wilhelm II and the Swedish King Gustav V open a railway ferry connection across the Baltic Sea . The first train will be crossed by a ferry on the royal line between the Sassnitz ferry port and Trelleborg in Sweden .
- 1959: In Saarland , which has been incorporated into the Federal Republic of Germany by the Treaty of Luxembourg since 1957 , the Saar franc is replaced by the Deutsche Mark .
- 1992: SAP delivers the first version of R / 3.
- 1998: The newly built Hong Kong International Airport on Chek Lap Kok Island begins operations and replaces Kai Tak Airport .
science and technology
- 1885: Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies . The patient is Joseph Meister , a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
- 1908: Robert Peary starts his North Pole expedition.
- 1919: The Institute for Sexology , founded by Magnus Hirschfeld , opens in Berlin .
- 1919: After almost five days in the air, the British R34 rigid airship lands in Mineola , Long Island, New York, completing the first non-stop flight of an airship across the Atlantic Ocean .
- 1938: Seth Barnes Nicholson discovers the Jupiter moon Lysithea (Jupiter X).
- 1939: The Soviet pilot Olga Klepikowa sets an absolute course record with an RF-7 glider . The 749.209 kilometers flown could only be surpassed in 1951 by an airplane with a laminar profile.
- 1962: The Sedan underground nuclear weapons test is carried out as part of Operation Storax in the United States' Plowshare program . The aim is to investigate the possible use of atomic bombs for civil purposes such as mining.
Culture
- 1706: World premiere of the opera Endimione by Giovanni Bononcini in the Palazzo di Belfonte near Vienna .
- 1790: A city theater is founded in Leoben in Styria , which has been used continuously since then. It is now one of Austria's oldest such institutions.
- 1798: World premiere of the opera Die Geisterinsel by Johann Friedrich Reichardt at the Hofoper Berlin .
- 1859: First performance of the operetta Les Vivandières de la Grande Armée by Jacques Offenbach at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris .
- 1957: John Lennon and Paul McCartney ( The Beatles ) meet for the first time.
- 1964: The first Beatles film Yeah Yeah Yeah (original title: A Hard Day's Night ) premieres.
- 1979: The first rock opera Rosa Laub is premiered in the GDR at the Volkstheater Rostock .
society
- 1811: The composer and pianist Muzio Clementi marries Emma Gisborne in St. Pancras Church in London.
- 1916: Spring Lake sees the second shark attacks on the New Jersey coast . Charles' brother is fatally injured in the attack. In contrast to the incident on July 1st, this time a shark alarm is given.
religion
- 1758: Carlo della Torre Rezzonico is elected Pope and takes the name Clement XIII. at.
- 1809: Pope Pius VII is arrested with the approval of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and brought to France. The Pope had opposed the French annexation of the Papal States.
- 2003: Felix Genn is introduced to his office as the 3rd Bishop of Essen .
Disasters
- 1928: The transport ship Angamos is stranded in a storm near Punta Morguillas (Chile) and breaks apart. 283 people die, eight survive the disaster.
- 1944: In a circus fire in Hartford ( Connecticut ) 168 people are killed and injured on the 700th
- 1967: Train accident in Langenweddingen : In Langenweddingen near Magdeburg, a double-decker train of the Deutsche Reichsbahn collides with a tanker truck, which explodes and sets the train on fire. 44 children are among the 94 dead. It is the worst railway accident in the GDR and one of the most serious accidents involving dangerous goods in Germany.
- 1988: The Piper Alpha oil rig in the North Sea is destroyed by an explosion and the ensuing fire, 167 workers are killed.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1912: The Summer Olympics are ceremoniously opened in Stockholm .
- 1958: The five-time Formula 1 world champion Juan Manuel Fangio announces his retirement from motorsport after the French Grand Prix in Reims-Gueux .
- 1957: Althea Gibson becomes the first black tennis player to win the Wimbledon tournament .
- 1986: With a final victory over Ivan Lendl secures Boris Becker for the second time the title at the Championships Wimbledon in tennis .
- 1992: Zimbabwe becomes a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
- 2000: The world football association FIFA decides to host the 2006 World Cup for Germany and against competitor South Africa .
- 2005: At its congress in Singapore , the International Olympic Committee awards the XXX. Summer Olympic Games in London .
- 2008: In the men's Wimbledon final , the Spaniard Rafael Nadal defeated the Swiss Roger Federer 6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 7, 6: 7 and 9: 7.
- 2013: The French Marion Bartoli wins the Wimbledon individual tournament for women by defeating the German Sabine Lisicki in two sets with 6: 1 and 6: 4.
- 2014: In the final of the Wimbledon tournament , the Serb Novak Đoković wins against the Swiss Roger Federer 6: 7, 6: 4, 7: 6, 5: 7 and 6: 4.
- 2016: Start of the 23rd European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam. In the 10,000-meter final of the women the Turk wins Yasemin Can .
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
- 1125: Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani , Muslim chronicler
- 1313: Donato Velluti , Florentine politician and chronicler
- 1332: Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster , Anglo-Irish noblewoman
- 1387: Blanka of Navarre , Queen of Sicily, Aragon and Navarre
- 1504: Christoph Lasius , German theologian
- 1555: Louis II. De Lorraine-Guise , Cardinal and Archbishop of Reims
- 1594: Friedrich V , Margrave of Baden
- 1598: Kirsten Munk , second wife of the Danish King Christian IV.
- 1601: Justus Gesenius , German theologian and hymn poet
- 1606: Justus Henricus Heidfeldt , German theologian and philologist
- 1650: Friedrich Kasimir Kettler , Duke of Courland and Semigallia
- 1680: Johann Matthias Florin , German university professor
- 1680: Johann Joachim Schröder , German orientalist and librarian, theologian and church historian
- 1686: Antoine de Jussieu , French physicist and botanist
- 1689: Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein , Archbishop and Elector of Mainz and Bishop of Worms
- 1700: Joseph Gabler , German master organ builder
18th century
- 1706: Rudolph Joseph von Colloredo , Imperial Vice Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire
- 1708: Ignaz Finsterwalder , German plasterer
- 1721: Johann Peter Schwartz , German theologian
- 1739: Georges Jacob , French cabinet maker
- 1739: Friedrich Wilhelm Rust , German violinist and composer
- 1744: Maria Josefa Carmela of Spain , Princess of Naples and Sicily, Infanta of Spain
- 1747: John Paul Jones , British pirate and naval hero, naval pioneer and freedom fighter
- 1750: Johann Gottfried Brügelmann , German textile entrepreneur, pioneer of the industrial revolution (first factory on mainland Europe)
- 1752: Elisabeth Hudtwalcker , German painter
- 1755: John Flaxman , British artist
- 1756: Franciscus-Antonius de Méan , Belgian prince-bishop of Liège
- 1766: Karoline von Schlotheim , mistress of Elector Wilhelm I of Hesse-Kassel
- 1766: Alexander Wilson , British ornithologist and poet
- 1768: Heinrich Ofen , German composer and clarinetist
- 1771: Johann Kaspar Adolay , German notary
- 1781: Thomas Stamford Raffles , English founder of Singapore
- 1796: Nicholas I , Emperor of Russia
19th century
1801-1850
- 1802: Émile Bienaimé , French composer
- 1808: Johann Gustav Droysen , German historian, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- 1812: Miguel Lerdo de Tejada , Mexican politician
- 1817: Albert von Koelliker , Swiss anatomist and physiologist
- 1818: Adolf Anderssen , German chess master
- 1819: Ignacij Knoblehar , Slovenian missionary in Africa
- 1823: Ahmed Vefik Pasha , Ottoman statesman
- 1824: John Lourie Beveridge , American politician, congressman, governor of Illinois
- 1824: Adolphe van Soust de Borckenfeldt , Belgian poet and art historian
- 1826: Nicolaas Wilhelm Pieter Rauwenhoff , Dutch biologist
- 1832: Alexis André , Canadian priest and missionary
- 1832: Maximilian I , Austrian Archduke, Emperor of Mexico
- 1834: Joseph Boehm , Austro-British sculptor
- 1837: Władysław Żeleński , Polish composer
- 1850: Emil Kränzlein , German manufacturer and Privy Councilor of Commerce, honorary citizen of Erlangen
1851-1900
- 1852: Arnulf von Bayern , Bavarian Colonel General
- 1853: Max von Gruber , Austrian physician, biologist and racial hygienist, founder of modern hygiene
- 1856: Otto Puchstein , German archaeologist
- 1859: Verner von Heidenstam , Swedish poet
- 1864: Alberto Nepomuceno , Brazilian composer
- 1865: Émile Jaques-Dalcroze , Swiss composer and music teacher
- 1866: Walter Troeltsch , German economist
- 1873: Paul Keller , German writer and publicist
- 1876: Louis J. Brann , American lawyer and politician, governor of Maine
- 1877: David Stanley Smith , American composer
- 1878: Eino Leino , Finnish writer
- 1881: Nancy Dalberg , Danish composer
- 1885: Fritz Arndt , German-Turkish chemist
- 1885: Ernst Busch , German field marshal
- 1886: Marc Bloch , French historian, co-founder of the Annales School
- 1886: Annette Kellerman , Australian swimmer and film actress
- 1887: Marc Chagall , Russian-French painter
- 1887: Walter Flex , German poet
- 1888: Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy , German-American cultural philosopher, lawyer, historian and sociologist
- 1889: GB Samuelson , British film producer and director
- 1897: Karl Hofacker , Swiss civil engineer and university professor
- 1898: Hanns Eisler , Austro-German composer, music philosopher and theorist
- 1898: Helene Wessel , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, one of the four "mothers of the Basic Law"
- 1899: Konrad Ameln , German hymnologist and musicologist
- 1899: Gustav Ucicky , Austrian director
- 1900: Emil Barth , German writer
- 1900: Elfriede Senden , German middle-distance runner
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Roland Coty , French entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1901: Max Hinrichsen , German-British music publisher
- 1901: Syama Prasad Mukherjee , Indian politician
- 1902: Hans Krüger , German Federal Minister
- 1902: Heinz Neumann , German politician
- 1903: Otto Lenz , German politician
- 1903: Hugo Theorell , Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1904: Wilhelm Angerer , Austrian photographer
- 1906: Colette Audry , French writer, dramaturge and screenwriter
- 1906: Cuth Harrison , British Formula 1 racing driver
- 1907: Frida Kahlo , Mexican painter of popular Surrealism and New Objectivity
- 1910: Samuel Akintola , Nigerian politician
- 1910: Lothar Collatz , German mathematician
- 1911: Manuel Enrique Pérez Díaz , Venezuelan guitarist, composer and music teacher
- 1912: Helmut Arntz , German Indo-Europeanist and runologist
- 1912: Heinrich Harrer , Austrian naturalist, mountaineer and author
- 1915: Willy Guhl , Swiss furniture designer
- 1916: Harold Norse , American author and poet
- 1918: Konrad Honold , Austrian artist
- 1919: Oswaldo Guayasamín , Ecuadorian painter
- 1919: Ernst Haefliger , Swiss tenor
- 1921: Charles A. Ferguson , American linguist
- 1921: Nancy Reagan , American actress, wife of Ronald Reagan
- 1923: Wojciech Jaruzelski , Polish general and politician
- 1923: Josef Plöger , German bishop, Canon of Cologne
- 1924: Louie Bellson , American jazz drummer, composer and arranger
- 1925: Bill Haley , American rock musician
1926-1950
- 1927: Janet Leigh , American actress
- 1928: George Deukmejian , American politician
- 1929: Gerd Zacher , German composer and organist
- 1930: Chief Armstrong , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1930: Werner Arnold , German soccer player
- 1930: Ian Burgess , British racing car driver
- 1931: Murad Wilfried Hofmann , German author
- 1931: Della Reese , American singer
- 1932: Rainer Hauer , Austrian actor
- 1933: Henry Anglade , French racing cyclist
- 1934: Günther Domenig , Austrian architect
- 1934: Marta Valdés , Cuban singer and composer
- 1935: Tenzin Gyatso , Tibetan monk and Dalai Lama
- 1936: Stuart H. Pappé , American film editor
- 1936: Chris White , American jazz bassist
- 1937: Vladimir Dawidowitsch Aschkenasi , Russian pianist
- 1937: Gene Chandler , American singer
- 1937: Bessie Head , Botswana writer
- 1938: Uli Maslo , German soccer player and coach
- 1939: Jet Harris , British musician
- 1939: Mary Peters , British athlete, Olympic champion
- 1940: Nursultan Nazarbayev , President of Kazakhstan
- 1940: Jeannie Seely , American country singer and songwriter
- 1940: Tove Skutnabb-Kangas , Finnish linguist and educator
- 1942: Claudia Wedekind , German actress
- 1943: Rodolfo de Anda , Mexican actor, film director and producer
- 1943: Hans-Jürgen Papier , German lawyer, President of the Federal Constitutional Court
- 1944: Gunhild Hoffmeister , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1944: Andor Izsák , Hungarian organist, musicologist and conductor, founder of the European Center for Jewish Music
- 1944: Bernhard Schlink , German lawyer and novelist
- 1946: George W. Bush , American President
- 1946: Bernard Chenevière , Swiss racing driver
- 1946: Peter Singer , Australian philosopher and ethicist
- 1946: Sylvester Stallone , American actor
- 1948: Nathalie Baye , French actress
- 1948: Bodo Kirchhoff , German writer
- 1949: Phyllis Hyman , American R&B, disco and soul singer
- 1950: Gabriele Albertini , Italian politician
- 1950: Hans-Joachim Andree , German football player
1951-1975
- 1951: Adrian Iorgulescu , Romanian composer
- 1951: Geoffrey Rush , Australian actor
- 1952: Hilary Mantel , British writer
- 1952: Adi Shamir , Israeli computer scientist
- 1953: Manfred Spoo , German author, cabaret artist and presenter
- 1954: Allyce Beasley , American actress and voice actress
- 1954: Joachim Schulte , German civil rights activist
- 1956: Mikhail Leopoldowitsch Abramow , Russian admiral
- 1959: Mikael Andersson , Swedish ice hockey player
- 1959: Joe Jacoby , American football player
- 1959: Thomas Kügel , German actor
- 1959: Yves Laroche , Canadian freestyle skier
- 1960: Asahifuji Seiya , Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1960: Robbie Dunn , Australian soccer player and coach
- 1961: Robin Antin , American choreographer, video director and actress
- 1961: Benita Fitzgerald-Brown , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1962: Ingrid Thurnher , Austrian journalist and television presenter
- 1963: Helmut Jawurek , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1964: Markus Böttcher , German actor
- 1965: Stefan Ilsanker , German luge rider
- 1965: Christoph Mohn , German manager
- 1966: Brian Posehn , American actor, comedian and singer
- 1967: Petra Kleinert , German actress
- 1967: Heather Nova , Bermuda musician, singer and poet
- 1968: Noel Van Horn , American comic artist
- 1969: Liz Baffoe , German actress
- 1969: Monchy Capricho , Dominican singer
- 1970: Tobias Abstreiter , German ice hockey player
- 1970: Roger Cicero , German pop and jazz musician
- 1970: Luca Zamperoni , German actor
- 1972: Isabelle Boulay , Canadian pop and chanson singer
- 1973: Mark Ashley , German pop singer
- 1974: Diego Klimowicz , Argentine soccer player
- 1974: Zé Roberto , Brazilian soccer player
- 1975: 50 Cent , American rapper
- 1975: André Dietz , German actor, musician and author
- 1975: Vladimir Vasilj , Croatian football player
1976-2000
- 1976: Ophélie David , French freestyle skier
- 1977: Maks Mirny , Belarusian tennis player
- 1978: Danil Chalimow , Kazakh wrestler
- 1979: Maik Makowka , German handball player
- 1979: Goran Šprem , Croatian handball player
- 1980: Pau Gasol , Spanish basketball player
- 1980: Eva Green , French actress
- 1980: Tanja Wörle , German soccer player
- 1981: Roman Nikolajewitsch Schirokow , Russian football player
- 1983: Shama Aboobakar , Mauritian badminton player
- 1985: Stefano Chiapolino , Italian ski jumper
- 1985: Patrick Mouaya , German soccer player of Congolese origin
- 1987: Victor Astafei , Romanian football player
- 1987: Kate Nash , British musician
- 1987: David Pisot , German soccer player
- 1988: Katy Tiz , English singer-songwriter
- 1989: Nicholas Fairall , American ski jumper
- 1989: Elias Harris , German basketball player
- 1990: Jae Crowder , American basketball player
- 1990: Felix Schoft , German ski jumper
- 1991: Gavin James , Irish pop musician
- 1991: Victoire Thivisol , French actress
- 1992: Georg Blatnik , Austrian soccer player
- 1992: Evans Nyarko , German-Ghanaian soccer player
- 1994: Nikola Dovedan , Austrian soccer player
- 1994: Camilla and Rebecca Rosso , British actresses
- 1999: Tomasz Kucz , Polish football player
- 2000: Paula Rakijašić , Croatian athlete
21st century
- 2001: Marie Wegener , German singer
Died
Before the 17th century
- Goar , priest from Auvergne 649:
- Otgar , Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt 880:
- Utto , Bishop of Freising 907:
- Wilhelm I , Duke of Aquitaine 918:
- 1089: Otto von Riedenburg , Bishop of Regensburg
- 1118: Dmitr Saviditsch , governor of Novgorod
- 1135: Alexander I , Bishop of Liège
- 1160: Bernhard I von Oesede , Bishop of Paderborn
- 1164: Adolf II , Count of Schauenburg and Holstein, founded Lübeck as the first German port city on the Baltic Sea
- 1164: Reinold von Dithmarschen , Ministerialer Heinrich the Lion
- 1167: Werinher , abbot and librarian in the St. Gallen monastery
- 1189: Henry II , Duke of Anjou and King of England
- 1218: Odo III. , Duke of Burgundy
- 1249: Rudolf I , Count of Habsburg-Laufenburg, Landgrave in Klettau
- 1250: Peter Mauclerc , Duke of Brittany
- 1325: John Salmon , Lord Chancellor and Bishop of Norwich
- 1333: Wolfram Wolfskeel von Grumbach , Bishop of Würzburg
- 1398: Giovannino de 'Grassi , Italian painter and illuminator, sculptor and builder of the late Gothic
- 1399: Martin von Polheim , German Benedictine and abbot of Kremsmünster Abbey
- 1415: Jan Hus , Bohemian reformer and martyr
- 1435: Alexander Stewart, 12th Earl of Mar , Scottish nobleman
- 1472: Battista Sforza , Duchess of Urbino
- 1476: Regiomontanus , German astronomer, mathematician and publisher
- 1511: Adolf III. , Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
- 1524: Wilhelm Nesen , German humanist and educator
- 1533: Ludovico Ariosto , Italian Renaissance poet
- 1535: Thomas More , English lawyer, statesman and lord chancellor, philosopher, humanist and author, martyr
- 1553: Edward VI. , English king
- 1566: Margarethe von der Saale , second wife of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse
- 1568: Johannes Oporinus , Swiss humanist, printer, publisher, secretary and teacher
- 1583: Edmund Grindal , Archbishop of Canterbury and York
- 1587: Arnold Mercator , Flemish-German cartographer
- 1592: Johann Georg , Duke of Ohlau and Wohlau
17th and 18th centuries
- 1616: Philipp Hahn , German Lutheran theologian
- 1617: Johann, Margreth and Ela Schad , victims of the witch trials in Flörsheim in the area of the Archdiocese of Mainz
- 1623: William Byrd , English composer and organist
- 1629: Georg Friedrich von Greiffenclau zu Vollrads , Archbishop and Elector of Mainz
- 1641: Louis de Bourbon , Count of Soissons and Peer of France
- 1657: Tobias Michael , German composer and Thomaskantor
- 1672: Johann Georg Reinhard , German lawyer and administrative officer
- 1684: Anna Gonzaga , French noblewoman, opponent of Jules Mazarin
- 1700: Bartholomäus Anhorn , Swiss pastor and historian
- 1702: Nicolas Antoine Le Bègue , French organist, harpsichordist and composer
- 1704: Hieronymus Dürer , German writer and theologian
- 1711: James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry , Scottish nobleman and politician
- 1722: Friedrich von Saldern , administrative officer of the Duke of Holstein
- 1726: Andreas Gottlieb von Bernstorff , first minister of the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg
- 1737: Pietro Torri , Italian composer
- 1740: Claudius Amyand , French surgeon
- 1743: Chajim b. Mose Attar , Jewish scholar and Kabbalist
- 1758: Johann Andreas Rothe , German pastor and song writer
- 1765: Ferdinand Zellbell , Swedish composer
- 1772: Karl Gottlob Sperbach , German philologist
- 1784: Achatius Ludwig Carl Schmid , German legal scholar and civil servant of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach
- 1785: Friedrich August , Prince-Bishop of Lübeck and Duke of Oldenburg
- 1793: Joseph Agricol Viala , French National Guard
- 1795: Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein , German professor and natural scientist
- 1798: Adrien Duport , French politician
19th century
- 1809: Jean Étienne Benoît Duprat , French general and revolutionary
- 1819: Sophie Blanchard , French balloonist
- 1820: Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly , Austrian publisher, cartographer and writer
- 1824: Johann Michael Feder , Catholic clergyman and university professor
- 1825: Frederik von Haxthausen , Danish-Norwegian officer and Norwegian Prime Minister
- 1835: John Marshall , American lawyer and politician, secretary of state, presiding judge of the Supreme Court, co-founder of constitutional law
- 1840: Johann Heinrich Ramberg , German painter and draftsman
- 1841: Gottlieb Mohnike , German translator, theologian and philologist
- 1848: Karl Godulla , German industrialist
- 1854: August Borsig , German entrepreneur, founder of the Borsig-Werke
- 1854: Georg Simon Ohm , German physicist ( Ohm's law ), eponym for electrical resistance
- 1861: August Friedrich Gfrörer , German historian and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- 1863: Ernst Merck , German entrepreneur and politician
- 1868: Harada Sanosuke , Japanese samurai
- 1877: Friedrich Wilhelm Hackländer , German writer
- 1879: Jakob Friedrich Reiff , German philosopher
- 1879: Henry Smart , British organist and composer
- 1880: Johann Joseph Imhoff (the younger) , German sculptor
- 1883: Ciprian Porumbescu , Romanian composer and conductor
- 1892: Nabil-i-Akbar , Iranian Baha'i
- 1893: Guy de Maupassant , French writer, poet and journalist
- 1897: Henri Meilhac , French playwright
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901: Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst , German statesman, Prime Minister of Bavaria and Prussia, Chancellor of the Reich
- 1902: Maria Goretti , Italian martyr
- 1902: Leopold Miguéz , Brazilian composer
- 1905: Anton Burger , German painter, draftsman and etcher
- 1913: James Cassius Williamson , Australian actor and impresario
- 1914: Delmira Agustini , Uruguayan poet
- 1916: Kurd Adler , German poet
- 1916: Odilon Redon , French impressionist painter
- 1918: Wilhelm von Mirbach-Harff , German diplomat
- 1922: John Edwin Sandys , British classical philologist
- 1925: Antoine Taudou , French music teacher, violinist and composer
- 1927: Wilhelm Blos , German journalist, writer and politician, MdR, President of Württemberg
- 1931: Edward Goodrich Acheson , American chemist and technician
- 1934: Nestor Machno , Ukrainian anarchist
- 1934: Kurt Sethe , German Egyptologist
- 1937: Bohdan-Ihor Antonytsch , Ukrainian poet and prose writer
- 1944: Nagumo Chūichi , Japanese Vice Admiral in the Imperial Navy
- 1945: Adolf Bertram , German clergyman, Bishop of Hildesheim and Archbishop of Breslau
- 1946: Jeanne Lanvin , French fashion designer
- 1948: Luigi Arrigoni , Italian Archbishop
1951-2000
- 1952: Felix Huch , German doctor and writer
- 1953: Julia de Burgos , Puerto Rican poet
- 1954: Julio Acosta García , Costa Rican politician, foreign minister, president
- 1955: Ferdinand Barlog , German caricaturist and comic artist
- 1958: Luigi Musso , Italian racing driver
- 1958: Emil Teubner , German wood carver and sculptor
- 1959: George Grosz , German-American painter, graphic artist and caricaturist
- 1960: Aneurin Bevan , British politician
- 1960: Johann Gottfried Bischoff , German Chief Apostle of the New Apostolic Church
- 1961: Scott LaFaro , American musician
- 1962: William Faulkner , American writer
- 1965: Oscar Funcke , German industrialist and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1965: Max Jara , Chilean poet
- 1966: Frank Patterson , American composer
- 1968: Adam Sołtys , Polish composer, conductor and music teacher
- 1970: Fritz von Ameln , German politician
- 1971: Roger Adams , American chemist
- 1971: Louis Armstrong , American jazz trumpeter and singer
- 1971: Horst Lange , German writer
- 1973: Otto Klemperer , German conductor and composer
- 1973: Adolfo Mejía , Colombian composer
- 1976: Fritz Lenz , German anthropologist, human geneticist and eugenicist, leading racial hygienist during the Weimar Republic and the Nazi era
- 1976: Zhu De , Chinese politician
- 1977: Ödön Pártos , Israeli composer
- 1978: Gustav Burmester , German director and actor
- 1978: Babe Paley , American society lady
- 1979: Antonio María Barbieri , Uruguayan religious, Archbishop of Montevideo and Cardinal
- 1979: Van McCoy , American record producer, songwriter and musician
- 1981: Hans Achinger , German economist and social scientist
- 1981: Martin Jahn , German draftsman, painter and art teacher
- 1982: Alma Reville , British film editor and screenwriter, wife of Alfred Hitchcock
- 1984: Fernand Tavano , French racing car driver
- 1984: Henricus Jacobus Charles Tendeloo , Dutch chemist
- 1988: Hans Gutzwiller , Swiss philologist and Germanist
- 1989: János Kádár , Hungarian politician
- 1990: Joe Appiah , Ghanaian lawyer, diplomat and politician
- 1990: Měrćin Nowak-Njechorński , Sorbian painter, publicist and writer
- 1991: Herminio Giménez , Paraguayan composer
- 1992: Ray Abrams , American jazz saxophonist
- 1992: Amadeus August , German actor
- 1995: Aziz Nesin , Turkish educator and writer
- 1997: Gabriel Asaad , Assyrian composer and musician
- 1998: Roy Rogers , American singer
- 1999: Joaquín Rodrigo , Spanish composer
- 2000: Władysław Szpilman , Polish pianist, composer and writer
21st century
- 2002: Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani , Indian entrepreneur
- 2002: John Frankenheimer , American director
- 2003: Skip Battin , American country rock singer and bassist
- 2003: Antonio Ignacio Velasco García , Venezuelan religious, Archbishop of Caracas and Cardinal
- 2004: Thomas Klestil , Austrian Federal President
- 2004: Pawel Gerassimowitsch Lisizian , Russian-Armenian baritone
- 2005: Bruno Wilhelm Augenstein , German-American mathematician and physicist
- 2005: Ed McBain , American writer
- 2005: Claude Simon , French writer and Nobel Prize winner
- 2008: Bobby Durham , American jazz drummer
- 2008: Thích Huyền Quang , Vietnamese monk and patriarch
- 2009: Vasily Pavlovich Aksjonow , Russian writer
- 2009: Robert McNamara , American politician and World Bank President
- 2010: Werner Schmalenbach , German-Swiss art historian, author and curator
- 2010: Fritz Teufel , German political activist, author and active participant in the student movement
- 2011: Oliver Storz , German screenwriter, director and producer
- 2013: Hans Rössling , German opera singer
- 2014: Estanislau Amadeu Kreutz , Brazilian bishop
- 2014: Andrew Mango , British historian and writer
- 2015: Diana Kiehl , German artist
- 2015: Masabumi Kikuchi , Japanese jazz pianist
- 2016: Artur K. Führer , German artist and author
- 2017: Friedrich August Tuchmann , British politician
- 2017: Christian Weis , German writer
- 2018: Shōkō Asahara , Japanese assassin and sect leader
- 2018: Andreas Hägele , German soccer player and coach
- 2019: Cameron Boyce , American actor
- 2019: João Gilberto , Brazilian guitarist, singer and composer
- 2020: Hisham al-Hashimi , Iraqi historian, publicist and expert on security, extremism and terrorism
- 2020: Ennio Morricone , Italian composer and conductor
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Jan Hus , Czech reformer and martyr (Protestant)
- St. Goar , French missionary, priest and patron saint (Catholic)
- St. Godeleva , Belgian virgin and martyr (Catholic)
- St. Maria Goretti , Italian Virgin and Martyr (Catholic)
- St. Thomas More , English Martyr, Statesman and Author (Anglican)
- St. Isaiah , Israelite prophet, possibly martyr (Armenian, Protestant: LCMS )
- Name days
- State holidays and memorial days
- More information about the day
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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