7th of April

The April 7 is the 97th day of the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years ), thus remain 268 days by year end.

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Events

Politics and world events

451: The Huns in Gaul on their way to the Catalaunian fields

• 0451 : After crossing the Rhine and penetrating the Western Roman Empire , allied with them, the Huns under Attila conquer and destroy the city of Metz .
• 1453 : Christian Constantinople is completely enclosed by the Ottomans and besieged until it falls . Part of the land wall collapsed on the first day of the bombardment .
• 1521 : Ferdinand Magellan reached the island of Cebu in the south of the Philippines on his circumnavigation .
• 1682 : The French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle is the first European to reach the mouth of the Mississippi River .
• 1762 : Sweden and Prussia conclude the Ribnitz armistice , which is limited to three months .
• 1767 : The troops of the Burmese King Hsinbyushin take and devastate the city of Ayutthaya in Siam , today's Thailand , after a year-long siege . The capital of the Kingdom of Ayutthaya will never recover from this destruction.
• 1797 : Austria concludes an armistice in the First Coalition War with Napoleon Bonaparte after his victorious Italian campaign in Leoben . After the preliminary peace of Leoben , the peace of Campo Formio follows on October 17th .

1798: Mississippi Territory

• 1798 : From the territories ceded by Spain in the Pinckney Treaty in 1795 , the United States forms the Mississippi Territory , which extends over the southern half of what is now Mississippi and Alabama .

The path of the expedition 1804–1806

• 1805 : The Lewis and Clark expedition leaves their winter quarters Fort Mandan and sets off for the Rocky Mountains. A few expedition members make their way home to report initial results to President Thomas Jefferson .
• 1815 : Emperor Franz donates the Austrian Order of the Iron Crown .
• 1823 : French invasion of Spain - troops from the neighboring country move into Spain on behalf of the Holy Alliance to fight insurgents and to renew the reign of King Ferdinand VII .
• 1824 : King Louis XVIII. transfers teaching in French primary schools to the French clergy .
• 1831 : Pedro , Emperor of Brazil , abdicates in favor of his 5-year-old son Pedro II in order to be able to take up the fight for the crown of Portugal against his brother Miguel . As a result, it comes to the Miguelistenkrieg .
• 1842 : During the First Anglo-Afghan War , the siege of Jalalabad ends . The relief army under George Pollock put the besiegers under Mohammed Akbar to flight. The occupation of Jalalabad under Robert Henry Sale has held out since November 12 of the previous year.

1862: Battle of Shiloh (2nd day)

• 1862 : The Battle of Shiloh in the US Civil War , which had been going on the day before, was won by the troops of the northern states under General Ulysses S. Grant . Due to exhaustion, they did not pursue the retreating Confederate army units under Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard in the battle of the war with the most losses to date .
• 1897 : Greece's refusal , influenced by the Megali Idea , to give in to an ultimatum by the Ottoman Empire to withdraw its troops that landed on the island of Crete on February 15 , causes the Turkish-Greek War .
• 1906 : The first Morocco crisis is settled by the major European powers through the Algeciras Act . The German Reich suffers a diplomatic defeat, while the relationship between France and Great Britain, the entente cordiale , consolidates.
• 1917 : In the Easter message written by Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, Kaiser Wilhelm II announces reforms of the constitution and the right to vote under pressure from the Supreme Army Command .
• 1919 : The Bavarian Soviet Republic is proclaimed in Munich . The Bavarian government of Prime Minister Johannes Hoffmann flees to Bamberg and calls on troops from the Reich and from Württemberg to help put down the rebellion.
• 1925 : Adolf Hitler applied to the High Magistrate of the city of Linz, the dismissal of the Austrian nationality, a request which is granted on 30 April.

1933: Law to Restore the Civil Service

• 1933 : The law for the restoration of the civil service , created under the leadership of Reich Interior Minister Wilhelm Frick , leads to the dismissal of politically unpopular and all “ non-Aryan ” civil servants in Germany. The " Aryan Paragraph " is also applied to lawyers.
• 1933 : In the second law to bring the states into line with the Reich , the National Socialist government in Germany is empowered to appoint Reich governors .

1938: House fighting in Tai'erzhuang

• 1938 : The Battle of Tai'erzhuang , part of the Battle of Xuzhou , ends. The Japanese have to give up the conquest of the garrison town of Tai'erzhuang near Xuzhou , which marks the first success of the national Chinese in the Second Sino-Japanese War .
• 1939 : Fascist Italy under Benito Mussolini occupies Albania . King Zogu goes into exile in Greece with his wife Geraldine and their two-day-old son Leka . The Italian King Victor Emanuel III. becomes Albanian king in personal union .
• 1940 : German warships set sail northwards from the German Bight under the protection of the battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst . The Weser Exercise company begins to occupy Norway during World War II .

1945: Yamato explosion

• 1945 : During Operation Ten-gō , a Japanese fleet is intercepted by American planes en route to Okinawa . The flagship Yamato , the world 's largest battleship , is sunk and 3,500 Japanese sailors die.
• 1945 : In Hadersdorf am Kamp , 61 released political prisoners are shot by the SS during the so-called " Kremser Hasenjagd " during the final phase of World War II .

1948: WHO flag

• 1948 : With the ratification by the 26th state, adopted on 22 July 1946 by the United Nations in New York Constitution enters World Health Organization ( World Health Organization ) came into force. The WHO is thus considered to have been founded.
• 1953 : The Swede Dag Hammarskjöld is elected Secretary General of the United Nations to succeed the resigned Norwegian Trygve Lie .
• 1954 : US President Dwight D. Eisenhower presents the Cold War domino theory developed by Dean Acheson and John Foster Dulles at a press conference . The rollback policy is intended to counter the danger of a domino-like tipping over of several states into communism .
• 1955 : Anthony Eden takes over the post of British Prime Minister as the successor to Churchill, who has resigned for health reasons .
• 1956 : The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) , which emerged from the Association of Independents (VdU), holds its first federal party conference in Vienna . The former SS brigade leader Anton Reinthaller becomes the first federal party chairman .

1977: memorial stone at the scene of the crime

• 1977 : The German attorney general Siegfried Buback is shot dead by RAF terrorists in Karlsruhe . His driver Wolfgang Göbel dies with him in the attack. The driver on duty Georg Wurster succumbs to his injuries a few days later.
• 1979 : Long-time Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveyda , arrested after the Islamic Revolution , is shot in Iran after his death sentence.
• 1994 : One of the first victims of the genocide in Rwanda is Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana , who is murdered in her home by Hutu militias , together with Belgian UN soldiers from UNAMIR , who were deployed to protect her. Colonel Théoneste Bagosora assumes power in the state .
• 1997 : In the Republic of Zaire of escape Kabila rebels cited during the First Congo War the provincial capital with the capture of Lubumbashi , the second largest city of the country , President Mobutu Sese Seko and his regime the financial basis for staying in power.
• 2005 : In the Brazilian state of Pernambuco , the Landless Peasant Movement occupies several farms. The movement is demanding rapid land reforms from the government.

2010: Rosa Otunbajewa

• 2010 : After days of unrest in Kyrgyzstan in which 75 people died, the opposition declares the overthrow of the government and the formation of a transitional government under ex-Foreign Minister Rosa Otunbajewa . The previous head of government Kurmanbek Bakiyev fled to the south of the country .

2013: Referendum in Alsace

• 2013 : A referendum to create a unified regional authority in Alsace fails due to insufficient voter turnout. In addition, it is rejected by a majority in Upper Alsace.

economy

1839: Leipzig train station

• 1839 : For the first time, a train crosses the newly opened Elbe bridge near Riesa . This completes the Leipzig-Dresden Railway , the first German long-distance railway connection . Simultaneously with the opening of the entire line , the final station in Dresden , the Leipzig station , which has actually been in operation since June 19, 1838, is officially inaugurated.
• 1893 : The waiter Maxime Gaillard opens the Maxim’s restaurant in Paris .
• 1964 : IBM introduces the System / 360 mainframe . This computer system is the first time a platform that a scaling of computing performance for compatibility allows the applications. Many of the System / 360 concepts are the basis of the IBM mainframe families to this day.
• 2006 : After exactly 6 months at Gate Gourmet in Düsseldorf, the longest strike in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany, organized by the food-pleasure-restaurants union, comes to an end. The parties to the dispute conclude a tariff package .

science and technology

• 378 BC BC : Babylonian astronomers record their observation results of the lunar eclipse of 6/7. April .
• 1348 : The German King Charles IV founds the Alma Mater Carolina in Prague as the first German university and the first university north of the Alps.
• 1969 : RFC 1 entitled Host Software is published. This can be called the birth of the internet .

2001: Mars Odyssey

• 2001 : From Cape Canaveral , a Delta II launcher is used to launch NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe, named after Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey , which is supposed to explore Mars .

Culture

1724: Autograph of the first page of the St. John Passion

• 1724 : The St. John Passion ( BWV 245) by Johann Sebastian Bach is performed for the first time on Good Friday in the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig.
• 1776 : The Sparrow Mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart probably premiered on this date in Salzburg Cathedral . It is a Missa brevis et solemnis .

1780: Grand Théâtre in Bordeaux by night

• 1780 : The Grand Théâtre opens in Bordeaux , which contemporaries call the largest and most beautiful theater in France. Jean Racine's drama Athalie will be played at the festive event .

1805: Title page of the Eroica

• 1805 : The 3rd symphony ( Eroica ) by Ludwig van Beethoven is performed publicly for the first time in the Theater an der Wien under the direction of the composer.
• 1824 : The Missa solemnis by Ludwig van Beethoven is performed in its entirety for the first time as an oratorio by the Philharmonic Society in Saint Petersburg .
• 1826 : In Munich , King Ludwig lays the foundation stone for the Pinakothek , which will house his collection of paintings.
• 1828 : The Genoese Teatro Carlo Felice opens with Vincenzo Bellini's opera Bianco e Fernando .
• 1837 : The fairy tale The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen appears in Denmark in an edition of the fairy tale series , told for children .
• 1950 : After the approval by the Soviet film censors, the " Defector " Die Kreuzlschreiber is premiered in East Berlin. Eduard von Borsody's film, based on the Volksstück by Ludwig Anzengruber , began during the Second World War and was completed by DEFA after the war .
• 1965 : The first performance of the comic opera The Young Lord by Hans Werner Henze takes place at the Deutsche Oper Berlin under the direction of Christoph von Dohnányi in the production of Rudolf Sellner . The libretto is by Ingeborg Bachmann and goes back to a parable by Wilhelm Hauff .

society

1766: Prater meadows

• 1766 : Joseph II opens the Vienna Prater , the previous court hunting ground, to the general public.
• 1924 : In Berlin-Charlottenburg , the association of free private non-profit welfare institutions in Germany e. V. founded the forerunner of the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband . Anna von Gierke is one of the founding members .
• 1989 : Four employees of the Lainz Hospital in Vienna are arrested on suspicion of murder. As Lainz's angel of death , they have killed a larger number of patients in six years, according to the investigation.
• 2005 : An apparently confused man in a dripping black suit who does not speak and later becomes known as the Piano Man is found on Sheerness Beach in south-east England .

religion

• 1449 : The 1439 for anti-pope elected Felix V , Amadeus VIII as before. Duke of Savoy , can be after granting privileges richer move to resign and takes office as Cardinal Bishop of Sabina and Geneva on. He is considered the last historical antipope.
• 1655 : Fabio Chigi is elected Pope after a 79-day conclave and takes the name Alexander VII .

Disasters

1989: K-278 Komsomolets

• 1989 : The Soviet nuclear submarine K-278 Komsomolets sinks after a fire in the stern of the Norwegian Bear Island . 42 seamen are killed and there is still a risk of radioactive contamination.
• 1990 : A major fire breaks out on the Danish ferry Scandinavian Star , which operates between Norway and Denmark, killing 158 passengers.

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

Sports

• 1919 : The French football association Fédération Française de Football is founded.
• 1989 : In the longest tennis game in Davis Cup history since the introduction of the tie-break , the Austrian Horst Skoff defeated the Swede Mats Wilander in the Vienna Ferry Dusika Stadium in 6 hours and 4 minutes 6-7, 7-6, 1-6, 6-4, 9-7.

Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .

Born

Before the 18th century

• 1206 : Otto II , Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine near the Rhine
• 1251 : George de Cantilupe , English nobleman

Franz Xaver (* 1506)

• 1506 : Franz Xaver (Francisco de Xavier y Jassu), Spanish missionary in Asia, co-founder of the Society of Jesus
• 1514 : Joachim I. von Alvensleben , lord of the castle in Erxleben, scholar and reformer
• 1539 : Tobias Stimmer , Swiss painter
• 1571 : Peter Piscator , German oriental philologist and Lutheran theologian
• 1577 : Thomas Sagittarius , German philologist, philosophical logician and educator
• 1585 : Niklaus Geisler , Swiss sculptor and architect
• 1608 : Johann Brunnemann , German lawyer
• 1613 : Gerard Dou , Dutch Baroque painter
• 1629 : Juan José de Austria , Spanish military leader and statesman
• 1640 : Ludmilla Elisabeth von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt , German hymn poet
• 1644 : François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy , French general and Marshal of France
• 1648 : John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby , British statesman and poet
• 1666 : Wilhelm Hyacinth , Prince of Orange

18th century

• 1713 : Nicola Sala , Italian composer
• 1726 : Charles Burney , British composer and music historian
• 1727 : Michel Adanson , French botanist
• 1742 : Gunning Bedford , American politician, governor of Delaware
• 1745 : Jiří Družecký , Czech oboist and composer
• 1750 : Maria Beatrice d'Este , Duchess of Massa and Carrara

Domenico Dragonetti (* 1763)

• 1763 : Domenico Dragonetti , Italian double bass player and composer
• 1765 : Johann Baumgarten , German doctor and botanist
• 1767 : Michael Schuster , Bohemian lawyer and university professor
• 1770 : William Wordsworth , British poet
• 1771 : Fra Diavolo , Italian mugger and resistance fighter
• 1772 : Charles Fourier , French social theorist
• 1773 : Charles Nicolas d'Anthouard de Vraincourt , French artillery division general
• 1777 : Josef Karl Amrhyn , Swiss mayor
• 1780 : William Ellery Channing , American public speaker, theologian, and author
• 1781 : Francis Leggatt Chantrey , British sculptor, painter and draftsman
• 1797 : Louis Thomas Jerome Auzoux , French model maker and anatomist
• 1798 : Pasquale Lucchini , Swiss engineer and politician
• 1800 : Karl August Schlockwerder , German lawyer and mayor of Wittenberg

19th century

1801-1850

Flora Tristan (* 1803)

• 1803 : Flora Tristan , French writer
• 1808 : František Matouš Klácel , Czech poet, journalist and philosopher
• 1808 : Udo von Tresckow , Prussian general
• 1809 : James Glaisher , British meteorologist and aeronaut
• 1809 : Edward Seguin , American opera singer and impresario
• 1811 : Franz Joseph Rudigier , Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Linz
• 1811 : Leo von Thun and Hohenstein , Austrian politician and writer
• 1818 : Martin Hertz , German classical philologist
• 1819 : Hubert Léonard , Belgian violinist and composer
• 1820 : Amand Goegg , German finance minister in Baden and revolutionary

Carl Brockhaus (* 1822)

• 1822 : Carl Brockhaus , German elementary school teacher, free church member and personality of the Brethren movement
• 1825 : Augustin Mouchot , French high school teacher and pioneer of solar thermal energy
• 1827 : Christian Friedrich Röder , German dialect singer and poet
• 1829 : Georg Wilhelm Schulze , German pastor
• 1831 : Karl Friederichs , German archaeologist
• 1837 : Anderson Abbott , Canadian physician
• 1837 : Emil Ludwig Schmidt , German anthropologist
• 1838 : Ferdinand Heinrich Thieriot , German composer
• 1839 : Ida Ferenczy , Hungarian lady-in-waiting, servant of Empress Elisabeth
• 1840 : Angelo De Gubernatis , Italian orientalist, poet and literary historian
• 1841 : Ferdinand Wallbrecht , German architect, building contractor and politician, MdR
• 1846 : Franz Ries , German violinist, composer and music dealer
• 1847 : Jens Peter Jacobsen , Danish writer
• 1850 : Robert de Bonnières , French writer
• 1850 : Max Ohnefalsch-Richter , German archaeologist

1851-1900

• 1851 : Otto Klauwell , German composer

Leopold (* 1853)

• 1853 : Leopold, 1st Duke of Albany , son of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Prince Albert
• 1859 : Jacques Loeb , German biologist
• 1859 : Carl Pauen , German modern pentathlon
• 1860 : James Adam , British classical scholar
• 1860 : Max Aschenborn , Ministerial Director in the Reich Post Office
• 1860 : Will Keith Kellogg , American industrialist
• 1860 : Rudolf Nováček , Czech composer and conductor
• 1862 : Christian Landenberger , German impressionist painter
• 1865 : Otto Baschin , German geographer and meteorologist
• 1865 : Wilhelm Glässing , lawyer and Lord Mayor of Darmstadt
• 1865 : Anna zu Mecklenburg , German princess, member of the grand ducal house of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
• 1866 : Erik Ivar Fredholm , Swedish professor of mathematics
• 1866 : Hans Georg von Doering , German officer and colonial official
• 1866 : Richard Reisch , Austrian politician and lawyer
• 1867 : Adolf Aisch , German pastor and writer
• 1868 : Federico Caprilli , Italian Rittmeister
• 1868 : José de Castro , Portuguese lawyer, journalist and Prime Minister

Gustav Landauer (* 1870)

• 1870 : Gustav Landauer , German writer and anarchist
• 1873 : Friedrich von Oppeln-Bronikowski , German writer and cultural historian
• 1874 : Friedrich Kayssler , German writer
• 1876 : Teresa del Riego , English pianist, violinist and composer
• 1876 : Heinrich Tessenow , German architect of reform architecture and university professor
• 1879 : Angelo Dibona , Italian climber and mountain guide
• 1879 : Jules Robin , French racing car driver
• 1879 : Hermann Schwab , German journalist, founder of the press service
• 1880 : Fritz Grünbaum , Austrian cabaret artist and author, director and emcee
• 1880 : Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas , Lithuanian politician
• 1881 : Rudolph Wolken , German-American wrestler
• 1882 : Kurt von Schleicher , German Lieutenant General and Chancellor of the Weimar Republic
• 1883 : Gino Severini , Italian painter
• 1884 : John Hutchinson , British botanist
• 1884 : Clement Smoot , American golfer
• 1885 : Walther Schwieger , German naval officer
• 1886 : Emilio Pujol , Spanish guitarist and composer
• 1897 : Mario Gualzata , Swiss linguist and local researcher
• 1887 : Carl Krauch , German chemist and industrialist
• 1889 : Gabriela Mistral , Chilean poet and diplomat
• 1889 : Peter August Böckstiegel , German painter of Westphalian Expressionism
• 1890 : Victoria Ocampo , Argentine writer, translator and cultural manager
• 1891 : Hans Hermann Adler , German newspaper scholar
• 1891 : Ole Kirk Christiansen , Danish cabinet maker and toy maker, inventor of the Lego bricks

Julius Hirsch (* 1892)

• 1892 : Julius Hirsch , German soccer player and victim of National Socialism
• 1892 : Maria Fein , Austrian actress
• 1893 : Allen Welsh Dulles , American director of the CIA
• 1894 : Miyagi Michio , Japanese composer and koto player
• 1897 : Carl Bellingrodt , German railway photographer , co-founder of the Federal Association of German Railway Friends
• 1897 : Erich Loewenhardt , German fighter pilot
• 1897 : Otto Mörike , German Lutheran pastor of the Confessing Church , resistance fighter and Righteous Among the Nations
• 1899 : Francis Casadesus , French composer, pianist and teacher
• 1899 : Jo Hanns Rösler , German writer
• 1899 : Victor Schiøler , Danish pianist
• 1899 : Robert Casadesus , French pianist
• 1900 : Emil Walter , German soccer player

20th century

1901-1925

• 1902 : Walter Drechsel , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1902 : Paul Greifzu , German automobile and motorcycle racing driver
• 1902 : Kustaa Pihlajamäki , Finnish wrestler
• 1903 : Willi Forst , Austrian actor and screenwriter, director and producer
• 1904 : Curt Querner , German painter
• 1904 : Hilde Rubinstein , German painter and poet

Ulrich Ilg (* 1905)

• 1905 : Ulrich Ilg , Austrian politician, governor of Vorarlberg
• 1905 : Georg Richter , German athlete
• 1906 : Willi Kohlhoff , German illustrator and comic artist
• 1907 : Violette Leduc , French writer
• 1907 : Karl Umgelter , German hammer thrower and sports official
• 1908 : Lê Duẩn , Vietnamese politician
• 1908 : Percy Faith , Canadian orchestra leader
• 1909 : Robert Pilchowski , Swiss writer
• 1910 : Erna Huneus , German swimmer
• 1911 : Hervé Bazin , French writer
• 1911 : Bodo Selge , German lawyer and politician
• 1913 : Herbert Gadsch , German church musician and composer
• 1914 : Madeleine Malraux , French pianist
• 1915 : Lorenz Drehmann , German scientific librarian
• 1915 : Albert O. Hirschman , American sociologist and economist of German origin

Billie Holiday (born 1915)

• 1915 : Billie Holiday , American jazz singer
• 1915 : Martin Kausche , German painter and graphic artist
• 1915 : Henry Kuttner , American writer
• 1915 : Alexandrine of Prussia , German princess, member of the Hohenzollern family
• 1916 : Robert Freitag , Austrian actor and director
• 1917 : RG Armstrong , American television, film, and stage actor
• 1917 : Albert Sing , German football player and coach
• 1918 : Elila Mena , Dominican pianist and music teacher
• 1919 : Aldo Campatelli , Italian football player and coach
• 1919 : Edoardo Mangiarotti , Italian fencer
• 1920 : Kamalesh Maitra , Indian musician, composer and master of the Tabla Tarang
• 1920 : Walter Möller , German local politician

Ravi Shankar (* 1920)

• 1920 : Ravi Shankar , Indian sitar player and composer
• 1922 : Klaus Havenstein , German actor
• 1922 : Lothar Sieber , German Air Force pilot, first manned vertical take-off
• 1922 : Kenneth Peacock , Canadian composer, musicologist and pianist
• 1922 : Mongo Santamaría , Cuban percussionist
• 1922 : Annemarie Schimmel , German scholar of Islam
• 1922 : Hugo Strasser , German band leader
• 1924 : Ilse Bintig , German writer
• 1924 : Johannes Mario Simmel , Austrian writer
• 1925 : Doe Avedon , American actress
• 1925 : Max Bächer , German architect
• 1925 : Hans-Joachim Heusinger , Minister of Justice in the GDR

1926-1950

• 1927 : Wolfgang Mattheuer , German painter, graphic artist and sculptor from the Leipzig School
• 1927 : Michael Babatunde Olatunji , Nigerian percussionist

James Garner (born 1928)

• 1928 : James Garner , American actor
• 1928 : Francis Haskell , British art historian
• 1928 : Alan J. Pakula , American filmmaker
• 1928 : James White , British author
• 1929 : Domingo Cura , Argentine percussionist
• 1929 : Bob Denard , French mercenary
• 1929 : Walter Dworakivsky , American composer and music teacher
• 1929 : Robert Hinz , German forester
• 1930 : Cliff Morgan , British sports reporter and Welsh rugby player
• 1930 : Yves Rocher , French entrepreneur
• 1930 : Ulrich Thein , German actor and director

Donald Barthelme (* 1931)

• 1931 : Donald Barthelme , American postmodern writer
• 1931 : Daniel Ellsberg , American author, economist and political scientist
• 1932 : Cal Smith , American country musician
• 1933 : John Hine , British racing car driver
• 1933 : Wayne Rogers , American actor
• 1933 : Sakıp Sabancı , Turkish industrialist
• 1933 : Johannes Schaaf , German director
• 1934 : Victor Feldman , British jazz musician
• 1934 : Ian Richardson , British actor
• 1934 : Antonio Ruiz-Pipó , Spanish composer and pianist
• 1935 : Bobby Bare , American country singer
• 1938 : Jerry Brown , American politician
• 1938 : Spencer Dryden , American drummer
• 1938 : Freddie Hubbard , American jazz trumpeter
• 1938 : Justin Metsing Lekhanya , Lesotho Prime Minister and General
• 1939 : Bernd Brinkmann , German forensic doctor

Francis Ford Coppola (* 1939)

• 1939 : Francis Ford Coppola , American director and producer
• 1939 : David Frost , British journalist, television presenter, television interviewer and political satirist
• 1939 : Hossein Nasr , Persian philosopher and mystic
• 1939 : Alberto Ormaetxea , Spanish football player and coach
• 1939 : Vaçe Zela , Albanian singer
• 1940 : Jan W. Morthenson , Swedish composer and musician
• 1941 : Karin Illgen , German athlete
• 1941 : Daniel Toscan du Plantier , French film producer
• 1941 : Kristin Tüttenberg , German lawyer, judge at the Federal Social Court
• 1941 : Heinz Zuber , German actor
• 1943 : Joaquim Agostinho , Portuguese cyclist
• 1943 : Nicholas Corea , American screenwriter, film producer and film director
• 1944 : Ole Bjørnmose , Danish football player
• 1944 : Theodor Ickler , German Germanist, critic of the spelling reform
• 1944 : Marianne Hoepfner , French racing driver
• 1944 : Makoto Kobayashi , Japanese physicist and Nobel Prize winner
• 1944 : Detlef Kobjela , Sorbian composer, dramaturge and musicologist
• 1944 : Ernst Küchler , German politician, Lord Mayor of Leverkusen, Member of the Bundestag
• 1944 : Jean-Pierre Pincemin , French painter and sculptor

Gerhard Schröder (* 1944)

• 1944 : Gerhard Schröder , German Chancellor and Prime Minister
• 1945 : Werner Schroeter , German director
• 1946 : Colette Besson , French athlete, Olympic champion
• 1946 : Hiram Cruz , American racing car driver
• 1946 : Heðin Mortensen , Faroese politician, Mayor of Tórshavn and President of the Faroese Sports Federation
• 1946 : Stan Winston , American specialist in special effects and makeup design
• 1947 : Florian Schneider-Esleben , German musician
• 1947 : Michèle Torr , French singer
• 1948 : Pietro Anastasi , Italian football player
• 1948 : Ecaterina Andronescu , Romanian politician
• 1948 : Carol Douglas , American soul and disco singer
• 1948 : Rudolf Hartung , German politician
• 1949 : Meta Antenen , Swiss athlete
• 1949 : Josiane Aubert , Swiss politician
• 1949 : Ludmila Budar , Sorbian Slavist and educator
• 1949 : Evelyn Haas , German professor, judge at the Federal Constitutional Court

Valentina Matviyenko (* 1949)

• 1949 : Valentina Ivanovna Matviyenko , Russian politician, governor of St. Petersburg
• 1949 : John Oates , American singer and producer
• 1950 : Günther Friedrich Nolting , German politician
• 1950 : Tor Fuglevik , Norwegian journalist and media manager
• 1950 : Cyriak Schwaighofer , Austrian politician
• 1950 : Franz Wittmann , Austrian rally driver

1951-1975

• 1951 : Bob Berg , American jazz saxophonist
• 1952 : Hans-Ulrich Krüger , German politician, Member of the Bundestag

Jackie Chan (* 1954)

• 1954 : Jackie Chan , Chinese actor
• 1955 : Regina Schmidt-Kühner , German politician
• 1955 : Albrecht Schröter , German theologian, politician
• 1955 : Werner Stocker , German actor
• 1956 : Siegfried Schneider , German politician
• 1957 : Andrea L'Arronge , German actress
• 1958 : Peter Brakelmann , German politician
• 1958 : Markus Höffer-Mehlmer , German cabaret artist, journalist and educationalist
• 1958 : Birgit Schrowange , German television presenter
• 1959 : Ferry Öllinger , Austrian actor
• 1960 : James Douglas , American boxer

Norbert Schramm (* 1960)

• 1960 : Norbert Schramm , German figure skater
• 1961 : Dondi , American graffiti artist
• 1961 : Marco Rima , Swiss actor and cabaret artist
• 1961 : Daniela Santanchè , Italian MP for the Alleanza Nazionale
• 1961 : Athanasius Schneider , Kazakh-German religious priest and auxiliary bishop
• 1961 : Ram Gopal Varma , Indian film director, producer and screenwriter
• 1961 : Luigi De Agostini , Italian football player
• 1962 : Andrew Hampsten , American professional cyclist
• 1962 : Kristina Bach , German pop singer, copywriter and producer
• 1962 : Stefan Schneider , German radio presenter and stadium announcer
• 1963 : Fredrik Lundin , Danish jazz saxophonist and flutist
• 1963 : Andrea Merenzon , Argentine bassoonist

Russell Crowe (born 1964)

• 1964 : Russell Crowe , New Zealand actor
• 1964 : Lesleh Donaldson , Canadian actress and voice actress
• 1964 : Frank Ramond , German-French composer, music producer and singer
• 1965 : Alexander Mronz , German tennis player
• 1965 : Ralf Wengenmayr , German film composer
• 1966 : Michela Figini , Swiss ski racer
• 1967 : Alex Christensen , German composer, music producer and DJ
• 1967 : Lutz Eikelmann , German jazz musician
• 1967 : Artemis Gounaki , singer, lyricist, composer and producer
• 1967 : Bodo Illgner , German soccer player
• 1968 : Duncan Armstrong , Australian swimmer
• 1968 : Aleš Čeh , Slovenian football player
• 1969 : Marc Acardipane , German music producer and DJ

Leif Ove Andsnes (* 1970)

• 1969 : Jon Chol-ho , North Korean weightlifter
• 1970 : Leif Ove Andsnes , Norwegian pianist
• 1970 : Johannes Arnold , German politician
• 1970 : Holger Willi Montag , German writer and painter
• 1971 : Don Li , Swiss composer, musician and music producer
• 1973 : Carole Montillet-Carles , French ski racer
• 1973 : Marco Delvecchio , Italian football player
• 1973 : Ralf Grabsch , German racing cyclist
• 1973 : Khongorzul Ganbaatar , Mongolian singer
• 1973 : Sandra Minnert , German soccer player
• 1973 : Timo Würz , German comic artist
• 1975 : John L. Cooper , American singer and songwriter

1976-2000

• 1976 : Adhamjon Achilov , Uzbek wrestler

Dalibor Anušić (* 1976)

• 1976 : Dalibor Anušić , Croatian handball player
• 1976 : Martin Buss , German athlete
• 1976 : Erich Goldmann , German ice hockey player
• 1976 : Stefan Ulrich , German water diver
• 1977 : Markus Sehr , German film director
• 1978 : Davor Dominiković , Croatian handball player and coach
• 1978 : Duncan James , British singer
• 1978 : Tommi Sillanpää , Finnish handball player
• 1979 : Patrick Crayton , American football player
• 1980 : Carl Fletcher , Welsh football player
• 1981 : Chris Ardoin , American accordionist
• 1983 : Marcos Angeleri , Argentine soccer player
• 1983 : Franck Ribéry , French football player
• 1984 : Nataša Kocevska , Macedonian handball player
• 1986 : Alexandre Aulas , French cyclist
• 1986 : Christian Fuchs , Austrian soccer player
• 1986 : Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie , American football player
• 1986 : Michael Ranseder , Austrian motorcycle racer
• 1986 : Jan Rosenthal , German soccer player
• 1987 : Martín Cáceres , Uruguayan football player
• 1987 : Tobias Lister , Australian helmsman in rowing

Herdeiro Lucau (* 1987)

• 1987 : Herdeiro Lucau , Swedish handball player
• 1987 : Tobias Reinkemeier , German poker player
• 1988 : Pere Riba , Spanish tennis player
• 1988 : Edward Speleers , British actor
• 1989 : Franco Di Santo , Argentine soccer player
• 1990 : Nickel Ashmeade , Jamaican sprinter
• 1991 : Rahel Kapsaski , German-English actress, film producer and model
• 1991 : Luka Milivojević , Serbian football player
• 1992 : Andreea Acatrinei , Romanian gymnast
• 1992 : William Carvalho , Portuguese football player
• 1993 : Vincenzo Grifo , Italian football player
• 1993 : Cristine Prosperi , Canadian actress
• 1994 : Paula Moltzan , American ski racer
• 1995 : Samuel Schneider , German actor
• 1996 : Marquardt Petersen , German trumpeter
• 1997 : Oliver Burke , Scottish soccer player
• 1998 : Leonie Wesselow , German actress and speaker

Died

Before the 16th century

• 0924 : Berengar I , King of the Lombards
• 1008 : Ludolf , Archbishop of Trier
• 1088 : Burchard II of Halberstadt , German cleric and politician, Bishop of Halberstadt
• 1144 : Ulrich I , Duke of Carinthia
• 1167 : Heinrich von Tübingen , nobleman from the family of the Count Palatine of Tübingen
• 1207 : Friedrich I , Lorraine nobleman, Lord of Bitsch, Gerbéviller and Ormes
• 1230 : Tore Den Trøndske , Norwegian Archbishop
• 1234 : Sancho VII , King of Navarre
• 1239 : William de Cantilupe , Anglo-Norman nobleman and civil servant
• 1260 : Al-Kamil Muhammad , ruler of Maiyafariqin
• 1284 : Friedrich II. Von Walchen , Archbishop of Salzburg
• 1297 : Siegfried von Westerburg , Archbishop of Cologne
• 1306 : Agnes , abbess of the women's monastery in Meschede
• 1415 : Hinrich Westhof , mayor of Lübeck
• 1427 : Uberto Decembrio , Italian translator and politician
• 1441 : Albrecht Blarer , Bishop of Constance

Charles VIII († 1498)

• 1498 : Charles VIII , King of France

16th to 18th century

• 1541 : Gebhard XVII. von Alvensleben , governor, Magdeburg councilor and governor of Wolmirstedt
• 1546 : Friedrich Myconius , German preacher and reformer
• 1556 : Jerónimo de Alderete , Spanish conquistador
• 1614 : El Greco , Greco-Spanish painter and sculptor of Mannerism and the Renaissance
• 1651 : Lennart Torstensson , Swedish field marshal, imperial councilor and governor general
• 1656 : Krzysztof Arciszewski , Polish nobleman, military leader, engineer, ethnographer, general, vice-governor and admiral
• 1664 : Johann Georg von Rechenberg , Saxon high court marshal and lord of the chamberlain
• 1666 : Johann Lorentisch , Italian stonemason and sculptor
• 1668 : William Davenant , English writer and theater director
• 1719 : Johannes Baptist de La Salle , French pedagogue, founder of the order and saint
• 1739 : Richard Turpin , English mugger and cattle thief
• 1741 : Georg Sigismund Caspari , German organ builder
• 1754 : Johann Ludwig Schlosser , German Lutheran theologian and chief pastor of St. Katharinen
• 1755 : Laurentius Blumentrost the Younger , Russian physician, personal physician to the Tsar
• 1758 : Joachim Wilhelm von Brawe , German playwright
• 1758 : Esther Edwards Burr , British-American diarist
• 1763 : Benedykt Chmielowski , Polish priest and encyclopaedist
• 1766 : Tiberius Hemsterhuis , Dutch philologist
• 1767 : Johann Gottlob Carpzov , German Lutheran theologian
• 1779 : Hilaire Marin Rouelle , French chemist
• 1788 : Georg Christian Seekatz , German painter
• 1789 : Abdülhamid I , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
• 1797 : Henricus Johannes Arntzenius , Dutch legal scholar

19th century

• 1803 : Toussaint Louverture , Haitian slave leader and national hero
• 1805 : Gabriel Gruber , German order general

Johann Georg Kerner († 1812)

• 1812 : Johann Georg Kerner , German doctor and publicist, critical chronicler of the French Revolution
• 1815 : Friedrich Wilhelm von der Schulenburg-Kehnert , Prussian officer
• 1816 : Christian Konrad Sprengel , German theologian and naturalist
• 1821 : Simone Assemani , Italian orientalist
• 1823 : Jacques Alexandre César Charles , French physicist, chemist, inventor and aviation pioneer
• 1825 : Konrad Tanner , Abbot of Einsiedeln Monastery
• 1826 : Lucie-Madeleine d'Estaing , French nobleman and mistress of Louis XV.
• 1833 : Anton Radziwiłł , Prussian politician and composer
• 1836 : William Godwin , British writer
• 1842 : Henrik Anker Bjerregaard , Norwegian lawyer and poet
• 1848 : Franziskus Fröhlicher , Swiss clergyman
• 1849 : Josef Franz Karl Amrhyn , Swiss Federal Chancellor
• 1849 : Friedrich Wilhelm Rettberg , German theologian, philosopher and church historian
• 1851 : Julius Miller , German musician
• 1864 : Robert Francis Withers Allston , American politician

Johann Gustav Heckscher († 1865)

• 1865 : Hans Kaspar Grob , Swiss Protestant clergyman
• 1865 : Johann Gustav Heckscher , German lawyer and politician
• 1865 : Allen Ferdinand Owen , American politician
• 1865 : Friedrich von Rönne , Prussian lawyer, diplomat and German politician
• 1870 : Claude Félix Abel Niépce de Saint-Victor , French chemist, inventor and photographer
• 1871 : Wilhelm von Tegetthoff , Austro-Hungarian admiral
• 1874 : Wilhelm von Kaulbach , German painter
• 1875 : Georg Herwegh , German poet
• 1877 : Fernán Caballero , Spanish writer
• 1881 : Johann Hinrich Wichern , German theologian
• 1883 : George Alfred Arney , New Zealand judge
• 1885 : Emmy von Rhoden , German writer ( The Defiant Head )
• 1891 : PT Barnum , American circus pioneer
• 1900 : Frederic Edwin Church , American landscape painter

20th century

1901-1950

• 1905 : Robert de Bonnières , French writer
• 1914 : Sardar Mohammed Ayub Khan , Afghan interim regent
• 1915 : Lothar Koch , German educator
• 1915 : Franz Xaver von Pausinger , Austrian landscape and animal painter
• 1920 : Karl Binding , German jurist in criminal law and rector
• 1921 : Lorenz Adlon , German restaurateur and hotelier
• 1926 : Giovanni Amendola , Italian journalist and politician
• 1928 : Alexander Alexandrowitsch Bogdanow , Russian philosopher and economist, sociologist and doctor
• 1930 : Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo , American politician, governor of New Mexico
• 1932 : Karl Wilhelm Augustin , German high school teacher and entomologist
• 1934 : Karl von Eine , German nobleman, officer and Prussian war minister
• 1936 : Fritz Heckert , German bricklayer and politician, Minister of Economics of Saxony
• 1936 : Rudolf Heberdey , Austrian archaeologist
• 1936 : Hans Steffen , German geographer
• 1938 : Suzanne Valadon , French painter
• 1941 : Lazăr Edeleanu , Romanian chemist

Alexandre Millerand († 1943)

• 1945 : Aruga Kōsaku , Japanese admiral
• 1945 : Elizabeth Asquith , British writer and Princess Bibesco de Brancovan
• 1945 : Itō Seiichi , Japanese admiral
• 1947 : Henry Ford , American inventor, engineer and entrepreneur, founder of the Ford Motor Company
• 1950 : Walter Huston , Canadian actor

1951-2000

• 1955 : Theda Bara , American actress
• 1957 : John Hart , Canadian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of British Columbia
• 1957 : Leo von Jena , German officer, general of the SS and Waffen-SS, politician
• 1957 : Tami Oelfken , German writer and reform pedagogue
• 1960 : Henri Guisan , Swiss general
• 1961 : Vanessa Bell , British painter and interior designer
• 1961 : William Arundel Orchard , Australian organist, conductor, composer and music teacher of English origin
• 1966 : Fred George Aandahl , American politician, governor of North Dakota
• 1966 : Walt Hansgen , American racing car driver
• 1967 : Helmut Schlüter , German trade unionist and politician, Member of the Bundestag

Jim Clark († 1968)

• 1968 : Jim Clark , British racing car driver
• 1968 : Werner Bockelmann , German lawyer and local politician
• 1969 : Alexandra Wassiljewna Artjuchina , Soviet party and state official
• 1970 : Auguste Lazar , Austrian writer
• 1971 : Norbert Aresin , German physician
• 1972 : Woodrow Stanley Lloyd , Canadian trade unionist and politician, Prime Minister of Saskatchewan
• 1973 : Paul Luchtenberg , German cultural scientist, educator and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag and State Minister
• 1976 : Matthias Joseph Mehs , German politician and local writer
• 1977 : Siegfried Buback , German lawyer and attorney general at the Federal Court of Justice, murdered by members of the RAF

Karl Ritter († 1977)

• 1977 : Karl Ritter , German director
• 1979 : Bruno Apitz , German writer
• 1979 : Amir Abbas Hoveyda , Iranian political scientist and Prime Minister
• 1979 : Justin Popović , Yugoslav-Serbian theologian of the Orthodox Church
• 1980 : Charles Frederick Goodeve , Canadian chemist
• 1981 : Norman Taurog , American film director
• 1982 : Harald Ertl , Austrian-German Formula 1 racing driver
• 1982 : Manfred Schott , German actor and voice actor
• 1983 : August Arnold , film director, film producer and film technology developer
• 1983 : Wilhelm Hauschild , German photographer
• 1983 : Bernie Piltch , Canadian jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist
• 1985 : Carl Schmitt , German constitutional lawyer and philosopher, is considered the "Crown Lawyer of the Third Reich"

Leonid Kantorowitsch († 1986)

• 1986 : Leonid Witaljewitsch Kantorowitsch , Soviet mathematician and economist, Nobel laureate for economics
• 1986 : Valérie von Martens , Austrian actress
• 1988 : Cesar Bresgen , Austrian composer
• 1989 : Horst Krüger , German general
• 1990 : Ronald Ellwin Evans , American astronaut
• 1993 : Edward Adamczyk , Polish athlete and physical education teacher
• 1993 : Tonny Kristine Ahm , Danish badminton player
• 1993 : Heinz Hoppe , German opera, lied and operetta singer
• 1993 : Willi Meinck , German writer
• 1994 : Harry Adaskin , Canadian violinist and music teacher

Golo Mann († 1994)

• 1994 : Golo Mann , German-Swiss historian, publicist and writer, son of Thomas Mann
• 1996 : Michael Holzinger , German writer
• 1997 : Rainer Arlt , German agricultural law scholar, university professor and politician
• 1997 : James Gayfer , Canadian military bandmaster , clarinetist, organist and choir director, composer and music teacher
• 1998 : Modesta Bor , Venezuelan composer
• 2000 : Moacyr Barbosa , Brazilian soccer player

21st century

• 2001 : David Graf , American actor
• 2002 : John Agar , American actor
• 2003 : Ib Eisner , Danish artist

Jutta Hipp († 2003)

• 2003 : Jutta Hipp , German jazz pianist and painter
• 2003 : Christian Liebig , German journalist
• 2003 : Ferdinand Seibt , German historian
• 2004 : Italo Astolfi , Italian track cyclist
• 2004 : Wolfgang Mattheuer , German painter, graphic artist and sculptor from the Leipzig School
• 2005 : Cliff Allison , British Formula 1 racing driver
• 2005 : Grigoris Bithikotsis , Greek singer
• 2005 : Heinrich Hugendubel , German bookseller and CEO of Hugendubel
• 2005 : Max von der Grün , German writer
• 2005 : Nina German pop singer ( Nina & Mike )
• 2006 : Roger Arnaldez , French scholar of Islam
• 2008 : Phil Urso , American jazz saxophonist
• 2008 : Joachim Wattendorff , German biologist
• 2009 : Dave Arneson , American game designer

Christopher Cazenove († 2010)

• 2010 : Christopher Cazenove , British actor
• 2010 : Graciela Grillo Pérez , Cuban jazz singer
• 2012 : Ignatius Moussa I. Daoud , Syrian Patriarch of the Syrian Catholic Church
• 2012 : Mike Wallace , American journalist, newscaster and correspondent
• 2013 : Erwin Aumeier , German soccer player
• 2014 : Peaches Geldof , British model and it girl
• 2015 : Volker Jung , German politician
• 2016 : Hendrikje Fitz , German actress
• 2016 : Blackjack Mulligan , American wrestler, writer, and American football player
• 2017 : Marthe Gosteli , Swiss women's rights activist
• 2017 : Barbara Wotjak , German linguist
• 2018 : Peter Grünberg , German physicist and Nobel Prize winner
• 2018 : Gerd Honsik , Austrian author and Holocaust denier
• 2019 : Seymour Cassel , American actor

Holidays and memorial days

• Church memorial days
  • Albrecht Dürer , German painter (Protestant)
  • Johann Hinrich Wichern , German pastor (Protestant)
  • St. John Baptist de La Salle , French priest, educator and founder of the order (Catholic)

The list of commemorative and action days contains further entries .

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