February 7th

February 7th is the 38th day of the Gregorian calendar , so there are 327 days (328 days in leap years ) until the end of the year.

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events

politics and world affairs

457: Leo I

• 0457: After the death of Markian , Leo I is made emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire by the magister militum Aspar . The coronation is performed by the Patriarch of Constantinople for the first time.
• 1238: In Russia , during the time of the Mongol invasions, invading Mongols under Batu Khan conquer the capital of the Vladimir - Suzdal principality , Vladimir, which they have besieged , massacre the population and burn the city down.
• 1249: A peace treaty is concluded in Christburg , which regulates the relationship between Prussia and the victorious Teutonic Order .
• 1311: John of Bohemia and his wife Elizabeth are crowned King and Queen of Bohemia in Prague .

1807: Battle of Prussian Eylau

• 1807: In the Fourth Coalition War , the two-day battle at Prussian Eylau begins between the French army on the one hand and Prussian-Russian units on the other. It ends the next day without a winner.
• 1821: The American seal hunter John Davis is the first person to set foot on Antarctic soil.
• 1855: The Treaty of Shimoda is signed between Russia and Japan . In addition to the establishment of diplomatic relations and the opening of three Japanese ports to supply the Russian fleet, the common border at the Kuril Islands is defined. This treaty still plays a role in the Kuril conflict today.
• 1898: Émile Zola was charged with defamation as a result of his January 13 open letter to French President Félix Faure , in which he accused the judiciary of errors in sentencing Alfred Dreyfus and set in motion the Dreyfus affair .
• 1915: During World War I , German troops begin an offensive on the Eastern Front. In the winter battle in Masuria , the Russian 10th Army narrowly escaped annihilation because they greatly underestimated the German attack.

1922: Antonio Maria da Silva

• 1922: António Maria da Silva becomes Prime Minister of Portugal for the second time .
• 1942: Within a few hours , members of the Croatian Ustasha murdered 2,300 Serbian civilians, including 551 children , in Drakulici near Banja Luka .

1971: Result of referendum in Switzerland

• 1971: In Switzerland , the introduction of voting and electoral rights for women at federal level is approved in a referendum with a turnout of 58% with 66% yes votes . In the cantons of Fribourg , Zug , Schaffhausen and Aargau , women's suffrage in cantonal and communal affairs is also accepted by voters .

1974: Flag of Grenada

• 1974: Grenada gains its independence from Britain within the Commonwealth of Nations , while receiving a new flag . Eric M. Gairy becomes Prime Minister.
• 1986: Snap presidential elections are held in the Philippines . The most important candidate against President Ferdinand Marcos is Corazon Aquino , the widow of Benigno Aquino Jr. , who had been murdered three years previously . Marcos wins the election through massive voter fraud.
• 1986: After three months of protests, Haitian dictator "Baby Doc" Jean-Claude Duvalier flees Haiti and goes into exile in France.

1992: The three pillars of the European Union

• 1992: The Maastricht Treaty is signed by the European Council in Maastricht . It establishes the European Union and defines its “ three pillars ”, the European Communities , the common foreign and security policy and police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters .
• 1995: Ramzi Ahmed Yousef is arrested in Islamabad . He is suspected of being one of the masterminds behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing . Pakistan later extradites him to the United States, where he is sentenced to 240 years in prison.
• 1999: A new border dispute breaks out between Eritrea and Ethiopia , which leads to open war two days later .
• 1999: After the death of King Hussein of Jordan , he is succeeded by his son Abdullah II .
• 2012: Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed resigns after popular protests and a mutiny by police officers and demonstrators .

business

• 1871: James Beall Morrison, an American dentist , patents his treadle drill . It makes it easier for dentists to treat carious defects until the Doriot rod is introduced into the doctor's office.
• 1882: The Berlin Stadtbahn begins operations, initially only for local transport.
• 1885: The Geestemünde fish wholesaler Friedrich Busse put the first German trawler Sagitta into service in his company, which was soon to be equipped as a trawler . With its catches , German deep-sea fishing begins .
• 1899: The US armaments company General Dynamics is founded under the provisional name Electric Boat Company .

science and technology

1785: Antennae Galaxies

• 1785: The German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel discovers the antennae galaxies in the constellation Raven .
• 1935: After several years traveling in Mongolia and the Gobi Desert, the Sino-Swedish expedition led by Sven Hedin arrives in Xi'an on the southern route of the Silk Road .
• 1946: In Berlin , the DIAS ( Wire Radio in the American Sector ), predecessor of the RIAS , begins to transmit over telephone lines. The station is intended as a counter-program to Berlin Radio , which is under Soviet control.

1984: Bruce McCandless with the MMU

• 1984: On the STS-41-B mission of the Space Shuttle Challenger , astronaut Bruce McCandless conducts the first spacewalk with a jet backpack – a so-called Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) .

1999: Stardust before launch

• 1999: NASA 's Stardust probe is launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on a Delta II-7426 launch vehicle to study comets .

Culture

1497: Girolamo Savonarola

• 1497: After a passionate sermon by Girolamo Savonarola , countless luxury items and cultural assets are burned in Florence . Sandro Botticelli hands over some of his paintings to the flames.
• 1662: The world premiere of Francesco Cavalli 's opera Hercules in Love takes place in Paris .
• 1725: At the Theater am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg , the first performance of the Singspiel Bretislaus, or Die Siegende Stabile by Reinhard Keiser takes place .
• 1786: The comic opera Prima la musica e poi le parole by Antonio Salieri is premiered in the Orangery of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. On the same occasion, the Singspiel Der Schauspieldirektor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart based on the libretto by Johann Gottlieb Stephanie , which deals with a similar theme, will be premiered. Salieri's work is preferred by the public.
• 1792: Il matrimonio segreto ( The Secret Marriage ), a comic opera in two acts by Domenico Cimarosa , is so successful when it premieres at the Vienna Hofburgtheater that it has to be performed again the same evening.
• 1832: The premiere of the opera I Normanni a Parigi by Saverio Mercadante takes place in Turin.
• 1860: The opera Hrabina ( The Countess ) by Stanisław Moniuszko is premiered in Warsaw .
• 1914: The comedy film Soapbox Races in Venice , which debuts Charlie Chaplin as the tramp, premieres.

1940: Title lettering by Pinocchio

• 1940: Walt Disney's second feature-length animated film , Pinocchio , premieres in the United States.
• 1964: The Beatles land at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport on their first trip to America , where they are greeted on the tarmac by 5,000 fans and 200 journalists.

society

• 1857: Gustave Flaubert is acquitted by a Paris court in a criminal trial of having violated morals and religion with descriptions in the novel Madame Bovary .
• 1901: Queen Wilhelmina married German Duke Heinrich zu Mecklenburg in the Netherlands .
• 1986: Betty Mahmoody and her daughter arrive in Michigan ( USA ) after being held hostage by her husband and father for a year and a half in Tehran ( Iran ). Later comes her bestseller Not Without My Daughter and the film of the same name, starring Sally Field .

religion

1550: Julius III

• 1550: Cardinal Giovanni Maria del Monte, president of the Councils of Trento and Bologna , is elected pope at the conclave in Rome and takes the name Julius III. on.

1859: Excerpt from the Codex Sinaiticus

• 1859: The Codex Sinaiticus , a 4th-century Bible manuscript, is discovered by Konstantin von Tischendorf in St. Catherine 's Monastery on Mount Sinai .
• 1905: Pope Pius X renewed the Order of Christ , the highest order of merit of the Holy See .

disasters

• 1812: After December 16 of the previous year and January 23, a major earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter scale occurs for the third time near New Madrid , Missouri . After the three earthquakes, about half of the city was completely destroyed.

1863: The sinking of HMS Orpheus

• 1863: The Australian flagship HMS Orpheus sinks off New Zealand. 189 of the 259 crew members die in the worst shipwreck in New Zealand waters.

1904: After the Great Fire in Baltimore

• 1904: Baltimore , USA , is hit by a major fire that burns large parts of the city. Immediate personal injuries from the fire itself are not to be deplored, but property damage is estimated at 150 million US dollars.
• 1962: A coal dust explosion killed 299 miners in the Luisenthal mine accident in Völklingen , Saarland.
• 2009: Start of the Victoria bushfires . At least 173 people die in Australia's worst fire disaster to date.

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

nature and environment

The orbits of Pluto (red) and Neptune (blue)

• 1979: Due to its eccentric orbit , the dwarf planet Pluto enters a phase lasting until February 11, 1999 when it is closer to the Sun than the planet Neptune .

Sports

• 1855: Founding of the oldest German sailing club, the Segelclub Rhe , in Königsberg i. (today Hamburg)
• 1997: British boxer Lennox Lewis wins the WBC world heavyweight title by technical knockout against Oliver McCall at the Hilton Hotel , Las Vegas.
• 1998: The Japanese Emperor Akihito opens the XVIII. Winter Olympics in Nagano . Nordic combined athlete Kenji Ogiwara speaks the Olympic oath , former figure skater Midori Itō lights the Olympic flame .
• 2005: Brit Ellen MacArthur becomes fastest single- handed circumnavigator .

Entries of track and field world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics .

Born

Before the 18th century

Thomas More (* 1478)

• 0120: Vettius Valens , Greek astronomer and astrologer
• 1102: Matilda , daughter of King Henry I of England and wife of Emperor Henry V of Germany
• 1449: Adriana of Nassau-Dillenburg , Countess of Hanau- Münzenberg
• 1478: Thomas More , English jurist, statesman and Lord Chancellor, philosopher, humanist and author, martyr
• 1500: João de Castro , Portuguese general and navigator
• 1518: Johann Funck , German Protestant theologian
• 1539: Henri-Robert de La Marck , Duke of Bouillon and Prince of Sedan
• 1556: Maria von Oranien-Nassau , Dutch noblewoman, Countess of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
• 1559: Catherine de Bourbon , regent of Navarre
• 1571: Hartger Henot , Cologne canon, jurist and doctor of both laws
• 1589: Jacob de Witt , city regent and mayor of Dordrecht
• 1613: Giovanni Maria Bottalla , Italian painter
• 1613: Johannes Musaeus , German Protestant theologian
• 1620: Peter Musaeus , German Protestant theologian, logician and metaphysician
• 1622: Vittoria della Rovere , Grand Duchess of Tuscany
• 1644: Nils Bielke , Swedish general and governor of Swedish Pomerania
• 1667: Zacharias Wolf , German general
• 1670: Edward Lloyd , British colonial governor of Maryland
• 1676: Mechitar of Sebasteia , founder of an Armenian order
• 1684: Georg Jakob Schwindel , German theologian and historian
• 1688: Cadwallader Colden , British scientist and acting governor of the Province of New York
• 1688: Marie Luise of Hesse-Kassel , Princess of Nassau-Dietz and Princess of Orange, Governor of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe
• 1690: Karl Friedrich II , Duke of Württemberg-Oels
• 1693: Anna , Empress of Russia
• 1697: Anna Maria Christmann , German soldier

18th century

• 1708: Anna Petrovna , Russian noblewoman, daughter of Peter the Great, mother of Peter III
• 1713: Henry Moore, 1st Baronet , British governor of the provinces of Jamaica and New York
• 1715: Johann Anwander , German rococo painter and fresco painter
• 1730: Immanuel Friedrich Gregorius , German theologian and historian
• 1733: Johann Ferdinand Hetzendorf von Hohenberg , Austrian architect
• 1738: Karl August von Greiffenberg , Prussian major general
• 1741: Johann Heinrich Füssli , Swiss painter
• 1743: Ludwig Daniel Heyd , German court sculptor
• 1749: Benjamin Ogle , American politician, Governor of Maryland
• 1753: Nicolas Alexandre Salins de Montfort , French architect
• 1756: Johann Heinrich Michael Addresse , Prussian jurist
• 1758: Benedikt Schack , Austrian singer and composer
• 1765: Caspar Hilt , German jurist
• 1766: Alexander Labsin , Russian writer
• 1766: Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford , British politician and colonial administrator
• 1775: Johann Diederich Gries , German translator
• 1777: Dinicu Golescu , Romanian politician and writer
• 1777: Severin Løvenskiold , Norwegian politician and entrepreneur
• 1783: Catherine Bagration , Russian aristocrat
• 1785: Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel , Canadian politician
• 1785: Theophilus Friedrich Rothe , German jurist
• 1786: Antonio José de Irisarri , President of Chile
• 1791: Ernst Alban , German ophthalmologist, mechanical engineer and pioneer of steam engine construction
• 1797: Johann August Grunert , German mathematician
• 1800: Theodor von Zwehl , German politician, Bavarian Minister of State, District President

19th century

1801-1850

• 1802: Georg Egestorff , German industrialist
• 1802: Johann Nepomuk Vogl , Austrian writer
• 1802: Werner VIII von Alvensleben , Prussian lieutenant general
• 1803: Johann Christian Ziegler , German painter
• 1805: Louis-Auguste Blanqui , French revolutionary and socialist theorist
• 1809: Frederik Paludan-Müller , Danish writer

Charles Dickens (b. 1812)

• 1812: Charles Dickens , British novelist ( Oliver Twist , David Copperfield )
• 1816: Józef Bohdan Dziekoński , Polish writer
• 1816: Jean Frédéric Frenet , French mathematician, astronomer and meteorologist
• 1823: Richard Genée , German-Austrian librettist, playwright and composer
• 1824: William Huggins , British astronomer
• 1825: Karl Kořistka , Austro-Hungarian geographer and cartographer
• 1825: Karl August Möbius , German zoologist and ecologist
• 1831: Edmond Cherouvrier , French composer
• 1834: Estanislao del Campo , Argentine poet and journalist
• 1837: Emilio Wilhelm Ramsøe , Danish composer and conductor
• 1838: Carl Mendelssohn Bartholdy , German historian
• 1841: Hermann Menge , German classics scholar, pedagogue and Bible translator ( Menge Bible )
• 1842: Alexandre Ribot , French politician, Prime Minister
• 1849: Joseph Belli , German organizer of social democratic literature distribution and writer
• 1847: Ernst Frank , German composer and conductor
• 1848: Adolf Weil , German physician

1851-1900

• 1857: James Hotchkiss Rogers , American organist and composer

Horace F Graham (b. 1862)

• 1862: Horace F. Graham , American politician
• 1862: Edward Granville Browne , British orientalist
• 1863: Mieczysław Sołtys , Polish composer
• 1864: Ricardo Castro Herrera , Mexican pianist and composer
• 1867: Laura Ingalls Wilder , American novelist
• 1869: Jindřich Šimon Baar , Czech Catholic priest and writer
• 1870: Alfred Adler , Austrian psychologist and neurologist
• 1870: Adolf Jandorf , German merchant, founder of KaDeWe
• 1871: Wilhelm Stenhammar , Swedish composer, pianist and conductor
• 1873: Thomas Andrews , British inventor and ship designer ( Titanic )
• 1873: Charles Dixon , English tennis player
• 1875: Walter Courvoisier , Swiss composer
• 1877: Julius Curtius , German lawyer and politician, MdR, Reichsminister
• 1877: Godfrey Harold Hardy , British mathematician
• 1877: Richard Steiff , German entrepreneur and inventor
• 1878: Magnus Freiherr von Braun , German administrative lawyer, politician, Reich Minister
• 1880: Rudolf Schetter , German lawyer and politician, MdR
• 1881: Gladys Marie Deacon , French mistress
• 1883: Eric Temple Bell , British-American mathematician
• 1884: Achille Liénart , French priest, Bishop of Lille and cardinal
• 1885: Michael Gamper , Austrian-Italian priest and publicist from South Tyrol, resistance fighter against Fascism and National Socialism

Sinclair Lewis (born 1885)

• 1885: Sinclair Lewis , American writer, Nobel laureate
• 1885: Hugo Sperrle , German Field Marshal
• 1887: Eubie Blake , American pianist and composer
• 1887: Leo Spitzer , Austrian Romance scholar
• 1888: Lothar van Gogh , Dutch footballer
• 1889: Harry Nyquist , American physicist
• 1889: Ludwig Winder , Austrian writer, journalist and literary critic
• 1894: Maria Dietz , German politician, MP
• 1895: Irving A. Aaronson , American jazz pianist and bandleader
• 1895: Fritz Lattke , German painter
• 1896: Thomas Holenstein , Swiss politician
• 1896: Jacob Paludan , Danish writer
• 1897: Richard Hammer , German physician and politician, MdL, MP
• 1897: Ernst Kloss , German art historian
• 1898: Dock Boggs , American country musician
• 1898: Kurt Kolle , German psychiatrist and author

20th century

1901-1925

• 1901: Hans Kossatz , German caricaturist, comic artist and illustrator
• 1902: Wilhelm Kling , German communist functionary
• 1902: Bruno Linienbach , German general of the SS and Waffen-SS, war criminal
• 1903: François-Nestor Adam , Italian bishop
• 1903: Fritz Münch , Swiss union official
• 1904: Ernst Ginsberg , German actor, director and theater director
• 1905: Eugen Batz , German painter and photographer
• 1905: Paul Nizan , French novelist

Ulf von Euler (* 1905)

• 1905: Ulf von Euler , Swedish physician and neurochemist
• 1906: Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov , Soviet aircraft designer
• 1906: Puyi , last Emperor of China and Emperor of Manchuko
• 1907: Marta Schanzenbach , German politician, MP
• 1909: Hélder Câmara , Brazilian Archbishop of Olinda and Recife
• 1909: Adolf Windorfer , German pediatrician
• 1910: Max Bense , German philosopher, writer and publicist
• 1910: Elisabeth Reichelt , German Kammersängerin and coloratura soprano
• 1911: Rudolf Raftl , German-Austrian footballer
• 1912: Helmut Angermeyer , German theologian
• 1912: Lev Aronson , German cellist, cello teacher and composer
• 1912: Alfred Desenclos , French composer
• 1912: Franz Fuchs , Austrian politician and member of the Landtag
• 1912: Matthias Heidemann , German soccer player
• 1912: Richard Kepp , German gynecologist and university lecturer
• 1912: Roy C. Sullivan , US forest officer, survivor of seven lightning strikes
• 1913: Lydia Eberhardt , German javelin thrower and pentathlete
• 1913: Ramón Mercader , Spanish communist, assassin of Leon Trotsky
• 1914: Friedel Schön , German motorcycle racer
• 1914: Max Seither , German politician, MP

Georges-André Chevallaz (b. 1915)

• 1915: Georges-André Chevallaz , Swiss politician
• 1915: Karl-Theodor Molinari , German officer
• 1915 Bud Svendsen , American football player
• 1916: Helmut Schubert , German soccer player
• 1920: An Wang , American computer developer and inventor
• 1921: Nexhmije Hoxha , Albanian politician
• 1923: Egil Abrahamsen , Norwegian marine engineer and businessman
• 1924: Olga Chorens , Cuban singer
• 1924: Catherine Small Long , American politician
• 1924: Ramón Oviedo , Dominican painter
• 1925: Marius Constant , Romanian-French composer and conductor
• 1925: Herbert Eisenreich , Austrian writer and storyteller
• 1925: Josef Rickenbacher , Swiss sculptor

1926-1950

• 1926: Konstantin Petrovich Feoktisov , Soviet cosmonaut
• 1926: Estanislao Esteban Karlic , Argentine priest, Archbishop of Paraná and Cardinal
• 1926: Mark Yevgenyevich Taimanov , Russian chess player
• 1926: Pierre Villette , French composer
• 1927: Juliette Gréco , French singer and actress
• 1927: Michel Hausser , French jazz vibraphonist
• 1927: Laurie Johnson , British film music composer
• 1927: Volodymyr Kuz , Soviet track and field athlete
• 1928: Carlo Ross , German writer
• 1929: Günter Kootz , German pianist and university teacher
• 1929: Wilhelm Rawe , German politician, MP, Parliamentary State Secretary
• 1931: Holger Börner , German politician, MP, Prime Minister of Hesse
• 1932: Wolfgang Hilberg , German engineer, inventor of the radio clock
• 1932: Anton Schlembach , German priest, Bishop of Speyer
• 1932: Alfred Worden , American astronaut
• 1933: Jerzy Boniecki , Polish swimmer
• 1933: Alfred Döring , German athlete
• 1934: Edward Fenech Adami , President of Malta
• 1934: King Curtis , American tenor saxophonist
• 1934: Juan Vallejo Corona , American serial killer
• 1934: Aldo Moser , Italian cyclist
• 1934: Murtasa Gubaidullowitsch Rachimov , President of the Russian republic of Bashkiria
• 1935: Heinz Czechowski , German poet and dramaturge
• 1935: Jörg Schneider , Swiss actor
• 1935: Herward Wieck , German handball player and handball coach
• 1936: William Bennett , British flutist
• 1937: Doris Gercke , German crime writer (Bella Block)
• 1937: Wendelin Weingartner , Austrian politician, Governor of Tyrol
• 1937: Paul Zanker , German archaeologist
• 1938: Friedrich Karl Barth , German pastor and songwriter
• 1939: Horst Gründer , German historian
• 1939: Hermann Lause , German actor
• 1939: Francisco Mendes , Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
• 1940: Christopher J. Arthur , British philosopher and author
• 1940: Andrew Dawes , Canadian violinist and music educator
• 1940: Toshihide Masukawa , Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate
  

  Toshihide Masukawa (born 1940)
• 1941: Rosemarie Ambé , German pop singer and TV presenter
• 1941: Roger Angel , American astronomer
• 1941: Volker Fadinger , German ancient historian
• 1941: Leslie Lamport , American computer scientist
• 1942: Gareth Hunt , British actor
• 1942: Gert Metz , German track and field athlete
• 1943: Danilo Arbilla , Uruguayan journalist
• 1943: Urs von Arx , Swiss Old Catholic theologian
• 1943: Finnbogi Ísakson , Faroese journalist, writer and politician
• 1943: Margit Sponheimer , German pop singer
• 1945: Gerald Davies , Welsh rugby player
• 1945: Willi Dürrschnabel , German soccer player
• 1945: Fredric Kroll , American composer and writer
  

  Fredric Kroll (born 1945)
• 1946: Héctor Babenco , Brazilian film director
• 1946: Arthur Ozolins , Canadian pianist
• 1947: Ruth Aspöck , Austrian writer
• 1947: Jürgen Türk , German politician, MP
• 1947: John Weathers , British musician
• 1948: Friedrich Ach , German author
• 1948: Josef Ackermann , Swiss bank manager
• 1949: Paulo César Carpegiani , Brazilian soccer player and coach
• 1949: Alan Lancaster , British musician
• 1949: Bert Sommer , American musician, songwriter and actor
• 1950: Hans-Peter Annen , German diplomat
• 1950: Mauro Bellugi , Italian footballer
• 1950: Marilyn Cochran , American alpine skier

1951-1975

• 1951: Mayte Mateos , Spanish singer, dancer and painter
• 1951: Christian Tissier , French Aikido teacher
• 1952: Vasco Rossi , Italian singer, songwriter and radio host
• 1953: John Attard-Montalto , Maltese politician
• 1953 Robert Brazile , American football player
• 1953: Marianne Hartl , German presenter and singer

Dieter Bohlen (* 1954)

• 1954: Dieter Bohlen , German music producer and musician
• 1954: Dietmar Munier , German publisher
• 1955: Miguel Ferrer , American actor
• 1955: Alban Nikolai Herbst , German writer, librettist, critic and director
• 1955: Margit Rupp , German jurist
• 1956: John Nielsen , Danish racing driver
• 1956: Mark St. John , American guitarist
• 1957: Dominic Asquith , British diplomat
• 1957: Tatyana Bunjak , Soviet rower
• 1957: Richard Cook , British jazz journalist and author
• 1957: Lioba Happel , German writer
• 1958: Giuseppe Baresi , Italian footballer
• 1958: Matt Ridley , British zoologist
• 1959: Christine Angot , French writer
• 1959: Carmen Ibáñez , Chilean journalist and politician

Klaus J. Behrendt (b. 1960)

• 1960: Klaus J. Behrendt , German television actor
• 1960: Gabriel Calderón , Argentine football player and coach
• 1960: James Spader , American actor
• 1961: Jacek Grudzień , Polish composer
• 1961: Dieter Schlindwein , German soccer player
• 1962: Salvatore Antibo , Italian athlete
• 1962: Garth Brooks , American country music singer and songwriter
• 1962: David Bryan , American keyboardist ( Bon Jovi )
• 1962: Eddie Izzard , British actor and comedian
• 1962: Nicolò Napoli , Italian football player and coach
• 1964: Bert Wijbenga , Dutch politician, manager and police officer
• 1964: Oliver Zipse , German manager
• 1965: Ignacio Ambríz , Mexican soccer player and coach
• 1965: Jason Gedrick , American actor
• 1965: Chris Rock , American film actor and comedian
• 1966: Roland Bervillé , French racing driver
• 1966: Claudia Nolte , German politician, MP, federal minister
• 1966: Arne Orderløkken , Norwegian Nordic Combined
• 1966: Kristin Otto , German swimmer and sports journalist, Olympic champion
• 1966: Monika Weber , German foil fencer
• 1968: Shawn Anderson , Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968: Peter Bondra , Slovak ice hockey player

Katja Kean (born 1968)

• 1968: Katja Kean , Danish porn actress
• 1968: Marek Iglo , Czech composer
• 1969: Chris Minh Doky , Danish jazz bassist
• 1969: Matthias Hinze , German voice actor
• 1969: Viktor Viktorovich Maigurov , Russian biathlete
• 1971: Björn Monnberg , Finnish handball player
• 1971: Ingo Nommsen , German TV presenter
• 1972: Essence Atkins , American actress
• 1972: Dagmar Pohlmann , German soccer player
• 1972: Stephanie Swift , American porn actress and stripper
• 1972: Herbert Wieger , Austrian footballer
• 1974: Michael A. Andrews , American politician
• 1974: Steve Nash , Canadian basketball player
• 1974: Nujabes , Japanese jazz and hip hop producer
• 1974: Sergei Viktorovich Volkov , Russian chess grandmaster
• 1974: J Dilla , American hip hop musician and producer
• 1975: Zoran Antić , Serbian footballer
• 1975: Kaspars Astašenko , Latvian ice hockey player
• 1975: Wes Borland , American guitarist
• 1975: Rafik Saïfi , Algerian footballer
• 1975: Søren Stryger , Danish handball player
• 1975: Matthias Landfried , German table tennis coach

1976-2000

• 1978: David Aebischer , Swiss ice hockey goalie
• 1978: Danilo Andrenacci , Italian cyclist
• 1978: Nicolas Ardouin , French footballer
• 1978: Colin Beardsmore , Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978: Daniel Kubeš , Czech handball player
• 1978: Ashton Kutcher , American actor and show host
• 1978: Adama Njie , Gambian track and field athlete
• 1978: Daniel Van Buyten , Belgian footballer
• 1979: Daniel Bierofka , German footballer
• 1979: Florian Eckert , German ski racer
• 1979: Meike Freitag , German swimmer

Tawakkol Karman (born 1979)

• 1979: Tawakkol Karman , Yemeni journalist, politician and human rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
• 1980: Emma Ania , British sprinter
• 1980: Saša Papac , Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player
• 1980: Brigitte Urhausen , Luxembourgish actress and speaker
• 1982: Benjamin Kramme , German actor
• 1983: Christian Klien , Austrian Formula One driver
• 1984: Trey Hardee , American track and field athlete
• 1984: Jessica Lindell-Vikarby , Swedish alpine skier
• 1985: Tina Majorino , American film actress
• 1987: Fin Bartels , German soccer player
• 1987: Kerli , Estonian singer
• 1988: Thomas Martinot-Lagarde , French track and field athlete
• 1989: Mohamed Amsif , German-Moroccan soccer goalkeeper
• 1989: Ángel Pulgar , Venezuelan cyclist
• 1989: Isaiah Thomas , American basketball player
• 1989: Nick Calathes , Greek-American basketball player
• 1990: Anna Abreu , Finnish pop and R&B singer
• 1990: Eva Voraberger , Austrian professional boxer
• 1992: Michael Valgren , Danish road cyclist
• 1992: Sven Müller , German racing driver
• 1993: David Dorfman , American actor
• 1993: Valon Berisha , Norwegian footballer
• 1993: Diego Laxalt , Uruguayan soccer player
• 1994: Christopher Antwi-Adjei , Ghanaian-German footballer
• 1994: Katharina Beddies , German handball player
• 1994: Alessandro Schöpf , Austrian footballer
• 1995: Paul Drux , German handball player
• 1996: Aaron Ekblad , Canadian ice hockey player
• 1996: Ruby O. Fee , German actress
• 1996: Pierre Gasly , French racing driver
• 1996: Piera Hudson , New Zealand alpine skier
• 1997: Nicolò Barella , Italian footballer
• 2000: Kira Lipperheide , German bobsledder

21st century

• 2001: Pedro De la Vega , Argentine footballer

Died

Before the 19th century

• 0399: Nintoku , 16th Emperor of Japan
• 0590: Pelagius II , Pope
• 0857: Samuel , Bishop of Worms
• 0999: Boleslav II , Duke of Bohemia
• 1045: Go-Suzaku , 69th Emperor of Japan
• 1065: Siegfried I , Count of Spanheim, Margrave of Hungary and Gaugraf in Pustertal and Lavanttal
• 1127: Ava von Göttweig , first known German-speaking poet by name
• 1207: Sambor I , Duke of Pomerania in his capacity as Polish governor under the supremacy of the Senior Duke of Kraków
• 1311: Qutb ad-Din al-Shirazi , Persian scientist
• 1317: Robert de Clermont , progenitor of the royal line of the House of Bourbon
• 1320: Johann Muskata , Bishop of Kraków
• 1393: Johann von Holzhausen , councilor and mayor of Frankfurt am Main
• 1520: Alfonsina Orsini , Italian noblewoman
• 1529: Baldassare Castiglione , Italian courtier, diplomat and writer
• 1538: Olav Engelbrektsson , last Catholic Archbishop in Norway
• 1539: Anna , Princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach, Duchess and Regent of Teschen
• 1548: Sebastian Vogelsberger , German mercenary leader

Baccio Bandinelli († 1560)

• 1560: Baccio Bandinelli , Italian sculptor
• 1573: Hedwig Jagiellonica , Electress of Brandenburg
• 1575: Anne Marie von Ziegler , German noblewoman, con artist and alchemist
• 1596: George I , regent of the Upper County of Katzenelnbogen and Darmstadt
• 1597: Francesco Patrizi da Cherso , Venetian humanist, philosopher, writer, literary, political and historical theorist, military scientist and poet of Croatian descent
• 1603: Bartholomäus Sastrow , German autobiographical writer
• 1603: Hermann Wilken , German humanist and mathematician
• 1605: Salomon Gesner , German Lutheran theologian
• 1611: Ruprecht von Eggenberg , Austrian general
• 1626: Wilhelm V , Duke of Bavaria
• 1632: Margarita Gonzaga , Duchess of Lorraine
• 1652: Philipp Christoph von Sötern , Bishop of Speyer, Archbishop and Elector of Trier
• 1661: Georg Pauli-Stravius , auxiliary bishop in Cologne
• 1684: Christian Lorentz von Adlershelm , German politician
• 1710: Johann Sigismund Küffner , German merchant and councilor
• 1712: Matthias Alban , Tyrolean violin and lute maker
• 1712: Rupert Ignaz Mayr , Bavarian violinist, composer and court conductor
• 1721: Nicolas-Joseph Foucault , French administrator and collector of antiquities
• 1723: Carlo Francesco Pollarolo , Italian organist and composer
• 1734: Johann Adam Pruner , Austrian merchant, city judge and mayor of Linz
• 1743: Lodovico Giustini , Italian composer
• 1746: Jan Albertsz van Dam , Dutch mathematician, astronomer, surveyor and poet
• 1749: Joseph Ruffini , German painter
• 1751: Frederick IV , Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
• 1755: Giovanni Gaetano Androi , Swiss plasterer
• 1756: Sepé Tiaraju , leader of the Guaraní people in South America against Portuguese and Spanish colonial rule
• 1761: Balthasar Wüst , German Augustinian priest, musician and composer
• 1762: Jean-Baptiste Desmarets , General and Marshal of France
• 1767: Christian Crusius , German rhetorician and historian
• 1777: Gotthilf Traugott Zachariae , German Protestant theologian
• 1791: Nicolas-François Gillet , French sculptor and university teacher
• 1799: Qianlong , Emperor of China

19th century

• 1801: Daniel Chodowiecki , German printmaker and illustrator
• 1805: Inthavong , King of the Lao Kingdom of Vientiane
• 1812: Aegidius Maria of Saint Joseph , Italian Franciscan and saint
• 1820: Zamor , French revolutionary of Bengali origin
• 1823: Carl Heinrich Wilhelm Anthing , German officer
• 1823: Ann Radcliffe , British novelist
• 1839: Marcos António Portugal , Portuguese composer
• 1835: Diderich Hegermann , first Norwegian Minister of War
• 1837: Friedrich Franz Wilhelm Brunswig , German veterinarian
• 1837: Gustav IV Adolf , King of Sweden
• 1854: Thomas Fitzpatrick , American fur trader, trapper, scout, and mountain man
• 1861: Borys Halpert , Polish theater director, librettist and musician
• 1862: Francisco Martínez de la Rosa , Spanish poet, playwright, diplomat, politician and Prime Minister of Spain

Christian Gottlob Hammer († 1864)

• 1864: Christian Gottlob Hammer , German painter and engraver
• 1864: Vuk Stefanović Karadžić , Serbian philologist
• 1866: Eduard Blösch , Swiss politician
• 1871: Rudolf von Feistmantel , Austrian forest scientist
• 1871: Heinrich Steinweg , German-American piano maker (Steinway)
• 1878: Pius IX. , Pope
• 1883: Edmund J. Davis , American officer and politician, Union general in the Civil War
• 1883: Tassilo Festetics de Tolna , Austrian cavalry general
• 1885: August Reinsdorf , German assassin
• 1887: Ferdinand Laeisz , German merchant and shipowner
• 1893: Johannes August Speltz , Frankfurt lawyer and politician
• 1893: Ferdinand von Steinbeis , German economic politician and promoter of industrialization in Württemberg
• 1894: Adolphe Sax , Belgian instrument maker and saxophonist
• 1894: Franz Hermann Reinhold Frank , German theologian
• 1897: Galileo Ferraris , Italian engineer and physicist
• 1900: Franz Wilhelm Sonreck , German organ builder

20th century

1901-1950

• 1901: Oskar Schlömilch , German mathematician
• 1903: James Glaisher , British meteorologist and aeronaut
• 1904: Emil Rosenow , German writer
• 1908: Ernst I , Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
• 1910: Josef Schöffel , Austrian journalist and politician
• 1912: Edward Wilmot Blyden , Liberian statesman and Pan-Africanist
• 1912: Dmitri Alexeyevich Milyutin , Russian Minister of War, Field Marshal and military writer
• 1912: Marius Nygaard , Norwegian philologist
• 1914: Émile Vaudremer , French architect
• 1918: Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev , Russian composer
• 1919: Károly Senyei , Hungarian sculptor
• 1920: Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak , Russian admiral
• 1922: Eduard Anthes , German archaeologist
• 1923: Albert Vater , German politician

Felix von Luschan († 1924)

• 1924: Felix von Luschan , German physician, anthropologist, explorer, archaeologist and ethnographer
• 1925: Carl Engler , German chemist and politician, MdR
• 1927: Myfit Libohova , Albanian politician
• 1932: Augusto Leguía y Salcedo , President of Peru
• 1933: Albert von Apponyi , Hungarian aristocrat and politician
• 1934: Heinrich Rippler , German writer, journalist and politician
• 1935: Otto Lenel , German legal historian
• 1936: Oliver Peters Heggie , Australian actor
• 1936: Luigi Sincero , Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• 1937: Elihu Root , American lawyer, politician and author, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1939: Carl Schroeter , German-Swiss botanist
• 1942: Hermann Gramlich , German footballer
• 1942: Dorando Pietri , Italian marathon runner
• 1944: Robert Ezra Park , American sociologist
• 1944: Ignaz Rohr , German Catholic theologian and university lecturer
• 1945: Heinrich Bockelmann , German banker and diplomat
• 1946: Karl Kalbfleisch , German classics scholar

1951-2000

• 1952: Rudolf Hans Bartsch , Austrian writer
• 1952 Pete Henry , American football player and coach
• 1953: Carlos Raygada , Peruvian literary and music critic
• 1954: Jan Adam Maklakiewicz , Polish composer
• 1955: Josef Saier , German pastor, director and author
• 1958: Vladimir Lossky , Orthodox theologian
• 1959: John Semmelink , Canadian alpine skier
• 1959: Guitar Slim , American blues guitarist
• 1959: Claude Storez , French automobile racer
• 1960: Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov , Soviet physicist
• 1961: Noah Lewis , American musician
• 1962: Clara Nordström , Swedish writer
• 1963: Conrad Ramstedt , German physician
• 1963: Peter Mitchell-Thomson, 2nd Baron Selsdon , British motor racing driver
• 1964: Flaminio Bertoni , Italian designer, sculptor and architect
• 1964: Hermann Kees , German Egyptologist
• 1967: William Preston Lane , American politician, Governor of Maryland
• 1967: Franz Rosenberger , Romanian-German composer and military musician
• 1968: Nicholas Aloysius Adamschock , American film actor
• 1968: Ivan Pyryev , Soviet film director
• 1969: Hans Rademacher , German mathematician
• 1969: Alma Rogge , German writer
• 1969: Carlos Eduardo de Sabóia Bandeira Melo , Brazilian clergyman, bishop
• 1970: Elila Mena , Dominican pianist and music teacher
• 1971: Dock Boggs , American country musician
• 1971: Emy Roeder , German sculptor and draftswoman
• 1972: Walter Lang , American film director

Walter von Sanden-Guja († 1972)

• 1972: Walter von Sanden-Guja , German writer, naturalist, photographer
• 1977: Richard Bevan Austin , American lawyer
• 1978: Hans Jürgen Abraham , German jurist
• 1978: Dimitrie Cuclin , Romanian composer
• 1979: Josef Mengele , German doctor in charge of selections and human experiments, war criminal (Angel of Death of Auschwitz)
• 1981: Hermann Esser , German journalist, former follower of Adolf Hitler, party functionary
• 1981: Paul Mattick , German economist, councilist and writer
• 1988: Giovanni Attanasio , Italian actor
• 1989: Gilbert Simondon , French philosopher
• 1990: Alan J. Perlis , American computer scientist
• 1990: Jimmy Van Heusen , American composer
• 1991: Otto Friedrich Bollnow , German philosopher, educator
• 1991: Otto Kuss , German Catholic theologian
• 1991: Jean-Paul Mousseau , Canadian painter and sculptor
• 1992: Sergi Roberto , Spanish footballer
• 1993: Duilio Brignetti , Italian modern pentathlete
• 1993: Fritz Strassner , German actor
• 1994: Witold Lutosławski , Polish composer and conductor
• 1995: Alfred Heuss , German ancient historian
• 1995: Massimo Pallottino , Italian archaeologist
• 1996: Ulrich Böhme , German politician, MP
• 1996: Boris Alexandrovich Tchaikovsky , Russian composer
• 1997: Owen Aspinall , American politician
• 1997: Allan Edwall , Swedish actor, writer, director and musician
• 1998: Mashal , Afghan miniaturist
• 1999: Hussein I , King of Jordan
• 2000: Dave Peverett , British rock musician ( Foghat )
• 2000: Big Pun , American rapper
• 2000: Elvira Osirnig , Swiss alpine skier

21st century

• 2001: Marianne Breslauer , German photographer
• 2001: Anne Morrow Lindbergh , American aviation pioneer, wife, co-pilot and navigator of Charles A. Lindbergh , writer
• 2002: Annemarie Auer , German writer
• 2002: Carlos Díaz , Cuban singer
• 2002: Jack Fairman , British racing driver
• 2002: Dennis Herrold , American rockabilly musician
• 2003: Augusto Monterroso , Guatemalan writer and diplomat
• 2004: Rolf Pohle , German teacher, Red Army Faction ( RAF ) supporter
• 2004: Norman Thelwell , British cartoonist

Laurie Aarons († 2005)

• 2005: Laurence Aarons , Australian politician
• 2005: Nedžad Botonjič , Slovenian footballer
• 2005: Atli Pætursson Dam , Faroese politician
• 2005: Jean-Louis Leuba , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university teacher
• 2005: Lazar Nikolov , Bulgarian composer
• 2005: Paul Rebeyrolle , French painter
• 2005: Hatun Sürücü , German of Turkish-Kurdish descent, victim of an honor killing
• 2006: Elton Dean , British jazz/fusion hard rocker
• 2008: Andrew Bertie , British business journalist, 78th Grand Master of the Order of Malta
• 2008: Frank Geerk , German poet and writer
• 2008: Jirō Kawamura , Japanese translator, literary scholar and critic
• 2009: Blossom Dearie , American jazz singer
• 2009: Robert Stromberger , German screenwriter and actor
• 2010: İlhan Arsel , Turkish constitutional lawyer, university lecturer and critic of religion
• 2011: Maria Altmann , American entrepreneur and art collector
• 2015: Jürgen Dietz , German carnival speaker
• 2016: Karl Otto Meyer , Danish minority politician in Schleswig-Holstein
• 2016: Fred Oberhauser , German cultural journalist, recipient of the Carl Zuckmayer Medal
• 2016: Roger Willemsen , German publicist and TV presenter

Hans Rosling († 2017)

• 2017: Hans Rosling , Swedish medical scientist, discoverer of a disease and founder of Gapminder
• 2017: Klaus Peter Schreiner , German cabaret artist and author
• 2017: Tzvetan Todorov , Bulgarian-French philosopher and essayist
• 2018: Pat Torpey , American musician
• 2019: Albert Finney , British actor
• 2019: Heidi Mohr , German soccer player
• 2019: Jan Olszewski , Polish lawyer and Prime Minister
• 2019: Frank Robinson , American baseball player and manager
• 2019: Jörg Schönbohm , German politician
• 2020: Orson Bean , American actor
• 2020: Lucille Eichengreen , US Holocaust survivor
• 2020: Nexhmije Pagarusha , Albanian singer

holidays and commemorations

• name days
  • Ava , Richard , Ronan

The list of commemoration and action days contains further entries .

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