January 7th
The January 7 (in Austria and South Tyrol : 7 January ) is the seventh day of the Gregorian calendar , thus still remain 358 (359 in leap years) days until the end of the year.
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events
Politics and world events
- 49 BC Chr .: The Roman Senate rejects Gaius Julius Caesar's suggestion of a simultaneous dismissal of his army and that of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus and instructs Pompeius to defend Rome against Caesar encamped at the Rubicon .
- 684: K'inich Kan Bahlam II ascends the throne of Palenque as the successor to his father K'inich Janaab Pakal I, who died the previous year . He continues the intensive construction work in the Maya city.
- 1131: Knud Lavard , Duke of Schleswig , as a potential rival for the Danish throne , is slain near Ringsted at a meeting with Magnus the Strong , the son of King Niels .
- 1325: After the death of his father Dionysius , Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal .
- 1355: In the conflict between Alfonso IV of Portugal and his son Peter , the king has Inês de Castro beheaded, which subsequently leads to civil war .
- 1558: The French under François de Lorraine, duc de Guise take the port city of Calais , the last continental possession of the English ruled by Maria Tudor .
- 1598: After the death of Tsar Fyodor I , the boyar Boris Godunov takes power in Russia .
- 1789: In the first presidential election in the United States , George Washington is unanimously elected president . John Adams becomes its vice-president .
- 1797: The later Italian tricolor is proposed as a national symbol at a cispadan congress in Reggio nell'Emilia .
- 1807: Great Britain reacts to the Berlin decree of Napoleon Bonaparte on the continental block . Neutral ships are prohibited from entering ports that belong to or are controlled by France or its allies. If the prohibition is violated, there is a risk of the ship's cargo being confiscated .
- 1892: Abbas II becomes viceroy of Egypt .
- 1935: The Franco-Italian agreement is concluded. Among other things, it paves the way for Italy to prepare for the Abyssinian War .
- 1936: Reza Shah Pahlavi bans wearing the chador in Iran by decree . January 7th is celebrated as "the day for the liberation of women" during the rule of the Pahlavi dynasty.
- 1953: US President Harry S. Truman announces that the US has developed a hydrogen bomb .
- 1958: After the Treaty of Rome came into force, Walter Hallstein becomes President of the first commission of the established European Economic Community (EEC).
- 1959: The USA recognizes the Cuban government under Fidel Castro .
- 1961: A group of African states leaning towards radical Pan-Africanism adopts an African charter at a conference in Casablanca . The drafting of the Casablanca Group becomes the occasion for an opposing position paper for the majority of the other states that have become independent.
- 1971: During the Vietnam War, an aircraft took off for the last time to spray with the defoliant Agent Orange .
- 1977: Prestigious Western European newspapers publish Charter 77 of the Czechoslovak civil rights movement.
- 1978: The first child, Emilio Palma , is born on the Antarctic continent . His mother was deliberately brought near Hope Bay to reassert Argentina's claims to a share of the continent.
- 1979: Vietnamese troops invade the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh and overthrow the Pol Pot regime and the Khmer Rouge .
- 1979: The Guadeloupe Conference on the Settlement of the Iranian Crisis , which began on January 4th, comes to an end without any formal resolutions. However, the conference participants agreed not to support Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi any further.
- 1983: Turnaround in Bonn : three weeks after the failure of Chancellor Helmut Kohl's vote of confidence (agreed within the governing coalition) , Federal President Carstens dissolves the German Bundestag and sets March 6th as the date for new elections .
- 1989: The Japanese Emperor Hirohito dies in Tokyo at the age of 88. He is succeeded by his son Akihito , so that the Shōwa period is followed by the Heisei period .
- 1993: Erling Kagge is the first person to reach the South Pole alone .
- 1999: Impeachment against US President Bill Clinton begins before the United States Senate . He is charged with perjury and obstruction of justice in the course of the Lewinsky affair .
- 2015: Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris . Two terrorists storm the editorial office of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo . Twelve people die. As a result of the attack, two hostages were taken, in which several civilians, another terrorist and the two assassins were killed.
business
- 1782: The Bank of North America , the first modern bank in the United States, founded on the initiative of Robert Morris , begins operations in Philadelphia .
- 1885: The book printers are the first professional group to found a professional association , which is merged into the professional association for printing and paper processing in 1949 .
science and technology
- 1610: Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean moons of Jupiter named after him .
- 1785: Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries cross the English Channel for the first time in a hydrogen- filled gas balloon from Dover to Calais. The journey takes you 2 hours 25 minutes and you have to shed all ballast except for your underpants.
- 1894: William KL Dickson receives a patent in the USA for the invention of the film camera .
- 1927: The first transatlantic telephone call is made from New York City to London.
- 1983: An American research team reports the discovery of the first black hole outside of our galaxy to the Astrophysical Journal . The object is detected in the Large Magellanic Cloud about 163,000 light years away .
Culture
- 1727: The world premiere of the opera Lucio Vero, imperator di Roma by Attilio Ariosti takes place at the King's Theater in London .
- 1729: The world premiere of the opera Love in a Riddle by Henry Carey takes place in London .
- 1812: The comic opera L'Homme sans façon ou Les Contrariétés by Rodolphe Kreutzer is performed for the first time at the Opéra-Comique in Paris .
- 1857: The . Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major by Franz Liszt will be premiered in Weimar.
- 1862: Former circumstances , a farce with singing in one act by Johann Nestroy with music by Anton M. Storch is premiered at the Quai-Theater in Vienna.
- 1897: At the newly opened Teatro Amazonas in Manaus, Brazil, situated in the middle of the jungle, is the first opera La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli listed.
- 1929: The space hero Buck Rogers won the first science fiction - comic as a daily comic strip space in newspapers of the United States .
- 1929: 13 American and two Canadian newspapers print the first comic strips with Tarzan as the title character.
- 1934: The comic series by the cartoonist Alex Raymond about the space hero Flash Gordon starts in US newspapers.
- 1976: The animated series The Adventures of the Mouse on Mars begins to be broadcast on Bavarian television .
- 1990: The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to visitors for safety reasons, as the tower has inclined even more and the inclination becomes too dangerous. The renovation work will last until December 15, 2001.
- 1998: BR-alpha , the television education channel of Bavarian Radio , goes on air.
society
- 1937: The German nobleman Bernhard zur Lippe-Biesterfeld and the Dutch Crown Princess Juliana von Oranien-Nassau marry in The Hague .
religion
- 1566: Antonio Michele Ghislieri is elected Pope as Pius V and enthroned 10 days later.
- 1995: The Archdiocese of Hamburg is re-established by Pope John Paul II through the Apostolic Constitution Omnium Christifidelium of October 24, 1994 .
Disasters
- 1350: The Bishop of Stavanger, Guttorm Pålsson, is the last documented death of the great plague epidemic in Norway as part of the plague pandemic , which probably killed around a third of the European population from 1347 to 1353.
- 1972: A Sud Aviation Caravelle of the Spanish airline Iberia crashes while approaching Ibiza . There are 104 dead.
- 1999: Over 100 people are killed in heavy rains and landslides in Indonesia .
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1924: As hockey was not included in the 1924 Summer Olympics due to the lack of an association, the World Hockey Federation is founded in Paris .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 9th century (year unknown): Mathilde I , possibly the fifth abbess of the Essen monastery
- 1355: Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester , Duke of Gloucester
- 1403: Simon von Speyer , auxiliary bishop in Cologne
- 1434: Adolf , Duke of Bavaria
- 1491: Wilhelm von Fürstenberg , German mercenary leader
- 1502: Gregory XIII. , Pope, initiator of the Gregorian calendar
- 1528: Johanna III. , Queen of Navarre
- 1547: Albrecht VII , Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
- 1549: Francesco Bassano the Younger , Italian painter
- 1578: Agnes zu Solms-Laubach , Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel
- 1582: Magdalena von Brandenburg , Landgravine of Hessen-Darmstadt
- 1591: Dorothea von Sachsen , German abbess of Quedlinburg
- 1595: Elisabeth Beling , German donor
- 1612: Philipp Valentin Voit von Rieneck , Prince-Bishop of Bamberg
- 1624: Guarino Guarini , Italian mathematician, philosopher and architect
- 1632: Ambrosio Ignacio Spínola , Spanish bishop
- 1634: Adam Krieger , German composer and church musician
- 1634: Sophie Eleonore von Hessen-Darmstadt , Countess of Hessen-Homburg
- 1647: Wilhelm Ludwig , Duke of Württemberg
- 1652: Johann Krieger , German organist and composer
- 1653: Bernhard Friedrich Albinus , German medic
- 1685: Jonas Alströmer , Swedish agricultural and industrial pioneer
- 1692: Petrus Wesseling , German philologist and legal scholar
18th century
- 1701: Johann Nicolaus Frobesius , German mathematician, physicist and philosopher
- 1702: Carlo Ginori , Italian politician and entrepreneur
- 1706: Johann Heinrich Zedler , Leipzig bookseller and publisher
- 1708: Johann Gottlob Weidler , German legal scholar
- 1710: Josef Antonín Sehling , Bohemian composer
- 1718: Israel Putnam , British officer in the French and Indian War
- 1724: Wichard von Möllendorff , Prussian field marshal
- 1724: Friedrich Wilhelm Pestel , legal scholar
- 1736: Andrew Adams , American attorney, lawyer, and politician
- 1742: Christian Garve , German philosopher
- 1743: Antonio Chichi , Italian architect
- 1745: Johann Christian Fabricius , German zoologist and economist
- 1746: George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith , British seaman
- 1748: David Gilly , German architect and builder in Prussia
- 1753: Augusta Louise zu Stolberg-Stolberg , letter partner of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ("Goethes Gustchen")
- 1755: Stephen Groombridge , British astronomer and trader
- 1768: Joseph Bonaparte , King of Naples and Spain
- 1777: Lorenzo Bartolini , Italian sculptor
- 1777: Heinrich Schmelen , German founder of the Bethanien mission station in today's Namibia
- 1783: Francesco Carlini , Italian astronomer and geodesist
- 1794: Eilhard Mitscherlich , German chemist and mineralogist
- 1794: Heinrich Wilhelm Schott , Austrian botanist
- 1796: Charlotte Augusta of Wales , Crown Princess of England
- 1797: Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga , Mexican military and politician, president
- 1799: Eduard Magnus , German painter
- 1800: Millard Fillmore , American politician, president
- 1800: Moritz Daniel Oppenheim , German portrait and history painter
19th century
1801-1850
- 1801: Albert Geutebrück , German architect
- 1804: Julius Thaeter , German engraver
- 1807: Jacob Ammen , American teacher, civil engineer, and brigadier general
- 1808: Friedrich Eduard Meyerheim , German painter
- 1812: Salomon Fehrenbach , German lawyer, local poet and politician
- 1816: Franz Tappeiner , Austrian doctor, botanist and anthropologist
- 1818: Hermann Backhaus (agricultural scientist) , German agricultural scientist
- 1820: Johannes Versmann , German lawyer and First Mayor of Hamburg
- 1822: Theodor Aufrecht , German Indologist and Sanskritist
- 1825: Julius Hilgard , American geologist
- 1827: Sandford Fleming , Canadian engineer and inventor
- 1828: Karl Sontag , German actor
- 1830: Albert Bierstadt , German-American painter
- 1831: Heinrich von Stephan , German general post director
- 1833: Josep Manyanet i Vives , Spanish priest and founder of the order
- 1833: Henry Enfield Roscoe , British chemist
- 1834: Philipp Reis , German physicist and inventor
- 1835: Charles Constantin , French conductor and composer
- 1835: Ernst Hoeltzer , German telegraph operator and photographer
- 1836: Eberhard Schrader , German Old Testament scholar and orientalist
- 1837: Albert von Bezold , German medic
- 1838: Vilmos Győry , Hungarian writer and translator
- 1844: Carl Menzel , German entrepreneur and glass manufacturer
- 1844: Bernadette Soubirous , French nun and saint
- 1845: Paul Deussen , German Indologist and Sanskrit scholar
- 1845: Ludwig III. , last king of Bavaria
- 1847: Jean Paul Richter , German art historian
- 1848: Rudolf Sendig , German hotelier and city councilor
- 1848: Ignaz Urban , German botanist
1851-1900
- 1852: Pascal Adolphe Dagnan-Bouveret , French painter
- 1855: Johannes Christ , German officer
- 1858: Eliezer Ben-Jehuda , Jewish journalist and author, innovator of the Hebrew language
- 1861: Henry Berthold von Fischer , Swiss architect
- 1861: Wilhelm Hein , Austrian orientalist
- 1864: Sophie Kleinfeller-Pühn , German genre painter
- 1866: Fritz Christ , German sculptor and mountaineer
- 1867: Adolf Holst , German philologist, editor and children's book author
- 1867: Charles Klein , British playwright and actor
- 1868: Mathias Adlersflügel , Austrian industrialist and politician
- 1869: Walter Eli Clark , American politician
- 1871: Émile Borel , French mathematician and politician
- 1872: Klara Weyl , German social politician
- 1873: Charles Péguy , French writer
- 1873: Rudolf Eisler , Austrian philosopher
- 1873: Adolph Zukor , American entrepreneur
- 1875: Gustav Felix Flatow , German gymnast, Olympic champion
- 1876: Karl von der Aa , German business educator
- 1876: William Hurlstone , British composer
- 1877: Margarete von Wrangell , German chemist
- 1878: Karl Wach , German architect
- 1880: Santiago Luis Copello , Argentine clergyman, cardinal and archbishop of Buenos Aires
- 1880: Juliusz Wolfsohn , Russian pianist, composer and music journalist
- 1881: Henrik Galeen , German screenwriter, director and actor
- 1881: Felix Rütten , German Roman Catholic priest, historian and teacher
- 1883: Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope , British Admiral
- 1885: Łucjan Kamieński , Polish composer and musicologist
- 1886: Hans Grimm , German composer
- 1887: Johannes Maximilian Avenarius , German painter, graphic artist and illustrator
- 1887: Oskar Luts , Estonian writer
- 1887: Kurt Schneider , German psychiatrist
- 1887: Thomas Wimmer , German politician
- 1888: Carl Spiecker , German journalist and politician
- 1889: Philippe Henriot , French politician
- 1889: Hans Johner , Swiss chess player and musician
- 1890: Maurice McLoughlin , American tennis player
- 1890: Antal Molnár , Hungarian composer and musicologist
- 1890: Henny Porten , German actress
- 1891: Zora Neale Hurston , American writer and anthropologist
- 1891: Fritz Wächtler , German NSDAP Gauleiter and SS-Obergruppenführer
- 1893: Augusto Eguiluz , Chilean painter
- 1893: Rolf Nesch , German-Norwegian painter and graphic artist
- 1894: José Rozo Contreras , Colombian composer
- 1895: Väinö Auer , Finnish geologist and geographer
- 1895: Clara Haskil , Romanian pianist
- 1895: Melchior Vischer , German writer
- 1896: Joe Ball , American serial killer
- 1896: Willi Eichler , German journalist and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1896: August Oppenberg , German painter
- 1896: Amedée Rossi , French racing car driver
- 1897: Paul Groß , German politician
- 1898: Rudolf Fernau , German stage actor
- 1898: Gerónimo Baqueiro Foster , Mexican musicologist and composer
- 1898: Al Bowlly , South African pop and jazz singer
- 1898: Sigmund Graff , German writer and playwright
- 1898: Robert LeGendre , American athlete
- 1898: Raphaël Manso de Zuñiga , Spanish racing car driver
- 1899: Franciska Clausen , German-Danish painter
- 1899: John Augustine Collins , Australian naval officer
- 1899: Ernst Kuntscher , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1899: Francis Poulenc , French pianist and composer
- 1900: Aurelius Maria Arkenau , German Dominican priest
- 1900: Arvo Haavisto , Finnish wrestler
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1902: Willy Ascherl , German football player
- 1902: Sumii Sue , Japanese writer
- 1903: Josef Breuer , German chess composer
- 1903: Carlos Di Sarli , Argentine tango musician
- 1903: Albrecht Haushofer , German geographer, diplomat and writer
- 1903: Mori Mari , Japanese writer
- 1904: Fyodor Efimowitsch Bokow , Soviet military administrator
- 1904: Ruth Landshoff , German-American actress and writer
- 1907: Josef Höchst , German politician
- 1907: Willi Rutz , German soccer player
- 1908: Henry Red Allen , American jazz trumpeter
- 1908: Heinz Kiekebusch , German politician, MdL
- 1908: Fritz Nötzoldt , German bookseller, cabaret artist, editor and author
- 1908: Edelhard Rock , German printer, publisher and politician
- 1908: Hans-Joachim Schuke , German organ builder
- 1910: Edoardo Antonelli , Italian screenwriter and film director
- 1910: August Dickmann , German conscientious objector and Nazi victim
- 1910: Orval Faubus , American politician
- 1910: Frank Lubin , American-Lithuanian basketball player
- 1910: Ernst Wirmer , German military administrator
- 1911: Julián de Ajuriaguerra Otxandiano , Basque neuropsychiatrist and psychoanalyst
- 1911: Roberto Amoroso , Italian filmmaker
- 1911: Zdeněk Jirotka , Czech writer and columnist
- 1912: Charles Addams , American comic book artist
- 1912: Günter Wand , German conductor
- 1913: Anton Mader , Austrian general
- 1913: Johnny Mize , American baseball player
- 1914: Bobby McDermott , American basketball player
- 1915: Oswald Pfau , German football coach
- 1915: Chano Pozo , Cuban percussionist
- 1915: Erwin Wickert , German diplomat and writer
- 1916: Elena Ceaușescu , Romanian politician, wife Nicolae Ceaușescus
- 1916: Paul Keres , Estonian-Soviet chess player
- 1916: Babe Pratt , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1916: Fernando Sancho , Spanish actor
- 1916: Gerrit Schulte , Dutch cyclist
- 1916: Adolph Spalinger , German actor, director and theater manager
- 1917: Ulysses Kay , American composer
- 1917: Paul Limberg , German crop scientist
- 1918: Constance Cummings-John , Sierra Leonean suffragette, politician and teacher
- 1918: Alessandro Natta , Italian politician
- 1920: Alastair Pilkington , British engineer
- 1921: Joseph Asher , German-American rabbi
- 1922: Francisco Aramburu , Brazilian soccer player
- 1922: Vincent Gardenia , American actor
- 1922: Jean-Pierre Rampal , French flautist
- 1923: Pinkas Braun , Swiss actor and director
- 1923: Larry Dale , American blues guitarist and singer
- 1923: Gottfried Roth , Austrian medic
- 1924: Geoffrey Bayldon , British actor
- 1924: Ralph Miliband , Belgian-British political scientist
- 1924: Ralph Warburton , American ice hockey player
- 1924: Stanley Wolfe , American composer and music teacher
- 1925: Carmen Barros , Chilean actress, singer and composer
- 1925: Robert Cormier , American writer and journalist
- 1925: William Dodge , American bobsledder
- 1925: Hermann Dürr , German politician
- 1925: Gerald Durrell , British zoologist and writer
- 1925: Franz Fischer , German archaeologist
- 1925: Pierre Gripari , French writer
1926-1950
- 1926: Hans Achim Gussone , German forest scientist
- 1926: Claude Roy Kirk , American politician
- 1926: Otto Knoch , German theologian, priest and professor
- 1927: Abdul Hamid , Pakistani field hockey player
- 1927: Achille Maramotti , Italian entrepreneur and lawyer
- 1928: William Peter Blatty , American writer and director
- 1928: Emilio Pericoli , Italian singer
- 1929: Kenneth Henry , American speed skater
- 1929: Manfred Kaiser , German soccer player
- 1930: Gardy Granass , German film actress
- 1930: Jack Greene , American country musician
- 1931: Alan Maley , British painter and special effects artist
- 1931: Hans Nordin , Swedish ski jumper and ski jumping official
- 1932: Tormod Knutsen , Norwegian Nordic combined, Olympic champion
- 1932: Hugh Orr , Canadian flautist, music teacher and instrument maker
- 1932: Wolfgang Reichmann , German actor
- 1932: Enrico Sabbatini , Italian costume designer and production designer
- 1933: Heinz Aldinger , German soccer referee
- 1933: Eberhard Mahle , German automobile racing driver
- 1934: Charles Jenkins Sr. , American sprinter, Olympic champion
- 1934: Tassos Papadopoulos , President of Cyprus
- 1935: Sergio Ammirata , Italian actor
- 1935: Marion Asche , German physicist and professor
- 1935: Valery Nikolayevich Kubasov , Russian cosmonaut
- 1935: Noam Sheriff , Israeli composer
- 1936: Amiri Mangashti , Iranian weightlifter
- 1937: Ali Soilih , Comorian President
- 1937: Carlos Westendorp Cabeza , Spanish diplomat and politician
- 1938: Rauno Aaltonen , Finnish rally driver
- 1938: Christfried Berger , German theologian
- 1938: Wolfgang Braumann , German screenwriter and cameraman
- 1938: Patrick John , Dominican politician and Prime Minister
- 1938: Morgan Powell , American composer, jazz trombonist and music teacher
- 1938: Rory Storm , British rock musician, singer
- 1938: Roland Topor , French author, actor and painter
- 1939: Ronald L. Akers , American sociologist and criminologist
- 1939: Hilmar Baumann , German actor
- 1939: Michael of Greece , Prince of Greece
- 1939: Brausch Niemann , South African racing car driver
- 1939: Helga Seibert , German lawyer, judge at the Federal Constitutional Court
- 1939: Rosina Wachtmeister , Austrian artist
- 1940: Armin Abmeier , German bookseller and editor
- 1940: Helga Schubert , German psychologist and author
- 1941: John E. Walker , American biochemist
- 1941: Iona Brown , British violinist and conductor
- 1941: Jörg Franke , German manager
- 1942: Hildegard Alex , German actress
- 1942: Wassili Ivanovich Alexejew , Soviet weightlifter
- 1942: Hellmut G. Haasis , German historian and author
- 1942: Paul Revere , American musician
- 1942: Danny Williams , South African musician
- 1943: Diethelm Klippel , German legal scholar and university professor
- 1943: Harro Remmert , German jockey and horse trainer
- 1943: Sadako Sasaki , Japanese schoolgirl, victim of the atomic bombing on Hiroshima
- 1944: Mario Bertini , Italian football player
- 1944: Wolfgang Franz , German economist
- 1944: Hans-Joachim Grubel , German actor
- 1944: Rainer Kuhlen , German information scientist and university professor
- 1944: Ursula Männle , German politician, MdL
- 1944: Mike McGear , British musician
- 1945: Dave Cousins , British musician
- 1945: Jean-Claude Lefèbvre , French racing car driver and motorsport official
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- 1945: Dick Marty , Swiss politician
- 1945: Raila Odinga , Kenyan politician
- 1945: Marlies Wanjura , German politician
- 1946: Jeffrey B. Berlin , American literary scholar and Germanist
- 1946: Ruth Oswalt , Swiss actress
- 1946: Jann Wenner , American journalist and publicist, founder of Rolling Stone
- 1946: Mike Wilds , British racing car driver
- 1947: Heinz Aemisegger , Swiss lawyer, federal judge and president of the federal court
- 1947: Sadık Ahmet , Greek politician and surgeon
- 1947: Josip Alebić , Yugoslav athlete
- 1947: Dan Emil Anca , Romanian football player and coach
- 1947: Stefan Angelow , Bulgarian wrestler
- 1947: Jean-Marie Lemerle , French racing car driver and racing team owner
- 1947: Ichirō Mizuki , Japanese singer
- 1948: Koloman Gögh , Czechoslovak football player and coach
- 1948: Kenny Loggins , American singer, guitarist, and songwriter
- 1948: Bernd Scheelen , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1949: Paul Faßnacht , German actor
- 1949: Peter Caesar glasses , German rock musician
- 1949: Hans-Otto Hiestermann , German soccer player
- 1949: Steven Williams , American actor
- 1950: Harry Böseke , German writer
- 1950: Juan Gabriel , Mexican singer
- 1950: Erin Gray , American actress
- 1950: Stanley Grenz , American theologian and ethicist
1951-1975
- 1951: Talghat Mussabaev , Kazakh cosmonaut
- 1951: Massimo Sigala , Italian racing car driver
- 1952: Manfred Baldauf , German politician
- 1952: Hans-Josef Fell , German politician
- 1952: Sammo Hung , Chinese martial arts artist, actor and director
- 1952: Hans-Dieter Jancker , German journalist
- 1953: Jenis Kristian av Rana , Faroese politician
- 1953: Dionne Brand , Canadian writer
- 1953: Dieter Hoeneß , German soccer player and manager
- 1953: Dieter-Lebrecht Koch , German politician, MEP
- 1953: Robert Longo , American artist
- 1953: Leslie Mandoki , German musician and music producer
- 1954: José María Vitier , Cuban pianist and composer
- 1956: David Caruso , American actor
- 1956: Leonard Lansink , German actor
- 1956: Mike Liut , Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
- 1956: Uwe Ochsenknecht , German actor and singer
- 1956: Karl-Heinz Petzinka , German architect
- 1956: Ignacio Walker , Chilean politician
- 1956: Herbert Willi , Austrian composer
- 1956: August Zirner , German actor
- 1957: Nicholson Baker , American writer
- 1957: Christian Constantin , Swiss entrepreneur and architect
- 1957: Katie Couric , American journalist and correspondent
- 1957: Hank Häberle , German country musician
- 1957: Andreas Staribacher , Austrian politician
- 1958: Florian Beck , German ski racer
- 1958: Miki Biasion , Italian rally driver
- 1958: Linda Kozlowski , American actress
- 1958: David Lee Murphy , American country musician
- 1959: Friedrich Ani , German writer
- 1959: Manfred Fischer , German motorcycle racer
- 1959: Stefan Kuhnke , German rower
- 1960: Steve Webster , British motorcycle racer
- 1961: Roland Suso Richter , German director and producer
- 1961: Mark Allen Shepherd , American film actor
- 1961: David Toub , American composer
- 1962: Hallie Todd , American actress
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- 1963: Georg Arnfinn Andersen , Norwegian shot putter
- 1963: Ioan Grigoraș , Romanian wrestler
- 1963: Mohammed Yaseen Mohammed , Iraqi weightlifter
- 1964: Nicolas Cage , American actor
- 1964: Jürgen Pohl , German politician
- 1964: Bratan Zenow , Bulgarian wrestler, world and European champion
- 1965: Beate Andres , German radio play director
- 1965: Chris Kempers , German singer
- 1965: Dieter Thomas Kuhn , German musician
- 1965: Alessandro Lambruschini , Italian obstacle runner, European champion
- 1966: Ergin Ataman , Turkish basketball player and coach
- 1966: Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy , American executive, wife of John F. Kennedy Jr.
- 1966: Jens Eckhoff , German politician
- 1966: Corrie Sanders , South African boxer
- 1966: Heiko Scholz , German soccer player and coach
- 1966: Markus Schupp , German soccer player and coach
- 1967: Johannes Brandrup , German film actor
- 1967: Jacob Ericksson , Swedish actor
- 1967: Ole Kristian Furuseth , Norwegian ski racer
- 1968: San Glaser , jazz, soul and pop singer of Dutch-Indonesian descent
- 1968: Mike Rosati , Canadian-Italian ice hockey goalkeeper
- 1969: Barbara Karlich , Austrian television presenter
- 1970: Doug E. Doug , American actor
- 1970: João Ricardo , Angolan football player
- 1970: Oliver Schnellrieder , Austrian soccer player
- 1970: Miroslav Stević , Serbian football player and manager
- 1970: Christian Thomé , German jazz musician
- 1971: Emanuele Canonica , Italian professional golfer
- 1971: Helen Darville , Australian writer and journalist
- 1971: Jens Lüdtke , German handball trainer and handball player
- 1971: DJ Ötzi , Austrian singer and entertainer
- 1971: Kevin Rahm , American actor
- 1971: Jeremy Renner , American film actor
- 1972: C-Rock , German DJ and music producer
- 1972: Carsten Heymann , German biathlete
- 1972: Svetlana Sergejewna Schurowa , Russian speed skater
- 1974: Jean-Marc Birkholz , German actor
- 1975: Josh Blake , American television actor
- 1975: Piia-Noora Kauppi , Finnish politician, MEP
- 1975: Shawn Phelan , American film actor and musician
- 1975: Michael Wurst , German singer
1976-2000
- 1976: Grigory Alexandrovich Andreev , Russian marathon runner
- 1976: Marcelo Bordon , Brazilian soccer player
- 1976: Vakhtang Dartschinjan , Armenian boxer
- 1976: Christoph Dieckmann , German beach volleyball player
- 1976: Markus Dieckmann , German beach volleyball player
- 1976: Nic Endo , American musician
- 1976: Kaies Ghodhbane , Tunisian football player
- 1976: Nilton Mendes , Brazilian soccer player
- 1977: Guy Gross , German pop singer
- 1977: Klaus Kathan , German ice hockey player
- 1977: Playboy 51 , small German actor
- 1977: Richard Rochefort , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1978: Denis Anatoljewitsch Inkin , Russian boxer
- 1978: Jean Charles de Menezes , Brazilian worker, accidentally shot by London police
- 1979: Aloe Blacc , American singer
- 1979: Zdeněk Klauda , Czech composer and musicologist
- 1979: Christian Lindner , German politician
- 1979: Ricardo Maurício , Brazilian racing driver
- 1980: David Arroyo , Spanish cyclist
- 1980: Margarita Breitkreiz , German actress
- 1981: Alex Auld , Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
- 1981: Ania Dąbrowska , Polish pop musician
- 1981: Edison Miranda , Colombian boxer
- 1982: Karolina Łukasik , Polish boxer
- 1982: Andreas Matzbacher , Austrian cyclist
- 1982: Jade North , Australian soccer player
- 1982: Hannah Stockbauer , German swimming athlete
- 1982: Camilo Villegas , Colombian professional golfer
- 1982: Steve Windolf , German actor
- 1983: Alena Bunas , Belarusian billiards player
- 1983: Marc Burns , athlete from Trinidad and Tobago
- 1983: Marcel Hagmann , German soccer player
- 1983: Aleksander Miśta , Polish chess player
- 1984: Xavier Margairaz , Swiss football player
- 1984: Luke McShane , British chess grandmaster
- 1984: Max Riemelt , German actor
- 1985: Lewis Hamilton , British racing car driver
- 1985: Bănel Nicoliță , Romanian football player
- 1986: Torsten Oehrl , German soccer player
- 1987: Davide Astori , Italian soccer player
- 1987: Lyndsy Fonseca , American actress
- 1988: Haley Bennett , American singer and actress
- 1988: Hardwell , Dutch DJ and producer
- 1988: Daniel Halfar , German soccer player
- 1988: Max Philip Koch , German actor
- 1989: John Degenkolb , German racing cyclist
- 1989: Emiliano Adrián Insúa , Argentinian football player
- 1989: Björn Kopplin , German soccer player
- 1989: Shōhei Matsunaga , Japanese soccer player
- 1990: Liam Aiken , American actor
- 1990: Elene Gedewanishvili , Georgian figure skater
- 1990: Camryn Elizabeth Grimes , American actress
- 1990: Ivo Pinto , Portuguese soccer player
- 1990: Gregor Schlierenzauer , Austrian ski jumper
- 1991: Michelangelo Albertazzi , Italian football player
- 1991: Danny Blum , German soccer player
- 1991: Eden Hazard , Belgian football player
- 1991: Roberto Pereyra , Argentine soccer player
- 1992: Choren Bajramjan , Armenian-Russian football player
- 1992: Thomas Bruns , Dutch football player
- 1992: Erik Gudbranson , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1993: Jan Oblak , Slovenian football player
- 1993: Nico Santos , German singer-songwriter
- 1996: Carina Mair , Austrian skeleton pilot
- 1999: Moody Chana , German-Cameroonian football player
- 2000: Aurelia Stern , German actress
Died
Before the 16th century
- 312: Lucian of Antioch , early Christian theologian
- 507: Buretsu , Japanese emperor
- 548: Valentian Bishop of Chur
- 672: Tenji , Japanese emperor
- 702: Tillmann von Solignac , old Saxon monk, priest, hermit and saint
- 881: Seiwa , Tennō (Emperor) of Japan
- 1077: Johan II. Van Arkel , fiefdom of the Landes van Arkel, von Heukelom and Polsbroek
- 1130: Balderich von Dol , French abbot and bishop
- 1131: Knud Lavard , Danish nobleman, Duke of Schleswig
- 1285: Charles I , Sicilian King, Duke of Anjou and brother of the French King Louis IX.
- 1325: Dionysius , Portuguese king
- 1326: Pietro Colonna , cardinal
- 1355: Inês de Castro , Spanish nobleman
- 1387: Peter IV , King of Aragon
- 1403: Simon von Speyer , German clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Cologne
- 1451: Felix V , French clergyman, last antipope
- 1491: Lambert van der Heggen , German priest, vicar general in Cologne
16th to 18th centuries
- 1507: Cosimo Rosselli , Florentine painter
- 1515: Matthäus Landauer , Nuremberg merchant
- 1529: Peter Vischer the Elder , German sculptor and ore caster
- 1532: Hugo von Hohenlandenberg , German nobleman, Prince-Bishop of Constance
- 1536: Catherine of Aragon , Spanish nobleman and Queen of England, first wife of Henry VIII.
- 1562: Johannes IV. Beck , abbot of the Cistercian monastery in Ebrach
- 1575: Wilhelm Werner von Zimmer , German historian and lawyer
- 1590: Jakob Andreae , German theologian
- 1619: Nicholas Hilliard , English miniature painter and seal cutter
- 1626: Matthäus Bacmeister , German medic
- 1638: Tomasz Zamoyski , Polish statesman
- 1643: Günther XLII. , Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- 1650: Ludwig I , German nobleman, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
- 1655: Innocent X , Italian clergyman, Pope
- 1655: Laurids Pedersen Thura , Danish orientalist, educator and pastor
- 1658: Theophilus Eaton , English settler in North America
- 1681: Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels , Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
- 1689: James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk , English nobleman
- 1702: Laurentius von Schnüffis , Austrian comedian, court actor and preacher
- 1713: Katherine Lowther , English noblewoman
- 1715: François Fénelon , French clergyman and writer
- 1715: Mary Somerset , English nobleman and botanist
- 1722: Antoine Coypel , French painter
- 1723: Wilhelm Friedrich , Margrave of the Franconian Principality of Ansbach
- 1726: Johann Georg Mohr , Salzburg sculptor
- 1730: Árni Magnússon , Icelandic scholar
- 1743: Anna Sophie von Reventlow , Queen of Denmark, wife of Frederick IV.
- 1750: Joseph Anton Merz , German painter
- 1753: Friedrich Girtanner , Mayor of St. Gallen and representative of the Diet
- 1769: Johann Thomas Wagner , German sculptor
- 1784: Johann Ernst Zeiher , German mathematician and mechanic, linguist and optician
- 1790: Johann Karl Götzinger , German theologian
- 1797: Carl Anton von Barth , Mayor of Munich and Landscape Chancellor
19th century
- 1804: Louis-Marie de Noailles , French general and businessman
- 1809: Johann Peter Wagner , German sculptor
- 1810: Josef Lipavský , Czech composer
- 1810: Johann Otto Thieß , German Lutheran theologian
- 1824: Johann David Naumann , Prussian lawyer
- 1830: Charlotte Joachime of Spain , Portuguese queen and Spanish princess
- 1830: Thomas Lawrence , British painter
- 1837: Franz Joseph Aloys Antony , German Catholic clergyman, church musician, pedagogue and author
- 1838: Josef Mathias Grassi , Austrian history and portrait painter
- 1842: Arnold Friedrich von Mieg , German politician
- 1846: Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville , British statesman and diplomat
- 1848: Barthélemy Bouvier , Swiss Protestant clergyman
- 1848: Johann David Gruschwitz , German textile industrialist
- 1864: Wilhelm Arnoldi , German clergyman, Bishop of Trier
- 1864: Caleb Blood Smith , American politician, member of the US House of Representatives, US Secretary of the Interior
- 1866: Carl von Heyden , German politician and entomologist
- 1868: William Batchelder Bradbury , American composer
- 1872: Archibald Atkinson , American politician
- 1873: Herenäus Haid , German theologian, author and translator
- 1874: Ernesto Cavallini , Italian clarinetist and composer
- 1882: Ignacy Łukasiewicz , Polish chemist, pharmacist and inventor
- 1890: Augusta von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach , German Empress
- 1890: Hans Matthison-Hansen , Danish composer and organist
- 1891: Friedrich Mergner , German theologian and composer
- 1891: Wilhelm Taubert , German composer
- 1892: Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke , German physiologist
- 1892: Tawfiq , Turkish viceroy of Egypt
- 1893: Josef Stefan , Austrian mathematician and physicist
- 1894: Søren Jaabæk , Norwegian politician
- 1895: João Crisóstomo de Abreu e Sousa , Prime Minister of Portugal
20th century
1901-1950
- 1903: Richard Fresenius , German painter
- 1904: Friedrich von Hefner-Alteneck , German designer, electrical engineer and engineer
- 1905: Paul Cérésole , Swiss politician and Federal Councilor
- 1911: Rudolf Bullerjahn , German musician
- 1918: Julius Wellhausen , German theologian
- 1920: Edmund Barton , Australian politician and Prime Minister
- 1920: Smith Newell Penfield , American composer
- 1921: Johann Hinrich Köser , German entrepreneur
- 1922: Antonio Scontrino , Italian composer
- 1926: Paul Cassirer , German publisher and gallery owner
- 1929: Eugenio Cardinal Tosi , Italian clergyman, Archbishop of Milan
- 1930: Jacob B. Bull , Norwegian author
- 1932: André Maginot , French politician
- 1939: Jupp Wiertz , German commercial artist and poster artist
- 1942: Alfred Johan Asikainen , Finnish wrestler
- 1943: Leopold Freund , Austrian radiologist
- 1943: Nikola Tesla , American physicist, electrical engineer and inventor of Serbian origin
- 1944: Otto Salzer , German mechanic and racing car driver
- 1944: Erwin Schloss , German Protestant clergyman
- 1945: Alexander Stirling Calder , American sculptor
- 1947: William Bowman , American fencer and lawyer
- 1947: Johannes Wendland , Prussian Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1949: José Ramos Preto , Portuguese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister
1951-2000
- 1954: Paul von Schoenaich , German major general later pacifist
- 1955: Samuel John Birch , British painter
- 1956: Friedrich Hermann Ernst Schneidler , German type designer, teacher and calligrapher
- 1957: Jože Plečnik , Slovenian architect
- 1958: Goffredo Zehender , Italian racing driver
- 1960: Hans Bellée , German archivist and historian
- 1963: Christian Louboutin , French shoe and bag designer
- 1964: Cyril Davies , British musician
- 1964: Colin McPhee , Canadian composer
- 1964: Reg Parnell , British racing car driver
- 1964: Ingeborg Steffensen , Danish opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
- 1965: Henry S. Johnston , American politician
- 1966: Agnes Asche , German socialist and resistance fighter
- 1966: Hans Kellerhals , Swiss prison officer
- 1968: George Constantine , American racing car driver
- 1968: James Leonard Brierley Smith , South African zoologist
- 1971: Bruno Adriani , German-American lawyer, art historian and patron
- 1972: Paul Humbert , Swiss Protestant theologian, university professor and librarian
- 1972: Jacob Mangers , Luxembourg clergyman, bishop and pastor of the Catholic Church in Norway
- 1974: Elsbeth Gropp , German photographer
- 1974: Otto Koehler , German zoologist and ethologist
- 1975: Fritz Erpenbeck , German writer, publicist and actor
- 1978: Alfred von Beckerath , German composer and conductor
- 1979: Zbigniew Turski , Polish composer and conductor
- 1980: Larry Williams , American musician
- 1981: José Ardévol , Cuban composer
- 1982: Harry Jerome , Canadian athlete
- 1984: Alfred Kastler , French physicist
- 1985: Wladimir Konstantinowitsch Kokkinaki , Soviet test pilot
- 1985: Johannes Ludwig , German soccer player
- 1985: Alfons Stemmer , German soccer player
- 1986: Juan Rulfo , Mexican writer
- 1987: Marion Blackwell , American Dominican sister, composer and music teacher
- 1987: Ferdinand Friedensbacher , Austrian ski racer and ski jumper
- 1988: Michel Auclair , French actor
- 1988: Trevor Howard , British actor
- 1988; Milan Srdoč , Yugoslav actor
- 1989: John Frank Adams , English mathematician
- 1989: Hirohito , Japanese Emperor
- 1990: Bronko Nagurski , Canadian American football player
- 1991: Henri Louveau , French racing driver
- 1994: Vittorio Mezzogiorno , Italian actor
- 1995: Harry Golombek , British chess player
- 1996: William H. Clothier , American cinematographer
- 1996: John A. Gronouski , American politician
- 1996: Max Wiener , Austrian motorcycle racer
- 1997: Carl Jacob Jucker , Swiss industrial designer and silversmith
- 1998: Richard Hamming , American mathematician
- 1998: Vladimir Prelog , Bosnian-Croatian chemist
21st century
- 2000: Klaus Wennemann , German actor
- 2002: Geoffrey Crossley , British racing car driver
- 2003: Erich Beyreuther , German Lutheran theologian and church historian
- 2003: František Kovaříček , Czech composer and music teacher
- 2003: Helmut Zenker , Austrian writer
- 2004: Karl Bock , German pediatric cardiologist
- 2004: Ingrid Thulin , Swedish actress
- 2005: Pierre Daninos , French humorist and writer
- 2005: Rosemary Kennedy , American member of the Kennedy clan
- 2006: Heinrich Harrer , Austrian researcher, mountaineer and author
- 2007: Achim-Helge von Beust , German politician
- 2008: Philip Agee , American secret agent, book author and travel entrepreneur
- 2008: Detlef Kraus , German pianist
- 2008: Boris Lurie , American painter and author, co-founder of the NO! Art movement
- 2008: Manfred Mautner Markhof jr. , Austrian industrialist and politician
- 2010: Philippe Séguin , French politician
- 2011: Derek Gardner , British automobile designer
- 2011: Jo Jastram , German sculptor
- 2011: Mick Werup , German actor
- 2012: Herbert Wilf , American mathematician
- 2015: Jean Cabut , French cartoonist and caricaturist
- 2015: Elsa Cayat , French psychoanalyst, psychiatrist and columnist
- 2015: Stéphane Charbonnier , French draftsman and journalist
- 2015: Tadeusz Konwicki , Polish writer and film director
- 2015: Bernard Maris , French economist, journalist, author and university lecturer
- 2015: Jethro Pugh , American football player and entrepreneur
- 2015: Rod Taylor , Australian actor
- 2015: Bernard Verlhac , French cartoonist
- 2015: Georges Wolinski , French cartoonist
- 2016: André Courrèges , French designer
- 2016: Hansrudi Wäscher , German comic artist and author
- 2016: Valerio Zanone , Italian politician and minister
- 2017: Lelio Lagorio , Italian politician
- 2017: Mário Soares , Portuguese politician, Prime Minister and President
- 2018: France Gall , French singer
- 2018: Peter Sutherland , Irish politician
- 2018: Bjørg Vik , Norwegian writer
- 2019: Moshe Arens , Israeli politician and minister
- 2021: Michael Apted , British director
- 2021: Elanga Buala , Papua New Guinea athlete
- 2021: Thomas Gumpert , German actor
- 2021: Marion Ramsey , American actress
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Valentin of Raetia , Bishop of Passau (Catholic, Orthodox)
- Holy Martyrs of the Holy Books , Numidian martyrs (Protestant, Catholic memorial day is on February 11th)
- Jakob Andreae , German theologian and reformer (Protestant)
- St. Lucian of Antioch , priest, theologian and martyr (Catholic)
- St. Knud Lavard , Duke of Denmark and Schleswig and martyr (Catholic)
- St. Raimund von Penyafort , canon lawyer, founder of the order and patron saint (Catholic)
- Christmas (Orthodox according to the Julian calendar)
- Name days
- State holidays and memorial days
- Cambodia : Victory Day (1979)
The list of commemorative and action days contains further entries .
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