7th of July
The July 7 is the 188th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 189th in leap years ), thus remain 177 days by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 1456: The judgment on the rehabilitation of Joan of Arc is pronounced in the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral .
- 1770: After the three-day naval battle of Çeşme in the Fifth Russo-Turkish War , the destruction of the Ottoman fleet by the Russians is as good as complete. On the night of July 8th, the last minor battles end.
- 1777: After taking Fort Ticonderoga the day before, the British attack the rearguard of the Americans and defeat them at the Battle of Hubbardton .
- 1798: A quasi-war breaks out between the USA and France .
- 1807: The peace of Tilsit between France and Russia ends the fourth coalition war between the two countries.
- 1814: Eight years after ceding to Bavaria, Vorarlberg is reunited with the Austrian Empire .
- 1846: The United States annexes California during the Mexican-American War .
- 1865: Mary Surratt , Lewis Powell , David Herold and George Atzerodt , who were found guilty in a brief trial of co-conspiracy with John Wilkes Booth in the assassination attempt on President Abraham Lincoln , are hanged. Surratt is the first woman to be executed by a federal agency.
- 1887: Ferdinand von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry becomes Prince of Bulgaria , which at that time is still under the Ottoman Empire . It was not formally recognized by the major European powers until 1896.
- 1892: The secret society Katipunan is founded in the Philippines to fight against Spanish colonial rule.
- 1898: In a joint statement by the Senate and the House of Representatives, the USA decide to annex Hawaii and make it a territory . The Territory of Hawaii exists until August 21, 1959.
- 1906: Austria-Hungary imposes an import and transit ban for cattle, poultry or agricultural products from Serbia . The pig war led by the customs is supposed to put the neighboring kingdom under political pressure by weakening the economy.
- 1909: Kaiser Wilhelm II appoints Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg to succeed the resigned Bernhard von Bülow as Chancellor of the German Empire .
- 1915: The First Battle of the Isonzo during the First World War ends without a decision.
- 1918: Monaco and France sign a protection treaty.
- 1927: The German Reichstag passes the law on job placement and unemployment insurance .
- 1937: The incident at the Marco Polo Bridge triggers the Second Sino-Japanese War . As a result, Japan occupies all of East China.
- 1944: A heavy American air raid hits Leipzig .
- 1950: Implementation of the Population Registration Act begins in South Africa . The law defines groups of races and is a pillar of apartheid policy .
- 1956: The conscription law is passed by the German Bundestag .
- 1976: The first German women's shelter is opened in Berlin .
- 1978: The Solomon Islands gain state independence from Great Britain .
- 1991: The Brioni Declaration ends the 10-day war . At the suggestion of the EC, the Slovenian and Croatian independence is provisionally suspended for three months. In the time gained, a peaceful solution to the Yugoslav crisis should be negotiated.
- 1994: Aden , the capital of South Yemen , is occupied by troops from North Yemen , and Yemen is reunited.
- 1997: There are bloody clashes at demonstrations in Nairobi , Kenya , calling for the resignation of President Daniel Arap Moi .
- 1999: Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga is elected as the successor of Guntis Ulmanis as the first woman to be the new President of Latvia .
- 2005: Four terrorists set off explosive devices on the London Underground near Edgware Road , Liverpool Street stations , between King's Cross St. Pancras and Russell Square, and on a bus. The attack killed 56 people and injured over 700.
- 2011: The city of Braunau revokes Adolf Hitler 's honorary citizenship .
- 2017: The G20 summit in Hamburg of the group of the twenty most important industrialized and emerging countries (G20) with a focus on free trade and environmental problems begins in Hamburg . It is accompanied by serious acts of violence in the city center, in some cases without reference to politics. At the same time, tens of thousands of people are demonstrating peacefully against various social phenomena, including against the economic disparities on the planet.
economy
- 1886: The Doberan-Heiligendammer Railway starts running as a steam tram between Bad Doberan and Heiligendamm .
- 1953: The newly founded Federal Agency for Air Traffic Control takes over civil air traffic control in the western part of Germany.
- 1981: The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that duty-free purchases on butter cruises in the North and Baltic Seas are incompatible with EEC law.
- 1990: The businessman Bernard Tapie acquires 80 percent of the shares in the sporting goods manufacturer adidas from the Dassler family for 1.6 billion French francs .
science and technology
- 1880: Konrad Dudens Complete Orthographic Dictionary of the German Language is published by the Bibliographisches Institut in Leipzig .
- 1926: The first examples of the Wright J-5 radial engine , which Charles Lindbergh will later use for his transatlantic flight, are delivered to the US Navy.
- 1946: Howard Hughes crashes with the Hughes XF-11 he designed . He survived seriously injured, but never fully recovered from this accident.
- 1967: The German Society for Immunology is founded in Marburg .
- 2001: The first people mover is inaugurated in Pfullingen . This allows people to cross the federal highway in a cabin.
- 2003: The NASA space probe with the associated Mars rover Opportunity is launched.
Culture
- 1881: The first story about The Adventures of Pinocchio , written by Carlo Collodi, appears in Rome .
- 1939: In Paris , Jean Renoir's film The rules its world premiere .
- 1961: The Parisian publisher Gallimard brings Raymond Queneau's book hundred thousand billion poems out. Reading all combinations requires a lifetime of several million years.
- 1989: Die Fantastischen Vier have their first live appearance in a former kindergarten on a self-made stage made of Euro pallets .
- 2007: In a total of nine metropolises in the world , the biggest concert event of all time takes place under the name Live Earth , with which the former US Vice President and current environmental activist Al Gore wants to call for climate protection. A total of 150 artists play music for over 24 hours in the nine major cities.
religion
- 1136: Pope Innocent II signs the bull Ex commisso nobis in Pisa , in which he regulates diocesan affairs on Polish territory. With the mention of almost 400 Polish names and places, this bull from Gniezno is the oldest evidence of the Polish language and writing.
- 1438: In the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges , France's King Charles VII restricts the Pope's powers to the French Church.
- 1585: King Heinrich III. abolishes all freedom of the Huguenots in the Treaty of Nemours with the Catholic side.
- 1867: Pope Pius IX. beatifies the Portuguese Jesuit and missionary Diogo Carvalho .
- 2007: Pope Benedict XVI. decrees the Motu proprio Summorum Pontificum , which comes into force on September 14th and in which the celebration of the liturgy according to the Tridentine rite is generally released again.
- 2009: Pope Benedict XVI. publishes its social encyclical Caritas in veritate . In this he goes into the current economic and financial crisis , which is an opportunity for radical rethinking.
Disasters
- 1987: A tanker truck crashes into an ice cream parlor in Herborn , triggering the major Herborn fire . Six people die in the flames.
- 2003: Sudan Airways Flight 139 of Sudan Airways , which had recently started at Bur Sudan, crashes about 5 km after the runway . 116 people die, one child survives.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1932: Kurt Stöpel is the first German racing cyclist to win the yellow jersey .
- 1956: Fritz Moravec , Josef Larch and Hans Willenpart manage the first ascent of the 8,035 m high Gasherbrum II .
- 1967: In the men's singles of the Wimbledon Championships , the Australian John Newcombe defeated the German Wilhelm Bungert in three sets.
- 1974: Germany wins the soccer world championship for the second time by beating the Netherlands 2-1 in the final of the 1974 soccer world championship .
- 1980: In Bloomington , USA , Larry Holmes wins his boxing match against Scott LeDoux by a technical knockout and thus defends his world heavyweight title .
- 1985: Boris Becker wins the first German , the first unseeded and youngest tennis player in Wimbledon .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field . Entries on football world championship games can be found in the sub-pages of football world championships . The same goes for European football championships .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1053: Shirakawa , 72nd Emperor of Japan
- 1119: Sutoku , 75th Emperor of Japan
- 1185: ʿAbd al-Wāhid al-Marrākuschī , Islamic historiographer and scholar
- 1207: Elisabeth of Thuringia , saint of the Catholic and Anglican Church
- 1418: Peter II , French Duke of Brittany
- 1528: Anna , Duchess of Bavaria
- 1540: Johann Sigismund Zápolya , King of Hungary and Prince of Transylvania
- 1577: Adolf von Tecklenburg , Count of Tecklenburg
- 1585: Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel , English nobleman
- 1588: Johann II. Baron von Viermund zu Neersen , German general
- 1599: Johann Zeisold , German physicist
- 1638: François Barrême , French mathematician, one of the founders of accounting
- 1655: Christoph Dientzenhofer , German builder
- 1663: Elias Hößler , German organ builder
18th century
- 1702: Maximilian Hellmann , Austrian musician
- 1740: John Williams , American politician and officer
- 1745: Eleonore von Liechtenstein , German salonière
- 1746: Ludovit Václav Lachnit , Czech composer
- 1752: Joseph-Marie Jacquard , French inventor of the jacquard loom
- 1759: Isabella Seymour-Conway , British nobleman and mistress of King George IV.
- 1762: Ludwig Wilhelm Neumann , honorary citizen of Berlin
- 1766: Guillaume Philibert Duhesme , French general
- 1771: Johann Philipp Krebs , German classical philologist
- 1785: Domenico Gilardi , Swiss architect of neoclassicism in Moscow
- 1792: Georg Leopold von Zangen , German lawyer
- 1793: Wilhelm Birett , German bookseller
19th century
1801-1850
- 1805: Victor de Tornaco , Luxembourg politician
- 1806: Michele Amari , Italian historian and orientalist
- 1808: Philipp Wirth , German painter and photographer
- 1816: Rudolf Wolf , Swiss astronomer and mathematician
- 1825: Friedrich Zarncke , German Germanist
- 1828: Otto Duvigneau , German local politician
- 1828: Umewaka Minoru I , Japanese no-actor
- 1832: Eduard Mulder , Dutch chemist
- 1833: Félicien Rops , Belgian painter
- 1834: Emil Hübner , German classical philologist and epigraphist
- 1835: Ignacy Maciejowski , Polish writer, playwright and literary critic
- 1837: Rudolf Auspitz , Austrian industrialist, economist, politician and banker
- 1838: Felice Napoleone Canevaro , Italian naval officer and politician
- 1843: Camillo Golgi , Italian medic and physiologist
1851-1900
- 1852: Wera Nikolajewna Figner , Russian revolutionary
- 1855: Ludwig Ganghofer , German writer
- 1860: Gustav Mahler , Austrian conductor and composer
- 1863: Marguerite Audoux , French novelist
- 1864: Hermann Marchand , German lawyer and urban developer
- 1869: Alois Anderle , Austrian swimmer
- 1869: Grosvenor Atterbury , American architect, town planner, and writer
- 1870: Reinhold Artmann , German politician
- 1873: A. Victor Donahey , American politician
- 1873: Sándor Ferenczi , Hungarian psychoanalyst
- 1873: Halvdan Koht , Norwegian historian and politician
- 1874: Władysław Grabski , Polish politician
- 1876: Max Hartmann , German zoologist
- 1881: Josef Winckler , German writer
- 1882: Janka Kupala , Belarusian national poet, playwright, publicist and translator
- 1882: Zdzisław Jachimecki , Polish musicologist and teacher
- 1883: Toivo Kuula , Finnish composer
- 1884: Lion Feuchtwanger , German writer
- 1884: André Dunoyer de Segonzac , French painter
- 1885: Ernest Farrar , British composer and organist
- 1885: Adolph Johannes Fischer , Austrian painter and writer
- 1887: Grete Merrem-Nikisch , German soprano
- 1889: Martin Punitzer , German architect
- 1889: Otto Salomon , German writer and publisher
- 1890: Oskar Regele , Austrian military historian
- 1891: Johann Astl , Austrian politician
- 1891: Franco Giongo , Italian athlete
- 1892: Pawel Dmitrijewitsch Korin , Russian painter
- 1892: Carlos Villarias , Spanish-American actor
- 1893: Miroslav Krleža , Croatian writer and encyclopaedist
- 1895: William Borm , German politician and spy
- 1895: Otto Ziegler , German politician
- 1896: Albin Lesky , Austrian classical philologist
- 1896: Kathleen Long , English pianist and music teacher
- 1898: Edward Curtiss , American film editor
- 1898: Germaine Malépart , Canadian pianist and music teacher
- 1899: George Cukor , American film director
- 1900: Conrad Fink , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
20th century
1901-1925
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- 1901: Vittorio De Sica , Italian actor and director
- 1901: Gustav Knuth , German actor
- 1902: Ted Radcliffe , American baseball player
- 1905: Hans-Joachim von Merkatz , German politician and federal minister
- 1906: William Feller , American mathematician and probability theorist
- 1906: Anton Karas , Austrian composer and zither player
- 1907: Robert A. Heinlein , American science fiction writer
- 1907: Kurt Krjeńc , Sorbian communist, member of the GDR People's Chamber, Domowina chairman
- 1908: Revilo Pendleton Oliver , American Professor of Classical Philology, Spanish and Italian
- 1908: Bernhard Wensch , German Catholic priest, opponent and victim of National Socialism
- 1909: Gottfried von Cramm , German tennis player
- 1910: Vito Castorina , Italian composer, conductor and music teacher
- 1911: Jesse Carver , English football player and coach
- 1911: Ernst Klett , German publisher
- 1911: Gian Carlo Menotti , American composer
- 1911: Ludwig Pfältzer , German conscientious objector and Nazi victim
- 1913: Pinetop Perkins , American blues musician
- 1914: Harry Strom , Canadian politician
- 1915: Albert Semjonowitsch Leman , Russian composer
- 1915: Jaroslav Volak , Austrian field handball player
- 1918: Esmée van Eeghen , Dutch resistance fighter
- 1919: Fritz Wehrmann , German sailor and Nazi victim
- 1921: Ezzard Charles , American boxer
- 1921: Adolf von Thadden , German politician
- 1922: Alan A. Armer , American television producer
- 1923: Roberto Caamaño , Argentine composer, pianist and music teacher
- 1924: Mary Ford , American singer
- 1924: Dieter Nowka , German composer
- 1924: Rudolf Pleil , German serial killer ( Der Totmacher )
1926-1950
- 1926: Christopher Audland , British diplomat
- 1926: Thorkild Simonsen , Danish politician
- 1927: Harry Friedauer , German actor and operetta singer
- 1927: Doc Severinsen , American jazz musician
- 1928: Bálint Balla , Hungarian-German sociologist
- 1929: Reinhard Baumgart , German writer and literary critic
- 1930: Theodore Edgar McCarrick , Archbishop of Washington and former cardinal
- 1931: David Eddings , American author
- 1932: Joe Zawinul , Austrian jazz pianist and keyboard player
- 1933: Murray Halberg , New Zealand athlete
- 1933: Fulbert Steffensky , German Evangelical Lutheran theologian
- 1934: Vinko Globokar , Slovenian composer
- 1936: Jo Siffert , Swiss Formula 1 racing driver
- 1936: Nikos Xylouris , Greek musician
- 1937: Giovanni Arrighi , Italian sociologist
- 1937: Tung Chee-hwa , Chinese politician
- 1938: Franco Andolfo , Italian-Austrian entertainer, pop singer and composer
- 1938: Jan Assmann , German Egyptologist, religious and cultural scientist
- 1939: Ronald B. Evans , Australian football player and official
- 1939: Wilfried Sauermann , German chess player
- 1940: Dick Armey , American politician and economist
- 1940: Wolfgang Clement , German politician
- 1940: Ringo Starr , British musician ( The Beatles )
- 1940: Rosel Zech , German actress
- 1941: Viktor Petrovich Ageev , Soviet boxer
- 1941: Michael Howard , British politician
- 1942: Eric Chapuis , Swiss racing car driver
- 1942: Abdul Hamid II , Pakistani field hockey player
- 1943: Heribert Aigner , Austrian ancient historian
- 1943: Toto Cutugno , Italian singer
- 1943: Martin Lüttge , German actor and director
- 1944: David Feintuch , American author
- 1944: Jürgen Grabowski , German soccer player
- 1944: Araquem de Melo , Brazilian soccer player
- 1944: Ian Wilmut , British embryologist
- 1945: Natsuki Ikezawa , Japanese writer and translator
- 1945: Paul J. Kohtes , German entrepreneur, author and speaker
- 1945: Beatrix Philipp , German politician
- 1946: Girish Saran Agarwal , Indian-American physicist
- 1946: Fancy , German musician
- 1947: Gabriele Dossi , German actress
- 1947: Fredl Fesl , German songwriter
- 1947: Gyanendra , King of Nepal
- 1949: Shelley Duvall , American actress
- 1950: Vaughn Armstrong , American film actor
- 1950: Gerda Hasselfeldt , German politician
1951-1975
- 1951: Blondie Chaplin , South African guitarist and singer
- 1951: Bradford Tracey , German pianist and harpsichordist
- 1952: Ulrich Potofski , German television presenter
- 1952: Christina Voss , German handball player
- 1953: Sabine Asgodom , German management trainer, journalist and author
- 1953: Gottfried Vollmer , German actor
- 1955: Frank Martin bequüttel , German ancient historian
- 1956: Giorgi Chaindrawa , Georgian film producer and minister
- 1956: Peter Hoffmann , German writer and publicist
- 1957: Rosa Aguilar , Spanish politician
- 1957: Dierk Berner , German real estate agent and handball player
- 1958: Cyndee Giebler , American composer and music teacher
- 1959: Billy Campbell , American actor
- 1959: Alessandro Nannini , Italian Formula 1 racing driver
- 1959: Frank Röth , German actor
- 1960: Jochen Behle , German cross-country skier and national coach
- 1960: Ralph Sampson , American basketball player
- 1961: Gintaras Beresnevičius , Lithuanian religious scholar and author
- 1962: Akiva Goldsman , American screenwriter
- 1963: Geir Karlstad , Norwegian speed skater
- 1963: Vonda Shepard , American singer and songwriter
- 1964: Damir Burić , Croatian football player
- 1965: Jeremy Guscott , English rugby player
- 1966: Lars Büchel , German film director
- 1966: Maria Quintana , American freestyle skier
- 1967: Bettina Göschl , German children's book author and songwriter
- 1967: Tom Kristensen , Danish car racing driver
- 1968: Jorja Fox , American actress
- 1968: Jeff VanderMeer , American author
- 1969: Johan Furhoff , Swedish chess player
- 1969: Clemens Haipl , Austrian author and cabaret artist
- 1969: Sylke Otto , German luge athlete
- 1969: Joe Sakic , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1969: Hans Sigl , Austrian actor
- 1969: Cree Summer , American voice actress, actress, and singer
- 1970: Dunja Arnaszus , German radio play author , actress, dramaturge and lecturer
- 1970: Susann Goksør Bjerkrheim , Norwegian handball player
- 1970: Erik Zabel , German racing cyclist
- 1972: Harald Katemann , German soccer player
- 1972: Lisa Leslie , American basketball player
- 1973: Yann de Fabrique , French swimmer
- 1973: Yoon Kyung-shin , South Korean handball player
- 1974: Liv Grete Skjelbreid , Norwegian biathlete
- 1974: Ingo Rasper , German director and screenwriter
- 1975: Nina Hoss , German actress
- 1975: Daniela Ludwig , German politician
- 1975: Olga Valeryevna Medwedzewa , Russian biathlete
1976-2000
- 1978: Marcus Ahlm , Swedish handball player
- 1978: Chris Andersen , American basketball player
- 1978: Marino Franchitti , British racing car driver
- 1979: Patricia Aulitzky , Austrian actress
- 1979: Jan Hernych , Czech tennis player
- 1980: Peter Abstreiter , German ice hockey player
- 1980: Michelle Kwan , American figure skater
- 1980: Beren Tuna , German actress and director
- 1981: Synyster Gates , American guitarist
- 1981: Michael Silberbauer , Danish football player and coach
- 1981: Osvaldo Zambrana , Bolivian chess grandmaster
- 1982: Cassidy , American rapper
- 1982: George Owu , Ghanaian soccer player
- 1983: Krzysztof Lijewski , Polish handball player
- 1983: Jakub Wawrzyniak , Polish football player
- 1984: Alberto Aquilani , Italian football player
- 1984: Stephanie Stumph , German actress
- 1985: Talghat Shailauow , Kazakh ice hockey player
- 1986: Miguel Klauss , German politician
- 1986: Jens Knossalla , German entertainer
- 1986: Alex Somoza , Andorran football player
- 1987: Julianna Guill , American actress
- 1987: Volkan Şen , Turkish soccer player
- 1988: Kaci Brown , American singer
- 1990: Lee Addy , Ghanaian soccer player
- 1991: Alesso , Swedish DJ, music producer and remixer
- 1991: Marie-Louise Eta , German soccer player
- 1991: James Forrest , Scottish soccer player
- 1992: Toni Garrn , German model
- 1992: Nathalia Ramos , American actress
- 1992: Phillipp Steinhart , German soccer player
- 1993: Gabby Chaves , American-Colombian racing driver
- 1994: Christoph Krenn , Austrian ski racer
- 1994: Friederike Abt , German soccer player
- 1995: Alexander Brunst , German soccer player
- 1996: Serghei Krîjanovski , Moldovan billiards player
- 1997: Melita Abraham , Chilean rower
- 1997: Stefania Buttignon , Italian rower
- 1997: Saša Kalajdžić , Austrian football player
- 2000: Mercedes Jadea Diaz , German child actress
Died
Before the 17th century
- 368: Maternian , Bishop of Reims
- 705: Hedda of Wessex , Bishop of Wessex
- 754: Karlmann , monk, formerly the Franconian caretaker
- 787 or 788: Willibald von Eichstätt , first bishop of Eichstätt
- 900: Wolfhelm , Bishop of Münster
- 1019: Gerberga of Burgundy , Burgundian nobles, Duchess of Swabia
- 1118: Florentius of Worcester , English Benedictine monk and chronicler
- 1127: Ulrich von Bamberg , chronicler in Bamberg
- 1162: Håkon II , King of Norway
- 1191: Johann I. von Arcis , crusader
- 1191: Jutta Claricia of Thuringia , Landgrave of Thuringia
- 1198: George II. Xiphilinos , Patriarch of Constantinople
- 1223: Ibn Qudāma al-Maqdisī , Hanbali Islamic scholar
- 1268: Renier Zen , 45th Doge of Venice
- 1285: Tile Kolup , German impostor
- 1304: Benedict XI. , Pope
- 1307: Edward I , King of England
- 1313: Bjarne Erlingsson , Norwegian nobleman and advisor to the king
- 1322: Hermann von Maltzan , Bishop of Schwerin
- 1345: Momchil , Bulgarian voivode and robber baron
- 1347: Dietrich VII./IX. , Count of Kleve
- 1348: Johannes Andreae , Italian legal scholar
- 1383: Jacques des Baux , Prince of Taranto and Achaia
- 1397: Jean Le Mercier , notary and secretary from Scotland, adviser to the French kings Charles V and Charles VI.
- 1452: Eleanor Cobham , English lady-in-waiting
- 1482: Marinus de Fregeno , papal legate, trader of indulgences and Bishop of Cammin
- 1482: Johann Ludwig von Savoyen , administrator of the Archdiocese of Tarentaise and the Diocese of Geneva
- 1503: Wilhelm II , Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg, Prince of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and Prince of Calenberg-Göttingen
- 1531: Tilman Riemenschneider , German sculptor and carver
- 1537: Madeleine de Valois , Princess of France and Queen of Scotland
- 1545: Pernette du Guillet , French poet
- 1568: William Turner , English naturalist
- 1572: Sigismund II August , King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
- 1573: Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola , Italian architect
- 1574: Johann Neefe , personal physician to Electors Moritz and August of Saxony
- 1576: Thomas Matthias , Mayor of Berlin
- 1600: Thomas Lucy , English justice of the peace
17th and 18th centuries
- 1606: Christoph , owner of the Harburg estate
- 1607: Penelope Devereux , English lady-in-waiting
- 1616: Anna , Duchess of Wohlau, Ohlau and Liegnitz
- 1624: Lamoral von Taxis , postmaster general in Brussels
- 1633: Lev Sapieha , Polish-Lithuanian statesman
- 1645: Georg Friedrich von Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim , German officer and occasional poet
- 1647: Thomas Hooker , Puritan and founder of Connecticut
- 1648: Arngrímur Jónsson , Icelandic scholar
- 1653: Christian Schybi , leader of the Lucerne subjects in the Swiss Peasants' War
- 1660: Anna von Croÿ , née Duchess of Pomerania, last member of the Griffin family
- 1662: Andreas Düben , German Kapellmeister, organist and composer
- 1662: Friedrich von Fürstenberg , diplomat from the Electorate of Cologne and canon
- 1664: Hans Ernst zu Wied-Runkel , German soldier, court official and Count von Wied-Runkel
- 1667: Nicolas Sanson , French cartographer
- 1686: Friedrich Reichsgraf von Ahlefeldt , Lord of Rixingen and Mörsberg
- 1689: Luise Christine von Savoyen-Carignan , Margravine of Baden-Baden
- 1700: Silvestro Valier , 109th Doge of Venice
- 1708: Konrad Samuel Schurzfleisch , German historian, polyhistor and librarian
- 1713: Henry Compton , English bishop
- 1718: Alexei of Russia , Tsarevich of Russia
- 1720: Maria Barbara Bach , wife of Johann Sebastian Bach
- 1722: Estienne Roger , Franco-Dutch printer and publisher
- 1730: La Buse , French pirate
- 1730: Johann Christian Buxbaum , German botanist
- 1731: Nicolaus Staphorst , Hamburg pastor and church historian
- 1754: Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Elder , French draftsman, etcher and engraver
- 1758: Erasmus Fröhlich , Austrian Jesuit, historian, librarian and numismatist
- 1770: Johann August von Berger , German lawyer
- 1770: Suzuki Harunobu , Japanese artist
- 1781: Johann Georg Beer , German architect and builder
- 1784: Louis Anseaume , French librettist
- 1790: Frans Hemsterhuis , Dutch philosopher and writer
19th century
- 1804: Christian Just Wiedeburg , German lawyer and government official of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach
- 1809: Konstantin Karl d'Aspre , Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal and Theresa Knight
- 1815: Pedro de Garibay , Spanish officer and colonial administrator, Viceroy of New Spain
- 1815: Sakugawa Kanga , Japanese master of the early Okinawan tōde, a martial art
- 1816: Richard Brinsley Sheridan , Irish playwright and politician
- 1828: August Hermann Niemeyer , German theologian and educator
- 1829: Jakob Friedrich von Abel , German philosopher
- 1837: Georg Ludwig von Anns , German politician
- 1842: Joseph Kopp , German classical philologist
- 1843: Josef Annegarn , German theologian, educator and professor
- 1843: Ludwig Philipp von Bombelles , Austrian diplomat
- 1849: Goffredo Mameli , Italian writer
- 1850: Carl Rottmann , German landscape painter
- 1855: Konstantin Nikolajewitsch Batjuschkow , Russian poet
- 1865: George Atzerodt and Lewis Powell , conspirators in the assassination attempt on Abraham Lincoln
- 1866: Adolph Diesterweg , German educator
- 1869: Paul Botten-Hansen , Norwegian literary critic and librarian
- 1872: Pierre Lachambeaudie , French fabulous poet
- 1877: Jacob Aicher von Aichenegg , German lawyer and politician
- 1877: Carl Wallau , Lord Mayor of Mainz
- 1885: Christoph Theodor Aeby , French-Swiss anthropologist
- 1885: Nicola De Giosa , Italian composer and conductor
- 1890: Henri Nestlé , Swiss entrepreneur and industrialist of German origin
- 1895: Gustav Spörer , German astronomer
- 1900: Adalbert Falk , Prussian Minister of Education
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901: Johanna Spyri , Swiss writer ( Heidi )
- 1902: Agnes von Auer , German writer
- 1903: August von Hergenhahn , German lawyer, district administrator and police chief
- 1907: Tellos Agras , Greek officer
- 1909: Walter Ritz , Swiss mathematician
- 1911: Paul Tschackert German church historian
- 1918: Nikolai Samuilowitsch Abelman , Russian revolutionary, participant in the October Revolution
- 1924: Anton Afritsch , Austrian journalist and politician
- 1924: Otto Antrick , German industrialist
- 1927: Sigmund Bergmann , German entrepreneur and inventor
- 1927: Magnus Gösta Mittag-Leffler , Swedish mathematician
- 1929: Freddy Charlier , Belgian ice hockey player and automobile racing driver
- 1930: Arthur Conan Doyle , British doctor and writer
- 1930: Julius Hart , German poet and literary critic of naturalism
- 1931: Willem Leonard Pieter Arnold Molengraaff , Dutch legal scholar
- 1936: Georgi Wassiljewitsch Tschitscherin , Russian politician and foreign minister
- 1937: Erdmann Graeser , German writer
- 1939: Clifton Penn-Hughes , British racing car driver
- 1939: Fritz Skowronnek , German journalist and writer
- 1941: Old Kacyzne , Lithuanian Yiddish writer and photographer
- 1942: William Henry Young , English mathematician
- 1947: Maximilian Kaller , Bishop of Warmia in East Prussia
- 1949: Bunk Johnson , American jazz musician
1951-1975
- 1952: David David-Weill , French banker, art collector and patron
- 1952: André Pisart , Belgian racing driver
- 1955: Egon Brunswik , American psychologist
- 1956: Gottfried Benn , German doctor, poet and essayist
- 1957: Lucien Molon , French racing car driver
- 1958: Louis Paris , French racing car driver
- 1959: Fritz Hardt , German entrepreneur in the Bergisches Land
- 1962: Karl Mras , Austrian classical philologist
- 1964: Lillian Copeland , American athlete, Olympic champion
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- 1965: Moshe Sharet , Israeli politician
- 1965: Johannes Ude , Austrian Roman Catholic priest
- 1968: Johann Attenberger , German motorcycle racer
- 1968: Hermann Grossmann , German author
- 1969: Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland , German diplomat and politician
- 1971: Ub Iwerks , American animator and technician
- 1971: Kai Peter Schmitz , German soccer coach
- 1972: Athenagoras , Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople
- 1972: Talal , King of Jordan
- 1973: Max Horkheimer , German philosopher and sociologist
- 1973: Veronica Lake , American actress
- 1974: Leon Shamroy , American cinematographer and director
- 1975: Hermann Kupferschmid , German painter and etcher
- 1975: George Morgan , American musician
1976-2000
- 1976: Gustav Heinemann , German politician, Federal President, State Minister, Federal Minister, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1982: Hermann Thimig , Austrian actor
- 1983: Herman Kahn , American cyberneticist
- 1984: Flora Robson , British actress
- 1985: Guido Kisch , German lawyer and legal historian
- 1986: Willi Ankermüller , German lawyer and politician
- 1987: Wilhelm M. Busch , German book illustrator
- 1987: William Dodge , American bobsledder
- 1987: Hannelore Schroth , German actress
- 1990: Hugo Makibi Enomiya-Lassalle , German Jesuit and Zen master
- 1991: Suzy Prim , French actress
- 1992: Josy Barthel , Luxembourgish athlete
- 1993: Lode Van Dessel , Belgian-American composer and organist
- 1993: Günther Tietjen , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1994: Aaron Antonovsky , American professor
- 1994: Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte , German constitutional lawyer, judge, officer and politician, MdL
- 1997: Heino Jaeger , German great comedian and painter
- 1997: Luis Aguirre Pinto , Chilean composer
- 1997: Giorgi Sogoiani , Georgian luge rider
- 1998: Moshood Abiola , Nigerian politician and businessman
- 1998: Ignace Abdo Khalifé , Lebanese Bishop in Australia
21st century
- 2001: Heinz Auspurg , German graphic designer and city planner
- 2001: Fred Neil , American musician
- 2002: Michael Lukas Moeller , German psychoanalyst
- 2004: Hartmut Erbse , German classical philologist
- 2004: Vlado Kristl , German-Croatian painter and poet
- 2005: Helmut Bläss , German theater director, director and actor
- 2006: Syd Barrett , British guitarist, singer and songwriter ( Pink Floyd )
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- 2006: Rudi Carrell , Dutch showmaster
- 2006: John Money , New Zealand psychologist and sex researcher
- 2007: Hias , Austrian singer and entertainer
- 2007: John Szarkowski , American photography-art historian and photographer
- 2008: Anton Pointecker , Austrian actor
- 2008: Peter Seeger , German composer, music teacher and conductor
- 2010: John Gunn , American racing car driver
- 2011: Theodore Lux Feininger , German-American photographer and painter
- 2013: Joe Conley , American actor
- 2014: Horst Bollmann , German actor
- 2014: Alfredo Di Stéfano , Argentine-Spanish soccer player and coach
- 2014: Eduard Shevardnadze , Soviet-Georgian politician
- 2015: Maria Barroso , Portuguese actress and politician
- 2015: John Greenwood , American racing car driver
- 2016: Turgay Şeren , Turkish football player and coach
- 2016: Wolfram Siebeck , German gastronomy critic and author
- 2017: Werner Hamacher , German philosopher and comparativeist
- 2017: Klaus Aichinger , German dentist and professional politician
- 2018: Michel de Bourbon-Parma , French businessman and racing car driver
- 2018: William Dunlop , British motorcycle racer
- 2019: Artur Brauner , German film producer of Polish origin
- 2019: Ekaterina Alexandrovna Koroljowa , Russian handball player
- 2020: Millicent S. Ficken , American zoologist
- 2020: Jay Severin , American radio host and commentator
- 2021: Keshav Datt , Indian hockey player
- 2021: Carlos Reutemann , Argentine racing car driver and politician
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Tilman Riemenschneider , German sculptor and carver (Protestant)
- Name days
- More information about the day
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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