7th March
The March 7 is the 66th day of the Gregorian calendar (67th in leap years ), thus remain 299 days by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 161 : After the death of Antoninus Pius , the Marcus Aurelius adopted by him becomes emperor in the Roman Empire . The last adoptive emperor appoints Lucius Verus as his co-emperor, an unprecedented procedure.
- 321 : The Roman Emperor Constantine the Great declares the dies solis (Sunday) to be a day of rest by decree .
- 1080 : In the investiture dispute on the German King Henry IV, Pope Gregory VII once again bans the church after he had resolved it three years earlier in Canossa . At the same time he declares the rival king Rudolf von Rheinfelden the rightful German king.
- 1138 : The Hohenstaufen Konrad III. is elected the German king in a rush election chaired by the Archbishop of Trier Albero in St. Kastor zu Koblenz. The majority of the imperial princes, who actually supported Heinrich the Proud from Guelph , are passive about the election.
- 1573 : The conquest of Cyprus by the Ottomans in 1570/71 is recognized by the Republic of Venice in the Treaty of Constantinople. The fifth Venetian Turkish War comes to an end with this separate peace.
- 1785 : Sweden takes possession of the island of Saint-Barthélemy in the Lesser Antilles , which it received from French colonial possession in exchange for the granting of trading rights in Gothenburg .
- 1799 : On his Egyptian expedition in the Second Coalition War , Napoleon Bonaparte takes Jaffa in Palestine after a four-day siege . He then moved on to Acre , where he arrived on March 19.
- 1814 : At the Chemin des Dames , Napoléon and his troops achieve a final victory against the Prussians and Russians advancing on Paris in the war of liberation .
- 1820 : During the Spanish Revolution led by Rafael del Riego , King Ferdinand VII is forced to take the oath on the constitution of Cadiz, which was repealed in 1814 . This is the beginning of the so-called Trienio Liberal . Spain becomes a constitutional monarchy again until 1823.
- 1821 : The Austrian army defeats Neapolitan troops under General Guglielmo Pepe near Rieti . The military intervention in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies , tolerated by the major European powers, serves to calm the situation after a military coup by the Carbonari the year before and to suppress republican efforts.
- 1849 : Following the enactment of the constitution of the Austrian Empire by Emperor Franz Joseph I , the Reichstag in Kremsier is forcibly dissolved. The revolution of 1848/1849 finally ended and the era of neo-absolutism began .
- 1862 : In the American Civil War , the Battle of Pea Ridge in Arkansas begins between the Southern States under General Earl Van Dorn and the Northern States under General Samuel Ryan Curtis .
- 1914 : The German Wilhelm zu Wied arrives with his wife Sophie von Schönburg-Waldenburg and his family as the new prince of Albania in the capital Durrës . His reign lasted only six months.
- 1918 : Finland and the German Empire conclude a separate peace in Berlin during the First World War .
- 1920 : The Syrian National Congress proclaims Faisal I as King of Syria . However, the colonial powers France and Great Britain thwart the Arab striving for independence through the League of Nations . France receives the League of Nations mandate for Syria and Lebanon . King Faisal goes into exile in July after losing a battle against French troops.
- 1929 : In a clash between supporters of the NSDAP and the KPD , three people are killed in Wöhrden . The National Socialists subsequently exploited the “ Blood Night of Wöhrden ” for propaganda purposes, which made the Dithmarschen region a stronghold of National Socialism .
- 1936 : In violation of the Treaties of Locarno and the Treaty of Versailles , parts of the German armed forces move into the demilitarized Rhineland . The occupation of the Rhineland is Hitler's second violation of the Versailles Treaty after the introduction of general conscription.
- 1945 : During World War II , US troops on the western front capture the undestroyed Rhine bridge at Remagen .
- 1946 : The Free German Youth ( FDJ ) is founded in the Soviet occupation zone .
- 1951 : General Ali Razmara , Prime Minister of Iran and opponent of the nationalization of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company is murdered by a member of Fadayan-e Islam.
- 1965 : In response to a state visit by Walter Ulbricht , the President of the GDR's State Council , to Egypt , where he was received with all honors as Head of State on February 24, the Federal Republic of Germany discontinues economic aid for Egypt. On May 12, she also established diplomatic relations with Israel .
- 1965 : Outside the city of Selma , Alabama , state police use sticks and tear gas to stop the first of three protest marches . About 600 civil rights protesters wanted to move to Alabama's capital, Montgomery . Governor George Wallace sees the march as a threat to public safety .
- 1979 : US President Jimmy Carter begins a week-long peace mission to mediate between Israel and Egypt . His efforts will eventually lead to the signing of the Israel-Egypt peace treaty .
- 1989 : The State Council of the People's Republic of China under Hu Jintao declares martial law in Tibet after two days of protests against the Chinese occupation .
- 1992 : After the resignation of Wilfried Martens , Jean-Luc Dehaene becomes the new Belgian Prime Minister.
- 1994 : In the first free elections in Kazakhstan , which international observers generally call unfair, the parties supporting ruling President Nursultan Nazarbayev win a majority.
- 2004 : The liberal-conservative Nea Dimokratia under Kostas Karamanlis wins the parliamentary elections in Greece against the ruling socialist PASOK led by Giorgos A. Papandreou .
- 2007 : The British House of Commons votes on the future status of the House of Lords , with a majority voting in favor of 100% eligibility for the UK's second Chamber of Parliament .
- 2018 : The Dresden Higher Regional Court sentenced eight members of the Freital Citizens ' Guard to long prison terms for bomb attacks on asylum shelters and attacks on refugee supporters.
economy
- 1876 : Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for his invention of the telephone , but has to use ideas from his competitor Elisha Gray , whom he anticipated with the patent application two hours before, to implement it.
- 1897 : Doctor John Harvey Kellogg has the patient serve corn flakes for the first time at his sanatorium in Battle Creek , Michigan , which he invented with his brother Will Keith Kellogg .
- 1909 : The Congressional Subway takes within the Capitol complex in Washington, DC , on their operation.
- 1916 : The bankruptcy assets of Gustav Otto Flugmaschinenwerke are merged with Rapp Motorenwerke to form Bayerische Flugzeugwerke ( BFW ). In 1922, Bayerische Motorenwerke (BMW) developed from this .
- 1918 : The Japanese electronics company Panasonic Corporation is founded.
- 1932 : The Junkers Ju 52 (nickname: "Tante Ju") completes its maiden flight.
- 1970 : In the Japanese city of Kamakura for the first time reversed monorail system Shonan Monorail .
- 1996 : The Swiss pharmaceutical companies Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz announce their merger . The "merger" to form today's Novartis represents the largest merger of two companies in the history of the pharmaceutical industry to date .
- 1999 : The first subway line is opened in Tehran by President Mohammad Chātami .
science and technology
- 1863 : From the founded KK Österreichisches Museum für Kunst und Industrie , the University of Applied Arts Vienna develops over time .
- 1887 : In Raleigh (North Carolina) , North Carolina is North Carolina State University founded.
- 1907 : During the construction work on the Swiss Lötschberg tunnel , which began on November 1, 1906, pneumatic hammers can be used for the first time.
- 1912 : Roald Amundsen announces the discovery of the South Pole on December 14 of the previous year.
- 1969 : On the fifth day of the Apollo 9 mission, the astronauts Rusty Schweickart and James McDivitt detach the lunar module from the Apollo command module and carry out a test flight. Six hours later, the re-docking maneuver succeeds without any problems.
- 1973 : The Czechoslovak astronomer Luboš Kohoutek discovers the comet C / 1973 E1 and thus triggers a worldwide enthusiasm for comets .
- 2004 : The " long Oskar ", an office tower of the Sparkasse in Hagen , is blown up. It is the largest high-rise office building to have been blown up in Europe .
- 2009 : From the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station from a transported Delta II - launcher that NASA - Space Telescope Kepler into an earth orbit . It's supposed to track down extrasolar planets .
Culture
- 1824 : The opera Il crociato in Egitto by Giacomo Meyerbeer has its first performance at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice.
- 1831 : The one-act Opéra-comique Le Morceau d'ensemble by Adolphe Adam is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
- 1897 : The world premiere of the comic opera Le Tonnelier de Nuremberg by Louis Lacombe takes place in Koblenz .
- 1914 : Dubliners , a cycle of 15 short stories by James Joyce , appears.
- 1965 : The broadcast Sunday puzzles with Hans Rosenthal has to RIAS 1 Premiere . Originally, the program was only planned for a short time in order to determine the number of RIAS listeners in the GDR with the help of a competition.
- 1971 : The WDR broadcasts the first episode of Die Sendung mit der Maus .
- 1988 : The band Depeche Mode gives their only concert in the GDR in the Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle in Berlin.
society
- 1980 : After disputes within the organization Doctors Without Borders , the French doctor and politician Bernard Kouchner founded the international aid organization Médecins du Monde ( Doctors of the World ) together with 14 other people .
religion
- 1277 : In Paris, after the first Paris condemnations in 1270 , Bishop Étienne Tempier condemns a further 219 theses of the radical Aristotelianism , mainly represented by Siger von Brabant , known as averroism .
- 1853 : A papal allocation through the establishment of five dioceses in the Netherlands triggers indignation among the majority Protestant population, which subsequently moves Prime Minister Johan Rudolf Thorbecke to resign.
Disasters
- 1927 : An earthquake of 7.6 magnitude in the Japanese province of Tango calls for more than 3,000 deaths.
- 1980 : The oil tanker Tanio breaks in two in a storm off the coast of Brittany . The resulting oil slick reaches the coast two days later, where the pollution from heavy oil can only be combated later.
- 2004 : Around 120 people died when the Samson ferry between Comoros and Madagascar sank during the Gafilo cyclone .
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
Sports
- 1897 : The Stockholm sports club Hammarby IF emerges from the renaming of the Hammarby Roddförening rowing association , which has existed since 1889 .
- 1976 : The Austrian ski jumper Toni Innauer jumps a world record with 176 meters in Oberstdorf .
- 2002 : US President George W. Bush opens the Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City , which will last until March 16.
Entries of athletics world records can be found under the respective discipline under athletics .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 189 : Geta , Roman emperor
- 1145 : Baha ad-Din ibn Schaddad , Arab lawyer, scholar and crusade historian
- 1419 : Mechthild von der Pfalz , princess of the Electoral Palatinate, by marriage Countess of Württemberg and Archduchess of Austria
- 1437 : Anna , Electress of Brandenburg
- 1481 : Baldassare Peruzzi , Italian architect and painter
- 1507 : Magdalene of Saxony , Princess of Saxony and Elector Princess of Brandenburg
- 1543 : Johann Kasimir , Count Palatine and Administrator of the Electoral Palatinate
- 1558 : Johann VII. , Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- 1574 : John Wilbye , English Renaissance composer
- 1582 : Kaspar Ernst von Knoch , German princely civil servant, member of the Fruit Bringing Society
- 1601 : Johann Michael Moscherosch , German statesman, satirist and educator
- 1663 : Tomaso Antonio Vitali , Italian violinist and composer
- 1669 : Aloys Thomas Raimund von Harrach , Austrian statesman and diplomat
- 1671 : Robert Roy MacGregor , known as Rob Roy, Scottish folk hero and outlaw
- 1671 : Franz Conrad Romanus , Mayor of Leipzig and prisoner at Königstein Fortress
- 1693 : Clemens XIII. , Pope
18th century
- 1706 : Johann Leonhard Dober , German bishop, missionary of the Moravian Brethren
- 1715 : Ewald Christian von Kleist , German poet and Prussian officer
- 1724 : Joseph Benda , Bohemian-German musician
- 1727 : André Morellet , French economist and writer
- 1728 : Isaak Iselin , Swiss philosopher of history
- 1730 : Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil , French diplomat
- 1731 : Jean-Louis Laruette , French composer and singer
- 1737 : William Heath , American farmer and politician, General in the Continental Army
- 1746 : André Michaux , French botanist and explorer
- 1752 : Carl Friedrich Cramer , German theologian, bookseller, translator, journalist and music writer
- 1765 : Joseph Nicéphore Niépce , French inventor of heliography, the world's first photographic technique
- 1770 : Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor , French general, Marshal and Peer of France
- 1778 : Heinrich Theodor Wehle , German-Sorbian landscape painter, etcher and draftsman
- 1781 : Karl Wilhelm Kolbe the Younger , German painter
- 1782 : Franz Sartori , Austrian doctor and writer
- 1785 : Alessandro Manzoni , Italian writer
- 1789 : Jean Vidal , French violinist and conductor
- 1790 : Vincenz August Wagner , Austrian lawyer and university professor
- 1792 : John Herschel , British astronomer
- 1793 : Josef Axmann , Austrian engraver
- 1795 : Ernst Ludwig von Gerlach , German publicist and politician
- 1795 : Johann Georg Ramsauer , Austrian mining clerk and prehistoric
- 1799 : František Ladislav Čelakovský , Czech poet, journalist, translator
- 1799 : Ferdinand Meyer , Swiss politician and historian
19th century
1801-1850
- 1802 : Ludwig Halirsch , Austrian civil servant and poet
- 1804 : Wilhelm Gail , German architectural painter
- 1805 : Franz Theodor Wangenheim , German writer
- 1807 : Adolph Methfessel , German composer
- 1807 : Franz Graf von Pocci , German draftsman, etcher, writer and musician
- 1808 : Johann Caspar Bluntschli , Swiss legal scholar and politician
- 1808 : Gustav Zimmermann , German politician and publicist
- 1809 : Vladimir Ivanovich Istomin , Russian naval officer
- 1811 : Ernst Friedrich Adickes , German politician
- 1811 : Giuseppe Ferrari , Italian historian, philosopher and politician
- 1814 : David Morgenstern , member of the Bavarian state parliament and tin foil manufacturer
- 1817 : Jean-Pierre-Alexandre Antigna , French painter
- 1818 : Julian Schmidt , German literary historian
- 1822 : Adolf Foglár , Austrian lawyer and writer
- 1822 : Louis Ulbach , French writer and journalist
- 1824 : Otto von Heinemann , German librarian and historian
- 1829 : Eduard Vogel , German Africa explorer
- 1833 : Theodor Christlieb , German Protestant theologian
- 1834 : Matthias Büssem , German clergyman
- 1837 : Henry Draper , American physiologist and astronomer
- 1838 : Carlos Otto , German chemist and entrepreneur
- 1844 : Wilhelm Gurlitt , German archaeologist
- 1844 : Josef Schoyerer , German landscape painter
- 1846 : Karl Verner , Danish linguist
- 1849 : Luther Burbank , American botanist and plant breeder
- 1850 : Georg Ledebour , German journalist and politician, MdR
- 1850 : Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk , co-founder and first President of Czechoslovakia, philosopher and writer
- 1850 : Ernestine Wegner , German theater actress and singer
1851-1900
- 1853 : Paul Wittig , German architect, civil engineer, director and chairman of the board of the Berliner Hochbahngesellschaft
- 1854 : Oskar Arke , German pioneer in the electrotechnical porcelain industry
- 1855 : Karl von den Steinen , German physician, ethnologist and writer
- 1856 : Engelbert Arnold , Swiss electrical engineer
- 1857 : Julius Wagner-Jauregg , Austrian psychiatrist and Nobel Prize winner
- 1858 : Cecilie Thoresen , Norwegian women's rights activist
- 1862 : René Bohn , German chemist
- 1862 : Theodor Kipp , German legal scholar
- 1862 : Josef Strzygowski , Austrian art historian
- 1864 : Wilhelm Arent , German poet and patron
- 1866 : Paul Ernst , German writer
- 1868 : Giovanni Giacometti , Swiss painter and graphic artist ( Post-Impressionism )
- 1869 : Henri Béconnais , French racing car driver
- 1869 : Ernst Julius Cohen , Dutch chemist
- 1870 : Ernst Leonard Lindelöf , Finnish mathematician
- 1872 : Carl August Brückner , German founder of the Reformed Apostolic Community
- 1872 : Piet Mondrian , Dutch painter
- 1872 : Giuseppe Pometta , Swiss teacher and historian
- 1872 : Wassili Andrejewitsch Solotarjow , Russian composer
- 1874 : Luigi Lavitrano , Italian priest, Bishop of Cava, Archbishop of Palermo and Cardinal of the Curia
- 1875 : Maurice Ravel , French composer, main exponent of impressionism in music
- 1877 : Charles O. Andrews , American politician
- 1883 : Année Rinzes de Jong , Dutch pastor and anarchist
- 1885 : Valerian Bierdiajew , Polish composer, conductor and music teacher
- 1885 : Stith Thompson , American folklorist
- 1886 : Bastiampillai Anthonipillai , Sri Lankan religious
- 1886 : Geoffrey Ingram Taylor , British physicist
- 1886 : René Thomas , French racing driver and aviation pioneer
- 1887 : Heino Eller , Estonian composer
- 1888 : Alidius Warmoldus Lambertus Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer , Governor General of the Dutch East Indies
- 1889 : Georg Baron Manteuffel-Szoege , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, President of the Association of Expellees
- 1889 : Heinrich Studer , Swiss publisher
- 1891 : Gildardo Magaña , Mexican author, politician, revolutionary and anarcho-syndicalist
- 1891 : Janko Ravnik , Slovenian composer, music teacher and director
- 1893 : Siegfried Rädel , German politician, MdR, resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 1893 : Edwin Grienauer , Austrian sculptor
- 1893 : Friedrich Märker , German writer and publicist
- 1895 : Juan José Castro , Argentine composer
- 1895 : Hugo Tetrode , Dutch scientist
- 1898 : Jack Albert Arbor , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1899 : Werner Hochbaum , German film director
- 1900 : Herbert Blumer , American sociologist
- 1900 : Giuseppe Capogrossi , Italian painter
- 1900 : Fritz London , German-American physicist
20th century
1901-1925
- 1902 : Heinz Rühmann , German actor
- 1903 : Erwin Stein , German politician, MdL, state minister, lawyer and judge at the Federal Constitutional Court
- 1904 : Jean Arnolds , Belgian clergyman
- 1904 : Reinhard Heydrich , German general of the SS and the police, head of the RSHA , entrusted with the "final solution to the Jewish question", war criminal
- 1905 : Abraham Ángel , Mexican artist
- 1906 : Alejandro García Caturla , Cuban composer
- 1907 : Manuel del Cabral , Dominican writer
- 1907 : Ludwig Gebhard , German church musician, composer and music teacher
- 1908 : Anna Magnani , Italian actress
- 1909 : André Abegglen , Swiss football player
- 1909 : Léo Malet , French crime novelist and poet
- 1911 : Nikolai Konstantinowitsch Baibakow , Soviet politician
- 1911 : Stefan Kisielewski , Polish composer and writer
- 1912 : Willy Schröder , German athlete
- 1913 : Harry Andersson , Swedish national soccer player
- 1914 : Ferdinand Käs , Austrian soldier and civil servant, resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 1915 : Jacques Chaban-Delmas , French politician and head of government
- 1915 : Rudolf Thaut , German Baptist pastor, President of the European Baptist Federation
- 1916 : Theodor Bergmann , German agricultural scientist and book author
- 1917 : Robert Erickson , American composer
- 1918 : Dario Ambrosini , Italian motorcycle racer
- 1918 : Rolf Thiele , Austrian director, screenwriter and film producer
- 1919 : Jerachmi'el Assa , Israeli politician
- 1919 : George Neikrug , American cellist and string teacher
- 1919 : Abdul Rahman Pazhwak , Afghan diplomat and President of the UN General Assembly
- 1919 : Juanita Kidd Stout , American judge
- 1921 : Franz Mack , German entrepreneur, co-founder of Europa-Park in Rust
- 1922 : Umberto Betti , Italian priest and theologian, cardinal
- 1922 : Arthur P. Jacobs , American film producer
- 1922 : Olga Alexandrovna Ladyschenskaja , Russian mathematician and physicist
- 1922 : Andy Phillip , American basketball player
- 1922 : Elsbeth Plehn , German singer, singing teacher and university teacher
- 1922 : Ernst Riedelbauch , German motorcycle racer
- 1922 : Rolf Ulrici , German writer
- 1923 : Milo Dor , Austrian writer
- 1924 : Abe Kōbō , Japanese writer
- 1924 : Eduardo Paolozzi , British painter and sculptor
- 1924 : Hans Schicker , German violin maker
- 1925 : Josef Ertl , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister
- 1925 : Willigis Jäger , German Benedictine monk, Zen master, and mystic
- 1925 : Trude Unruh , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1925 : Richard Vernon , British actor
1926-1950
- 1926 : George Brecht , American artist
- 1926 : Ernst Ocffekt , Austrian football player and coach
- 1927 : James Broderick , American actor
- 1927 : Betty Leslie-Melville , American nature activist
- 1929 : Gregor Dorfmeister , German journalist and writer
- 1929 : Irma Urteaga , Argentine composer
- 1930 : Stanley Miller , American biologist and chemist
- 1931 : Mady Mesplé , French soprano
- 1933 : Hannelore Kohl , wife of Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl
- 1935 : Giuseppe Anfossi , Italian bishop of Aosta
- 1935 : Renate Becker , German actress
- 1935 : Josef Deutsch , German soccer player
- 1935 : Antonios Naguib , Egyptian Patriarch of Alexandria
- 1936 : Loren Acton , American physicist
- 1936 : Bruno Müller-Oerlinghausen , German psychopharmacologist
- 1936 : Georges Perec , French writer
- 1936 : Julio Terrazas Sandoval , Bolivian priest, Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra and cardinal
- 1937 : Diethard Aschoff , German historian and Judaist
- 1938 : David Baltimore , American virologist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1938 : Albert Fert , French physicist and Nobel Prize winner
- 1938 : Dieter Glawischnig , Austrian jazz musician
- 1938 : Aristide Guarneri , Italian football player
- 1939 : Danyel Gérard , French singer
- 1939 : Panajot Pano , Albanian football player
- 1940 : Rudi Dutschke , German sociologist and student leader
- 1941 : Ralph Bryans , British motorcycle racer
- 1941 : Heinz Fraas , German politician, MdL
- 1941 : Peter Schuster , Austrian chemist
- 1941 : Manfred Seipold , German actor
- 1942 : Michael Eisner , American CEO of the Walt Disney Company
- 1942 : Paul Preuss , American science fiction writer
- 1943 : Bob Avakian , American politician
- 1944 : Ranulph Fiennes , British researcher
- 1944 : Jürgen Theobaldy , German writer
- 1944 : Townes Van Zandt , American songwriter
- 1945 : Reinhold Bertlmann , Austrian physicist and professor
- 1945 : Eberhard Kranemann , German artist
- 1945 : Arthur Lee , American rock musician
- 1945 : Elizabeth Moon , American writer
- 1946 : Michael Chaplin , American actor
- 1946 : Matthew Fisher , British musician
- 1946 : Zsuzsa Koncz , Hungarian chanson, pop and pop singer
- 1947 : Wolfgang Grotthaus , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1947 : Walter Röhrl , German racing driver
- 1947 : Rubén Suñé , Argentine football player
- 1947 : Ed Swillms , German composer and rock musician
- 1948 : Montserrat Figueras , Spanish soprano
- 1948 : Hans-Werner Sinn , German economist
- 1948 : Shamil Anwjarowitsch Tarpishchev , Soviet-Russian tennis player and sports official
- 1949 : Wolfgang Reitzle , German industrial engineer, manager at ( BMW, Ford, Linde )
- 1950 : Iris Chacón , Puerto Rican dancer, singer and entertainer
- 1950 : Billy Joe DuPree , American football player
- 1950 : Reinhard Kaiser , German writer and translator
- 1950 : Paul Krüger , German politician, Member of the Bundestag and Federal Minister
1951-1975
- 1952 : Stelian Anghel , Romanian football player and sports official
- 1952 : William Boyd , British writer from Scotland, screenwriter and director
- 1952 : Dominique Mamberti , French priest, Vatican diplomat, Secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop of the Curia
- 1952 : Wolf Rauch , Austrian information scientist
- 1953 : Guy Abrahams , Panamanian sprinter
- 1953 : Kenny Aronoff , American drummer
- 1953 : Siw Inger , Swedish singer
- 1955 : al-Walid ibn Talal , Saudi Arabian entrepreneur
- 1955 : Michael Chance , British counter tenor
- 1955 : Florian Langenscheidt , German publisher, author and venture capital giver
- 1956 : Bryan Cranston , American actor
- 1956 : Daniel Dorff , American composer
- 1956 : Carol Guzy , American press photographer
- 1957 : Maurizio Arrivabene , Italian manager and motorsport official
- 1957 : Robert Harris , British journalist, non-fiction author and writer
- 1958 : Stefan Born , German soccer player
- 1958 : Burkhard Jung , German Lord Mayor
- 1959 : Donna Murphy , American actress
- 1959 : Maëster , French comic artist and scriptwriter
- 1960 : Ivan Lendl , Czechoslovak-American tennis player
- 1960 : Kazuo Ozaki , Japanese soccer player
- 1960 : Siegfried Wentz , German athlete
- 1961 : Gabriele Andretta , German politician
- 1961 : Nicolas Dupont-Aignan , French politician
- 1961 : Danny Tenaglia , American DJ and record producer
- 1962 : Améleté Abalo , Togolese football player and coach
- 1962 : Taylor Dayne , American singer
- 1962 : Klaus Trabitsch , Austrian guitarist and singer
- 1963 : Susanne Schäfer , German actress
- 1964 : Bret Easton Ellis , American author
- 1964 : Alberto Fuguet , Chilean writer
- 1965 : Cameron Daddo , Australian actor and musician
- 1965 : Jesper Parnevik , Swedish golfer
- 1965 : Alison Redford , Canadian politician
- 1965 : Alexander EL Schulin , German director
- 1966 : Ludwig Kögl , German soccer player
- 1967 : Mayumi Abe , Japanese curler
- 1967 : Ai Yazawa , Japanese manga artist
- 1967 : Ralf-Peter Post , German painter and filmmaker
- 1969 : Klaus Hüppchen , German handball player and coach
- 1969 : Hideki Noda , Japanese racing car driver
- 1969 : Jacqueline Vogt , Liechtenstein ski racer
- 1970 : Rachel Weisz , British actress
- 1971 : Peter Sarsgaard , American actor
- 1971 : Thies Heinemann , German chess player
- 1972 : Alexandra Reimer , German theater and television actress
- 1973 : Tomasz Kłos , Polish football player
- 1974 : Jenna Fischer , American actress
- 1974 : Darryl Stephens , American actor
- 1974 : Krizz Kaliko , American rapper
- 1975 : Jérôme Fernandez , French handball player
1976-2000
- 1976 : Katja Wolf , German politician, MdL
- 1977 : Brad Ascalon , American industrial designer
- 1977 : Mia Hundvin , Norwegian handball player
- 1977 : Bartosz Kowalski-Banasewicz , Polish composer
- 1979 : Ricky Rosselló , Puerto Rican politician
- 1980 : Dwayne Archbold , American basketball player
- 1980 : Laura Prepon , American actress
- 1981 : Kanga Akalé , Ivorian football player
- 1981 : Andreas Wilson , Swedish actor
- 1982 : Tomás Guzmán , Paraguayan football player
- 1982 : Marc Planus , French football player
- 1983 : Rafael Kazior , German soccer player
- 1983 : Manucho , Angolan football player
- 1983 : Michael Schweikardt , German handball player and coach
- 1984 : Mathieu Flamini , French football player
- 1986 : Natalie Vansier , Canadian actress
- 1987 : Andrea Ambrosi , Italian ice hockey player
- 1987 : Hatem Ben Arfa , French football player
- 1987 : Sylta Fee Wegmann , German actress
- 1988 : Sebastian Faißt , German handball player
- 1988 : MoTrip , German rapper
- 1989 : Ekaterina Yevgenyevna Gaiduk , Russian handball player
- 1990 : Robert Markotić , Croatian handball player
- 1990 : Gary Noël , British-Mauritian football player
- 1991 : Ekaterina Fyodorovna Ilyina , Russian handball player
- 1992 : Manuel Janzer , German soccer player
- 1992 : Christoph Märtner , German handball player
- 1993 : Fatoumata Baldé , Guinean soccer player
- 1993 : Fernando Monje , Spanish racing car driver
- 1994 : Marvin Ducksch , German soccer player
- 1994 : Jordan Pickford , English soccer player
- 1995 : Ekaterina Igorewna Tkachenko , Russian ski racer
- 1996 : Johannes Kreidl , Austrian soccer player
- 1996 : Bart Nieuwkoop , Dutch football player
- 1999 : Ronald Araújo , Uruguayan soccer player
- 1999 : Luca Pellegrini , Italian football player
Died
Before the 15th century
- 161 : Antoninus Pius , Roman emperor
- 203 : Perpetua and Felicitas , early Christian martyrs
- 413 : Heraclianus , Roman general
- 851 : Nominoë , Breton prince
- 974 : Johannes von Gorze , Lorraine monk, diplomat, land manager and monastery reformer
- 1097 : Altwin , Bishop of Brixen
- 1108 : Gundulf , bishop and builder
- 1111 : Bohemond of Taranto , Duke of Taranto and crusader
- 1153 : Dietwin , cardinal and crusader
- 1196 : Otto , Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt
- 1209 : Otto VIII von Wittelsbach , Count Palatine of Bavaria
- 1226 : William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury , English nobleman
- 1266 : Kuno , Bishop of Minden
- 1274 : Thomas Aquinas , Italian Dominican, philosopher, theologian, doctor of the church ( scholasticism )
- 1291 : Arghun , ruler of the Ilkhan
- 1304 : Bartolomeo I della Scala , Lord of Verona
- 1305 : Guido von Dampierre , Count of Flanders
- 1393 : Bogislaw VI. , Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast
15th to 17th centuries
- 1440 : Otto IV. Von Maissau , Austrian Ministeriale
- 1440 : Konrad von Sarstedt , German pastor, council clerk, provost and founder
- 1444 : François de Metz , Bishop of Ghent
- 1466 : Georg von Andlau , provost of the cathedral in Basel and first rector of the University of Basel
- 1490 : Ivan Ivanovich the Young , Russian Grand Duke
- 1498 : Simon III. zur Lippe , Prince-Bishop of Paderborn
- 1514 : Řehoř Hrubý z Jelení , Czech writer, translator and humanist
- 1517 : Maria , Princess of Spain and Queen of Portugal
- 1521 : Benedetto Buglioni , Florentine sculptor and terracotta artist
- 1550 : Wilhelm IV , Duke of Bavaria
- 1553 : Wolfgang Dachstein , German organist and lyricist
- 1562 : Michael Lindener , German Schwank poet
- 1606 : Bogislaw XIII. , Duke of Pomerania
- 1607 : Martin Crusius , German classical philologist and Swabian historian
- 1610 : Marie of Saxe-Weimar , 31st abbess of the Quedlinburg monastery
- 1623 : Luis Mendez de Vasconcellos , 55th Grand Master of the Order of Malta in Malta
- 1625 : Johann Bayer , German astronomer
- 1646 : Margarethe Altenhofen , victim of the witch trials in Rhens
- 1657 : Balthasar van der Ast , Dutch painter
- 1674 : Charles Sorel , French writer and historiographer
- 1675 : Kaspar Amort , Bavarian court painter
18th century
- 1702 : Maria Franziska von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg , Margrave of Baden
- 1711 : Hans Georg Asam , German Baroque church painter
- 1717 : Johann Gerhard Arnold , German historian, consistorial councilor and high school rector
- 1724 : Innocent XIII. , Pope
- 1737 : Guido von Starhemberg , Austrian officer, imperial field marshal
- 1737 : Francesco Antonio Tullio , Italian librettist
- 1743 : Claude François Bidal , Marquis d'Asfeld, Marshal of France
- 1752 : Pietro Grimani , 115th Doge of Venice
- 1777 : Sebastian Sailer , German Premonstratensian, preacher and writer
- 1778 : Carl De Geer , Swedish industrialist, zoologist and entomologist
- 1786 : Franz Benda , German violinist and composer
- 1788 : Karl Friedrich Flögel , German cultural and literary historian
- 1791 : Johann Georg Arnold Oelrichs , German Protestant theologian and philosopher
- 1796 : Christoph August Bode , German university professor, philologist and orientalist
- 1796 : Paulus Chevallier , Dutch Reformed theologian
- 1797 : Hieronymus Eschenbach , German mathematician and translator
19th century
- 1802 : Franz Josef Gassmann , Swiss printer and dealer, newspaper founder and editor
- 1809 : Johann Georg Albrechtsberger , Austrian music theorist and composer
- 1809 : Jean-Pierre Blanchard , French balloonist
- 1810 : Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood , British Vice Admiral
- 1813 : Hans Jacob Mumenthaler , Swiss chemist and mechanic
- 1820 : Ludwig Engelbert Marie Joseph Augustin , Duke of Arenberg, Aarschot and Meppen and Prince of Recklinghausen
- 1822 : Carlo Canobbio , Italian composer and violinist
- 1833 : Rahel Varnhagen von Ense , German writer and salonière, representative of Jewish emancipation and the emancipation of women
- 1842 : Paul Friedrich , Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- 1842 : Christian Theodor Weinlig , German music teacher, composer and choir conductor
- 1844 : Christian Lente Freyherr von Adeler , lawyer
- 1848 : Giambattista Torricelli , Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman and writer
- 1852 : Jacopo Ferretti , Italian librettist
- 1858 : Jacob Daniel Burgschmiet , German sculptor and ore caster
- 1858 : Bertha Unzelmann , German actress
- 1863 : Bartolomeo Bosco , Italian magician
- 1867 : Louis Boulanger , French painter
- 1872 : Carl Ferdinand Jänisch , Russian chess player
- 1875 : John Edward Gray , British zoologist, called himself the first philatelist in the world
- 1875 : Arthur Helps , British writer
- 1877 : Rafael Ildefonso Arté , Spanish music teacher
- 1877 : Victor Scheppers , Belgian priest and founder of the order
- 1878 : Louis Asher , German landscape painter and sculptor
- 1879 : Carl Sandberg , Swedish historian and archive collector
- 1880 : Louis Thomas Jerome Auzoux , French model maker and anatomist
- 1883 : John Richard Green , British priest, historian and geographer
- 1885 : Jakub Malý , Czech historian, writer and journalist
- 1887 : Ferdinand von Arlt , Austrian surgeon and ophthalmologist
- 1890 : Karl Rudolf Friedenthal , German politician, lawyer and entrepreneur
- 1891 : Franz Kaspar Drobe , German priest, bishop of Paderborn
- 1891 : Eduard Hiller , German classical philologist
- 1892 : Étienne Arago , French writer
- 1892 : Louis Schwartzkopff , German entrepreneur
- 1895 : Aloys Kunc , French composer and organist
- 1897 : Peter von Bradke , German linguist and Sanskritist
- 1898 : Theodore Davie , Canadian politician
- 1899 : Werner von Arnswaldt , German manor owner, lawyer and politician
20th century
1901-1950
- 1904 : Alexander Büchner , German-French literary scholar
- 1904 : Ferdinand André Fouqué , French geologist
- 1908 : Bernhard Howaldt , German entrepreneur and engineer
- 1911 : Antonio Fogazzaro , Italian writer and poet
- 1912 : Philipp Jacob Auer , German politician
- 1913 : Carl Diercke , German teacher and cartographer ( Diercke School Atlas )
- 1913 : E. Pauline Johnson , Canadian poet and writer
- 1914 : Henryk Dobrzycki , Polish doctor, philanthropist and composer
- 1914 : Edmund Lang , German lawyer
- 1917 : Eugen von Aichelburg , Austrian politician
- 1920 : Alexander Wassiljewitsch Adrianow , Russian scholar
- 1920 : Ernst Wagner , German prehistorian
- 1921 : Emanuel Hugo Eugen Ottokar von Aderkas , Russian administrative lawyer, Privy Councilor and landowner
- 1921 : Alexander Ilyich Dutow , Kazakh-Russian general of the Cossacks in the Russian Civil War
- 1922 : Carl Ludwig Schleich , German doctor and writer
- 1922 : Axel Thue , Norwegian mathematician
- 1925 : Alexander Iwanowitsch Vwedenski , Russian philosopher and psychologist
- 1928 : Gustav Lehmann , German educator and botanist
- 1931 : Casimir von Arx , Swiss politician
- 1931 : Akseli Gallen-Kallela , Finnish painter, architect and designer
- 1931 : Lupu Pick , Romanian-German actor and director
- 1931 : Theo van Doesburg , Dutch painter, architect and art theorist
- 1932 : Alois Amann , Austrian politician
- 1932 : Aristide Briand , French politician, minister, foreign minister and prime minister, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1933 : Hermann von Gottschall , German chess player
- 1937 : Guido von Pogatschnigg , Romanian-German composer, church musician and music teacher
- 1937 : Waldemar Titzenthaler , German photographer
- 1938 : Juan Bautista Massa , Argentine composer
- 1939 : Adelheid Popp , Austrian women's rights activist and socialist
- 1939 : Amadeo Roldán , Cuban composer and conductor
- 1941 : Günther Prien , German naval officer and submarine commander
- 1943 : Alma Moodie , Australian violinist
- 1944 : Julia Menz , German pianist, harpsichordist and travel writer
- 1944 : Emanuel Ringelblum , Polish-Jewish historian, politician, educator and journalist, the underground archive put Oneg Szabat to
- 1945 : Adolf Bartels , German writer and literary historian
- 1945 : Albrecht Penck , German geographer and geologist
- 1947 : Josef Meisinger , German officer in the SS and police, war criminal
- 1947 : Ossi Oswalda , German actress of the silent and early talkies era
- 1950 : Sebastian Fichtner , German officer, lieutenant general in the Wehrmacht
1951-2000
- 1951 : Rangsit Prayurasakdi , Thai prince
- 1952 : Yogananda , Indian yogi and guru
- 1954 : Ernst Winter , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1954 : Otto Diels , German chemist
- 1954 : Ludwik Hirszfeld , Polish medic and immunologist
- 1957 : Johann Wolfgang Amschler , German biologist
- 1957 : Wyndham Lewis , British writer and painter, co-founder of Vorticism
- 1959 : Fritz Heinrich , German trade unionist and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1959 : Arthur Cecil Pigou , British economist
- 1961 : Gerhardt Katsch , German physician
- 1962 : Eugène Van den Bossche , Belgian racing car driver
- 1963 : Jack Anglin , American country singer
- 1963 : Franz Heske , German-Austrian forest scientist and philosopher
- 1963 : Edmond Malherbe , French composer
- 1964 : Heinrich Deist , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1966 : William Waldorf Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor , British peer, businessman and politician
- 1966 : Georg Faber , German mathematician
- 1967 : Willie Smith , American alto saxophonist
- 1967 : Alice B. Toklas , American cookbook author
- 1968 : Gladys Egbert , Canadian pianist and music teacher
- 1968 : Werner Lieven , German actor and voice actor
- 1970 : Cyril Monk , Australian violinist, music educator and composer
- 1971 : Erich Abraham , German officer
- 1971 : Richard Montague , American mathematician, philosopher, and linguist
- 1972 : Jan Weiss , Czech writer
- 1972 : Otto Griebel , German painter
- 1975 : Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin , Russian philosopher and literary scholar
- 1978 : Ernst Kapp , German classical philologist
- 1978 : Rudolf Schoeller , Swiss racing car driver
- 1979 : Paul Schatz , German-Swiss anthroposophist, artist, inventor and technician
- 1981 : Giovanni Bianconi , Swiss teacher, wood carver and local researcher
- 1981 : Bosley Crowther , American film critic
- 1981 : Hilde Sperling , German tennis player
- 1982 : Konrad Wolf , German film director
- 1983 : Igor Markevitch , Italian composer and conductor of Ukrainian origin
- 1983 : Lutz Eigendorf , German soccer player
- 1984 : Robert Bloch , French racing car driver
- 1985 : Tamara Ramsay , German children's book writer
- 1986 : Franz-Josef Wuermeling , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister
- 1987 : Eugeniusz Eibisch , Polish painter and university professor
- 1988 : Divine , American actor and singer, drag queen
- 1988 : Rafael Quiñones Vidal , Puerto Rican journalist and television presenter
- 1990 : Claude Arrieu , French composer
- 1990 : Luís Carlos Prestes , Brazilian politician
- 1990 : Mihály Tóth , Hungarian football player
- 1990 : Carl Alvar Wirtanen , American astronomer
- 1991 : Josef Páleníček , Czech pianist and composer
- 1991 : Werner Salevsky , German enduro athlete
- 1993 : Duane Carter , American racing car driver
- 1994 : Ray Arcel , American boxing coach
- 1995 : Jean Amila , French writer
- 1995 : Norman Rosten , American writer
- 1995 : Kazimierz Wiłkomirski , Polish composer, conductor, cellist and music teacher
- 1997 : Agnieszka Osiecka , Polish writer
- 1997 : Edward Mills Purcell , American physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1997 : Martin Kippenberger , German painter, installation and performance artist, sculptor and photographer
- 1998 : Leonie Rysanek , Austrian chamber singer
- 1999 : Friedrich Asinger , Austrian chemist
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- 1999 : Stanley Kubrick , American director, producer and screenwriter
- 2000 : William D. Hamilton , British biologist
- 2000 : Pee Wee King , American country musician
21st century
- 2001 : David Astor , British journalist and newspaper publisher
- 2002 : Mati Klarwein , German painter
- 2002 : Franziska Rochat-Moser , Swiss athlete
- 2003 : Manfred Durniok , German film producer
- 2005 : Walter Arendt , German trade unionist and politician, Member of the Bundestag and Federal Minister, MEP
- 2005 : Debra Hill , American screenwriter and film producer
- 2006 : Jens-Peter Ostendorf , German composer
- 2006 : Gordon Parks , American film director, photographer, actor, writer, and composer
- 2006 : Ali Farka Touré , Malian musician
- 2009 : Jang Ja-yeon , South Korean actress
- 2009 : Francesco Zagatti , Italian football player and coach
- 2015 : Edmond Malinvaud , French economist
- 2016 : Hubertus Christ , German engineer and former president of the Association of German Engineers
- 2016 : Helga Schultz , German historian
- 2017 : Hans Georg Dehmelt , German-American physicist and Nobel Prize winner
- 2017 : Kurt Meyer , Swiss linguist and librarian
- 2018 : Reynaldo Bignone , Argentine general and politician
- 2018 : Dietmar Herz , German political scientist and political official
- 2018 : Günter Mäder , German soccer player
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Hll. Perpetua and Felicitas , female martyrs (Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Protestant)
- Name days
- Johannes ( Johannes von Gott ), Reinhard , Volker
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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