8th of July
The July 8 is the 189th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 190th in leap years ), thus remain 176 days by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 1099: During the First Crusade , the starving crusaders walk barefoot around the besieged city of Jerusalem three times to raise their morale .
- 1167: In the battle of Sirmium the Hungarians are defeated by the troops of the Byzantine Empire . Hungary then makes peace with Emperor Manuel I Komnenos in Belgrade .
- 1343: The Treaty of Kalisch ends the disputes between King Casimir III of Poland . and the Teutonic Order state on territorial claims. Pomerania , the Kulmerland and the Michelauer Land are recognized as property of the order.
- 1415: At the Council of Constance , the parakeet society founded the year before by opponents of Duke Ludwig the Bearded of Bavaria-Ingolstadt under Ludwig's cousin Heinrich the Rich of Bavaria-Landshut is converted into the Constance League . The defensive alliance for Ludwig's lifetime includes the Dukes of Bavaria-Munich , Ernst and Wilhelm , Count Palatine Johann von Pfalz-Neumarkt , Burgrave Friedrich von Nürnberg (also Margrave of Brandenburg) and Elector Ludwig von der Pfalz .
- 1455: At the Altenburg prince robbery , Kunz von Kauffungen has the two sons of the Saxon Elector Friedrich the Meek , Ernst and Albrecht , kidnapped from Altenburg Castle in order to emphasize financial claims from the Saxon fratricidal war .
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- 1497: Vasco da Gama leaves the port of Rastello near Lisbon with four ships to find the sea route to India .
- 1506: With the Primogeniture Act , Duke Albrecht IV of Bavaria regulates the future indivisibility of the Duchy of Bavaria . The first-born son inherits everything alone, other offspring are financially secure.
- 1514: The Treaty of Tübingen is concluded between Duke Ulrich von Württemberg and his estates . In return for assuming the ducal debts, the latter are given a say in tax collection and national defense.
- 1709: The victory of the Russian army under Peter the Great against the Swedes under Charles XII. in the Battle of Poltava brings the turning point in the Great Northern War .
- 1716 With the defeat in the sea battle in the Dynekilen Fjord , the Swedish campaign in Norway fails during the Great Northern War.
- 1758: At the Battle of Carillon during the French and Indian War in North America, a British army under General James Abercrombie suffers a heavy defeat against the French led by Louis-Joseph de Montcalm .
- 1760: In the French and Indian War, the last unsuccessful attempt by the French to keep their possessions in New France takes place in the battle on the Restigouche River .
- 1775: The Second Continental Congress resolves the olive branch petition to be presented to George III. as a final attempt at a peaceful settlement with the British Crown.
- 1776: The first public reading of the American Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia also rings the Liberty Bell .
- 1809: In the Battle of Gefrees during the Fifth Coalition War , Austrian troops force the French units to retreat.
- 1833: In the Treaty of Hünkâr İskelesi , Russia and the Ottoman Empire assure each other of assistance in the event of an attack by any other power on the contracting party.
- 1846: The "open letter" from the Danish king Christian VIII stating that Schleswig and Lauenburg belonged to the crown of Denmark , triggers a wave of indignation among the residents and in Holstein and subsequently the Schleswig-Holstein war .
- 1853: Downfall of the Tokugawa : The American Commodore Matthew Perry penetrates the Bay of Edo with his warships, forcing diplomatic relations with Japan and the end of Japanese isolationism .
- 1859: Charles XV. ascends the throne of Sweden and Norway.
- 1866: During the German War, Prague is occupied by the Prussians without a fight.
- 1876: With the orally agreed Reichstadt Convention , the great powers Austria-Hungary and the Russian Empire come to an agreement on the Oriental question . Among other things, the sphere of influence of the two powers in the Balkans is delimited with almost complete agreement.
- 1913: Nine days after the Bulgarian attack on both countries, Serbia and Greece declare war on Bulgaria .
- 1940: Second World War : The naval battle at Punta Stilo between the British Royal Navy and the Italian Regia Marina ends in a draw.
- 1947: US General Roger Ramey tells the press that debris found near Roswell, New Mexico is the remains of a weather balloon . An earlier Luftwaffe report about the acquisition of a UFO is denied .
- 1948: The Rittersturz Conference of the eleven West German Prime Ministers begins at the Rittersturz vantage point in Koblenz . The subject of the conference, which lasts until July 10, is the Frankfurt documents , which were presented to the West Germans by the Western powers on July 1, 1948 and which lay down the conditions for a West German state to be established.
- 1952: The first pedestrian crossings in Germany are laid in Munich .
- 1966: Ndizeye deposed his father, King Mwami Mwambutsa II. During his absence and ascended the throne of Burundi as King Ntare V. Ndizeye himself .
- 1973: Mariano Rumor becomes the new head of government in Italy.
- 1974: Rudolf Kirchschläger is as Austrian President sworn in .
- 1989: In Argentina, the Peronist election winner Carlos Menem is sworn in as the new president after the premature resignation of his predecessor Raúl Alfonsín .
- 1994: At the G7 summit of the western industrial nations in Naples, Boris Yeltsin, a Russian president, takes part in the deliberations for the first time.
- 1997: Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic are the first among the former states of the “ Warsaw Pact ” to be invited to join NATO .
- 2001: A Chilean court of appeal decides to stay the proceedings against ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet .
- 2010: Three Presidents Day in Poland : The office of Head of State is temporarily held by Bronisław Komorowski , Bogdan Borusewicz and Grzegorz Schetyna .
economy
- 1836: The Saxon Steamship Company is established on the basis of a privilege granted by King Friedrich August II of Saxony to twelve Dresden citizens.
- 1889: The first edition of the Wall Street Journal is published.
- 1930: The Bavarian Zugspitzbahn runs on the entire route from Garmisch-Partenkirchen to the Schneefernerhaus on the Zugspitze .
- 1932: The Dow Jones index in the United States achieved in the time of global economic crisis, its lowest historical stand with 41.22 points.
- 1936: For the first time an airplane, a Ju 52 , lands at the Rhein-Main airport and airship port . This counts as the opening of the airport.
- 1960: One of the highest motorable road passes on earth, the Abra el Acay , is completed in Argentina after three years of construction . It is part of the Ruta Nacional 40 and requires all-terrain vehicles on the unpaved route.
- 1995: The Sega Saturn game console is released in Europe.
science and technology
- 1923: On the Junkers Spitzbergen expedition to fly over Arthur Neumann and Walter Mittelholzerstrasse with the Junkers F 13 Kingfisher first time the 80th parallel.
- 1928: The airship LZ 127 is christened Graf Zeppelin .
- 2003: Around 50 hours after the world's first separation of adult Siamese twins , which began on July 6, the 29-year-old sisters Ladan and Laleh Bijani die in quick succession as a result of the surgery.
- 2011: With the space shuttle Atlantis , a space shuttle takes off into space for the last time .
Culture
- 1630: Massachusetts Bay Colony celebrates its first Thanksgiving .
- 1899: After the installation in Heinrich Heine's hometown Düsseldorf failed due to anti-Semitic and nationalist resistance, the Heinrich Heine monument was unveiled in the New York Bronx in the presence of the sculptor Ernst Herter .
- 1963: The British newspaper Daily Mail prints the first comic with roots , an animal based on the Basset Hound breed .
- 2000: The fourth Harry Potter novel goes on sale in the UK; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire sold over 370,000 times on the day of publication.
society
- 1908: The French sculptor Thérèse Peltier is the first woman to fly in an airplane in Turin .
- 1965: The mail robber Ronald Biggs escapes from Wandsworth Prison in London. A rope ladder lets him and three other inmates overcome the prison wall and get into a furniture van parked by accomplices.
religion
- 1579: A Marian apparition leads in Kazan for finding the icon of Our Lady of Kazan , which was hidden by a legend to them falling into the hands of the Tartars to drop.
Disasters
- 1927: On the night of July 9th, heavy rains in the Eastern Ore Mountains in Saxony cause flooding that kills around 160 people.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1912: The Finnish athlete Hannes Kolehmainen wins the 10,000-meter run at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Finland's first Olympic gold medal in athletics. At this point in time Finland still belongs to Tsarist Russia , which is why the Russian flag is also hoisted at the winners ceremony - the results and successes are, however, separated from those of Russia.
- 1954: The Wuppertaler SV is founded.
- 1982: The night of Seville : Germany wins the semi-finals of the 1982 World Cup against France 5-4 on penalties after extra time. The sad climax of the game is Toni Schumacher's clash with Patrick Battiston . The French attacker remained unconscious on the ground for several minutes and then had to be injured and carried off the field with a concussion.
- 1990: In Rome , Germany become world champions for the third time by beating Argentina 1-0 in the final of the soccer world championship.
- 1990: Swede Stefan Edberg wins the men's final at Wimbledon . He defeated Boris Becker in five sets with 6: 2, 6: 2, 3: 6, 3: 6 and 6: 4.
- 1995: Steffi Graf wins the Wimbledon tennis tournament for the sixth time .
- 1998: In the run-up to the Tour de France , Willy Voet, the masseur of the French cycling team Festina , is caught at the Belgian-French border transporting doping substances, including more than 400 ampoules of EPO . His arrest marks the beginning of the Festina affair , in the course of which the investigation is being made to temporarily stop the tour, as several tour participants are either on strike or dropping out of the tour.
- 2006: In the game for third place in the 2006 World Cup , the German national soccer team defeated Portugal 3-1 in Stuttgart . Oliver Kahn is making his 86th and last international match in the service of the German national team.
- 2007: In Dornbirn , Austria , Federal President Heinz Fischer opened the 13th World Gymnaestrada in front of 30,000 visitors in the Birkenwiese stadium .
- 2007: Roger Federer wins the Wimbledon individual tournament for the fifth time in a row.
- 2012: Roger Federer wins the Wimbledon tennis tournament for the seventh time .
- 2012: The first Quidditch World Cup takes place in Oxford . The team from the United States becomes the first world champion.
- 2014: In the semi-finals of the 2014 World Cup , the German national soccer team defeated Brazil 7-1 in Belo Horizonte . With his goal, Miroslav Klose becomes the new 2-0 record scorer in the World Cup .
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 19th century
- 1528: Emanuel Philibert , Duke of Savoy
- 1545: Don Carlos , Spanish Crown Prince
- 1553: Philipp Jakob Schröter , German medic
- 1593: Artemisia Gentileschi , Italian Baroque painter
- 1621: Jean de La Fontaine , French writer and poet
- 1621: Leonora Christina Ulfeldt , daughter of the Danish King Christian IV and writer
- 1628: Abraham Wild , Swiss Protestant clergyman
- 1632: David Wyss , Swiss Protestant theologian and university professor
- 1636: Georg Green , German Lutheran theologian, poet and historian
- 1637: Johann Georg Ebeling , German composer
- 1670: Peter Cornelius Beyweg , auxiliary bishop of the Speyer diocese
- 1706: Johanne Sophie Herre , Countess of Anhalt
- 1708: Johann Jakob Zeiller , Austrian painter
- 1709: Jan de Witte , Polish architect and lieutenant general in the Crown Army
- 1720: Heinrich Friedrich Delius , German medic
- 1730: James Wadsworth , American politician
- 1732: Maria Anna von Fürstenberg , Abbess of Fröndenberg Monastery
- 1748: Johanna Christiana Heyn , German citizen, mother of Friedrich Hölderlin
- 1754: Franz Troglauer , Bavarian robber captain and poacher in Upper Palatinate and Franconia
- 1760: Christian Kramp , Alsatian doctor, mathematician and physicist
- 1767: Pavel Tschitschagow , Russian admiral
- 1788: Theodoor Gerard van Lidth de Jeude , Dutch zoologist
- 1790: Albert Wilkens , German chaplain and local researcher
- 1792: Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen , Queen of Bavaria
19th century
1801-1850
- 1803: Julius Mosen , German poet and writer
- 1808: Mindon Min , King of Burma
- 1810: José María Achá , Bolivian general and politician
- 1810: Johanna Kinkel , German composer
- 1810: Gabriel Gustav Valentin , German doctor and physiologist
- 1822: Friedrich Kaulbach , German painter
- 1831: John Pemberton , American pharmacist and officer, inventor of Coca-Cola
- 1836: Joseph Chamberlain , British statesman, Member of the House of Commons, Colonial Secretary, Secretary of Commerce
- 1836: Emil Jacobsen , German chemist and writer
- 1838: Ferdinand von Zeppelin , German general, entrepreneur and airship builder
- 1839: John D. Rockefeller , American entrepreneur
- 1840: Heinrich von Angeli , Austrian painter
- 1840: August Leskien , German Indo-Europeanist and Slavist
- 1841: Johann Carl Weck , German entrepreneur, producer of the canning jars
1851-1900
- 1851: James Dunsmuir , Canadian politician and industrialist
- 1851: Arthur Evans , British archaeologist
- 1857: Alfred Binet , French educator and psychologist
- 1860: Wilhelm Auberlen , German painter and sculptor
- 1861: Oscar Matthiesen , Danish painter
- 1863: Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana , Prime Minister of Nepal
- 1864: Fred Holland Day , American photographer and publisher, thought leader in artistic photography
- 1864: Nikolai Rasumnikowitsch Kotschetow , Russian composer
- 1867: Käthe Kollwitz , German graphic artist, sculptor and painter
- 1869: Hubert Flohr , German pianist, music teacher and director
- 1871: Walter Breisky , Austrian civil servant, federal minister
- 1872: Heinrich Strieffler , German painter
- 1872: Sasaki Nobutsuna , Japanese writer
- 1873: Witold Maliszewski , Polish composer
- 1875: Archibald Reiss , German chemist, criminalist and university professor
- 1876: Leo von Jena , German military, general of the SS and Waffen-SS
- 1878: Edgar Dacqué , German paleontologist and theosophist
- 1882: John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley , British politician
- 1884: Willi Trinne , German local politician
- 1885: Ernst Bloch , German Marxist philosopher
- 1888: Timothy Carroll , Irish athlete
- 1889: Wilhelm Roelen , German mining expert and entrepreneur
- 1890: Hanns Johst , German writer, playwright and SS general, President of the Reich Chamber of Literature
- 1890: Walter Hasenclever , German expressionist writer
- 1892: Dean O'Banion , American gangster, rival of Al Capone, founder of the North Side Gang
- 1893: Nikola Petkow , Bulgarian politician
- 1893: Fritz Perls , German psychiatrist and psychotherapist, co-founder of Gestalt therapy
- 1894: Pyotr Leonidowitsch Kapiza , Soviet physicist
- 1895: Heinrich Fischer , German politician, Member of the State Minister of Hesse
- 1895: Hubert Materlik , German resistance fighter against National Socialism and politician
- 1895: Igor Evgenjewitsch Tamm , Soviet physicist of Russian-German origin, Nobel Prize winner
- 1897: Kurt Adam , German general
- 1898: May Picqueray , French resistance fighter and anarchist
- 1900: George Antheil , American composer and pianist
20th century
1901-1925
- 1902: Ömer Lütfi Akadlı , Turkish lawyer
- 1902: Hans Theodor David , German-American musicologist
- 1904: Henri Cartan , French mathematician
- 1905: Horst Biernath , German writer
- 1906: Philip Johnson , American architect
- 1906: Max Strecker , German actor
- 1907: Hirao Kishio , Japanese composer
- 1907: Otto Kranzbühler , German lawyer, defender of Karl Dönitz in the Nuremberg trials
- 1907: Elmer Sleight , American football player
- 1908: Franz-Josef Binder , Austrian motorcycle racing driver and development engineer
- 1908: Louis Jordan , American musician, singer, and songwriter
- 1908: Higashiyama Kaii , Japanese landscape painter
- 1908: Harald Reinl , German film director and screenwriter
- 1908: Nelson Rockefeller , American politician, Vice President under Gerald Ford
- 1910: Shipwreck Kelly , American football player
- 1914: Link Davis , American musician
- 1914: Billy Eckstine , American band leader
- 1916: Peter Pasetti , German actor
- 1917: Eduardo F. Acosta y Lara , Uruguayan historian and anthropologist
- 1918: Irwin Hasen , American comic artist
- 1919: Walter Scheel , German politician, 4th Federal President
- 1921: Arturo Gatica , Chilean singer
- 1921: John Money , New Zealand psychologist and sex researcher
- 1923: Didier Anzieu , French psychoanalyst
- 1924: Johnnie Johnson , American musician, composer, and pianist
- 1924: Anton Schwarzkopf , German designer of fairground attractions and roller coasters
- 1925: Nicholas Brathwaite , Prime Minister of Grenada
- 1925: Marco Cé , Patriarch Emeritus of Venice and Cardinal
1926-1950
- 1926: David Malet Armstrong , Australian philosopher
- 1926: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross , Swiss-American doctor
- 1927: Richard Tomita , American weightlifter
- 1930: Walter Aue , German writer
- 1930: Earl Van Dyke , American multi-instrumentalist
- 1931: Jürgen Böttcher , German painter and director
- 1934: Marty Feldman , British-American comedian
- 1934: Walter Tilgner , German biologist, nature photographer and sound engineer
- 1935: John David Crow , American football player
- 1935: Steve Lawrence , American singer and actor
- 1938: Siegfried Hornung , German politician
- 1940: Peter Danckert , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1943: Joe Kučera , Czech saxophonist and jazz flutist
- 1944: Wolfgang Fürniß , German politician
- 1945: Micheline Calmy-Rey , Swiss politician, President of the Federal Council
- 1945: Herbert Schirmer , Minister for Culture of the GDR
- 1947: Miriam Goldschmidt , German actress, director and author
- 1947: Philippe Liégeois (Turk), Belgian comic artist
- 1948: Raffi , Egyptian singer and composer for children's songs
- 1949: Christina Heinich , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1949: Wolfgang Puck , Austrian cook
- 1949: Kurt-Werner Wichmann , German alleged serial killer
1951-1975
- 1951: Anjelica Huston , American actress
- 1952: Ahmad Nazif , Egyptian Prime Minister
- 1952: Ulrich Wehling , German skier
- 1953: Rick Knoop , American racing car driver
- 1954: Hallstein Bøgseth , Norwegian Nordic combined skier
- 1954: Feofan Galinskij , Russian Orthodox Archbishop of Berlin and Germany
- 1955: Aldo Rodríguez , guitarist, composer and music teacher
- 1955: Patrick Streiff , Bishop of the Methodist Church
- 1956: Mirosław Drzewiecki , former Polish Minister of Sports and Tourism
- 1956: Millard Hampton , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1957: Carlos Cavazo , American musician and guitarist
- 1957: Gisela Nacken , German politician
- 1958: Kevin Bacon , American actor
- 1958: Wolfgang Schädler , Liechtenstein luge rider
- 1959: Robert Knepper , American actor
- 1959: Víctor Rasgado , Mexican composer
- 1960: Ekkehard Appl , German lawyer
- 1960: Sabine Bothe , German handball goalkeeper
- 1961: Andrew Fletcher , British musician
- 1961: Toby Keith , American country musician
- 1962: Johan Gielis , Belgian engineer and scientist, mathematician and entrepreneur
- 1962: Christiane Brinkmann , German athlete
- 1964: Linda de Mol , Dutch showmaster
- 1965: John Shackley , British actor
- 1965: Ingvil Smines Tybring-Gjedde , Norwegian politician
- 1966: Simon Licht , German actor
- 1967: Marcus Chong , American actor
- 1969: Lisa Arce , American beach volleyball player
- 1969: François-Xavier Houlet , French handball player
- 1970: Christof Arnold , German actor
- 1970: Beck , American musician, guitarist and singer
- 1971: Marcel van Ackeren , German philosopher and historian of philosophy
- 1973: Peter Richter , German publicist
- 1973: Anna Schäfer , German actress
- 1974: Elvir Baljić , Bosnian football player
- 1974: Ulrich Kaufmann , Austrian filmmaker, video and installation artist
- 1975: Nathalie Appéré , French politician
- 1975: Régis Laconi , French motorcycle racer
1976-2000
- 1976: Wang Liping , Chinese athlete, Olympic champion
- 1977: Christian Abbiati , Italian football player
- 1977: Milo Ventimiglia , American actor
- 1978: Juan Miguel Mercado , Spanish cyclist
- 1979: Andre , Armenian singer
- 1979: Freeway , American rapper
- 1980: Mariusz Fyrstenberg , Polish tennis player
- 1980: Robbie Keane , Irish football player
- 1981: Anastassija Andrejewna Myskina , Russian tennis player
- 1981: Wolfram Müller , German athlete
- 1982: Sophia Bush , American actress
- 1982: Mouna Chebbah , Tunisian handball player
- 1983: Claudia Cadelo , Cuban blogger
- 1983: Jaroslav Janiš , Czech racing driver
- 1983: Antonio Mirante , Italian football player
- 1984: Alexis Dziena , American actress
- 1984: John Martin , Australian racing driver
- 1986: Denis-Danso Weidlich , German-Ghanaian soccer player
- 1986: Adrian Winter , Swiss football player
- 1988: Santiago García , Argentine soccer player
- 1989: René Pitter , Austrian soccer player
- 1989: Joey Suk , Dutch soccer player
- 1990: Katrin Eckermann , German show jumper
- 1990: Berit Kauffeldt , German volleyball player
- 1990: Alexandru Maxim , Romanian football player
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- 1990: Kevin Trapp , German soccer player
- 1991: Virgil van Dijk , Dutch football player
- 1991: Kazjaryna Perepechayeva , Belarusian billiards player
- 1992: James Virgili , Australian soccer player
- 1993: Angelica Bengtsson , Swedish pole vaulter
- 1993: Aimee Kelly , British actress
- 1995: Marc Cardona , Spanish soccer player
- 1998: Jaden Smith , American actor
- 1999: Enrico Brignola , Italian football player
Died
Before the 17th century
- 810: Pippin , son of Charlemagne, sub-king of Italy
- 815: Baugulf von Fulda , abbot of the Fulda monastery
- 873: Gunthar , Archbishop of Cologne
- 901: Grimbald , German Benedictine and saint
- 975: Edgar , English king
- 1115: Peter the Hermit , French preacher and leader of the People's Crusade
- 1153: Eugene III. , Pope
- 1190: Gottfried I. von Spitzenberg-Helfenstein , imperial court chancellor, bishop of Regensburg and Würzburg, participant in the third crusade
- 1249: Alexander II , King of Scotland
- 1253: Theobald the Singer , Count of Champagne and King of Navarre
- 1261: Adolf IV. , Count of Schauenburg and Holstein
- 1270: Heilewigis , abbess at Freckenhorst Abbey
- 1273: Anno von Sangerhausen , 10th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
- 1324: Gertrud II. Von Boventhen , abbess of the Gernrode monastery
- 1376: Herbord von Bischofsroda , scholar and provost
- 1390: Albert von Rickmersdorf , German mathematician and logician
- 1422: Michelle de Valois , French princess, Duchess of Burgundy
- 1441: Baldwin II , German abbot, archbishop of Bremen
- 1458: Gottfried Lange , Bishop of Schwerin
- 1507: Anna Notaras , Byzantine nobleman, member of the Greek community in exile in Venice and patroness
- 1529: Hans Treyer , Baptist
- 1538: Diego de Almagro , Spanish conquistador
- 1577: Veit II von Würtzburg , Prince-Bishop of Bamberg
- 1583: Hermann Raphael Rodensteen , Dutch organ builder
- 1597: Luís Fróis , Portuguese missionary of the Society of Jesus
17./18. century
- 1615: Owen Günther , German philosopher
- 1617: Leonora Galigaï , foster sister and lady-in-waiting Maria de Medicis at the Tuscan and French courts
- 1623: Gregory XV. , Pope
- 1633: Jean de Merode , imperial general in the Thirty Years War
- 1636: John Hepburn , Scottish military leader, Marshal of France
- 1651: Charlotte des Essarts , French nobleman and mistress
- 1667: Zacharias Lund , German poet and classical philologist
- 1676: Franz I. Rákóczi , Prince of Transylvania
- 1681: Georg Neumark , German composer of hymns
- 1690: Neil O'Neill , Irish Catholic nobleman and chieftain
- 1695: Christiaan Huygens , Dutch astronomer, mathematician and physicist
- 1706: Leonard Plukenet , English botanist
- 1710: Jean Donneau de Visé , French writer and publicist
- 1721: Elihu Yale , merchant of Welsh descent, governor of the British East India Company at Madras and sponsor of the Yale College named after him
- 1739: Carlo Colonna , Cardinal of the Roman Church
- 1740: Pyotr Michailowitsch Jeropkin , Russian architect and architectural theorist
- 1780: Gerhard Schøning , Norwegian historian
- 1783: Johann Jakob Zeiller , Austrian painter
- 1784: Torbern Olof Bergman , Swedish chemist
- 1796: Adam Naruszewicz , Polish poet
- 1797: François Louis de Bons , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
19th century
- 1803: Francesco Casanova , Italian painter
- 1822: Percy Bysshe Shelley , British writer
- 1823: Henry Raeburn , Scottish portrait painter
- 1827: Robert Surcouf , French naval officer and corsair
- 1833: Christian Bethmann , German organ builder
- 1850: Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of Cambridge , British Field Marshal
- 1854: Katharina Lanz , Tyrolean maid and freedom fighter, is known as the Tyrolean Joan of Arc
- 1855: William Edward Parry , British admiral and polar explorer
- 1857: Karl Emil Adelbert von Herder , German landowner and farmer
- 1858: Ferdinand von Stelzhammer , Austrian lawyer
- 1859: Oskar I , King of Sweden and Norway
- 1862: Hans Mathias Velschow , Danish historian
- 1864: David Hazzard , American politician, governor of the state of Delaware
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- 1873: Franz Xaver Winterhalter , German portrait painter and lithographer
- 1878: Juan Pedro Esnaola , Argentine composer
- 1884: Georg Eberlein , German builder and painter
- 1893: Abraham K. Allison , American politician, governor of the state of Florida
- 1894: Vladimir Nikititsch Kaschperow , Russian composer
- 1895: Alessandro Busi , Italian composer and music teacher
- 1895: Josef Loschmidt , Austrian physicist and chemist
- 1897: Isham G. Harris , American politician, governor, MP, and senator from Tennessee
- 1898: Soapy Smith , American businessman and gangster
20th century
1901-1950
- 1903: Sigismund von Zedlitz and Neukirch , German hunting cynologist and hunting writer ( Hegewald )
- 1913: Louis Hémon , French writer
- 1914: Carel Herman Aart van der Wijck , Governor General of the Dutch East Indies
- 1916: Henriette Johanne Marie Müller , Hamburg original ("Zitronenjette")
- 1918: Antonio Fagnano , Italian racing car driver
- 1919: Eugen Guglia , Austrian historian, journalist and writer
- 1928: Erich Adickes , German philosopher
- 1932: Julius Ackerknecht , German educator
- 1933: Anthony Hope , British lawyer and writer
- 1934: Johann Ahlhorn , German politician, MdR
- 1935: Albert Ahn , German publisher and industrialist
- 1935: Ignát Herrmann , Czech writer, humorist and editor
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- 1936: Friedrich Wilhelm Maurer , German medic
- 1937: Axel Bakunts , Armenian writer, translator and screenwriter
- 1939: Anna Pappritz , German writer and women's rights activist
- 1941: Agnes Straub , German actress
- 1941: Philippe Gaubert , French composer and flautist
- 1943: Jean Moulin , French resistance fighter and a leader of the Resistance, victim of National Socialism
- 1944: George B. Seitz , American film director
- 1946: Alexander Wassiljewitsch Alexandrow , Russian composer
- 1948: Bruno H. Bürgel , German astronomer, writer and publicist
1951-2000
- 1951: Joseph-Jean Goulet , Canadian violinist, conductor and music teacher
- 1952: Karl Jakob Hirsch , German artist and writer
- 1953: Fritz Steuri , Swiss mountain guide and skier
- 1954: August Liessens , Belgian-Canadian organist and composer
- 1961: Julián Bautista , Argentine composer
- 1961: Karl Gutenberger , German politician, general of the SS and Waffen-SS, war criminal
- 1962: Gustav Gundelach , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag, resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 1967: Vivien Leigh , British film and theater actress ( Gone with the Wind, end of the line longing )
- 1973: Bruno Buzek , Austrian architect
- 1974: Louis Rigal , French racing car driver
- 1975: Lennart Skoglund , Swedish football player
- 1976: Hans Grund , German major general
- 1976: Leonardo Pedroza , Venezuelan musician and orchestra leader
- 1977: Katherine Stinson , American aviation pioneer
- 1978: Antoinette Giroux , Canadian actress
- 1979: Tommaso Landolfi , Italian writer
- 1979: Shin'ichirō Tomonaga , Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1979: Robert B. Woodward , American chemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1981: Walther Ahrens , German microbiologist and hygienist
- 1983: Takayanagi Shigenobu , Japanese poet
- 1984: Franz Fühmann , German writer
- 1984: José Quintero Parra , Archbishop of Caracas, cardinal
- 1985: Wim Addicks , Dutch soccer player
- 1985: Simon Smith Kuznets , American economist of Russian-Jewish origin, Nobel Prize winner
- 1986: Hyman Rickover , American admiral
- 1986: Gérard Ernest Schneider , Swiss painter
- 1988: Ray Barbuti , American sprinter, Olympic champion
- 1989: August Haußleiter , German politician and journalist, MdL
- 1991: Geoff Love , British band leader, composer, arranger and trombonist
- 1993: John Riseley-Prichard , British racing car driver
- 1994: Christian-Jaque , French director
- 1994: Kim Il-sung , North Korean politician, dictator
- 1995: Günter Bialas , German composer
- 1995: Edmondo Fabbri , Italian football player and coach
- 1996: Albrecht von Bayern , head of the Wittelsbach family
- 1997: Tony Thomas , British-American film historian, television and music producer
- 1998: Jacques Normand , Canadian singer and entertainer
- 1999: Pete Conrad , American astronaut
- 1999: Günter Caspar , German chief editor at Aufbau Verlag
21st century
- 2001: Ernst Baier , German figure skater
- 2001: Christl Haas , Austrian ski racer
- 2003: Ladan and Laleh Bijani , Iranian Siamese twins
- 2003: Lewis Coser , American sociologist
- 2004: Chlodwig Poth , German humorist, draftsman and caricaturist
- 2005: Peter Boenisch , German journalist, editor-in-chief and publisher, government spokesman
- 2006: June Allyson , American actress
- 2006: Pjetër Arbnori , Albanian writer and politician
- 2006: Sabine Dünser , Liechtenstein singer
- 2006: Markus Kronthaler , Austrian extreme mountaineer
- 2007: Kurt Hertha , German lyricist and composer
- 2007: Kajo Schommer , German politician and state minister
- 2010: Gerold Becker , German pedagogue and educational scientist
- 2010: Gerhard Hochschild , American mathematician
- 2011: Betty Ford , US President's wife
- 2011: Gordon Krunnfusz , American composer and music teacher
- 2012: Ernest Borgnine , American actor
- 2012: Henry Chilver, Baron Chilver , British politician
- 2013: Friedrich Gräsel , German sculptor
- 2013: Mena Schemm-Gregory , German paleontologist
- 2014: Vanna Bonta , American writer and actress
- 2014: Renato Capriles , Venezuelan musician and orchestra leader
- 2015: Ruth Kraft , German writer
- 2015: Ken Stabler , American football player
- 2016: Abdul Sattar Edhi , Pakistani philanthropist
- 2016: William Hardy McNeill , American historian and author
- 2017: Nelsan Ellis , American actor
- 2017: Elsa Martinelli , Italian actress
- 2018: Tab Hunter , American actor and pop singer
- 2018: Oliver Knussen , British composer and conductor
- 2019: Werner Faulstich , German media scientist
- 2019: Greg Johnson , Canadian ice hockey player
- 2020: Amadou Gon Coulibaly , Ivorian politician
- 2020: Finn Christian Jagge , Norwegian ski racer, Olympic champion
- 2020: Alex Pullin , Australian snowboarder, world champion
- 2020: Naya Rivera , American actress, singer and model
- 2020: Flossie Wong-Staal , Chinese-American virologist and molecular biologist
Holidays and memorial days
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Church memorial days
- St. Kilian , Irish traveling bishop and martyr (Protestant, Catholic)
- St. Prokop von Ustjug , German merchant (orthodox)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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