8th June
The June 8 is the 159th day of the Gregorian calendar (160th in leap years ), thus remaining 206 days until the end of the year.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 68 : Galba , who was proclaimed emperor on April 3, is officially confirmed in his office by a resolution of the Senate.
- 218 : The Roman emperor Elagabal defeats his predecessor Macrinus in a battle near Antioch on the Orontes .
- 301 : Chinese rebels, who opposed the self-proclaimed Emperor Sima Lun , conquer the capital Luoyang and force the usurper to poison himself.
- 793 : The island monastery of Lindisfarne is attacked by the Vikings . It is the first Viking raid on the heptarchy in England .
- 1509 : The besieged city of Pisa has to surrender to Florentine troops because of the famine within its walls .
- 1776 : In the Battle of Trois-Rivières , the British thwart a counterattack by the American army in the American War of Independence .
- 1815 : With the signing of the German Federal Act on the Congress of Vienna is German Bund founded.
- 1820 : The Vienna Final Act comes into force as an equivalent second Federal Basic Law alongside the Federal Act .
- 1866 : Parliament of the Province of Canada meets for its first session in the building on Parliament Hill in Ottawa .
- 1867 : With the solemn coronation of Emperor Franz Joseph I and his wife Elisabeth as the Hungarian royal couple, the Austro-Hungarian compromise comes to a festive end. The Magyars are reconciled with the House of Habsburg .
- 1873 : A Ferman of Sultan Abdülaziz grants Egypt almost complete autonomy under his Khedive Ismail Pasha .
- 1886 : The first Home Rule Bill , introduced on the initiative of the Liberal Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone , which provides for limited self-government for Ireland within the United Kingdom , is rejected by a majority by the House of Commons.
- 1895 : After several unsuccessful uprisings , the liberal politician Eloy Alfaro seizes power in Ecuador and heralds the era of the Liberal Revolution .
- 1930 : Carol II , excluded from the line of succession four years earlier, becomes King of Romania through the annulment of this law .
- 1945 : General Dwight D. Eisenhower declares that the fraternization ban for American soldiers in Germany does not extend to children.
- 1967 : 34 members of the Navy are killed in an attack by Israeli fighter planes on the US spy ship USS Liberty .
- 1972 : During a napalm attack by the South Vietnamese army on the village of Trảng Bàng during the Vietnam War , Nick Út takes the famous photograph The Terror of War , which shows the girl Kim Phuc fleeing the village.
- 1986 : Kurt Waldheim wins the runoff election against Kurt Steyrer for the office of Austrian Federal President .
- 1986 : The police shut down the Hamburg boiler . The action is one of the most criticized police operations in the Federal Republic of Germany.
- 1990 : In the first free parliamentary elections since 1946 in Czechoslovakia , after the end of communist rule, the civil rights movements win .
- 2003 : In Poland, 77 percent of voters vote in a referendum to join the EU .
economy
- 1886 : The Swiss Julius Maggi invents a seasoning sauce , the Maggi seasoning named after him .
- 1912 : Carl Laemmle and other shareholders found the Universal Film Manufacturing Company , from which the film production company Universal Studios emerged.
science and technology
- 1637 : The book Discours de la méthode by the French philosopher René Descartes appears in Leiden .
- 1921 : The Zeppelin LZ 121 Nordstern makes its maiden voyage.
- 1948 : The Porsche 356 No. 1 Roadster , the first vehicle to bear the Porsche name, receives its individual approval from the Carinthian regional building authorities and starts its maiden voyage.
- 1966 : One of the two North American XB-70 Valkyrie supersonic test aircraft collides with an F-104 Starfighter during a photo op and crashes.
- 1975 : With Venera 9, the Soviet Union launches a second generation of space probes for exploring the planet Venus . They consist of an orbiter and a lander , which are first put into orbit .
- 1995 : The Danish computer scientist Rasmus Lerdorf publishes the first version of the PHP programming language , which is used to create dynamic websites or web applications .
- 2004 : The transit of Venus , a rare astronomical event, takes place.
Culture
- 1787 : At the Paris Opera celebrates Opera Tarare by Antonio Salieri to a text by Pierre Beaumarchais at its premiere an unprecedented success.
- 1859 : The opera L'Omelette à la Follenbuche by Léo Delibes is premiered at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris.
- 1929 : At the Kroll Opera House in Berlin the premiere takes place the comic opera Neues vom Tage by Paul Hindemith with the libretto of Marcellus Schiffer .
- 1937 : The scenic cantata Carmina Burana by Carl Orff is having success at the opera premiered in Frankfurt am Main. The Middle Latin and Middle High German texts come from the medieval song and drama texts of the same name .
- 1947 : The Bavarian play Die Bernauerin by Carl Orff is premiered at the Great House of the Württemberg State Theater in Stuttgart .
- 1949 : George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984 appears in London.
- 1957 : The lyrical tragedy Blood Wedding by Wolfgang Fortner based on the drama of the same name by Federico García Lorca is premiered in Cologne.
- 1966 : Peter Handke's public abuse is premiered under the direction of Claus Peymann in the Theater am Turm in Frankfurt am Main.
society
- 1799 : The French painter Adélaïde Labille-Guiard married her childhood friend, the painter François-André Vincent, at the age of 50 .
- 1897 : The Grandhotel Hotel Waldhaus Vulpera , the largest hotel in Scuol-Tarasp-Vulpera in the Swiss Alps and the role model for Friedrich Dürrenmatt's novel Durcheinandertal , opens.
- 1922 : Alexander Karadjordjevic , the King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes , and Maria of Romania close the marriage .
- 1930 : The Möltenort submarine memorial is inaugurated.
religion
- 632 : Mohammed , the founder of Islam , dies in Medina at the age of 61 . The news of his death caused great confusion in the town. The death of the prophet is unimaginable for some. His body is neglected for a day because of it.
- 1526 : The Baden disputation comes to an end in Switzerland . The Catholic side with its spokesman Johannes Eck prevailed over the Reformation arguments put forward by Johannes Oekolampad and Berchtold Haller as representatives of Huldrych Zwingli . Nine states of the Diet decide for the old, four for the new faith.
- 1794 : Maximilien de Robespierre heads the official events for the festival of the Supreme Being in France in the Tuileries and on the Marsfeld . The cult is supposed to replace the Christian religion.
Disasters
- 1783 : The Laki volcano on Iceland erupts. As a result of the outbreak, but mainly due to the severe climate changes that followed and a famine, around 10,000 people died, around a fifth of the Icelandic population.
- 1953 : The city of Flint , Michigan , is hit by a tornado that kills 115 and injures 844 people.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1912 : Marc Wright is the first pole vaulter to successfully manage the height of four meters. His performance of 4.02 m is the first official world record in this discipline.
- 1913 : In the presence of Kaiser Wilhelm II , the German Stadium is opened with a major stadium inauguration. The spacious stadium was built for the 1916 Olympic Games , which were canceled because of the First World War . Today the Berlin Olympic Stadium stands in the same place .
- 1914 : The Federação Brasileiro de Sports is founded in Brazil, which later becomes the national football association Confederação Brasileira de Futebol .
- 1924 : During the British Mount Everest expedition , George Mallory , whose body was not found until 1999, and his companion Andrew Irvine disappear .
- 1958 : The Italian cyclist Ercole Baldini wins the Giro d'Italia overall. The Belgian Jean Brankart wins the mountain classification.
- 1990 : The 1990 World Cup in Italy begins.
- 1996 : The 1996 European Football Championship begins in England .
- 1997 : The Italian cyclist Ivan Gotti wins the Giro d'Italia overall. The Colombian José Jaime González wins the mountain classification, the Italian Mario Cipollini the points classification.
- 2002 : Lennox Lewis wins his boxing match and world heavyweight title against Mike Tyson at The Pyramid , Memphis , Tennessee , USA , by knockout.
- 2006 : Raphaëla le Gouvello arrives on Reunion Island after crossing the Indian Ocean for the first time on a surfboard .
- 2012 : The European Football Championship in Poland and Ukraine begins.
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
- 1332 : Cangrande II della Scala , Lord of Verona
- 1438 : Melozzo da Forlì , Italian painter
- 1593 : Georg I. Rákóczi , Prince of Transylvania
- 1594 : Gottfried Heinrich zu Pappenheim , German general of the Catholic League in the Thirty Years War , inventor
- 1625 : Giovanni Domenico Cassini , Italian-French astronomer and mathematician
- 1630 : Wolf Caspar von Klengel , German master builder from Dresden, is considered the founder of Saxon baroque architecture
- 1671 : Tomaso Albinoni , Italian composer and violinist
- 1686 : Johannes Creutzburg , German organ builder
18th century
- 1708 : Joseph Franz Bonaventura von Schönborn-Wiesentheid , sovereign of the rule Wiesentheid and Vizedom zu Aschaffenburg
- 1717 : John Collins , American politician
- 1740 : Johann Georg Krafft , German Protestant theologian and university professor
- 1743 : Alessandro Cagliostro , Italian alchemist and impostor
- 1753 : Jean Dagobert d'Aigrefeuille , French lawyer, theologian and civil servant
- 1753 : Nicolas Dalayrac , French composer
- 1761 : Niels Heidenreich , Danish watchmaker and thief of gold horns
- 1761 : Juliane von Hessen-Philippsthal , regent of Schaumburg-Lippe
- 1767 : Johann Georg Arnold Oelrichs , German Protestant theologian and philosopher
- 1770 : Anton Aloys Buchmayer , Bishop of St. Pölten
- 1776 : Thomas Rickman , British architect
- 1781 : Cornelius de Greiff , German silk manufacturer
- 1786 : Karl Ludwig Friedrich , Grand Duke of Baden
- 1792 : Johann Christian Ferdinand Aßmann , German Protestant theologian
- 1799 : Eugène Verboeckhoven , Belgian painter
19th century
1801-1850
- 1810 : Robert Schumann , German composer and romantic pianist , husband of Clara Schumann
- 1814 : Charles Reade , British writer
- 1821 : Samuel White Baker , British explorer of Africa
- 1825 : Heinrich von Abel , German lawyer and politician
- 1828 : Julius Mankell , Swedish officer, politician and military historian
- 1829 : Jacobus Anthonie Fruin , Dutch legal scholar
- 1829 : John Everett Millais , British painter
- 1837 : Moritz Heyne , German Germanist and lexicographer
- 1838 : John Naylor , English organist and composer
- 1840 : Manuel José de Arriaga , Portuguese President
- 1850 : Niklaus Gerber , Swiss chemist and inventor
1851-1900
- 1851 : Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval , French physicist
- 1863 : Fritz Raschig , German industrialist, chemist and politician, member of the Weimar National Assembly, MdR
- 1864 : Herbert William Garratt , British locomotive designer
- 1865 : Franz Karl Hutter , German officer and Africa explorer
- 1867 : Frank Lloyd Wright , American architect
- 1872 : Wilhelm Ohnesorge , German politician, Reichspostminister
- 1873 : José Martínez Ruiz , Spanish writer
- 1876 : Julius Paul Junghanns , German animal painter
- 1879 : Matthäus Herrmann , German politician and trade unionist, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1881 : Próspero Bisquertt , Chilean composer
- 1883 : Valy Arnheim , German actor and director
- 1883 : Alfred Leonhard Tietz , German entrepreneur
- 1885 : Toki Zenmaro , Japanese journalist, poet, and literary scholar
- 1886 : Albertine Morin-Labrecque , Canadian composer, pianist and music teacher
- 1887 : Karl Brunner , Austrian English studies
- 1887 : Bruno Peyn , German writer
- 1891 : Laurence F. Arnold , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
- 1891 : Werner Charles Rudolph Aue , British diplomat
- 1892 : Giuseppe Campari , Italian racing car driver
- 1894 : Domenico De 'Paoli , Italian musicologist, music critic and composer
- 1894 : Erwin Schulhoff , Czech composer
- 1895 : Ike Armstrong , American football coach
- 1895 : Séverin Moisse , Canadian pianist, composer and music teacher
- 1898 : José Perotti , Chilean painter and sculptor
- 1899 : Hans Herter , German classical philologist
- 1899 : Maruyama Kaoru , Japanese writer
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : Ernst Mayer , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1902 : Aram Merangulyan , Armenian composer and conductor
- 1902 : Gotthard Neumann , German prehistorian
- 1903 : Günther L. Arko , German cameraman
- 1903 : Eduard Brücklmeier , German lawyer and diplomat, resistance fighter
- 1903 : Ernst Rudolf Huber , German constitutional law teacher
- 1903 : Johannes Ludwig , German football player
- 1903 : Marguerite Yourcenar , Belgian-American writer
- 1905 : Jean Fellot , French organist and music teacher
- 1907 : Arnold Escher von der Linth , Swiss geologist
- 1907 : Georges Speicher , French cyclist
- 1908 : Margherita Carosio , Italian opera singer
- 1908 : Ernst Müller-Meiningen jr. , German lawyer and journalist
- 1910 : María Luisa Bombal , Chilean writer
- 1910 : Erich Mückenberger , German politician, member of the People's Chamber, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED
- 1911 : Hans Appel , German football player
- 1911 : Ralph Maria Siegel , German composer, songwriter, music publisher, writer and singer
- 1912 : Henry Brandon , American actor
- 1914 : Kurt Barthel , German writer, poet, playwright and dramaturge
- 1916 : Francis Crick , British physicist and biochemist, co-discoverer of the molecular structure of DNA, Nobel Prize winner
- 1916 : Adolph Hofner , American country musician
- 1917 : Jacques Labrecque , Canadian folk singer and music producer
- 1918 : Gunther Philipp , Austrian actor
- 1918 : Robert Preston , American actor
- 1919 : Erwin Lehn , German musician and orchestra leader
- 1919 : Robert Vogel , German entrepreneur, billionaire and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1920 : Gwen Harwood , Australian poet and librettist
- 1921 : Anneliese Overbeck , German painter and graphic artist
- 1921 : Hadji Mohamed Suharto , Indonesian general and politician, president
- 1924 : Josef Bláha , Czech actor
- 1925 : Barbara Bush , former US First Lady
1926-1950
- 1926 : Anatol Vieru , Romanian composer
- 1927 : Jerry Stiller , American actor
- 1928 : Lothar Curdt , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1928 : Kate Wilhelm , American science fiction and fantasy writer
- 1929 : Ekkehard Böhmer , German television director
- 1930 : Robert Aumann , Israeli-American mathematician
- 1930 : Bo Widerberg , Swedish film director, screenwriter and film editor
- 1931 : Barbara Adolph , German actress and voice actress
- 1932 : Guy Lacour , French composer and tenor saxophonist
- 1933 : John R. Harrison , American journalist
- 1934 : Mikio Aoki , Japanese politician
- 1935 : Mireille Lagacé , Canadian harpsichordist, organist, pianist and music teacher
- 1936 : James Darren , American actor and singer
- 1936 : Robert Floyd , American computer scientist
- 1936 : Kenneth Wilson , American physicist, Nobel Prize winner
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- 1938 : Angelo Amato , Italian clergyman, archbishop and prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
- 1939 : Herb Adderley , American football player
- 1939 : Gerhard Amendt , German sociologist
- 1939 : Günter Amendt , German social scientist, sex therapist and drug expert
- 1939 : Johann Schädler , Liechtenstein luge rider
- 1940 : Françoise Levie , Belgian film producer, director and author
- 1940 : Nancy Sinatra , American singer
- 1941 : Jörg Herrmann , German producer
- 1941 : George Pell , Archbishop of Sydney and Cardinal
- 1942 : Walter Leykauf , German singer, composer and music publisher
- 1942 : Horst Wolter , German football player
- 1943 : Penny Rimbaud , British musician and producer, sound engineer, sound designer and writer
- 1943 : Herbert Schmalstieg , German local politician, Lord Mayor of Hanover
- 1944 : Marc Ouellet , Archbishop of Québec and Cardinal
- 1944 : Boz Scaggs , American singer
- 1944 : Wolfgang Schnur , German lawyer
- 1946 : Piotr Fronczewski , Polish actor
- 1946 : Harvey Sachs , American-Canadian conductor, music historian, and music writer
- 1946 : Alan Scarfe , British actor
- 1947 : Julie Tippetts , British singer
- 1947 : Sara Paretsky , American historian and author
- 1948 : Hans-Josef Becker , Archbishop of Paderborn / Germany
- 1948 : Karl-Michael Krummacher , German violist
- 1948 : Jürgen von der Lippe , German comedian and television presenter
- 1949 : Emanuel Ax , American pianist
- 1949 : Josef Brendle , Liechtenstein sports shooter
- 1949 : Hildegard Falck , German athlete, Olympic champion
- 1950 : Kathy Baker , American film and stage actress
- 1950 : Sônia Braga , Brazilian actress
1951-1975
- 1951 : Monika Feth , German author
- 1951 : Franz Konrad , Austrian-German racing driver
- 1951 : Cor Pot , Dutch football player and coach
- 1951 : Tony Rice , American country musician
- 1951 : Bonnie Tyler , British singer
- 1953 : Ivo Sanader , Croatian politician
- 1953 : Peter Spiegel , German author and entrepreneur
- 1954 : Monika Hamann , German athlete
- 1955 : Tim Berners-Lee , British physicist and computer scientist, inventor of HTML and founder of the World Wide Web
- 1955 : José Antonio Camacho , Spanish football player and coach
- 1955 : Bernd Schubert , German politician, MdL
- 1956 : Udo Bullmann , German politician, MEP
- 1957 : Scott Adams , American comic artist
- 1957 : Dietmar Vettermann , German civil engineer and local politician, Lord Mayor of Zwickau
- 1958 : Gerhard Böhmer , German luge rider
- 1959 : Emmanuel Bex , French jazz organist
- 1960 : Friedrich Anzenberger , Austrian music researcher and teacher
- 1960 : Mick Hucknall , British musician ( Simply Red )
- 1961 : Kurt Artner , Austrian sport pistol shooter
- 1961 : Janina Hartwig , German actress
- 1961 : Frauke Poolman , German-Dutch actress, dubbing and radio broadcaster
- 1962 : Thomas Jefferson , American athlete
- 1962 : Nick Rhodes , British musician ( Duran Duran )
- 1963 : Anja Hajduk , German psychologist and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag, Senator of Hamburg
- 1963 : Ulf Stolterfoht , German writer
- 1964 : Butch Reynolds , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1965 : Karin Alvtegen , Swedish writer
- 1965 : Kazuoki Kodama , Japanese Nordic combined skier
- 1967 : Edgar Itt , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1967 : Jasmin Tabatabai , German actress
- 1968 : Pierre Audétat , Swiss fusion and jazz musician
- 1968 : Megumu Sagisawa , Japanese writer
- 1969 : Jörg Hartmann , German actor
- 1969 : Rocco Milde , German soccer player
- 1969 : Dariusz Wosz , German soccer player
- 1971 : Liv Alsterlund , Swedish actress
- 1971 : Ratinho , Brazilian soccer player
- 1972 : Tron , German hacker and phreaker
- 1972 : Christian Mayrleb , Austrian soccer player
- 1973 : Lexa Doig , Canadian actress
- 1974 : Emel , Swiss soul singer
- 1975 : Sarah Abitbol , French figure skater
1976-2000
- 1976 : Lindsay Davenport , American tennis player
- 1976 : Nils Ušakovs , Latvian journalist and politician, Mayor of Riga
- 1977 : Gregor Werum , German handball player
- 1977 : Kanye West , American rapper and music producer
- 1979 : Lene Lund Høy Karlsen , Danish handball player
- 1980 : Sonia Bompastor , French soccer player
- 1981 : Alex Band , American singer
- 1981 : Matteo Meneghello , Italian racing driver
- 1981 : Sara Watkins , American fiddle player and singer-songwriter
- 1982 : Dickson Etuhu , Nigerian soccer player
- 1983 : Gaines Adams , American football player
- 1983 : Kim Clijsters , Belgian tennis player
- 1983 : Pantelis Kapetanos , Greek football player
- 1983 : Morten Nordstrand , Danish football player
- 1984 : Torrey DeVitto , American actress
- 1984 : Javier Mascherano , Argentine soccer player
- 1984 : Maxi Pereira , Uruguayan soccer player
- 1985 : Alexandre Despatie , Canadian water diver, world champion, Olympic medalist
- 1985 : Pierre Spies , South African rugby player
- 1986 : Vladislav Igorewitsch Fokin , Russian ice hockey player
- 1986 : Lex Immers , Dutch soccer player
- 1987 : Issiar Dia , Senegalese soccer player
- 1987 : Moritz Heidelbach , German actor
- 1987 : Patrick Kleefeld , German handball player
- 1988 : Lisa Brennauer , German racing cyclist, world champion
- 1988 : Kamil Grosicki , Polish football player
- 1988 : Corey Peters , American football player
- 1989 : Timea Bacsinszky , Swiss tennis player
- 1989 : Simon Trummer , Swiss racing driver
- 1989 : Amaury Vassili , French singer
- 1990 : Marcus Pedersen , Norwegian football player
- 1990 : Gideon Adinoy Sani , Nigerian soccer player
- 1993 : Edisson Jordanov , Bulgarian-German soccer player
- 1993 : Luca Paganini , Italian football player
- 1994 : Yu Yangyi , Chinese chess player
- 1996 : Ivan Andreevich Kuznetsov , Russian ski racer
- 1996 : Şeref Özcan , German football player
- 1997 : Jeļena Ostapenko , Latvian tennis player
- 1999 : Thomas Neubauer , French racing car driver
Died
Before the 16th century
- 632 : Mohammed , founder of Islam
- 1042 : Hardiknut , King of Denmark
- 1154 : William Fitzherbert , Archbishop of York
- 1207 : Anseau de Garlande , lawyer of the French King Philip II August and Bishop of Meaux
- 1254 : Robert of Nantes , Bishop of Nantes and Patriarch of Jerusalem
- 1290 : Beatrice Portinari , Dante Alighieri's childhood sweetheart
- 1319 : Henry III. von Daun , Bishop of Worms
- 1351 : Édouard I. de Beaujeu , lord of Beaujeu and lord of Montpensier
- 1356 : Elizabeth de Badlesmere , English nobleman
- 1376 : Edward of Woodstock ("Black Prince"), eldest son of Edward III, Duke of Aquitaine, father of Richard II.
- 1384 : Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros , English nobleman
- 1405 : Thomas Mowbray, 2nd Earl of Nottingham , English magnate
- 1405 : Richard le Scrope , English prince of the church
- 1476 : George Neville , Lord Chancellor and Archbishop of York
- 1488 : Sigismund von Lamberg , Bishop of Laibach
16th to 18th century
- 1505 : Hongzhi , Emperor of the Ming Dynasty
- 1519 : Leonhard von Keutschach , Archbishop of Salzburg
- 1521 : Zhengde , Emperor of China from the Ming Dynasty
- 1556 : Martin Weiher , Lutheran theologian and Bishop of Cammin
- 1573 : Sebastian Boetius , German Protestant theologian
- 1578 : Christoph von Carlowitz , Saxon diplomat
- 1583 : Mathijs Bril , Dutch painter
- 1612 : Hans Leo Haßler , German composer
- 1613 : Ludovico Cigoli , Italian poet, painter, sculptor and architect
- 1621 : Anne de Xainctonge , founder of a religious community in the Roman Catholic Church
- 1628 : Rudolf Goclenius the Elder , German professor of philosophy, ethics and physics
- 1649 : Vincenzo Carafa , Italian general of the Societas Jesu
- 1650 : Maximilian von und zu Trauttmansdorff , Austrian politician
- 1651 : Tokugawa Iemitsu , third shogun of the Japanese Tokugawa dynasty
- 1680 : Anna Kramer, known as Bader-Ann , victim of the witch trials in Veringenstadt
- 1707 : Muhammad Azam Shah , Mughal Mughal of India
- 1708 : Andreas Trost , Bavarian engraver
- 1714 : Sophie von der Pfalz , Duchess of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Hereditary Princess of Great Britain
- 1716 : Johann Wilhelm , Count Palatine and Elector Palatinate, Duke of Jülich and Berg and Arch-Treasurer of the Holy Roman Empire
- 1724 : John Smeaton , English engineer
- 1727 : August Hermann Francke , German theologian and social worker
- 1746 : Friedrich III. , Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
- 1746 : Giacomo Leoni , Italian architect in England
- 1752 : Johann Christian von Hennicke , administrative clerk from Electoral Saxony and Poland
- 1756 : David Matthieu , German portrait painter
- 1768 : Johann Joachim Winckelmann , German archaeologist
- 1777 : Cornelia Schlosser , sister of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1783 : Niklaus von Wattenwyl , Swiss banker and pietist
- 1794 : Gottfried August Bürger , German poet from the time of Sturm und Drang
- 1795 : Louis Charles de Bourbon , Crown Prince of France (Louis XVII.)
- 1795 : Catharina Helena Dörrien , German botanist and educator
19th century
- 1806 : Johann La Roche , Austrian actor
- 1809 : Thomas Paine , British-American political publicist, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
- 1818 : Franziska von Arnstein , Austrian salonier
- 1818 : Henriette-Félicité Tassaert , Franco-German pastel painter and mezzotint artist
- 1821 : Tudor Vladimirescu , leader of the Wallachian uprising of 1821
- 1825 : Benedict Christian Vogel , German physician, botanist and university professor
- 1839 : Aloisia Lange , German opera singer and singing teacher
- 1845 : Andrew Jackson , American general and politician, 7th President of the United States
- 1846 : Rodolphe Töpffer , Swiss draftsman and novelist
- 1857 : Karl Friedrich Nebenius , Baden official
- 1865 : Joseph Paxton , British gardener, railroad contractor and architect
- 1866 : Rudolf Emanuel Stierlin , Swiss Protestant clergyman and local researcher
- 1870 : Johann Gottlob Töpfer , German organist, composer and theorist of organ building
- 1872 : František Cyril Kampelík , Czech popular educator and founder of self-help cooperatives
- 1874 : Cochise , American Indian chief
- 1874 : James W. Gazlay , American attorney and politician, Member of the House of Representatives for Ohio
- 1876 : George Sand , French writer
- 1878 : Elise Crola , German painter
- 1882 : John Scott Russell , British shipbuilder
- 1884 : Frederik Stang Norwegian politician and President of the Interior Department
- 1896 : John Gregory Bourke , American ethnologist
- 1897 : Peter Tunner , Austrian mining pioneer
- 1900 : Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington , British officer, 3rd Duke of Wellington
- 1900 : Georg Rudolf Zimmermann , Swiss Protestant clergyman and local researcher
20th century
1901-1950
- 1905 : Leopold von Hohenzollern , Prince of Hohenzollern
- 1905 : Kurt Wachsmuth , German philologist
- 1906 : Christian Horneman , Danish composer
- 1907 : Robert Browne Hall , American composer, conductor, and cornetist
- 1909 : Karl Börgen , German astronomer
- 1911 : Johannes Otzen , German architect
- 1913 : Emily Davison , British suffragette and radical campaigner for women's rights
- 1918 : Franz Fischer , German conductor and cellist
- 1923 : Carl Menzel , German entrepreneur and glass manufacturer
- 1924 : Andrew Irvine , British climber, one of the pioneers of mountaineering on Mount Everest
- 1924 : George Mallory , British climber, one of the pioneers of mountaineering on Mount Everest
- 1926 : Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan , Indian nun and founder
- 1929 : Luis Johnson , Chilean painter
- 1930 : Leopold Ambronn , German astronomer
- 1932 : André Boillot , French racing car driver
- 1933 : Eduard Schmid , German politician, Lord Mayor of Munich
- 1934 : Felix Maria Ghebre Amlak , Ethiopian priest
- 1939 : Josef Laßletzberger , Austrian military bandmaster and composer
- 1945 : Robert Desnos , French poet, writer and journalist
- 1946 : Paul Adler , German writer
- 1948 : Ferdinand Bronner , German writer and playwright
1951-2000
- 1952 : Johnny McDowell , American racing car driver
- 1955 : Franz Osborn , German pianist
- 1955 : Toyoshima Yoshio , Japanese writer
- 1956 : Hans Meiser , Protestant regional bishop of Bavaria
- 1959 : Eduard Castle , Austrian literary historian
- 1959 : May Harrison , British violinist
- 1960 : Josef Karlmann Brechenmacher , German etymologist
- 1962 : Gottlieb Duttweiler , Swiss entrepreneur and politician
- 1962 : Georg Baron Manteuffel-Szoege , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, President of the Association of Expellees
- 1965 : Erik Chisholm , Scottish composer and conductor
- 1965 : Hermann Schönleiter , German Böttcher, party secretary, member of the Hanover provincial council and resistance fighter against the National Socialists
- 1966 : John Ernest Weaver , American botanist
- 1968 : Ludovico Scarfiotti , Italian racing car driver
- 1970 : Abraham Maslow , American psychologist
- 1971 : Jerome Irving Rodale , American author and publisher
- 1972 : Jimmy Rushing , American blues and jazz singer
- 1974 : Anfilogino Guarisi , Brazilian-Italian soccer player
- 1976 : Carlos Abdala , Uruguayan politician, diplomat and minister
- 1976 : Bob Feerick , American basketball player
- 1977 : Erik Bohlin , Swedish cyclist and motorcycle racer
- 1979 : Reinhard Gehlen , German General of the Wehrmacht and first President of the Federal Intelligence Service
- 1980 : Ernst Busch , German singer and cabaret artist, actor and director
- 1980 : Greta Schröder , German actress
- 1984 : Julius Speer , German forest scientist and science organizer
- 1986 : Roba Stanley , American old-time musician
- 1988 : Yvonne Hubert , Canadian pianist and music teacher
- 1990 : José Figueres Ferrer , Costa Rican politician, president
- 1990 : Akaba Suekichi , Japanese illustrator
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- 1991 : Heidi Brühl , German actress and singer
- 1992 : Faraj Fauda , Arab thinker
- 1992 : Alfred Uhl , Austrian composer and conductor
- 1995 : Heinz Lehmann , German chess player
- 1995 : Juan Carlos Onganía , Argentine military and politician
- 1995 : Abdul Rahman Pazhwak , Afghan diplomat, President of the UN General Assembly
- 1997 : Karen Wetterhahn , American chemist
- 1998 : Sani Abacha , General and Military Dictator of Nigeria
- 1998 : Hanna Lachertowa , Polish pianist and music teacher
- 2000 : Joachim von Elbe , German lawyer and diplomat
- 2000 : Albert Tepper , American composer and music teacher
21st century
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- 2001 : Hedwig Bollhagen , German co-founder of HB workshops for ceramics
- 2001 : Clarence A. Forbes , American ancient historian
- 2002 : Johannes Weidenheim , German writer
- 2003 : Günter Gerlach , German church musician, school musician and composer
- 2005 : Erich Schmidt , German church musician
- 2007 : Richard Rorty , American philosopher
- 2008 : Peter Rühmkorf , German poet, writer and essayist
- 2009 : Omar Bongo , Gabonese politician, President
- 2009 : Leo Brawand , German journalist
- 2009 : Hans Brox , German civil law scholar, judge at the Federal Constitutional Court
- 2009 : Harold Norse , American author and poet
- 2010 : Porfi Jiménez , Venezuelan composer, arranger and band leader
- 2011 : Anatole Abragam , French physicist
- 2012 : Ghassan Tueni , Lebanese journalist, editor, diplomat and politician
- 2012 : Christiane Weber , German singer and cabaret artist
- 2013 : Yoram Kaniuk , Israeli writer and journalist
- 2013 : Willi Sitte , German painter and graphic artist
- 2014 : Gloryette Clark , American film editor and screenwriter
- 2014 : Alexander Imich , American chemist, parapsychologist and supercentenarian
- 2015 : Paul Bacon , American graphic artist and author
- 2015 : Edgar Klier , German painter and graphic artist
- 2016 : Pierre Aubert , Swiss politician
- 2016 : Sascha Lewandowski , German soccer coach
- 2017 : Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann , Nicaraguan priest and politician
- 2017 : Fred Edward Fiedler , Austrian-American psychologist
- 2018 : Anthony Bourdain , American chef, writer and protagonist of TV documentaries
- 2018 : Maria Bueno , Brazilian tennis player
- 2018 : Eunice Gayson , British actress
- 2019 : Abdul Baset Al-Sarout , Syrian football player and resistance fighter
- 2019 : Herbert Batliner , Liechtenstein lawyer, politician, trustee and art collector
- 2019 : Gerlind Reinshagen , German writer
- 2020 : Klaus Berger , German theologian
- 2020 : Bonnie Pointer , American singer
- 2020 : Pierre Nkurunziza , Burundian politician
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days:
- Mary of the Divine Heart , religious sister in the Congregation of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd (Catholic)
- August Hermann Francke , German theologian and founder of the institution (Protestant)
- Hermann Bezzel , German director of the institution (Protestant)
- St. Medardus of Noyon , missionary, bishop and patron saint (Catholic)
- Commemoration days of international organizations
- Day of the Sea ( UN ) (since 1992)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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