February 9th
February 9 is the 40th day of the Gregorian calendar , leaving 325 days (326 days in leap years) until the end of the year.
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events
politics and world affairs
- 1111: At Sutri , King Henry V and Pope Paschalis II hold secret negotiations to end the Investiture Controversy . In the comparison of Sutri they agree on the radical solution called iuramentum Sutrinum . Her announcement at the imperial coronation in Rome on February 12 triggers serious riots and outbreaks of violence, which lead to the coronation being called off.
- 1354: Bohemia's Queen Anna of Schweidnitz is crowned German Queen in Aachen as the wife of Charles IV .
- 1534: The Anabaptist kingdom is established in Münster by the Anabaptists under Jan Matthys with the collaboration of Jan van Leiden .
- 1775: The British government declares its North American colony of Massachusetts a breakaway province. The American War of Independence is looming.
- 1796: Jiaqing of the Qing Dynasty succeeds his aging father Qianlong as Emperor of China. In fact, however, he can only rule after the death of his father.
- 1801: The Peace of Lunéville between France and Austria ends the Second Coalition War . France receives the areas on the left bank of the Rhine that it has claimed. Austria is also required to recognize three French daughter republics , the Batavian , Helvetic and Ligurian Republics .
- 1822: Haiti , under its President Jean-Pierre Boyer , annexes the proclaimed neighboring Independent State of Spanish Haiti, a short-lived precursor to the Dominican Republic .
- 1825: The US House of Representatives surprisingly elects John Quincy Adams as President, after none of the candidates in the presidential election could achieve an absolute majority of the electoral votes , and not Andrew Jackson , who originally had more votes.
- 1839: John Balleny , captain of a British whaler , discovers Sturge Island in the Southern Ocean , the first of the Balleny Islands to be named after him . His companion Thomas Freeman enters the country.
- 1848: Because of physical violence between the population and the student bodyguards of his lover Lola Montez , the Bavarian King Ludwig I ordered the University of Munich to be closed immediately and asked all students to leave the city. This triggered strong protests in the city the next day.
- 1849: Giuseppe Mazzini proclaims the Roman Republic in the Papal States as part of the Risorgimento . This immediately leads to the intervention of French and Spanish troops, who violently crush the republic by July 3rd.
- 1861: Jefferson Davis is elected President of the Confederate States of America by the Constituent Assembly .
- 1907: In London , 3000 British suffragettes demonstrate for women's suffrage , led by Lady Frances Balfour and Lady Millicent Garrett Fawcett .
- 1918: The Central Powers sign a separate peace treaty (“ Bread Peace ”) with Ukraine to end the war in the East .
- 1920: In the Paris suburb of Sèvres , numerous states conclude the Spitsbergen Treaty , which grants Norway sovereignty over Spitsbergen (Norwegian Svalbard). However, all contracting parties may be economically active on the archipelago, which is declared a demilitarized zone.
- 1934: In Athens, Turkey, Greece, Romania and Yugoslavia conclude the Balkan Pact , a military alliance against Bulgarian attempts at supremacy in the Balkan Peninsula .
- 1943: After losing the Battle of Guadalcanal in the Pacific War , the Japanese withdraw their last troops from the Pacific island, which is subsequently expanded into an Allied base.
- 1946: The Dutch Partij van de Arbeid is founded from the previous parties Vrijzinnig Democratische Bond , Sociaal Democratische Arbeiders Partij and Christen-democratische Unie .
- 1955: After Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin 's rise to the post of Soviet head of government, Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov , 1945/46 representative of the Soviet Union in the Allied Control Council and head of the SMAD , becomes the new Minister of Defense.
- 1973: Great Britain and France establish diplomatic relations with East Germany .
- 1991: In a referendum, the Lithuanian people vote for independence from the Soviet Union with over 90% and a turnout of 85% .
- 1991: The Timor Gap Treaty , negotiated between Indonesia and Australia on December 11, 1989 , comes into force. There are large deposits of oil and natural gas in the Timor Rift . Years later, East Timor will insist on compliance with the agreement.
- 2004: In an interview with NBC , US President George W. Bush admits for the first time that doubts about intelligence reports about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq are justified. Despite this now questionable justification , the Iraq war was necessary.
business
- 1827: The mint in Karlsruhe , built by Friedrich Weinbrenner and his student Friedrich Theodor Fischer , begins operations in the presence of Grand Duke Ludwig von Baden .
- 1955: The US unions AFL and CIO merge to form the single union AFL-CIO .
science and technology
- 1827: The first edition of the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , a journal for astronomy and astrophysics , appears in London .
- 1926: Norwegian engineer Erik Rotheim invents the spray can .
- 1969: The Boeing 747 , the world's largest airliner until 2005, takes off on its maiden flight .
- 1971: Apollo 14 touches down safely in the Pacific Ocean carrying astronauts Alan Shepard , Edgar Mitchell , and Stuart Roosa after its lunar flight . It is the Apollo program 's most successful mission to date .
- 1996: Researchers at the Society for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt announce the discovery of the element later named Copernicium .
- 2006: The Egyptian Antiquities Authority officially announces that another tomb has been discovered in the Valley of the Kings . It is subsequently given the designation KV63 and is being excavated under scientific supervision.
Culture
- 1711: The premiere of the opera Henrico IV by Johann Mattheson takes place in Hamburg.
- 1751: The opera Ifigenia in Aulide by Niccolò Jommelli is premiered at the Teatro Apollo in Rome .
- 1784: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart writes his 14th Piano Concerto in E flat major, KV 449.
- 1829: The comic opera Pierre et Catérine by Adolphe Adam is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris .
- 1893: Giuseppe Verdi's last opera, the lyrical comedy Falstaff , to a libretto by Arrigo Boito based on William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor , premieres to great acclaim at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.
- 1923: The premiere of the operetta The Yellow Jacket by Franz Lehár takes place at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna . The text was written by Ludwig Herzer and Fritz Löhner-Beda based on a template by Victor Léon . Years later, under the name The Land of Smiles , the work became a worldwide success.
- 1929: The world premiere of the comic opera Der Tenor by Ernst von Dohnányi takes place in Budapest.
- 1960: American actress Joanne Woodward receives the first-ever star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .
- 1964: The Beatles make their first appearance on US television. With five songs ( All My Loving , Till There Was You , She Loves You , I Saw Her Standing There and I Want to Hold Your Hand ) on The Ed Sullivan Show , they are known to an audience of millions.
- 1972: Paul and Linda McCartney have their first gig with their band Wings at the University of Nottingham .
- 1978: The film Star Wars starts in German cinemas.
- 1982: German band Trio releases the single Da Da Da ich lieb dich nicht du liebst mich nicht aha aha aha , which becomes a worldwide hit over the course of the year.
society
- 1855: In the morning in the south of the English county of Devon , mysterious tracks in the snow frighten the population. One suspects " footprints of the devil ".
- 1956: The Opera Ball is held in Vienna for the first time since the Second World War .
religion
- 1119: Calixtus II , elected pope on 2 February, is enthroned in Vienne , France .
- 1555: John Hooper , the Reformed Bishop of Gloucester , falls victim to re-Catholicization under Mary I and dies at the stake .
- 1621: Alessandro Ludovisi is elected Pope and takes the name of Gregory XV. He is the last church leader elected by acclamation in the conclave .
disasters
- 1971: The San Fernando Valley of California is rocked by a 6.6 magnitude ( moment magnitude scale ) earthquake. The epicenter of the quake , which claimed 65 lives and caused more than half a billion dollars in damage, is in the San Gabriel Mountains between the Los Angeles borough of Sylmar and San Fernando .
- 1971: The Aitrang rail accident proves to be the worst disaster in the history of Trans-Europ-Express trains. The derailment of the TEE 56 combined with the collision of an oncoming commuter train caused 28 deaths and 42 serious injuries.
- 1975: A Transall C-160 of Air Transport Wing 63 flies into a mountain on approach to Chania Airport in heavy snow due to a navigation error. None of the 42 occupants – in addition to the crew, there are also members of an anti-aircraft missile squadron on board on the way to an exercise in Crete – survived the accident.
- 1991: During the last major cholera epidemic worldwide, the Peruvian government declares a national emergency . However, this cannot prevent the epidemic from spreading to Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico and Nicaragua. An estimated 12,000 of the approximately 400,000 sufferers die.
- 2001: During an emergency surfacing maneuver near O'ahu , Hawaii, the US Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered submarine USS Greeneville (SSN-772) rammed the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru, which sank within minutes. 9 crew members are killed.
- 2016: In the Bad Aibling railway accident, two Meridian trains of the Bayerische Oberlandbahn (BOB) collide on a single-track route on the Mangfalltalbahn near Bad Aibling . 11 people were killed, 18 seriously injured and 63 slightly injured.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1896: The first world championship in figure skating takes place in Saint Petersburg . The first winner in the competition, which was initially only intended for men, was Gilbert Fuchs from Germany .
- 1900: The American tennis player Dwight Filley Davis donates the tennis Davis Cup named after him .
- 1901: The first Nordic Games , the forerunners of the Winter Olympics , open in Stockholm .
- 1939: The racing driver Rudolf Caracciola sets a speed record for 3000 cc cars on the Dessau A 9 race track at 398.234 km/h.
- 1958: At the Alpine World Ski Championships in Bad Gastein , racer Toni Sailer celebrates his last major triumph. After winning the giant slalom and second place in the slalom , he became world champion in the downhill and thus also in the combination on the last day .
- 1964: The IX. Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck. The most successful nation is the Soviet Union with 25 medals.
- 2003: The eighth Cricket World Cup begins in South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe.
- 2012: The International Sports Court finds the former German professional cyclist Jan Ullrich guilty of doping . His third place in the 2005 Tour de France and his victory in the 2006 Tour de Suisse are retrospectively revoked.
- 2018: In Pyeongchang , the XXIII. Winter Olympics opened.
Entries of track and field world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1269: Louis III. , Duke of Lower Bavaria
- 1320: Catherine of Habsburg , wife of Enguerrand VI. de Coucy
- 1323: Margaret of Brabant , Countess of Flanders
- 1404: Constantine XI. Palaiologos , last Byzantine Emperor
- 1420: Dorothea of Brandenburg , Duchess of Mecklenburg
- 1441: Mir ʿAli Shir Nawāʾi , Uyghur politician, builder, poet, mystic
- 1493: Helene of the Palatinate , Duchess of Mecklenburg
- 1583: Martin Röber , German Lutheran theologian
- 1586: Georg Wolmar von Fahrensbach , Polish governor of Livonia and officer in the Thirty Years' War
- 1606: Franz Ico von Frydag , German officer and diplomat
- 1612: Vincenzo I Gonzaga , Duke of Mantua and Montferrat
- 1645: Johann Egidius Bach , German violist and contralto
- 1683: Alexander von Dönhoff , Prussian lieutenant general, confidant of Friedrich Wilhelm I.
- 1685: Francesco Loredan , 116th Doge of Venice
- 1691: Johann Gottlieb Tamitius , German organ builder
- 1693: Johann Ludwig Konrad Allendorf , German educator, Lutheran minister, and poet of hymns
- 1695: Johan Arckenholtz , Finnish librarian, political pamphleteer and historian
- 1699: Étienne Jeaurat , French painter and engraver
18th century
- 1717: Johann August von Hellfeld , German legal scholar
- 1731: Gasparo Angiolini , Italian dancer, choreographer and theorist
- 1731: Johann Uphagen , German shipowner, merchant and bibliophile collector
- 1736: Maria Elisabeth of Saxony , Royal Princess of Poland and Princess of Saxony and Lady of the Star Cross
- 1737: Thomas Paine , British-American political publicist, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
- 1741: Ferdinand Franz Maria Bouget , Colonel in the Nassau Cuirassier Regiment
- 1748: Luther Martin , one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
- 1750: Friedrich Traugott Wettengel , Bohemian Lutheran theologian
- 1756: Karel Blažej Kopřiva , Czech composer
- 1763: Ludwig I , Grand Duke of Baden
- 1766: John Roane , American politician
- 1769: George W. Campbell , American politician, Secretary of the Treasury
- 1769: Susette Gontard , mistress of Friedrich Hölderlin
- 1770: Samuel Bell , American politician
- 1773: William Henry Harrison , American general and politician, President of the State
- 1775: Farkas Wolfgang Bolyai , Hungarian mathematician
- 1777: Louise Brachmann , German writer
- 1779: Mademoiselle Mars , French actress
- 1781: Johann Baptist von Spix , German naturalist
- 1783: Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky , Russian poet and translator
- 1784: Ferdinand Kämmerer , German legal scholar
- 1789: Franz Xaver Gabelsberger , German inventor of shorthand
- 1795: Moritz von Prittwitz , Prussian general and director of fortifications
- 1796: Karl Neuhaus , Swiss politician
19th century
1801-1850
- 1802: Étienne Arago , French writer
- 1802: Josef František Hunke , Bohemian composer
- 1811: Pankratius von Dinkel , Bishop of Augsburg
- 1815: Raffaele Cadorna the Elder , Italian general
- 1815: Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz , Spanish painter
- 1817: Eugenio Lucas Velázquez , Spanish painter
- 1818: Christian Reithmann , watchmaker and inventor
- 1832: Adele Spitzeder (also Adele Vio ), German actress and con artist
- 1834: Felix Dahn , German jurist, writer, historian
- 1834: Gustav Ritter von Meyer , judicial councilor and honorary citizen of Bayreuth
- 1834: Kamehameha IV , King of Hawaii
- 1836: Peter Heinrich Brincker , German missionary in German South West Africa
- 1838: Evelyn Henry Wood , British Field Marshal
- 1839: Silas Adams , American politician, member of the US House of Representatives
- 1843: Nathan Goff , American jurist and politician, Secretary of the Navy, Congressman
- 1845: Ludwig Forrer , Swiss politician
- 1846: Leopold of Bavaria , German Field Marshal
- 1846: Wilhelm Maybach , German car designer and entrepreneur
- 1849: Giovanni Passannante , Italian anarchist
1851-1900
- 1853: Gustav Aufschlager , German explosives chemist and company leader
- 1853: Leander Jameson , Prime Minister of South Africa
- 1859: Yoshifuru Akiyama , Japanese general
- 1859: Robert Hope-Jones , British-American inventor in organ building
- 1860: Jacobus Marinus Janse , Dutch biologist
- 1861: Hans Bartsch von Sigsfeld , German aviation pioneer
- 1863: Leopoldine Augustin , Austrian theater actress and singer
- 1863: Anthony Hope , British barrister and writer
- 1863: Ernst Kreidolf , Swiss graphic artist and illustrator of children's books
- 1865: Wilson Bentley , American farmer, photographer and snow explorer
- 1865: Erich von Drygalski , German polar explorer
- 1866: George Ade , American writer
- 1866: Alexandre-François-Louis Cailler , Swiss entrepreneur in the chocolate industry
- 1866: Claire Heliot , German animal tamer and animal tamer
- 1866: Eduard Thöny , Austrian draftsman and caricaturist (Simplicissimus)
- 1867: Edward W. Naylor , English organist, composer and music teacher
- 1867: Natsume Sōseki , Japanese writer
- 1868: Paul Reusch , German industrialist in the mining industry and mechanical engineering ( Gutehoffnungshütte )
- 1870: Paul Max Eugen Adloff , German dentist and anthropologist
- 1870: Arthur Illies , German painter and printmaker
- 1870: Jacobus Adrianus Cornelis van Leeuwen , Dutch Reformed theologian
- 1871: Fran Saleški Finžgar , Slovenian Roman Catholic priest and writer
- 1871: Howard Taylor Ricketts , American pathologist
- 1872: Karl Prinz , Austrian classics scholar
- 1874: Amy Lowell , American poet
- 1874: Vsevolod Emilyevich Meyerhold , Russian director and actor
- 1875: Paul von Eltz-Rübenach , German engineer and politician, Reich Minister of Transport
- 1877: Hermann Föttinger , German electrical engineer and inventor
- 1879: Natanael Berg , Swedish composer
- 1880: Leopold Fejér , Hungarian mathematician
- 1882: Arthur Duray , French-American racing driver
- 1883: Fritz August Breuhaus de Groot , German architect and designer
- 1883: Fritz Windgassen , German singer (tenor)
- 1885: Alban Berg , Austrian composer
- 1885: Anita Rée , German painter
- 1886: Max Behrens , German trade union leader and politician, Senator from Altona, MdL
- 1886: Ivo Hauptmann , German painter
- 1886: Wilhelm Vocke , German financier and banker
- 1887: Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev , commander of the Red Army in the Russian Civil War
- 1888: Cas Ruffelse , Dutch footballer
- 1890: Hanns Hopp , German architect
- 1891: Ronald Colman , British actor
- 1891: Pietro Nenni , Italian politician
- 1892: Joseph Braunstein , Austrian musician, writer and mountaineer
- 1892: Richard Freudenberg , German businessman and politician
- 1893: Johann Wolfgang Amschler , German biologist
- 1893: Robert Geritzmann , German politician, MP, Lord Mayor
- 1893: Giorgos Athanasiadis-Novas , Greek writer and politician, Prime Minister
- 1894: Peter Georg Cohrs , German politician, MdL
- 1894: Rahel Sanzara , German dancer, actress and writer
- 1895: Fyodor Alexandrovich Ozep , Russian film director and screenwriter
- 1895: Hermann Brill , German politician and resistance fighter, MP, Prime Minister
- 1895: Max Valier , Austro-Italian writer, astronomer and rocket-making pioneer
- 1895 Dutch Sternaman , American football player and official
- 1896: John Schehr , German politician, resistance fighter against Nazism
- 1896: Alberto Vargas , Peruvian pin-up draftsman
- 1897: Hans Breitensträter , German heavyweight boxer
- 1898: Wilhelm Ahrens , German watchmaker, editor and politician, resistance fighter against National Socialism, head of office
- 1898: Franz Gurk , German politician, MdL, President of the Landtag
- 1898: Yagi Jūkichi , Japanese writer
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Hans Schmitt-Rost , German author and administrative official
- 1902: Gertrud Scholtz-Klink , Reich Women's Leader in the Third Reich
- 1902: Léon M'ba , President of Gabonese
- 1903: Georg Trexler , German church musician, music teacher and composer
- 1904: Harold J. Arthur , American politician
- 1905: David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (Lord Burghley), British athlete, Olympic champion and President of the IAAF
- 1906: André Kostolany , American financial expert, journalist and writer
- 1906: Walter Henkels , German journalist and writer
- 1907: Dit Clapper , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1907: Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter , British-Canadian mathematician
- 1909: Fergus Anderson , British motorcycle racer
- 1909: Heather Angel , British actress
- 1909: Gaudencio Antonino , Filipino entrepreneur, business manager and politician
- 1909: Harald Genzmer , German composer
- 1909: Carmen Miranda , Portuguese singer and actress
- 1909: Dean Rusk , US Secretary of State
- 1910: István Arató , Hungarian composer
- 1910: Elbert N. Carvel , American politician
- 1910: Jacques Monod , French biochemist
- 1910: Anna Sokolow , American dancer and choreographer
- 1912: Ginette Leclerc , French actress
- 1912: Futabayama Sadaji , Japanese sumō wrestler, 35th yokozuna
- 1913: Günter Herlitz , German entrepreneur
- 1913: Astrid Krebsbach , German table tennis player
- 1914: Ernest Tubb , American singer
- 1914: Margrit Rainer , Swiss actress
- 1915: Boris Fyodorovich Andreyev , Soviet film actor
- 1918: Adolf Adam , Austrian computer scientist, statistician and professor
- 1919: Alfred Zemanovský , Czech composer, choirmaster and music publisher
- 1920: Ēriks Koņeckis , Latvian ice hockey player
- 1921: Eusebio Castigliano , Italian footballer
- 1921: Wilhelm Dörr , German SS corporal, deputy concentration camp commander and war criminal
- 1921: Joseph Fontanet , French politician
- 1921: Georg Gaidzik , German People's Policeman, killed in the 17 June 1953 uprising
- 1921: Constance Keene , American pianist and music teacher
- 1922: Arnold Keyserling , German philosopher and religious scholar
- 1922: Kathryn Grayson , American actress and singer
- 1923: Brendan Behan , Irish writer, journalist and IRA activist
- 1923: Heinz Drache , German actor
- 1924: Anton Heyboer , Dutch painter
- 1924: Woody Woodbury , American comedian, actor, television personality and talk show host
- 1925: Alois Gschwind , Swiss conductor and music teacher
- 1925: Burkhard Heim , German physicist
1926-1950
- 1926: Max Appis , German soccer player
- 1926: Carl Theodor Hütterott , German composer and school musician
- 1927: Rainer Maria Gerhardt , German writer, publisher and translator
- 1927: David Wheeler , British computer pioneer
- 1928: Rolf Apreck , German chamber and opera singer
- 1928: Frank Frazetta , American illustrator
- 1928: Rinus Michels , Dutch football coach
- 1929: James Mulcro Drew , American composer and music educator
- 1929: Howard Kanovitz , American painter
- 1929: Taiji Kase , Japanese karate grandmaster
- 1929: Willem Kersters , Belgian composer and professor
- 1929: Ursula Lingen , German actress
- 1929: Walther Ludwig , German classics scholar
- 1930: Emil Petrovic's Hungarian composer
- 1931: Thomas Bernhard , Austrian writer
- 1931: Imanuel Geiss , German historian
- 1931: Philipp Harnoncourt , Catholic theologian and priest
- 1931: Josef Masopust , Czechoslovak footballer
- 1931: Robert Morris , American artist
- 1932: Herbert Deutsch , American composer
- 1932: Gerhard Richter , German painter, sculptor, printmaker and photographer
- 1934: Manfred von Richthofen , German athlete, entrepreneur and sports official
- 1935: Manfred Fitze , German rower
- 1936: Robert Bartholomew , American weightlifter
- 1936: Max Pommer , German choir and orchestra conductor and musicologist
- 1936: Georg Sterzinsky , German cardinal and Archbishop of Berlin
- 1937: Hildegard Behrens , German singer
- 1937: Fritz Ewert , German soccer player
- 1937: Tony Maggs , South African Formula One racing driver
- 1939: Rick Abao , American jazz musician, composer, and entertainer
- 1939: Dieter Hägermann , German historian
- 1939: Péter Kovács , Hungarian art historian
- 1939: Reiner Pfeiffer , German journalist
- 1939: Janet Suzman , South African actress
- 1939: Primo Zamparini , Italian boxer
- 1940: Brian Bennett , British musician
- 1940: Hubert Burda , German art historian and publisher
- 1940: JM Coetzee , South African writer and Nobel laureate
- 1941: Irmlind Berg , German local and state politician, MdL
- 1942: Marianna Hill , American actress
- 1942: Carole King , American musician and songwriter, singer and pianist
- 1942: Miloš Štědroň , Czech composer and musicologist
- 1943: Dieter Dierks , German recording studio operator and music producer
- 1943: Joe Pesci , American actor
- 1943: Klaus Sommer , German pop singer
- 1943: Joseph E. Stiglitz , American economist
- 1944: Bernd Albani , German pastor, representative of the church peace and environmental movement of the GDR
- 1944: Alice Walker , American writer
- 1945: Mia Farrow , American actress
- 1945: Yoshinori Ōsumi , Japanese cell biologist
- 1946: Joseph Prathan Sridanusil , Thai religious priest and Bishop of Surat Thani
- 1946: Stephen Thega , Kenyan boxer
- 1947: Reinhard Adler , German soccer player
- 1947: Carla Del Ponte , Swiss jurist and federal prosecutor, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court and ambassador
- 1947: Joe Ely , American country music singer
- 1947: Major Harris , American soul singer
- 1949: Konrad Elmer-Herzig , German pastor and politician, MP
- 1949: Judith Light , American actress
- 1950: Shizuka Ijūin , Japanese writer
1951-1975
- 1951: Mitsuru Adachi , Japanese manga artist
- 1951: Penny Peyser , American actress, producer and director
- 1951: Michael Zittel , German actor
- 1952: Tony Attwood , British psychologist
- 1952: Zhang Jilong , Chinese football official
- 1953: Vito Antuofermo , Italian boxer
- 1954: Bertram Hilgen , German lawyer and local politician
- 1954: Ulrich Walter , German physicist and astronaut
- 1955: Hansjörg Betschart , Swiss writer and director
- 1955: Wolfgang Jerat , German football coach
- 1955: Charles Shaughnessy , British actor
- 1956: Alina Reyes , French writer
- 1956: Bejoy Nicephorus D'Cruze , Bangladeshi chaplain, Archbishop of Dhaka
- 1957: Astrid Baumann , German jurist
- 1957: Jaco Van Dormael , Belgian director and writer
- 1958 Totyu Andonov , Bulgarian wrestler
- 1958: Sandy Lyle , British golfer
- 1958: Bill Evans , American saxophonist
- 1958: Jürgen Kuttner , German radio host
- 1959: Ali-Ben Bongo Ondimba , Gabonese politician
- 1959: Kevin Buckler , American racing driver, racing team owner and winemaker
- 1960: Sabine M. Gruber , Austrian writer and music publicist
- 1960: Holly Johnson , British singer
- 1960: Ivar Olsen , Norwegian Nordic combined athlete
- 1961: Akira Sasō , Japanese mangaka
- 1962: Csaba Kesjár , Hungarian automobile racer
- 1963: Brian Greene , American physicist
- 1963: Lolo Ferrari , French actress and singer
- 1963: Travis Tritt , American country music singer and songwriter
- 1964: Michael Arenz , German archer
- 1965: Dieter Baumann , German athlete, Olympic champion
- 1965: Christian Schenk , German athlete, Olympic champion
- 1966: Harald Eia , Norwegian sociologist and journalist
- 1966: Heiner Garg , German politician, MdL, state minister
- 1966: Christoph Maria Herbst , German actor and comedian
- 1966: Satoshi Urushihara , Japanese mangaka
- 1966: Ellen van Langen , Dutch track and field athlete
- 1967: Edson Cordeiro , Brazilian singer
- 1968: Kateřina Brožová , Czech actress
- 1968: Alejandra Guzmán , Mexican rock singer
- 1968: Barbara Jungfer , German jazz guitarist
- 1968: Bob Hanning , German handball coach
- 1968: Michael Menzel , German handball player and coach
- 1968: Jens Pieper , German archer
- 1968: Hisham Zreiq , Palestinian-Israeli filmmaker
- 1969: Thomas Brandl , German ice hockey player
- 1969: Natalia Ushakova , Russian soprano
- 1970: Olaf Amblank , German university founder and entrepreneur
- 1970: Cihat Arslan , Turkish football player and coach
- 1970: Glenn McGrath , Australian cricketer
- 1971: Rachael Beck , Australian actress and singer
- 1971: Dirk Beuchler , German handball player and coach
- 1971: Zenka Dianova , Bulgarian pianist
- 1971: Hans Knauß , Austrian alpine skier
- 1971: Géza Pálffy , Hungarian historian
- 1971: Diana Pop , Romanian-Hungarian basketball player
- 1972: Chris Pohl , German musician
- 1972: Crispin Freeman , American voice actor
- 1974: Amber Valletta , American model and film actress
- 1975: Kurt Asle Arvesen , Norwegian racing cyclist
- 1975: Liane Forestieri , German actress
- 1975: Andreas Neuendorf , German footballer
1976-2000
- 1976: Ionela Târlea , Romanian hurdler, Olympic medalist
- 1977: Ledina Çelo , Albanian singer and model
- 1977: Björn Weikl , German footballer
- 1977: Christian Kritzer , German footballer
- 1978: Jan von Arx , Swiss ice hockey player
- 1978: AJ Buckley , American film actor
- 1978: Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen , Norwegian biathlete
- 1979: Marco Caneira , Portuguese footballer
- 1979: Ana Đokić , Montenegrin handball player
- 1979: David Gray , British snooker player
- 1979: Irina Eduardowna Slutskaya , Russian figure skater
- 1979: Zhang Ziyi , Chinese film actress
- 1980: Angelos Charisteas , Greek footballer
- 1980: Shelly Martínez , Mexican-American model and wrestler
- 1980: Cassandra Steen , German pop, soul and R&B singer
- 1981: Tom Hiddleston , British actor
- 1982: Christine Kaltenbach , German soccer player
- 1982: Martin Stoll , German footballer
- 1982: Konrad Wilczynski , Austrian handball player
- 1983: Kim Hyun-ki , South Korean ski jumper
- 1983: Dimitar Rangelov , Bulgarian footballer
- 1984: Maurice Darnell Ager , American basketball player
- 1984: Drago Papa , Croatian footballer
- 1984: Timo Staffeldt , German footballer
- 1985: David Gallagher , American actor
- 1985: Leandro Damián Marcelo Grimi , Argentine footballer
- 1985: Behrang Safari , Swedish footballer
- 1986: Kamran Ağayev , Azerbaijani footballer
- 1986: Stina Lykke Petersen , Danish soccer player
- 1987: Davide Lanzafame , Italian footballer
- 1987: Rose Leslie , Scottish actress
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- 1987: Magdalena Neuner , German biathlete, Olympic champion
- 1987: Kristof Van Hout , Belgian football goalkeeper
- 1987: Michael Wiemann , German footballer
- 1988: Jan-Marco Behr , German handball player
- 1989: Pablo Aguilar Bermúdez , Spanish basketball player
- 1989: Deniz Aslan , Dutch-Turkish footballer
- 1989: Gia Farrell , American singer
- 1989: Annie Au Wing-chi , Chinese squash player
- 1990: Fyodor Mikhailovich Smolov , Russian footballer
- 1990: Patrick Ziegler , German footballer
- 1991: Almuth Schult , German soccer player
- 1991: Marco Stiepermann , German footballer
- 1992: GermanLetsPlay , German web video producer
- 1992: Avan Jogia , Canadian actor
- 1995: Sheraldo Becker , Dutch footballer
- 1995: Mario Pašalić , Croatian footballer
- 1996: Jimmy Bennett , American actor
- 1996: Chungha , South Korean singer
- 1997: Ruben Katoatau , Kiribati weightlifter
21st century
- 2002: Regan Smith , American swimmer
- 2004: Antoni Kowalski , Polish snooker player
- 2008: Yekaterina Brytchenko , Russian billiards player
Died
Before the 16th century
- 693: Ansbert of Rouen , Bishop of Rouen and Chancellor of the West Frankish Empire
- 782: John II , Bishop of Constance
- 967: Saif ad-Daula , Emir of Aleppo
- 1011: Bernhard I , Duke in Saxony
- 1123: Otto the Rich , Count of Ballenstedt, Count of Anhalt and Duke of Saxony
- 1138: Kiya Buzurg-Umid , head of the Nizari Ismailis
- 1144: Lambert von Neuwerk , saint
- 1185: Dietrich von Landsberg and Eilenburg , Margrave
- 1199: Minamoto no Yoritomo , 1st Shogun of Japan
- 1212: Bernard III. , Duke of Saxony
- 1235: Nikolaos of Otranto , Greek monastery chief and writer
- 1250: Robert I , Count of Artois
- 1251: Matthew II , Duke of Lorraine
- 1256: Alice de Lusignan , Franco-English noblewoman
- 1271: Beatrix of Andechs-Meranien , Countess of Orlamünde
- 1322: Philip III. , Herr von Falkenstein
- 1372: Uilleam, 5th Earl of Ross , Scottish nobleman
- 1407: Wilhelm I , Margrave of Meissen
16th to 18th centuries
- 1503: John II of Baden , Margrave of Baden and Archbishop of Trier
- 1508: Conrad IV of Rietberg , Bishop of Osnabrück and Munster
- 1512: Bernardino Fernández de Velasco y Mendoza , Spanish military leader and politician
- 1514: Uriel von Gemmingen , Elector and Archbishop of Mainz and Imperial Archchancellor
- 1555: Christian Egenolff , German printer and publisher
- 1555: John Hooper , English Reformed theologian and reformer
- 1559: Melchior Trost , German stonemason, bridge lord and master builder
- 1575: Karl Friedrich von Jülich-Kleve-Berg , Hereditary Prince of the Duchies of Jülich, Kleve and Berg
- 1588: Alvaro de Bazán , Spanish fleet commander
- 1600: Johann Friedrich , Duke of Pomerania
- 1619: Lucilio Vanini , Italian philosopher
- 1633: Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues , French noblewoman and mistress
- 1645: Mutio Vitelleschi , Italian general of the order
- 1662: Michael Walther the Elder , German Lutheran theologian
- 1670: Frederick III. , King of Denmark and Norway
- 1675: Gerard Dou , Dutch Baroque painter
- 1702: Johann Baptist Fischer , Graz sculptor
- 1709: Johann Christoph Boecklin , German engraver
- 1740: Vincent Lübeck , Baroque composer
- 1749: Anselm Franz von Ingelheim , Prince Bishop of Würzburg
- 1751: Henri François d'Aguesseau , French politician
- 1753: Carl Hårleman , Swedish architect and politician
- 1756: Jacob Carl Stauder , Austrian painter
- 1759: Louise Henriette de Bourbon-Conti , Duchess of Chartres and Duchess of Orléans
- 1772: Mang Anton Stapf , South German Rococo sculptor
- 1777: Seth Pomeroy , British-American armorer and general
- 1782: Giuseppe Luigi Assemani , priest, orientalist and liturgist
- 1783: Heinrich Josef von Auersperg , Prince of Auersperg and Duke of Munsterberg
- 1795: John Penn , last British colonial governor of Pennsylvania
- 1798: Friedrich Ernst Constantin von Arnold , German district administrator and landowner
- 1799: Giovanni Archinto , Italian jurist, priest and cardinal
19th century
- 1801: Friedrich Konrad Hornemann , German explorer of Africa in British service
- 1807: Joseph-Benoît Suvée , Flemish painter
- 1810: Richard Chandler , British archaeologist
- 1812: Franz Anton Hoffmeister , German composer
- 1817: Franz Wilhelm Tausch , German clarinet virtuoso and composer
- 1824: Anna Katharina Emmerick , German religious sister and mystic
- 1831: Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann , German minister
- 1841: Chrystian Piotr Aigner , Polish architect
- 1842: Johann Diederich Gries , German translator
- 1844: Thomas Reynolds , Governor of Missouri
- 1858: Georg Wigand , German publisher and bookseller
- 1859: Karl Caesar Antz , German physician and botanist
- 1861: Karl Otto Ludwig von Arnim , German writer
- 1861: Francis Danby , Irish landscape painter
- 1866: Rehuel Lobatto , Dutch mathematician
- 1874: Jules Michelet , French historian
- 1875: Cecil De Vere , British chess champion
- 1878: Adolf Theodor Hermann Fritzsche , German classical scholar
- 1880: Adolphe Crémieux , French lawyer, politician and journalist
- 1881: Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky , Russian writer ( Crime and Punishment / Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Brothers Karamazov )
- 1885: Johan Cesar Godeffroy , German merchant
- 1886: Winfield Scott Hancock , American general and politician
- 1888: Benjamin Eggleston , American politician
- 1891: Otto Beneke , Hamburg archivist and writer
- 1891: Johan Barthold Jongkind , Dutch painter
- 1892: Gonville Bromhead , British officer
- 1894: Maxime Du Camp , French writer
20th century
1901-1950
- 1905: Adolph von Menzel , German painter, draftsman and illustrator of realism
- 1911: Bernhard Ludwig Suphan , German literary scholar
- 1914: Niklaus Gerber , Swiss chemist and inventor
- 1917: Károly Cardinal Hornig , Hungarian clergyman, Archbishop of Veszprém
- 1919: Ludwig Geiger , German-Jewish literary and art historian, representative of Reform Judaism
- 1922: Auguste Glardon , Swiss evangelical minister
- 1923: Otto Wilhelm Aulie , Norwegian footballer
- 1927: Heinrich Braun , German social democratic politician and publicist
- 1929: Walter Gramatté , German painter of magic realism
- 1930: Paul Levi , German lawyer and politician, MdR
- 1930: Richard With , Norwegian captain, shipowner and founder of the Hurtigruten mail ship line
- 1931: Gustav Kemmann , German transport scientist
- 1932: Paul Neumann , Austrian swimmer
- 1932: Karl Roth , German architect
- 1933: Karl Frohme , German politician, MdR
- 1933: Andreas Franz Frühwirth , Austrian chaplain, Cardinal of the Curia
- 1933: Carl Fürstenberg , German banker
- 1934: Giuseppe Carboni , Canadian singing teacher, conductor and composer
- 1935: Karl Nef , Swiss musicologist
- 1936: Wilhelm Solf , German politician and diplomat, Governor of German Samoa
- 1938: Hermann Kutzschbach , German conductor and music teacher
- 1941: Elizabeth von Arnim , British novelist
- 1942: Bernardo Attolico , Italian diplomat
- 1943: Gunnar Gundersen , Australian mathematician, university lecturer and chess player
- 1943: Martinus Theodorus Houtsma , Dutch orientalist
- 1944: Wera Tubandt , German chemist
- 1945: Alfred Ludwig Wieruszowski , German jurist and professor
- 1948: Karl Valentin , German comedian, cabaret artist, author and film producer
- 1949: Joseph Kumpfmüller , German Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Augsburg
1951-2000
- 1951: Ernest Hutcheson , Australian pianist, music educator and composer
- 1952: Peter Nonnenmühlen , German local politician
- 1954: Friedrich Hauck , German Protestant clergyman and university teacher
- 1957: Charles Faroux , French motorsport official and race director
- 1957: Miklós Horthy , Hungarian politician
- 1959: Karl Mauss , German general
- 1960: Alexander Nikolayevich Benois , Russian painter, writer, and art historian and critic
- 1960: Hertha Bucher , German-Austrian ceramist
- 1960: Ernst von Dohnányi , Hungarian pianist and composer
- 1960: Leslie Callingham , British motor racing driver
- 1960: Arthur Schütz , Austrian engineer and writer
- 1961: Grigory Yakovlevich Löwenfisch , Soviet chess player
- 1963: Abd al-Karim Qasim , Iraqi military and politician, Prime Minister
- 1963: Benny Moré , Cuban singer
- 1964: Ary Barroso , Brazilian composer and singer
- 1964: Marek Weber , German violinist and orchestra leader
- 1965: Henri Lacroix , Canadian harmonica player
- 1966: Bruno Ahlberg , Finnish boxer
- 1966: Charles Cellérier , Swiss evangelical minister
- 1967: Rosa Aschenbrenner , German politician
- 1967: Santiago Luis Copello , Argentine clergyman, cardinal and archbishop of Buenos Aires
- 1967: Vladimir Nikolayevich Sukachev , Russian forest scientist and geobotanist
- 1972: Artur Wypochowicz , Polish-German local politician, resistance fighter against Nazism
- 1974: Wilhelm Groß , German sculptor, printmaker and evangelical preacher
- 1976: Yohanan Aharoni , German-Israeli archaeologist
- 1976: Percy Faith , American orchestra conductor
- 1977: Francisco Cristancho Camargo , Colombian composer, arranger, trombonist, guitarist and orchestra leader
- 1978: Costante Girardengo , Italian cyclist
- 1978: Hans Stuck , German-Austrian racing car driver
- 1981: John Zuinglius Anderson , American politician
- 1981: Franz Andrysek , Austrian weightlifter
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- 1981: Bill Haley , American rock 'n' roll musician
- 1983: Khoren I Mesrob Paroyan , Armenian cleric, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia
- 1984: Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov , Soviet politician, Head of the KGB, General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, Head of State
- 1988: Kurt Adler , Austrian-American conductor
- 1989: Hermann Conring , German politician, MdL and MP
- 1989: Osamu Tezuka , Japanese doctor and manga artist
- 1991: Aaron Siskind , American photographer
- 1992: Andor Foldes , American pianist of Hungarian descent
- 1993: Zenon Brzewski , Polish music teacher and violinist
- 1993: Donald Mackey , Canadian organist, choirmaster and music teacher
- 1993: Will Höhne , German pop singer
- 1994: Howard M. Temin , American biologist, Nobel laureate
- 1994: Urbain-Marie Person , Ethiopian Bishop
- 1995: J. William Fulbright , American politician
- 1995: Eugen Loderer , German union official
- 1996: Alistair Cameron Crombie , Australian historian of science
- 1996: Logan R. Frazee , American special effects artist
- 1996: Adolf Galland , German Luftwaffe officer and fighter pilot
- 1996: August Kühn , German writer
- 1996: Robin Stille , American actress
- 1997: Maria Anders , German historian
- 1997: Fritz Graßhoff , German painter, draftsman, writer and songwriter
- 1999: Aleksander Gieysztor , Polish medieval historian
- 1999: Len Levy , American football player
- 2000: Yevgeny Nikolayevich Andreyev , Russian test pilot and parachutist
- 2000: Hans Platschek , German painter and publicist
21st century
- 2001: Herbert A. Simon , American social scientist and economist, Nobel laureate
- 2002: Margaret, Countess of Snowdon , British princess
- 2003: Herma Bauma , Austrian athlete and handball player
- 2003: Ruby Braff , American cornetist
- 2004: Gerhard Riedmann , Austrian actor
- 2005: Heribert Klein , German journalist and organist
- 2005: Sylvia Rafael , Israeli agent
- 2005: Ursula Schröder-Feinen , German opera singer (soprano)
- 2006: Freddie Laker , British aerospace entrepreneur
- 2007: Rüdiger Bubner , German philosopher and professor
- 2007: Ian Richardson , British actor
- 2007: Erik Schumann , German actor and voice actor
- 2008: Murlidhar Devidas Offices , Indian human rights activist
- 2008: Walter Bitterlich , Austrian forest scientist
- 2009: Ulrike Apel-Haefs , German politician, MdL
- 2009: Robert Woodruff Anderson , American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter
- 2009: Kazys Bradūnas , Lithuanian poet
- 2009: Orlando López , Cuban musician
- 2009: Jeremy Lusk , American freestyle motocross rider
- 2010: Philip Charles Harris , US captain
- 2012: Dimitri T. Analis , Greek writer and diplomat
- 2013: Richard Artschwager , American object artist, painter, printmaker and sculptor
- 2013: Keiko Fukuda , American judoka of Japanese descent
- 2016: Zdravko Tolimir , Bosnian Serb war criminal
- 2017: Piet Keizer , Dutch footballer
- 2017: Kazim Akboga , German YouTuber and musician
- 2018: John Gavin , American actor
- 2019: Maximilian Reinelt , German rower
- 2019: Tomi Ungerer , French illustrator and writer
- 2020: Dietrich Höffler , German physician and professor
- 2020: Pavol Šimai , Slovak-Swedish pianist and composer
- 2021: Chick Corea , American musician
- 2021: Ebbe Kops , Danish boxer
holidays and commemorations
- Church commemorations
- Saint Apollonia of Alexandria , Egyptian virgin and martyr (Catholic, Orthodox)
- John Hooper , Bishop of Gloucester and Martyr (Evangelical)
- St. Alto , Hermit (Catholic)
- St. Ansbert of Rouen , Frankish nobleman, abbot and bishop (Catholic)
- St. Julian of Speyer , French choir master, composer and poet (Catholic)
The list of commemoration and action days contains further entries .
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