the 9th of September
The September 9 is the 252nd day of the Gregorian calendar (the 253rd in leap years ), thus remain 113 days by year end.
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Politics and world events
- 1000: In the naval battle of Svold , a Danish-Swedish Viking fleet under Sven Gabelbart and Olof Skötkonung defeats the Christian King Olav Tryggvason of Norway , who committed suicide by jumping into the sea.
- 1438: Alfonso V becomes King of Portugal , due to his minority, initially under the reign of Eleanor of Aragon and Peter of Coimbras .
- 1493: In the battle on the Krbava field , the Ottomans defeat the Croatian feudal army.
- 1499: Vasco da Gama , the discoverer of the sea route to India, is given a triumphant welcome on his return to Lisbon.
- 1513: At the Battle of Flodden Field , a Scottish invading army of the Auld Alliance led by King James IV meets an English army led by Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk . The battle ended with a crushing defeat for the Scots and the death of their king.
- 1543: Mary Queen of Scots is crowned Queen of Scotland at the age of nine months .
- 1567: Count Lamoral von Egmond , governor of the Spanish Netherlands , is captured by Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba for treason.
- 1570: With the capture of Nicosia , the Ottomans achieve their first success in conquering Cyprus , the island that belongs to Venice . Cyprus is a target in the fifth Venetian Turkish War .
- 1619: Ferdinand II of Habsburg is crowned Roman-German Emperor in Frankfurt am Main.
- 1666: With the Treaty of Kleve , the Electorate of Brandenburg and the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg try to finally end the Jülich-Klevian succession dispute.
- 1706: A French corps is victorious against an Austrian army in the War of the Spanish Succession in the Battle of Castiglione .
- 1814: The Swiss Confederation passes a new federal treaty in the post-Napoleonic period.
- 1835: In France during the July monarchy , the September laws reintroduce censorship for the press and higher penalties for journalists . The commitment to the republic is forbidden.
- 1850: Upper California joins the United States as the 31st state under the name California . At the same time, the United States is organizing the territories acquired by Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 after the Mexican-American War as territories . The northeastern part is combined to form the Utah Territory , the southeastern part to the New Mexico Territory . Texas , which has to cede large areas to the new territories , is compensated with $ 10 million in the compromise of 1850 .
- 1867: The last Prussian troops leave Luxembourg City after the country was declared neutral and independent after the London Conference in May.
- 1899: Alfred Dreyfus is again found guilty of espionage after the first judgment has been overturned by the French Court of Cassation . However , he is granted mitigating circumstances and sentenced to 10 years in prison. He is immediately pardoned by President Émile Loubet .
- 1901: Diplomatic relations between Austria-Hungary and Mexico are resumed. They had been interrupted since the shooting of the Mexican emperor Maximilian I , brother of the Austro-Hungarian monarch Franz Joseph I , in 1867.
- 1914: First World War :
- In the course of the Battle of the Marne , the German troops had to withdraw in the face of a Franco-English counter-offensive. The Schlieffen plan for the quick overthrow of France has thus failed.
- In the September program , Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg defines the war goals of the German Reich .
- 1922: Catastrophe in Asia Minor : In the Greco-Turkish War , the Turks conquer the city of Smyrna in Asia Minor . The majority of the Greek and Armenian population are killed or expelled.
- 1942: The Nazi regime decides to build six flak towers to protect Vienna's urban area .
- 1943: Adolf Hitler signs the decree establishing the German housing aid organization .
- 1943: With the first operational radio-controlled weapon Fritz X , the Italian battleship Roma is sunk by the German Air Force using precision-guided ammunition .
- 1945: After Japan's formal surrender to the US a week earlier , the Japanese China Army also formally surrenders to Chiang Kai-shek . This ended the Sino-Japanese War .
- 1948: Kim Il Sung proclaims the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a second Korean state.
- 1948: Berlin blockade : On the occasion of the West Berlin demonstration in front of the destroyed Reichstag building , Mayor Ernst Reuter formulated in his speech: You peoples of the world! Look at this city!
- 1964: Citizens in the GDR are allowed one visit per year to visit relatives in the West by the GDR Council of Ministers .
- 1975: Ralf Reinders , Inge Viett and Juliane Plambeck wanted in connection with the kidnapping of Peter Lorenz are arrested in Berlin-Steglitz.
- 1980: Activists of the American plowshare movement led by Philip and Daniel Berrigan break into a General Electric nuclear weapons factory and destroy two warhead shells with hammers.
- 1986: The German Bundestag holds its first session in the former Bonn waterworks because the parliament building needs renovation .
- 1990: Nine months after the outbreak of the Liberian Civil War , President Samuel K. Doe , who has ruled since 1980, is arrested and executed by rebels.
- 1991: Tajikistan becomes independent from the Soviet Union.
- 2004: A car bomb explodes in front of the Australian embassy in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, killing 11 people.
business
- 2000: Due to its immense inflation rate, the currency sucre is abolished in Ecuador and the US dollar is changed.
science and technology
- 1409: In a bull , Pope Alexander V approves the establishment of the University of Leipzig .
- 1583: The Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg is founded.
- 1878: Carl Humann begins excavations on Pergamon Castle Hill . The Pergamon Altar is one of the significant finds after many years of work .
- 1892 Edward Barnard discovered by a telescope to Jupitermond Amalthea .
- 1913: The Russian military pilot Pyotr Nikolajewitsch Nesterow flies the first loop in history in a Nieuport IV near Kiev . His supervisor punishes him disciplinary. A short time later, the Frenchman Adolphe Pégoud was the second to succeed in this maneuver .
- 1947: A moth is found in a relay of the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator computer . Computer pioneer Grace Hopper later (incorrectly) attributes the origin of the term bug to this event (and also gives the year of the incident as 1945).
- 1961: With the USS Long Beach , the US Navy puts the world's first nuclear cruiser into service.
- 1965: The Bundeswehr puts the first Leopard tank into service.
- 1975: NASA's Viking 2 space probe is launched. Your goal is to explore the planet Mars .
- 2001: In the morning at 01:46:40 UTC , one billion seconds had passed since Unix time started on January 1, 1970 at 0:00:00.
Culture
- 1668: The Miser , a comedy in five acts by Molière , is performed for the first time in Paris.
- 1886: International Copyright : The Convention for the Protection of Works of Literature and Art is signed in Bern .
- 1922: The operetta Madame Pompadour by Leo Fall is premiered in the Berlin theater .
- 1943: The world premiere of Bertolt Brecht's drama The Life of Galilei takes place in Zurich.
- 1973: The Eberstadt stalactite cave , discovered on December 13, 1971 during blasting work in Buchen , is opened to the public.
- 1976: ZDF begins broadcasting the cartoon series Maya the Bee .
- 1993: In Trier , during excavation work for an underground car park near the Roman bridge, a treasure with 2,558 Roman gold coins is found. It has an estimated value of 2.5 million euros.
- 2009: With Hajime Isayama's Attack on Titan , one of the most influential manga series starts in the first issue of Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine .
society
- 1893: The only birth of a baby to date takes place in the White House in Washington, DC . US President Grover Cleveland and his wife Frances are happy to have their second daughter Esther .
religion
- 1171: In the presence of the Count of Schwerin Gunzelin I , the Duke of Mecklenburg Pribislaw , the Bishops Evermod von Ratzeburg and Berno von Schwerin as well as Henry the Lion , an act of consecration takes place on the predecessor Romanesque building of the Schwerin Cathedral .
- 1553: Pope Julius III. had copies of the Talmud that had been confiscated from Jews in Rome publicly burned in the days before . As a result, the Inquisition advises other Christian rulers to take this approach with regard to Jewish writings.
Disasters
- 1775: The freedom hurricane hits the east coast of Newfoundland . The worst hurricane in Canadian history killed more than 4,000 people.
- 1806: A hurricane over the Caribbean island of Dominica costs 457 lives.
- 1827: A flood in Taranto sweeps entire herds of animals with it and leads to famine.
- 1919: The Spanish passenger steamer Valbanera gets caught in the Florida Keys hurricane off Havana and disappears without a trace. The wreck of the ship was not found until ten days later. There is no trace of the 488 passengers and crew members; neither survivors nor corpses are recovered.
- 1954: An earthquake of 6.8-magnitude in Orléansville now Chlef , Algeria about 1,250 requests lives.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1891: Charles Terront , the winner of the first Paris – Brest – Paris cycle race organized on the initiative of the newspaper Le Petit Journal , arrives back in Paris after 71:22 hours of driving. Another 97 of the 206 riders who started followed, the last of which took ten days to complete the route.
- 1893: The Stuttgart FV 93 is founded.
- 1906: The Teufelsturm in Saxon Switzerland is first climbed by Oliver Perry-Smith .
- 1959: The University Sports Club Mainz (USC Mainz) is founded, from which a number of well-known athletes later emerged.
- 1970: Uwe Seeler plays his 72nd and last international match (3-1 against Hungary in Nuremberg), beating Paul Janes' pre-war record .
- 2011: The 2011 Rugby Union World Cup begins in New Zealand .
- 2012: The 2012 Summer Paralympics end in London .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- Aurelian , Roman emperor 214:
- Flavius Honorius , first Western Roman emperor 384:
- Saichō , Japanese Buddhist monk 767:
- 1401: Giovanni Antonio Orsini del Balzo , Prince of Taranto, Duke of Bari, Count of Lecce, Acerra, Soleto, Conversano, Matera and Ugento
- 1465: Ashikaga Yoshitane , Japanese shogun
- 1537: Franciscus Barocius , Venetian mathematician
- 1540: Johann VII. , Count of Oldenburg
- 1558: Philippe-Emmanuel de Lorraine , Duke of Mercœur, French military leader of the Huguenot Wars
- 1569: Joachim Andreas von Schlick , leader of the Protestant estates in Bohemia
- 1571: Apollonia Radermecher , daughter of a merchant from Aachen, founder of the Elizabethine order
- 1583: Girolamo Frescobaldi , Italian composer and organist of the early Baroque
- 1585: Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu , French statesman and cardinal
- 1618: Joan Cererols , Catalan Benedictine and composer
- 1621: Heinrich X. Reuss zu Lobenstein , German nobleman and rector of the University of Leipzig
- 1626: Josua Arnd , German theologian, historian and hymn poet
- 1664: Johann Christoph Pez , conductor and composer
- 1667: Felice Torelli , Italian painter from the Torelli family of artists
18th century
- 1708: Paul Egede , Danish Greenland missionary
- 1708: Moyse Garrigue , jeweler and court assessor of the French colony in Magdeburg
- 1711: Thomas Hutchinson , last civil governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
- 1737: Luigi Galvani , Italian physician, anatomist and biophysicist
- 1739: Friderika Baldinger , German author
- 1739: Johann Georg Geib , German master organ builder
- 1740: Caspar Steinlin , Mayor of St. Gallen (Switzerland)
- 1747: Thomas Coke , Methodist clergyman
- 1754: William Bligh , British naval officer, captain of the Bounty
- 1754: Johann Karl Gottlob von Nostitz-Jänkendorf , German landowner
- 1762: Heinrich Harries , pastor and writer from Schleswig, author of the later imperial hymn Heil dir im wreath
- 1769: Ivan Kotlyarevsky , Ukrainian poet
- 1769: Cornelis Felix van Maanen , Dutch statesman
- 1774: Salomon Rothschild , Austrian entrepreneur and banker, founder of the Austrian branch of the Rothschild family
- 1778: Clemens Brentano , German writer
- 1786: John Breathitt , American politician
- 1789: William Cranch Bond , American astronomer
- 1790: Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoi , Russian nobleman and officer
- 1798: Joseph Anselm Feuerbach , German classical philologist and classical archaeologist
- 1798: Samuel Friedrich Hassel , German singer and actor
19th century
1801-1850
- 1804: Carl Eduard Abendroth , Hamburg politician
- 1809: Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann , German painter
- 1809: Johann Daniel Eschenburg , Senator of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck
- 1813: Heinrich Franz von Dassanowsky , imperial-royal court official and benefactor
- 1813: Wilhelm Engelhard , German sculptor
- 1814: Elisabeth Alphonsa Maria Eppinger , founder of the French order
- 1817: Eduard Hildebrandt , German painter
- 1817: Johann Gottfried Piefke , Prussian military musician and composer
- 1822: Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte , French general
- 1824: Svend Grundtvig , Danish literary scholar and ethnologist
- 1824: Georg Mader , Austrian painter
- 1825: Dieudonné Dagnelies , Belgian composer and conductor
- 1826: Friedrich I , Grand Duke of Baden
- 1828: Walter von Loë , Prussian field marshal and adjutant general to the emperor
- 1828: Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy , Russian writer
- 1831: Hermann Christian Arndts , Prussian civil servant, syndic, administrator and member of the state parliament
- 1831: Nikolaus Izsó , Hungarian sculptor
- 1834: James E. Boyd , American politician
- 1834: Richard Ulbricht , German agricultural chemist
- 1837: Samuel Siegfried Karl von Basch , Austrian physician, personal physician to Maximilian of Mexico
- 1837: Frederick Edward Raven , English preacher and Bible interpreter
- 1841: Paul Eyschen , Luxembourg politician
- 1842: Elliott Coues , American Army surgeon, historian, ornithologist, and author
- 1843: Alejandro Ferrant y Fischermans , Spanish painter
- 1843: Oscar Montelius , Swedish archivist and archaeologist
- 1843: Romain-Octave Pelletier , Canadian organist and composer
- 1844: Louis Rossel , French officer and politician
- 1850: Leopold Miguéz , Brazilian composer
1851-1900
- 1851: Mabel Collins , English author, theosophist, anthroposophist and animal rights activist
- 1852: Carl Mengewein , German composer
- 1852: John Henry Poynting , English physicist
- 1853: Pierre Marie , French neurologist
- 1853: Hanns von Zobeltitz , German journalist and writer
- 1855: Houston Stewart Chamberlain , Anglo-German writer and cultural philosopher
- 1858: Walter George , British athlete
- 1858: Josef Hilgers , German theologian, theological writer and Jesuit
- 1859: William Reed , Canadian organist and composer
- 1860: Ferdinand Holthausen , German Anglicist
- 1860: Franz Matt , Bavarian politician, minister of education, deputy prime minister
- 1860: Franz Nissl , German neurologist and psychiatrist
- 1863: Luis Weiler , German railway civil engineer
- 1864: Woldemar Horn , German lawyer, governor of Togo
- 1867: Felix von Dobschütz , pastor and superintendent in Silesia
- 1867: Ernst Oppler , German painter and etcher
- 1867: Max L. Strack , German ancient historian
- 1868: Mary Hunter Austin , American novelist and playwright
- 1871: Fritz-Carl Peus , German politician, Lord Mayor of the City of Münster
- 1873: Georges Berguer , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1873: Charles Allan Gilbert , American painter and illustrator
- 1873: Theodor Kroyer , German musicologist
- 1873: Max Reinhardt , Austrian theater director
- 1877: Jesús Castillo , Guatemalan composer
- 1877: Frank Chance , American baseball player
- 1881: René Migeot , French racing car driver
- 1882: Milton Manaki , Ottoman film pioneer
- 1882: Friedrich Weigle , German organ builder
- 1884: Arthur Lieutenant , German politician
- 1885: Paul Henckels , German actor
- 1886: Erwin Voellmy , Swiss chess master and mathematician
- 1887: Alf Landon , American businessman and politician
- 1888: Josef Adlmannseder , Austrian politician
- 1888: Lothar Kreuz , German orthopedist, last rector of the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin
- 1888: Armand Leclaire , Canadian actor and author
- 1890: Karl d'Angelo , German print shop owner, concentration camp leader and police director
- 1890: Francis Bousquet , French composer
- 1890: Arthur Drey , German poet, playwright, essayist
- 1890: Marriner S. Eccles , American entrepreneur and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board
- 1890: Kurt Lewin , American psychologist
- 1890: Harland D. Sanders , American entrepreneur and company founder ( Kentucky Fried Chicken )
- 1892: Dela E. Gotthelft , German opera, concert and oratorio singer
- 1893: Georgi Wassiljewitsch Florowski , Orthodox theologian
- 1894: Arthur Freed , American musical producer and songwriter
- 1894: Hans Großmann-Doerth , German lawyer, representative of ordoliberalism
- 1896: Alexei Innokentjewitsch Antonow , Soviet general
- 1896: Fritz Reuter , German musicologist, music educator, composer and conductor
- 1898: Robert Bauer , German politician
- 1898: Styles Bridges , American politician
- 1899: Brassaï , French-Hungarian photographer
- 1899: Waite Hoyt , American baseball player
- 1899: Cyrus Rowlett Smith , US Secretary of Commerce
- 1900: James Hilton , English writer
- 1900: Thomas Liessem , German carnivalist and carnival organizer
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Lev Schubnikow , Russian physicist
- 1902: Herta Ilk , German politician
- 1903: Josef Gregor , German philologist and folk song teacher
- 1903: Fred Tootell , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1904: Claudio Ferrer , Puerto Rican composer and singer
- 1904: Feroze Khan , Pakistani hockey player, Olympic champion
- 1905: Herbert Zerna , German-Sorbian theologian, pedagogue, local researcher and director
- 1906: Weldon Kilburn , Canadian pianist, organist and music teacher
- 1906: Harri Larva , Finnish middle-distance runner and Olympic champion
- 1906: Richard Lawrence , American bobsledder
- 1906: James Quinn , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1906: Volkram Anton Scharf , German painter and sculptor
- 1908: Cesare Pavese , Italian writer
- 1909: Arthur Jonath , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1910: Fritz Dorls , German politician
- 1911: Michel Aunaud , French racing car driver
- 1911: Richard Baer , German SS officer, commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp and the Mittelbau concentration camp
- 1911: Gerhard Gerlich , German politician and educator
- 1911: Paul Goodman , American author
- 1911: John Gorton , Australian politician, Prime Minister
- 1912: Jean-Louis Leuba , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1912: Heinrich Welker , German physicist
- 1913: Josef Marx , American oboist and musicologist
- 1914: Erik Blumenthal , German psychologist and graphologist, psychotherapist and author
- 1915: Shioda Gōzō , Japanese author and founder of Yoshinkan Aikido
- 1915: Jim Poole , American football player
- 1916: Peter Beauvais , German director
- 1916: Hans-Helmut Klose , German admiral
- 1916: Tatjana Lietz , German-Latvian teacher and painter
- 1917: Rolf Wenkhaus , German film actor
- 1918: Walter Morath , German cabaret artist
- 1918: Oscar Luigi Scalfaro , Italian politician, President
- 1919: Maurice Dela , Canadian composer and organist
- 1919: Gottfried Dienst , Swiss arbitrator
- 1919: Wilhelm Dopatka , German politician, Lord Mayor of Leverkusen, Member of the Bundestag
- 1919: Don Gais , American jazz pianist
- 1919: Miroslav Kárný , Czech historian, Holocaust researcher
- 1919: John Ljunggren , Swedish athlete, Olympic champion
- 1920: Eleanor Koldofsky , Canadian music and film producer and author
- 1921: Solomon Apt , Russian translator
- 1921: Andrzej Dobrowolski , Polish composer and music teacher
- 1922: Margherita von Brentano , German philosopher
- 1922: Hans Georg Dehmelt , German-American physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1922: Fortune Gordien , American athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1922: Stephen Murray-Smith , Australian editor and author
- 1923: Daniel Carleton Gajdusek , American physician and virologist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1923: Cliff Robertson , American actor
- 1924: Jane Greer , American actress
- 1924: Rik Van Steenbergen , Belgian racing cyclist
- 1925: Gonzalo Arroyo , Chilean priest and liberation theologian
- 1925: Sabine Ball , German evangelist, operator of social projects
- 1925: Heinz Lau , German composer
1926-1950
- 1926: Michael Lentz , German screenwriter, actor and director
- 1926: Hannes Schmidhauser , Swiss film actor, screenwriter and director
- 1927: Andrei Wladimirowitsch Anikin , Russian economist and writer
- 1927: Eugen Helmlé , German writer and translator
- 1927: Elvin Jones , American musician
- 1928: Moses Bosco Anderson , American Auxiliary Bishop
- 1928: Fritz Herkenrath , German football player
- 1928: Sol LeWitt , American artist
- 1929: Alexei Dmitrijewitsch Maslennikow , Soviet tenor
- 1929: Claude Nougaro , French jazz singer and poet, painter and draftsman
- 1929: Ruth Pfau , German philanthropist, Catholic nun and leprosy doctor in Pakistan
- 1929: Béla Weissmahr , Hungarian philosopher
- 1930: José Águas , Portuguese football player
- 1930: Willy Prölß , German local politician, Mayor of Nuremberg
- 1930: Ivar Karl Ugi , German-Estonian chemist
- 1931: Waldemar Świerzy , Polish graphic and graphic designer
- 1932: Rüdiger Lorenz , German neurosurgeon
- 1933: Anna Arfelli Galli , Italian medic and psychologist
- 1934: Arnim Basche , German sports journalist and presenter
- 1935: Bin Kaneda , Japanese composer
- 1935: Fred Stone , Canadian flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer
- 1935: Chaim Topol , Israeli actor
- 1936: Walter Zuber Armstrong , American musician, composer, arranger and university professor
- 1936: Joan Bennett Kennedy , American musician, wife of Edward Kennedy
- 1936: Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter , Austrian composer and organist
- 1936: Ute Vinzing , German opera and chamber singer
- 1937: Horst Ademeit , German artist
- 1938: Henri-Claude Fantapié , French conductor
- 1939: Wolf Peter Fehlhammer , German chemist, general director of the Deutsches Museum
- 1939: Zbigniew Namysłowski , Polish jazz musician, alto saxophonist and composer
- 1940: Vicente Segrelles , Spanish cartoonist and author
- 1940: Lothar Ulsaß , German football player
- 1941: Peter Braun , German lawyer and politician, Member of the State Parliament, Mayor of Germering
- 1941: Duffy Power , British pop and blues singer
- 1941: Otis Redding , American musician and soul singer
- 1941: Dennis Ritchie , computer pioneer and programmer
- 1942: Ted Herold , German singer
- 1943: Peter Dreßen , German politician and trade unionist, Member of the Bundestag
- 1943: Jürgen Gosch , German theater director
- 1943: Gerhard Krebs , German historian and Japanologist
- 1943: Erika Lotz , German politician and trade unionist, Member of the Bundestag
- 1943: Stanislaw Stanilow , Bulgarian archaeologist and MP
- 1944: Bernard-Nicolas Jean-Marie Aubertin , French Archbishop
- 1944: George Mraz , American jazz double bass player
- 1944: Rainer Stiller , German soccer player
- 1945: Robert Alexy , German lawyer and philosopher
- 1945: Alphonso Jackson , US Minister of Construction
- 1945: Ingrid Matthäus-Maier , German politician and bank manager, Member of the Bundestag
- 1945: Dee Dee Sharp , American singer
- 1946: Thomas Zimmermann , German surgeon and politician
- 1947: Ujjal Dosanjh , Canadian lawyer and politician
- 1947: Heikki Ikola , Finnish biathlete
- 1947: Wolfgang Methling , German veterinarian and politician, MdL, state minister
- 1948: Roel Augusteijn , Dutch politician
- 1948: Peter Kent , German pop singer and producer
- 1949: James Barnes , American composer
- 1949: John Curry , British figure skater, Olympic champion
- 1949: Ádám Fischer , Hungarian conductor
- 1949: Daniel Pipes , American scholar of Islam
- 1949: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono , Indonesian politician, president
- 1950: Ulrike Arnold , German artist
1951-1975
- 1951: Ross C. Anderson , American politician
- 1951: Alexander John Gosse Downer , Australian politician
- 1951: Andreas Meier , Swiss computer scientist
- 1951: Ramón Puerta , Argentine politician
- 1951: Swetlana Schönfeld , German actress and director
- 1952: Manuel Göttsching , German electronic musician and multi-instrumentalist
- 1952: Luzi Stamm , Swiss politician
- 1952: David A. Stewart , British musician
- 1953: Harald Martenstein , German journalist and author
- 1953: Alisher Usmanov , Russian oligarch
- 1954: Jeffrey Combs , American actor
- 1955: Theresia Haidlmayr , Austrian politician
- 1955: Gernot Jurtin , Austrian football player
- 1956: Anatolyj Arzebarskyj , Soviet cosmonaut
- 1956: Barbara Norton , German canoeist
- 1957: Pierre-Laurent Aimard , French pianist
- 1957: Rebecca Völz , German actress
- 1958: Georgette Dee , singer, actress
- 1958: Knut Schubert , German figure skater and coach
- 1959: Eric Serra , French composer
- 1960: Hugh Grant , British actor
- 1961: Jan-Eric Antonsson , Swedish badminton player
- 1961: Matjaž Kek , Slovenian football player and coach
- 1961: Aljoscha Long , German writer, psychologist and philosopher
- 1962: Liza Marklund , Swedish journalist and crime writer
- 1963: Caroline Adderson , Canadian writer
- 1963: Roberto Donadoni , Italian football player and coach
- 1963: Markus Wasmeier , German ski racer
- 1964: Lance Acord , American cameraman
- 1964: Mike Ashley , British manager
- 1964: Cæcilie Norby , Danish singer
- 1964: Susanne Vössing , German cook, cookbook author and food designer
- 1965: Şenol Akkılıç , Austrian politician
- 1966: David Bennent , Swiss actor
- 1966: Tommy Guerrero , American guitarist and songwriter
- 1966: Georg Hackl , German luge athlete, Olympic champion
- 1966: Michel Muller , French actor
- 1966: Adam Sandler , American actor, producer, and composer
- 1966: Sigrid M. Schnückel , German actress
- 1967: Hana Androníková , Czech writer
- 1967: Benjamin Roy Armstrong Jr. , American basketball player
- 1967: Stephen Bogaert , Canadian film actor
- 1967: Akshay Kumar , Indian actor
- 1968: Jon Drummond , American athlete
- 1968: Kai Jan Krainer , Austrian politician
- 1968: David Sánchez , Puerto Rican musician
- 1968: Klaus Schindling , German politician
- 1968: Hans-Peter Steinacher , Austrian sailor, Olympic champion
- 1969: Rachel Hunter , New Zealand model and actress
- 1971: Eric Stonestreet , American actor
- 1971: Henry Thomas , American actor
- 1972: Bryan Bronson , American athlete
- 1972: Peggy Büchse , German long-distance swimmer
- 1972: Miriam Oremans , Dutch tennis player
- 1972: Goran Višnjić , Croatian actor
- 1973: Daniel Aminati , German television presenter, singer and actor
- 1973: Frode Andresen , Norwegian biathlete
- 1973: Bogdan Lucian Aurescu , Romanian diplomat and politician
- 1973: Sven-André Dreyer , German writer
- 1973: David Gromer , German television presenter
- 1973: Aitor Osa , Spanish cyclist
- 1974: Mathias Färm , Swedish guitarist ( Millencolin )
- 1975: Michael Bublé , Canadian jazz singer
- 1975: Bianca Hein , German actress
- 1975: Melanie Huml , German politician
- 1975: Jörg Ludewig , German racing cyclist
- 1975: Jörg Nobis , German politician
1976-2000
- 1976: Emma de Caunes , French actress
- 1976: Artiom Kiourengian , Greek wrestler
- 1976: Lúcia Moniz , Portuguese singer and actress
- 1976: Aki Riihilahti , Finnish football player
- 1976: Michael Specht , German actor
- 1977: Damos , Swiss rapper, beat pruducer and video artist
- 1977: Saro Emirze , German actor
- 1977: Stuart Price , British house musician and producer
- 1977: Nuno Ribeiro , Portuguese cyclist
- 1977: Soulja Slim , American rapper
- 1977: Fatih Tekke , Turkish soccer player
- 1978: Stefan Lupp , German football referee
- 1979: Freddy Bichot , French racing cyclist
- 1980: Ragnhild Aamodt , Norwegian handball player
- 1980: Isabelle Caro , French model
- 1980: Steffen Hofmann , German soccer player
- 1980: Jani Liimatainen , Finnish musician
- 1980: Michelle Williams , American actress
- 1981: Mohamed Attoumane , Comorian swimmer
- 1981: Markus Fothen , German racing cyclist
- 1981: Oliver Herber , German soccer player
- 1982: Saskia Bartusiak , German soccer player
- 1982: Sharrod Ford , American basketball player
- 1982: Wélissa Gonzaga , Brazilian volleyball player
- 1982: Ai Ōtsuka , Japanese singer and songwriter
- 1983: Zoe Kazan , American actress
- 1983: Rory Rawlyk , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983: Robin Sondermann , German actor
- 1984: Brad Guzan , American football player
- 1984: Michalis Sifakis , Greek football player
- 1985: Sacha Klještan , American football player
- 1985: Luka Modrić , Croatian football player
- 1985: JR Smith , American basketball player
- 1986: Jason Lamy Chappuis , French Nordic combined skier
- 1986: Brittney Reese , American long jumper
- 1986: Essi Sainio , Finnish soccer player
- 1987: Afrojack , Dutch house DJ
- 1987: Sebastian Colloredo , Italian ski jumper
- 1987: Erik Oese , German vaulting athlete
- 1987: Andrea Petković , German tennis player
- 1987: Alex Song , Cameroonian football player
- 1987: Milan Stanković , Serbian singer
- 1988: Bassem Amin , Egyptian chess grandmaster
- 1988: Manuela Arbeláez , Colombian-American photo model
- 1988: Danilo D'Ambrosio , Italian football player
- 1988: Fiona Erdmann , German model
- 1988: Manuel Riemann , German soccer player
- 1989: Johnny Cecotto Jr. , Venezuelan racing car driver
- 1989: Alex Howe , American biathlete
- 1989: Zibraaz Sahib , Fijian soccer player
- 1990: Haley Reinhart , American singer
- 1990: Yaroslav Tarnovetsky , Ukrainian billiards player
- 1991: Kelsey Chow , American actress
- 1991: Jann Mardenborough , British racing car driver
- 1991: Oscar , Brazilian soccer player
- 1991: Vasco Regini , Italian football player
- 1991: René Zia , Austrian soccer player
- 1992: Frida Amundsen , Norwegian singer and songwriter
- 1992: Patrick Farkas , Austrian football player
- 1995: André Rudersdorf , German automobile racing driver
- 1996: Bersant Celina , Norwegian football player
- 1996: Lennard Kämna , German racing cyclist
- 1997: Felix Uduokhai , German soccer player
- 1999: Julian Conze , German soccer player
- 2000: Rabbi Matondo , Welsh football player
Died
Before the 16th century
- Adalbert von Babenberg , East Franconian nobleman 906:
- 1000: Olav I. Tryggvason , King of Norway
- 1087: William I , Duke of Normandy, King of England
- 1191: Conrad III. Otto , Margrave of Moravia and Duke of Bohemia
- 1223: Simon of Apulia , Italian bishop of Exeter
- 1226: Rudolf von Güttingen , Abbot of St. Gallen and Bishop of Chur
- 1230: Siegfried II. Von Eppstein , Archbishop of Mainz, Imperial Arch Chancellor
- 1285: Kunigunde von Halitsch , Queen of Bohemia
- 1310: Heinrich , lord of Besmedin in the county of Tripoli
- 1312: Otto III. , King of Hungary and Duke of Lower Bavaria
- 1328: Matthias von Buchegg , Archbishop of Mainz, Imperial Arch Chancellor
- 1362: John de St Paul , English cleric, jurist and Archbishop of Dublin
- 1384: Werner von Haselbeck , German priest, biographer and papal secretary
- 1396: John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont , English nobleman
- 1398: James I , King of Armenia and Cyprus
- 1437: Jan Roháč z Dubé , Bohemian Hussite captain
- 1438: Edward I of Portugal , King of Portugal
- 1445: Albrecht II of Hohenrechberg , Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt
- 1473: Sophie von Sachsen-Lauenburg , Duchess and Regent of Jülich and Berg
- 1484: Hans Feer , Lucerne mayor, small councilor, land and church bailiff and delegate of the daily statute
- 1487: Chenghua , Chinese emperor of the Ming Dynasty
- 1488: Francis II, Duke of Brittany
16th Century
- 1503: Philipp , Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg and Count of Neuchâtel
- 1513: Robert Erskine, 4th Lord Erskine , Scottish nobleman
- 1513: James IV , King of Scotland
- 1513: Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox , Scottish nobleman
- 1513: Alexander Stuart , Scottish humanist and Archbishop of St Andrews
- 1515: Joseph von Wolokolamsk , Russian monk and founder of a monastery
- 1519: René de Prie , Cardinal of the Catholic Church
- 1527: Johann II. Von Blankenfelde , Bishop of Reval and Dorpat, Archbishop of Riga
- 1532: Bartholomäus Arnoldi , German professor of philosophy and theology
- 1553: Justinian von Holzhausen , Frankfurt patrician and mayor
- 1558: Adam Krafft , Protestant church reformer in Hesse
- 1560: Luigi Pasquali , Italian Waldensian
- 1580: Christoph von der Schulenburg , Bishop of Ratzeburg
- 1587: Georg von Khevenhüller , Governor of Carinthia
- 1590: Rebekka Lemp , victim of the witch hunt in Nördlingen
- 1596: Anna Jagiellonica , Polish-Lithuanian princess, elected head of state of Poland-Lithuania
- 1600: Georg Hoefnagel , Flemish miniature and book painter
17th century
- 1603: George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon , English nobleman, patron of the theater
- 1606: Leonhard Lechner , church musician from South Tyrol
- 1611: Eleonora de 'Medici , Duchess of Mantua and Montferrat
- 1624: Andreas Cludius , German legal scholar
- 1633: Heinrich Graf von Holk , Danish officer in the Thirty Years' War
- 1682: Siegmund Wiprecht von Zerbst , German court official and politician
- 1684: Johann Caspar von Ampringen , Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, Governor of Silesia, Duke of Freudenthal
- 1684: Jakob Thomasius , Saxon teacher, philosopher and humanist
- 1695: Count Burchard von Ahlefeldt , Holstein nobleman, district administrator
- 1696: Eleonore von Sachsen-Eisenach , Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Electress of Saxony
18th century
- 1709: Bella Perlhefter , Prague Jewish writer, professional letter writer and music teacher
- 1712: Johann Georg Heinsch , Bohemian Baroque painter
- 1713: Giovanni Antonio Viscardi , Italian builder of the Baroque
- 1714: Johannes Riemer , German writer and theologian
- 1714: Heinrich Günther von Thulemeyer , German lawyer, historian and polyhistor
- 1717: Joachim von Ahlefeldt , holstein-gottorfisch-danish statesman, provost of the Preetz monastery
- 1718: Diego Ladrón de Guevara , Bishop of Quito and Viceroy of Peru
- 1720: Philippe de Courcillon , French officer, diplomat and author and Grand Master of the Order of Lazarus
- 1721: Elisabeth Dorothea of Hessen-Darmstadt , Landgrave of Hessen-Homburg
- 1736: Wassili Wassiljewitsch Prontschischtschew , Russian explorer and polar explorer
- 1741: Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle , French nobleman and mistress of Louis XV.
- 1747: Ivan Kuzmich Korobov , Russian architect
- 1753: Bertrand François Mahé de La Bourdonnais , French admiral
- 1755: Johann Lorenz von Mosheim , German Lutheran theologian and church historian
- 1765: Ami Lullin , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1784: Johann Friedrich Richter , German banker, merchant and art and antiquity collector
- 1793: Peter Perez Burdett , English cartographer
- 1793: Wolfgang Ferdinand von Dörnberg , Prussian Minister of Justice
- 1800: Immanuel Friedrich Gregorius , German Lutheran theologian and historian
19th century
- 1806: William Paterson , American lawyer, one of the signatories of the United States Constitution
- 1815: John Singleton Copley , British-American painter
- 1831: Leopold Ackermann , Austrian theologian
- 1832: Bernhard Klein , German composer
- 1834: James Weddell , English polar explorer, navigator and whaler
- 1836: Adam Joseph Onymus , German Catholic clergyman and university professor
- 1838: Joseph Konradt , German organ and piano builder
- 1839: Johann Christoph Funck , German brewery owner and politician
- 1839: Johannes Hegetschweiler , Swiss physician, botanist and politician
- 1841: Augustin-Pyrame de Candolle , Swiss botanist
- 1843: Günther Heinrich von Berg , German politician and writer
- 1849: Georg von Rukavina , Austrian general
- 1851: Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet , American clergyman
- 1855: Petrus Johannes Izaak de Fremery , Dutch medic and chemist
- 1868: Mzilikazi , ruler in the Matabele Kingdom in Zimbabwe
- 1869: Otto Jahn , German classical philologist, archaeologist and musicologist
- 1871: Louis Edouard Bouet-Willaumez , French admiral
- 1876: American Horse I , Indian chief
- 1877: Carl Wilhelm Heine , German-Austrian surgeon, President of the German medical profession in Prague
- 1878: Karl Tomaschek , Austrian Germanist, literary historian and university professor
- 1881: Christian Friedrich Scherenberg , German poet
- 1891: Jules Grévy , French politician and lawyer, President of the Republic
- 1894: Heinrich Brugsch , German Egyptologist
- 1898: Jean-Baptiste Labelle , Canadian organist, pianist, composer and conductor
- 1898: Stéphane Mallarmé , French writer
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901: Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper , German botanist and university professor
- 1901: Georg Wilhelm Schulze , German pastor
- 1901: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec , French painter
- 1905: Heinrich Gassner , Lord Mayor of Mainz
- 1912: Wilhelmine Heimburg , German writer
- 1914: Albert Arnz , German landscape painter
- 1920: Roberto Hazon , Italian conductor and music teacher
- 1926: Anton Jörgen Andersen , Norwegian composer
- 1928: Emilio Materassi , Italian racing car driver
- 1931: Lujo Brentano , German economist and social reformer
- 1932: Alajos Szokolyi , Hungarian athlete
- 1934: Edward Theodore England , American politician
- 1938: Oskar Kiefer , German sculptor
- 1939: Leon Raszeja , Polish lawyer
- 1941: Hans Spemann , German biologist
- 1942: Adele Kurzweil , Austrian Holocaust victim
- 1942: Bruno Kurzweil , Austrian lawyer
- 1943: Charles McLean Andrews , American historian and university professor
- 1943: Fernand Gabriel , French racing car driver
- 1944: Gus Sonnenberg , American football player, wrestler
- 1946: Salomo Friedlaender , German philosopher and writer of the literary avant-garde
- 1946: Violet Jacob , Scottish writer
1951-2000
- 1955: Euthymia , German Clement sister
- 1955: Carl Friedberg , German pianist and music teacher
- 1958: Said bin Maktum , Emir of Dubai
- 1958: Giovanni Prini , Italian sculptor and painter
- 1958: Cas Ruffelse , Dutch football player
- 1960: Leonhard Adam , German legal scholar and ethnologist
- 1960: Jussi Björling , Swedish opera singer (tenor)
- 1962: Paavo Aaltonen , Finnish gymnast, Olympic champion
- 1962: Vladimir Jakowlewitsch Klimov , Soviet designer of aircraft engines
- 1962: Werner Meißner , German lawyer
- 1964: Maurice Le Boucher , French composer, organist and music teacher
- 1965: Julián Carrillo , Mexican composer
- 1965: Vito Castorina , Italian composer, conductor and music teacher
- 1969: Jalāl Āl-e Ahmad , Persian writer
- 1973: Céliny Chailley-Richez , French pianist and music teacher
- 1973: Sergei Konstantinowitsch Tumanski , Soviet engine designer
- 1973: Wilhelm Vocke , German financial expert and banker
- 1974: Lily Hildebrandt , German painter and graphic artist
- 1976: Mao Zedong , Chinese politician
- 1977: Rita Maiburg , German pilot, first female scheduled flight captain in the world
- 1977: Kenneth O'Donnell , American politician, adviser to John F. Kennedy
- 1978: Kaoru Abe , Japanese jazz pianist, guitarist and saxophonist
- 1978: Jürgen Feindt , German dancer and actor
- 1978: Jacobo Ficher , Argentine composer
- 1978: Jack L. Warner , Canadian-American film producer, screenwriter, director, and actor
- 1979: Ali-Naghi Vaziri , Iranian musician and composer
- 1980: José de Anchieta Fontana , Brazilian soccer player
- 1981: Jacques Lacan , French psychoanalyst
- 1983: Luis Monti , Argentine-Italian soccer player
- 1984: Yılmaz Güney , Turkish actor and director
- 1985: Paul John Flory , American chemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1985: Hugo Lindo , Salvadoran writer, diplomat and politician
- 1986: Magda Tagliaferro , Brazilian pianist and music teacher
- 1987: Gunnar de Frumerie , Swedish composer
- 1988: Felice Filippini , Swiss writer and painter
- 1989: Meta Merz , Austrian writer
- 1990: Nicola Abbagnano , Italian philosopher
- 1990: Samuel K. Doe , Liberian military, dictatorial head of state, president
- 1990: Alexander Men , Russian priest and dissident
- 1994: Käthe Braun , German actress
- 1995: Reinhard Furrer , German science astronaut
- 1996: Manuel Marino Miniño , Dominican composer, conductor and music teacher
- 1996: Bill Monroe , American musician
- 1997: Richie Ashburn , American baseball player
- 1997: Burgess Meredith , American actor
- 1998: Heinz Haffter , Swiss classical philologist
- 1999: Karl Waldemar Schütz , German publisher and editor
- 2000: Veerasamy Ringadoo , Mauritian politician, finance minister, governor general, first president
21st century
- 2001: Ahmad Shah Massoud , Afghan freedom fighter
- 2003: Larry Hovis , American actor and singer
- 2003: Harry Pietzsch , German actor
- 2003: Edward Teller , American physicist
- 2004: Ernie Ball , American musician and manufacturer of strings for musical instruments
- 2006: Gérard Brach , French director and screenwriter
- 2006: Herbert Rudley , American actor
- 2011: Hassan Aref , Egyptian-American engineer and physicist
- 2011: Horst Fuhrmann , German historian
- 2012: Günter Discher , German music historian
- 2014: Antonín Tučapský , Czech composer and conductor
- 2015: Christof Stählin , German cabaret artist and songwriter
- 2016: Erich Storz , German singer and music producer
- 2016: Jörg Zink , German theologian
- 2018: Peter Kretzschmar , German handball player and coach, world champion
- 2018: Daniel Küblböck , German singer
- 2019: Robert Frank , Swiss-American photographer
- 2020: George Bizos , South African human rights lawyer
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Luigi Pasquali , Italian martyr (Protestant)
- Saint Gorgonius of Rome , Roman martyr and patron saint (Catholic)
- St. Peter Claver , Spanish monk and missionary, priest and patron saint (Protestant, Catholic)
- Name days
- State holidays and memorial days
- North Korea : Founding Day of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1948)
- Tajikistan : Independence from the Soviet Union (1991)
- More information about the day
- Day of the Alcohol Damaged Child , ( FASworld )
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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