January 4th
The January 4 (in Austria and South Tyrol : January 4 ) is the fourth day of the Gregorian calendar , thus still remain 361 (in leap years 362) day by year end.
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Politics and world events
- Titus Labienus remains victorious over the troops of Gaius Iulius Caesar , whose officer he was earlier, in the battle of Ruspina thanks to his numerical superiority . 46 BC Chr .:
- Battle of Reading , the Anglo-Saxon King Ethelred of Wessex is defeated by a Danish invading army . 871: At the
- 1248: In Spandau near Berlin, Margrave Johann I of Brandenburg signs the founding deed of the city of Neubrandenburg .
- 1248: After the death of his brother Sancho II , Alfons III climbs . who previously served as regent , took over the Portuguese throne.
- 1254: The Flemish explorer Wilhelm von Rubruk and his companions receive an audience with the Mongolian Great Khan Möngke Khan , at whose court they have been staying for a few days.
- 1642: King Charles I of England enters the House of Commons with 400 armed men to arrest the members of Parliament responsible for the Great Remonstrance . The attempted coup failed because John Pym , John Hampden and Oliver Cromwell had already fled, but it sparked the English Civil War .
- 1717: France, Great Britain and the Netherlands form an alliance against Spain , which wants to regain the Italian possessions that were lost in the War of the Spanish Succession . A few months later, the Quadruple Alliance war for supremacy in the Mediterranean breaks out.
- 1798: The Republic of Mulhouse , which until then belonged to the Swiss Confederation , votes in favor of joining the French Republic .
- 1854: The British captain William McDonald discovers the sub-Antarctic McDonald Island .
- 1884: The intellectual Fabian Society is brought into being, among other things pioneer and thought leader of the British Labor Party .
- Between: 1894 Russia and France kicking Two Association in force. By the defensive alliance France can end his nearly two decades of isolation, while Germany into an already by Otto von Bismarck gets dreaded two-front location.
- 1896: Utah , formerly Utah Territory , becomes the 45th state of the United States after an agreement between the predominant followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the US federal government .
- 1919: The Berlin Police President Emil Eichhorn ( USPD ) is dismissed by the Council of People's Representatives under Friedrich Ebert . This leads to mass demonstrations the following day and the start of the Spartacus uprising .
- 1932: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and the rest of the leadership of the Indian National Congress are arrested by the British colonial power .
- 1933: Franz von Papen meets with Adolf Hitler in the Cologne house of the banker Kurt Freiherr von Schröder for secret negotiations in which they agree to take over government and become Chancellor of Hitler .
- 1948: Burma is granted independence from Great Britain .
- 1950: Israel declares Jerusalem its capital , violating UN resolutions .
- 1951: North Korean troops conquer Seoul for the second time with Chinese support in the Korean War .
- 1959: Violent unrest breaks out in Léopoldville ( Belgian Congo ), which is considered the starting point for the independence of the Congo.
- 1979: At the invitation of the French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing , a conference to discuss the crisis in Iran begins on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe . Participants are US President Jimmy Carter , British Prime Minister James Callaghan and German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt .
- 1980: Because of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan , US President Jimmy Carter imposes an embargo on grain and other goods against the USSR , which is only lifted on April 24, 1981 by his successor Ronald Reagan .
- 2004: As a result of the rose revolution against Eduard Shevardnadze , the opposition politician Mikheil Saakashvili of the United National Movement celebrates an overwhelming victory in the presidential elections in Georgia .
- 2006: After the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has suffered a severe stroke, Ehud Olmert takes over the office.
- 2007: The 110th United States Congress opens. With Nancy Pelosi , a woman is elected for the first time as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
business
- 1870: The former Argentine President Bartolomé Miter founds the daily La Nación in Buenos Aires with several others .
- 1872: A decree by the German postmaster general Heinrich von Stephan encourages the establishment of savings and advance payment associations for postal officials, the forerunners of the PSD banks .
- 1892: The Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung puts its first edition on the market.
- 1947: The first issue of the political magazine Der Spiegel appears in the Anzeiger-Hochhaus in Hanover as the successor to the magazine This Week .
- 1954: Duisburg is the first German city to set up parking meters .
- 1960: Great Britain , Denmark , Norway , Austria , Portugal , Sweden and Switzerland sign the Stockholm Convention establishing the European Free Trade Association ( EFTA ). The Convention enters into force on May 3rd.
- 1962: The Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle , an automatically controlled subway without a driver , runs for the first time on the New York City Subway .
- 1985: The London Baltic Exchange publishes for the first time the Baltic Freight Index , later the Baltic Dry Index , an important price index for the worldwide shipping of main cargo.
science and technology
- 1850: The galaxy NGC 4125 is discovered by the British astronomer John Russell Hind .
- 1910: The aviation pioneer Alberto Santos Dumont ends his last flight with an accident with his Demoiselle sports aircraft .
- 1918: The explorer Reinhard Maack discovers the rock carving of the White Lady, which is at least two thousand years old , in the Brandberg massif .
- 1958: 92 days after its launch, the Russian Sputnik 1 satellite burns up when it re-enters the earth's atmosphere. With him, the era of space travel has opened.
- 1958: Mount Everest host Sir Edmund Hillary reaches the South Pole on a New Zealand Antarctic expedition . It is the third expedition in the world that has reached this point.
- 1961: The last volume of the German dictionary , begun 123 years earlier by the Brothers Grimm, appears.
- 2004: After a travel time of almost seven months, the landing unit of the American space probe Spirit lands in Gusev crater on Mars .
- 2010: official celebrations is in Dubai , the tallest building in the world , the Burj Khalifa inaugurated
Culture
- 1890: The world premiere of the operetta Der poor Jonathan by Carl Millöcker takes place at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna .
- 1896: Gerhart Hauptmann's historic revolutionary drama Florian Geyer is premiered at the Deutsches Theater Berlin under the direction of Emil Lessing . Emanuel Reicher can be seen in the title role. The reviews are devastating.
- 1936: The American magazine The Billboard publishes a hit parade of popular music titles for the first time in the world .
- 1968: The German feature film On the subject, sweetheart with Uschi Glas premieres.
- 1969: The country mirror is broadcast for the first time by ZDF .
- 1970: The recordings for the last Beatles album Let It Be are stopped.
society
- 1698: Most of the Palace of Whitehall , the main residence of the British monarchs , except for the Banqueting House , is completely destroyed by fire. The building will not be rebuilt due to lack of money and the site will subsequently be leased and released for the construction of townhouses.
- 1783: In a report on the execution of due Witchcraft accused Anna Göldi , the term was first judicial murder marked.
- 1972: Judge Rose Heilbron becomes the first woman to be installed at the Old Bailey Criminal Court in London .
- 1981: Peter Sutcliffe , arrested by Sheffield police two days earlier, confesses during interrogation that he is the wanted Yorkshire Ripper . The serial killer killed at least 13 women.
religion
- Eutychianus succeeds Felix I as Pope 275:
- 1964: Pope Paul VI. First Pope visits Israel . The trip lasts until January 6th.
Disasters
- 1641: Parker volcano erupts in the Philippines . The eruption cloud darkened Mindanao Island for several weeks. The eruption reached a level of five on the volcanic explosion index .
- 1852: An uncontrollable fire breaks out on the British paddle steamer RMS Amazon on its maiden voyage. The ship explodes and sinks, 104 people are killed.
- 1970: An earthquake of intensity 7.5 in the province of Yunnan , China, calls for about 10,000 deaths.
- 1990: A railway accident near Sangi in Pakistan claims around 350 lives and injures 700.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
nature and environment
- 1935: The Dry Tortugas National Park in the Gulf of Mexico is established.
Sports
- 1880: The Chimborazo , with 6,310 m one of the highest peaks in the Andes , is climbed for the first time by the British mountaineer Edward Whymper .
- 1967: The athlete Donald Campbell tries to set a water speed record on the British lake Coniston Water . His racing boat overturns and Campbell is killed.
- 2008: The Dakar Rally does not take place for the first time in its 30-year history. The organizer is canceling the competition due to an urgent travel warning from the French government. In addition to the murder of four French tourists on December 24, 2007 and a fatal attack on three soldiers on the border with Algeria, there had also been a terrorist threat against the rally itself. As a consequence of the terror threat and the cancellation in 2008, the Dakar Rally has not taken place in Africa since then, but in various South American countries between 2009 and 2019 and in Saudi Arabia since 2020.
- 2017: The 105-year-old Robert Marchand sets a world record for the first time in the “105+” age group with 22.574 kilometers in the Vélodrome National near Paris . The UCI has created an age group especially for him.
- Every year on January 4th, the third competition of the Four Hills Tournament takes place in ski jumping on the Bergiselschanze in Innsbruck .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1076: Song Zhezong , Emperor of China
- 1239: John II , Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond
- 1271: Elisabeth of Portugal , Aragonese princess, Queen of Portugal, Franciscan, saint of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1334: Amadeus VI. , Count of Savoy
- 1467: Botho the Blissful , Lord of Wernigerode and regent of the County of Stolberg, the County of Wernigerode and the County of Hohnstein
- 1467: Heinrich the Younger of Stolberg , Lord of Wernigerode and governor of Friesland
- 1481: Kaspar von Mülinen , Swiss nobleman and politician
- 1489: Paul vom Rode , German theologian and reformer
- 1489: Filippo Strozzi the Younger , Florentine patrician
- 1563: Elisabeth of Hesse , Duchess of Zweibrücken and Countess Palatine von Simmern
- 1581: James Ussher , Irish theologian
- 1592: Peter de Spina III. , German physician
- 1594: Heinrich von Ryssel , Leipzig councilor and trader
- 1610: Franz von Cramm , German court official
- 1618: Jan Six , Dutch art patron and collector
- 1643: Isaac Newton , English alchemist, scientist, philosopher and theologian
- 1674: Johann Siegmund Kirchmayer , German clergyman and university professor
- 1675: Liberat Weiß , German missionary and martyr
- 1679: Roger Wolcott , British politician and governor of the Colony of Connecticut
18th century
- 1706: August Georg Simpert , Margrave of Baden-Baden
- 1710: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi , Italian composer
- 1710: Sophie Christiane Luise von Brandenburg-Bayreuth , Princess of Thurn and Taxis
- 1716: Aaron Burr, Sr. , clergyman, father of the US Vice President of the same name
- 1717: Balthasar Ferdinand Moll , Austrian sculptor
- 1720: Johann Friedrich Agricola , German musician, composer and music writer
- 1731: Karl Abraham von Zedlitz , Prussian nobleman and politician, minister
- 1732: Michael Johann von Wallis , Austrian field marshal and president of the court war council
- 1737: Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau , French chemist and politician, President of the National Assembly, member of the National Convention
- 1738: Susanne Bohl , German poet
- 1740: Ernestine Auguste Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach , Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen
- 1745: Johann Jakob Griesbach , German theologian and university professor
- 1746: Benjamin Rush , signatory of the United States' Declaration of Independence
- 1747: Johann Kaspar Coqui , German manufacturer and local politician
- 1752: David Hall , American politician, governor of Delaware
- 1754: Carl Gustav Ludwig von Moltke , German squire, master hunter and chamberlain
- 1772: Jean Étienne Esquirol , French neurologist
- 1772: Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut , German legal scholar
- 1776: Bernardino Drovetti , Italian Egyptologist, politician and diplomat in the French service
- 1779: Alexander von der Mark , illegitimate son of King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia
- 1780: Théophile Marion Dumersan , French playwright, poet, librettist and numismatist
- 1784: François Rude , French sculptor
- 1785: Jacob Grimm , German lawyer, linguist and literary scholar, is considered the founder of German philology and classical studies
- 1793: Roger Sherman Baldwin , American politician, Connecticut governor, senator
- 1797: Wilhelm Beer , German banker and astronomer
- 1798: Wilhelm Arnoldi , German clergyman, Bishop of Trier
19th century
1801-1850
- 1802: Paul de Noailles , French politician and historian
- 1808: Friedrich Haase , German classical philologist
- 1809: Louis Braille , French teacher, inventor of Braille for the blind
- 1809: Julius Adolph Stöckhardt , German agricultural scientist
- 1813: Alexander von Bach , Austrian lawyer and politician, minister
- 1813: Louis Lucien Bonaparte , Franco-Italian linguist, Romance scholar and bascologist
- 1813: Isaac Pitman , British stenographer, draftsman of a shorthand
- 1814: Gottfried Adolf Kinau , German pastor and astronomer
- 1816: Thilo Irmisch , German botanist
- 1816: Hermann Roemer , German politician, MdR
- 1816: Ernst Theodor Stöckhardt , German agricultural scientist
- 1817: Arthur von Reventlow , German administrative lawyer in the Kingdom of Denmark
- 1818: Louis Edward Nolan , British officer
- 1822: Georg Büchmann , German philologist
- 1823: Peter Joseph Osterhaus , German-American revolutionary, officer, politician and businessman
- 1827: Peter Baumgras , German-American painter
- 1829: Friedrich Dominik , German veterinarian
- 1829: Carl von Hänisch , Prussian general, member of the State Council
- 1830: Ernst Behm , German geographic writer
- 1836: Anna Maria von Sachsen , Saxon princess
- 1839: Casimiro de Abreu , Brazilian poet
- 1839: Carl Humann , German engineer, architect and archaeologist
- 1841: Emil von Guttenberg , Austrian general and railway specialist, minister
- 1844: Victor Blüthgen , German poet and writer
- 1846: Jan Karafiát , Czech pastor and writer
- 1848: Katsura Tarō , Japanese officer and politician, multiple prime minister
- 1850: Paul d'Abrest , Austro-French writer and journalist of Bohemian origin
- 1850: Max Kalbeck , German music writer, music critic and translator
1851-1900
- 1852: Mite Kremnitz , German writer
- 1857: Émile Cohl , French caricaturist and animator
- 1858: Friedrich Ahlborn , German zoologist and physicist
- 1858: Carter Glass , American businessman and politician, House of Representatives, Minister, Senator
- 1858: Victor Léon , Austrian librettist, lyricist and author
- 1859: Karel Václav Rais , Czech writer and journalist
- 1861: Mehmed VI. , Ottoman Sultan
- 1866: Louis Abbiate , French composer and cellist
- 1866: Avedis Aharonian , Armenian politician, revolutionary and writer, President of Parliament
- 1866: Ramon Casas i Carbó , Spanish painter and printmaker
- 1866: Joel Hastings Metcalf , American astronomer
- 1867: Fritz Irmiger , Swiss customs officer
- 1868: Anastasia of Montenegro , Montenegrin noblewoman
- 1868: Rudolf Lebius , German journalist
- 1870: Georg Escherich , German forester, explorer, officer and politician
- 1872: Edmund Rumpler , Austrian aircraft designer
- 1872: Karl Segebrock , German-Baltic missionary, martyr
- 1873: Otakar Berger , Czech cellist
- 1874: George Adee , American football player, tennis player, and official
- 1874: Josef Suk , Czech composer and violinist
- 1874: Adalbero Fleischer , German clergyman, Bishop of Marianhill
- 1874: Svend Fleuron , Danish writer
- 1877: Marsden Hartley , American painter
- 1878: Gerdt von Bassewitz , German writer
- 1880: Charles Wheeler , New Zealand-Australian painter
- 1881: Nikolai Andrejewitsch Roslawez , Ukrainian composer
- 1881: Cyril de Vère , French racing car driver
- 1881: Ernst Epstein , Austrian architect
- 1881: Wilhelm Lehmbruck , German sculptor
- 1881: Nikolaj Velimirović , Serbian clergyman, bishop of Žiča and Ohrid, saint
- 1882: Umezu Yoshijirō , Japanese general, Commander in Chief of the Army in World War II
- 1882: Willy Rickers , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister
- 1883: Max Eastman , American writer
- 1883: Pat Ryan , American hammer thrower, Olympic champion
- 1884: Hovhannes Baptist Apcar , Iranian clergyman, Bishop of Ispahan
- 1884: Max Brose , German businessman and industrialist
- 1884: Adriano Lanza , Italian modern pentathlete
- 1886: Fritz Ecarius , German administrative lawyer and politician, Lord Mayor of Ludwigshafen
- 1887: Hugo Steinhaus , Polish mathematician
- 1888: Walther Kossel , German physicist
- 1889: Yumeno Kyūsaku , Japanese writer
- 1890: Moša Pijade , Yugoslav politician and resistance fighter
- 1890: Victor Lustig , impostor and con artist of Austro-Hungarian origin
- 1891: Rudolf Amon , Austrian zoologist and hunting scientist
- 1891: Eduard Schulte , German industrialist, resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 1891: Henry Vallotton , Swiss politician, diplomat and writer, member of the National Council
- 1892: Josef Altstötter , German lawyer, Ministerialdirektor in the Reich Ministry of Justice
- 1893: Manuel Palau Boix , Spanish composer and professor
- 1894: Cédia Brault , Canadian singer
- 1894: Wesley La Violette , American composer
- 1895: Gustavs Klucis , Latvian photographer and artist
- 1895: Lourens Gerhard Marinus Baas Becking , Dutch botanist and microbiologist
- 1895: Leroy Grumman , American designer and aircraft manufacturer
- 1896: Everett Dirksen , American politician, House of Representatives, Senator
- 1896: André Masson , French painter
- 1898: Friedrich Lindemann , German writer and journalist
- 1898: Rudolf Senti , Liechtenstein sports shooter
- 1899: Alfred Sohn-Rethel , German economist and social philosopher
- 1900: Gerhard Aichinger , Austro-German writer
- 1900: Hans Baumgarten , German journalist
- 1900: James Bond , American ornithologist
- 1900: Bedřich Fučík , Czech literary critic, editor and translator
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: CLR James , British cultural critic, journalist, socialist theorist and writer
- 1901: Hermann zu Leiningen , German automobile racing driver
- 1902: Kurt Baurichter , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, District President of Düsseldorf
- 1903: Georg Elser , German resistance fighter against National Socialism, Hitler assassin
- 1903: Gustav Wegner , German athlete
- 1904: Erhard Quack , German hymn poet and composer
- 1904: Volf Bergraser , French chess player
- 1904: Erik Chisholm , Scottish composer and conductor
- 1905: Wolfgang Fränkel , German lawyer, Attorney General at the Federal Court of Justice
- 1906: Stefan Rachoń , Polish violinist and conductor
- 1906: Walter Reuter , German photographer and resistance fighter
- 1907: Arnold Dannenmann , German theologian, founder of the Christian Youth Village Association in Germany ( CJD )
- 1907: Marte Harell , Austrian actress
- 1907: Willy Busch , German football player
- 1907: Ninón de Brouwer Lapeiretta , Dominican composer
- 1909: Cilly Aussem , German tennis player
- 1909: Ewart Bartley , Canadian organist, choir director, music teacher and composer
- 1909: John Simplot , American entrepreneur
- 1910: Hilde Schrader , German swimmer, Olympic champion
- 1911: Enrico Lorenzetti , Italian motorcycle racer
- 1911: Noro Morales , Puerto Rican mambo and rumba musician
- 1912: Marta Hoepffner , German photographer
- 1912: Stephen McGill , British clergyman, Bishop of Argyll and the Isles and Paisley
- 1913: Tanumafili II , Samoan head of state
- 1915: Marie-Louise von Franz , Swiss classical philologist and depth psychologist, employee of CG Jung
- 1916: Slim Gaillard , American jazz singer
- 1916: Jan Kotík , Czech painter
- 1916: Fedor Weinschenck , Polish ski racer
- 1916: Robert Parrish , American film director and film editor
- 1916: Willy Mattes , Austrian composer, arranger and conductor
- 1918: Georg Kahn-Ackermann , German journalist and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
- 1918: Naim Krieziu , Albanian football player
- 1919: Elisabeth Trube-Becker , German forensic doctor, first German professor of forensic medicine
- 1921: Eberhard Cohrs , German comedian and actor
- 1921: Torsten Lilliecrona , Swedish actor
- 1921: Friedrich Schütter , German actor
- 1922: Eva Ebner , German actress, screenwriter and assistant director
- 1922: Marceau Somerlinck , French football player
- 1922: Frank Wess , American jazz saxophonist
- 1922: Yamada Fūtarō , Japanese writer
- 1923: Horst Jänicke , German secret service agent
- 1923: Antoni Marianowicz , Polish diplomat, journalist and writer
- 1923: Tito Rodríguez , American-Puerto Rican singer and orchestra leader
- 1924: Alberto Bertuccelli , Italian football player
- 1924: Walter Ris , American swimmer, Olympic champion
- 1924: Marianne Werner , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1925: Veikko Hakulinen , Finnish cross-country skier, Olympic champion, world champion
- 1925: Abdollah Mojtabavi , Iranian wrestler, Olympic medalist
1926-1950
- 1926: Don Arden , British music manager
- 1926: Bengt Johansson , Swedish wrestler, world champion
- 1927: Hans Bentzien , German politician and party functionary, Minister for Culture of the GDR
- 1927: Claus Jacobi , German journalist, editor-in-chief, publisher and author
- 1927: Barbara Rush , American actress
- 1928: Werner Felfe , German politician and party functionary, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED, first secretary of the Halle district leadership
- 1929: Arik Brauer , Austrian painter, singer and poet
- 1929: Amitai Etzioni , American sociologist
- 1929: Günter Schabowski , German journalist and politician, editor-in-chief of Neues Deutschland , member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED, first secretary of the East Berlin district leadership
- 1929: Wigand Siebel , German sociologist
- 1929: Herbert Vorgrimler , German theologian and university professor
- 1930: Christoph Albrecht , German organist, conductor and composer
- 1930: Ricardo Aronovich , Argentine cameraman
- 1930: Constantin Floros , Greek-German musicologist
- 1930: Christoph Lindenberg , German anthroposophist, biographer
- 1930: Yasuo Takei , Japanese entrepreneur
- 1931: Alexander Arnot , German diplomat
- 1931: Nora Iuga , Romanian poet and translator
- 1932: Carlos Saura , Spanish film director
- 1932: Paul Virilio , French philosopher and media critic
- 1933: Norman H. Bangerter , American politician, governor of Utah
- 1933: Ilia II , Georgian clergyman, Catholicos Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi, Metropolitan of Tskhum-Abkhazia
- 1934: Hellmuth Karasek , German journalist, book author and literary critic
- 1934: Anni Rättyä , Finnish javelin thrower
- 1934: Rudolf Schuster , Slovak politician of Carpathian German origin, President
- 1934: Zurab Tsereteli , Georgian-Russian sculptor and visual artist
- 1935: Walter Mahlendorf , German athlete, Olympic champion
- 1935: Floyd Patterson , American boxer, world champion
- 1936: Mario Ambrosino , Italian actor, set and costume designer
- 1936: Christoph Bantzer , German actor
- 1936: Jean-Paul Flachsmann , Swiss politician
- 1936: Gianni Vattimo , Italian philosopher, author and politician, MEP
- 1937: Cosmas Michael Angkur , Indonesian clergyman and bishop
- 1937: Grace Bumbry , American soprano
- 1937: Dyan Cannon , American actress
- 1937: John Gorman , British musician
- 1938: Jerzy Witkowski , Polish pianist
- 1939: Jon Appleton , American composer and improvisation musician
- 1939: Weniamin soldiersko , Soviet athlete, Olympic medalist, world champion
- 1940: Helmut Jahn , German-American architect
- 1940: Brian D. Josephson , British physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1940: Pavel Smetáček , Czech jazz clarinet, saxophonist and composer
- 1940: Gao Xingjian , Sino-French storyteller, translator and playwright, director, critic and artist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1941: George Pan Cosmatos , Greek film director
- 1941: Thijs Libregts , Dutch football player and coach
- 1942: Jim Downing , American racing car driver and designer
- 1942: John McLaughlin , British musician, guitarist and songwriter
- 1943: Egon Schultz , German soldier, member of the GDR border troops
- 1943: Horacio Serpa , Colombian lawyer and politician
- 1943: Emil Zopfi , Swiss author
- 1944: Reinhard Breymayer , German philologist
- 1944: Beate Krais , German sociologist
- 1944: Judy Winter , German actress
- 1945: Richard R. Schrock , American chemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1946: Lisa Appignanesi , Canadian-British author
- 1946: Marek Borowski , Polish politician
- 1946: Arthur Conley , American soul singer
- 1947: Winfried Aufenanger , German athletics trainer
- 1947: Chris Cutler , British drummer and percussionist, composer, writer and music theorist
- 1947: Jürgen Malitz , German ancient historian
- 1948: Josef Büchelmeier , German local politician
- 1948: Hubert Kleff , German politician, MdL
- 1949: Günther Karl , German rower
- 1949: Mick Mills , English football player
- 1950: Daniel Brélaz , Swiss politician, member of the National Council
- 1950: Christel Happach-Kazan , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1950: Anton Plate , German composer and university professor
1951-1975
- 1951: Barbara Ann Cochran , American ski racer, Olympic champion, world champion
- 1952: Josef Cap , Austrian politician, member of the National Council
- 1952: Michael Hoenig , German musician
- 1952: Egon Wamers , German archaeologist
- 1954: Helmut K. Anheier , German-American professor
- 1954: Brian Foster , British experimental elementary particle physicist
- 1954: Oleg Romanzew , Soviet or Russian football player and coach, Olympic medalist
- 1955: Mark Hollis , British musician and composer, singer and songwriter
- 1955: Wolfgang Tiefensee , German politician, Lord Mayor of Leipzig, Federal and State Minister, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1956: Francine-Dominique Liechtenhan , Swiss art historian and lecturer
- 1956: Paul Linz , German soccer player and coach
- 1956: Ann Magnuson , American actress and singer
- 1956: Rajvinder Singh , Indian author
- 1956: Bernard Sumner , British musician ( Joy Division , New Order )
- 1957: Joël Bats , French football player
- 1957: Patty Loveless , American country singer
- 1958: Matt Frewer , American actor
- 1958: Werner Luginbühl , Swiss politician, Council of States
- 1958: Julian Sands , British actor
- 1959: Andrzej Adamczyk , Polish politician, minister
- 1959: Ali Ahmeti , North Macedonian politician from the Albanian minority
- 1960: Michael Stipe , American singer and musician (REM)
- 1961: Kristin Kloster Aasen , Norwegian lawyer and sports official
- 1961: Oh Se-hoon , South Korean politician, Mayor of Seoul
- 1962: Natalja Valeryevna Botschina , Russian athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1962: David DeFeis , American musician
- 1962: Michael Koschorreck , German musician
- 1962: Peter Steele , American musician (Type O Negative)
- 1962: Ingolf Viereck , German politician, MdL
- 1963: Etti Ankri , Israeli singer-songwriter, composer and actress
- 1963: Ihar Astapkovich , Belarusian hammer thrower, Olympic medalist
- 1963: Christian Carion , French film director and screenwriter
- 1963: Candice Daly , American actress
- 1963: Sean Fitzpatrick , New Zealand rugby union player
- 1963: Dave Foley , Canadian actor
- 1963: Till Lindemann , German musician and songwriter, poem author and actor
- 1963: May-Britt Moser , Norwegian neuroscientist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1963: Edith Sitzmann , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister
- 1964: Alexander Wladimirowitsch Fadejew , Russian figure skater, world champion
- 1964: Christo Schopow , Bulgarian film actor
- 1965: Yvan Attal , French actor
- 1965: Guy Forget , French tennis player
- 1965: Beth Gibbons , British singer (Portishead)
- 1965: Cait O'Riordan , British singer
- 1965: Julia Ormond , British actress
- 1966: Deana Carter , American country singer
- 1966: Faysal Dağlı , Kurdish journalist and writer
- 1966: Christian Kern , Austrian politician and manager, Federal Chancellor, member of the National Council
- 1967: Fabio Abate , Swiss politician, National and Council of States
- 1967: Igor Ivanovich Shuvalov , Russian politician and entrepreneur
- 1967: David Toms , American golfer
- 1968: Valeska Grisebach , German film director
- 1968: Ernst Mader , Austrian soccer player
- 1968: Andreas Weiß , German author, director and producer
- 1969: Christian Dahlke , German rower, world champion
- 1969: Julio Aparicio Díaz , Spanish torero
- 1969: Luise Kinseher , German cabaret artist and actress
- 1969: Markus Seidel , German writer
- 1970: Josh Stamberg , American actor
- 1971: Namiq Abdullayev , Azerbaijani wrestler, Olympic champion
- 1971: Hamida Barmaki , Afghan lawyer, human rights activist and politician
- 1971: Sébastien Foucras , French freestyle skier
- 1971: Jun'ichi Kakizaki , Japanese installation artist
- 1972: Chad Fleischer , American ski racer
- 1972: John Ruiz , American professional boxer, world champion
- 1973: Frank Høj , Danish racing cyclist
- 1973: Harmony Korine , US film director and writer
- 1973: Tomy Temerson , German zither player
- 1973: Carolina Vera , German actress
- 1974: Ottaviano Andriani , Italian long-distance runner
- 1974: Danilo Hondo , German racing cyclist and cycling trainer
- 1974: Sonja Richter , Danish actress
- 1974: Thomas Rytter , Danish football player
- 1974: Diane Weigmann , German musician
- 1974: Armin Zöggeler , Italian luge, world champion, Olympic champion
- 1975: Sara Indrio Jensen , Danish actress and musician
- 1975: Sandra Kiriasis , German bobsleigh athlete, world champion, Olympic champion
1976-2000
- 1976: Bülent Ceylan , German comedian
- 1976: August Diehl , German actor
- 1977: Louisa Baïleche , French singer and dancer
- 1977: Jonathan Cochet , French racing driver
- 1977: David Millar , British cyclist
- 1978: Marius Ebbers , German soccer player
- 1978: Dominik Hrbatý , Slovak tennis player
- 1978: Karine Ruby , French snowboarder, world champion, Olympic champion
- 1978: Alexander Weber , German-Argentinian fencer, Olympic medalist
- 1979: Fábio Bilica , Brazilian soccer player
- 1979: Drag-On , American rapper
- 1979: Damian Gorawski , Polish soccer player
- 1979: Kevin Kuske , German bobsleigh athlete, Olympic champion, world champion
- 1980: Luís Miguel Brito Garcia Monteiro , Portuguese football player
- 1980: Bobbi Eden , Dutch porn actress
- 1980: Yaroslav Popovych , Ukrainian cyclist, world champion
- 1981: Mohamed Abdel Aziz , Egyptian road cyclist
- 1981: Silvy de Bie , Belgian singer
- 1981: Zhang Jiewen , Chinese badminton player
- 1982: Kang Hye-jeong , South Korean actress
- 1982: Bernhard Kohl , Austrian cyclist
- 1982: Tamien Trent , American basketball player
- 1983: Kerry Condon , Irish actress
- 1983: Sascha Madl , German marksman
- 1983: Kasper Risgård , Danish football player
- 1984: İbrahim Akın , Turkish soccer player
- 1984: Jiří Hudler , Czech ice hockey player
- 1984: Astrid Plessl , Austrian memory athlete, world champion
- 1984: Sebastian Schwager , German racing cyclist
- 1984: Alexei Nikolajewitsch Silajew , Kazakh ski jumper
- 1985: Lenora Crichlow , British actress
- 1985: Gökhan Gönül , Turkish soccer player
- 1985: Kari Aalvik Grimsbø , Norwegian handball player, Olympic champion, world champion
- 1985: Leo Mansell , British racing driver
- 1985: Katharina Nesytowa , German actress
- 1985: Fernando Rees , Brazilian racing car driver
- 1985: Jung Sung-ryong , South Korean soccer player
- 1986: Mikhail Alexandrovich Antonov , Russian cyclist
- 1986: Cheng Shao-chieh , Taiwanese badminton player
- 1986: Younès Kaboul , French football player
- 1986: James Milner , English soccer player
- 1987: Pierre-Luc Périchon , French racing cyclist
- 1988: Sergej Evljuskin , German-Kyrgyz football player
- 1989: Graham Rahal , American racing driver
- 1989: Laura Wilde , German pop singer
- 1990: Patrick Auracher , German soccer player
- 1990: Iago Falque , Spanish soccer player
- 1990: Toni Kroos , German soccer player
- 1991: Pascal Bodmer , German ski jumper, world champion
- 1991: Viktoria Schnaderbeck , Austrian soccer player
- 1991: Olivia Tennet , New Zealand film actress
- 1991: Susann Utes , German soccer player
- 1992: Ann-Cathrin Giegerich , German handball player
- 1992: Elotrix, German web video producer
- 1992: Sajjad Ganjzadeh , Iranian karateka
- 1992: Nigel Moore , British racing driver
- 1992: Boné Uaferro , German-Mozambican soccer player
- 1993: Scott Redding , British motorcycle racer
- 1993: Saleh Salem , Emirati chess player
- 1993: George Thorne , English soccer player
- 1994: Tammo Harder , German soccer player
- 1994: Nemanja Mladenović , Serbian handball player
- 1995: Maddie Hasson , American actress
- 1995: Miguel Oliveira , Portuguese motorcycle racer
- 1995: Sertan Yegenoglu , German-Turkish soccer player
- 1996: Marcus Ingvartsen , Danish football player
- 1997: Gino Mäder , Swiss cyclist
- 1998: Colin Dixon , British telemarker
- 1998: Jonas Hämmerle , German actor
- 1999: Nico Hischier , Swiss ice hockey player
- 1999: Timothy Tillman , German soccer player
21st century
- 2008: Rayssa Leal , Brazilian skateboarder
Died
Before the 16th century
- Babak Khorramdin , Persian national hero 838:
- Isangrim , Bishop of Regensburg 941:
- 1013: Libentius I , Archbishop of Bremen
- 1182: Friedrich I , Count von Brehna
- 1248: Sancho II , King of Portugal
- 1256: Bernhard von Spanheim , Duke of Carinthia
- 1271: Walter de la Wyle , Bishop of Salisbury
- 1276: Johannes von Tralau , Bishop of Lübeck
- 1309: Angela von Foligno , Italian clergyman, Franciscan, saint of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1310: Oringa Menabuoi , Italian founder of the order, blessed of the Catholic Church
- 1364: Rudolf Losse , Trier chancellor and notary
- 1424: Muzio Attendolo Sforza , Italian condottiere
- 1428: Friedrich I , Prince of Saxony
- 1449: Cäcilie von Brandenburg , Duchess of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
- 1456: Ralph Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell , English statesman, Lord Treasurer
- 1465: Charles de Valois, duc d'Orléans , French poet
16th to 18th centuries
- 1511: Ludovico Gonzaga , Bishop of Mantua
- 1542: Dietrich VIII. Von Gemmingen , landlord of Steinegg and Tiefenbronn
- 1559: Matthäus Ratzenberger , German doctor and reformer
- 1575: Sidonie von Sachsen , Duchess of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Princess of Calenberg-Göttingen
- 1584: Tobias Stimmer , Swiss painter
- 1604: Franz Nádasdy von Fogarasföld , Hungarian nobleman, husband of Elisabeth Báthory
- 1653: Melchior Otto Voit of Salzburg , Prince-Bishop of Bamberg
- 1665: Hermann Fortunat , Margrave of Baden
- 1667: Johann Andreas von Rosenberg , important representative of the Catholic nobility in Carinthia
- 1671: Joachim von Gravenegg , prince abbot of Fulda
- 1672: Friedrich von Ahlefeldt , Lord of Kohøved, Bienebek and Hald
- 1695: François-Henri de Montmorency-Luxembourg , French military leader, peer and marshal of France
- 1701: Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg , Austrian nobleman, city commander of Vienna during the second Turkish siege in 1683
- 1707: Ludwig Wilhelm , Margrave of Baden-Baden
- 1717: Gerhard Ritter , Lübeck merchant and councilor
- 1720: Friedrich Wilhelm Leyser , German legal scholar, city councilor of Magdeburg
- 1729: Johann Wilhelm , Duke of Saxony-Eisenach
- 1744: Johann Jacob Eybelwieser , Silesian painter of Austrian origin
- 1746: Christian Hagmaier , German theologian and university professor, rector at the University of Tübingen
- 1752: Gabriel Cramer , Swiss mathematician
- 1752: Heinrich Plütschau , German clergyman, missionary in India
- 1760: Johann Jakob Späth , German organ builder
- 1761: Stephen Hales , British physiologist and physicist
- 1765: Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder , Swiss composer and priest
- 1767: Johann Ferdinand Schor , Austrian painter, architect and engineer
- 1778: Charles Eisen , French painter
- 1782: Ange-Jacques Gabriel , French architect
- 1786: Moses Mendelssohn , German-Jewish philosopher of the Enlightenment, is considered to be the pioneer of the Haskala
- 1789: Thomas Nelson , Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia
- 1793: Bengt Lidner , Swedish poet
- 1794: Nikolaus von Luckner , German officer, Marshal of France
- 1798: Gavin Hamilton , Scottish painter, archaeologist and art dealer
19th century
- 1803: James Kinsey , New Jersey delegate to the Continental Congress
- 1804: Charlotte Lennox , British writer, poet and translator
- 1810: Josef Achammer , Tyrolean freedom fighter
- 1810: Clemens August von Merle , German clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Cologne
- 1812: Tommaso Antici , Italian clergyman, cardinal
- 1814: Johann Georg Jacobi , German poet and publicist
- 1821: Elisabeth Anna Bayley Seton , US clergyman, founder of the order, first saint born in the USA
- 1823: Joseph Keller , German painter
- 1825: Ferdinand I , Infante of Spain, King of Naples and King of the Two Sicilies
- 1839: Jean-Augustin Franquelin , French painter
- 1841: Thomas Rickman , British architect
- 1843: Stevens Mason , American politician, first governor of Michigan
- 1845: Louis-Léopold Boilly , French painter and lithographer
- 1849: Franz Xaver Gabelsberger , German stenographer, inventor of the Gabelsberger shorthand
- 1851: Friedrich Gotthilf Fritsche , German clergyman and teacher, MdL
- 1869: Emanuel Arnold , Bohemian politician and revolutionary
- 1871: Vincent Adler , Hungarian composer and pianist
- 1874: Wilhelm Amsinck , German lawyer, politician and Hamburg Senate Syndicate
- 1877: Cornelius Vanderbilt , American entrepreneur ("King of the Railways")
- 1880: Anselm Feuerbach , German painter
- 1881: Neofit Rilski , Bulgarian enlightener and language reformer
- 1884: Louis Ehlert , German composer and music critic
- 1889: Adolf Friedrich , German painter
- 1890: Karl Wilhelm Philipp von Auersperg , Bohemian-Austrian landowner and politician, Prime Minister
- 1891: Konráð Gíslason , Icelandic-Danish linguist
- 1894: Carl von Hasenauer , Austrian architect
- 1895: Manuel Pavía , Spanish officer, captain general of New Castile and Catalonia, central figure in the fall of the First Spanish Republic
- 1896: Joseph Hubert Reinkens , German theologian, co-founder and first bishop of the Old Catholic Church in Germany
20th century
1901-1950
- 1902: Auguste Jauch , German philanthropist
- 1905: Ferdinande von Brackel , German writer
- 1905: Paul Pierre Henry , French optician and astronomer
- 1905: Heinrich von Nauendorf , German officer, member of the protection force for German South West Africa
- 1911: Ludwig Jeep , German classical philologist
- 1913: Fredrik Hjalmar Johansen , Norwegian polar explorer
- 1913: Alfred von Schlieffen , German field marshal, chief of the general staff
- 1915: Michael Haller , German church musician and composer
- 1915: Anton von Werner , German history painter, main representative of Wilhelminism
- 1916: Godefroid Kurth , Belgian historian
- 1917: Carl Ludwig Jessen , German naturalist painter
- 1917: Frederick Courteney Selous , British big game hunter and officer
- 1920: Benito Pérez Galdós , Spanish writer
- 1923: Anders Andersen-Lundby , Danish painter
- 1925: Elisabeth von Heyking , German writer and painter
- 1926: Margaret of Italy , Queen of Italy as wife Umberto I
- 1928: Jacob van Rees , Dutch author and anarchist
- 1931: Art Acord , American actor and rodeo champion
- 1932: Anton Behmann , Austrian organ builder
- 1941: Henri Bergson , French philosopher, Nobel Prize winner
- 1941: Philipp Fauth , German elementary school teacher and astronomer
- 1941: Rudi Godden , German singer and film actor
- 1942: Mel Sheppard , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1943: Marina Mikhailovna Raskova , Soviet pilot and air force officer, heroine of the Soviet Union
- 1944: Kaj Munk , Danish clergyman, writer and resistance fighter, victim of National Socialism
- 1945: Fritz Elsas , German politician and resistance fighter, Member of the Bundestag, Mayor of Berlin, victim of National Socialism
- 1946: Friedrich von Bodelschwingh the Younger , German theologian
- 1947: Jean Strauwen , Belgian composer and conductor
1951-2000
- 1951: Evlyn Howard-Jones , English pianist, conductor and music teacher
- 1952: Constant Permeke , Belgian painter
- 1957: Caroline Haslett , British electrical engineer
- 1957: Theodor Körner , Austrian officer and politician, Mayor of Vienna, Federal President
- 1958: John Anderson , British politician, minister, governor of Bengal
- 1958: Adelgunde von Bayern , Bavarian princess
- 1958: Alliott Verdon Roe , British aviation pioneer
- 1960: Albert Camus , French writer, philosopher and resistance fighter, Nobel Prize winner
- 1960: Friedel Hoefer , German portrait and landscape painter
- 1960: Dudley Nichols , American screenwriter
- 1961: Erwin Schrödinger , Austrian physicist and scientific theorist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1962: Hans Heinrich Lammers , German lawyer and politician, Reich Minister, head of the Reich Chancellery, war criminal
- 1963: Fridolin von Senger and Etterlin , German general of the tank troops
- 1964: Siegfried Thomas Bok , Dutch neurologist
- 1965: Albert Andergassen , Austrian engineer, master builder and housing manager
- 1965: TS Eliot , American-British poet, playwright and critic, Nobel Prize winner
- 1966: Inga Grigoryevna Voronina , Soviet speed skater, world champion
- 1967: Alwin Walther , German engineer and mathematician
- 1967: Donald Campbell , British motorboat and automobile racing driver, speed record holder
- 1968: Armando Castellazzi , Italian football player and coach
- 1968: Augustinus Hieber , German clergyman
- 1969: Arthur Loesser , American pianist, music teacher and writer
- 1969: Günther Jacoby , German philosopher
- 1969: Paul Chambers , American jazz bassist
- 1974: Abdul Ghafur Breshna , Afghan artist, composer and poet
- 1975: Carlo Levi , Italian writer, painter and politician
- 1976: Rudolph Minkowski , German-American astrophysicist
- 1979: Peter Frankenfeld , German actor, singer and entertainer
- 1979: John B. Hollister , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
- 1979: Vincent Korda , Hungarian production designer
- 1981: Friedrich Werber , German politician, Member of the State Parliament
- 1985: Kakuei Kin , Japanese writer
- 1986: Giuseppe Addobbati , Italian actor
- 1986: Harry Fuchs , American cellist
- 1986: Christopher Isherwood , British writer
- 1986: Phil Lynott , Irish bass player and singer
- 1988: Walther Amelung , German doctor
- 1988: Anton Anderl , Austrian politician, LAbg
- 1988: Walter Glöckler , German automobile and motorcycle racing driver and automobile designer
- 1988: Friedrich Joloff , German actor
- 1988: Lily Laskine , French harpist
- 1990: Harold Eugene Edgerton , American electrical engineer, inventor of the strobe
- 1990: Kurt-Werner Seidel , German mathematician, physicist and firefighter
- 1990: Vladimir Ussachevski , Russian-American composer
- 1991: Leo Wright , American jazz clarinetist
- 1991: Richard Maibaum , American screenwriter
- 1995: Eduardo Mata , Mexican composer
- 1996: Anna Amalie Abert , German musicologist
- 1996: Bob Flanagan , American writer and artist
- 1996: Maria Wimmer , German actress
- 2000: Tom Fears , American football player and coach
- 2000: Diether Krebs , German actor, comedian and singer
- 2000: Reinhard Riegel , German law and data protection expert
21st century
- 2001: Alexandra Adler , American neurologist and psychiatrist of Austrian origin, specialist in brain trauma
- 2001: Les Brown , American big band leader
- 2001: Perry Schwartz , American football player
- 2002: Ada Falcón , Argentine tango dancer, singer and film actress
- 2004: Joan Aiken , British writer
- 2004: Brian Gibson , British film director, screenwriter and film producer
- 2004: Helena Růžičková , Czech actress
- 2005: Ali al-Haidari , Iraqi politician, governor of Baghdad
- 2005: Humphrey Carpenter , British writer and biographer
- 2005: Robert Heilbroner , American economist
- 2005: Teddeus Guo Yingong , Chinese clergyman, Bishop of Datong
- 2006: Maktum bin Raschid Al Maktum , Emirati politician, Prime Minister, Emir of Dubai
- 2006: Sandro Salvadore , Italian soccer player
- 2006: Maria de Lourdes Pereira dos Santos Van-Dúnem , Angolan singer
- 2007: Zoltán E. Erdély , German psychoanalyst and book author
- 2008: Keith Baxter , British rock musician
- 2008: Emilio Benavent Escuín , Spanish clergyman, Bishop of Málaga, Archbishop of Granada, military bishop
- 2008: Herbert Keppler , American photo reporter, editor and camera developer
- 2008: Marianne Kiefer , German actress
- 2008: John O'Donohue , Irish philosopher and writer
- 2009: Lei Clijsters , Belgian football player
- 2009: Gert Jonke , Austrian writer
- 2011: Hélio Ary Silveira , Brazilian actor
- 2011: Hadayatullah Hübsch , German writer and imam
- 2011: Gerry Rafferty , British musician
- 2012: Eve Arnold , American photographer
- 2012: Totti Bergh , Norwegian jazz musician
- 2012: Henri-Ferdinand Lavanchy , Swiss entrepreneur, founder of Adecco
- 2012: Xaver Unsinn , German ice hockey player and coach
- 2013: Thomas Holtzmann , German actor
- 2015: Pino Daniele , Italian singer and musician
- 2016: Klaus Michael Arp , German conductor and composer
- 2016: Michel Galabru , French actor and comedian
- 2016: Maja Maranow , German actress
- 2016: Achim Mentzel , German musician and television presenter
- 2017: Heinz Billing , German physicist and computer pioneer
- 2017: Klaus Wildbolz , Austrian actor
- 2018: Aharon Appelfeld , Israeli writer
- 2018: Philipp Jenninger , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Minister of State, President of the Bundestag
- 2021: Tanya Roberts , American actress
- 2021: Martinus JG Veltman , Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize winner
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Friedrich von Bodelschwingh the Younger , German pastor and benefactor (Protestant)
- St. Pudens , Roman Senator and Benefactor (Orthodox)
- Name days
- State holidays and memorial days
- Myanmar , independence from Great Britain (1948)
Further entries can be found in the list of days of remembrance and action .
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