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Acontecimientos (62)

  1. 450Marcian is proclaimed Eastern Roman emperor at Hebdomon and marries empress Pulcheria.
  2. 766Emperor Constantine V humiliates nineteen high-ranking officials, after discovering a plot against him. He executes the leaders, Constantine Podopagouros and his brother Strategios.
  3. 1248The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archbishop of Utrecht.
  4. 1258Regent George Mouzalon and his brothers are killed during a coup headed by the aristocratic faction under Michael VIII Palaiologos, paving the way for its leader to ultimately usurp the throne of the Empire of Nicaea.
  5. 1270Philip III, although suffering from dysentery, becomes King of France following the death of his father Louis IX, during the Eighth Crusade. His uncle, Charles I of Naples, is forced to begin peace negotiations with Muhammad I al-Mustansir, Hafsid Sultan of Tunis.
  6. 1537The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.
  7. 1543António Mota and a few companions become the first Europeans to visit Japan.
  8. 1580War of the Portuguese Succession: Spanish victory at the Battle of Alcântara brings about the Iberian Union.
  9. 1609Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
  10. 1630Portuguese forces are defeated by the Kingdom of Kandy at the Battle of Randeniwela in Sri Lanka.
  11. 1651A parliamentarian army defeats a royalist army under James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, in the battle of Wigan Lane during the Third English Civial War.
  12. 1758Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
  13. 1814War of 1812: On the second day of the burning of Washington, British troops torch the Library of Congress, United States Treasury, Department of War, and other public buildings.
  14. 1823American fur trapper Hugh Glass is mauled by a grizzly bear while on an expedition in South Dakota.
  15. 1825The Thirty-Three Orientals declare the independence of Uruguay from Brazil.
  16. 1830The Belgian Revolution begins.
  17. 1835The first Great Moon Hoax article is published in The New York Sun, announcing the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon.
  18. 1875Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
  19. 1883France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
  20. 1894Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
  21. 1904Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Liaoyang begins.
  22. 1912The Kuomintang is founded for the first time in Peking.
  23. 1914World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
  24. 1914World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
  25. 1916The United States National Park Service is created.
  26. 1920Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.
  27. 1933The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people.
  28. 1933Nazi Germany and the Zionist Federation of Germany signed the Haavara Agreement. The agreement was a major factor in breaking the anti-Nazi boycott of 1933 and facilitated Jewish emigration from Germany and into British Mandate of Palestine.
  29. 1939As part of its S-Plan, the Irish Republican Army carries out the 1939 Coventry bombing in which five civilians were killed.
  30. 1939The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.
  31. 1940World War II: The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force.
  32. 1941World War II: Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran: The United Kingdom and the Soviet Union jointly stage an invasion of the Imperial State of Iran.
  33. 1942World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons; a Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned back by an Allied air attack.
  34. 1942World War II: Battle of Milne Bay: Japanese marines assault Allied airfields at Milne Bay, New Guinea, initiating the Battle of Milne Bay.
  35. 1944World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
  36. 1945Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Chinese Communist Party kill U.S. intelligence officer John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War.
  37. 1945The August Revolution ends as Emperor Bảo Đại abdicates, ending the Nguyễn dynasty.
  38. 1948The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
  39. 1950To avert a threatened strike during the Korean War, President Truman orders Secretary of the Army Frank Pace to seize control of the nation's railroads.
  40. 1958The world's first publicly marketed instant noodles, Chikin Ramen, are introduced by Taiwanese-Japanese businessman Momofuku Ando.
  41. 1960The Games of the XVII Olympiad commence in Rome, Italy.
  42. 1961President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power, initiating a political crisis that culminates in a military coup in 1964.
  43. 1967George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party, is assassinated by a former member of his group.
  44. 1980Zimbabwe joins the United Nations.
  45. 1980The last performance of the Jahrhundertring at the Bayreuth Festival receives ovations of 45 minutes.
  46. 1981Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn.
  47. 1985Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 crashes near Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport in Auburn, Maine, killing all eight people on board including peace activist and child actress Samantha Smith.
  48. 1989Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the last planet in the Solar System at the time, due to Pluto being within Neptune's orbit from 1979 to 1999.
  49. 1989Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404, carrying 54 people, disappears over the Himalayas after takeoff from Gilgit Airport in Pakistan. The aircraft was never found.
  50. 1991Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union.
  51. 1991The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serb paramilitary forces, between August and November 1991 (during the Croatian War of Independence).
  52. 1991Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux.
  53. 1997Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
  54. 2001American singer Aaliyah and several members of her entourage are killed as their overloaded aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport, Bahamas.
  55. 2003NASA successfully launches the Spitzer Space Telescope into space.
  56. 2005Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in Florida.
  57. 2006Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.
  58. 2010A Filair Let L-410 Turbolet crashes on approach to Bandundu Airport, killing 20.
  59. 2011Fifty-two people are killed during an arson attack caused by members of the drug cartel Los Zetas.
  60. 2012Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space, becoming the first man-made object to do so.
  61. 2017Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2004.
  62. 2017Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present): One hundred seventy people are killed in at least 26 separate attacks carried out by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, leading to the governments of Myanmar and Malaysia designating the group as a terrorist organisation.

Nacimientos (244)

  1. 1467Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque, Spanish duke (died 1526)
  2. 1491Innocenzo Cybo, Italian cardinal (died 1550)
  3. 1509Ippolito II d'Este, Italian cardinal and statesman (died 1572)
  4. 1530Ivan the Terrible, Russian ruler (died 1584)
  5. 1540Lady Catherine Grey, English noblewoman (died 1568)
  6. 1561Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (died 1632)
  7. 1605Philipp Moritz, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg, German noble (died 1638)
  8. 1624François de la Chaise, French priest (died 1709)
  9. 1662John Leverett the Younger, American lawyer, academic, and politician (died 1724)
  10. 1707Louis I of Spain (died 1724)
  11. 1724George Stubbs, English painter and academic (died 1806)
  12. 1741Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author (died 1792)
  13. 1744Johann Gottfried Herder, German poet, philosopher, and critic (died 1803)
  14. 1758Franz Teyber, Austrian organist and composer (died 1810)
  15. 1767Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, French soldier and politician (died 1794)
  16. 1776Thomas Bladen Capel, English admiral (died 1853)
  17. 1786Ludwig I of Bavaria, King of Bavaria (died 1868)
  18. 1793John Neal, American writer, critic, editor, lecturer, and activist (died 1876)
  19. 1796James Lick, American carpenter and piano builder (died 1876)
  20. 1802Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author (died 1850)
  21. 1803Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (died 1880)
  22. 1812Nikolay Zinin, Russian organic chemist (died 1880)
  23. 1817Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, French nun and saint, founded the Religious of the Assumption (died 1898)
  24. 1819Allan Pinkerton Scottish-American barrel maker, private detective (co-founder of Pinkerton Agency), abolitionist, and spy (died 1884)
  25. 1828Jane Stanford American philanthropist, co-founder of Stanford University, first lady of California (died 1905)
  26. 1829Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (died 1909)
  27. 1836Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (died 1902)
  28. 1840George C. Magoun, American businessman (died 1893)
  29. 1841Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1917)
  30. 1845Ludwig II of Bavaria, King of Bavaria (died 1886)
  31. 1850Charles Richet, French physiologist and occultist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1935)
  32. 1867James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (died 1951)
  33. 1869Tom Kiely, British-Irish decathlete (died 1951)
  34. 1875Agnes Mowinckel, Norwegian actress (died 1963)
  35. 1877Joshua Lionel Cowen, American businessman, co-founded the Lionel Corporation (died 1965)
  36. 1878Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (died 1935)
  37. 1882Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish journalist and politician, 2nd President of Ireland (died 1966)
  38. 1889Alexander Mair, Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales (died 1969)
  39. 1891David Shimoni, Belarusian-Israeli poet and translator (died 1956)
  40. 1893Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist (died 1962)
  41. 1898Helmut Hasse, German mathematician and academic (died 1975)
  42. 1898Arthur Wood, English cricketer (died 1973)
  43. 1899Paul Herman Buck, American historian and author (died 1978)
  44. 1900Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie, Scottish architect (died 1970)
  45. 1900Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981)
  46. 1902Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and educator (died 1972)
  47. 1903Arpad Elo, Hungarian-American chess player, created the Elo rating system (died 1992)
  48. 1905Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (died 1938)
  49. 1906Jim Smith, English cricketer (died 1979)
  50. 1909Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1993)
  51. 1909Michael Rennie, English actor and producer (died 1971)
  52. 1910George Cisar, American baseball player (died 2010)
  53. 1910Dorothea Tanning, American painter, sculptor, and poet (died 2012)
  54. 1911Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam (died 2013)
  55. 1912Erich Honecker, German politician (died 1994)
  56. 1913Don DeFore, American actor (died 1993)
  57. 1913Walt Kelly, American illustrator and animator (died 1973)
  58. 1916Van Johnson, American actor (died 2008)
  59. 1916Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2003)
  60. 1916Saburō Sakai, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (died 2000)
  61. 1917Mel Ferrer, American actor, director, and producer (died 2008)
  62. 1918Leonard Bernstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1990)
  63. 1918Richard Greene, English actor (died 1985)
  64. 1919William P. Foster, American bandleader and educator (died 2010)
  65. 1919George Wallace, American lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (died 1998)
  66. 1919Jaap Rijks, Dutch Olympic medalist (died 2017)
  67. 1921Monty Hall, Canadian television personality and game show host (died 2017)
  68. 1921Bryce Mackasey, Canadian businessman and politician, 20th Canadian Minister of Labour (died 1999)
  69. 1921Brian Moore, Northern Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (died 1999)
  70. 1923Álvaro Mutis, Colombian-Mexican author and poet (died 2013)
  71. 1923Allyre Sirois, Canadian lawyer and judge (died 2012)
  72. 1924Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungarian tennis player and coach (died 2006)
  73. 1925Thea Astley, Australian journalist and author (died 2004)
  74. 1925Hilmar Hoffmann, German film and culture academic (died 2018)
  75. 1925Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (died 2001)
  76. 1927Althea Gibson, American tennis player and golfer (died 2003)
  77. 1927Des Renford, Australian swimmer (died 1999)
  78. 1928John "Kayo" Dottley, American football player (died 2018)
  79. 1928Darrell Johnson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2004)
  80. 1928Karl Korte, American composer and academic (died 2022)
  81. 1928Herbert Kroemer, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
  82. 1930Sean Connery, Scottish actor and producer (died 2020)
  83. 1930György Enyedi, Hungarian economist and geographer (died 2012)
  84. 1930Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (died 2003)
  85. 1930Crispin Tickell, English academic and diplomat, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations (died 2022)
  86. 1931Regis Philbin, American actor and television host (died 2020)
  87. 1932Anatoly Kartashov, Soviet aviator and cosmonaut (died 2005)
  88. 1933Patrick F. McManus, American journalist and author (died 2018)
  89. 1933Wayne Shorter, American saxophonist and composer (died 2023)
  90. 1933Tom Skerritt, American actor
  91. 1934Lise Bacon, Canadian judge and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec (died 2025)
  92. 1934Eddie Ilarde, Filipino journalist and politician (died 2020)
  93. 1935Charles Wright, American poet
  94. 1936Giridharilal Kedia, Indian businessman (died 2009)
  95. 1937Jimmy Hannan, Australian television host and singer (died 2019)
  96. 1937Virginia Euwer Wolff, American author
  97. 1938David Canary, American actor (died 2015)
  98. 1938Frederick Forsyth, English journalist and author (died 2025)
  99. 1939John Badham, English-American actor, director, and producer
  100. 1939Marshall Brickman, Brazilian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)
  101. 1940Wilhelm von Homburg, German boxer and actor (died 2004)
  102. 1941Mario Corso, Italian footballer and coach (died 2020)
  103. 1941Ludwig Müller, German footballer (died 2021)
  104. 1942Nathan Deal, American lawyer, and politician, 82nd Governor of Georgia
  105. 1942Pat Ingoldsby, Irish poet and television presenter (died 2025)
  106. 1942Ivan Koloff, Canadian wrestler (died 2017)
  107. 1943Pete Stemkowski, Canadian ice hockey player
  108. 1944Conrad Black, Canadian historian and author
  109. 1944Jacques Demers, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician
  110. 1944Anthony Heald, American actor
  111. 1944Andrew Longmore, British lawyer and judge
  112. 1945Daniel Hulet, Belgian cartoonist (died 2011)
  113. 1945Hannah Louise Shearer, American screenwriter and producer
  114. 1946Rollie Fingers, American baseball player
  115. 1946Charles Ghigna, American poet and author
  116. 1946Charlie Sanders, American football player and sportscaster (died 2015)
  117. 1947Michael Kaluta, American author and illustrator
  118. 1947Keith Tippett, British jazz pianist and composer (died 2020)
  119. 1948Ledward Kaapana, American singer and guitarist
  120. 1948Nicholas A. Peppas, Greek chemist and biologist
  121. 1949Martin Amis, British novelist (died 2023)
  122. 1949Rijkman Groenink, Dutch banker and academic
  123. 1949John Savage, American actor and producer
  124. 1949Gene Simmons, Israeli-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
  125. 1950Willy DeVille, American singer and songwriter (died 2009)
  126. 1950Charles Fambrough, American bassist, composer, and producer (died 2011)
  127. 1951Rob Halford, English heavy metal singer-songwriter
  128. 1951Bill Handel, Brazilian-American lawyer and radio host
  129. 1952Kurban Berdyev, Turkmen footballer and manager
  130. 1952Geoff Downes, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
  131. 1952Duleep Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
  132. 1954Elvis Costello, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  133. 1954Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness, Scottish lawyer and politician, First Minister of Scotland
  134. 1955John McGeoch, Scottish guitarist (died 2004)
  135. 1955Gerd Müller, German businessman and politician
  136. 1956Matt Aitken, English songwriter and record producer
  137. 1956Takeshi Okada, Japanese footballer, coach, and manager
  138. 1956Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver (died 1986)
  139. 1957Sikander Bakht, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster
  140. 1957Simon McBurney, English actor and director
  141. 1957Frank Serratore, American ice hockey player and coach
  142. 1958Tim Burton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  143. 1958Christian LeBlanc, American actor
  144. 1959Ian Falconer, American author and illustrator (died 2023)
  145. 1959Steve Levy, American lawyer and politician
  146. 1959Bernardo Rezende, Brazilian volleyball coach and player
  147. 1959Lane Smith, American author and illustrator
  148. 1959Ruth Ann Swenson, American soprano and actress
  149. 1960Ashley Crow, American actress
  150. 1960David Mabuza, South African politician, 8th Deputy President of South Africa (died 2025)
  151. 1960Georg Zellhofer, Austrian footballer and manager
  152. 1961Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
  153. 1961Dave Tippett, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  154. 1961Ally Walker, American actress
  155. 1961Joanne Whalley, English actress
  156. 1962Taslima Nasrin, Bangladeshi author
  157. 1962Theresa Andrews, American swimmer
  158. 1962Vivian Campbell, Northern Irish rock guitarist and songwriter
  159. 1962Michael Zorc, German footballer
  160. 1963Miro Cerar, Slovenian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Slovenia
  161. 1963Shock G, American rapper and producer (died 2021)
  162. 1963Tiina Intelmann, Estonian lawyer and diplomat
  163. 1964Azmin Ali, Malaysian mathematician and politician
  164. 1964Maxim Kontsevich, Russian-American mathematician and academic
  165. 1964Blair Underwood, American actor
  166. 1965Cornelius Bennett, American football player
  167. 1965Tim Cain, American video game designer
  168. 1965Sanjeev Sharma, Indian cricketer and coach
  169. 1965Mia Zapata, American singer (died 1993)
  170. 1966Albert Belle, American baseball player
  171. 1966Michael Cohen, former personal attorney to Donald Trump
  172. 1966Robert Maschio, American actor
  173. 1966Derek Sherinian, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
  174. 1966Terminator X, American hip-hop DJ
  175. 1967Tom Hollander, English actor
  176. 1967Jeff Tweedy, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
  177. 1967Jon Husted, American politician
  178. 1968David Alan Basche, American actor
  179. 1968Stuart Murdoch, Scottish singer-songwriter
  180. 1968Spider One, American singer-songwriter and producer
  181. 1968Rachael Ray, American chef, author, and television host
  182. 1968Takeshi Ueda, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player
  183. 1969Olga Konkova, Norwegian-Russian pianist and composer
  184. 1969Cameron Mathison, Canadian actor and television personality
  185. 1969Catriona Matthew, Scottish golfer
  186. 1969Vivek Razdan, Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
  187. 1970Doug Glanville, American baseball player and sportscaster
  188. 1970Debbie Graham, American tennis player
  189. 1970Robert Horry, American basketball player and sportscaster
  190. 1970Adrian Lam, Papua New Guinean-Australian rugby league player and coach
  191. 1970Sille Lundquist, Danish model and fashion model (died 2018)
  192. 1970Jo Dee Messina, American singer-songwriter
  193. 1970Claudia Schiffer, German model and fashion designer
  194. 1971Jason Death, Australian rugby league player
  195. 1971Nathan Page, Australian actor
  196. 1972Marvin Harrison, American football player
  197. 1973Fatih Akın, German director, producer, and screenwriter
  198. 1974Eric Millegan, American actor
  199. 1974Pablo Ozuna, Dominican baseball player
  200. 1975Brad Drew, Australian rugby league player
  201. 1975Petria Thomas, Australian swimmer and coach
  202. 1976Damon Jones, American basketball player and coach
  203. 1976Javed Qadeer, Pakistani cricketer and coach
  204. 1976Alexander Skarsgård, Swedish actor
  205. 1977Masumi Asano, Japanese voice actress and producer
  206. 1977Andy McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player
  207. 1977Jonathan Togo, American actor
  208. 1978Kel Mitchell, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
  209. 1978Robert Mohr, German rugby player
  210. 1979Marlon Harewood, English footballer
  211. 1979Philipp Mißfelder, German historian and politician (died 2015)
  212. 1979Deanna Nolan, American basketball player
  213. 1981Rachel Bilson, American actress
  214. 1981Jan-Berrie Burger, Namibian cricketer
  215. 1981Camille Pin, French tennis player
  216. 1982Jung Jung-suk, South Korean footballer (died 2011)
  217. 1982Nick Schultz, Canadian ice hockey player
  218. 1983James Rossiter, English race car driver
  219. 1984Florian Mohr, German footballer
  220. 1984Anya Monzikova, Russian-American model and actress
  221. 1986Rodney Ferguson, American footballer
  222. 1987Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
  223. 1987Velimir Jovanović, Serbian footballer
  224. 1987Blake Lively, American model and actress
  225. 1987Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  226. 1987Justin Upton, American baseball player
  227. 1987Adam Warren, American baseball player
  228. 1987James Wesolowski, Australian footballer
  229. 1988Angela Park, Brazilian-American golfer
  230. 1988Giga Chikadze, Georgian mixed martial artist and kickboxer
  231. 1989Hiram Mier, Mexican footballer
  232. 1989Jaakko Ohtonen, Finnish actor
  233. 1990Max Muncy, American baseball player
  234. 1992Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer and actress
  235. 1992Ricardo Rodriguez, Swiss footballer
  236. 1994Edmunds Augstkalns, Latvian ice hockey player
  237. 1994Caris LeVert, American basketball player
  238. 1995Ong Seong-wu, South Korean singer and actor
  239. 1995Dowoon, South Korean musician
  240. 1998China Anne McClain, American actress and singer
  241. 2000Nicki Nicole, Argentine rapper and singer-songwriter
  242. 2003Rebeka Jančová, Slovak alpine ski racer
  243. 2004Evann Girault, French-Nigerien sabre fencer
  244. 2006Kimi Antonelli, Italian race car driver

Fallecimientos (129)

  1. 274Yang Yan, Jin Dynasty empress (born 238)
  2. 306Saint Maginus, Christian hermit and martyr from Tarragona
  3. 383Gratian, Roman emperor (born 359)
  4. 471Gennadius I, patriarch of Constantinople
  5. 766Constantine Podopagouros, Byzantine official
  6. 766Strategios Podopagouros, Byzantine general
  7. 985Dietrich of Haldensleben, German margrave
  8. 1091Sisnando Davides, military leader
  9. 1192Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (born 1142)
  10. 1258George Mouzalon, regent of the Empire of Nicaea
  11. 1270Louis IX of France (born 1214)
  12. 1270Alphonso of Brienne (born c. 1225)
  13. 1271Joan, Countess of Toulouse (born 1220)
  14. 1282Thomas de Cantilupe, English bishop and saint (born 1218)
  15. 1322Beatrice of Silesia, queen consort of Germany (born c. 1292)
  16. 1327Demasq Kaja, Chobanid
  17. 1330Sir James Douglas, Scottish guerrilla leader (born 1286)
  18. 1339Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham (born 1260)
  19. 1368Andrea Orcagna, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect
  20. 1482Margaret of Anjou wife of Henry VI and Queen Consort of England and disputed Queen Consort of France (born 1429)
  21. 1485William Catesby, supporter of Richard III (born 1450)
  22. 1554Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English soldier and politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1473)
  23. 1592William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (born 1532)
  24. 1600Hosokawa Gracia, Japanese aristocrat and Catholic convert (born 1563)
  25. 1603Ahmad al-Mansur, Sultan of the Saadi dynasty (born 1549)
  26. 1631Nicholas Hyde, Lord Chief Justice of England (bornc. 1572)
  27. 1632Thomas Dekker, English author and playwright (born 1572)
  28. 1688Henry Morgan, Welsh admiral and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (born 1635)
  29. 1699Christian V of Denmark (born 1646)
  30. 1711Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (born 1656)
  31. 1742Carlos Seixas, Portuguese organist and composer (born 1704)
  32. 1774Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer and educator (born 1714)
  33. 1776David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (born 1711)
  34. 1794Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian diplomat (born 1727)
  35. 1797Thomas Chittenden, Governor of the Vermont Republic, and first Governor of the State of Vermont (born 1730)
  36. 1815Stephen Badlam, American artisan and military officer (born 1751)
  37. 1819James Watt, Scottish engineer and instrument maker (born 1736)
  38. 1822William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer (born 1738)
  39. 1867Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (born 1791)
  40. 1882Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonian physician and author (born 1803)
  41. 1886Zinovios Valvis, Greek lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1800)
  42. 1892William Champ, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Tasmania (born 1808)
  43. 1900Friedrich Nietzsche, German philologist, philosopher, and critic (born 1844)
  44. 1904Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (born 1836)
  45. 1908Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852)
  46. 1916Mary Tappan Wright, American novelist and short story writer (born 1851)
  47. 1921Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic (born 1886)
  48. 1924Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general and politician (born 1842)
  49. 1924Velma Caldwell Melville, American editor, and writer of prose and poetry (born 1858)
  50. 1925Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austrian field marshal (born 1852)
  51. 1930Frankie Campbell, American boxer (born 1904)
  52. 1931Dorothea Fairbridge, South African author and co-founder of Guild of Loyal Women (born 1862)
  53. 1936Juliette Adam, French author (born 1836)
  54. 1938Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (born 1870)
  55. 1939Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1904)
  56. 1940Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (born 1874)
  57. 1942Prince George, Duke of Kent (born 1902)
  58. 1945John Birch, American soldier and missionary (born 1918)
  59. 1956Alfred Kinsey, American biologist and academic (born 1894)
  60. 1965Moonlight Graham, American baseball player and physician (born 1879)
  61. 1966Lao She, Chinese novelist and dramatist (born 1899)
  62. 1967Stanley Bruce, Australian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1883)
  63. 1967Oscar Cabalén, Argentine race car driver (born 1928)
  64. 1967Paul Muni, Ukrainian-born American actor (born 1895)
  65. 1967George Lincoln Rockwell, American commander, politician, and activist, founded the American Nazi Party (born 1918)
  66. 1968Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer and coach (born 1910)
  67. 1969Robert Cosgrove, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Tasmania (born 1884)
  68. 1970Tachū Naitō, Japanese architect and engineer, designed the Tokyo Tower (born 1886)
  69. 1971Ted Lewis, American singer and clarinet player (born 1890)
  70. 1973Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám, Hungarian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1875)
  71. 1976Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1900)
  72. 1977Károly Kós, Hungarian architect, ethnologist, and politician (born 1883)
  73. 1979Stan Kenton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1911)
  74. 1980Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (born 1919)
  75. 1981Nassos Kedrakas, Greek actor and cinematographer (born 1915)
  76. 1982Anna German, Polish singer (born 1936)
  77. 1984Truman Capote, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1924)
  78. 1984Viktor Chukarin, Ukrainian gymnast and coach (born 1921)
  79. 1984Waite Hoyt, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1899)
  80. 1988Price Daniel, American politician, 38th Governor of Texas (born 1910)
  81. 1988Art Rooney, American businessman, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (born 1901)
  82. 1990Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright (born 1903)
  83. 1995Doug Stegmeyer, American bass player and producer (born 1951)
  84. 1998Lewis F. Powell, Jr., American lawyer and Supreme Court justice (born 1907)
  85. 1999Rob Fisher, English keyboard player and songwriter (born 1956)
  86. 2000Carl Barks, American author and illustrator (born 1901)
  87. 2000Frederick C. Bock, American soldier and pilot (born 1918)
  88. 2000Jack Nitzsche, American pianist, composer, and producer (born 1937)
  89. 2000Allen Woody, American bass player and songwriter (born 1955)
  90. 2001Aaliyah, American singer and actress (born 1979)
  91. 2001Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1938)
  92. 2001Üzeyir Garih, Turkish engineer and businessman, co-founded Alarko Holding (born 1929)
  93. 2001Ken Tyrrell, English race car driver and businessman, founded Tyrrell Racing (born 1924)
  94. 2002Dorothy Hewett, Australian author and poet (born 1923)
  95. 2003Tom Feelings, American author and illustrator (born 1933)
  96. 2005Peter Glotz, Czech-German academic and politician (born 1939)
  97. 2006Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian-Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (born 1918)
  98. 2007Benjamin Aaron, American lawyer and scholar (born 1915)
  99. 2007Ray Jones, English footballer (born 1988)
  100. 2008Ahmad Faraz, Pakistani poet (born 1931)
  101. 2008Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (born 1964)
  102. 2009Ted Kennedy, American politician (born 1932)
  103. 2009Mandé Sidibé, Malian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (born 1940)
  104. 2011Lazar Mojsov, Macedonian politician (born 1920)
  105. 2012Florencio Amarilla, Paraguayan footballer, coach, and actor (born 1935)
  106. 2012Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (born 1930)
  107. 2012Roberto González Barrera, Mexican banker and businessman (born 1930)
  108. 2012Donald Gorrie, Scottish politician (born 1933)
  109. 2013Ciril Bergles, Slovene poet and translator (born 1934)
  110. 2013António Borges, Portuguese economist and banker (born 1949)
  111. 2013William Froug, American screenwriter and producer (born 1922)
  112. 2013Liu Fuzhi, Chinese academic and politician, 3rd Minister of Justice for China (born 1917)
  113. 2013Raghunath Panigrahi, Indian singer-songwriter (born 1932)
  114. 2013Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer (born 1930)
  115. 2014William Greaves, American director and producer (born 1926)
  116. 2014Marcel Masse, Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (born 1936)
  117. 2014Nico M. M. Nibbering, Dutch chemist and academic (born 1938)
  118. 2014Uziah Thompson, Jamaican-American drummer and producer (born 1936)
  119. 2014Enrique Zileri, Peruvian journalist and publisher (born 1931)
  120. 2015José María Benegas, Spanish lawyer and politician (born 1948)
  121. 2015Francis Sejersted, Norwegian historian and academic (born 1936)
  122. 2016Marvin Kaplan, American actor (born 1927)
  123. 2017Rich Piana, American bodybuilder (born 1971)
  124. 2018John McCain, American politician (born 1936)
  125. 2019Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian business magnate and engineer (born 1937)
  126. 2022Mable John, American blues vocalist (born 1930)
  127. 2024Salim Al-Huss, Lebanese statesman, 34th Prime Minister of Lebanon (born 1929)
  128. 2026Tim Curry, English actor and singer (born 1946)
  129. 2026Dolly Parton, American singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist and businesswoman (born 1946)

Celebraciones (3)

  1. Day of Songun (North Korea)
  2. Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uruguay from Brazil in 1825.
  3. Soldier's Day (Brazil)

Santoral (19)

  1. Æbbe of Coldingham
  2. Aredius
  3. Genesius of Arles
  4. Genesius of Rome
  5. Ginés de la Jara (or Genesius of Cartagena)
  6. Gregory of Utrecht
  7. Joseph Calasanz
  8. Louis IX of France
  9. Blessed Ludovicus Baba
  10. Blessed Ludovicus Sasada
  11. Blessed Luis Sotelo
  12. Blessed María del Tránsito Cabanillas
  13. Emily de Vialar
  14. Menas of Constantinople
  15. Blessed Miguel de Carvalho
  16. Patricia of Naples
  17. Blessed Pedro Vásquez
  18. Thomas de Cantilupe (or of Hereford)
  19. August 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)