1367 - Richard II, Bordeaux, France, King of England (1377-99) (d. 1400) 1412 - Joan of Arc, Domrmy, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431) 1486 - Martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor 1488 - Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae) 1525 - Caspar Peucer, German reformer (d. 1602) 1561 - Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician (d. 1656) 1580 - (baptised) John Smith of Jamestown (d. 1631) 1585 - Claude Favre baron de Perouges seigneur de Vaugelas, French grammarian 1587 - Gaspar de Guzman, Count of Olivares, Premier of Spain (1621-43) 1595 - Claude Favre de Vaugelas, French man of letters (d. 1650) 1602 - Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Dutch baron of Sucha/army leader 1617 - Kristoffer Gabel, Danish statesman (d. 1673) 1655 - Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1720) 1655 - Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705) 1673 - 1st Duke of Chandos, English aristocrat, eponym of Handel's Chandos Anthems (d. 1744) 1683 - Francois de La Croix, composer 1692 - Rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer 1695 - Giuseppe Sammartini, composer
1702 - Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, composer 1714 - Percivall Pott, English physician (d. 1788) 1728 - Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier, composer 1728 - Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright/poet 1732 - Matija A Reljkovic, Croatia, writer (Satir iliti divji covic) 1745 - Jacques-tienne Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (1st pioneer balloonist) 1745 - tienne Montgolfier, French inventor (d. 1799) 1776 - Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel 1791 - Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer 1793 - James Madison Porter, American politician (d. 1862) 1794 - Kaspar Masek, composer 1795 - Anselme Payen, French chemist (d. 1871) 1798 - Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer 1799 - Jedediah Strong Smith, US fur trader/explorer 1800 - Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician 1802 - Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romania, author/novelist/writer (Gramatica) 1803 - Henri Herz, composer 1807 - Joseph Holt, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1894 1807 - Ludwig Erk, composer 1807 - Jozef Maximilin Petzval, Slovak inventor (d. 1891) 1808 - Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (d. 1864) 1811 - Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874 1812 - Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary hero (d. 1919) 1819 - Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (d. 1886)
1982 - Tiffany Pollard, American reality television personality 1984 - Sean O'Brien, Australian professional windsurfer 1984 - A.J. Hawk, American football player 1985 - RP Singh, Indian cricketer 1986 - Paul McShane, Irish footballer 1986 - Alex Turner, English musician (Arctic Monkeys) 1989 - Baby lion-tailed macaques, at Woodland Park Zoo (Seattle) 1991 - Nikola Saric , Danish footballer 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans. 1449 - Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine-Roman Emperor at Mistra. 1540 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves. 1579 - The Union of Atrecht is signed. 1661 - English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London. 1690 - Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans. 1721 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings.
1880 - Tom Mix, American actor (d. 1940) 1882 - Samuel Rayburn, Tenn, (Rep-D-Tx), speaker of the House (1940-57) 1882 - Aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (d. 1949) 1882 - Fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop (d. 1965) 1883 - Khalil Gibran, Lebanon, mystic poet (The Prophet, Broken Wings) 1889 - Alan M Bateman, Canadian geologist (Yale professor) 1891 - Ted McDonald, cricketer (great Australian quick of 20's) 1892 - Ludwig Berger, writer 1896 - Abram N Pritzker, US businessman (Hyatt Hotels, McCall's magazine) 1896 - Freerk Siemon Wolters, notary/resistance fighter 1897 - Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family) 1898 - Jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39) 1898 - Charles E. Pont, American artist (d. 1971) 1899 - Phyllis Haver, Douglas KS, silent screen actress (What Price Glory) 1900 - Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Sarabande, Jeunesse) 1901 - Patrick Aherne, England, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay, Q Planes) 1902 - Mark Brunswick, composer 1902 - Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer 1902 - Helmut Poppendick, Nazi physician (d. 1994) 1903 - Boris Blacher, Newchwang China, German composer (Orchester-Ornament) 1903 - Francis L Sullivan, London England, actor (Missing Rembrandt) 1903 - Maurice Abravanel, Saloniki Greece, conductor/composer 1903 - Stanley Smith, KC MO, actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts)
1929 - King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship). 1929 - Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people. 1930 - The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City. 1931 - Thomas Edison submits his last patent application. 1941 - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. 1942 - Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world. 1950 - The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response. 1953 - The first Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
1929 - King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship). 1929 - Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people. 1930 - The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City. 1931 - Thomas Edison submits his last patent application. 1941 - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. 1942 - Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world. 1950 - The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response. 1953 - The first Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. 1960 - National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami. 1967 - Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta. 1974 - In response to the 1973 energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States. 1978 - The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II. 1994 - Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit. 1995 - A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack. 2005 - American Civil Rights Movement: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers. 2010 - The Ady Gil, a ship owned by Sea Shepherd, is sunk during a skirmish with the Japanese Whaling Fleet's Shōnan Maru.
1702 - Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, composer 1714 - Percivall Pott, English physician (d. 1788) 1728 - Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier, composer 1728 - Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright/poet 1732 - Matija A Reljkovic, Croatia, writer (Satir iliti divji covic) 1745 - Jacques-tienne Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (1st pioneer balloonist) 1745 - tienne Montgolfier, French inventor (d. 1799) 1776 - Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel 1791 - Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer 1793 - James Madison Porter, American politician (d. 1862) 1794 - Kaspar Masek, composer 1795 - Anselme Payen, French chemist (d. 1871) 1798 - Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer 1799 - Jedediah Strong Smith, US fur trader/explorer 1800 - Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician 1802 - Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romania, author/novelist/writer (Gramatica) 1803 - Henri Herz, composer 1807 - Joseph Holt, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1894 1807 - Ludwig Erk, composer 1807 - Jozef Maximilin Petzval, Slovak inventor (d. 1891) 1808 - Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (d. 1864) 1811 - Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874 1812 - Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary hero (d. 1919) 1819 - Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (d. 1886)
1982 - Tiffany Pollard, American reality television personality 1984 - Sean O'Brien, Australian professional windsurfer 1984 - A.J. Hawk, American football player 1985 - RP Singh, Indian cricketer 1986 - Paul McShane, Irish footballer 1986 - Alex Turner, English musician (Arctic Monkeys) 1989 - Baby lion-tailed macaques, at Woodland Park Zoo (Seattle) 1991 - Nikola Saric , Danish footballer 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans. 1449 - Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine-Roman Emperor at Mistra. 1540 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves. 1579 - The Union of Atrecht is signed. 1661 - English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London. 1690 - Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans. 1721 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings.
1880 - Tom Mix, American actor (d. 1940) 1882 - Samuel Rayburn, Tenn, (Rep-D-Tx), speaker of the House (1940-57) 1882 - Aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (d. 1949) 1882 - Fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop (d. 1965) 1883 - Khalil Gibran, Lebanon, mystic poet (The Prophet, Broken Wings) 1889 - Alan M Bateman, Canadian geologist (Yale professor) 1891 - Ted McDonald, cricketer (great Australian quick of 20's) 1892 - Ludwig Berger, writer 1896 - Abram N Pritzker, US businessman (Hyatt Hotels, McCall's magazine) 1896 - Freerk Siemon Wolters, notary/resistance fighter 1897 - Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family) 1898 - Jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39) 1898 - Charles E. Pont, American artist (d. 1971) 1899 - Phyllis Haver, Douglas KS, silent screen actress (What Price Glory) 1900 - Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Sarabande, Jeunesse) 1901 - Patrick Aherne, England, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay, Q Planes) 1902 - Mark Brunswick, composer 1902 - Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer 1902 - Helmut Poppendick, Nazi physician (d. 1994) 1903 - Boris Blacher, Newchwang China, German composer (Orchester-Ornament) 1903 - Francis L Sullivan, London England, actor (Missing Rembrandt) 1903 - Maurice Abravanel, Saloniki Greece, conductor/composer 1903 - Stanley Smith, KC MO, actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts)
1929 - King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship). 1929 - Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people. 1930 - The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City. 1931 - Thomas Edison submits his last patent application. 1941 - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. 1942 - Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world. 1950 - The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response. 1953 - The first Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
1929 - King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship). 1929 - Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people. 1930 - The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City. 1931 - Thomas Edison submits his last patent application. 1941 - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. 1942 - Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world. 1950 - The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response. 1953 - The first Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. 1960 - National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami. 1967 - Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta. 1974 - In response to the 1973 energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States. 1978 - The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II. 1994 - Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit. 1995 - A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack. 2005 - American Civil Rights Movement: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers. 2010 - The Ady Gil, a ship owned by Sea Shepherd, is sunk during a skirmish with the Japanese Whaling Fleet's Shōnan Maru.
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