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2012 Event - An early work by noted childhood fairytale author Hans Christian Andersen, titled, 'The Tallow Candle", is found at the bottom of a filing box at the National Archives of Funen

2012 Event - Sybrand van Haersma Buma becomes the top candidate for 2012's Dutch general election after being elected as the new party leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal

2011 Event - Christian radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicts May 21, 2011 at 6:00pm as the date of the Rapture for all Christians around the world

2010 Event - Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany nominates Christian Wulff for President

1996 Death - Paul Derrick, co-operator/Christian socialist, dies at 80

1996 Death - Douglas Hyde, socialist/Christian, dies at 85

1996 Death - Rio Reiser, born Ralph Christian Mobius, musician, singer, political activist, member of ton Steine Scherben, a famous rock group, wrote Rachhaussong supporting the squatter scene, dies at 46

1996 Death - Patrick Cargill, actor (Up Pompeii, Magic Christian), dies at 77

1996 Death - Kurt Schmucker, member (Union of Christian Democrats), dies

1995 Death - Christian Pineau, French politician, dies

1994 Death - Warwick Hutton, illustrator, artist, author, created illustrations for children's books, worked with texts by Hans Christian Andersen, dies at 55 of cancer in Cambridge, England

1994 Death - Christian-Jaque, Christian Maudet, French director (Nana), dies

1993 Death - Christian Nyby, U.S. director (Big Sleep, Thing), dies at 80

1992 Death - Mark Heard, Christian musician, dies at 41 of a heart attack

1992 Death - Christian K Nelson, inventor (Eskimo Pie), dies at 98

1991 Death - Christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies

1990 Death - Dag Drollet, Cheyenne Brando's boyfriend killed by brother Christian

1988 Death - Leonard Frey, actor (Tattoo, Magic Christian), dies of AIDS at 49

1988 Death - Hellmuth Christian Wolff, composer, dies at 82

1987 Event - Belgium Christian Democrats (CVP) loses parliamentary election

1986 Death - Paul Tournier, author, physician, famous Christian physician, pioneer of person-centered psychotherapy, wrote 'Medecine de la Personne', advocating we are more than our body, we are spiritual beings, dies from carcinoma, Troinex, Switzerland

1985 Event - Warring Lebanese Moslem and Christian leaders sign peace agreement

1983 Death - Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer, dies at 67

1983 Death - Robert Christian, actor (Bustin' Loose), dies of cancer at 42

1982 Event - Christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon

1981 Event - Christian Democrats looses Belgium parliamentary election

1981 Event - Heavy battle between Christian militia and Syrian army in East Lebanon

1979 Event - Christian Turks occupy St. Jansbasiliek

1976 Event - Christian militia conquer Palestinian camp Tell al-Za'tar, 2000 killed

1976 Birthday - Christian Vande Velde, born in Chicago, Illinois, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1976 Death - Gerald Smith, antisemite / catholic, National Christian Crusade, dies at 78

1975 Event - Christian Falange kills 27 Palestinians, begins Lebanese civil war

1974 Birthday - Christian Schmidt, actor, Mullers Buro

1974 Death - Knud Christian Jeppesen, composer, dies at 81

1974 Event - Christian Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election

1974 Death - Christian van Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor (Spinroc), dies at 56

1974 Birthday - Christian Bale, Wales, actor, Empire of the Sun, Little Women

1974 Event - Christian Barnard transplants 1st human heart without removal of old

1972 Death - Friedrich Christian Christiansen, German Luftwaffe general, dies

1972 Birthday - Christian van der Weerden, Dutch soccer player, NEC, Vitesse

1972 Birthday - Christian Peter, defensive tackle for the New York Giants

1972 Birthday - Christian Ruud, born in Oslo, Norway, tennis star, 1989 Norwegian

1972 Birthday - Christian Oliver, actor in Baby Sitters Club, Brian-Saved by the Bell

1972 Birthday - Nancy Christian, Scottsdale, Arizona, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-17th-1995

1971 Birthday - Christian Fauria, NFL tight end for the Seattle Seahawks

1970 Event - Netherlands Christian Workers Union (NCW) forms

1969 Birthday - Christian Laettner, NBA forward and center, Atlanta Hawks, Gold Medal 1992 Olympics

1969 Birthday - Christian Slater, born in New York City, New York, actor, films include 'Broken Arrow', 'Heathers', 'Robin Hood'

1968 Birthday - Bob Christian, NFL running back, Carolina Panthers, Atlanta Falcons

1968 Birthday - Christian Dean DiMarco, Huntington, New York, PGA golfer, 1994 Deposit-3rd

1968 Birthday - Christian Perthaler, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998

1968 Event - Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference

1968 Event - Christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant

1967 Event - 1st human heart transplant performed (Dr. Christian Barnard, South Africa)

1967 Birthday - Christian Bergstrom, born in Sweden, tennis star

1966 Death - Christian A Herter, U.S. Minister of Foreign affairs (1959-61), dies at 71

1966 Death - Paul Althaus, German theologist (That Christian Wahrheit), dies at 78

1966 Death - Christian J Modeste, Dutch king of gypsies, dies at 71

1966 Birthday - Christian Pouget, hockey forward, Team France 1998

1965 Birthday - Claudia Christian, American Actress

1964 Birthday - Christian Conrad, actor, Charley Hannah, High Mountain Rangers

1964 Birthday - Nick Christian Sayer, rocker, Transvision Vamp-Velveteen

1964 Birthday - Christian Ruuttu, Lappeenranta FIN, hockey forward, Team Finland

1961 Birthday - David Huff, born in America, David Lyndon Huff, drummer, songwriter, producer, session musician, founder, Giant, 1980's hard rock band, member of White Heart, a Christian rock band

1960 Birthday - Prince Andrew, Albert Christian Edward, of Britain/Duke of York

1959 Birthday - Dave Christian, Minnesota, NHL right wing, Washington Caps, Gold Medal 1980 Olympics

1958 Birthday - Christian LeBlanc, North Carolina, actor, Michael Baldwin-Young and Restless

1958 Birthday - Christian Brando, son of Marlon/killed sisters boyfriend

1957 Death - Christian Dior, French designer (New Look), dies at 52 in Italy

1957 Birthday - William Christian, Washington D.C., actor, Derek Frye-All My Children

1957 Death - Jean Julius Christian Sibelius, Fin composer (Finlandia), dies at 91

1957 Event - Southern Christian Leadership Conference organizes in New Orleans

1957 Event - Southern Christian Leadership Conference forms

1957 Event - Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) founded

1956 Birthday - Russell Christian, rocker, Christians-Harvest the World

1956 Birthday - Jan Peter Balkenende, born in Biezelinge, Netherlands, politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, member of the Christian Democratic Appeal party

1955 Event - Christian Democratic Party forms in Argentina

1955 Birthday - Garry Christian, born in Liverpool, England, rocker, musician, singer, played with brother Russell and Roger Christian in sophisti-pop band, The Christians, known for late 1980's, early 1990's chart-topping hits

1951 Birthday - Christian Marlowe, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Bram-Highcliffe Manor

1951 Event - German general F Christian freed early from Dutch prison

1950 Birthday - Ria Oomen-Ruijten, born in Echt, the Netherlands, politician, member of the European Parliament, member of the Christian Democratic Appeal

1950 Birthday - Christian Lacroix, French couturier, Chic Frills

1950 Birthday - Rio Reiser, born in Berlin, Germany, born Ralph Christian Mobius, musician, singer, political activist, member of ton Steine Scherben, a famous rock group, wrote Rachhaussong supporting the squatter scene

1947 Birthday - Miroslav Vitous, born in Prague, Czech Republic, bassist, double bass, electric bass, jazz musician, compared to Dave Holland, Christian McBride

1947 Birthday - Spencer Christian, weatherman, Good Morning America

1947 Death - Christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47), dies at 76

1947 Death - Christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies

1947 Birthday - John C. Maxwell, born in Garden City, Michigan, evangelical Christian, author, pastor, speaker, leadership expert, wrote over 50 books on leadership, sold over 13 million copies including 'Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow'

1946 Event - Military plane crashes at Christian HBS, 24 die

1942 Birthday - Tammy Faye Bakker, born in Missouri, Christian, singer, evangelist, entrepreneur, television personality

1941 Death - Johann Christian August Sinding, composer, dies at 85

1941 Event - Archer's "Christian Calendar and Gregorian Reform" published

1940 Birthday - Ringo Starr, Beatle drummer/actor, Magic Christian

1939 Birthday - Warwick Hutton, born in Britain, illustrator, artist, author, created illustrations for children's books, worked with texts by Hans Christian Andersen

1938 Event - 4th Heisman Trophy Award: Davey O'Brien, Texas Christian (quarterback)

1938 Birthday - Bill Christian, U.S., ice hockey player 1960 Olympics gold

1935 Birthday - Roger Christian, U.S., ice hockey player 1960 Olympics gold

1935 Birthday - Tony Campolo, born in America, pastor, speaker, author, promotes evangelical reform, leader, 'Red Letter Christian' movement, focusing on Christ's teachings, wrote, 'A Reasonable Faith', known for famous sermon, 'It's Friday, But Sunday's Coming!'

1934 Birthday - Christian "Sonny" Jurgensen, NFL quarterback, Eagles, Redskins

1934 Birthday - Christian Wolff, composer

1933 Birthday - Christian Ferras, French violinist and conductor

1931 Death - Peter Christian Lutkin, composer, dies at 73

1931 Birthday - Martin Rogers, director, Farmington Institute for Christian Studies

1931 Death - Theo van Doesburg, Christian Kupper, painter/architect, dies at 47

1928 Birthday - Christian d'Oriola, France, foils, Gold Medals 1952, 1956 Olympics

1926 Birthday - Jan Carl Christian Maegaard, composer

1926 Birthday - Ralph Abernathy, civil rights leader, Southern Christian Leadership

1925 Birthday - Thomas Christian David, composer

1924 Event - Dutch Christian Radio Society (NCRV) forms

1924 Event - Christian General Feng Joe Siang occupies Beijing

1924 Event - General Christian Worker's union demands 8 hour work day in Belgium

1924 Death - Clemens Baeumker, German historian (Christian Philosophy), dies at 71

1924 Event - NCRV, Dutch Christian Radio Society, forms

1924 Birthday - Renee Jeanmaire, Paris, France, dancer, Hans Christian Anderson

1923 Birthday - Linda Christian, Tampico, Mexico, actress, Athena, VIPs, Battle Zone

1922 Birthday - Brian Young, Chairman, Christian Aid

1922 Event - Women 1st vote in Dutch elections, Christian parties win

1922 Birthday - Carl Amery, born in Munich, Germany, writer, used pen name Christian Anton Mayer, studied at University of Munich, participant in Gruppe 47, a post-World War II literary association

1922 Event - Eskimo Pie patented by Christian K Nelson of Iowa (not an Eskimo)

1921 Event - Turk and Christian of Palestine sign a friendship treaty against Jews

1917 Death - Oswald Chambers, Scottish Protestant Christian minister, teacher, author, wrote, 'My Utmost for His Highest', established local society dedicated to his favorite poet, Robert Browning, dies from a ruptured appendix

1917 Birthday - Christian Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor/artist

1916 Death - Klaas/old stick Kater, christian worker's union leader, dies at 73

1916 Birthday - Paul Derrick, co-operator/Christian socialist

1916 Birthday - Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer

1916 Birthday - Christian B. Anfinsen, U.S. chemist, cell physiology, Nobel 1972

1915 Birthday - Christian Beyers Naude, South African anti-apartheid fighter

1914 Birthday - Christian J Modeste, gypsey king

1914 Death - Christian Morgenstern, German Poet

1913 Death - Christian Barnekow, composer, dies at 75

1911 Death - Carl Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 70

1911 Birthday - Douglas Hyde, socialist and Christian

1910 Death - Mary Baker Eddy, founder Christian Science Monitor, dies

1909 Event - Christian National Labor Workers (CNV) party begins in Netherlands

1908 Event - CHU (Christian Historic Union) Dutch political party forms

1908 Birthday - Christian GK Baeta, Togolese chairman, International Mission Council

1907 Birthday - Christian J H English, Luc Tournier, Netherlands/Curacaos painter/composer

1907 Event - Bishop forbids Christian membership in Dutch Textile Union

1906 Death - Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer, dies at 65

1906 Birthday - Hellmuth Christian Wolff, composer

1905 Birthday - Christian Darnton, composer

1905 Birthday - Christian Dior, Normandy France, fashion designer, long-skirted look

1903 Death - [Christian M] Theodor Mommsen, German historian (Nobel 1902), dies

1902 Birthday - Christian Castries, French general, Dien Bien Phu

1901 Death - Ivar Christian Hallstrom, composer, dies at 74

1900 Event - Boer general Christian de Law occupiers British train depot Roodewal

1899 Birthday - Frederick IX, Christian FFMKWG, King of Denmark, 1947-72

1898 Birthday - Paul Tournier, born in Geneva, Switzerland, author, physician, famous Christian physician, pioneer of person-centered psychotherapy, wrote 'Medecine de la Personne', advocating we are more than our body, we are spiritual beings

1898 Death - Frances Willard, founder (Woman's Christian Temperance), dies at 58

1897 Birthday - Willem H van de Pol, Dutch theologist, Christian Dilemma

1895 Death - Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition), dies

1892 Birthday - Knud Christian Jeppesen, composer

1891 Event - 1st Woman's Christian Temperance Union meeting held (in Boston)

1891 Death - Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger, composer, dies at 76

1891 Event - 8 year old Jewish tailor's daughter disappears in Greece, rumor spreads that she was a Christian girl ritually killed by Jews

1888 Birthday - Toyohiko Kagawa, born in Kobe, Japan, Christian social reformer

1888 Birthday - Paul Althaus, German theologist, The Christian Truth

1884 Death - Johann Christian Gebauer, composer, dies at 75

1883 Birthday - Theo Van Doesburg, Christian EM Kupper, painter/architect, Style

1881 Death - Johann Christian Lobe, composer, dies at 84

1880 Birthday - Christian DFL Leipoldt, South african physician/writer/poet

1880 Event - Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Arcanum about Christian marriage

1878 Birthday - Christian Gauss, educator/writer, Phi Beta Kappa award namesake

1876 Death - Christian G Ehrenberg, German zoologist (micro-organisms), dies at 81

1875 Death - Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70

1875 Death - Hans Christian Anderson, Danish Author

1874 Event - National Woman's Christian Temperance Union organizes in Cleveland

1874 Birthday - Oswald Chambers born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scottish Protestant Christian minister, teacher, author, wrote, 'My Utmost for His Highest', established local society dedicated to his favorite poet, Robert Browning

1874 Death - Hans Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 63

1871 Birthday - Christian Morgenstern, German Poet

1870 Birthday - Christian X, king of Denmark, 1912-47

1870 Birthday - Jan Christian Smuts, proponnent of Commonwealth and League of Nations

1870 Event - YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) forms (New York City)

1869 Birthday - Christian Lange, Norway, pacifist/internationalist, Nobel 1921

1868 Death - Christian Schonbein, German chemist, dies at about 69

1865 Death - Heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist, dies at 71

1861 Death - Christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer, dies at 50

1861 Birthday - Uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer, How I Became a Christian

1860 Death - Ferdinand Christian Baur, German Theologian

1858 Birthday - Christian Eijkman, born in Netherlands, bacteriologist, avitaminos, Nobel 1929

1858 Birthday - Peter Christian Lutkin, composer

1857 Death - Christian D Rauch, German sculptor, dies at 80

1856 Birthday - Christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer

1853 Death - Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider, composer, dies at 67

1853 Death - Christian Doppler, physicist, dies

1851 Event - 1st Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened (Boston)

1851 Event - 1st Young Men's Christian Association in North America (Montreal)

1849 Death - Christian Rummel, composer, dies at 61

1846 Death - Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76

1844 Death - Christian Gobrecht, 4th U.S. chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office

1844 Event - Young Men's Christian Association, YMCA, forms in London

1842 Death - Christian Theodor Weinlig, composer, dies at 61

1841 Birthday - Carl Christian Lumbye, composer

1840 Birthday - Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer

1840 Event - Christian Hebbel's "Judith," premieres in Berlin

1839 Birthday - Frances E C Willard, New York, founder, Woman's Christian Temperance Union

1839 Death - Christian Traugott Tag, composer, dies at 62

1837 Birthday - Christian Barnekow, composer

1836 Death - Christian Dietrich Grabbe, writer, dramatist, anti-Semite, idolized by the Nazis, works include, 'Hannibal', 1835, dies at 34

1836 Death - Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78

1835 Event - Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales

1834 Death - Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer, dies at 63

1833 Birthday - Klaas Kater, Dutch Christian Worker's Union Leader

1833 Death - Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74

1831 Death - Christian G Korner, German lawyer, dies at 74

1827 Death - Christian A Vulpius, German writer (Ornaldo Ornaldini), dies

1827 Death - Johann Philipp Christian Schulz, composer, dies at 53

1826 Birthday - Ivar Christian Hallstrom, composer

1826 Death - Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer, dies at 72

1822 Death - Christian Frederich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 55

1822 Death - Christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64

1822 Death - Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber, composer, dies at 40

1821 Birthday - Mary Baker Eddy, founded Christian Science, Science and Health

1819 Death - Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55

1816 Birthday - Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher, T Edition

1815 Birthday - Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger, composer

1813 Event - 1st U.S. relig newspaper (Religious Remembrancer (Christian Observer))

1813 Death - Christian Danner, composer, dies at 55

1812 Death - Christian G Heyne, German archaeologist, dies at 82

1811 Death - Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer, dies at 76

1811 Birthday - Christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer

1810 Birthday - Hans Christian Lumbye, composer

1808 Birthday - Johann Christian Gebauer, composer

1806 Death - Christian Gottfried Thomas, composer, dies at 58

1806 Death - Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia Christian, composer, dies at 33

1805 Death - Christian Brunings, hydraulic engineer, dies at 68

1805 Birthday - Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark, author of 150 fairy tales

1805 Birthday - Hans Christian Anderson, Danish Author

1804 Death - Christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80

1803 Birthday - Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist, Doppler effect

1801 Birthday - Christian Dietrich Grabbe, born in Detmold, Germany, writer, dramatist, anti-Semite, idolized by the Nazis, works include, 'Hannibal', 1835

1801 Death - Christian Friedrich Gregor, composer, dies at 78

1801 Death - Christian Friedrich Penzel, composer, dies at 63

1800 Death - Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer, dies at 63

1800 Death - Christian Friedrich Schale, composer, dies at 86

1799 Death - Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer, dies at 37

1799 Death - Broerius Brorius, theologist (Pensive Christian), dies at about 41

1798 Death - Christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49

1798 Death - Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master, dies at 66

1797 Birthday - Johann Christian Lobe, composer

1795 Birthday - Christian Gottfried Ehrenburg, German zoologist

1794 Birthday - Heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist

1792 Birthday - Ferdinand Christian Baur, German Theologian

1790 Birthday - Letitia Christian Tyler, 1st wife of President Tyler

1790 Death - Johann Christian Frischmuth, composer, dies at 48

1789 Event - Fletcher Christian leads Mutiny on HMS Bounty and Captain William Bligh

1787 Birthday - Christian Rummel, composer

1786 Birthday - Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider, composer

1782 Death - Johann Christian Bach, German composer/Mozarts tutor, dies at 46

1781 Birthday - Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber, composer

1780 Birthday - Christian Theodor Weinlig, composer

1777 Birthday - Hans Christian Oersted, Den, physicist/chemist, View of Chemical Law

1777 Death - Josef Christian, German sculptor, dies at 71

1777 Birthday - Christian Traugott Tag, composer

1777 Birthday - Christian D Rauch, German sculptor

1774 Death - Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies

1773 Birthday - Johann Philipp Christian Schulz, composer

1772 Birthday - Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer

1771 Birthday - Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer

1770 Death - Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51

1770 Birthday - Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer

1767 Birthday - Christian Frederich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer

1764 Death - Christian Goldbach, German mathematician, dies

1764 Death - Picander, Christian Henrici, German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies

1763 Birthday - Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer

1762 Birthday - Christian A. Vulpius, Germany, writer, Rinaldo Rinaldini

1761 Birthday - Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer

1760 Event - Princess Carolina marries General Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg

1759 Birthday - Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer

1758 Birthday - Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer

1758 Death - Bernhard Christian Weber, composer, dies at 45

1757 Birthday - Christian Danner, composer

1757 Birthday - Christian Ludwig Dieter, composer

1756 Birthday - Christian G Korner, German lawyer/father of Karl

1754 Death - Christian von Wolff, German philosopher, dies at 75

1753 Birthday - Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer

1750 Death - Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, theologist (Christian religion), dies at 50

1748 Birthday - Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer and conductor /tutor of Beethoven

1748 Birthday - Christian Gottfried Thomas, composer

1746 Death - Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway, dies

1743 Event - 1st U.S. religious journal, The Christian History, published, Boston

1741 Birthday - Johann Christian Frischmuth, composer

1737 Birthday - Christian Friedrich Penzel, composer

1736 Birthday - Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer

1736 Birthday - Christian Brunings, Dutch hydraulic engineer

1735 Birthday - Johann Christian Bach, composer, son of JS Bach, English Bach

1735 Birthday - Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer

1732 Death - Johann Christian Schieferdecker, composer, dies at 52

1731 Birthday - Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master

1730 Event - Christian VI succeeds Frederik IV as king of Denmark

1730 Birthday - Christian Joseph Lidarti, composer

1729 Death - Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer, dies at 59

1729 Birthday - Christian G Heyne, German archaeologist

1727 Event - New York General assembly permits Jews to omit phrase "upon the faith of a Christian" from abjuration oath

1723 Birthday - Christian Ernst Graf, composer

1723 Birthday - Christian Friedrich Gregor, composer

1719 Death - Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43

1719 Birthday - Christian Gottfried Krause, composer

1715 Death - Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer, dies at 87

1715 Birthday - Christian F Gellert, Saxony, poet and novelist, Fables and Tales

1715 Birthday - Ewald Christian von Kleist, German lyric poet, Der Fruhling

1713 Birthday - Christian Friedrich Schale, composer

1712 Birthday - Bernhard Christian Weber, composer

1712 Birthday - Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German painter

1711 Death - Christian Demelius, composer, dies at 68

1708 Death - Christian Weise, German writer (That Bose Catherine), dies

1708 Death - Christian Liebe, composer, dies at 53

1706 Birthday - Josef Christian, German sculptor

1702 Birthday - Christian Gottlieb Ziegler, composer

1700 Birthday - Picander, Christian F Henrici, German writer, Der Sauffer

1699 Birthday - Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway

1695 Death - Christian Huygens, inventor/astronomer (ring of Saturn), dies at 66

1691 Death - Christian de Placker, composer, dies at 77

1690 Birthday - Christian Goldbach, German mathematician, Goldbach position

1688 Birthday - Christian August Jacobi, composer

1679 Birthday - Johann Christian Schieferdecker, composer

1679 Birthday - Christian von Wolff, German philosopher

1675 Event - Christian Huygens patents pocket watch

1675 Birthday - Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer

1670 Birthday - Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer

1654 Birthday - Christian Liebe, composer

1648 Death - Christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies

1643 Birthday - Christian Demelius, composer

1642 Birthday - Christian Weise, German writer, Niederlandische Bauer

1630 Death - Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (battle of White Mt), dies

1629 Event - Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign Peace of Lubeck

1629 Birthday - Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer, discovered Saturn's rings

1628 Birthday - Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer

1626 Event - Battle at Lutter: Catholic League beats Danish king Christian IV

1613 Birthday - Christian de Placker, composer

1588 Event - Christian IV succeeds Frederik II as king of Denmark

1568 Birthday - Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg, Battle of White Mountain

1560 Event - Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, North Africa

1559 Death - Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59), dies

1544 Event - German emperor Charles V recognizes king Christian III of Denmark

1538 Event - Danish king Christian III enters Schmalkaldische Union

1537 Event - King Christian III publishes "Ordinance on the Danish Church"

1536 Event - Danish/Norw king Christian III leads reform in Catholic possessions

1523 Event - Danish king Christian III arrives in Veere

1520 Event - Swedish King Christian II executes 600 nobles

1520 Event - Danish/Norwegian king Christian II crowned king of Sweden

1520 Event - Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats Swedes at Lake Asunde

1513 Event - Christian II succeeds Johan I as Danish/Norwegian king

1503 Birthday - Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway, 1534-59

1481 Death - Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies

1471 Event - Battle of Brunkeberg Stockholm (Sten Sture beats Christian I)

1378 Event - Cardinals declare pope Urbanus VI lawless (anti christian/devil)

1291 Event - Sultan of Egypt and his son take last Christian stronghold of Acre

1183 Death - Christian I, archbishop of Mainz, dies

921 Death - Ludmilla, wife of 1st christian Bohemian king Borijov I/saint, dies

392 Event - Emperor Theodosius declares christian religion, state religion

364 Death - Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32

354 Birthday - [Christian] Aurelius Augustine, bp of Hippo in Roman Africa

325 Event - 1st Christian ecumenical council opens at Nicaea, Asia Minor

290 Death - [Christian] Sergius, roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated

290 Death - [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed













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