2014 Event At Sochi, Russians Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov win the gold medal in pairs figure skating; the couple is the first to win on home ice since Ernst Baier and Maxi Herber won in 1936 2005 Death Ernst Mayr, German Scientist 1998 Death Ernst Juenger, German writer, dies at 102 1997 Death Ulrich Ernst Simon, theologian, dies at 63 1991 Death Ernst Krenek, Austrian/US composer (Orpheus and Eurydike), dies at 91 1990 Death Ernst Bacon, composer, dies at 91 1988 Death Ernst Hermann Meyer, composer, dies at 82 1986 Death Ernst Schnabel, writer, dies at 72 1981 Death Ernst Levy, composer, dies at 85 1981 Death Ernst Pepping, composer, dies at 79 1980 Death Ernst Kunz, composer, dies at 88 1979 Death Ernst Meister, writer, dies at 67 1976 Death Max Ernst, German/French surrealist painter/sculptor, dies at 85 1975 Death Ernst van Raalte, lawyer/minister-president, dies at 83 1971 Death Ernst Bachmeister, writer, dies 1969 Death Ernst Tittel, composer, dies at 59 1969 Death Ernst Deutsch, Dorian, Czechoslovakian actor (3rd Man, Golem), dies at 78 1968 Death Ernst Hess, composer, dies at 56 1964 Death Ernst Ginsberg, writer, dies 1964 Death Ernst Toch, composer (Melodie Lehre), dies at 76 1963 Death Ernst Kantorowicz, German/US historian, dies at 68 1960 Death Ernst von Dohnanyi, U.S. composer, dies at 82 1956 Death Ernst R Curtius, German literature historian, dies at 70 1955 Death Ernst Penzoldt, writer, dies 1954 Death Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier, dies at 82 1953 Death Ernst H Ridder Rappard, Dutch Nazi founder (NSNAP), dies at 53 1950 Birthday Ernst Hirsch Ballin, Dutch minister of Justice, 198?-94 1950 Death Ernst Wiechert, writer, dies at 63 1948 Birthday Ernst Jansz, Dutch keyboardist/singer, Doe Maar 1948 Death Ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer, dies at 79 1948 Death Helen Ernst, German poster artist/resistance fighter, dies at about 43 1947 Death Ernst Laqueur, Dut chemist/psychologist (sexual hormones), dies at 67 1946 Death Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian Nazi (SS), hanged 1945 Birthday Ernst Willi Messerschmid, Reutlingen Germany, astronaut, STS-22 1944 Death Ernst Isler, composer, dies at 64 1944 Death Ernst Thalmann, German communist, dies in Buchenwald 1944 Death Ernst "Teddy" Thalmann, leader of German KPD, dies 1943 Death Ernst Ottwalt, writer, dies 1941 Death Ernst Cahn, owner of Amsterdam Koco ice cream parlor, executed 1940 Event Gestapo arrest German resistance fighter/poster artist Helen Ernst 1939 Event Ernst Heinkel demonstrates 800-kph rocket plane to Hitler 1939 Death Ernst Toller, writer, dies at 45 1939 Birthday Ernst Zundel, German Activist 1939 Death Ernst Bla, writer, dies 1938 Death Ernst Barlach, writer, dies at 68 1938 Death Ernst L Kirchner, German painter, dies at 58 1934 Death Ernst Rohm, German staff member, executed at 46 1934 Death Karl Ernst, German SA-leader, murdered 1933 Birthday Richard Ernst, Swiss Scientist 1933 Death Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst, writer, journalist, dramatist, critic, works include 'Die Hochzeit', 'Canossa', dies at 67 in Sankt Georgen, Austria 1931 Death William Ernst Johnson, British mathematician, dies 1927 Birthday Ernst Widmer, composer 1927 Death Friedrich Ernst Koch, composer, dies at 64 1925 Birthday Ernst Jandl, born in Vienna, Austria, writer, poet, influenced by Dada, translated Gertrude Stein, Robert Creeley's The Island and John Cage's Silence 1924 Birthday Klaus Huber, born in Bern, Switzerland, composer, wrote music for chamber ensembles orchestra, choirs, soloists, politically conscious composer, received Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, 2009 1923 Death Ernst Debes, German cartographer (Moon Atlas), dies at 83 1923 Event Ernst Tollers "Hinkemann," premieres in Leipzig 1921 Birthday Ernest Gold, born in Vienna, Austria, Ernst Gold, composer, wrote nearly 100 film and television scores, including It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, On the Beach, four Academy-Award nominations, three Golden Globe nominations 1921 Birthday Ernst Haas, Austrian Photographer 1920 Event Ernst Toller's "Massen und Menschen," premieres in Neurenberg 1920 Death Johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74 1919 Event Ernst Toller's "Die Wandlung," premieres in Berlin 1919 Death Ernst Haeckel, German philosopher (Social Darwinism), dies at 85 1918 Birthday Ernst Fischer, German chemist, Nobel 1973 1916 Death Ernst Rudorff, composer, dies at 76 1916 Death Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist/philosopher/psychologist, dies at 78 1914 Death Ernst Stadler, writer, dies at 31 1913 Birthday Ernst Schnabel, German sailor/dramatist, Anne Frank 1913 Birthday Ulrich Ernst Simon, theologian 1913 Birthday H Ernst, bishop, born in Breda, Netherlands 1912 Birthday Ernst Hess, composer 1910 Birthday Ernst Tittel, composer 1909 Birthday Ernst Gombrich, OM/FBA/director, Warburg Institute 1908 Birthday Ernst B Chain, German chemist/bacteriologist, penicillin, Nobel 1945 1905 Birthday Ernst Hermann Meyer, composer 1905 Death Ernst Pauer, composer, dies at 78 1905 Birthday Ernst Carl Gerlach Stueckelberg 1905 Death Ernst Abbe, German physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company), dies at 64 1904 Birthday Ernst Mayr, German Scientist 1903 Birthday Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian nazi, SS/SD 1902 Birthday Ernst von Salomon, German writer, Kette Der Tausend Kraniche 1901 Birthday Ernst Pepping, German composer 1901 Birthday Ernst Gernot Klussmann, composer 1900 Birthday Ernst Krenek, Vienna Austria, composer, Johnny Spielt Auf 1899 Birthday Ernst H Ridder van Rappard, Dutch SS officer/founder, NSNAP 1898 Birthday Ernst Bacon, composer 1896 Death Ernst Engel, German Economist 1896 Death Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian (Olympia), dies at 81 1895 Birthday Ernst Levy, composer 1894 Birthday Ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist, War Against War! 1893 Birthday Ernst Toller, writer 1893 Death Ernst II, duke of Saxony-Coburg-Gotha (1844-93)/composer, dies at 75 1892 Birthday Ernst van Raalte, lawyer, Seen, heard... wrote 1892 Birthday Richard Tauber, Ernst Seiffert, Austria/British, tenor/conductor 1892 Birthday Ernst Lubitsch, Germany, actor, Love Parade 1891 Birthday Ernst Kunz, composer 1891 Birthday Max Ernst, born in Germany, painter and sculptor, founded surrealism 1891 Birthday Max Ernst, German/French surrealist painter/sculptor 1890 Birthday Ernst Deutsch, Dorian, Prague Czechoslovakia, actor, Moon is Down, 3rd Man 1890 Death Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer, dies at 49 1889 Death Ernst Franck, German composer and conductor, dies at 42 1888 Birthday Ernst Heinrich Heinkel, German inventor, 1st rocket-powered aircraft 1887 Birthday Ernst Toch, Vienna Austria, composer, Melodie Lehre 1887 Birthday Ernst Rohm, German staff member/Bolivian leader/SA 1887 Birthday Ernst Rowohlt, German publisher, Rowohlt-Verlag 1887 Birthday Ernst Wiechert, writer 1887 Birthday Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstangl, German/US pianist/politician, NSDAP 1886 Birthday Ernst Kurth, Austrian/Swiss musicologist 1886 Birthday Ernst Thalmann, German communist presidential candidate 1886 Birthday Ernst R. Curtius, German literature historian 1883 Birthday Ernst Stadler, writer 1880 Birthday Ernst Laqueur, chemist/pharmacology/psychology, sexual hormones 1880 Birthday Ernst L. Kirchner, German painter, Die Brucke 1879 Birthday Ernst Isler, composer 1879 Death Ernst Friedrich Richter, composer, dies at 70 1877 Birthday Erno [Ernst von] Dohnanyi, Hungary, composer, Msg to Posterity 1875 Birthday Ernst F. Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon 1874 Birthday Ernst Cassirer, Germany, philosopher/educator, Essay on Man 1874 Birthday Ernst Rabel, Austrian/US law historian, Grundzuge 1871 Birthday Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier 1870 Birthday Ernst Barlach, writer 1869 Birthday Ernst J. Cohen, Dutch chemist 1868 Birthday Ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer 1866 Birthday Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst, born in Elbingerode, Germany, writer, journalist, dramatist, critic, works include 'Die Hochzeit', 'Canossa' 1865 Death Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer, dies at 51 1862 Birthday Friedrich Ernst Koch, composer 1860 Death Ernst Moritz Arndt, German Poet 1858 Birthday William Ernst Johnson, born in Cambridge, England, mathematician 1855 Birthday Ernst L Wolzogen, German writer/founder, Cabaret oberbrettl 1855 Birthday Ernst Kullak, composer 1851 Death Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51), dies at 80 1851 Birthday Ernst Josephson, Sweden, artist 1849 Death Alexander Ernst Fesca, composer, dies at 28 1847 Birthday Ernst Franck, German composer and conductor 1845 Birthday Johann Ernst Perabo, composer 1842 Death Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer, dies at 68 1841 Birthday Ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter 1841 Birthday Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer 1840 Birthday Ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist, Carl Zeiss Optics Company 1840 Birthday Ernst Rudorff, composer 1838 Birthday Ernst Mach, Chirlitz-Turas Austria, physicist/philosopher/psychologist 1834 Birthday Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Potsdam Germ, biologist, Causes of Evolution 1831 Death Johann Ernst Friedrich Wollank, composer, dies at 49 1826 Birthday Ernst Pauer, composer 1826 Death Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, composer (Oberon), dies at 39 1822 Death Ernst T Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer, dies at 46 1821 Birthday Ernst Engel, German Economist 1820 Birthday Alexander Ernst Fesca, composer 1819 Death Ernst Ludwig Gerber, composer, dies at 72 1818 Birthday Ernst II, duke of Saxon-Coburg-Gotha, 1844-93, composer 1814 Birthday Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian 1814 Birthday Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer 1814 Birthday Wilhelm Ernst, violinist and composer 1810 Death Johann Ernst Rembt, composer, dies at 60 1808 Birthday Ernst Friedrich Richter, composer 1804 Death Christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80 1801 Death Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, dies at 66 1793 Death Johann Ernst Hartmann, composer, dies at 66 1792 Death Ernst William Wolf, composer, dies at 57 1792 Birthday Karl Ernst von Baler, Russia, naturalist, discovered human ovum 1786 Birthday Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst "von" Weber, German composer, Freischutz 1781 Birthday Johann Ernst Friedrich Wollank, composer 1777 Death Johann Ernst Bach, composer, dies at 55 1776 Birthday Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer, Undine 1774 Death Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies 1774 Birthday Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer 1772 Death Ernst J earl van/of Biron, Russian duke of Courland, dies at 82 1771 Birthday Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover, 1837-51 1769 Birthday Ernst Moritz Arndt, German Poet 1762 Death Johann Ernst Eberlin, composer, dies at 60 1762 Death Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86 1760 Death Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64 1749 Birthday Johann Ernst Rembt, composer 1746 Birthday Ernst Ludwig Gerber, composer 1740 Birthday Ernst Eichner, composer 1739 Death Ludwig Ernst, composer, dies at 71 1735 Birthday Ernst William Wolf, composer 1734 Birthday Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer 1726 Birthday Johann Ernst Hartmann, composer 1723 Birthday Christian Ernst Graf, composer 1722 Birthday Johann Ernst Bach, composer 1712 Birthday Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German painter 1702 Birthday Johann Ernst Eberlin, composer 1701 Death Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62 1696 Birthday Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer 1690 Birthday Ernst J earl van Biron, Russian duke of Koerland/regent of Ivan VI 1676 Birthday Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer 1667 Birthday Ludwig Ernst, composer 1638 Birthday Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian Field Marshal, Turkish Wars 1632 Death Ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Friesland, dies at 58 1612 Death Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57 1595 Death Ernst, archduke of Austria, dies at 41 1582 Birthday Johan Ernst earl of Nassau-Siegen, military/son of Johan VII 1573 Birthday Ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia/Groningen 1554 Birthday Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne 1553 Birthday Ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands 1486 Death Ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45 1441 Birthday Ernst I, elector of Saxon, 1464-86
