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1996 48th Emmy Awards: ER, Dennis Franz and Kathy Baker wins

1993 Franz Schnyder, Swiss director (10th of May), dies at 82

1992 Frederick W. Franz, CEO (Watch Tower), dies at 99

1988 Franz Josef Strauss, West German Minister of defense 1956 - 1962, dies at 73

1984 Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph

1983 Eduard Franz, actor (Zorro), dies at 80

1978 Franz Alphons Wolpert, composer, dies at 60

1976 Franz MT de Liage Bohl, German/Dutch assyriologist, dies at 94

1975 Franz Salmhofer, composer, dies at 75

1975 Franz Andre, Belgian conductor, dies at 81

1972 Franz Philipp, composer, dies at 81

1972 Franz Halder, German Soldier

1970 Treblinka SS commander Franz Stangl sentenced to life imprisonment

1969 Franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89

1969 Franz von Papen, German Politician

1969 Franz T Csokor, Austria author (Gottes General), dies at 83

1968 Franz Reizenstein, composer, dies at 57

1967 Franz Waxman, German composer (Day at the races), dies at 60

1965 Franz Jonas elected president of Austria

1965 Georg Franz, Straubing GER, hockey forward, Team Germany, Landshut

1964 Franz Alexander, Hungarian/US psycho analyst, dies at 73

1962 Franz Jozef Kline, U.S. expressionist painter, dies at 51

1962 Franz Kline, American Artist

1961 Franz de Backer, Flemish writer (Rubens' Daughter), dies at 70

1960 Franz Vienboeck, Austria, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-13

1955 Franz Adolf Syberg, composer, dies at 51

1954 Franz Pfemfert, writer, dies at 74

1953 Franz Klammer, Austria, downhill skier 1976 Olympics gold

1951 Robert Franz Richard Hernried, composer, dies at 67

1948 Franz Lehar, Austrian/Hungarian composer (Wiener Frauen), dies at 78

1948 Franz Carl Bornschein, composer, dies at 69

1947 Franz X. Ritter von Epp, German General (SW Africa), dies at 79

1947 Franz Zorell, German RC lexicographer, dies at 84

1947 Franz VM Cumont, Belgian religious historian, dies at 79

1945 Franz Beckenbauer, German Athlete

1945 Franz Werfel, Czechoslovakian/German/U.S. poet and writer, 'Mirror Man', dies at 54

1944 Dennis Franz, Maywood, Illinois, actor, Buntz-Hill Street Blues, New YorkPD Blue

1943 Franz Hohler, born in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, writer, cabaret performer, winner, Kaseel Literary Prize for Grotesque Humor, 2002

1943 Franz Courtens, Flemish painter (Sunny Lane), dies at 88

1941 Franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60

1939 Franz von Papen becomes German ambassador in Turkey

1939 Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer, dies at 64

1937 Franz Vranitzky, Austria union chancellor, 1986-

1936 Augustinius Franz Kropfreiter, composer

1934 Franz Ehrle, German jesuit/head of Vatican library, dies at 88

1934 Franz Schreker, composer, dies at 55

1932 Franz von Papen "Cabinet of the Baron" premieres

1932 Franz Xavier Arens, composer, dies at 75

1927 Franz Lehr's opera "Zarewitsch," premieres

1926 Hans Gunther Franz Otte, composer

1924 Franz X. Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74

1924 Franz Kafka, Czechoslovakian writer (Trial, Amerika, Metamorphosis), dies at 40

1920 Arthur Franz, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, actor, Invaders From Mars, Young Lions

1918 Franz Lehars opera "Wo die Lerche singt," premieres in Budapest

1917 Franz Alphons Wolpert, composer

1916 Franz Jozef I, King of Austria/Hungary, dies

1916 Franz Joseph, Austrian Statesman

1916 Franz Marc, German painter/co-founder (Blaue Reiter), killed at 36

1915 Franz Josef Strauss, Germany, nazi/minister of defense, 1956-62

1914 Franz Ferdinand, Austrian archduke (Sarajevo, Bosnia), assassinated

1913 Franz Kafka stops working on "Amerika"; it will never be finished

1912 Franz Weyergans, Belgian literary, Les Gens Heureux

1912 Franz Tumler, Austria, author/novelist, Cloak, Aufruf

1911 Franz Reizenstein, composer

1910 Franz Kemser, Germany, 4 man bobsled 1952 Olympics gold

1910 Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist, dies at 70

1910 Franz Jozef Kline, U.S. expressionist painter

1910 Franz Kline, American Artist

1909 Alfred Uhl, born in Austria, composer, professor, studied at Vienna Music Academy with Franz Schmidt, vibrant style combined neo-classicism, atonality, serialism, works include concerto for clarinet and orchestra

1908 Franz Pfnur, Germany, slalom 1936 Olympics gold

1908 Franz J A Grothe, German composer

1906 Franz Waxman, Konigshutte, Germany, composer, Day at the Races

1906 Franz Josef II, prince of Liechtenstein, 1938-89

1905 Franz Schmid, Germany, ascended northside of Matterhorn, 1931

1904 Franz Adolf Syberg, composer

1904 Franz von Lenbach, German painter, dies at 67

1904 Franz Coenen, composer, dies at 77

1902 Franz Lehars opera "Wiener Fraueen," premieres in Vienna

1902 Eduard Franz, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, actor, Zorro

1902 Franz Wullner, composer, dies at 70

1902 Carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf, composer, dies at 77

1901 Franz Melde, German physicist (Melde Test), dies at 69

1900 Franz Salmhofer, composer

1898 Elisabeth AE, empress of Austria/wife of Franz Joseph I, dies at 60

1897 Franz J Weinrich, Heinrich Lerse, German writer, Himmlisches

1895 Franz Hedrich, Austria writer, dies at about 62

1895 Franz E Neumann, German mineralogist/physicist, dies at 96

1895 Franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76

1893 Franz Andre, Belgian conductor

1891 Franz de Backer, Flemish writer, White Enemy

1891 Franz Alexander, Hungarian/US psycho analytical

1890 Franz Werfel, Austria, author, 40 Days of Musa Dagh

1890 Franz Philipp, composer

1890 Franz Paul Lachner, composer, dies at 86

1888 Franz Xaver Witt, composer, dies at 54

1887 Franz Commer, composer, dies at 74

1886 Franz von Liszt, Ferencz, Hungarian pianist/composer, dies at 74

1886 Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer, dies at 56

1885 Franz T Csokor, Austrian author, Writings on the Wall

1885 Franz W. Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies

1885 Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor, dies at 65

1884 Franz Halder, German Soldier

1883 Robert Franz Richard Hernried, composer

1883 Albert Franz Doppler, composer, dies at 61

1883 Franz Kafka, Czechoslovakia, author, Metamorphosis, Trial, Amerika

1882 Franz MT de Liage Bohl, German/Dutch assyrologist/translator

1880 Franz Hessel, writer

1880 Franz Marc, German painter, Blaue Reiter

1879 Franz Pfemfert, writer

1879 Franz JHMM von Papen, German diplomat/chancellor, 1932

1879 Franz von Papen, German Politician

1879 Franz Arnold, writer

1879 Franz Carl Bornschein, composer

1878 Franz von Holstein, composer, dies at 52

1878 Franz Schrecker, composer

1878 Franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84

1877 Franz Schubert's 2nd Symphony in B, premieres

1876 Franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69

1874 Franz Schmidt, composer

1874 Arnold Franz Walter Schonberg, Vienna Austria, composer, 2nd Quartet

1874 Franz Grillparzer's "Libussa," premieres in Vienna

1873 Emperor Franz Jozef opens 5th World's Fair in Vienna

1872 Franz Grillparzer's "Die Judin von Toledo," premieres in Prague

1872 Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg," premieres in Vienna

1872 Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81

1871 Franz Blei, Peregrinus Steinhovel, Austrian painter/critic

1870 Franz Lehar, operetta composer, Naughty Marietta

1869 Franz Schubert's "4th Tragic," premieres

1868 Franz X. Ritter von Epp, German general, China

1868 Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, composer, dies at 79

1868 Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer, dies at 82

1868 Franz Adolf Berwald, Swedish composer, dies at 71

1868 Franz V M Cumont, Belgian religious historian

1865 Franz Schubert's "Unvolendete" Symphony," premieres

1864 Franz Miller, becomes first Train Murderer

1864 Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist and politician

1864 Franz von Klenze, German architect (palace Leuchtenberg), dies at 59

1863 Franz Zorell, German RC exegetist/lexicographer

1863 Franz Xavier Gruber, composer, dies at 75

1863 Franz von Stuck, German painter, Der Krieg

1863 Franz Schuberts "Missa Solemnis," premieres in Leipzig

1861 Franz Joseph Glaser, composer, dies at 63

1858 Franz Boas, anthropologist/linguist, Mind of Primitive Man

1857 Franz Liszt's "Die Hunnenschlacht," premieres in Weimar

1856 Franz Xavier Arens, composer

1855 Franz Liszt's "Prometheus," premieres

1854 Franz Liszt's "Fest-Long," premieres

1854 Austria's Franz Joseph I marries Elisabeth A E "Sissi"

1854 Franz Liszt's "Mazeppa," premieres

1854 Franz Courtens, Flemish painter, Golden Rain

1854 Franz Liszts symphony "Orpheus," premieres

1850 Franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer, Mataswintha

1848 Franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria and King of Hungary

1845 Franz Ehrle, German prefect of Vatican library

1845 Franz Joseph Volkert, composer, dies at 67

1844 Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, composer, dies at 53

1844 Ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer, dies at 72

1843 Joseph Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist, dies at 42

1843 Franz Schoberlechner, composer, dies at 45

1841 Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76

1840 Franz Xaver Pechacek, composer, dies at 47

1840 Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist, Magister choralis

1838 Franz Grillparzer's "Weh dem, der Lugt," premieres in Vienna

1834 Franz Grillparzer's "Der Traum ein Leben," premieres in Vienna

1834 Franz Xaver Witt, composer

1832 Franz Melde, German phyicist, Melde test

1832 Franz Wullner, composer

1831 Johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64

1831 Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71

1830 Franz Joseph, Austrian Statesman

1830 Franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50

1829 Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer

1828 Franz P Schubert, Austria composer (That Schone Mullerin), dies at 31

1828 Franz Schubert, Austrian Composer

1828 Franz Joseph Gall, German/French physician (frenology), dies at 70

1828 Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Treuer Diener," premieres in Vienna

1827 Franz Xaver Gerl, composer, dies at 62

1827 Franz Anton Dimmler, composer, dies at 73

1826 Franz Coenen, composer

1826 Franz Danzi, composer, dies at 62

1826 Franz von Holstein, composer

1825 Franz Grillparzer's "Konig Ottokars Gluck," premieres in Vienna

1824 Franz Sigel, Major General Union volunteers

1824 Carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf, composer

1823 Franz Schuberts "Ballet-Musik aus Rosamunde," premieres in Vienna

1822 Franz Liszts (11) debut as pianist Isabella Colbran

1822 Franz Xaver Partsch, composer, dies at 62

1822 Franz Adam Veichtner, composer, dies at 81

1822 Franz Innocenz Joseph Kobell, German landscape painter, dies at 72

1821 Albert Franz Doppler, composer

1821 Franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67

1821 Franz Grillparzer's "Das Goldene Vliess," premieres in Vienna

1819 Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor

1819 Franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer, dies at 56

1819 Franz von Suppe, Spalato Dalmatia, composer, Light Cavalry Over

1818 "Silent Night" composed by Franz Joseph Gruber; 1st sung next day

1818 Franz Xaver Gruber composes "Silent Night"

1818 Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78

1818 Franz Grillparzer's "Sappho," premieres in Vienna

1817 Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer, dies at 66

1817 Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer, dies at 54

1817 Franz Grillparzer's "Die Ahnfrau," premieres in Vienna

1816 Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 44

1815 Franz Gotz, composer, dies at 59

1815 Matthias Claudius, pseudonym, Asmus, writer, poet, poem, Death and the Maiden, used by Franz Schubert, dies at 74

1814 Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79

1813 Franz Commer, composer

1812 Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund), dies at 23

1812 Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer, dies at 85

1812 Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer, dies at 57

1812 Franz Schneider, composer, dies at 74

1811 Franz Liszt, Raiding Hungary, romantic composer/virtuoso pianist

1810 Franz Teyber, composer, dies at 52

1809 Franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75

1809 Franz Joseph Haydn, Vienna Austria, composer

1809 Franz Josef Haydn, Austrian composer (Jahreszeiten), dies at 77

1809 Franz Joseph Haydn, composer, dies on 77th birthday

1809 Franz I of Austria declares war on France

1807 Franz Grave von Pocci, German poet/composer, Der Alchemist

1806 Franz Seydelmann, composer, dies at 58

1805 Friedrich Franz Hurka, composer, dies at 43

1805 Georg W. "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian, dies at 76

1803 Franz Xaver Sussmayr, composer, dies

1803 Franz Paul Lachner, composer

1803 Ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer, dies at 69

1802 Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen, composer, dies at 53

1802 Aepinus, Franz UT Hoch, German physician/physicist, dies at 77

1801 Josef Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist

1798 Franz E Neumann, German mineralogist/mathematician/physicist

1798 Franz Joseph Glaser, composer

1797 Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73

1797 Franz Schoberlechner, composer

1797 Haydn's song "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser," premieres in Vienna

1797 Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal, Austria, composer, Unfinished Symphony

1797 Franz Schubert, Austrian Composer

1796 Franz Adolf Berwald, Sweden, composer

1794 Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer, dies at 65

1793 Franz Hunten, composer

1793 Franz Xaver Pechacek, composer

1792 In Vienna, Ludwig Von Beethoven (22) receives 1st lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn

1791 Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM

1791 Franz Gillparzer, Austrian tragic dramatist, Golden Fleece

1789 Franz Xaver Richter, composer, dies at 79

1789 Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, composer

1789 Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer, dies at 68

1788 Franz Pforr, German painter and cartoonist, Lukasbund

1788 Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer, dies at 63

1787 Franz Xavier Gruber, Austria, organist/composer, Silent Night

1786 Franz Asplmayr, composer, dies at 58

1786 Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer

1785 Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44

1784 Franz K earl von Velbruck, German free mason, dies

1784 Franz KL von Klenze, German architect, Hermitage, St-Petersburg

1779 Franz de Paula Roser, composer

1778 Franz Joseph Volkert, composer

1778 Franz Anton graaf von Kolowrat, Austrian premiere of Bohemia, 1848

1773 Franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer, dies at 29

1772 Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer

1772 Ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer

1771 Franz Xaver Brixi, composer, dies at 39

1767 Franz Sparry, composer, dies at 51

1767 Johann Franz Volkert, composer

1766 Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer

1765 Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist

1765 Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39

1764 Franz Xaver Gerl, composer

1763 Franz Danzi, composer

1763 Franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer

1762 Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer

1762 Friedrich Franz Hurka, composer

1760 Franz Xaver Partsch, composer

1759 Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer

1758 Franz Teyber, composer

1758 Franz Joseph Gall, German and French physician, frenology

1755 Franz Gotz, composer

1754 Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer

1753 Franz Anton Dimmler, composer

1753 Franz K Achard, German physicist

1750 Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer

1750 Franz Anton Maichelbeck, composer, dies at 47

1749 Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen, composer

1748 Franz Seydelmann, composer

1743 Franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer

1741 Franz Adam Veichtner, composer

1740 Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer

1740 Matthias Claudius, born in Reinfeld, Germany, pseudonym, Asmus, writer, poet, poem, Death and the Maiden, used by Franz Schubert

1739 Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer

1738 Franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer, dies at 74

1737 Franz Schneider, composer

1735 Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer

1734 Franz Ignaz Beck, composer

1733 Ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer

1732 Franz Josef Haydn, Austria, composer, Die Schopfung

1732 Franz Josef Haydn, born in Austria, composer, Die Schopfung

1732 Franz Joseph Haydn, born in Austria, composer, help develop classical style

1732 Franz Xaver Brixi, composer

1729 Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer

1729 Georg W. "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian, Annales typographic

1728 Franz Asplmayr, composer

1727 Franz Weichlein, composer, dies at 67

1727 Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer

1725 Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer

1724 Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer

1724 Aepinus, Franz UT Hoch, German physician/physicist

1724 Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer

1720 Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer

1719 Franz K von Velbruck, German free mason/prince-bishop of Luik

1717 Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, Wife of emperor Franz I

1715 Franz Sparry, composer

1709 Franz Xaver Richter, composer

1706 Franz Habermann, composer

1704 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Austrian violist/composer, dies at 59

1702 Franz Anton Maichelbeck, composer

1663 Franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer

1659 Franz Weichlein, composer

1644 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composer

1523 Franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42

1481 Franz von Sickingen, German knight


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