1995 Wilhelm J Soukop, Austrian/British sculptor, dies at 88
1985 L Brock, Slaughter, A Vaughan, and H Wilhelm inducted into Hall of Fame
1985 Lou Brock and Hoyt Wilhelm, elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1981 Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff, Dutch para-psychologist, dies at 87
1981 Wilhelm H C Tenhaeff, para-psychologist, dies at 87
1980 Wilhelm Weismann, composer, dies at 79
1976 Wilhelm Maler, composer, dies at 73
1972 Dodgers release and end career of pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm
1970 Brave's Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in his 1,000th game, loses to Cards 6-5
1969 Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in a record 907th major league game
1969 Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85
1968 Wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86
1968 Hoyt Wilhelm's 907th breaks Cy Young's record for pitching appearances
1965 Erik Wilhelm, NFL quarterback for the New York Jets
1962 Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist, dies at 81
1960 Wilhelm Pieck, president of German DR (1949-60), dies at 84
1958 Baltimore Oriole knuckler Hoyt Wilhelm no-hits New York Yankees 1-0
1957 Wilhelm Reich, Austria/US psycho analyst (sexual), dies at 60
1956 1st motorcycle rode over 200 mph (Wilhelm Herz-210 mph/338 kph)
1954 Wilhelm Furtwangler, German conductor/composer, dies at 68
1954 Attempting to handle Hoyt Wilhelm's knuckleball catcher Ray Katt of Giants sets a major league record with 4 passed balls
1952 New York Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st relief game and hits his only HR
1952 Wilhelm Albrecht, German SD-chief, executed
1951 Wilhelm Schafer, German writer (Mein Leben), dies at 82
1949 Wilhelm Pieck becomes 1st president of German DR
1946 Wilhelm Frick, German war criminal, hanged
1946 Wilhelm Keitel, German fieldmarshal, hanged
1946 Hermann Wilhelm Goering, German SA-leader, commits suicide at 53
1945 Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern, Austrian composer, dies at 61
1945 Wilhelm Canaris, Admiral/headed Germany Abwehr, hanged
1945 "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed off Danzig by Soviet sub-c 7,700 die
1945 German ship "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed, 4,800 killed
1942 Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer, dies at 75
1941 Wilhelm Kienzl, Austria composer (Kuhreigen), dies at 84
1941 Wilhelm II von Hohenzollern, emperor (Germany, 1888-1918), dies
1940 Wilhelm Ruska, Holland, judo champ, Olympics gold 1972
1940 Jan Wilhelm Morthenson, composer
1939 Wilhelm Grosz, composer, dies at 45
1939 Wilhelm Bolsche, writer, dies at 78
1939 [Karl Eduard] Wilhelm Groener, German general, dies at 71
1939 Wilhelm Normann, German chemist (harden van olien), dies
1933 Wilhelm Cuno, German Reich's chancellor (1922-23), dies at 56
1932 Wilhelm Ostwald, physical chemist (Nobel 1909), dies
1928 Wilhelm Wien, Ger physicist (laws of motion, Nobel 1911), dies at 64
1928 Kat[i]e [Gertrude] Wilhelm, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Hamlet Trap
1927 Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer, dies at 56
1927 Wilhelm Harteveld, composer, dies at 68
1927 Wilhelm, Jr. Killmayer, composer
1925 Wilhelm Gericke, composer, dies at 80
1925 Wilhelm Posse, composer, dies at 72
1923 Dutch Catholic minority government of Wilhelm Marx forms
1923 [James] Hoyt Wilhelm, knuckleball pitcher, Orioles
1923 Wilhelm Konrad von Rontgen, physicist (Nobel 1901), dies at 77
1922 Wilhelm Cuno forms new German government
1921 Augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies
1921 Max Wilhelm Zach, composer, dies at 56
1920 Wilhelm Wundt, German physiologist/psychologist/philosopher, dies
1920 Dutch refuse to turn over ex-kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to allies
1919 Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrial/son of Werner, dies
1918 Emperor Wilhelm of Prussia and Germany, abdicates
1918 German emperor Wilhelm II flees to Netherland
1918 Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates after German defeat in WW I
1916 Emperor Wilhelm II and French Jozef I establishes kingdom of Poland
1914 Prince Wilhelm von Wied leaves Albania
1914 Ferdinand AR Cabrera, Spanish/German of emperor Wilhelm II, dies at 58
1914 Emperor Wilhelm II declares war on his nephew tsar Nicolas II (WW I)
1914 German Emperor Wilhelm II threatens war, orders Russia to demobilize
1914 Prince Wilhelm von Wied becomes King of Albania
1913 Albania becomes sovereignty under prince Wilhelm von Wied
1912 Wilhelm Kuhe, composer, dies at 88
1911 Wilhelm Dilthey, Germ philosopher (Das Leben Schleiermans), dies at 77
1911 Wilhelm F de Gaay Fortman, Dutch lawyer/foreign minister
1911 Wilhelm Berger, composer, dies at 49
1910 Wilhelm Raabe, [Jakob Corvinus], German author, dies at 79
1910 Wilhelm F Kohlrausch, Germ physicist (Additiviteitsregel), dies at 69
1908 Wilhelm Busch, writer, dies
1907 German emperor Wilhelm II visits Amsterdam
1907 Wilhelm J Soukop, Austrian/British sculptor
1906 Shoemaker Wilhelm Voigt (Capt of Kopenick) sentenced to 4 yrs
1905 Treaty of Bjorko: Emperor Wilhelm II/czar Nicholas II
1905 Emperor Wilhelm II lands in Tanger
1905 German emperor Wilhelm II visits Tanger
1903 Wilhelm von Polenz, German author (Country of Zukunft), dies
1902 Wilhelm Maler, composer
1901 Wilhelm Conrad von Rontgen, physicist, Nobel
1900 Wilhelm Weismann, composer
1900 Wilhelm Steinitz, Germany, 1st chess champ, 1866-1894
1900 Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist/socialist, dies at 74
1897 Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-US psycho analysist, character analysis
1896 German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays
1896 Emperor Wilhelm congratulates President Kruger on the Jameson Raid
1896 Wilhelm Rontgen announces his discovery of x-rays
1895 Wilhelm Kempff, Juterbog Germany, pianist, Unter dem Zimbelstern
1895 Wilhelm Roentgen (Germany) discovers X-rays
1895 Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, physiologist, dies
1895 Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs)
1894 German emperor Wilhelm II fires chancellor Leo von Caprivi and premier Botho zu Eulenburg
1894 German emperor Wilhelm II fires Chancellor Leo von Caprivi and premier Botho zu Eulenburg
1894 Wilhelm Grosz, composer
1894 Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff, Dutch parapsychologist
1892 Wilhelm Rettich, composer
1892 Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, composer, dies at 59
1892 Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 69
1891 Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger, composer, dies at 76
1891 Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer, dies at 79
1890 German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck
1890 Augusta Maria L Katharina, wife of Germ emperor Wilhelm I, dies at 78
1889 Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
1888 Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer, dies at 79
1888 Wilhelm II becomes emperor of Germany
1887 Wilhelm Volkmar, composer, dies at 74
1887 Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71
1887 Wilhelm Troszel, composer, dies at 63
1887 Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence
1886 Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, dies at 45
1886 Wilhelm Furtwangler, Berlin Germany, conductor/composer
1885 Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor, dies at 65
1884 Wilhelm Backhaus, born in Leipzig, Germany, pianist, Rubinstein 1905
1883 Anton, Friedrich Wilhelm, von Webern, Vienna Aust, 12-tone composer
1883 Wilhelm Siemens, German/British physicist (steam engine), dies
1883 Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies
1883 Wilhelm Richard Wagner, composer, dies at 69
1882 Wilhelm Keitel, German fieldmarshal
1882 Wilhelm Lehmann, writer
1882 Friedrich Wilhelm Kucken, composer, dies at 71
1881 Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter, poet and sculptor, Seated Youth
1880 Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist
1878 Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer, dies at 89
1878 Wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87
1877 Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German bishop of Mainz, dies at 65
1877 Wilhelm Frick, German protector of Bohemia and Moravia
1876 Wilhelm Cuno, German ship owner/republic chancellor, 1922-23
1876 Wilhelm Pieck, co-founder German Communist Party/president, 1949-60
1875 Johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer, dies at 78
1873 Carl Wilhelm, composer, dies at 57
1872 GW Bitzer, [Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer], Roxbury MA
1871 Carousel patents by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa
1871 Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff, Aus adm (Helgoland/Lissa), dies at 43
1871 Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer
1871 2nd German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I and Bismarck
1870 King Wilhelm of Prussia sends "Emser Depˆche" on Bismarck
1870 Wilhelm Normann, German chemist, hardening of oils
1869 Wilhelm Bernard Molique, composer, dies at 66
1868 Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer, dies at 68
1868 Wilhelm Schmidt, German anthropologist/linguist, Anthropos
1868 Wilhelm Schafer, German writer, Ein Totschlager
1867 [Karl Eduard] Wilhelm Groener, Germany, general
1867 Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer
1865 Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer, dies at 51
1865 Wilhelm Bousset, German theologist/historian
1864 Max Wilhelm Zach, composer
1864 Wilhelm K. W. Wien, German phyicist, Nobel 1911
1863 Danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Sleesw˜k-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg chosen as king George of Greece
1863 Wilhelm Marx, premier, Prussia
1862 F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari), dies at 73
1861 Wilhelm Berger, composer
1861 Wilhelm von Polenz, German writer, Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf
1861 Wilhelm Bolsche, writer
1859 Wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73
1859 Wilhelm Tempel discovers diffuse nebula around Pleid star Merope
1859 Wilhelm Harteveld, composer
1859 Wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor, 1888-1918
1857 Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer, Evangelimann
1855 Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrialist
1853 Wilhelm Ostwald, Germany, physical chemist, Nobel 1909
1852 Wilhelm Posse, composer
1850 Wilhelm Bear, German banker/astronomer (Moon Map), dies at 53
1849 Friedrich Wilhelm Michael Kalkbrenner, composer, dies at 63
1849 Wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69
1847 Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer, dies at 75
1846 Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer, dies at 63
1846 Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer, designer of 1st Mercedes
1845 August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet/interpreter/critic, dies at 77
1845 August Wilhelm von Schlegel, German Poet
1845 Wilhelm Gericke, composer
1845 Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen, born in Germany, discovered X-rays, Nobel 1901
1841 Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian
1836 Wilhelm Steinitz, Austria, world chess champion, 1866-94
1835 Wilhelm von Humboldt, German Educator
1833 Wilhelm Dilthey, German philosopher, Das Leben Schleiermans
1833 Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88
1832 Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, composer
1832 Wilhelm Wundt, German physiologist/psychologist/philosopher
1831 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German Philosopher
1831 Wilhelm Raabe, [Jakob Corvinus], German author, Der Hungerpastor
1827 Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff, Austrian Admiral, Helgoland/Lissa
1827 Wilhelm Hauff, writer, dies at 24
1826 Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82
1826 Wilhelm Liebknecht, German MP, social-democratic
1823 Wilhelm Kuhe, composer
1823 Wilhelm Troszel, composer
1823 Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor, laid undersea cables
1822 Adolph Wilhelm August Friedrich von Steinwehr, Brig Gen, Union vol
1822 Wilhelm Rust, composer
1819 Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor
1819 Johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer, dies at 71
1817 Niels Wilhelm Gade, Danish violinist, composer and conductor
1817 Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer, dies at 54
1816 Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer
1815 Carl Wilhelm, composer
1815 Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger, composer
1814 Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer
1814 Wilhelm Ernst, violinist and composer
1812 Wilhelm Volkmar, composer
1811 Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German politician/bishop of Mainz
1811 Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen, Germany, chemist, Bunsen Burner
1811 Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer
1810 Friedrich Wilhelm Kucken, composer
1809 Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer
1804 Johann von Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell," premieres
1803 Wilhelm Heinse, writer, dies
1802 Wilhelm Hauff, writer
1802 Wilhelm Bernard Molique, composer
1802 Friedrich Wilhelm Schirmer, artist
1799 Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer
1798 Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies of Art), dies at 24
1797 Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor, 1871-88
1797 Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer, constructed 1st Moon map
1796 Johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer
1796 George Wilhelm Gruber, composer, dies on 67th birthday
1796 Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer, dies at 89
1796 Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56
1790 Wilhelm Speyer, composer
1790 Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67
1789 Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer, dies at 61
1789 Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer
1788 F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter, Modern Vasari
1786 Wilhelm Karl Grimm, Hanau Germany, story teller, Grimm's Fairy Tales
1785 Friedrich Wilhelm Michael Kalkbrenner, composer
1784 Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach, dies at 74
1784 Wilhelm Friedmann Bach, composer (Sinfonias 64), dies at 73
1784 Carl Wilhelm Henning, composer
1783 Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer
1783 Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer, dies on 73rd birthday
1780 Wilhelm M L de Wette, German exegetist/theologist
1774 Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies
1773 Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer, Fantasies about Art
1772 Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer
1770 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher/inventor, dialectic
1767 August Wilhelm von Schlegel, German Poet
1767 August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet/translator/critic
1767 Wilhelm von Humboldt, German Educator
1762 Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer
1758 Wilhelm Olbers, discovered asteroids, Pallas and Vesta
1747 Johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer
1745 Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer
1744 Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer
1739 Freidrich Wilhelm Rust, composer
1734 Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wenkel, composer
1729 George Wilhelm Gruber, composer
1727 Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer
1725 Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet, Geistliche Kantaten
1722 Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer
1712 Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German painter
1712 Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer, dies at 48
1710 Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach
1710 Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of JS Bach, Sinfonias 64
1710 Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer
1706 Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer
1686 Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, composer
1663 Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer
1663 Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, composer
1567 Wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63
1503 Wilhelm von Grumbach, German lt col
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