- 1878 - Birth of author Erich Mühsam
- 1884 - Death of poet Emanuel Geibel
- 1911 - Birth of biochemist Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1972 - Death of former President of Germany Heinrich Lübke
- 1980 - Germany observes Daylight saving time for the first time