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![Johann Philipp Reis](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/JPReis.jpg/100px-JPReis.jpg)
- 1706 – Birth of publisher Johann Heinrich Zedler
- 1831 – Birth of general post director Heinrich von Stephan, founder of the Universal Postal Union
- 1834 – Birth of scientist Johann Philipp Reis, inventor of the Reis telephone