- 1405 - The city of Frankfurt buys the Römer (pictured) house to use as a city hall
- 1894 - Birth of Otto Grotewohl, first minister-president of the GDR
- 1907 - Birth of Kreisau Circle member Helmuth James von Moltke
- 1931 - Death of silent film director F. W. Murnau
- 1931 - Birth of children's book author Janosch