- 1727 – Death of theologian August Hermann Francke, important figure of Pietism
- 1768 – Death of classical scholar Johann Joachim Winckelmann
- 1810 – Birth of composer Robert Schumann
- 1815 – The German Confederation is founded at the Congress of Vienna
- 1937 – Carl Orff's Carmina Burana premieres in Frankfurt
- 1980 – Death of singer and actor Ernst Busch