- 1152 - Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of the Germans.
- 1793 - Birth of philologist and critic Karl Lachmann
- 1879 - Birth of Bernhard Kellermann (pictured), author of Der Tunnel
- 1936 - First flight of zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg, one of the two largest flying crafts every built
- 1941 - Death of pacifist Ludwig Quidde, recipient of the 1927 Nobel Peace Prize