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| - | + | *[[1585]] – [[Eighty Years' War]]: [[Fall of Antwerp|Siege of Antwerp]] – [[Antwerp]] is captured by [[Spanish Empire |Spanish]] forces under [[Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma]], who orders [[Protestants]] to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the [[Dutch Republic|northern provinces]]. | |
| + | *[[1908]] - ''[[Fantasmagorie]]'', a film by French animator [[Émile Cohl]], premiers. | ||
| + | *[[1954]] - [[Michèle Bernstein]] marries [[Guy Debord]] | ||
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| *[[1887]] - [[Marcus Garvey]], Jamaican-born Black rights activist (d. [[1940]]) | *[[1887]] - [[Marcus Garvey]], Jamaican-born Black rights activist (d. [[1940]]) | ||
| *[[1893]] - [[Mae West]], American actress (d. [[1980]]) | *[[1893]] - [[Mae West]], American actress (d. [[1980]]) | ||
| - | *[[1932]] - [[V. S. Naipaul]], West Indian writer | + | *[[1925]] - [[John Hawkes]], United States American novelist (d. [[1998]]) |
| + | *[[1892]] - [[Johannes Theodor Baargeld]], German painter and poet who, co-founder the Cologne Dada group (d. 1927) | ||
| + | *[[1932]] - [[V. S. Naipaul]], West Indian writer (d. 2018) | ||
| *[[1943]] - [[Robert De Niro]], American actor | *[[1943]] - [[Robert De Niro]], American actor | ||
| *[[1959]] - [[Jonathan Franzen]], American author | *[[1959]] - [[Jonathan Franzen]], American author | ||
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| *[[1676]] - [[Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen]], German novelist (b. [[1621]]) | *[[1676]] - [[Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen]], German novelist (b. [[1621]]) | ||
| + | *[[1799]] - [[Christian Heinrich Spiess]], German writer of Schauerromanen (b. [[1755]]) | ||
| + | *[[1955]] - [[Fernand Léger]], French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. (b. [[1881]]) | ||
| + | *[[1969]] - [[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]], German architect. (b. [[1886]]) | ||
| *[[1973]] - [[Conrad Aiken]], American author (b. [[1889]]) | *[[1973]] - [[Conrad Aiken]], American author (b. [[1889]]) | ||
| - | == Notes == | + | *[[2001]] - [[Anthony Earnshaw]], English anarchist, artist and writer (b. [[1924]]) |
| - | # [[Christian Heinrich Spiess]] (April 4, 1755 – August 17, 1799), German writer of Schauerromanen, the German equivalent of the gothic novel. | + | |
| - | # [[John Hawkes]] (August 17 1925 – May 15, 1998), was a postmodern American novelist, | + | |
| - | # [[Michèle Bernstein]] (April 28, 1932) is a French novellist and critic, most usually remembered as a member of the Situationist International from its foundation in 1957 until 1967, and as the wife of its most prominent member, Guy Debord. | + | |
| - | # [[Fernand Léger]] (February 4, 1881 – August 17, 1955) was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. | + | |
| - | # [[Johannes Theodor Baargeld]] (October 9 1892 - August 16 or 17, 1927), was a German painter and poet who, together with Max Ernst, founded the Cologne Dada group. | + | |
| - | # [[Yves Tanguy]] (January 5, 1900 – January 15, 1955) was a surrealist painter. | + | |
| - | # [[Fantasmagorie]] (January 4, 1857 – January 20, 1938), born Émile Eugène Jean Louis Courtet, was a French caricaturist of the largely-forgotten Incoherent Movement, cartoonist, and animator, | + | |
| - | # [[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]] (March 27, 1886 in Aachen; August 17, 1969 in Chicago) was a German architect. | + | |
| - | # [[Anthony Earnshaw]] (October 9, 1924 – August 17, 2001) was an English anarchist, artist and surrealist author and illustrator. | + | |
| - | # [[Jean-Jacques Sempé]] | + | |
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- 1585 – Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp – Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who orders Protestants to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the northern provinces.
- 1908 - Fantasmagorie, a film by French animator Émile Cohl, premiers.
- 1954 - Michèle Bernstein marries Guy Debord
Births
- 1887 - Marcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black rights activist (d. 1940)
- 1893 - Mae West, American actress (d. 1980)
- 1925 - John Hawkes, United States American novelist (d. 1998)
- 1892 - Johannes Theodor Baargeld, German painter and poet who, co-founder the Cologne Dada group (d. 1927)
- 1932 - V. S. Naipaul, West Indian writer (d. 2018)
- 1943 - Robert De Niro, American actor
- 1959 - Jonathan Franzen, American author
- 1960 - Sean Penn, American actor and director
Deaths
- 1676 - Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German novelist (b. 1621)
- 1799 - Christian Heinrich Spiess, German writer of Schauerromanen (b. 1755)
- 1955 - Fernand Léger, French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. (b. 1881)
- 1969 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect. (b. 1886)
- 1973 - Conrad Aiken, American author (b. 1889)
- 2001 - Anthony Earnshaw, English anarchist, artist and writer (b. 1924)
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