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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| - | + | * [[250]] - Emperor [[Decius]] begins a widespread [[persecution of Christians in Rome]]. | |
| - | * [[250]] - Emperor [[Decius]] begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. [[Pope Fabian]] is martyred. Afterwards the [[Donatist]] controversy over readmitting lapsed Christians disaffects many in North Africa. | + | |
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| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| *[[1804]] - [[Eugène Sue]], French novelist (d. [[1857]]) | *[[1804]] - [[Eugène Sue]], French novelist (d. [[1857]]) | ||
| + | *[[1877]] - [[Raymond Roussel]], French writer and artist (d. 1933) | ||
| + | *[[1899]] - [[Pierre Gandon]] French illustrator and engraver (d. 1990) | ||
| + | *[[1913]] - [[José Guadalupe Posada]], Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852) | ||
| *[[1919]] - [[Juan García Esquivel]], Mexican bandleader (d. [[2002]]) | *[[1919]] - [[Juan García Esquivel]], Mexican bandleader (d. [[2002]]) | ||
| *[[1920]] - [[Federico Fellini]], Italian film director (d. [[1993]]) | *[[1920]] - [[Federico Fellini]], Italian film director (d. [[1993]]) | ||
| - | *[[1926]] - [[David Tudor]], American pianist and composer (d. [[1996]]) | + | *[[1929]] - [[Jean-Jacques Perrey]], French electronic music producer (d. 2016) |
| + | *[[1926]] - [[David Tudor]], American pianist and composer (d. 1996) | ||
| + | *[[1930]] - [[Elza Soares]], a Brazilian singer (d. 2022) | ||
| + | *[[1942]] - [[The O'Jays|William Powell]], American musician (The O'Jays) (d. 1977) | ||
| *[[1946]] - [[David Lynch]], American film director | *[[1946]] - [[David Lynch]], American film director | ||
| + | *[[1963]] - [[Mark Ryden]], American painter | ||
| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | *[[1612]] - [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. [[1552]]) | + | *[[1612]] - [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor]], statesman and art patron (b. [[1552]]) |
| + | *[[1859]] - [[Bettina von Arnim]], German writer and novelist (b. 1785) | ||
| + | *[[1871]] - [[Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail]], French writer (Rocambole) (b. 1829) | ||
| *[[1875]] - [[Jean-François Millet]], French painter (b. [[1814]]) | *[[1875]] - [[Jean-François Millet]], French painter (b. [[1814]]) | ||
| *[[1900]] - [[John Ruskin]], art critic (b. [[1819]]) | *[[1900]] - [[John Ruskin]], art critic (b. [[1819]]) | ||
| + | *[[1938]] - [[Émile Cohl]], French caricaturist (b. 1857) | ||
| *[[1965]] - [[Alan Freed]], American disk jockey (b. [[1922]]) | *[[1965]] - [[Alan Freed]], American disk jockey (b. [[1922]]) | ||
| *[[1990]] - [[Barbara Stanwyck]], American actress (b. [[1907]]) | *[[1990]] - [[Barbara Stanwyck]], American actress (b. [[1907]]) | ||
| *[[1993]] - [[Audrey Hepburn]], Anglo-Dutch actress (b. 1929) | *[[1993]] - [[Audrey Hepburn]], Anglo-Dutch actress (b. 1929) | ||
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| - | == Notes == | ||
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| - | *[[1612]] - [[Roland Topor]] (Paris, January 7 1938 - Paris, April 16 1997), was a French illustrator, painter, writer | ||
| - | *[[1612]] - [[Raymond Roussel]] (Paris, January 20, 1877 - Palermo, July 14, 1933) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, chess enthusiast, neurasthenic, and drug addict. | ||
| - | *[[1612]] - [[Jean-Jacques Perrey]] (January 20 1929) is a French electronic music producer | ||
| - | *[[1612]] - [[Mark Ryden]] (b. January 20, 1963 in Medford, Oregon) is an American fine-art painter associated with the Lowbrow art movement | ||
| - | *[[1612]] - [[Émile Cohl]] (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, called | ||
| - | *[[1612]] - [[Pierre Gandon]] | ||
| - | *[[1612]] - [[The O'Jays]] | ||
| - | *[[1612]] - [[Bettina von Arnim]] | ||
| - | *[[1612]] - [[José Guadalupe Posada]] | ||
| - | *[[1612]] - [[Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail]] | ||
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Art and culture
- 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome.
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Births
- 1804 - Eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857)
- 1877 - Raymond Roussel, French writer and artist (d. 1933)
- 1899 - Pierre Gandon French illustrator and engraver (d. 1990)
- 1913 - José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852)
- 1919 - Juan García Esquivel, Mexican bandleader (d. 2002)
- 1920 - Federico Fellini, Italian film director (d. 1993)
- 1929 - Jean-Jacques Perrey, French electronic music producer (d. 2016)
- 1926 - David Tudor, American pianist and composer (d. 1996)
- 1930 - Elza Soares, a Brazilian singer (d. 2022)
- 1942 - William Powell, American musician (The O'Jays) (d. 1977)
- 1946 - David Lynch, American film director
- 1963 - Mark Ryden, American painter
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Deaths
- 1612 - Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, statesman and art patron (b. 1552)
- 1859 - Bettina von Arnim, German writer and novelist (b. 1785)
- 1871 - Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, French writer (Rocambole) (b. 1829)
- 1875 - Jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814)
- 1900 - John Ruskin, art critic (b. 1819)
- 1938 - Émile Cohl, French caricaturist (b. 1857)
- 1965 - Alan Freed, American disk jockey (b. 1922)
- 1990 - Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (b. 1907)
- 1993 - Audrey Hepburn, Anglo-Dutch actress (b. 1929)
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