- 1651 - Birth of scientist Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus
- 1807 - Death of Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach
- 1883 - AEG is founded as Deutsche Edison-Gesellschaft für angewandte Elektricität
- 1913 - Birth of writer Stefan Heym
- 1924 - Death of industrialist Hugo Stinnes