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1517 – Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses at the Castle Church in Wittenberg
1815 – Birth of mathematician Karl Weierstraß
1835 – Birth of chemist Adolf von Baeyer, winner of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his synthesis of indigo
1920 – Birth of football player Fritz Walter, captain of the Germany national football team winnning the 1954 FIFA World Cup