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Appearance
![Frederick III, Elector of Saxony](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer_076.jpg/100px-Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer_076.jpg)
- 1463 – Birth of Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, known as the Wise
- 1484 – Birth of humanist George Spalatin
- 1737 – Death of architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, whose most famous work is the Zwinger in Dresden
- 1789 – Birth of theologian August Neander