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January 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empi ...
Webb C. Ball Webster Clay Ball (October 6, 1848 – March 6, 1922) was a jeweler and watchmaker born in Fredericktown, Ohio who founded the Ball Watch Company. When Standard Time was adopted in 1883, he was the first jeweler to use time signals from the Unite ...
introduces
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s, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. *
Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has p ...
started writing Puddn'head Wilson. *
January 6 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eve ...
– The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress; the charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison. *
January 13 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Octavian transfers the state to the free disposal of the Roman Senate and the people. He receives Spain, Gaul, and Syria as his province for ten years. * 532 – The Nika riots break out, during the racing ...
** The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom has its first meeting. ** U.S. Marines from the ''USS Boston'' land in Honolulu, Hawaii, to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution. *
January 15 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. * 1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...
– The ''
Telefon Hírmondó The Telefon Hírmondó (also Telefonhírmondó, generally translated as "Telephone Herald") was a "telephone newspaper" located in Budapest, Hungary, which, beginning in 1893, provided news and entertainment to subscribers over telephone lines. It ...
'' service starts with around 60 subscribers, in Budapest. * January 17Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii: Lorrin A. Thurston and the Citizen's Committee of Public Safety in Hawaii, with the intervention of the United States Marine Corps, overthrow the government of Queen Liliuokalani. * January 21 ** The Cherry Sisters first perform in Marion, Iowa. ** The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana. *
February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Mon ...
Thomas Edison finishes construction of the first
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studio in West Orange, New Jersey. *
February 11 Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
19White Star Line sinks without a trace in heavy seas on the Liverpool–New York transatlantic passage. *
February 23 Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a ...
Rudolf Diesel receives a patent for the diesel engine. *
February 24 Events Pre-1600 * 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica. * 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence. * 13 ...
American University The American University (AU or American) is a private federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C. Its main campus spans 90 acres (36 ha) on Ward Circle, mostly in the Spring Valley neighborhood of Northwest D.C. AU was charte ...
is established by an Act of Congress, in Washington, D.C. *
February 28 Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. *1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on ...
USS ''Indiana'', the first
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in the United States Navy comparable to other nation's battleships of the time, is launched. * March 4Grover Cleveland is
sworn in Traditionally an oath (from Anglo-Saxon ', also called plight) is either a statement of fact or a promise taken by a sacrality as a sign of verity. A common legal substitute for those who conscientiously object to making sacred oaths is to giv ...
as the 24th President of the United States. * March 6 – The Liverpool Overhead Railway opened with 2-car
electric multiple unit An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a numbe ...
s, the first to operate in the world. * March 10
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
becomes a French colony. * March 20 – In Belgium,
Adam Worth Adam Worth (18448 January 1902) was a crime boss and fraudster. His career in crime, stretching from the United States to Europe and South Africa, included the infamous theft of Gainsborough's celebrated Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devo ...
is sentenced to 7 years for robbery (he is released in
1897 Events January–March * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a puniti ...
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April–June

* April 1 – The rank of Chief Petty Officer is established in the United States Navy. * April 6 – The iconic Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated, after 40 years of construction. *
April 8 Events Pre-1600 * 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. * 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids. *1139 – Ro ...
– The first recorded college basketball game occurs in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, between the
Geneva College Geneva College is a private Christian college in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1848, in Northwood, Ohio, the college moved to its present location in 1880, where it continues to educate a student body of about 1400 traditional undergra ...
Covenanters Covenanters ( gd, Cùmhnantaich) were members of a 17th-century Scottish religious and political movement, who supported a Presbyterian Church of Scotland, and the primacy of its leaders in religious affairs. The name is derived from ''Covenan ...
and the
New Brighton New Brighton is the name of several places, sports teams etc.: Australia * New Brighton, New South Wales, a town near Ocean Shores Canada * New Brighton, Calgary, Alberta, a neighborhood * New Brighton (Gambier Island), a settlement in British ...
YMCA. *
April 17 Events Pre-1600 *1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized. *1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan ...
**
Belgian general strike of 1893 The general strike of 1893 (french: grève générale de 1893, nl, algemene staking van 1893) was a major general strike in Belgium in April 1893 called by the Belgian Labour Party (POB–BWP) to pressure the government of Auguste Beernaert to int ...
: Riots erupt in
Mons Mons (; German and nl, Bergen, ; Walloon and pcd, Mont) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium. Mons was made into a fortified city by Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut in the 12th century. T ...
; the day after, the Belgian Parliament approves universal male suffrage. ** The Alpha Xi Delta Sorority is founded at Lombard College, in Galesburg, Illinois. *
May May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is the third of seven months to have a length of 31 days. May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, May ...
– The Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland is formed. * May 1 – The
1893 World's Fair The World's Columbian Exposition (also known as the Chicago World's Fair) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, hel ...
, also known as the World's Columbian Exposition, opens to the public in Chicago, Illinois. The first United States commemorative postage stamps are issued for the Exposition. * May 5
Panic of 1893 The Panic of 1893 was an economic depression in the United States that began in 1893 and ended in 1897. It deeply affected every sector of the economy, and produced political upheaval that led to the political realignment of 1896 and the pres ...
: A crash on the New York Stock Exchange starts a depression. * May 9 – Edison's 1½ inch system of Kinetoscope is first demonstrated in public, at the Brooklyn Institute. *
May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. *1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edw ...
– '' Nix v. Hedden'': the United States Supreme Court legally declares the tomato to be a vegetable. * May 23Mahatma Gandhi arrives in South Africa, where he will live until
1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...
, lead non-violent protests on behalf of Indian immigrants in the South African Republic (Transvaal), and generally have a deeper experience of such activities during these years. * June 4 – The Anti-Saloon League is incorporated, originally as a state organization, in Oberlin, Ohio. On December 18,
1895 Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Histor ...
, it becomes a nationwide organization. The same year, the American Council on Alcohol Problems is established, along with the
Committee of Fifty for the Study of the Liquor Problem :''for others with the same name, see Committee of Fifty (disambiguation)'' The Committee of Fifty was formed in 1893 by a group of American businessmen and scholars to investigate problems associated with the use and abuse of alcoholic beverages. ...
. *
June 6 Events Pre-1600 * 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed b ...
Wedding of Prince George, Duke of York, and Princess Mary of Teck On 6 July 1893, Prince George, Duke of York, and Princess Victoria Mary of Teck were married at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, in London, England. Engagement Princess Victoria Mary of Teck's engagement to Prince Albert Victor, Duke of C ...
: the future King George V of the United Kingdom marries at
St James's Palace St James's Palace is the most senior royal palace in London, the capital of the United Kingdom. The palace gives its name to the Court of St James's, which is the monarch's royal court, and is located in the City of Westminster in London. Altho ...
in London. * June 15
1893 German federal election Federal elections were held in Germany on 15 June 1893.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p762 Despite the Social Democratic Party (SPD) receiving a plurality of votes, the Centre Party remained the ...
: Small
anti-Semitic Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism. Antis ...
parties secure 2.9% of the vote. *
June 17 Events Pre-1600 * 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism. * 1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were bur ...
– Gold is found in
Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie is a city in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway. It is sometimes referred to as Kalgoorlie–Boulder, as the surrounding urban area includ ...
, Western Australia. *
June 20 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory. * 1180 – First Battle of Uji, starting ...
** The Wengernalpbahn railway in Wengen, Switzerland (
Canton of Bern The canton of Bern or Berne (german: Kanton Bern; rm, Chantun Berna; french: canton de Berne; it, Canton Berna) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the ''de facto'' capital of Switzerland. ...
) is opened. ** Lizzie Borden is acquitted of murdering her parents in Fall River, Massachusetts in
1892 Events January–March * January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States. * February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado. * February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies for ...
. * June 22 – The
flagship A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships, characteristically a flag officer entitled by custom to fly a distinguishing flag. Used more loosely, it is the lead ship in a fleet of vessels, typically the fi ...
of the British
Mediterranean Fleet The British Mediterranean Fleet, also known as the Mediterranean Station, was a formation of the Royal Navy. The Fleet was one of the most prestigious commands in the navy for the majority of its history, defending the vital sea link between t ...
collides with and sinks in 10 minutes; Vice-admiral Sir
George Tryon Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon (4 January 1832 – 22 June 1893) was a Great Britain, British admiral who died when his flagship HMS Victoria (1887), HMS ''Victoria'' collided with HMS Camperdown (1885), HMS ''Camperdown'' during manoeuvres of ...
goes down with his ship. * June 29 – Unveiling of the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain at Piccadilly Circus in London with its statue of
Anteros In Greek mythology, Anteros (; Ancient Greek: Ἀντέρως ''Antérōs'') was the god of requited love (literally "love returned" or "counter-love") and also the punisher of those who scorn love and the advances of others, or the avenger of u ...
.


July–September

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July 1 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the ...
– U.S. President Grover Cleveland is operated on in secret. * July 6 – The small town of
Pomeroy, Iowa Pomeroy is a city in Calhoun County, Iowa, United States. The population was 526 at the time of the 2020 census. History Pomeroy was platted in 1870 in anticipation of the railroad being built through the settlement. It was named for Charles P ...
, is nearly destroyed by a tornado; 71 people are killed and 200 injured. * July 11 ** Liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya leads a successful revolt in Nicaragua. ** Kōkichi Mikimoto, in Japan, develops the method to seed and grow cultured pearls. * July 13 **
Paknam Incident The Paknam Incident was a military engagement fought during the Franco-Siamese War in July 1893. While sailing off Paknam on Siam's Chao Phraya River, three French ships violated Siamese territory and a Siamese fort and a force of gunboats fire ...
: Two French Navy ships are fired upon by Siamese cannons stationed at the Paknam Fort, that guards the
Chao Phraya River The Chao Phraya ( or ; th, แม่น้ำเจ้าพระยา, , or ) is the major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial plain forming the centre of the country. It flows through Bangkok and then into the Gulf of Thailand. Et ...
. Three months later, Siam is forced to cede modern day
Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
to France. ** Frederick Jackson Turner gives a lecture titled " The Significance of the Frontier in American History" before the American Historical Association in Chicago. ** Scottish Association football club
Dundee F.C. Dundee Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland, founded in 1893. The team are nicknamed "The Dark Blues" or "The Dee". The club plays its home matches at Dens Park. The club was formed after a merg ...
is formed. *
July 25 Events Pre-1600 * 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. * 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. ...
– The Corinth Canal is completed in Greece. * August 15 – The Ibadan area becomes a British protectorate, after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton. * August 27 – The
Sea Islands hurricane The 1893 Sea Islands hurricane was a deadly major hurricane that struck the Sea Islands which was near Savannah, Georgia on August 27, 1893.
hits Savannah, Georgia,
Charleston, South Carolina Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint o ...
, and the Sea Islands, killing 1,000–2,000. *
September 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated. * 1173 – The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancon ...
William Ewart Gladstone's Government of Ireland Bill 1893, intended to give Ireland self-government, is rejected by the U.K. Parliament. * September 7 ** Under pressure of a general strike, the Belgian Federal Parliament enacts general multiple suffrage. ** Russian monitor ''Rusalka'' sinks in a storm in the
Gulf of Finland The Gulf of Finland ( fi, Suomenlahti; et, Soome laht; rus, Фи́нский зали́в, r=Finskiy zaliv, p=ˈfʲinskʲɪj zɐˈlʲif; sv, Finska viken) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and E ...
, with the loss of all 177 crew; her hulk is eventually discovered in
2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...
off Helsinki. ** Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club, the oldest Italian
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club, is formed. * September 11 – The World Parliament of Religions opens as an adjunct to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago; Bengali Hindu monk
Swami Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda (; ; 12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta (), was an Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the intro ...
receives a standing ovation for his address in response to his welcoming. * September 12American Temperance University begins classes in Harriman, Tennessee (it closes after 15 years, in May
1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...
). *
September 16 Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council. *1400 – Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers. 1601–1900 * 1620 – A determined band of 35 relig ...
– Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma. * September 19 **
Swami Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda (; ; 12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta (), was an Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the intro ...
delivers an inspiring speech on his paper at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago. ** New Zealand becomes the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote. * September 21 – Brothers
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and Frank Duryea drive the first gasoline-powered motorcar in America, on public roads in
Springfield, Massachusetts Springfield is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States, and the seat of Hampden County. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the ...
. *
September 23 Events Pre-1600 * 38 – Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified. * 1122 – Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat ...
– The Baháʼí Faith is first publicly mentioned in the United States, at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago. * September 27 – The World Parliament of Religions holds its closing meeting in Chicago. *
September 28 Events Pre-1600 *48 BC – Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII. * 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus ...
– The Portuguese sports club
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is founded.


October–December

* October 10 – The first car number plates appear in Paris, France. * October 13 ** The first students enter
St Hilda's College, Oxford St Hilda's College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college is named after the Anglo-Saxon Saint, Hilda of Whitby and was founded in 1893 as a hall for women; it ...
, England, founded for women by
Dorothea Beale Dorothea Beale LL.D. (21 March 1831 – 9 November 1906) was a suffragist, educational reformer and author. As Principal of Cheltenham Ladies' College, she became the founder of St Hilda's College, Oxford. Early and family life Dorothea Beale w ...
. ** The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1893 is signed, as the Kingdom of Siam cedes all of its territories east of the Mekong River to France, creating the territory of
Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
. *
October 14 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings. * 1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's i ...
– According to a
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official confirmed report, a devastating levee collapse,
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and
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hit and damaged around
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, Shikoku Island and western
Honshū , historically called , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Straits. The island separa ...
, due to a strong typhoon wind in
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, an official document reports 2,044 people perished. * October 16 – American sisters Patty Hill and
Mildred J. Hill Mildred Jane Hill (June 27, 1859 – June 5, 1916) was an American songwriter and musicologist, who composed the melody for "Good Morning to All", later used as the melody for "Happy Birthday to You". Biography Mildred Jane Hill, born in Louisvil ...
copyright their book ''Song Stories for the Kindergarten'' including "Good Morning to All". The melody, by Mildred Hill, is later adapted, without authorization, by Robert H. Coleman as "Good Morning to You!", with the second stanza containing the words to " Happy Birthday to You", leading to a successful copyright lawsuit by the Hill sisters in
1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
. * October 23 – The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) is founded by Bulgarians, in the town of Thessaloniki. Its aim is to liberate the region of Macedonia from the
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. * October 28 (October 16 O.S.) – In Saint Petersburg (Russia), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducts the first performance of his Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ''Pathétique'', nine days before his death. * October 30 – The 1893 World's Fair, also known as the World's Columbian Exposition, closes. * November 7Colorado women are granted the right to vote. *
November 12 Events Pre-1600 * 954 – The 13-year-old Lothair III is crowned at the Abbey of Saint-Remi as king of the West Frankish Kingdom. *1028 – Future Byzantine empress Zoe takes the throne as empress consort to Romanos III Argyros. * 13 ...
– The Durand Line is established as the boundary between British India and Afghanistan, by a memorandum of understanding signed by Sir Mortimer Durand, Foreign Secretary of British India, and Abdur Rahman Khan,
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. *
November 15 Events Pre-1600 * 655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. *1315 – Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Morg ...
FC Basel Association football club is founded in Switzerland. * November 16 – Athletic club Královské Vinohrady, later Sparta Prague, is founded. *
November 26 Events Pre-1600 * 783 – The Asturian queen Adosinda is held at a monastery to prevent her king from retaking the throne from Mauregatus. *1161 – Battle of Caishi: A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval engagement with Jin dynasty ...
Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Ho ...
's story " The Adventure of the Final Problem", published in the December dated issue of '' The Strand Magazine'' and serialized in Sunday newspapers worldwide, surprises the reading public by revealing that his popular character
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had apparently died at the Reichenbach Falls on May 4,
1891 Events January–March * January 1 ** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany. ** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence. **Germany takes formal possession of its new Africa ...
. * DecemberCarl Anton Larsen becomes the first man to ski in Antarctica. * December 4First Matabele War: The Shangani Patrol of
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soldiers is ambushed and annihilated, by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors. * December 5 – Plural voting is abolished in New South Wales. * December 8 – In the United States, the National Education Association releases the final report from the Committee of Ten at a conference at Columbia University, recommending standardization of the high school curriculum. *
December 16 Events Pre-1600 * 714 – Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the Merovingian palace, dies at Jupille (modern Belgium). He is succeeded by his infant grandson Theudoald, while his widow Plectrude holds actual power in the Frankish Kingdom. * 755 ...
Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czechs, Czech composer. Dvořák frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravian traditional music, Moravia and his native Bohemia, following t ...
's Symphony No. 9 (''From the New World'') receives its premiere at
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, New York City. * December 20Evergreen Park, Illinois, is incorporated.


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* The first
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arrive in Cuba. * The Girls' Brigade was founded in Dublin, Ireland


Births


January–March

* January 1
Minoru Sasaki sometimes referred to as Noburo Sasaki, was a Lieutenant General in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Biography Sasaki was born in Hiroshima Prefecture and studied at Shudo Junior and Senior High School. He graduated from the 26th ...
, Japanese general (d.
1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...
) * January 5Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru (d.
1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
) *
January 10 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the be ...
Vicente Huidobro, Chilean poet (d.
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
) * January 11Anthony M. Rud, American writer (d.
1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...
) * January 12 **
Edward Selzer Edward Selzer (January 12, 1893 – February 22, 1970) was an American film producer and publicist who served as head of Warner Bros. Cartoons from 1944 to 1958. He served in the US Navy and fought as a Golden Gloves boxer. He won a boxing exhibi ...
, American film producer (d.
1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...
) ** Hermann Göring, German Nazi official (d.
1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...
) ** Alfred Rosenberg, German Nazi official (d.
1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...
) *
January 13 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Octavian transfers the state to the free disposal of the Roman Senate and the people. He receives Spain, Gaul, and Syria as his province for ten years. * 532 – The Nika riots break out, during the racing ...
Roy Cazaly Roy Cazaly (13 January 1893 – 10 October 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He also represented Victoria and Tasmania in interstate football, and afte ...
, Australian rules footballer (d.
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
) * VMAni, (born Bibi Watson), American actress (d.
2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...
) *
January 15 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. * 1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...
Ivor Novello Ivor Novello (born David Ivor Davies; 15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951) was a Welsh actor, dramatist, singer and composer who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. He was born into a musical ...
, Welsh actor, musician (d.
1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...
) *
January 22 Events Pre-1600 * 613 – Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (''Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. * 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vi ...
** Arthur Smith, Australian public servant (d.
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...
) **
Conrad Veidt Hans Walter Conrad Veidt (; 22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German film actor who attracted early attention for his roles in the films ''Different from the Others'' (1919), '' The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920), and ''The Man Who Laugh ...
, German actor (d.
1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – ...
) ** Frankie Yale, American gangster (d.
1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...
) *
January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to becom ...
Soong Ching-ling, one of the Soong sisters, wife of Chinese president
Sun Yat-sen Sun Yat-sen (; also known by several other names; 12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925)Singtao daily. Saturday edition. 23 October 2010. section A18. Sun Yat-sen Xinhai revolution 100th anniversary edition . was a Chinese politician who serve ...
(d.
1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
) * January 28
Catherine Caradja Princess Catherine Olympia Caradja (born Ecaterina Olimpia Creţulescu; 28 January 1893 – 26 May 1993) was a Romanian aristocrat and philanthropist. Born in Bucharest, she grew up in England and France, and lived in Romania from 1908 to 1952, ...
, Romanian aristocrat, philanthropist (d.
1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...
) *
February 3 Events Pre-1600 * 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. *1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. *1488 – ...
Gaston Julia, French mathematician (d.
1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
) * February 9Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Prime Minister of Greece (d.
1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...
) * February 10
Jimmy Durante James Francis Durante ( , ; February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American comedian, actor, singer, vaudevillian, and pianist. His distinctive gravelly speech, Lower East Side accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced song ...
, American actor, singer, and comedian (d.
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...
) * February 12Omar Bradley, American general (d.
1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
) *
February 13 Events Pre-1600 * 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome. *1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th. *1462 – The ...
** Ana Pauker, Romanian communist politician (d.
1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...
) **
Zénon Bernard Johann Zénon Bernard (13 February 1893 – 25 June 1942) was a Luxembourgian communist politician. He led the Communist Party of Luxembourg during its first two decades of existence, and was the first communist elected to the parliament of Lux ...
, Luxembourgish communist politician (d.
1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...
) * February 16 **
Katharine Cornell Katharine Cornell (February 16, 1893June 9, 1974) was an American stage actress, writer, theater owner and producer. She was born in Berlin to American parents and raised in Buffalo, New York. Dubbed "The First Lady of the Theatre" by critic A ...
, American actress (d.
1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
) ** Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Soviet Army officer (d.
1937 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ...
) *
February 19 Events Pre-1600 * 197 – Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies. * 356 – The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the worship of pagan ...
– Sir Cedric Hardwicke, English actor (d.
1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
) * February 21 – Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (d.
1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...
) *
February 24 Events Pre-1600 * 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica. * 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence. * 13 ...
– Tokushichi Mishima, Japanese inventor, engineer (d. 1975) *
February 28 Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. *1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on ...
– Ivan Vasilyov, Bulgarian architect (d. 1979) * March 1 – Mercedes de Acosta, American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite (d. 1968) * March 3 ** Beatrice Wood, American artist, ceramicist (d. 1998) ** Ivon Hitchens, English painter (d. 1979) * March 5 – Kōtoku Satō, Japanese general (d. 1959) * March 7 – Elsa Ratassepp, Estonian actress (d. 1972) * March 8 – Mississippi John Hurt, American country blues singer, guitarist (d. 1966) (some sources give his year of birth as
1892 Events January–March * January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States. * February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado. * February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies for ...
) * March 11 – Wanda Gág, American children's author and artist (d.
1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...
) * March 14 – Arthur C. Davis, American admiral (d. 1965) * March 18 – Wilfred Owen, English soldier, poet (d. 1918) * March 19 – José María Velasco Ibarra, former President of Ecuador (d. 1979) * March 22 – Kleber Claux, French-born Australian anarchist, nudist (d.
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...
) * March 24 ** Walter Baade, German astronomer (d.
1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...
) ** Emmy Göring, Emmy Sonnemann, German actress, second wife of Hermann Göring (d. 1973) * March 26 – Palmiro Togliatti, Italian communist leader (d.
1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
) * March 27 – Karl Mannheim, German sociologist (d. 1947) * March 30 **Theodor Krancke, German admiral (d. 1973) **Ethel Owen, American actress (d. 1997) * March 31 – Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German historian (d. 1982)


April–June

* April 1 – Cicely Courtneidge, British actress (d.
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...
) * April 3 – Leslie Howard (actor), Leslie Howard, English actor (d.
1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – ...
) * April 6 – Alfred Gerstenberg, German ''Luftwaffe'' general (d. 1959) * April 7 – José de Almada Negreiros, Portuguese artist (d.
1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...
) *
April 8 Events Pre-1600 * 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. * 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids. *1139 – Ro ...
– Paul Alexiu, Romanian general (d.
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
) * April 9 ** Victor Gollancz, British publisher (d. 1967) ** Rahul Sankrityayan, Indian historian, writer, scholar (d.
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
) * April 11 – Dean Acheson, 51st United States Secretary of State (d.
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...
) * April 12 – Robert Harron, American actor (d. 1920) * April 15 – Maximilian Ritter von Pohl, German army, air force officer (d.
1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...
) * April 18 – Georges Boulanger (violinist), Georges Boulanger, Romanian violinist (d. 1958) * April 20 ** Harold Lloyd, American actor (d.
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...
) ** Joan Miró, Spanish painter, sculptor (d. 1983) ** Edna Parker, American supercentenarian (d. 2008) * April 21 – Matsuji Ijuin, Japanese admiral (d. 1944) * April 23 – Allen Dulles, American Central Intelligence Agency director (d. 1969) * April 29 – Harold Urey, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
) * April 30 – Harold Breen, Australian public servant (d. 1966) * May 3 – Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian writer, public benefactor (d. 1975) * May 8 ** Teddy Wakelam, English sports broadcaster, rugby union player (d.
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
) ** Francis Ouimet, American golfer, businessman (d. 1967) * May 9 – Regina Quintanilha, first Portuguese female lawyer (d. 1967) * May 16 – Clement Martyn Doke, South African linguist (d.
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...
) * May 21 – Giles Chippindall, Australian public servant (d. 1969) * May 23 – Ulysses S. Grant IV, American geologist, paleontologist (d. 1977) * May 25 – Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, American country music artist (d. 1968) * June 4 – Armand Călinescu, 39th Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1939) * June 7 – Gillis Grafström, Swedish figure skater (d. 1938) * June 12 – John R. Hodge, United States Army general (d.
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
) * June 13 – Dorothy L. Sayers, British crime writer, poet, playwright and essayist (d. 1957) * June 14 – Siggie Nordstrom, American model, actress, entertainer, socialite and singer (d.
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...
) * June 23 – Herman H. Hanneken, United States Marine Corps officer (d. 1986) * June 24 ** Roy O. Disney, brother, business partner of Walter Elias Disney (d.
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...
) ** Suzanne La Follette, American libertarian feminism, libertarian feminist (d. 1983) * June 26 – Big Bill Broonzy, American blues singer, composer (d. 1958) (some sources give his year of birth as 1903) * June 29 – Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer (d. 1958) * June 30 **Harold Laski, British political theorist, economist (d. 1950) **Walter Ulbricht, German communist politician (d. 1973)


July–September

*
July 1 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the ...
– Mario de Bernardi, Italian aviator (d. 1959) * July 3 – Mississippi John Hurt, American musician (d. 1966) * July 4 – Norman Manley, Jamaican statesman (d. 1969) * July 5 – Giuseppe Caselli, Italian painter (d. 1976) * July 9 – George Geary, English cricketer (d.
1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
) * July 11 – Edward Stinson, Edward "Eddie" Stinson, American aviator, aircraft manufacturer (d. 1932) * July 12 ** Ernest Cadine, French weightlifter (d.
1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
) ** John Gould Moyer, American naval officer, 31st Governor of American Samoa (d. 1976) * July 18 – Richard Dix, American actor (d. 1949) * July 20 ** Arno von Lenski, German military officer, general (d. 1986) ** George Llewelyn Davies, British inspiration for ''Peter Pan'' (d. 1915) * July 22 – Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist (d. 1990) *
July 25 Events Pre-1600 * 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. * 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. ...
– Dorothy Dickson, American-born actress, socialite (d. 1995) * July 28 – Rued Langgaard, Danish composer, organist (d.
1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
) * July 30 – Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani Mother of the Nation (d. 1967) * August 4 ** Amy Hannah Adamson, Australian principal (d.
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
) ** Fritz Gause, German historian (d. 1973) * August 6 – Wright Patman, American politician (d. 1976) * August 14 ** Francis Dvornik, Czech historian (d. 1975) ** Carl Benton Reid, American actor (d. 1973) * August 15 – Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer, computing pioneer (d. 1950) * August 17 – Mae West, American actress, playwright, screenwriter, and sex symbol (d.
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...
) * August 18 – Frank Linke-Crawford, Austro-Hungarian fighter pilot (d. 1918) * August 22 ** Dorothy Parker, American writer (d. 1967) ** Wilfred Kitching, the 7th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1977) * August 23 – Aleksandr Loktionov, Soviet general (d. 1941) * August 24 – Haim Ernst Wertheimer German-born Israeli biochemist, recipient of the Israel Prize (d.
1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
) * August 25 – Henry Trendley Dean, American dental researcher (d. 1962) * August 30 – Huey Long, Louisiana governor and senator (d. 1935) * September 6 – Claire Lee Chennault, American aviator, general, and leader of the Flying Tigers (d. 1958) * September 10 **Juana Bormann, German Nazi war criminal (d. 1945) * September 12 – Frederick William Franz, American President of Jehovah's Witnesses (d. 1992) * September 13 – Larry Shields, American musician (d. 1953) *
September 16 Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council. *1400 – Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers. 1601–1900 * 1620 – A determined band of 35 relig ...
– Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986) * September 18 – Arthur Benjamin, Australian composer (d.
1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...
) *
September 23 Events Pre-1600 * 38 – Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified. * 1122 – Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat ...
– Wiljo Tuompo, Finnish general (d. 1957) * September 25 – Ryūnosuke Kusaka, Japanese admiral (d.
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...
) * September 30 – Lansdale Sasscer, U.S. Congressman (d.
1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
)


October–December

* October 1 – Marianne Brandt, German industrial designer (d. 1983) * October 8 – Clarence Williams (musician), Clarence Williams, American jazz pianist and composer (d. 1965) (some sources give his year of birth as 1898) * October 9 – Mário de Andrade, Brazilian writer, photographer (d. 1945) *
October 14 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings. * 1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's i ...
– Lillian Gish, American actress (d.
1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...
) * October 15 – King Carol II of Romania (d. 1953) * October 18 ** Sidney Holland, 25th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d.
1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...
) ** George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of Macrobiotics (d. 1966) * October 20 – Noboru Ishizaki, Japanese admiral (d. 1959) * October 23 – Gummo Marx, American comedian, actor (d. 1977) * October 26 – Oliver P. Smith, American general (d. 1977) * November 2 – Victor Crutchley, British admiral (d. 1986) * November 5 – Raymond Loewy, French-born American industrial designer (d. 1986) * November 8 – Prajadhipok, Rama VII, King of Siam (d. 1941) * November 10 – John P. Marquand, American novelist (d.
1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...
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November 12 Events Pre-1600 * 954 – The 13-year-old Lothair III is crowned at the Abbey of Saint-Remi as king of the West Frankish Kingdom. *1028 – Future Byzantine empress Zoe takes the throne as empress consort to Romanos III Argyros. * 13 ...
– Leonard F. Wing, American general, politician (d. 1945) * November 13 – Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1986) * November 20 – Grace Darmond, Canadian-born American actress (d.
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
) * November 22 ** Lazar Kaganovich, Soviet politician, Great Purge perpetrator (d. 1991) ** Raymond Collishaw, Canadian World War I fighter ace (d. 1976) * November 24 – Fern Andra, American actress (d.
1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
) * November 27 – Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, 26th President of Ecuador (d. 1969) * November 28 – Talbot Baines Reed, English author (b. 1852) * December 1 – Henry J. Cadbury, American biblical scholar, Quaker (d.
1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
) * December 2 – Leo Ornstein, Russian-born composer, pianist (d. 2002) * December 3 ** Walter Stuart Diehl, American naval officer, aeronautical engineer (d. 1976) ** Wilhelm Pelikan, Austrian chemist (d.
1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
) * December 7 **Fay Bainter, American actress (d. 1968) **Hermann Balck, German general (d. 1982) * December 8 – Pierre Etchebaster, French real tennis player (d.
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...
) * December 12 – Edward G. Robinson, Romanian-American actor (d. 1973) * December 23 – Ann Pennington (actress), Ann Pennington, American actress, dancer (d.
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...
) * December 26 – Mao Zedong, Chinese communist leader (d. 1976) * December 29 – Berthold Bartosch, Bohemian animator (d. 1968)


Deaths


January–June

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January 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empi ...
– John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (b. 1805) * January 7 – Joseph Stefan, Jožef Stefan, Slovenian physicist, mathematician, and poet (b. 1835) * January 11 – Benjamin Butler (politician), Benjamin Butler, American lawyer, politician, and general (b. 1818) * January 17 – Rutherford B. Hayes, 70, 19th President of the United States (b. 1822) * January 23 – Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, U.S. Supreme Court justice (b. 1825) *
January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to becom ...
– James G. Blaine, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, U.S. Senator, and United States Secretary of State, U.S. Secretary of State (b. 1830) *
February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Mon ...
– George Henry Sanderson, Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1824) * February 4 – Concepción Arenal, Spanish feminist writer, activist (b. 1820) * February 8 – Jennie Casseday, American philanthropist (b. 1840) * February 10 – Henry Churchill de Mille, American playwright, (b.1853) *
February 13 Events Pre-1600 * 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome. *1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th. *1462 – The ...
– Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, first modern Mexican novelist (''Clemencia'') and (''El Zarco'') (b. 1834) * February 17 – Arthur Cumming (Royal Navy officer), Sir Arthur Cumming, British admiral (b. 1817) * February 18 ** Serranus Clinton Hastings, American politician (b. 1814) ** King George Tupou I of Tonga (b. 1797) * February 20 – P. G. T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (b. 1818) * March 7 – Francisco Robles, 6th President of Ecuador (b. 1811) * March 16 – William H. Illingworth, English photographer (b. 1844) * March 17 ** Lucy Isabella Buckstone, English actress (b. 1857) ** Jules Ferry, French premier (b. 1832) * March 18 ** George Alexander Baird, (''Squire Abington''), wealthy English horse breeder (b. 1861) ** Bandō Kakitsu I, Japanese kabuki actor (b. 1847) * March 21 – Mary Foot Seymour, American school founder (b. 1846) * March 30 – Jane Sym, Jane Sym-Mackenzie, second wife of Canada's second prime minister (b. 1825) *
April 8 Events Pre-1600 * 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. * 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids. *1139 – Ro ...
– August Czartoryski, Polish prince (b. 1858) *
April 17 Events Pre-1600 *1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized. *1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan ...
– Lucy Larcom, American teacher and author (b. 1824) * April 19 – John Addington Symonds, English poet, literary critic (b. 1840) * April 22 – Edward Fitzgerald Beale, American adventurer, businessman (b. 1822) * April 26 – Harriette Newell Woods Baker, Harriette Baker, American children's books author (b. 1815) * April 27 – John Ballance, 14th Premier of New Zealand (b. 1839) * May 8 – Manuel González Flores, 31st Manuel González Flores, President of Mexico (b. 1833) *
May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. *1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edw ...
– Ion Emanuel Florescu, Romanian general and politician, two-time Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1819) * June 1 – António Carvalho de Silva Porto, Silva Porto, Portuguese painter (b. 1850) * June 7 – Edwin Booth, American actor (b. 1833) * June 14 – Jakob Frohschammer, German theologian, philosopher (b. 1821) * June 19 – Margaret Manton Merrill, English-born American journalist and translator (b. 1859) * June 21 – Leland Stanford, Governor of California (b. 1824) * June 22 – George Tryon, Sir George Tryon, British admiral (b. 1832) * June 23 **William Fox (politician), Sir William Fox, 2nd Premier of New Zealand (b. 1812) **Sir Theophilus Shepstone, South African statesman (b. 1817)


July–December

* July 2 – Georgiana Drew, American actress, comedian (b. 1856) * July 6 – Guy de Maupassant, French writer (b. 1850) * July 16 – Antonio Ghislanzoni, Italian politician, journalist (b. 1833) * August 6 – Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1811) * August 7 – Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer (b. 1854) * August 16 – Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (b. 1825) * August 20 – Baron Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Governor of the Duchy of Bucovina, member of the Herrenhaus (b. 1827) * August 31 – Lucy Hamilton Hooper, American writer and editor (b. 1835) * September 9 – Friedrich Traugott Kützing, German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist (b. 1807) *
September 28 Events Pre-1600 *48 BC – Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII. * 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus ...
– Bella French Swisher, American writer, editor, and publisher (b. 1837) * October 6 – Ford Madox Brown, English painter (b. 1821) * October 8 – John Willis Menard, African-American politician (b. 1838) * October 10 – Lip Pike, American baseball player (b. 1845) * October 17 – Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general, politician, and 1st president of the Third Republic (1875-1879) (b. 1808) * October 18 – Charles Gounod, French composer (b. 1818) * October 22 – Duleep Singh, ruler of Punjab (b. 1838) * October 30 – John Abbott, Sir John Abbott, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1821) * November 6 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (b. 1840) * November 8 – Annie Pixley, American actress (b. 1848) * November 11 – Charles H. Bell (politician), Charles H. Bell, American politician (b. 1823) * November 17 – Alexander of Battenberg, first prince of Bulgaria (b. 1857) * November 22 – James Calder (academic administrator), James Calder, 5th President of Pennsylvania State University (b. 1826) * November 24 – Belle Hunt Shortridge, American author (b. 1858) * November 28 – Alexander Cunningham, Sir Alexander Cunningham, British engineer and archaeologist (b. 1814) * December 8 – Alexandru Cernat, Moldavian-born Romanian general and politician (b. 1828) * December 11 – William Milligan, Scottish theologian (b. 1821) * December 25 – Marie Durocher, Brazilian obstetrician, physician (b. 1809)


Date unknown

* Margaret Fox, American spiritualist medium (b. 1833)


References


Further reading

* ''The Year-book of the Imperial Institute of the United Kingdom, the colonies and India: a statistical record of the resources and trade of the colonial and Indian possessions of the British Empire'' (2nd. ed. 1893) 880pp;
online edition
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