Events
Pre-1600
*
913 –
Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of
Leo VI the Wise
Leo VI, called the Wise ( gr, Λέων ὁ Σοφός, Léōn ho Sophós, 19 September 866 – 11 May 912), was Byzantine Emperor from 886 to 912. The second ruler of the Macedonian dynasty (although his parentage is unclear), he was very well ...
, becomes nominal ruler of the
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...
under the
regency
A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state '' pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy ...
of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch
Nicholas Mystikos
Nicholas I Mystikos or Nicholas I Mysticus ( el, Νικόλαος Α΄ Μυστικός, ''Nikolaos I Mystikos''; 852 – 11 May 925) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from March 901 to February 907 and from May 912 to his death ...
, appointed by Constantine's uncle
Alexander III on his deathbed.
*
1505
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Year 1505 ( MDV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* June 6 – The M8.2–8.8 Lo Mustang earthquake strikes Nepal, causing se ...
– The M8.2–8.8
Lo Mustang earthquake affects Tibet and Nepal, causing severe damage in
Kathmandu
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and parts of the Indo-Gangetic plain.
*
1513
Year 1513 ( MDXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* March 9 – Pope Leo X (layman Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici) succeeds Pope Julius ...
–
Battle of Novara. In the
Italian Wars
The Italian Wars, also known as the Habsburg–Valois Wars, were a series of conflicts covering the period 1494 to 1559, fought mostly in the Italian peninsula, but later expanding into Flanders, the Rhineland and the Mediterranean Sea. The pr ...
, Swiss troops defeat the French under
Louis II de la Trémoille, forcing them to abandon
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
; Duke
Massimiliano Sforza is restored.
*
1523
Year 1523 ( MDXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 20 – Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.
...
– Swedish regent
Gustav Vasa
Gustav I, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known as Gustav Vasa (12 May 1496 – 29 September 1560), was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560, previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm ('' Riksför ...
is elected
King of Sweden
The monarchy of Sweden is the monarchical head of state of Sweden,See the Instrument of Government, Chapter 1, Article 5. which is a constitutional and hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary system.Parliamentary system: see the Instrument ...
and, marking a symbolic end to the
Kalmar Union, 6 June is designated the country's national day.
1601–1900
*
1654
Events
January–March
* January 6– In India, Jaswant Singh of Marwar (in what is now the state of Rajasthan) is elevated to the title of Maharaja by Emperor Shah Jahan.
* January 11– In the Battle of Río Bueno in sout ...
– Swedish Queen
Christina abdicated her throne in favour of her cousin
Charles Gustav and converted to
Catholicism
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
.
*
1762 – In the
Seven Years' War
The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict that involved most of the European Great Powers, and was fought primarily in Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. Other concurrent conflicts include the French and Indian War (175 ...
, British forces begin the
Siege of Havana
The siege of Havana was a successful British siege against Spanish-ruled Havana that lasted from March to August 1762, as part of the Seven Years' War. After Spain abandoned its former policy of neutrality by signing the family compact with Fr ...
and temporarily capture the city.
*
1813
Events
January–March
* January 18–January 23 – War of 1812: The Battle of Frenchtown is fought in modern-day Monroe, Michigan between the United States and a British and Native American alliance.
* January 24 – T ...
– The
Battle of Stoney Creek, considered a critical turning point in the
War of 1812
The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States, United States of America and its Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous allies against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom ...
. A British force of 700 under
John Vincent defeats an American force twice its size under
William Winder and
John Chandler
John Chandler (February 1, 1762September 25, 1841) was an American politician and soldier of Maine. The political career of Chandler, a Democratic-Republican, was interspersed with his involvement in the state militia during both the American R ...
.
*
1822
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
*January 3 - The famous French explorer, Aimé Bonpland, is made prisoner in Paraguay accused of being a spy. ...
–
Alexis St Martin is accidentally shot in the stomach, leading to
William Beaumont
William Beaumont (November 21, 1785 – April 25, 1853) was a surgeon in the U.S. Army who became known as the "Father of Gastric Physiology" following his research on human digestion. 's studies on digestion.
*
1832
Events
January–March
* January 6 – Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison founds the New-England Anti-Slavery Society.
* January 13 – The Christmas Rebellion of slaves is brought to an end in Jamaica, after the island's white plant ...
– The
June Rebellion
The June Rebellion, or the Paris Uprising of 1832 (french: Insurrection républicaine à Paris en juin 1832), was an anti-monarchist insurrection of Parisian republicans on 5 and 6 June 1832.
The rebellion originated in an attempt by republ ...
in Paris is put down by the National Guard.
*
1844 – The
Young Men's Christian Association
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It was founded on 6 June 1844 by George Williams in London, originally ...
(YMCA) is founded in London.
*
1859
Events
January–March
* January 21 – José Mariano Salas (1797–1867) becomes Conservative interim President of Mexico.
* January 24 ( O. S.) – Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexandru Ioan Cuza (Romania since 1866, final ...
–
Queensland
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, establishe ...
is established as a separate
colony
In modern parlance, a colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule. Though dominated by the foreign colonizers, colonies remain separate from the administration of the original country of the colonizers, the '' metropolitan state' ...
from
New South Wales
)
, nickname =
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, subdivision_type = Country
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, es ...
. The date is still celebrated as
Queensland Day.
*
1862 – The
First Battle of Memphis
The First Battle of Memphis was a naval battle fought on the Mississippi River immediately North of the city of Memphis, Tennessee on June 6, 1862, during the American Civil War. The engagement was witnessed by many of the citizens of Memphis. ...
, a naval engagement fought on the
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
results in the capture of
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-mos ...
by
Union
Union commonly refers to:
* Trade union, an organization of workers
* Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets
Union may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Music
* Union (band), an American rock group
** ''Un ...
forces from the
Confederates.
*
1882
Events
January–March
* January 2
** The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates.
** Irish-born author Oscar Wilde arrives in t ...
– The
Shewan forces of
Menelik II of Ethiopia
, spoken = ; ''djānhoi'', lit. ''"O steemedroyal"''
, alternative = ; ''getochu'', lit. ''"Our master"'' (pl.)
Menelik II ( gez, ዳግማዊ ምኒልክ ; horse name Abba Dagnew (Amharic: አባ ዳኘው ''abba daññäw''); 17 ...
defeat the
Gojjam
Gojjam ( ''gōjjām'', originally ጐዛም ''gʷazzam'', later ጐዣም ''gʷažžām'', ጎዣም ''gōžžām'') is a historical province in northwestern Ethiopia, with its capital city at Debre Marqos.
Gojjam's earliest western boundary ex ...
e army in the
Battle of Embabo
The Battle of Embabo was fought 6 June 1882, between the Shewan forces of ''Negus'' Menelik and the Gojjame forces of ''Negus'' Tekle Haymanot. The forces fought to gain control over the Oromo areas south of the Gibe River.Shinn, p. 67 The Go ...
. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the
Abay River
Abay may refer to:
People
*Abay (name)
Places
*Abay District, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan
* Abay District, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
** Abay (town), the province's administrative center
* Abay, Almaty, Kazakhstan
* Abay, Aktobe, a village ...
.
*
1889
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada.
** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in t ...
– The
Great Seattle Fire
The Great Seattle Fire was a fire that destroyed the entire central business district of Seattle, Washington on June 6, 1889. The conflagration lasted for less than a day, burning through the afternoon and into the night, and during the same sum ...
destroys all of downtown Seattle.
*
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 fo ...
– The
Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
*
1894
Events January–March
* January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire.
* January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United S ...
–
Governor
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
Davis H. Waite orders the
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
state militia
A militia () is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional soldiers, citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of r ...
to protect and support the miners engaged in the
Cripple Creek miners' strike.
1901–present
*
1912 – The eruption of
Novarupta
Novarupta (meaning "newly erupted" in Latin) is a volcano that was formed in 1912, located on the Alaska Peninsula on a slope of Trident Volcano in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about southwest of Anchorage, Alaska, Anchorage. Formed durin ...
in Alaska begins. It is the largest
volcanic
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates a ...
eruption of the 20th century.
*
1918 –
Battle of Belleau Wood
The Battle of Belleau Wood (1–26 June 1918) occurred during the German spring offensive in World War I, near the Marne River in France. The battle was fought between the U.S. 2nd (under the command of Major General Omar Bundy) and 3rd Divisi ...
in
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
: the
U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day's casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at
Château-Thierry
Château-Thierry () is a French commune situated in the department of the Aisne, in the administrative region of Hauts-de-France, and in the historic Province of Champagne.
The origin of the name of the town is unknown. The local tradition at ...
(the losses are exceeded at the
Battle of Tarawa in November 1943).
*
1925
Events January
* January 1
** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria.
* January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Itali ...
– The original
Chrysler Corporation was founded by
Walter Chrysler
Walter Percy Chrysler (April 2, 1875 – August 18, 1940) was an American industrial pioneer in the automotive industry, American automotive industry executive and the founder and namesake of American Chrysler Corporation.
Early life
Chrysler wa ...
from the remains of the
Maxwell Motor Company
Maxwell was an American automobile manufacturer which ran from about 1904 to 1925. The present-day successor to the Maxwell company was Chrysler (currently, "Stellantis North America"), which acquired the company in 1925.
History Maxwell-Briscoe ...
.
*
1933 – The first
drive-in theater
A drive-in theater or drive-in cinema is a form of cinema structure consisting of a large outdoor movie screen, a projection booth, a concession stand, and a large parking area for automobiles. Within this enclosed area, customers can view movi ...
opens in
Camden, New Jersey.
*
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 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maxi ...
–
New Deal: U.S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...
signs the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 into law, establishing the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government, created in the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash of 1929. The primary purpose of the SEC is to enforce the law against market ...
.
*
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 w ...
– The
United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...
's victory over the
Imperial Japanese Navy
The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: Shinjitai: ' 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or ''Nippon Kaigun'', 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrend ...
at the
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. The U.S. Navy under ...
is a major turning point in the
Pacific Theater of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
. All four Japanese
fleet carriers taking part—, , and —are sunk, as is the
heavy cruiser
The heavy cruiser was a type of cruiser, a naval warship designed for long range and high speed, armed generally with naval guns of roughly 203 mm (8 inches) in caliber, whose design parameters were dictated by the Washington Naval T ...
. The American carrier and the destroyer are also sunk.
*
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...
– Commencement of
Operation Overlord, the
Allied invasion of
Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
, with the execution of
Operation Neptune
Operation or Operations may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
* ''Operation'' (game), a battery-operated board game that challenges dexterity
* Operation (music), a term used in musical set theory
* ''Operations'' (magazine), Multi-Ma ...
—commonly referred to as
D-Day—the largest seaborne invasion in history. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops cross the
English Channel
The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" (Cotentinais) or ( Jèrriais), (Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Kana ...
with about 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers participating. By the end of the day, the Allies have landed on five invasion beaches and are pushing inland.
*
1971 – ''
Soyuz 11
Soyuz 11 (russian: link=no, Союз 11, lit=Union 11) was the only crewed mission to board the world's first space station, Salyut 1 ( Soyuz 10 had soft-docked, but had not been able to enter due to latching problems). The crew, Georgy Dob ...
'' is launched. The mission ends in disaster when all three cosmonauts,
Georgy Dobrovolsky
Georgy Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky (russian: Гео́ргий Тимофе́евич Доброво́льский; 1 June 192829 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the three-man crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft. They became the world's ...
,
Vladislav Volkov
Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov (russian: Владисла́в Никола́евич Во́лков; 23 November 193529 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 11 missions. The second mission terminated fatally. , and
Viktor Patsayev
Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev (russian: Ви́ктор Ива́нович Паца́ев; 19 June 193329 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 11 mission and was part of the third space crew to die during a space flight. On boar ...
are suffocated by
uncontrolled decompression
Uncontrolled decompression is an unplanned drop in the pressure of a sealed system, such as an aircraft cabin or hyperbaric chamber, and typically results from human error, material fatigue, engineering failure, or impact, causing a pressure vesse ...
of the capsule during
re-entry
Atmospheric entry is the movement of an object from outer space into and through the gases of an atmosphere of a planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite. There are two main types of atmospheric entry: ''uncontrolled entry'', such as the entr ...
on 29 June.
* 1971 –
Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collides with a
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.Swanborough and B ...
of the
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combi ...
over the San Gabriel Mountains, killing 50.
*1975 – British referendum results in continued membership of the European Union, European Economic Community, with 67% of votes in favour.
*1982 – The 1982 Lebanon War, Lebanon War begins. Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.
*1985 – The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is opened in Embu das Artes, Embu, Brazil; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz concentration camp, Auschwitz's "Angel of Death"; Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February 1979.
*1993 – Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat wins the 1993 Mongolian presidential election, first presidential election in Mongolia.
*1994 – China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 crashes near Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, killing all 160 people on board.
*2002 – 2002 Eastern Mediterranean event, Eastern Mediterranean event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at ten meters in diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
*2017 – Syrian civil war: The Battle of Raqqa (2017), Battle of Raqqa begins with an offensive by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to capture the city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Births
Pre-1600
*1436 – Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller von Königsberg), German mathematician, astronomer, and bishop (d. 1476)
*1519 – Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (d. 1603)
*1599 – Diego Velázquez (''date of baptism''), Spanish painter and educator (d. 1660)
1601–1900
*1606 – Pierre Corneille, French playwright and producer (d. 1684)
*1622 – Claude-Jean Allouez, French-American missionary and explorer (d. 1689)
*1714 – Joseph I of Portugal, King of Portugal from 31 July 1750 until his death (d. 1777)
*1755 – Nathan Hale, American soldier (d. 1776)
*1756 – John Trumbull, American soldier and painter (d. 1843)
*1799 – Alexander Pushkin, Russian author and poet (d. 1837)
*1810 – Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin, German philologist and scholar (d. 1856)
*1841 – Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (d. 1910)
*1850 – Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate in 1909 for physics (d. 1918)
*1851 – Angelo Moriondo, Italian inventor of the espresso machine (d. 1914)
*1857 – Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1918)
*
1862 – Henry Newbolt, English historian, author, and poet (d. 1938)
*1868 – Robert Falcon Scott, English sailor and explorer (d. 1912)
*1872 – Alix of Hesse, German princess and Russian empress (d. 1918)
*1875 – Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
*1890 – Ted Lewis (musician), Ted Lewis, American singer, clarinet player, and bandleader (d. 1971)
*1891 – Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, Indian author and academic (d. 1986)
* 1891 – Erich Marcks, German general in WWII who planned Operation Barbarossa (d. 1944)
*1896 – Henry Allingham, English
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
soldier and supercentenarian (d. 2009)
* 1896 – Italo Balbo, Italian air marshal and fascist politician who played a key role in developing Mussolini's air force (d. 1940)
*1897 – Joel Rinne, Finnish actor (d. 1981)
*1898 – Jacobus Johannes Fouché, South African politician, 2nd State President of South Africa (d. 1980)
* 1898 – Ninette de Valois, English ballerina, choreographer, and director (d. 2001)
*1900 – Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician (d. 1957)
1901–present
*1901 – Jan Struther, English author, poet and hymnwriter who created the character Mrs. Miniver (character), Mrs Miniver (d. 1953)
* 1901 – Sukarno, Indonesian engineer and politician, 1st President of Indonesia (d. 1970)
*1902 – Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1947)
*1903 – Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor (d. 1978)
*1906 – Max August Zorn, German mathematician and academic who is noted for Zorn's Lemma (d. 1993)
*1907 – Bill Dickey, American baseball player and manager who played in eight World Series, winning seven (d. 1993)
*1909 – Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-English historian and philosopher (d. 1997)
*1915 – Vincent Persichetti, American pianist and composer (d. 1987)
*1916 – Hamani Diori, Nigerien academic and politician, 1st President of Niger (d. 1989)
*1917 – Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman, founded the Tracinda Corporation (d. 2015)
*
1918 – Kenneth Connor, English comedy actor (d. 1993)
* 1918 – Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
*1919 – Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, English army officer and politician, 6th Secretary General of NATO (d. 2018)
*1923 – V. C. Andrews, American author, illustrator, and painter (d. 1986)
* 1923 – Jean Pouliot, Canadian broadcaster (d. 2004)
*
1925
Events January
* January 1
** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria.
* January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Itali ...
– Maxine Kumin, American poet and author (d. 2014)
* 1925 – Frank Chee Willeto, American soldier and politician, 4th Vice President of the Navajo Nation and a noted code talker during World War II (d. 2013)
*1926 – Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (d. 1998)
*1929 – James Barnor, Ghanaian photographer
* 1929 – Sunil Dutt, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician (d. 2005)
*1930 – Frank Tyson, English-Australian cricketer, coach and journalist (d. 2015)
*1932 – David Scott, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut who was the commander of Apollo 15
*
1933 – Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
*
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 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maxi ...
– Albert II of Belgium, Albert II, King of the Belgians from 9 August 1993 to 21 July 2013 (abdicated)
*1935 – Jon Henricks, Australian swimmer; winner of two Olympic Games, Olympic gold medals in 1956
*1936 – D. Ramanaidu, Indian actor, director, and producer, founded Suresh Productions (d. 2015)
* 1936 – Levi Stubbs, American soul singer; lead vocalist of the Four Tops (d. 2008)
*1939 – Louis Andriessen, Dutch pianist and composer (d. 2021)
* 1939 – Gary U.S. Bonds, American singer-songwriter
*1940 – Willie John McBride, Northern Irish rugby player who toured with the British and Irish Lions, British Lions five times
*1943 – Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate in 1996 for chemistry (d. 2005)
*
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...
– Monty Alexander, Jamaican jazz pianist
* 1944 – Phillip Allen Sharp, American molecular biologist; 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (Physiology or Medicine)
* 1944 – Tommie Smith, American sprinter and football player; winner of 1968 Olympic 200m gold medal in a world record time
*1946 – Tony Levin, American bass player and songwriter
*1947 – David Blunkett, British Labour Party (UK), Labour politician; Home Secretary 2001–2004
* 1947 – Robert Englund, American actor; best known for ''Nightmare on Elm Street''
* 1947 – Ada Kok, Dutch butterfly stroke swimmer; winner of three Olympic Games, Olympic medals including gold in 1968
*1948 – Arlene Harris (inventor), Arlene Harris, American entrepreneur, inventor, investor and policy advocate
*1949 – Holly Near, American folk singer and songwriter
*1954 – Harvey Fierstein, American actor and playwright; winner of four Tony Awards
* 1954 – Wladyslaw Zmuda, Polish footballer and manager; 91 caps for Poland and voted Best Young Player at the 1974 FIFA World Cup
*1955 – Sam Simon, American director, producer and screenwriter; co-developer of ''The Simpsons'' (d. 2015)
*1956 – Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player; winner of eleven Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam singles titles including five consecutive The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledons
*1966 – Sophie Jamal, Canadian endocrinologist involved in scientific misconduct
*1967 – Paul Giamatti, American actor and producer
*1972 – Natalie Morales (journalist), Natalie Morales, American television journalist and NBC News anchor
*1974 – Sonya Walger, British-American actress
*1985 – Becky Sauerbrunn, American footballer; twice a winner of the FIFA Women's World Cup, also an Olympic Games, Olympic gold medallist
*1992 – DeAndre Hopkins, American football player
*1998 – Kenny Pickett, American football player
Deaths
Pre-1600
* 184 – Qiao Xuan, Chinese official (b. c. 110)
* 863 – Utamish, Abu Musa Utamish, vizier to the Abbasid Caliphate
*
913 –
Alexander III, Byzantine emperor (b. 870)
*1097 – Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon and Navarre
*1134 – Norbert of Xanten, German bishop and saint (b. 1060)
*1217 – Henry I of Castile, Henry I, Crown of Castile, King of Castile and Toledo (b. 1204)
*1251 – William II, Count of Flanders, William III of Dampierre, Count of Flanders
*1252 – Robert Passelewe, Bishop of Chichester
*1480 – Vecchietta, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1412)
*1548 – João de Castro, Portuguese soldier and politician, List of governors of Portuguese India, Governor of Portuguese India (b. 1500)
*1583 – Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese daimyo (b. 1556)
1601–1900
*1661 – Martino Martini, Italian Jesuit missionary (b. 1614)
*1799 – Patrick Henry, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Virginia (b. 1736)
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1813
Events
January–March
* January 18–January 23 – War of 1812: The Battle of Frenchtown is fought in modern-day Monroe, Michigan between the United States and a British and Native American alliance.
* January 24 – T ...
– Antonio Cachia, Maltese architect, engineer and archaeologist (b. 1739)
*
1832
Events
January–March
* January 6 – Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison founds the New-England Anti-Slavery Society.
* January 13 – The Christmas Rebellion of slaves is brought to an end in Jamaica, after the island's white plant ...
– Jeremy Bentham, English jurist and philosopher (b. 1748)
*1861 – Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1810)
*1865 – William Quantrill, leader of a Confederate guerrilla band in the American Civil War (b. 1837)
*1878 – Robert Stirling, Scottish minister and engineer, invented the stirling engine (b. 1790)
*1881 – Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1820)
*1891 – John A. Macdonald, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815)
1901–present
*1916 – Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1859)
*1922 – Lillian Russell, American actress and singer (b. 1860)
*1935 – Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor-General of Canada (b. 1862)
*1939 – Constantin Noe, Megleno-Romanian editor and professor (b. 1883)
*1941 – Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and businessman, founded Chevrolet and Frontenac Motor Corporation (b. 1878)
*1946 – Gerhart Hauptmann, German novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
*1947 – James Agate, English author and critic (b. 1877)
*1948 – Auguste and Louis Lumière, Louis Lumière, French film director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1864)
*1955 – Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter and educator (b. 1875)
*1961 – Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (b. 1875)
*1962 – Yves Klein, French painter (b. 1928)
* 1962 – Tom Phillis, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1934)
*1963 – William Baziotes, American painter and academic (b. 1912)
*1968 – Robert F. Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (b. 1925)
*1976 – J. Paul Getty, American businessman, founded the Getty Oil, Getty Oil Company (b. 1892)
*1979 – Jack Haley, American actor (b. 1897)
*1982 – Kenneth Rexroth, American poet and academic (b. 1905)
*1983 – Hans Leip, German author, poet, and playwright who wrote the lyrics of ''Lili Marleen'' (b. 1893)
*1991 – Stan Getz, American saxophonist and jazz innovator (b. 1927)
*1994 – Mark McManus, Scottish actor (b. 1935)
* 1994 – Barry Sullivan (actor), Barry Sullivan, American film actor (b. 1912)
*1996 – George Davis Snell, American geneticist and immunologist; awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980 for his studies of histocompatibility (b. 1903)
*2005 – Anne Bancroft, American film actress; winner of the 1963 Academy Award for Best Actress for ''The Miracle Worker (1962 film), The Miracle Worker'' (b. 1931)
* 2006 – Billy Preston, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1946)
*2009 – Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic; awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his studies of the genetic basis of immunological reaction (b. 1916)
*2012 – Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player; together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov (ice hockey), Sergei Makarov, formed the famed ''KLM Line''. (b. 1960)
*2013 – Jerome Karle, American crystallographer and academic; awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research into the molecular structure of chemical compounds (b. 1918)
* 2013 – Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (b. 1921)
*2014 – Lorna Wing, English psychiatrist and physician; pioneered studies of autism (b. 1928)
*2015 – Vincent Bugliosi, American lawyer and author; prosecuting attorney in the Tate–LaBianca murders case (b. 1934)
* 2015 – Ludvík Vaculík, Czech journalist and author; noted for ''The Two Thousand Words'' which inspired the Prague Spring (b. 1926)
*2016 – Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess grandmaster; arguably the best player never to become World Chess Champion (b. 1931)
* 2016 – Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter; works included ''Equus (film), Equus'' and ''Amadeus (film), Amadeus'' (b. 1926)
Holidays and observances
* Christian feast day:
** Claudius of Besançon
**Ini Kopuria (Anglican Church of Melanesia, Church of England, Episcopal Church (USA), Episcopal Church)
**Marcellin Champagnat
**Norbert of Xanten, Norbert
** June 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), June 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*
D-Day Invasion Anniversary
*Engineer's Day in Taiwan
*Public holidays in North Korea, Korean Children's Union Foundation Day in North Korea
*Memorial Day (South Korea), Memorial Day in South Korea
*National Day of Sweden, marking the end of the Danish-ruled
Kalmar Union and the coronation of King
Gustav Vasa
Gustav I, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known as Gustav Vasa (12 May 1496 – 29 September 1560), was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560, previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm ('' Riksför ...
*Huntington's disease, National Huntington's Disease Awareness Day in the United States
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Queensland Day
*UN Russian Language Day
References
External links
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Days of the year
June