Events

Pre-1600

105 BC __NOTOC__ Year 105 BC was a year of the Roman calendar, pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rufus and Maximus (or, less frequently, year 649 ''Ab urbe condita'') and the Sixth Year of Yuanfeng. The ...

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Cimbrian War The Cimbrian or Cimbric War (113–101 BC) was fought between the Roman Republic and the Germanic and Celtic tribes of the Cimbri and the Teutons, Ambrones and Tigurini, who migrated from the Jutland peninsula into Roman controlled territory, ...

: Defeat at the

Battle of Arausio The Battle of Arausio took place on 6 October 105 BC, at a site between the town of Arausio (now Orange, Vaucluse), and the Rhône River. Ranged against the migratory tribes of the Cimbri under Boiorix and the Teutoni under Teutobod were two ...

accelerates the

Marian reforms The Marian reforms were reforms of the ancient Roman army implemented in 107 BC by the statesman Gaius Marius, for whom they were later named. The reforms originated as a reaction to the military and logistical stagnation of the Roman Republic in ...

of the

Roman army of the mid-Republic The Roman army of the mid-Republic, also called the manipular Roman army or the Polybian army, refers to the armed forces deployed by the mid-Roman Republic, from the end of the Samnite Wars (290 BC) to the end of the Social War (88 BC). The fir ...

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69 BC __NOTOC__ Year 69 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Hortensius and Metellus (or, less frequently, year 685 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 69 BC for this year has bee ...

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Third Mithridatic War The Third Mithridatic War (73–63 BC), the last and longest of the three Mithridatic Wars, was fought between Mithridates VI of Pontus and the Roman Republic. Both sides were joined by a great number of allies dragging the entire east of the ...

: The

military A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...

of the

Roman Republic The Roman Republic ( la, Res publica Romana ) was a form of government of Rome and the era of the classical Roman civilization when it was run through public representation of the Roman people. Beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kin ...

subdue Armenia. *

AD 23 AD 23 (Roman numerals, XXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gaius Asinius Pollio (consul 23), Pollio and Gaius Antist ...

– Rebels decapitate

Wang Mang Wang Mang () (c. 45 – 6 October 23 CE), courtesy name Jujun (), was the founder and the only Emperor of China, emperor of the short-lived Chinese Xin dynasty. He was originally an official and consort kin of the Han dynasty and later ...

two days after his capital was sacked during a

peasant rebellion This is a chronological list of conflicts in which peasants played a significant role. Background The history of peasant wars spans over two thousand years. A variety of factors fueled the emergence of the peasant revolt phenomenon, including: ...

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404 404 may refer to: * 404 (number) * AD 404 * 404 BC * HTTP 404, the HTTP error response status for "Not Found" Cars * Peugeot 404 * Bristol 404, produced in the 1950s * Unimog 404 Highways * A404(M) motorway, in England * Ontario Highway 40 ...

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Byzantine 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 ...

Empress Eudoxia dies from the miscarriage of her seventh pregnancy. *

618 __NOTOC__ Year 618 ( DCXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 618 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era ...

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Transition from Sui to Tang The transition from Sui to Tang (613–628) was the period of Chinese history between the end of the Sui dynasty and the start of the Tang dynasty. The Sui dynasty's territories were carved into a handful of short-lived states by its officials, ...

Wang Shichong Wang Shichong (; 567– August 621), courtesy name Xingman (行滿), was a Chinese military general, monarch, and politician during the Sui dynasty who deposed Sui's last emperor Yang Tong and briefly ruled as the emperor of a succeeding state ...

decisively defeats Li Mi at the

Battle of Yanshi The Battle of Yanshi () was fought on 5–6 October 618 between the armies of Wang Shichong and Li Mi, rival contenders for the succession of the Sui dynasty. Wang, who was still ostensibly a Sui loyalist and had been blockaded in Luoyang for mo ...

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1539 __NOTOC__ Year 1539 ( MDXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January – Toungoo–Hanthawaddy War – Battle of Naungyo, Burma: ...

– Spain's DeSoto expedition takes over the Apalachee capital of

Anhaica Anhaica (also known as Iviahica, Yniahico, and pueblo of Apalache) was the principal town of the Apalachee people, located in what is now Tallahassee, Florida. In the early period of Spanish colonization, it was the capital of the Apalachee Provin ...

for their winter quarters. *

1600 __NOTOC__ In the Gregorian calendar, it was the last century leap year until the year 2000. Events January–June * January 1 – Scotland adopts January 1 as New Year's Day instead of March 25. * January ** Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of T ...

– '' Euridice'', the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the

Baroque period The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

1601–1900

1683 Events January–March * January 5 – The Brandenburger Gold Coast, Brandenburger—African Company, of the German state of Brandenburg, signs a treaty with representatives of the Ahanta people, Ahanta tribe (in what is now Ghan ...

– Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America. *

1762 Events January–March * January 4 – Britain enters the Seven Years' War against Spain and Naples. * January 5 – Empress Elisabeth of Russia dies, and is succeeded by her nephew Peter III. Peter, an admirer of Frederick t ...

–

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 (1754� ...

: The British capture Manila from Spain and occupy it. *

1777 Events January–March * January 2 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of the Assunpink Creek: American general George Washington's army repulses a British attack by Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis, in a second ...

–

American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...

: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River. *

1789 Events January–March * January – Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès publishes the pamphlet ''What Is the Third Estate?'' ('), influential on the French Revolution. * January 7 – The 1788-89 United States presidential election a ...

–

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...

: King

Louis XVI Louis XVI (''Louis-Auguste''; ; 23 August 175421 January 1793) was the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. He was referred to as ''Citizen Louis Capet'' during the four months just before he was ...

is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace. *

1810 Events January–March * January 1 – Major-General Lachlan Macquarie officially becomes Governor of New South Wales. * January 4 – Australian seal hunter Frederick Hasselborough discovers Campbell Island, in the Subantarctic. * Janua ...

– A large fire destroys a third of all the buildings in the town of

Raahe Raahe (; sv, Brahestad; ) is a town and municipality of Finland. Founded by Swedish statesman and Governor General of Finland Count Per Brahe the Younger in 1649, it is one of 10 historic wooden towns (or town centers) remaining in Finland. Examp ...

in the

Grand Duchy of Finland The Grand Duchy of Finland ( fi, Suomen suuriruhtinaskunta; sv, Storfurstendömet Finland; russian: Великое княжество Финляндское, , all of which literally translate as Grand Principality of Finland) was the predecessor ...

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1849 Events January–March * January 1 – France begins issue of the Ceres series, the nation's first postage stamps. * January 5 – Hungarian Revolution of 1848: The Austrian army, led by Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, enters in th ...

– The execution of

the 13 Martyrs of Arad The Thirteen Martyrs of Arad ( hu, aradi vértanúk) were the thirteen Hungarian rebel generals who were executed by the Austrian Empire on 6 October 1849 in the city of Arad, then part of the Kingdom of Hungary (now in Romania), after the H ...

after the Hungarian war of independence. *

1854 Events January–March * January 4 – The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the ''Samarang''. * January 6 – The fictional detective Sherlock Holmes is perhaps born. * January 9 – The Teut ...

– In England the

Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead The great fire of Gateshead and Newcastle was a tragic and spectacular series of events starting on Friday 6 October 1854, in which a substantial amount of property in two North East England towns was destroyed in a series of fires and an ex ...

leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured. *

1884 Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price atte ...

– The

Naval War College The Naval War College (NWC or NAVWARCOL) is the staff college and "Home of Thought" for the United States Navy at Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island. The NWC educates and develops leaders, supports defining the future Navy and associat ...

of the United States is founded in

Rhode Island Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...

. *

1898 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, B ...

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Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America (colloquially known as Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Phi Mu Alpha, or simply Sinfonia) () is an American collegiate social fraternity for men with a special interest in music. The fraternity is open to men "w ...

, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the

New England Conservatory of Music The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) is a Private college, private music school in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest independent music Music school, conservatory in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world. The ...

1901–present

1903 Events January * January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India. * January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having been ...

– The

High Court of Australia The High Court of Australia is Australia's apex court. It exercises Original jurisdiction, original and appellate jurisdiction on matters specified within Constitution of Australia, Australia's Constitution. The High Court was established fol ...

sits for the first time. *

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 ...

– The Bosnian crisis erupts when

Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...

formally annexes

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

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1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...

–

Eleftherios Venizelos Eleftherios Kyriakou Venizelos ( el, Ελευθέριος Κυριάκου Βενιζέλος, translit=Elefthérios Kyriákou Venizélos, ; – 18 March 1936) was a Greek statesman and a prominent leader of the Greek national liberation movem ...

is elected

Prime Minister of Greece The prime minister of the Hellenic Republic ( el, Πρωθυπουργός της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας, Prothypourgós tis Ellinikís Dimokratías), colloquially referred to as the prime minister of Greece ( el, Πρωθυ� ...

for the first of seven times. *

1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ...

– Combined Austro-Hungarian and German

Central Powers The Central Powers, also known as the Central Empires,german: Mittelmächte; hu, Központi hatalmak; tr, İttifak Devletleri / ; bg, Централни сили, translit=Tsentralni sili was one of the two main coalitions that fought in ...

, reinforced by the recently joined

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

launched a new offensive against

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

under command of

August von Mackensen Anton Ludwig Friedrich August von Mackensen (born Mackensen; 6 December 1849 – 8 November 1945), ennobled as "von Mackensen" in 1899, was a German field marshal. He commanded successfully during World War I of 1914–1918 and became one of the ...

. * 1915 –

Entente Entente, meaning a diplomatic "understanding", may refer to a number of agreements: History * Entente (alliance), a type of treaty or military alliance where the signatories promise to consult each other or to cooperate with each other in case o ...

forces land in

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...

, to open the

Macedonian front The Macedonian front, also known as the Salonica front (after Thessaloniki), was a military theatre of World War I formed as a result of an attempt by the Allied Powers to aid Serbia, in the autumn of 1915, against the combined attack of German ...

against the Central Powers. *

1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...

– The

Turkish National Movement The Turkish National Movement ( tr, Türk Ulusal Hareketi) encompasses the political and military activities of the Turkish revolutionaries that resulted in the creation and shaping of the modern Republic of Turkey, as a consequence of the defe ...

enters

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...

. *

1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 * ...

– Opening of ''

The Jazz Singer ''The Jazz Singer'' is a 1927 American musical drama film directed by Alan Crosland. It is the first feature-length motion picture with both synchronized recorded music score as well as lip-synchronous singing and speech (in several isolated ...

'', the first prominent "talkie" movie. *

1939 This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to ...

–

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 opposin ...

: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the

September Campaign The invasion of Poland (1 September – 6 October 1939) was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union which marked the beginning of World War II. The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after ...

in Poland. *

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 ...

– World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River during the

Battle of Guadalcanal The Guadalcanal campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower by American forces, was a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the ...

. *

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 – ...

– World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete during the Nazi occupation of Greece. *

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 ...

– World War II: Units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps enter

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

during the

Battle of the Dukla Pass The Battle of the Dukla Pass, also known as the Dukla, Carpatho–Dukla, Rzeszów–Dukla, or Dukla–Prešov offensive, was the battle for control over the Dukla Pass on the border between Poland and Slovakia on the Eastern Front of World ...

. *

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

– Egypt and Syria launch coordinated attacks against Israel, beginning the

Yom Kippur War The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was an armed conflict fought from October 6 to 25, 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egy ...

. *

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

–

Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 was a Cuban flight from Barbados to Jamaica that was brought down on 6 October 1976 by a terrorist bomb attack. All 73 people on board the Douglas DC-8 aircraft were killed after two time bombs went off and the pla ...

is destroyed by two bombs, placed on board by an anti-Castro militant group. * 1976 – Premier

Hua Guofeng Hua Guofeng (; born Su Zhu; 16 February 1921 – 20 August 2008), alternatively spelled as Hua Kuo-feng, was a Chinese politician who served as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and Premier of the People's Republic of China. The design ...

arrests the

Gang of Four The Gang of Four () was a Maoist political faction composed of four Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials. They came to prominence during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) and were later charged with a series of treasonous crimes. The gang ...

, ending the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goal ...

in China. * 1976 – Dozens are killed by the Thai army in the

Thammasat University massacre The 6 October 1976 massacre, or the 6 October event ( th, เหตุการณ์ 6 ตุลา ) as it is known in Thailand, was a violent crackdown by Thai police and lynching by right-wing paramilitaries and bystanders against leftist p ...

. *

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...

– The first prototype of the

Mikoyan MiG-29 The Mikoyan MiG-29 (russian: Микоян МиГ-29; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s, the MiG- ...

, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight. *

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

–

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

becomes the first pontiff to visit the

White House The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. ...

. *

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 ...

– Egyptian President

Anwar Sadat Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat, (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 ...

murdered Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the c ...

by Islamic extremists. * 1981 –

NLM CityHopper Flight 431 NLM CityHopper Flight 431 refers to a Fokker F-28-4000, registration PH-CHI, that was due to operate an international scheduled Rotterdam– Eindhoven–Hamburg passenger service. On 6 October 1981, the aircraft encountered severe weather on the ...

crashes in

Moerdijk Moerdijk () is a municipality and a town in the South of the Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. History The municipality of Moerdijk was founded in 1997 following the merger of the municipalities of Fijnaart en Heijningen, Klundert ...

after taking off from

Rotterdam The Hague Airport Rotterdam The Hague Airport (formerly ''Rotterdam Airport'', ''Vliegveld Zestienhoven'' in Dutch language, Dutch), is a minor international airport serving Rotterdam, the Netherlands' second largest city, and The Hague, its administrative and ...

in the Netherlands, killing all 17 people on board. *

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

– Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London. *

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 ...

–

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

becomes a republic. *

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

– The first planet orbiting another sun,

51 Pegasi b 51 Pegasi b, officially named Dimidium , and formerly unofficially dubbed Bellerophon , is an extrasolar planet approximately away in the constellation of Pegasus. It was the first exoplanet to be discovered orbiting a main-sequence star, the S ...

, is discovered. *

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

– Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth. *

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 ...

–

Instagram Instagram is a photo and video sharing social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. The app allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters and organized by hashtags and geographical tagging. Posts can ...

, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded. *

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

– The

United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and pow ...

confirms

Brett Kavanaugh Brett Michael Kavanaugh ( ; born February 12, 1965) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President Donald Trump on July 9, 2018, and has served since Oc ...

as a

Supreme Court Associate Justice An associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is any member of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the chief justice of the United States. The number of associate justices is eight, as set by the Judiciary Act of 1 ...

, ending a contentious confirmation process. *

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

–

Annie Ernaux Annie Thérèse Blanche Ernaux (; born 1 September 1940) is a French writer, professor of literature and Nobel laureate. Her literary work, mostly autobiographical, maintains close links with sociology. Ernaux was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize ...

awarded An award, sometimes called a distinction, is something given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration. An award ...

the

Nobel Prize in Literature ) , image = Nobel Prize.png , caption = , awarded_for = Outstanding contributions in literature , presenter = Swedish Academy , holder = Annie Ernaux (2022) , location = Stockholm, Sweden , year = 1901 , ...

Births

Pre-1600

* 649 – Yuknoom Yichʼaak Kʼahkʼ (d. around 696) *

1289 Year 1289 ( MCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * June 11 – Battle of Campaldino: Pro-papal Guelph forces of Florence and the ...

–

Wenceslaus III of Bohemia Wenceslaus III ( cz, Václav III., hu, Vencel, pl, Wacław, hr, Vjenceslav, sk, Václav; 6 October 12894 August 1306) was King of Hungary and King of Croatia, Croatia between 1301 and 1305, and King of Bohemia and King of Poland, Poland from ...

(d. 1306) *

1459 Year 1459 ( MCDLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 18 – The Order of Our Lady of Bethlehem is founded by Pope Pius II, to def ...

–

Martin Behaim Martin Behaim (6 October 1459 – 29 July 1507), also known as and by various forms of , was a German textile merchant and cartographer. He served John II of Portugal as an adviser in matters of navigation and participated in a voyage to We ...

, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507) *

1510 Year 1510 ( MDX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January – Catherine of Aragon gives birth to her first child, a stillborn daughter. * ...

–

John Caius John Caius (born John Kays ; 6 October 1510 – 29 July 1573), also known as Johannes Caius and Ioannes Caius, was an English physician, and second founder of the present Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Biography Early years Caius was ...

, English physician and academic, co-founded the

Gonville and Caius College Gonville and Caius College, often referred to simply as Caius ( ), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1348, it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges and one of th ...

(d. 1573) * 1510 –

Rowland Taylor Rowland Taylor (sometimes spelled "Tayler") (6 October 1510 – 9 February 1555) was an English Protestant martyr during the Marian Persecutions. At the time of his death, he was Rector of Hadleigh in Suffolk. He was burnt at the stake at ne ...

, English priest and martyr (d. 1555) *

1552 __NOTOC__ Year 1552 ( MDLII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 15 – Henry II of France and Maurice, Elector of Saxony, sign the Trea ...

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Matteo Ricci Matteo Ricci, SJ (; la, Mattheus Riccius; 6 October 1552 – 11 May 1610), was an Italians, Italian Society of Jesus, Jesuit Priesthood in the Catholic Church, priest and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China missions. He create ...

, Italian priest and missionary (d. 1610) * 1555 –

Ferenc Nádasdy Count Ferenc II Nádasdy de Nádasd et Fogarasföld (6 October 1555 – 4 January 1604) was a Hungarian nobleman. His family, Nádasdy, was one of the wealthiest and most influential of the era in Hungary. In 1571, when Ferenc was 16, his mothe ...

, Hungarian noble (d. 1604) *

1565 __NOTOC__ Year 1565 ( MDLXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 3 – In the Tsardom of Russia, Ivan the Terrible originates the opr ...

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Marie de Gournay Marie de Gournay (; 6 October 1565, Paris – 13 July 1645) was a French writer, who wrote a novel and a number of other literary compositions, including ''The Equality of Men and Women'' (''Égalité des hommes et des femmes'', 1622) and ' ...

, French writer (d. 1645) *

1573 Year 1573 ( MDLXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 25 – Battle of Mikatagahara in Japan: Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugaw ...

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Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, (pronunciation uncertain: "Rezley", "Rizely" (archaic), (present-day) and have been suggested; 6 October 1573 – 10 November 1624) was the only son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of So ...

, English politician,

Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire. Since 1688, all the Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Hampshire. From 1889 until 1959, the administrative county was named the County of Southampton. *Wi ...

(d. 1624) *

1576 Year 1576 (Roman numerals, MDLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 20 – Viceroy Martín Enríquez de Almanza founds the settle ...

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Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland (6 October 1576 – 26 June 1612) was the eldest surviving son of John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland and his wife, Elizabeth ''nee'' Charleton (d. 1595). He travelled across Europe, took part in military ca ...

(d. 1612) *

1591 Events January–June * March 13 – Battle of Tondibi: In Mali, forces sent by the Saadi dynasty ruler of Morocco, Ahmad al-Mansur, and led by Judar Pasha, defeat the fractured Songhai Empire, despite being outnumbered by at l ...

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Settimia Caccini Settimia Caccini (6 October 1591 – , Italy) was a well-known Italian singer and composer during the 1600s, being one of the first women to have a successful career in music. Caccini was highly regarded for her artistic and technical work with mu ...

, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1638)

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Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier (6 October 161017 November 1690), was a French soldier and, from 1668 to 1680, the governor of the dauphin, the eldest son and heir of Louis XIV, King of France. Biography Charles was born on 6 October ...

, French general (d. 1690) *

1626 Events January–March * January 7 – Polish-Swedish War: Battle of Wallhof in Latvia – Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, defeats a Polish army. * January 9 – Peter Minuit sails from Texel Island for America's Ne ...

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Géraud de Cordemoy Géraud de Cordemoy (6 October 1626 in Paris – 15 October 1684 in Paris) was a French philosopher, historian and lawyer. He is mainly known for his works in metaphysics and for his theory of language. Biography Géraud de Cordemoy was born ...

, French historian, philosopher and lawyer (d. 1684) *

1716 Events January–March * January 16 – The application of the Nueva Planta decrees to Catalonia make it subject to the laws of the Crown of Castile, and abolishes the Principality of Catalonia as a political entity, concluding ...

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George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, (6 October 1716 – 8 June 1771) was a British statesman of the Georgian era. Due to his success in extending commerce in the Americas, he became known as the "father of the colonies". President of th ...

, English general and politician,

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (), or more formally Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland, was the title of the chief governor of Ireland from the Williamite Wars of 1690 until the Partition of Ireland in 1922. This spanned the Kingdo ...

(d. 1771) *

1729 Events January–March * January 8 – Frederick, the eldest son of King George II of Great Britain is made Prince of Wales at the age of 21, a few months after he comes to Britain for the first time after growing up in Hanover ...

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Sarah Crosby Sarah Crosby (6 October 1729 – 29 October 1804) was an English Methodist preacher, and is considered to be the first woman to hold this title. Crosby, along with Mary Bosanquet, are the most popular women preachers of Methodism. Scholars suc ...

, English preacher, the first female

Methodist Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's b ...

preacher (d. 1804) *

1732 Events January–March * January 21 – Russia and Persia sign the Treaty of Riascha at Resht. Based on the terms of the agreement, Russia will no longer establish claims over Persian territories. * February 9 – The Swedish ...

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John Broadwood John Broadwood (6 October 1732 – 17 July 1812) was the Scottish founder of the piano manufacturer Broadwood and Sons. Life Broadwood was born 6 October 1732 and christened 15 Oct 1732 at St Helens, Cockburnspath in Berwickshire, and grew up in ...

, Scottish businessman, co-founded

John Broadwood and Sons John Broadwood & Sons is an English piano manufacturer, founded in 1728 by Burkat Shudi and continued after his death in 1773 by John Broadwood. Early history John Broadwood (1732–1812), a Scottish joiner and cabinetmaker, came to London i ...

(d. 1812) *

1738 Events January–March * January 1 – At least 664 African slaves drown, when the Dutch West Indies Company slave ship ''Leusden'' capsizes and sinks in the Maroni River, during its arrival in Surinam. The Dutch crew escape ...

– Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789) *

1742 Events January–March * January 9 – Robert Walpole is made Earl of Orford, and resigns as First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, effectively ending his period as Prime Minister of Great Britain. On his for ...

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Johan Herman Wessel Johan Herman Wessel (6 October 1742 – 29 December 1785) was an 18th-century Danish-Norwegian poet, satirist and playwright. His written work was characterized by the use of parody and satiric wit. Biography Wessel was born and raised at Vest ...

, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (d. 1755) *

1744 Events January–March * January 6 – The Royal Navy ship ''Bacchus'' engages the Spanish Navy privateer ''Begona'', and sinks it; 90 of the 120 Spanish sailors die, but 30 of the crew are rescued. * January 24 – The Dag ...

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James McGill James McGill (October 6, 1744 – December 19, 1813) was a Scottish Canadian businessman and philanthropist best known for being the founder of McGill University, Montreal. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Montreal ...

, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Universit ...

(d. 1813) *

1767 Events January–March * January 1 – The first annual volume of ''The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris'', produced by British Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, gives navigators the ...

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Henri Christophe Henri Christophe (; 6 October 1767 – 8 October 1820) was a key leader in the Haitian Revolution and the only monarch of the Kingdom of Haiti. Christophe was of Bambara ethnicity in West Africa, and perhaps of Igbo descent. Beginning with t ...

, Grenadian-Haitian king (d. 1820) *

1769 Events January–March * February 2 – Pope Clement XIII dies, the night before preparing an order to dissolve the Jesuits.Denis De Lucca, ''Jesuits and Fortifications: The Contribution of the Jesuits to Military Architecture in ...

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Isaac Brock Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB (6 October 1769 – 13 October 1812) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Guernsey. Brock was assigned to Lower Canada in 1802. Despite facing desertions and near-mutinies, he c ...

, English general and politician,

Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada The following is a list of lieutenant governors of Ontario and the lieutenant governors of the former colony of Upper Canada. The office of Lieutenant Governor of Ontario was created in 1867, when the Province of Ontario was created upon Confed ...

(d. 1812) *

1773 Events January–March * January 1 – The hymn that becomes known as ''Amazing Grace'', at this time titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17", is first used to accompany a sermon led by curate John Newton in the town of Olney, Bucking ...

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John MacCulloch John MacCulloch FRS (6 October 1773 – 21 August 1835) was a Scottish geologist. He was the first geologist to be employed by the government in Britain and is best known for his pioneering texts on geology and for producing the first geologica ...

, Scottish geologist and academic (d. 1835) * 1773 –

Louis Philippe I Louis Philippe (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate monarch of France. As Louis Philippe, Duke of Chartres, he distinguished himself commanding troops during the Revolutionary War ...

of France (d. 1850) *

1801 Events January–March * January 1 ** The legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland is completed under the Act of Union 1800, bringing about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the abolition of the Parliament of I ...

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Hippolyte Carnot Lazare Hippolyte Carnot (6 October 1801, Saint-Omer – 16 March 1888) was a French politician. He was the younger brother of the founder of thermodynamics Sadi Carnot and the second son of the revolutionary politician and general Lazare Nicol ...

, French politician (d. 1888) *

1803 Events * January 1 – The first edition of Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La Reynière's ''Almanach des gourmands'', the first guide to restaurant cooking, is published in Paris. * January 5 – William Symington demonstrates his ...

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Heinrich Wilhelm Dove Heinrich Wilhelm Dove (6 October 1803 – 4 April 1879) was a Prussian physicist and meteorologist. Early years Dove was born in Liegnitz in the Kingdom of Prussia. Dove studied history, philosophy, and the natural sciences at the University of B ...

, Polish-German physicist and meteorologist (d. 1879) *

1820 Events January–March *January 1 – Nominal beginning of the Trienio Liberal in Spain: A constitutionalist military insurrection at Cádiz leads to the summoning of the Spanish Parliament (March 7). *January 8 – General Maritime T ...

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James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont James Molyneux Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont KP (6 October 1820 – 12 January 1892) was an Irish politician and peer. He was the son of Hon. Henry Caulfeild, younger son of James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont, and Elizabeth Margaret Br ...

, Irish politician,

Lord Lieutenant of Armagh This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Armagh. There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they were renamed governors. The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831. L ...

(d. 1892) * 1820 –

Jenny Lind Johanna Maria "Jenny" Lind (6 October 18202 November 1887) was a Swedish opera singer, often called the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she performed in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and a ...

, Swedish soprano and actress (d. 1887) *

1831 Events January–March * January 1 – William Lloyd Garrison begins publishing '' The Liberator'', an anti-slavery newspaper, in Boston, Massachusetts. * January 10 – Japanese department store, Takashimaya in Kyoto establ ...

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Richard Dedekind Julius Wilhelm Richard Dedekind (6 October 1831 – 12 February 1916) was a German mathematician who made important contributions to number theory, abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), and the axiomatic foundations of arithmetic. His ...

, German mathematician and philosopher (d. 1916) *

1838 Events January–March * January 10 – A fire destroys Lloyd's Coffee House and the Royal Exchange in London. * January 11 – At Morristown, New Jersey, Samuel Morse, Alfred Vail and Leonard Gale give the first public demonstration o ...

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Giuseppe Cesare Abba Giuseppe Cesare Abba (6 October 1838 – 6 November 1910) was an Italian patriot and writer. As a participant on the expedition of i Mille he fought next to Giuseppe Garibaldi in his conquest of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1860. Biogr ...

, Italian soldier, poet, and author (d. 1910) *

1846 Events January–March * January 5 – The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Country with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom. * January 13 – The Milan–Venice railway' ...

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George Westinghouse George Westinghouse Jr. (October 6, 1846 – March 12, 1914) was an American entrepreneur and engineer based in Pennsylvania who created the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry, receiving his first patent at the age of ...

, American engineer and businessman, founded the

Westinghouse Air Brake Company The Westinghouse Air Brake Company (sometimes nicknamed or abbreviated WABCO although this was also confusingly used for spinoffs) was founded on September 28, 1869 by George Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Earlier in the year he had i ...

(d. 1914) *

1862 Events January–March * January 1 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos Island, in modern-day Nigeria. * January 6 – French intervention in Mexico: French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico. * January ...

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Albert J. Beveridge Albert Jeremiah Beveridge (October 6, 1862 – April 27, 1927) was an American historian and US senator from Indiana. He was an intellectual leader of the Progressive Era and a biographer of Chief Justice John Marshall and President Abraham Linco ...

, American historian and politician (d. 1927) *

1866 Events January–March * January 1 ** Fisk University, a historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee. ** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine '' The Liberator'' is published. * January 6 – Ottoman tr ...

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Reginald Fessenden Reginald Aubrey Fessenden (October 6, 1866 – July 22, 1932) was a Canadian-born inventor, who did a majority of his work in the United States and also claimed U.S. citizenship through his American-born father. During his life he received hundre ...

, Canadian engineer and academic, invented

radiotelephony A radiotelephone (or radiophone), abbreviated RT, is a radio communication system for conducting a conversation; radiotelephony means telephony by radio. It is in contrast to ''radiotelegraphy'', which is radio transmission of telegrams (messa ...

(d. 1932) *

1874 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx. * January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time. * January 3 – Third Carlist War &ndas ...

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Frank G. Allen Frank Gilman Allen (October 6, 1874October 9, 1950) was an American businessman and politician from Massachusetts. He was president of a successful leathergoods business in Norwood, Massachusetts, and active in local and state politics. A Repub ...

, American merchant and politician, 51st

Governor of Massachusetts The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the chief executive officer of the government of Massachusetts. The governor is the head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonwealth's military forces. Massachusetts ...

(d. 1950) *

1876 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin. ** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol. * February 2 – The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs i ...

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Ernest Lapointe Ernest Lapointe (October 6, 1876 – November 26, 1941) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. A member of Parliament from Quebec City, he was a senior minister in the government of Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King, playing an importa ...

, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th

Canadian Minister of Justice The minister of justice and attorney general of Canada () is a dual-role portfolio in the Canadian Cabinet. The officeholder in the role of Minister of Justice () serves as the minister of the Crown responsible for the Department of Justice a ...

(d. 1941) *

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 ...

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Karol Szymanowski Karol Maciej Szymanowski (; 6 October 188229 March 1937) was a Polish composer and pianist. He was a member of the modernist Young Poland movement that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century. Szymanowski's early works show the inf ...

, Polish pianist and composer (d. 1937) *

1886 Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange ...

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Edwin Fischer Edwin Fischer (6 October 1886 – 24 January 1960) was a Swiss classical pianist and conductor. He is regarded as one of the great interpreters of J.S. Bach and Mozart in the twentieth century. Biography Fischer was born in Basel and studied ...

, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960) *

1887 Events January–March * January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Har ...

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Le Corbusier Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier ( , , ), was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was ...

, Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the

Philips Pavilion The Philips Pavilion was a World's Fair pavilion designed for Expo '58 in Brussels by the office of Le Corbusier. Commissioned by electronics manufacturer Philips, the pavilion was designed to house a multimedia spectacle that celebrated postwar ...

and

Saint-Pierre, Firminy Saint-Pierre ( en, Saint Peter) is a concrete building in the commune of Firminy, France. The last major work of Le Corbusier, it was started in 1973 and completed in 2006, forty-one years after his death. History Designed to be a church in the ...

(d. 1965) *

1888 In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late ...

– Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (d. 1918) *

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 ...

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Hendrik Adamson Hendrik Adamson ( – 7 March 1946) was an Estonian poet and teacher. He was born as a son of a tailor in Patsi farmstead in Metsakuru village, Kärstna Parish (now in Veisjärve village, Tarvastu Parish), Viljandi County. From 1911 he worked as ...

, Estonian poet and educator (d. 1946) *

1893 Events January–March * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson. * January 6 – Th ...

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Meghnad Saha Meghnad Saha (6 October 1893 – 16 February 1956) was an Indian astrophysicist who developed the Saha ionization equation, used to describe chemical and physical conditions in stars. His work allowed astronomers to accurately relate the sp ...

, Indian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (d. 1956) *

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 ...

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Caroline Gordon Caroline Ferguson Gordon (October 6, 1895 – April 11, 1981) was an American novelist and literary critic who, while still in her thirties, received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1932 and an O. Henry Award in 1934. Biography Gordon was born ...

, American author and critic (d. 1981) *

1896 Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wil ...

– David Howard, American film director (d. 1941) *

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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Florence B. Seibert Florence Barbara Seibert (October 6, 1897 – August 23, 1991) was an American biochemist. She is best known for identifying the active agent in the antigen tuberculin as a protein, and subsequently for isolating a pure form of tuberculin, puri ...

, American biochemist and academic (d. 1991) *

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

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Vivion Brewer Vivion Mercer Lenon Brewer (October 6, 1900 – June 18, 1991) was an American desegregationist, most notable for being a founding member of the Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools (WEC) in 1958 during the desegregation of Central Hig ...

, American activist and desegregationist (d. 1991) * 1900 –

Willy Merkl Willy Merkl (6 October 1900 – 15/17 July 1934) was a German mountain climber who is most notable for his attempt to lead a German-American team up Nanga Parbat (the Naked Mountain) in the Himalayas in 1932. His team were known to be very experi ...

, German mountaineer (d. 1934) * 1900 – Stan Nichols, English cricketer (d. 1961)

1901–present

1901 Events January * January 1 – The Crown colony, British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and Western Australia Federation of Australia, federate as the Australia, ...

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Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus Eveline du Bois-Reymond Marcus (6 October 1901 – 31 January 1990) was a German zoologist and drawer. Life Eveline Du Bois-Reymond was the youngest daughter of Rene and Frieda du Bois-Reymond, as well as a granddaughter of physiologist Emil Du B ...

, German-Brazilian zoologist and academic (d. 1990) *

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Ernest Walton Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton (6 October 1903 – 25 June 1995) was an Irish physicist and Nobel laureate. He is best known for his work with John Cockcroft to construct one of the earliest types of particle accelerator, the Cockcroft–Walton g ...

, Irish physicist and academic,

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...

laureate (d. 1995) *

1905 As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...

– Helen Wills, American tennis player and painter (d. 1998) *1906 – Janet Gaynor, American actress (d. 1984) * 1906 – Taffy O'Callaghan, Welsh footballer and coach (d. 1946) *

– Carole Lombard, American actress (d. 1942) * 1908 – Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1989) *

– Barbara Castle, English journalist and politician, First Secretary of State (d. 2002) * 1910 – Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer (d. 1974) *1912 – Perkins Bass, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011) *1913 – Méret Oppenheim, German-Swiss painter and photographer (d. 1985) *1914 – Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian ethnographer and explorer (d. 2002) * 1914 – Joan Littlewood, English director and playwright (d. 2002) *

– Carolyn Goodman (psychologist), Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and activist (d. 2007) * 1915 – Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal (d. 1983) * 1915 – Alice Timander, Swedish dentist and actress (d. 2007) *1916 – Chiang Wei-kuo, Japanese-Chinese general (d. 1997) *1917 – Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist (d. 1977) *1918 – Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2010) * 1918 – André Pilette, French-Belgian race car driver (d. 1993) *1919 – Tommy Lawton, English footballer and coach (d. 1996) *1920 – John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington, English lawyer and judge (d. 2005) *1921 – Evgenii Landis, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1997) * 1921 – Joseph Lowery, American minister and activist (d. 2020) *1922 – Joe Frazier (baseball), Joe Frazier, American baseball player and manager (d. 2011) * 1922 – Teala Loring, American actress (d. 2007) *

– Robert Kuok, Malaysian Chinese business magnate and investor * 1923 – Yaşar Kemal, Turkish journalist and author (d. 2015) *1925 – Shana Alexander, American journalist and author (d. 2005) *

– Bill King, American sportscaster (d. 2005) *1928 – Flora MacNeil, Scottish Gaelic singer (d. 2015) * 1928 – Barbara Werle, American actress and singer (d. 2013) *1929 – George Mattos, American pole vaulter (d. 2012) *1930 – Hafez al-Assad, Syrian general and politician, 20th President of Syria (d. 2000) * 1930 – Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2015) *1931 – Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomer (d. 2004) * 1931 – Eileen Derbyshire, English actress * 1931 – Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-American astrophysicist and astronomer,

laureate (d. 2018) *1933 – Prince Mukarram Jah, Titular Nizam of Hyderabad State *1934 – Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist and author (d. 2015) *1935 – Bruno Sammartino, Italian-American wrestler and trainer (d. 2018) *1936 – Julius L. Chambers, American lawyer, educator, and activist (d. 2013) *1938 – Serge Nubret, Caribbean-French bodybuilder and actor (d. 2011) *

– Melvyn Bragg, English journalist, author, and academic * 1939 – Jack Cullen, American baseball player * 1939 – Richard Delgado, American lawyer and academic * 1939 – Sheila Greibach, American computer scientist and academic * 1939 – John J. LaFalce, American captain, lawyer, and politician *1940 – Jan Keizer (referee), Jan Keizer, Dutch footballer and referee *1941 – Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (d. 1987) *

– Dan Christensen, American painter (d. 2007) * 1942 – Britt Ekland, Swedish actress and singer * 1942 – Fred Travalena, American comedian and actor (d. 2009) *

– Richard Caborn, English engineer and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics * 1943 – Peter Dowding, Australian politician, 24th Premier of Western Australia * 1943 – Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter * 1943 – Cees Veerman (musician), Cees Veerman, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014) *

– Merzak Allouache, Algerian director and screenwriter * 1944 – Patrick Cordingley, English general * 1944 – Boris Mikhailov (ice hockey), Boris Mikhailov, Russian ice hockey player and coach * 1944 – Carlos Pace, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1977) *1945 – Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997) *1946 – Lloyd Doggett, American lawyer and politician * 1946 – Tony Greig, South African-English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2012) * 1946 – John Monie, Australian rugby league player and coach * 1946 – Eddie Villanueva, Filipino evangelist and politician, founded the ZOE Broadcasting Network * 1946 – Vinod Khanna, Indian actor, producer and politician (d. 2017) *1947 – Patxi Andión, Spanish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2019) * 1947 – Klaus Dibiasi, Italian diver * 1947 – Millie Small, Jamaican singer-songwriter (d. 2020) *1948 – Gerry Adams, Irish republican politician * 1948 – Glenn Branca, American guitarist and composer (d. 2018) *1949 – Lonnie Johnson (inventor), Lonnie Johnson, American inventor * 1949 – Penny Junor, English journalist and author * 1949 – Thomas McClary (musician), Thomas McClary, American R&B singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1949 – Leslie Moonves, American businessman * 1949 – Nicolas Peyrac, French singer-songwriter and photographer *1950 – David Brin, American physicist and author *1951 – Kevin Cronin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1951 – Clive Rees, Singaporean-Welsh rugby player and educator * 1951 – Sutherland Brothers, Gavin Sutherland, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player * 1951 – Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (d. 1985) *1952 – Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and author *1953 – Rein Rannap, Estonian pianist and composer *1954 – Bill Buford, American author and journalist * 1954 – David Hidalgo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist *1955 – Tony Dungy, American football player and coach *1956 – Sadiq al-Ahmar, Yemeni politician * 1956 – Kathleen Webb, American author and illustrator *1957 – Bruce Grobbelaar, Zimbabwean footballer and coach *1959 – Turki bin Sultan, Saudi Arabian politician (d. 2012) * 1959 – Oil Can Boyd, American baseball player * 1959 – Brian Higgins, American politician * 1959 – Walter Ray Williams, Jr., American bowler *1961 – Miyuki Matsuda, Japanese actress * 1961 – Paul Sansome, English footballer * 1961 – Ben Summerskill, English businessman and journalist *1962 – David Baker (biochemist), David Baker, American biologist and academic * 1962 – Rich Yett, American baseball player *1963 – Sven Andersson (footballer, born 1963), Sven Andersson, Swedish footballer and coach * 1963 – Elisabeth Shue, American actress *1964 – Ricky Berry, American basketball player (d. 1989) * 1964 – Mark Field, German-English lawyer and politician * 1964 – Tom Jager, American swimmer and coach * 1964 – Miltos Manetas, Greek painter * 1964 – Knut Storberget, Norwegian lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice and Public Security, Norwegian Minister of Justice * 1964 – Matthew Sweet, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer *1965 – Jürgen Kohler, German footballer and manager * 1965 – Peg O'Connor, American philosopher and academic * 1965 – Steve Scalise, American lawyer and politician * 1965 – Rubén Sierra, Puerto Rican-American baseball player * 1965 – John McWhorter, American academic and linguist *1966 – Melania Mazzucco, Italian author * 1966 – Jacqueline Obradors, American actress * 1966 – Niall Quinn, Irish footballer and manager * 1966 – Tommy Stinson, American singer-songwriter and bass player *1967 – Kennet Andersson, Swedish footballer * 1967 – Svend Karlsen, Norwegian strongman and bodybuilder * 1967 – Steven Woolfe, English barrister and politician *1968 – Bjarne Goldbæk, Danish footballer and sportscaster * 1968 – Bob May (golfer), Bob May, American golfer *1969 – Byron Black, Zimbabwean golfer * 1969 – Muhammad V of Kelantan, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia *1970 – Maria Kannegaard, Danish-Norwegian pianist and composer * 1970 – Shauna MacDonald (Canadian actress), Shauna MacDonald, Canadian actress and producer * 1970 – Darren Oliver, American baseball player * 1970 – Amy Jo Johnson, American actress *1971 – Phil Bennett (racing driver), Phil Bennett, English race car driver * 1971 – Takis Gonias, Greek footballer and manager * 1971 – Alan Stubbs, English footballer, coach, and manager *1972 – Daniel Cavanagh, English singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1972 – Anders Iwers, Swedish bass player * 1972 – Jarrod Moseley, Australian golfer * 1972 – Mark Schwarzer, Australian footballer * 1972 – Ryu Si-won, South Korean actor and singer * 1972 – Ko So-young, South Korean model and actress *

– Jeff B. Davis, American comedian, actor, and singer * 1973 – Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor * 1973 – Sylvain Legwinski, French footballer and manager * 1973 – Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player and sportscaster *1974 – Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer and manager * 1974 – Kenny Jönsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach * 1974 – Seema Kennedy, British politician * 1974 – Jeremy Sisto, American actor, producer, and screenwriter * 1974 – Hoàng Xuân Vinh, Vietnamese shooter *1975 – Reon King, Guyanese cricketer *

– Freddy García, Venezuelan baseball player * 1976 – Magdalena Kučerová, Czech-German tennis player * 1976 – Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer and coach *

– Daniel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player * 1977 – Melinda Doolittle, American singer-songwriter * 1977 – Shimon Gershon, Israeli footballer and singer * 1977 – Jamie Laurie, American singer-songwriter * 1977 – Vladimir Manchev, Bulgarian footballer and manager *1978 – Carolina Gynning, Swedish model, actress, and singer * 1978 – Ricky Hatton, English boxer and promoter * 1978 – Liu Yang (astronaut), Liu Yang, Chinese astronaut *

– David Di Tommaso, French footballer (d. 2005) * 1979 – Mohamed Kallon, Sierra Leonean footballer and manager * 1979 – Richard Seymour, American football player * 1979 – Pascal van Assendelft, Dutch sprinter *1980 – Arnaud Coyot, French cyclist (d. 2013) * 1980 – Wes Durston, English cricketer * 1980 – Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer *

– Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer * 1981 – José Luis Perlaza, Ecuadorian footballer *1982 – Levon Aronian, Armenian chess grandmaster * 1982 – Latonia Blackman, Barbadian netball player * 1982 – William Butler (musician), William Butler, American musician and composer * 1982 – Fábio Júnior dos Santos, Brazilian footballer * 1982 – Hideki Mutoh, Japanese race car driver * 1982 – Paul Smith (boxer), Paul Smith, English boxer *1983 – Renata Voráčová, Czech tennis player *1984 – Morné Morkel, South African cricketer * 1984 – Joanna Pacitti, American singer-songwriter *

– Mitchell Cole, English footballer (d. 2012) * 1985 – Sylvia Fowles, American basketball player * 1985 – Sandra Góngora, Mexican ten-pin bowler * 1985 – Tarmo Kink, Estonian footballer *1986 – Meg Myers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1986 – Olivia Thirlby, American actress *

– Joe Lewis (footballer, born 1987), Joe Lewis, English footballer * 1987 – Akuila Uate, Fijian-Australian rugby league player *1988 – Trey Edward Shults, American film director *1989 – Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2014) * 1989 – Tyler Ennis (ice hockey), Tyler Ennis, Canadian ice hockey player * 1989 – Pizzi (Portuguese footballer), Pizzi, Portuguese footballer *1990 – Han Sun-hwa, South Korean singer and actress *1992 – Taylor Paris, Canadian rugby player *1993 – Adam Gemili, English sprinter * 1993 – Joe Rafferty, English-Irish footballer * 1993 – Jourdan Miller, American fashion model *1994 – Lee Joo-heon, South Korean rapper and songwriter *1997 – Kasper Dolberg, Danish footballer *1999 – Niko Kari, Finnish race car driver *2000 – Jazz Jennings, American internet personality * 2000 – Addison Rae, American social media personality, dancer, and singer *2004 – Bronny James, American basketball player

Deaths

Pre-1600

–

, emperor of the Xin Dynasty *

– Aelia Eudoxia, Byzantine empress * 836 – Nicetas the Patrician, Byzantine general * 869 – Ermentrude of Orléans, Frankish queen (b. 823) * 877 – Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 823) * 997 – Minamoto no Mitsunaka, Japanese samurai (b. 912) *1014 – Samuel of Bulgaria, Samuel, tsar of the Bulgarian Empire *1019 – Frederick of Luxembourg, count of Moselgau (b. 965) *1145 – Baldwin (archbishop of Pisa), Baldwin, archbishop of Pisa *1090 – Adalbero of Würzburg, Adalbero, bishop of Würzburg *1101 – Bruno of Cologne, German monk, founded the Carthusian, Carthusian Order *1173 – Engelbert III, Margrave of Istria, Engelbert III, margrave of Istria *1349 – Joan II of Navarre, daughter of Louis X of France (b. 1312) *1398 – Jeong Dojeon, Korean prime minister (b. 1342) *1413 – Dawit I, ruler (Emperor) of Ethiopia (b. 1382) *1536 – William Tyndale, English Protestant Bible translator (b. c. 1494) *1553 – Şehzade Mustafa, Ottoman prince (b. 1515) *1559 – William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count (b. 1487)

1601–1900

*1640 – Wolrad IV, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (b. 1588) *1641 – Matthijs Quast, Dutch explorer *1644 – Elisabeth of France (1602–1644), Elisabeth of France, queen of Spain and Portugal (b. 1602) *1660 – Paul Scarron, French poet and author (b. 1610) *1661 – Guru Har Rai, Indian 7th Sikh gurus, Sikh guru (b. 1630) *1688 – Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English soldier and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (b. 1652) *

– Francesco Manfredini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1684) *1819 – Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia, Charles Emmanuel IV, king of Sardinia (b. 1751) *1829 – Pierre Derbigny, French-American politician, 6th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769) *1836 – Johannes Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter and actor (b. 1770) *1873 – Paweł Strzelecki, Polish-English geologist and explorer (b. 1797) *1883 – Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852) *

– Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846) *1892 – Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (b. 1809)

1901–present

*1912 – Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829) *

– Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th List of Ottoman Grand Viziers, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1853) *

– Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (b. 1884) *1945 – Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (b. 1900) *1947 – Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (b. 1887) *1951 – Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (b. 1860) * 1951 – Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884) *1959 – Bernard Berenson, American historian and author (b. 1865) *1962 – Tod Browning, American actor, director, screenwriter (b. 1880) *1968 – Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1917) *1969 – Walter Hagen, American golfer (b. 1892) * 1969 – Otto Steinböck, Austrian zoologist (b. 1893) *1972 – Cléo de Verberena, Brazilian actress and film director (born c. 1909) *

– Sidney Blackmer, American actor (b. 1895) * 1973 – François Cevert, French race car driver (b. 1944) * 1973 – Dick Laan, Dutch actor, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894) * 1973 – Dennis Price, English actor (b. 1915) * 1973 – Margaret Wilson (novelist), Margaret Wilson, American missionary and author (b. 1882) *1974 – Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian race car driver (b. 1948) *

– Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher and author (b. 1900) *1978 – Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1935) *

– Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and short-story writer (b. 1911) *1980 – Hattie Jacques, English actress and producer (b. 1922) * 1980 – Jean Robic, French cyclist (b. 1921) *

–

, Egyptian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918) *1983 – Terence Cooke, American cardinal (b. 1921) *

– Nelson Riddle, American composer, conductor, and bandleader (b. 1921) *1986 – Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1921) *1989 – Bette Davis, American actress (b. 1908) *1990 – Bahriye Üçok, Turkish sociologist and politician (b. 1919) *1991 – Igor Talkov, Russian singer-songwriter (b. 1956) *1992 – Denholm Elliott, English actor (b. 1922) * 1992 – Bill O'Reilly (cricketer), Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1905) *1993 – Nejat Eczacıbaşı, Turkish chemist, businessman, and philanthropist, founded Eczacıbaşı (b. 1913) * 1993 – Larry Walters, American truck driver and pilot (b. 1949) *

– Benoît Chamoux, French mountaineer (b. 1961) *1997 – Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player and manager (b. 1914) *1998 – Mark Belanger, American baseball player (b. 1944) *1999 – Amália Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (b. 1920) * 1999 – Gorilla Monsoon, American wrestler and sportscaster (b. 1937) *2000 – Richard Farnsworth, American actor and stuntman (b. 1920) *2001 – Arne Harris, American director and producer (b. 1934) *2002 – Prince Claus of the Netherlands (b. 1926) *2006 – Bertha Brouwer, Dutch sprinter (b. 1930) * 2006 – Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1940) * 2006 – Buck O'Neil, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911) * 2006 – Wilson Tucker (writer), Wilson Tucker, American author and critic (b. 1914) *

– Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 1921) * 2007 – Laxmi Mall Singhvi, Indian scholar, jurist, and politician (b. 1931) *2008 – Peter Cox (politician), Peter Cox, Australian public servant and politician (b. 1925) *2009 – Douglas Campbell (actor), Douglas Campbell, Scottish-Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1922) *

– Rhys Isaac, South-African-Australian historian and author (b. 1937) * 2010 – Antonie Kamerling, Dutch television and film actor, and musician (b. 1966) *2011 – Diane Cilento, Australian actress and author (b. 1933) *2012 – Chadli Bendjedid, Algerian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Algeria (b. 1929) * 2012 – Anthony John Cooke, English organist and composer (b. 1931) * 2012 – Nick Curran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1977) * 2012 – Albert, Margrave of Meissen (1934–2012), Albert, Margrave of Meissen (b. 1943) * 2012 – Joseph Meyer (Wyoming politician), Joseph Meyer, American lawyer and politician, 19th Secretary of State of Wyoming (b. 1941) * 2012 – B. Satya Narayan Reddy, Indian lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of West Bengal (b. 1927) * 2012 – J. J. C. Smart, English-Australian philosopher and academic (b. 1920) *2013 – Ulysses Curtis, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1926) * 2013 – Rift Fournier, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1936) * 2013 – Paul Rogers (actor), Paul Rogers, English actor (b. 1917) * 2013 – Nico van Kampen, Dutch physicist and academic (b. 1921) *2014 – Vic Braden, American tennis player and coach (b. 1929) * 2014 – Igor Mitoraj, German-Polish sculptor (b. 1944) * 2014 – Diane Nyland, Canadian actress, director and choreographer (b. 1944) * 2014 – Marian Seldes, American actress (b. 1928) * 2014 – Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1976) * 2014 – Feridun Buğeker, Turkish football player (b. 1933) *2015 – Árpád Göncz, Hungarian author, playwright, and politician, 1st List of heads of state of Hungary, President of Hungary (b. 1922) * 2015 – Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (b. 1926) * 2015 – Juan Vicente Ugarte del Pino, Peruvian historian, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1923) *2017 – Ralphie May, American stand-up comedian and actor (b. 1972) * 2017 – David Marks (architect), David Marks, British architect, designer of the London Eye (b. 1952) *

– Scott Wilson (actor), Scott Wilson, American actor (b. 1942) * 2018 – Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano (b. 1933) *2019 – Ginger Baker, English drummer (b. 1939) * 2019 – Eddie Lumsden, Australian rugby league player (b. 1936) * 2019 – Rip Taylor, American actor and comedian (b. 1931) *2020 – Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1955) * 2020 – Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)

Holidays and observances

*Christian feast day: **Beatification, Blessed Marie Rose Durocher **Blessed Juan de Palafox y Mendoza **Bruno of Cologne **Saint Faith, Faith **Mary Frances of the Five Wounds **Pardulphus **Sagar of Laodicea **October 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) **William Tyndale (commemoration, Anglicanism), with Myles Coverdale (Episcopal Church (USA)) *World Space Week (October 4–10) *Day of Commemoration and National Mourning (Turkmenistan) *Dukla Pass Victims Day (Slovakia) *German-American Day (United States) *Memorial Day for the Martyrs of Arad (Hungary) *Teachers' Day (Sri Lanka) *

commemorations: **Armed Forces Day (Egypt) **Tishreen Liberation Day (Syria)

References

External links

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