Events

Pre-1600

49 BC __NOTOC__ Year 49 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Marcellus (or, less frequently, year 705 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 49 BC for this year has be ...

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Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, ...

crosses the

Rubicon The Rubicon ( la, Rubico; it, Rubicone ; rgn, Rubicôn ) is a shallow river in northeastern Italy, just north of Rimini. It was known as Fiumicino until 1933, when it was identified with the ancient river Rubicon, famously crossed by Julius Ca ...

, signalling the start of

civil war A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...

. * 9 – The Western

Han dynasty The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) and a warr ...

ends when

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

claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the beginning of his own, the

Xin dynasty The Xin dynasty (; ), also known as Xin Mang () in Chinese historiography, was a short-lived Chinese imperial dynasty which lasted from 9 to 23 AD, established by the Han dynasty consort kin Wang Mang, who usurped the throne of the Emperor Pin ...

. * 69 –

Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi Licinianus (38 – 15 January 69) was a Roman nobleman who lived in the 1st century. He was adopted by the Roman Emperor Galba as his heir to the throne, only to be killed during the Year of Four Emperors on the same ...

is appointed by Galba as deputy Roman Emperor. *

236 __NOTOC__ Year 236 ( CCXXXVI) was a leap 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 Verus and Africanus (or, less frequently, year 989 ''Ab ...

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Pope Fabian Pope Fabian ( la, Fabianus) was the bishop of Rome from 10 January 236 until his death on 20 January 250, succeeding Anterus. A dove is said to have descended on his head to mark him as the Holy Spirit's unexpected choice to become the next pope ...

succeeds

Anterus Pope Anterus (, ,) was the bishop of Rome from 21 November 235 until his death on 3 January 236.Shahan, Thomas (1907). "Pope St. Anterus" in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia''. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Life Anterus was the son of Ro ...

to become the twentieth pope of

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

. *

1072 Year 1072 ( MLXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * June 29 – Romanos IV (Diogenes), deposed emperor of the Byzantine Empire, ...

– Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo in Sicily for the Normans. *

1430 Year 1430 ( MCDXXX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 7 – Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, marries Isabella of Portugal. * Ja ...

– Philip the Good, the

Duke of Burgundy Duke of Burgundy (french: duc de Bourgogne) was a title used by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, from its establishment in 843 to its annexation by France in 1477, and later by Holy Roman Emperors and Kings of Spain from the House of Habsburg ...

, establishes the Order of the Golden Fleece, the most prestigious, exclusive, and expensive order of chivalry in the world. *

1475 Year 1475 ( MCDLXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 10 – Battle of Vaslui (Moldavian–Ottoman Wars): Stephen III of Moldav ...

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Stephen III of Moldavia Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; ...

defeats the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

at the

Battle of Vaslui The Battle of Vaslui (also referred to as the Battle of Podul Înalt or the Battle of Racova) was fought on 10 January 1475, between Stephen III of Moldavia and the Ottoman governor of Rumelia, Hadım Suleiman Pasha. The battle took place at P ...

1601–1900

1645 Events January–March * January 3 – The Long Parliament adopts the '' Directory for Public Worship'' in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, replacing the Book of Common Prayer (1559). Holy Days (other than Sundays) are not ...

– Archbishop

William Laud William Laud (; 7 October 1573 – 10 January 1645) was a bishop in the Church of England. Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by Charles I in 1633, Laud was a key advocate of Charles I's religious reforms, he was arrested by Parliament in 1640 ...

is beheaded for treason at the

Tower of London The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, which is sep ...

. *

1776 Events January–February * January 1 – American Revolutionary War – Burning of Norfolk: The town of Norfolk, Virginia is destroyed, by the combined actions of the British Royal Navy and occupying Patriot forces. * Januar ...

– American Revolution:

Thomas Paine Thomas Paine (born Thomas Pain; – In the contemporary record as noted by Conway, Paine's birth date is given as January 29, 1736–37. Common practice was to use a dash or a slash to separate the old-style year from the new-style year. In th ...

publishes his pamphlet ''

Common Sense ''Common Sense'' is a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Writing in clear and persuasive prose, Paine collected various moral and political arg ...

''. *

1791 Events January–March * January 1 – Austrian composer Joseph Haydn arrives in England, to perform a series of concerts. * January 2 – Northwest Indian War: Big Bottom Massacre – The war begins in the Ohio Country ...

– The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...

during the Northwest Indian War. * 1812 – The first steamboat on the Ohio River or the

Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it fl ...

arrives in

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

, 82 days after departing from

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsylva ...

. *

1861 Statistically, this year is considered the end of the whale oil industry and (in replacement) the beginning of the petroleum oil industry. Events January–March * January 1 ** Benito Juárez captures Mexico City. ** The first stea ...

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American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

becomes the third state to secede from the

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 ...

. *

1863 Events January–March * January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate states an official war goal. It proclaim ...

– The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between

Paddington Paddington is an area within the City of Westminster, in Central London. First a medieval parish then a metropolitan borough, it was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965. Three important landmarks of the district are Padd ...

and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the

London Underground The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or by its nickname the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England. The ...

. *

1870 Events January–March * January 1 ** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England. ** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed. * January 3 – Construction of the ...

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John D. Rockefeller John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American business magnate and philanthropist. He has been widely considered the wealthiest American of all time and the richest person in modern history. Rockefeller was ...

incorporates Standard Oil.

1901–present

1901 Events January * January 1 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton becomes the first Prime Minist ...

– The first great

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

oil gusher A blowout is the uncontrolled release of crude oil and/or natural gas from an oil well or gas well after pressure control systems have failed.'All About Blowout', R. Westergaard, Norwegian Oil Review, 1987 Modern wells have blowout preventers in ...

is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas. *

– New York:

Automobile Club of America The Automobile Club of America was the first automobile club formed in America in 1899. The club was dissolved in 1932 following the Great Depression and declining membership. History On June 7, 1899, a group of gentlemen auto racers met at the W ...

installs signs on major highways. *

1916 Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * J ...

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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 ...

: Imperial Russia begins the Erzurum Offensive, leading to the defeat of the

Third Army. *

1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Fo ...

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Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917 is considered to be the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing ...

: Seven survivors of the

Ross Sea party The Ross Sea party was a component of Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914–1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Its task was to lay a series of supply depots across the Great Ice Barrier from the Ross Sea to the Beardmore Glacier, along the polar ...

were rescued after being stranded for several months. * 1920 – The

Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles (french: Traité de Versailles; german: Versailler Vertrag, ) was the most important of the peace treaties of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June ...

takes effect, officially ending World War I for all combatant nations except the United States. * 1920 –

League of Nations Covenant The Covenant of the League of Nations was the charter of the League of Nations. It was signed on 28 June 1919 as Part I of the Treaty of Versailles, and became effective together with the rest of the Treaty on 10 January 1920. Creation Early d ...

automatically enters into force after the

is ratified by

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. *

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 ...

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Fritz Lang Friedrich Christian Anton Lang (; December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976), known as Fritz Lang, was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in Germany and later the United States.Obituary ''Variety'', August 4, 1976, p. 6 ...

's futuristic film ''

Metropolis A metropolis () is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural center for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce, and communications. A big ci ...

'' is released in Germany. * 1941 –

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 ...

: The Greek army captures Kleisoura. * 1946 – The first General Assembly of the United Nations assembles in the

Methodist Central Hall, Westminster The Methodist Central Hall (also known as Central Hall Westminster) is a multi-purpose venue in the City of Westminster, London, serving primarily as a Methodist church and a conference centre. The building, which is a tourist attraction, also ho ...

. Fifty-one nations are represented. * 1946 – The

United States Army Signal Corps The United States Army Signal Corps (USASC) is a branch of the United States Army that creates and manages communications and information systems for the command and control of combined arms forces. It was established in 1860, the brainchild of Ma ...

successfully conducts

Project Diana Project Diana, named for the Roman moon goddess Diana, was an experimental project of the US Army Signal Corps in 1946 to bounce radar signals off the Moon and receive the reflected signals. This was the first experiment in radar astronomy ...

, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals. * 1954 –

BOAC Flight 781 BOAC Flight 781 was a scheduled British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) passenger flight from Singapore to London. On 10 January 1954, a de Havilland Comet passenger jet operating the flight suffered an explosive decompression at altitude an ...

, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the

Tyrrhenian Sea The Tyrrhenian Sea (; it, Mar Tirreno , french: Mer Tyrrhénienne , sc, Mare Tirrenu, co, Mari Tirrenu, scn, Mari Tirrenu, nap, Mare Tirreno) is part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy. It is named for the Tyrrhenian pe ...

, killing 35 people. * 1966 –

Tashkent Declaration The Tashkent Declaration was signed between India and Pakistan on 10 January 1966 to resolve the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Peace was achieved on 23 September through interventions by the Soviet Union and the United States, both of which push ...

, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. *

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( bn, শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu (meaning ''Friend of Bengal''), was a Bengali politi ...

returns to the newly independent

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

as president after spending over nine months in prison in

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

. * 1980 –

The New England Journal of Medicine ''The New England Journal of Medicine'' (''NEJM'') is a weekly medical journal published by the Massachusetts Medical Society. It is among the most prestigious peer-reviewed medical journals as well as the oldest continuously published one. Hi ...

publishes the letter

Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics "Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics" is the title of a letter to the editor written by Jane Porter and Hershel Jick and published in the January 10, 1980, issue of ''The New England Journal of Medicine''. The letter analyzed data on ...

, which is later misused to downplay the general risk of addiction to

opioid Opioids are substances that act on opioid receptors to produce morphine-like effects. Medically they are primarily used for pain relief, including anesthesia. Other medical uses include suppression of diarrhea, replacement therapy for opioid use ...

s. *

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 ...

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Salvadoran Civil War The Salvadoran Civil War ( es, guerra civil de El Salvador) was a twelve year period of civil war in El Salvador that was fought between the government of El Salvador and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front The Farabundo Ma ...

: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments *

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

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Holy See–United States relations The current United States Ambassador to the Holy See is Joe Donnelly, who replaced the ad interim Chargé d'Affaires, Patrick Connell, on April 11, 2021. The Holy See is represented by its apostolic nuncio, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, who assu ...

: The United States and

Holy See The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of R ...

(

Vatican City Vatican City (), officially the Vatican City State ( it, Stato della Città del Vaticano; la, Status Civitatis Vaticanae),—' * german: Vatikanstadt, cf. '—' (in Austria: ') * pl, Miasto Watykańskie, cf. '—' * pt, Cidade do Vati ...

) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the

United States Congress The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives, and an upper body, the Senate. It meets in the U.S. Capitol in Washing ...

1867 Events January–March * January 1 – The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world. It was renamed a ...

ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy. *

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 ...

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Sandinista The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after Augusto C� ...

Daniel Ortega becomes president of

Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the countr ...

and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government. *

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicist ...

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Time Warner Warner Media, LLC ( traded as WarnerMedia) was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate. It was headquartered at the 30 Hudson Yards complex in New York City, United States. It was originally established in 1972 by ...

is formed by the merger of

Time Inc. Time Inc. was an American worldwide mass media corporation founded on November 28, 1922, by Henry Luce and Briton Hadden and based in New York City. It owned and published over 100 magazine brands, including its namesake ''Time'', ''Sports Illu ...

and

Warner Communications Warner Media, LLC ( traded as WarnerMedia) was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate. It was headquartered at the 30 Hudson Yards complex in New York City, United States. It was originally established in 1972 by ...

. *

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

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Crossair Flight 498 Crossair Flight 498 was a scheduled commuter flight from Zurich, Switzerland, to Dresden, Germany. On 10 January 2000, the Saab 340B operating the flight crashed two minutes after takeoff in the Swiss municipality of Niederhasli on 10 Januar ...

, a

Saab 340 The Saab 340 is a Swedish twin-engine turboprop aircraft designed and initially produced by Saab AB and Fairchild Aircraft. It is designed to seat 30-36 passengers and, as of July 2018, there were 240 operational aircraft used by 34 different o ...

aircraft, crashes in

Niederhasli Niederhasli is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Niederhasli is first mentioned in 931 as ''Hasila''. On 10 January 2000, Crossair Flight 498 crashed in Niederhasli after taking off f ...

, Switzerland, after taking off from

Zurich Airport Zürich Airport (), french: Aéroport de Zurich, it, Aeroporto di Zurigo, rm, Eroport da Turitg is the largest international airport of Switzerland and the principal hub of Swiss International Air Lines. It serves Zürich, Switzerland's la ...

, killing 13 people. * 2007 – A general strike begins in Guinea in an attempt to get President

Lansana Conté Lansana Conté (30 November 1934 – 22 December 2008

to resign. *

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

– A bombing at

Jamrud Jamrūd (Pashto/ ur, جمرود) or Jam ( ps, جم) is a town in the Khyber District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Located in the Valley of Peshawar, on the western fringe of Peshawar city, Jamrud is the doorway to the Khyber Pass which is jus ...

in Pakistan, kills at least 30 people and injures 78 others. *

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

– More than 100 people are killed and 270 injured in several bomb blasts in the

Quetta Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه‎) is the tenth most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in south-west of the country close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is the capital of ...

area of

. * 2015 – A traffic accident between an oil tanker truck and passenger coach en route to Shikarpur from

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former c ...

on the

National Highway Link Road near Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Karachi, killing at least 62 people. *

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

– A 13-year-old American girl, Jayme Closs, is found alive in Gordon, Wisconsin, having been kidnapped 88 days earlier from her parents' home whilst they were murdered.

Births

Pre-1600

* 626 – Husayn ibn Ali the third Shia Imam (d. 680) *

1480 Year 1480 ( MCDLXXX) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * March 6 – Treaty of Toledo: Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain recognize the Africa ...

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Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy Archduchess Margaret of Austria (german: Margarete; french: Marguerite; nl, Margaretha; es, Margarita; 10 January 1480 – 1 December 1530) was Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1507 to 1515 and again from 1519 to 1530. She was the firs ...

(d. 1530) *

1538 __NOTOC__ Year 1538 ( MDXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * February 24 – Treaty of Nagyvárad: Peace is declared between Ferdinan ...

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Louis of Nassau Louis of Nassau (Dutch: Lodewijk van Nassau, January 10, 1538 – April 14, 1574) was the third son of William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen and Juliana of Stolberg, and the younger brother of Prince William of Orange Nassau. Louis was a key ...

(d. 1574)

1601–1900

1607 Events January–June * January 13 – The Bank of Genoa fails, after the announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain. * January 19 – San Agustin Church, Manila, is officially completed; by the 21st century it will be th ...

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Isaac Jogues Isaac Jogues, S.J. (10 January 1607 – 18 October 1646) was a French missionary and martyr who traveled and worked among the Iroquois, Huron, and other Native populations in North America. He was the first European to name Lake George, call ...

, French priest and missionary (d. 1646) *

1644 It is one of eight years (CE) to contain each Roman numeral once (1000(M)+500(D)+100(C)+(-10(X)+50(L))+(-1(I)+5(V)) = 1644). Events January–March * January 22 – The Royalist Oxford Parliament is first assembled by King ...

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Louis François, duc de Boufflers Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis ( ...

, French general (d. 1711) *

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 ...

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Joshua Barnes Joshua Barnes FRS (10 January 1654 – 3 August 1712), was an English scholar. His work ''Gerania; a New Discovery of a Little Sort of People, anciently discoursed of, called Pygmies'' (1675) was an Utopian romance.LeTellier (1997), p. 186. Life ...

, English historian and scholar (d. 1712) *

1702 In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Wednesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 2 – A total solar eclipse is visible from the south ...

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Johannes Zick Johannes (Johann) Zick (January 10, 1702 – March 4, 1762) was a German painter of frescoes in southern Germany and active during the Baroque period. He was the father of painter Januarius Zick and considered to be an important master of th ...

, German painter (d. 1762) *

1715 Events For dates within Great Britain and the British Empire, as well as in the Russian Empire, the "old style" Julian calendar was used in 1715, and can be converted to the "new style" Gregorian calendar (adopted in the British Empire i ...

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Christian August Crusius Christian August Crusius (10 January 1715 – 18 October 1775) was a German philosopher and Protestant theologian. Biography Crusius was born in Leuna in the Electorate of Saxony. He was educated at the University of Leipzig, and became p ...

, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775) * 1750 –

Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, (10 January 175017 November 1823) was a British lawyer and politician. He served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain between 1806 and 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents. Background and childhood E ...

, Scottish-English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1823) *

1760 Events January–March * January 9 – Battle of Barari Ghat: Afghan forces defeat the Marathas. * January 22 – Seven Years' War – Battle of Wandiwash, India: British general Sir Eyre Coote is victorious over the Fr ...

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Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (10 January 1760 – 27 January 1802) was a German composer and conductor. Zumsteeg championed the operas of Mozart in Stuttgart, staging the first performances there of '' Die Zauberflöte,'' ''Don Giovanni,'' and '' ...

, German composer and conductor (d. 1802) *

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 i ...

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Michel Ney Michel Ney, 1st Duke of Elchingen, 1st Prince of the Moskva (; 10 January 1769 – 7 December 1815), was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one o ...

, French general (d. 1815) *

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George Birkbeck George Birkbeck FRS (; 10 January 1776 – 1 December 1841) was a British physician, academic, philanthropist, pioneer in adult education and a professor of natural philosophy at the Andersonian Institute. He is the founder of Birkbeck, Univers ...

, English physician and academic, founded Birkbeck, University of London (d. 1841) *

1780 Events January–March * January 16 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of Cape St. Vincent: British Admiral Sir George Rodney defeats a Spanish fleet. * February 19 – The legislature of New York votes to allow ...

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Martin Lichtenstein Martin Hinrich Carl Lichtenstein (10 January 1780 – 2 September 1857) was a German physician, explorer, botanist and zoologist. Biography Born in Hamburg, Lichtenstein was the son of Anton August Heinrich Lichtenstein. He studied medicine ...

, German physician and explorer (d. 1857) *

1802 Events January–March * January 5 – Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, begins removal of the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon in Athens, claiming they were at risk of destruction during the O ...

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Carl Ritter von Ghega Karl Ritter von Ghega or Karl von Ghega (10 January 1802 – 14 March 1860) was an Austrian nobleman and the designer of the Semmering Railway from Gloggnitz to Mürzzuschlag. During his time, he was the most prominent of Austrian-Albanian rail ...

, Italian-Austrian engineer, designed the Semmering railway (d. 1860) *

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. * Jan ...

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Ferdinand Barbedienne Ferdinand Barbedienne (6 August 1810 – 21 March 1892) was a French metalworker and manufacturer, who was well known as a bronze founder. Career The son of a small farmer from Calvados Calvados (, , ) is a brandy from Normandy in France ...

, French engineer (d. 1892) * 1810 – Jeremiah S. Black, American jurist and politician, 23rd

United States Secretary of State The United States secretary of state is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The office holder is one of the highest ranking members of the president's Ca ...

(d. 1883) * 1810 –

William Haines Charles William Haines (January 2, 1900 – December 26, 1973) was an American actor and interior designer. Haines was discovered by a talent scout and signed with Goldwyn Pictures in 1922. His career gained momentum when he received favo ...

, English-Australian politician, 1st

Premier of Victoria The premier of Victoria is the head of government in the Australian state of Victoria. The premier is appointed by the governor of Victoria, and is the leader of the political party able to secure a majority in the Victorian Legislative Assemb ...

(d. 1866) *

1823 Events January–March * January 22 – By secret treaty signed at the Congress of Verona, the Quintuple Alliance gives France a mandate to invade Spain for the purpose of restoring Ferdinand VII (who has been captured by armed revolutio ...

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Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev , image = Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev.jpg , image_size = 250px , caption = , birth_date = 25 January 1823 1827 Events January–March * January 5 – The first regatta in Australia is held, taking place on Tasmania (called at the time ''Van Diemen's Land''), on the River Derwent at Hobart. * January 15 – Furman University, founded in 1826, be ...

– Amanda Cajander, Finnish medical reformer (d. 1871) *

1828 Events January–March * January 4 – Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac succeeds the Comte de Villèle, as Prime Minister of France. * January 8 – The Democratic Party of the United States is organized. * January 22 – Arth ...

– Herman Koeckemann, German bishop and missionary (d. 1892) *

1829 Events January–March * January 19 – August Klingemann's adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's '' Faust'' premieres in Braunschweig. * February 27 – Battle of Tarqui: Troops of Gran Colombia and Peru battle to a draw. * Marc ...

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Epameinondas Deligeorgis Epameinondas Deligiorgis ( el, Επαμεινώνδας Δεληγεώργης, ; 10 January 1829 – 14 May 1879) was a Greek lawyer, newspaper reporter and politician who served as the 20th Prime Minister of Greece. He was born in Tripoli, ...

, Greek lawyer, journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1879) *

1834 Events January–March * January – The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad is chartered in Wilmington, North Carolina. * January 1 – Zollverein (Germany): Customs charges are abolished at borders within its member states. * January 3 � ...

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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, 13th Marquess of Groppoli, (10 January 1834 – 19 June 1902), better known as Lord Acton, was an English Catholic historian, politician, and writer. He is best remembered for the remark he w ...

, Italian-English historian and politician (d. 1902) *

1840 Events January–March * January 3 – One of the predecessor papers of the ''Herald Sun'' of Melbourne, Australia, ''The Port Phillip Herald'', is founded. * January 10 – Uniform Penny Post is introduced in the United Kingdom. * Janu ...

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Louis-Nazaire Bégin Louis-Nazaire Bégin (January 10, 1840 – July 18, 1925) was a Canadian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. Begin held a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and was later appointed Archbishop of Quebec by ...

, Canadian cardinal (d. 1925) *

1842 Events January–March * January ** Michael Alexander takes office, as the first appointee to the Anglican-German Bishopric in Jerusalem. ** American medical student William E. Clarke of Berkshire Medical College becomes the first pe ...

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Luigi Pigorini Luigi Pigorini (10 January 1842 – 1 April 1925) was an Italian palaeoethnologist, archaeologist and ethnographer. Biography Pigorini was born at Fontanellato, near Parma. At the age of sixteen years, in 1858, he became an alumnus of the Mu ...

, Italian paleontologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer (d. 1925) * 1843 –

Frank James Alexander Franklin James (January 10, 1843 – February 18, 1915) was a Confederate soldier and guerrilla; in the post-Civil War period, he was an outlaw. The older brother of outlaw Jesse James, Frank was also part of the James–Younger ...

, American soldier and criminal (d. 1915) *

1848 1848 is historically famous for the wave of revolutions, a series of widespread struggles for more liberal governments, which broke out from Brazil to Hungary; although most failed in their immediate aims, they significantly altered the polit ...

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Reinhold Sadler Reinhold Sadler (January 10, 1848January 30, 1906) was an American politician. He was the ninth governor of Nevada. He was a member of the Silver Party. Biography Sadler was born on January 10, 1848, in Czarnikau, Posen Province, Prussia (mode ...

, American merchant and politician, 9th

Governor of Nevada 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 r ...

(d. 1906) *

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 ...

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Robert Crosbie Robert Crosbie (10 January 1849 – 25 June 1919) was a theosophist and founder of the United Lodge of Theosophists (ULT). Crosbie was born in Montreal, Lower Canada. In 1902, he moved to Lomaland, Point Loma, California where he helped in ...

, Canadian theosophist, founded the

United Lodge of Theosophists The United Lodge of Theosophists or ULT is an informal and wholly voluntary association of ''students'' of Theosophy. It was founded in 1909, mainly through the efforts of Robert Crosbie. The first ''parent lodge'' of the ULT was started in Los An ...

(d. 1919) *

1850 Events January–June * April ** Pope Pius IX returns from exile to Rome. ** Stephen Foster's parlor ballad "Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway" is published in the United States. * April 4 – Los Angeles is incorporated as a city ...

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John Wellborn Root John Wellborn Root (January 10, 1850 – January 15, 1891) was an American architect who was based in Chicago with Daniel Burnham. He was one of the founders of the Chicago School style. Two of his buildings have been designated a National ...

, American architect, designed the

Rookery Building The Rookery Building is a historic office building located at 209 South LaSalle Street in the Chicago Loop. Completed by architects Daniel Burnham and John Wellborn Root of Burnham and Root in 1888, it is considered one of their masterpiec ...

and

Monadnock Building The Monadnock Building (historically the Monadnock Block; pronounced ) is a 16-story skyscraper located at 53 West Jackson Boulevard in the south Loop area of Chicago. The north half of the building was designed by the firm of Burnham & Root ...

(d. 1891) *

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 ...

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Ramón Corral Ramón Corral Verdugo (January 10, 1854 – November 10, 1912) was the Vice President of Mexico under Porfirio Díaz from 1904 until their resignations in May 1911. Early life Corral was born Ramón Corral Verdugo on Hacienda Las Mercedes ( ...

, Mexican general and politician, 6th

Vice President of Mexico The office of the vice president of Mexico was first created by the Constitution of 1824, then it was abolished in 1836 by the Seven Constitutional Laws, then briefly restored in 1846 following the restoration of the Constitution of 1824 and las ...

(d. 1912) *

1858 Events January–March * January – ** Benito Juárez (1806–1872) becomes Liberal President of Mexico. At the same time, conservatives install Félix María Zuloaga (1813–1898) as president. ** William I of Prussia becomes regen ...

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Heinrich Zille Rudolf Heinrich Zille (10 January 1858 – 9 August 1929) was a German illustrator, caricaturist, lithographer and photographer. Childhood and education Zille was born in Radeburg near Dresden, son of watchmaker Johann Traugott Zill (''Zille'' ...

, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929) *

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 ...

– Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish philosopher and academic (d. 1909) *

1860 Events January–March * January 2 – The discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. * January 10 – The Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Massachusett ...

– Charles G. D. Roberts, Canadian poet and author (d. 1943) * 1864 –

Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia ( Russian: Пётр Никола́евич Рома́нов; 22 January Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O.S._10_January.html" ;"title="Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Old Style and New ...

(d. 1931) *

1873 Events January–March * January 1 ** Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar. ** The California Penal Code goes into effect. * January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defe ...

– Algernon Maudslay, English sailor (d. 1948) * 1873 – Jack O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player (d. 1935) * 1873 –

George Orton George Washington F. Orton (January 10, 1873 – June 24, 1958) was a Canadian middle and long-distance runner. In 1900, he became the first Canadian to win a medal at an Olympic Games. He won a bronze in the 400 metre hurdles, and then, 45 ...

, Canadian runner and hurdler (d. 1958) *

1875 Events January–March * January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of the ...

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Issai Schur Issai Schur (10 January 1875 – 10 January 1941) was a Russian mathematician who worked in Germany for most of his life. He studied at the University of Berlin. He obtained his doctorate in 1901, became lecturer in 1903 and, after a stay at th ...

, German mathematician and academic (d. 1941) *

1877 Events January–March * January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed ''Empress of India'' by the ''Royal Titles Act 1876'', introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . * January 8 – Great ...

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Frederick Gardner Cottrell Frederick Gardner Cottrell (January 10, 1877 – November 16, 1948) was an American physical chemist, inventor and philanthropist. He is best known for his invention of the electrostatic precipitator, one of the first inventions designed to ...

, American physical chemist, inventor and philanthropist (d. 1948) *

1878 Events January–March * January 5 – Russo-Turkish War – Battle of Shipka Pass IV: Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy. * January 17 – Bat ...

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John McLean John McLean (March 11, 1785 – April 4, 1861) was an American jurist and politician who served in the United States Congress, as U.S. Postmaster General, and as a justice of the Ohio and U.S. Supreme Courts. He was often discussed for t ...

, American hurdler, football player, and coach (d. 1955) *

1880 Events January–March * January 22 – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia. * January – The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy. * February � ...

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Manuel Azaña Manuel Azaña Díaz (; 10 January 1880 – 3 November 1940) was a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1933 and 1936), organizer of the Popular Front in 1935 and the last President of the Repu ...

, Spanish jurist and politician, 7th

President of Spain President of the Republic ( es, Presidente de la República) was the title of the head of state during the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939). The office was based on the model of the Weimar Republic, then still in power in Germany, and a comp ...

(d. 1940) *

1883 Events January–March * January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. * January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people. * Ja ...

– Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1966) * 1883 –

Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (russian: link= no, Алексей Николаевич Толстой; – 23 February 1945) was a Russian writer who wrote in many genres but specialized in science fiction and historical novels. Despite having ...

, Russian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1945) *

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 ...

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Robinson Jeffers John Robinson Jeffers (January 10, 1887 – January 20, 1962) was an American poet, known for his work about the central California coast. Much of Jeffers's poetry was written in narrative and epic form. However, he is also known for his short ...

, American poet and philosopher (d. 1962) * 1890 –

Pina Menichelli Giuseppa Iolanda Menichelli (10 January 1890 – 29 August 1984), known professionally as Pina Menichelli, was an Italian actress. After a career in theatre and a series of small film roles, Menichelli was launched as a film star when Giovanni Pas ...

, Italian actress (d. 1984) *

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 Af ...

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Heinrich Behmann Heinrich Behmann (10 January 1891, in Bremen-Aumund – 3 February 1970, in Bremen-Aumund) was a German mathematician. He performed research in the field of set theory and predicate logic. Behmann studied mathematics in Tübingen, Leipzig and ...

, German mathematician and academic (d. 1970) * 1891 –

Ann Shoemaker Ann Shoemaker (born Anne Dorothea Shoemaker; January 10, 1891 – September 18, 1978) was an American actress who appeared in 70 films and TV movies between 1928 and 1976. She portrayed Sara Roosevelt, mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt, in b ...

, American actress (d. 1978) *

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 ...

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Dumas Malone Dumas Malone (January 10, 1892 – December 27, 1986) was an American historian, biographer, and editor noted for his six-volume biography on Thomas Jefferson, '' Jefferson and His Time'', for which he received the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for history ...

, American historian and author (d. 1986) * 1892 –

Melchior Wańkowicz Melchior Wańkowicz (10 January 1892 – 10 September 1974) was a Polish army officer, popular writer, political journalist and publisher. He is most famous for his reporting for the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II and writing ...

, Polish soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1974) *

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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Albert Jacka Albert Jacka, (10 January 1893 – 17 January 1932) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. ...

, Australian captain,

Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously. It was previously ...

recipient (d. 1932) *

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 ...

– Pingali Lakshmikantam, Indian poet and author (d. 1972) *

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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Percy Cerutty Percy Wells Cerutty (10 January 189514 August 1975) was an Australian athletics coach in the 1950s and 1960s. The eccentric Australian pioneered a home-spun system of "Stotan" training, embracing a holistic regime of natural diets, hard train ...

, Australian athletics coach (d. 1975) *

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 ...

– Yong Mun Sen, Malaysian watercolour painter (d. 1962) * 1896 – Dinkar G. Kelkar, Indian art collector (d. 1990) *

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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Katharine Burr Blodgett Katharine Burr Blodgett (January 10, 1898 – October 12, 1979) was an American physicist and chemist known for her work on surface chemistry, in particular her invention of "invisible" or nonreflective glass while working at General Electric. S ...

, American physicist and engineer (d. 1979) *

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 ...

– Violette Cordery, English racing driver (d. 1983)

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 bee ...

– Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (d. 1975) * 1903 –

Voldemar Väli Voldemar Väli (10 January 1903 – 13 April 1997) was an Estonian two-time Olympic medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling. Career Voldemar Väli was born in Kuressaare, on the island of Saaremaa. He began training in wrestling at age 17, and four ...

, Estonian wrestler (d. 1997) *

1904 Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library syst ...

– Ray Bolger, American actor and dancer (d. 1987) *

1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco ...

– Gordon Kidd Teal, American engineer and inventor (d. 2003) *

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 4 ...

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Paul Henreid Paul Henreid (November 10, 1908 – March 29, 1992) was an Austrian-British- American actor, director, producer, and writer. He is best remembered for two film roles; Victor Laszlo in '' Casablanca'' and Jerry Durrance in ''Now, Voyager'', ...

, Italian-American actor and director (d. 1992) *

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 ...

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Jean Martinon Jean Francisque-Étienne Martinon (usually known simply as Jean Martinon (); 10 January 19101 March 1976) was a French conductor and composer. Biography Martinon was born in Lyon, where he began his education, going on to the Conservatoire ...

, French conductor and composer (d. 1976) *

1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

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Binod Bihari Chowdhury Binod Bihari Chowdhury ( bn, বিনোদ বিহারী চৌধুরী; 10 January 1911 – 10 April 2013) was a Bangladeshi social worker and an anti-colonial revolutionary. He was influential in the Indian independence movement and ...

, Bangladeshi activist (d. 2013) * 1911 –

Norman Heatley Norman George Heatley OBE (10 January 1911 – 5 January 2004) was an English biologist and biochemist. He was a member of the team of Oxford University scientists who developed penicillin. Norman Heatley developed the back-extraction technique ...

, English biologist and chemist (d. 2004) *1913 – Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991) * 1913 – Mehmet Shehu, Albanian soldier and politician, 22nd List of Prime Ministers of Albania, Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1981) *1914 – Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician, 23rd Premier of the Republic of China (d. 2000) *1915 – Dean Dixon, American-Swiss conductor (d. 1976) * 1915 – Cynthia Freeman, American author (d. 1988) *

– Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) * 1916 – Eldzier Cortor, American painter (d. 2015) * 1916 – Don Metz (ice hockey), Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007) *

– Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (d. 2008) *1918 – Les Bennett, English footballer and manager (d. 1999) * 1918 – Arthur Chung, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Guyana (d. 2008) *1919 – Terukuni Manzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Makuuchi#Yokozuna, Yokozuna (d. 1977) * 1919 – Milton Parker, American businessman, co-founded the Carnegie Deli (d. 2009) * 1920 – Rosella Hightower, American ballerina (d. 2008) * 1920 – Roberto M. Levingston, Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (d. 2015) *1921 – Rodger Ward, American aviator, race car driver and sportscaster (d. 2004) *1922 – Billy Liddell, Scottish-English footballer (d. 2001) *1924 – Earl Bakken, American inventor (d. 2018) * 1924 – Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (d. 1996) *1925 – Billie Sol Estes, American financier and businessman (d. 2013) *1926 – Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist and politician (d. 2017) * 1927 – Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (d. 2003) * 1927 – Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1990) * 1927 – Otto Stich, Swiss lawyer and politician, 140th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2012) *1928 – Philip Levine (poet), Philip Levine, American poet and academic (d. 2015) * 1928 – Peter Mathias, English historian and academic (d. 2016) *1930 – Roy E. Disney, American businessman (d. 2009) *1931 – Peter Barnes (playwright), Peter Barnes, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2004) * 1931 – Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids, Grenadian-English academic and politician * 1931 – Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Malaysian cleric and politician, 12th List of Menteris Besar of Kelantan, Menteri Besar of Kelantan (d. 2015) *1932 – Lou Henson, American college basketball coach (d. 2020) *1934 – Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician, 1st President of Ukraine (d. 2022) *1935 – Ronnie Hawkins, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2022). * 1935 – Sherrill Milnes, American opera singer and educator *1936 – Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian and author (d. 2002) * 1936 – Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate *1938 – Elza Ibrahimova, Azerbaijani composer (d. 2012) * 1938 – Donald Knuth, American computer scientist and mathematician * 1938 – Frank Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and politician * 1938 – Willie McCovey, American baseball player (d. 2018) *1939 – Scott McKenzie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012) * 1939 – Sal Mineo, American actor (d. 1976) *1940 – K. J. Yesudas, Indian singer and music director * 1940 – Godfrey Hewitt, English geneticist and academic (d. 2013) * 1941 – Tom Clarke (politician), Tom Clarke, Scottish politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland *1942 – Graeme Gahan, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2018) *1943 – Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter (d. 1973) *1944 – Jeffrey Catherine Jones, American comics and fantasy artist (d. 2011) * 1944 – Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer and actor (d. 2016) *1945 – John Fahey (politician), John Fahey, New Zealand-Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Premier of New South Wales (d. 2020) * 1945 – Rod Stewart, British singer-songwriter * 1945 – Gunther von Hagens, German anatomist, invented plastination *1947 – George Alec Effinger, American author (d. 2002) * 1947 – James Morris (bass-baritone), James Morris, American opera singer * 1947 – Peer Steinbrück, German politician, List of German finance ministers, German Minister of Finance * 1947 – Tiit Vähi, Estonian engineer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Estonia *1948 – Remu Aaltonen, Finnish musician * 1948 – Donald Fagen, American singer-songwriter and musician * 1948 – Bernard Thévenet, French cyclist and sportscaster *1949 – Kemal Derviş, Turkish economist and politician, Ministry of Economy (Turkey), Turkish Minister of Economy * 1949 – George Foreman, American boxer, actor, and businessman * 1949 – Linda Lovelace, American porn actress and activist (d. 2002) *1953 – Pat Benatar, American singer-songwriter * 1953 – Bobby Rahal, American race car driver * 1954 – Baba Vaziroglu, Azerbaijani writer, poet and translator *1956 – Shawn Colvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1956 – Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish author *1959 – Chandra Cheeseborough, American sprinter and coach * 1959 – Chris Van Hollen, American lawyer and politician * 1959 – Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter and producer *1960 – Gurinder Chadha, Kenyan-English director, producer, and screenwriter * 1960 – Brian Cowen, Irish lawyer and politician, 12th Taoiseach, Taoiseach of Ireland * 1960 – Benoît Pelletier, Canadian lawyer and politician *1961 – Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Italian-American violinist, author, and educator *1962 – Michael Fortier, Canadian lawyer and politician * 1962 – Kathryn S. McKinley, American computer scientist and academic *1963 – Malcolm Dunford, New Zealand-Australian footballer * 1963 – Kira Ivanova, Russian figure skater (d. 2001) *1964 – Brad Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist *1967 – Maciej Śliwowski, Polish footballer *1969 – Simone Bagel-Trah, German businessperson *1970 – Alisa Marić, Serbian chess player and politician, Ministry of Youth and Sports (Serbia), Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports *

– Mohammed Benzakour, Moroccan-Dutch journalist, poet, and author *1973 – Félix Trinidad, Puerto Rican-American boxer *1974 – Jemaine Clement, New Zealand comedian, actor, and musician * 1974 – Davide Dionigi, Italian footballer and manager * 1974 – Steve Marlet, French footballer and coach * 1974 – Bob Peeters, Belgian footballer and manager * 1974 – Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor *1976 – Ian Poulter, English golfer *1978 – Johan van der Wath, South African cricketer *1979 – Simone Cavalli, Italian footballer * 1980 – Sarah Shahi, American actress *

– Jared Kushner, American real estate investor and political figure *1982 – Julien Brellier, French footballer * 1982 – Tomasz Brzyski, Polish footballer *

– Marouane Chamakh, Moroccan footballer * 1984 – Ariane Friedrich, German high jumper * 1984 – Kalki Koechlin, Indian actress *1986 – Kirsten Flipkens, Belgian tennis player *1987 – César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer *1988 – Leonard Patrick Komon, Kenyan runner *

– Ishiura Shikanosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler * 1990 – Cody Walker (rugby league), Cody Walker, Australian rugby league player *1991 – Chad Townsend, Australian rugby league player *1996 – Matthew Dufty, Australian rugby league player * 1996 – Dylan Edwards, Australian rugby league player *1997 – Patrick Herbert, New Zealand rugby league player * 1997 – Blake Lawrie, Australian rugby league player

Deaths

Pre-1600

* 259 – Polyeuctus, Roman saint * 314 – Pope Miltiades, Miltiades, pope of the Catholic Church * 681 – Pope Agatho, Agatho, pope of the Catholic Church * 976 – John I Tzimiskes, Byzantine emperor (b. 925) * 987 – Pietro I Orseolo, doge of Venice (b. 928) *1055 – Bretislav I, duke of Bohemia *1094 – Al-Mustansir Billah, Egyptian caliph (b. 1029) *1218 – Hugh I of Cyprus, Hugh I, king of Cyprus *1276 – Pope Gregory X, Gregory X, pope of the Catholic Church (b. c.1210) *1322 – Petrus Aureolus, scholastic philosopher *1358 – Abu Inan Faris, Marinid ruler of Morocco (b. 1329) *1552 – Johann Cochlaeus, German humanist and controversialist (b. 1479)

1601–1900

–

, English archbishop and academic (b. 1573) *

– Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist, physician, and astrologer (b. 1616) *1698 – Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French priest and historian (b. 1637) *1754 – Edward Cave, English publisher, founded ''The Gentleman's Magazine'' (b. 1691) *1761 – Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician (b. 1711) *1778 – Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist and physician (b. 1707) *1794 – Georg Forster, German-Polish ethnologist and journalist (b. 1754) *1811 – Joseph Chénier, French poet, playwright, and politician (b. 1764) *1824 – Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia, Victor Emmanuel I, duke of Savoy and king of Sardinia (b. 1759) *

– François de Neufchâteau, French poet, academic, and politician, Minister of the Interior (France), French Minister of the Interior (b. 1750) *

– Gregorio Funes, Argentinian clergyman, historian, and educator (b. 1749) * 1843 – Dimitrie Macedonski, Greek-Romanian captain and politician (b. 1780) *1851 – Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775) *1855 – Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright (b. 1787) *1862 – Samuel Colt, American engineer and businessman, founded Colt's Manufacturing Company (b. 1814) *

– Lyman Beecher, American minister and activist, co-founded the American Temperance Society (b. 1775) *

– Benjamin Godard, French violinist and composer (b. 1849)

1901–present

– James Dickson (Queensland politician), James Dickson, English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Minister for Defence (Australia), Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1832) *

– Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (b. 1824) *1905 – Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (b. 1835) *

– Buffalo Bill, American soldier and hunter (b. 1846) * 1917 – Feliks Leparsky, Russian fencer and captain (b. 1875) * 1920 – Sali Nivica, Albanian journalist and politician (b. 1890) *1922 – Frank Tudor, Australian politician, 6th Minister for Trade and Investment (Australia), Australian Minister for Trade and Investment (b. 1866) *1926 – Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1878) *1935 – Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner (b. 1873) * 1935 – Charlie McGahey, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1871) * 1941 – Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer (b. 1879) * 1941 – John Lavery, Irish painter and academic (b. 1856) * 1941 –

, Belarusian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1875) *1949 – Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist (b. 1865) *1951 – Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885) * 1951 – Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1890) * 1954 – Chester Wilmot, American journalist and historian (b. 1911) *1956 – Zonia Baber, American geographer and geologist (b. 1862) *1957 – Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and academic, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889) *1959 – Şükrü Kaya, Turkish jurist and politician, List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Turkey), Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883) *1960 – Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1879) *1961 – Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist and screenwriter (b. 1894) *1967 – Charles E. Burchfield, American painter (b. 1893) *1968 – Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Turkish general and politician, 6th Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey (b. 1882) *1969 – Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 2nd Governor of Rajasthan (b. 1891) *1970 – Pavel Belyayev, Russian pilot and astronaut (b. 1925) *1971 – Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded Chanel (b. 1883) * 1971 – Ignazio Giunti, Italian racing driver (b. 1941) *

– Aksel Larsen, Danish lawyer and politician (b. 1897) *1976 – Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1910) *1978 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist and author (b. 1924) * 1978 – Don Gillis (composer), Don Gillis, American composer and conductor (b. 1912) * 1978 – Gluck (painter), Hannah Gluckstein, British painter (b. 1895) *

– Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author (b. 1915) *

– Souvanna Phouma, Laotian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1901) *1986 – Jaroslav Seifert, Czech journalist and poet, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901) *1987 – Marion Hutton, American singer (b. 1919) * 1987 – David Robinson (philanthropist), David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1904) *1989 – Herbert Morrison (announcer), Herbert Morrison, American journalist and producer (b. 1905) *

– Tochinishiki Kiyotaka, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Makuuchi#Yokozuna, Yokozuna (b. 1925) *1992 – Roberto Bonomi, Argentinian racing driver (b. 1919) *1995 – Kathleen Tynan, Canadian-English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1937) *1997 – Elspeth Huxley, Kenyan-English journalist and author (b. 1907) * 1997 – Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907) * 1997 – Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907) *1999 – Edward Williams (Queensland judge), Edward Williams, Australian lieutenant, pilot, and judge (b. 1921) *

– Sam Jaffe (producer), Sam Jaffe, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1901) *2004 – Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1941) *2005 – Wasyly (Fedak), Wasyly, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop (b. 1909) * 2005 – Jack Horner (journalist), Jack Horner, American journalist (b. 1912) * 2005 – Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (b. 1927) * 2007 – Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912) * 2007 – Bradford Washburn, American explorer, photographer, and cartographer (b. 1910) *2008 – Christopher Bowman, American figure skater and actor (b. 1967) * 2008 – Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922) *2010 – Patcha Ramachandra Rao, Indian metallurgist, educator and administrator (b. 1942) *2011 – Margaret Whiting, American singer (b. 1924) *

– Jean Pigott, Canadian businesswoman and politician (b. 1924) * 2012 – Gevork Vartanian, Russian intelligence agent (b. 1924) *

– George Gruntz, Swiss pianist and composer (b. 1932) * 2013 – Claude Nobs, Swiss businessman, founded the Montreux Jazz Festival (b. 1936) *2014 – Sam Berns, American activist (b. 1996) * 2014 – Petr Hlaváček, Czech shoemaker and academic (b. 1950) * 2014 – Zbigniew Messner, Polish economist and politician, 9th List of Prime Ministers of Poland, Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (b. 1929) * 2014 – Larry Speakes, American journalist, 16th White House Press Secretary (b. 1939) * 2014 – Dajikaka Gadgil, Indian jeweller (b. 1915) * 2015 – Junior Malanda, Belgian footballer (b. 1994) * 2015 – Taylor Negron, American actor, playwright, and painter (b. 1957) * 2015 – Francesco Rosi, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1922) * 2015 – Robert Stone (novelist), Robert Stone, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1937) *2016 – David Bowie, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1947) * 2016 – George Jonas, Hungarian-Canadian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1935) *2017 – Buddy Greco, American jazz and pop singer and pianist (b. 1926) * 2017 – Clare Hollingworth, English journalist (b. 1911) *2020 – Qaboos bin Said, ruler of Oman (b. 1940) *2022 – Joyce Eliason, American television personality (b. 1934) *2022 – Robert Durst, American real estate heir and convicted murderer (b. 1943)

Holidays and observances

* Christian feast day: ** Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs (Armenian Apostolic Church) ** Gregory of Nyssa ** Leonie Aviat ** Obadiah (prophet), Obadiah (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Coptic Church) ** Pietro I Orseolo, Peter Orseolo ** Pope Agatho (Roman Catholic) **

(Anglican Communion) ** William of Donjeon ** January 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) * Fête du Vodoun (Benin) * Margaret Thatcher Day (Falkland Islands) * Public holidays in the Bahamas, Majority Rule Day (Bahamas)

References

External links

BBC: On This Day
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Historical Events on January 10
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