Events

Pre-1600

* 532 –

Nika riots The Nika riots ( el, Στάσις τοῦ Νίκα, translit=Stásis toû Níka), Nika revolt or Nika sedition took place against Byzantine Emperor Justinian I in Constantinople over the course of a week in 532 AD. They are often regarded as the ...

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 (" ...

: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the

Hippodrome The hippodrome ( el, ἱππόδρομος) was an ancient Greek stadium for horse racing and chariot racing. The name is derived from the Greek words ''hippos'' (ἵππος; "horse") and ''dromos'' (δρόμος; "course"). The term is used i ...

escalates into violence. *

630 Year 630 ( DCXXX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 630 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the ...

– Conquest of Mecca: The prophet

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...

and his followers conquer the city, Quraysh surrender. *

947 Year 947 ( CMXLVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Summer – A Hungarian army led by Grand Prince Taksony campaigns in Italy, heading ...

– Emperor Tai Zong of the Khitan-led

Liao Dynasty The Liao dynasty (; Khitan language, Khitan: ''Mos Jælud''; ), also known as the Khitan Empire (Khitan: ''Mos diau-d kitai huldʒi gur''), officially the Great Liao (), was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China that exi ...

invades the

Later Jin Later Jin may refer to two states in imperial China: * Later Jin (Five Dynasties) (後晉; 936–947), one of the Five Dynasties * Later Jin (1616–1636) (後金; 1616–1636), precursor to the Qing dynasty See also * Jin (disambiguation) Jin ...

, resulting in the destruction of the Later Jin. * 1055 –

Theodora Theodora is a given name of Greek origin, meaning "God's gift". Theodora may also refer to: Historical figures known as Theodora Byzantine empresses * Theodora (wife of Justinian I) ( 500 – 548), saint by the Orthodox Church * Theodora o ...

is crowned empress of the

Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...

. * 1158 –

Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia Vladislaus II or Vladislav II (c. 1110 – 18 January 1174) was the Duke of Bohemia from 1140 and then King of Bohemia from 1158 until his abdication in 1173. He was the second Bohemian king after Vratislaus II, but in neither case was the roya ...

becomes King of

Bohemia Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...

. * 1569 – First recorded

lottery A lottery is a form of gambling that involves the drawing of numbers at random for a prize. Some governments outlaw lotteries, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. It is common to find some degree of ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

1601–1900

* 1654 –

Arauco War The Arauco War was a long-running conflict between colonial Spaniards and the Mapuche people, mostly fought in the Araucanía. The conflict began at first as a reaction to the Spanish conquerors attempting to establish cities and force Mapuche ...

: A Spanish army is defeated by local Mapuche-Huilliches as it tries to cross

Bueno River Bueno River (Spanish: ''Río Bueno'') is a river in southern Chile. It originates in Ranco Lake and like most of Chile rivers it drains into the Pacific Ocean at the southern boundary of the Valdivian Coastal Reserve. Its lower flow forms the bo ...

Southern Chile Southern Chile is an informal geographic term for any place south of the capital city, Santiago, or south of Biobío River, the mouth of which is Concepción, about {{convert, 200, mi, km, sigfig=1, order=flip south of Santiago. Generally cities ...

. * 1693 – A powerful earthquake destroys parts of

Sicily (man) it, Siciliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Ethnicity , demographics1_footnotes = , demographi ...

and

Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...

. * 1759 – The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

. * 1779 – Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned

King King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...

Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of Myanm ...

. * 1787 –

William Herschel Frederick William Herschel (; german: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel; 15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German-born British astronomer and composer. He frequently collaborated with his younger sister and fellow astronomer Caroline ...

discovers Titania and

Oberon Oberon () is a king of the fairies in medieval and Renaissance literature. He is best known as a character in William Shakespeare's play ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', in which he is King of the Fairies and spouse of Titania, Queen of the Fairi ...

, two

moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of ...

s of

Uranus Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. Its name is a reference to the Greek god of the sky, Uranus ( Caelus), who, according to Greek mythology, was the great-grandfather of Ares (Mars), grandfather of Zeus (Jupiter) and father of ...

. * 1805 – The Michigan Territory is created. * 1861 –

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 th ...

Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...

secedes from the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

. * 1863 – American Civil War:

Battle of Arkansas Post The Battle of Arkansas Post, also known as Battle of Fort Hindman, was fought from January 9 to 11, 1863, near the mouth of the Arkansas River at Arkansas Post, Arkansas, as part of the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. Confederat ...

: General

John McClernand John Alexander McClernand (May 30, 1812 – September 20, 1900) was an American lawyer and politician, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He was a prominent Democratic politician in Illinois and a member of the United States H ...

and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the

Arkansas River The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. It generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The river's source basin lies in the western United Stat ...

for 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 – American Civil War: encounters and sinks the off Galveston Lighthouse in

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

. * 1879 – The

Anglo-Zulu War The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Following the passing of the British North America Act of 1867 forming a federation in Canada, Lord Carnarvon thought that a similar political effort, cou ...

begins.

1901–present

* 1908 – Grand Canyon National Monument is created. * 1912 – Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts,

go on strike Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike, or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances. Strikes became common during the I ...

when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week. * 1914 – The ''Karluk'', flagship of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, sank after being crushed by ice. * 1917 – The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of

sabotage Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a polity, effort, or organization through subversion, obstruction, disruption, or destruction. One who engages in sabotage is a ''saboteur''. Saboteurs typically try to conceal their identitie ...

. * 1922 – Leonard Thompson becomes the first person to be injected with insulin. * 1923 – Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

and

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

occupy the Ruhr area to force

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 ...

to make its

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 ...

reparation payments. * 1927 –

Louis B. Mayer Louis Burt Mayer (; born Lazar Meir; July 12, 1882 or 1884 or 1885 – October 29, 1957) was a Canadian-American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM) in 1924. Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industr ...

, head of film studio

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded on April 17, 1924 ...

(MGM), announces the creation of the

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motio ...

, at a banquet in

Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...

. * 1935 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

. * 1942 –

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 ...

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

forces capture Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States. * 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces attack

Tarakan Tarakan is an island and the largest city of the Indonesian province of North Kalimantan. The island city is located in northern Borneo, midway along the coast of the province. The city boundaries are co-extensive with the island (including a co ...

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...

Netherlands Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...

( Battle of Tarakan) * 1943 – The Republic of China agrees to the Sino-British New Equal Treaty and the Sino-American New Equal Treaty. * 1943 – Italian-American anarchist

Carlo Tresca Carlo Tresca (March 9, 1879 – January 11, 1943) was an Italian-American newspaper editor, orator, and labor organizer who was a leader of the Industrial Workers of the World during the 1910s. He is remembered as a leading public opponent of fas ...

is assassinated in

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

. * 1946 – Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the

People's Republic of Albania The People's Socialist Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika Popullore Socialiste e Shqipërisë, links=no) was the Marxist–Leninist one party state that existed in Albania from 1946 to 1992 (the official name of the country was the People's R ...

with himself as head of state. * 1949 – The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as

KDKA-TV KDKA-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, airing programming from the CBS network. It is owned-and-operated station, owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division a ...

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...

goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming. * 1957 – The African Convention is founded in

Dakar, Senegal Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from :wo:daqaar, daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar ...

. * 1961 –

Throgs Neck Bridge The Throgs Neck Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York City, carrying six lanes of Interstate 295 (I-295) over the East River where it meets the Long Island Sound. The bridge connects the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx with the Bay Ter ...

over the

East River The East River is a saltwater tidal estuary in New York City. The waterway, which is actually not a river despite its name, connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates the borough of Quee ...

, linking

's boroughs of

The Bronx The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New Y ...

and

Queens Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...

, opens to road traffic. * 1962 –

Cold War The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...

: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the

Soviet submarine B-37 Soviet submarine ''B-37'' (russian: Б-37) was a Project 641 or diesel submarine of the Soviet Navy's Northern Fleet. Service history On 11 January 1962, the submarine was tied up at the pier in Ekaterininsky Bay of Polarny naval base, with ...

is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment. * 1962 – An avalanche on

Huascarán Huascarán () (Quechua: Waskaran), Nevado Huascarán or Mataraju is a mountain in the Peruvian province of Yungay ( Ancash Department), situated in the Cordillera Blanca range of the western Andes. The southern summit of Huascarán (Huascará ...

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

causes around 4,000 deaths. * 1964 –

Surgeon General of the United States The surgeon general of the United States is the operational head of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC) and thus the leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the federal government of the United States. Th ...

Dr.

Luther Terry Luther Leonidas Terry (September 15, 1911March 29, 1985) was an American physician and public health official. He was appointed the ninth Surgeon General of the United States from 1961 to 1965, and is best known for his warnings against the dan ...

, M.D., publishes the landmark report '' Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States'' saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts. * 1972 –

East Pakistan East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Myanmar, wi ...

renames itself

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 ...

. * 1973 –

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

owners vote in approval of the

American League The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League (AL), is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league ...

adopting the

designated hitter The designated hitter (DH) is a baseball player who bats in place of another position player, most commonly the pitcher. The position is authorized by Major League Baseball Rule 5.11. It was adopted by the American League in 1973 and later by th ...

position. * 1986 – The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is officially opened. * 1994 – The

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the

IRA Ira or IRA may refer to: *Ira (name), a Hebrew, Sanskrit, Russian or Finnish language personal name *Ira (surname), a rare Estonian and some other language family name *Iran, UNDP code IRA Law *Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, US, on status of ...

and its political arm

Sinn Féin Sinn Féin ( , ; en, " eOurselves") is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active throughout both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur G ...

. * 1998 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in

Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ...

. * 2003 – Illinois Governor

George Ryan George Homer Ryan (born February 24, 1934) is an American former politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the 39th governor of Illinois from 1999 to 2003. Elected in 1998, Ryan received national attention for his 1999 mora ...

commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...

's death row based on the

Jon Burge Jon Graham Burge (December 20, 1947 – September 19, 2018) was an American police detective and commander in the Chicago Police Department who was found guilty of having "directly participated in or implicitly approved the torture" of at ...

scandal. *

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 fact ...

– One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer,

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

. * 2020 –

COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei The COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei was first manifested by a cluster of mysterious pneumonia in Wuhan, the provincial capital of Hubei, China. A Wuhan hospital notified the local center for disease control and prevention (CDC) and health commissions ...

: Municipal health officials in

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei, Hubei Province in the China, People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the List of cities in China ...

announce the first recorded death from

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...

Births

Pre-1600

* 347 –

Theodosius I Theodosius I ( grc-gre, Θεοδόσιος ; 11 January 347 – 17 January 395), also called Theodosius the Great, was Roman emperor from 379 to 395. During his reign, he succeeded in a crucial war against the Goths, as well as in two ...

, Roman emperor (d. 395) *

889 __NOTOC__ Year 889 ( DCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Guy III, duke of Spoleto, defeats the Lombard king Berengar I at the Tr ...

– Abd-ar-Rahman III, first

Caliph of Córdoba A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...

(d. 961) *

1113 Year 1113 ( MCXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Spring – Siege of Nicaea: Malik Shah, Seljuk ruler of the Sultanate ...

–

Wang Chongyang Wang Chongyang (11 January 1113 – 22 January 1170; Chinese calendar: 22nd day, 12th month, 2nd year, Zhenghe era in the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song - 4th day, 1st month, 10th year, Dading era in the reign of Emperor Shizong of Jin) wa ...

, Chinese religious leader and poet (d. 1170) * 1209 –

Möngke Khan Möngke ( mn, ' / Мөнх '; ; 11 January 1209 – 11 August 1259) was the fourth khagan-emperor of the Mongol Empire, ruling from 1 July 1251, to 11 August 1259. He was the first Khagan from the Toluid line, and made significant reform ...

, Mongolian emperor (d. 1259) * 1322 –

Emperor Kōmyō (January 11, 1322 – July 26, 1380) was the second of the Emperors of Northern Court, although he was the first to be supported by the Ashikaga Bakufu. According to pre-Meiji scholars, his reign spanned the years from 1336 through 1348. Genea ...

of Japan (d. 1380) * 1359 –

Emperor Go-En'yū (11 January 1359 – 6 June 1393) was the 5th of the Emperors of Northern Court during the period of two courts in Japan. According to pre-Meiji scholars, his reign spanned the years from 1371 through 1382. This Nanboku-chō "sovereign" was n ...

of Japan (d. 1393) * 1395 – Michele of Valois, daughter of Charles VI of France (d. 1422) * 1503 –

Parmigianino Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (11 January 150324 August 1540), also known as Francesco Mazzola or, more commonly, as Parmigianino (, , ; "the little one from Parma"), was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker active in Florence, Rome, B ...

, Italian artist (d. 1540) * 1589 –

William Strode William Strode (1598 – 9 September 1645) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1624 and 1645. He was one of the Five Members whose impeachment and attempted unconstitutional arrest by King Charles I in ...

, English politician (d. 1666) * 1591 – Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician,

Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire This is a list of people who have served as lord lieutenant for Staffordshire. Since 1828, all lord lieutenants have also been custos rotulorum of Staffordshire. Lord Lieutenants of Staffordshire *Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford 1559 *George T ...

(d. 1646)

1601–1900

* 1624 –

Bastiaan Govertsz van der Leeuw Bastiaan Govertsz van der Leeuw (11 January 1624 – 20 December 1680]) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. According to Houbraken he was the father of Govert van der Leeuw.1630 – John Rogers, English-American minister, physician, and academic (d. 1684) *

1638 Events January–March * January 4 – **A naval battle takes place in the Indian Ocean off of the coast of Goa at South India as a Netherlands fleet commanded by Admiral Adam Westerwolt decimates the Portuguese fleet. **A fleet of 80 ...

–

Nicolas Steno Niels Steensen ( da, Niels Steensen; Latinized to ''Nicolaus Steno'' or ''Nicolaus Stenonius''; 1 January 1638 – 25 November 16861642 –

Johann Friedrich Alberti Johann Friedrich Alberti (11 January 1642 – 14 June 1710) was a German composer and organist. Alberti was born in Tönning, Schleswig. He received his musical training in Leipzig from Werner Fabricius and in Dresden from Vincenzo Albrici ...

, German organist and composer (d. 1710) *

1650 Events January–March * January 7 – Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, dies after a reign of more than 63 years. The area is now part of the northeastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt. * January 18 – Cardinal Jules Ma ...

– Diana Glauber, Dutch-German painter (d. 1721) * 1671 –

François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie François-Marie, duc de Broglie, (11 January 167122 May 1745) was a French military leader. Biography Early years François-Marie de Broglie was the third son of Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, named for his grandfather, François Marie. H ...

, French general and diplomat (d. 1745) * 1755 – Alexander Hamilton, Nevisian-American general, economist and politician, 1st

United States Secretary of the Treasury The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal a ...

(d. 1804) * 1757 –

Samuel Bentham Sir Samuel Bentham (11 January 1757 – 31 May 1831) was a noted English mechanical engineer and naval architect credited with numerous innovations, particularly related to naval architecture, including weapons. He was the only surviving siblin ...

, English engineer and architect (d. 1831) * 1760 – Oliver Wolcott Jr., American lawyer and politician, 2nd

, 24th

Governor of Connecticut The governor of Connecticut is the head of government of Connecticut, and the commander-in-chief of the U.S. state, state's Connecticut Military Department, military forces. The Governor (United States), governor has a duty to enforce state laws, ...

(d. 1833) * 1777 –

Vincenzo Borg Vincenzo Maria Borg ( mt, Ċensu Maria Borg, 1773 – 18 July 1837), also known by his nickname Brared (or ''Braret''), was a Maltese merchant who was one of the main insurgent leaders during the French blockade of 1798–1800. He was a lieutena ...

, Maltese merchant and rebel leader (d. 1837) * 1786 –

Joseph Jackson Lister Joseph Jackson Lister FRS FRMS (11 January 1786 – 24 October 1869) was an amateur British opticist and physicist and the father of The 1st Baron Lister. Ancestry In 1705, Thomas Lister, a farmer and maltster, of Bingley, Yorkshire, Englan ...

, English physicist (d. 1869) * 1788 –

William Thomas Brande William Thomas Brande FRS FRSE (11 January 178811 February 1866) was an English chemist. Biography Brande was born in Arlington Street, London, England, the youngest son of six children to Augustus Everard Brande an apothecary, originally fr ...

, English chemist and academic (d. 1866) * 1800 –

Ányos Jedlik Ányos István Jedlik ( hu, Jedlik Ányos István; sk, Štefan Anián Jedlík; in older texts and publications: la, Stephanus Anianus Jedlik; 11 January 1800 – 13 December 1895) was a Hungarian inventor, engineer, physicist, and Bened ...

, Hungarian physicist and engineer (d. 1895) * 1807 –

Ezra Cornell Ezra Cornell (; January 11, 1807 – December 9, 1874) was an American businessman, politician, and philanthropist. He was the founder of Western Union and a co-founder of Cornell University. He also served as President of the New York Agricul ...

, American businessman and philanthropist, founded

Western Union The Western Union Company is an American multinational financial services company, headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1851 as the New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company in Rochester, New York, the company cha ...

and

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

(d. 1874) * 1814 –

James Paget Sir James Paget, 1st Baronet FRS HFRSE (11 January 1814 – 30 December 1899) (, rhymes with "gadget") was an English surgeon and pathologist who is best remembered for naming Paget's disease and who is considered, together with Rudolf Virch ...

, English surgeon and pathologist (d. 1899) * 1814 –

Socrates Nelson Socrates Nelson (January 11, 1814 – May 6, 1867) was an American businessman, politician, and pioneer who served one term as a Minnesota Senate, Minnesota state senator from 1859 to 1861. He was a general store owner, lumberman, and real estat ...

, American businessman and politician (d. 1867) * 1815 –

John A. Macdonald Sir John Alexander Macdonald (January 10 or 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, he had a political career that sp ...

, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st

Prime Minister of Canada The prime minister of Canada (french: premier ministre du Canada, link=no) is the head of government of Canada. Under the Westminster system, the prime minister governs with the Confidence and supply, confidence of a majority the elected Hou ...

(d. 1891) * 1825 – Bayard Taylor, American poet, author, and critic (d. 1878) * 1839 –

Eugenio María de Hostos Eugenio María de Hostos (January 11, 1839 – August 11, 1903), known as "''El Gran Ciudadano de las Américas''" ("The Great Citizen of the Americas"), was a Puerto Rican educator, philosopher, intellectual, lawyer, sociologist, novelist, an ...

, Puerto Rican lawyer, philosopher, and sociologist (d. 1903) * 1842 –

William James William James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was an American philosopher, historian, and psychologist, and the first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States. James is considered to be a leading thinker of the lat ...

, American psychologist and philosopher (d. 1910) * 1843 –

Adolf Eberle Adolf Eberle (11 January 1843 – 24 January 1914) was a German painter who specialised in genre painting, particularly of Bavarian and Tyrolean farmers and huntsmen. Biography Eberle was born in Munich; his father, Robert Eberle, was also ...

, German painter (d. 1914) * 1845 –

Albert Victor Bäcklund Albert Victor Bäcklund (11 January 1845 – 23 February 1922) was a Swedish mathematician and physicist. He was a professor at Lund University and its rector from 1907 to 1909. He was born in Malmöhus County, now Skåne County, in southern Swe ...

, Swedish mathematician and physicist (d. 1912) * 1850 – Joseph Charles Arthur, American pathologist and mycologist (d. 1942) * 1852 –

Constantin Fehrenbach Constantin Fehrenbach, sometimes falsely,Bernd Braun: ''Constantin Fehrenbach (1852–1926)'', in: Reinhold Weber, Ines Mayer: ''Politische Köpfe aus Südwestdeutschland'', Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2005, p. 106. Konstantin Fehrenbach (11 January 185 ...

, German lawyer and politician, 4th Chancellor of Weimar Germany (d. 1926) * 1853 –

Georgios Jakobides Georgios Jakobides (Γεώργιος Ιακωβίδης; 11 January 1853 – 13 December 1932) was a painter and one of the main representatives of the Greek artistic movement of the Munich School. He founded and was the first curator of the Nati ...

, Greek painter and sculptor (d. 1932) * 1856 – Christian Sinding, Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1941) * 1857 –

Fred Archer Fred or Frederick Archer may refer to: * Fred Archer (jockey) (1857–1886), English jockey * Fred R. Archer (1889–1963), photographer and co-inventor of the photographic Zone System * Frederick Scott Archer (1813–1857), inventor of the photogr ...

, English jockey (d. 1886) * 1858 –

Harry Gordon Selfridge Harry Gordon Selfridge, Sr. (11 January 1858 – 8 May 1947) was an American retail magnate who founded the London-based department store Selfridges. His 20-year leadership of Selfridges led to his becoming one of the most respected and wealthy ...

, American-English businessman, founded

Selfridges Selfridges, also known as Selfridges & Co., is a chain of high-end department stores in the United Kingdom that is operated by Selfridges Retail Limited, part of the Selfridges Group of department stores. It was founded by Harry Gordon Selfridg ...

(d. 1947) * 1859 –

George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, (11 January 1859 – 20 March 1925), styled Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911 and then Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was a British Conservative statesman ...

, English politician, 35th

Governor-General of India The Governor-General of India (1773–1950, from 1858 to 1947 the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, commonly shortened to Viceroy of India) was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom and after Indian independence in 1 ...

(d. 1925) *1864 – Thomas Dixon, Jr., American minister, lawyer, and politician (d. 1946) *1867 – Edward B. Titchener, English psychologist and academic (d. 1927) *1868 – Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 1940) *1870 – Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor and educator (d. 1945) *1872 – G. W. Pierce, American physicist and academic (d. 1956) *1873 – John Callan O'Laughlin, American soldier and journalist (d. 1949) *1875 – Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and academic (d. 1956) *1876 – Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971) * 1876 – Thomas Hicks (athlete), Thomas Hicks, American runner (d. 1952) *1878 – Theodoros Pangalos (general), Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general and politician, List of heads of state of Greece, President of Greece (d. 1952) *1885 – Alice Paul, American activist and suffragist (d. 1977) *1887 – Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (d. 1948) *1888 – Joseph B. Keenan, American jurist and politician (d. 1954) *1889 – Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic (d. 1938) *1890 – Max Carey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976) * 1890 – Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian poet and critic (d. 1954) *1891 – Andrew Sockalexis, American runner (d. 1919) *1893 – Ellinor Aiki, Estonian painter (d. 1969) * 1893 – Charles Fraser (rugby league), Charles Fraser, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1981) * 1893 – Anthony M. Rud, American journalist and author (d. 1942) *1895 – Laurens Hammond, American engineer and businessman, founded the Hammond Clock Company (d. 1973) *1897 – Bernard DeVoto, American historian and author (d. 1955) * 1897 – August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (d. 1979) *1899 – Eva Le Gallienne, English-American actress, director, and producer (d. 1991)

1901–present

*1901 – Kwon Ki-ok, Korean pilot (d. 1988) *1902 – Maurice Duruflé, French organist and composer (d. 1986) *1903 – Alan Paton, South African author and activist (d. 1988) *1905 – Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist and theorist (d. 1960) *1906 – Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic, discoverer of LSD (d. 2008) *1907 – Pierre Mendès France, French lawyer and politician, 142nd List of Prime Ministers of France, Prime Minister of France (d. 1982) * 1907 – Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish-American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher (d. 1972) * 1908 – Lionel Stander, American actor and activist (d. 1994) *1910 – Arthur Lambourn, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1999) * 1910 – Shane Paltridge, Australian soldier and politician (d. 1966) *1911 – Tommy Duncan, American singer-songwriter (d. 1967) * 1911 – Nora Heysen, Australian painter (d. 2003) * 1911 – Zenkō Suzuki, Japanese politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004) * 1912 – Don "Red" Barry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1980) *1913 – Karl Stegger, Danish actor (d. 1980) *1915 – Luise Krüger, German javelin thrower (d. 2001) * 1915 – Paddy Mayne, British colonel and lawyer (d. 1955) *1916 – Bernard Blier, Argentinian-French actor (d. 1989) * 1917 – John Robarts, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (d. 1982) *1918 – Robert C. O'Brien (author), Robert C. O'Brien, American author and journalist (d. 1973) * 1918 – Spencer Walklate, Australian rugby league player and soldier (d. 1945) *1920 – Mick McManus (wrestler), Mick McManus, English wrestler (d. 2013) *1921 – Gory Guerrero, American wrestler and trainer (d. 1990) * 1921 – Juanita M. Kreps, American economist and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2010) * 1923 – Jerome Bixby, American author and screenwriter (d. 1998) * 1923 – Ernst Nolte, German historian and philosopher (d. 2016) * 1923 – Carroll Shelby, American race car driver, engineer, and businessman, founded Carroll Shelby International (d. 2012) *1924 – Roger Guillemin, French-American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate * 1924 – Sam B. Hall, Jr., American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1994) * 1924 – Slim Harpo, American blues singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1970) *1925 – Grant Tinker, American television producer, co-founded MTM Enterprises (d. 2016) *1926 – Lev Dyomin, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1998) *1928 – David L. Wolper, American director and producer (d. 2010) *1929 – Dmitri Bruns, Estonian architect and theorist (d. 2020) *1930 – Ron Mulock, Australian lawyer and politician, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales (d. 2014) * 1930 – Rod Taylor, Australian-American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015) *1931 – Betty Churcher, Australian painter, historian, and curator (d. 2015) * 1931 – Mary Rodgers, American composer and author (d. 2014) *1932 – Alfonso Arau, Mexican actor and director *1933 – Goldie Hill, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005) *1934 – Jean Chrétien, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th

*1936 – Eva Hesse, German-American sculptor and educator (d. 1970) *1938 – Arthur Scargill, English miner, activist, and politician *1939 – Anne Heggtveit, Canadian alpine skier *1940 – Andres Tarand, Estonian geographer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Estonia *1941 – Gérson, Brazilian footballer * 1942 – Bud Acton, American basketball player * 1942 – Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist and actor (d. 2011) *1944 – Mohammed Abdul-Hayy, Sudanese poet and academic (d. 1989) * 1944 – Shibu Soren, Indian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Jharkhand *1945 – Christine Kaufmann, German actress, author, and businesswoman (d. 2017) * 1946 – Naomi Judd, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2022) * 1946 – Tony Kaye (musician), Tony Kaye, English progressive rock keyboard player and songwriter * 1946 – John Piper (theologian), John Piper, American theologian and author *1947 – Hamish Macdonald (rugby player), Hamish Macdonald, New Zealand rugby player *1948 – Fritz Bohla, German footballer and manager * 1948 – Joe Harper (footballer), Joe Harper, Scottish footballer and manager * 1948 – Madeline Manning, American runner and coach * 1948 – Wajima Hiroshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 54th Makuuchi#Yokozuna, Yokozuna (d. 2018) * 1948 – Terry Williams (drummer), Terry Williams, Welsh drummer * 1949 – Daryl Braithwaite, Australian singer-songwriter * 1949 – Mohammad Reza Rahimi, Iranian lawyer and politician, 2nd Vice President of Iran *1951 – Charlie Huhn, American rock singer and guitarist * 1951 – Willie Maddren, English footballer and manager (d. 2000) * 1951 – Philip Tartaglia, Scottish archbishop (d. 2021) *1952 – Bille Brown, Australian actor and playwright (d. 2013) * 1952 – Ben Crenshaw, American golfer and architect * 1952 – Michael Forshaw, Australian lawyer and politician * 1952 – Diana Gabaldon, American author * 1952 – Lee Ritenour, American guitarist, composer, and producer *1953 – Graham Allen (politician), Graham Allen, English politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household * 1953 – Kostas Skandalidis, Greek engineer and politician, Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food (Greece), Greek Minister of Agricultural Development and Food *1954 – Jaak Aaviksoo, Estonian physicist and politician, 26th Minister of Defence (Estonia), Estonian Minister of Defence * 1954 – Kailash Satyarthi, Indian engineer, academic, and activist, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize laureate *1956 – Big Bank Hank, American rapper (d. 2014) * 1956 – David Grant (rugby league), David Grant, Australian rugby league player (d. 1994) * 1957 – Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015) * 1957 – Peter Moore (Australian rules footballer), Peter Moore, Australian rules footballer and coach * 1957 – Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager *1958 – Vicki Peterson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist *1959 – Brett Bodine, American NASCAR driver * 1959 – Rob Ramage, Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1961 – Lars-Erik Torph, Swedish racing driver (d. 1989) * 1962 – Chris Bryant, Welsh politician, Minister of State for Europe * 1962 – Susan Lindauer, American journalist and activist * 1962 – Brian Moore (rugby union), Brian Moore, English rugby player *1963 – Tracy Caulkins, American-Australian swimmer * 1963 – Petra Schneider, German swimmer * 1964 – Ralph Recto, Filipino lawyer and politician * 1964 – Albert Dupontel, French actor and director *1965 – Mascarita Sagrada, Mexican wrestler * 1965 – Aleksey Zhukov, Russian footballer and coach *1966 – Marc Acito, American author and screenwriter *1967 – Michael Healy-Rae, Irish politician *1968 – Anders Borg, Swedish economist and politician, Minister for Finance (Sweden), Swedish Minister for Finance * 1968 – Tom Dumont, American guitarist and producer * 1968 – Steve Mavin, Australian rugby league player *1969 – Manny Acta, Dominican-American baseball player, coach, manager, and sportscaster *1970 – Manfredi Beninati, Italian painter and sculptor * 1970 – Chris Jent, American basketball player and coach * 1970 – Malcolm D. Lee, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor * 1970 – Ken Ueno, American composer *1971 – Mary J. Blige, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress * 1971 – Jeff Orford, Australian rugby league player * 1971 – Chris Willsher, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor * 1972 – Christian Jacobs, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor * 1972 – Anthony Lledo, Danish composer * 1972 – Amanda Peet, American actress and playwright * 1973 – Rockmond Dunbar, American actor * 1973 – Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer and captain *1974 – Roman Görtz, German footballer * 1974 – Cody McKay, Canadian baseball player * 1974 – Jens Nowotny, German footballer *1975 – Rory Fitzpatrick, American ice hockey player * 1975 – Dan Luger, English rugby player and coach * 1975 – Matteo Renzi, Italian politician, 56th Prime Minister of Italy *1976 – Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player *1977 – Shamari Buchanan, American football player * 1977 – Anni Friesinger-Postma, German speed skater * 1977 – Shane Kelly (rugby league), Shane Kelly, Australian rugby league player * 1977 – Olexiy Lukashevych, Ukrainian long jumper *1978 – Vallo Allingu, Estonian basketball player * 1978 – Holly Brisley, Australian actress * 1978 – Michael Duff (footballer), Michael Duff, Irish footballer * 1978 – Emile Heskey, English footballer *1979 – Darren Lynn Bousman, American director and screenwriter * 1979 – Michael Lorenz (footballer), Michael Lorenz, German footballer * 1979 – Terence Morris, American basketball player * 1979 – Henry Shefflin, Irish hurler * 1979 – Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer-songwriter and businesswoman *1980 – Josh Hannay, Australian rugby league player and coach * 1980 – Mike Williams (offensive lineman), Mike Williams, American football player *1982 – Tony Allen (basketball), Tony Allen, American basketball player * 1982 – Clint Greenshields, Australian-French rugby league player * 1982 – Blake Heron, American actor (d. 2017) * 1982 – Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress *1983 – Turner Battle, American basketball player * 1983 – André Myhrer, Swedish skier * 1983 – Ted Richards, Australian rules footballer * 1983 – Adrian Sutil, German racing driver *1984 – Kevin Boss, American football player * 1984 – Dario Krešić, Croatian footballer * 1984 – Matt Mullenweg, American web developer and businessman, co-created WordPress * 1984 – Stijn Schaars, Dutch footballer * 1984 – Glenn Stewart, Australian rugby league player *1985 – Newton Faulkner, English singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1985 – Lucy Knisley, American author and illustrator *1987 – Scotty Cranmer, American Professional BMX rider * 1987 – Danuta Kozák, Hungarian sprint canoer * 1987 – Daniel Semenzato, Italian footballer * 1987 – Jamie Vardy, English footballer * 1987 – Kim Young-kwang (actor), Kim Young-kwang, South Korean actor and model *1988 – Rodrigo José Pereira, Brazilian footballer *1989 – Kane Linnett, Australian rugby league player *1990 – Ryan Griffin (tight end), Ryan Griffin, American football player *1991 – Andrea Bertolacci, Italian footballer *1992 – Dani Carvajal, Spanish footballer * 1992 – Lee Seung-hoon (musician), Lee Seung-hoon, South Korean rapper and dancer *1993 – Michael Keane (footballer, born 1993), Michael Keane, English footballer * 1993 – Will Keane, Irish footballer * 1993 – Park Junghwan, South Korean Go player *1995 – Nick Solak, American baseball player *1996 – Leroy Sané, German footballer *1997 – Cody Simpson, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor * 1998 – Thomas Mikaele, New Zealand rugby league player *1999 – Brandon Wakeham, Australian-Fijian rugby league player *2000 – Chaeyeon (singer), Lee Chae-yeon, South Korean singer-songwriter

Deaths

Pre-1600

*AD 140, 140 – Pope Hyginus, Bishop of Rome (b. 74) * 705 – Pope John VI (b. 655) * 782 – Emperor Kōnin of Japan (b. 709) * 812 – Staurakios, Byzantine emperor * 844 – Michael I Rangabe, Byzantine emperor (b. 770) * 887 – Boso of Provence, Frankish Nobility, nobleman * 937 – Empress Cao (Li Siyuan's wife), Cao, empress of Later Tang * 937 – Li Chongmei, prince of Later Tang * 937 – Li Congke, emperor of Later Tang (b. 885) * 937 – Empress Liu (Li Congke's wife), Liu, empress of Later Tang * 1055 – Constantine IX Monomachos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1000) *1068 – Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen *1083 – Otto of Nordheim (b. 1020) *1266 – Swietopelk II, Duke of Pomerania *1344 – Thomas Charlton (bishop), Thomas Charlton, Bishop of Hereford and Lord Chancellor of Ireland *1372 – Eleanor of Lancaster, English noblewoman (b. 1318) *1396 – Isidore Glabas, Metropolitan bishop of Thessalonica (b.c. 1341) *1397 – Skirgaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania *1494 – Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian painter (b. 1449) *1495 – Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal (b. 1428) *1546 – Gaudenzio Ferrari, Italian painter and sculptor (b. c. 1471) *1554 – Min Bin, king of Arakan (b. 1493)

1601–1900

*1641 – Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet and painter (b. 1583) *1696 – Charles Albanel, French priest, missionary, and explorer (b. 1616) *1703 – Johann Georg Graevius, German scholar and critic (b. 1632) *1713 – Pierre Jurieu, French priest and theologian (b. 1637) *1735 – Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje (b. 1670) *1753 – Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician and academic (b. 1660) * 1757 – Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1688) *1762 – Louis-François Roubiliac, French-English sculptor (b. 1695) *1763 – Caspar Abel, German poet, historian, and theologian (b. 1676) *1771 – Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French philosopher and author (b. 1704) * 1788 – François Joseph Paul de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722) *1791 – William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh composer and poet (b. 1717) *1798 – Heraclius II of Georgia (b. 1720) *1801 – Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator (b. 1749) *1824 – Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (b. 1736) *1836 – John Molson, Canadian businessman, founded the Molson, Molson Brewing Company (b. 1763) * 1843 – Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1779) *1866 – Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, Irish actor (b. 1818) * 1866 – John Woolley (educator), John Woolley, English minister and academic (b. 1816) *1867 – Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1812) *1882 – Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (b. 1810) *1891 – Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French urban planner (b. 1809)

1901–present

*1902 – Johnny Briggs (cricketer), Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (b. 1862) *1904 – William Sawyer (politician), William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (b. 1815) * 1914 – Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and philanthropist (b. 1842) *1920 – Steinar Schjøtt, Norwegian philologist and lexicographer (b. 1844) * 1923 – Constantine I of Greece (b. 1868) *1928 – Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (b. 1840) *1929 – Elfrida Andrée, Swedish organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1841) *1931 – James Milton Carroll, American pastor, historian, and author (b. 1852) *1937 – Nuri Conker, Turkish colonel and politician (b. 1882) *1941 – Emanuel Lasker, German mathematician, philosopher, and chess player (b. 1868) *1944 – Galeazzo Ciano, Italian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Italy), Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1903) *1947 – Eva Tanguay, Canadian singer (b. 1879) *1952 – Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general (b. 1889) * 1952 – Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor and educator (b. 1885) *1953 – Noe Zhordania, Georgian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1868) * 1953 – Roberta Fulbright, American businesswoman (b.1874) *1954 – Oscar Straus (composer), Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (b. 1870) * 1957 – Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and politician, Solicitor-General of Australia (b. 1867) * 1961 – Elena Gerhardt, German soprano and actress (b. 1883) *1963 – Arthur Nock, English-American scholar, theologian, and academic (b. 1902) *1965 – Wally Pipp, American baseball player (b. 1893) *1966 – Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter (b. 1901) * 1966 – Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India (b. 1904) *1968 – Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli linguist and scholar (b. 1876) *1969 – Richmal Crompton, English author and educator (b. 1890) * 1972 – Padraic Colum, Irish poet and playwright (b. 1881) *1975 – Max Lorenz (tenor), Max Lorenz, German tenor and actor (b. 1901) *1980 – Barbara Pym, English author (b. 1913) *1981 – Beulah Bondi, American actress (b. 1889) *1985 – Edward Buzzell, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1895) * 1985 – William McKell, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1891) * 1986 – Sid Chaplin, English author and screenwriter (b. 1916) * 1986 – Andrzej Czok, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948) *1987 – Albert Ferber, Swiss-English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1911) *1988 – Pappy Boyington, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1912) * 1988 – Isidor Isaac Rabi, Polish-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) *1989 – Ray Moore (broadcaster), Ray Moore, English radio host (b. 1942) *1990 – Carolyn Haywood, American author and illustrator (b. 1898) *1991 – Carl David Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905) * 1994 – Helmut Poppendick, German physician (b. 1902) *1995 – Josef Gingold, Belarusian-American violinist and educator (b. 1909) * 1995 – Onat Kutlar, Turkish author and poet (b. 1936) * 1995 – Lewis Nixon III, Lewis Nixon, U.S. Army captain (b. 1918) * 1995 – Theodor Wisch, German general (b. 1907) *1996 – Roger Crozier, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1942) *1999 – Fabrizio De André, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940) * 1999 – Naomi Mitchison, Scottish author and poet (b. 1897) * 1999 – Brian Moore (novelist), Brian Moore, Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (b. 1921) *2000 – Ivan Combe, American businessman, invented Clearasil (b. 1911) * 2000 – Bob Lemon, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920) * 2000 – Betty Archdale, English-Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1907) *2001 – Denys Lasdun, English architect, co-designed the Royal National Theatre (b. 1914) *2002 – Henri Verneuil, French-Armenian director and playwright (b. 1920) * 2003 – Jože Pučnik, Slovenian sociologist and politician (b. 1932) *2007 – Solveig Dommartin, French-German actress (b. 1961) * 2007 – Robert Anton Wilson, American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932) *2008 – Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (b. 1919) * 2008 – Carl Karcher, American businessman, co-founded Carl's Jr. (b. 1917) *2010 – Miep Gies, Austrian-Dutch humanitarian (b. 1909) * 2010 – Éric Rohmer, French director, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1920) *2011 – David Nelson (actor), David Nelson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1936) *2012 – Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, Iranian physicist and academic (b. 1980) * 2012 – Gilles Jacquier, French journalist and photographer (b. 1968) * 2012 – Edgar Kaiser, Jr, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1942) * 2012 – Wally Osterkorn, American basketball player (b. 1928) * 2012 – Steven Rawlings, English astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1961) * 2012 – David Whitaker (composer), David Whitaker, English composer and conductor (b. 1931) *

– Guido Forti, Italian businessman, founded the Forti, Forti Racing Team (b. 1940) * 2013 – Nguyễn Khánh, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Leaders of South Vietnam, President of South Vietnam (b. 1927) * 2013 – Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (b. 1941) * 2013 – Tom Parry Jones, Welsh chemist, invented the breathalyzer (b. 1935) * 2013 – Alemayehu Shumye, Ethiopian runner (b. 1988) * 2013 – Aaron Swartz, American programmer and activist (b. 1986) *2014 – Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (b. 1933) * 2014 – Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, List of Prime Ministers of Bangladesh, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1928) * 2014 – Chai Trong-rong, Taiwanese educator and politician (b. 1935) * 2014 – Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1928) *2015 – Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer and coach (b. 1925) * 2015 – Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and actress (b. 1931) * 2015 – Chashi Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi director and producer (b. 1941) * 2015 – Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle, American neuroscientist and academic (b. 1918) *2016 – Monte Irvin, American baseball player (b. 1919) * 2016 – David Margulies, American actor (b. 1937) *2017 – Adenan Satem, Malaysian politician and Chief Minister of Sarawak, Malaysia (b. 1944) *2018 – Edgar Ray Killen, American murderer (b.1925) *2019 – Michael Atiyah, British-Lebanese mathematician (b.1929)

Holidays and observances

* Children's Day (Tunisia) * Christian feast day: ** Anastasius of Suppentonia (Roman Catholic) ** Leucius of Brindisi (Roman Catholic) ** Mary Slessor (Church of England) ** Paulinus II of Aquileia ** Pope Hyginus ** Theodosius the Cenobiarch ** Thomas of Cori ** Vitalis of Gaza (Roman Catholic) ** January 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) * Eugenio María de Hostos Day (Puerto Rico) * Public holidays in Morocco, Independence Resistance Day (Morocco) * Kagami biraki (Japan) * National Human Trafficking Awareness Day (

) * Republic Day (Albania) * Carmentalia (January 11th and January 15th) (Rome) * Prithvi Jayanti (Nepal)

References

External links

BBC: On This Day
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