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Pre-1600

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474 __NOTOC__ Year 474 ( CDLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Leo without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1227 ...
– Emperor Leo II dies after a reign of ten months. He is succeeded by his father Zeno, who becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. * 937Ten Kingdoms: Li Bian usurps the throne and deposes Emperor Yang Pu. The Wu State is replaced by Li (now called "Xu Zhigao"), who becomes the first ruler of Southern Tang. *
1202 Year 1202 ( MCCII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Fourth Crusade * April – May – The bulk of the Crusader army gathers at Venice, althou ...
Fourth Crusade The Fourth Crusade (1202–1204) was a Latin Christian armed expedition called by Pope Innocent III. The stated intent of the expedition was to recapture the Muslim-controlled city of Jerusalem, by first defeating the powerful Egyptian Ayyubid S ...
: Despite letters from Pope Innocent III forbidding it and threatening excommunication, Catholic crusaders begin a siege of Zara (now Zadar, Croatia). *
1293 Year 1293 ( MCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By area Africa * December – Mamluk sultan of Egypt Khalil is assassinated by his regent Baydara Badr al- ...
Raden Wijaya Raden Wijaya or Raden Vijaya (also known as Nararya Sangramawijaya, regnal name Kertarajasa Jayawardhana) (reigned 1293–1309) was a Javanese emperor, and the founder and first monarch of the Majapahit Empire.Slamet Muljana, 2005, ''Runtuhn ...
is crowned as the first monarch of
Majapahit Majapahit ( jv, ꦩꦗꦥꦲꦶꦠ꧀; ), also known as Wilwatikta ( jv, ꦮꦶꦭ꧀ꦮꦠꦶꦏ꧀ꦠ; ), was a Javanese people, Javanese Hinduism, Hindu-Buddhism, Buddhist thalassocracy, thalassocratic empire in Southeast Asia that was ba ...
kingdom of Java, taking the throne name Kertarajasa Jayawardhana. * 1444Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Władysław III of Poland (aka ''Ulaszlo I of Hungary'' and ''Władysław III of Varna'') are defeated by the Turks under Sultan Murad II and Władysław is killed. *
1599 __NOTOC__ Events January–June * January 8 – The Jesuit educational plan, known as the ''Ratio Studiorum'', is issued. * March 12 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, by Queen Elizabeth I o ...
Åbo Bloodbath: Fourteen
gentries Gentry (from Old French ''genterie'', from ''gentil'', "high-born, noble") are "well-born, genteel and well-bred people" of high social class, especially in the past. Word similar to gentle imple and decentfamilies ''Gentry'', in its widest ...
who opposed Duke Charles were decapitated in the Old Great Square of Turku ( sv, Åbo) for their involvement in the power struggle between King Sigismund and Duke Charles and the related peasant revolt known as the Cudgel War.


1601–1900

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1659 Events January–March * January 14 – In the Battle of the Lines of Elvas, fought near the small city of Elvas in Portugal during the Portuguese Restoration War, the Spanish Army under the command of Luis Méndez de Haro suff ...
Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maratha King kills Afzal Khan, Adilshahi in the battle popularly known as
Battle of Pratapgarh The Battle of Pratapgad was a battle fought on 10 November 1659, at the fort of Pratapgad, near the town of Satara, Maharashtra, India, between the forces of the Marathas under Chhatrapati Shivaji and the Adilshahi troops under the Adilshahi ...
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1674 Events January–March * January 2 – The French West India Company is dissolved after less than 10 years. * January 7 – In the Chinese Empire, General Wu Sangui leads troops into the Giuzhou province, and soon takes cont ...
Third Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherland to England. *
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 southe ...
– English colonists under the command of James Moore besiege Spanish
St. Augustine Augustine of Hippo ( , ; la, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Afri ...
during Queen Anne's War. *
1766 Events January–March * January 1 – Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") becomes the new Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain, as King Charles III, and figurehead for Jacobitism. * January 14 – Chr ...
– The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University). *
1775 Events Summary The American Revolutionary War began this year, with the first military engagement being the April 19 Battles of Lexington and Concord on the day after Paul Revere's now-legendary ride. The Second Continental Congress t ...
– The United States Marine Corps is
founded Founding may refer to: * The formation of a corporation, government, or other organization * The laying of a building's Foundation * The casting of materials in a mold See also * Foundation (disambiguation) * Incorporation (disambiguation) In ...
at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by
Samuel Nicholas Samuel Nicholas (1744 – 27 August 1790) was the first officer commissioned in the United States Continental Marines (predecessor to the United States Marine Corps) and by tradition is considered to be the first Commandant of the Marine Corps ...
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1793 The French Republic introduced the French Revolutionary Calendar starting with the year I. Events January–June * January 7 – The Ebel riot occurs in Sweden. * January 9 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fl ...
– A Goddess of Reason is proclaimed by the
French Convention The National Convention (french: link=no, Convention nationale) was the parliament of the Kingdom of France for one day and the French First Republic for the rest of its existence during the French Revolution, following the two-year National ...
at the suggestion of
Pierre Gaspard Chaumette Pierre Gaspard Anaxagore Chaumette (24 May 1763 – 13 April 1794) was a French politician of the Revolutionary period who served as the president of the Paris Commune and played a leading role in the establishment of the Reign of Terror. H ...
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1821 Events January–March * January 21 – Peter I Island in the Antarctic is first sighted, by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen. * January 28 – Alexander Island, the largest in Antarctica, is first discovered by Fabian Gottlieb von Be ...
Cry of Independence by Rufina Alfaro at La Villa de Los Santos, Panama setting into motion a revolt which led to Panama's independence from Spain and to it immediately becoming part of
Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
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1847 Events January–March * January 4 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the U.S. government. * January 13 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends fighting in the Mexican–American War in California. * January 16 – John C. Frémont ...
– The passenger ship ''
Stephen Whitney Stephen Whitney (September 4, 1776 – February 16, 1860) was an American merchant. He was one of the wealthiest merchants in New York City in the first half of the 19th century. His fortune was considered second only to that of John Jacob Ast ...
'' is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction of the
Fastnet Rock lighthouse Fastnet Lighthouse is a 54m high lighthouse situated on the remote Fastnet Rock in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the most southerly point of Ireland and lies southwest of Cape Clear Island and from County Cork on the Irish mainland. The current l ...
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1865 Events January–March * January 4 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at Broad Street (Manhattan), 10-12 Broad near Wall Street, in New York City. * January 13 – American Civil War : Sec ...
– Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes. *
1871 Events January–March * January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory. * January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...
Henry Morton Stanley Sir Henry Morton Stanley (born John Rowlands; 28 January 1841 – 10 May 1904) was a Welsh-American explorer, journalist, soldier, colonial administrator, author and politician who was famous for his exploration of Central Africa Cen ...
locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr David Livingstone in Ujiji, near
Lake Tanganyika Lake Tanganyika () is an African Great Lake. It is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world, the second-largest by volume, and the second-deepest, in all cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake. ...
, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". *
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 ...
– Beginning of the
Wilmington insurrection of 1898 The Wilmington insurrection of 1898, also known as the Wilmington massacre of 1898 or the Wilmington coup of 1898, was a coup d'état and massacre carried out by white supremacists in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States, on Thursday, Novem ...
, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.


1901–present

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1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...
– The date of
Thomas A. Davis Colonel Thomas Alderson Davis (June 29, 1873 – February 12, 1964) was the founder of two military schools in the United States. Early life and education Davis was born in Virginia and graduated from the University of Tennessee. Shortly aft ...
' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, although the official founding date is November 23, 1910. *
1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...
– The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to
Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...
and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air. *
1939 This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to ...
– Finnish author
F. E. Sillanpää F is the sixth letter of the Latin alphabet. F may also refer to: Science and technology Mathematics * F or f, the number 15 in hexadecimal and higher positional systems * ''p'F'q'', the hypergeometric function * F-distribution, a con ...
is awarded the
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1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *January ...
– The
1940 Vrancea earthquake The 1940 Vrancea earthquake, also known as the 1940 Bucharest earthquake, ( ro, Cutremurul din 1940) occurred on Sunday, 10 November 1940, in Romania, at 03:39 (local time), when the majority of the population was at home. The 1940 earthquake r ...
strikes Romania killing an estimated 1,000 and injuring approximately 4,000 more. *
1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...
– World War II: Germany invades Vichy France following French Admiral François Darlan's agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa. *
1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...
– The ammunition ship explodes at Seeadler Harbour,
Manus Manus may refer to: * Manus (anatomy), the zoological term for the distal portion of the forelimb of an animal (including the human hand) * ''Manus'' marriage, a type of marriage during Roman times Relating to locations around New Guinea * Man ...
, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 and wounding 371. *
1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...
Heavy fighting in
Surabaya Surabaya ( jv, ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ or jv, ꦯꦹꦫꦨꦪ; ; ) is the capital city of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of East Java and the List of Indonesian cities by population, second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. L ...
between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, today celebrated as Heroes' Day (Hari Pahlawan). *
1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...
– A magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the Peruvian Andes mountains kills at least 1,400 people. *
1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...
– With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States. *
1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...
– U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington Ridge Park in Arlington County, Virginia. *
1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
– The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston. *
1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
National Educational Television (the predecessor to the
Public Broadcasting Service The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educati ...
) in the United States debuts '' Sesame Street''. *
1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...
Vietnam War: Vietnamization: For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia. * 1970 – Luna 17: unmanned space mission launched by the Soviet Union. *
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...
– In Cambodia,
Khmer Rouge The Khmer Rouge (; ; km, ខ្មែរក្រហម, ; ) is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. ...
forces attack the city of
Phnom Penh Phnom Penh (; km, ភ្នំពេញ, ) is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since the French protectorate of Cambodia and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its economic, indus ...
and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine aircraft. * 1971 – A Merpati Nusantara Airlines Vickers Viscount crashes into the Indian Ocean near Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, killing all 69 people on board. *
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 Solar time, me ...
Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is hijacked and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane lands in Havana, Cuba, where the hijackers are jailed by
Fidel Castro Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (; ; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 200 ...
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1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
– The 729-foot-long freighter sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board. * 1975 – Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution 3379, determining that Zionism is a form of racism. *
1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
– A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in
Mississauga Mississauga ( ), historically known as Toronto Township, is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is situated on the shores of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, adjoining the western border of Toronto. With a popul ...
, Ontario, just west of Toronto, causing a massive explosion and the largest peacetime evacuation in Canadian history and one of the largest in North American history. *
1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...
Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0. *
1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
– Longtime Bulgarian leader Todor Zhivkov is removed from office and replaced by Petar Mladenov. * 1989 – Germans begin to tear down the
Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall (german: Berliner Mauer, ) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and East Germany (GDR). Construction of the Berlin Wall was commenced by the government ...
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1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...
– In Nigeria, playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, along with eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop), are hanged by government forces. *
1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...
WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time). *
2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...
Veteran's Day Weekend Tornado Outbreak: A tornado outbreak stretching from Northern Ohio to the Gulf Coast, one of the largest outbreaks recorded in November. The strongest tornado, an F4, hits Van Wert, Ohio, during the early to mid afternoon and destroys a movie theater, which had been evacuated. *
2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...
Sri Lankan Tamil Sri Lankan Tamils ( or ), also known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka. Today, they constitute a majority in the Northern Province, live in significant numbers in the Eastern Pr ...
politician
Nadarajah Raviraj Nadarajah Raviraj ( ta, நடராஜா ரவிராஜ், translit=naṭarājā ravirāj, ; 25 June 1962 – 10 November 2006) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician. He was Mayor of Jaffna in 2001 and a Member of Parliament for J ...
is assassinated in Colombo. * 2006 – The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia is opened and dedicated by U.S. President George W. Bush, who announces that Marine Corporal Jason Dunham will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor. *
2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
– Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the '' Phoenix'' mission concluded after communications with the
lander Lander may refer to: Media and entertainment * Lander (computer game), ''Lander'' (computer game), computer game published by Psygnosis in 1999 * Lander (game demo), ''Lander'' (game demo), the 3D game demo provided with the Acorn Archimedes co ...
were lost. *
2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...
– Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea. *
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 ...
– President of Bolivia Evo Morales and several of his government resign after 19 days of civil protests and a recommendation from the military. *
2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
Armenia and Azerbaijan sign a ceasefire agreement, ending the
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict in 2020 that took place in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, the surrounding territories. It was a major escalation of ...
, and prompting protests in Armenia.


Births


Pre-1600

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Musa al-Kadhim Musa ibn Ja'far al-Kazim ( ar, مُوسَىٰ ٱبْن جَعْفَر ٱلْكَاظِم, Mūsā ibn Jaʿfar al-Kāẓim), also known as Abū al-Ḥasan, Abū ʿAbd Allāh or Abū Ibrāhīm, was the seventh Imam in Twelver Shia Islam, after hi ...
the seventh Shia
Imam Imam (; ar, إمام '; plural: ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a worship leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Islamic worship services, lead prayers, ser ...
(d. 799) *
1278 Year 1278 ( MCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * May 1 – William II of Villehardouin, prince of Achaea, dies. By the terms of ...
Philip I, Prince of Taranto (d. 1332) *
1341 Year 1341 ( MCCCXLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events * January 1 – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe'') af ...
Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English politician (d. 1408) *
1433 Year 1433 ( MCDXXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * May 31 – Sigismund is crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome. There has been no ...
Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1477) *
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 African ...
Bridget of York, English nun (d. 1517) *
1483 Year 1483 ( MCDLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 1 – The Jews are expelled from Andalusia. * February 11 – Th ...
Martin Luther, German monk and priest, leader of the Protestant Reformation (d. 1546) *
1489 Year 1489 ( MCDLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * March 14 – The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to the R ...
Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Wolfenbüttel (d. 1568) *
1490 Year 1490 ( MCDXC) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 4 – Anne of Brittany announces that all those who ally themselves with the ...
John III, Duke of Cleves (d. 1539) *
1520 __NOTOC__ Year 1520 ( MDXX) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 19 – King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes, at ...
Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, Princess of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (d. 1580) *
1547 Year 1547 ( MDXLVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 8 – The first Lithuanian-language book, a ''Catechism'' (, Simple Words of ...
Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, Archbishop of Cologne (d. 1601) * 1565Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English general and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (), or more formally Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland, was the title of the chief governor of Ireland from the Williamite Wars of 1690 until the Partition of Ireland in 1922. This spanned the Kingdo ...
(d. 1601) * 1565 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish astronomer and theologian (d. 1646) *
1577 __NOTOC__ Year 1577 ( MDLXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 9 – The second Union of Brussels is formed, first without the P ...
Jacob Cats Jacob Cats (10 November 1577 – 12 September 1660) was a Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician. He is most famous for his emblem books. Early years Jacob Cats was born on 10 November 1577 in Brouwershaven as son of Adriaen Cornelisz. ...
, Dutch poet, jurist, and politician (d. 1660) *
1584 __NOTOC__ Events January–June * January–March – Archangelsk is founded as ''New Kholmogory'' in northern Russia, by Ivan the Terrible. * January 11 – Sir Walter Mildmay is given a royal licence to found Emman ...
Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg (d. 1638)


1601–1900

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1620 Events January–June * February 4 – Prince Bethlen Gabor signs a peace treaty with Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor. * May 17 – The first merry-go-round is seen at a fair (Philippapolis, Turkey). * June 3 – The ...
Ninon de l'Enclos Anne "Ninon" de l'Enclos, also spelled Ninon de Lenclos and Ninon de Lanclos (10 November 1620 – 17 October 1705), was a French author, courtesan and patron of the arts. Early life Born Anne de l'Enclos in Paris on 10 November 1620,Sources als ...
, French courtier and author (d. 1705) *
1668 Events January–March * January 23 – The Triple Alliance (1668), Triple Alliance of 1668 is formed between Kingdom of England, England, Sweden and the Dutch Republic, United Provinces of the Netherlands. * February 13 &ndash ...
François Couperin François Couperin (; 10 November 1668 – 11 September 1733) was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as ''Couperin le Grand'' ("Couperin the Great") to distinguish him from other members of the musically talented ...
, French organist and composer (d. 1733) * 1668 – Louis, Prince of Condé (d. 1710) *
1695 It was also a particularly cold and wet year. Contemporary records claim that wine froze in the glasses in the Palace of Versailles. Events January–March * January 7 (December 28, 1694 O.S.) – The United Kingdom's last joint monarch ...
John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (d. 1771) *
1697 Events January–March * January 8 – Thomas Aikenhead is hanged outside Edinburgh, becoming the last person in Great Britain to be executed for blasphemy. * January 11 – French writer Charles Perrault releases the book ''Histoires ou ...
William Hogarth, English painter, illustrator, and critic (d. 1764) *
1710 In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Saturday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 1 – In Prussia, Cölln is merged with Alt-Berlin b ...
Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish courtier, politician, and diplomat (d. 1792) *
1728 Events January–March * January 5 – The '' Real y Pontificia Universidad de San Gerónimo de la Habana'', the oldest university in Cuba, is founded in Havana. * January 9 – The coronation of Peter II as the Tsar of t ...
Oliver Goldsmith Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, dramatist and poet, who is best known for his novel ''The Vicar of Wakefield'' (1766), his pastoral poem ''The Deserted Village'' (1770), and his pl ...
, Irish-English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1774) *
1735 Events January–March * January 2 – Alexander Pope's poem ''Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot'' is published in London. * January 8 – George Frideric Handel's opera ''Ariodante'' is premièred at the Royal Opera House in Covent G ...
Granville Sharp, English activist and scholar, co-founded the
Sierra Leone Company The Sierra Leone Company was the corporate body involved in founding the second British colony in Africa on 11 March 1792 through the resettlement of Black Loyalists who had initially been settled in Nova Scotia (the Nova Scotian Settlers) after ...
(d. 1813) *
1755 Events January–March * January 23 (O. S. January 12, Tatiana Day, nowadays celebrated on January 25) – Moscow University is established. * February 13 – The kingdom of Mataram on Java is divided in two, creating the ...
Franz Anton Ries, German violinist and educator (d. 1846) *
1759 In Great Britain, this year was known as the ''Annus Mirabilis'', because of British victories in the Seven Years' War. Events January–March * January 6 – George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis. * January 11 &ndas ...
Friedrich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friends ...
, German poet and playwright (d. 1805) *
1764 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday and is the fifth year of the 1760s decade, the 64th year of the 18th century, and the 764th year of the 2nd millennium. Events January–June * January 7 – The Siculicidium is ...
Andrés Manuel del Rio, Spanish-Mexican scientist and discoverer of vanadium (d. 1849) *
1779 Events January–March * January 11 – British troops surrender to the Marathas in Wadgaon, India, and are forced to return all territories acquired since 1773. * January 11 – Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manip ...
Anne-Marie Javouhey, French nun, founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny (d. 1851) *
1801 Events January–March * January 1 ** The legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland is completed under the Act of Union 1800, bringing about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the abolition of the Parliament of I ...
Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer and author (d. 1872) * 1801 – Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (d. 1876) *
1810 Events January–March * January 1 – Major-General Lachlan Macquarie officially becomes Governor of New South Wales. * January 4 – Australian seal hunter Frederick Hasselborough discovers Campbell Island, in the Subantarctic. * Janua ...
George Jennings, English plumber and engineer, invented the flush toilet (d. 1882) *
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 ...
José Hernández José Hernández may refer to: Arts and entertainment * José Hernández (writer) (1834–1886), Argentine writer * Pepe Hern (José Hernández Bethencourth, 1927–2009), American actor * José Hernández, American singer (born 1940), better known ...
, Argentinian journalist, poet, and politician (d. 1886) *
1844 In the Philippines, it was the only leap year with 365 days, as December 31 was skipped when 1845 began after December 30. Events January–March * January 15 – The University of Notre Dame, based in the city of the same name, receives ...
Henry Eyster Jacobs Henry Eyster Jacobs (November 10, 1844 – July 7, 1932) was an American religious educator, Biblical commentator and Lutheran theologian. Biography Jacobs was born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the son of professor Michael and Juliana M (Eys ...
, American educator and theologian (d. 1932) *
1845 Events January–March * January 10 – Elizabeth Barrett receives a love letter from the younger poet Robert Browning; on May 20, they meet for the first time in London. She begins writing her ''Sonnets from the Portuguese''. * January 23 ...
John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1894) *
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 ...
Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (d. 1925) *
1851 Events January–March * January 11 – Hong Xiuquan officially begins the Taiping Rebellion. * January 15 – Christian Female College, modern-day Columbia College, receives its charter from the Missouri General Assembly. ...
Richard Armstedt, German philologist, historian, and educator (d. 1931) *
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 regent f ...
Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (d. 1928) *
1868 Events January–March * January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries. * January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Jap ...
Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist and educator, founded Shotokan (d. 1957) *
1869 Events January–March * January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan. * January 5 – Scotland's oldest professional football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded. * January 20 – E ...
Gaetano Bresci Gaetano Bresci (; November 10, 1869May 22, 1901) was an Italian-American anarchist who assassinated King Umberto I of Italy on July 29, 1900. Bresci was the first European regicide not to be executed, as capital punishment in Italy had been ab ...
, Italian-American assassin of Umberto I of Italy (d. 1901) *
1871 Events January–March * January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory. * January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...
Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 Winston Churchill in the Second World War, dur ...
, American author and painter (d. 1947) *
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 defeat ...
Henri Rabaud, French conductor and composer (d. 1949) *
1874 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx. * January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time. * January 3 – Third Carlist War &ndas ...
Idabelle Smith Firestone, American composer and songwriter (d. 1954) *
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 – Battle o ...
Cy Morgan, American baseball player (d. 1962) *
1879 Events January–March * January 1 – The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold, for the first time since the American Civil War. * January 11 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins. * Janu ...
Vachel Lindsay, American poet and educator (d. 1931) * 1879 – Patrick Pearse, Irish lawyer, poet, teacher, and insurrectionist; executed for his role in the
Easter Rising The Easter Rising ( ga, Éirí Amach na Cásca), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the a ...
(d. 1916) *
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 ...
Jacob Epstein, American-English sculptor (d. 1959) *
1884 Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price atte ...
Zofia Nałkowska, Polish author and playwright (d. 1954) *
1886 Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange ...
Edward Joseph Collins Edward Joseph Collins (November 10, 1886 – December 1, 1951) was an American pianist, conductor and composer of classical music in a neoromantic style. Life and career Collins was born in Joliet, Illinois, into an Irish family – his father ...
, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1951) *
1887 Events January–March * January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Har ...
Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Romanian engineer and academic (d. 1973) * 1887 – Arnold Zweig, German author and activist (d. 1968) *
1888 In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late ...
Andrei Tupolev, Russian engineer and designer, founded the Tupolev Company (d. 1972) *
1889 Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the ...
Claude Rains William Claude Rains (10 November 188930 May 1967) was a British actor whose career spanned almost seven decades. After his American film debut as Dr. Jack Griffin in ''The Invisible Man'' (1933), he appeared in such highly regarded films as '' ...
, English-American actor (d. 1967) *
1891 Events January–March * January 1 ** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany. ** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence. **Germany takes formal possession of its new Africa ...
Carl Stalling Carl William Stalling (November 10, 1891 – November 29, 1972) was an American composer, voice actor and arranger for music in animated films. He is most closely associated with the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' shorts produced by War ...
, American pianist and composer (d. 1972) *
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 ...
John P. Marquand, American author (d. 1960) *
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 ...
Boris Furlan, Slovenian lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1957) *
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 ...
József Mátyás Baló, Hungarian physician and academic (d. 1979) * 1895 –
Jack Northrop John Knudsen Northrop (November 10, 1895 – February 18, 1981) was an American aircraft industrialist and designer who founded the Northrop Corporation in 1939. His career began in 1916 as a draftsman for Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Com ...
, American businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation (d. 1981) *
1896 Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wil ...
Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976) *
1899 Events January 1899 * January 1 ** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. ** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City. * January 2 – **Bolivia sets up a c ...
Kate Seredy, Hungarian-American author and illustrator (d. 1975)


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1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...
Josef Kramer, German SS officer (d. 1945) *
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. ...
Jane Froman, American actress and singer (d. 1980) * 1907 – John Moore, English activist and author (d. 1967) *
1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...
Noemí Gerstein Noemí Gerstein (November 10, 1910 – June 14, 1996) was an Argentina, Argentine sculptor, illustrator and plastic artist. Noemí Gerstein was born November 10, 1910, in Buenos Aires, where she continued to live and work. In 1934, she began tr ...
, Argentinian sculptor and illustrator (d. 1996) * 1908 –
Charles Merritt Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt VC, ED (10 November 1908 – 12 July 2000) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross and Member of Parliament. Early life Merritt was born in Vancouver, British Columbia on 10 November 1908, the son o ...
, Canadian colonel and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000) *
1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * Januar ...
Paweł Jasienica, Russian-Polish soldier, journalist, and historian (d. 1970) * 1909 – Johnny Marks, American composer and songwriter (d. 1985) *
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 ...
Angelo Frattini, Italian sculptor (d. 1975) *
1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ...
Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (d. 1999) *
1913 Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not ven ...
Karl Shapiro, American poet and academic (d. 2000) *
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. * ...
Louis le Brocquy, Irish painter and illustrator (d. 2012) * 1916 –
Billy May Edward William May Jr. (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004) was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter. He composed film and television music for ''The Green Hornet'' (1966), ''The Mod Squad'' (1968), ''Batman'' (with '' Batgirl'' them ...
, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2004) *
1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...
Ernst Otto Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007) *
1919 Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the c ...
George Fenneman, American radio and television announcer (d. 1997) * 1919 – Michael Strank, American sergeant and flag raiser at the
Battle of Iwo Jima The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJ ...
(d. 1945) * 1919 – Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and engineer, designed the AK-47 (d. 2013) * 1919 – Moise Tshombe, Congolese accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1969) *
1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...
Ina Clough, English actress (d. 2003) * 1920 – Rafael del Pino, Spanish businessman, founded the Ferrovial Company (d. 2008) *
1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...
Hachikō, Japanese dog famous for his loyalty to his owner (d. 1935) *
1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...
Bobby Limb, Australian comedian, actor, and bandleader (d. 1999) *
1925 Events January * January 1 ** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Italia ...
Richard Burton, Welsh actor and singer (d. 1984) *
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 * ...
Richard Connolly, Australian hymnodist (d. 2022) * 1927 – Vaughn O. Lang, American general (d. 2014) * 1927 – Sohei Miyashita, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (d. 2013) * 1927 – Vedat Dalokay, Turkish architect and a former mayor of Ankara (d. 1991) * 1927 – Sabah, Lebanese singer and actress (d. 2014) *
1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...
Ennio Morricone Ennio Morricone (; 10 November 19286 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpeter who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classica ...
, Italian trumpet player, composer, and conductor (d. 2020) *
1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...
Marilyn Bergman, American composer and songwriter (d. 2022) * 1929 – W. E. B. Griffin, American soldier and author (d. 2019) * 1929 – Ninón Sevilla, Cuban-Mexican actress and dancer (d. 2015) *
1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...
Lilly Pulitzer, American fashion designer (d. 2013) *
1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
Paul Bley, Canadian-American pianist and composer (d. 2016) * 1932 –
Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu (10 November 1932, Maraş – 26 June 1996, Ankara) was a Turkish poet, linguist, and writer. His life Hacıeminoğlu was born in Maraş in 1932. His father, Mustafa, died when he was a baby. He moved to Adana to s ...
, Turkish linguist, author, and academic (d. 1996) * 1932 – Roy Scheider, American actor (d. 2008) * 1932 –
Arthur K. Snyder Arthur Kress Snyder (November 10, 1932 – November 7, 2012) was an American lawyer, politician, and restaurateur. He served on the Los Angeles, California, City Council between 1967 and 1985 and later engaged in a private law practice. Bio ...
, American lawyer and politician (d. 2012) *
1933 Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
Ronald Evans, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1990) * 1933 – Seymour Nurse, Barbadian cricketer (d. 2019) *
1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
Lucien Bianchi, Italian-Belgian race car driver (d. 1969) * 1934 – Garry Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford, English sociologist and academic (d. 2020) * 1934 – A. Thurairajah, Sri Lankan engineer and academic (d. 1994) *
1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...
Bernard Babior Bernard Macy Babior (November 10, 1935 – June 29, 2004) was an American physician and research biochemist. Born in Los Angeles, he received his M.D. degree at the University of California, San Francisco . After interning at Peter Bent Brigham ...
, American physician and biochemist (d. 2004) * 1935 – Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Russian astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist * 1935 –
Denis Edozie Dennis Edozie (10 November 1935 - 18 August 2018) was a Nigerian jurist who was Judge of the Supreme Court of Nigeria from 2003 until his retirement in 2005. Law career Edozie was a teacher of Latin and mathematics from 1956 to 1958, before e ...
, Nigerian Supreme Court judge (d. 2018) *
1939 This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to ...
Anscar Chupungco, Filipino monk and theologian (d. 2013) * 1939 –
Tommy Facenda Eugene Thomas Facenda (November 10, 1939 – November 18, 2022), better known as Tommy Facenda, was an American rock and roll singer and guitarist. He is best known for his 1959 single "High School U.S.A." Life and career Born Eugene Thomas Fac ...
, American rock & roll singer and guitarist * 1939 – Allan Moffat, Canadian-Australian race car driver *
1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *January ...
Richard Cotton Richard Cotton may refer to: *Richard Lynch Cotton (1794–1880), British vicar and academic administrator *Sir Richard Cotton (in or before 1497–1556), courtier in the court of Henry VIII of England *Richard Cotton (geneticist) (1940–2015), Au ...
, Australian geneticist and academic (d. 2015) * 1940 –
Screaming Lord Sutch Screaming Lord Sutch (10 November 1940 – 16 June 1999), who had his name legally changed from David Edward Sutch, was an English musician and perennial parliamentary candidate. He was the founder of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party an ...
, English singer-songwriter and politician (d. 1999) *
1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...
Robert F. Engle, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate * 1942 – James Hood, American activist (d. 2013) * 1942 – Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss lawyer and politician, 92nd President of the Swiss Confederation *
1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – ...
Saxby Chambliss, American lawyer and politician * 1943 – Ross Warner, Australian rugby league player *
1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...
Askar Akayev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician, 1st President of Kyrgyzstan * 1944 –
Mark E. Neely, Jr. Mark E. Neely Jr. (born November 10, 1944 in Amarillo, Texas) is an American historian best known as an authority on the U.S. Civil War in general and Abraham Lincoln in particular. Biography Neely was born in Texas. He earned his BA in Americ ...
, American historian, author, and academic * 1944 – Silvestre Reyes, American sergeant and politician * 1944 – Tim Rice, English lyricist and author *
1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...
Terence Davies, English actor, director, and screenwriter * 1945 – Donna Fargo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist *
1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...
Glen Buxton, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1997) * 1947 – Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese commander and politician (d. 1982) * 1947 –
Greg Lake Gregory Stuart Lake (10 November 1947 – 7 December 2016) was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock bands King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP). Born and b ...
, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2016) * 1947 – Dave Loggins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist *
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
Aaron Brown, American journalist and academic * 1948 – Shigesato Itoi, Japanese video game designer and voice actor, created ''
EarthBound ''EarthBound'', released in Japan as is a role-playing video game developed by Creatures (company), Ape Inc. and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The second entry in the Mother (video game s ...
'' * 1948 – Steven Utley, American author and poet (d. 2013) *
1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...
Ann Reinking Ann Reinking (November 10, 1949December 12, 2020) was an American dancer, actress, choreographer and singer. She worked predominantly in musical theater, starring in Broadway (theatre), Broadway productions such as ''Coco (musical), Coco'' (1969) ...
, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2020) * 1949 –
Don Saleski Donald Patrick Saleski (born November 10, 1949) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers and Colorado Rockies. Playing career Saleski was d ...
, Canadian ice hockey player * 1949 –
Mustafa Denizli Mustafa Denizli (born 10 November 1949) is a Turkish football coach and former player. He has managed many notable Turkish football clubs, including ''"Istanbul Big Three"'' ( Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Beşiktaş) and has won the Süper L ...
, Turkish footballer and manager *
1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...
Debra Hill, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005) * 1950 –
Bram Tchaikovsky Peter Bramall (born 10 November 1950 in Lincolnshire, England), better known by his stage name Bram Tchaikovsky, is a British vocalist and guitarist. He first came to prominence as a member of UK punk/ pub rock band The Motors, whom he joined ...
, English singer-songwriter and guitarist *
1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...
Les Miles, American football player and coach *
1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...
Kevin Spraggett, Canadian chess player * 1954 – Bob Stanley, American baseball player and coach *
1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...
Jack Clark, American baseball player, coach, and manager * 1955 – Roland Emmerich, German director, producer, and screenwriter *
1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian businessman and activist * 1956 – Sinbad, American comedian and actor *
1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...
Nigel Evans, Welsh politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales *
1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
Deborah Cameron, English linguist, anthropologist, and academic * 1958 –
Stephen Herek Stephen Robert Herek (born November 10, 1958) is an American film director. Herek was born in San Antonio, Texas. He attended the University of Texas at Austin. Career His career as a film director took off in 1986 with the cult horror classic ' ...
, American director and producer * 1958 – Omar Minaya, American baseball player and manager * 1958 – Massimo Morsello, Italian singer-songwriter and activist (d. 2001) * 1958 –
Brooks Williams Brooks Williams (born November 10, 1958) is an American acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter. His style combines roots, jazz, blues, classical, and folk. He has released albums of contemporary folk music, blues music, and of instrumental g ...
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist *
1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
Mackenzie Phillips, American actress * 1959 –
Michael Schröder Michael Schröder (born 10 November 1959) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He works as a scout for Hamburger SV. Honours Hamburger SV * European Cup The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, ...
, German footballer and manager *
1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...
Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon GaimanBorn as Neil Richard Gaiman, with "MacKinnon" added on the occasion of his marriage to Amanda Palmer. ; ( Neil Richard Gaiman; born 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, gr ...
, English author, illustrator, and screenwriter * 1960 – Dan Hawkins, American football player, coach, and sportscaster * 1960 –
Naomi Kawashima was a Japanese actress, singer and radio entertainer. She was born on November 10, 1960, in the city of Moriyama, Aichi, (now Moriyama-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture), Japan and graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University. She made her singing debut in ...
, Japanese actress and singer (d. 2015) * 1960 – Maeve Sherlock, English politician *
1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...
Rudolf Grimm, German-Austrian physicist and academic * 1961 – John Walton, English darts player *
1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
Bob Lindner, Australian rugby league player and coach * 1962 – Daniel Waters, American director and screenwriter *
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
Hugh Bonneville, English actor * 1963 – Mike McCarthy, American football player and coach * 1963 –
Mike Powell Michael Anthony Powell (born November 10, 1963) is an American former track and field athlete, and the holder of the long jump world record. He is a two-time world champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist in this event. His world record of ...
, American long jumper * 1963 – Tommy Davidson, American actor and comedian *
1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
Kenny Rogers, American baseball player and coach *
1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...
Jamie Dixon, American basketball player and coach * 1965 – Eddie Irvine, Northern Irish race car driver * 1965 – Robert Jones, Welsh rugby player and coach *
1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
Jackie Fairweather, Australian runner and coach (d. 2014) *
1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...
Tracy Morgan, American comedian and actor * 1968 – Tom Papa, American comedian, actor, television host *
1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
Faustino Asprilla Faustino Hernán Asprilla Hinestroza (born 10 November 1969) is a Colombian former professional footballer who most notably played for Parma, Newcastle United and the Colombia national team as a forward. Club career Early years After starting ...
, Colombian footballer and coach * 1969 – Jens Lehmann, German footballer and actor * 1969 – Ellen Pompeo, American actress *
1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...
Freddy Loix Freddy Loix (born 10 November 1970) is a Belgian rally driver. Career Loix's career in motor sport began in karting at the age of 15. In 1990, he bought his first rally car, a Lancia Delta group N, though he soon progressed to a Mitsubishi Ga ...
, Belgian race car driver * 1970 – Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian footballer and manager * 1970 – Warren G, American rapper and producer *
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...
Big Pun, American rapper (d. 2000) * 1971 – Walton Goggins, American actor and producer * 1971 – Magnus Johansson, Swedish footballer * 1971 – Niki Karimi, Iranian actress, director, and screenwriter *
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 Solar time, me ...
Virág Csurgó Virág Csurgó (born 10 November 1972) is a retired Hungarian tennis player. Csurgó won six singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 20 November 1995, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 160. On 21 Sept ...
, Hungarian tennis player *
1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
Patrik Berger, Czech footballer * 1973 – Marco Antonio Rodríguez, Mexican footballer and referee * 1974 – Chris Lilley, Australian comedian and producer *
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
Jim Adkins James Christopher Adkins (born November 10, 1975), is an American rock musician who is best known as the lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter of the rock band Jimmy Eat World. Music career Jimmy Eat World (1993–present) Adkins grew u ...
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1975 – Markko Märtin, Estonian race car driver *
1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
Martin Åslund, Swedish footballer and sportscaster * 1976 – Sergio González Soriano, Spanish footballer and manager * 1976 –
Steffen Iversen Steffen Iversen (born 10 November 1976) is a Norwegian footballer who is player-manager for Norwegian 4th division side Trygg/Lade as a striker. He is the son of former Norway international Odd Iversen, one of Norway's most prolific goalscorers ...
, Norwegian footballer * 1976 – Shefki Kuqi, Finnish footballer and manager * 1976 – Mike Leclerc, Canadian ice hockey player *
1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...
Josh Barnett, American mixed martial artist and wrestler * 1977 – Brittany Murphy, American actress and singer (d. 2009) * 1977 – Erik Nevland, Norwegian footballer *
1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
Ruth Davidson, Scottish politician * 1978 –
Jorge DePaula Jorge A. DePaula (born November 10, 1978) is a Dominican Republic former right-handed pitcher who pitched 27 innings in Major League Baseball in 2003–05. 1997–2001 On January 13, , DePaula signed with the Colorado Rockies and pitched in the ...
, Dominican baseball player * 1978 – Eve, American rapper and producer * 1978 –
Kristian Huselius Lars Kristian Huselius (born 10 November 1978) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player. Career Huselius' hometown is Haninge, a municipality near Stockholm. He was drafted 47th overall at the 1997 NHL Entry Draft by the Florida Pant ...
, Swedish ice hockey player * 1978 – Drew McConnell, Irish bass player * 1978 – David Paetkau, Canadian actor *
1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
Chris Joannou, Australian bass player * 1979 – Anthony Réveillère, French footballer * 1979 –
Ragnvald Soma Ragnvald Soma (born 10 November 1979) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a defender for his childhood club Frøyland Idrettslag. He signed for them 02.02.2014 effectively retiring from professional football. Position He is primarily a cen ...
, Norwegian footballer *
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...
Danilo Belić Danilo Belić (Serbian Cyrillic: Данило Белић; born November 10, 1980) is a Serbian /Kazakhstan former professional footballer. Career In February 2012, Belić went on trial with Uzbek League side FC Bunyodkor. Belić joined FC Zhetys ...
, Serbian footballer * 1980 – Agustín De La Canal, Argentinian footballer * 1980 – Jeroen Ketting, Dutch footballer *
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 ...
Tony Blanco Tony Enrique Blanco Cabrera (born November 10, 1980) is a Dominican professional baseball player. He is mainly a first baseman, third baseman and outfielder. Blanco plays for the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has also ...
, Dominican baseball player * 1981 – Jason Dunham, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2004) * 1981 –
Ezequiel Garré Ezequiel Garré (born 10 November 1981 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a defender. Personal life He is the first son of the Argentine coach Oscar Garré, the brother of Argentine footballe ...
, Argentinian footballer * 1981 – Paul Kipsiele Koech, Kenyan runner * 1981 – Ryback, American wrestler * 1981 –
Miroslav Slepička Miroslav Slepička (born 10 November 1981) is a Czech Republic, Czech former professional mixed martial artist and professional football player who lastly played for 1. FK Příbram as a forward. Football career He is a forward who wore th ...
, Czech footballer * 1981 – Brett Tamburrino, Australian baseball player *
1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...
Shane Cansdell-Sherriff Shane Lewis Cansdell-Sherriff (born 10 November 1982), also known simply as Shane Sherriff, is an Australian professional footballer. Traditionally a left or central defender, Sherriff has also been deployed on the left side of midfield. He is ...
, Australian footballer * 1982 – Chris Canty, American football player * 1982 – Clayton Fortune, English footballer * 1982 – Heather Matarazzo, American actress * 1982 – Matt Pagnozzi, American baseball player * 1982 – Rafael Rosell, Filipino actor and model *
1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...
Brian Dinkelman, American baseball player * 1983 –
Dinko Felić Dinko Felić (born 10 November 1983) is a Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian-born Norway, Norwegian Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward. Felić was born in Bosnia but his fa ...
, Norwegian footballer * 1983 – Miranda Lambert, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1983 – Ryan Mattheus, American baseball player * 1983 – Craig Smith, American basketball player * 1983 –
Marius Žaliūkas Marius Žaliūkas (10 November 198331 October 2020) was a Lithuanian professional footballer who played primarily as a centre back, but also played as a defensive midfielder. Žaliūkas played in his homeland for Inkaras Kaunas, FBK Kaunas an ...
, Lithuanian footballer (d. 2020) *
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 Southeast A ...
Jarno Mattila Jarno Mattila (born 10 November 1984) is a Finnish former professional footballer. He usually played on the left side as a defender or a midfielder, originally he has mostly played at striker. He won the Finnish Cup with his side FC Haka ...
, Finnish footballer * 1984 – Ludovic Obraniak, Polish footballer * 1984 – Kendrick Perkins, American basketball player *
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 ...
Ricki-Lee Coulter, New Zealand singer-songwriter and dancer * 1985 –
Daan Huiskamp Daan Huiskamp (; born 10 November 1985) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for DVS '33. Career He first played in several youth clubs, first Eerbekse Boys, second Vitesse and lastly FC Utrecht. He entered the professional level ...
, Dutch footballer * 1985 – Aleksandar Kolarov, Serbian footballer * 1985 – Cherno Samba, Gambian footballer * 1985 – Krystian Trochowski, German rugby player *
1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...
Aaron Crow, American baseball player * 1986 – Will Hendry, English footballer * 1986 – Josh Peck, American actor * 1986 – Goran Jerković, French footballer * 1986 – Stanislav Namașco, Moldovan footballer * 1986 – Eric Thames, American baseball player * 1986 – Samuel Wanjiru, Kenyan runner (d. 2011) *
1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...
Sam Malsom, English footballer * 1987 –
Kana Oya Kana Lais Oya (born November 10, 1987), simply known as , is a Brazilian model who is represented by the talent agency, LDH. She was raised in Shizuoka. Biography Oya was born in Belém, Brazil. Her mother is Japanese Brazilian and her father i ...
, Japanese model and actress * 1987 –
Charles Hamilton Charles Hamilton may refer to: People in Canada * Charles Hamilton (bishop) (1834–1919), Anglican bishop of Ottawa * Charles Edward Hamilton (1844–1919), Canadian politician * Sir Charles Hamilton, 2nd Baronet, of Marlborough House (1767–184 ...
, American rapper * 1987 –
Theo Peckham Theo "Teddy" Peckham (born November 10, 1987) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently signed with the Saugeen Shores Winterhawks of the WOAA. He is the half-brother of Angela James, one of the first female hockey p ...
, Canadian ice hockey player *
1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...
Massimo Coda, Italian footballer * 1988 – Pauleen Luna, Filipino actress * 1988 – Aiden Tolman, Australian rugby league player *
1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
Daniel Agyei Daniel Yaw Agyei (also spelled Adjei; born 10 November 1989) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Ethiopian club Sebeta City as a goalkeeper. Club career Agyei was born in Dansoman, Ghana. International career Agyei represe ...
, Ghanaian footballer * 1989 –
Luke Daley Luke Aaron Daley (born 10 November 1989) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. He previously played for Norwich City, Stevenage, Plymouth Argyle, Lincoln City, Braintree Town, Dartford and Chelmsford City. Care ...
, English footballer * 1989 – Taron Egerton, Welsh actor * 1989 – Brendon Hartley, New Zealand race car driver * 1989 – Matt Magill, American baseball player * 1989 –
Adrian Nikçi Adrian Nikçi (born 10 November 1989) is a former professional footballer who played as midfielder. Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nikçi represented Switzerland internationally. Club career Nikçi previously played with FC Zürich in the Swiss ...
, Swiss footballer * 1989 – Sarah Wells, Canadian hurdler *
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 Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...
Andre Blackman Andre Alexander-George Blackman (born 10 November 1990) is an English footballer who last played for Dulwich Hamlet. A left back, he can also play as a wing back and a left winger. Early life Blackman was born in Lambeth, London. Club car ...
, English footballer * 1990 – Marcus Browne, American boxer * 1990 –
Aaron Murray Aaron William Murray (born November 10, 1990) is a former American football quarterback. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Georgia. Murray currently leads the SEC ...
, American football player * 1990 – Robert Primus, Trinidadian footballer * 1990 – Kristina Vogel, German track cyclist * 1990 –
Leo Leo or Léo may refer to: Acronyms * Law enforcement officer * Law enforcement organisation * ''Louisville Eccentric Observer'', a free weekly newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky * Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity Arts an ...
, South Korean singer *
1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...
Marko Blaževski Marko Blazhevski (born 10 November 1992) is a Macedonian swimmer who competes in the Men's 400m individual medley. At the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 201 ...
, Macedonian swimmer * 1992 – Teddy Bridgewater, American football player * 1992 –
Marek Frimmel Marek Frimmel (born 10 November 1992) is a Slovak football forward who currently plays for the 2. liga club FC Rohožník. Career AS Trenčín He made his debut for AS Trenčín against Slovan Bratislava on 25 August 2012. MFK Skalica On 29 ...
, Slovak footballer * 1992 –
Dimitri Petratos Dimitrios Petratos (born 10 November 1992) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Indian Super League club ATK Mohun Bagan. Petratos has played for four different A-League clubs, winning one championship with Br ...
, Australian footballer * 1992 –
Rafał Wolski Rafał Wolski (Polish pronunciation: ; born 10 November 1992 in Kozienice) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Radomiak Radom. Career On 2 May 2012, Wolski was named by Franciszek Smuda in the provi ...
, Polish footballer * 1992 – Wilfried Zaha, English footballer *
1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...
Daieishō Hayato is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He began his professional career in 2012 at the age of eighteen and reached the top ''makuuchi'' division in September 2015. His highest rank to date has been ''sekiwake''. He has four gold stars for d ...
, Japanese sumo wrestler *
1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...
Zoey Deutch, American actress * 1994 – Andre De Grasse, Canadian sprinter * 1994 –
Claudio Dias Claudio Franca Dias (born 10 November 1994) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Banbury United. Career Northampton Town Born in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, Dias joined Northampton Town at under ...
, English footballer *
1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...
Ralfs Grīnbergs Ralfs Grīnbergs (born 10 November 1995) is a Latvian ice hockey player currently playing for the HK Rīga of the MHL. Playing career Grīnbergs began his hockey career playing in minor and junior Latvian hockey leagues. In 2013/2014 season he ...
, Latvian ice hockey player * 1995 – Ryan Peniston, British tennis player *
1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...
Drew Lock, American football player *
1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...
Benoit Buratti Benoit Buratti (born 10 November 1997) is a French freestyle skier. He competed in the 2017 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships, and represented France at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang Pyeongchang (; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gu ...
, French skier * 1997 –
Federico Dimarco Federico Dimarco (born 10 November 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left midfielder for club Inter Milan and the Italy national team. Club career Inter Milan A product of Inter Milan's youth academy, Dim ...
, Italian footballer * 1997 – Cao Dong, Chinese footballer * 1997 –
Marios Georgiou Marios Georgiou (Greek: Μάριος Γεωργίου) (born 10 November 1997) is a Greek Cypriot male artistic gymnast, representing his nation in international competitions. He qualified as a lone gymnast on the Cypriot squad for the 2016 Summe ...
, Cypriot gymnast * 1997 –
Maurice Gomis Maurice Gomis (born 10 November 1997) is a professional footballer who plays for Cypriot side Ayia Napa. Born in Italy, he plays for the Guinea-Bissau national team. Club career Torino He is a product of Torino youth teams, just as his older br ...
, Italian-Senegalese footballer * 1997 – Daniel James, Welsh footballer * 1997 – Patrik Klačan, Slovak footballer * 1997 –
Khalil Madovi Khalil Nathan-Kudzai Madovi (born 10 November 1997) is an English actor, artist and musician. He played Josh Carter in the CBBC series ''4 O'Clock Club'' (2012–2015), for which he won the Children's BAFTA for Best Performer. In 2016, he rel ...
, British actor * 1997 –
Dhruv Pratap Singh Dhruv Pratap Singh, also known as Deepak Bhaiya (born 4 August 1960) is an Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh, India. At present he is the Chairman of Katni Development Authority, Madhya Pradesh. He is the member of The Bharatiya Janata Pa ...
, Indian cricketer * 1997 – Giovanna Scoccimarro, German judoka * 1997 – Yuriy Vakulko, Ukrainian footballer * 1997 –
Jasper van Heertum Jasper van Heertum (born 10 November 1997) is a Dutch professional association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back for First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Bulgarian First League club Botev Plovdiv. Career Van Heertum made ...
, Dutch footballer * 1997 – Wang Xin, Chinese footballer *
1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
Karen Villanueva Karen Villanueva (born 10 November 1998) is a Mexican rhythmic gymnast. Villanueva competed at the 2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and ...
, Mexican rhythmic gymnast *
1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...
Kiernan Shipka, American actress


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461 __NOTOC__ Year 461 ( CDLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severinus and Dagalaiphus (or, less frequently, year 1214 ...
Pope Leo I *
474 __NOTOC__ Year 474 ( CDLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Leo without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1227 ...
Leo II, Byzantine emperor (b. 467) *
901 __NOTOC__ Year 901 ( CMI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * February – King Louis III (the Blind) is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor by ...
Adelaide of Paris (b. 850) * 948Zhao Yanshou, Chinese general and governor *
1066 1066 (Roman numerals, MLXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. Events Worldwide * March 20 – Halley's Comet reaches perihelion. Its appearance is subsequently recorded in the Bayeux Tapestry. Asia * ''un ...
John Scotus, bishop of Mecklenburg *
1068 Year 1068 ( MLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * January 1 – Empress Eudokia Makrembolitissa, wife of the late Emperor Co ...
Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine, regent of Aquitaine *
1187 Year 1187 ( MCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Spring – Emperor Isaac II (Angelos) sends a Byzantine expeditionary ...
Guðrøðr Óláfsson, King of the Isles *
1241 Year 1241 ( MCCXLI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events * March 18 – Battle of Chmielnik ( Mongol invasion of Poland): The Mongols overwhelm the feudal Polish armi ...
Pope Celestine IV *
1258 Year 1258 ( MCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Mongol Empire * February 10 – Siege of Baghdad: Mongol forces (some 150,000 men) led b ...
William de Bondington, Bishop of Glasgow * 1290Al-Mansur Qalawun, Sultan of Egypt (b. c. 1222) *
1293 Year 1293 ( MCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By area Africa * December – Mamluk sultan of Egypt Khalil is assassinated by his regent Baydara Badr al- ...
Isabella de Forz, Countess of Devon Isabel de Forz (July 1237 – 10 November 1293) (or Isabel de Redvers, Latinized to Isabella de Fortibus) was the eldest daughter of Baldwin de Redvers, 6th Earl of Devon (1217–1245). On the death of her brother Baldwin de Redvers, 7th Earl ...
(b. 1237) * 1299
John I, Count of Holland John I (1284 – 10 November 1299) was Count of Holland and son of Count Floris V. John inherited the county in 1296 after the murder of his father. Shortly after his birth, after negotiations between Floris and King Edward I of England in Apr ...
(b. 1284) * 1444Władysław III of Poland (b. 1424) *
1549 __NOTOC__ Year 1549 ( MDXLIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Kingdom of England, it was known as "The Year of the Many-Headed Monster", because of the unusually high n ...
Pope Paul III Pope Paul III ( la, Paulus III; it, Paolo III; 29 February 1468 – 10 November 1549), born Alessandro Farnese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 October 1534 to his death in November 1549. He came to ...
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1556 __NOTOC__ Year 1556 ( MDLVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 16 – Charles V, having already abdicated as Holy Roman Emperor, r ...
Richard Chancellor, English explorer(b. c. 1521)


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1617 Events January–June * February 27 – The Treaty of Stolbovo ends the Ingrian War between Sweden and Russia. Sweden gains Ingria and Kexholm. * April 14 – Second Battle of Playa Honda: The Spanish navy defeats a Dutch f ...
Barnabe Rich, English soldier and author (b. 1540) *
1624 Events January–March * January 14 – After 90 years of Ottoman occupation, Baghdad is recaptured by the Safavid Empire. * January 22 – Korean General Yi Gwal leads an uprising of 12,000 soldiers against King Injo in wh ...
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (b. 1573) *
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 ...
Luis Vélez de Guevara, Spanish author and playwright (b. 1579) *
1659 Events January–March * January 14 – In the Battle of the Lines of Elvas, fought near the small city of Elvas in Portugal during the Portuguese Restoration War, the Spanish Army under the command of Luis Méndez de Haro suff ...
Afzal Khan, Indian commander *
1673 Events January–March * January 22 – Impostor Mary Carleton is hanged at Newgate Prison in London, for multiple thefts and returning from penal transportation. * February 10 – Molière's ''comédie-ballet'' ''The Imagi ...
Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (b. 1640) *
1727 Events January–March * January 1 – (December 21, 1726 O.S.) Spain's ambassador to Great Britain demands that the British return Gibraltar after accusing Britain of violating the terms of the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht. Britain ...
Alphonse de Tonty Pierre Alphonse de Tonty, or Alphonse de Tonty, Baron de Paludy (c. 1659 – 10 November 1727) was an officer who served under the French explorer Cadillac and helped establish the first European settlement at Detroit, Michigan, Fort Pontchartrain ...
, French-American sailor and explorer (b. 1659) *
1728 Events January–March * January 5 – The '' Real y Pontificia Universidad de San Gerónimo de la Habana'', the oldest university in Cuba, is founded in Havana. * January 9 – The coronation of Peter II as the Tsar of t ...
Fyodor Apraksin, Russian admiral (b. 1661) *
1772 Events January–March * January 10 – Shah Alam II, the Mughal Emperor of India, makes a triumphant return to Delhi 15 years after having been forced to flee. * January 17 – Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Carolin ...
Pedro Correia Garção Pedro António Joaquim Correia da Serra Garção (29 April 1724 – 10 November 1772) was a Portuguese lyric poet. Biography Garção was born in Lisbon, Socorro, the son of Filipe Correia da Serra or Correia da Silva, born in São João do Sout ...
, Portuguese poet and author (b. 1724) *
1777 Events January–March * January 2 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of the Assunpink Creek: American general George Washington's army repulses a British attack by Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis, in a second ...
Cornstalk, American tribal chief (b. 1720) *
1808 Events January–March * January 1 ** The importation of slaves into the United States is banned, as the 1807 Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves takes effect; African slaves continue to be imported into Cuba, and until the island ab ...
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Irish-born English general and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (b. 1724) *
1852 Events January–March * January 14 – President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte proclaims a new constitution for the French Second Republic. * January 15 – Nine men representing various Jewish charitable organizations come tog ...
Gideon Mantell, English scientist (b. 1790) *
1865 Events January–March * January 4 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at Broad Street (Manhattan), 10-12 Broad near Wall Street, in New York City. * January 13 – American Civil War : Sec ...
Henry Wirz, Swiss-American captain in Confederate army, commandant of Andersonville Prison (b. 1823) *
1869 Events January–March * January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan. * January 5 – Scotland's oldest professional football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded. * January 20 – E ...
John E. Wool John Ellis Wool (February 20, 1784 – November 10, 1869) was an officer in the United States Army during three consecutive U.S. wars: the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. By the time of the Mexican-American War ...
, American general (b. 1784) *
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 defeat ...
Maria Jane Williams Maria Jane Williams (c.1795 – 10 November 1873) was a 19th-century Welsh musician and folklorist born at Aberpergwm House, Glynneath in Glamorgan, South Wales. She rescued many Welsh songs from obscurity, including '' Y Deryn Pur (The G ...
, Welsh musician and folklorist (b. circa 1794) *
1887 Events January–March * January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Har ...
Louis Lingg, German-American carpenter and activist (b. 1864) *
1891 Events January–March * January 1 ** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany. ** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence. **Germany takes formal possession of its new Africa ...
Arthur Rimbaud, French poet and educator (b. 1854)


1901–present

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1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * Januar ...
George Essex Evans, Australian poet and educator (b. 1863) *
1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...
Anita Berber Anita Berber (10 June 1899 – 10 November 1928) was a German dancer, actress, and writer who was the subject of an Otto Dix painting. She lived during the time of the Weimar Republic. Early life Born in Leipzig to Felix Berber, First Violinist ...
, German dancer (b. 1899) *
1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
Louis Gustave Binger, French general and explorer (b. 1856) *
1938 Events January * January 1 ** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the a ...
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, or Mustafa Kemal Pasha until 1921, and Ghazi Mustafa Kemal from 1921 Surname Law (Turkey), until 1934 ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish Mareşal (Turkey), field marshal, Turkish National Movement, re ...
, Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey (b. 1881) *
1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Eu ...
Carrie Derick, Canadian botanist and geneticist (b. 1862) *
1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...
Claude Rodier Claude Rodier (21 July 1903 – 10 November 1944) was a physicist, teacher and staff sergeant in the ''Mouvements Unis de la Résistance'' (MUR), part of the French Resistance in Auvergne, France. Biography Origins and education Claude Rodie ...
physicist (b.1903) *
1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...
Louis Zutter, Swiss gymnast (b. 1856) *
1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
Gordon MacQuarrie Gordon MacQuarrie (July 3, 1900 – November 10, 1956) was an American writer and journalist. Born in Superior, Wisconsin, he is best known for his short stories involving hunting and fishing, and for his semi-fictional organization known as '' ...
, American author and journalist (b. 1900) *
1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
Julius Lenhart Julius Lenhart (November 27, 1875 in Vienna – November 10, 1962 in Vienna) was an Austrian Artistic gymnastics, gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He won two gold medals and one silver medal, making him the most successful Austri ...
, Austrian gymnast and engineer (b. 1875) *
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
Klára Dán von Neumann Klára Dán von Neumann (born Klára Dán; 18 August 1911 – 10 November 1963) was a Hungarian-American mathematician, self-taught engineer and computer scientist, noted as one of the first computer programmers. She was the first woman to ex ...
, Hungarian-American computer scientist (b. 1911) *
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...
Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author and academic (b. 1909) *
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
Ernest M. McSorley, Canadian-American captain (b. 1912) *
1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...
Leonid Brezhnev, Ukrainian-Russian general and politician, 4th Head of State of the Soviet Union (b. 1906) *
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 Southeast A ...
Xavier Herbert, Australian author (b. 1901) *
1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...
Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (b. 1916) * 1986 – Gordon Richards, English jockey and manager (b. 1904) *
1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...
Noor Hossain, Bangladeshi activist (b. 1961) *
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 Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...
Aurelio Monteagudo, Cuban baseball player and manager (b. 1943) * 1990 – Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist and academic (b. 1914) *
1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...
William Afflis, American football player and wrestler (b. 1929) *
1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...
Chuck Connors, American actor (b. 1921) *
1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...
Kuvempu Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa (29 December 1904 – 11 November 1994), popularly known by his pen name Kuvempu, was an Indian poet, playwright, novelist and critic. He is widely regarded as the greatest Kannada poet of the 20th century. He was ...
, Indian author and poet (b. 1904) * 1994 – Carmen McRae, American singer, pianist, and actress (b. 1920) *
1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...
Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and activist (b. 1941) *
1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
Mary Millar, English actress (b. 1936) *
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 ...
Adamantios Androutsopoulos Adamantios Androutsopoulos ( el, Αδαμάντιος Ανδρουτσόπουλος; 20 August 1919 – 10 November 2000) was a lawyer and professor. He held various ministerial posts under the Greek military junta of 1967–1974 and was finally ...
, Greek lawyer and politician, 171st
Prime Minister of Greece The prime minister of the Hellenic Republic ( el, Πρωθυπουργός της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας, Prothypourgós tis Ellinikís Dimokratías), colloquially referred to as the prime minister of Greece ( el, Πρωθυ ...
(b. 1919) * 2000 –
Jacques Chaban-Delmas Jacques Chaban-Delmas (; 7 March 1915 – 10 November 2000) was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1969 to 1972. He was the Mayor of Bordeaux from 1947 to 1995 and a deputy for the Gironde ''d ...
, French general and politician, 153rd
Prime Minister of France The prime minister of France (french: link=no, Premier ministre français), officially the prime minister of the French Republic, is the head of government of the French Republic and the leader of the Council of Ministers. The prime minister ...
(b. 1915) *
2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...
Ken Kesey, American novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1935) *
2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...
Michel Boisrond Michel Jacques Boisrond (9 October 1921, Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais – 10 November 2002, La Celle-Saint-Cloud) was a French film director and screenwriter. His work spanned five decades, from the 1950s to the 1990s. Career A former apprentice ...
, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921) *
2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...
Canaan Banana, Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (b. 1936) * 2003 – Irv Kupcinet, American journalist and talk show host (b. 1912) *
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
Katy de la Cruz, Filipino-American singer and actress (b. 1907) * 2004 – Şeref Görkey, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1913) *
2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...
Diana Coupland, English actress and singer (b. 1932) * 2006 – Fokko du Cloux, Dutch mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1954) * 2006 – Gerald Levert, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1966) * 2006 – Jack Palance, American boxer and actor (b. 1919) * 2006 –
Nadarajah Raviraj Nadarajah Raviraj ( ta, நடராஜா ரவிராஜ், translit=naṭarājā ravirāj, ; 25 June 1962 – 10 November 2006) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician. He was Mayor of Jaffna in 2001 and a Member of Parliament for J ...
, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1962) * 2006 – Jack Williamson, American author, critic, and academic (b. 1908) *2007 – Laraine Day, American actress (b. 1920) * 2007 – Augustus F. Hawkins, American engineer and politician (b. 1907) * 2007 – Norman Mailer, American novelist and essayist (b. 1923) *
2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
– Wannes Van de Velde, Belgian singer and poet (b. 1937) * 2008 – Kiyosi Itô, Japanese mathematician and academic (b. 1915) *
2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...
– Robert Enke, German footballer (b. 1977) * 2009 – John Allen Muhammad, American spree killer (b. 1960) *2010 – Dino De Laurentiis, Italian-American actor, producer, and production manager (b. 1919) *2011 – Peter J. Biondi, American soldier and politician (b. 1942) * 2011 – Ivan Martin Jirous, Czech poet (b. 1944) *2012 – John Louis Coffey, American lawyer and judge (b. 1922) * 2012 – Mitsuko Mori, Japanese actress (b. 1920) * 2012 – Piet van Zeil, Dutch lawyer and politician, Ministry of Economic Affairs (Netherlands), Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs (b. 1927) *2013 – Vijaydan Detha, Indian author (b. 1926) * 2013 – John Grant (neurosurgeon), John Grant, Australian neurosurgeon (b. 1922) * 2013 – John Matchefts, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1931) * 2013 – Giorgio Orelli, Swiss poet and translator (b. 1921) *2014 – Josip Boljkovac, Croatian soldier and politician, 1st Ministry of the Interior (Croatia), Croatia Minister of the Interior (b. 1920) * 2014 – Wayne Goss, Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Premier of Queensland (b. 1951) * 2014 – John Hans Krebs, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926) * 2014 – Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, American surfer and physician (b. 1921) * 2014 – Al Renfrew, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1924) *2015 – Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer, founded the Amdahl Corporation (b. 1922) * 2015 – Pat Eddery, Irish jockey and trainer (b. 1952) * 2015 – André Glucksmann, French philosopher and author (b. 1937) * 2015 – Helmut Schmidt, German soldier, economist, and politician, 5th List of Chancellors of Germany, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1918) * 2015 – Allen Toussaint, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1938) * 2020 – Saeb Erekat, Chief Palestinian negotiator (b. 1955) *2021 – Miroslav Žbirka, Slovak singer, songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952) *2022 – Kevin Conroy, American voice actor (b. 1955)


Holidays and observances

*Christian feast day: **Adelin of Séez **Áed mac Bricc **Andrew Avellino **Saint Baudolino, Baudolino **Elaeth **Saint Grellan, Grellan **Justus **Lübeck martyrs ** Pope Leo I **Theoktiste of Lesbos, Theoctiste **Tryphena of Rome **November 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) *Cry of Independence Day ( Panama) *Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Day of Remembrance of Atatürk (Turkey) *Militsiya#Militsiya in the Russian Federation, Day of Russian Militsiya (Russia) *Heroes Day (Indonesia) or ''Hari Pahlawan'' *Martinisingen (Germany) *United States Marine Corps birthday (United States) *World Keratoconus Day


References


External links

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