994
Year 994 ( CMXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* September 15 – Battle of the Orontes: Fatimid forces, under Turkish gener ...
– Major
Fatimid
The Fatimid Caliphate was an Ismaili Shi'a caliphate extant from the tenth to the twelfth centuries AD. Spanning a large area of North Africa, it ranged from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east. The Fatimids, a dy ...
victory over the
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...
at the
Battle of the Orontes
The Battle of the Orontes was fought on 15 September 994 between the Byzantines and their Hamdanid allies under Michael Bourtzes against the forces of the Fatimid vizier of Damascus, the Turkish general Manjutakin. The battle was a Fatimid victo ...
.
*
1440
Events
January–December
* February 21 – The Prussian Confederation is formed.
* April 9 – Christopher of Bavaria is elected King of Denmark.
* April – Murad II lays siege to Belgrade. The city is heavily damaged, but the defende ...
–
Gilles de Rais
Gilles de Rais (c. 1405 – 26 October 1440), Baron de Rais (), was a knight and lord from Brittany, Anjou and Poitou, a leader in the French army, and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He is best known for his reputation and later convi ...
, one of the earliest known
serial killer
A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more persons,A
*
*
*
* with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. While most authorities set a threshold of three ...
s, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by
Jean de Malestroit
Jean de Malestroit was a French pseudo-cardinal who served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nantes from 17 July 1419 until 1443 AD when he resigned.
Born in 1375 in Châteaugiron in the Duchy of Brittany, Jean de Malestroit was t ...
,
Bishop of Nantes
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nantes ( la, Dioecesis Nannetensis; french: Diocèse de Nantes; br, Eskopti Naoned) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Nantes, France. The diocese consists of the department of Loire- ...
.
*
1530
Year 1530 ( MDXXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1530th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 530th year of the 2nd millennium, the 30t ...
– Appearance of the miraculous portrait of ''
Saint Dominic in Soriano
''Saint Dominic in Soriano'' ( it, San Domenico in Soriano; es, Santo Domingo en Soriano) was a portrait of Saint Dominic painted in 1530. It is an important artefact in the Dominican friary at Soriano Calabro in southern Italy. It was bel ...
'' in
Soriano Calabro
Soriano Calabro (Central-Southern Calabrian, Calabrian: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italy, Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about southeast of Vibo Valentia. As of 31 ...
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
1644–1912.
*
1556
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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 ...
– Departing from
Vlissingen
Vlissingen (; zea, label=Zeelandic, Vlissienge), historically known in English as Flushing, is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren. With its strategic l ...
, ex-
Holy Roman Emperor
The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans ( la, Imperator Romanorum, german: Kaiser der Römer) during the Middle Ages, and also known as the Roman-German Emperor since the early modern period ( la, Imperat ...
Charles V Charles V may refer to:
* Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558)
* Charles V of Naples (1661–1700), better known as Charles II of Spain
* Charles V of France (1338–1380), called the Wise
* Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643–1690)
* Infan ...
returns to
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
Seven Years' War
The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict that involved most of the European Great Powers, and was fought primarily in Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. Other concurrent conflicts include the French and Indian War (1754 ...
:
Battle of Signal Hill
The Battle of Signal Hill was fought on September 15, 1762, and was the last battle of the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War. A British force under Lieutenant Colonel William Amherst recaptured St. John's, which the French had sei ...
.
*
1776
Events January–February
* January 1 – American Revolutionary War – Burning of Norfolk: The town of Norfolk, Virginia is destroyed, by the combined actions of the British Royal Navy and occupying Patriot forces.
* January 1 ...
–
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...
New York Campaign
The New York and New Jersey campaign in 1776 and the winter months of 1777 was a series of American Revolutionary War battles for control of the Port of New York and the state of New Jersey, fought between British forces under General Sir Willia ...
.
*
1789
Events
January–March
* January – Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès publishes the pamphlet ''What Is the Third Estate?'' ('), influential on the French Revolution.
* January 7 – The 1788-89 United States presidential election a ...
– The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the
Department of State
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French Revolutionary Wars
The French Revolutionary Wars (french: Guerres de la Révolution française) were a series of sweeping military conflicts lasting from 1792 until 1802 and resulting from the French Revolution. They pitted French First Republic, France against Ki ...
Flanders Campaign
The Flanders Campaign (or Campaign in the Low Countries) was conducted from 20 April 1792 to 7 June 1795 during the first years of the War of the First Coalition. A coalition of states representing the Ancien Régime in Western Europe – Aus ...
Dutch Cape Colony
The Cape Colony ( nl, Kaapkolonie) was a Dutch United East India Company (VOC) colony in Southern Africa, centered on the Cape of Good Hope, from where it derived its name. The original colony and its successive states that the colony was inco ...
in
southern Africa
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to prevent its use by the
Batavian Republic
The Batavian Republic ( nl, Bataafse Republiek; french: République Batave) was the successor state to the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. It was proclaimed on 19 January 1795 and ended on 5 June 1806, with the accession of Louis Bona ...
.
*
1812
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The ''Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch'' (the Austrian civil code) enters into force in the Austrian Empire.
* January 19 – Peninsular War: The French-held fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo Siege of ...
– The
Grande Armée
''La Grande Armée'' (; ) was the main military component of the French Imperial Army commanded by Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte during the Napoleonic Wars. From 1804 to 1808, it won a series of military victories that allowed the French Empi ...
under
Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
reaches the
Kremlin
The Kremlin ( rus, Московский Кремль, r=Moskovskiy Kreml', p=ˈmɐˈskofskʲɪj krʲemlʲ, t=Moscow Kremlin) is a fortified complex in the center of Moscow founded by the Rurik dynasty, Rurik dynasty. It is the best known of th ...
in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
.
* 1812 –
War of 1812
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1816
This year was known as the ''Year Without a Summer'', because of low temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere, possibly the result of the Mount Tambora volcanic eruption in Indonesia in 1815, causing severe global cooling, catastrophic in s ...
– runs aground on the
Doom Bar
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.
*
1820
Events
January–March
*January 1 – Nominal beginning of the Trienio Liberal in Spain: A constitutionalist military insurrection at Cádiz leads to the summoning of the Spanish Parliament (March 7).
*January 8 – General Maritime T ...
–
Constitutionalist revolution
The Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 (sometimes also referred to as Paulista War or Brazilian Civil War) is the name given to the uprising of the population of the Brazilian state of São Paulo against the Brazilian Revolution of 1930 when ...
in
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...
, Portugal.
*
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 ...
– The
Captaincy General of Guatemala
The Captaincy General of Guatemala ( es, Capitanía General de Guatemala), also known as the Kingdom of Guatemala ( es, Reino de Guatemala), was an administrative division of the Spanish Empire, under the viceroyalty of New Spain in Central A ...
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
.
*
1830
It is known in European history as a rather tumultuous year with the Revolutions of 1830 in France, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and Italy.
Events January–March
* January 11 – LaGrange College (later the University of North Alabama) b ...
British MP
In the United Kingdom, a member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Electoral system
All 650 members of the UK House of Commons are elected using the first-past- ...
William Huskisson
William Huskisson (11 March 177015 September 1830) was a British statesman, financier, and Member of Parliament for several constituencies, including Liverpool.
He is commonly known as the world's first widely reported railway passenger casu ...
becomes the first widely reported railway passenger fatality when he is struck and killed by the locomotive ''
Rocket
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''.
*
1835
Events
January–March
* January 7 – anchors off the Chonos Archipelago on her second voyage, with Charles Darwin on board as naturalist.
* January 8 – The United States public debt contracts to zero, for the only time in history.
...
– , with
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended fr ...
aboard, reaches the
Galápagos Islands
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. The ship lands at Chatham or San Cristobal, the easternmost of the archipelago.
*
1862
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos Island, in modern-day Nigeria.
* January 6 – French intervention in Mexico: French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico.
* January ...
–
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...
:
Confederate
Confederacy or confederate may refer to:
States or communities
* Confederate state or confederation, a union of sovereign groups or communities
* Confederate States of America, a confederation of secessionist American states that existed between 1 ...
Harpers Ferry, Virginia
Harpers Ferry is a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, Jefferson County, West Virginia. It is located in the lower Shenandoah Valley. The population was 285 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Situated at the confluence o ...
(present-day
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Harpers Ferry is a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia. It is located in the lower Shenandoah Valley. The population was 285 at the 2020 census. Situated at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers, where the U.S. stat ...
Imperial German Army
The Imperial German Army (1871–1919), officially referred to as the German Army (german: Deutsches Heer), was the unified ground and air force of the German Empire. It was established in 1871 with the political unification of Germany under the l ...
troops leave
France
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upon completion of payment of
indemnity
In contract law, an indemnity is a contractual obligation of one party (the ''indemnitor'') to compensate the loss incurred by another party (the ''indemnitee'') due to the relevant acts of the indemnitor or any other party. The duty to indemni ...
First Sino-Japanese War
The First Sino-Japanese War (25 July 1894 – 17 April 1895) was a conflict between China and Japan primarily over influence in Korea. After more than six months of unbroken successes by Japanese land and naval forces and the loss of the po ...
:
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
defeats
Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...
1915
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction".
*January 1 ...
–
New Culture Movement
The New Culture Movement () was a movement in China in the 1910s and 1920s that criticized classical Chinese ideas and promoted a new Chinese culture based upon progressive, modern and western ideals like democracy and science. Arising out of ...
:
Chen Duxiu
Chen Duxiu ( zh, t=陳獨秀, w=Ch'en Tu-hsiu; 8 October 187927 May 1942) was a Chinese revolutionary socialist, educator, philosopher and author, who co-founded the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with Li Dazhao in 1921. From 1921 to 1927, he ser ...
establishes the ''
New Youth
''New Youth'' (french: La Jeunesse, lit=The Youth; ) was a Chinese literary magazine founded by Chen Duxiu and published between 1915 and 1926. It strongly influenced both the New Culture Movement and the later May Fourth Movement. Publishin ...
'' magazine in
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...
.
*
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.
* ...
–
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
:
Tanks
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are used for the first time in battle, at the
Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme ( French: Bataille de la Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and French Third Republic against the German Empire. It took place bet ...
.
*
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 ...
Bulgarian
Bulgarian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria
* Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group
* Bulgarian language, a Slavic language
* Bulgarian alphabet
* A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria
* Bul ...
defenses on the
Macedonian front
The Macedonian front, also known as the Salonica front (after Thessaloniki), was a military theatre of World War I formed as a result of an attempt by the Allied Powers to aid Serbia, in the autumn of 1915, against the combined attack of German ...
.
*
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.
* ...
–
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
adopts a new
national flag
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bearing the
swastika
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the ''Luftwaffe'' launches its largest and most concentrated attack of the entire campaign.
*
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:
U.S. Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage o ...
aircraft carrier
An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. Typically, it is the capital ship of a fleet, as it allows a ...
is sunk by
Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
torpedoes at
Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal (; indigenous name: ''Isatabu'') is the principal island in Guadalcanal Province of Solomon Islands, located in the south-western Pacific, northeast of Australia. It is the largest island in the Solomon Islands by area, and the seco ...
.
*
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 ...
–
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...
and
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 ...
meet in
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
Battle of Peleliu
The Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II by the US military, was fought between the United States and Japan during the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign of World War II, from September 15 to November 27, 1944, on the island of P ...
begins as the
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combi ...
'
1st Marine Division
The 1st Marine Division (1st MARDIV) is a Marine division of the United States Marine Corps headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. It is the ground combat element of the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF).
It is the ...
and the
United States Army
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's 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.
*
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 ...
– A
hurricane
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strikes southern
Florida
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and
the Bahamas
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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 ...
–
Typhoon Kathleen
Typhoon Kathleen was a typhoon that approached Japan in September 1947. Kathleen brought record heavy rain at the time, causing major destruction in the Kanto region.
Meteorological history
Kathleen struck the Boso Peninsula and the entire Ka ...
hit the
Kantō region
The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. In a common definition, the region includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven prefectures: Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba and Kanagawa. Slight ...
in Japan killing 1,077.
*
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 ...
– The
Indian Army
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Latur
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,
Mominabad
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Operation Polo
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.
* 1948 – The
F-86 Sabre
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Korean War
, date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...
United Nations
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cedes
Eritrea
Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...
to
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
.
*
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 ...
–
Marilyn Monroe
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The Seven Year Itch
''The Seven Year Itch'' is a 1955 American romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder, from a screenplay he co-wrote with George Axelrod from the 1952 three-act play. The film stars Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell, who reprised his stage role. ...
''.
*
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 ...
– A
Central Railroad of New Jersey
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commuter train
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Newark Bay
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, killing 48.
*
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 ...
–
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (– 11 September 1971) was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and chairman of the country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. During his rule, Khrushchev s ...
becomes the first
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
ship ''Poltava'' heads toward
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
, one of the events that sets into motion the
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (of 1962) ( es, Crisis de Octubre) in Cuba, the Caribbean Crisis () in Russia, or the Missile Scare, was a 35-day (16 October – 20 November 1962) confrontation between the United S ...
.
*
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 ...
African-American church
The black church (sometimes termed Black Christianity or African American Christianity) is the faith and body of Christian congregations and denominations in the United States that minister predominantly to African Americans, as well as their ...
in
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. As of the 2021 census estimates, Birmingham had a population of 197,575, down 1% fr ...
, United States.
*
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 ...
– U.S. President
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...
, writes a letter to
Congress
A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of a ...
urging the enactment of
gun control
Gun control, or firearms regulation, is the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms by civilians.
Most countries have a restrictive firearm guiding policy, with on ...
legislation.
*
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 ...
– The
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
''
Zond 5
Zond 5 (russian: Зонд 5, lit=Probe 5) was a spacecraft of the Soviet Zond program. In September 1968 it became the first spaceship to travel to and circle the Moon, the first Moon mission to include animals, and the first to return safely to ...
'' spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of ...
and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
*
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 ...
– The first Greenpeace ship departs from Vancouver to protest against the upcoming Cannikin nuclear weapon test in Alaska.
*
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 ...
– A
Scandinavian Airlines System
Scandinavian Airlines, more commonly known and styled as SAS, is the flag carrier of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. ''SAS'' is an abbreviation of the company's full name, Scandinavian Airlines System or legally Scandinavian Airlines System Denmark ...
domestic flight
A domestic flight is a form of commercial flight within civil aviation where the departure and the arrival take place in the same country.
Airports serving domestic flights only are known as domestic airports.
Domestic flights are generally c ...
from
Gothenburg
Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...
to
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
is
hijacked
Hijacking may refer to:
Common usage
Computing and technology
* Bluejacking, the unsolicited transmission of data via Bluetooth
* Brandjacking, the unauthorized use of a company's brand
* Browser hijacking
* Clickjacking (including ''like ...
and flown to
Malmö Bulltofta Airport
Malmö Bulltofta Airport ( sv, Malmö-Bulltofta flygplats; ) was the main airport for the city of Malmö, Scania, Sweden, from 1923 to 1972. Located in the Malmö city district of Kirseberg, the area has since been converted into a major park an ...
.
*
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
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 French
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
of "
Corse
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the Regions of France, 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and ...
" (the entire island of
Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...
) is divided into two:
Haute-Corse
Haute-Corse (; co, Corsica suprana , or ; en, Upper Corsica) is (as of 2022) an administrative department of France, consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged wi ...
(Upper Corsica) and
Corse-du-Sud
Corse-du-Sud (; co, link=no, Corsica suttana , or ; en, Southern Corsica) is (as of 2019) an administrative department of France, consisting of the southern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collect ...
(Southern Corsica).
*
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 ...
–
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali (; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "The Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century, a ...
outpoints
Leon Spinks
Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to:
Places
Europe
* León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León
* Province of León, Spain
* Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...
in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world
heavyweight
Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling.
Boxing Professional
Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the Wo ...
New Orleans
New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans Merriam-Webster. ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nuev ...
.
*
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 ...
– The
Senate Judiciary Committee
The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, informally the Senate Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of 22 U.S. senators whose role is to oversee the Department of Justice (DOJ), consider executive and judicial nominations, a ...
unanimously approves
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor (born March 26, 1930) is an American retired attorney and politician who served as the first female associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. She was both the first woman nominated and th ...
to become the first female justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point o ...
.
* 1981 – The
John Bull
John Bull is a national personification of the United Kingdom in general and England in particular, especially in political cartoons and similar graphic works. He is usually depicted as a stout, middle-aged, country-dwelling, jolly and matter- ...
becomes the oldest operable
steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomot ...
in the world when the
Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums and education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge". Founded ...
operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.
*
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 ...
–
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
i
premier
Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier.
A premier will normally be a head of governm ...
Menachem Begin
Menachem Begin ( ''Menaḥem Begin'' (); pl, Menachem Begin (Polish documents, 1931–1937); ''Menakhem Volfovich Begin''; 16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician, founder of Likud and the sixth Prime Minister of Israel. B ...
resigns.
*
1995
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–
Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133
Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133 (MH2133/MAS2133) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Kota Kinabalu to Tawau, operated by Malaysia's flag carrier Malaysia Airlines. On 15 September 1995, the Fokker 50 carrying 53 people flew into a sha ...
crashes at
Tawau Airport
Tawau Airport ( ms, Lapangan Terbang Tawau) is an airport located north east of Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia. It is one of two airports in Sabah with immigration counters for international flights, the other being Kota Kinabalu International Airport ...
in
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
, killing 34.
*
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 ...
– During a
CART
A cart or dray (Australia and New Zealand) is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by one or a pair of draught animals. A handcart is pulled or pushed by one or more people.
It is different from the flatbed tr ...
race at the
Lausitzring
The Lausitzring (formally known as the Dekra Lausitzring for ownership reasons) is a race track located near Klettwitz (a civil parish of Schipkau, Oberspreewald-Lausitz district) in the state of Brandenburg in northeast Germany, near the bord ...
in Germany, former
Formula One
Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...
driver
Alex Zanardi
Alessandro "Alex" Zanardi (; born 23 October 1966) is an Italian professional racing driver and paracyclist. He won the CART championship in 1997 and 1998, and took 15 wins in the series. He also raced in Formula One from 1991 to 1994 and aga ...
suffers a heavy accident resulting in him losing both his legs.
*
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 ...
–
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...
commissioner
Gary Bettman
Gary Bruce Bettman (born June 2, 1952) is an American sports executive who serves as the commissioner of the National Hockey League (NHL), a post he has held since February 1, 1993. Previously, Bettman was a senior vice president and general cou ...
announces
lockout
Lockout may refer to:
* Lockout (industry), a type of work stoppage
**Dublin Lockout, a major industrial dispute between approximately 20,000 workers and 300 employers 1913 - 1914
* Lockout (sports), lockout in sports leagues
**MLB lockout, lock ...
of the
players' union
The Association Football Players' and Trainers' Union (AFPTU), commonly known as the Players' Union, in the United Kingdom was the original association that became the Professional Footballers' Association. Their stated aims were freedom of move ...
and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
*
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; ...
–
Lehman Brothers
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files for
Chapter 11
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bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
*
2011
File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...
– Four miners are killed in the
Gleision Colliery mining accident
The Gleision Colliery mining accident was a mining accident which occurred on 15 September 2011 at the Gleision Colliery, a drift mine at Cilybebyll in Neath Port Talbot, in Wales. The accident occurred while seven miners were working with explosiv ...
in the Swansea Valley, Wales, UK.
*
2017
File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...
– The
Parsons Green bombing
On 15 September 2017, at around 08:20 BST (07:20 UTC), an explosion occurred on a District line train at Parsons Green Underground station, in London, England. Thirty people were treated in hospital or an urgent care centre, mostly for burn ...
takes place in
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
.
*
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- ...
Washington, D.C.
)
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, image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...
, normalizing relations between
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
and two Arab nations, the
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...
and
Bahrain
Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...
Saichō
was a Japanese Buddhist monk credited with founding the Tendai school of Buddhism based on the Chinese Tiantai school he was exposed to during his trip to Tang China beginning in 804. He founded the temple and headquarters of Tendai at Enryaku-j ...
Marco Polo
Marco Polo (, , ; 8 January 1324) was a Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in ''The Travels of Marco Polo'' (also known as ''Book of the Marv ...
, Italian merchant and explorer (d. 1324)
* 1461 –
Jacopo Salviati
Jacopo Salviati (15 September 1461 – 6 September 1533) was a Florentine politician and son-in-law of Lorenzo de' Medici. On 10 September 1486 he married Lorenzo's daughter Lucrezia de' Medici, with whom he had ten children. The son of Giovan ...
Mary of Hungary
Mary, also known as Maria of Anjou (, , ; 137117 May 1395), reigned as Queen of Hungary and Croatia (officially 'king') between 1382 and 1385, and from 1386 until her death. She was the daughter of Louis the Great, King of Hungary and Poland ...
, Dutch ruler (d. 1558)
*
1533
__NOTOC__
Year 1533 ( MDXXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 25 – King Henry VIII of England formally but secretly marries ...
–
Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland
Catherine of Austria ( pl, Katarzyna Habsburżanka; lt, Kotryna Habsburgaitė; 15 September 1533 – 28 February 1572) was one of the fifteen children of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. In 1553, she married Polish ...
(d. 1572)
*
1580
__NOTOC__
Events
January–June
* January 31 – Portuguese succession crisis of 1580: The death of Henry, King of Portugal, with no direct heirs, leads to conflict between his potential successors, including King Philip II of ...
1592
Events
January–June
* January 30 – Pope Clement VIII (born Ippolito Aldobrandini) succeeds Pope Innocent IX, who died one month earlier, as the 231st pope. He immediately recalls the Sixtine Vulgate.
* February 7 – G ...
–
Giovanni Battista Rinuccini
Giovanni Battista Rinuccini (1592–1653) was an Italian Roman Catholic archbishop in the mid-seventeenth century. He was a noted legal scholar and became chamberlain to Pope Gregory XV. In 1625 Pope Urban VIII made him the Archbishop of Fermo ...
1649
Events
January–March
* January 4 – In England, the Rump Parliament passes an ordinance to set up a High Court of Justice, to try Charles I for high treason.
* January 17 – The Second Ormonde Peace concludes an allian ...
–
Titus Oates
Titus Oates (15 September 1649 – 12/13 July 1705) was an English priest who fabricated the " Popish Plot", a supposed Catholic conspiracy to kill King Charles II.
Early life
Titus Oates was born at Oakham in Rutland. His father Samuel (1610 ...
, English minister, fabricated the
Popish Plot
The Popish Plot was a fictitious conspiracy invented by Titus Oates that between 1678 and 1681 gripped the Kingdoms of England and Scotland in anti-Catholic hysteria. Oates alleged that there was an extensive Catholic conspiracy to assassinate C ...
(d. 1705)
*
1666
This is the first year to be designated as an ''Annus mirabilis'', in John Dryden's 1667 poem so titled, celebrating England's failure to be beaten either by the Dutch or by fire. It is the only year to contain each Roman numeral once in de ...
–
Sophia Dorothea of Celle
Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle (15 September 1666 – 13 November 1726) was the repudiated wife of future King George I of Great Britain. The union with George, her first cousin, was a marriage of state, arranged by her father Geor ...
(d. 1726)
* 1690 – Ignazio Prota, Italian composer and educator (d. 1748)
*
1715
Events
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–
Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval
Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval (15 September 1715 – 9 May 1789) was a French artillery officer and engineer who revolutionised the French cannon, creating a new production system that allowed for lighter, more uniform g ...
Jean Sylvain Bailly
Jean Sylvain Bailly (; 15 September 1736 – 12 November 1793) was a French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader of the early part of the French Revolution. He presided over the Tennis Court Oath, served as the mayor of Par ...
, French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st
Mayor of Paris
The Mayor of Paris (french: Maire de Paris) is the chief executive of Paris, the capital and largest city in France. The officeholder is responsible for the administration and management of the city, submits proposals and recommendations to the C ...
(d. 1793)
*
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 ...
–
Cornelio Saavedra
Cornelio Judas Tadeo de Saavedra y Rodríguez (September 15, 1759 in Otuyo – March 29, 1829 in Buenos Aires) was a military officer and statesman from the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. He was instrumental in the May Revolution, the firs ...
, Argentinean general and politician (d. 1829)
*
1760
Events
January–March
* January 9 – Battle of Barari Ghat: Afghan forces defeat the Marathas.
* January 22 – Seven Years' War – Battle of Wandiwash, India: British general Sir Eyre Coote is victorious over the Fr ...
Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage
Manuel Maria Barbosa l'Hedois du Bocage (15 September 1765 – 21 December 1805), most often referred to simply as Bocage, was a Portuguese Neoclassic poet, writing at the beginning of his career under the pen name ''Elmano Sadino''.
Biography
...
, Portuguese poet and author (d. 1805)
*
1789
Events
January–March
* January – Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès publishes the pamphlet ''What Is the Third Estate?'' ('), influential on the French Revolution.
* January 7 – The 1788-89 United States presidential election a ...
–
James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonist and Indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought h ...
, American novelist, short story writer, and historian (d. 1851)
*
1815
Events
January
* January 2 – Lord Byron marries Anna Isabella Milbanke in Seaham, county of Durham, England.
* January 3 – Austria, Britain, and Bourbon-restored France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussi ...
–
Halfdan Kjerulf
Halfdan Kjerulf (17 September 181511 August 1868) was a Norwegian composer.
Biography
Kjerulf was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of a high government official. His early education was at Christiania University, for a lega ...
, Norwegian journalist and composer (d. 1868)
*
1819
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The Panic of 1819, the first major peacetime financial crisis in the United States, begins.
* January 25 – Thomas Jefferson founds the University of Virginia.
* January 29 – Si ...
–
Cyprien Tanguay
Cyprien Tanguay (15 September 1819 – 28 April 1902) was a French Canadian priest and historian. Biography
He was born at Quebec in 1819 and died in 1902. After a course of classics and theology at Quebec Seminary, he was ordained in 1843. Th ...
, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1902)
* 1828 –
Alexander Butlerov
Alexander Mikhaylovich Butlerov (Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Бу́тлеров; 15 September 1828 – 17 August 1886) was a Russian chemist, one of the principal creators of the theory of chemical structure (1857–1861 ...
, Russian chemist and academic (d. 1886)
*
1830
It is known in European history as a rather tumultuous year with the Revolutions of 1830 in France, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and Italy.
Events January–March
* January 11 – LaGrange College (later the University of North Alabama) b ...
–
Porfirio Díaz
José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori ( or ; ; 15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915), known as Porfirio Díaz, was a Mexican general and politician who served seven terms as President of Mexico, a total of 31 years, from 28 November 1876 to 6 Decem ...
, Mexican general and politician, 29th
President of Mexico
The president of Mexico ( es, link=no, Presidente de México), officially the president of the United Mexican States ( es, link=no, Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is the head of state and head of government of Mexico. Under the Co ...
(d. 1915)
*
1846
Events
January–March
* January 5 – The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Country with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom.
* January 13 – The Milan–Venice railway' ...
–
George Franklin Grant
George Franklin Grant (September 15, 1846 – August 21, 1910) was the first African-American professor at Harvard. He was also a Boston dentist, and an inventor of a wooden golf tee.
Biography
Grant was born on September 15, 1846, in Oswego ...
, African-American educator, dentist, and inventor (d. 1910)
*
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 ...
–
Edward Bouchet
Edward Alexander Bouchet (September 15, 1852 – October 28, 1918) was an American physicist and educator and was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from any American university, completing his dissertation in physics at Yale in 1876. O ...
, American physicist and educator (d. 1918)
* 1852 –
Jan Ernst Matzeliger
Jan Ernst Matzeliger (September 15, 1852 – August 24, 1889) was an inventor whose lasting machine brought significant change to the manufacturing of shoes.
Biography
Matzeliger was born in Dutch Guiana, now Suriname. His father, Ernst Mat ...
, Surinamese-American inventor (d. 1889)
*
1857
Events January–March
* January 1 – The biggest Estonian newspaper, ''Postimees'', is established by Johann Voldemar Jannsen.
* January 7 – The partly French-owned London General Omnibus Company begins operating.
* Janua ...
–
William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth chief justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected pr ...
, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th
President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United Stat ...
(d. 1930)
* 1857 – Anna Winlock, American astronomer and academic (d. 1904)
* 1858 –
Charles de Foucauld
Charles Eugène de Foucauld de Pontbriand, Viscount of Foucauld (15 September 1858 – 1 December 1916) was a French soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnographer, Catholic priest and hermit who lived among the Tuareg people in the Sahara in Al ...
, French priest and martyr (d. 1916)
* 1858 –
Jenő Hubay
Jenő Hubay, Jenő Hubay von Szalatna, hu, szalatnai Hubay Jenő (; 15 September 185812 March 1937), also known by his German name Eugen Huber (), was a Hungarian violinist, composer and music teacher.
Early life
Hubay was born into a Ger ...
, Hungarian violinist, composer, and educator (d. 1937)
*
1861
Statistically, this year is considered the end of the whale oil industry and (in replacement) the beginning of the petroleum oil industry.
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Benito Juárez captures Mexico City.
** The first steam-p ...
Bharat Ratna
The Bharat Ratna (; ''Jewel of India'') is the highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conferred in recognition of "exceptional service/performance of the highest orde ...
Horatio Parker
Horatio William Parker (September 15, 1863 – December 18, 1919) was an American composer, organist and teacher. He was a central figure in musical life in New Haven, Connecticut in the late 19th century, and is best remembered as the undergradu ...
, American organist, composer, and educator (d. 1919)
*
1864
Events
January–March
* January 13 – American songwriter Stephen Foster ("Oh! Susanna", "Old Folks at Home") dies aged 37 in New York City, leaving a scrap of paper reading "Dear friends and gentle hearts". His parlor song " ...
Vladimir May-Mayevsky
Vladimir Zenonovich May-Mayevsky KCMG (; – 30 November 1920) was a general in the Imperial Russian Army and one of the leaders of the counterrevolutionary White movement during the Russian Civil War.
Biography
According to Peter Kenez, V. ...
, Russian general (d. 1920)
*
1876
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin.
** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol.
* February 2 – The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs i ...
– Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1962)
* 1876 – Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Bengali novelist (d. 1938)
*1877 – Jakob Ehrlich, Czech-Austrian politician (d. 1938)
* 1877 – Yente Serdatzky, Lithuanian-American author and playwright (d. 1962)
*1879 – Joseph Lyons, Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1939)
*1881 – Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French businessman, founded Bugatti (d. 1947)
*1883 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950)
*1886 – Paul Lévy (mathematician), Paul Lévy, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1971)
*1887 – Carlos Dávila, Chilean journalist and politician, President of Chile (d. 1955)
*1888 – Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1925)
*1889 – Robert Benchley, American humorist, newspaper columnist, and actor (d. 1945)
* 1889 – Claude McKay, Jamaican-American poet and author (d. 1948)
*1890 – Ernest Bullock, English organist and composer (d. 1979)
* 1890 – Sonja Branting-Westerståhl, Swedish lawyer (d. 1981)
* 1890 – Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1976)
* 1890 – Frank Martin (composer), Frank Martin, Swiss-Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1974)
*1892 – Silpa Bhirasri, Italian sculptor and educator (d. 1962)
* 1894 – Chic Harley, American football player (d. 1974)
* 1894 – Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1977)
* 1894 – Jean Renoir, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1979)
*1895 – Magda Lupescu, mistress and later wife of King Carol II of Romania (d.1977)
*1897 – Merle Curti, American historian and author (d. 1997)
*1898 – J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (d. 1936)
1901–present
*1901 – Donald Bailey (civil engineer), Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed Bailey bridge (d. 1985)
*1903 – Roy Acuff, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 1992)
*1904 – Umberto II of Italy (d. 1983)
* 1904 – Sheilah Graham Westbrook, English-American actress, journalist, and author (d. 1988)
*1906 – Jacques Becker, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1960)
* 1906 – Walter E. Rollins, American songwriter (d. 1973)
*1907 – Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and author (d. 1968)
* 1907 – Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (d. 2004)
*1908 – Kid Sheik, American trumpet player (d. 1996)
* 1908 – Penny Singleton, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
*1909 – C. N. Annadurai, Indian educator and politician, 7th List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 1969)
* 1909 – Phil Arnold, American actor (d. 1968)
*1910 – Betty Neels, English nurse and author (d. 2001)
*1911 – Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-American businessman, founded Ping (golf), PING (d. 2000)
* 1911 – Luther Terry, American physician and academic, 9th Surgeon General of the United States (d. 1985)
*1913 – Henry Brant, Canadian-American composer and conductor (d. 2008)
* 1913 – Bruno Hoffmann, German glass harp player (d. 1991)
* 1913 – John N. Mitchell, American lawyer, and politician, 67th United States Attorney General (d. 1988)
* 1913 – Johannes Steinhoff, German general and pilot (d. 1994)
*1914 – Creighton Abrams, American general (d. 1974)
* 1914 – Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentinian journalist and author (d. 1999)
* 1914 – Orhan Kemal, Turkish author (d. 1970)
* 1914 – Robert McCloskey, American author and illustrator (d. 2003)
*
1915
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction".
*January 1 ...
– Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author (d. 1981)
* 1915 – Al Casey (jazz guitarist), Al Casey, American guitarist and composer (d. 2005)
* 1915 – Albert Whitlock, English-American special effects designer (d. 1999)
*
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.
* ...
– Margaret Lockwood, Pakistani-English actress (d. 1990)
* 1916 – Frederick C. Weyand, American general (d. 2010)
*1917 – Hilde Gueden, Austrian soprano (d. 1988)
* 1917 – Buddy Jeannette, American basketball player and coach (d. 1998)
*
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 ...
– Alfred D. Chandler Jr., American historian and academic (d. 2007)
* 1918 – Phil Lamason, New Zealand soldier and pilot (d. 2012)
* 1918 – Margot Loyola, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
* 1918 – Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
*1919 – Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist and soldier (d. 1960)
* 1919 – Nelson Gidding, American author and screenwriter (d. 2004)
* 1919 – Heda Margolius Kovály, Czech author and translator (d. 2010)
*1920 – Kym Bonython, Australian race car driver, drummer, and radio host (d. 2011)
*1921 – Richard Gordon (English author), Richard Gordon, English surgeon and author (d. 2017)
* 1921 – Gene Roland, American pianist and composer (d. 1982)
*1922 – Bob Anderson (fencer), Bob Anderson, English fencer and choreographer (d. 2012)
* 1922 – Jackie Cooper, American actor (d. 2011)
* 1922 – Gaetano Cozzi, Italian historian and academic (d. 2001)
* 1922 – Mary Soames, English author (d. 2014)
*1923 – Anton Heiller, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1979)
*1924 – Lucebert, Dutch poet and painter (d. 1994)
* 1924 – György Lázár, Hungarian politician, 50th List of Prime Ministers of Hungary, Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 2014)
* 1924 – Bobby Short, American singer and pianist (d. 2005)
* 1924 – Mordechai Tzipori, Israeli politician and soldier (d. 2017)
*1925 – Stanley Chapman, English architect and author (d. 2009)
* 1925 – Erika Köth, German soprano (d. 1981)
* 1925 – Carlo Rambaldi, Italian special effects artist (d. 2012)
* 1925 – Helle Virkner, Danish actress and singer (d. 2009)
*1926 – Shohei Imamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
* 1926 – Jean-Pierre Serre, French mathematician and academic
* 1926 – Henry Silva, American actor (d. 2022)
*1927 – Rudolf Anderson, pilot and commissioned officer in the United States Air Force (d. 1962)
* 1927 – Norm Crosby, American comedian and actor (d. 2020)
* 1927 – David Stove, Australian philosopher and academic (d. 1994)
*1928 – Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1975)
*1929 – Eva Burrows, Australian 13th General of The Salvation Army (d. 2015)
* 1929 – Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019)
* 1929 – Stan Kelly-Bootle, English singer-songwriter, computer scientist, and author (d. 2014)
* 1929 – Dick Latessa, American actor (d. 2016)
* 1929 – John Julius Norwich, English historian and author (d. 2018)
* 1929 – Wilbur Snyder, American football player and wrestler (d. 1991)
* 1929 – Mümtaz Soysal, Turkish academic and politician, 30th Minister of Foreign Affairs (Turkey), Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2019)
*1930 – Endel Lippmaa, Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2015)
*1931 – Brian Henderson (television presenter), Brian Henderson, New Zealand-Australian journalist, actor, and producer (d. 2021)
*1932 – Neil Bartlett (chemist), Neil Bartlett, English-American chemist and academic (d. 2008)
*1933 – Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer (d. 2014)
*1934 – Tomie dePaola, American author and illustrator (d. 2020)
* 1934 – Fred Nile, Australian soldier, minister, and politician
*
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.
* ...
– Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch (d. 2015)
*1936 – Ashley Cooper (tennis), Ashley Cooper, Australian tennis player (d. 2020)
* 1936 – Sara Henderson, Australian farmer and author (d. 2005)
*1937 – Joey Carew, Trinidadian cricketer (d. 2011)
* 1937 – Fernando de la Rúa, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Argentina (d. 2019)
* 1937 – King Curtis Iaukea, American wrestler (d. 2010)
* 1937 – Robert Lucas Jr., American economist and academic, Nobel Prize in Economics, Nobel Prize laureate
* 1937 – Pino Puglisi, Italian priest and martyr (d. 1993)
*1938 – Gaylord Perry, American baseball player and coach (d. 2022)
*1939 – Subramanian Swamy, Indian economist, academic, and politician, Ministry of Law and Justice (India), Indian Minister of Law and Justice
* 1939 – George Walden, English journalist and politician
* 1940 – Merlin Olsen, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2010)
*1941 – Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2011)
* 1941 – Signe Toly Anderson, American rock singer (d. 2016)
* 1941 – Mirosław Hermaszewski, Polish general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2022)
* 1941 – Yuriy Norshteyn, Russian animator, director, and screenwriter
* 1941 – Viktor Zubkov, Russian businessman and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Russia
*
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 ...
– Lee Dorman, American bass player (d. 2012)
* 1942 – Philip Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham, English businessman and politician
* 1942 – Ksenia Milicevic, French painter and architect
*
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 ...
– Mauro Piacenza, Italian cardinal
* 1944 – Graham Taylor, English footballer and manager (d. 2017)
*
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 ...
– Carmen Maura, Spanish actress
* 1945 – Jessye Norman, American soprano (d. 2019)
* 1945 – Hans-Gert Pöttering, German lawyer and politician, 23rd President of the European Parliament
* 1945 – Ron Shelton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
*1946 – Tommy Lee Jones, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1946 – Mike Procter, South African cricketer, coach, and referee
* 1946 – Oliver Stone, American director, screenwriter, and producer
* 1946 – Howard Waldrop, American author and critic
*
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 ...
– Russel L. Honoré, retired Lieutenant General (United States), lieutenant general best known for serving as commander of Joint Task Force Katrina responsible for coordinating military relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina–affected areas across the Gulf Coast
* 1947 – Viggo Jensen (footballer, born 1947), Viggo Jensen, Danish footballer and manager
* 1947 – Diane Levin, Diane E. Levin, American educator and author
* 1947 – Theodore Long, American wrestling referee and manager
*1949 – Joe Barton, American lawyer and politician
* 1950 – Rajiv Malhotra, Indian author
* 1950 – Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Pakistani-English caliph and scholar
*1951 – Pete Carroll, American football player and coach
* 1951 – Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer and manager
* 1951 – Fred Seibert, owner of Nickelodeon and Frederator Studios
* 1952 – Richard Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
* 1952 – Paula Duncan, Australian actress
* 1952 – Ratnajeevan Hoole, Sri Lankan engineer and academic
* 1952 – Kelly Keagy, American singer and drummer
*1953 – Keiko Takeshita, Japanese actress
* 1953 – Margie Moran, Filipino peace advocate and beauty queen, Miss Universe 1973
*
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 ...
– Adrian Adonis, American wrestler (d. 1988)
* 1954 – Hrant Dink, Turkish journalist (d. 2007)
*1955 – Željka Antunović, Croatian politician, 9th Ministry of Defence (Croatia), Croatian Minister of Defence
* 1955 – Abdul Qadir (cricketer), Abdul Qadir, Pakistani cricketer (d. 2019)
* 1955 – Bruce Reitherman, American voice actor, singer, cinematographer, and producer
* 1955 – Renzo Rosso, Italian fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Diesel (brand), Diesel Clothing
*1956 – Ross J. Anderson, British academic and educator
* 1956 – Maggie Reilly, Scottish singer-songwriter
* 1956 – Ned Rothenberg, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
*
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 ...
– Joel Quenneville, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
* 1958 – Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (d. 2005)
*
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 ...
– Mark Kirk, American commander, lawyer, and politician
*1960 – Ed Solomon, American director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1960 – Lisa Vanderpump, British restaurateur, television personality, and author
*1961 – Terry Lamb, Australian rugby league player and coach
* 1961 – Helen Margetts, British political scientist
* 1961 – Dan Marino, American football player and sportscaster
* 1961 – Patrick Patterson (cricketer), Patrick Patterson, Jamaican cricketer
* 1962 – Amanda Wakeley, English fashion designer
*
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 ...
– Pete Myers, American basketball player and coach
* 1963 – Stephen C. Spiteri, Maltese military historian
*1964 – Robert Fico, Slovak academic and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Slovakia
* 1964 – Steve Watkin, Welsh cricketer
* 1964 – Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, American guitarist and songwriter
*1966 – Wenn V. Deramas, Filipino director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
* 1966 – Sherman Douglas, American basketball player
*
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 ...
– Paul Abbott (baseball), Paul Abbott, American baseball player and coach
* 1967 – Rodney Eyles, Australian squash player
*1969 – Revaz Arveladze, Georgian footballer
* 1969 – Corby Davidson, American radio personality
* 1969 – Allen Shellenberger, American drummer (d. 2009)
*
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 ...
– Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer and coach
* 1971 – Josh Charles, American actor and director
* 1971 – Wayne Ferreira, South African tennis player
* 1971 – Ben Wallers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
*
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 ...
– Jimmy Carr, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
* 1972 – Queen Letizia of Spain
* 1972 – Lady Victoria, American wrestler
*1973 – Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland, Swedish prince
*
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
– Arata Iura, Japanese actor, model, and fashion designer
*
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. ...
– Tom Dolan, American swimmer
* 1975 – Martina Krupičková, Czech painter
*1976 – Brett Kimmorley, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
* 1976 – Paul Thomson, Scottish drummer
* 1976 – Matt Thornton (baseball), Matt Thornton, American baseball player
*1977 – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian author
* 1977 – Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter
* 1977 – Sophie Dahl, English model and author
* 1977 – Leander Jordan, American football player
* 1977 – Jason Terry, American basketball player
*
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 ...
– Zach Filkins, American guitarist
* 1978 – Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer
* 1978 – Genki Horiguchi, Japanese wrestler
*1979 – Dave Annable, American actor
* 1979 – Patrick Marleau, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1979 – Carlos Ruiz (Guatemalan footballer), Carlos Ruiz, Guatemalan footballer
* 1979 – Reece Young, New Zealand cricketer
*1980 – David Diehl, American football player and sportscaster
* 1980 – Mike Dunleavy Jr., American basketball player
*
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 ...
– Ben Schwartz, American actor, comedian and writer
*
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 ...
– Yuka Hirata, Japanese actress and model
* 1983 – Luke Hochevar, American baseball player
*1984 – Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
* 1984 – Loek van Mil, Dutch baseball player (d. 2019)
* 1984 – Cyhi the Prynce, American rapper and producer
*1985 – François-Olivier Roberge, Canadian speed skater
*1986 – Jenna Marbles, American YouTuber and comedian
* 1986 – George Watsky, American hip-hop artist, poet and author
*1987 – Vaila Barsley, Scottish footballer
* 1987 – Aly Cissokho, French footballer
* 1987 – Rhett Titus, American wrestler
*1988 – Tim Moltzen, Australian rugby league player
*1990 – Oliver Gill, English footballer
* 1990 – Aaron Mooy, Australian footballer
*1991 – Phil Ofosu-Ayeh, German-Ghanaian footballer
*1992 – Jae Park, South Korean-American singer
*
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 ...
– Joe Ofahengaue, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player
*1993 – JP Tokoto, American basketball player
*1997 – Quin Houff, American racing driver
Deaths
Pre-1600
* 921 – Ludmila of Bohemia, Czech martyr and saint (b. 860)
*1140 – Adelaide of Hungary (d. 1140), Adelaide of Hungary, Duchess of Bohemia
*1146 – Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond, English soldier (b. 1100)
*1231 – Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1173)
*1326 – Dmitry of Tver (b. 1299)
*1352 – Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and saint (b. 1273)
*1397 – Adam Easton, English cardinal
*1408 – Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1384)
*1496 – Hugh Clopton, Lord Mayor of London (b. c. 1440)
*1500 – John Morton (cardinal), John Morton, English cardinal and academic (b. 1420)
*1504 – Elisabeth of Bavaria (1478–1504), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of the Palatinate (b. 1478)
*1510 – Saint Catherine of Genoa (b. 1447)
*1559 – Isabella Jagiellon, Queen of Hungary (d. 1519)
*1595 – John MacMorran, Baillie of Edinburgh, shot by rioting high school schoolchildren.
*1596 – Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (b. 1535)
1601–1900
* 1613 – Thomas Overbury, English poet and author (b. 1581)
*1643 – Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, English-Irish politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (b. 1566)
*
1649
Events
January–March
* January 4 – In England, the Rump Parliament passes an ordinance to set up a High Court of Justice, to try Charles I for high treason.
* January 17 – The Second Ormonde Peace concludes an allian ...
– John Floyd (Jesuit), John Floyd, English priest and educator (b. 1572)
*1700 – André Le Nôtre, French gardener (b. 1613)
*1701 – Edmé Boursault, French author and playwright (b. 1638)
*1707 – George Stepney, English poet and diplomat (b. 1663)
*1712 – Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1645)
*1750 – Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German organist and composer (b. 1690)
* 1794 – Abraham Clark, American police officer and politician (b. 1725)
*1803 – Gian Francesco Albani, Italian cardinal (b. 1719)
*1813 – Antoine Étienne de Tousard, French general and engineer (b. 1752)
*
1830
It is known in European history as a rather tumultuous year with the Revolutions of 1830 in France, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and Italy.
Events January–March
* January 11 – LaGrange College (later the University of North Alabama) b ...
– François Baillairgé, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1759)
* 1830 –
William Huskisson
William Huskisson (11 March 177015 September 1830) was a British statesman, financier, and Member of Parliament for several constituencies, including Liverpool.
He is commonly known as the world's first widely reported railway passenger casu ...
, English financier and politician, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1770)
*1841 – Alessandro Rolla, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1757)
*1842 – Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (b. 1771)
* 1842 – Francisco Morazán, Guatemalan general, lawyer, and politician, List of heads of state of Federal Republic of Central America, President of Central American Federation (b. 1792)
*
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 ...
– Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern, German-Estonian philologist and academic (b. 1770)
*1859 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English architect and engineer, designed the Great Western Railway (b. 1806)
*
1864
Events
January–March
* January 13 – American songwriter Stephen Foster ("Oh! Susanna", "Old Folks at Home") dies aged 37 in New York City, leaving a scrap of paper reading "Dear friends and gentle hearts". His parlor song " ...
– John Hanning Speke, English soldier and explorer (b. 1827)
*1874 – Charles-Amédée Kohler, Swiss chocolatier (b. 1790)
*1883 – Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist and academic (b. 1801)
*1893 – Thomas Hawksley, English engineer (b. 1807)
1901–present
*
1915
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction".
*January 1 ...
– Ernest Gagnon, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1834)
*1921 – Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
*1926 – Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
*1930 – Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)
*1938 – Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (b. 1900)
* 1940 – William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)
*
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 ...
– André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 97th Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
* 1945 – Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883)
* 1945 – Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (b. 1881)
* 1952 – Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1883)
*1965 – Steve Brown (bass player), Steve Brown, American bassist (b. 1890)
*
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 ...
– Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1906)
* 1972 – Baki Süha Ediboğlu, Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)
* 1972 – Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop and academic (b. 1887)
*1973 – Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882)
*
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. ...
– Franco Bordoni, Italian race car driver and pilot (b. 1913)
*
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 ...
– Robert Cliche, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1921)
* 1978 – Edmund Crispin, English writer and composer (b. 1921)
* 1978 – Willy Messerschmitt, German engineer and academic, designed the Messerschmitt Bf 109 (b. 1898)
*1980 – Bill Evans, American pianist and composer (b. 1929)
*
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 ...
– Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player and composer (b. 1906)
*
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 ...
– Prince Far I, Jamaican DJ and producer (b. 1944)
*1985 – Cootie Williams, American trumpet player (b. 1910)
*1989 – Jan DeGaetani, American soprano (b. 1933)
* 1989 – Olga Erteszek, Polish-American fashion designer (b. 1916)
* 1989 – Robert Penn Warren, American novelist, poet, and literary critic (b. 1905)
*1991 – John Hoyt, American actor (b. 1904)
* 1991 – Warner Troyer, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1932)
*1993 – Pino Puglisi, Italian priest and martyr (b. 1937)
*
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 ...
– Harry Calder, South African cricketer (b. 1901)
* 1995 – Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1921)
*1997 – Bulldog Brower, American wrestler (b. 1933)
*1998 – Louis Rasminsky, Canadian economist, 3rd Governor of the Bank of Canada (b. 1908)
*
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 ...
– June Salter, Australian actress and author (b. 1932)
*2003 – Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist and author (b. 1930)
*
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 ...
– Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1948)
* 2004 – Walter Stewart (journalist), Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1931)
*2005 – Guy Green (filmmaker), Guy Green, English director and cinematographer (b. 1913)
* 2005 – Sidney Luft, American manager and producer (b. 1915)
*2006 – Raymond Baxter, English television host and author (b. 1922)
* 2006 – Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author (b. 1929)
* 2006 – Pablo Santos (actor), Pablo Santos, Mexican-American actor (b. 1987)
*2007 – Colin McRae, Scottish race car driver (b. 1968)
* 2007 – Jeremy Moore, English general (b. 1928)
* 2007 – Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)
* 2007 – Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1924)
* 2008 – Richard Wright (musician), Richard Wright, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1943)
*2009 – Troy Kennedy Martin, Scottish-English screenwriter (b. 1932)
*2010 – Arrow (musician), Arrow, Caribbean singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
*
2011
File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...
– Frances Bay, Canadian-American actress (b. 1919)
*2012 – Tibor Antalpéter, Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat, List of Ambassadors of Hungary to the United Kingdom, Ambassador of Hungary to the United Kingdom (b. 1930)
* 2012 – Nevin Spence, Northern Irish rugby player (b. 1990)
*2013 – Habib Munzir Al-Musawa, Indonesian cleric and scholar (b. 1973)
* 2013 – Jerry G. Bishop, American radio and television host (b. 1936)
* 2013 – Gerard Cafesjian, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1925)
* 2013 – Jackie Lomax, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
*2014 – John Anderson Jr., American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Kansas (b. 1917)
* 2014 – Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (b. 1930)
* 2014 – Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (b. 1922)
* 2014 – Jürg Schubiger, Swiss psychotherapist and author (b. 1936)
* 2014 – Wayne Tefs, Canadian anthologist, author, and critic (b. 1947)
*2015 – Harry J. Lipkin, Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1921)
* 2015 – Meir Pa'il, Israeli commander, historian, and politician (b. 1926)
* 2015 – Bernard Van de Kerckhove, Belgian cyclist (b. 1941)
*
2017
File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...
– Harry Dean Stanton, American actor (b. 1926)
*2019 – Ric Ocasek, American musician (b. 1944)
*2021 – Lou Angotti, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1938)
Holidays and observances
*Battle of Britain Day (United Kingdom)
*Christian Calendar of saints, feast day:
**Joseph Abibos
**Alpinus of Lyon, Alpinus (Albinus) of Lyon
**Aprus of Toul, Aprus (Èvre) of Toul
**Catherine of Genoa
**James Chisholm (priest), James Chisholm (Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)#September, Episcopal Church)
**''
Saint Dominic in Soriano
''Saint Dominic in Soriano'' ( it, San Domenico in Soriano; es, Santo Domingo en Soriano) was a portrait of Saint Dominic painted in 1530. It is an important artefact in the Dominican friary at Soriano Calabro in southern Italy. It was bel ...
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**Mamilian of Palermo
**Saint Mirin, Mirin
**Nicetas the Goth
**Saint Nicomedes, Nicomedes
**Our Lady of Sorrows
**September 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
* ''Cry of Dolores'', celebrated on the eve of Independence Day (Mexico).
*Earliest day on which Father's Day can fall, while September 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Sunday in September. (Ukraine)
*Earliest day on which German-American Steuben Parade can fall, while September 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Saturday in September. (United States, especially New York City)
*Earliest day on which National POW/MIA Recognition Day, POW/MIA Recognition Day can fall, while September 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Friday in September. (United States)
*Earliest day on which ''Prinsjesdag'' can fall, while September 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Tuesday in September. (Netherlands)
*Earliest day on which Respect for the Aged Day can fall, while September 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday in September. (Japan)
* Engineer's Day (India)
* Independence Day, celebrates the Act of Independence of Central America from Spain in 1821 of Independence Day (Guatemala), Guatemala (a Días Patrios (Guatemala), Patriotic Day), Independence Day (El Salvador), El Salvador, Independence Day (Honduras), Honduras, Independence Day (Nicaragua), Nicaragua, and Independence Day (Costa Rica), Costa Rica.
* International Day of Democracy
* Knowledge Day (Azerbaijan)
* Restoration of Primorska to the Motherland Day (Slovenia)
* Silpa Bhirasri Day (Thailand).
* The beginning of German American Heritage Month, celebrated until October 15
* The beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrated until October 15 (United States)
* World Lymphoma Awareness Day (International observance, International)
References
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Days of the year
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