Events
Pre-1600
*
457 –
Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor.
*
987 –
Bardas Phokas the Younger and
Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a
wide-scale rebellion against Emperor
Basil II.
*
1301 – Edward of
Caernarvon (later King
Edward II of England) becomes the first English
Prince of Wales.
*
1313 – King
Thihathu founds the
Pinya Kingdom as the de jure successor state of the
Pagan Kingdom.
*
1365 – Albert III of
Mecklenburg (King
Albert of Sweden) grants city rights to
Ulvila ().
*
1497 – In
Florence, Italy, supporters of
Girolamo Savonarola burn
cosmetics, art, and books, in a "
Bonfire of the vanities".
1601–1900
*
1756 –
Guaraní War: The leader of the
Guaraní rebels,
Sepé Tiaraju, is killed in a skirmish with Spanish and Portuguese troops.
*
1783 –
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 the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which Am ...
: French and Spanish forces lift the
Great Siege of Gibraltar.
*
1795 – The
11th Amendment to the
United States Constitution
The Constitution of the United States is the Supremacy Clause, supreme law of the United States, United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, 1789. Originally includi ...
is
ratified.
*
1807 –
Napoleonic Wars
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, partof = the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
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: Napoleon finds
Bennigsen's Russian forces taking a stand at
Eylau. After bitter fighting, the French take the town, but the Russians resume the battle the next day.
*
1812 – The strongest in
a series of earthquakes strikes
New Madrid, Missouri.
*
1813 – In the
action of 7 February 1813 near the
Îles de Los, the
frigates ''
Aréthuse'' and
''Amelia'' batter each other, but neither can gain the upper hand.
*
1819 – Sir
Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves
Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of
William Farquhar.
*
1842 –
Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras
Ali Alula, Regent of the
Emperor of Ethiopia
The emperor of Ethiopia (, "King of Kings"), also known as the Atse (, "emperor"), was the hereditary monarchy, hereditary ruler of the Ethiopian Empire, from at least the 13th century until the abolition of the monarchy in 1975. The emperor w ...
defeats warlord
Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
*
1854 – A law is approved to found the
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Lectures started October 16, 1855.
*
1863 – sinks off the coast of
Auckland
Auckland ( ; ) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and ...
, New Zealand, killing 189.
*
1894 – The
Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the
Western Federation of Miners, begins in
Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
*
1898 –
Dreyfus affair:
Émile Zola is brought to trial for
libel for publishing ''
J'Accuse...!''
*
1900 –
Second Boer War:
British troops fail in their
third attempt to lift the
Siege of Ladysmith.
* 1900 – A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to
bubonic plague in the
first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
1901–present
*
1904 – The
Great Baltimore Fire begins in
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore is the List of municipalities in Maryland, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a population of 585,708 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census and estimated at 568,271 in 2024, it is the List of United States ...
; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
*
1940 – The second full-length animated
Walt Disney film, ''
Pinocchio'', premieres.
*
1943 –
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
:
Imperial Japanese Navy forces complete the evacuation of
Imperial Japanese Army troops from
Guadalcanal during
Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from
Allied forces in the
Guadalcanal Campaign
The Guadalcanal campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower by the United States, was an Allies of World War II, Allied offensive against forces of the Empire of Japan in the Solomon Islands during th ...
.
*
1944 – World War II: In
Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied
Operation Shingle.
*
1951 –
Korean War
The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...
: More than 700 suspected communist sympathizers
are massacred by
South Korean forces.
*
1962 – The United States
bans all
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...
n imports and exports.
*
1964 –
The Beatles land in the United States for the first time, at the newly renamed
John F. Kennedy International Airport.
*
1966 – The
Great Fire of Iloilo breaks out in a lumber yard in
Iznart Street and burns for almost half a day destroying nearly three-quarters of the
City Proper area and Php 50 million pesos in total properties' damage.
*
1974 –
Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
*
1979 –
Pluto moves inside
Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.
*
1981 – A
plane crash at
Pushkin Airport kills 50 people, including 16 members of the
Pacific Fleet.
*
1984 –
Space Shuttle program:
STS-41-B Mission: astronauts
Bruce McCandless II and
Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered
space walk using the
Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).
*
1986 – Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in
Haiti, when President
Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the
Caribbean nation.
*
1990 –
Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The
Central Committee of the
Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power.
*
1991 –
Haiti's first democratically elected president,
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
* 1991 –
The Troubles: The
Provisional IRA launches
a mortar attack on
10 Downing Street in London, the headquarters of the British government.
*
1992 – The
Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...
.
*
1995 –
Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the
1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in
Islamabad, Pakistan.
*
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events January
* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
–
Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of
Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
on
the death of his father, King
Hussein.
*
2001 – Space Shuttle program:
Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' is launched on mission
STS-98, carrying the ''
Destiny'' laboratory module to the
International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that was Assembly of the International Space Station, assembled and is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United ...
.
*
2009 –
Bushfires in Victoria leave 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.
*
2012 – President
Mohamed Nasheed of the
Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of the Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military.
*
2013 – The U.S. state of
Mississippi officially certifies the
Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of
slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was formally ratified by Mississippi in 1995.
*
2014 – Scientists announce that the
Happisburgh footprints in
Norfolk, England, date back to more than 800,000 years ago, making them the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa.
*
2016 – North Korea launches
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 into outer space violating multiple UN treaties and prompting condemnation from around the world.
*
2021 – The
2021 Uttarakhand flood begins.
*
2024 – Pakistan election offices are hit by
twin bombings, killing at least 24 people a day before
general elections.
Births
Pre-1600
*
574 –
Prince Shōtoku of Japan (died 622)
*
1102 –
Empress Matilda,
Holy Roman Empress and claimant to the
English throne (probable; (died 1167)
*
1449 –
Adriana of Nassau-Siegen, German countess (died 1477)
*
1478 –
Thomas More, English lawyer and politician,
Lord Chancellor of England (died 1535)
*
1487 –
Queen Dangyeong, Korean royal consort (died 1557)
*
1500 –
João de Castro, viceroy of Portuguese India (died 1548)
1601–1900
*
1612 –
Thomas Killigrew, English playwright and manager (died 1683)
*
1622 –
Vittoria della Rovere, Italian noble (died 1694)
*
1693 – Empress
Anna of Russia (died 1740)
*
1722 –
Azar Bigdeli, Iranian anthologist and poet (died 1781)
*
1726 –
Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, English painter (died 1766)
*
1741 –
Henry Fuseli, Swiss-English painter and academic (died 1825)
*
1758 –
Benedikt Schack, Czech tenor and composer (died 1826)
*
1796 –
Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd
Premier of Tasmania (baptism date; (died 1874)
*
1802 –
Louisa Jane Hall, American poet, essayist, and literary critic (died 1892)
*
1804 –
John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded
Deere & Company (died 1886)
*
1812 –
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and Social criticism, social critic. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by ...
, English novelist and critic (died 1870)
*
1825 –
Karl Möbius, German zoologist and ecologist (died 1908)
*
1834 –
Alfred-Philibert Aldrophe, French architect (died 1895)
*
1837 –
James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (died 1915)
*
1864 –
Arthur Collins, American baritone singer (died 1933)
*
1867 –
Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (died 1957)
*
1870 –
Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish psychologist and therapist (died 1937)
*
1871 –
Wilhelm Stenhammar, Swedish pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1927)
*
1873 –
Thomas Andrews, Irish shipbuilder and businessman, designed the
RMS ''Titanic'' (died 1912)
*
1875 –
Erkki Melartin, Finnish composer (died 1937)
*
1877 –
G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and geneticist (died 1947)
*
1878 –
Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (died 1936)
*
1885 –
Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright,
Nobel Prize laureate (died 1951)
* 1885 –
Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (died 1953)
*
1887 –
Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer (died 1983)
*
1889 –
Harry Nyquist, Swedish-American engineer and theorist (died 1976)
*
1893 –
Joseph Algernon Pearce, Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1988)
* 1893 –
Nicanor Abelardo, Filipino pianist, composer and teacher (died 1934)
*
1895 –
Anita Stewart, American actress (died 1961)
1901–present
*
1901 –
Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th
New Zealand Minister of Finance (died 1989)
*
1904 –
Ernest E. Debs, American politician (died 2002)
*
1905 –
Paul Nizan, French philosopher and author (died 1940)
* 1905 –
Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (died 1983)
*
1906 –
Oleg Antonov, Soviet engineer, founded the
Antonov Design Bureau (died 1984)
* 1906 –
Puyi, Chinese emperor (died 1967)
*
1908 –
Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (died 1983)
* 1908 –
Manmath Nath Gupta, Indian journalist and author (died 2000)
*
1909 –
Hélder Câmara, Brazilian archbishop (died 1999)
* 1909 –
Amedeo Guillet, Italian soldier (died 2010)
*
1912 –
Russell Drysdale, English-Australian painter (died 1981)
* 1912 –
Roberta McCain, American socialite and oil heiress (died 2020)
*
1915 –
Teoctist Arăpașu, Romanian patriarch (died 2007)
* 1915 –
Eddie Bracken, American actor and singer (died 2002)
*
1916 –
Frank Hyde, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2007)
*
1919 –
Desmond Doss, American army corporal and combat medic,
Medal of Honor recipient (died 2006)
* 1919 –
Jock Mahoney, American actor and stuntman (died 1989)
*
1920 –
Oscar Brand, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and author (died 2016)
* 1920 –
An Wang, Chinese-American engineer and businessman, founded
Wang Laboratories (died 1990)
*
1921 –
Athol Rowan, South African cricketer (died 1998)
*
1922 –
Hattie Jacques, English actress (died 1980)
*
1923 –
Dora Bryan, English actress and restaurateur (died 2014)
*
1925 –
Hans Schmidt, Canadian wrestler (died 2012)
*
1926 –
Konstantin Feoktistov, Russian engineer and astronaut (died 2009)
*
1927 –
Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress (died 2020)
* 1927 –
Vladimir Kuts, Ukrainian-Russian runner and coach (died 1975)
* 1927 –
Lalo Ríos, Mexican actor (died 1973)
*
1928 –
Lincoln D. Faurer, American general (died 2014)
*
1929 –
Jim Langley, English international footballer and manager (died 2007)
*
1932 –
Gay Talese, American journalist and memoirist
* 1932 –
Alfred Worden, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 2020)
*
1933 –
K. N. Choksy, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician,
Sri Lankan Minister of Finance (died 2015)
*
1934 –
Eddie Fenech Adami, Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th
President of Malta
* 1934 –
King Curtis, American saxophonist and producer (died 1971)
* 1934 –
Earl King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2003)
*
1935 –
Cliff Jones, Welsh international footballer
* 1935 –
Herb Kohl, American businessman and politician (died 2023)
* 1935 –
Jörg Schneider, Swiss actor and author (died 2015)
*
1936 –
Jas Gawronski, Italian journalist and politician
*
1937 –
Peter Jay, English economist, journalist, and diplomat,
British Ambassador to the United States (died 2024)
* 1937 –
Juan Pizarro, Puerto Rican baseball player (died 2021)
*
1940 –
Tony Tan, Singaporean academic and politician, 7th
President of Singapore
*
1942 –
Gareth Hunt, English actor (died 2007)
*
1943 –
Eric Foner, American historian, author, and academic
*
1945 –
Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player and journalist
*
1946
1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...
–
Héctor Babenco, Argentinian-Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2016)
* 1946 –
Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian priest and activist (died 2009)
* 1946 –
Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (died 2011)
*
1949 –
Jacques Duchesneau, Canadian police officer and politician
*
1949 –
Alan Lancaster, English-Australian bass player singer and songwriter Status Quo (died 2022)
*
1950 –
Karen Joy Fowler, American author
*
1953 –
Robert Brazile, American football player
*
1954 –
Dieter Bohlen, German singer-songwriter and producer
*
1955 –
Rolf Benirschke, American football player and game show host
* 1955 –
Miguel Ferrer, American actor and director (died 2017)
*
1956 –
John Nielsen, Danish racing driver
* 1956 –
Mark St. John, American guitarist (died 2007)
*
1957 –
Dámaso García, Dominican baseball player and footballer (died 2020)
*
1958 –
Giuseppe Baresi, Italian footballer and manager
* 1958 –
Terry Marsh, English boxer and politician
* 1958 –
Matt Ridley, English journalist, author, and politician
*
1959 –
Mick McCarthy, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
*
1960 –
Robert Smigel, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
* 1960 –
James Spader, American actor and producer
*
1962 –
Garth Brooks
Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American Country music, country singer and songwriter. His integration of pop and rock elements into the country genre has earned him his immense popularity, particularly in the United States, ...
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1962 –
David Bryan, American keyboard player and songwriter
* 1962 –
Eddie Izzard, English comedian, actor, and producer
*
1963 –
Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, American Naval officer and astronaut
*
1964 –
Ashok Banker, Indian journalist, author, and screenwriter
*
1965 –
Chris Rock, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*
1966 –
Kristin Otto, German swimmer
*
1968 –
Peter Bondra, Ukrainian-Slovak ice hockey player and manager
* 1968 –
Christian Drobits, Austrian politician
* 1968 –
Sully Erna, American singer-songwriter and musician
* 1968 –
Mark Tewksbury, Canadian swimmer and sportscaster
*
1969 –
Franz Jantscher, Austrian politician
* 1969 –
Andrew Micallef, Maltese painter and musician
*
1971 –
Anita Tsoy, Russian singer-songwriter
*
1972 –
Essence Atkins, American actress
* 1972 –
Robyn Lively, American actress
*
1973 –
Juwan Howard, American basketball player and coach
*
1974 –
J Dilla, American rapper and producer (died 2006)
* 1974 –
Steve Nash, South African-Canadian basketball player
* 1974 –
Nujabes, Japanese record producer, DJ, composer and arranger (died 2010)
*
1975 –
Wes Borland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1975 –
Miriam Corowa, Australian journalist, television presenter and producer
* 1975 –
Alexandre Daigle, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1975 –
Rémi Gaillard, French comedian and actor
*
1976
Events January
* January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 18 – Full diplomatic ...
–
Chito Miranda, Filipino singer-songwriter
*
1977 –
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Japanese footballer
*
1978 –
David Aebischer, Swiss ice hockey player
* 1978 –
Endy Chávez, Venezuelan baseball player
* 1978 –
Ashton Kutcher, American model, actor, producer, and entrepreneur
* 1978 –
Milt Palacio, American-Belizean basketball player and coach
* 1978 –
Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian footballer
*
1979 –
Daniel Bierofka, German footballer and coach
* 1979 –
Tawakkol Karman, Yemeni journalist and activist,
Nobel Prize laureate
* 1979 –
Sam J. Miller, American author
*
1980 –
Dalibor Bagarić, Croatian basketball player
*
1981 –
Neto, Brazilian footballer
* 1981 –
Lee Ok-sung, South Korean boxer
*
1982 –
Mohammed Bijeh, Iranian serial killer (died 2006)
* 1982 –
Osamu Mukai, Japanese actor
* 1982 –
Mickaël Piétrus, French basketball player
*
1983 –
Scott Feldman, American baseball player
* 1983 –
Federico Marchetti, Italian footballer
*
1984 –
Trey Hardee, American decathlete
* 1984 –
Jeremy Meeks American model and actor
*
1985 –
Josh Hennessy, American ice hockey player
* 1985 –
Bernard James, American basketball player
* 1985 –
Tina Majorino, American actress
* 1985 –
Deborah Ann Woll, American actress
*
1987 –
Joel Freeland, English basketball player
*
1988 –
Ai Kago, Japanese singer and actress
* 1988 –
Matthew Stafford, American football player
*
1989 –
Nick Calathes, American-Greek basketball player
* 1989 –
Isaiah Thomas, American basketball player
* 1989 –
Elia Viviani, Italian cyclist
*
1990 –
Morris Claiborne, American football player
* 1990 –
Jacksepticeye, Irish
YouTuber
* 1990 –
Gianluca Lapadula, Italian footballer
* 1990 –
Dalilah Muhammad, American hurdler
* 1990 –
Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player
*
1991 –
Gabbie Hanna, American Internet personality and singer-songwriter
* 1991 –
Ryan O'Reilly, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1991 –
Richard Pánik, Slovak ice hockey player
*
1992 –
Sergi Roberto, Spanish footballer
* 1992 –
Ksenia Stolbova, Russian figure skater
* 1992 –
Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer and actress
*
1993 –
Javon Hargrave, American football player
* 1993 –
Chris Mears, English diver
*
1994 –
Riley Barber, American ice hockey player
* 1994 –
Nathan Walker, Welsh-Australian ice hockey player
*
1995 –
Tom Glynn-Carney, English actor and musician
* 1995 –
Roberto Osuna, Mexican baseball player
*
1996 –
Aaron Ekblad, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1996 –
Pierre Gasly, French racing driver
*
1997 –
Nicolò Barella, Italian footballer
* 1997 –
Anhelina Kalinina, Ukrainian tennis player
*
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events January
* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
–
Omar Marmoush, Egyptian footballer
*
2000 –
Jayden Campbell, Australian rugby league player
*
2001 –
R. J. Hampton, American basketball player
*
2002 –
Shedeur Sanders, American football player
*
2003 –
Alessandro Fontanarosa, Italian footballer
Deaths
Pre-1600
*
199 –
Lü Bu
Lü Bu (; died 7 February 199), courtesy name Fengxian, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of Imperial China. Originally a subordinate of a minor warlord Ding Yuan, he betrayed a ...
, Chinese warlord
*
318 –
Jin Mindi, emperor of the
Jin Dynasty (born 300)
*
999 –
Boleslaus II the Pious, Duke of Bohemia (born 932)
*
1045 –
Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (born 1009)
*
1065 –
Siegfried I, Count of Sponheim (born c. 1010)
*
1127 –
Ava, German poet (born 1060)
*
1165 – Marshal
Stephen of Armenia
*
1259 –
Thomas, Count of Flanders
*
1317 –
Robert, Count of Clermont (born 1256)
*
1320 –
Jan Muskata, Bishop of Kraków (born 1250)
*
1333 –
Nikko, Japanese priest, founder of
Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism (born 1246)
*
1520 –
Alfonsina de' Medici, Regent of Florence (born 1472)
*
1560 –
Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Florentine sculptor (born 1493)
1601–1900
*
1603 –
Bartholomäus Sastrow, German politician (born 1520)
*
1623 –
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English soldier and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (born 1546)
*
1626 –
William V, Duke of Bavaria (born 1548)
*
1642 –
William Bedell, English bishop and academic (born 1571)
*
1693 –
Paul Pellisson, French lawyer and author (born 1624)
*
1736 –
Stephen Gray, English astronomer and physicist (born 1666)
*
1779 –
William Boyce, English organist and composer (born 1711)
*
1799 –
Qianlong Emperor of China (born 1711)
*
1801 –
Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish-German painter and academic (born 1726)
*
1819 –
August Wilhelm Hupel, German-Estonian linguist and author (born 1737)
*
1823 –
Ann Radcliffe, English author (born 1764)
*
1837 –
Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (born 1778)
*
1849 –
Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845–1846) (born 1797)
*
1862 –
Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Spanish playwright and politician,
Prime Minister of Spain (born 1787)
*
1864 –
Vuk Karadžić, Serbian philologist and linguist (born 1787)
*
1871 –
Henry E. Steinway, German-American businessman, founded
Steinway & Sons (born 1797)
*
1873 –
Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author (born 1814)
*
1878 –
Pope Pius IX (born 1792)
*
1891 –
Marie Louise Andrews, American story writer and journalist (born 1849)
*
1897 –
Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (born 1847)
1901–present
*
1919 –
William Halford, English-American lieutenant,
Medal of Honor recipient (born 1841)
*
1920 –
Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer (born 1874)
* 1920 –
Charles Langelier, Canadian journalist, judge, and politician (born 1850)
*
1921 –
John J. Gardner, American politician (born 1845)
*
1937 –
Elihu Root, American lawyer and politician, 38th
United States Secretary of State,
Nobel Prize laureate (born 1845)
*
1938 –
Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (born 1868)
*
1939 –
Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator (born 1886)
*
1940 –
James McCormick (Irish republican), Executed
Irish Republican (born 1910)
* 1940 –
Peter Barnes (Irish republican), Executed
Irish Republican (born 1907)
*
1942 –
Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer (born 1876)
*
1944 –
Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress (born 1874)
*
1959 –
Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (born 1874)
* 1959 –
Daniel François Malan, South African minister and politician, 5th
Prime Minister of South Africa (born 1874)
* 1959 –
Guitar Slim, American singer and guitarist (born 1926)
*
1960 –
Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic (born 1903)
*
1963 –
Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager (born 1902)
*
1964 –
Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek captain and politician, 133rd
Prime Minister of Greece (born 1894)
*
1968 –
Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter (born 1931)
*
1972 –
Walter Lang, American director and screenwriter (born 1896)
*
1979 –
Josef Mengele, German
SS officer and physician (born 1911)
*
1986 –
Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (born 1923)
*
1990 –
Alan Perlis, American computer scientist and academic (born 1922)
* 1990 –
Alfredo M. Santos, Filipino general (born 1905)
*
1991 –
Amos Yarkoni, Israeli colonel (born 1920)
*
1994 –
Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer and conductor (born 1913)
*
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events January
* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
–
King Hussein of Jordan (born 1935)
* 1999 –
Bobby Troup, American actor, pianist, and composer (born 1918)
*
2000 –
Doug Henning, Canadian magician and politician (born 1947)
*
2001 –
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and pilot (born 1906)
*
2003 –
Augusto Monterroso, Guatemalan author (born 1921)
*
2005 –
Atli Dam, Faroese engineer and politician, 5th
Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (born 1932)
*
2006 –
Princess Durru Shehvar of the Ottoman Empire (born 1914)
*
2009 –
Blossom Dearie, American singer and pianist (born 1924)
*
2010 –
Franco Ballerini, Italian cyclist and coach (born 1964)
*
2012 –
Harry Keough, American soccer player and coach (born 1927)
*
2013 –
Krsto Papić, Croatian director and screenwriter (born 1933)
*
2014 –
Doug Mohns, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1933)
*
2015 –
Billy Casper, American golfer (born 1931)
* 2015 –
Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist and author (born 1934)
* 2015 –
Dean Smith, American basketball player and coach (born 1931)
* 2015 –
John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th
United States Deputy Secretary of State (born 1922)
*
2017 –
Richard Hatch, American actor (born 1945)
* 2017 –
Hans Rosling, Swedish academic (born 1948)
* 2017 –
Tzvetan Todorov, Bulgarian philosopher (born 1939)
*
2019 –
John Dingell, American politician (born 1926)
* 2019 –
Albert Finney, English actor (born 1936)
* 2019 –
Jan Olszewski, Polish politician, 3rd
Prime Minister (born 1930)
* 2019 –
Frank Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1935)
*
2020 –
Li Wenliang, Chinese ophthalmologist who initially warned about COVID-19 (born 1986)
*
2025 –
Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Welsh academic and politician (born 1946)
*2025 –
Tony Roberts, American actor and singer (born 1939)
Holidays and observances
*Christian
feast day:
**
Richard the Pilgrim
**
Blessed Eugénie Smet
**
Blessed Pope Pius IX
**
Chrysolius
**
Egidio Maria of Saint Joseph
**
February 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
**
New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Orthodox Church Typically observed on the Sunday closest to January 25 (O.S.)/February 7 (N.S.)
*
Independence Day (Grenada), celebrates the independence of
Grenada from the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
in 1974.
*
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
)
References
External links
BBC: On This Day*
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