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Pre-1600

* 308 – At
Carnuntum Carnuntum ( according to Ptolemy) was a Roman legionary fortress () and headquarters of the Roman navy, Pannonian fleet from 50 AD. After the 1st century, it was capital of the Pannonia Superior province. It also became a large city of app ...
, Emperor ''emeritus''
Diocletian Diocletian ( ; ; ; 242/245 – 311/312), nicknamed Jovius, was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305. He was born Diocles to a family of low status in the Roman province of Dalmatia (Roman province), Dalmatia. As with other Illyri ...
confers with Galerius, '' Augustus'' of the East, and Maximianus, the recently returned former ''Augustus'' of the West, in an attempt to end the civil wars of the Tetrarchy. * 1028Constantine VIII dies, ending his uninterrupted reign as emperor or co-emperor of the
Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived History of the Roman Empire, the events that caused the ...
of 66 years. * 1100Henry I of England marries Matilda of Scotland, the daughter of
Malcolm III of Scotland Malcolm III (; ; –13 November 1093) was List of Scottish monarchs, King of Alba from 1058 to 1093. He was later nicknamed "Canmore" (, , understood as "great chief"). Malcolm's long reign of 35 years preceded the beginning of the Scoto-Norma ...
and a direct descendant of the Saxon king Edmund Ironside; Matilda is crowned on the same day. * 1215 – The Fourth Council of the Lateran meets, defining the doctrine of transubstantiation, the process by which bread and wine are, by that doctrine, said to transform into the body and blood of Christ. * 1500Treaty of Granada: Louis XII of France and
Ferdinand II of Aragon Ferdinand II, also known as Ferdinand I, Ferdinand III, and Ferdinand V (10 March 1452 – 23 January 1516), called Ferdinand the Catholic, was King of Aragon from 1479 until his death in 1516. As the husband and co-ruler of Queen Isabella I of ...
agree to divide the
Kingdom of Naples The Kingdom of Naples (; ; ), officially the Kingdom of Sicily, was a state that ruled the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816. It was established by the War of the Sicilian Vespers (1282–1302). Until ...
between them. * 1572Tycho Brahe observes the
supernova A supernova (: supernovae or supernovas) is a powerful and luminous explosion of a star. A supernova occurs during the last stellar evolution, evolutionary stages of a massive star, or when a white dwarf is triggered into runaway nuclear fusion ...
SN 1572.


1601–1900

* 1620 – The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod. * 1634 – Following pressure from
Anglican Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christianity, Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the ...
bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes ''An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery''. *
1673 Events January–March * January 22 – Impersonator Mary Carleton is hanging, hanged at Newgate Prison in London, for multiple thefts and returning from penal transportation. * February 10 – Molière's ''comédie-ballet ...
– Second Battle of Khotyn in
Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
:
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic (), was a federation, federative real union between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ...
forces under the command of Jan Sobieski defeat the Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets made by Kazimierz Siemienowicz are successfully used. * 1675
Gottfried Leibniz Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (or Leibnitz; – 14 November 1716) was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist and diplomat who is credited, alongside Isaac Newton, Sir Isaac Newton, with the creation of calculus in ad ...
demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of ''y'' = ''ƒ''(''x''). * 1724Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the
Old Bailey The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, commonly referred to as the Old Bailey after the street on which it stands, is a criminal court building in central London, one of several that house the Crown Court of England and Wales. The s ...
, is hanged in London. * 1750Riots break out in
Lhasa Lhasa, officially the Chengguan District of Lhasa City, is the inner urban district of Lhasa (city), Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region, Southwestern China. Lhasa is the second most populous urban area on the Tibetan Plateau after Xining ...
after the murder of the
Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are other ethnic groups s ...
an regent. * 1750 – The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity. *
1778 Events January–March * January 18 – Third voyage of James Cook: Sea captain, Captain James Cook, with ships HMS Resolution (1771), HMS ''Resolution'' and HMS Discovery (1774), HMS ''Discovery'', first views Oahu, Oʻahu th ...
Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the
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 ...
, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers. * 1805
Napoleonic Wars {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Napoleonic Wars , partof = the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars , image = Napoleonic Wars (revision).jpg , caption = Left to right, top to bottom:Battl ...
: Battle of Dürenstein: Eight thousand French troops attempt to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force. * 1813War of 1812: Battle of Crysler's Farm: British and Canadian forces defeat a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their Saint Lawrence campaign. * 1831 – In Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising. * 1839 – The Virginia Military Institute is founded in
Lexington, Virginia Lexington is an Independent city (United States)#Virginia, independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 7,320. It is the county seat of Rockbridge County, Virg ...
. * 1855 – A powerful
earthquake An earthquakealso called a quake, tremor, or tembloris the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, from those so weak they ...
occurs in Edo, Japan, causing considerable damage in the Kantō region from the shaking and subsequent fires. It had a death toll of 7,000–10,000 people and destroyed around 14,000 buildings. * 1865Treaty of Sinchula is signed whereby
Bhutan Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between China to the north and northwest and India to the south and southeast. With a population of over 727,145 and a territory of , ...
cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the
British East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to Indian Ocean trade, trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South A ...
. * 1869 – The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations. * 1880 – Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol. * 1887 – Four convicted anarchists were executed as a result of the Haymarket affair. * 1889 – The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.


1901–present

* 1911 – Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through. *
1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...
World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
: Germany signs an
armistice An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war, as it may constitute only a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace. It is derived from t ...
agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne. * 1918 – Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland – symbolic first day of Polish independence. * 1918 – Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power. * 1919 – The
Industrial Workers of the World The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), whose members are nicknamed "Wobblies", is an international labor union founded in Chicago, United States in 1905. The nickname's origin is uncertain. Its ideology combines general unionism with indu ...
attack an Armistice Day parade in
Centralia, Washington Centralia () is a city in Lewis County, Washington, Lewis County, Washington (state), Washington, United States. It is located along Interstate 5 in Washington, Interstate 5 near the midpoint between Seattle and Portland, Oregon. The city had a ...
, ultimately resulting in the deaths of five people. * 1919 – Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence. * 1921 – The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by U.S. President Warren G. Harding at
Arlington National Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery is the largest cemetery in the United States National Cemetery System, one of two maintained by the United States Army. More than 400,000 people are buried in its 639 acres (259 ha) in Arlington County, Virginia. ...
. * 1923
Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the lea ...
is arrested in
Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...
for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch. * 1926 – The
United States Numbered Highway System The United States Numbered Highway System (often called U.S. Routes or U.S. Highways) is an integrated network of roads and highways numbered within a nationwide grid in the contiguous United States. As the designation and numbering of these ...
is established. * 1930
Patent A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an sufficiency of disclosure, enabling discl ...
number US1781541 is awarded to
Albert Einstein Albert Einstein (14 March 187918 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics. His mass–energy equivalence f ...
and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator. * 1934 – The Shrine of Remembrance is opened in
Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...
, Australia. * 1940
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 ...
: In the Battle of Taranto, the
Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...
launches the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history. * 1940 – World War II: The German auxiliary cruiser '' Atlantis'' captures top secret British mail from the '' Automedon'', and sends it to Japan. *
1942 The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was th ...
– World War II: France's '' zone libre'' is occupied by German forces in Case Anton. * 1942 – The Turkish parliament passes the
Varlık Vergisi The Varlık Vergisi (, "wealth tax" or "capital tax") was a tax mostly levied on non-Muslim citizens under the Republican People's Party (CHP) government in Turkey in 1942, with the stated aim of raising funds for the country's defense in case of ...
, a capital tax mostly levied on non-Muslim citizens with the unofficial aim to inflict financial ruin on them and end their prominence in the country's economy. *
1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis ...
– The
People's Liberation Army Air Force The People's Liberation Army Air Force, also referred to as the Chinese Air Force () or the People's Air Force (), is the primary aerial warfare service of the People's Liberation Army. The PLAAF controls most of the PLA's air assets, includi ...
is founded. * 1960 – A military coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm of
South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; , VNCH), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975. It first garnered Diplomatic recognition, international recognition in 1949 as the State of Vietnam within the ...
is crushed. * 1961 – Thirteen Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to the Congo as a part of the UN peacekeeping force, are massacred by a mob in Kindu. *
1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...
Kuwait Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in West Asia and the geopolitical region known as the Middle East. It is situated in the northern edge of the Arabian Peninsula at the head of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to Iraq–Kuwait ...
's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait. *
1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...
Southern Rhodesia's Prime Minister Ian Smith unilaterally declares the colony independent as the unrecognised state of
Rhodesia Rhodesia ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognised state, unrecognised state in Southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979. Rhodesia served as the ''de facto'' Succession of states, successor state to the ...
. * 1965 – United Air Lines Flight 227 crashes at Salt Lake City International Airport, killing 43. *
1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...
launches Gemini 12. * 1967
Vietnam War The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam w ...
: In a propaganda ceremony in Phnom Penh,
Cambodia Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...
, three American prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong and turned over to "new left" antiwar activist Tom Hayden. * 1968 – Vietnam War: Operation Commando Hunt initiated. The goal is to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh trail, through
Laos Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...
into
South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; , VNCH), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975. It first garnered Diplomatic recognition, international recognition in 1949 as the State of Vietnam within the ...
. *
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, ...
– Vietnam War: Vietnamization: The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to
South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; , VNCH), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975. It first garnered Diplomatic recognition, international recognition in 1949 as the State of Vietnam within the ...
. *
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. ...
Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam, appoints
Malcolm Fraser John Malcolm Fraser (; 21 May 1930 – 20 March 2015) was an Australian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, and is the fourth List of ...
as caretaker
Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...
and announces a general election to be held in early December. * 1975 – Independence of
Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...
. * 1977 – A munitions explosion at a train station in Iri, South Korea kills at least 56 people. * 1981
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda is a Sovereign state, sovereign archipelagic country composed of Antigua, Barbuda, and List of islands of Antigua and Barbuda, numerous other small islands. Antigua and Barbuda has a total area of 440 km2 (170 sq mi), ...
joins the
United Nations The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...
. * 1982Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' launches from the
Kennedy Space Center The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC, originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center), located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of the NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) ten NASA facilities#List of field c ...
on STS-5, the first operational mission of the Space Shuttle program. *
1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...
– The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests. * 1993 – A sculpture honoring women who served in the
Vietnam War The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam w ...
is dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. *
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 ...
– The House of Lords Act is given
Royal Assent Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature, either directly or through an official acting on the monarch's behalf. In some jurisdictions, royal assent is equivalent to promulgation, while in othe ...
, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage. *
2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
Kaprun disaster: One hundred fifty-five skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel in Kaprun, Austria. * 2001 – Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in
Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...
during an attack on the convoy they are traveling in. * 2002 – A Fokker F27 Friendship operating as Laoag International Airlines Flight 585 crashes into
Manila Bay Manila Bay (; ) is a natural harbor that serves the Port of Manila (on Luzon), in the Philippines. Strategically located around the Manila, capital city of the Philippines, Manila Bay facilitated commerce and trade between the Philippines and ...
shortly after takeoff from Ninoy Aquino International Airport, killing 19 people. *2002 – Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman posts the first of three preprint texts with his proof of the Poincaré conjecture. It remains the only of the
Millennium Prize Problems The Millennium Prize Problems are seven well-known complex mathematics, mathematical problems selected by the Clay Mathematics Institute in 2000. The Clay Institute has pledged a US $1 million prize for the first correct solution to each problem ...
in mathematics to be solved. He later refused both the prize money from Clay Mathematics Institute as well as the Fields Medal for his work. *
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 60 ...
New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial,
Wellington Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island ...
. * 2004 – The
Palestine Liberation Organization The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; ) is a Palestinian nationalism, Palestinian nationalist coalition that is internationally recognized as the official representative of the Palestinians, Palestinian people in both the occupied Pale ...
confirms the death of
Yasser Arafat Yasser Arafat (4 or 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), also popularly known by his Kunya (Arabic), kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004, Presid ...
from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later. * 2006 – Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II unveils the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the
New Zealand Army The New Zealand Army (, ) is the principal Army, land warfare force of New Zealand, a component of the New Zealand Defence Force alongside the Royal New Zealand Navy and the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Formed in 1845, as the New Zealand Mil ...
and the
British Army The British Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of the United Kingdom. the British Army comprises 73,847 regular full-time personnel, 4,127 Brigade of Gurkhas, Gurkhas, 25,742 Army Reserve (United Kingdom), volunteer reserve perso ...
. *
2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
– A helicopter crash just outside Mexico City kills seven, including Francisco Blake Mora the Secretary of the Interior of Mexico. *
2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
– A strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hits northern
Burma Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and ha ...
, killing at least 26 people. *
2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
– Fifty-eight people are killed in a bus crash in the
Sukkur District Sukkur District (, ) is a district in Sindh Province in Pakistan. Two districts have been split off from the territory of Sukkur: Shikarpur District, Shikarpur in 1977 and Ghotki District, Ghotki in 1993. According to 2023 Pakistani census populat ...
in southern
Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
's
Sindh Sindh ( ; ; , ; abbr. SD, historically romanized as Sind (caliphal province), Sind or Scinde) is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, southeastern region of the country, Sindh is t ...
province. *
2020 The year 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 even ...
Typhoon Vamco makes landfall in
Luzon Luzon ( , ) is the largest and most populous List of islands in the Philippines, island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the List of islands of the Philippines, Philippine archipelago, it is the economic and political ce ...
and several offshore islands, killing 67 people. The storm causes the worst floods in the region since
Typhoon Ketsana Typhoon Ketsana, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Ondoy, was the second-most devastating tropical cyclone of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season, causing United States dollar, $1.15 billion in damages and 665 fatalities, only behind Typho ...
in 2009. * 2022
Russo-Ukrainian War The Russo-Ukrainian War began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia Russian occupation of Crimea, occupied and Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, annexed Crimea from Ukraine. It then ...
: Ukrainian
armed forces A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. Militaries are typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with their members identifiable by a ...
enter the city of
Kherson Kherson (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian and , , ) is a port city in southern Ukraine that serves as the administrative centre of Kherson Oblast. Located by the Black Sea and on the Dnieper, Dnieper River, Kherson is the home to a major ship-bui ...
following a successful two-month southern counteroffensive.


Births


Pre-1600

* 1050Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1106) * 1154Sancho I of Portugal (died 1212) * 1155Alfonso VIII of Castile (died 1214) * 1220Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (died 1271) * 1430Jošt of Rožmberk, Bishop of Breslau (died 1467) * 1441Charlotte of Savoy, French queen (died 1483) * 1449Catherine of Poděbrady, Hungarian queen (died 1464) * 1491Martin Bucer, German Protestant reformer (died 1551) * 1493Paracelsus, Swiss-German physician, botanist, astrologer, and occultist (died 1541) *
1512 Year 1512 (Roman numerals, MDXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 2 – Svante Nilsson (regent of Sweden), Svante Nilsson, regent of Sweden since 1504, dies at the a ...
Marcin Kromer, Prince-Bishop of Warmia (died 1589) * 1569Martin Ruland the Younger, German physician and chemist (died 1611) * 1579Frans Snyders, Flemish painter (died 1657) * 1599Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg (died 1655) * 1599 – Ottavio Piccolomini, Austrian-Italian field marshal (died 1656)


1601–1900

* 1633George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, English politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1695) * 1668Johann Albert Fabricius, German author and scholar (died 1736) * 1696Andrea Zani, Italian violinist and composer (died 1757) * 1743
Carl Peter Thunberg Carl Peter Thunberg, also known as Karl Peter von Thunberg, Carl Pehr Thunberg, or Carl Per Thunberg (11 November 1743 – 8 August 1828), was a Sweden, Swedish Natural history, naturalist and an Apostles of Linnaeus, "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus ...
, Swedish botanist, entomologist, and psychologist (died 1828) * 1748Charles IV of Spain (died 1819) * 1768Sikandar Jah, (died 1829) 3rd Nizam of Hyderabad State * 1791Josef Munzinger, Swiss lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the Swiss Confederation (died 1855) * 1821Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (died 1881) * 1836Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American poet and author (died 1907) * 1852Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austrian-Hungarian field marshal (died 1925) * 1855Stevan Sremac, Serbian author and activist (died 1906) * 1857Janet Erskine Stuart, English nun and educator (died 1914) * 1860Thomas Joseph Byrnes, Australian politician, 12th Premier of Queensland (died 1898) * 1863Paul Signac, French painter and educator (died 1935) * 1864Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and activist,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...
laureate (died 1921) * 1866Martha Annie Whiteley, English chemist and mathematician (died 1956) * 1867Shrimad Rajchandra, a Jain philosopher, spiritual mentor of
Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalism, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethics, political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful Indian ...
(died 1901) * 1868Édouard Vuillard, French painter and academic (died 1940) * 1869Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (died 1947) * 1869 – Gaetano Bresci, Italian anarchist assassin (died 1901) * 1872Maude Adams, American actress (died 1953) * 1872 – David I. Walsh, American lawyer and politician, 46th
Governor of Massachusetts The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the head of government of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The governor is the chief executive, head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonw ...
(died 1947) * 1882Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (died 1973) * 1883Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor and academic (died 1969) * 1885George S. Patton, American general (died 1945) * 1887Roland Young, English-American actor (died 1953) * 1888Abul Kalam Azad, Indian activist, scholar, and politician, Indian Minister of Education (died 1958) * 1888 – J. B. Kripalani, Indian lawyer and politician (died 1982) * 1891Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player and manager (died 1954) * 1891 – Grunya Sukhareva, Ukrainian-Russian psychiatrist and university lecturer (died 1981) * 1894
Beverly Bayne Beverly Bayne (born Pearl Beverly Bayne or Bain; November 11, 1894 – August 18, 1982) was an American actress who appeared in silent films beginning in 1910 in Chicago, Illinois, where she worked for Essanay Studios. Early life Born in Minne ...
, American actress (died 1982) * 1895Wealthy Babcock, American mathematician and academic (died 1990) * 1896Shirley Graham Du Bois, American author, playwright, composer, and activist (died 1977) * 1896 – Carlos Eduardo Castañeda, Mexican-American historian (died 1958) * 1898
René Clair René Clair (; 11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette (), was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy. H ...
, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1981) * 1899Pat O'Brien, American actor (died 1983) * 1900Maria Babanova, Russian stage and film actress (died 1983)


1901–present

* 1901Sam Spiegel, American film producer (died 1985) * 1901 – F. Van Wyck Mason, American historian and author (died 1978) * 1904Alger Hiss, American lawyer and convicted spy (died 1996) * 1904 – J. H. C. Whitehead, British mathematician and academic (died 1960) * 1906Brother Theodore, German-American monologuist and comedian (died 2001) * 1907Orestis Laskos, Greek director, screenwriter, and poet (died 1992) * 1909Robert Ryan, American actor (died 1973) * 1909 – Piero Scotti, Italian race car driver (died 1976) * 1911Roberto Matta, Chilean-Italian painter and sculptor (died 2002) *
1912 This year is notable for Sinking of the Titanic, the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15. In Albania, this leap year runs with only 353 days as the country achieved switching from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar by skippin ...
Thomas C. Mann, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to El Salvador (died 1999) * 1914James Gilbert Baker, American astronomer, optician, and academic (died 2005) * 1914 – Daisy Bates, American activist (died 1999) * 1914 – Taslim Olawale Elias, Nigerian academic and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (died 1991) * 1914 – Howard Fast, American novelist and screenwriter (died 2003) * 1914 – Henry Wade, American soldier and lawyer (died 2001) * 1915William Proxmire, American soldier, journalist, and politician (died 2005) * 1915 – Anna Schwartz, American economist and author (died 2012) * 1916Robert Carr, English engineer and politician, Lord President of the Council (died 2012) *
1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...
Stubby Kaye, American entertainer (died 1997) * 1919Kalle Päätalo, Finnish soldier and author (died 2000) * 1920Roy Jenkins, British politician, President of the European Commission (died 2003) * 1920 – Walter Krupinski, German captain and pilot (died 2000) * 1921Terrel Bell, American sergeant, academic, and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Education (died 1996) * 1922
Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut ( ; November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American author known for his Satire, satirical and darkly humorous novels. His published work includes fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfict ...
, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (died 2007) * 1925
John Guillermin Yvon Jean Guillermin (11 November 192527 September 2015), known as John Guillermin, was an English film director, writer and producer. Working both in the United Kingdom and the United States, he was most active in big-budget, action-adventure f ...
, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015) * 1925 – June Whitfield, English actress (died 2018) * 1925 – Jonathan Winters, American actor and screenwriter (died 2013) * 1926Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian race car driver (died 2016) * 1926 – Harry Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1998) * 1927Mose Allison, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2016) * 1927 – Martin Špegelj, Croatian general and politician, 2nd Croatian Minister of Defence (died 2014) * 1928Ernestine Anderson, American singer (died 2016) * 1928 – Carlos Fuentes, Mexican novelist and essayist (died 2012) * 1929LaVern Baker, American singer (died 1997) * 1929 – Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German author and poet (died 2022) * 1929 – Martin Jacomb, English lawyer, businessman, and academic (died 2024) * 1930Mildred Dresselhaus, American physicist and academic (died 2017) * 1930 – Hugh Everett III, American physicist and mathematician (died 1982) * 1930 – Vernon Handley, English conductor (died 2008) *
1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
Germano Mosconi, Italian journalist (died 2012) * 1933Martino Finotto, Italian race car driver (died 2014) * 1933 – Peter B. Lewis, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2013) *
1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...
Bibi Andersson, Swedish actress (died 2019) *
1936 Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funer ...
Jack Keller, American songwriter and producer (died 2005) * 1937Vittorio Brambilla, Italian race car driver (died 2001) * 1937 – Rudy LaRusso, American basketball player (died 2004) * 1937 – Stephen Lewis, Canadian politician and diplomat, 14th Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations * 1937 – Alicia Ostriker, American poet and scholar * 1939Denise Alexander, American actress (died 2025) * 1940
Barbara Boxer Barbara Sue Boxer (née Levy; born November 11, 1940) is a retired American politician, lobbyist, and former reporter who served in the United States Senate, representing California from 1993 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party (United St ...
, American journalist and politician * 1940 – Dennis Coffey, American guitarist *
1942 The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was th ...
Jonathan Fenby, English journalist and businessman * 1942 – Roy Fredericks, Guyanese-American cricketer and politician (died 2000) * 1942 – K. Connie Kang, Korean American journalist and author (died 2019) * 1942 – Diane Wolkstein, American author and radio host (died 2013) *
1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 ...
Doug Frost, Australian swim coach * 1945Chris Dreja, English guitarist and songwriter * 1945 – Vince Martell, American singer and guitarist * 1945 –
Daniel Ortega José Daniel Ortega Saavedra (; ; born 11 November 1945) is a Nicaraguan politician and dictator who has been the president of Nicaragua, co-president of Nicaragua since 18 February 2025, alongside his wife Rosario Murillo. He was the 54th an ...
, Nicaraguan politician, President of Nicaragua *
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 ...
Al Holbert, American race car driver (died 1988) *
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...
Andrzej Czok, Polish mountaineer (died 1986) * 1948 – Robert John "Mutt" Lange, British-South African record producer and songwriter * 1948 – Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (died 2005) *
1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis ...
Ismail Petra of Kelantan (died 2019) * 1949 – Kathy Postlewait, American golfer *
1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...
Mircea Dinescu, Romanian journalist and poet * 1950 – Jim Peterik, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1951Kim Peek, American megasavant (died 2009) * 1951 – Marc Summers, American television host and producer * 1951 – Fuzzy Zoeller, American golfer *
1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...
Marshall Crenshaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1953 – Andy Partridge, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer * 1954Steve Brain, English rugby player * 1954 – Mary Gaitskill, American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. * 1954 – Jim Kabia, English footballer * 1954 – Roger Slifer, American author, illustrator, screenwriter, and producer (died 2015) * 1955Dave Alvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1955 – Jigme Singye Wangchuk, King of Bhutan * 1955 – Teri York, Canadian diver *
1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...
Talat Aziz, Ghazal singer * 1956 – Ian Craig Marsh, English guitarist * 1958Luz Casal, Spanish singer-songwriter and actress * 1958 – Kazimieras Černis, Lithuanian astronomer and astrophysicist * 1958 – Carlos Lacámara, Cuban-American actor and playwright * 1958 – Kathy Lette, Australian-English author * 1959Lee Haney, American bodybuilder * 1959 – Richard Rowe, English jockey and trainer * 1959 – Christian Schwarzenegger, Swiss criminologist and academic * 1959 – Carl Williams, American boxer (died 2013) * 1960Colin Harvey, English author and critic (died 2011) * 1960 – Chuck Hernandez, American baseball player and coach * 1960 – Paquito Ochoa, Jr., Filipino lawyer and politician, 37th Executive Secretary of the Philippines * 1960 – Cristina Odone, Kenyan-Italian journalist and author * 1960 – Peter Parros, American actor, producer, and screenwriter * 1960 – Stanley Tucci, American actor and director * 1961Yuri Milner, Russian-born entrepreneur, venture capitalist and physicist *
1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...
Mario Fenech, Maltese-Australian rugby league player and sportscaster * 1962 – Georgios Mitsibonas, Greek footballer (died 1997) * 1962 – Demi Moore, American actress, director, and producer * 1962 – James Morrison, Australian trumpet player and composer * 1963Billy Gunn, American wrestler and actor * 1964Margarete Bagshaw, American painter and potter (died 2015) * 1964 – Calista Flockhart, American actress * 1964 – Philip McKeon, American actor (died 2019) *
1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...
Max Mutchnick, American screenwriter and producer * 1965 – Kim Stockwood, Canadian singer-songwriter *
1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
Benedicta Boccoli, Italian model and actress * 1966 – Vince Colosimo, Australian actor * 1966 – Alison Doody, Irish model and actress * 1966 – Peaches, Canadian musician and producer * 1967Gil de Ferran, Brazilian race car driver (died2023) * 1967 – David Doak, Northern Irish video game designer * 1967 – Frank John Hughes, American actor, producer, and screenwriter * 1968 – Diego Fuser, Italian footballer and manager * 1969Carson Kressley, American fashion designer, television personality, and actor *
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
David DeLuise, American actor and director * 1971 – Tomas Pačėsas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach *
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, ...
Adam Beach, Canadian actor *
1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
Jason White, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1974Jon B., American singer-songwriter and producer * 1974 – Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor and producer * 1974 – Static Major, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2008) * 1974 – Wajahatullah Wasti, Pakistani cricketer *
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. ...
Daisuke Ohata, Japanese rugby player *
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 ...
Jason Grilli, American baseball player * 1976 – Jesse F. Keeler, Canadian bass player * 1977Ben Hollioake, Australian-English cricketer (died 2002) * 1977 – Jill Vedder, American philanthropist, activist and fashion model * 1977 – Maniche, Portuguese footballer and manager * 1977 – Scoot McNairy, American actor and producer * 1977 – Marsha Mehran, Iranian-American author (died 2014) *
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 ...
Lou Vincent, New Zealand cricketer *
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...
Chris Kelly, Canadian ice hockey player * 1980 – Edmoore Takaendesa, Zimbabwean-German rugby player * 1982Gonzalo Canale, Argentinian-Italian rugby player * 1982 – LA Knight, American wrestler *
1983 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 TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...
Arouna Koné, Ivorian footballer * 1983 – Philipp Lahm, German footballer * 1983 – Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Japanese voice actor and singer * 1984Hilton Armstrong, American basketball player * 1984 – Stephen Hunt, English footballer * 1984 – Birkir Már Sævarsson, Icelandic footballer * 1985Osvaldo Alonso, Cuban footballer * 1985 – Austin Collie, American football player * 1985 – Tiidrek Nurme, Estonian runner * 1985 – Jessica Sierra, American singer * 1985 – Robin Uthappa, Indian cricketer * 1986Jon Batiste, American singer and pianist * 1986 – Victor Cruz, American football player * 1986 – Mark Sanchez, American football player * 1986 – François Trinh-Duc, French rugby player *
1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...
Vinny Guadagnino, American actor * 1987 – Chanelle Hayes, English model and singer * 1988David Depetris, Argentinian-Slovak footballer * 1988 – Mikako Komatsu, Japanese voice actress and singer * 1988 – Kyle Naughton, English footballer * 1989Nick Blackman, English-Israeli footballer * 1989 – Joe Ragland, American basketball player * 1989 – Adam Rippon, American figure skater * 1989 – Reina Tanaka, Japanese singer * 1989 – Lewis Williamson, Scottish race car driver * 1990Tom Dumoulin, Dutch road bicycle racer * 1990 – James Segeyaro, Papua New Guinean rugby league player * 1990 – Georginio Wijnaldum, Dutch footballer * 1991Christa B. Allen, American actress * 1991 – Kaho Onodera, Japanese curler *
1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...
Sofía Luini, Argentine tennis player * 1992 – Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Canadian ice hockey player * 1993Jamaal Lascelles, English footballer *
1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
Lio Rush, American wrestler * 1994 – Sanju Samson, Indian cricketer * 1994 – Ellie Simmonds, English swimmer * 1995Josh Aloiai, New Zealand rugby league player * 1995 – Yuriko Miyazaki, British tennis player * 1996Tye Sheridan, American actor and producer * 1998Liudmila Samsonova, Russian 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 ...
X González, American activist *
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 60 ...
Oakes Fegley, American actor *
2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
Ben Doak, Scottish footballer


Deaths


Pre-1600

* 405Arsacius of Tarsus, Tarsian archbishop (born 324) * 683Yazid I, Muslim
caliph A caliphate ( ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with Khalifa, the title of caliph (; , ), a person considered a political–religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of ...
(born 647) * 865Petronas, Byzantine general * 865 – Antony the Younger, Byzantine monk and saint (born 785) * 875Teutberga, queen of Lotharingia * 1028Constantine VIII, Byzantine emperor (born 960) * 1078Udo of Nellenburg, Archbishop of Trier (during the siege of Tübingen) * 1089 – Saint Peter Igneus, Italian Benedictine monk * 1130Teresa of León, Countess of Portugal, Portuguese regent (born 1080) * 1189 – King William II of Sicily ("the Good") (born 1153) * 1285 – King Peter III of Aragon (born 1239) * 1331Stefan Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia (born c. 1285) * 1561Hans Tausen, Danish reformer (born 1494) * 1583Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond, Irish rebel


1601–1900

* 1623Philippe de Mornay, French theorist and author (born 1549) * 1638Cornelis van Haarlem, Dutch painter and illustrator (born 1562) * 1724Joseph Blake, English criminal (born 1700) * 1812Platon Levshin, Russian metropolitan (born 1737) * 1831Nat Turner, American slave and rebel leader (born 1800) * 1855
Søren Kierkegaard Søren Aabye Kierkegaard ( , ; ; 5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a Danes, Danish theologian, philosopher, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. He wrote critical tex ...
, Danish philosopher, author, and poet (born 1813) * 1861
Pedro V of Portugal Dom (honorific), Dom Pedro V (; 16 September 1837 – 11 November 1861), nicknamed "the Hopeful" (), was King of Portugal from 1853 until his death in 1861. Early life and reign As the eldest son of Maria II of Portugal, Queen Maria II and ...
(born 1837) * 1862James Madison Porter, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Secretary of War (born 1793) * 1880Ned Kelly, Australian bushranger (born 1855) * 1880 – Lucretia Mott, American activist (born 1793) * 1884Alfred Brehm, German zoologist, author, and illustrator (born 1827) * 1887Haymarket affair defendants: * 1887 – George Engel, German-American businessman and activist (born 1836) * 1887 – Adolph Fischer, German-American printer and activist (born 1858) * 1887 – Albert Parsons, American journalist and activist (born 1848) * 1887 – August Spies, American journalist and activist (born 1855) * 1888Pedro Ñancúpel, Chilean pirate active in the fjords and channels of Patagonia. He was executed.


1901–present

* 1917Liliuokalani of Hawaii (born 1838) *
1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...
George Lawrence Price, Canadian soldier (born 1892) * 1919Pavel Chistyakov, Russian painter and educator (born 1832) * 1921Léon Moreaux, French target shooter (born 1852) * 1931Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese businessman (born 1840) * 1939Bob Marshall, American author and activist (born 1901) * 1940Muhittin Akyüz, Turkish general and diplomat (born 1870) * 1944Munir Ertegun, Turkish diplomat (born 1883) * 1945Jerome Kern, American composer (born 1885) *
1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis ...
Loukas Kanakaris-Roufos, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Foreign Minister (born 1878) *
1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...
Alexandros Diomidis, Greek banker and politician, 145th
Prime Minister of Greece The prime minister of the Hellenic Republic (), usually referred to as the prime minister of Greece (), is the head of government of the Greece, Hellenic Republic and the leader of the Cabinet of Greece, Greek Cabinet. The officeholder's of ...
(born 1875) *
1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (born 1866) * 1961Behiç Erkin, Turkish colonel and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (born 1876) *
1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...
Joseph Ruddy, American swimmer and water polo player (born 1878) *
1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...
Luis Arturo González López Guatemalan supreme court judge and briefly acting president (born 1900) * 1968Jeanne Demessieux, French pianist and composer (born 1921) *
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, ...
Berry Oakley, American bass player (born 1948) *
1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...
laureate (born 1895) * 1973 – Richard von Frankenberg, German race car driver and journalist (born 1922) * 1974Alfonso Leng, Chilean dentist, composer, and academic (born 1894) *
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 ...
Alexander Calder, American sculptor (born 1898) * 1977Abraham Sarmiento, Jr., Filipino journalist and activist (born 1950) *
1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-American composer and conductor (born 1894) *
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...
Vince Gair, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Queensland (born 1901) * 1982Marcel Paul, French communist politician and Holocaust survivor (born 1900) * 1984Martin Luther King, Sr., American pastor, missionary, and activist (born 1899) * 1985Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish ice hockey player (born 1959) * 1985 –
Arthur Rothstein Arthur Rothstein (July 17, 1915 – November 11, 1985) was an American photographer. His career spanned five decades, and he received recognition as one of America's premier photojournalists. Life and career The son of Jewish immigrants, Rothste ...
, American photographer and educator (born 1915) * 1988Charles Groves Wright Anderson, South African-Australian colonel and politician (born 1897) * 1988 – William Ifor Jones, Welsh conductor and organist (born 1900) * 1990Attilio Demaría, Argentinian footballer (born 1909) * 1990 – Sadi Irmak, Turkish physician and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1904) * 1990 – Alexis Minotis, Greek actor and director (born 1900) * 1990 – Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet and playwright (born 1909) * 1993Erskine Hawkins, American trumpet player and bandleader (born 1914) * 1993 – John Stanley, American author and illustrator (born 1914) *
1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
John A. Volpe, American soldier and politician, 61st
Governor of Massachusetts The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the head of government of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The governor is the chief executive, head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonw ...
(born 1908) * 1994 – Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist, historian, and publicist (born 1922) * 1997Rod Milburn, American hurdler and coach (born 1950) * 1997 – William Alland, American film producer and writer (born 1916) * 1998Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player and soldier (born 1913) * 1998 – Paddy Clancy, Irish singer and actor (born 1922) *
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 ...
Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (born 1961) * 1999 – Jacobo Timerman, Argentinian journalist and author (born 1923) *
2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
Sandra Schmitt, German skier (born 1981) * 2001Erna Viitol, Estonian sculptor (born 1920) * 2002 – Frances Ames, South African neurologist, psychiatrist, and human rights activist (born 1920) * 2003Miquel Martí i Pol, Catalan poet (born 1929) *
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 60 ...
Dayton Allen, American comedian and voice actor (born 1919) * 2004 –
Yasser Arafat Yasser Arafat (4 or 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), also popularly known by his Kunya (Arabic), kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004, Presid ...
, Palestinian engineer and politician, 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...
laureate (born 1929) * 2004 – Richard Dembo, French director and screenwriter (born 1948) *
2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
Moustapha Akkad Moustapha al Akkad (; July 1, 1930 – November 11, 2005) was a Syrian Americans, Syrian-American film producer and Film director, director, best known for producing the original series of ''Halloween (franchise), Halloween'' films and dire ...
, Syrian-American director and producer (born 1930) * 2005 – Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, English photographer (born 1939) * 2005 –
Peter Drucker Peter Ferdinand Drucker (; ; November 19, 1909 – November 11, 2005) was an Austrian American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of modern management theory. H ...
, Austrian-American author, theorist, and educator (born 1909) * 2006Belinda Emmett, Australian actress (born 1974) * 2007Delbert Mann, American director and producer (born 1920) * 2008Herb Score, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1933) * 2008 – Mustafa Şekip Birgöl, Turkish colonel (born 1903) *
2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
Marie Osborne Yeats, American actress and costume designer (born 1911) *
2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
Francisco Blake Mora, Mexican lawyer and politician, Mexican Secretary of the Interior (born 1966) *
2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
Lam Adesina, Nigerian educator and politician, Governor of Oyo State (born 1939) * 2012 – Joe Egan, English rugby player and coach (born 1919) * 2012 – Rex Hunt, English lieutenant, pilot, and diplomat, Governor of the Falkland Islands (born 1926) * 2012 – Victor Mees, Belgian footballer (born 1927) * 2012 – Harry Wayland Randall, American photographer (born 1915) *
2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
John Barnhill, American basketball player and coach (born 1938) * 2013 – Domenico Bartolucci, Italian cardinal and composer (born 1917) * 2013 – Bob Beckham, American singer-songwriter (born 1927) * 2013 – John S. Dunne, American priest and theologian (born 1929) * 2013 – Atilla Karaosmanoğlu, Turkish economist and politician, 33rd Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1931) *
2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
– John Doar, American lawyer and activist (born 1921) * 2014 – Big Bank Hank, American rapper (born 1956) * 2014 – Philip G. Hodge, American engineer and academic (born 1920) * 2014 – Harry Lonsdale, American chemist, businessman, and politician (born 1932) * 2014 – Carol Ann Susi, American actress (born 1952) *2015 – Rita Gross, American theologian and author (born 1943) * 2015 – Nathaniel Marston, American actor and producer (born 1975) *2016 – Victor Bailey (musician), Victor Bailey, American singer and bass player (born 1960) * 2016 – Robert Vaughn, American actor (born 1932) *2017 – Chiquito de la Calzada, Spanish singer, actor and comedian (born 1932) *2021 – F. W. de Klerk, South African lawyer and politician, former State President of South Africa,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...
laureate (born 1936) *2024 – Frank Auerbach, German-British painter (born 1931) *2024 – John Robinson (American football), John Robinson, American football player and coach (born 1935)


Holidays and observances

*Public holidays in Bhutan, Birthday of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck (
Bhutan Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between China to the north and northwest and India to the south and southeast. With a population of over 727,145 and a territory of , ...
) *Children's Day (Croatia) *Christians, Christian feast day: **Bartholomew of Grottaferrata **Martin of Tours (Roman Catholic Church), and its St. Martin's Day, related observances. **Saint Menas, Menas **Saint Mercurius, Mercurius (Coptic Orthodox Church, Coptic) **
Søren Kierkegaard Søren Aabye Kierkegaard ( , ; ; 5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a Danes, Danish theologian, philosopher, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. He wrote critical tex ...
(Lutheran Church) **Theodore the Studite **November 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) *End of World War I-related observances: ** Armistice Day (France, Belgium and Serbia) **National Independence Day (Poland), commemorates the anniversary of Poland's assumption of independent statehood in 1918 **Remembrance Day (United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, including Australia and Canada) **Veterans Day, called Armistice Day until 1954, when it was rededicated to honor American military (Army, Navy, Marine, and Air Force) veterans. (United States) *Public holidays in Angola, Independence Day, celebrates the independence of
Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...
from Portugal in 1975. *Independence of Cartagena (Colombia) *Lāčplēsis Day, celebrates the victory over the Bermontians at the Battle of Riga in 1919. (Latvia) *Opening of carnival ("Karneval"/"Carnival#"Rhenish Carnival" (Rheinischer Karneval, Fasnacht, Fasnet, Fastabend, Fastelovend, Fasteleer, Fasching), Fasching"), on 11-11, at 11:11. (Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries) *National Education Day (India) *Republic Day (Maldives) *Singles' Day (China) *St. Martin's Day (Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands) * Women's Day (Belgium) *Pepero Day (South Korea)


References


External links

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