January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in the
Gregorian Calendar
The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world. It went into effect in October 1582 following the papal bull issued by Pope Gregory XIII, which introduced it as a modification of, and replacement for, the Julian cale ...
; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in
leap year
A leap year (also known as an intercalary year or bissextile year) is a calendar year that contains an additional day (or, in the case of a lunisolar calendar, a month) compared to a common year. The 366th day (or 13th month) is added to keep t ...
s). This day is also known as
New Year's Day
In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day is the first day of the calendar year, January 1, 1 January. Most solar calendars, such as the Gregorian and Julian calendars, begin the year regularly at or near the December solstice, northern winter ...
since the day marks the beginning of the year. __TOC__
Events
Pre-1600
*
153 BC – For the first time,
Roman consul
The consuls were the highest elected public officials of the Roman Republic ( to 27 BC). Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the ''cursus honorum''an ascending sequence of public offices to which politicians aspire ...
s begin their year in office on January 1.
*
45 BC
__NOTOC__
Year 45 BC was either a common year starting on Thursday, Common year starting on Friday, Friday or Common year starting on Saturday, Saturday or a leap year starting on Friday or Leap year starting on Saturday, Saturday (the sources d ...
– The
Julian calendar
The Julian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days in every year with an additional leap day every fourth year (without exception). The Julian calendar is still used as a religious calendar in parts of the Eastern Orthodox Church and in parts ...
takes effect as the civil calendar of the Roman Republic, establishing January 1 as the new date of the new year.
*
42 BC – The
Roman Senate
The Roman Senate () was the highest and constituting assembly of ancient Rome and its aristocracy. With different powers throughout its existence it lasted from the first days of the city of Rome (traditionally founded in 753 BC) as the Sena ...
posthumously
deifies Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil wa ...
.
*
193
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this ye ...
– The Senate chooses
Pertinax
Publius Helvius Pertinax ( ; 1 August 126 – 28 March 193) was Roman emperor for the first three months of 193. He succeeded Commodus to become the first emperor during the tumultuous Year of the Five Emperors.
Born to the son of a freed sl ...
against his will to succeed
Commodus
Commodus (; ; 31 August 161 – 31 December 192) was Roman emperor from 177 to 192, first serving as nominal co-emperor under his father Marcus Aurelius and then ruling alone from 180. Commodus's sole reign is commonly thought to mark the end o ...
as
Roman emperor.
*
404 –
Saint Telemachus tries to stop a
gladiator
A gladiator ( , ) was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. Some gladiators were volunteers who risked their ...
ial fight in a Roman
amphitheatre
An amphitheatre (American English, U.S. English: amphitheater) is an open-air venue used for entertainment, performances, and sports. The term derives from the ancient Greek ('), from ('), meaning "on both sides" or "around" and ('), meani ...
, and is
stoned to death by the crowd. This act impresses the Christian Emperor
Honorius
Honorius (; 9 September 384 – 15 August 423) was Roman emperor from 393 to 423. He was the younger son of emperor Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla. After the death of Theodosius in 395, Honorius, under the regency of Stilicho ...
, who issues a historic ban on gladiatorial fights.
*
417 –
Emperor Honorius forces
Galla Placidia
Galla Placidia (392/3 – 27 November 450), daughter of the Roman emperor Theodosius I, was the mother and a tutor and advisor to emperor Valentinian III. She was queen consort to Ataulf, King of the Visigoths from 414 until his death in 415, ...
into marriage to
Constantius, his famous general (''
magister militum
(Latin for "master of soldiers"; : ) was a top-level military command used in the late Roman Empire, dating from the reign of Constantine the Great. The term referred to the senior military officer (equivalent to a war theatre commander, the e ...
'') (probable).
*
947
Year 947 (Roman numerals, CMXLVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Summer – A Principality of Hungary, Hungarian army led by Grand Prince Taksony of Hungary, Taksony campaign ...
– Emperor
Taizong of the
Khitan-led
Liao dynasty captures
Daliang, ending the dynasty and empire of the
Later Jin.
*
1001 – Grand Prince
Stephen I of Hungary
Stephen I, also known as King Saint Stephen ( ; ; ; 975 – 15 August 1038), was the last grand prince of the Hungarians between 997 and 1000 or 1001, and the first king of Hungary from 1000 or 1001 until his death in 1038. The year of his bi ...
is named the first
King of Hungary
The King of Hungary () was the Monarchy, ruling head of state of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1000 (or 1001) to 1918. The style of title "Apostolic King of Hungary" (''Magyarország apostoli királya'') was endorsed by Pope Clement XIII in 1758 ...
by
Pope Sylvester II
Pope Sylvester II (; – 12 May 1003), originally known as Gerbert of Aurillac, was a scholar and teacher who served as the bishop of Rome and ruled the Papal States from 999 to his death. He endorsed and promoted study of Science in the medieva ...
(probable).
*
1068 –
Romanos IV Diogenes
Romanos IV Diogenes (; – ) was Byzantine emperor from 1068 to 1071. Determined to halt the decline of the Byzantine military and to stop Turkish incursions into the empire, he is nevertheless best known for his defeat and capture in 1071 at ...
marries
Eudokia Makrembolitissa
Eudokia Makrembolitissa () was a Byzantine empress by her successive marriages to Constantine X Doukas and Romanos IV Diogenes. She acted as ruler with her two sons in 1067, and resigned her rule by marriage to Romanos IV Diogenes. When he was ...
and is crowned
Byzantine Emperor
The foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD marks the conventional start of the Eastern Roman Empire, which Fall of Constantinople, fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD. Only the emperors who were recognized as legitimate rulers and exercised s ...
.
*
1259 –
Michael VIII Palaiologos
Michael VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (; 1224 – 11 December 1282) reigned as Byzantine emperor from 1261 until his death in 1282, and previously as the co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea from 1259 to 1261. Michael VIII was the founder of th ...
is proclaimed co-emperor of the
Empire of Nicaea
The Empire of Nicaea (), also known as the Nicene Empire, was the largest of the three Byzantine Greeks, Byzantine Greek''A Short history of Greece from early times to 1964'' by Walter Abel Heurtley, W. A. Heurtley, H. C. Darby, C. W. Crawley, C ...
with his ward
John IV Laskaris
John IV Doukas Laskaris (or Ducas Lascaris) (; December 25, 1250 – 1305) was the fourth emperor of the Nicaean Empire from August 16, 1258 to December 25, 1261, one of the Greek successor states formed after the Sack of Constantinople by th ...
.
*
1438
Year 1438 ( MCDXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Albert II of Habsburg is crowned as King of Hungary at Székesfehérvár.
* January 8 – Upset at ...
–
Albert II of Habsburg
Albert the Magnanimous , elected King of the Romans as Albert II (10 August 139727 October 1439), was a member of the House of Habsburg. By inheritance he became Albert V, Duke of Austria. Through his wife (''jure uxoris'') he also became King ...
is crowned
King of Hungary
The King of Hungary () was the Monarchy, ruling head of state of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1000 (or 1001) to 1918. The style of title "Apostolic King of Hungary" (''Magyarország apostoli királya'') was endorsed by Pope Clement XIII in 1758 ...
.
*
1502 – The present-day location of
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...
,
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...
, is first explored by the
Portuguese.
*
1515 – Twenty-year-old
Francis, Duke of Brittany, succeeds to the
French throne following the death of his father-in-law,
Louis XII
Louis XII (27 June 14621 January 1515), also known as Louis of Orléans was King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples (as Louis III) from 1501 to 1504. The son of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Marie of Cleves, he succeeded his second ...
.
*
1527
Year 1527 ( MDXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–March
*January 1 – Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I of Austria as King of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin.
* January 5 &n ...
– Croatian nobles elect
Ferdinand I, Archduke of Austria as
King of Croatia
This is a complete list of dukes and kings of Croatia () under domestic ethnic and elected Dynasty, dynasties during the Duchy of Croatia (until 925), the Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102), the Croatia in personal union with Hungary, Kingdom of Croa ...
in the
1527 election in Cetin.
*
1600
In the Gregorian calendar, it was the first century leap year and the last until the year 2000.
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Scotland adopts January 1 as New Year's Day instead of March 25.
* January 20 – Hugh O'Neill, Earl of ...
–
Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
recognises January 1 as the start of the year, instead of March 25.
1601–1900
*
1604
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The earliest recorded performance of William Shakespeare's play ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' takes place at Hampton Court prior to the main presentation, ''The Masque of Indian and China K ...
– ''
The Masque of Indian and China Knights'' is performed by courtiers of
James VI and I
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and King of Ireland, Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 M ...
at
Hampton Court
Hampton Court Palace is a Listed building, Grade I listed royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest and upstream of central London on the River Thames. Opened to the public, the palace is managed by Historic Royal ...
.
*
1651 –
Charles II is
crowned King of Scotland
The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the form of government used by the United Kingdom by which a hereditary monarch reigns as the head of state, with their powers regulated by the British cons ...
at
Scone Palace.
*
1700 – Russia begins using the
Anno Domini
The terms (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used when designating years in the Gregorian calendar, Gregorian and Julian calendar, Julian calendars. The term is Medieval Latin and means "in the year of the Lord" but is often presented using "o ...
era instead of the
Anno Mundi
(from Latin 'in the year of the world'; ), abbreviated as AM or A.M., or Year After Creation, is a calendar era based on biblical accounts of the creation of the world and subsequent history. Two such calendar eras of notable use are:
* Sin ...
era 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 ...
.
*
1707
In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Tuesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 1 – John V is crowned King of Portugal and the Algarv ...
–
John V John V may refer to:
* Patriarch John V of Alexandria or John the Merciful (died by 620), Patriarch of Alexandria from 606 to 616
* John V of Constantinople, Patriarch from 669 to 675
* Pope John V (685–686), Pope from 685 to his death in 686
...
is proclaimed King of Portugal and the
Algarves in Lisbon.
*
1725 –
J. S. Bach leads the first performance of his
chorale cantata
A chorale cantata is a church cantata based on a chorale—in this context a Lutheran chorale. It is principally from the Germany, German Baroque music, Baroque era. The organizing principle is the words and music of a Lutheran hymn. Usually a chor ...
''Jesu, nun sei gepreiset'', BWV 41, which features the trumpet fanfares from the beginning also in the end.
*
1739
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, in the South Atlantic Ocean.
* January 3 – A 7.6 earthquake shakes the Ningxia Hui Autonomou ...
–
Bouvet Island
Bouvet Island ( ; ) is an uninhabited subantarctic volcanic island and dependency of Norway. It is a protected nature reserve, and situated in the South Atlantic Ocean at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, it is the world's most extre ...
, the world's remotest island, is discovered by French explorer
Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
*
1772 – The first
traveler's cheque
A traveller's cheque is a medium of exchange that can be used in place of the currency of a country. Each cheque is denominated in a preprinted fixed, round, amount of one of a number of major world currencies; it has two panels for a signat ...
s, which could be used in 90 European cities, are issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.
*
1773
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The hymn that becomes known as '' Amazing Grace'', at this time titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17", is first used to accompany a sermon led by curate John Newton in the town of Olney, Buck ...
– The hymn that becomes known as "
Amazing Grace
"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn written in 1772 and published in 1779 by English Anglican clergyman and poet John Newton (1725–1807). It is possibly the most sung and most recorded hymn in the world, and especially popular in the Unit ...
", previously titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17, Faith's Review and Expectation", is first used to accompany a sermon led by
John Newton
John Newton (; – 21 December 1807) was an English evangelical Anglican cleric and slavery Abolitionism, abolitionist. He had previously been a captain of slave ships and an investor in the slave trade. He served as a sailor in the Royal Nav ...
in the town of
Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.
*
1776
Events January–February
* January 1 – American Revolutionary War – Burning of Norfolk: The town of Norfolk, Virginia is destroyed, by the combined actions of the British Royal Navy and occupying Patriot forces.
* January ...
–
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 ...
:
Burning of Norfolk –
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk ( ) is an independent city (United States), independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. It had a population of 238,005 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of cities in Virginia, third-most populous city ...
, is burned to the ground by combined
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 ...
and
Continental Army
The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States during the American Revolutionary War. It was formed on June 14, 1775, by a resolution passed by the Second Continental Co ...
action.
* 1776 – General
George Washington
George Washington (, 1799) was a Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot (American Revoluti ...
hoists the first
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 ...
flag, the
Continental Union Flag
The Continental Union Flag (often referred to as the first American flag, Cambridge Flag, and Grand Union Flag) was the flag of the United Colonies from 1775 to 1776, and the ''de facto'' flag of the United States until 1777, when the Betsy Ros ...
, at
Prospect Hill.
*
1781
Events
January–March
* January – William Pitt the Younger, later Prime Minister of Great Britain, enters Parliament of Great Britain, Parliament, aged 21.
* January 1 – Industrial Revolution: The Iron Bridge opens ...
– American Revolutionary War: One thousand five hundred soldiers of the
6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General
Anthony Wayne
Anthony Wayne (January 1, 1745 – December 15, 1796) was an American soldier, officer, statesman, and a Founding Father of the United States. He adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary War, where his military expl ...
's command rebel against the
Continental Army
The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States during the American Revolutionary War. It was formed on June 14, 1775, by a resolution passed by the Second Continental Co ...
's winter camp in
Morristown, New Jersey
Morristown () is a Town (New Jersey), town in and the county seat of Morris County, New Jersey, Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. in the
Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.
*
1788
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The first edition of ''The Times'', previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published in London.
* January 2 – Georgia ratifies the United States Constitution, and becomes the fourth U.S ...
– The first edition of ''
The Times
''The Times'' is a British Newspaper#Daily, daily Newspaper#National, national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its si ...
'' of London, previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published.
*
1801 – The legislative union of
Kingdom of Great Britain
Great Britain, also known as the Kingdom of Great Britain, was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800. The state was created by the 1706 Treaty of Union and ratified by the Acts of Union 1707, which united the Kingd ...
and
Kingdom of Ireland
The Kingdom of Ireland (; , ) was a dependent territory of Kingdom of England, England and then of Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain from 1542 to the end of 1800. It was ruled by the monarchs of England and then List of British monarchs ...
is completed, and the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the union of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into one sovereign state, established by the Acts of Union 1800, Acts of Union in 1801. It continued in this form until ...
is proclaimed.
* 1801 –
Ceres, the largest and first known object in the
Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, centered on the Sun and roughly spanning the space between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars. It contains a great many solid, irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids ...
, is discovered by
Giuseppe Piazzi.
*
1804
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Haiti gains independence from France, and becomes the first black republic.
* February 4 – The Sokoto Caliphate is founded in West Africa.
* February 14 – The First Serbian uprising begins th ...
–
French rule ends in
Haiti
Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...
. Haiti becomes the first black-majority republic and second independent country in
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ...
after the
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 ...
.
*
1806
Events
January–March
*January 1
** The French Republican Calendar is abolished.
** The Kingdom of Bavaria is established by Napoleon.
*January 5 – The body of British naval leader Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, lies in state ...
– The
French Republican Calendar is abolished.
*
1808
Events January–March
* January 1
** The importation of slaves into the United States is formally banned, as the 1807 Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves takes effect. However Americans still continue the slave trade by transpor ...
– The United States
bans the importation of slaves.
*
1810 – Major-General
Lachlan Macquarie
Major-general (United Kingdom), Major General Lachlan Macquarie, Companion of the Order of the Bath, CB (; ; 31 January 1762 – 1 July 1824) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Scotland. Macquarie served as the fifth Gove ...
officially becomes
Governor of New South Wales
The governor of New South Wales is the representative of the monarch, King Charles III, in the state of New South Wales. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia, Governor-General of Australia at the national level, the governor ...
.
*
1818
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Battle of Koregaon: Troops of the British East India Company score a decisive victory over the Maratha Confederacy, Maratha Empire.
** English author Mary Shelley publishes the novel ''Frankenstein ...
–
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ( , ; ; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel ''Frankenstein, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' (1818), which is considered an History of science fiction# ...
(anonymously) publishes the pioneering work of science fiction, ''
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'', in London.
*
1822
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
* January 3 – The famous French explorer, Aimé Bonpland, is imprisoned in Paraguay on charges of espionage. ...
– The
Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the
First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
*
1834
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Zollverein (Germany): Customs charges are abolished at borders within its member states.
* January 3 – The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City.
* January – The W ...
– Most of Germany forms the ''
Zollverein
The (), or German Customs Union, was a coalition of States of the German Confederation, German states formed to manage tariffs and economic policies within their territories. Organized by the 1833 treaties, it formally started on 1 January 1 ...
'' customs union, the first such union between sovereign states.
*
1845
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Philippines began reckoning Asian dates by hopping the International Date Line through skipping Tuesday, December 31, 1844. That time zone shift was a reform made by Governor–General Narciso ...
– The Philippines moves its national calendar to align with other Asian countries' calendars by skipping Tuesday, December 31, 1844. The change has been ordered by Governor–General
Narciso Claveria to reform the country's calendar so that it aligns with the rest of Asia. Its territory has been one day behind the rest of Asia for 323 years since the arrival of
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan ( – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese explorer best known for having planned and led the 1519–22 Spanish expedition to the East Indies. During this expedition, he also discovered the Strait of Magellan, allowing his fl ...
in the Philippines on March 16, 1521.
*
1847 – The world's first
"Mercy" Hospital is founded in
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the List of Un ...
, United States, by a group of
Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy is a religious institute for women in the Catholic Church. It was founded in 1831 in Dublin, Ireland, by Catherine McAuley. In 2019, the institute had about 6,200 Religious sister, sisters worldwide, organized into a number ...
from Ireland; the name will go on to grace over 30 major hospitals throughout the world.
*
1860
Events
January
* January 2 – The astronomer Urbain Le Verrier announces the discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan (hypothetical planet), Vulcan at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France.
* January 10 &ndas ...
–
The first Polish postage stamp is issued, replacing the
Russian stamps previously in use.
*
1861 –
Liberal forces supporting
Benito Juárez
Benito Pablo Juárez García (; 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Mexican politician, military commander, and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872. A Zapotec peoples, Zapotec, he w ...
enter
Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
.
*
1863
Events
January
* January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate States of America an official war goal. The signing ...
–
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...
: The
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation, officially Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War. The Proclamation had the eff ...
takes effect in
Confederate territory.
*
1877
Events January
* January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed Empress of India by the Royal Titles Act 1876, introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom .
* January 8 – Great Sioux War of 1876: Batt ...
–
Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in January 1901. Her reign of 63 year ...
of the United Kingdom is proclaimed
Empress of India
Emperor (or Empress) of India was a title used by British monarchs from 1 May 1876 (with the Royal Titles Act 1876) to 22 June 1948 Royal Proclamation of 22 June 1948, made in accordance with thIndian Independence Act 1947, 10 & 11 GEO. 6. C ...
.
*
1885 – Twenty-five nations adopt
Sandford Fleming
Sir Sandford Fleming (January 7, 1827 – July 22, 1915) was a Scottish Canadian engineer and inventor. Born and raised in Scotland, he immigrated to colonial Canada at the age of 18. He promoted worldwide standard time zones, a prime meridian, ...
's proposal for
standard time
Standard time is the synchronization of clocks within a geographical region to a single time standard, rather than a local mean time standard. Generally, standard time agrees with the local mean time at some meridian that passes through the r ...
(and also,
time zone
A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, Commerce, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between Country, countries and their Administrative division, subdivisions instead of ...
s).
*
1890
Events
January
* January 1 – The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony in the Horn of Africa.
* January 2 – Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer in the White House.
* January 11 – 1890 British Ultimatum: The Uni ...
–
Eritrea
Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa, with its capital and largest city being Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia in the Eritrea–Ethiopia border, south, Sudan in the west, and Dj ...
is consolidated into a
colony
A colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule, which rules the territory and its indigenous peoples separated from the foreign rulers, the colonizer, and their ''metropole'' (or "mother country"). This separated rule was often orga ...
by the
Italian government
The government of Italy is that of a democratic republic, established by the Italian constitution in 1948. It consists of Legislature, legislative, Executive (government), executive, and Judiciary, judicial subdivisions, as well as of a head of ...
.
*
1892
In Samoa, this was the only leap year spanned to 367 days as July 4 repeated. This means that the International Date Line was drawn from the east of the country to go west.
Events
January
* January 1 – Ellis Island begins processing imm ...
–
Ellis Island
Ellis Island is an island in New York Harbor, within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York (state), New York. Owned by the U.S. government, Ellis Island was once the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United State ...
begins processing
immigrants into the United States.
*
1898
Events
January
* January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queen ...
–
New York, New York
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural harb ...
annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the
City of Greater New York
The City of Greater New York was the Merger (politics), consolidation of the New York City, City of New York
with Brooklyn, western Queens County, and Staten Island, which took effect on January 1, 1898. New York had already annexed the Bronx ...
. The four initial
boroughs
A borough is an administrative division in various English language, English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely.
History
...
,
Manhattan
Manhattan ( ) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City. Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the County statistics of the United States#Smallest, larg ...
,
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelv ...
,
Queens
Queens is the largest by area of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Located near the western end of Long Island, it is bordered by the ...
, and
The Bronx
The Bronx ( ) is the northernmost of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It shares a land border with Westchester County, New York, West ...
, are joined on January 25 by
Staten Island
Staten Island ( ) is the southernmost of the boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southernmost point of New York (state), New York. The borough is separated from the ad ...
to create the modern city of five boroughs.
*
1899
Events January
* January 1
** Spanish rule formally ends in Cuba with the cession of Spanish sovereignty to the U.S., concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.''The American Monthly Review of Reviews'' (February 1899), p ...
–
Spanish rule ends in
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 ...
.
*
1900
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15 ...
–
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...
becomes a British protectorate with
Frederick Lugard as high commissioner.
1901–present
*
1901 – The
Southern Nigeria Protectorate
Southern Nigeria was a British protectorate in the coastal areas of modern-day Nigeria formed in 1900 from the union of the Niger Coast Protectorate with territories chartered by the Royal Niger Company below Lokoja on the Niger River.
The L ...
is established within the British Empire.
* 1901 – The British colonies of
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
,
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
,
Victoria,
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...
,
Tasmania
Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...
, and Western Australia Federation of Australia, federate as the Australia, Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister.
*1902 – The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl Game, Rose Bowl between University of Michigan, Michigan and Stanford University, Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
*1910 – Captain David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, David Beatty is promoted to rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for British royal family, royal family members) since Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, Horatio Nelson.
*1912 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established.
*1914 – The St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line, SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a Fixed-wing aircraft, winged aircraft.
*1923 – Britain's Railways are grouped into the List of railway companies involved in the 1923 grouping#The Big Four, Big Four: London and North Eastern Railway, LNER, Great Western Railway, GWR, Southern Railway (UK), SR, and London, Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS.
*1927 – New Mexico, Mexican oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the Cristero War.
*1928 – Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran to seek asylum in France. He is the only member of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Soviet Union.
*1929 – The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are Merger (politics), amalgamated into Vancouver.
*1932 – The United States Post Office Department issues 1932 Washington Bicentennial, a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of Washington's Birthday, George Washington's birth.
*1934 – Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay becomes a United States Federal Prison, United States federal prison.
* 1934 – A "Nazi eugenics, Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany.
*1942 – The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
*1945 – World War II: The German ''Luftwaffe'' launches ''Operation Bodenplatte'', a massive, but failed, attempt to knock out Allies of World War II, Allied air power in northern Europe in a single blow.
*1947 – Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
* 1947 – The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian nationality law, Canadian citizens.
Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
*1948 – The Transport in England#Rail, British railway network is Nationalization, nationalized to form British Railways.
*1949 – United Nations Ceasefire, cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948, War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.
*1956 – Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
*1957 – George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
* 1957 – Lèse majesté in Thailand is strengthened to include "insult (legal), insult" and changed to a crime against national security, after the Thai criminal code of 1956 went into effect.
*1958 – The European Economic Community is established.
*1959 – Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista, dictator of
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 ...
, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces.
*1960 – Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
*1962 – Western Samoa Trust Territory, Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
*1964 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.
*1965 – The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan.
*1970 – The defined beginning of Unix time, at 00:00:00.
*1971 – Cigarette Nicotine marketing, advertisements are banned on Television in the United States, American television.
*1973 – Denmark, Republic of Ireland, Ireland and the United Kingdom are admitted into the European Economic Community.
*1976 – A bomb explodes on board Middle East Airlines Flight 438 over Qaisumah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 81 people on board.
*1978 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747, crashes into the Arabian Sea off the coast of Mumbai, Bombay, India, due to instrument failure, spatial disorientation, and pilot error, killing all 213 people on board.
*1979 – the Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations and Taiwan Relations Act enter into force. Through the Communiqué, the United States establishes normal diplomatic relations with China. Through the Act, the United States guarantees military support for Taiwan.
*1981 – Greece is admitted into the European Community.
*1982 – Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary-General of the United Nations.
*1983 – The ARPANET officially changes to using TCP/IP, the Internet Protocol, effectively creating the Internet.
*1984 – The original AT&T Corporation, American Telephone & Telegraph Company is divested of its 22 Bell System companies as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice Competition law, antitrust Breakup of the Bell System, suit against AT&T.
* 1984 – Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom.
*1985 – The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Ernest Harrison, Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone.
*1985 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 crashes into Illimani, Mount Illimani in Bolivia, killing all 29 aboard.
*1987 – The Pueblo of Isleta, Isleta Pueblo tribe elect Verna Williamson to be their first female governor.
*1988 – The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheranism, Lutheran religious denomination, denomination in the United States.
*1989 – The Montreal Protocol comes into force, stopping the use of chemicals contributing to ozone depletion.
*1990 – David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City's first black Mayor of New York City, mayor.
*1993 – Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Slovak Republic.
*1994 – The Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexican state of Chiapas.
* 1994 – The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comes into effect.
*1995 – The World Trade Organization comes into being.
* 1995 – The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of Rogue wave, freak waves.
* 1995 – Austria, Finland and Sweden 1995 enlargement of the European Union, join the EU.
*1998 – Following a Monetary reform in Russia, 1998, currency reform, Russia begins to circulate new Russian ruble, rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.
* 1998 – Argentinian physicist Juan Maldacena publishes a landmark paper initiating the study of AdS/CFT correspondence, which links string theory and quantum gravity.
*1999 – The Euro currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden).
*2001 – Greece adopts the Euro, becoming the 12th Eurozone country.
*2004 – In a Motion of no confidence, vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College (Pakistan), Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is "deemed to be elected" to the office of President of Pakistan, President until October 2007.
*2007 – Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the EU.
* 2007 – Adam Air Flight 574 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes near the Makassar Strait, Indonesia, killing all 102 people on board.
*2009 – Sixty-six people die in a Santika Club fire, nightclub fire in Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand.
*2010 – A suicide car bomber 2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing, detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100 more.
*2011 – A bomb 2011 Alexandria bombing, explodes as Copts, Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people.
* 2011 – Estonia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the 17th Eurozone country.
*2013 – At least 60 people are killed and 200 injured in a 2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede, stampede after celebrations at Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
*2015 – The Eurasian Economic Union comes into effect, creating a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
*2017 – An Istanbul nightclub shooting, attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, during New Year's celebrations, kills 39 people and injures 79 others.
*2023 – Croatia officially adopts the Euro, becoming the 20th Eurozone country, and becomes the 27th member of the Schengen Area.
*2024 – A 7.5 2024 Noto earthquake, earthquake strikes the western coast of Japan, killing more than 500 people and injuring over 1,000 others.
A majority of direct deaths were due to collapsed homes.
* 2024 – Disney's copyright protection on ''Steamboat Willie'' and the original Mickey Mouse expires as they 2024 in public domain, enter the public domain.
* 2024 – Republic of Artsakh, Artsakh ceases to exist.
*2025 – 14 people are killed and 35 others injured during a 2025 New Orleans truck attack, vehicle-ramming and shooting attack in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Births
Pre-1600
* 766 – Ali al-Ridha, 8th Imamate (Twelver doctrine), Imam of Twelver Shia Islam (died 818)
*1431 – Pope Alexander VI (died 1503)
*1449 – Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian politician (died 1492)
*1467 – Sigismund I the Old, Polish king (died 1548)
*1484 – Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (died 1531)
*1511 – Henry, Duke of Cornwall, first-born child of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon (died 1511)
*1557 – Stephen Bocskay, Prince of Transylvania (died 1606)
*
1600
In the Gregorian calendar, it was the first century leap year and the last until the year 2000.
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Scotland adopts January 1 as New Year's Day instead of March 25.
* January 20 – Hugh O'Neill, Earl of ...
– Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian and academic (died 1649)
1601–1900
*1628 – Christoph Bernhard, German composer and theorist (died 1692)
*1655 – Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (died 1728)
*1684 – Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch scholar and author (died 1748)
*1704 – Soame Jenyns, English author, poet, and politician (died 1787)
*1711 – Baron Franz von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (died 1749)
*1714 – Giovanni Battista Mancini, Italian soprano and author (died 1800)
* 1714 – Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian pastor and poet (died 1780)
*1735 – Paul Revere, American silversmith and engraver (died 1818)
*1745 –
Anthony Wayne
Anthony Wayne (January 1, 1745 – December 15, 1796) was an American soldier, officer, statesman, and a Founding Father of the United States. He adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary War, where his military expl ...
, American general and politician (died 1796)
*1752 – Betsy Ross, American seamstress, sewed flags for the Pennsylvania Navy during the Revolutionary War (died 1836)
*1768 – Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish author (died 1849)
*1769 – Marie-Louise Lachapelle, French obstetrician (died 1821)
*1774 – André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and academic (died 1860)
*1779 – William Clowes (printer), William Clowes, English publisher (died 1847)
*1803 – Edward Dickinson, American politician and father of poet Emily Dickinson (died 1874)
*
1806
Events
January–March
*January 1
** The French Republican Calendar is abolished.
** The Kingdom of Bavaria is established by Napoleon.
*January 5 – The body of British naval leader Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, lies in state ...
– Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player (died 1853)
*1809 – Achille Guenée, French lawyer and entomologist (died 1880)
*1813 – George Bliss (Congressman), George Bliss, American politician (died 1868)
*1814 – Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebellion leader and king (died 1864)
*
1818
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Battle of Koregaon: Troops of the British East India Company score a decisive victory over the Maratha Confederacy, Maratha Empire.
** English author Mary Shelley publishes the novel ''Frankenstein ...
– William Gamble (general), William Gamble, Irish-born American general (died 1866)
*1819 – Arthur Hugh Clough, English-Italian poet and academic (died 1861)
* 1819 – George Foster Shepley (judge), George Foster Shepley, American general (died 1878)
*1823 – Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet and activist (died 1849)
*1833 – Robert Lawson (architect), Robert Lawson, Scottish-New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church, Dunedin, Knox Church (died 1902)
*
1834
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Zollverein (Germany): Customs charges are abolished at borders within its member states.
* January 3 – The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City.
* January – The W ...
– Ludovic Halévy, French author and playwright (died 1908)
*1839 – Ouida, English-Italian author and activist (died 1908)
*1848 – John W. Goff, Irish-American lawyer and politician (died 1924)
*1852 – Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist and academic (died 1904)
*1854 – James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist and academic (died 1941)
* 1854 – Thomas Waddell, Irish-Australian politician, 15th Premier of New South Wales (died 1940)
*1857 – Tim Keefe, American baseball player (died 1933)
*1858 – Heinrich Rauchinger, Kraków-born painter (died 1942)
*1859 – Michael Joseph Owens, American inventor (died 1923)
* 1859 – Thibaw Min, Burmese king (died 1916)
*
1860
Events
January
* January 2 – The astronomer Urbain Le Verrier announces the discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan (hypothetical planet), Vulcan at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France.
* January 10 &ndas ...
– Michele Lega, Italian cardinal (died 1935)
*
1863
Events
January
* January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate States of America an official war goal. The signing ...
– Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and educator, founded the International Olympic Committee (died 1937)
*1864 – Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer and curator (died 1946)
* 1864 – Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (died 1957)
*1867 – Mary Acworth Evershed, English astronomer and scholar (died 1949)
*1874 – Frank Knox, American publisher and politician, 46th United States Secretary of the Navy (died 1944)
* 1874 – Gustave Whitehead, German-American pilot and engineer (died 1927)
*
1877
Events January
* January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed Empress of India by the Royal Titles Act 1876, introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom .
* January 8 – Great Sioux War of 1876: Batt ...
– Alexander von Staël-Holstein, German sinologist and orientalist (died 1937)
*1878 – Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician, statistician, and engineer (died 1929)
*1879 – E. M. Forster, English author and playwright (died 1970)
* 1879 – William Fox (producer), William Fox, Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer, founded the Fox Film Corporation and Fox Theatres (died 1952)
*1883 – William J. Donovan, American general, lawyer, and politician (died 1959)
* 1883 – Noe Khomeriki, Georgian Social Democrat politician (died 1924)
*1884 – Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant, engineer, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (died 1949)
*1887 – Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (died 1945)
*1888 – Chesley Bonestell, American painter, designer, and illustrator
* 1888 – John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand, M1 Garand rifle (died 1974)
* 1888 – Georgios Stanotas, Greek general (died 1965)
*1889 – Charles Bickford, American actor (died 1967)
* 1889 – Seabury Quinn, American author (died 1969)
*
1890
Events
January
* January 1 – The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony in the Horn of Africa.
* January 2 – Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer in the White House.
* January 11 – 1890 British Ultimatum: The Uni ...
– Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic (died 1966)
*1891 – Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 3rd List of Governors of Rajasthan, Governor of Rajasthan (died 1969)
*
1892
In Samoa, this was the only leap year spanned to 367 days as July 4 repeated. This means that the International Date Line was drawn from the east of the country to go west.
Events
January
* January 1 – Ellis Island begins processing imm ...
– Mahadev Desai, Indian author and activist (died 1942)
* 1892 – Artur Rodziński, Polish-American conductor (died 1958)
* 1892 – Manuel Roxas, Filipino lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Philippines (died 1948)
*1893 – Mordechai Frizis, Greek colonel (died 1940)
* 1893 – Heinie Miller, American football player and coach (died 1964)
*1894 – Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist and mathematician (died 1974)
* 1894 – Edward Joseph Hunkeler, American clergyman (died 1970)
*1895 – J. Edgar Hoover, American law enforcement official; 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (died 1972)
*
1899
Events January
* January 1
** Spanish rule formally ends in Cuba with the cession of Spanish sovereignty to the U.S., concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.''The American Monthly Review of Reviews'' (February 1899), p ...
– Randolfo Pacciardi, centre-left Italian politician (died 1991)
*
1900
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15 ...
– Chiune Sugihara, Japanese soldier and diplomat (died 1986)
* 1900 – Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American singer-songwriter and actor (died 1990)
1901–present
*1902 – Buster Nupen, Norwegian-South African cricketer and lawyer (died 1977)
* 1902 – Hans von Dohnányi, German jurist and political dissident (died 1945)
*1904 – Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th President of Pakistan (died 1982)
*1905 – Stanisław Mazur, Ukrainian-Polish mathematician and theorist (died 1981)
*1905 – Lise Lindbæk, Norwegian journalist and war correspondent (died 1961)
*1906 – Manuel Silos, Filipino filmmaker and actor (died 1988)
*1907 – Kinue Hitomi, Japanese sprinter and long jumper (died 1931)
*1909 – Dana Andrews, American actor (died 1992)
* 1909 – Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician (died 1959)
* 1909 – Peggy Dennis, American-Russian journalist, author, and activist (died 1993)
*1911 – Basil Dearden, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1971)
* 1911 – Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (died 1986)
* 1911 – Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist and educator (died 2012)
* 1911 – Audrey Wurdemann, American poet and author (died 1960)
*1912 – Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician and historian (died 1995)
* 1912 – Kim Philby, British spy (died 1988)
* 1912 – Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet and academic (died 1991)
*1914 – Noor Inayat Khan, British Special Operations Executive, SOE agent (died 1944)
*1917 – Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer (died 2016)
*1918 – Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (died 2000)
* 1918 – Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer (died 1997)
*1919 – Rocky Graziano, American boxer and actor (died 1990)
* 1919 – Carole Landis, American actress (died 1948)
* 1919 – Sheila Mercier, British actress, ''Emmerdale Farm'' (died 2019)
* 1919 – Bones McKinney, American basketball player (died 1997)
* 1919 – J. D. Salinger, American soldier and author (died 2010)
*1919 – Mai Dhai, Pakistani folk singer
*1920 – Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (died 2007)
*1921 – Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher and academic (died 1986)
* 1921 – César Baldaccini, French sculptor and academic (died 1998)
* 1921 – Regina Bianchi, Italian actress (died 2013)
* 1921 – Johnny Logan (basketball), Johnny Logan, American basketball player (died 1977)
*1922 – Ernest Hollings, American soldier and politician, 106th Governor of South Carolina (died 2019)
*1923 – Barbara Baxley, American actress (died 1990)
* 1923 – Valentina Cortese, Italian actress (died 2019)
* 1923 – Milt Jackson, American jazz vibraphonist and composer (died 1999)
*1924 – Francisco Macías Nguema, Equatorial Guinean politician, 1st List of heads of state of Equatorial Guinea, President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (died 1979)
*1925 – Matthew Beard (American actor), Matthew Beard, American child actor (died 1981)
* 1925 – Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st Minister of Finance (Tanzania), Tanzanian Minister of Finance (died 2005)
*1926 – Kazys Petkevičius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (died 2008)
*1927 – Maurice Béjart, French-Swiss dancer, choreographer, and director (died 2007)
* 1927 – James Reeb, American clergyman and political activist (died 1965)
* 1927 – Vernon L. Smith, American economist and academic, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Nobel Prize laureate
* 1927 – Doak Walker, American football player and businessman (died 1998)
*1928 – Ernest Tidyman, American author and screenwriter (died 1984)
* 1928 – Gerhard Weinberg, German-American historian, author, and academic
*1929 – Larry L. King, American journalist, author, and playwright (died 2012)
* 1929 – Haruo Nakajima, Japanese actor and stuntman, portrayed Godzilla from 1954 to 1972 (died 2017)
*1930 – Ty Hardin, American actor (died 2017)
* 1930 – Frederick Wiseman, American director and producer
*1932 – Giuseppe Patanè, Italian conductor (died 1989)
*1933 – James Hormel, American philanthropist and diplomat (died 2021)
* 1933 – Joe Orton, English dramatist (died 1967)
*1934 – Alan Berg, American lawyer and radio host (died 1984)
* 1934 – Lakhdar Brahimi, Algerian politician, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Algeria), Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs
*1935 – Om Prakash Chautala, Indian politician (died 2024)
*1936 – James Sinegal, American businessman, co-founded Costco
*1938 – Frank Langella, American actor
*1939 – Michèle Mercier, French actress
* 1939 – Phil Read, English motorcycle racer and businessman (died 2022)
* 1939 – Senfronia Thompson, American politician
* 1939 – Younoussi Touré, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali (died 2022)
*1942 – Dennis Archer, American lawyer and politician, 67th Mayor of Detroit
* 1942 – Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn, English dentist and politician
* 1942 – Country Joe McDonald, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1942 – Alassane Ouattara, Ivorian economist and politician, List of heads of state of Ivory Coast, President of the Ivory Coast
* 1942 – Gennadi Sarafanov, Russian pilot and cosmonaut (died 2005)
*1943 – Tony Knowles (politician), Tony Knowles, American soldier and politician, 7th Governor of Alaska
* 1943 – Don Novello, American comedian, screenwriter and producer
* 1943 – Vladimir Šeks, Croatian lawyer and politician, 16th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
* 1944 – Barry Beath, Australian rugby league player
* 1944 – Jimmy Hart, American professional wrestling manager
* 1944 – Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani field hockey player and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan (died 2020)
* 1944 – Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist and author (died 2013)
* 1944 – Mati Unt, Estonian author, playwright, and director (died 2005)
*1945 – Victor Ashe, American politician and former United States Ambassador to Poland
* 1945 – Jacky Ickx, Belgian racing driver
* 1945 – Jimmy Jones (basketball), Jimmy Jones, American basketball player
*1946 – Rivellino, Brazilian footballer and manager
* 1946 – Claude Steele, American social psychologist and academic
*1947 – Jon Corzine, American sergeant and politician, 54th Governor of New Jersey
*1948 – Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish economist, academic, and politician, 57th Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
* 1948 – Pavel Grachev, Russian general and politician, 1st Ministry of Defence (Russia), Russian Minister of Defence (died 2012)
* 1948 – Dick Quax, New Zealand runner and politician (died 2018)
*1949 – Borys Tarasyuk, Ukrainian politician and diplomat
*1950 – Wayne Bennett (rugby league), Wayne Bennett, Australian rugby league player and coach
* 1950 – Tony Currie (footballer), Tony Currie, English footballer
*1952 – Shaji N. Karun, Indian director and cinematographer
*1953 – Gary Johnson, American businessman and politician, 29th Governor of New Mexico
*1954 – Richard Edson, American actor
* 1954 – Bob Menendez, American lawyer and politician
* 1954 – Dennis O'Driscoll, Irish poet and critic (died 2012)
* 1954 – Yannis Papathanasiou, Greek engineer and politician, Ministry of Finance (Greece), Greek Minister of Finance
*1955 – Mary Beard (classicist), Mary Beard, English classicist, academic and presenter
* 1955 – LaMarr Hoyt, American baseball player (died 2021)
*1956 – Sergei Avdeyev, Russian engineer and astronaut
* 1956 – Royce Ayliffe, Australian rugby league player
* 1956 – Christine Lagarde, French lawyer and politician; Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
* 1956 – Mike Mitchell (basketball, born 1956), Mike Mitchell, American basketball player (died 2011)
* 1956 – Martin Plaza, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
*1957 – Evangelos Venizelos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
*1958 – Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian rapper and DJ
* 1958 – Dave Silk, American ice hockey player
*1959 – Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghan colonel, pilot, and astronaut
* 1959 – Azali Assoumani, Comorian colonel and politician, List of heads of state of Comoros, President of the Comoros
* 1959 – Panagiotis Giannakis, Greek basketball player and coach
* 1959 – Adrian Hall (actor), Adrian Hall, English director and former actor
*1961 – Sam Backo, Australian rugby league player
*1962 – Anton Muscatelli, Italian-Scottish economist and academic
*1963 – Jean-Marc Gounon, French racing driver
*1964 – Dedee Pfeiffer, American actress
*1966 – Anna Burke, Australian businesswoman and politician, 28th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
* 1966 – Ivica Dačić, Serbian journalist and politician, 95th Prime Minister of Serbia
* 1966 – Tihomir Orešković, Croatian–Canadian businessman, 11th Prime Minister of Croatia
*1967 – Tawera Nikau, New Zealand rugby league player
*1968 – Davor Šuker, Croatian footballer
*1969 – Morris Chestnut, American actor
* 1969 – Verne Troyer, American actor (died 2018)
*1970 – Sergei Kiriakov, Russian footballer and coach
*1971 – Sammie Henson, American wrestler and coach
* 1971 – Bobby Holík, Czech-American ice hockey player and coach
* 1971 – Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician
*1972 – Lilian Thuram, French footballer
*1974 – Christian Paradis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Minister of Industry (Canada), Canadian Minister of Industry
*1975 – Chris Anstey, Australian basketball player and coach
* 1975 – Joe Cannon (soccer), Joe Cannon, American soccer player and sportscaster
* 1975 – Becky Kellar-Duke, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1975 – Fernando Tatís, Dominican baseball player
*1976 – Tank (American singer), Tank, American singer, songwriter, producer, and actor
*1979 – Vidya Balan, Indian actress
*1980 – Elin Nordegren, Swedish-American model
*1981 – Jonas Armstrong, Irish-English actor
* 1981 – Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian racing driver
* 1981 – Mladen Petrić, Croatian footballer
* 1981 – Eden Riegel, American actress
*1982 – Egidio Arévalo, Uruguayan footballer
* 1982 – David Nalbandian, Argentine tennis player
*1983 – Calum Davenport, English footballer
* 1983 – Park Sung-hyun (archer), Park Sung-hyun, South Korean archer
*1984 – Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer
* 1984 – Fernando San Emeterio, Spanish basketball player
* 1984 – Michael Witt, Australian rugby league player
*1985 – Jeff Carter, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1985 – Steven Davis, Northern Irish footballer
* 1985 – Kenoh, Japanese professional wrestler
* 1985 – Tiago Splitter, Brazilian basketball player
*1986 – Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis player
* 1986 – Glen Davis (basketball), Glen Davis, American basketball player
* 1986 – Colin Morgan, Northern Irish actor
* 1986 – Lee Sung-min (singer), Lee Sung-min, South Korean singer
*1987 – Gilbert Brulé, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1987 – Meryl Davis, American ice dancer
* 1987 – Patric Hörnqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
*1988 – Marcel Gecov, Czech footballer
* 1988 – Dallas Keuchel, American baseball player
*1989 – Jason Pierre-Paul, American football player
*1990 – Julia Glushko, Israeli tennis player
* 1990 – Ali Maâloul, Tunisian football player
*1991 – Glen Rice Jr., American basketball player
* 1991 – Darius Slay, American football player
* 1991 – Xavier Su'a-Filo, American football player
*1992 – Nathaniel Peteru, New Zealand rugby league player
*1992 – Shane Duffy, Irish footballer
*1993 – Larry Nance Jr., American basketball player
*1993 – Abdoulaye Doucouré, Malian footballer
*1994 – Brendan Elliot, Australian rugby league player
* 1994 – LaMonte Wade Jr., American baseball player
*1995 – Sardar Azmoun, Iranian footballer
* 1995 – Poppy (entertainer), Poppy, American singer and YouTube personality
*1996 – Andreas Pereira, Brazilian footballer
*1996 – Mahmoud Dahoud, German footballer
*1996 – Mathias Jensen, Danish footballer
*1997 – Noah Kahan, American singer-songwriter
*1997 – Keegan Hipgrave, Australian rugby league player
*1997 – Gonzalo Montiel, Argentine footballer
*1998 – Cristina Bucșa, Moldovan-Spanish tennis player
* 1998 – Edwuin Cetré, Colombian footballer
*1998 – Enock Mwepu, Zambian footballer
*1998 – Frank Onyeka, Nigerian footballer
*1999 – Tomás Chancalay, Argentine footballer
*1999 – Azmy Qowimuramadhoni, Indonesian-Azerbaijani badminton player
*2000 – Nicolas Kühn, German footballer
* 2000 – Ice Spice, American rapper
*2001 – Angourie Rice, Australian actress
* 2001 – Winter (singer), Winter, South Korean singer
*2002 – Simon Adingra, Ivorian footballer
*2003 – Daria Trubnikova, Russian rhythmic gymnast
*2004 – Lamine Camara, Senegalese footballer
*2007 – Ian Subiabre, Argentine footballer
Deaths
Pre-1600
*AD 138, 138 – Lucius Aelius, adopted son and intended successor of Hadrian (born 101)
*
404 – Saint Telemachus, Telemachus, Christian monk and martyr
* 898 – Odo of France, Odo I, Frankish king (born 860)
* 951 – Ramiro II of León, Ramiro II, king of León and Galicia
*1031 – William of Volpiano, Italian abbot (born 962)
*1189 – Henry of Marcy, Cistercian abbot (born )
*1204 – Haakon III of Norway, Haakon III, king of Norway (born 1182)
*1387 – Charles II of Navarre, Charles II, king of Navarre (born 1332)
*1496 – Charles, Count of Angoulême, Charles d'Orléans, count of Angoulême (born 1459)
*
1515 –
Louis XII
Louis XII (27 June 14621 January 1515), also known as Louis of Orléans was King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples (as Louis III) from 1501 to 1504. The son of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Marie of Cleves, he succeeded his second ...
, king of France (born 1462)
*1559 – Christian III of Denmark, Christian III, king of Denmark (born 1503)
*1560 – Joachim du Bellay, French poet and critic (born 1522)
1601–1900
*1617 – Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch painter and illustrator (born 1558)
*1697 – Filippo Baldinucci, Florentine historian and author (born 1625)
*1716 – William Wycherley, English playwright and poet (born 1641)
*1748 – Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and academic (born 1667)
*1766 – James Francis Edward Stuart, Jacobite pretender (born 1688)
*1780 – Johann Ludwig Krebs, German organist and composer (born 1713)
*1782 – Johann Christian Bach, German composer (born 1735)
*1789 – Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom), British Speaker of the House of Commons (born 1716)
*1793 – Francesco Guardi, Italian painter and educator (born 1712)
*1817 – Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic (born 1743)
*1846 – John Torrington, English sailor and explorer (born 1825)
*1853 – Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (born 1778)
*1862 – Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian mathematician and physicist (born 1801)
*1881 – Louis Auguste Blanqui, French activist (born 1805)
*
1892
In Samoa, this was the only leap year spanned to 367 days as July 4 repeated. This means that the International Date Line was drawn from the east of the country to go west.
Events
January
* January 1 – Ellis Island begins processing imm ...
– Roswell B. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (born 1805)
*1894 – Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (born 1857)
*1896 – Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (born 1826)
1901–present
*
1901 – Ignatius L. Donnelly, American politician and promoter of pseudoscience and pseudohistory (born 1831)
*1906 – Hugh Nelson (Australian politician), Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (born 1833)
*1918 – William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (born 1858)
*1921 – Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (born 1856)
*1923 – Willie Keeler, American baseball player (born 1872)
*1928 – Loie Fuller, American dancer (born 1862)
*1929 – Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning (Turkey), Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (born 1894)
*1931 – Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (born 1851)
*1937 – Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (born 1874)
*1940 – Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian author and educator (born 1865)
*1943 – Jenő Rejtő, Hungarian journalist (born 1905)
*1944 – Edwin Lutyens, English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (born 1869)
* 1944 – Charles Turner (Australian cricketer), Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (born 1862)
*1953 – Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1923)
*1955 – Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, Indian colloid chemist, academic, and scientific administrator (born 1894)
*1954 – Duff Cooper, English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1890)
* 1954 – Leonard Bacon (poet), Leonard Bacon, American poet and critic (born 1887)
*1955 – Arthur C. Parker, American archaeologist and historian (born 1881)
*1958 – Edward Weston, American photographer (born 1886)
*1960 – Margaret Sullavan, American actress (born 1909)
*1961 – Alastair Denniston, Scottish cryptologist (born 1881)
*1966 – Vincent Auriol, French journalist and politician, 16th President of the French Republic (born 1884)
*1969 – Barton MacLane, American actor, playwright and screenwriter (born 1902)
*1971 – Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian saint (born 1894)
*1972 – Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer (born 1888)
*1977 – Roland Hayes, American lyric tenor and composer (born 1887)
*1978 – Carle Hessay, German-Canadian painter (born 1911)
*1980 – Pietro Nenni, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1891)
*1981 – Hephzibah Menuhin, American-Australian pianist (born 1920)
*1982 – Victor Buono, American actor (born 1938)
*1984 – Alexis Korner, French-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1928)
* 1984 – Joaquín Rodríguez Ortega, known as "Cagancho", Spanish bullfighter (born 1903)
*1988 – Clementine Hunter, American folk artist (born 1886 or 1887)
*1992 – Grace Hopper, American computer scientist and admiral, co-developed COBOL (born 1906)
*1994 – Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, New Zealand physician and politician, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand (born 1900)
* 1994 – Cesar Romero, American actor (born 1907)
* 1994 – Edward Arthur Thompson, Irish historian and academic (born 1914)
*1995 – Eugene Wigner, Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)
*1996 – Arleigh Burke, American admiral (born 1901)
* 1996 – Arthur Rudolph, German-American engineer (born 1906)
*1997 – Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1944)
*1998 – Helen Wills, American tennis player and coach (born 1905)
*2001 – Ray Walston, American actor (born 1914)
*2002 – Julia Phillips, American film producer and author (born 1944)
*2003 – Joe Foss, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 20th Governor of South Dakota (born 1915)
*2005 – Shirley Chisholm, American educator and politician (born 1924)
*2005 – Ngo Van, Vietnamese revolutionary (born 1913)
*2006 – Harry Magdoff, American economist and journalist (born 1913)
*2007 – Roland Levinsky, South African-English biochemist and academic (born 1943)
* 2007 – Tillie Olsen, American short story writer (born 1912)
* 2007 – Darrent Williams, American football player (born 1982)
*2008 – Pratap Chandra Chunder, Indian educator and politician (born 1919)
*2009 – Claiborne Pell, American politician (born 1918)
*2009 – Helen Suzman, South African anti-apartheid activist and politician (born 1917)
*2010 – Lhasa de Sela, American-Mexican singer-songwriter (born 1972)
*2012 – Bob Anderson (fencer), Bob Anderson, English fencer (born 1922)
*2012 – Kiro Gligorov, Macedonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Macedonia (born 1917)
* 2012 – Nay Win Maung, Burmese physician, businessman, and activist (born 1962)
* 2012 – Tommy Mont, American football player and coach (born 1922)
*2013 – Christopher Martin-Jenkins, English journalist (born 1945)
* 2013 – Patti Page, American singer and actress (born 1927)
*2014 – Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (born 1910)
* 2014 – William Mgimwa, Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th Minister of Finance (Tanzania), Tanzanian Minister of Finance (born 1950)
* 2014 – Juanita Moore, American actress (born 1914)
* 2015 – Ulrich Beck, German sociologist (born 1944)
* 2015 – Mario Cuomo, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York (born 1932)
* 2015 – Donna Douglas, American actress (born 1932)
* 2015 – Omar Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Lebanon (born 1934)
* 2015 – Boris Morukov, Russian physician and astronaut (born 1950)
* 2015 – William Lloyd Standish, United States District Judge (born 1930)
*2016 – Fazu Aliyeva, Russian poet and journalist (born 1932)
* 2016 – Dale Bumpers, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th Governor of Arkansas (born 1925)
* 2016 – Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer and producer (born 1930)
*2017 – Tony Atkinson, British economist (born 1944)
* 2017 – Yvon Dupuis, Canadian politician (born 1926)
*2018 – Robert Mann, American violinist (born 1920)
*2018 – Jon Paul Steuer, American actor (born 1984)
*2019 – Paul Neville (politician), Paul Neville, Australian politician (born 1940)
* 2019 – Pegi Young, American singer, songwriter, environmentalist, educator and philanthropist (born 1952)
* 2019 – George (snail), George, endling, last known ''Achatinella apexfulva'' (born )
[Ed Yong (2019]
"The Last of Its Kind"
''The Atlantic'', July 2019. Accessed June 26, 2023.
*2020 – Lexii Alijai, American rapper (born 1998)
*2020 – Alexander Frater, British travel writer and journalist (born 1937)
*2020 – Don Larsen, American baseball player (born 1929)
* 2020 – Barry McDonald (rugby union), Barry McDonald, Australian rugby union player (born 1940)
* 2020 – David Stern, American lawyer and businessman (born 1942)
*2021 – Carlos do Carmo, Portuguese fado singer (born 1939)
*2021 – Mark Eden, English actor (born 1928)
* 2021 – Elmira Minita Gordon, Belizean educator and psychologist (born 1930)
* 2021 – Floyd Little, American football player (born 1942)
* 2022 – Gary Burgess, British broadcaster and journalist (born 1975)
*2022 – Dan Reeves, American football player and coach (born 1944)
*2023 – Fred White (musician), Fred White, American musician and songwriter (born 1955)
*2024 – Lynja, American celebrity chef and YouTuber (born 1956)
*2025 – David Lodge (author), David Lodge, English author and critic (born 1935)
*2025 – Chad Morgan, Australian musician (born 1933)
*2025 – Wayne Osmond, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1951)
Holidays and observances
*Christian Calendar of saints, feast day:
**Basil of Caesarea, Basil the Great (Eastern Orthodox Church)
**Feast of the Circumcision of Christ
***Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (Anglican Communion, Lutheran Church)
**Fulgentius of Ruspe
**Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God;
and its related observances:
***World Day of Peace
**January 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*The last day of Kwanzaa (African-Americans)
*The eighth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)
*Global Family Day
*Jump-up Day (Montserrat)
*
New Year's Day
In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day is the first day of the calendar year, January 1, 1 January. Most solar calendars, such as the Gregorian and Julian calendars, begin the year regularly at or near the December solstice, northern winter ...
(Gregorian calendar)
**Japanese New Year
**Novy God Day (Russia)
*Polar bear plunge, Polar Bear Swim Day
*Public Domain Day (multiple countries)
*Triumph of the Revolution (
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 ...
)
References
External links
BBC: On This Day
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