Events

Pre-1600

* 1018 –

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

and the

Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire was a political entity in Western, Central, and Southern Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars. From the accession of Otto I in 962 unt ...

conclude the

Peace of Bautzen The Peace of Bautzen (; ; ) was a treaty concluded on 30 January 1018, between Holy Roman Emperor Henry II and Bolesław I of Poland which ended a series of Polish-German wars over the control of Lusatia and Upper Lusatia (''Milzenerland'' or ...

. *

1287 Year 1287 ( MCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * January 17 – Aragonese forces led by King Alfonso III (the Liberal) conquer ...

– King

Wareru Wareru ( mnw, ဝါရေဝ်ရောဝ်, my, ဝါရီရူး, ; also known as Wagaru; 20 March 1253 – 14 January 1307) was the founder of the Martaban Kingdom, located in present-day Myanmar (Burma). By using both diplomatic ...

founds the

Hanthawaddy Kingdom (Mon) ( Burmese) , conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Hongsarwatoi (Hanthawaddy) Pegu , common_name = Hongsarwatoi (Hanthawaddy) Kingdom / Ramannya (Ramam) , era = Warring states , status = Kingdom , event_pre ...

, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom.

1601–1900

* 1607 – An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the

Bristol Channel The Bristol Channel ( cy, Môr Hafren, literal translation: "Severn Sea") is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales from Devon and Somerset in South West England. It extends from the lower estuary of the River Se ...

and Severn Estuary in England are destroyed by massive flooding, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths. * 1648 –

Eighty Years' War The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt ( nl, Nederlandse Opstand) ( c.1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war included the Ref ...

: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain. * 1649 –

Charles I of England Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. He was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of Scotland, but after ...

is executed in Whitehall, London. *

1661 Events January–March * January 6 – The Fifth Monarchists, led by Thomas Venner, unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London; George Monck's regiment defeats them. * January 29 – The Rokeby baronets, a British ...

–

Oliver Cromwell Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English politician and military officer who is widely regarded as one of the most important statesmen in English history. He came to prominence during the 1639 to 1651 Wars of the Three ...

Lord Protector Lord Protector (plural: ''Lords Protector'') was a title that has been used in British constitutional law for the head of state. It was also a particular title for the British heads of state in respect to the established church. It was sometimes ...

of the

Commonwealth of England The Commonwealth was the political structure during the period from 1649 to 1660 when England and Wales, later along with Ireland and Scotland, were governed as a republic after the end of the Second English Civil War and the trial and execu ...

, is ritually executed more than two years after his death, on the 12th anniversary of the execution of

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he himself deposed. * 1703 – The Forty-seven rōnin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master, by killing Kira Yoshinaka. *

1789 Events January–March * January – Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès publishes the pamphlet ''What Is the Third Estate?'' ('), influential on the French Revolution. * January 7 – The 1788-89 United States presidential electio ...

– Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against

Qing The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long. *

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 Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, lies in state in the Painted Hall ...

– The original

Lower Trenton Bridge The Lower Trenton Toll Supported Bridge, commonly called the Lower Free Bridge, Warren Street Bridge or Trenton Makes Bridge, is a two-lane Pennsylvania (Petit) through truss bridge over the Delaware River between Trenton, New Jersey and Mor ...

(also called the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), which spans the Delaware River between Morrisville, Pennsylvania and

Trenton, New Jersey Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. It was the capital of the United States from November 1 to December 24, 1784.1820 – Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims the discovery of

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest cont ...

. * 1826 – The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened. * 1835 – In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot president

Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, he gained fame as ...

, but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen as well as Jackson himself. * 1847 –

Yerba Buena, California Yerba Buena was the original name of the settlement that later became San Francisco. Located near the northeastern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, between the Presidio of San Francisco and the Mission San Francisco de Asís, it was origin ...

is renamed

San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17t ...

. * 1858 – The first Hallé concert is given in

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The ...

, England, marking the official founding of The Hallé orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra. *

1862 Events January–March * January 1 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos Island, in modern-day Nigeria. * January 6 – French intervention in Mexico: French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico. * January ...

– The first American

ironclad warship An ironclad is a steam engine, steam-propelled warship protected by Wrought iron, iron or steel iron armor, armor plates, constructed from 1859 to the early 1890s. The ironclad was developed as a result of the vulnerability of wooden warships ...

, the is launched. * 1889 – Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.

1901–present

* 1902 – The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

. * 1908 – Indian pacifist and leader

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti- ...

is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month. *

1911 A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * ...

– The destroyer makes the first

airplane An airplane or aeroplane (informally plane) is a fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller, or rocket engine. Airplanes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and wing configurations. The broad ...

rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba. *

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...

– Japanese carmaker

Mazda , commonly referred to as simply Mazda, is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Fuchū, Hiroshima, Japan. In 2015, Mazda produced 1.5 million vehicles for global sales, the majority of which (nearly one ...

is founded, initially as a

cork Cork or CORK may refer to: Materials * Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product ** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container ***Wine cork Places Ireland * Cork (city) ** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...

-producing company. * 1925 – The Government of

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...

expels Patriarch Constantine VI from

Istanbul ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plate = 34 , blank_name_sec2 = GeoTLD , blank_i ...

. * 1930 – The

Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (, abbreviated: ), or Politburo ( rus, Политбюро, p=pəlʲɪtbʲʊˈro) was the highest policy-making authority within the Communist Party of th ...

orders that a million peasant families be driven off their farms. *

1933 Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...

– Adolf Hitler's rise to power: Hitler takes office as the Chancellor of Germany. * 1942 –

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

: Japanese forces invade the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies. Some 300 captured Allied troops are killed after the surrender. One-quarter of the remaining POWs remain alive at the end of the war. *

1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in ...

– World War II: The

Battle of Cisterna The Battle of Cisterna took place during World War II, on 30 January–2 February 1944, near Cisterna, Italy, as part of the Battle of Anzio, part of the Italian Campaign. The battle was a clear German victory which also had repercussions on ...

, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy. * 1945 – World War II: The ''

Wilhelm Gustloff Wilhelm Gustloff (30 January 1895 – 4 February 1936) was the founder of the Swiss NSDAP/AO (the Nazi Party organisation for German citizens living outside Germany) at Davos. He remained its leader from 1932 until he was assassinated in 1936. ...

'', overfilled with German refugees, sinks in the

Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...

after being

torpedo A modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, and with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in proximity to the target. Historically, ...

ed by a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

submarine, killing approximately 9,500 people. * 1945 – World War II:

Raid at Cabanatuan The Raid at Cabanatuan ( fil, Pagsalakay sa Cabanatuan), also known as the Great Raid ( fil, Ang Dakilang Pagsalakay, link=no), was a rescue of Allied prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians from a Japanese camp near Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Ph ...

: One hundred and twenty-six American Rangers and Filipino resistance fighters liberate over 500 Allied prisoners from the Japanese-controlled Cabanatuan POW camp. * 1948 –

British South American Airways British South American Airways (BSAA) was a state-run airline of the United Kingdom in the mid-late 1940s responsible for services to the Caribbean and South America. Originally named British Latin American Air Lines it was renamed before serv ...

' Tudor IV Star Tiger disappears over the Bermuda Triangle. * 1948 – Following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in his home compound,

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...

's prime minister,

Jawaharlal Nehru Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (; ; ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian Anti-colonial nationalism, anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat— * * * * and author who was a central figure in India du ...

, broadcasts to the nation, saying " The light has gone out of our lives". The date of the assassination becomes observed as " Martyrs' Day" in India. *

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...

– In the United States,

Civil Rights Movement The civil rights movement was a nonviolent social and political movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized institutional racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement throughout the Unite ...

leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery bus boycott. * 1959 – The forces of the Sultanate of Muscat occupy the last strongholds of the Imamate of Oman, Saiq and Shuraijah, marking the end of Jebel Akhdar War in

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...

. * 1959 – , specifically designed to operate in icebound seas, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard. *

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

– The African National Party is founded in

Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...

, through the merger of traditionalist parties. * 1964 – In a bloodless coup, General

Nguyễn Khánh Nguyễn Khánh (; 8 November 192711 January 2013) was a South Vietnamese military officer and Army of the Republic of Vietnam general who served in various capacities as head of state and prime minister of South Vietnam while at the head of a ...

overthrows General

Dương Văn Minh Dương Văn Minh (; 16 February 19166 August 2001), popularly known as Big Minh, was a South Vietnamese politician and a senior general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and a politician during the presidency of Ngô Đình Diệm ...

's military junta in South Vietnam. *

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * J ...

–

Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...

: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and

North Vietnamese Army The People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN; vi, Quân đội nhân dân Việt Nam, QĐNDVN), also recognized as the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) or the Vietnamese Army (), is the military force of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the armed wi ...

against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies. *

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

–

The Beatles The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatles, most influential band of al ...

' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police. * 1972 –

The Troubles The Troubles ( ga, Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, it is sometimes described as an "i ...

Bloody Sunday Bloody Sunday may refer to: Historical events Canada * Bloody Sunday (1923), a day of police violence during a steelworkers' strike for union recognition in Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia * Bloody Sunday (1938), police violence aga ...

: British paratroopers open fire on anti-internment marchers in Derry,

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is #Descriptions, variously described as ...

, killing 13 people; another person later dies of injuries sustained. * 1972 –

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

leaves the

Commonwealth of Nations The Commonwealth of Nations, simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is a political association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire. The chief institutions of the organisation are the C ...

in protest of its recognition of breakaway

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mo ...

. *

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

– Pan Am Flight 806 crashes near Pago Pago International Airport in

American Samoa American Samoa ( sm, Amerika Sāmoa, ; also ' or ') is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the island country of Samoa. Its location is centered on . It is east of the Internatio ...

, killing 97. *

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

– The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is established as the first

United States National Marine Sanctuary A U.S. National Marine Sanctuary is a zone within United States waters where the marine environment enjoys special protection. The program began in 1972 in response to public concern about the plight of marine ecosystems. A U.S. National Marine ...

. * 1979 – A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo. *

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C ...

– Richard Skrenta writes the first PC

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code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an

Apple An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple trees are cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus '' Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancest ...

boot program called " Elk Cloner". *

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

– The American

embassy A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually den ...

Kabul Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into #Districts, 22 municipal dist ...

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is borde ...

is closed. * 1995 – Hydroxycarbamide becomes the first approved preventive treatment for sickle cell disease. * 2000 –

Kenya Airways Flight 431 Kenya Airways Flight 431 was an international scheduled Abidjan– Lagos– Nairobi passenger service, operated by Kenyan national airline Kenya Airways. On 30 January 2000, the Airbus A310-300 serving the flight crashed into the sea off the I ...

crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre i ...

, killing 169. *

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

–

Naro-1 Naro-1 ( ko, 나로호), previously designated the Korea Space Launch Vehicle or KSLV (also KSLV-1), was South Korea's first carrier rocket, and the first South Korean launch vehicle to achieve Earth orbit. On January 30, 2013, the third Naro-1 ...

becomes the first carrier rocket launched by South Korea. * 2020 – The

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level o ...

declares the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...

to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

Births

Pre-1600

58 BC __NOTOC__ Year 58 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Piso and Gabinius (or, less frequently, year 696 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 58 BC for this year has been us ...

–

Livia Livia Drusilla (30 January 59 BC – 28 September AD 29) was a Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14 as the wife of Emperor Augustus Caesar. She was known as Julia Augusta after her formal adoption into the Julian family in AD 14. Livia was the ...

, Roman wife of

Augustus Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He is known for being the founder of the Roman Pr ...

(d. 29) * 1410 – William Calthorpe, English knight (d. 1494) * 1520 – William More, English courtier (d. 1600) * 1563 –

Franciscus Gomarus Franciscus Gomarus (François Gomaer; 30 January 1563 – 11 January 1641) was a Dutch theologian, a strict Calvinist and an opponent of the teaching of Jacobus Arminius (and his followers), whose theological disputes were addressed at the Syno ...

, Dutch theologian and academic (d. 1641) *

1573 Year 1573 ( MDLXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 25 – Battle of Mikatagahara in Japan: Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa I ...

– Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (d. 1638) * 1580 –

Gundakar, Prince of Liechtenstein Gundakar of Liechtenstein (30 January 1580 – 5 August 1658) (''Prince'' from 1623) was a member of the House of Liechtenstein and as such the owner of a large estate. He also served the Habsburg dynasty. Family He was the youngest son of Bar ...

, court official in Vienna (d. 1658) *

1590 Events January–June * January 4 – The Cortes of Castile approves a new subsidy, the '' millones''. * March 4 – Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, takes Breda, by concealing 68 of his best men in a peat-boat, to ...

–

Lady Anne Clifford, 14th Baroness de Clifford Lady Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery, ''suo jure'' 14th Baroness de Clifford (30 January 1590 – 22 March 1676) was an English peeress. In 1605 she inherited her father's ancient barony by writ and became ''suo jure'' ...

(d. 1676)

1601–1900

* 1628 – George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (d. 1687) *

–

Charles Rollin Charles Rollin (January 30, 1661 in Paris - December 14, 1741 in Paris) was a French historian and educator, whose popularity in his time combined with becoming forgotten by later generations makes him an epithet, applied to historians such as ...

, French historian and educator (d. 1741) * 1697 – Johann Joachim Quantz, German flute player and composer (d. 1773) * 1703 –

François Bigot François Bigot (; born Bordeaux, 30 January 1703; died Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 12 January 1778) was a French government official. He served as the Financial Commissary on Île Royale (nowadays Cape Breton Island), commissary general of the ill-f ...

, French politician (d. 1778) * 1720 –

Charles De Geer Baron Charles de Geer (the family is usually known as De Geer with a capitalized "De" and is pronounced "de yer"); Finspång in Risinge 30 January 1720 – Stockholm 7 March 1778) was a Swedish industrialist and entomologist. Life De Geer, w ...

, Swedish entomologist and archaeologist (d. 1778) *

1754 Events January–March * January 28 – Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word ''serendipity''. * February 22 – Expecting an attack by Portuguese-speaking militias in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Pla ...

–

John Lansing, Jr. John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr. (January 30, 1754 – vanished December 12, 1829), a Founding Father of the United States, was an attorney, jurist, and politician. Born and raised in Albany, New York, Lansing was trained as a lawyer, and was long in ...

, American lawyer and politician (d. 1829) * 1775 – Walter Savage Landor, English poet and author (d. 1864) *

1781 Events January–March * January – William Pitt the Younger, later Prime Minister of Great Britain, enters Parliament, aged 21. * January 1 – Industrial Revolution: The Iron Bridge opens across the River Severn ...

– Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (d. 1838) * 1816 –

Nathaniel P. Banks Nathaniel Prentice (or Prentiss) Banks (January 30, 1816 – September 1, 1894) was an American politician from Massachusetts and a Union general during the Civil War. A millworker by background, Banks was prominent in local debating societies, ...

, American general and politician, 24th

Governor of Massachusetts The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the chief executive officer of the government of Massachusetts. The governor is the head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonwealth's military forces. Massachuset ...

(d. 1894) * 1822 – Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist and curator (d. 1899) * 1841 –

Félix Faure Félix François Faure (; 30 January 1841 – 16 February 1899) was the President of France from 1895 until his death in 1899. A native of Paris, he worked as a tanner in his younger years. Faure became a member of the Chamber of Deputies for ...

, French politician, 7th

President of France The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (french: Président de la République française), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces. As the presidency i ...

(d. 1899) *

1844 In the Philippines, it was the only leap year with 365 days, as December 31 was skipped when 1845 began after December 30. Events January–March * January 15 – The University of Notre Dame, based in the city of the same name, receives ...

–

Richard Theodore Greener Richard Theodore Greener (1844–1922) was a pioneering African Americans, African-American scholar, excelling in elocution, philosophy, law and classics in the Reconstruction era. He broke ground as Harvard College's first Black graduate in 18 ...

, American lawyer, academic, and diplomat (d. 1922) * 1846 – Angela of the Cross, Spanish nun and saint (d. 1932) * 1861 – Charles Martin Loeffler, German-American violinist and composer (d. 1935) *

– Walter Damrosch, German-American conductor and composer (d. 1950) * 1866 – Gelett Burgess, American author, poet, and critic (d. 1951) * 1878 – A. H. Tammsaare, Estonian author (d. 1940) *1882 – Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and statesman, 32nd President of the United States (d. 1945) * 1889 – Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet and playwright (d. 1937) *1899 – Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972) *1900 – Martita Hunt, Argentine-born British actress (d. 1969)

1901–present

*1901 – Rudolf Caracciola, German racing driver (d. 1959) * 1902 – Nikolaus Pevsner, German-English historian and scholar (d. 1983) *1910 – Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian lawyer and politician, Minister of Defence (India), Indian Minister of Defence (d. 2000) *

– Roy Eldridge, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1989) *1912 – Werner Hartmann (physicist), Werner Hartmann, German physicist and academic (d. 1988) * 1912 – Francis Schaeffer, American pastor and theologian (d. 1984) * 1912 – Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian and author (d. 1989) *1914 – Luc-Marie Bayle, French commander and painter (d. 2000) * 1914 – John Ireland (actor), John Ireland, Canadian-American actor and director (d. 1992) * 1914 – David Wayne, American actor (d. 1995) *1915 – Joachim Peiper, German SS officer (d. 1976) * 1915 – John Profumo, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for War (d. 2006) *1917 – Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver and journalist (d. 2008) *1918 – David Opatoshu, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1996) *1919 – Fred Korematsu, American activist (d. 2005) *

– Michael Anderson (director), Michael Anderson, English director and producer (d. 2018) * 1920 – Patrick Heron, British painter (d. 1999) * 1920 – Delbert Mann, American director and producer (d. 2007) *1922 – Dick Martin (comedian), Dick Martin, American comedian, actor, and director (d. 2008) *1923 – Marianne Ferber, Czech-American economist and author (d. 2013) *1924 – S. N. Goenka, Burmese-Indian author and educator (d. 2013) * 1924 – Lloyd Alexander, American soldier and author (d. 2007) * 1925 – Douglas Engelbart, American computer scientist, invented the Mouse (computing), computer mouse (d. 2013) *1927 – Olof Palme, Swedish statesman, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1986) *1928 – Harold Prince, American director and producer (d. 2019) *1929 – Lois Hole, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 15th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (d. 2005) * 1929 – Hugh Tayfield, South African cricketer (d. 1994) * 1929 – Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian-Italian physician and humanitarian (d. 1996) * 1930 – Gene Hackman, American actor and author * 1930 – Magnus Malan, South African general and politician, Minister of Defence (South Africa), South African Minister of Defence (d. 2011) *1931 – John Crosbie, Canadian lawyer and politician, 34th Minister of Justice (Canada), Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 2020) * 1931 – Shirley Hazzard, Australian-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2016) *1932 – Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician (d. 2007) *1934 – Tammy Grimes, American actress and singer (d. 2016) *1935 – Richard Brautigan, American novelist, poet, and short story writer (d. 1984) * 1935 – Tubby Hayes, English saxophonist and composer (d. 1973) *1936 – Horst Jankowski, German pianist and composer (d. 1998) *1937 – Vanessa Redgrave, English actress * 1937 – Boris Spassky, Russian chess player *1938 – Islam Karimov, Uzbek politician, 1st President of Uzbekistan (d. 2016) *1941 – Gregory Benford, American astrophysicist and author * 1941 – Dick Cheney, American businessman and politician, 46th Vice President of the United States * 1941 – Tineke Lagerberg, Dutch swimmer * 1942 – Marty Balin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018) *1943 – Davey Johnson, American baseball player and manager *

– Lynn Harrell, American cellist and academic (d. 2020) * 1944 – Colin Rimer, English lawyer and judge * 1945 – Meir Dagan, Israeli military officer and intelligence official, Director of Mossad (2002–11) (d. 2016) * 1945 – Michael Dorris, American author and scholar (d. 1997) *1946 – John Bird, Baron Bird, English publisher, founded ''The Big Issue'' *1947 – Les Barker, English poet and author * 1947 – Steve Marriott, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991) *1949 – Peter Agre, American physician and biologist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate *1950 – Jack Newton, Australian golfer *1951 – Phil Collins, English drummer, singer-songwriter, producer, and actor * 1951 – Charles S. Dutton, American actor and director * 1951 – Bobby Stokes, English footballer (d. 1995) *1952 – Doug Falconer (Canadian football), Doug Falconer, Canadian football player and producer (d. 2021) *1953 – Fred Hembeck, American author and illustrator *1955 – John Baldacci, American politician, 73rd Governor of Maine * 1955 – Curtis Strange, American golfer *1957 – Payne Stewart, American golfer (d. 1999) * 1959 – Steve Folkes, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2018) * 1959 – Jody Watley, American entertainer *1962 – Abdullah II of Jordan * 1962 – Mary Kay Letourneau, American child rapist (d. 2020) * 1964 – Otis Smith (basketball), Otis Smith, American basketball player, coach, and manager *1965 – Kevin Moore (rugby league), Kevin Moore, Australian rugby league player and coach *1966 – Danielle Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach *

– Felipe VI of Spain *

– Justin Skinner (footballer, born 1969), Justin Skinner, English footballer and manager *1973 – Jalen Rose, American basketball player and sportscaster *

– Christian Bale, British actor * 1974 – Olivia Colman, English actress *

– Juninho Pernambucano, Brazilian footballer *1976 – Andy Milonakis, American entertainer *1978 – Carmen Küng, Swiss curler * 1978 – John Patterson (pitcher), John Patterson, American baseball player * 1979 – Trevor Gillies, Canadian ice hockey player *1980 – João Soares de Almeida Neto, Brazilian footballer * 1980 – Georgios Vakouftsis, Greek footballer * 1980 – Wilmer Valderrama, American actor and producer *1981 – Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian footballer * 1981 – Peter Crouch, English footballer * 1981 – Mathias Lauda, Austrian racing driver *

– Jorge Cantú, Mexican baseball player *1984 – Kotoshōgiku Kazuhiro, Japanese sumo wrestler * 1984 – Kid Cudi, American entertainer *1985 – Gisela Dulko, Argentinian tennis player *1987 – Becky Lynch, Irish wrestler * 1987 – Renato Santos (footballer, born 1987), Renato Santos, Brazilian footballer * 1987 – Arda Turan, Turkish footballer *

– Yoon Bo-ra, South Korean singer *1990 – Mitchell Starc, Australian cricketer * 1990 – Phillip Supernaw, American football player *1991 – Stefan Elliott, Canadian ice hockey player *1993 – Katy Marchant, English track cyclist * 1993 – Thitipoom Techaapaikhun, Thai actor * 1995 – Jack Laugher, English diver *1996 – Dafne Navarro, Mexican trampoline gymnast

Deaths

Pre-1600

* 680 – Balthild, Frankish queen (b. 626) * 970 – Peter I of Bulgaria *1030 – William V, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 969) *1181 – Emperor Takakura of Japan (b. 1161) *1240 – Pelagio Galvani, Leonese lawyer and cardinal (b. 1165) *1314 – Nicholas III of Saint Omer *1344 – William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury (b. 1301) *1384 – Louis II, Count of Flanders (b. 1330) *1574 – Damião de Góis, Portuguese historian and philosopher (b. 1502)

1601–1900

*1606 – Everard Digby, English criminal (b. 1578) * 1606 – John Grant (Gunpowder Plot), John Grant, English conspirator (b. 1570) * 1606 – Robert Wintour, English conspirator (b. 1565) * 1649 – Charles I of England, Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1600) *1664 – Cornelis de Graeff, Dutch mayor (b. 1599) *1730 – Peter II of Russia (b. 1715) *1770 – Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis, Maltese linguist, historian and cleric (b. 1712) *1836 – Betsy Ross, American seamstress, said to have designed the Flag of the United States, American Flag (b. 1752) *1838 – Osceola, American tribal leader (b. 1804) * 1858 – Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist and ornithologist (b. 1778) *1867 – Emperor Kōmei of Japan (b. 1831) *1869 – William Carleton, Irish author (b. 1794) *1881 – Arthur O'Shaughnessy, English poet and herpetologist (b. 1844) * 1889 – Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, heir apparent to the throne of Austria-Hungary (b. 1858)

1901–present

*1926 – Barbara La Marr, American actress (b. 1896) *1928 – Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867) *1934 – Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday (publisher), Doubleday Publishing Company (b. 1862) *1947 – Frederick Blackman, English botanist and physiologist (b. 1866) * 1948 – Arthur Coningham (RAF officer), Arthur Coningham, Australian air marshal (b. 1895) * 1948 – Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement against British Raj, British rule (b. 1869) * 1948 – Wright brothers, Orville Wright, American pilot and engineer, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1871) *1951 – Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (b. 1875) *1958 – Jean Crotti, Swiss painter (b. 1878) * 1958 – Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman; founded the Heinkel, Heinkel Aircraft Company (b. 1888) *1962 – Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician and engineer (b. 1894) *1963 – Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (b. 1899) *1966 – Jaan Hargel, Estonian flute player, conductor, and educator (b. 1912) *

– Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Indian poet, playwright, and journalist (b. 1889) *

– Dominique Pire, Belgian friar, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910) *1973 – Elizabeth Baker (economist), Elizabeth Baker, American economist and academic (b. 1885) *

– Olav Roots, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1910) *1977 – Paul Marais de Beauchamp, French zoologist (b. 1883) *1980 – Professor Longhair, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1918) *

– Lightnin' Hopkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912) *1991 – John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908) * 1991 – Clifton C. Edom, American photographer and educator (b. 1907) *1993 – Alexandra of Yugoslavia, the last Queen of Yugoslavia (b. 1921) *1994 – Pierre Boulle, French soldier and author (b. 1912) *1999 – Huntz Hall, American actor (b. 1919) * 1999 – Ed Herlihy, American journalist (b. 1909) *2001 – Jean-Pierre Aumont, French soldier and actor (b. 1911) * 2001 – Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer), Johnnie Johnson, English air marshal and pilot (b. 1915) * 2001 – Joseph Ransohoff, American surgeon and educator (b. 1915) *2004 – Egon Mayer (sociologist), Egon Mayer, Swiss-American sociologist (b. 1944) *2005 – Martyn Bennett, Canadian-Scottish violinist (b. 1971) *2006 – Coretta Scott King, American author and activist (b. 1927) * 2006 – Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright and academic (b. 1950) *2007 – Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917) *2008 – Marcial Maciel, Mexican-American priest, founded the Legion of Christ and Regnum Christi (b. 1920) *2009 – H. Guy Hunt, American soldier, pastor, and politician, 49th Governor of Alabama (b. 1933) *2010 – Fadil Ferati, Kosovar accountant and politician (b. 1960) *2011 – John Barry (composer), John Barry, English composer and conductor (b. 1933) *2012 – Frank Aschenbrenner, American football player and soldier (b. 1925) * 2012 – Doeschka Meijsing, Dutch author (b. 1947) *

– Gamal al-Banna, Egyptian author and scholar (b. 1920) * 2013 – Patty Andrews, American singer (b. 1918) * 2013 – George Witt (baseball), George Witt, American baseball player and coach (b. 1931) *2014 – Stefan Bałuk, Polish general and photographer (b. 1914) * 2014 – The Mighty Hannibal, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1939) * 2014 – William Motzing, American composer and conductor (b. 1937) * 2014 – Arthur Rankin, Jr., American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924) *2015 – Carl Djerassi, Austrian-American chemist, author, and playwright (b. 1923) * 2015 – Ülo Kaevats, Estonian academic, philosopher, and politician (b. 1947) * 2015 – Geraldine McEwan, English actress (b. 1932) * 2015 – Gerrit Voorting, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923) * 2015 – Zhelyu Zhelev, Bulgarian philosopher and politician, 2nd List of heads of state of Bulgaria, President of Bulgaria (b. 1935) *2016 – Frank Finlay, English actor (b. 1926) * 2016 – Francisco Flores Pérez, Salvadorian politician, President of El Salvador (b. 1959) * 2016 – Georgia Davis Powers, American activist and politician (b. 1923) *2018 – Mark Salling, American actor and musician (b. 1982) *2019 – Dick Miller, American actor (b. 1928) *2021 – Sophie Xeon, Scottish musician (b. 1986) *2022 – Cheslie Kryst, American television presenter and model (b. 1991)

Holidays and observances

* Christian Calendar of Saints, Feast Day: **Adelelmus of Burgos ** Aldegonde ** Anthony the Great (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Coptic Church) ** Armentarius of Pavia ** Balthild ** Charles, King and Martyr (various provinces of the Anglican Communion) ** Hippolytus of Rome ** Hyacintha Mariscotti ** Martina of Rome, Martina ** Matthias of Jerusalem ** Mutien-Marie Wiaux ** Savina of Milan, Savina ** Three Holy Hierarchs (Eastern Orthodox), and its related observances: ***Teacher's Day (Greece) ** January 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) * Public holidays in Azerbaijan, Day of Azerbaijani customs (Azerbaijan) * Saudade, Day of ''Saudade'' (Brazil) * Fred Korematsu Day (California, Florida, Hawaii, Virginia) * assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi, and its related observances: ** Martyrs' Day (India) ** School Day of Non-violence and Peace (Spain) ** Start of the Season for Nonviolence (January 30 – April 4)

References

External links

BBC: On This Day
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Historical Events on January 30
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