Events
Pre-1600
*
1215
Year 1215 ( MCCXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
England
* March 4 – King John (Lackland), hoping to gain the support of Pope Innocent III ...
–
Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the
Jurchen ruler
Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the
Mongols
The Mongols ( mn, Монголчууд, , , ; ; russian: Монголы) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, Inner Mongolia in China and the Buryatia Republic of the Russian Federation. The Mongols are the principal membe ...
under
Genghis Khan, ending the
Battle of Zhongdu
The Battle of Zhongdu (present-day Beijing) was a battle in 1215 between the Mongols and the Jurchen Jin dynasty, which controlled northern China. The Mongols won and continued their conquest of China.
History
The year 1211 marked the begin ...
.
*
1252 –
Alfonso X is proclaimed king of
Castile and
León.
*
1298 – Residents of
Riga and
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state that existed from the 13th century to 1795, when the territory was partitioned among the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Habsburg Empire of Austria. The state was founded by Lit ...
defeated the
Livonian Order in the
Battle of Turaida.
*
1495 – A
monk,
John Cor
John Cor is the name of the friar referred to in the first known written reference to a batch of Scotch Whisky on 1 June 1495.
The Latin entry in the Exchequer Rolls can be translated as:
:"To Brother John Cor, by order of the King, to make ' ...
, records the first known batch of
Scotch whisky.
*
1533
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Year 1533 ( MDXXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 25 – King Henry VIII of England formally but secretly marrie ...
–
Anne Boleyn is crowned
Queen of England.
*
1535
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Year 1535 ( MDXXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 18 – Lima, Peru, is founded by Francisco Pizarro, as ''Ciudad de l ...
– Combined forces loyal to
Charles V Charles V may refer to:
* Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558)
* Charles V of Naples (1661–1700), better known as Charles II of Spain
* Charles V of France (1338–1380), called the Wise
* Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643–1690)
* Infa ...
attack and expel the
Ottomans from
Tunis
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during the
Conquest of Tunis.
1601–1900
*
1648
1648 has been suggested as possibly the last year in which the overall human population declined, coming towards the end of a broader period of global instability which included the collapse of the Ming dynasty and the Thirty Years' War, t ...
– The
Roundheads defeat the
Cavalier
The term Cavalier () was first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier royalist supporters of King Charles I and his son Charles II of England during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 – ) ...
s at the
Battle of Maidstone
The Battle of Maidstone (1 June 1648) was fought in the Second English Civil War and was a victory for the attacking Parliamentarian troops over the defending Royalist forces.
Background
In May 1648, a significant part of the Royalist uprisi ...
in the
Second English Civil War.
*
1649
Events
January–March
* January 4 – In England, the Rump Parliament passes an ordinance to set up a High Court of Justice, to try Charles I for high treason.
* January 17 – The Second Ormonde Peace concludes an allianc ...
– Start of the
Sumuroy Revolt: Filipinos in
Northern Samar led by
Agustin Sumuroy revolt against Spanish colonial authorities.
*
1670
Events
January–March
* January 17 – Raphael Levy, a Jewish resident of the city of Metz in France is burned at the stake after having been accused of the September 25 abduction and ritual murder of a small child who had dis ...
– In
Dover, England,
Charles II of England and
Louis XIV of France sign the
Secret Treaty of Dover, which will force England into the
Third Anglo-Dutch War
The Third Anglo-Dutch War ( nl, Derde Engels-Nederlandse Oorlog), 27 March 1672 to 19 February 1674, was a naval conflict between the Dutch Republic and England, in alliance with France. It is considered a subsidiary of the wider 1672 to 1678 ...
.
*
1676
Events
January–March
* January 29 – Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia.
* January 31 – Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, the oldest institution of higher education in Central America, is founded.
* January &nda ...
– Battle of Öland: allied Danish-Dutch forces defeat the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, during the
Scanian War (1675–79).
*
1679 – The Scottish
Covenanters defeat
John Graham of Claverhouse
John Graham, 7th of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount Dundee (21 July 1648 – 27 July 1689) was a Scottish soldier and nobleman, a Tory and an Episcopalian. He was responsible for policing southwest Scotland during and after the religious unrest and r ...
at the
Battle of Drumclog.
*
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, Bucki ...
–
Wolraad Woltemade
Wolraad Woltemade (c.1708 – 1 June 1773) was a 65 year old Cape Dutch dairy farmer, who died while rescuing sailors from the wreck of the ship ''De Jonge Thomas'' in Table Bay on 1 June 1773. The story was reported by the Swedish naturali ...
rescues 14 sailors at the
Cape of Good Hope from the sinking ship ''De Jonge Thomas'' by riding his horse into the sea seven times. Both he and his horse, Vonk, drowned on his eighth attempt.
*
1779
Events
January–March
* January 11 – British troops surrender to the Marathas in Wadgaon, India, and are forced to return all territories acquired since 1773.
* January 11 – Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manip ...
– The
court-martial for
malfeasance
Misfeasance, nonfeasance, and malfeasance are types of failure to discharge public obligations existing by common law, custom, or statute.
The Carta de Logu caused Eleanor of Arborea to be remembered as one of the first lawmakers to set up the ...
of
Benedict Arnold, a
general in the
Continental Army during the
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...
, begins.
*
1792
Events
January–March
* January 9 – The Treaty of Jassy ends the Russian Empire's war with the Ottoman Empire over Crimea.
* February 18 – Thomas Holcroft produces the comedy '' The Road to Ruin'' in London.
* February ...
–
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...
is
admitted as the 15th
state
State may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Literature
* ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State
* ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States
* ''Our S ...
of the United States.
*
1794
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Stibo Group is founded by Niels Lund as a printing company in Aarhus (Denmark).
* January 13 – The U.S. Congress enacts a law providing for, effective May 1, 1795, a United Stat ...
– The battle of the
Glorious First of June
The Glorious First of June (1 June 1794), also known as the Fourth Battle of Ushant, (known in France as the or ) was the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the First French Republic ...
is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the
French Revolutionary Wars
The French Revolutionary Wars (french: Guerres de la Révolution française) were a series of sweeping military conflicts lasting from 1792 until 1802 and resulting from the French Revolution. They pitted France against Britain, Austria, Prussia ...
.
*
1796 –
Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States.
*
1812 –
War of 1812
The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States, United States of America and its Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous allies against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom ...
: U.S. President
James Madison asks the
Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
*
1813
Events
January–March
* January 18–January 23 – War of 1812: The Battle of Frenchtown is fought in modern-day Monroe, Michigan between the United States and a British and Native American alliance.
* January 24 – T ...
–
Capture of USS Chesapeake
The capture of USS ''Chesapeake'', also known as the Battle of Boston Harbor, was fought on 1 June 1813, between the Royal Navy frigate and the United States Navy frigate , as part of the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Ki ...
.
*
1815 –
Napoleon promulgates a revised
Constitution
A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed.
When these princ ...
after it passes a plebiscite.
*
1831
Events
January–March
* January 1 – William Lloyd Garrison begins publishing '' The Liberator'', an anti- slavery newspaper, in Boston, Massachusetts.
* January 10 – Japanese department store, Takashimaya in Ky ...
–
James Clark Ross
Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862) was a British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer known for his explorations of the Arctic, participating in two expeditions led by his uncle John Ross, and four led by William Edwa ...
becomes the first European at the
North Magnetic Pole
The north magnetic pole, also known as the magnetic north pole, is a point on the surface of Earth's Northern Hemisphere at which the planet's magnetic field points vertically downward (in other words, if a magnetic compass needle is allowed t ...
.
*
1849
Events
January–March
* January 1 – France begins issue of the Ceres series, the nation's first postage stamps.
* January 5 – Hungarian Revolution of 1848: The Austrian army, led by Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, enters in th ...
– Territorial Governor
Alexander Ramsey
Alexander Ramsey (September 8, 1815 April 22, 1903) was an American politician. He served as a Whig and Republican over a variety of offices between the 1840s and the 1880s. He was the first Minnesota Territorial Governor.
Early years and fa ...
declared the
Territory of Minnesota
The Territory of Minnesota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 3, 1849, until May 11, 1858, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Minnesota and weste ...
officially established.
*
1854
Events
January–March
* January 4 – The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the ''Samarang''.
* January 6 – The fictional detective Sherlock Holmes is perhaps born.
* January 9 – The ...
–
Åland War
The Åland War ( fi, Oolannin sota, sv, Åländska kriget) is the Finnish term for the operations of a British-French naval force against military and civilian facilities on the coast of the Grand Duchy of Finland in 1854–1856, during the Crime ...
: The
British navy destroys
merchant ships and about 16,000
tar barrels of the wholesale stocks area in
Oulu,
Grand Duchy of Finland
The Grand Duchy of Finland ( fi, Suomen suuriruhtinaskunta; sv, Storfurstendömet Finland; russian: Великое княжество Финляндское, , all of which literally translate as Grand Principality of Finland) was the predecess ...
.
*
1855
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Ottawa, Ontario, is incorporated as a city.
* January 5 – Ramón Castilla begins his third term as President of Peru.
* January 23
** The first bridge over the Mississippi River open ...
– The American
adventurer William Walker conquers
Nicaragua.
*
1857 –
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Pierre Baudelaire (, ; ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist and art critic. His poems exhibit mastery in the handling of rhyme and rhythm, contain an exoticism inherited ...
's ''
Les Fleurs du mal
''Les Fleurs du mal'' (; en, The Flowers of Evil, italic=yes) is a volume of French poetry by Charles Baudelaire.
''Les Fleurs du mal'' includes nearly all Baudelaire's poetry, written from 1840 until his death in August 1867. First publish ...
'' is published.
*1857 – The
Revolution of the Ganhadores begins in
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
*
1861
Statistically, this year is considered the end of the whale oil industry and (in replacement) the beginning of the petroleum oil industry.
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Benito Juárez captures Mexico City.
** The first stea ...
–
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...
: The
Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.
*
1862 – American Civil War:
Peninsula Campaign: The
Battle of Seven Pines
The Battle of Seven Pines, also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks or Fair Oaks Station, took place on May 31 and June 1, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, nearby Sandston, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. It was th ...
(or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
*
1868
Events
January–March
* January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries.
* January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Jap ...
– The
Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the
Navajo to return to their lands in
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
and
New Mexico
)
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, seat = Santa Fe
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, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...
.
*
1879 –
Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic
Bonaparte, is killed in the
Anglo-Zulu War.
*
1890 – The
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureau is part of t ...
begins using
Herman Hollerith
Herman Hollerith (February 29, 1860 – November 17, 1929) was a German-American statistician, inventor, and businessman who developed an electromechanical tabulating machine for punched cards to assist in summarizing information and, later, i ...
's
tabulating machine
The tabulating machine was an electromechanical machine designed to assist in summarizing information stored on punched cards. Invented by Herman Hollerith, the machine was developed to help process data for the 1890 U.S. Census. Later model ...
to count
census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...
returns.
1901–present
*
1913
Events January
* January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the ...
– The
Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the
Second Balkan War.
*
1916
Events
Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled.
* J ...
–
Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the
United States Supreme Court.
*
1918 –
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
:
Western Front:
Battle of Belleau Wood
The Battle of Belleau Wood (1–26 June 1918) occurred during the German spring offensive in World War I, near the Marne River in France. The battle was fought between the U.S. 2nd (under the command of Major General Omar Bundy) and 3rd Divisi ...
: Allied Forces under
John J. Pershing and
James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under
Wilhelm, German Crown Prince
Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Crown Prince of Prussia (Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst; 6 May 1882 – 20 July 1951) was the eldest child of the last ''Kaiser'', the German Emperor, Wilhelm II, and his consort Augusta Victoria of Schles ...
.
*
1919
Events
January
* January 1
** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia.
** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the ...
–
Prohibition
Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcohol ...
comes into force in Finland.
*
1922 – The
Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
*
1929
This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...
– The
1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America
The First Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America was in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 1–12, 1929. Thirty-eight delegates, representing Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Cuba, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Pa ...
is held in
Buenos Aires.
*
1930
Events
January
* January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will b ...
– The
Deccan Queen is introduced as first intercity train between Bombay VT (Now
Mumbai CST
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (officially Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Bombay station code: CSMT ( mainline)/ST (suburban)), is a historic railway terminus and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
The terminus was d ...
) and Poona (
Pune
Pune (; ; also known as Poona, ( the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million As of 2021, Pune Metropolitan Region is the largest i ...
) to run on electric locomotives.
*
1939 – First flight of the German
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft.
*
1941 –
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
: The
Battle of Crete ends as
Crete
Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, ...
capitulates to Germany.
* 1941 – The
Farhud
''Farhud'' ( ar, الفرهود) was the pogrom or "violent dispossession" carried out against the Jewish population of Baghdad, Iraq, on June 1–2, 1941, immediately following the British victory in the Anglo-Iraqi War. The riots occurred in a ...
, a massive pogrom in Iraq, starts and as a result, many Iraqi Jews are forced to leave their homes.
*
1943
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured.
* January 4 ...
–
BOAC Flight 777 is shot down over the
Bay of Biscay by German
Junkers Ju 88
The Junkers Ju 88 is a German World War II ''Luftwaffe'' twin-engined multirole combat aircraft. Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works (JFM) designed the plane in the mid-1930s as a so-called '' Schnellbomber'' ("fast bomber") that would be too fast ...
s, killing British actor
Leslie Howard
Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 18931 June 1943) was an English actor, director and producer.Obituary ''Variety'', 9 June 1943. He wrote many stories and articles for ''The New York Times'', ''The New Yorker'', and ''Vanity Fair'' and was one o ...
and leading to speculation that it was actually an attempt to kill British
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...
Winston Churchill.
*
1946 –
Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" ("Leader") of Romania during World War II, is executed.
*
1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...
– The
Declaration of Conscience speech, by U.S. Senator from
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and ...
,
Margaret Chase Smith: "The nation sorely needs a Republican victory. But I do not want to see the Republican party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of
Calumny
Defamation is the act of communicating to a third party false statements about a person, place or thing that results in damage to its reputation. It can be spoken (slander) or written (libel). It constitutes a tort or a crime. The legal defini ...
- Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear." A response to
Joseph R. McCarthy's speech at
Wheeling, West Virginia
Wheeling is a city in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Located almost entirely in Ohio County, of which it is the county seat, it lies along the Ohio River in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and also contains a tiny portion extending ...
.
*
1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...
– The
Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America.
*
1958 –
Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
*
1961 – The
Canadian Bank of Commerce
The Canadian Bank of Commerce was a Canadian bank which was founded in 1867, and had hundreds of branches throughout Canada. It merged in 1961 with the Imperial Bank of Canada to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
History
In 1866 a ...
and
Imperial Bank of Canada
The Imperial Bank of Canada was a Canadian bank based in Toronto, Ontario, during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
History
It was founded in 1873 as the Imperial Bank in Toronto by Henry Stark Howland, former vice president of the C ...
merge to form the
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC; french: Banque canadienne impériale de commerce) is a Canadian multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered at CIBC Square in the Financial District of Toronto, Ontario. ...
, the largest bank merger in Canadian history.
*
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...
–
Adolf Eichmann is hanged in
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
.
*
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...
–
Kenya
)
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...
becomes a republic with
Jomo Kenyatta as its first
President.
*
1974 – The
Heimlich maneuver
Abdominal thrusts, also known as the Heimlich maneuver or Heimlich manoeuvre, is a first aid procedure used to treat upper airway obstructions (or choking) by foreign objects. American doctor Henry Heimlich is often credited for its creation. ...
for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal ''Emergency Medicine''.
*
1975 – The
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan was founded by
Jalal Talabani
Jalal Talabani ( ku, مام جەلال تاڵەبانی, translit=Celal Talebanî; ar, جلال طالباني ; 1933 – 3 October 2017) was an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the sixth president of Iraq from 2006 to 2014, as well as ...
,
Nawshirwan Mustafa
Nawshirwan Mustafa (22 December 1944 – 19 May 2017) ( ku, نەوشیروان مستەفا) was an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the General Coordinator of the Movement for Change and the leader of the opposition in the Kurdistan Regio ...
,
Fuad Masum
Muhammad Fuad Masum ( ar, محمد فؤاد معصوم هورامي, translit=Muḥammad Fū’ād Ma‘ṣūm; , born 1 January 1938) is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the seventh president of Iraq from 24 July 2014 to 2 October 2018. ...
and others.
*
1978 – The first international applications under the
Patent Cooperation Treaty
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states. A patent application filed und ...
are filed.
*
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...
– The first black-led government of
Rhodesia (now
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and ...
) in 90 years takes power.
*
1980 –
Cable News Network
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(CNN) begins
broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum ( radio waves), in a one-to-many model. Broadcasting beg ...
.
*
1988
File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...
–
European Central Bank is founded in
Brussels.
* 1988 – The
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty, formally the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles; / ДРСМ� ...
comes into effect.
*
1990 –
Cold War:
George H. W. Bush and
Mikhail Gorbachev sign a
treaty to end
chemical weapon
A chemical weapon (CW) is a specialized munition that uses chemicals formulated to inflict death or harm on humans. According to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), this can be any chemical compound intended as a ...
production.
*
1993
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...
–
Dobrinja mortar attack: Thirteen are killed and 133 wounded when Serb mortar shells are fired at a soccer game in
Dobrinja, west of
Sarajevo.
*
1994 –
Republic of South Africa becomes a
republic in the Commonwealth of Nations
The republics in the Commonwealth of Nations are the sovereign states in the organisation with a republican form of government. , 36 out of the 56 member states were republics. Charles III, who is the reigning monarch in the Commonwealth realms ...
.
*
1999 –
American Airlines Flight 1420
American Airlines Flight 1420 was a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to Little Rock National Airport in the United States. On June 1, 1999, the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 operating as Flight 1420 overran the runway upon ...
slides and crashes while landing at
Little Rock National Airport, killing 11 people on a flight from
Dallas
Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...
to
Little Rock
( The "Little Rock")
, government_type = Council-manager
, leader_title = Mayor
, leader_name = Frank Scott Jr.
, leader_party = D
, leader_title2 = Council
, leader_name2 ...
.
*
2001 –
Nepalese royal massacre
The Nepalese royal massacre occurred on 1 June 2001 at the Narayanhiti Palace, the then-residence of the Nepalese monarchy. Nine members of the royal family, including King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya, were killed in a mass shooting during a g ...
: Crown Prince
Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of his family including his father and mother.
* 2001 –
Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A
Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in
Tel Aviv.
*
2004 –
Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator
Terry Nichols
Terry Lynn Nichols (born April 1, 1955) is an American domestic terrorist who was convicted of being an accomplice in the Oklahoma City bombing. Prior to his incarceration, he held a variety of short-term jobs, working as a farmer, grain elevato ...
is sentenced to 161 consecutive life terms without the possibility of a parole, breaking a
Guinness World Record.
*
2008 –
A fire on the back lot of Universal Studios breaks out, destroying the attraction
King Kong Encounter and a large archive of master tapes for music and film, the full extent of which was not revealed until 2019.
*
2009 –
Air France Flight 447
Air France Flight 447 (AF447 or AFR447) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris, France. On 1 June 2009, inconsistent airspeed indications led to the pilots inadvertently stalling the Airbus A330 ser ...
crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...
to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed.
* 2009 –
General Motors files for
Chapter 11
Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) permits reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States. Such reorganization, known as Chapter 11 bankruptcy, is available to every business, wheth ...
bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.
*
2011 – A
rare tornado outbreak occurs in
New England
New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York (state), New York to the west and by the Can ...
; a strong EF3 tornado strikes
Springfield, Massachusetts, during the event, killing four people.
* 2011 –
Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'' makes its final landing after 25 flights.
*
2015 – A ship carrying 458 people
capsizes in the
Yangtze
The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the longest river in Asia, the third-longest in the world, and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains (Tibetan Plateau) and flows ...
river in China's
Hubei
Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The ...
province, killing 400 people.
Births
Pre-1600
*
1134 –
Geoffrey, Count of Nantes
Geoffrey VI (1 June 1134 – 27 July 1158) was Count of Nantes from 1156 to 1158. He was also known as Geoffrey of Anjou and Geoffrey FitzEmpress. He was the son of Geoffrey Plantagenet and Empress Matilda. His brothers were Henry II of England a ...
(d. 1158)
*
1300 –
Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, English politician,
Lord Marshal of England
Earl marshal (alternatively marschal or marischal) is a hereditary royal officeholder and chivalric title under the sovereign of the United Kingdom used in England (then, following the Act of Union 1800, in the United Kingdom). He is the eighth ...
(d. 1338)
*
1451
Year 1451 ( MCDLI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 7 – Pope Nicholas V issues a Papal Bull to establish The University of ...
–
Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney
Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney, KG PC (1 June 1451 – 21 May 1508) was an English soldier, diplomat, courtier and politician.
Origins
Giles Daubeney was the eldest son and heir of Sir William Daubeney (1424-1460/1) of South Ingelby ...
(d. 1508)
*
1460 –
Enno I, Count of East Frisia, German noble (d. 1491)
*
1480
Year 1480 ( MCDLXXX) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* March 6 – Treaty of Toledo: Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain recognize the Africa ...
–
Tiedemann Giese
Tiedemann Giese (1 June 1480 – 23 October 1550), was Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno) first canon, later Prince-Bishop of Warmia (Ermland). His interest in mathematics, astronomy, and theology led him to mentor a number of important young scholars, in ...
, Polish bishop (d. 1550)
*
1498 –
Maarten van Heemskerck, Dutch painter (d. 1574)
*
1522
__NOTOC__
Year 1522 ( MDXXII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1522nd year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 522nd year of the 2nd millenn ...
–
Dirck Coornhert, Dutch writer and scholar (d. 1590)
*
1563
Year 1563 ( MDLXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* February 1 – Sarsa Dengel succeeds his father Menas as Emperor of Ethiopia.
* Jan ...
–
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English politician,
Secretary of State for England (d. 1612)
1601–1900
*
1612 –
Frans Post, Dutch painter (d. 1680)
*
1633
Events
January–March
* January 20 – Galileo Galilei, having been summoned to Rome on orders of Pope Urban VIII, leaves for Florence for his journey. His carriage is halted at Ponte a Centino at the border of Tuscany, w ...
–
Geminiano Montanari
Geminiano Montanari (1 June 1633 – 13 October 1687) was an Italian astronomer, lens-maker, and proponent of the experimental approach to science. He was a member of various learned academies, notably the Accademia dei Gelati. Montanari's famous ...
, Italian astronomer and academic (d. 1687)
*
1637
Events
January–March
* January 5 – Pierre Corneille's tragicomedy '' Le Cid'' is first performed, in Paris, France.
* January 16 – The siege of Nagpur ends in what is now the Maharashtra state of India, as Kok Sha ...
–
Jacques Marquette, French missionary and explorer (d. 1675)
*
1653 –
Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (d. 1704)
*
1675 –
Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist and playwright (d. 1755)
*
1762 –
Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish priest and missionary, founded the
Irish Christian Brothers (d. 1844)
*
1765 –
Christiane Vulpius, mistress and wife of
Johann Wolfgang Goethe (d. 1816)
*
1770
Events January– March
* January 1 – The foundation of Fort George, Bombay is laid by Colonel Keating, principal engineer, on the site of the former Dongri Fort.
* February 1 – Thomas Jefferson's home at Shadwell, Virg ...
–
Friedrich Laun
Friedrich August Schulze (1 June 1770 – 4 September 1849) was a German novelist, who wrote under the pen name Friedrich Laun. Schulze was born in Dresden. His first novel, '' Der Mann, auf Freiersfüssen'' (1801), was favorably received. He wro ...
, German author (d. 1849)
*
1790 –
Ferdinand Raimund
Ferdinand Raimund (born Ferdinand Jakob Raimann; 1 June 1790 – 5 September 1836, Pottenstein, Lower Austria) was an Austrian actor and dramatist.
Life and work
He was born in Vienna as a son of Bohemian woodturning master craftsman Jako ...
, Austrian actor and playwright (d. 1836)
*
1796 –
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (d. 1832)
*
1800
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 18), 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 12 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 16 ...
–
Edward Deas Thomson
Sir Edward Deas Thomson (1 June 1800 – 16 July 1879) was a Scotsman who became an administrator and politician in Australia, and was chancellor of the University of Sydney.
Background and early career
Thomson was born at Edinburgh, Scotland. ...
, Australian educator and politician,
Chief Secretary of New South Wales
The Chief Secretary of New South Wales, known from 1821 to 1959 as the Colonial Secretary was a key political office in the colonial and state administration in New South Wales, from 1901 a state in the Commonwealth of Australia. Its role change ...
(d. 1879)
*
1801
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland is completed under the Act of Union 1800, bringing about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the abolition of the Parliament of I ...
–
Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1877)
*
1804 –
Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (d. 1857)
*
1808
Events January–March
* January 1
** The importation of slaves into the United States is banned, as the 1807 Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves takes effect; African slaves continue to be imported into Cuba, and until the island ab ...
–
Henry Parker, English-Australian politician, 3rd
Premier of New South Wales
The premier of New South Wales is the head of government in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Government of New South Wales follows the Westminster Parliamentary System, with a Parliament of New South Wales acting as the legislatu ...
(d. 1881)
*
1815 –
Otto of Greece
Otto (, ; 1 June 181526 July 1867) was a Bavarian prince who ruled as King of Greece from the establishment of the monarchy on 27 May 1832, under the Convention of London, until he was deposed on 23 October 1862.
The second son of King Ludw ...
(d. 1862)
*
1819
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The Panic of 1819, the first major peacetime financial crisis in the United States, begins.
* January 25 – Thomas Jefferson founds the University of Virginia.
* January 29 – Si ...
–
Francis V, Duke of Modena (d. 1875)
*
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 made prisoner in Paraguay accused of being a spy. ...
–
Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden
Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden (née Elphinstone Fleeming; 1 June 1822 – 19 January 1865), commonly known as Lady Clementina Hawarden, was a British amateur portrait photographer of the Victorian Era. She produced over 800 photographs ...
, English portrait photographer (d. 1865)
*
1825
Events
January–March
* January 4 – King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies dies in Naples and is succeeded by his son, Francis.
* February 3 – Vendsyssel-Thy, once part of the Jutland peninsula forming westernmost Denmark, becomes a ...
–
John Hunt Morgan
John Hunt Morgan (June 1, 1825 – September 4, 1864) was an American soldier who served as a Confederate general in the American Civil War of 1861–1865.
In April 1862, Morgan raised the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (CSA) and fought in ...
, American general (d. 1864)
*
1831
Events
January–March
* January 1 – William Lloyd Garrison begins publishing '' The Liberator'', an anti- slavery newspaper, in Boston, Massachusetts.
* January 10 – Japanese department store, Takashimaya in Ky ...
–
John Bell Hood
John Bell Hood (June 1 or June 29, 1831 – August 30, 1879) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Although brave, Hood's impetuosity led to high losses among his troops as he moved up in rank. Bruce Catton wrote that "the de ...
, American general (d. 1879)
*
1833 –
John Marshall Harlan
John Marshall Harlan (June 1, 1833 – October 14, 1911) was an American lawyer and politician who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1877 until his death in 1911. He is often called "The Great Dissenter" due to his ...
, American lawyer,
associate justice
Associate justice or associate judge (or simply associate) is a judicial panel member who is not the chief justice in some jurisdictions. The title "Associate Justice" is used for members of the Supreme Court of the United States and some sta ...
of the
U.S. Supreme Court, and politician;
Attorney General of Kentucky
The Attorney General of Kentucky is an office created by the Kentucky Constitution. (Ky.Const. § 91). Under Kentucky law, they serve several roles, including the state's chief prosecutor (KRS 15.700), the state's chief law enforcement officer (K ...
(d. 1911)
*
1843 –
Henry Faulds, Scottish physician and missionary, developed
fingerprinting
A fingerprint is an impression left by the friction ridges of a human finger. The recovery of partial fingerprints from a crime scene is an important method of forensic science. Moisture and grease on a finger result in fingerprints on surfac ...
(d. 1930)
*
1869
Events
January–March
* January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan.
* January 5 – Scotland's oldest professional Soccer, football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded.
* January 20 & ...
–
Richard Wünsch Richard Wünsch (1 June 1869 in Wiesbaden – 17 May 1915 at Iłża) was a German classical philologist.
He studied classical philology at the University of Marburg, receiving his doctorate in 1893. Following graduation, he spent two years on an ex ...
, German philologist (d. 1915)
*
1873
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar.
** The California Penal Code goes into effect.
* January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defe ...
–
Elena Alistar, Bessarabian politician (d. 1955)
*
1874 –
Yury Nikolaevich Voronov, Russian botanist (d. 1931)
*
1878
Events January–March
* January 5 – Russo-Turkish War – Battle of Shipka Pass IV: Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire.
* January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
* January 17 – Bat ...
–
John Masefield
John Edward Masefield (; 1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967) was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, Poet Laureate from 1930 until 1967. Among his best known works are the children's novels ''The Midnight Folk'' and ...
, English author and poet (d. 1967)
*
1879 –
Max Emmerich, American triathlete and gymnast (d. 1956)
*
1887
Events
January–March
* January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
* January 20
** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl ...
–
Clive Brook
Clifford Hardman "Clive" Brook (1 June 1887 – 17 November 1974) was an English film actor.
After making his first screen appearance in 1920, Brook emerged as a leading British actor in the early 1920s. After moving to the United States ...
, English actor (d. 1974)
*
1889
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada.
** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in t ...
–
Charles Kay Ogden
Charles Kay Ogden (; 1 June 1889 – 20 March 1957) was an English linguist, philosopher, and writer. Described as a polymath but also an eccentric and outsider, he took part in many ventures related to literature, politics, the arts, and philos ...
, English linguist and philosopher (d. 1957)
*
1890 –
Frank Morgan, American actor (d. 1949)
*
1892
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States.
* February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado.
* February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies fo ...
–
Amanullah Khan
Ghazi Amanullah Khan ( Pashto and Dari: ; 1 June 1892 – 25 April 1960) was the sovereign of Afghanistan from 1919, first as Emir and after 1926 as King, until his abdication in 1929. After the end of the Third Anglo-Afghan War in August 1 ...
, sovereign of the
Kingdom of Afghanistan
The Kingdom of Afghanistan ( ps, , Dǝ Afġānistān wākmanān; prs, پادشاهی افغانستان, Pādešāhī-ye Afġānistān) was a constitutional monarchy in Central Asia established in 1926 as a successor state to the Emirate of A ...
, (d. 1960)
1901–present
*
1901
Events
January
* January 1 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton becomes the first Prime Minist ...
–
Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and manager (d. 1990)
* 1901 –
Tom Gorman, Australian rugby league player (d. 1978)
* 1901 –
John Van Druten, English-American playwright and director (d. 1957)
*
1903
Events January
* January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India.
* January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having bee ...
–
Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop and martyr (d. 1973)
* 1903 –
Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist and academic (d. 1986)
*
1905
As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia ( Shostakovich's 11th Symphony ...
–
Robert Newton, English-American actor (d. 1956)
*
1907
Events
January
* January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000.
February
* February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco ...
–
Jan Patočka
Jan Patočka (; 1 June 1907 – 13 March 1977) was a Czech philosopher. Having studied in Prague, Paris, Berlin, and Freiburg, he was one of the last pupils of Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger. In Freiburg he also developed a lifelong philos ...
, Czech philosopher (d. 1977)
* 1907 –
Frank Whittle
Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, (1 June 1907 – 8 August 1996) was an English engineer, inventor and Royal Air Force (RAF) air officer. He is credited with inventing the turbojet engine. A patent was submitted by Maxime Guillaume in 1921 fo ...
, English airman and engineer, developed the
jet engine (d. 1996)
*
1909
Events
January–February
* January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes.
* January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
* Jan ...
–
Yechezkel Kutscher, Slovakian-Israeli philologist and linguist (d. 1971)
*
1910
Events
January
* January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...
–
Gyula Kállai
Gyula Kállai (; 1 June 1910 – 12 March 1996) was a Hungarian Communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary from 1965 to 1967 and as Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary 19 ...
, Hungarian communist leader,
Chairman of the
Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary (d. 1996)
*
1912 –
Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, author, and mountaineer (d. 1987)
*
1913
Events January
* January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the ...
–
Bill Deedes
William Francis Deedes, Baron Deedes, (1 June 1913 – 17 August 2007) was a British Conservative politician, army officer and journalist. He was the first person in Britain to have been both a member of the Cabinet and the editor of a major da ...
, English journalist and politician (d. 2007)
*
1915
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction".
* January ...
–
John Randolph, American actor (d. 2004)
*
1917
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Fo ...
–
William Standish Knowles, American chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (d. 2012)
*
1920 –
Robert Clarke
Robert Irby Clarke (June 1, 1920 – June 11, 2005) was an American actor best known for his cult classic science fiction films of the 1950s.
Early life
Clarke was born and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He decided at an early age that h ...
, American actor and producer (d. 2005)
*
1921 –
Nelson Riddle, American composer and bandleader (d. 1985)
*
1922 –
Joan Caulfield, American model and actress (d. 1991)
* 1922 –
Povel Ramel
Baron Povel Karl Henric Ramel (; 1 June 1922 – 5 June 2007) was a Swedish entertainer. Ramel was a singer, pianist, vaudeville artist, author and a novelty song composer. His style was characterized by imaginative wit, both verbal and musical ...
, Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2007)
*
1924 –
William Sloane Coffin
William Sloane Coffin Jr. (June 1, 1924 – April 12, 2006) was an American Christian clergyman and long-time peace activist. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church, and later received ministerial standing in the United Church of Christ. In h ...
, American minister and activist (d. 2006)
*
1925
Events January
* January 1
** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria.
* January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Itali ...
–
Dilia Díaz Cisneros, Venezuelan teacher (d. 2017)
*
1926
Events January
* January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece.
* January 8
**Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of Viet ...
–
Johnny Berry, English footballer (d. 1994)
* 1926 –
Andy Griffith
Andy Samuel Griffith (June 1, 1926 – July 3, 2012) was an American actor, comedian, television producer, southern gospel singer and writer whose career spanned seven decades in music and television. Known for his Southern drawl, his character ...
, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
* 1926 –
Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (d. 1962)
* 1926 –
George Robb, English international footballer and teacher (d. 2011)
* 1926 –
Richard Schweiker
Richard Schultz Schweiker (June 1, 1926 – July 31, 2015) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 14th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Ronald Reagan from 198 ...
, American soldier and politician, 14th
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (d. 2015)
*
1928 –
Georgy Dobrovolsky
Georgy Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky (russian: Гео́ргий Тимофе́евич Доброво́льский; 1 June 192829 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the three-man crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft. They became the world's ...
, Ukrainian pilot and astronaut (d. 1971)
* 1928 –
Steve Dodd
Steve Dodd (1 June 1928 – 10 November 2014) was an Indigenous Australian actor, notable for playing indigenous characters across seven decades of Australian film. After beginning his working life as a stockman and rodeo rider, Dodd was g ...
, Australian actor and composer (d. 2014)
* 1928 –
Bob Monkhouse
Robert Alan Monkhouse (1 June 1928 – 29 December 2003) was an English comedian, writer and actor. He was the host of television game shows including ''The Golden Shot'', '' Celebrity Squares'', '' Family Fortunes'' and '' ''Wipeout'.
Ear ...
, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2003)
*
1929
This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...
–
Nargis
Nargis Dutt (born Fatima Rashid; 1 June 1929 – 3 May 1981) was an Indian actress and politician who worked in Hindi cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Indian cinema, she made her screen debut in a minor role ...
, Indian actress (d. 1981)
* 1929 –
James H. Billington, American academic and Thirteenth Librarian of Congress (d. 2018)
*
1930
Events
January
* January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will b ...
–
Matt Poore
Matt Beresford Poore (1 June 1930 – 11 June 2020) was a New Zealand cricketer who played 14 Test matches for New Zealand in the 1950s. He was born in Christchurch.
Domestic career
A right-handed middle order batsman and handy off-spin bowler ...
, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2020)
* 1930 –
Edward Woodward, English actor (d. 2009)
*
1931
Events
January
* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.
* January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa.
* January 22 – Sir I ...
–
Walter Horak, Austrian footballer (d. 2019)
*
1932 –
Frank Cameron, New Zealand cricketer
* 1932 –
Christopher Lasch
Robert Christopher Lasch (June 1, 1932 – February 14, 1994) was an American historian, moralist and social critic who was a history professor at the University of Rochester. He sought to use history to demonstrate what he saw as the pervasiven ...
, American historian and critic (d. 1994)
*
1933 –
Haruo Remeliik, Palauan politician, 1st
President of Palau
The president of the Republic of Palau is the head of state and head of government of Palau. The president is directly elected to a four-year term, and can be reelected once in a consecutive manner.
List of presidents
Latest election
...
(d. 1985)
* 1933 –
Charles Wilson, American lieutenant and politician (d. 2010)
*
1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maxi ...
–
Pat Boone, American singer-songwriter and actor
* 1934 –
Peter Masterson
Peter Masterson (born Carlos Bee Masterson Jr.; June 1, 1934 – December 18, 2018) was an American actor, director, producer, and writer.
Life and career
Masterson often worked with his cousin, writer Horton Foote. Acting from the mid-1960s ...
, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2018)
* 1934 –
Doris Buchanan Smith
Doris Buchanan Smith (June 1, 1934 – August 8, 2002) was an American author of award-winning Children's books, including '' A Taste of Blackberries'' (HarperCollins, 1973).
Works
Doris Buchanan Smith's, '' A Taste of Blackberries'' (Harpe ...
, American author (d. 2002)
*
1935 –
Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, English architect, founded
Foster and Partners
* 1935 –
Reverend Ike
Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II, better known as Reverend Ike (June 1, 1935 – July 28, 2009), was an American minister and evangelist based in New York City. He was known for the slogan "You can't lose with the stuff I use!" Though his prea ...
, American minister and television host (d. 2009)
* 1935 –
Jack Kralick
John Francis Kralick ( ) (June 1, 1935 – September 18, 2012) was a professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1959 to 1967. He participated in 235 games in the course of an eight-year career that included stints wit ...
, American baseball player (d. 2012)
* 1935 –
Percy Adlon
Paul Rudolf Parsifal "Percy" Adlon (; born 1 June 1935) is a German director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his film '' Bagdad Cafe''. He is associated with the New German Cinema movement (ca. 1965–1985), and has been noted ...
, German director, screenwriter and producer
* 1935 –
John C. Reynolds, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2013)
*
1936
Events
January–February
* January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
–
Anatoly Albul, Soviet and Russian wrestler (d. 2013)
* 1936 –
André Bourbeau, Canadian politician (d. 2018)
* 1936 –
Bekim Fehmiu
Bekim Fehmiu (; ; 1 June 1936 – 15 June 2010) was a Yugoslavian theater and film actor of Albanian ethnicity. He was the first Eastern European actor to star in Hollywood during the Cold War.
Biography
Early life
Fehmiu was born in S ...
, Bosnian actor (d. 2010)
* 1936 –
Gerald Scarfe, English illustrator and animator
*
1937 –
Morgan Freeman, American actor and producer
* 1937 –
Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress
* 1937 –
Colleen McCullough, Australian neuroscientist and author (d. 2015)
*
1939 –
Cleavon Little
Cleavon Jake Little (June 1, 1939 – October 22, 1992) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He began his career in the late 1960s on the stage. In 1970, he starred in the Broadway production of '' Purlie'', for which he earned both ...
, American actor and comedian (d. 1992)
*
1940
A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* Januar ...
–
René Auberjonois, American actor (d. 2019)
* 1940 –
Katerina Gogou, Greek writer and actress (d. 1993)
* 1940 –
Kip Thorne
Kip Stephen Thorne (born June 1, 1940) is an American theoretical physicist known for his contributions in gravitational physics and astrophysics. A longtime friend and colleague of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan, he was the Richard P. F ...
, American physicist, astronomer, and academic
*
1941 –
Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (d. 2015)
* 1941 –
Toyo Ito, Japanese architect, designed the
Torre Realia BCN
Torre Realia BCN (also Torres de Toyo Ito with Hotel Porta Fira) is a skyscraper on the Plaça d'Europa in the district of Granvia l'Hospitalet in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, a city of Barcelonès, Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; A ...
and
Hotel Porta Fira
Hotel Porta Fira (also Torres de Toyo Ito with Torre Realia BCN) is a 28-storey, skyscraper hotel designed by Toyo Ito on the Plaza de Europa in the district of Granvia l'Hospitalet in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, a suburb of Barcelona, Cataloni ...
* 1941 –
Alexander V. Zakharov, Russian physicist and astronomer
*
1942
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in w ...
–
Parveen Kumar, Pakistani-English physician and academic
*
1943
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured.
* January 4 ...
–
Orietta Berti, Italian singer and actress
* 1943 –
Richard Goode, American pianist
* 1943 –
Lorrie Wilmot
Anthony Lorraine "Lorrie" Wilmot (1 June 1943 – 29 February 2004) was a South African first-class cricketer from Cape Province who played from 1960–61 to 1988–89.
Career
A big hitting right-handed batsman, Wilmot is said to have onc ...
, South African cricketer (d. 2004)
*
1944 –
Colin Blakemore, British neurobiologist
* 1944 –
Robert Powell
Robert Powell (; born 1 June 1944) is an English actor who is known for the title roles in '' Mahler'' (1974) and ''Jesus of Nazareth'' (1977), and for his portrayal of secret agent Richard Hannay in '' The Thirty Nine Steps'' (1978) and its s ...
, English actor
*
1945
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which Nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat.
Events
Below, ...
–
Jim McCarty
James Stanley McCarty (born 25 July 1943) is an English musician, best known as the drummer for the Yardbirds and Renaissance. Following Chris Dreja's departure from the Yardbirds in 2013, McCarty became the only member of the band to featu ...
, American blues rock guitarist
* 1945 –
Linda Scott
Linda Scott (born Linda Joy Sampson; June 1, 1945) is an American pop singer and actress who was active from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. Her biggest hit was the 1961 million-selling single, " I've Told Every Little Star". She went on to ...
, American singer
* 1945 –
Lydia Shum
Lydia Shum Din-ha or Lydia Tin Ha Sum (; 21 July 1945 – 19 February 2008) was a Hong Kong comedian, MC, actress and singer. Known for her portly figure, signature dark rimmed glasses and bouffant hairstyle, she was affectionately known to pee ...
, Chinese-Hong Kong actress (d. 2008)
* 1945 –
Frederica von Stade, American soprano and actress
*
1946 –
Brian Cox, Scottish actor
*
1947 –
Ron Dennis
Ronald Dennis CBE (born 1 June 1947) is a British businessman and Official British Business Ambassador for the United Kingdom. He is best known for his former role as owner, CEO, chairman and founder of McLaren Group. Dennis was removed from ...
, English businessman, founded the
McLaren Group
The McLaren Group is a British holding company based in Woking, England, which is involved in Formula One and other motorsport and the manufacture of luxury cars.
The group was founded by Ron Dennis shortly after his acquisition of the McLaren ...
* 1947 –
Jonathan Pryce, Welsh actor and singer
* 1947 –
Ronnie Wood
Ronald David Wood (born 1 June 1947) is an English rock musician, best known as an official member of the Rolling Stones since 1975, as well as a member of Faces and the Jeff Beck Group.
Wood began his career in 1964, playing guitar with a ...
, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
*
1948 –
Powers Boothe, American actor (d. 2017)
* 1948 –
Tomáš Halík
Tomáš Halík (; born 1 June 1948) is a Czech Catholic priest, philosopher, and theologian. He is a professor of Sociology at the Charles University in Prague, pastor of the Academic Parish by St. Salvator Church in Prague, and president of the ...
, Czech Roman Catholic priest, philosopher, theologian and scholar
* 1948 –
Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
* 1948 –
Juhan Viiding, Estonian poet and actor (d. 1995)
*
1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...
–
Perrin Beatty
Henry Perrin Beatty (born June 1, 1950) is a Canadian corporate executive and former politician, who served as a Progressive Conservative of the House of Commons from 1972 to 1993, and as a cabinet minister from 1979 to 1980 and again from 1984 ...
, Canadian businessman and politician
* 1950 –
Charlene, American singer-songwriter
* 1950 –
Jean Lambert, English educator and politician
* 1950 –
Michael McDowell, American author and screenwriter (d. 1999)
*
1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
–
Şenol Güneş, Turkish footballer and manager
* 1952 –
David Lan
David Lan is a South African-born British playwright, theatre producer and director and a social anthropologist.
Career
Born in Cape Town, he trained as an actor and gained a BA at the University of Cape Town. He has lived in London since 197 ...
, South African-English director and playwright
* 1952 –
Mihaela Loghin, Romanian shot putter
*
1953 –
Ronnie Dunn
Ronald Gene Dunn (born June 1, 1953) is an American country music singer-songwriter and record executive. Starting in 2011, Dunn has worked as a solo artist following the temporary dissolution of Brooks & Dunn. He released his self-titled deb ...
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1953 –
Ted Field, American entrepreneur and race car driver
*
1954 – Jill Black, English lawyer and judge
*1955 – Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 2016)
* 1955 – Lorraine Moller, New Zealand runner
* 1955 – Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (d. 2008)
*1956 – Patrick Besson, French writer and journalist
* 1956 – Petra Morsbach, German author
*
1958 – Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Mongolian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Mongolia
* 1958 – Gennadiy Valyukevich, Belarusian triple jumper (d. 2019)
*1959 – Martin Brundle, English racing driver and sportscaster
* 1959 – Alan Wilder, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
*1960 – Simon Gallup, English musician
* 1960 – Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2012)
* 1960 – Sergey Kuznetsov (footballer, born 1960), Sergey Kuznetsov, Russian footballer and manager
* 1960 – Giorgos Lillikas, Cypriot politician, 8th List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs
* 1960 – Lucy McBath, American politician
* 1960 – Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast (d. 2006)
*
1961 – Paul Coffey, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1961 – Mark Curry (actor), Mark Curry, American actor
* 1961 – Werner Günthör, Swiss shot putter and bobsledder
* 1961 – John Huston (golfer), John Huston, American golfer
* 1961 – Peter Machajdík, Slovakian-German pianist and composer
*1963 – Vital Borkelmans, Belgian footballer
* 1963 – Miles J. Padgett, Scottish physicist and academic
* 1963 – David Westhead, English actor and producer
*1965 – Larisa Lazutina, Russian skier
* 1965 – Olga Nazarova, Russian sprinter
*1966 – Greg Schiano, American football player and coach
*1968 – Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer
* 1968 – Mathias Rust, German aviator
*1969 – Luis García Postigo, former Mexican footballer
* 1969 – Teri Polo, American actress
*1970 – Alexi Lalas, American soccer player, manager, and sportscaster
*1971 – Mario Cimarro, Cuban-American actor and singer
*1973 – Frédérik Deburghgraeve, Belgian swimmer
* 1973 – Adam Garcia, Australian actor
* 1973 – Heidi Klum, German-American model, fashion designer, and producer
*
1974 – Alanis Morissette, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress
* 1974 – Michael Rasmussen (cyclist), Michael Rasmussen, Danish cyclist
* 1974 – Sarah Teather, English politician
*
1975 – Michal Grošek, Czech-Swiss ice hockey player and coach
* 1975 – Frauke Petry, German politician
*1976 – Marlon Devonish, English sprinter and coach
*1977 – Arsen Gitinov, Russian and Kyrgyzstani freestyle wrestler
* 1977 – Danielle Harris, American actress
* 1977 – Brad Wilkerson, American baseball player and coach
* 1977 – Sarah Wayne Callies, American actress
*
1978 – Antonietta Di Martino, Italian high jumper
*
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...
– Santana Moss, American football player
* 1979 – Markus Persson, Swedish game designer, founded Mojang
*1981 – Brandi Carlile, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1981 – Amy Schumer, American actress
* 1981 – Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan-American baseball player
* 1981 – Aleksei Mikhailovich Uvarov, Russian footballer
*1982 – Justine Henin, Belgian tennis player
*1984 – Jean Beausejour, Chilean footballer
* 1984 – Olivier Tielemans, Dutch racing driver
* 1984 – Nikki Glaser, American comedian
*1985 – Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopian runner
* 1985 – Dinesh Karthik, Indian cricketer
* 1985 – Nick Young (basketball), Nick Young, American basketball player
* 1985 – Sam Young (basketball), Sam Young, American basketball player
*1986 – Moses Ndiema Masai, Kenyan runner
* 1986 – Chinedu Obasi, Nigerian footballer
* 1986 – Ben Smith (rugby union), Ben Smith, New Zealand rugby player
*1987 – Zoltán Harsányi, Slovakian footballer
* 1987 – Yarisley Silva, Cuban pole vaulter
*
1988
File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...
– Javier Hernández, Mexican footballer
*1989 – Nataliya Goncharova (volleyball), Nataliya Goncharova, Ukrainian/Russian volleyball player
* 1989 – Sammy Alex Mutahi, Kenyan runner
*
1990 – Miller Bolaños, Ecuadoran footballer
* 1990 – Carlota Ciganda, Spanish golfer
*1991 – Tyrone Roberts, Australian rugby league player
*
1994 – Kagayaki Taishi, Japanese sumo wrestler
*1996 – Edvinas Gertmonas, Lithuanian footballer
* 1996 – Tom Holland (actor), Tom Holland, English actor
Deaths
Pre-1600
*195 BC – Emperor Gaozu of Han (b. 256 BC)
* 193 – The emperor Marcus Didius Julianus is murdered in his palace.
* 352 – Ran Min, "Heavenly Prince" (''Tian Wang'') during the Sixteen Kingdoms
[''Zizhi Tongjian'', :zh:s:資治通鑑/卷099, vol. 99.]
* 654 – Pyrrhus of Constantinople, Pyrrhus, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople
* 829 – Li Tongjie, general of the Tang Dynasty
* 847 – Empress Dowager Xiao (Tang dynasty), Xiao, empress of the Tang Dynasty
* 896 – Theodosius Romanus, Syriac Orthodox Church, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch
* 932 – Thietmar, Count of Merseburg, Thietmar, duke of Duchy of Saxony, Saxony
*1146 – Ermengarde of Anjou (d. 1146), Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess regent of Brittany (b. 1068)
*1186 – Minamoto no Yukiie, Japanese warlord
*1220 – Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (b. 1176)
*1310 – Marguerite Porete, French mystic
*1354 – Kitabatake Chikafusa (b. 1293)
*1434 – King Władysław II Jagiełło, Wladislaus II of Poland
*1449 – Polissena Sforza, Lady of Rimini (b. 1428)
*1571 – John Story (martyr), John Story, English martyr (b. 1504)
1601–1900
*1616 – Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1543)
*1625 – Honoré d'Urfé, French author and poet (b. 1568)
*1639 – Melchior Franck, German composer (b. 1579)
*1660 – Mary Dyer, English-American martyr (b. 1611)
*1662 – Zhu Youlang, Chinese emperor (b. 1623)
*1681 – Cornelis Saftleven, Dutch genre painter (b. 1607)
*1710 – David Mitchell (Royal Navy officer), David Mitchell, Scottish admiral and politician (b. 1642)
*1740 – Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b. 1657)
*1769 – Edward Holyoke, American pastor and academic (b. 1689)
*
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, Bucki ...
–
Wolraad Woltemade
Wolraad Woltemade (c.1708 – 1 June 1773) was a 65 year old Cape Dutch dairy farmer, who died while rescuing sailors from the wreck of the ship ''De Jonge Thomas'' in Table Bay on 1 June 1773. The story was reported by the Swedish naturali ...
, South African folk hero (b. 1708)
*1795 – Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (b. 1744)
*
1815 – Louis-Alexandre Berthier, French general and politician, Minister of Defence (France), French Minister of War (b. 1753)
*1823 – Louis-Nicolas Davout, French general and politician, Minister of Defence (France), French Minister of War (b. 1770)
*1826 – J. F. Oberlin, French pastor and philanthropist (b. 1740)
*1830 – Swaminarayan, Indian religious leader (b. 1781)
*
1833 – Oliver Wolcott Jr., American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Treasury, 24th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1760)
*1841 – David Wilkie (artist), David Wilkie, Scottish painter and academic (b. 1785)
*1846 – Pope Gregory XVI (b. 1765)
*
1861
Statistically, this year is considered the end of the whale oil industry and (in replacement) the beginning of the petroleum oil industry.
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Benito Juárez captures Mexico City.
** The first stea ...
– John Quincy Marr, American captain (b. 1825)
*1864 – Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel, led the Taiping Rebellion (b. 1812)
*
1868
Events
January–March
* January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries.
* January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Jap ...
– James Buchanan, American lawyer and politician, 15th President of the United States (b. 1791)
*1872 – James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American publisher, founded the ''New York Herald'' (b. 1795)
*
1873
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar.
** The California Penal Code goes into effect.
* January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defe ...
– Joseph Howe, Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1804)
*1876 – Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and journalist (b. 1848)
*
1879 – Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France (b. 1856)
1901–present
*1908 – Allen Butler Talcott, American painter (b. 1867)
*
1925
Events January
* January 1
** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria.
* January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Itali ...
– Thomas R. Marshall, American politician, 28th Vice President of the United States (b.
1854
Events
January–March
* January 4 – The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the ''Samarang''.
* January 6 – The fictional detective Sherlock Holmes is perhaps born.
* January 9 – The ...
)
*1927 – Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (b. 1860)
* 1927 – J. B. Bury, Irish historian, philologist, and scholar (b. 1861)
*
1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maxi ...
– Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, English colonel and polo player (b. 1867)
*
1935 – Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Romanian-Hungarian general (d. 1857)
*1938 – Ödön von Horváth, Croatian-French author and playwright (b. 1901)
*
1941 – Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic (b. 1873)
* 1941 – Hugh Walpole, New Zealand-English author (b. 1884)
*
1943
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured.
* January 4 ...
–
Leslie Howard
Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 18931 June 1943) was an English actor, director and producer.Obituary ''Variety'', 9 June 1943. He wrote many stories and articles for ''The New York Times'', ''The New Yorker'', and ''Vanity Fair'' and was one o ...
, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
* 1943 – Wilfrid Israel, English-German businessman and philanthropist (b. 1899)
*
1946 –
Ion Antonescu, Romanian marshal and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1882)
*
1948 – Alex Gard, Russian-American cartoonist (b. 1900)
*
1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
– John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1859)
*
1953 – Emanuel Vidović, Croatian painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
*
1954 – Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish-German journalist and author (b. 1869)
*1960 – Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1883)
* 1960 – Paula Hitler, German-Austrian sister of Adolf Hitler (b. 1896)
*
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...
–
Adolf Eichmann, a German Nazi Germany, Nazi Schutzstaffel, SS-''Obersturmbannführer'' (b. 1906)
*1963 – Walter Lee (Australian politician), Walter Lee, Australian politician, 24th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1874)
*1965 – Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach, founded the Green Bay Packers (b. 1898)
*1966 – Papa Jack Laine, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1873)
*1968 – Helen Keller, American author and activist (b. 1880)
* 1968 – André Laurendeau, Canadian playwright, journalist, and politician (b. 1912)
*1969 – Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1904)
*1971 – Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian and academic (b. 1892)
*
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...
– Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
*
1980 – Arthur Nielsen, American businessman, founded the ACNielsen, ACNielsen company (b. 1897)
*1981 – Carl Vinson, American lawyer and politician (b. 1883)
*1983 – Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (b. 1903)
* 1983 – Anna Seghers, German writer (b. 1900)
*1985 – Richard Greene, English actor and soldier (b. 1918)
*1986 – Jo Gartner, Austrian racing driver (b. 1958)
*1987 – Rashid Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1921)
*
1988
File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...
– Herbert Feigl, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1902)
*1989 – Aurelio Lampredi, Italian engineer, designed the Ferrari Lampredi engine (b. 1917)
*1991 – David Ruffin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
*1996 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian politician, 6th President of India (b. 1913)
*
1999 – Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (b. 1910)
*2000 – Tito Puente, American drummer, composer, and producer (b. 1923)
*
2001 – Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist, created ''Dennis the Menace (U.S. comics), Dennis the Menace'' (b. 1920)
* 2001 – notable victims of the
Nepalese royal massacre
The Nepalese royal massacre occurred on 1 June 2001 at the Narayanhiti Palace, the then-residence of the Nepalese monarchy. Nine members of the royal family, including King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya, were killed in a mass shooting during a g ...
**Aishwarya of Nepal (b. 1949)
**Birendra of Nepal (b. 1945)
**Dhirendra of Nepal (b. 1950)
**Prince Nirajan of Nepal (b. 1978)
**Princess Shruti of Nepal (b. 1976)
*2002 – Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969)
*
2004 – William Manchester, American historian and author (b. 1922)
*2005 – Hilda Crosby Standish, American physician (b. 1902)
* 2005 – George Mikan, American basketball player and coach (b. 1924)
*2007 – Tony Thompson (singer), Tony Thompson, American singer and songwriter (b. 1975)
*
2008 – Tommy Lapid, Israeli journalist and politician, 17th Justice Minister of Israel (b. 1931)
* 2008 – Yves Saint Laurent (designer), Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer, founded Saint Laurent Paris (b. 1936)
*
2009 – Vincent O'Brien, Irish horse trainer (b. 1917)
*2010 – Kazuo Ohno, Japanese dancer (b. 1906)
* 2010 – Andrei Voznesensky, Russian poet (b. 1933)
*
2011 – Haleh Sahabi, Iranian humanitarian and activist (b. 1957)
*2012 – Faruq Z. Bey, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1942)
* 2012 – Pádraig Faulkner, Irish educator and politician, 19th Minister for Defence (Ireland), Irish Minister of Defence (b. 1918)
* 2012 – Milan Gaľa, Slovak politician (b. 1953)
*2013 – James Kelleher, Canadian lawyer and politician, 33rd Solicitor General of Canada (b. 1930)
*2014 – Ann B. Davis, American actress (b. 1926)
* 2014 – Valentin Mankin, Ukrainian sailor (b. 1938)
*
2015 – Charles Kennedy, Scottish journalist and politician (b. 1959)
* 2015 – Joan Kirner, Australian educator and politician, 42nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1938)
* 2015 – Nicholas Liverpool, Dominican lawyer and politician, 6th List of Presidents of Dominica, President of Dominica (b. 1934)
* 2015 – Jacques Parizeau, Canadian economist and politician, 26th Premier of Quebec (b. 1930)
* 2015 – Jean Ritchie, American singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
*2018 – Sinan Sakić, Serbian pop-folk singer (b. 1956)
*2019 – Ani Yudhoyono, Indonesian politician, 6th First Lady of Indonesia. (b. 1952)
Holidays and observances
*Children's Day (International observance, International), and its related observances:
**Public holidays in Armenia, The Day of Protection of Children Rights (Armenia)
**Mothers' and Children's Day (Mongolia)
*Christian feast day:
**Annibale Maria di Francia
**Crescentinus
**Fortunatus of Spoleto
**Herculanus of Piegaro
**Íñigo of Oña
**Justin Martyr (Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran)
**Ronan of Locronan
**June 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*Earliest day on which June Holiday can fall, while June 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday in June. (Republic of Ireland, Ireland)
*Earliest day on which Labour Day can fall, while June 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Friday in June. (The Bahamas)
*Earliest day on which Teacher's Day can fall, while June 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in June. (Hungary)
*Earliest day on which Queen's Official Birthday, the Queen's Birthday can fall, while June 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday in June. (New Zealand, Cook Islands, Fiji)
*Earliest day on which Seamen's Day can fall, while June 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in June. (Iceland)
*Earliest day on which Western Australia Day can fall, while June 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in June. (Western Australia)
*Global Day of Parents (International observance, International)
*Public holidays in Samoa, Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Samoa from New Zealand in 1962.
*Madaraka Day (
Kenya
)
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*Public holidays in Mexico, National Maritime Day (Mexico)
*Arbor Day#Cambodia, National Tree Planting Day (Cambodia)
*Public holidays in Indonesia, Pancasila Day (Indonesia)
*Public holidays in Palau, President's Day (Palau)
*The beginning of Crop over, celebrated until the first Monday of August. (Barbados)
*Public holidays in Tunisia, Victory Day (Tunisia)
*World Milk Day (International)
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