Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula, Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland un ...
, in Poland, receives
city rights
Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the traditio ...
.
*
1283
Year 1283 (Roman numerals, MCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* June 1 – Treaty of Rheinfelden: The 11-year-old Rudolf II, Duke ...
Roger of Lauria
Roger of Lauria (''c''. 1245 – 17 January 1305) was a Neapolitan admiral in Aragonese service, who was the commander of the fleet of the Crown of Aragon during the War of the Sicilian Vespers. He was probably the most successful and tal ...
, admiral to King
Peter III of Aragon
Peter III of Aragon ( November 1285) was King of Aragon, King of Valencia (as ), and Count of Barcelona (as ) from 1276 to his death. At the invitation of some rebels, he conquered the Kingdom of Sicily and became King of Sicily in 1282, pre ...
, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures
Charles of Salerno
Charles II, also known as Charles the Lame (french: Charles le Boiteux; it, Carlo lo Zoppo; 1254 – 5 May 1309), was King of Naples, Count of Provence and Forcalquier (1285–1309), Prince of Achaea (1285–1289), and Count of Anjou and Maine ...
.
*
1288
Year 1288 ( MCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* June 5 – Battle of Worringen: Dutch forces under Duke John I (the Victorious) ...
War of the Limburg Succession
The War of the Limburg Succession, was a series of conflicts between 1283 and 1289 for the succession in the Duchy of Limburg.
The cause of the War of the Limburg Succession was the death of Waleran IV, Duke of Limburg in 1280, and his only daug ...
1610
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– The masque
Tethys' Festival
''Tethys' Festival'' was a masque produced on 5 June 1610 to celebrate the investiture of Prince Henry (1594–1612) as Prince of Wales.
Prince Henry, the son of James VI and I and Anne of Denmark, was made Prince of Wales in June 1610. Among ...
Qing dynasty
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Ming dynasty
The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...
Munster
Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following t ...
Great Lakes
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steamer, the ''Frontenac'', is launched.
* 1829 – captures the armed slave ship ''Voladora'' off the coast of
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribb ...
Houston
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 ...
Denmark
)
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, establish ...
becomes a
constitutional monarchy
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by the signing of a new
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 pr ...
.
*
1851
Events
January–March
* January 11 – Hong Xiuquan officially begins the Taiping Rebellion.
* January 15 – Christian Female College, modern-day Columbia College, receives its charter from the Missouri General Assembly.
...
slavery
Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...
serial, '' Uncle Tom's Cabin'', or ''Life Among the Lowly'', starts a ten-month run in the ''National Era'' abolitionist newspaper.
*
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 ...
Vietnam
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to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
* 1864 –
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and t ...
General
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In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". O ...
David Hunter
David Hunter (July 21, 1802 – February 2, 1886) was an American military officer. He served as a Union general during the American Civil War. He achieved notability for his unauthorized 1862 order (immediately rescinded) emancipating slaves ...
1883
Events
January–March
* January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States.
* January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people.
* Janua ...
– The first regularly scheduled
Orient Express
The ''Orient Express'' was a long-distance passenger train service created in 1883 by the Belgian company ''Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits'' (CIWL) that operated until 2009. The train traveled the length of continental Europe and int ...
Lizzie Borden
Lizzie Andrew Borden (July 19, 1860 – June 1, 1927) was an American woman tried and acquitted of the August 4, 1892 axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. No one else was charged in the murders, and despite ost ...
for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
* 1900 –
Second Boer War
The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the So ...
: British soldiers take
Pretoria
Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa.
Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends eastward into the foothi ...
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 pr ...
to allow
women's suffrage
Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Beginning in the start of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women to vote. Liberal political parties would go on to grant women the right to vot ...
Louis Brandeis
Louis Dembitz Brandeis (; November 13, 1856 – October 5, 1941) was an American lawyer and associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1916 to 1939.
Starting in 1890, he helped develop the " right to privacy" concep ...
American Jew
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to hold such a position.
* 1916 –
World War I
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Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University ...
Conscription
Conscription (also called the draft in the United States) is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service. Conscription dates back to Ancient history, antiquity and it continues in some countries to th ...
begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
* 1940 –
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 ...
: After a brief lull in the
Battle of France
The Battle of France (french: bataille de France) (10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign ('), the French Campaign (german: Frankreichfeldzug, ) and the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France during the Second Wor ...
, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the
River Somme
The Somme ( , , ) is a river in Picardy, northern France.
The river is in length, from its source in the high ground of the former at Fonsomme near Saint-Quentin, to the Bay of the Somme, in the English Channel. It lies in the geologica ...
in Operation '' Fall Rot'' ("Case Red").
* 1941 – World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are
asphyxia
Asphyxia or asphyxiation is a condition of deficient supply of oxygen to the body which arises from abnormal breathing. Asphyxia causes generalized hypoxia, which affects primarily the tissues and organs. There are many circumstances that can ...
ted in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing.
* 1942 – World War II: The United States declares war on
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
,
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Cr ...
, and
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
.
*
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: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ge ...
Normandy
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coast in preparation for
D-Day
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as ...
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rock ...
Cold War
The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because t ...
:
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was an American initiative enacted in 1948 to provide foreign aid to Western Europe. The United States transferred over $13 billion (equivalent of about $ in ) in economic re ...
: In a speech at
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of highe ...
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...
female
Female ( symbol: ♀) is the sex of an organism that produces the large non-motile ova (egg cells), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete during sexual reproduction.
A female has larger gametes than a male. Fema ...
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 ...
–
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the " King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. His ener ...
introduces his new single, " Hound Dog", on '' The Milton Berle Show'', scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
* 1959 – The first government of
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...
is sworn in.
*
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
Lake Bodom murders
The Lake Bodom murders is one of the most infamous unsolved homicide cases in Finnish criminal history. On 5 June 1960, at Bodom Lake in Espoo, Uusimaa, Maila Björklund and Anja Mäki (both 15) and Seppo Boisman (18) were killed by stabbing ...
occur in
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bot ...
Secretary of State for War
The Secretary of State for War, commonly called War Secretary, was a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, which existed from 1794 to 1801 and from 1854 to 1964. The Secretary of State for War headed the War Office and ...
Movement of 15 Khordad
The demonstrations of June 5 and 6, also called the events of June 1963 or (using the Iranian calendar) the 15 Khordad uprising ( fa, تظاهرات پانزده خرداد), were protests in Iran against the arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ...
: Protests against the arrest of
Ayatollah
Ayatollah ( ; fa, آیتالله, āyatollāh) is an honorific title for high-ranking Twelver Shia clergy in Iran and Iraq that came into widespread usage in the 20th century.
Etymology
The title is originally derived from Arabic word ...
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Imam Khomeini ( , ; ; 17 May 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the founder of ...
by the
Shah
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of
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
Six-Day War
The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) from 5 to 10 ...
begins:
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 ...
launches surprise strikes against
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...
ian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border.
*
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 ...
assassinated
Assassination is the murder of a prominent or important person, such as a head of state, head of government, politician, world leader, member of a royal family or CEO. The murder of a celebrity, activist, or artist, though they may not have ...
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. ...
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Monta ...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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reports that five people in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of
pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. The severit ...
seen only in patients with weakened
immune system
The immune system is a network of biological processes that protects an organism from diseases. It detects and responds to a wide variety of pathogens, from viruses to parasitic worms, as well as cancer cells and objects such as wood splinte ...
s, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.
* 1983 – More than 100 people are killed when the Russian river cruise ship '' Aleksandr Suvorov'' collides with a girder of the
Ulyanovsk
Ulyanovsk, known until 1924 as Simbirsk, is a city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River east of Moscow. Population:
The city, founded as Simbirsk (), was the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin (born ...
Railway Bridge. The collision caused a freight train to
derail
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, further damaging the vessel, yet the ship remained afloat and was eventually restored and returned to service.
* 1984 – Operation Blue Star: Under orders from India's prime minister,
Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 and was al ...
, the Indian Army begins an invasion of the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion.
*
1989
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– The Tank Man halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
The Tiananmen Square protests, known in Chinese as the June Fourth Incident (), were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing during 1989. In what is known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, or in Chinese the June Fourth ...
1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...
– The
Second Republic of the Congo Civil War
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General Motors
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
, between
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The ...
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm causes $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the second costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
* 2003 – A severe
heat wave
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across
Pakistan
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and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50 °C (122 °F) in the region.
* 2004 – Noël Mamère, Mayor of Bègles, celebrates marriage for two men for the first time in France.
* 2006 –
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia ( Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hu ...
2009
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– After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people are killed in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near
Bagua, Peru
Bagua is a city in Peru located about from the city of Chachapoyas. It lies in the province of the same name.Cuesta, José Martín: Jaén de Bracamoros. T.III. 1984. Librería Studium.Lima. 1988 Jaén de Bracamoros. T.VI
See also
*2005 northe ...
Mount Kinabalu
Mount Kinabalu ( ms, Gunung Kinabalu, Dusun: ''Gayo Ngaran or Nulu Nabalu'') is the highest mountain in Borneo and Malaysia. With an elevation of , it is third-highest peak of an island on Earth, and 20th most prominent mountain in the wor ...
, after mass landslides that occurred during the earthquake. This is the strongest earthquake to strike Malaysia since 1975.
* 2017 –
Montenegro
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becomes the 29th member of
NATO
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.
* 2017 – Six Arab countries—
Bahrain
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,
Egypt
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,
Libya
Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...
,
Saudi Arabia
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,
Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and ...
, and the
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (Middle East, The Middle East). It is ...
Qatar
Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sh ...
Edward III of England
Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring ...
and
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
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Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry
Margaret of Valois, Duchess of Berry (French: ''Marguerite de Valois'') (5 June 1523 – 15 September 1574) was Duchess of Savoy by marriage to Duke Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy. She was the daughter of King Francis I of France and Claude, Duche ...
(d. 1573)
*
1554
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Year 1554 ( MDLIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 5 – A great fire breaks out in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
*January 11 ...
1587
Events
January–June
* February 1 – Queen Elizabeth I of England signs the death warrant of her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots, after Mary has been implicated in a plot to murder Elizabeth. Seven days later, on the orders of ...
1596
Events
January–June
* January 6– 20 – An English attempt led by Francis Drake to cross the Isthmus of Panama ends in defeat.
* January 28 – Francis Drake dies of dysentery off Portobelo.
* February 14 – Archbishop John Whitgi ...
–
Peter Wtewael
Peter Wtewael (5 June 1596 – 16 January 1660) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
Wtewael was born in Utrecht, son of the Dutch painter and engraver Joachim Wtewael and brother to the painter Johan Wtewael.1640 –
Pu Songling
Pu Songling (, 5 June 1640 – 25 February 1715) was a Chinese writer during the Qing dynasty, best known as the author of ''Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio'' (''Liaozhai zhiyi'').
Biography
Pu was born into a poor merchant family from Zi ...
, Chinese author (d. 1715)
* 1646 – Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1684)
*
1660
Events
January–March
* January 1
** At daybreak, English Army Colonel George Monck, with two brigades of troops from his Scottish occupational force, fords the River Tweed at Coldstream in Scotland to cross the border into Englan ...
–
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, Princess of Mindelheim, Countess of Nellenburg (née Jenyns, spelt Jennings in most modern references; 5 June 1660 (Old Style) – 18 October 1744), was an English courtier who rose to be one of th ...
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover
Ernest Augustus (german: Ernst August; 5 June 177118 November 1851) was King of Hanover from 20 June 1837 until his death in 1851. As the fifth son of King George III of the United Kingdom and Hanover, he initially seemed unlikely to become a ...
(d. 1851)
*
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 ...
John Couch Adams
John Couch Adams (; 5 June 1819 – 21 January 1892) was a British mathematician and astronomer. He was born in Laneast, near Launceston, Cornwall, and died in Cambridge.
His most famous achievement was predicting the existence and position o ...
, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1892)
*
1830
It is known in European history as a rather tumultuous year with the Revolutions of 1830 in France, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and Italy.
Events January–March
* January 11 – LaGrange College (later the University of North Alabama) b ...
–
Carmine Crocco
Carmine Crocco, known as Donatello or sometimes Donatelli (Rionero in Vulture, 5 June 1830 – Portoferraio, 18 June 1905), was an Italian brigand. Initially a soldier for the Bourbons, he later fought in the service of Giuseppe Garibaldi.
...
, Italian soldier (d. 1905)
*
1850
Events
January–June
* April
** Pope Pius IX returns from exile to Rome.
** Stephen Foster's parlor ballad " Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway" is published in the United States.
* April 4 – Los Angeles is incorporated as a city ...
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 ...
–
Allvar Gullstrand
Allvar Gullstrand (5 June 1862 – 28 July 1930) was a Swedish ophthalmologist and optician.
Life
Born at Landskrona, Sweden, Gullstrand was professor (1894–1927) successively of eye therapy and of optics at the University of Uppsala. He ap ...
, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician,
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. 1930)
* 1868 – James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish rebel leader (d. 1916)
*
1870
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England.
** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed.
* January 3 – Construction of the Br ...
1877
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed ''Empress of India'' by the ''Royal Titles Act 1876'', introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom .
* January 8 – Great ...
–
Willard Miller
Willard Dwight Miller (June 5, 1877 – February 19, 1959) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Spanish–American War.
Biography
Willard Miller ...
, Canadian-American sailor,
Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of val ...
1879
Events January–March
* January 1 – The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold, for the first time since the American Civil War.
* January 11 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
* Janu ...
– Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1985)
*
1883
Events
January–March
* January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States.
* January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people.
* Janua ...
–
John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes, ( ; 5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946), was an English economist whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory and practice of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments. Originally trained in ...
, English economist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1946)
* 1883 –
Mary Helen Young
Mary Helen Young (5 June 1883 – 14 March 1945) was a Scottish nurse and resistance fighter who helped British servicemen escape from Nazi-occupied France during World War II. She was imprisoned by the Gestapo and put to death at Ravensbrück ...
, Scottish nurse and resistance fighter during World War II (d. 1945)
* 1884 – Ralph Benatzky, Czech-Swiss composer (d. 1957)
* 1884 –
Ivy Compton-Burnett
Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett, (; 5 June 188427 August 1969) was an English novelist, published in the original editions as I. Compton-Burnett. She was awarded the 1955 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for her novel ''Mother and Son''. Her works con ...
, English author (d. 1969)
* 1884 –
Frederick Lorz
Frederick Lorz (June 5, 1884 – February 4, 1914) was an American long distance runner who won the 1905 Boston Marathon. Lorz is also known for his "finish" in the marathon at the 1904 Summer Olympics for not having crossed the "half-way m ...
William Boyd William, Willie, Will or Bill Boyd may refer to:
Academics
* William Alexander Jenyns Boyd (1842–1928), Australian journalist and schoolmaster
* William Boyd (educator) (1874–1962), Scottish educator
* William Boyd (pathologist) (1885–1979), ...
Theippan Maung Wa
Theippan Maung Wa ( my, သိပ္ပံမောင်ဝ ; 5 June 1899 – 6 June 1942) was a Burmese writer, and one of the pioneers of the '' Hkit San'' literary movement. The movement searched for a new style and content in Burmese lit ...
, Burmese writer (d. 1942)
* 1900 – Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer,
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. 1979)
1901–present
*
1912
Events January
* January 1 – The Republic of China is established.
* January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens.
* January 6
** German geophysicist Alfred ...
– Dean Amadon, American ornithologist and author (d. 2003)
* 1912 – Eric Hollies, English cricketer (d. 1981)
* 1913 – Conrad Marca-Relli, American-Italian painter and academic (d. 2000)
* 1914 – Beatrice de Cardi, English archaeologist and academic (d. 2016)
* 1915 – Lancelot Ware, English barrister and biochemist, co-founder of Mensa (d. 2000)
* 1916 – Sid Barnes, Australian cricketer (d. 1973)
* 1916 – Eddie Joost, American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)
* 1919 – Richard Scarry, American-Swiss author and illustrator (d. 1994)
*
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 ...
– Marion Motley, American football player and coach (d. 1999)
* 1920 – Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author (d. 1974)
*
1922
Events
January
* January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes.
* January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...
– Paul Couvret, Dutch-Australian soldier, pilot, and politician (d. 2013)
* 1922 –
Sheila Sim
Sheila Beryl Grant Sim, Baroness Attenborough (5 June 1922 – 19 January 2016) was an English film and theatre actress. She was also the wife of the actor, director and peer Richard Attenborough.
Career
Sheila Beryl Grant Sim was born in L ...
Jorge Daponte
Jorge Alberto Daponte (5 June 1923 – 9 March 1963) was a racing driver from Argentina.
Daponte was born in Buenos Aires. He participated in two World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, appearing for the first time on 17 January 1954, and s ...
, Argentinian racing driver (d. 1963)
* 1923 –
Daniel Pinkham
Daniel Rogers Pinkham Jr. (June 5, 1923 – December 18, 2006) was an American composer, organist, and harpsichordist.
Early life and education
Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, into a prominent family engaged in the manufacture of patent medicines ( ...
, American organist and composer (d. 2006)
*
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hold ...
– Art Donovan, American football player and radio host (d. 2013)
* 1926 –
Paul Soros
Paul Soros ( hu, Soros Pál; born Pál Schwartz; June 5, 1926 – June 15, 2013) was a Hungarian-born American mechanical engineer, inventor, businessman and philanthropist. Soros founded Soros Associates, which designs and develops bulk handling ...
, Hungarian-American engineer and businessman (d. 2013)
*
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhano ...
–
Robert Lansing
Robert Lansing (; October 17, 1864 – October 30, 1928) was an American lawyer and diplomat who served as Counselor to the State Department at the outbreak of World War I, and then as United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wi ...
, American actor (d. 1994)
* 1928 – Tony Richardson, English-American director and producer (d. 1991)
* 1930 –
Alifa Rifaat
Fatimah Rifaat (June 5, 1930 – January 1996), better known by her pen name Alifa Rifaat ( ar, أليفة رفعت), was an Egyptian author whose controversial short stories are renowned for their depictions of the dynamics of female sexuality, ...
Yves Blais
Yves Blais (June 5, 1931 – November 22, 1998) was a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He served in National Assembly of Quebec from 1981 to 1998 as a member of the Parti Québécois (PQ).
Early life and career
Blais was born in Sa ...
, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1998)
* 1931 – Jacques Demy, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
* 1931 – Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish anthropologist and philosopher (d. 2021)
*
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...
–
Christy Brown
Christy Brown (5 June 1932 – 7 September 1981) was an Irish writer and painter who had cerebral palsy and was able to write or type only with the toes of one foot. His most recognized work is his autobiography, titled ''My Left Foot'' (1954). ...
, Irish painter and author (d. 1981)
* 1932 – Dave Gold, American businessman, founded the
99 Cents Only Stores
99 Cents Only Stores (also branded as The 99 Store, and 99¢ Only Stores) is an American price-point retailer chain based in Commerce, California. It offers "a combination of closeout branded merchandise, general merchandise and fresh foods." T ...
(d. 2013)
*
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 ...
–
Bata Živojinović
Velimir "Bata" Živojinović ( sr-Cyrl, Велимир "Бата" Живојиновић; 5 June 1933 – 22 May 2016) was a Yugoslav and Serbian actor and politician. He appeared in more than 340 films and TV series, and is regarded as one of ...
Vilhjálmur Einarsson
Vilhjálmur Einarsson (5 June 1934 – 28 December 2019) was an Icelandic track and field athlete, and triple-jump silver medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Vilhjálmur grew up in the East-Icelandic fishing villa ...
Moira Anderson
Moira Anderson (born 5 June 1938) is a Scottish singer.
Life and career
Moira Anderson was born on 5 June 1938 in Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. She was educated at Lenzie Academy, She then attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Musi ...
, Scottish singer
* 1938 – Karin Balzer, German hurdler (d. 2019)
* 1938 – Roy Higgins, Australian jockey (d. 2014)
* 1939 – Joe Clark, Canadian journalist and politician, 16th
Prime Minister of Canada
The prime minister of Canada (french: premier ministre du Canada, link=no) is the head of government of Canada. Under the Westminster system, the prime minister governs with the confidence of a majority the elected House of Commons; as su ...
Erasmo Carlos
Erasmo Carlos (born Erasmo Esteves; 5 June 1941 – 22 November 2022) was a Brazilian singer and songwriter, most closely associated with his friend and longtime collaborator Roberto Carlos (no relation). Together, they created many chart hits ...
, Brazilian singer-songwriter
* 1941 –
Spalding Gray
Spalding Gray (June 5, 1941 – January 11, 2004) was an American actor, novelist, playwright, screenwriter and performance artist. He is best known for the autobiographical monologues that he wrote and performed for the theater in the 1980s a ...
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 ...
– Whitfield Diffie, American cryptographer and academic
* 1945 – John Carlos, American runner and football player
* 1945 – André Lacroix, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
* 1946 – John Du Cann, English guitarist (d. 2001)
* 1946 – Bob Grant, Australian rugby league player
* 1946 – Patrick Head, English engineer and businessman, co-founded
Williams F1
Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, currently racing in Formula One as Williams Racing, is a British Formula One motor racing team and constructor. It was founded by former team owner Frank Williams and automotive engineer Patrick Head ...
* 1946 –
Wanderléa
Wanderléa Charlup Boere Salim (born June 5, 1946 in Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais) is a Brazilian singer and former co-host of the historic television show ''Jovem Guarda'' alongside Roberto Carlos and Erasmo Carlos. The show aired on TV ...
, Brazilian singer and television host
* 1947 – Laurie Anderson, American singer-songwriter and violinist
* 1947 – Tom Evans, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1983)
* 1947 – David Hare, English director, playwright, and screenwriter
* 1947 – Freddie Stone, American singer, guitarist, and pastor
* 1949 –
Ken Follett
Kenneth Martin Follett, (born 5 June 1949) is a British author of thrillers and historical novels who has sold more than 160 million copies of his works.
Many of his books have achieved high ranking on best seller lists. For example, in the ...
, Welsh author
* 1949 –
Elizabeth Gloster
Dame Elizabeth Gloster, DBE, PC (born 5 June 1949) is a British lawyer who was a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and Vice-President of the Civil Division. She was the first female judge of the Commercial Court.
Education
G ...
Carole Fredericks
Carole Denise Fredericks (June 5, 1952 – June 7, 2001) was an American singer best known for her work in French music. She was the younger sister of Taj Mahal.
Between 1990 and 1996 she was in the trio Fredericks Goldman Jones alongside ...
, American singer (d. 2001)
* 1952 –
Nicko McBrain
Michael Henry "Nicko" McBrain (born 5 June 1952) is an English musician, best known as the drummer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden since 1982. Having played in small pub bands since 1966 from the age of 14, McBrain paid his bills after grad ...
, English drummer and songwriter
*
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugosl ...
Nancy Stafford
Nancy Elizabeth Stafford (born June 5, 1954) is an American actress, speaker and author, known for her roles on television. She came to prominence in the 1980s as Michelle Thomas, law partner, on five seasons of '' Matlock''. She later hosted a ...
, American model and actress
*
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangs ...
–
Edino Nazareth Filho
Edino Nazareth Filho (born 5 June 1955), known as Edinho, is a Brazilian former football player and manager. He played as a central defender with Fluminense, Grêmio, Toronto Blizzard and with the Brazil national team. He is currently a sport ...
, Brazilian footballer and manager
*
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 ...
–
Kenny G
Kenneth Bruce Gorelick (born June 5, 1956), known professionally as Kenny G, is an American smooth jazz saxophonist, composer, and producer. His 1986 album ''Duotones'' brought him commercial success. Kenny G is one of the best-selling artis ...
, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
*
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
Werner Schildhauer
Werner Schildhauer (born 5 June 1959, in Dessau) is a retired German track and field athlete, who represented the former East Germany at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow in the 10,000 meter run and placed 7th behind his teammate J� ...
, German runner
* 1960 – Claire Fox, English author and academic
*
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 (K ...
–
Anke Behmer
Anke Behmer ( Vater, born 5 June 1961) is a former East German athlete who competed mainly in the heptathlon.
She won the bronze medal for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea with a personal best score of 6858 po ...
, German heptathlete
* 1961 –
Mary Kay Bergman
Mary Kay Bergman (June 5, 1961 – November 11, 1999), also credited as Shannen Cassidy, was an American voice actress and voice-over teacher. She was the lead female voice actress on ''South Park'' from the show's 1997 debut until her death. Thr ...
, American voice actress (d. 1999)
* 1961 –
Anthony Burger
Anthony John Burger (June 5, 1961 – February 22, 2006) was an American pianist and singer, most closely associated with Southern gospel music.
Early life
Anthony Burger was born in Cleveland, Tennessee to Richard and Jean Burger. At age eight ...
, American singer and pianist (d. 2006)
* 1961 – Aldo Costa, Italian engineer
* 1961 – Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis player and coach
* 1962 – Jeff Garlin, American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter
* 1962 – Tõnis Lukas, Estonian historian and politician, 34th
Estonian Minister of Education
The Minister of Education and Research is the senior minister at the Ministry of Education and Research (''Estonian: Eesti Vabariigi Haridus- ja Teadusministeerium'') in the Estonian Government. The Minister is responsible for administration an ...
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a full term ...
–
Michael E. Brown
Michael E. Brown (born June 5, 1965) is an American astronomer, who has been professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) since 2003. His team has discovered many trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), includin ...
, American astronomer and author
* 1965 – Sandrine Piau, French soprano
* 1965 –
Alfie Turcotte
Real Jean "Alfie" Turcotte (born June 5, 1965) is an American former ice hockey player.
Biography
Turcotte was born in Gary, Indiana, and raised in Holt, Michigan. As a youth, he played in the 1978 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournamen ...
Joe DeLoach
Joseph ("Joe") Nathaniel DeLoach (born June 5, 1967) is a former American sprinter; the 1988 Olympic champion in the 200 m.
Born in Bay City, Texas into a family with 11 sisters and one brother, DeLoach enjoyed running at a young age and desir ...
, American sprinter
*
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 ...
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 ...
– Brian McKnight, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
* 1970 – Martin Gélinas, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses ( February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
J ...
– Susan Lynch, Northern Irish actress
* 1971 – Alex Mooney, American politician
* 1971 –
Mark Wahlberg
Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971), former stage name Marky Mark, is an American actor, businessman, and former rapper. He has received List of awards and nominations received by Mark Wahlberg, multiple accolades, including a B ...
, American model, actor, producer, and rapper
* 1972 –
Yogi Adityanath
Yogi Adityanath (born on 5 June 1972 as Ajay Singh Bisht),
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; ...
Scott Draper
Scott Dennis Draper (born 5 June 1974) is an Australian former tennis player and golfer. He won the Australian Open Mixed Doubles with Samantha Stosur in 2005. Draper also reached the fourth round of the 1995 and 1996 French Opens, and the four ...
, Australian tennis player and golfer
* 1974 – Russ Ortiz, American baseball player
*
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. ...
Fernando Meira
Fernando José da Silva Freitas Meira (; born 5 June 1978) is a Portuguese former footballer who played mainly as a central defender.
In his country, he represented most notably Vitória de Guimarães, also playing one year with Benfica. Afte ...
Stefanos Kotsolis
Stefanos Kotsolis ( el, Στέφανος Κοτσόλης; born 5 June 1979) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Panathinaikos
Born in Athens, Kotsolis joined Panathinaikos as an 18-year-old youth ...
, Greek footballer
* 1979 – Matthew Scarlett, Australian footballer
* 1979 – Pete Wentz, American singer-songwriter, bass player, actor, and fashion designer
* 1979 – Jason White, American race car driver
*
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
Serhat Akın
Niyazi Serhat Akın (born 5 June 1981) is a retired Turkish footballer who played as a striker.
Career Fenerbahçe
He played for Fenerbahçe SK between 2000–2005 and played 140 matches (147 for the Süper Lig), after which he went to Anderl ...
, Turkish footballer
* 1981 –
Sébastien Lefebvre
Sébastien Lefebvre (born June 5, 1981) is a Canadian musician, who is best known as the rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for the rock band Simple Plan. He has also released solo albums and duo work.
Equipment
Lefebvre currently uses Fra ...
, Canadian singer and guitarist
*
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 ...
–
Ryan Dallas Cook
Suburban Legends are an American ska punk band that formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1998 and later based themselves in nearby Santa Ana, California, Santa Ana. After building a fanbase in the Orange County ska, Orange County ska scen ...
Robert Barbieri
Robert Julian Barbieri (born 5 June 1984) is a retired Canadian-born Italian rugby union player. He played as a flanker. He decided to represent Italy.
Club career
He played for Yeomen (2000–03) in Canada, before moving to the Italian side O ...
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal en ...
– Dave Bolland, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1986 – Vernon Gholston, American football player
* 1987 – Marcus Thornton, American basketball player
*1988 – Alessandro Salvi, Italian footballer
*
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 ...
– Cam Atkinson, American ice hockey player
* 1989 – Megumi Nakajima, Japanese voice actress and singer
*1990 – Radko Gudas, Czech ice hockey defenceman
*1991 – Sören Bertram, German footballer
*1992 – Joazhiño Arroe, Peruvian footballer
* 1992 – Emily Seebohm, Australian swimmer
* 1993 – Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Samoan-New Zealand rugby league player
* 1995 – Troye Sivan, South African–born Australian singer-songwriter, actor, and YouTuber
* 1995 – Ross Wilson (table tennis), Ross Wilson, English table tennis player
*
1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...
– Sam Darnold, American football player
* 1998 – Jaqueline Cristian, Romanian tennis player
* 1998 – Yulia Lipnitskaya, Russian figure skater
* 1999 – Suzan Lamens, Dutch tennis player
Deaths
Pre-1600
* 301 – Sima Lun, Chinese emperor (b. 249)
* 535 – Epiphanius of Constantinople, Epiphanius, patriarch of Constantinople
* 567 – Pope Theodosius I of Alexandria, Theodosius I, patriarch of Alexandria
* 708 – Jacob of Edessa, Syrian bishop (b. 640)
* 754 – Eoban, bishop of Utrecht
* 754 – Saint Boniface, Boniface, English missionary and martyr (b. 675)
* 879 – Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth, Persian emir (b. 840)
* 928 – Louis the Blind, king of Provence
*1017 – Emperor Sanjō, Sanjō, emperor of Japan (b. 976)
*1118 – Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester, Norman nobleman and politician (b. 1049)
*1296 – Edmund Crouchback, English politician,
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
The Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports is a ceremonial official in the United Kingdom. The post dates from at least the 12th century, when the title was Keeper of the Coast, but may be older. The Lord Warden was originally in charge of the Cin ...
(b. 1245)
*1310 – Amalric, Lord of Tyre, Amalric, prince of Tyre
*1316 – Louis X of France, Louis X, king of France (b. 1289)
*1383 – Dmitry of Suzdal, Russian grand prince (b. 1324)
*1400 – Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Frederick I, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
*1424 – Braccio da Montone, Italian nobleman (b. 1368)
*1434 – Yuri IV, Russian grand prince (b. 1374)
*1443 – Ferdinand the Holy Prince, Ferdinand, Portuguese prince (b. 1402)
*1445 – Leonel Power, English composer
*1530 – Mercurino Gattinara, Italian statesman and jurist (b. 1465)
*1568 – Lamoral, Count of Egmont (b. 1522)
1601–1900
*1625 – Orlando Gibbons, English organist and composer (b. 1583)
*1667 – Francesco Sforza Pallavicino, Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1607)
*1708 – Ignatius George II, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (b. 1648)
*1716 – Roger Cotes, English mathematician and academic (b. 1682)
*1722 – Johann Kuhnau, German organist and composer (b. 1660)
*1738 – Isaac de Beausobre, French pastor and theologian (b. 1659)
*1740 – Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, English politician and courtier (b. 1671)
*1791 – Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-Canadian general and politician, 22nd List of Governors General of Canada, Governor of Quebec (b. 1718)
*1816 – Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (b. 1741)
*1825 – Odysseas Androutsos, Greek soldier (b. 1788)
*1826 – Carl Maria von Weber, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1786)
*1866 – John McDouall Stuart, Scottish explorer and surveyor (b. 1815)
* 1899 – Antonio Luna, Filipino general (b. 1866)
* 1900 – Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1871)
1901–present
*1906 – Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (b. 1842)
*1910 – O. Henry, American short story writer (b. 1862)
* 1913 – Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (b. 1851)
* 1916 – Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish-born British field marshal and politician,
Secretary of State for War
The Secretary of State for War, commonly called War Secretary, was a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, which existed from 1794 to 1801 and from 1854 to 1964. The Secretary of State for War headed the War Office and ...
(b. 1850)
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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 ...
– Rhoda Broughton, Welsh-English author (b. 1840)
*1921 – Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician (b. 1852)
* 1921 – Georges Feydeau, French playwright (b. 1862)
* 1930 – Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete (b. 1880)
* 1930 – Pascin, Bulgarian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1885)
* 1934 – Emily Dobson, Australian philanthropist (b. 1842)
* 1934 – William Holman, English-Australian politician, 19th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1871)
* 1947 – Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish-American actor and director (b. 1884)
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1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a full term ...
– Eleanor Farjeon, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1881)
* 1967 – Arthur Biram, Israeli philologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1878)
* 1967 – Harry Brown (public servant), Harry Brown, Australian public servant (b. 1878)
* 1993 – Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1933)
*1996 – Acharya Kuber Nath Rai, Indian poet and scholar (b. 1933)
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1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...
– J. Anthony Lukas, American journalist and author (b. 1933)
* 1998 – Jeanette Nolan, American actress (b. 1911)
* 1998 – Sam Yorty, American soldier and politician, 37th Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1909)
*1999 – Mel Tormé, American singer-songwriter (b. 1925)
* 2000 – Don Liddle, American baseball player (b. 1925)
*2002 – Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1951)
* 2003 – Jürgen Möllemann, German soldier and politician, 10th Vice-Chancellor of Germany (b. 1945)
* 2003 – Manuel Rosenthal, French composer and conductor (b. 1904)
* 2004 – Iona Brown, English violinist and conductor (b. 1941)
* 2004 – Ronald Reagan, American actor and politician, 40th President of the United States (b. 1911)
*2005 – Adolfo Aguilar Zínser, Mexican scholar and politician (b. 1949)
* 2005 – Wee Chong Jin, Singaporean judge (b. 1917)
* 2006 – Frederick Franck, Dutch-American painter, sculptor, and author (b. 1909)
* 2006 – Edward L. Moyers, American businessman (b. 1928)
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2009
File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; Protests ...
– Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1978)
*2011 – Azam Khan (singer), Azam Khan, Bangladeshi singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
*2012 – Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer and screenwriter (b. 1920)
* 2012 – Hal Keller, American baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
* 2012 – Mihai Pătrașcu (computer scientist), Mihai Pătrașcu, Romanian-American computer scientist (b. 1982)
* 2012 – Charlie Sutton, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1924)
*2013 – Helen McElhone, Scottish politician (b. 1933)
* 2013 – Stanisław Nagy, Polish cardinal (b. 1921)
* 2013 – Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, Irish republican activist and politician (b. 1932)
* 2013 – Michel Ostyn, Belgian physiologist and physician (b. 1924)
*2014 – Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi, Iraqi commander (b. 1971)
* 2014 – Don Davis (record producer), Don Davis, American songwriter and producer (b. 1938)
* 2014 – Reiulf Steen, Norwegian journalist and politician, Minister of Transport and Communications (Norway), Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications (b. 1933)
* 2015 – Tariq Aziz, Iraqi journalist and politician, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iraq), Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1936)
* 2015 – Alan Bond (businessman), Alan Bond, English-Australian businessman (b. 1938)
* 2015 – Richard Johnson (actor), Richard Johnson, English actor (b. 1927)
* 2015 – Roger Vergé, French chef and author (b. 1930)
*2016 – Jerome Bruner, American psychologist (b. 1915)
* 2017 – Andy Cunningham (actor), Andy Cunningham, English actor (b. 1950)
* 2017 – Cheick Tioté, Ivorian footballer (b. 1986)
*2018 – Kate Spade, American fashion designer (b. 1962)
Holidays and observances
*Arbor Day#New Zealand, Arbor Day (New Zealand)
*Christian feast day:
**Saint Boniface, Boniface (Roman Catholic Church)
**Dorotheus of Tyre
**Genesius, Count of Clermont
**Blessed Meinwerk
**June 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*Constitution Day (Denmark)
*Father's Day (Denmark)
*Indian Arrival Day (Suriname)
*Liberation Day (Seychelles)
*Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President's Day (Equatorial Guinea)
*Public holidays in Azerbaijan, Reclamation Day (Azerbaijan)
*Speciesism, World Day Against Speciesism (International observance, International)
*World Environment Day (International observance, International)