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Pre-1600

* 474 BC
Roman consul The consuls were the highest elected public officials of the Roman Republic ( to 27 BC). Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the ''cursus honorum''an ascending sequence of public offices to which politicians aspire ...
Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years truce. * 44 BC – The
assassination Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a personespecially if prominent or important. It may be prompted by political, ideological, religious, financial, or military motives. Assassinations are orde ...
of
Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil wa ...
, the dictator of the
Roman Republic The Roman Republic ( ) was the era of Ancient Rome, classical Roman civilisation beginning with Overthrow of the Roman monarchy, the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establis ...
, by a group of senators takes place on the Ides of March. * 493Odoacer, the first barbarian
King of Italy King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. Conversely, he is a constitutional monarch if his power is restrained by ...
after the fall of the
Western Roman Empire In modern historiography, the Western Roman Empire was the western provinces of the Roman Empire, collectively, during any period in which they were administered separately from the eastern provinces by a separate, independent imperial court. ...
, is slain by Theoderic the Great, king of the
Ostrogoths The Ostrogoths () were a Roman-era Germanic peoples, Germanic people. In the 5th century, they followed the Visigoths in creating one of the two great Goths, Gothic kingdoms within the Western Roman Empire, drawing upon the large Gothic populatio ...
, while the two kings were feasting together. * 856Michael III, emperor of the
Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived History of the Roman Empire, the events that caused the ...
, overthrows the regency of his mother, empress Theodora (wife of Theophilos) with support of the Byzantine
nobility Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. T ...
. * 897Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya enters Sa'dah and founds the Zaydi Imamate of Yemen. * 933 – After a ten-year truce, German King Henry the Fowler defeats a Hungarian army at the Battle of Riade near the Unstrut river. * 1311Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V, Count of Brienne to take control of the
Duchy of Athens The Duchy of Athens (Greek language, Greek: Δουκᾶτον Ἀθηνῶν, ''Doukaton Athinon''; Catalan language, Catalan: ''Ducat d'Atenes'') was one of the Crusader states set up in Greece after the conquest of the Byzantine Empire during ...
, a Crusader state in Greece. * 1564 – Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes the ''
jizya Jizya (), or jizyah, is a type of taxation levied on non-Muslim subjects of a state governed by Sharia, Islamic law. The Quran and hadiths mention jizya without specifying its rate or amount,Sabet, Amr (2006), ''The American Journal of Islamic Soc ...
'' tax on non-Muslim subjects.


1601–1900

* 1626 – a dam failure causes the sudden flooding of the mining city of Potosí in present-day Bolivia leading to the death of thousands and the massive release of toxic mercury into the environment. * 1672 – King Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence, granting limited religious freedom to all Christians. * 1783 – In an emotional speech in
Newburgh, New York Newburgh is a City (New York), city in Orange County, New York, United States. With a population of 28,856 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is a principal city of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh metropolitan area. ...
,
George Washington George Washington (, 1799) was a Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot (American Revoluti ...
asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful, and the threatened
coup d'état A coup d'état (; ; ), or simply a coup , is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership. A self-coup is said to take place when a leader, having come to powe ...
never takes place. *
1820 Events January–March *January 1 – A constitutionalist military insurrection at Cádiz leads to the summoning of the Spanish Parliament to meet on March 7, becoming the nominal beginning of the "Trienio Liberal" in History of Spain (1 ...
Maine Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...
is admitted as the twenty-third U.S. state. * 1823 – Sailor Benjamin Morrell erroneously reported the existence of the island of New South Greenland near
Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. ...
. * 1848 – A revolution breaks out in Hungary, and the Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the reform party. * 1874
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
and
Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...
sign the
Second Treaty of Saigon The Treaty of Saigon was signed on 15 March 1874 by the Third French Republic and the Nguyá»…n dynasty of Vietnam. Vietnam made economic and territorial concessions to France, while France waived a previous war indemnity and promised military pr ...
, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over
Cochinchina Cochinchina or Cochin-China (, ; ; ; ; ) is a historical exonym and endonym, exonym for part of Vietnam, depending on the contexts, usually for Southern Vietnam. Sometimes it referred to the whole of Vietnam, but it was commonly used to refer t ...
. * 1875Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first
cardinal Cardinal or The Cardinal most commonly refers to * Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds **''Cardinalis'', genus of three species in the family Cardinalidae ***Northern cardinal, ''Cardinalis cardinalis'', the common cardinal of ...
in the United States. *
1877 Events January * January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed Empress of India by the Royal Titles Act 1876, introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . * January 8 – Great Sioux War of 1876: Batt ...
First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in
Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...
, Australia. * 1888 – Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888. * 1892 – The Lobau bombing is one of the first attacks of the '' Ère des attentats'' (1892-1894). * 1894Madeleine bombing by Désiré Pauwels during the '' Ère des attentats''.


1901–present

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1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Moment magnitude scale, Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 9 – The "Mud March (suffragists), Mud March", the ...
– The first parliamentary elections of
Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
(at the time the
Grand Duchy of Finland The Grand Duchy of Finland was the predecessor state of modern Finland. It existed from 1809 to 1917 as an Autonomous region, autonomous state within the Russian Empire. Originating in the 16th century as a titular grand duchy held by the Monarc ...
) are held. * 1917
Tsar Tsar (; also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar''; ; ; sr-Cyrl-Latn, цар, car) is a title historically used by Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word '' caesar'', which was intended to mean ''emperor'' in the Euro ...
Nicholas II of Russia Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; 186817 July 1918) or Nikolai II was the last reigning Emperor of Russia, Congress Poland, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until Abdication of Nicholas II, hi ...
abdicates the Russian throne, ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty. *
1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...
Finnish Civil War The Finnish Civil War was a civil war in Finland in 1918 fought for the leadership and control of the country between Whites (Finland), White Finland and the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (Red Finland) during the country's transition fr ...
: The battle of Tampere begins. * 1919Ukrainian War of Independence: The Kontrrazvedka is established as the counterintelligence division of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine. *1919 – The
American Legion The American Legion, commonly known as the Legion, is an Voluntary association, organization of United States, U.S. war veterans headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. It comprises U.S. state, state, Territories of the United States, U.S. terr ...
is founded. * 1921Talaat Pasha, former Grand Vizir of the
Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
and chief architect of the
Armenian genocide The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily t ...
is assassinated in Berlin by a 23-year-old Armenian, Soghomon Tehlirian. * 1922 – After
Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt. * 1927 – The first Women's Boat Race between the
University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...
and the
University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...
takes place on The Isis in
Oxford Oxford () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the List of oldest universities in continuou ...
. * 1939Germany occupies Czechoslovakia. * 1939 – Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day. *
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 †...
World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
: Third Battle of Kharkiv: The Germans retake the city of
Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.
from the Soviet armies. *
1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...
– Iranian oil industry is nationalized. * 1961 – At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect. *
1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...
– President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act. * 1974 – Fifteen people are killed when Sterling Airways Flight 901, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, catches fire following a
landing gear Landing gear is the undercarriage of an aircraft or spacecraft that is used for taxiing, takeoff or landing. For aircraft, it is generally needed for all three of these. It was also formerly called ''alighting gear'' by some manufacturers, s ...
collapse at Mehrabad International Airport in
Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...
, Iran. *
1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...
Somalia Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...
and
Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...
signed a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War. * 1986Collapse of Hotel New World: Thirty-three people die when the Hotel New World in Singapore collapses. * 1990
Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to dissolution of the Soviet Union, the country's dissolution in 1991. He served a ...
is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union. * 1991
Cold War The Cold War was a period of global Geopolitics, geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 unt ...
: The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany comes into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany. * 2008 – Stockpiles of obsolete ammunition explode at an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of Gërdec, Albania, killing 26 people. *
2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
– Beginning of the Syrian revolution. * 2019 – Fifty-one people are killed in the Christchurch mosque shootings. * 2019 – Beginning of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests. * 2019 – Approximately 1.4 million young people in 123 countries go on strike to protest climate change. *
2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
– The 2022 Sri Lankan protests begins amidst Sri Lanka's economic collapse.


Births


Pre-1600

* 1493Anne de Montmorency, French captain and diplomat (died 1567) * 1516Alqas Mirza, Safavid prince (died 1550) * 1582Daniel Featley, English theologian and controversialist (died 1645) * 1591Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary (died 1660)


1601–1900

* 1638Shunzhi Emperor of China (died 1661) * 1666George Bähr, German architect, designed the Dresden Frauenkirche (died 1738) * 1754Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist (died 1842) * 1767
Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before Presidency of Andrew Jackson, his presidency, he rose to fame as a general in the U.S. Army and served in both houses ...
, American general, judge, and politician, 7th
President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal government of t ...
(died 1845) * 1779William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, English politician,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister Advice (constitutional law), advises the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, sovereign on the exercise of much of the Royal prerogative ...
(died 1848) * 1790Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, German mathematician and academic (died 1861) * 1791Charles Knight, English author and publisher (died 1873) * 1809Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian historian and politician, 1st President of Liberia (died 1876) * 1813John Snow, English physician and epidemiologist (died 1858) * 1821Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian physicist and chemist (died 1895) * 1821 – William Milligan, Scottish theologian and author (died 1892) *
1824 Events January–March * January 1 – John Stuart Mill begins publication of The Westminster Review. The first article is by William Johnson Fox * January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of th ...
Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (died 1907) * 1830Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and playwright,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...
laureate (died 1914) * 1830 – Élisée Reclus, French geographer and anarchist (died 1905) * 1831Saint Daniele Comboni, Italian missionary and saint (died 1881) * 1835Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1916) * 1838Karl Davydov, Russian cellist, composer, and conductor (died 1889) * 1851John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician,
Governor of Arkansas The governor of Arkansas is the head of government of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Governor (United States), governor is the head of the Executive (government), executive branch of the Politics and government of Arkansas, Arkansas government a ...
(died 1916) * 1845Hallie Quinn Brown, African-American educator, writer and activist (died 1949) * 1851 – William Mitchell Ramsay, Scottish archaeologist and scholar (died 1939) * 1852Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish landowner, playwright, and translator (died 1932) * 1854Emil von Behring, German physiologist and physician,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...
laureate (died 1917) * 1857Christian Michelsen, Norwegian businessman and politician, 1st
Prime Minister of Norway The prime minister of Norway (, which directly translates to "minister of state") is the head of government and chief executive of Norway. The prime minister and Cabinet of Norway, Cabinet (consisting of all the most senior government departme ...
(died 1925) * 1858Liberty Hyde Bailey, American botanist and academic, co-founded the American Society for Horticultural Science (died 1954) * 1866Matthew Charlton, Australian miner and politician (died 1948) * 1868Grace Chisholm Young, English mathematician (died 1944) * 1869
Stanisław Wojciechowski Stanisław Wojciechowski (; 15 March 1869 – 9 April 1953) was a Polish people, Polish politician and scholar who served as President of Poland between 1922 and 1926, during the Second Polish Republic. He was elected president in 1922, followi ...
, Polish scholar and politician,
President of the Republic of Poland The president of Poland ( ), officially the president of the Republic of Poland (), is the head of state of Poland. His or her prerogatives and duties are determined in the Constitution of Poland. The president jointly exercises the executiv ...
(died 1953) * 1874Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician,
United States Secretary of the Interior The United States secretary of the interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. The secretary and the Department of the Interior are responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land along with natura ...
(died 1952) * 1878Reza Shah, Iranian Shah (died 1944) * 1879Benjamin R. Jacobs, American biochemist (died 1963) *
1886 Events January * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British rule in Burma, British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5–January 9, 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson ...
Gerda Wegener, Danish artist (died 1940) * 1897Jackson Scholz, American runner (died 1986) * 1900
Gilberto Freyre Gilberto de Mello Freyre (March 15, 1900 – July 18, 1987) was a Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist and congressman born in Recife. Considered one of the most important sociologists of the 20th cen ...
, Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian and writer (died 1987)


1901–present

* 1904George Brent, Irish-American actor (died 1979) * 1904 – J. Pat O'Malley, English-American actor (died 1985) * 1905Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, German lawyer and judge (died 1944) *
1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Moment magnitude scale, Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 9 – The "Mud March (suffragists), Mud March", the ...
Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (died 1981) *
1912 This year is notable for Sinking of the Titanic, the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15. In Albania, this leap year runs with only 353 days as the country achieved switching from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar by skippin ...
Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and author (died 1979) * 1912 – Lightnin' Hopkins, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1982) * 1913Macdonald Carey, American actor (died 1994) * 1913 – Jack Fairman, English race car driver (died 2002) * 1916Frank Coghlan, Jr., American actor and pilot (died 2009) * 1916 – Fadil Hoxha, Kosovar commander and politician, President of Kosovo (died 2001) * 1916 –
Harry James Harry Haag James (March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was an American musician who is best known as a trumpet-playing band leader who led a big band to great commercial success from 1939 to 1946. He broke up his band for a short period in 1947, but ...
, American trumpet player, bandleader, and actor (died 1983) *
1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...
Richard Ellmann, American author and critic (died 1987) * 1918 – Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 1987) * 1919Lawrence Tierney, American actor (died 2002) * 1920E. Donnall Thomas, American physician and academic,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...
laureate (died 2012) * 1921Madelyn Pugh, American television writer and producer (died 2011) * 1924Khyber Khan, Pakistani pilot and former Deputy Chief of Air Staff of the PAF (died 2007) * 1926Ben Johnston, American composer and academic (died 2019) * 1926 – Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach (died 1983) * 1927Christian Marquand, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2000) * 1927 – Carl Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010) * 1928Bob Wilber, American clarinetist and saxophonist (died 2019) * 1930Zhores Alferov, Belarusian-Russian physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...
laureate (died 2019) *
1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
Alan Bean, American astronaut and pilot (died 2018) * 1932 – Arif Mardin, Turkish-American record producer (died 2006) *
1933 Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator 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 independen ...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American lawyer and judge (died 2020) * 1933 – Philippe de Broca, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2004) * 1934Kanshi Ram, Indian politician (died 2006) *
1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...
Judd Hirsch, American actor * 1935 – Jimmy Swaggart, American pastor and television host *
1936 Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funer ...
Howard Greenfield, American songwriter (died 1986) * 1937Valentin Rasputin, Russian environmentalist and author (died 2015) * 1939Ted Kaufman, American politician * 1939 – Robert Nye, English author, poet, and playwright (died 2016) * 1939 – Julie Tullis, English mountaineer (died 1986) * 1940Frank Dobson, English politician, Secretary of State for Health (died 2019) * 1940 – Phil Lesh, American bassist (died 2024) * 1941
Mike Love Michael Edward Love (born March 15, 1941) is an American singer and songwriter who is one of the vocalists of the Beach Boys, of which he was an original member alongside his cousins Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, and Carl Wilson and their frien ...
, American singer-songwriter and musician * 1941 – Song Zhenzhong, child internee and revolutionary martyr (died 1949) *
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 †...
David Cronenberg, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter * 1943 – Lynda La Plante, English actress, screenwriter, and author * 1943 – Michael Scott-Joynt, English bishop (died 2014) * 1943 – Sly Stone, American musician and record producer (died 2025) *
1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixt ...
Chi Cheng, Taiwanese runner * 1944 – Jacques Doillon, French director and screenwriter * 1944 –
Francis Mankiewicz Francis Mankiewicz (March 15, 1944 in Shanghai, China – August 14, 1993 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) was a Canadian film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and v ...
, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1993) *
1946 1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...
Bobby Bonds, American baseball player and coach (died 2003) * 1946 – John Dempsey, English-Irish footballer and manager (died 2024) *
1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...
Ry Cooder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist *
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...
Kate Bornstein, American author and activist * 1948 – Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (died 2003) *
1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...
– David Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool, English politician *1953 – Frances Conroy, American actress *1954 – Isobel Buchanan, Scottish soprano and actress * 1954 – Henry Marsh (athlete), Henry Marsh, American runner and businessman * 1954 – Craig Wasson, American actor *1955 – Mickey Hatcher, American baseball player and coach * 1955 – Mohsin Khan (Pakistani cricketer), Mohsin Khan, Pakistani cricketer * 1955 – Dee Snider, American singer-songwriter *1957 – Joaquim de Almeida, Portuguese-American actor * 1957 – Park Overall, American actress and activist * 1957 – Steve Witkoff, American real estate investor, former lawyer, and diplomat *1959 – Harold Baines, American baseball player * 1959 – Renny Harlin, Finnish director and producer * 1959 – Fabio Lanzoni, Italian-American model and actor * 1959 – Ben Okri, Nigerian poet and author * 1959 – Eliot Teltscher, American tennis player *1960 – Mike Pagliarulo, American baseball player * 1961 – Terry Cummings, American basketball player *1962 – Terence Trent D'Arby, American singer-songwriter *1963 – Bret Michaels, American singer-songwriter, musician, and television personality *1964 – Rockwell (musician), Rockwell, American singer-songwriter and musician * 1964 – Marco Van Hees, Belgian politician *
1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...
– Sunetra Gupta, Indian epidemiologist, author, and academic *1966 – Chris Bruno, American actor *1967 – Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese manga artist and creator of Sailor Moon *1968 – Kahimi Karie, Japanese singer * 1968 – Mark McGrath, American singer-songwriter * 1968 – Sabrina Salerno, Italian singer-songwriter *1969 – Gianluca Festa, Italian footballer * 1969 – Kim Raver, American actress * 1969 – Yutaka Take, Japanese jockey *1970 – Derek Parra, American speed skater *1971 – Joanne Wise, English long jumper *1972 – Mark Hoppus, American singer-songwriter and musician * 1972 – Holger Stromberg, German chef * 1972 – Mike Tomlin, American football player and coach * 1974 – Robert Fick, American baseball player *1975 – Eva Longoria, American actress * 1975 – Darcy Tucker, Canadian ice hockey player * 1975 – will.i.am, American rapper, producer, and actor *1976 – Cara Pifko, Canadian actress *1977 – Joe Hahn, American musician, DJ, director, and visual artist * 1977 – Brian Tee, Japanese-American actor * 1977 – Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Indian military officer (died 2008) *
1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...
– Takeru Kobayashi, Japanese competitive eater *1979 – Kyle Mills, New Zealand cricketer * 1979 – Kevin Youkilis, American baseball player *1980 – Freddie Bynum, American baseball player *1981 – Young Buck, American rapper * 1981 – Mikael Forssell, German-Finnish footballer * 1981 – Jens Salumäe, Estonian skier *1982 – Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich, Kenyan runner *1983 – Umut Bulut, Turkish footballer * 1983 – Ben Hilfenhaus, Australian cricketer * 1983 – Kostas Kaimakoglou, Greek basketball player * 1983 – Golda Marcus, Salvadoran swimmer * 1983 – Daryl Murphy, Irish footballer * 1983 – Yo Yo Honey Singh, Indian rapper, producer, and actor *1984 – Badradine Belloumou, French-Algerian footballer * 1984 – Olivier Jean, Canadian speed skater * 1984 – Kostas Vasileiadis, Greek basketball player *1985 – Eva Amurri, American actress * 1985 – Jon Jay, American baseball player and coach * 1985 – Kellan Lutz, American actor and model * 1986 – Jai Courtney, Australian actor * 1986 – Jannik Hansen, Danish ice hockey player *1987 – Eric Decker, American football player *1988 – Lil Dicky, American rapper, comedian, and actor * 1988 – Éver Guzmán, Mexican footballer * 1988 – James Reimer, Canadian ice hockey player *1989 – Sam Baldock, English footballer * 1989 – Gil Roberts, American sprinter * 1989 – Sandro (footballer, born 1989), Sandro, Brazilian footballer * 1989 – Adrien Silva, Portuguese footballer * 1989 – Caitlin Wachs, American actress * 1990 – Nick Ahmed, American baseball player * 1990 – Tavon Austin, American football player * 1990 – JD McDonagh, Irish professional wrestler * 1991 – Xavier Henry, American basketball player * 1991 – Trayce Thompson, American baseball player *1992 – Devonta Freeman, American football player *1993 – Alia Bhatt, British actress * 1993 – Michael Fulmer, American baseball player * 1993 – Taylor Heinicke, American football player * 1993 – Aleksandra Krunić, Serbian tennis player * 1993 – Paul Pogba, French footballer * 1993 – Mark Scheifele, Canadian ice hockey player *1994 – Matt Gay, American football player * 1994 – Scott Seiss, American comedian *1995 – Jabari Parker, American basketball player *1996 – Maxwell Jacob Friedman, American professional wrestler * 1996 – Seonaid McIntosh, Scottish sports shooter * 1996 – Jinjin, South Korean singer and actor *2000 – Kristian Kostov, Russian-Bulgarian singer-songwriter *2001 – Ellie Leach, English actress *2003 – Quinn Ewers, American football player *2004 – Isaiah Bond, American football player


Deaths


Pre-1600

* 44 BC
Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil wa ...
, Roman general and statesman (born 100 BC) * 220 – Cao Cao, Chinese general, warlord and statesman * 493Odoacer, first king of Italy after the fall of the
Western Roman Empire In modern historiography, the Western Roman Empire was the western provinces of the Roman Empire, collectively, during any period in which they were administered separately from the eastern provinces by a separate, independent imperial court. ...
(born 433) * 963 – Romanos II, Byzantine emperor * 990 – Siegfried I the Older, Count of Walbeck, Siegfried I (the Older), German Nobility, nobleman *1124 – Ernulf, Bishop of Rochester *1190 – Isabella of Hainault, queen of Philip II of France (born 1170) * 1311Walter V, Count of Brienne *1536 – Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, Ottoman politician, List of Ottoman Grand Viziers, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1493) *1575 – Annibale Padovano, Italian organist and composer (born 1527)


1601–1900

*1673 – Salvator Rosa, Italian painter and poet (born 1615) *1711 – Eusebio Kino, Italian priest and missionary (born 1645) *
1820 Events January–March *January 1 – A constitutionalist military insurrection at Cádiz leads to the summoning of the Spanish Parliament to meet on March 7, becoming the nominal beginning of the "Trienio Liberal" in History of Spain (1 ...
– Clement Mary Hofbauer, Austrian priest and saint (born 1751) *1842 – Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer and theorist (born 1760) * 1848 – Johan Jakob Nervander, Finnish poet, physicist and meteorologist (born 1805) *1891 – Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer and academic (born 1819) * 1897 – James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (born 1814) *1898 – Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (born 1813)


1901–present

* 1921Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, List of Ottoman Grand Viziers, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1874) *1925 – Sam Dreben, American soldier and mercenary (born 1878) * 1927 – Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (born 1858) * 1937 – H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (born 1890) * 1941 – Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (born 1864) *1942 – Rachel Field, American author and poet (born 1894) *
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...
– Imanuel Lauster, German engineer (born 1873) *1959 – Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (born 1909) *1962 – Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...
laureate (born 1892) *1966 – Abe Saperstein, American basketball player and coach (born 1902) *1969 – Miles Malleson, English actor and screenwriter (born 1888) *1970 – Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (born 1897) *1975 – Aristotle Onassis, Greek-Argentinian businessman (born 1906) *1977 – Hubert Aquin, Canadian author and activist (born 1929) * 1977 – Antonino Rocca, Italian-American wrestler and referee (born 1921) *1981 – René Clair, French director and screenwriter (born 1898) *1983 – Rebecca West, English author and critic (born 1892) *1985 – Alan A. Freeman, English record producer (born 1920)General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: ''15''; Page: ''284''. ''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007'' [database on-line]. *1988 – Dmitri Polyakov, Ukrainian general and spy (born 1921) * 1990 – Farzad Bazoft, Iranian-English journalist (born 1958) * 1990 – Tom Harmon, American football player and sportscaster (born 1919) * 1991 – Bud Freeman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1906) *1997 – Gail Davis, American actress (born 1925) * 1997 – Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter (born 1906) *1998 – Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and author (born 1903) *2001 – Ann Sothern, American actress and singer (born 1909) *2003 – Thora Hird, English actress (born 1911) * 2003 – Paul Stojanovich, American television producer, created ''World's Wildest Police Videos'' (born 1955) *2004 – Philippe Lemaire, French actor (born 1927) * 2004 – Bill Pickering (rocket scientist), Bill Pickering, New Zealand-American scientist and engineer (born 1910) * 2004 – John Pople, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1925) *2005 – Otar Korkia, Georgian basketball player (born 1923) *2006 – Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (born 1918) * 2006 – Red Storey, Canadian football player and referee (born 1918) *2007 – Charles Harrelson, American murderer (born 1938) * 2007 – Stuart Rosenberg, American director and producer (born 1927) * 2008 – Mikey Dread, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (born 1954) * 2008 – G. David Low, American astronaut and engineer (born 1956) * 2008 – Sarla Thakral, First Indian woman to earn a pilot's license. (born 1914) *2009 – Ron Silver, American actor, director, and producer (born 1946) *2010 – Kazim al-Samawi, Iraqi poet (born 1925) *
2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
– Nate Dogg, American rapper (born 1969) * 2011 – Smiley Culture, English singer and DJ (born 1963) *2012 – Mervyn Davies (rugby union), Mervyn Davies, Welsh rugby player (born 1946) * 2012 – Dave Philley, American baseball player and manager (born 1920) *2013 – Booth Gardner, American businessman and politician, Governor of Washington (born 1936) * 2013 – Terry Lightfoot, English clarinet player (born 1935) * 2013 – Leverne McDonnell, Australian actress (born 1963) * 2013 – Peter Worsley, English sociologist (born 1924) *2014 – Scott Asheton, American drummer (born 1949) * 2014 – David Brenner, American comedian, actor, and author (born 1936) * 2014 – Bo Callaway, American soldier and politician, United States Secretary of the Army (born 1927) * 2014 – Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and television personality (born 1947) *2015 – Collins Chabane, South African politician (born 1960) * 2015 – Robert Clatworthy (sculptor), Robert Clatworthy, English sculptor and educator (born 1928) * 2015 – Sally Forrest, American actress and dancer (born 1928) * 2015 – Curtis Gans, American political scientist and author (born 1937) * 2015 – Mike Porcaro, American bass player (born 1955) *2016 – Sylvia Anderson, English voice actress and television and film producer (born 1927) * 2016 – Asa Briggs, English historian and academic (born 1921) * 2016 – Seru Rabeni, Fijian rugby player (born 1978) * 2019 – Larry DiTillio, American film and TV series writer (born 1948) *2020 – Vittorio Gregotti, Italian architect (born 1927) *
2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
– Barbara Maier Gustern, American vocal coach and singer (born 1935) *2025 – Wings Hauser, American actor (born 1947) *2025 – Nita Lowey, American politician (born 1937) *2025 – Rajnikumar Pandya, Indian writer (born 1938)


Holidays and observances

*Ancient Roman religious observance: ** Ides of March *Christian feast day: **Aristobulus of Britannia (Roman Catholic Church) **Clement Mary Hofbauer **Martyrs of Córdoba#Leocritia, Leocritia **Saint Longinus **Louise de Marillac **March 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) *Constitution Day (Belarus) *International Day To Combat Islamophobia *Public holidays in Liberia, Joseph Jenkins Roberts' Birthday (Liberia) *National Day (Hungary), National Day, celebrating the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 (Hungary) *World Consumer Rights Day (International) *Youth Day (Palau)


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References


External links


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